Dreams of the Fragrant River

: Ninety-Six [Countdown To Premiere]

The script for Zeng Zhiwei took half a month to get it done, and many of the funny plots were written and discussed by him and Huang Shrimp together. [;Starting]

In another time and space, Zeng Zhiwei is one of the seven monsters of Xinyicheng. The scripts of all the blockbuster movies in Xinyicheng in the first few years were created by him in cooperation with Mecca, Huang Baiming and others.

Zeng Zhiwei’s talent is that he has a clear understanding of the aesthetic tastes of the grass-roots class in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and can write all kinds of blockbuster jokes. However, this person’s screenwriting talent is limited, and his ability in script framework construction and plot innovation is very weak. Fortunately, the general plot has been designed by Kang Jianfei, Zeng Zhiwei and Huang Shrimp just need to fill in the details, which is his strength.

After the script finally came out, the scriptwriters were also signed by Kang Jianfei, Zeng Zhiwei and Huang Shrimp.

The male protagonist of the film was originally played by Dong Wei, who had just returned from Taiwan. However, this guy deserved to be unlucky. In the first few days of the movie, he actually fell on his leg because of practicing hanging Weiya, and had to be replaced temporarily.

The final list of actors is: Chen You as the hero A Wei, Zhong Chuhong as the heroine A Hong, Liang Xiaolong as the rival A Ming, Zeng Zhiwei as the black boss, Huang Shrimp as A Hong’s father, Cheng Kuian as the villain thug, Yang Qingqing plays A Hong’s colleague.

Except for the male protagonist, all other important roles are played by the martial masters of the Kang family class. This not only reduces the cost of shooting, but also has the meaning of running in the team.

As for who would play the liar Uncle Da, Kang Jianfei hung up on Wu Mengda.

This fellow Wu Mengda went bankrupt a month ago, and no one invited him to film because of his high debts, and he has reached the point where he wants to commit suicide.

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“Okay, I’ll be there on time tomorrow!” Wu Mengda, who was full of stubble, hung up the phone feebly. A pair of three-year-old twin daughters climbed on top of him and called her father in a milky voice.

His wife Mai Lili asked expectantly, “Brother Da, whose phone number is it?”

Wu Mengda said listlessly: “Kang Jianfei, ask me to go make a movie.”

Wu Mengda now owes the bank more than 300,000 yuan, and also owes money to many other friends. In addition, he only played a small supporting role in the first half of the year. The family couldn’t even afford rice, so Mai Lili had to borrow money from her parents’ family to survive.

Now hearing that someone asked her husband to film, Mai Lili was overjoyed and said, “Is that Kang Jianfei from Oriental DreamWorks? He is a big celebrity now, and many newspapers are reporting on his new drama.”

Wu Mengda didn’t take Kang Jianfei seriously before, but now he is in trouble, but the other party has developed, and his heart is even more depressed, and he disdains: “That mainland boy is just lucky. If it weren’t for the help of Boss Lei, he is still alive now. I’m running around in Clear Water Bay.”

Mai Lili got angry when she heard this: “Others are luck. Are you unlucky to be like this? I told you not to gamble or gamble. But you didn’t listen. If you didn’t ask my brother for money. Now both daughters should be I’m hungry!”

Wu Mengda felt ashamed of his wife and daughter, and was not in the mood to quarrel with his wife, so he simply kept silent.

Seeing his half-dead appearance, Mai Lili patiently persuaded him: “Brother Da. The newspapers say that Kang Jianfei is a talented director, and his films are sure to sell well. No one is willing to invite you to film now, but Mr. Kang can Please, that’s because others don’t care about your bad reputation, you have to take this opportunity well.”

Wu Mengda was worried by his wife, so he confessed: “Last year, I asked Kang Jianfei to borrow money, and the guy said that I don’t have to pay it back, and he will help him make three movies for free. I didn’t expect that he would become the boss of the film company in less than half a year, and he still remembers it. This time I went to film for him, and no matter how well I acted, I couldn’t make a penny.”

Mai Lili didn’t expect that there would be such an event, and she was silent for a while and still persuaded: “If you don’t get paid, don’t take it. It’s better than staying at home and doing nothing. And he can still pay back his favor.”

Wu Mengda said angrily, “Am I staying at home and doing nothing? I practice acting in front of the mirror every day, okay?”

“Can you make money looking in the mirror?” Mai Lili said angrily, “regardless of whether to pay the film or not, now Mr. Kang is the only one who is willing to invite you to film, this is an opportunity! If the movie is a hit, say Maybe other directors will invite you too.”

After hearing this, Wu Mengda felt that it made sense. Looking at the two daughters in his arms, he had to sigh and nodded.

The next morning, Wu Mengda shaved a rare beard, put on a suit and came to the Oriental Dream Factory.

Kang Jianfei was discussing the premiere with Ma Qiao and Pan Yingzi. Li Shan called to inform that Wu Mengda had arrived. Kang Jianfei only replied, “Let him wait first!”

Wu Mengda could only wait outside, sitting for at least an hour, refilling the tea several times, before hearing that Li Shan invited him in.

“Hello, Mr. Kang!” Wu Mengda said in a pleasing tone, but felt extremely aggrieved in his heart. Last year, Wu Mengda was a popular “Hu Tiehua”, while Kang Jianfei was just a mainland boy who swam from the opposite side. But now, Wu Mengda is a bad gambler who is despised by everyone in the film and television circle, but Kang Jianfei is a director who is praised by everyone.

Life has its ups and downs, but that’s it!

“Sit down!” Kang Jianfei said, leaning back on the leather chair.

Wu Mengda sat down honestly, thought about the situation at home, and finally asked cheekily, “Mr. Kang, about the salary…”

“Crack!” Before he could finish speaking, Kang Jianfei threw a wad of money on the table and asked, “Is 3,000 yuan enough?”

After all, Wu Mengda is a star who just became popular last year, and giving 3,000 yuan is like sending a beggar. But Wu Mengda didn’t argue a word, silently collected the money, squeezed out a smile and said, “Enough, thank you Mr. Kang for your support.”

“Okay, report to the crew.” Kang Jianfei waved his hand, as if he didn’t want to stay with him for a moment.

Wu Mengda smiled at Kang Jianfei, then stood up and walked out. The moment he walked out of the office, Kang Jianfei’s voice could only be heard from behind: “Work hard, don’t gamble again in the future. As long as you are not afraid that the wireless station will trouble you, come and follow me.”

Wu Mengda suddenly felt a little wet in his eyes, turned around and silently bowed to Kang Jianfei, and then walked out of the door quickly. After he went bankrupt, because he needed money to support his wife and daughter, he had no choice but to go to Zhou Runfa to borrow money. As a result, Zhou Runfa did not lend a cent, and said to him, “I lend it to you and then gamble with it!”

At that moment, Wu Mengda felt abandoned by the world, and even his best friend refused to believe him.

Kang Jianfei was the first person who believed that he could change. Wu Mengda suddenly felt that this mainland boy was really a good person, a rare good person.

If Kang Jianfei heard Wu Mengda’s inner monologue, he would definitely be very proud. This kind of feeling of selling someone else’s money and letting someone help him count the money is great!

Kang Jianfei did not want to intervene in the filming of the film. After all, it is impossible for the company to be the only director to film in the future.

All employees of the company’s production department participated in the film except Kang Jianfei’s absence. Zeng Zhiwei was the director, Chen Xunqi and Hu Juncai were both assistant directors, and there was another newcomer to do the recording, and Qi Bo was still in charge of the scene.

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Time passed by day by day, getting closer and closer to the premiere.

During the period, it was finally completed in Taiwan. The final box office was more than 11.5 million Taiwan dollars, equivalent to more than 2.3 million Hong Kong dollars, which is not very good-looking data.

It has also been released in South Korea for a month, and the box office situation is very embarrassing.

At this time, Korean movies were very weak. South Korea was almost a dumping ground for Hong Kong and Taiwan movies, and there was no resistance to Chinese movies at all.

After Cheng Long’s release in South Korea, it immediately caused a sensation, and queues appeared in many places to buy tickets. But it was very unfortunate, and the Gwangju incident happened on the second day of the release. It had a good start on the first day, but it turned sharply in a few days, and the average attendance rate was less than 40%.

Until the end of the painting, the total box office in South Korea was only more than 500,000 in Hong Kong dollars.

The Japanese side has been grinding, and to Kang Jianfei’s surprise, Lei Juekun finally managed to win a summer slot in a Japanese theater. Although it has not been released yet, it has made Kang Jianfei have some expectations for the box office in Japan.

In the last few days of , Kang Jianfei began to intensify his publicity efforts. Several large newspapers in Hong Kong had advertisements for several days in a row. This kind of propaganda made other film companies secretly stunned, and they all expressed admiration for Kang Jianfei’s courage.

Without the confidence that their movies will sell well, who would dare to play like this?

As of the official release, Kang Jianfei spent 630,000 yuan for distribution and promotion, which is already more than the local box office of some street-moving movies.

June 25, 1980 ~www.readwn.com~ Kang Jianfei’s second film premiered at the Golden Princess Theatre.

This day is also counted in the history of Chinese films, because this is the first premiere of a Chinese-language film. The previous Hong Kong films were basically previewed at midnight, and then revised and officially screened.

More than 200 media in Hong Kong sent reporters to attend the premiere at the same time. This is an unprecedented event in Hong Kong film history. The price Kang Jianfei paid for this was more than 200 invitations and more than 200 premiere tickets.

The media like to pursue novelty things. As soon as Kang Jianfei’s invitation was issued, these media basically came to the scene with the mentality of taking a look. Even some media who don’t want to come to participate will casually throw the premiere tickets to a little reporter.

As for tomorrow’s report, Kang Jianfei has already made up his mind for the reporters: the premiere was extremely lively, and more than 200 media gathered in the theater!

Regardless of the facts, the momentum was created anyway. Everyone has the habit of following the trend. As soon as I hear everyone is discussing this movie, I have to go to the cinema to see it.