, and there were two overlapping red slap marks on the left side of her face.
"Don't cry yet," Kang Jianfei handed her the tissue and asked, "What is going on?"
Li Lizhen took the tissue and wiped her tears and said: "It's like this, last month I accepted a film from Hongfa Film Company..."
In Li Lizhen's intermittent narration, Kang Jianfei finally figured out the matter.
The so-called Hongfa Film Company is a small company founded after the Hong Kong film boom last year. There are not even 100 but 80 such film companies in Hong Kong.
Similarly, small and medium-sized film companies are the main customers of Oriental Entertainment Company. When making movies, they not only need to hire actors contracted by Oriental Entertainment Agency, but they also need to rent equipment or studios from DreamWorks, and sometimes even behind-the-scenes personnel.
Need to hire from DreamWorks.
Li Lizhen has been struggling in recent years, and her film salary has been around 300,000 yuan. Last month, Hongfa Film Company asked her to make a movie for a high price of 380,000 yuan, and Li Lizhen happily agreed.
Just after the filming of the movie ended, the producer threw a grand finale party very generously and asked the male and female protagonists to sit next to him.
The producer made Li Lizhen drink as soon as he came. Li Lizhen reluctantly drank a few drinks, but she felt her stomach was uncomfortable and refused to drink any more. The producer felt that he had lost face in public, so he suddenly got mad and grabbed Li Lizhen's hair and slapped her.
She slapped Li Lizhen twice, forced her to drink a glass of wine, and then used the alcohol to move and touch Li Lizhen.
Li Lizhen was frightened by the producer's actions and quickly reported Kang Jianfei's name. She hoped to make the other party quit before the difficulties, but the producer didn't take Kang Jianfei seriously at all and said that he had made him angry.
Just burn down DreamWorks.
In the middle of the closing banquet, the producer dragged Li Lizhen to check out a room. At this time, the director could no longer sit still. He found Li Lizhen from Oriental Entertainment Company. If something happened, he would not be able to work in the Hong Kong film industry.
He got confused and hurriedly ran over to pester the producer to drink to divert his attention. At the same time, he kept secretly winking at Li Lizhen.
After Li Lizhen understood, she quickly took advantage of the opportunity to go to the bathroom and ran out of the back door of the restaurant secretly. As soon as she got home, she quickly called Kang Jianfei.
After Kang Jianfei heard what happened, his face suddenly became so gloomy that he wanted to rain. Even if Li Lizhen was not his woman, Kang Jianfei had to take care of this matter because Li Lizhen represented the Oriental Entertainment Agency.
If Li Lizhen is bullied and the company just sits back and ignores it, it will make other artists feel chilled internally. Externally, it will give people the feeling that Kang Jianfei is easy to bully, and cats and dogs will be able to bully him in the future.
"Who is that producer? You are very loud." Kang Jianfei sneered.
Li Lizhen recalled: "I'm not sure. His surname seems to be Li, but everyone calls him Brother Chen. He seems to be the boss of the gang. He runs Hongfa Film Company."
finally come!
Kang Jianfei's biggest headache is not competing with Golden Harvest and New Arts City for box office, but the influx of gang forces into the film industry. If they just collect some protection fees or something, DreamWorks will give them a big picture of their great business, and they are afraid that these people will come to take pictures.
Movies make money and launder money. They even use violent means to coerce movie staff, turning the entire movie industry into darkness.
Although the Xiang brothers founded Yongsheng Film Company a few years ago, they at least abided by the rules and did not engage in forced buying or selling, or violence and coercion.
It's hard to say for the film companies run by other gangs. These people may be trying to launder money and make a profit, or they may just be interested and want to have fun, and they can do all kinds of messy things.
"You have a good rest, I will take care of it." Kang Jianfei patted Li Lizhen on the shoulder, put her to bed, and immediately picked up the phone and called Xiang Huaqiang's big brother.
Xiang Huaqiang was very noisy. He was probably dancing in some ballroom. It took him a while to find a place to calm down and asked: "A Fei, what's the wind blowing today? It's rare for you to take the initiative to contact me."
Kang Jianfei asked with a relaxed tone and a smile: "Brother Qiang, is there a person like Brother Chen in Hong Kong?"
"What, you have a problem with him?" Xiang Huaqiang asked.
Kang Jianfei said: "There is a little contradiction, I want to understand it."
Xiang Huaqiang chuckled and said: "You are talking about Datou Chen from Causeway Bay. He is from 14k De Zi Dui. I can't handle this matter. You can ask Chen Huimin."
Xiang Huaqiang said it was not easy to control, which meant that it was not convenient for him to intervene.
Although Xin Ngee Ann was the most powerful gang in Hong Kong at this time, 14k was a skinny camel and was bigger than a horse. Xin Ngee Ann would not easily conflict with 14k.
As for the relationship between Kang Jianfei and Xiang Huaqiang, it can only be regarded as ordinary, and Xiang Huaqiang is not currently the person in charge of Xin Ngee'an. How could he provoke 14k just to help Kang Jianfei get ahead?
On the contrary, Chen Huimin, who often shoots films for DreamWorks, is the most suitable middleman.
Chen Huimin and Da Touchen both belong to the 14k German character group. This person had a relatively miserable life when he was first released from prison, but in the past few years he has become famous again, and he has the final say in Tsim Sha Tsui. Now Chen Huimin continues to make movies, but
Filming is just a hobby for him. The year before last, he even participated in the World Elite Fighting Competition. At the age of 39, he defeated a Japanese fighter in only 35 seconds.
In addition, Chen Huimin used to be a prison guard and enjoyed a lot in the prison system. The prison guards are what people in the gang fear most, so he has good relations with all the big guys in Hong Kong. Even the leader of Xin Ngee Ann, Xiang Huayan, is relatively generous.
Chen Huimin’s face.
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Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.
More than 10 years later, there were many high-end hotels and business buildings here, but now it is full of nightclubs and gambling stalls. You can see Ma Zi selling "white noodles" wherever you look on the street.
This is Chen Huimin's base camp. If he stands up and shouts on the street, he can summon hundreds of followers within a minute.
Di Sheng Nightclub, in a luxurious private room.
Da Touchen chewed the peanuts peeled by the bartender, showed a big gold tooth and smiled: "Brother Min, why do you want to get together with your brothers today?"
Chen Huimin smiled calmly and asked casually: "I heard that Achen, you opened a film company?"
"Hongfa Film Company," Datou Chen heard Chen Huimin talking about the film company, and thought that Chen Huimin was looking for him today because of the filming of a movie. "Brother Min, you are a kung fu star, and I run a film company. How about we work together to make a movie?"
A kung fu movie?”
Chen Huimin is still laughing: "I now have a film contract with DreamWorks and I have no time to make other movies."
"What does DreamWorks mean? Filming for a guy named Kang means you think highly of him. Tell DreamWorks to wait until our brother's movie is finished," Da Touchen said and started to curse, "I'm going to shame his mother. Yesterday there was
If this bitch dares to sneak away quietly, I'll kill her to death next time I catch her."
"Is it the Li Lizhen incident?" Chen Huimin said.
Datou Chen suddenly narrowed his eyes, and then he laughed and said: "It turns out that Brother Min, you have another purpose when you come to me for a drink today. Are you here to be a peacemaker?"
Chen Huimin said: "We are all friends, why should we be so stiff? Another day I will have a drink and we can sit together and have a few drinks, and the matter will be over."
In terms of their status in the gang, Chen Huimin and Da Touchen are both big bosses in the 14k German gang, so they can be regarded as equals. However, Chen Huimin currently controls the entire Tsim Sha Tsui area, while Da Touchen can only control one area of Causeway Bay.
It's a small area, and his connections and face are far inferior to Chen Huimin's.
Da Touchen chewed the fragrant fried peanuts for a while, and suddenly grinned: "Since Brother Min has spoken, I, Da Touchen, will give you this face. Let the man named Kang call Li Lizhen and punish me with three cups to apologize.
, I won’t care about what happened before, just pretend that nothing happened.”
Chen Huimin has always been smiling, but at this moment the smile on his face turned a little cold.
The whole thing was originally Da Touchen's deception. This kind of thing is nothing to a gang leader, but since it was Chen Huimin who acted as peacemaker, then from an equal standpoint, Da Touchen was in the wrong.
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If Da Tou Chen promised everyone to sit down and have a cup of wine to resolve their grievances at this time, then Da Tou Chen would be giving Chen Huimin face, and Kang Jianfei would not be able to forcefully demand justice.
But now Datou Chen actually plans to ask Li Lizhen to accompany him to apologize, which makes it very difficult for Chen Huimin to do. To put it bluntly, he completely ignores Chen Huimin's face.
After the two of them had a few drinks, Da Touchen staggered to his arms and started chewing on the sofa while holding a waiter in his arms.
Chen Huimin walked out of the private room alone, took out his mobile phone and dialed Kang Jianfei's phone: "Mr. Kang, Da Touchen agrees that everyone sit down and have a drink, but he wants Li Lizhen to accompany the drink and apologize."
"This is a troublesome matter for Brother Min," Kang Jianfei thanked him first, and then said, "You haven't agreed on a day to set up a bar?"
Chen Huimin said: "Not yet. If you are not free, then forget about this drink."
Kang Jianfei said: "Well, I just don't have time."
"Okay, I'm done." Chen Huimin put away his big brother, and wanted to know how Kang Jianfei would handle the matter. 14k shouldn't have too much internal strife in these years, and the cohesion is simply a mess compared to ten years ago. Chen Huimin and
Although Da Touchen belongs to the same gang and the same character group, the relationship between the two is not very good. Chen Huimin is very happy to see Da Touchen, who does not give him face, suffer.
When doing business, it is important to be harmonious and make money. Generally, when there is a conflict between a businessman and a gang, the businessman basically submits and apologizes. But Chen Huimin has been in contact with Kang Jianfei many times, and he intuitively believes that Kang Jianfei is not the kind of person who knocks out his teeth and swallows them.
So I’m looking forward to Kang Jianfei’s next performance.
To be honest, Kang Jianfei is not like dealing with people in a gang. There are many benefits for a dime, but if you are not careful, you will get into trouble.
But from now until the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, if Kang Jianfei wants to make movies in Hong Kong, the underworld is a hurdle that cannot be circumvented in any case. In the next few years, the more Hong Kong movies will make money, the more gangs will come to make money from movies.
The more people there are, the sooner or later a conflict will occur. (To be continued...) u
