Tseung Kwan O Studio City, a small screening room. (starter)

Kang Jianfei found a place to sit down and said with a smile: "I didn't expect the later stage to be done so quickly. I thought it would be delayed until at least October."

"Is this too soon? I only did it for more than two months in the later stage, okay?" Xu Ke shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Before this, I never thought that I would make a movie for more than a year."

In addition to Kang Jianfei, the main actors and actresses in the screening room are He Jiajin and Li Saifeng, Mrs. Xu's Mrs. Shi Nansheng, and DreamWorks gold medal editor Mai Zishan.

Regarding the actor candidate, Kang Jianfei initially liked Zheng Shaoqiu, but unfortunately Zheng Shaoqiu quit halfway. Then Kang Jianfei wanted Zhang Guorong to play Yu Yingnan, but the period for filming in the mainland was too long, and Zhang Guorong had to stay in Hong Kong to release records and make movies, and there was simply no extra time available.

In the end, Kang Jianfei simply ignored it and let Xu Ke choose the male lead candidate. Just at this time, Jin Chaoqun ran back to Taiwan, and the third film could not be filmed for the time being. He Jiajin, a professional in Zhanzhao, was free for a while, and was picked up by Xu Ke, who was looking for actors everywhere, and accidentally won the lottery and became the male lead.

The film in the screening room has just been edited for the third time, and DreamWorks has not even cut the title.

At the beginning of the film, there was a cloud of Cangshan and white clouds. The camera looked down at the earth from a high altitude. Suddenly, a monk in a robe stepped on a flying sword and came out of the cloud, and landed on a Taoist temple on the top of the mountains in a blink of an eye.

This scene, which only lasted for more than ten seconds, cost a budget of more than 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars. Professional aerial cameras were rented from the United States, and they were then applied for by a Chinese film co-production company to come to the mainland to shoot in Qingcheng Mountain and Zhangjiajie. I went back to the studio to set the scene to shoot, and finally synthesized it through traditional special effects methods and computer effects that are still very simple today. Even the Taoist temple on Qingcheng Mountain was renovated by Xu Ke’s contact person.

From the perspective of Kang Jianfei 20 years later, the special effects of this section are very rough, but it is very shocking to others.

Although He Jiajin and Li Saifeng are the male and female protagonists of the movie, it was the first time they saw the later pictures today, and they were immediately stunned by the magnificent and beautiful scene. It was as if the American people saw it for the first time.

Kang Jianfei didn't nitpick, he nodded and said, "That's right, tens of millions didn't go out in vain."

Shi Nansheng flattered at the right time: "In the whole of Hong Kong, only Mr. Kang dares to spend tens of millions to make a big special effects cast."

According to Kang Jianfei's original idea, the shooting cost of the first film was set at about 40 million Hong Kong dollars. As a result, the budget was increased three times in a row at the end of the filming, and the final shooting cost was more than 63 million.

The last time Kang Jianfei collaborated with Jiahe, it also spent a budget of more than 50 million, but that time the director and starring remuneration accounted for a large part. Moreover, the logistical expenses of going to Italy to make a film are very expensive, so there are more than 50 million super productions.

But it was different. Director Xu Ke voluntarily gave up the director's salary, and assured Kang Jianfei that he would take a share of the box office after the full budget was recovered, and he would not take a penny if he didn't make any money. The entire crew is Li Saifeng's highest paid. Although He Jiajin is famous for filming TV series, his movie salary is extremely low, and Zhao Yazhi doesn't get much salary as a supporting role.

And most of the crew members. They are all filmmakers from the mainland. They take less money and do more work. They don’t spend much money on food, drink, and Lhasa. They even gave a token 100,000 yuan to the military helicopter.

Most of the budget of more than 63 million was spent on special effects production. Of course, a lot of money was spent on film.

After the entire film was over, there was a round of applause in the screening room.

Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "The overall effect is still good, but unfortunately there are some weaknesses in the plot."

Xu Ke explained: "There is no way. We shoot it as we originally planned, and the length of the film is at least three hours. In order to highlight the shock of the special effects pictures and the sense of compactness of the plot. I selectively deleted some not very important. plot, which reduced the length of the film to two hours.”

"That's it, it will be screened in the Christmas slot. You can contact the propaganda department, and the publicity will start in October." Kang Jianfei instructed. Although later blockbusters have been promoted a year or two in advance, the large-scale publicity is still a period of time before the release.

Shi Nansheng interrupted suddenly and suggested, "Mr. Kang, do you want to show it at a foreign film festival before it is shown in Hong Kong?"

Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "This is possible. Which movies do you think would be good to show?"

Shi Nansheng said: "The Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals have already passed, but the Montreal Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival in Canada will be held soon."

Kang Jianfei recalled the two film festivals and said, "It seems that the time is too late."

"The Montreal Film Festival will be held next week. It's definitely too late, but the Venice Film Festival is still more than half a month away," Shi Nansheng said with a smile, "After the first rough cut, I sent the film to the Venice Film Festival. I have agreed to participate.”

"Old Xu, you have found a shrewd housekeeper," Kang Jianfei said with a joke to Xu Ke, "It shows oriental aesthetics and philosophy, I don't really expect the European and American markets, I only plan to get it in October. Japan's Tokyo Film Festival participated in the exhibition, so I asked you to complete the film before October. Now that Miss Shi has contacted the Venice Film Festival, let's try it out."

Shi Nansheng said: "It turns out that Mr. Kang has a plan for a long time. I have a lot of things to do. If it is not popular at the Venice Film Festival, I am afraid it will be detrimental to the future release in Asia."

Kang Jianfei said: "It's not that much. At most, it doesn't suit the appetite of the European and American public. Although the commercial film may not be rated highly for such a well-made special effect, film critics should still give it some affirmation."

After talking about the matter, Xu Ke suddenly said: "Mr. Kang, I went to eat food stalls with jn yesterday, and asked me to apologize to you on his behalf."

Kang Jianfei asked in confusion, "Who is jn?"

"Of course it's that **** Wu Yusen." Shi Nansheng said with a displeased expression.

When Wu Yusen was in trouble, it was Kang Jianfei who recruited him into DreamWorks. After being the assistant director of two films for Kang Jianfei in a row, and then being assigned by Kang Jianfei to direct, only then did the salted fish have a chance to turn around.

At that time, Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng had a good relationship with Wu Yusen, and they recommended Wu Yusen to Kang Jianfei from the very beginning. Now, after Wu Yusen made a comeback, he actually defected from DreamWorks and cooperated with Taiwanese scholars to form a new milestone film company. How can Shi Nansheng not feel angry?

"Don't take such trivial matters to heart. Be ready to go to Venice to participate in the exhibition." Kang Jianfei smiled indifferently, as if he did not take such trivial matters to heart.

In fact, the establishment of Xinbao Cinemas and the possible large-scale entry of Taiwanese capital in the future have little impact on DreamWorks. Today's DreamWorks has a fixed production volume of more than 16 films per year under the condition of quality and quantity, which basically fills the entire schedule of the Oriental Cinema Line throughout the year. Small company movies go in and deal with it.

And DreamWorks has a lot of directors, not without Zeng Zhiwei, Wu Yusen and Li Xiuxian, Wang Jing, McDonald's, McDonald's Xiong, Chen Xunqi, Xu Ke, Huang Tailai, Yu Rentai, Zhong Zhiwen, Xu Anhua , Yu Kanping. There are also Li Lichi, Liu Zhenwei and others who have not started to shine, plus Kang Jianfei himself, and TV directors such as Xu Xiaoming who can switch to film at any time in the TV production department. DreamWorks director reserve can be said to be very sufficient.

After Cai Songlin's **** stirrer muddyed the waters of the Hong Kong film industry, the most affected were Xinyicheng and Princess Jin. If Xinyicheng doesn't release a few good films soon, then Princess Jin is trying to make a profit. We had to vacate the prime time slot and wave to more film companies.

The second is Golden Harvest, which strongly supports the director system, because Golden Harvest did not sign contracts with those companies. And the films of Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao have been occupying the good schedule of Jiahe all the year round, so many satellite companies that have cooperated before will go to Xinbao and Princess Jin. In this way, although Golden Harvest still sells at the box office in good schedules, the income of ordinary schedules will be unsustainable, and the normal operation of Golden Harvest Cinemas will be affected to a certain extent.

Of course, after at least a year and a half of transition, the Hong Kong film industry will become more active, and film companies can freely choose to cooperate with major theater chains. However, due to the increase in film production and the freedom of film arrangement, the box office competition between films will be more intense in the future.

Kang Jianfei was not at all worried about this. After being arrested by the Taiwan authorities for more than half a year, the Taiwan News Bureau and the Electricity Inspection Division began to turn a blind eye. There are films starring actors from Oriental Entertainment Agency. Unless the film is clearly printed with the words DreamWorks, ordinary films will not be made difficult when they enter the stage.

As a result, major companies in Hong Kong have begun to invite actors from Oriental Entertainment Brokers to make films. For example, Debao Films invited Li Lizhen, Wen Bixia and Wu Junru, while Hong Jinbao, Zeng Zhiwei and Mecca were preparing, and also invited Guan Zhilin, Zheng Wenya and Oshima Yukali, three actors from the Oriental Entertainment Agency. .

Kang Jianfei holds high-quality actor resources in his hand, plus countless classic scripts, and is not afraid of competition at all.

However, Kang Jianfei was tired of copying Chinese films, so he was going to change some classic foreign films into Chinese films for fun after finishing the filming.

When she came out of the screening room, Li Saifeng kept a certain distance from Kang Jianfei, but as soon as she got in the car, she couldn't wait to step over to Kang Jianfei and kiss Kang Jianfei's lips with her small mouth.

Li Saifeng's body is petite, but her chest is definitely expected. Due to the long-term training clothes, her waist and legs are flexible and strong, which is enough to bring Kang Jianfei a different kind of enjoyment.

The car slowly drove away from the administrative building. Although Li Saifeng was cautious, Kang Jianfei was more dazzling than the stars in the star-studded Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City. Many people saw her getting into Kang Jianfei's car.

This inevitably caused all kinds of discussions, but more women were sour. No matter which country it is in the entertainment industry, the most common one is a one-time power and **** transaction. Kang Jianfei is already a very picky eater compared to the kind of guys who follow the rules at will, and even after going to bed, he will support his wife. For many women, he is simply a responsible "good man".

Weng Meiling got into her second-hand car and said to Wang Zuixian in the co-pilot seat: "Xiao Xian, you are very developed, but I forgot about me."

"If I want to develop, I have already developed, so why wait until now?" Wang Zuixian said while chewing on the biscuits. She is still in a very happy mood recently. Vase character.

"You don't know yet?" Weng Meiling asked.

Wang Zuixian asked blankly, "What do you know?"

Weng Meiling said speechlessly: "Now everyone in the company is rumored that you are the heroine of Mr. Kang's next movie."

"No way." When Wang Zuixian spoke, his heart was pounding, and he remembered Kang Jianfei's promise when he first came to Hong Kong, saying that if she would train her acting skills for a year or two, she would make a special movie for her.

"So you're going to develop," Weng Meiling pointed in the direction of the door, "Look at Li Saifeng, he just finished a movie with tens of millions of dollars, and it will definitely be red when it is released."

Wang Zuixian whispered: "I heard that Mr. Kang and Li Saifeng have a very close relationship, very close and very close."

Weng Meiling smiled ambiguous: "So you have to work harder and take this opportunity to get to know Mr. Kang well. I heard that Ye Zimei made a movie with Mr. Kang, and now lives in Mong Kok. In the high-end duplex apartment next to me, I drive a luxury car of more than 300,000 yuan, which is so much better than my second-hand car that costs tens of thousands of yuan.”

"Go aside, I'm not that kind of woman!" Wang Zuixian angrily began to scratch Weng Meiling's itch, and the two girls calmed down after a while of playfulness.

Weng Meiling finally started the car and said, "By the way, is that Mr. Liu still chasing you? It seems that I haven't seen anyone recently."

Wang Zuixian took a bite of the biscuit: "Hmph~lightnovelpub.net~ That idiot who thought he could get a horse in a sports car."

Weng Meiling said: "I think Liu Gongzi is very good. After chasing him for several months, it is very rare for other rich sons to be so infatuated."

"I was a little moved at first, so I agreed to go out to dinner with him, but guess what happened?" When Wang Zuixian spoke, he couldn't help laughing.

Weng Meiling asked, "What happened?"

Wang Zuixian laughed and said, "He invited me to a luxurious French restaurant, but when he paid the bill, he didn't have enough money to pay the bill, so I paid for the meal."

Weng Meiling asked in surprise: "Their family heard that there are billions, how could they have no money to pay the bill?"

Wang Zuixian couldn't help laughing and said, "That Mr. Liu is the top father in the family. He hasn't worked seriously in his twenties. He only knows how to spend time with girls everywhere, and his father froze his credit card in a fit of anger."