"Uncle Six, do you really want to make a bet with someone named Shi?"
After Shi Zhijian left, Fang Yihua couldn't help but ask.
Shao Daheng arranged the chess pieces on the chessboard and said: "I know what you mean. If I lose, just say a simple word, but it will be impossible to dominate the Hong Kong film industry again in the future! He admitted his failure.
, it proves that Shaw Brothers is not number one! Any film company can compete with us, Shaw Brothers!"
Fang Yihua nodded: "Yes! This is a serious matter! We must not lose momentum! Without momentum, there will be no luck. Without luck, many changes will occur in the Hong Kong film industry in the future!"
Shao Daheng put the chessboard in order and then looked up at Fang Yihua, "Do you think I will lose?"
"Of course not!" Fang Yihua said hurriedly, "Even Jiahe can't beat you, how can Xinyi City do it?"
In Fang Yihua's view, Shi Zhijian sacrificed the near and sought the distant, giving up Jiahe but establishing Xinyi City, which was simply a wrong move!
Although Golden Harvest is not as strong as Shaw Brothers, with its development in the past few years, it is remarkable both in terms of box office and reputation, and can even compete with Shaw Brothers in some aspects!
What about Xinyi City?
It doesn’t matter what you want!
No!
There is a Bruce Lee returning from Hollywood!
But what does it mean to spend time in Hollywood?
She had also seen Bruce Lee when he came to Shaw Brothers to apply for a job. He was arrogant and arrogant. He thought he had drunk foreign ink abroad and knew a little bit about martial arts and did not take anyone seriously. The lion opened his mouth and asked Mr. Shao directly for a
The film's salary is US$10,000, which is equivalent to over 700,000 Hong Kong dollars!
How is it possible?
Ti Lung, David Chiang, and Wang Yu, the highest-paid actors in Hong Kong, only earn 30,000 to 400,000 yuan!
Bruce Lee wants to take away 700,000 yuan, which is simply a fantasy!
The result is also obvious, Shao Daheng rejected Bruce Lee's unreasonable request!
They have no shortage of people at Shaw Brothers!
No need for such a Bruce Lee!
Now Bruce Lee was invited by Shi Zhijian to New Art City. Shi Zhijian seemed to value him very much. Not only did he let him manage the company, but he also gave him the power to shoot his favorite movies. This "Tangshan Brother" is his first work!
"I really don't know if Shi Zhijian is overconfident, or if Bruce Lee is really talented!" Shao Daheng curled his lips with disdain, "I have been in the film industry for so many years, and I have never misjudged anyone! If I make a mistake this time,
If I am really defeated by this Bruce Lee, even if I don’t say that my surname is Shi, how can I, Shao, have the dignity to establish myself in Hong Kong and take charge of the film industry?”
After saying that, Shao Daheng stood up, put his hands on his hips in a domineering manner and said: "The film industry belongs to us, the Shaw Brothers, and anyone can take it away, but not the one named Shi! Do you know why? Because I, Shao Yifu, will never be beaten by a fool.
Defeat the boy! Absolutely not!"
…
In the next week, Shi Zhijian finally took a breather. Things were getting smoother and smoother for the Flying Tigers. All the bills proposed by Shi Zhijian were passed. Saigon disaster relief was on the right track, and the fight between rickshaws and taxis also ceased.
From now on, Shi Zhijian can focus all his energy on the bet between Xinyi City and Shaw Brothers.
Although Shi Zhijian knew the historical development context and knew that Bruce Lee's first film would be a big hit in the future, Shi Zhijian was still a little worried. While Shaw Brothers was hyping up its own blockbuster "Ma Wing Ching", Shi Zhijian also started to prepare for the first film in New Art City.
Play advertising!
Before the movie was released, "Oriental Daily" had already published an advertisement for the premiere of "Tangshan Brother".
The content of the advertisement is: "The proud son of Hollywood! Bruce Lee, the Hong Kong kung fu emperor, returns to Hong Kong with a martial arts masterpiece! The film will have a grand premiere at the Kowloon Grand Theater on April 15! On the day of the premiere, Senator Shi Zhijian will attend
Personally give a big gift to all the viewers!! Finally, there are only 2,000 tickets for sale to the public for this premiere! The pre-sale price of tickets is HKD 20! First come, first served, it’s better to act than to make a reservation! If you need to reserve movie tickets, please call——
"
At the back of the advertisement, the "Kung Fu Emperor" Bruce Lee's "glorious" career in Hollywood is told in detail, how he beat foreigners in a pub, how he won glory for the country in college and defeated Japanese karate masters, Korean taekwondo masters, etc.!
It is difficult to tell whether these stories are true or false, but they have all been virtually beautified by the great "water blowing" master Ni Ji, making them very readable! After reading them, people are even more excited and want to beat them up with a Japanese carrot head!
In fact, only Shi Zhijian knew that the character "Chen Zhen" in future Asian TV movies was made up by Ni Jiji!
It can be said that Ni Jiang is very good at the three-in-one drama of "nationality", "hot blood" and "fighting"!
As soon as this advertisement concocted by Shi Zhijian came out, it was immediately ridiculed by many film companies such as Shaw Brothers!
First, he laughed at Bruce Lee for being "arrogant and boastful" and actually dared to call himself the "Kung Fu Emperor"!
Who in Hong Kong dares to say that he is the strongest in Kung Fu, so strong that he can become the emperor?!
Are all the major sects in Hong Kong just decorations?
Are all the masters of various sects jumping on the street?
Even if the audience agrees, they martial arts people don’t agree!
Secondly, although the current movie ticket price in Hong Kong has increased a lot compared to three or four years ago, it has also increased from five yuan to six yuan or seven yuan!
But the premiere ticket for "Tangshan Brother" is as high as 30 yuan! How much meat can 30 yuan buy? It's enough to cover one-third of a person's salary!
Take one-third of your salary to watch a movie?
Are you crazy?!
No, it’s not that the audience is crazy!
But the people in Xinyi City are crazy about money!
If you like money so much, why don't you grab it?!
But what shocked Shaw Brothers and others was that all the limited 2,000 movie tickets were sold out on the day the advertisement was published!
Sold 2,000 movie tickets in one day?
What's going on?
Even Shao Daheng couldn’t sit still!
It took me a while to realize that most of the people buying movie tickets were going there for Congressman Shi Zhijian!
Didn't Shi Zhijian say he would appear at the premiere night? He also wanted to give the audience a big gift. Those people were all going for him!
Ordinary people cannot afford to buy a 30-yuan movie ticket, but it is different for those rich Hong Kong people. If you can enjoy the nobility of the legendary "Wenquxing" Senator Fanshi, let alone spend 30 yuan, even if you can
It costs three hundred yuan, three thousand yuan is still worth it!
As a result, many rich people bought hundreds of tickets at a time, and they even called them: "Help Congressman Shi hit the box office! It's not a big deal, support Congressman Shi first!" etc.!
When Shao Daheng learned about this, his lungs exploded with anger!
I feel that Shi Zhijian is so cowardly that he even betrayed himself in order to win Shaw Brothers!
But the news he got next shocked Shao Daheng even more.
Apart from those rich guys trying to curry favor with Shi Zhijian for the sake of sensationalism, the rest of the 2,000 movie tickets were actually taken care of by masters from major martial arts schools in Hong Kong!
The reason why these martial arts masters are willing to spend so much money to buy tickets is to see who the so-called "Kung Fu Emperor" Bruce Lee is?!
"I'll beat you up! If you dare to call yourself the Kung Fu Emperor, I'll beat the shit out of you!" said the leader of the White Crane Sect.
"There are many masters in Hong Kong! If you dare to call yourself the Kung Fu Emperor, I want to see how much you weigh!" said the leader of the Bagua Sect.
Just as these Hong Kong martial arts people are gearing up, the Hong Kong media reporters are going crazy!
The 2,000 tickets were sold out, so they had no chance to go to the premiere. If they couldn't get in, they wouldn't be able to interview Shi Zhijian or Bruce Lee, and they wouldn't be able to witness the exciting scenes of Hong Kong martial arts masters finding trouble on the spot and competing with Bruce Lee!
Gushu
In short, if you can't get in, you will suffer a big loss!
Even the media reporters were hyped up by the drama "Tangshan Brother" like ants on a hot pot, not to mention the big names in the film industry such as Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, Great Wall and Phoenix!
Shao Daheng has been prepared for this for a long time, and for the first time he is willing to spend a lot of money to promote his own "Ma Yongzhen".
Jiahe Liu Jianxiong and Zou Wenhuai looked at the newspaper and were dumbfounded!
They never dreamed that Shi Zhijian would make such a big splash just by setting up a film company casually?!
A movie ticket sells for 30 yuan, and the demand exceeds supply?!
Even the reporters were looking for ways to watch the premiere!
Pu your grandma!
Are you crazy?!
…
Peninsula Hotel, Cafe.
Bruce Lee was sitting near the window, wearing toad sunglasses. He took out a stack of letters from his body and handed them to Shi Zhijian. He didn't say anything, but had a wry smile on his face.
Shi Zhijian took the letters and cast a doubtful look.
Bruce Lee gestured with his chin to open it and take a look.
Shi Zhijian opened the letters and took a look and understood!
Most of those letters only have a few words on them, and most of those words are ugly, and most of the contents are the same!
"I want to duel with you!" Hong Kong White Crane Sect!
"I hope I can learn something from you!" Hong Kong Bagua Sect.
Or it's very simple, "Contest! Fight! Come on, let's compete!" etc.!
From these tone of voice, there is an air of martial arts warrior!
During this period of time, after Bruce Lee finished filming, he began to edit the film, then make samples, copy master tapes, etc. Only after finishing these things at hand did he know that something big had happened!
Shi Zhijian publicly called him the "Kung Fu Emperor" in a newspaper, which actually caused a group of martial arts people to be very dissatisfied!
If ordinary people just call him this and evaluate him, then forget it. However, Shi Zhijian is not an ordinary person. He is a famous person in Hong Kong and is a current member of the parliament. This is a big deal!
"You can also see that now that I am famous, many people want to compete with me!" Bruce Lee took off his sunglasses and continued to smile bitterly, "I have to wear sunglasses when I go out now, for fear of being recognized!"
"It's great that you are red!"
"Shi Sheng, please stop playing with me! It's good to be a star in a drama. What's this called a star?" Bruce Lee pointed to the letters, "They all want to fight me to the death!"
Shi Zhijian smiled, threw the letters on the table, took a sip of coffee, "Why, are you afraid of them?"
"It's not a question of whether you're afraid or not. It's a matter of risk in martial arts competition. If you don't succeed, you may be killed or injured!" Bruce Lee said, "I can hit it as far as I can, but others may not!"
Shi Zhijian nodded and agreed with Bruce Lee's words.
"So what do you need me to do? Help you refute the rumors in the newspaper? Are you telling me that you are not the Kung Fu Emperor? Am I deliberately telling lies?"
"Of course you can't do this! Shi Sheng, you are a person of status!"
"Then what do you want me to do?" Shi Zhijian spread his hands.
"This-" Bruce Lee was speechless.
He invited Shi Zhijian over, hoping to get some comfort, but there was no good solution.
"Actually, this matter is easy to solve!" Shi Zhijian suddenly said.
"Huh?" Bruce Lee was stunned.
"Since they doubt you, let's have a fight! Find the most powerful one and compete on the spot at the premiere!" Shi Zhijian said, holding a cup of coffee and crossing his legs, "If you win, you will become famous overnight! Even our drama will be affected.
It will explode! If we lose, you and I will finish the game together! There is no need to open Xinyi City anymore!"
"Is it necessary to play such a big game?" Bruce Lee's eyes widened and he was stunned by Shi Zhijian's suggestion.
"Is there any other good way?" Shi Zhijian tilted him, put down his coffee cup and tapped the table with his fingers, "You have to be ruthless in business! Be ruthless to others, but also be ruthless to yourself! If you don't succeed, you will lose everything!"
"His!" Bruce Lee gasped, looking straight at Shi Zhijian as if he was meeting Shi Zhijian for the first time.
Shi Zhijian continued: "Believe me! If everything succeeds this time, Xinyi City will become famous in one battle! As for you, you can also be famous in Hong Kong! Then I will help you set up a Li family class, which will be full of martial arts masters.
, Kung Fu stars, they all help you to play small roles and listen to your wishes! By then you will be the real Kung Fu Emperor!"
Shi Zhijian's words made Bruce Lee excited, "Can I?"
"Why not?" Shi Zhijian stood up and patted Bruce Lee on the shoulder, "Believe me, in the future you will not only be the Kung Fu Emperor, but also a Hollywood superstar! Many foreign devils will worship you! You will write the word Kung Fu into those ghost dictionaries.
!”
Bruce Lee was stunned. He didn't understand why Shi Zhijian valued him so much! Vaguely, he felt that he had found the biggest confidant in life! The biggest talent!
"Shi Sheng, I believe in you!" Bruce Lee stood up and said excitedly, "I will definitely do what you tell me! As for the martial arts competition, just feel free to arrange it for me!"
"Okay!" Shi Zhijian patted Bruce Lee's shoulder again, "I will definitely help you arrange it properly!"
…
After Bruce Lee and Shi Zhijian separated, his mind was blown by the wind and he calmed down. After thinking about it, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out.
Since I couldn't think of anything, I had no choice but to go home and sleep peacefully.
Wait until dawn the next day.
Bruce Lee got up early to practice in the fitness room, and his wife Linda brought ginseng tea over.
Since coming to Hong Kong, Linda has started to imitate the women here and help her husband make soup. Ginseng tea is the simplest, which can nourish qi and activate blood.
Bruce Lee stopped training, took a few sips of ginseng tea, and asked his wife: "Where is today's newspaper?"
His wife Linda hurriedly went to get the newspaper and gave it to Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee was drinking ginseng tea and flipping through the newspaper casually, when suddenly he saw an advertisement!
But it was Shi Zhijian who had people publish it newly!
The content of the advertisement is very simple. The premiere will start tomorrow. Audiences are welcome to watch on time!
Then he said that he would give a perfect answer to the question about Bruce Lee's "Kung Fu Emperor" on the day of the premiere!
"What's the perfect answer?" Bruce Lee found that the content at the back was folded, so he opened it and read it!
Then--
puff!
A mouthful of tea spurted out!
The next sentence is: "I, Bruce Lee! I want to fight ten of them!"
