At the end of May, Chen Kaige took Gong Li and Zhang Guorong to France, and their film "Fengyue" was shortlisted for the main competition unit in Cannes. Because the influence of "Farewell My Concubine" is still there, these people are very vocal about winning awards.

However, when the list of winners was announced, "Fengyue" did not receive anything, but a Hong Kong film called "Horse Racing", which became the real dark horse of this Cannes Film Festival.

The male protagonist of this film is called Ding Jichuan, and the female protagonist is called Ren Yao, both of whom are young people around 20 years old. They graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and they belong to the kind of third-rate actors at the bottom, not to mention abroad, they are not even famous in Hong Kong.

The biggest actor in the whole film is Wu Ma, who plays a poor old gambler, who was separated from his wife because of betting on horses when he was young, and he died without repentance when he was old. He threw all the money he earned into the racecourse, hoping to turn it over at once.

As for director Ang Lee, he is not a big name. He worked as Kang Jianfei's deputy for a few years, and after directing independently, he also made some commercial films that hit the streets, and his reputation in the Hong Kong film industry was not as good as Liu Zhenwei.

is such a low-budget literary film made by a small director and a small actor, but it shined in Cannes, winning the jury award and the best actor (afternoon horse) in one fell swoop, which made countless people fall through the glasses.

The most unexpected is Wu Ma, who has acted in movies for so many years, and can only play a supporting role as a green leaf. Although it is also a supporting role this time, he was crowned the Cannes actor because of this (there is no main and supporting role between the Cannes actor and the actress).

After the news came back to Hong Kong, everyone couldn't believe it, and even Wu Ma himself thought that Ang Lee was joking.

Oriental Film and Television Distribution Company seized the opportunity to negotiate with foreign filmmakers while winning the award, and sold $2.6 million in the copyright fee (outright) in Europe alone. Not only did it recoup the production costs, but it also made a net profit of $400,000??? Want?? Reading ? ?· １?Ｋ?ＡＮＳＨＵ·ＣＯＭ

Ang Lee finally raised his eyebrows, this kind of literary film is not pleasing in Hong Kong and Taiwan, he is afraid that he will lose all his underwear.

The beginning of June is the warm-up for the summer file, and "Horse Racing" can't wait to land in major theaters in Hong Kong with the popularity of award-winning news. At the beginning, there were not many films, and the number of screenings was not well arranged, all of them were daytime and late night, after all, this was just a literary film.

But the information fed back by the theater is surprising, "Horse Racing" received 1.82 million at the box office in the first week with a garbage session and a small number of films, and the average attendance rate of the afternoon show was as high as 60%.

This data may not seem like a good thing, but it is actually very unbelievable.

Oriental Cinema Company hurriedly added a film schedule to "Horse Racing", with an average of three screenings per night in each cinema, which made the box office of "Horse Racing" soar to 4.73 million in a single week, and word of mouth spread rapidly.

Hong Kong people's love for horse racing can be ranked among the top three in the world, and their enthusiasm for horse betting can be called the first in the world. Although the film "Horse Racing" is very literary and artistic, it is close to the lives of Hong Kong people, and the deep-seated ideas expressed in the film also make Hong Kong audiences empathize.

By the third week, the single-week box office of "Horse Racing" was still growing, and it had broken through the 6 million mark, with a cumulative box office of 13 million, killing Golden Harvest's "Hudumen" (starring Xiao Fangfang and Yuan Yongyi) and becoming the box office champion during that period.

"Horse Racing" lasted for five weeks, and it was not until the summer films were released one after another that it finally came to an end, and the final box office in Hong Kong was 21.08 million. At the end of the year, when the annual box office was counted, this result ranked 7th in the 1996 Hong Kong annual box office list.

Ang Lee raised his eyebrows with this film, and the newcomers Ding Jichuan and Ren Yao, who served as the heroes and heroines, also became popular. As for Wu Ma, hehe, he is an international actor, the first Hong Kong actor in history to win this award.

However, Wu Ma has always felt confused about this actor title, how can he play a supporting role and be an actor?

can only say that Ang Lee's ability to adjust/teach actors is too good.

When the box office of "Horse Racing" reached 20 million, DreamWorks held a special celebration banquet for Ang Lee, and because of personal relations, Kang Jianfei was also invited to congratulate.

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Evening.

Kang Jianfei's black Cadillac stopped at FLM, he took Wang Guxian's hand and slowly got out of the car, and the reporters who had been waiting for a long time instantly rushed up.

At this time, the stock of Dongfang Network Technology Company rose sharply, and Chen Bo's statement of changing his life against the sky was boiling, and the reporters' questions were basically related to these two things.

A reporter preemptively asked: "Mr. Kang, when do you think the stock price of EITC can break $100?" ”

"I'm very confident about it, I guess it will be soon." Kang Jianfei said with a smile.

Another reporter asked: "You have always been engaged in the cultural and entertainment industry, how did you think of investing in the Internet in the first place?" ”

"I think the Internet is the future of development, and in another 20 years, 95% of everyone in Hong Kong will be able to surf the Internet, and there are unlimited business opportunities." Kang Jianfei said.

Soon the reporter turned the topic to Feng Shui: "Mr. Kang, Uncle Chen said that your life is the Heavenly Evil Lone Star, and the reason why you can achieve your current achievements is because there are masters who help you change your life against the sky." Can you tell us a little bit about that? ”

Kang Jianfei smiled and stretched out his index finger, pointed to the sky, and then pointed to himself, and said extremely forcefully: "My life is up to me, not to the sky." ”

"Wow!"

There was an uproar.

The reporters are even more excited, and their news headline for tomorrow is already there, which is the sentence "My life is up to me."

Without waiting for the reporter to ask again, Kang Jianfei had already taken Wang Guxian's hand and walked into the restaurant under the opening of the bodyguard.

Wang Jixian wore a black knee-length light gauze skirt today, and also wore a pair of black velvet gloves, revealing snow-white arms and calves, playful with a touch of charm and sexiness. When she was away from the reporter, she said adoringly: "Brother Fei, what you said just now is so domineering." ”

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "Don't reporters like to listen to this? I can't let them down. ”

Wang Guxian asked: "Brother Fei, do you know what Uncle Chen said to Sister Guan after recording the show that day?" When she mentioned Uncle Chen now, she said that he was an old liar, and his face was very ugly. ”

"Hahaha," Kang Jianfei couldn't help laughing, and said in a low voice, "Uncle Chen said that Guan Guan's chin is too sharp, which is a ruined fortune and can't save money; There is also a problem with the length of the nose, and it is not possible to prosper; There are also eye tails and mountain roots that are unstable, and the main marriage is not smooth, so he can only be a step-room or aunt's wife. Anyway, her only advantage is that she has a good mouth, she has no worries about food and clothing all her life, and her lord is rich and rich. ”

"That's miserable." Wang Guxian also laughed, laughing a little gloating.

Among all the women in Kang Jianfei, Wang Guxian, Li Jiaxin and Guan Zhilin are the most showy, because they have been publicly torn apart. Wang Guxian and Guan Zhilin have a good relationship, but they also have careful thoughts about comparing with each other, and now that she heard that Guan Zhilin's face is not good, she is naturally a little happy.

Kang Jianfei came a little late, the celebration banquet was almost about to start, and some reporters were also allowed to enter to take pictures.

Although Ang Lee and the two rookie actors are the protagonists, the reporters always focus on Kang Jianfei, which is somewhat noisy.

In the midst of countless flashes and shutter sounds, Wang Guxian suddenly clutched his throat and bent over and vomited: "Vomit! ”

(To be continued.) )