History of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 209 The Witness of Friendship

He Dingxian didn't intend to cover up Jianghu's charisma, but he stated kindly: "Mr. Lu came from a prominent family in Nanyang, and he has a background in the Nanyang Chinese Labor Union. Naturally, he doesn't need to deal with Jianghu people when making movies. .”

"But Mr. Lu came to Hong Kong Island to search for water, so he inevitably made friends with the club."

He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said with a light smile, "Lu Sheng, the world hasn't changed, it's just that Hong Kong Island is different from Nanyang!"

Lu Yuntao's expression changed slightly, his mind was full of thoughts, and he had already begun to weigh left and right.

He Dingxian said: "Yiqun is my company. If Mr. Lu is willing to make friends with me, he will not have to worry about Jianghu affairs in the future, because I will help you block it."

"What kind of business does Mr. He's friend want to do in Singapore?" Lu Yuntao asked loosely.

He Dingxian smiled lightly: "Mr. Lu doesn't need to worry about what the brothers do. In short, it will not affect the business of the movie store. The brothers just need a place to stay and need a place to take root."

Without overseas territory, they can only make a fuss about trade and use Singapore as a transit point.

He Dingxian wants to intervene in Singapore to reap benefits. First of all, he must win a piece of territory for Yiqun's overseas brothers. Using the territory as the foundation, he will slowly gather talents and develop power, and finally he can play on shore.

"If Mr. Lu is willing to make me this friend, I am willing to reduce the commission of Oriental Cinemas to the same points as your company's in Nanyang." He Dingxian said: "Take this contract as a testimony of our friendship."

Lu Yuntao was a little afraid of being dragged into the water: "He Sheng, I have to think about it."

"2 minutes, is it enough?" He Dingxian looked down at his watch.

Lu Yuntao heaved a long sigh: "Okay, I promise you."

The Lu family also has a place in the Chinese Labor Union in Singapore. It is simple to protect an association, and the association does not bring much benefit, but the interests of the Hong Kong Island film market radiate to the entire East Asia.

Jiang Tiansheng put his hands in front of his belly and bowed deeply: "Thank you, Lu Sheng."

Lu Yuntao glanced at him, did not answer, but stood up and shook hands with He Dingxian: "It's a happy cooperation."

"May our friendship last forever."

He Dingxian took Lu Yuntao's hands with a meaningful smile.

Now, the leftist film company is very strong, and the commercialization of films is insufficient. It is a good business to use the established theater chain to cooperate with Lu Yuntao and rely on the theater chain to pump money.

"Let Tianyang manage well in Nanyang. If you have any troubles that can't be solved, please call me." He Dingxian bid farewell to Boss Lu, and before getting into the car, he specially asked: "If you want money, you can talk to people."

"Thank you, big boss." Jiang Tiansheng bowed his head and agreed, and waited for the big boss to get into the car, gently closed the door and guarded the side of the road, watching the big boss go away before leaving.

In fact, Jiang Tianyang is doing very well overseas. He can earn several million a year just by relying on contraband, and he is not short of money at all.

But there is a real lack of territory, and without the nod of the local bigwigs, how can a foreign association occupy a place in a big city full of entanglements?It can be said that He Dingxian's one idea, one idea, and intuition decided that the overseas branch of Yiqun had undergone a qualitative change.

"Akun, when I see Azai tomorrow, tell him to go to the market to find a few directors to join the film company. Dongfang Film Company has been buying land for so long, it's time to turn it around." He Dingxian said aloud.

Ni Kun concentrated on driving the car, and agreed solemnly: "Understood, big boss."

"By the way, don't be an old leftist. Don't be clever. Don't turn my good film company into a propaganda position again." He Dingxian specifically explained.

"Yes."

Ni Kun kept it in mind.

He Dingxian looked at the scenery outside the window with a happy expression.

In fact, it has been difficult to find film talents on Hong Kong Island in recent years. All major companies have brought their own teams, and either migrated to Shanghai as a whole, or have theaters overseas.

It doesn't matter if Oriental Pictures has made a few bad films in the past few years, the key is to polish the team.

The only one under him, Zou Huaiwen, is very suitable for managing the film industry. If he is transferred to the company, he will definitely shine. However, Zou Huaiwen has done very well in the newspaper industry, and it is easy to lose sight of others when he is transferred to the film company.

What's more, Zou Huaiwen founded Golden Harvest by jumping from Shaw Brothers in history. He belongs to the type of "rebels in the back of his head", so let's leave the film company alone for the time being.

In case Shao Lao Liu just came back, another Boss Zou came out to be his opponent.Although the possibility is extremely low, He Dingxian doesn't want to take risks, otherwise he will be shot and his brains will be splashed all over the place, which will be miserable!

To be a boss, you have to learn to protect your subordinates, understand!

Zhu Youzai received the news, found acquaintances, and spent a lot of money to recruit three directors from Yonghua, Nanhua, and Fenghuang film companies, including the famous old-timer "Zhu Shilin", and the new director "Wang Tianlin", and The female director "Arbitrary".

"Zhu Shilin" wrote scripts at "Lianhua Company" in Shanghai 20 years ago, and later participated in directing. He is very good at the use of lenses and the structure of the screen.Because the funds for early filming were limited, how to use one shot to render the greatest emotion and express the richest character story is very important.

How dare later generations dare to inject water?
Therefore, Zhu Shilin is very particular about the lens art. After he came to Hong Kong Island to work, he tried to make a few anti-Japanese and national salvation films.In the case of mediocre box office, but with the support of patriotic businessmen, the career development is very smooth.

You must know that those who really need a movie to save the country are all those who are struggling to survive under artillery fire and who can enter the movie theater.

Who likes to watch national salvation movies?

Zhu Shilin was brave enough to try, but was not accepted by the market. Afterwards, Hong Kong Island banned the release of related films, so he switched to filming "palace films", and caused a sensation with "Secret History of the Qing Palace"!Among the famous directors.

Freshman director "Wang Tianlin" has just made his debut. He directed his debut film "Emei Flying Swordsman" last year. He started his career as an "action fantasy movie".

This future Hong Kong Island film industry leader is just a fledgling young man, but his artistic potential has already been revealed.

"Anyone" was born into a family of performers in Shanghai. His father is the old filmmaker "Ren Pengnian" and the actress "Wu Aizhu".

Introduced by his father, he joined Dongfang Film Company, hoping to start the transformation of director.

Ren Pengnian is the first generation of martial arts film director in China, and his wife Wu Aizhu is also the first generation of martial arts actress, and her masterpiece "Heroes of Kanto" is well-known in the film industry.What's funny is that when he plays the male lead in a movie, his wife must be the heroine. He is really a husband and wife. Later, "Random" became famous and was also directed by his father. It can be said that he was the "second generation of stars" a century ago.

After reading the list of many candidate directors, He Dingxian selected three directors for various reasons.

Some value talent, but also value family background and team resources.The three film directors all brought their own shooting teams when they joined the job. In addition to the actors, there are lighting masters, prop masters, set masters, and martial arts.
The director is also a troupe master these days!
If you want to support a group of people, you have to dig a group of people
And these three groups of people came here for money, so naturally all of them are gearing up, wanting to show their talents in Oriental Pictures, get the most resources, and the most money.
Zhu Shilin decided to take a big step forward and shoot his first comedy film "A Board Away", while Wang Tianlin planned to shoot the action movie "Su Qier", which is also the first film in the history of Chinese film with "Su Qier" as the protagonist.

Ren Zhi plans to shoot a literary film "Mid-Autumn Moon", with his father Ren Pengnian participating behind the scenes.

The total investment of these three films was as high as 40, plus the signing bonus for the three-person team, a total of 10,000+ was spent.Making a movie is really different from opening a dollar store, but at this time Boss He doesn't care whether he can make money or not.

If you lose, you lose.

The big deal is to use the film company to launder Hong Kong dollars in the future.

If he doesn't leave Xiangjiang, he is the biggest shady man in Hong Kong Island Films!

At the end of the month, He Dingxian and Luo Caiyun were watching a play at the Admiralty Theatre, looking at the actors on the stage, he smiled and said, "Ah Yun, how are you studying recently?"

Luo Caiyun shyly said: "The teachers teach very hard, but they are too old to learn anything."

"Sing me a song another day?" He Dingxian asked afterward.Luo Caiyun's flushed face was even more shy. As Luo Caiyun, if she wanted to sing an opera, she could only show it to Mr. He alone, but what does it mean for a woman to sing for a man?
He Dingxian recalled, and explained with a smile: "I have a film company that is going to shoot a new play. I can't sing a play, but I can act in a movie."

Luo Caiyun didn't want people to underestimate her: "Brother-in-law, I will definitely study hard and sing you a "Pairing of Immortals"."

"It's okay, I can shoot a "Pairing of Immortals" just for you." He Dingxian gave a few words of relief, but Luo Caiyun was more determined.After a long while, she suddenly said: "Brother-in-law, let dad know that I am learning to sing recently."

"Does Mr. Luo have any opinions?" He Dingxian asked.

Luo Caiyun opened her mouth and said, "I told him to help Xinghui Company, but he just said he wanted to see you."

"Help me make an appointment with Mr. Luo."

He Dingxian knew that what was supposed to come would always come, so he kidnapped someone else's daughter, why don't people say it?

Moreover, the He family must have made it clear that they wanted to marry the Luo family and rely on the power of the other family.Otherwise, if you count as giving birth to a grandson, others will not recognize you and will not help you.

"it is good."

Luo Caiyun agreed.

When He Dingxian sent Luo Caiyun to the door of his house as usual at night, a self-combing maid opened the iron door and stepped forward and said, "Mr. He, the master would like to invite you in for a cup of tea."

Luo Caiyun turned her head to look at the man beside her: "Brother-in-law."

"It's ok."

He Dingxian smiled lightly, straightened his suit, and walked into the gate of the villa: "Please lead the way."

Luo Caiyun followed behind her brother-in-law, obviously going back to her own home, but she was very uneasy in her heart, but He Dingxian was calm and confident.

In the living room, Judge Luo Wenhao saw his daughter walking into the house with a man, even though he had been prepared in his heart, his expression still showed some discomfort.

"Dad, this is Sister Nan's husband."

It was fine if Luo Caiyun didn't open her mouth, but when she opened her mouth, Luo Wenhao glared at her: "I came back so late, go upstairs and wash up first!"

With a smile on his face, He Dingxian stepped forward to shake hands politely: "Judge Luo, hello, I'm very sorry for bothering you at night."

　Chapter 2 will be very late today, I have insomnia.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)