"What am I carrying?" Zou Wenhuai said angrily, waving a Ming Pao supplement in his hand.
He Guanchang and others comforted him, "Don't be impulsive or angry! These are all fabricated things! Besides, you have a backless pig, and we can all prove it!"
"But the writing in this newspaper is so bad, it's just nonsense!"
The more Zou Wenhuai thought about it, the angrier he became. After all, he was a scholar and a gentleman, but now he was being arranged to make him feel ashamed.
"Everyone, help me find out who the co-authors 'A Fei' and 'A Lu' are. I, Zou Wenhuai, will kill them!"
"I'm afraid it's hard to check this!"
"Yes, many authors use pseudonyms just to keep it secret!"
"Don't worry, I have some connections in Ming Pao. I know an elevator operator. Let me ask you!"
"I'm telling the truth, don't make me happy!" Zou Wenhuai couldn't hold back his anger when he saw what these brothers said to each other.
"Calm down! You're probably not the one who's going to be angry right now!" Seeing that he was really angry, He Guanchang hurriedly comforted him.
"Who is that?"
"Of course it's Boss Shao!"
Zou Wenhuai thought for a while and remained silent.
He Guanchang and others also remained silent.
After all, we are master and servant, and no one wants to keep fighting like this. But if Shao Daheng wants to kill them all, they are helpless.
…
Shao Yifu watched the samples all night last night and was still in high spirits.
This is a habit he has developed over the years. After a Shaw Brothers film is finished, he will immediately watch the sample film of the film in a private screening room to see if it can be a big hit and whether it can be a hit.
If something is not good, we will give instructions to the director to reshoot or make improvements.
Yifu Shao has three magic weapons for blockbuster movies: if a girl is beautiful, she should take off her clothes if she can; if a man is handsome, if she can fight, she should fight; if she can't take off or fight, then she should be able to sing!
What to sing? Sing the most popular Huangmei ditty recently, about husband and wife returning home and so on.
Of course, there were times when Shao Yifu made a mistake, when Shi Zhijian bought out "The One-Armed Sword", which had made a lot of money in the past.
Shao Yifu had seen that play before, but he really had no idea about the content of the story and the director's directing techniques.
To put it bluntly, at that time, Shao Yifu didn't like Zhang Cai very much and felt that the director was a bit out of tune in his filming.
But such an undistinguished director has now become the face of Shaw Brothers and a famous million-dollar director.
Shao Yifu followed the trend and immediately promoted Zhang to the top position. He no longer called him a street boy, but the most handsome boy in Shaw Brothers.
When Shao Yifu finished watching the sample film, he rubbed his eyebrows and asked someone to turn on the light, and then told the secretary next to him: "I have watched this "Hunter". You call the director Yang Shuxi and say that the heroine in the film did not take off enough, and she should be more bold.
A little more, a little more boldly!"
"Also!" Shao Yifu paused, "Tell him, the purpose of making movies is for the box office! How to get high box office? You must know how to please the audience! What type of audience is it now? Porters on the dock, busboys in restaurants
Yes, there are also wage earners working in factories! These people at the bottom are the solid foundation of our box office, so we must shoot some content that they can understand, and don’t be elegant or deep!”
"Remember, although movies are art, art can also be divided into elegance and vulgarity. If we are elegant, we will use it to win awards overseas; if we are vulgar, we will use it to win box office! Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
"Okay, let's do it!"
After solving this problem, Shao Yifu discovered that his confidant Zhou Duwen and his favorite general Fang Yihua were waiting nearby.
Both of them had extremely strange expressions, as if they were holding back something but didn't dare to say anything.
Zhou Duwen was obviously a little timid, so he winked at Fang Yihua who was standing beside him.
Fang Yihua is only in her thirties this year. She used to be a singer. Fifteen years ago, Fang Yihua appeared in Shaw's life.
One night, Run Run Shaw went to the nightclub above the Shaw Theater to listen to music. Fang Yihua performed on the stage. He was both beautiful and charming, and the song was sweet and loud.
After the song, Run Run Shaw invited Fang Yihua to have supper. After a long conversation, Run Run Shaw was surprised to find that Yihua Fang was not only beautiful and a good singer, but also knew a lot about business management, so he strongly invited her to join Shaw.
company.
At that time, Fang Yihua's singing career was at its peak, and many people advised her not to leave, but she still quit the music scene regardless.
Now Shao Yifu has kept his promise and promoted her to be the most powerful director of Shaw's purchasing department, which is basically equivalent to controlling the company's finances.
"What do you want to talk about? You're so sneaky!" Shao Yifu took the wet towel handed over by the servant next to him, wiped his cheeks and hands, then handed back the towel, and took the ginseng tea handed over by the servant.
"Well, this is the new supplement in Mingpao today! Take a look first!" Fang Yihua handed over the newspaper in his hand.
"I don't know!" Shao Yifu didn't understand what they were doing, so he took the newspaper and glanced at it, and then noticed the headline on the front page of the newspaper: "Real-life version of "Swordsman"! Zou Wenhuai and Shao Daheng had to
The story of the Silver Sea!"
Shao Yifu couldn't hold on after reading only a few lines. With his extremely high level of education, he really couldn't stand the kind of chronicle composition written by Shi Zhijian.
So he frowned and read slowly while drinking tea. When he saw the pig-carrying section, he couldn't help it anymore. Poof, he spurted out a mouthful of ginseng tea!
This works too?!
Shao Yifu's brows knitted and then unfolded, stretched and then knitted again, going back and forth several times, which made Fang Yihua and Zhou Duwen afraid to speak.
Who is Shao Yifu?
After reading this article, I immediately understood the mystery.
On the surface, it looks like nonsense, but in fact, it is releasing smoke bombs to help Zou Wenhuai and his gang of rebels get away with their crimes.
"Interesting, this is a master!" Shao Yifu flicked the newspaper with his fingers, making the newspaper snap.
"I sent someone to investigate, Mr. Shao, guess what..." Zhou Duwen said bravely, "The co-authors A Fei and A Lu turned out to be Shi Zhijian's street kid!"
"Uh, what?" Shao Yifu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "Sure enough, I read it right, this guy is a talent! He is clever enough and sharp enough! It's a pity that he can't be used by me!"
Zhou Duwen and Fang Yihua looked at each other. They did not expect that Shao Yifu was not only not angry, but also full of praise for Shi Zhijian.
"So what do we do now?"
"What can we do? Of course we have to go against the three customs!" Shao Yifu looked determined, "But before, we took the initiative to find those newspapers. Now we call and ask them to come over and negotiate terms with them to help us publish them for free.
After three days of movie promotion, we finally broke the news to them!"
"Huh?" Zhou Duwen and Fang Yihua were stunned again, feeling that something was wrong.
Seeing Zhou Fang and the two take the order, Shao Yifu actually liked the article more and more the more he read it. He was able to understand the reader's psychology. This Shi Zhijian is not simple!
Now for Shaw Brothers, everything is irreversible. In this case, why not let go and have a show with Shi Zhijian, go back and forth with each other in the entertainment media, and advertise each other for free?
Those damn newspapers and media advertising costs are so expensive!
Now I can finally give them a good deal!
"Hahaha!" Shao Yifu looked up to the sky and laughed.
