"Mr. Shao, that Shi Zhijian is so disrespectful. We have been waiting for a long time and he still hasn't shown up! I don't care, but who are you? He clearly doesn't take you seriously!" Liu Jianxiong bit out.
Cigar, I sat next to him and said to Shao Daheng.
"Respect between people does not depend on whether they take the other person seriously, but on their heart!" Shao Daheng glanced sideways at Liu Jianxiong.
In the past, people with Liu Jianxiong's status were not qualified to be on an equal footing with him. However, the Hong Kong film industry is now in a turbulent situation, with many people and great strength, so we can only struggle with these people to argue with Shi Zhijian.
In the study room at this moment, in addition to Shao Daheng representing Shaw Brothers Films, Liu Jianxiong, Zou Wenhuai and others representing Golden Harvest Films, there are also Lei Juekun representing Kowloon Cinemas, Cao Tat-Wah representing Huayi Cinemas, and Peng Peng representing Phoenix Pictures.
Dongsheng, Deng Bingcheng and others representing Great Wall Pictures.
The study room is very large, but it is already full of people. Everyone is chewing cigars and holding cigarettes, and the smoke is lingering.
Seeing that Tycoon Shao's reaction was not as "intense" as he thought, Liu Jianxiong knew that this method of "stoking discord" would not work, so he put down his cigar, picked up his tea cup and took a sip, his eyes rolled around and he said: "There's more, Mr. Shao!
In fact, you don’t have to take action on this matter tonight, just leave it to us juniors! No matter how sharp Shi Zhijian is, he is still your junior. If we pass your message to him, how dare he refuse?"
Shao Daheng smiled, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, but he didn't like the tea here very much. Although the Shi family had brought out the best old Pu'er tea cakes to entertain everyone, Shao Daheng still preferred to drink ginseng tea.
There are rumors in the world that Shao Daheng once met an old cultivator on Lantau Island. The old man came from the mainland and knew many health-preserving techniques. At Shao Daheng's request, he taught him a set of self-cultivation methods. The most important one was to use ginseng to supplement his health.
For the body, all the best ginseng kings listed in Hong Kong, the most expensive thousand-year-old ginseng, and the century-old ginseng were all bought by Shao Daheng!
Shao Daheng loved making soup and drinking ginseng tea! So much so that when Shao Daheng went to the restroom in the company, outsiders could smell the strong smell of ginseng as soon as they walked in and immediately knew that Uncle Liu had been here!
"Jianxiong, you have just invested in making movies, and you may not know many things yet. Making movies is not making instant noodles. Investing in stocks often requires you to do it yourself. Especially whether a movie can be a hit, you have to watch the samples first.
!Only if you like it, the audience will like it!" Shao Daheng put down the tea cup in his hand with a smile and said to Liu Jianxiong in a teaching tone, "So every time I encounter something, I will solve it myself, never by the hands of others!
Also, the person who sends you a message may not necessarily be loyal to you. If the tone of the message is wrong and the content is wrong, it may delay the big event!"
Liu Jianxiong couldn't tell there was something in Shao Daheng's words, and he immediately smiled awkwardly: "Uncle Six, you are right! Everything must be done personally. I am young and energetic, and I will learn more from you in the future!"
When Zou Wenhuai saw Liu Jianxiong's failure, he couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart. He doubted whether it was a wrong decision for him to choose Liu Jianxiong to join Jiahe and to drive away Shi Zhijian. Everyone said that Liu Jianxiong was also a leader of contemporary youth and a tycoon of the generation, but why was he so compared to Shi Zhijian?
vegetable?
Lei Juekun could see clearly from the side, and his eyes showed a trace of contempt for Liu Jianxiong. For him, Liu Jianxiong was still too young, especially he dared to play tricks in front of Shao Daheng. You must know that these yin and yang tricks are leftover from the seniors like them. Down!
Others also had different expressions and sneered at Liu Jianxiong's performance.
Just then, footsteps sounded.
Along with the footsteps, a voice said: "Sorry everyone, I'm late!"
The sound is not loud, but full of momentum!
Before the person arrived, the aura of a superior person had already swept over him!
Needless to say, the person who came was none other than Shi Zhijian!
…
Shi Zhijian entered the study and greeted Shao Daheng and others warmly, and then sat down on the sofa.
The little nanny Papaya came in, carrying a tray and offering tea.
Shi Zhijian got straight to the point: "Mr. Shao, Boss Lei, and Brother Jianxiong and Brother Zou - but I don't know why you came here tonight?"
"Of course it is for the "Hong Kong Film Rating System" proposed by you as a member of the Legislative Council." Shao Daheng said.
"Oh, I understand! Spreading positive energy starts with you and me! It seems that Mr. Shao and everyone are moved by my theme. Come over tonight and want me to continue my efforts and urge this proposal to be implemented as soon as possible, right?"
Shao Daheng and others looked at each other and said to themselves, "I urge you to be paralyzed! This man is so shameless, pretending to be confused while pretending to understand!"
"Ahem, just the opposite!" Shao Daheng took out a cigar and knocked it on the table. Liu Jianxiong hurriedly stepped forward to help him light it. Now Shao Daheng was their backbone.
"This proposal is very, very good! We filmmakers also have the spirit to promote positive energy and contribute to society and civilization!" Shao Daheng said these words and felt numb to himself.
"However, Hong Kong movies have only just developed, and external competition is still very fierce. For example, Japanese movies, American movies, French movies, British movies, etc. are all eyeing us! If the classification system is implemented, it will definitely affect the movie box office. Under this situation, it doesn't matter to us at Shaw Brothers, we just make less money, but other film companies may go bankrupt!"
"The closure of a film company is a big or small matter! From a small perspective, it means that the audience will watch fewer movies. From a larger perspective, when a film company goes bankrupt, people will be laid off, and many people will lose their jobs. The wife at home is waiting eagerly for a job, and the children are waiting for food. Although it is not tragic, it still has a far-reaching impact!"
"So, we also ask Mr. Shi, oh no, Congressman Shi to handle this matter carefully, and if possible, pull this proposal down first! It won't be too late to propose it to Gui Lao when the time is right!"
After Shao Daheng's words fell, everyone agreed -
"Yes, it's so difficult to do business now! Especially the film industry is in a difficult situation, so everyone has to share the same sentiment!"
"Congressman Shi, just be patient and give us a chance to develop!"
Hearing this, Shi Zhijian spread his hands and said, "But I want to spread positive energy!"
Shao Daheng and others rolled their eyes.
"In addition, I finally became a member of the House of Representatives, and I finally put forward such a good suggestion. Those ghost guys really value it and are so excited! They think this is part of spiritual and cultural construction, and they praise me as a new member of the Council for my contribution!"
"Ahem!" Shao Daheng almost choked to death on his cigar. How could a person be so shameless?
"We all know that Congressman Shi is very talented and will definitely make great achievements after becoming a Congressman! But please slow down this proposal or change it to a new one first!"
"What's the change? I know what you said?" Shi Zhijian spread his hands towards Shao Daheng.
Shao Daheng breathed out and suddenly turned around and asked Liu Jianxiong: "Boss Liu, what's the matter? I know what you said?"
"Uh, why are you asking me?" Liu Jianxiong was stunned and didn't understand why Shao Daheng suddenly brought the topic to him!
Looking at Shi Zhijian again, he was looking at him with a smile.
In an instant, Liu Jianxiong understood!
Understand the cause and effect!
Shi Zhijian was playing tricks on him from beginning to end!
Liu Jianxiong remembered that he had told Shi Zhijian very arrogantly that from now on Shi Zhijian would be isolated from the Hong Kong film industry, and Shi Zhijian would never interfere in Hong Kong film affairs again!
But now——
"Boss Liu, don't be stunned anymore. Do you have anything to say to Councilor Shi?" Shao Daheng forced him with his eyes.
The other people around him are all human beings, and they understand the meaning as soon as they hear this.
Who made the "private grudge" between Shi Zhijian and Liu Jianxiong known to everyone?
Zou Wenhuai also understood what it meant. He couldn't help but leaned forward and said softly to Liu Jianxiong: "Brother Liu, what you just said is that the overall situation is the most important thing, so be patient!"
Liu Jianxiong's face twitched, and he struggled for a long time. Then he tried to force out a smile and said to Shi Zhijian: "Ajian, oh no, Congressman Shi! I know you are angry with me! I am not right, I did something wrong! I shouldn't kick you out
Jiahe, I shouldn’t have ridiculed you! Let’s make it clear now, I apologize to you, is that okay?”
Shi Zhijian smiled, "You and I are as close as brothers, and it makes me so embarrassed to say this! Besides, your gesture doesn't look like an apology!"
"Huh?" Liu Jianxiong felt like he was being slapped in the face and it was burning!
The people around him looked at him with mocking eyes, and the boss Lei Juekun bit his cigar and smiled: "Did you hear that, Mr. Liu, Boss Liu! Your gesture is not like an apology, it is so insincere! Don't talk about Shi
Congressman, even we can’t feel it!”
Liu Jianxiong's face was ashen and his expression was distorted, "Then what should I do... to be sincere?"
"At least serve tea!" Lei Juekun said, "When you offer tea to others, you have to be humble by seven points! Just follow the old rules!"
Liu Jianxiong's face became even worse.
At this time, the little nanny Papaya came over with a cup of tea.
"No, here comes the tea!"
The corners of Liu Jianxiong's eyes twitched.
Gu Hao
He stood up from his seat, held the teacup in both hands, and walked towards Shi Zhijian.
Shi Zhijian looked at him with a smile.
Liu Jianxiong took a deep breath, walked up to Shi Zhijian in full view of everyone, gritted his teeth, and was about to kneel down and offer tea to Shi Zhijian.
But Shi Zhijian took the first step and supported him with both hands: "How does this happen? You and I are as close as brothers, and I have always treated you as my younger brother! Just be willing!"
While talking, Shi Zhijian took the tea cup held by Liu Jianxiong, drank it in one gulp, handed it back to Liu Jianxiong and praised: "Good tea!"
"Mr. Shi is so kind and righteous!"
"Congressman Shi is so generous!"
"True to be a gentleman!"
Everyone at the scene praised him one after another.
Liu Jianxiong's posture was very awkward at this moment. He was holding an empty teacup in his hand and taking a bow. Hearing these compliments, he wanted to smash the teacup to the ground on the spot.
But he didn't do it!
Instead, he smiled and said: "Congressman Shi, thank you! If you are willing, I will call you Brother Jian from now on! As you said, you and I will be good brothers for life!"
"Of course! I'm not that stingy. We will be brothers for life!" Shi Zhijian slapped Liu Jianxiong hard on the shoulder twice, which made his shoulder hurt!
"Since everyone is so open-minded, I have nothing to say!" Shi Zhijian glanced around and said, "I will suppress this proposal first and see how those ghost guys react. If there is no problem, I will put other proposals on top!
"
"Yes, yes! Councilor Shi is very thoughtful!"
"We must also give those ghost guys a break.
generation!"
As long as Shi Zhijian is willing to take down the proposal, everyone's work today will be considered in vain.
Even Shao Daheng breathed a sigh of relief and took a long puff of his cigar.
"In addition, since the development of Hong Kong movies is so difficult, I decided to work with everyone!" Shi Zhijian suddenly changed the subject, "Although I am now a member of the Legislative Council and the president of Shinhwa Group, I have a busy work! But in order to be in line with everyone,
I’m going to set up another film company——”
Shao Daheng and others were collectively stunned. What do you mean? What kind of trick is Shi Zhijian going to do again?
Jiahe was even more excited, knowing that Shi Zhijian was targeting them!
At this time, the big boss of Kowloon Cinemas saw Lei Juekun standing up, biting his cigar and saying with a smile: "It's up to me to speak for Councilor Shi on this matter!"
Everyone turned their attention to Lei Juekun again, their eyes even more surprised.
"Well, Councilman Shi and I have cooperated before, and we trust each other very much! This time Councilor Shi proposed that we cooperate to establish a film company. The purpose is to take a practical route and make more high-quality films that the audience likes to see.
In terms of genres, it will include kung fu movies, martial arts movies, comedy movies, zombie movies, etc.!"
The tycoon of Shaw Brothers, the boss of Phoenix Pictures, the boss of Great Wall Pictures, and other filmmakers looked at each other in confusion - Kung fu movies, martial arts movies, comedies are understandable, but as for zombie movies, what the hell are they?
In fact, Hong Kong movies have also tried in the zombie genre, but they all ended in failure, so that they did not take shape at all.
In 1974, in the previous life, in order to internationalize its own films, Shaw Brothers Films collaborated with the British company Xianma Company to produce the zombie film "Seven Golden Corpses", which for the first time combined elements of Western vampires and China's "Xiangxi Corpse Hunting".
The concept of Western zombies vs. Chinese zombies can be said to be advanced, and it was an early attempt similar to "King Kong vs. Godzilla".
Although "Seven Golden Corpses" is a combination of horror and fantasy, starring David Jiang, in the end it did not become popular due to its mediocre quality, and it was unable to drive the trend of follow-up movies.
So throughout the 1970s, Hong Kong movies were almost dominated by kung fu movies, martial arts movies and comedies. The value of zombie movies was not really developed until "Ghost Fighting" in 1980.
"Ghost Fighting" is directed by Sammo Hung, written by Huang Ying, and stars Sammo Hung, Chung Fa, Lam Ching-ying and others. The film is highly watchable and rich in entertainment elements, turning zombie movies from "unpopular" to "genre".
The zombies in the film know Chinese kung fu, and the showdown between gods at the end of the film is also very interesting. After Sammo Hung performs the monkey fist, he uses the red tassel gun...
"Ghost Fighting" received a box office of 5.67 million that year, ranking third that year.
Since then, Hong Kong movies have added another genre: zombie movies.
Not to mention that it is difficult for Shao Daheng and others to understand at this moment, even Lei Juekun was shocked when he heard Shi Zhijian talking about this type.
It is precisely because of this that Lei Juekun feels that working with Shi Zhijian is full of unknowns and passion!
"As for the name of our film company, it's up to Congressman Shi to announce it!" Lei Juekun smiled and sat down again.
Of course Shi Zhijian understood what Lei Juekun meant. He glanced at everyone and then said: "The name of this film company is New Art City!"
…
What the hell is Xinyi City?
Never heard of it!
Everyone looks at me again and I look at you.
Shi Zhijian continued: "Of course, the new film company is in a difficult situation and needs everyone's help! Help us provide movie theaters, actors and actresses, etc., don't you mind?"
Shi Zhijian looked at Shao Daheng and others with oppressive eyes.
"I don't mind! Why would we mind? Councilor Shi Yi Bo Yuntian suppressed all the proposals, so it's only right for us to provide a little help!"
"Yes! Yes! We are all very grateful to Councilor Shi and will definitely help him!"
Listening to these words, Jiahe Liu Jianxiong and Zou Wenhuai realized that Shi Zhijian was not targeting themselves, but everyone present!
Shao Daheng also looked helpless, because he knew that Shi Zhijian's request at this time showed that they had no room to refuse!
Lei Juekun was shaking his legs triumphantly and biting his cigar, as if he had seen the terrifying scene of the establishment of New Art City and the support of other major film companies!
No, to be precise, Xinyi City at that time dominated the Hong Kong film industry!
It requires money, people, and theater chains. Which film company can do this?
"Ahem, Congressman Shi, there is a question I still want to ask clearly! When New Art City is established, will you be the CEO of the company, or will Boss Lei be the CEO?" At Shao Daheng's signal, the boss of Phoenix Pictures stood up
came out and asked.
This is what everyone is curious about.
If Shi Zhijian becomes the boss of Xinyi City, how can they arm-wrestle? There probably won’t even be a place to cry!
Shi Zhijian smiled: "There are specialties in the art industry! I am very lazy! In addition, I will leave the company of Xinyi City to new people to take care of it. Please wait and see!"
"Newcomer? Who is that newcomer? Can Congressman Shi help introduce me?"
"Of course!" Shi Zhijian smiled, "Come in!"
With the sound of voices, there was a creak! The study door was pushed open, and a man walked in, full of arrogance!
Shi Zhijian looked at the people coming and said, "You should introduce yourself to everyone. From now on, these will be your peers, especially some of you are your elders!"
No one noticed at this moment that when Shao Daheng saw the person coming, his eyelids twitched a few times and his eyes showed shock!
Not long ago, this man came back to China to find Shao Daheng and proposed a salary of 10,000 US dollars for each movie. He also hoped that Shao Daheng would give him greater power and participate in the company's operation and management. In the end, Shao Daheng refused.
Unexpectedly, now he is——
Looking at the man again, he adjusted his suit arrogantly, and then said with stern eyes to everyone: "Thank you very much, Congressman Shi, for giving me the opportunity. I hope I can communicate with you more in the future. By the way, my name is Bruce Lee. My Chinese name is Bruce Lee."
