In the 70s, Shaw Brothers was the absolute hegemon of the Hong Kong film industry, gathering not only the best directors in Hong Kong, but also the largest group of stars. Among the many stars, the most popular are undoubtedly Dillon and David Jiang, known as the Shaw Brothers double stars.

Xu Wangqiu asked David Jiang to be the leading actor, not because of how popular he was, but because his image and temperament fit the role very well. The male protagonist of Zhang Che's movies will always fight the enemy naked, even if he is wearing clothes, he will take off his clothes when he fights the enemy, revealing his tendons. However, David Jiang is an exception, he never takes off his clothes in Zhang Che's films. Because he is relatively thin, he is covered with ribs.

This is exactly what Xu Wangqiu wants, because Zheng Yi, the actor of the movie "Cold", has psychological trauma and is relatively thin, but he is a very shrewd person. Therefore, an actor who looks thinner but at the same time gives people a very powerful feeling. David Jiang happens to be such an actor, and letting him play the leading role is undoubtedly a very suitable candidate.

Looking for David Jiang to play Zheng Yi, he didn't have much strength. In recent years, David Jiang has no works at all, and has been reduced from a movie superstar to a TV café. When a big director like Xu Wangqiu came to the door, David Jiang was naturally overjoyed and agreed to appear without thinking about it.

Soon after it was confirmed that David Jiang would play the leading role, the heroine was also determined, starring Wang Mingquan. It's even easier to find Wang Mingquan, Wang Mingquan mainly mixes in the TV drama circle, and he belongs to the kind of person who can't find this person in the film industry. In this era, the film industry is at the top of the food chain, while TV series are at the bottom. can be the heroine of the movie, and she is also the heroine of an internationally renowned director like Xu Wangqiu, Wang Mingquan feels like he is dreaming.

Wang Mingquan was a little curious, Yin has his own actors, and he rarely acts in movies, how could Xu Wangqiu find himself as the heroine. She has a relatively straightforward personality, so she asked, "Director Xu, why did you ask me to act?"

Xu Wangqiu doesn't know Wang Mingquan very well, and he hasn't read Wang Mingquan's works much. He chose Wang Mingquan for only one reason, and that was his own people. Wang Mingquan is not from Zuopai Film Company, but an actor from TVB, but she is still her own person in Xu Wangqiu's eyes.

In the previous life, Wang Mingquan became a deputy to the National People's Congress in 1988. Since that year, all her TV series have been banned by Taiwan. Since TVB TV dramas are going to be sold to Taiwan, TV stations don't dare to use her. For 10 years, Wang Ming has never filmed, and can only engage in some hosting work in TVB. In 1998, she stepped down as a big representative, and when she came out to film again, she could only play someone else's mother in "Genesis".

In Xu Wangqiu's eyes, Liang Jiahui and Wang Mingquan are their own people, and his movies can use their own people, and they must use their own people. Xu Wangqiu is a very protective person, he always thinks that no matter whether it is the unit or the country, if he doesn't even protect his own people, how can there be cohesion?

Xu Wangqiu would definitely not tell Wang Mingquan about this, and explained with a smile: "I need an actress in her early thirties." You may have heard a little about the situation in Yindu, but the situation was not very good in the past few years. Many actors have left, and Bao Qijing is the only actress left in this age group, but unfortunately she is pregnant and can't act. The year before last, Yindu recruited some actors, but these actors were all eighteen or nineteen years old, their age did not match, and their acting skills were not mature. And your image and temperament are more suitable for the role, and your acting skills are also very good, so I will ask you to play it. ”

After the hero and heroine were finalized, the preliminary work of the movie should have entered the fast lane, but it was stuck in the role of Huang Shilang. Xia Meng found several actors to audition, but none of them were approved by Xu Wangqiu. It's not the image is wrong, or the temperament doesn't match. Xia Meng didn't complain that Xu Wangqiu was demanding, and seeing that he refused to nod, he used his connections to continue to look for suitable actors. After Fu Qi and Shi Hui learned about this, they also used the resources in their hands to help Xu Wangqiu find someone.

Since Huang Shilang's actors can't be decided, the preparations for "Cold" cannot be carried out normally. It was also at this time that Xu Wangqiu received an invitation from Run Run Shaw and invited him to sit at Shaw Brothers and have afternoon tea. Xu Wangqiu accepted Shaw's invitation and promised to go to Shaw's for tea the next afternoon.

Xu Wangqiu is more interested in Zou Wenhuai, because Zou Wenhuai and Golden Harvest have a large number of talents, and they will be a banner of Xiangjiang Film in more than ten years;

Xu Wangqiu knew what Shaw was looking for, because Shaw's films were basically Chinese films, and most of them were costume themes, which were too far away from him and not much attractive to young people in Xiangjiang now; Shaw Brothers movies could no longer be sold in Xiangjiang. Shaw Brothers Films wants not to close its doors, and the only hope is the mainland market.

Xu Wangqiu is not too interested in Shaw Brothers, nor is he interested in Shaw Brothers movies, but he still has a lot of respect for Shaw Brothers himself. Not only because Shaw's films were popular in Asia in the sixties and seventies and achieved high achievements, but more importantly, Shaw built Shaw buildings and primary schools in China.

Run Run Shaw is famous in Xiangjiang for picking doors, and belongs to the kind of penny that is spent in half. Once the company's drama department applied for 20 Hong Kong dollars to buy 100 fried steamed buns, but Run Run Shaw refused to approve it, on the grounds that the steamed buns in the company's canteen were only a dime a dime. Because Run Run Shaw was too picky, Shaw Brothers not only lost Bruce Lee, but also missed Xu Guanjie, Cheng Long, Xu Ke and others one after another, and many excellent directors and actors also left, and Shaw Brothers Pictures gradually declined.

However, since the mid-80s, Run Run Shaw has continued to make huge donations in the Mainland, and the annual amount has stabilized at around 100 million Hong Kong dollars. At the time of Shaw's death, some netizens searched for Shaw Buildings through the online map and found that there were thousands. The dense coordinates on these maps are monuments that support Shaw's life of charity.

There are some people you can disagree with and dislike him, but you can't help but respect him, and Run Run Shaw is such a person.

After lunch the next day, Xu Wangqiu came out of Yindu and walked slowly along the highway to the Shaw Brothers studio. Yindu and Shaw Brothers belong to two different camps on the left and right, but the set is in Clear Water Bay, but one is in the front mountain and the other is in the back mountain.

On October 10, 1956, the Kuomintang in Xiangjiang launched the "Kowloon Riots", attacking pro-mainland associations, schools, shops and factories, killing 60 people and injuring more than 400. The Great Wall studio and the Wanli studio, which has many patriotic film workers, have not been spared, and the losses are huge. In addition, the British government in Hong Kong began to legislate to require factories to withdraw from the urban area, which means that no more movie studios are allowed to be built in the urban area of Xiangjiang.

Under these circumstances, after unremitting efforts, Xiangjiang Zuopai finally selected a remote and cheap land near Clear Water Bay to build its own new studio under the condition of considerable limited funds.

At the same time, Run Run Shaw, who had developed the film market in Singapore, returned to Hong Kong to develop his production business in Hong Kong. In order to open up a gap in the market, Shaw was inclined to develop large-scale films, but Shaw Brothers did not have its own studio, so in this case, he began to plan to build his own studio. Due to the fact that no more studios were allowed to be built in the city, Run Run Shaw also fell in love with Clear Water Bay, bought a piece of land in Clear Water Bay, and built his own Shaw Brothers studio.

The set of Yindu and the Shaw Brothers set are not far apart. Xu Wangqiu walked all the way and soon arrived at the door of the Shaw Brothers studio. He looked up at the factory and saw gray and white buildings, hidden in the greenery, not only did not have a sense of clutter, but gave people a sense of harmony. One of the tall white buildings is eye-catching, with the word "Shaw Brothers" written on it, which is supposed to be the administrative building of Shaw Brothers.

In recent years, Shaw Brothers has been in serious decline, surpassed by Golden Harvest and even New Arts City. In the top 10 of the Hong Kong box office list, it is already difficult to see the traces of Shaw Brothers' films. However, Shaw Brothers still produces more than a dozen movies every year, and the Shaw Brothers studio is still lively, with people coming and going in the factory.

Xu Wangqiu glanced at the time, and it was only half past one. There is a habit of drinking afternoon tea here in Xiangjiang, and the time for afternoon tea is generally after three o'clock. It's a little early to go in and find Run Run Shaw now, and Xu Wangqiu plans to go in and see the legendary Shaw Brothers on the set. He took a light breath and walked towards the Shaw Brothers set. But he didn't want to flash a security guard, and stretched out his arm to stop him. Xu Wangqiu was slightly stunned, and explained with a smile: "It was Mr. Run Run Shaw who invited me to drink my afternoon tea." ”

The security guard was a native of Xiangjiang, and when he heard Xu Wangqiu speak Mandarin, he suddenly felt contempt in his heart, and when he heard Xu Wangqiu call Run Run Shaw's name, where would he believe it. Run Run Shaw has a very high status in the Xiangjiang film industry, and everyone respectfully calls him the sixth uncle. The security guard spewed out a cold air from his nostrils and said in Cantonese: "You treat me as an idiot, Uncle Sixth will invite you to afternoon tea?"

The attitude of the security guard made Xu Wangqiu a little uncomfortable, but he didn't want to worry about anything with the security guard, so he said lightly: "It's really Mr. Run Run Shaw who invited me here." My name is Xu Wangqiu, and I am the director of "Falcon" and "Hoe Rape", I believe you should have heard of it. ”

The security guard was slightly stunned when he heard that the young man in front of him was Xu Wangqiu, he knew Xu Wangqiu, and knew that Xu Wangqiu was from the mainland, and he was from Yindu. However, the silver capital is a Zuopai company, and Shaw Brothers is a Youpai company, and the left and right are opposites, and two years ago, Shaw Brothers also released an anti-communist film in Taiwan. In his opinion, how could the sixth uncle invite Xu Wangqiu to drink tea! If he really invited Xu Wangqiu to drink tea, he would definitely have been notified in advance, and he had not received the notice at all, which was obviously a lie.

The security guard sneered and said, "What a big breath, and the sixth uncle invited you here." I'm sorry, I haven't heard of Xu Wangqiu, Xu Wangdong. I wasn't notified to let you in either. I don't care who you are, how famous you are. When you arrive at Shaw, you must abide by the rules here, and you must not enter. ”

Xu Wangqiu thought to himself what Shaw was doing, and asked me to go to Shaw's for tea, but he didn't notify the security guard, and frowned: "You can go to Shaw and ask, he really invited me here." ”

The security guard said coldly: "You mainlanders, not only have no quality, but also have no brains. I'm just a security guard, is Uncle Six the one I can see if I want to? Besides, if you ask me to ask Uncle Six, I'll ask, who do you think you are?"

Movie sets are important places, and it is very normal for security guards to not allow outsiders to enter and exit by the way. Otherwise, fanatical fans run to the set every day, and the movie will not have to be made. This is not only the case at Shaw Brothers Studios, but also with domestic film studios. For example, the Beijing Film Studio is very strict with the entry and exit personnel, even if the children of the factory enter and exit, they also need access cards. Brother Chen Kai also fought with the doorman because of this.

The security guard didn't let Xu Wangqiu enter, he could understand, but what he couldn't accept was the security guard's contemptuous attitude towards the mainlanders, whether the mainlanders killed your father or grass your mother, and couldn't tell what happened to the mainlanders, and mocked: "Yes." I heard that Run Run Shaw and Fang Yihua both came from the mainland, and you actually said that they have no quality and no brains. I didn't see it, you're a little security guard, and you're quite fat!"