Chapter 063: 150,000 Small Cases!
"Ah Xuan, let me tell you, when Xu Fuquan, the owner of Fu Linmen, was less than twenty years old, he worked as a domestic chef in a prefect's house in Guangdong in the former Qing Dynasty, and later served as the head chef of Sir He Dong's family. The standard of Fook Lam Mun is well-known in Hong Kong, especially shark fin and abalone. Waiter, each of the six of us has a double-headed abalone!"
Zeng Zhiwei introduced Li Xuan who was sitting next to him with a smile.
"Zeng Zhiwei, I'll take your lungs! Who in Hong Kong doesn't know that Fu Lin Men is a rich canteen, I am not Li Ka-shing, you order the double-headed abalone at your own expense!" Tan Yonglin almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, and hurriedly blocked the words first.
"Alas, I knew you were stingy, isn't this a joke!" Zeng Zhiwei smiled cheaply, "The nine-headed abalone is too small, you must be embarrassed to be embarrassed yourself, let's have six five-headed abalone!"
The grade of abalone is counted according to the "head", how many are called a catty, and the double-headed abalone is two abalone that weigh one catty. The fewer the number of heads, the more expensive the price is, as the saying goes, "it is difficult to buy double-headed abalone", which shows how precious double-headed abalone is.
During the Qing Dynasty, officials from all over the coast went to the capital for pilgrimage, and most of them paid tribute to dried abalone as gifts, and the first-grade officials paid tribute to one abalone, and the seven-grade officials paid tribute to seven abalones. By analogy, abalone is linked to the level of official taste, which has established the status of abalone as the "crown of seafood".
"Ah Hong, your Hong Kong sister Dianjun, have you ever gone to the wireless audition? Ah Lat just signed a contract with wireless to host "Happy Tonight", if you have the opportunity, you can go to his show and show your face!" Zeng Zhiwei said to Zhong Chuhong very familiarly.
"I went to audition last year, but it didn't work!" Zhong Chuhong shook his head embarrassedly.
"Oh, it's okay, you're so good-looking, you'll be able to come out sooner or later! Now accumulate more experience, and when I open the microphone next time, I will definitely invite you to act!" Zeng Zhiwei found that he had said something embarrassing about others, and immediately remedied it.
He pointed to Tan Yonglin, who was sitting across the round table, and quietly diverted the topic, "Last year, Alan and Alat went to participate in the TVB singing competition together, but he, the lead singer of the Wenna band, lost to Alat as an amateur singer!"
"Where is Ah Lak amateur! When we formed the Losers Band in '71, he was already the lead singer, and at the Hong Kong Youth Music Festival that year, he also defeated Xu Guanjie's Lotus Band! I lost to him because I was convinced!" Tan Yonglin's face was a little unbearable, and he immediately found a step for himself to justify.
"Haha, that's it, I'm very good, okay!" Chen Baixiang also smiled proudly on the side.
"How many years has he not held a microphone, aren't you ashamed to lose!" Zeng Zhiwei immediately retorted, "You were in Taipei during this time, were you hooked by the beautiful Taiwanese sister, and you were confused by Doremi?"
Although several of them are old friends, no matter how much they joke, it will not hurt their feelings. But Li Xuan saw Tan Yonglin's blushing face, and immediately said out loud in a timely manner, turning the topic back to Zhong Chuhong's new play.
"Ah Hong recently received a call from director Du Qifeng, asking him to audition for the heroine in a few days, it seems to be a ** tide martial arts film!"
He has been learning filming behind Wang Tianlin for the past few years, and this is the first time he has directed. The play you are talking about is a script written by Zhu Yan, and Liu Songren took an investment from the left-wing film company Xinlian Pictures. Du Qifeng and Liu Songren are good friends, so Liu Songren simply took care of his old friend, pulled him to be the director, and starred himself!"
Zeng Zhiwei immediately introduced the ins and outs of the matter. He changed his career to make movies from 74 years, starting from the original Dragon and Tiger martial artist, and later worked as a screenwriter, assistant director, and producer, and only directed his first film "Kicking the Hall" last year.
The cost estimate of his film is 1 million Hong Kong dollars, but Xinlian Pictures only gave 700,000 yuan, and it needs to raise 300,000 yuan by itself. During this time, Du Qifeng and Liu Songren were looking for investment all over the world. It is said that they have only raised 150,000 yuan until now, and there is still a gap of 150,000 yuan, so it will take a while for the movie to start!" Zeng Zhiwei took a sip of tea and said slowly.
"Do you have Du Qifeng's phone number?" Li Xuan asked.
"What's the matter, don't you want to praise Ah Hong, and spend 150,000 yuan yourself!" Zeng Zhiwei said with a smile, "Although I don't know him well, I called him out for a meal......"
Zeng Zhiwei saw Li Xuan nodding, and the words that he hadn't finished immediately stopped there. Then he exclaimed, waved his hand and slapped Li Xuan's shoulder fiercely, and the tone of his speech suddenly raised: "You kid is silent, it turns out to be a big water hose that is so rich!"
Everyone's attention was drawn at once.
"Ah Xuan, are you really fake?" Zeng Zhiwei asked again.
"It's just 150,000 small cases, but we have to ensure that Ah Hong is the heroine!" Li Xuan smiled disapprovingly.
Zhong Chuhong reached out under the table and pulled Li Xuan's sleeve: "Ah Xuan, I don't want to act in that play!"
"Viagra, you can help me call Director Du when the time comes, when he is free, make an appointment to have a cup of coffee and chat!" Li Xuan said to Zeng Zhiwei with a smile, and then turned his head to look at his girlfriend, "Other directors may not necessarily like you as the heroine, don't be in a hurry to refuse, talk about it!"
"It's better to hit the sun, what are you going to do next time, Lakzai, you have Du Qifeng's number, hurry up and call him, just say that there is a big water hose here to invest in his new play, bring the script over immediately!" Zeng Zhiwei shouted at Chen Baixiang.
"I said big guy, we came out to play football today, and we didn't have the phone book with us at all!" Chen Baixiang shook his head with a wry smile.
"You can figure this out yourself!"
Chen Baixiang went out for more than ten minutes before coming back: "I made several phone calls to contact him, and they rushed over immediately!"
"Miss, then help me inform the back kitchen and serve the food later. By the way, bring the menu again, and I'll add a few dishes!" Li Xuan called the waiter standing at the door in and ordered.
A group of people chatted while drinking tea, Zeng Zhiwei said a lot of gossip in the film industry, Tan Yonglin and Zhong Zhentao said some interesting things about filming in Taiwan, and time passed quickly in gags. After about half an hour, the door of the box was pushed open again.
The first person who walked in was a somewhat rounded face, with a pair of smiling eyes hidden behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. Li Xuan recognized at a glance that this was Wang Jing's fat man. The one who followed behind Wang Jing had a square face, and his smile revealed a bit of loyalty, Li Xuan guessed that this should be Du Qifeng.
For Du Qifeng, Li Xuan in his previous life really only heard of his name, but didn't know his person, who would remember what the director looked like when he was idle! Of course, Wang Fatzi is an exception, in fact, it is not accurate to call Wang Fatman, because Wang Jing, who is now standing in front of Li Xuan, is not fat at all.
"Why are you with Ah Feng, no wonder you are coming so slowly, we are waiting for you to come to the banquet, our stomachs are almost hungry!" Zeng Zhiwei said with a smile when he saw Wang Jing coming in.
"Ah Feng was having dinner at my house, and in the middle of the meal, I received a message from Ah Lat that someone wanted to invest in his new movie, and the two of us immediately rushed over! Where is the investor?" Wang Jing's small eyes swept around, and his gaze finally locked on Li Xuan.
Unlike Wang Jing, Du Qifeng's eyes kept staring at Zhong Chuhong next to Li Xuan.
"Hello Director Du, I'm Li Xuan!" Li Xuan politely stood up and shook hands with Du Qifeng.
Du Qifeng reacted at this time, looked at Li Xuan embarrassedly, and said sorry again and again.