597 [The Fever Continues]
It was pouring rain outside the window, and when you closed the window, you could hear the sound of the rain hitting the glass.
In the midst of the wind and rain, there were occasionally one or two female screams. Gradually, the wind and rain outside became lighter, and all that remained inside the house was the sound of wheezing after intense exercise.
Kang Jianfei pressed on Sophie? Marceau, lips kissed lightly on her cheeks and earlobes, tenderness to warm the French roses that were still in the aftertaste.
A good five or six minute break, Sophie? Marceau's breathing finally calmed down, and she wrapped her arms around Kang Jianfei on her body, closing her eyes and enjoying the man's kiss and caresse.
For the past month, the two have been together almost every day, even if Sophie? Marceau was busy attending various events during the day, and would also rush back to have dinner with Kang Jianfei.
Kang Jianfei did not do the reckless behavior on Christmas Day again, but the relationship between the two became more and more **, until tonight Sophie? Marceau agreed to go to the hotel where he was staying, and naturally rolled into bed.
Feel Kang Jianfei's warm breath on his cheeks, Sophie? Marceau smiled happily: "Louise often brags about how comfortable it is to sleep with men, and it seems that she is not lying. β
"Who's Louise?" Kang Jianfei asked.
"My middle school classmates," Sophie? "When she was in school, she had three boyfriends at the same time. β
Kang Jianfei from Sophie? Marceau got down, took her in his arms and asked, "What about you, how many boyfriends have you had?" β
Sophie? Marceau recalled: "I had three crushes, one was a math teacher in elementary school and one was a senior in middle school. And the other is director Binodo. β
"Haven't really been in love?" Kang Jianfei asked in surprise.
"I didn't have a chance, I wrote love letters to my math teacher when I was in elementary school, and he wrote back to me that he was married." Sophie? Marceau told an interesting story about himself, "Later, when I was in middle school, I fell in love with a senior senior, but before I could confess to him, I was asked by director Binodo to shoot "First Kiss". So I found that Director Binodo was much more mature than that senior, so I fell in love with Director Binodo. β
"That director Binodo doesn't seem to be young." Kang Jianfei vaguely remembered.
"Yes, I was only 13 years old when I filmed "First Kiss", but Binodo was 55 years old." Sophie? Marceau said with a smile, "At that time, I was new to movies and didn't understand anything. I feel that the director is so powerful. But "First Kiss" hasn't finished yet, and I can't stand his bad temper anymore. When I knew that I was going to shoot "First Kiss 2", and it was Binodo who would be the director, I felt like the sky was falling. β
"Where's that senior of yours?" Kang Jianfei's hand gently caressed her crisp breasts. It was perfectly shaped. And the topmost pearl is actually pink.
"By the time I went back to school after filming "First Kiss", he had already graduated," Sophie? After Marceau finished speaking, he stared at Kang Jianfei and asked, "What about you, in addition to me and Miss Lin, how many other lovers have you had?" β
Kang Jianfei's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he said, "Not a lot. β
Sophie? Marceau said: "Aren't you Chinese very conservative about sex? β
Kang Jianfei nodded and admitted: "Yes, I am also a very conservative Chinese man. Never looking for call girls and one-night stands. β
Sophie? Marceau said angrily: "You tell the truth about how many boats you pedal. β
Kang Jianfei didn't defend himself, but kissed Sophie? Marceau's seductive little mouth. Turning over and pressing on that wonderful carcass, the second big battle of the night.
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"Sophie? Marceau is fond of Hong Kong directors. β
"Sophie, known as the kiss of France? Marceau, who recently became famous again with "Fang Fang". As with the plot of "Fang Fang", our French beauty fell in love with Chinese, and our reporter saw the two having dinner together in an Italian restaurant last night and returning to the hotel where the Chinese director stayed together......"
As Kang Jianfei expected, the next day's newspaper really had about him and Sophie? Marceau's scandal. In fact, with the popular Sophie? Marceau was tired of being together for almost a month before an affair about them appeared in the newspapers, which had dulled the paparazzi's sense of smell.
Kang Jianfei immediately announced that he would hold a press conference, and put director Alain? Curnow came and bit himself and Sophie to death? Marceau worked together, and then turned a deaf ear to the reporter's inquiry, and only blindly turned the topic to the new film "Pride Rose".
"Roses are beautiful, and French roses are especial, but beautiful roses often have spikes, and Sophie? Marceau is going to play such a prickly beauty. She is the daughter of the great swordsman d'Artagnan, and while she has a peerless appearance, she also has the superb swordsmanship of her father. This time, Sophie? Marceau will lose the image of the innocent girl in the past and appear in front of fans with a new look...... "Kang Jianfei talked about the new film at the press conference, and after finishing speaking, he handed the microphone to director Alain? Curnow, and then Sophie? Marceau talks about the screenwriting process for the new film.
As for the reporter's question about the scandal, they were vaguely brought over, which made the French reporter who rushed to the scene quite frustrated.
Just when the reporters were busy discussing Sophie? When Marceau's scandal and the new film, the screening of "Fang Fang" in France finally ended perfectly, and the final number of moviegoers reached 5.38 million, and the specific box office income was 21.83 million US dollars.
This is an unprecedented good result for Chinese-language films, and even for local French films, there are not many films that can exceed this number.
No matter how much the figures in the French film industry value art, French film companies, like their counterparts around the world, value the commercial value of films and stars more than not.
The super high box office of "Fang Fang" means that the hero and heroine Sophie? Marceau and Leung Ka-fai are highly well-known and influential in France. Sophie? With this film, Marceau became the fourth largest actress in France after the three major actresses, and she is just short of a trophy that can prove herself, because the other three actresses are all international actresses, and Sophie? Marceau has only won one CΓ©sar Award for Young Actress trophy so far.
Kang Jianfei because of his acceptance speech at the Cannes Awards Ceremony, and Sophie? Marceau broke out a scandal and finally became a celebrity in France. And "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", starring him and Zhong Chuhong last year, also took advantage of the situation to be put on the French screen, and successfully won a box office of 9.05 million US dollars, which actually made Zhong Chuhong also a little popular.
A week before the film was released in France, "Fang Fang" was also released in several countries and regions in Europe and Asia, and although the box office was high and low, the word of mouth was unanimously good.
Especially in Hong Kong, after a month-long publicity fermentation, the audience's sense of expectation for "Fang Fang" has risen to the extreme.
Outside the ticket counters of several leading theaters of the Oriental Cinema Line, there will be a long queue to buy tickets every evening. In stark contrast, the entrance of the Golden Princess and Xinbao Cinema Line is deserted.
Lee Xiuxian's "Predator" and Mecca's "Windfall of 30 Million" hit the streets, the kind of street fights that rushed to outer space, and the sequel to Hollywood's imported blockbuster "King Kong" also had a dismal box office.
In this year's summer file, the three films that sold at the box office were "Fangfang", "Infant Ning" and "Oriental Condor".
According to common sense, Hong Kong audiences' movie-watching hobbies tend to be ghost films like "Infant Ning", followed by Hung Jinbao's hot-blooded war film "Oriental Condor", and finally it is the turn of the literary romance film "Fang Fang".
In terms of casting, the starring roles of "Infant Ning" Zhang Guorong and Zhao Yazhi are both popular film and television stars, and "Oriental Condor" has gathered a large number of Hong Kong and Taiwan Japanese action and comedy stars, far more than Leung Jiahui and Sophie? Marceau is more famous in Hong Kong.
However, there is also the influence of the director behind these, don't you see that Lao Mouzi finds a few students to make a movie, which is more expected and concerned than a second-rate director looking for a star to make a movie?
Among the directors of the three films, Hu Jinquan has long been outdated, and Hong Jinbao is much more famous as an actor than Kang Jianfei, but he is far inferior as a director.
There's no way, who called Kang Jianfei's movies in the past few years have been a big hit, and he has never smashed his reputation.
The brand guarantee that has been operated for a long time makes the audience believe that the movie produced by Kang Jianfei will not be a bad movie, and many fans choose to watch "Fangfang" without saying a word.
Of course, there are also the kind of audiences who are old and have little culture, who scolded after watching "Fangfang", and then ran to watch "Infant Ning" and "Oriental Condor" to enjoy it.
But the vast majority of young audiences are full of praise for "Fang Fang" - even if some people don't like it, they will say that the film is well made, and the film that wins awards at international film festivals and sells well in France will not look good?
A week after the film's release, the Hong Kong audience was divided into several large groups, with the older ones basically preferring to watch "Ying Ning", some male viewers preferring to watch "Oriental Condor", and younger viewers preferring to watch "Fang Fang".
The first-week box office results disappointed the ambitious Hung Jinbao, with "Oriental Condor" selling only 9.81 million in the three films, while "Fang Fang" and "Infant Ning" sold 16.83 million and 12.44 million respectively.
Hung Jinbao's attempt to shoot a war-type Hong Kong film failed slightly, and the capital investment was completely disproportional to the box office output, which was far less than the money he made for comedy.
After the second week of screening, the weekly box office of "Infant Ning" fell by 8.06 million, a decline of 35% is relatively normal; Although "Oriental Condor" did not perform well in the first week, the box office in the second week was 6.62 million, a drop of only 32%.
In comparison, "Fangfang" is more against the sky, with a box office of 12.28 million in the second week, a decline of only 27%, and it is still maintaining a fierce box office momentum.
It can be said that "Fang Fang" has formed a kind of box office consumption inertia, and many people didn't plan to watch it, but because the people around them and the media were discussing this movie, they walked into the cinema in a daze. Some viewers originally wanted to watch "Oriental Condor" and "Ying Ning", but they were pulled by their girlfriends to watch "Fang Fang", anyway, the box office number cannot be explained by common sense. (To be continued......)