Movie tycoon

chapter 249
In fact, many commentators are not very optimistic about the invitation of "God of Songs" Xu Guanjie to invite Chen Xiaotang to be a special guest for tonight's performance.

"SAM must be crazy, don't fight uncertain battles, this is something that every singer must have, especially for a famous person like him, it is not easy to become famous, so you should cherish it even more. Now the Red Hall concert is approaching. At the end, he made an own mistake, if Chen Xiaotang's performance fails, who will clean up the mess?! So, SAM made a mistake!"

"How should I put it, God of Songs' actions this time are a bit dangerous. After all, that Chen Xiaotang only sang one song. If he can really create a new song, that would be great, but what if he can't?!"

"Facts speak louder than words, let's see how tonight's concert will end—either it will be a legend, or it will be unfinished, and there will be no third result!"

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Compared with those ordinary audiences, what they think in their hearts is much simpler.

"Wait and see, Chen Xiaotang is very good, at least his song "Flastic" is very good—hope there will be a miracle!"

"I bought the ticket, mainly to see SAM. As for Chen Xiaotang, I hope he won't embarrass dear SAM!"

"Compared to Tan Yonglin and Mei Yanfang, this Chen Xiaotang seems to be a bit weaker. I really don't understand why SAM chose him?!"

"SAM, come on! Laughing, come on!"

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No matter what the outside world thinks, the countdown to the last concert at the Songshen Red Hall has already begun.

At seven o'clock that night, everything in the Hongkan Gymnasium was ready.Regardless of the stage, lighting, speakers...all the facilities are top-notch in the world. Just arranging the concert site alone cost millions, not including the hardware facilities worth more than 300 million.

Tickets for the God of Songs Xu Guanjie's solo concert began to go on sale in April, but in just one week, all 10000 tickets were sold out!Under the strong request of the fans, the music company where the God of Songs works can only negotiate with the Red Pavilion Stadium, and finally added 2000 tickets, but [-] tickets are like meat buns beating dogs. Take half a bubble and disappear!The popularity of Songshen in HK can be seen from this!
At this time in the lounge, the song god Xu Guanjie was talking with the manager of his music production company.

"Wow, it's almost bursting outside!" The manager chuckled, "There are too many people, and it's not easy to control the scene. It's better to send more security guards—by the way, the person in charge of EMI Records called me just now. They mean that they hope to install a band group under their own as a special guest to perform at your concert, SAM, what do you think?"

"This..." Xu Guanjie was very embarrassed. To be honest, it's not that Xu Guanjie is stingy and doesn't want others to take advantage of him. If possible, Xu Guanjie certainly doesn't mind maintaining a good relationship with other artists in the circle. He is a giant in the circle, everyone commented that he has no airs and likes to support the younger generation, but all the performances tonight have been fully arranged, and people are inserted in temporarily. ,How to do?Who will pay? !
Seeming to see Xu Guanjie's worries, the manager said: "You dare to give even a short-lived singer like Chen Xiaotang a chance, why not be more generous, even these people have agreed?!"

In fact, the manager was not very impressed with Xu Guanjie's invitation to Chen Xiaotang to perform as a guest singer, or rather, he was not very optimistic about it.From the manager's point of view, inviting Chen Xiaotang is like betting on a horse, and it's the kind of game where you're sure to lose but hard to win.Since you dare to bet on such a bad horse, why not give others a chance? !At least he can sell a favor to EMI. You must know that EMI is one of the four major record companies, and its strength should not be underestimated.

Seeing his manager making a fuss about Chen Xiaotang, although Xu Guanjie was a little dissatisfied, he had no choice but to say: "In this case, you can discuss it with them yourself. If they want to, you can agree to them, so I can have more rest time." !"

After all, the entertainment industry is so big, there is no need to offend everyone for such a thing. As for the final result, it is beyond Xu Guanjie's ability to change.But no matter what the result is, it has nothing to do with Xu Guanjie. Even if these people become a foil, and because of Xu Guanjie's background, his popularity has plummeted, it has nothing to do with Xu Guanjie!

"That's good, I'll agree to them!" The manager nodded. Regarding Xu Guanjie's matter, he thought he was qualified to decide the choice.

"Okay, let's arrange the number of people, don't be too many. The time of the concert is best controlled within three hours. I have [-] songs, plus the interval in between, about two and a half hours. The rest They're all guest appearances—" After saying this, Xu Guanjie ignored his manager and rubbed his temples with some headaches.

In fact, the relationship between the singer and the manager is like this. To put it mildly, it is to help each other, and to put it bluntly, it is to use each other. Like this kind of temporary cameo appearance, it will probably benefit the manager, and Xu Guanjie can only open his eyes. Close one eye.

In this regard, the broker can't help but feel a little proud.As for the band combination of the so-called EMI Company, in fact, it has not signed a contract with EMI at all. This time, it is just using this concert to test the level of the band and see what their potential is.

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As the best friend of "God of Songs" Xu Guanjie, tonight's last Red Hall concert, of course there will be countless stars and big names coming to cheer.

Charming car beauty, star rich businessman.

The stars are shining brightly.

Not to mention Xu Guanjie's three elder brothers, the famous "sneering craftsman" Xu Guanwen, the "invincible bad boy" Xu Guanying, and the "gold medal photographer" Xu Guanwu, their "Xu's Four Masters" are enough to make all HK people applaud; Let’s just say that his close friends are not as good as the “bald guy” Mai Jia, the “big talent” Huang Boming, as well as the music giant Huang Zhan and Gu Jiahui, etc. The presence of these big names is enough to make many fans buy it. Tickets for admission.

However, what is unexpected is that besides these people, there is another person who came to the concert at the Red Hall tonight. Xu Guanjie and him are competitors. Some people even say that Xu Guanjie may overwhelm the other party in the future. They are called HK's real action superstar. This person is Xiaoao Jiahe's action superstar-big brother, Cheng Long! ! !
In fact, the HK film industry at this time has been comparing Xu Guanjie from New Art City with Cheng Long from Golden Harvest.Especially after Xu Guanjie's "Best Partner" starring Xinyicheng was released, the box office was a big hit.The introduction of a large number of modern elements is the main reason for the film's success. The thrilling car racing, tightrope walking, faster-paced and funny plots, and the packaging techniques of Western-style movies all attracted the audience at that time.Its word-of-mouth and overall box office performance even surpassed that of Golden Harvest Cheng Long's new play "Master Dragon".

In terms of movie style, the routes of the two are also very similar. The movements that challenge death and limit the body are very popular.In addition, the appearance of the two is somewhat similar, both have the same hairstyle and big nose, but Xu Guanjie is taller and taller than Cheng Long...

In addition, Xu Guanjie is also Bruce Lee's friend and student. From this point of view, Cheng Long, who has played for Bruce Lee, has a much lower starting point than Xu Guanjie.At the beginning, Cheng Long and Yuan Biao played the Japanese ronin who was violently beaten by Bruce Lee in the film "Fist of Fury". Cheng Long also acted as a stand-in for Mr. Suzuki who was kicked by Chen Zhen and hit the wall at the end of the film. .Because he is young, agile, and brave to try, the director is willing to use him. If there are any difficult moves, he will think of him, a young man with a big nose.It wasn't until Bruce Lee's death that Cheng Long was able to make it through, and he has the status of "big brother" in the film industry today.

Therefore, in terms of background, Cheng Long is far less pure-blooded and big-name than Xu Guanjie.

Some people may say here, why did Xu Guanjie hook up with Bruce Lee?
In fact, although Xu Guanjie and Bruce Lee sing and film together, it seems that they have nothing to do with each other, but in fact they have a deep relationship.
Xu Guanjie's elder brother Xu Guanwen and Bruce Lee are classmates in the same grade at La Salle College in Hong Kong.After Bruce Lee and Xu Guanjie entered the entertainment circle, they became the two aces of HK Golden Harvest Film Company, belonging to colleagues and friends respectively.Both are pioneers, one created a new era of Chinese martial arts movies in the world, and the other is the originator of Cantonese songs. They cherish each other in private, and even the children of both parties are good friends from childhood to adulthood. friend.

In addition, after "The Green Hornet", Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong to participate in a TV show, and the host at that time was Xu Guanjie.In the process of dating, Bruce Lee discovered that Xu Guanjie intended to develop from the music world to the film industry, so he encouraged him and taught him kung fu in private. "Scholar" learned how much real kung fu from Bruce Lee, and Bruce Lee died young.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that although Xu Guanjie and Cheng Long worked for Xinyicheng and worked for Golden Harvest, to a certain extent, Xu Guanjie's salary was even higher than Cheng Long's.This makes Cheng Long, who has been the "big brother" for a long time, very upset.

As the "God of Songs" and Bruce Lee's "student", Golden Harvest had no choice but to use these reasons to comfort the unwilling Cheng Long. Long came to join him in order to ease the conflict between the two.

Cheng Long was very reluctant to look at it before. It's not that he hasn't done things that make people look good, but it's different if this person is Xu Guanjie. In his view, the other party is his competitor.Especially after "Best Partner", the entire New Art City regarded him as a treasure; many high-level executives at Golden Harvest also encouraged the boss Zou Wenhuai to recruit Xu Guanjie, and even some familiar friends in the circle helped him shine shoes , Said how amazing he was, how great he was, which made Cheng Long very angry.

But if you are angry, you still have to listen to the words of the boss of Jiahe, and you still have to do superficial articles. Now Cheng Long is no longer the fledgling kid when he was a fledgling, and he also has some city and scheming of his own.Therefore, after receiving the order from the boss of Jiahe, Cheng Long came to join him "non-stop". On the surface, he was still "enthusiastic".

As a star, there is no one who doesn't like famous cars.Because driving a famous car is not only a status symbol, but also a taste and cognition of life.Therefore, almost all the big stars came here in famous cars tonight, making it look like a famous car expo was being held around.

As the biggest star among celebrities, Cheng Long likes to drive and race cars, and has a lot of private cars, everyone in HK knows this.

But speaking of his most famous private car, it is the Rolls-Royce extended limited edition sedan numbered Rno.

In HK, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can get a special license plate.This is especially true for celebrities and celebrities. Shao Daheng's license plate number is just a number "6", and there is nothing else.

因为人称邵大亨为“六叔”，所以他也对“6”这个数字情有独钟。1978年以33万港币买到“6”这个车牌，后来其它座车牌号也都与6有关，像aE6、ax6、aZ66等。

HK "Jewelry Tycoon" Cheng Yu-tung's license plate is even more awesome, it is directly four "8888"!
The reason why Cheng Long likes the number "seven" seems to be inseparable from some things about him. First of all, his birthday is April 17th, and he belongs to the "Seven Little Fortunes". The first time he officially became a leading actor and became popular was when he filmed "Sword, Flower, Misty Rain and Jiangnan" in 1977, and then "Serpentine Hand" that made him so popular.In addition, the high film salary he got for the first time from "Drunken Master" was 70 yuan. The first time he went to Hollywood in the United States was in July, and it was almost July when he came back——
It can be said that this number "seven" has a great relationship with Cheng Long, so after spending a lot of money, Cheng Long made a very cool number "seven" for the license plate of his new car, so that As for after the license plate appeared, some people said that Shao Daheng was six and Cheng Long was seven. To put it bluntly, this kid had ambitions and wanted to replace them.It's just that I'm afraid he doesn't have that much energy.

Cheng Long scoffed at this. First of all, he didn't mean to compete with Shao Daheng. He is a man, the best of all, the god in the movie. He is just a kung fu actor, and Cheng Long still has self-knowledge.However, what Cheng Long sneered even more was, who said that he would not be able to surpass Daheng Shao in the future?At least, I am still very young!Youth is capital, and it is the biggest capital, isn't it? !
(End of this chapter)