The chief player of the film and television world

Chapter 24 Candidates

"Brother Qiang, this is the number of gambling stalls for this month." Shen Xianfa said while asking the younger brother to put the money bag up.

The doll opened the zipper and took a look, but didn't count, but asked, "What's going on over there recently?"

Shen Xianfa said without hesitation: "There is nothing to do, those old ghosts are guarding a ring to make money, behave themselves."

"Hmph! Earn millions in a month, the old ghosts who have never seen a lot of money are dying of laughter! One or two want their children to go straight, set up factories, open companies, and go to noble schools, as if the identity of the Kowloon Walled City is shady. " Doll Qiang said disdainfully, "By the way, what about the fight with King Yongyi Yama?"

"It seems to be a quarrel between brothers and sisters. The junior brother of King Yan Luo asked Tai Sui to use the contemporary boxer." Shen Xianfa replied.

"What is the background of that junior brother, who can actually invite Tai Sui?"

"After checking, he is the brother of Lame Luo's son. It is estimated that Tai Sui helped Lame Luo because of his face. However, it is said that the matter of betting was proposed by that kid, and now he is a partner to pay dividends. Brother Qiang, you want Don't mess with him?" Shen Xianfa said.

The doll cursed bitterly: "What's the use of messing with him? He just came up with an idea. How can he snatch the gambler over? Your brain is a shit! You just grab his brain and press it on the ground!" It's on my neck, at least people can think of the idea of ​​gambling, let those old ghosts stand up! It's really more angry than people!"

Shen Xianfa was so scolded that he dared not speak out.

"What else is there, hurry up and leave if you have nothing to do, and you are still standing here stupidly waiting for me to invite you to lunch, Brother Fa!?"

"Don't dare, big brother, don't be angry, I'll go out first!" Shen Xianfa turned his head and fled out of the office.

"Get out!" The doll picked up the ashtray and tried to smash it, and put it back on the table after the fairy hair left. He lit a cigar and cursed, "There is a grizzly bear from Hong Kong Island competing with me outside, Kowloon Fat Zaichao once again extended his hand into the city to expand his business. There are internal and external troubles, but my uncle still doesn’t support me. I think that sooner or later the committee will be annexed by others.

Bang bang bang!
"Ah Jin, are you at home!"

Zhang Jin opened the door and saw Luo Hao standing at the door, and asked, "What wind brought you here?"

"Of course it's the spring breeze!" Luo Hao said proudly, "Bai Yue'e asked someone to tell me to take you to meet her today, and the filmmaker has been found!"

"So fast?" Zhang Jin was a little surprised.

Less than four or five days have passed since the last time I brought up this matter. I thought that Bai Yue'e, who was addicted to singing, would not be so concerned about this matter. It would be fine if it dragged on for ten days and a half months. smoothly.

This time, Bai Yue'e didn't send a car to pick her up, and the two of them quickly arrived at a teahouse in Causeway Bay in a taxi.

The two of them didn't see Bai Yue'e, the driver who received them was yesterday's driver.

The driver cut straight to the point and said to the two: "Miss asked me to pick you up, you are already waiting in the second room upstairs, come with me."

The two followed the driver to the box on the second floor of the teahouse, where a man in his early 30s was already waiting, and the driver left after introducing them.

"Zhang Sheng, Luo Sheng, hello!"

Zhang Jin said: "Hello, Wei Sheng, I believe you should already know why we are here, right?"

Wei Hongsheng smiled and said, "I got it, I got it. Zhang Sheng and Luo Sheng asked us to make a movie!"

"Then let's make a long story short, Wei Sheng, are you the director or the screenwriter?" Zhang Jin asked.

Wei Hongsheng poured tea for the two and said, "Zhang Sheng, I am both the screenwriter and the director, and of course the main director is the director."

"Excellent, get two wages!" Luo Hao said in surprise.

Wei Hongsheng waved his hands and explained: "This is how filmmaking is now. Except for the Shaw Brothers Company, which has a lot of money, all other films are directed and written by the screenwriter. There are very few independent screenwriters."

He knew that the two bosses were laymen, so he briefly told them about the current environment in the film industry.

Ten years ago, that is, the 50s, was hailed as the golden age of Hong Kong movies.Since the post-war Hong Kong society has not yet fully recovered, coupled with the influx of refugees, many serious social problems have been caused.At this time, in order to cater to the general public and provide low-cost entertainment for the citizens, Cantonese films released a lot of crude Cantonese films.

But there were also many serious works at this time, such as Zhonglian’s adaptation of "Home" based on Ba Jin’s novel. Zhonglian was founded in 1952, and its founders were all elites in Cantonese films, such as: Wu Chufan, Zhang Huo You, Ma Shizeng, Wu Hui, Bai Yan, Huang Manli, etc.They have a common goal: "Let's put aside Cantonese opera films that are divorced from reality and empty content, and produce socially conscious films that entertain the public and educate."

However, under the flood of "Seven Days Fresh" films, Hong Kong Cantonese films have become vulgar. In order to improve the rough and rough atmosphere of Hong Kong films, a group of aspiring filmmakers such as: Wu Chufan, Wu Hui, Qin Jian, Gao Luquan, Hong Xian Nu, Li Yueqing and other 160 four people launched a "Cantonese film cleaning campaign" to improve the quality of films and improve the development of Hong Kong films.

The production of Cantonese films in the mid-50s and early 60s was astonishing, and there were many genres, including opera, martial arts, comedy, literature, ethics, etc. It can be said that a hundred flowers bloomed.However, with the increasing prosperity and westernization of the society, the younger generation has a higher level of education, and the traditional Cantonese films in the past can no longer satisfy their tastes, so there have been urban comedies, detective action films imitating Western spy films, and sex scenes. musicals etc.

Since the completion of "Shaw Brothers" in Clear Water Bay in 1961, it has made great strides, opened up new theaters, and introduced new technologies... The production of Mandarin films has surpassed the capabilities of Cantonese films made on a small budget.

"I can assure you that in the next few years, nothing will be more popular than Kung Fu movies in Mandarin. According to what I heard from my friends, Shaw Brothers has started shooting six films at the same time, and four of them are Kung Fu movies. Shaw Brothers The principle of movies is to make money, as long as you follow their footsteps, you will definitely not go wrong."

Wei Hongsheng finally concluded, took a big sip of tea, and looked at the two of them: "What do Zhang Sheng and Luo Sheng think?"

Zhang Jin and Luo Hao looked at each other in blank dismay, both of them were blind to the state of the industry.

"Don't look at me, I can do it with my hands, but use my brain!" Luo Hao hurriedly put aside the relationship.

Zhang Jin looked at Wei Hongsheng and said, "Wei Sheng, what you said just now shows your understanding of the film industry, but we don't care. We make movies to make money. The most important thing is that we must make films that meet our wishes. Can you understand this?" Can't understand?"

"Understood, it's not uncommon in the film industry that the children of rich people film for their own entertainment." Wei Hongsheng laughed, "I wonder how much money you two plan to invest in the filming?"

"100 million, what do you think?" Zhang Jin said.

"Pfft!" Wei Hongsheng spat out the tea in his mouth, dumbfounded, "100 million?!"

"Is it too little?"

"A lot, a lot." Wei Hongsheng shook his head while wiping his mouth, "Aren't you joking?"

"Do you think we are joking?" Zhang Jin asked back.

Wei Hongsheng said seriously: "Although I really want to earn this salary, let me remind you in advance that 100 million is enough to make a serious movie. If you are just playing for tickets, there is no need to spend 100 million to splash the water."

"Thank you Wei Sheng for the reminder, but we are serious." Zhang Jin smiled.

"Okay then." Wei Hongsheng nodded, "About the movie, what are Zhang Sheng's thoughts, what kind of genre is he going to make, and is there any actress he likes?"

The reason why he asked if there were any actresses he liked was because many kids from rich families just invested in order to curry favor with a certain actress, and he had long been used to it.

"There are no actresses I like, but there are male actors. Here, he is the only one." Zhang Jin pointed to Luo Hao.

Wei Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, his eyes turned back and forth between the two for a moment, and then he showed a sudden look: "Got it! Got it! Zhang Sheng and Luo Sheng are very trendy!"

(End of this chapter)