Hong Kong, the rich nightclub-

In a VIP private room, a bearded director is having a party with a group of small stars and friends.

The general manager of the Dafuhao Nightclub ran in from time to time to ask what he needed. Even the Dafuhao boss enthusiastically brought fruit plates and wine when he learned that the bearded director was gathering here.

You should know that the rich nightclub is famous in Hong Kong. It can be valued so much by the boss here, which shows how powerful this bearded director is.

In fact, the bearded director's surname is Gu and his name is Gu Baocheng. He is from the School of Film at the University of Los Angeles in the United States. He first filmed in Singapore and Baodao, and filmed many influential movies in the two places.

Later, Gu Baocheng came to Hong Kong and wanted to show his strength in Oriental Hollywood, but he didn't expect that Hong Kong was full of talents, especially talented directors.

So Gu Baocheng became a hero who had no use, and could only shoot some small productions in the Hong Kong film industry. When he was in a downturn, he even helped people shoot some low-level TV commercials.

But in just one or two years, Gu Baocheng's life took a turn for the better.

He was honored to be noticed by Kang's Entertainment Company, a subsidiary of Kang's Group. To be precise, he was noticed by the boss Kang's Zuyao, so he actually chose him to be the head of the production department of Kang's Entertainment Company.

Now Kang's Group is at its peak in Hong Kong. When Big Boss Huo, Li Chaoren and others were fighting with the financial tycoon Soros in the financial market, Kang's Group was doing well, following the trend and making a big profit in the financial market.

With the growth of Kang's Group, Kang Zuyao was ambitious and wanted to swallow the entire Hong Kong film industry in one bite, so he was ready to start an operation on the Hong Kong Film Group and the pillar of Hong Kong films, Phantom Entertainment.

As the head of the production department of Kang's Entertainment Company, Gu Baocheng lived up to expectations after being appreciated by Kang's Zuyao. In just one year, he created seven or eight super-making movies for Kang's Entertainment.

In addition, Gu Baocheng has directly recruited a large number of Hong Kong artists under Kang Entertainment by relying on his long-term dance skills and socializing skills, including hundreds of Hong Kong's first-line male and female stars, and even some veteran superstars.

It can be said that with the strong support of Kang's Entertainment, Gu Baocheng almost captured all the well-known Hong Kong stars in one go.

Why are there so many Hong Kong stars willing to play for Kang's Entertainment?

There are important historical reasons for this.

You should know that Hong Kong's film career is different from Hollywood in the United States. Hong Kong movies have always followed the "star system", that is, when filming, the stars' pay accounts for more than half of the total investment, and when filming, celebrities have the right to speak and can modify scripts and other privileges. Here, we can refer to the relationship between Stephen Chow and Li Lichi, who was the director at the time, when filming "Tang Bohu's Dots of Autumn". Stephen Chow basically "overhauled" Director Lee's script.

Therefore, the power of Hong Kong stars is very great, which also leaves hidden dangers for the decline of Hong Kong movies in the future.

Because investors who invest in movies only focus on star actors, and do not value the quality of the movies themselves, Hong Kong movies are becoming more and more trash, fewer and fewer moviegoers, and the box office is getting lower and lower.

Song Zhichao knew about the disadvantages of Hong Kong movies, so when he established the Hong Kong Film Group, he prepared to reform the "star system"—

Depress the pay of movie stars to use for production expenses;

Reduce the elbow of celebrities in film production and allow directors and screenwriters to take the lead;

Also, let celebrities do what they should do - to study acting, instead of walking on the red carpet if they have something to do.

In short, Song Zhichao's "original intention" to reform Hong Kong movies is good, but Hong Kong movies have developed for so long, so celebrities have long been accustomed to high pay and privileges. This is a very difficult task force, and the pay is reduced by half. Who can bear it?

It is also because of this that in the early days of Song Zhichao's establishment of the Hong Kong Film Group, he relied on the entire group to suppress those stars, making them afraid to act rashly; but with the rise and growth of Kang's Entertainment, Gu Baocheng fanned the flames in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, and coupled with the temptation of high pay and other conditions, Hong Kong movie stars flocked to them, broke free from the shackles of Hong Kong Film Group and rushed to the embrace of Kang's Entertainment.

As a great contributor to this "snap incident", Gu Baocheng is at its peak in the Hong Kong entertainment industry and has also become a celebrity in the Hong Kong social circle.

...

tonight--

Everyone gathered here to hold a celebration party for Gu Baocheng. By the way, those who didn’t know each other before wanted to take advantage of Gu Baocheng’s line of heaven and earth. What they originally knew should strengthen their relationship so that they could walk sideways in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the future.

At this moment, Gu Baocheng had been filled with a lot of wine by everyone, his stomach was a little nauseous, his throat tightened, and a stream of dregs of wine and vegetables surged into his throat, wanting to spit it out.

However, Gu Baocheng swallowed suddenly and suppressed the stream again.

He drank good wine tonight, a bottle of red wine worth more than 30,000 yuan, and a sip of it can cost thousands of Hong Kong dollars, so it cannot be wasted.

Seeing that Gu Baocheng looked a little dizzy, several friends hurriedly called him to sit down on the soft sofa, and several people started chatting.

The little stars who were originally chattering with heavy makeup also became quiet, sat next to them, and acted as loyal listeners.

Gu Baocheng was surrounded by the stars and was satisfied and burped, saying, "I remember you to me well! If you have the benefits in the future, I, Gu, will never forget everyone - uh, I will definitely cook together!"

"Boss Gu said it well!"

"Yes, we are all a family now! Of course we have to work together!"

Everyone around echoed.

At this time, a male star named Cao came over and said, "It's certainly good if Boss Gu is willing to take care of us, but the good days for us artists are probably coming to an end!"

"Oh, why?" Gu Baocheng said with a squinted look, "Who dares to make things difficult for you, just tell me!"

Cao Mingxing looked around sneakily, then said carefully: "Big Boss, don't you know yet?"

"What do you know?" Gu Baocheng was a little unhappy, thinking that Cao Mingxing was a little pretending to be a fool.

"Cough cough!" Cao Mingxing coughed twice. He became popular when filming restricted movies. Although he made a lot of money, he was looked down upon. He came to support him tonight, hoping that Gu Baocheng would take good care of him, but he didn't want to make him angry.

"Ahem, that's the one-I heard that person is going to come back!"

"Who?" Gu Baocheng was really angry. It would be clear how the Cao surnamed speaks hesitantly.

People around him also looked at Cao Mingxing with disgust, thinking that he was very humble in his appetite.

Cao Mingxing didn't care much, and his expression was a little afraid and said three words: "Song-Xian-Sen!"

Suddenly—

The whole room was strangely quiet.
Chapter completed!