1014 [In the movie world, you are not alone in the world! 】
Shi Zhijian originally just wanted to stroll around the movie theater, but he didn't expect to meet Chang Cheh filming a movie, nor did he expect to meet the future great director Wu Yusen.
Wu Yusen watched Shi Zhijian and Zhang Che reminiscing about old times, but he didn't know that Shi Zhijian's target would be him at this moment.
Shi Zhijian is planning to recruit Wu Yusen from Shaw Brothers to New Art City. New Art City has just been established, and there is a shortage of directors, actors, etc.
Zheng Shaoqiu, Zhao Yazhi, Wang Yu and Pan Yingzi, who were previously signed by Shi Zhijian, are still filming in Jiahe.
Shi Zhijian is not the kind of hard-hearted person who lets them destroy their futures and defect from Jiahe to New Art City. Therefore, New Art City is in urgent need of replenishing its blood, especially directors.
"Director Zhang, do you know whether I want to tell you something?"
"You speak and I listen."
"I admire Director Wu very much and want to invite him to New Art City. I wonder if you are willing to let him go?"
"Uh, this -" Zhang Che was stunned for a moment, not expecting Shi Zhijian to make such a weird request.
Wu Yusen was also stunned. He didn't expect that Shi Zhijian would take a fancy to him.
"Director Wu is just helping me with this film. He has a contract with Shaw Brothers."
Before Zhang Che finished speaking, Wu Yusen hurriedly said: "The contract expires in one month!" After speaking, his eyes were intense, fearing that Shi Zhijian's words would not count.
Zhang Che rolled his eyes and saw that Wu Yusen, this kid, wanted to fly with his wings!
"That's great! If Director Wu is interested in our New Art City, the door is open to you at any time!"
"Thank you Mr. Shi for your respect! I will definitely live up to expectations!" Wu Yusen sincerely wanted to leave Shaw Brothers and join Xinyi City.
Nowadays, in Shaw Brothers, only big directors like Chang Cheh can sign a head-to-head contract, a contract for one play; as for small directors like them, they can only sign long-term contracts and work for Shaw Brothers!
Wu Yusen signed a three-year contract of sale with Shaw Brothers, and the deadline was about to expire.
In Wu Yusen's opinion, he would rather have a chicken head than an ox tail. He is too junior at Shaw Brothers and has no chance of filming. He can only work as an assistant director and do odd jobs for others. Maybe he will have a chance when he goes to New Art City——
If Mr. Shi values himself so much, he will definitely be reused there.
"Ahem, now that Asen has made his own decision, I wish you the best to go to Xinyi City and show off your ambitions!" Zhang Che followed suit.
Shi Zhijian was very happy. He did not expect that the matter would be settled easily. He immediately said to Zhang Che: "Director Zhang, you know that New Art City has just been established now. If you are interested, you can also help our company shoot a few movies! We are all old friends.
, I’ll treat you to tea then!”
Zhang Che felt happy when he heard this. It was a great honor to be able to receive the olive branch from Councilor Shi with his own hands.
"No problem! I have an old friendship with you, Councilor Shi, oh no, I have an old friendship with you, A-Jian! Let's help each other and talk about it!"
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"What? Boss, you invited Zhang Che and Wu Yusen to come to our film company to film?"
On the set of "Brother Tangshan", Bruce Lee looked at Shi Zhijian in surprise.
Fortunately for Wu Yusen, Chang Cheh is a well-known director. Bruce Lee had heard of his name when he was in Hollywood, but he didn't expect Shi Zhijian to invite him so easily to help film in New Art City.
Shi Zhijian smiled and patted Bruce Lee on the shoulder, "Of course it's true! Since I gave you the management of Xinyi City, I have to pave the way for you, including big directors, famous actors, etc., all of them will be given to you.
Come in!"
Bruce Lee smiled. He himself had always been arrogant, but he also knew that opening a film company and making kung fu movies were two different concepts. No matter how powerful he was, it was not enough to rely on one person alone. New Art City wanted to gain a firm foothold in Hong Kong. We must attract more talents!
After talking with Bruce Lee, Shi Zhijian got to know each other again with other members of the crew.
Among the entire "Tangshan Brother" cast, apart from the starring actor Bruce Lee, Shi Zhijian is more interested in the protagonist Miao Kexiu, supporting actor Tian Jun and others.
But what surprised Shi Zhijian was that on the set he actually saw Liu Yong, the male star who will be filming "Qin Shi Huang" on ATV in the future. However, now Liu Yong can only play a small role in the film and is not even considered a supporting actor!
This was not a surprise. What surprised Shi Zhijian was that the future "zombie Taoist Priest" Lin Zhengying also appeared in this film. In addition to being an action double, he turned out to be the deputy martial arts instructor of this film!
Who is Shi Zhijian, and how could he let go of such an opportunity?
He immediately said hello to the two of them.
Liu Yong and Lin Zhengying did not expect that a person of such noble status as Shi Zhijian could be so "approachable". They were immediately flattered and were so excited that they could not even speak.
Compared to Liu Yong, Shi Zhijian was more enthusiastic about Lin Zhengying, and he could easily extract the advanced "Seven Little Blessings" from Lin Zhengying's words.
When he learned that Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Wah, Yuen Biao and others were still on set, playing small roles that were insignificant, Shi Zhijian immediately told Lin Zhengying: "I like people who are loyal the most! Since you have such a good relationship with the Seven Little Fortunes, why not invite them to our company for filming!"
Lin Zhengying: "Uh? Really?"
It felt like pie falling from the sky and hitting my head.
"Of course it's true! If you ask them to come over, Xinyi City will sign a contract with them." Shi Zhijian made the final decision.
Bruce Lee heard clearly from the sidelines. Although he felt that Shi Zhijian's behavior was a bit unexpected, Shi Zhijian was the big boss behind the scenes, and Xinyi City indeed needed new people to join, so he didn't say much.
Liu Yong was very envious on the sidelines, thinking that Lin Zhengying was the one who could ascend to heaven with chickens and dogs!
Little did they know that for Shi Zhijian, he accidentally picked up a treasure and made a lot of money!
Now that New Art City has Bruce Lee, if we can win Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan in the future, it won’t explode?!
Just when Shi Zhijian was visiting the crew of "Tangshan Brother", an exquisite black classic car slowly drove up.
Two men and one woman got out of the car. The man was Shao Yifu, the head of Shaw Brothers Film Company, and the woman was Fang Yihua, who was in charge of the company's finances.
Seeing Shao Daheng coming, Zhou Duwen hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, "Uncle Six, I didn't expect you to come here!"
Shao Daheng smiled slightly: "I'll come over and take a look as soon as I get your call." After a pause, "Is the news you got true?"
"It's absolutely true!" Zhou Duwen said mysteriously, "I have an informant here. He called me and told me that Shi Zhijian visited Zhang Che's "Ma Yongzhen" not long ago and had a great conversation with Zhang Che and others. Now it should be I went to the set of "Tangshan Brother"!"
"Informant? You have a lot of informants in the movie theater, so what about me, are there some too?"
"No! Absolutely not! How dare I dare to do such a thing!" Zhou Duwen turned pale with fright.
"Don't worry! I'm joking with you!" Shao Daheng patted Zhou Duwen on the shoulder, "Since I am willing to leave the studio and production to you, I trust you! Don't think too much about it."
Zhou Duwen hurriedly bowed to express his gratitude.
Shao Daheng stopped looking at him and said, "Besides these, what other news did you get?"
Zhou Duwen hurriedly stepped forward: "I heard that Zhang Che is planning to go to New Art City to film! By the way, the assistant director, named Wu Yusen, is also going to go!"
"Oh, really?"
Gu Ni
Zhang Che betrayed Shao Daheng and once went to Jiahe to film a movie with Wang Yu. During this period, Wang Yu also stole the contracts of many actors, which made Shao Daheng very passive and had to use the excuse of giving everyone a salary increase to re-sign.
For Zhang Che, Shao Daheng is now helpless. Who allows Zhang Che to bear the title of "million-dollar director" and go to any film company to shoot movies.
On the contrary, it was Wu Yusen——
Shao Daheng held his chin and thought for a moment, then said to Zhou Duwen: "I remember that young man Wu Yusen's contract expires next month, right?"
"It seems so!"
"He knows that I value him very much and want to make him a great director. If he is willing to renew his contract, his salary will be doubled! He can choose the actors for new dramas!"
"Ah, this -" Zhou Duwen didn't understand why Shao Daheng did this, "We at Shaw Brothers have no such precedent!"
Shao Daheng smiled: "What does it matter whether it is yes or no? As long as I say it, it will be a precedent!"
"Understood!" Zhou Duwen bowed again.
Shao Daheng took Fang Yihua towards "Tangshan Brother".
Fang Yihua couldn't help but ask: "Why did you promote that Wu Yusen?"
Shao Daheng said calmly: "Let's place a bet! Shi Zhijian is a clever man and never bets on people without talent! Since he is optimistic about this horse, then I will compete with him!"
"You think that's a thousand-mile horse?"
"Even if it's not a thousand-mile horse, it's still a dark horse! That guy named Shi has a very good vision!"
Fang Yihua was slightly stunned. It seemed that he had never praised anyone like this after following Shao Daheng for so long.
…
After Shi Zhijian visited the crew of "Tangshan Brother", he saw that it was almost time and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a loud voice: "Congressman Shi, long time no see!"
Following the sound of voices, Shao Daheng was seen walking over surrounded by a group of people.
Seeing this, Shi Zhijian hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Uncle Six, why are you here?"
Shao Daheng shook hands with Shi Zhijian: "When I heard that Councilor Shi was here to inspect, of course I, the boss, had to come and take a look!"
"Uncle Six, you're too polite, I just came over casually to visit the class."
"Oh, really?" Shao Daheng glanced at the Bruce Lee crew. The crew was filming and was not affected by them at all.
Shao Daheng nodded, this crew looks very good for being so calm.
"In this case, let's not stand and talk. Go over there and I'll have someone prepare some tea! If possible, please congressman accompany me to drink tea!" Shao Daheng said half-jokingly.
Shi Zhijian hurriedly raised his hands: "How dare you refuse?"
…
Inside the VIP hall of the cinema.
Shi Zhijian and Shao Daheng were sitting on huanghuali chairs, sipping fragrant tea. In addition to a pot of hot tea, there was a game of Go on the tea table in front of them.
However, the game played in Go was Shi Zhijian's best game, "Go-bang".
Shao Daheng is a master of Go, but Shi Zhijian knows nothing about Go. In the end, Shao Daheng had to play this seemingly simple "backgammon" with Shi Zhijian.
Shao Daheng was very disdainful of this at first, thinking that backgammon was too simple, but after playing three or four games with Shi Zhijian, he realized that there was a lot to it. The simpler it is, the more varied it is!
Because of his carelessness, Shao Daheng lost two sets in a row. He concentrated on the next two sets and immediately came back to beat Shi Zhijian.
This was the fifth game. Shi Zhi insisted that Heizi moved "half-moon", and Shao Daheng held Bai Zi to contain him.
Bang bang bang!
As Shi Zhijian continued to attack to get the five men in line, Shao Daheng continued to block, intercept, surround and demolish——
The two of them refused to give in, and the huge chessboard was soon to be filled, but the winner had not yet been decided.
Finally, Shi Zhijian threw away the remaining chess pieces in his hand, shook his head and said, "I lost!"
Shao Daheng looked at Hope, smiled, threw down the chess piece, and said, "How could we lose? It's a draw!"
Shi Zhijian shook his head again: "I attacked all the way, but you just surrounded me. In total, I lost! The loss was in momentum. If the attacker loses momentum, he will not be able to transform into a dragon in a single line, and will only become a dead snake in the end.
One piece!"
"But you are still young. Even if you lose momentum for a while, you can still make a comeback in the future!" Shao Daheng said, looking up at Shi Zhijian, "Ajian, we have known each other for a long time, and I have always admired you!
So I have a very good suggestion. You should engage in your politics and be your congressman. As for the film industry, leave it to me and stop interfering!"
Shi Zhijian smiled and picked up the tea cup and took a sip without saying a word.
Shao Daheng continued: "If you want to achieve success in the business world, you can also use Shinhwa Group to achieve success in food, real estate, and electronics. You don't have to get involved in the film industry! If nothing else, Jiahe is yours.
It’s a lesson learned from the past! You wholeheartedly want to win Jiahe up and compete with our Shaw Brothers, but what’s the result? Isn’t it a bad feeling to make wedding dresses for others?”
Shi Zhijian put down his teacup and looked up at Shao Daheng: "What if I don't want to give up? After all, I just established Xinyi City!"
"Can New Art City surpass Jiahe? surpass us, Shaw Brothers?" Shao Daheng's eyes showed a hint of contempt, "You are a genius, that's right! But geniuses also make mistakes! That is choosing the wrong career at the wrong time!
The film industry is not something you can play casually! Do you know why? Because I am here!"
Shi Zhijian smiled: "I respect you very much, Uncle Six, and I am not willing to use despicable means to win against you!"
"Haha, if you give up those despicable methods, you will be even less able to defeat me!" Shao Daheng looked proud.
"Okay then, why don't we make a bet!"
"What kind of bet are you making?"
"This is our first play in New Art City."
"You mean "Brother Tangshan"?"
"Yes!" Shi Zhijian said firmly, "What do you think if our first movie can beat your Shaw Brothers movie?"
"Hahaha!" Shao Daheng laughed, "Are you saying that your small-budget film can beat our big-budget Shaw Brothers production?" After a pause, "You know, Zhang Che, the "Ma Yongzhen" he shot is better than our Shao Brothers production.
It’s a blockbuster movie that I’m planning to release! I’ll give Chen Guangtai 200,000 yuan in salary alone!”
In this era, the salary of many big stars is only 100,000 or 200,000. The highest ones are Ti Lung and David Chiang. Now that Chen Guangtai can get so much, it shows that Shaw Brothers is favoring him, and this time it also asked David Chiang to co-star him. In "
"Ma Yongzhen" plays the villain "Tan Si". One can imagine how high Shao Daheng's expectations for this drama are!
Shi Zhijian said no more, stood up and said: "If I win, then I only need a word from you, Uncle Liu——"
"What are you talking about?"
"You are not the only one who rules the film industry!"
