Chapter 58: The Legend Begins

Chen Yongren's "Two Big Smoking Guns" received a box office of 20.78 million Hong Kong dollars in a heated discussion in the Hong Kong film industry, and was then taken over by "Gentlemen"; Unexpectedly, many viewers' comments on "Two Big Smoking Guns" also changed the direction of the wind and praised them endlessly. The reason is that many people have watched the movie more than a dozen times in order to participate in "Millionaire", and although they didn't get the bonus, they suddenly realized that they finally understood the movie, and their IQ instantly improved a lot, and they bragged about it on this basis, which also promoted the growth of the box office to a certain extent.

The fourth episode of "Millionaire" was finally given the top prize of 1 million Hong Kong dollars, and at the end of the show, when Chen Baixing asked, many people sighed. The final contestant was a top student from the Hong Kong Polytechnic, who actually watched "Two Big Smoking Guns" 21 times, once a day, went back to take notes, and treated this as an exam, I don't know how many people's jaws dropped.

On the second day of the release of "Two Big Smoking Guns", Chen Yongren proudly chartered an entire floor in a big hotel on the broadcast road, and the participants of "Two Big Smoking Guns", Yongjia's employees, the new employees of Legendary Pictures established by Chen Yongren, the production staff of "Millionaire", and Chen Yongren's friends were all present.

Seeing that the preparations were almost complete, Chen Yongren raised his glass and got up, shouted to attract everyone's attention, and took the microphone prepared by the hotel and said: "I'm glad that everyone is here today, today's banquet has three purposes; First, to celebrate the box office of our film "Two Big Smoking Guns" exceeding 20 million Hong Kong dollars ......".

Everyone applauded warmly, Chen Yongren pressed his hand towards everyone and continued: "I want to ...... If nothing else, the film should be in the top 10 box office of the year; Here, everyone here has a lot of credit, and I won't mention it much, so I would like to give you a ...... first."

After everyone pushed the cups and changed the lamps for a while, Chen Yongren spoke again, "And the second is to celebrate the opening of my own film company......" He said and walked to the table of the employees that Chen Xunqi recruited for him, and said to the people present: "What about us...... It's also the first time to meet, I'm the boss, let me make a movie, it's okay to make a movie, for the management company, it's not very good, after a while I may find another manager for you, in short, I hope you will work together, strive for a better future, and move towards the goal of infinite brightness, infinitely bright, and infinitely ambitious, how about it? ”。

Everyone was in high spirits and said: "Boss, we are confident ......."

"I don't care if you have faith, I have confidence anyway, anyway, if you follow the sprinklers, you must be wrong, Ayanang's Stan? Good...... Eat and drink well! Chen Yongren waved his hand to interrupt and say something, only to stunned the new employees...... The rest of the people laughed when they saw this scene, and they were already surprised by Chen Yongren's "rhythm detachment".

Chen Yongren continued: "The third is to announce my next development plan, and it is also the pioneering masterpiece of Legendary Pictures, to shoot a police action film with an investment of 15 million Hong Kong dollars, because of many reasons, this film will be jointly invested and filmed by our Legendary Pictures and Yongjia Film Company, so ......" He turned to the employees of Legendary Pictures and said: "You take this opportunity to get acquainted with the comrades-in-arms of Yongjia Company, and I am afraid that there will be more than one opportunity to cooperate in the future, so everyone should be closer and like a family... …”。

"That's what happened, that's how it is; Tonight...... I have only eight words for you...... Eat and drink well...... Drink and eat well! And also...... Just worry about yourself, what about my table...... There are three big beauties, no one is allowed to come over to toast or anything, disturb my interest in what, do you understand? ”。

Everyone laughed when they heard this, Chen Yongren sat down, and Zhong Changhong asked in a weird manner: "What did you just say what do you want to say?" ”。

Chen Yongren squeezed his eyebrows and said, "What do you want me to say?" ”。

"Rogue ......"

"It turns out that Sister Hong, you want me to be a hooligan to you? It's really a person who can't look good, and the sea water can't fight, I always thought that Sister Hong, you ...... Alas! Forget it, it's all tears! ”。 Chen Yongren's expression was extremely wonderful when he said this, first he suddenly realized, then sighed, and finally he looked like he hated iron but not steel, and everyone at the table was very happy.

Zhong Changhong gritted her teeth for a while, and was about to break out when she was stopped by Zhang Manyu, who kicked Chen Yongren and said, "Can't you stop your stinky mouth?" ”。

Li Xiuxian exclaimed: "I didn't expect that Ah Ren was still working as an assistant director for me a few months ago, but in the blink of an eye, he became an international director and opened his own film company, which makes people have to sigh that the world is impermanent!" ”。

Chen Yongren smiled: "Brother Hugh, you have also read the script, how did you think about it?" ”。

Li Xiuxian laughed and said: "The international director invested 15 million Hong Kong dollars in the film, and he still asked me to be the leading actor, what reason do I have to refuse?" What's more, it's such a wonderful story, I really don't know how your brain grows? I can't stop watching this script alone! If I had known this, I didn't need you to ask for it, I'll come to the door and ask you for the actor! ”。

Chen Yongren smiled and let go of a concern. But I heard Li Xiuxian ask again: "By the way, Ah Ren, are the other actors decided?" ”。

Chen Yongren said: "There is just a preliminary idea, the main characters need to have acting skills, the policeman who sympathizes with the protagonist I want to find Zhong Zeshi, and the villain requires a certain aura, I am ready to find the 'fourth brother' Xie Xian; only the heroine has not yet been decided!" ”。

Li Xiuxian said curiously: "Didn't you expect it? Still undecided? ”。

Chen Yongren hesitated for a moment and said, "I thought of it, but I didn't decide!" ”。

Seeing this, Wang Jing interjected: "Ah Ren, there are three big beauties sitting next to us, their acting skills and appearance are not bad, and the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, what are you hesitating about?" ”。

Chen Yongren shook his head and said: "This role is Sister Hong, and Xiu Gu and Ah Yu are not suitable!" ”。

"Scrape? You look for me, my aunt and grandmother don't act yet! Zhong Changhong said angrily when she heard this.

Chen Yongren was stunned and said helplessly: "I'm not saying how you are, it's just that the role is really not suitable!" ”。

Zhang Manyu kicked Chen Yongren again and said, "Then you can't speak so directly!" ”。

"I'll tell you the truth! This role needs a mature woman, you definitely can't, Xiu Gu has played too many costume dramas in the Dai family, and the taste is not right, Sister Hong...... In fact, there is no problem with acting skills or anything, but this role needs a very mature woman, but if it really doesn't work, I still hope that Sister Hong will play it, she is the second choice in my heart! ”。

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and Chen Baixing was curious: "Who is the first choice in your heart?" ”。

"Ling Qingxia!".

"Then why don't you look for it?" Wang Jing is strange.

Chen Yongren didn't speak, Chen Xunqi was also silent, Zhong Changhong and Zhang Manyu also lowered their heads and stopped talking, several people had their own thoughts, Chen Baixing saw that something was wrong, and kicked Wang Jing with his foot under the table, and the latter reacted and noticed that something was wrong, so he smiled dryly: "These things are not in a hurry!" Today's main thing is the eight words that Ah Ren said, eat and drink well, drink well and eat well, everyone eats first...... Eat vegetables...... "Before he finished speaking, he quickly lowered his head......

Chen Yongren felt that the atmosphere was a little depressing, so he asked Wang Jing with a smile: "By the way, Brother Xiang, my movie has surpassed "The Frog Prince" at the box office, have you forgotten something?" ”。 Chen Baixing, Zhong Changhong and others all knew about the gambling contract between the two, and everyone else had also heard of it, so they looked at Wang Jing with amusement for a while.

Wang Jing's expression froze, he raised his head mechanically, and asked Chen Yongren, "What's the matter?" ”。

Chen Yongren laughed twice, Wang Jing listened to it and his heart was trembling, but when he saw that the former ignored him, he turned to Chen Baixing and said: "Brother Lak, tell me about last night's "Millionaire", I heard that the kid didn't think about the answer to every question, and he ...... look like a good cow."

Chen Baixing was serving vegetables to his wife Huang Xinxiu, and was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then sighed: "Yes! That kid is really amazing, he said that he has watched your "Two Big Smoking Guns" more than 20 times, and he can recite the lines, and even a few English songs in the movie can be sung, and the slowest speed of answering the question is only three seconds, and he has not even used a tip from beginning to end...... By the way, you didn't watch last night's show? ”。

Chen Yongren shook his head and said: "No, I am busy working at home all these days, and I don't have time to care about those entertainment programs, and when I came to the hotel, I heard someone mention this matter, and I knew that you didn't keep my 1 million Hong Kong dollars last night!" ”。

Chen Baixing said angrily: "Those questions are all good or not you gave me, can people blame me if they are not stumped?" ”。

Chen Yongren frowned and said to himself: "It doesn't make sense! The questions I picked were all very biased, especially the last question, the background music of the shooting battle between Brother and Brother Xiang in the movie was the music of "Golden Double Dartman", this question has already involved some professional knowledge, and I used it as the finale, just hoping to keep hundreds of thousands, but it failed...... That kid is useless again, it's definitely not blind, then it may be an industry insider, it's really unlucky, and you can draw a person who is not simple by random drawing, by the way, what is his name? ”。

"He's not an industry insider, as you guessed, but a recent graduate of the Hong Kong Polytechnic named Xu Chengyi......."

"Xu Chengyi? Familiar name ......"; Chen Yongren hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "How do you write the name?" Which Makoto? Which Yi? ”。

Chen Baixing was very surprised by Chen Yongren's reaction, and returned: "Honest sincerity, perseverance!" ”。

"Xu Chengyi, who just graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic, should be him!" Chen Yongren muttered.

"What are you talking about? Seems to be quite interested in that Xu Chengyi? Zhang Manyu said strangely.

"Oh......" Chen Yongren came back to his senses when he heard this, and smiled at him: "Of course I'm interested, he took away my 1 million Hong Kong dollars, which is the ...... I am going to marry your wife."

"your ......".

Chen Yongren smiled and said to Chen Baixing, who was also puzzled: "Actually, I heard you talk about the graduates of the Hong Kong Polytechnic, and I thought about whether to recruit some high-achieving students to manage the company. ”。 As he spoke, he looked around at the crowd......

Chen Xunqi nodded in agreement: "Your idea is very good, but after all, it still depends on the person, so you still have to think carefully about ......."

Chen Yongren nodded and said to Chen Baixing: "Brother Lak, go back and find the contact information of Xu Chengyi and give it to me, since this kid is so familiar with my movies, I want to have a good chat with him......."

Xu Chengyi, Chen Yongren's impression of him is not the movie "Monster Hunt" thirty years later, but several cartoons produced during the DreamWorks period - "Shrek" series, "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda: The Secret of the Five Heroes"; As the animation director of the first two parts of "Shrek", Xu Chengyi perfectly integrated the ", pee, fart" style in the elements of Hong Kong commercial films into the production of Hollywood animated films, especially "Shrek 3" directed by himself, which is full of strong oriental style, like the real world after a light and dexterous hand, among which Princess Feianna's fight scenes have a lot of Hong Kong-made action movie shadows, and the emotional scenes and inner scenes are all based on Zhang Manyu's representative work "Sweet Honey" starring in the future.

Xu Chengyi can be said to be one of the active promoters of Chinese film culture in the Western world, animated films have always been the shortcomings of Chinese films, such a talent, Chen Yongren of course has to take it for his own use, and set out to build his own animated film production team.

The most painful thing in life is not to endure a disaster, but to wait for the process of suffering it. Wang Jing had been worried after Chen Yongren's strange smile, but after seeing the latter call him, he didn't pay attention to it, and finally couldn't bear the depression of the long wait, slapped the table to attract everyone's attention, and said arrogantly: "Ah Ren, I don't have to say anything about my character, and I don't have to think about gambling products, just mention any requirements!" As long as it is not a violation of the chivalry and conscience and morality of the rivers and lakes, I am duty-bound and have no words! After speaking, he put on a look of resignation.

Everyone was overjoyed when they saw this, Chen Yongren looked at Wang Jing's virtue of "let you pick", couldn't cry or laugh, threw an envelope from his jacket pocket to the former, and said with a smile: "Are you serious about kidding?" This is your red envelope ......"; After thinking for a moment, he said: "However, the Dian family is not far from stopping production, I really hope that you can come over to help me then, and one day I can also help you form your own company, what do you think?" ”。

Wang Jing was stunned when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed and said: "Ah Ren, I didn't realize until today that you originally have inner beauty!" ”。

"......" The crowd was speechless.