Hong Jinbao murmured to himself as he watched Wu Jianye spare no effort in praising Xu Zhi.
"Brother, what did you say?"
Cheng Long next to him didn't hear clearly and asked curiously.
"I didn't say anything." Hong Jinbao shook his head, and then whispered to Cheng Long: "Along, you can have more contact with Fengge Entertainment in the future, but don't get too close!"
Cheng Long was slightly stunned. In fact, when he came to the scene today, Cheng Long had some doubts in his heart. Fengge Entertainment is just a newly established entertainment company. According to Hong Jinbao's status in the Hong Kong film industry, there is no need for such a caring company.
The newly opened film company now not only comes in person, but also presides over the film screening ceremony of this company, and even invites itself here. This was simply impossible in the past.
"Brother, does this company have any background?" Cheng Long asked.
"Don't worry about this. This company is not simple anyway. We are just making movies. We can't afford to worry about so many things. Besides, there are many friends and many ways out in this world. This company is not short of money. From now on
Maybe it will come in handy."
Hong Jinbao looked at Wu Jianye, who was chatting and laughing with Chen Wenlun and Xie Wanqing, and couldn't help but sigh, businessmen are indeed born actors. Obviously both parties want to strangle each other to death, but now they are like old friends for many years. It is really wonderful...
..
"Then we won't delay Wu Sheng here to welcome the distinguished guests. After the movie is over, we will congratulate Wu Sheng properly!" Chen Wenlun emphasized the words 'movie is over'!
"No problem, our company will have a celebration banquet when the time comes. Chen Sheng and Miss Xie must attend!"
"That's for sure! We won't let go of such a good opportunity!"
"Azhi, help me greet Chen Sheng and Miss Xie. These two are my distinguished guests. You must not neglect them!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
"Brother Angkor, don't worry!" Xu Zhi said happily.
Fengge Entertainment has just been established and does not have many connections in Hong Kong, so when "Mr. Zombie" was released, no celebrities came to support it. However, a few unknown third-rate movie stars came over to see if there were any opportunities. However,
Wu Jianye had never met these people before, so naturally he didn't deliberately make friends with them.
I thought that the number of guests would be almost there, but Wu Jianye was already preparing to enter the theater to prepare for the release of the movie.
Suddenly, they saw a man in his fifties, with white hair and thin body, walking over with a smile. When Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao saw this man, they also looked surprised, and then they immediately greeted him.
"Godfather, why are you here?" Cheng Long said in surprise.
"Haha, today is the release of Fengge Entertainment's new movie, and it is being released in our Jiahe theaters. Of course I have to come to support it."
"Wu Sheng, let me introduce to you. This is the general manager of Jiahe Films, Mr. He Guanchang." Hong Jinbao pointed to the old man and introduced Wu Jianye, and then introduced to He Guanchang: "Manager He, this is Feng
From Ge Entertainment..." He really didn't know how to introduce Wu Jianye's identity in Fengge Entertainment.
"Hello, Mr. He, I am Wu Jianye, the consultant of Fengge Entertainment. Please give me your advice in the future!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
"Heroes come out of young boys. The investment for Fengge Entertainment's first movie reached 8 million. This requires a lot of courage!" He Guanchang said with a smile.
"He Laomiu praised us, this is just a small fight. It is comparable to Golden Harvest. Golden Harvest has also achieved great success in Hollywood in the past two years and brought glory to Hong Kong people!" Wu Jianye said complimentarily.
"Hey, Gui Lao's place is always not as good as the place for us Chinese to show off. I won't delay Wu Sheng. Just let Aaron accompany me. Let's go in first and wait for the movie to be released!" He Guanchang did not meet Wu.
Ye Duo said nothing and walked into the theater with Cheng Long.
Wu Jianye looked at his back curiously. This was the top boss in the Hong Kong film industry. He followed Zou Wenhuai and left Shaw Brothers to establish Golden Harvest. After Bruce Lee passed away, he personally signed Cheng Long to Golden Harvest.
, it can be said that in Jiahe, one person is inferior to ten thousand people.
There is no reason for such a person to come to support him in person today?
But what made Wu Jianye even more curious later was that Shaw Brothers also sent flower baskets. Although no management came, such a situation was still very rare.
Wu Jianye looked at Hong Jinbao with some confusion.
Hong Jinbao quickly smiled bitterly and said: "I don't have such a big face!"
Wu Jianye thought about it for a while but didn't understand the reason, so he simply stopped thinking about it. There were no more customers, so Wu Jianye took Hong Jinbao and walked straight to the theater.
But what Wu Jianye didn't notice was that not long after they entered the theater, Johnson approached the theater with a movie ticket and an excited look on his face...
Since Johnson left the United States, he has felt much relieved because he no longer has "Jurassic Park" or those rock songs around him.
Especially after coming into contact with Xiangjiang's movies, he developed a strong interest in Xiangjiang's movies. His family's business was originally related to movies, and he also liked watching movies. He used to watch more
It was still Hollywood movies, but after coming to Xiangjiang this time, he was immediately attracted by Xiangjiang movies after watching them.
The almost crazy style made him fascinated. This was a performance method that was completely different from Hollywood movies, which fascinated him. During this time in Xiangjiang, he was either watching movies in the theater or in the hotel where he was staying.
Rent a video to watch. He saw in the newspaper today that a movie about vampires was about to be released. Naturally, he couldn't let it go.
When Wu Jianye and Hong Jinbao walked into the theater, the lights were still on and it was very bright, so Wu Jianye immediately saw Xu Zhi sitting there chatting with Chen Wenlun and Xie Wanqing.
"Sheng Chen, Miss Xie, and Xu Zhi are the bank managers of our company. It's time for you to return them to me!" Wu Jianye said affectionately, as if Xu Zhi was his right-hand man.
"Haha, this is natural!" Chen Wenlun looked very happy, and then suddenly laughed: "By the way, Wu Sheng, the release of the movie is not a trivial matter. Have you checked the copies and everything? There won't be any problems, right?"
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Don't worry, Manager Xu will check everything for us. Manager Xu's work experience must be no problem."
"Then I wish Wu Sheng's movie a hit again!" Chen Wenlun was also very happy.
Xu Zhi, who had already walked to Wu Jianye, was slightly startled. When had he checked these things?
In fact, Wu Jianye and others were not too far apart from Chen Wenlun, there was just a row of seats between them.
Seeing Wu Jianye and others sitting in their seats, Chen Wenlun had a sneer on his face, "I'll see how you can laugh in a while!"
In this era, there is no concept of screenings at all, so before the movie is released, it is impossible for many main creators to come up and make jokes. However, after the movie is over, there is a rule that all movie creators love and fear the most. I want to know
Why? At the midnight preview screening, the main staff of each film must be present to get word-of-mouth reviews, usually the director, starring actors, and producers.
This midnight show is the most unruly. If the film is not good-looking, the audience will point at it and scold it. If it is good-looking, it will receive full applause and the sincere admiration of the audience, and the word of mouth will spread.
.So, in this era, even dull literary and artistic films can still make some box office as long as they have a good reputation in test screenings.
This is where future Xiangjiang movies will fall far short. Directors and actors are very afraid of this. Because at a midnight show, if the audience is dissatisfied, it is only a minor matter to curse a few words, and they may even hit someone without taking responsibility.
Therefore, every director and every actor always try their best to do everything well in order to please the audience and avoid the disaster of the test screening. Therefore, when everyone is deliberately trying to please the audience, Hong Kong movies
It has gradually become a Hong Kong film that is easy to understand and extremely entertaining. Even the Hollywood films of that era were far behind.
In Wu Jianye's view, this unwritten rule has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it can urge filmmakers to work harder. This is compared to those actors and directors in the 21st century who only get paid and do not make good movies.
It is a hundred times stronger. The disadvantage is that the audience often dominates the creator's ideas. Once a certain film becomes a big success, it will be copied by others. Wu Jianye believes that this was the situation in the 1980s and early 1990s that followed the trend.
One of the reasons for rampant.
Cheng Long, who was sitting on the other side of the theater, asked He Guanchang curiously: "Godfather, why do you always come here?"
He Guanchang smiled: "This Fengge Entertainment is not simple. They dared to invest 8 million Hong Kong dollars in the first movie, and then invited a domestic inspection team. They obviously have mainland background."
The crew of "Mr. Zombie" used Jiahe's studio, and most of the actors were contracted by Jiahe. How could the top management of Jiahe not know about the inspection team? But in the end, this is all the matter of Fengge Entertainment, and it is not related to Jiahe.
What does Jiahe have to do with it?
This kind of thing, where you don't have to bear anything and can sell well to the mainland, is regarded as an early investment. As for whether the investment will bear fruit, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang don't care.
As for Shaw, who had just delivered a flower basket, he naturally had this in mind.
Cheng Long was surprised: "Do you have a mainland background? Then senior brother, he still..."
"You just came back, and you still don't know what Fengge Entertainment did some time ago. This company cannot regard it as a simple entertainment company. Sanmao must have been plotted by the other party!"
"Since the other party has a background in the Mainland, why do you have to come over in person, over there in Wanwan?"
He Guanchang smiled faintly: "Who said I knew he had a mainland background? I came here just to support my colleagues in Xiangjiang!"
The lights in the theater were completely turned off, plunging into darkness.
"Haha, just watch, Fengge Entertainment will soon become a joke in Xiangjiang!" Chen Wenlun was a little excited.
However, when a red phoenix appeared on the big screen and the logo of Fengge Entertainment appeared, Chen Wenlun had a confused look on his face.
The copies I prepared for them did not have these headers...
First his face turned blue, and then when he saw the Chinese version of the movie, it appeared. When the movie officially started, Chen Wenlun's face turned completely red. He looked at the row below him, and happened to see Wu Jianye looking back at him, so he gave it to him by the way.
A winner's smile.
Then Chen Wenlun saw Wu Jianye hugging Xu Zhi's shoulders affectionately, whispering and not knowing what he was saying, but looking at the two of them, they were obviously very happy, especially Xu Zhi who nodded excitedly.
At this time, Chen Wenlun knew that he had been tricked by Wu Jianye again, but this time what he hated most was not Wu Jianye, but Xu Zhi who took the money and did nothing. This was just provoking him.
"Huh! Let's go!" After saying this, Chen Wenlun took Xie Wanqing's hand and left the cinema.
When the movie opened, Xu Zhi also had a confused look on his face, and then his body started to tremble instantly. Obviously, he had not completed what Chen Wenlun had told him to do. Chen Wenlun was different from Wu Jianye. The Chen family was a well-established wealthy family in Xiangjiang.
It is inextricably linked to the community in Xiangjiang. How could Xu Zhi not be afraid of such a situation now?
Xu Zhi immediately stood up and went to explain to Chen Wenlun, but immediately a strong hand hugged his shoulder, making him unable to move.
"My bank manager, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to leave just after the movie started!" Wu Jianye's voice sounded in Xu Zhi's ears with a sinister tone.
Seeing Wu Jianye's half-smiling expression, Xu Zhi immediately understood his previous behavior, and Wu Jianye must have known it.
For a moment, Xu Zhi's heart felt like it was falling into an abyss. His mind finally cleared up for a moment, and he realized that this was a hole that Wu Jianye had dug for himself. He had always thought that he had Wu Jianye playing tricks on him.
Among them, now it seems that I am just a big monkey, jumping up and down with pride.
In fact, he was just jumping around in the cage Wu Jianye prepared for himself. Even the bananas he ate were all thrown by Wu Jianye.
"Wu Sheng, I..."
"What do you think the Chen family will do to you when you walk out of the theater after the movie is over?"
"Wu Sheng, I was wrong. I know I was wrong. Please save me. I don't dare to do it anymore!" Xu Zhi began to think that when he left the theater, there must have been a group of swordsmen ready.
Well, I'm afraid I'll be in bad luck by then.
The only one who can save him now is Wu Jianye.
"Why should I save you? According to your current behavior, you should be crawling inside and outside. If you follow the rules of the club, it is estimated that three swords and six holes are unavoidable. If you are sent to the police station, I am afraid that you will not be able to survive until you return."
You won’t be able to get out, and you will have to go to the Northern Wilderness to receive re-education!”
"Wu Sheng, I really know that I was wrong. I was lost at that time. Please save me with great mercy. I worked hard with you all the way. There is no credit but hard work!" Xu Zhi was almost worried.
Kneel down to Wu Jianye.
"Oh, Azhi, what you did makes me very heartbroken, you know? It's very heartbreaking!" Wu Jianye patted his chest and said, "It was thanks to your help that Zhou Tao was able to come to Xiangjiang. We could have been together.
Money, why do you have to do this?"
"Wu Sheng, I really know I was wrong, can you please forgive me this time?" Xu Zhi grabbed Wu Jianye's arm tightly and begged. At this time, Wu Jianye was the only one who could help him.
"Okay!" Wu Jianye said with a sigh.
"Thank you Wu Sheng, thank you Wu Sheng!" Xu Zhi said quickly.
"You can't stay in Xiangjiang. After all, you know the power of the Chen family in Xiangjiang. The country is too close to Xiangjiang, and it is inevitable that people from the Chen family will find it. I think you should go to Thailand for a short period of time first, and wait for Xiangjiang.
The news is no longer so tight. If you come back, you won't be able to think about this anymore!" Wu Jianye said in a persuasive way.
"Thank you Wu Sheng, thank you Wu Sheng!" Xu Zhi said gratefully.
"Okay, don't talk about this anymore. We are all brothers. Although you betrayed me, I have to be loyal to you, but you have to remember that this is the last time!"
"clear!"
"Zhou Sheng, please take Azhi and leave by the back door first." At this time, Xu Zhicai saw a man wearing sunglasses sitting next to Wu Jianye. There was no one wearing sunglasses in the cinema, but Xu Zhi didn't dare.
ask.
Wu Jianye continued to say to Xu Zhi: "I have already arranged the escape ship, please leave quickly!"
With Xu Zhi's repeated thanks, Wu Jianye watched Xu Zhi and Zhou Jiuliang leave the theater, but in the aisle, Zhou Jiuliang's body suddenly shook, as if he had been hit by something.
"Wu Sheng, did you really arrange for Xu Zhi to escape to Thailand?" Hong Jinbao was always there, and he couldn't help but asked curiously.