Chapter 477
In late autumn, the sky is clear and the sun is shining.
Planes were circling and swooping over Kowloon's Kai Tak Airport. From the customs gate to the lobby, there was a crowd of people like crucian carp.
In the waiting hall, the First Pictures team had long been surrounded by reporters.
Today, the team led by Zhu Mu went to South Korea to film "The Legend of White Snake" and was interviewed by reporters before leaving.
In the film industry, Zhu Mu usually serves as a director, but in this "The Legend of White Snake", he serves as a producer.
Lin Qingxia plays Bai Suzhen in this movie, while Zhang Sylvia plays Xiao Qing (tentatively decided).
The two staged a sadomasochistic love affair in Dream of Red Mansions, and now they are turning into a pair of sisters. They are really destined to be together.
However, no matter how reporters asked about the director of "The Legend of White Snake", Zhu Mu remained tight-lipped and refused to say who it was.
But there is an insider rumor that it is Li Hanxiang who will direct.
It's just that as a great director of Shaw Brothers, Li Hei would help Film One Pictures film for no reason.
The reason lies in the "Dream of Red Mansions".
Last year, Li Hei helped Shaw Brothers produce the big-budget productions "A Fall of a Country" and "Bloody", but they were well received but not well-received, and the box office did not reach the expected target.
Therefore, when Li Hei proposed to film "Dream of Red Mansions", Shaw Brothers became cautious and proposed to reduce production costs.
Li Hanxiang is a director who is accustomed to shooting big scenes, and he wants to use the best in everything. Naturally, he does not want to make the masterpiece Red Mansions into a small movie.
Since Shaw Brothers was not happy with it, he had no choice but to find Zhu Mu, an old friend of his, to make preparations together, and he did not hesitate to go it alone.
At the same time, Huang Zhuohan, the boss of First Picture Company, heard the news and expressed great interest in it, and also participated in the preparations.
We all hit it off immediately, and we even agreed on the schedules of Lin Qingxia and Zhang Aijia, but we were just about to close the deal.
At this time, Shaw Brothers came back to intervene. After many twists and turns, Dream of Red Mansions finally fell into the hands of Shaw Brothers.
Li Hanxiang also knew that what he did was unfair and seemed like he was not a human being, so he owed Huang Zhuohan a favor.
He privately agreed to make a "White Snake" movie for First Pictures using the two original cast members to make up for it.
Originally, Li Hei was going to lead a team to South Korea to shoot the exterior scenes of "Dream of Red Mansions" and at the same time assist Zhu Mulai to shoot "The Legend of White Snake".
But plans can't keep up with changes.
Shaw Brothers wanted to release "Dream of Red Mansions" ahead of schedule, so they built sets in Hong Kong and shot the exterior scenes in three days.
Today Zhu Mu leads the team to South Korea, and tomorrow Li Hei and Zhang Cuiying will also leave for South Korea for vacation.
But there is no such coincidence in the world. As soon as Zhu Mu went to South Korea, you and Li Hei went on vacation with you.
Of course, this kind of thing is tacitly understood by everyone, so as not to get into the ears of the senior executives of Shaw Brothers Company and have any grudge against it.
"Korean Airline Flight 1025 has arrived in Hong Kong, please prepare to board the plane."
The airport announcement begins.
Zhu Mu smiled and waved his hand, "It's almost time. Dear journalists, let's see you next time."
The reporter took a group photo for them, got enough news materials, and got out of the way, but did not leave the hall and was still lingering nearby.
The most eye-catching person in the scene is undoubtedly the tall and beautiful Lin Qingxia.
Today she was wearing a white wide hemp shirt, paired with a colorful long skirt.
Two thick eyebrows, slightly drooped corners of the mouth, a delicate face, and black hair hanging naturally on her shoulders.
This innocent actress has a special temperament, like a fairy who does not eat the fireworks of the world, and she is as beautiful as the person in the painting.
Lin Qingxia has a calm attitude when facing all kinds of eyes. She is beautiful and has been used to being looked at since she was a child.
She was accompanying Mother Lin. In addition, there was a young man standing next to her. He had a gentle smile on his face.
All entertainment reporters are familiar with this young man who is not in the industry. He is Indonesian wealthy businessman Chen Zhixing.
He claimed that he and Li Hanxiang were good friends. Every time he visited the studio, he was very generous and gave away baskets of fruits.
Of course the reporter knew that he was a drunkard who didn't care about drinking. He was friends with Li Hei. He was clearly here for the innocent actress.
It's a pity that King Xiang wanted to do it, but the goddess didn't.
Thinking of this, the reporter couldn't help but look around, wondering why Lin Qingxia's rumored boyfriend hadn't shown up yet.
There were more than a dozen reporters quietly hidden in the crowd, just waiting for Lu Dongjie to appear so that they could get the next big news.
A rich Indonesian businessman and a young talent from Hong Kong might even be able to put on a good show on the spot.
Lin Qingxia complained softly: "Mommy, if you continue to make such a movie in one go, you won't be able to pay off the film debt next year."
Mother Lin smiled and disagreed, "There are twelve months in a year, and one movie a month is actually not much."
Chen Zhixing said tactfully: "Auntie, Miss Lin has been in Hong Kong for half a year and looks much better. So it's better not to be too busy."
He turned to Lin Qingxia and smiled, "Besides, Miss Lin is famous, so she should take on roles from big directors and less small productions."
Lin Qingxia suddenly asked mischievously, "Mr. Chen, usually only directors choose actors. Have you ever seen an actor choose a director?"
Chen Zhixing was stunned by her question. For a moment, he didn't know how to answer.
Mother Chen came to the rescue and said: "This time there are several great directors from Shaw Brothers, they are all vying to talk about your schedule."
Lin Qingxia sticks out her tongue, very cute.
She only remained polite on the surface to Mr. Chen's words, but in fact she didn't appreciate it in her heart.
However, Mother Lin seemed to be very fond of this young man, and with Chen Zhixing's intention to please him, the atmosphere of the conversation was harmonious.
Lin Qingxia dealt with it a little absent-mindedly. Although the two of them were separated by a few feet, they talked to each other politely and indifferently.
Zhang Aijia of Little Green Snake was hiding aside, saying goodbye to her A Bu (Liu Youlin).
She was filming Hu Jinquan's "Legend of the Mountain" in South Korea, and was urgently called back to film by Shaw Brothers.
Now that the location scenes of Li Hei's "A Dream of Red Mansions" are in full swing in Hong Kong, she has to fly to South Korea again to continue filming.
When Abu saw the reporter, he started to notice this place and slowly approached it, hoping to take a picture of the two of them.
As a media colleague, he naturally did not like this approach. After hugging Zhang Aijia, he waved to reporters and left the airport.
Zhang Aijia's carefree temperament did not reveal any sadness at parting.
She pulled Lin Qingxia aside and said, "He is also an investment partner of this film after all. Why don't you give him a good look?"
Lin Qingxia wrinkled her nose and pretended to be angry, "If you keep saying this, I will ignore you."
Zhang Aijia deliberately looked her from side to side to make her laugh, "Why didn't your rumored boyfriend show up at the last moment?"
Lin Qingxia couldn't help but twitching her lips and pretending to sneer, "Huh, love or not, who cares about him?"
Zhang Aijia knew that she was thin-skinned, so she didn't go too far to tease her.
She snatched the newspaper from Lin Qingxia's hand, spread it out, and exclaimed, "Wow, it's so stylish!"
Chapter completed!