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Hearing a quarrel outside the crew, Chen Lang and Wang Jing immediately rushed over after hearing it.

"Big guy, we have already paid protection money in accordance with the rules, why do we need to charge protection money again?" The assistant director of the crew said to the dozen or so people in front of him.

"I said I didn't give it, I didn't give it, and I'll beat you to death if I talk about it." When the person on the other side heard this, he immediately replied arrogantly.

"But we really did." The assistant director still had to argue with reason, but he was kicked over after speaking.

"Stop!" Chen Lang saw that the situation was not good, and immediately ran over and helped the assistant guide.

When the assistant saw Lang Lang coming, he immediately said, "We have already paid the protection fee according to the rules, but they are asking for it again." ”

Chen Lang heard this, "Okay, you did a good job, leave it to me below." ”

When the assistant director heard this, he had to step aside, and Wang Jing also rushed over at this time, secretly pulled Chen Lang, and signaled not to mess around, these guys are lawless lords.

Chen Lang was not afraid, but he was a little emotional.

It is also amazing to say that the development of Hong Kong films has always been deeply involved with the community, and the fact that Hong Kong films were able to reach their peak in the following years also has a lot to do with the Hong Kong community.

In the beginning, Hong Kong associations only collected protection money, and generally speaking, as long as you paid protection money according to the rules, you would be fine, unless you encountered special circumstances, it was difficult to say.

However, as the box office of Hong Kong movies is getting higher and higher, the amazing profits have attracted the attention of countless people, including people from associations, and as Hong Kong cracks down on associations more and more, more and more associations have reached into the film and television industry whether they are for money or for bleaching and laundering money.

As a result, there are often cases where the club "invites" people to make films, especially those popular big stars and managers are often "taken care of" by the club, and the stars are afraid of threats, so they can only swallow their anger and take a meager salary or even shoot the club's bad movies for free.

The later famous Yongsheng Film Company is one of the representatives, but it was originally for money laundering, and later found out that the film was really a profiteering industry, and at the same time, in order to bleach, after the initial use of force to make films was resisted to a certain extent, it really began to learn the rules of the film industry and began to develop a film company formally.

As a result, countless black money poured into the film industry, just met countless grassroots film talents and countless filmmakers who were worried about funds, plus the investment from Taiwan and Southeast Asia, so a small Hong Kong annual output of more than 500 films, of course, may only be released more than 100, and the remaining more than 300 will not have a chance to be released.

The black money of the community and the investment pouring in from Taiwan have burst out infinite sparks when encountering film talents without funds, pushing the development of Hong Kong films to a peak.

It is estimated that 30 percent of all film investment in Hong Kong comes from Hong Kong, 40 percent from Taiwan, and the remaining 30 percent from serious film companies and other investments.

This is also one of the important reasons why Hong Kong films took a sharp turn and declined after Hong Kong's return to the motherland was approaching, the community was severely hit, and Taiwan's investment was withdrawn from Hong Kong.

Chan Lang is still thinking about the connections between the Hong Kong community and the film industry.

The guy who kicked people before was surprised when he saw Chen Lang, and then he actually nodded and said hello, "I didn't expect it to be Brother Chen, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's my fault, fucking little rabbit, I didn't inquire clearly before I came." ”

After speaking, he slapped the little brother next to him.

All the people in the crew were confused by this guy, what is the situation?

Chen Lang himself is also confused, he doesn't know anyone from the Hong Kong community, but he knows one from Taiwan.

After a while, Ma Zai, who had beaten people before, walked over behind a person, and when he saw this person, Chen Lang was puzzled for a while, and then there was a burst of surprise and frowning.

This person is Chen Lang's classmate in the third middle school, and later went to Wang Chengling, who went to the mixed club, but he didn't expect him to become the leader of this gang.

It's just that Wang Chengling seemed to be a little hesitant at this time, especially after seeing Chen Lang frowning, he didn't know how to face Chen Lang.

A former classmate, who has now become a well-known young talent and popular idol in Hong Kong, and has become a member of the club, Wang Chengling really didn't know how to treat Chen Lang for a while.

Chen Lang saw Wang Chengling's hesitation, and walked over directly and hugged Wang Chengling tightly, "Brother, when you left, I couldn't contact you, do you know how long we have been worried." ”

Chen Lang was puzzled before because he didn't recognize Wang Chengling, and then he was surprised to see that the person who came was his former classmate, and finally frowned because Wang Chengling had changed at this time, the most obvious thing was that there was a scar on his face from the center of his eyebrows to the end of his nose, which was also the reason why Chen Lang didn't recognize Wang Chengling at first.

Seeing Wang Chengling at this time, Chen Lang suddenly felt a sour nose, his former classmates, friends, and good brothers must have experienced a lot of thrills on the road of the club, and this long scar on his face is proof of this.

Seeing Chen Lang staring at the scar on his face, his eyes showed a sad look, Wang Chengling's heart warmed, it seems that brothers are still brothers, everything has not changed.

Touching the scar on his face, Wang Chengling smiled and said, "You always have to pay it back when you come out, without it, there would be no current status." ”

Chen Lang didn't know how dangerous it was, but he still recognized this brother, hugged Wang Chengling and turned around, "Director Wang, you take everyone to dinner tonight, I'm going to accompany my good brothers tonight, these are brothers, let's go together." ”

"Good!" Wang Chengling saw Chen Lang's expression and applauded.

Chen Lang gave Zhong Chuhong a reassuring look and left with Wang Chengling, and as for Wang Chengling's horse, he naturally left.

Everyone thought it was a troublesome thing, but they didn't expect it to end up like this, but nothing happened in the end.

Wang Jing immediately said, "Since the boss accompanied his brother, I will sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman tonight and set off." ”

"Okay." After everyone put away the red envelopes in their hands, they packed up their things and headed towards the hotel.

Wang Jing looked at Zhong Chuhong, who seemed to be still worried, and comforted, "Don't worry, Lang Lang will be fine if he is measured, or you will be the host for Chen Lang tonight to entertain everyone." ”

"No, I still can't rest assured." Zhong Chuhong was still a little uneasy and wanted to catch up.

"Ah Hong, brother, it's better to let the man handle it himself, and the woman should not interfere." Wang Jing said.

Zhong Chuhong was entangled when she heard this, and finally had no choice but to take a taxi home.

At this time, Chen Lang and Wang Chengling had already drunk in the box of a hotel, and Wang Chengling's little brothers had already made trouble next door.

Chen Lang has always stopped drinking because of singing, but today he made an exception to drink liquor for Wang Chengling, and Wang Chengling, who has always been indifferent in front of his younger brother, also opened the conversation box at this time and told all his experiences in the past two years.

The club that Wang Chengling joined is Xin Yi'an, which is known as helping hundreds of thousands of people, and the boss is the Xiang brothers.

At first, he was just a little brother who collected protection money, but later in a gang war, he helped his boss block a knife, which led to a broken face, and his skills were okay, so he was appreciated by the boss, and now he is a small boss.

Of course, Wang Chengling was much more dangerous when he said it, and he never seemed to have told anyone else about these things, and tonight I saw my good brother, while taking a big sip of wine, while talking about the sadness and fear of the past two years, and said that in the end he became a tearful person.

After all, it is an eighteen-year-old child, living a day with today and no tomorrow, and the pressure he is under can be imagined.

When Chen Lang wanted Wang Chengling to leave the club and help him, Wang Chengling just said faintly, "When you get on the boat and want to come down, it will be difficult." ”

Chen Lang was silent for a long time.

Finally, looking at Wang Chengling, who was drunk into a puddle of mud, Chen Lang went to the bank to withdraw 100,000 yuan and came to the private room next door.

After seeing Chen Lang come in, they all stood up and shouted, "Brother Chen." ”

It seems that Wang Chengling usually talks a lot about the relationship between Chen Lang and his brothers, and even these little brothers recognize this relationship.

"Ah Ling is my classmate, but also my good brother, since a few of you follow Ah Ling, then you can't treat everyone badly, here is 100,000, even if it is a meeting gift for everyone, Ah Ling usually asks everyone to bear more, if Ah Ling encounters anything in the future, you can also come to tell me, I will definitely thank you." Chen Lang took out an envelope and put it on the table.

Everyone heard that there were 100,000 yuan and quieted down all of a sudden, they had seen so much money, but it was all protection money to be handed over, and it would be good to have thousands of their own, and there were only a dozen people here, and each person could get eight or nine thousand yuan, which was definitely not a lot of money for them.

In the end, it was the little brother who kicked people before who spoke, "Hello Lang Lang, my name is Hong Fei, everyone calls me Da Fei, we accepted this money, and we will be covered with things about Brother Ling in the future." ”

"Okay, refreshed, I'll toast you again, do it first." Chen Lang picked up the wine glass on the table and wiped it clean.

"Okay, refreshed!" Seeing Chen Lang like this, the dozen or so people present also took a sip of wine and dried it.

"Ah Ling is drunk, so please send him back, I'll go back first." Chen Lang left the hotel after speaking.

Walking on the road, the oncoming evening breeze blew, which made Chen Lang sober up a little, although he didn't drink much, he only listened to Wang Chengling's complaints, but after all, he usually doesn't drink at all, and now he is a little drunk.

When I turned around, I saw a group of Wang Chengling's younger brothers carrying him out, and then stopped a few taxis and left.

Thinking of the letter he stuffed in Wang Chengling's underwear, Chen Lang let out a long breath.

Brother, I hope you can accompany me all the way!