Movie tycoon

Chapter 207 Star Chaos
By the way, after the reporter finished these interviews, "Entertainment Weekly" immediately drafted a commentary, with the headline --- "Fashion in the Pan", No New Artists in the Music Industry!
Subtitle: The Hong Kong music world is washed away by the big waves, no new works, it means death!
"Through the interviews during this period, for many HK fans who like the song "Flastic", disappointment is their biggest feature. After a week of suffering, I originally thought that Chen Xiaotang would take advantage of the victory and pursue after the popularity of "Flastic" The record was released, but everyone was happy in vain, because there was no word for sure on the wireless side, and Chen Xiaotang avoided seeing it. What does this attitude mean? Maybe this "Flastic" is just a divine comedy that has been left behind in the world, and it was just that Chen Xiaotang I picked it up..."

"The popularity of a song is endless in the music scene. We never question the difficulty of a newcomer in the music scene trying to break through the sky, but we never question the possibility of a flash in the pan. Today's Chen Xiaotang, in many eyes , may be a shooting star in the music world. A week ago, it was very dazzling, shining, and even radiant—but now, we must face the facts——he is a shooting star that has passed away. There will be no more miracles, and no new songs to surpass his own "Flastic!"

As soon as the "Entertainment Weekly" magazine's report was published, it immediately caused an uproar in the entire HK music scene.

First of all, some of Chen Xiaotang's fans protested against such irresponsible remarks and speculations.In their hearts, Chen Xiaotang's demeanor in singing "Flastic" has long been deeply imprinted. The unruly and enchanting charm made them unable to extricate themselves.They are very eager for Chen Xiaotang to stand up and denounce these irresponsible remarks at this time, to prove that Chen Xiaotang is by no means a short-lived singer, he has skills and strength!
Secondly, there are some friends who have a good relationship with Chen Xiaotang, such as Liu Dehua, Liang Chaowei, and Zhou Xingchi. They are very angry and anxious.Annoyed that these gossip remarks were aimless and nonsense, Chen Xiaotang was anxious and couldn't bear it, and sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.Especially Zhou Xingchi, who was the most three-eighth, was even more indignant about this matter.

"That shitty layman grew up eating shit? What is his uncle's short-lived, I think he is so full that he deserves to be beaten! Has he ever seen short-lived epiphyllum? I guess he has only seen smallpox, mahua, and broccoli in his life. !" Zhou Xingchi became more and more angry, and directly pulled Liang Chaowei and said, "Let's go, let's find a hornet's nest and throw him at home, and see if he's still living in seclusion!" If it weren't for the dissuasion of Liu Dehua and others, this Indian star might really be went.

In the end, some upstarts in the entertainment industry who had already disliked Chen Xiaotang and envied his popularity cheered and were encouraged.Take a look, take a quick look, what does it mean to climb high and fall hard?What does it mean to have a big head and a big hat?You guys really think that Chen Xiaotang is a god-man, he can sing such beautiful songs, now he is a first-rate star, the momentary brilliance does not mean eternity!

Among them, Tang Zhenye, who was squeezed by Chen Xiaotang and couldn't hold his head up, was the most joyful and encouraging. Seeing Chen Xiaotang's popularity rising these days, he borrowed wine to relieve his worries, so he had to go to nightclubs or dance halls to get drunk. On the street, people thought he was the strange uncle in the comics; now he cheered up and became excited, and he still went to the dance hall and bar to celebrate. Everyone can drink whatever they want, and I will pay for it!In short, as long as Chen Xiaotang is unlucky, he is happy!
In addition to these, the original singers who were more optimistic about Chen Xiaotang also had different attitudes and opinions.

The singer Tan Yonglin and Zhang Guorong, who have been fighting back and forth, have the same opinion. They think that Chen Xiaotang will never be as simple as everyone seems to be. The blockbuster.

The "Singer of Songs" Luo Wen expressed sighs and regrets. For him, Chen Xiaotang's singing skills are worthy of recognition, but the mountain he built at once is too high, and it is really difficult to raise it again.

As for Mei Yanfang, who is far away on tour in Baodao, she also expressed her opinion, but her opinion is - I am not familiar with Mr. Chen Xiaotang, so I will not comment.But his "Fluff" is really good, and I'm going to do a cover of him on tour.

Finally, it was the turn of the "God of Songs" Xu Guanjie, and the old Xu came out to be the top three, so he said something earth-shattering: "I hope to invite Mr. Singing guests, add to the fun of a song!"

What's the meaning? !

The God of Songs wants to invite Chen Xiaotang to sing? !
Can you hear Chen Xiaotang's voice again at the Red Hall concert? !
All of a sudden, everyone understood that "God of Songs" was sharp enough, only this move could figure out Chen Xiaotang's details!

But will Chen Xiaotang be on stage? !
Supporter: Yes, he will definitely, he wants to reproduce the style of "Flastic"!Enchanting, incomparable!

Opponents: what will happen?At most, I can sing "Flastic" again, otherwise I will be embarrassed!In short, it is the appearance of a monster, and everyone is looking forward to it!

.......
The entire music scene was full of turmoil and discussions. At the same time, as the party involved in this "public opinion storm", Chen Xiaotang was sitting in the president's office of TVB as if nothing had happened.

This time Shao Daheng was not alone to meet him, there were Fang Yihua, Wang Tianlin and Xiao Sheng in the room.

Under the watchful eyes of the three senior executives, Chen Xiaotang was not stage-frightened, but just looked at Shao Daheng's expression.

Shao Daheng carefully flipped through the script, especially for the revised parts of Chen Xiaotang, he read and re-read.

Time is gradually passing.

The atmosphere in the room was very weird. Fang Yihua, Wang Tianlin, and Xiao Sheng whispered this, Shao Daheng was carefully reading the script, and Chen Xiaotang was sitting upright, like a student interviewing, waiting for questions.

After a while, Shao Daheng closed the script and said, "It's very well written!"

With these four words, Chen Xiaotang already knew that the filming of this movie was definitely a certainty.

Sure enough, Shao Daheng handed the script to Wang Tianlin and the three of them said: "Let's take a look first, how does this film work?"

Then he turned around and asked Chen Xiaotang: "This film can be filmed. As for your salary... let's temporarily set it at 50. After this film is released, if the box office is good, I will give you a dividend. How about it?"

A salary of 50? !

No wonder people in HK say that Uncle Liu is stingy, so that he lost Bruce Lee. Not to mention anything else, just say that now with Chen Xiaotang's own popularity, it is okay to get a film salary of 60 yuan, otherwise why Shao Daheng before? Will use 300 million to sign a three-year long-term contract with him, but Shao Daheng didn't say anything dead, isn't there still a movie dividend, when the box office is good, I will give more, which sounds like the best of humanity.

Chen Xiaotang doesn't care about these things with him. Although he also likes money and needs money very much, in his opinion, these things are directly proportional to his popularity. As long as he is willing to work hard, is he afraid that the salary will not increase in the future? !

"Thank you Uncle Six, I'm very satisfied with the 50 film salary." Chen Xiaotang said somewhat against his conscience, "But I hope that the film salary can also be invested in this drama."

"Invest in this movie?" Shao Daheng was taken aback, 50 yuan was nothing to him, but he was a little surprised that a newcomer dared to be so bold and directly used his film salary to invest.If Chen Xiaotang is a big name like Cheng Long and Zheng Shaoqiu, Shao Daheng can still understand, after all, there is no shortage of such money, but he knows the details of Chen Xiaotang very well. In order to sign a long-term contract with him, he has checked eight generations of his ancestors. A family of four lives in a small house. Although life is not embarrassing, it is not rich, but such a newcomer dares... 50 is enough to buy a decent villa!
"Have you thought about this clearly?" Shao Daheng couldn't help reminding.

"Well, I've thought it over clearly, let's do it this way, my film salary counts as an investment!" Chen Xiaotang said firmly.In his view, this is like a bet. Whether his 50 yuan can be turned over depends on whether the show can be sold as he guessed.Of course, if you are not well-received like in the previous life, then you will lose a lot, and you can even say that you have been busy for nothing and have nothing.

"In this case, I promise you—Director Fang, please write it down, Ah Tang's film salary will be used as investment." Looking back, Shao Daheng glanced at Chen Xiaotang again, "Okay, let's get back to business, for this drama, Do you have anything else to say?"

Chen Xiaotang said: "Yes, I want to recommend someone for the director of this movie!"

Shao Daheng couldn't help being taken aback, because he originally planned to let two veterans, Wang Tianlin or Xiao Sheng, direct.

"Who do you recommend?"

"Director—Wang Jing!" Chen Xiaotang said confidently.

This time Shao Daheng couldn't help being stunned, even Wang Tianlin was also stunned.

Shao Daheng turned his head, looked at Wang Tianlin and said, "I remember well, the director Wang Jing is your son, right?"

Wang Tianlin: "Yes, it's my son."

"How is his filming?"

"This——" Wang Tianlin really felt that this question was difficult to answer, so he said: "The dog is a little talented——you can ask Director Xiao Sheng for details." Give it to Xiao Sheng, Xiao Sheng has a close relationship with him, and he will never say anything bad.

Xiao Sheng couldn't help coughing, and said in his heart, old guy, you really know how to shirk, you must treat Tuen Mun to eat fried fruit tonight!

"Well, if I remember correctly, our Shaw Brothers Company once invited him to film a few films, the box office and word of mouth are remarkable, especially in terms of shooting speed, it is amazing, which greatly saves time!"

Wang Tianlin couldn't help but roll his eyes, this old man Xiao really knows how to figure out Sixth Uncle's mind!
You know, if you simply praise Wang Jing's filming for its good box office and good reputation, it is nothing, because many young directors can do this, and now it is HK films that have entered the golden ten under the leadership of the "New Wave". In this year, great directors and good directors emerged one after another, and the younger generation of directors such as Er Dongsheng, Du Qifeng, Wang Jiawei, Liu Zhenwei, etc. also began to emerge.

But it's different when the filming speed is fast.

We must know that the faster the filming speed, the lower the cost indirectly, and the fastest release, and the quick return of funds. In Shao Daheng's view, this is more important than any talent.

In addition, Shao Daheng has competed with other film companies in the film industry for decades, and basically wins by "moving fast". The finale of the movie version was fiddled with, and the box office sold in a mess.Therefore, the "fast speed" of filming has always been an advantage that Shao Daheng is proud of.

really.This move suits what he likes, and it is very much in Shao Daheng's mind.

"Since this is the case, let him try it. When we are old, we must give young people more opportunities!"

After hearing Shao Daheng's words, Wang Tianlin was so happy that he couldn't help smiling gratefully at Chen Xiaotang.

Chen Xiaotang said to himself, don't be grateful to me, I recommend your son because he was the one who made this movie.

Now that the director has been selected, the next step is to choose the actors.Needless to say Zhang Wuji, it must be Chen Xiaotang himself.As for the other main characters, Zhou Zhiruo and Xiao Zhao caused some headaches for the higher-ups.After all, there are many TVB actresses nowadays, Weng Meiling, Qi Meizhen, Zeng Huaqian, Lan Jieying, Liu Jialing, etc. are all not cheap.But the problem is, which one of them to play now can not only perform well, but also bring the greatest benefits to the company.

But to their great surprise, Chen Xiaotang stood up again at this time and said, "Uncle Six, why don't you consider using a newcomer!"

"Enabling newcomers?" Shao Daheng couldn't help being taken aback, "This kind of risk is too great, we are shooting a movie, not a TV series!"

"It's because of this that I suggest using newcomers..."

"Oh, why?" Shao Daheng was a little confused by the authorities.

At this time, Wang Tianlin, Xiao Sheng and Fang Yihua had already understood.Fang Yihua and Shao Daheng walked the closest, and said with a smile: "What Ah Tang means is that the female roles of our TVB are all famous through TV dramas. Now that we want to shoot movies, we must consider the audience's viewing habits. For example, Weng Meiling has been stereotyped as 'Pretty Huang Rong' by everyone, and Lan Jieying has also been stereotyped as 'Lin Chaoying' by everyone. If they are rashly allowed to star in this movie, many viewers will not be able to come back for a while. Come on. Instead of doing this, we might as well choose newcomers to star in this drama. After all, they are like blank paper and easy to train. In addition, we can also cultivate more female stars through this drama, so we can kill two birds with one stone. Not for!"

"Yeah, we also think Director Fang is right. Now our wireless training class has recruited a group of newcomers, especially a few outstanding girls. Why don't we give them a chance and let them have a try? It would be great if they succeed. , even if it fails, there is no loss to the TV station. The most important thing is not to let the audience have preconceived ideas, so as to give everyone curiosity and freshness!" Wang Tianlin and Xiao Sheng said.

Daheng Shao understood that at first he thought from the perspective of an investor and a decision-maker, but ignored the perspective of the audience.

"Although what you said is reasonable, these girls haven't graduated from the training class, let alone popular, how to attract those audiences to the theater?"

"This... I think since Ah Tang can make this suggestion, there must be a solution." Wang Tianlin thought for a while and said.

Shao Daheng looked at Chen Xiaotang, "Is that true?"

Chen Xiaotang laughed, "Actually, my solution is very simple, that is - find a famous star to play a cameo!"

Shao Daheng's eyes couldn't help but brighten up, a guest star? !Not bad, as long as some big stars can be invited to join the film, even if they show their faces alone, they will surely attract a lot of audience.

In fact, movies that invite big-name guest stars are nothing new in HK, but today's HK movies are not like "The Founding of a Nation" and "The Founding of the Party" in their previous lives. To put it bluntly, it is to let you show your face in the play based on your personal feelings. You have passed the addiction to the show, and I have face, that's all.I have not considered using these people to make popular movies.

But who is Daheng Shao, Chen Xiaotang woke him up with a single word, since he wanted to make a big production, he had to have big means. According to Shao's face, inviting some big-name guest stars in movies was simply a piece of cake.

Before Shao Daheng came back to his senses, what Chen Xiaotang said next stunned him.

"Actually, I have already invited Brother Hong Jinbao to play Zhang Sanfeng!"

With a bang, Shao Daheng only felt a shock in his mind.

why?Of course he knew who Hong Jinbao was.Golden Harvest's No. [-] male star back then, after Bruce Lee's death, held up half of Golden Harvest's sky. Even now Golden Harvest's superstar Cheng Long was brought into Golden Harvest by Hung Kam Po back then.

In addition, he is a versatile action superstar, who has served as an actor, director and even a film producer.At this time, he had already left Golden Harvest and set up his own film company, filming a large number of action comedies, such as "Tiger Frog", "Single Sword and Gun", "Ghost Fighting Ghost" and so on.In addition, he also launched comedies, such as "Fu Xing Gao Zhao" and other "Fu Xing Series".Many of these films are blockbusters, often earning over [-] million at the box office, making action films and comedies the most successful and popular genres of HK films.

Don't look at Shao Daheng who has been in the HK film industry for so long, everyone will sell him three points of thin noodles, but this Hong Jinbao can ignore him at all, without him, just because he has never received any favor from him!

It can be said that in the HK film industry, Hong Jinbao's name is a "golden signboard", sometimes even more effective than Cheng Long, Xu Guanjie and other big names.

Shao Daheng was very curious about how Chen Xiaotang persuaded Hong Jinbao to join this drama, but of course he was embarrassed to ask because of his status, so he smiled lightly and said: "Okay, very good! Since this is the case, I won't say more, how about it?" , A Tang, you are the screenwriter and lead actor of this drama, so I will leave the matter of choosing the heroine to you. You and the director Wang Jing can figure it out. Don’t ask me if you need money. I, Director Fang, and the others will fully cooperate—remember, work hard, and show me a good show!"

Shao Daheng actually delegated power and asked Chen Xiaotang to preside over the matter.

This can't help but stunned Fang Yihua and others, after all, he is still very young.As the saying goes, if you don't have hair on your mouth, you can't do things well.

Chen Xiaotang didn't think so, after all, he had the whole content of the previous life drama in his mind, and it was better to give it to others than to himself.After expressing his thanks, Chen Xiaotang happily left.

Looking at his tall and straight back, Shao Daheng suddenly said, "Isn't it a pity to let him be an actor?!"

Wang Tianlin and the others looked at each other, as if they had guessed something.

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Today there are only two updates, totaling more than 1 words, I feel unwell and I have to go to the hospital for an injection—go first!

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