Dreams of the Fragrant River

: Fifty-Eight [Dream Weavers And Dreamers]

Chen Bosen was sitting in the Kaisheng Theater under the banner of Princess Jin.

Although he is the editor-in-chief of “Movie Biweekly”, when it comes to important matters in the film industry, Chen Bosen will still be an interviewer in person.

This theatrical battle between Princess Jin and Jiahe is a big event, so Chen Boxen and his good partner Wang Zhonghan split up. One watched Kang Jianfei’s “Happy Ghost” and the other watched Cheng Long’s “Junior Brother Goes Out”.

At this time, Hong Kong films usually have midnight screenings before their official release. The director and the producer will take it back and revise the details of the film according to the audience’s reaction at the midnight screening. In the past, for the more important movies, Chen Bosen would go to the midnight show first, but this time, the two big plays were actually shown directly.

“Hey, every time you watch a movie, you bring a small notebook, don’t you bother to write and draw when you look good?” Xu Ke, who was sitting next to Chen Bosen, said.

Xu Ke didn’t plan to come out to watch a movie today, but he was pulled out by his friend Chen Bosen forcibly, and then his live-in girlfriend Shi Nansheng also followed.

Shi Nansheng was wearing a black wool sweater with short hair that looked like a tomboy. At this moment, he was leaning on Xu Ke’s shoulder to eat popcorn, and while chewing, he asked, “Old Xu, this movie is very popular, why are you pulling me? Are you willing to go out to see it?”

Xu Ke scratched his hair and said, “I have a cameo in this movie. It’s just a laughing and hilarious comedy. There’s not much to watch. It’s better to watch “Junior Brother Goes to the Horse”.”

Shi Nansheng asked, “You still promised to play Pian Lan?”

Xu Kedao: “It was originally for Awen’s sake, but the director Kang Jianfei is very good, and the scenes of this “Happy Ghost” are absolutely amazing. I’m not saying this film is bad, but the plot of the film is not interesting.”

What Xu Ke said was boring, that is, “Happy Ghost” was not to his taste.

Chen Bosen suddenly asked: “By the way, Lao Xu, you have been in contact with that Kang Jianfei, what kind of person is he, and why did he get Lei Juekun’s full support?”

“Come to interview me again!” Xu Ke said angrily, “I haven’t been in contact with him for a long time. I only know that he should be very talented. How do I know what happened to him and Princess Jin?”

Shi Nansheng joked, “That Kang Jianfei is not really Boss Lei’s grandson left in the mainland, right?”

Chen Bosen pondered: “I think Lei Juekun is a little bit like buying horse bones this time. You can see that he can even hold a mainland boy who has come to Hong Kong for a few months. How many directors in Hong Kong who think they are talented will be moved? Xu is probably also tempted.”

Xu Ke grinned and said, “You really got it right. As soon as the news of Princess Jin’s support for Kang Jianfei came out, I had the idea of looking for Boss Lei to invest in making a movie.”

Chen Bosen sighed: “So, Boss Lei’s actions are like killing birds with one stone. The concept of the New Year’s file created by him is likely to become the practice in the future.”

“Routine?” Xu Ke is only interested in making movies, he doesn’t care too much about things other than filming.

Chen Bosen has planned and organized the selection of Hong Kong’s top ten films of the year twice, and he has also made an annual box office list in the “Movie Biweekly”. He has conducted in-depth research on this aspect. Last year’s box office champion was 540. The publicity of “Happy Ghost” and “Junior Brother Out of the Horse” was so loud this time that the audience’s appetite had long been raised. In addition, the movie ticket price rose by one third after New Year’s Day. The box office is likely to exceed 10 million.”

“Over 10 million?” Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng were surprised at the same time. The domestic box office of Hong Kong movies has never exceeded 10 million.

Chen Bosen nodded and said: “Once the box office exceeds 10 million, it will inevitably cause a big sensation. I am afraid that a lot of credit will be added to the promotion of the Lunar New Year. Unexpectedly, as long as these two films are successful, the Chinese New Year will be very lively next year. Even Shao Shi will also join the battle group to grab the audience.”

Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng thought about it carefully, and this was indeed the truth. The previous box-office champions were only a few million dollars. Movies with a box-office of more than 1 million could rank in the top 30 of the box-office charts. Naturally, no one is stupid enough to spend tens of millions for publicity. But if the box office of a movie with a good schedule and big publicity can exceed 10 million, then the publicity fee of tens of millions is nothing!

Kang Jianfei and Lei Juekun brought not only New Year’s gear to Hong Kong movies, but they also changed the promotion mode of Hong Kong movies. In the past, publicity was all about petty things, but it is already great to be able to promote on TV shows and entertainment magazines.

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The movie started showing.

The cartoon head of Oriental DreamWorks that first appeared on the screen:

In the clear blue night sky, there are several gray-blue clouds floating, and in the center of the clouds is a bright crescent moon. Between the floating clouds, a stone connected by a thin line fell down, splashing ripples between the clouds and the crescent moon. It turned out that the clouds and the moon were just reflections cast in the water. The line of sight rises with the thin line. In the sky, a little boy is sitting on the crooked moon, holding a fishing rod in his hand.

In the end, the crooked moon turned into a letter D, and a line of English from DreamWorks appeared after the D. Then, five Chinese characters for “Oriental DreamWorks” jumped out of the sky. These five characters were crooked and seemed to be written by children in kindergarten.

Kang Jianfei shamelessly and directly plagiarized the title animation of Hollywood DreamWorks without even missing the music. It was written by Williams, Spielberg’s official soundtrack.

A total of 450,000 yuan was spent on the filming of “Happy Ghost” and Kang Jianfei’s post-production, but the 20-second title animation of Oriental DreamWorks cost Kang Jianfei 50,000 yuan.

Just doing animations simply can’t cost so much money, but Kang Jianfei’s cottage is animation that has been processed by advanced computer technology, and the current animation technology can’t meet Kang Jianfei’s requirements at all. Under the strong request of Kang Jianfei, the 20-second opening animation took more than two months to complete, and it only made Kang Jianfei barely satisfied.

However, audiences who have not received the impact of various CG animations are quite shocked to see this title at this time. The soothing and ethereal music, coupled with the night sky, clouds, moon, and reflections, gives people a dreamy and comfortable feeling. Especially people like Xu Ke and Chen Bosen who love movies, they can fully understand the meaning of this title animation.

What is a movie?

A movie is a dream. During the two-hour viewing process, all the audience are on a dream trip.

In this dream, the director is the dream weaver, and the film company is God. Xu is someone who is willing to be a dream weaver, and Chen Bosen is a person who likes to go on dream trips. When they saw the two English words DreamWorks appearing, they were inexplicably touched for a while, and they suddenly remembered the experience of movies over the years. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

Chen Bosen is a very emotional person. He wiped the corner of his eyes and said, “This title is awesome, and the name of the film company is also good.”

Xu Ke nodded silently in agreement. Such a title animation made him, who planned to watch the movie with his girlfriend and friends, want to appreciate the movie seriously.

Xu Ke, who was just about to watch the movie seriously, almost spat out a mouthful of old blood when he saw the next picture on the screen.

There was nothing but words on the screen, only a red background with the words:

Producer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Music, Art…

A long list of positions occupies half of the screen, followed by a name – Kang Jianfei.

Chen Bosen also had the urge to vomit blood, but after this urge, he was even more moved.

Chen Bosen has never made a film, but as the founder and editor-in-chief of a professional film magazine, he is very aware of all aspects of film production. Behind Kang Jianfei’s ostentatious subtitles, there is a sense of helplessness. If there are enough people, who would be willing to do so many things alone?

Before the film started, the film company’s title animation made Chen Bosen feel Kang Jianfei’s persistent love for film art, and then a series of subtitles made Chen Bosen realize the bitterness and difficulty of Kang Jianfei’s filming of “Happy Ghost”.

Well, the above are all speculations by a perceptive movie lover like Chen Bosen. How can Kang Jianfei be as noble as he thinks? Others are too lazy to think about it for themselves. The subtitles at the back are naked.