Lu Cong is the owner of a film distribution company in Tainan, and because he has connections in Hong Kong, he usually makes money by operating and distributing Hong Kong films, and also acts as an agent for some popular films on the island.

He saw an advertisement for the movie "Bloody Lonely City" a few months ago, but he directly regarded it as a political propaganda film. Patriotic propaganda films reached their peak in the mid-70s, such as "A Thousand Autumns of Heroic Martyrs", "The Great Sky Peak", "Heroes of the Battlefield", "Female Soldiers", "Eight Hundred Heroes", "Plum Blossoms", "The Legend of the Heroes and Martyrs of the Bridge", "The Soul of the Whampoa Army" and so on, all because of Taiwan's political isolation, the authorities invested in filming.

However, political propaganda films have been filmed since [***] withdrew south to Taiwan, and the investment is not bad, China Film (Central Film Company), Taiwan (Taiwan Provincial Film Studio) These large film companies are all run by the Kuomintang, and they shoot this kind of film almost every year.

For political propaganda films, Lu Cong has no interest at all, and his commercial surname is almost negligible. However, the biggest headache is not a distributor like them, but the owner of the theater chain, no matter how popular the film was on the market at that time, as long as it encounters a political propaganda film, the theater has to be vacated.

Therefore, for anti-Japanese war films like "Bloody Lonely City", no matter how much investment is in publicity, theater owners and distributors are not interested.

Just half a month ago, Lu Cong suddenly received an invitation from Taipei, inviting him to attend the premiere of a movie, and actually sent him all the ticket money.

Lu Cong thought about it for a while, it would be better to go, the people who shoot political propaganda films are uncles, and the producers of many political propaganda films are directly the director of the Information Department of Taiwan Province. If you receive an invitation this time and don't offend them, then the next movie you represent may point out where it is forbidden and cry to death.

The premiere was held in Zhongshan Hall, where Wang Zijun held his concert last time.

"Boss Lu, are you here too?" When Lu Cong was still at the gate of Zhongshan Hall, he heard someone calling him behind him, and when he looked back, it was Chen Fengke, the owner of a cinema chain in Tainan.

The basic branches of large cinema chains are in big cities, but there are countless movie theaters in towns and villages, and it is impossible for film production companies to contact them one by one, so there is a way for distributors to live.

"Yes, Mr. Chen, don't you come here too." Lu Cong warmly shook hands with him.

The smile on Chen Fengke's face was a little reluctant, and he said: "This is a major event to promote the party-state, how dare I not come." ”

The two smiled tacitly.

Suddenly, Lu Cong pointed to the distance and said in surprise: "Hey, isn't that Li Xing and Bai Jingrui?" Why did you even invite the director? ”

"Is it time to change the policy?" Chen Fengke muttered with an ugly face.

Lu Cong obviously thought of one thing with him, and both of them were chilling in their vests: Isn't it because of events such as the withdrawal of the Republic of China from the United Nations last year and Nixon's visit to China at the beginning of this year, the authorities want to restrict entertainment films and shoot a large number of political propaganda films? This time, I invited the distributor, theater, and director, so I guess it was to say hello...... Hey, business is getting worse and worse.

The two walked into Zhongshan Hall dejectedly, and found that many popular actors had come, and they felt more and more terrifying: even the actors had to listen to the greetings!

"Hey, no, isn't the guy sitting in front of him the boss of Haishan Records? and the singer named Liu Jiachang is also there. Lu Cong said in surprise.

"Really, is this the ventilation meeting of the entire entertainment industry?" The more Chen Fengke thought about it, the more terrifying it became.

The two of them were now confused, and they couldn't figure out what they were here for tonight. Looking around, I found that there was actually a row of press seats, the most conspicuous of which was Zheng Yuan, a reporter from the "China Times", who drove a boat to the Diaoyu Islands last year to plant the blue sky and white flag, but was detained by Yu himself and sent back to Taiwan, causing a greater sensation than Wang Zijun's assassination in the procession.

In front of the reporters, there are all bigwigs, the director of the Cultural Bureau, the director of the Information Bureau, the chairman of several major party-run production companies, and many people in the industry who are not clear about the situation are secretly wiping their sweat.

Zheng Zhenkun and Hong Jianquan were also invited, and even their heartbeats intensified when they saw the continuous arrival of these officials in charge of cultural forms.

Hong Jianquan asked in surprise: "This kid can't have a relationship with that person, right?" I can't even do it by inviting all of them at once. ”

Zheng Zhenkun smiled: "Do you regret not investing in this movie?" ”

Hong Jianquan nodded unconsciously, if he knew that he could make such a big show and spend millions to invest, what if he lost it?

Zheng Zhenkun said: "I can't understand him in this later life." However, since the first time I came into contact with him, I felt that he had a strong belly. Later, the temperament on him became more and more obvious. For so many years, there are only two people who make me feel this way, do you know who the other person is? ”

"Who?" Hong Jianquan asked subconsciously.

"Old man Ho Tung in Hong Kong." Zheng Zhenkun said.

Who is He Dong? The richest man since the opening of Hong Kong, half of Hong Kong's land is his, the founder of the Ho family, the gambling king Stanley Ho and the chief executive Ho Hau Wah are all from this family.

"Brother Zheng, you can laugh." The smile on Hong Jianquan's face was a little unnatural, he really didn't expect Zheng Zhenkun to speak so highly of Wang Zijun.

Zheng Zhenkun boasted: "Tell you, I'm not actually good at business, but I'm very accurate at seeing people." ”

Suddenly, there was a stirring at the door of the hall, but it was a group of generals and veterans in military uniforms entering, and at first glance they thought it was the army driving in, which startled the sensitive people inside.

Another wave is Yu Chengwan's family, his eldest wife didn't come because she was blind, and her daughter-in-law didn't come to take care of her at home, but her granddaughter came. The other is the second lady's family, which is basically all there.

These two ladies are a beautiful woman in Suzhou, after reading the book "Long Live the Tiger", they admired Yu Chengwan's personality, so they were thousands of miles away and achieved a good story. However, what caught Wang Zijun's attention the most was the second wife's 15-year-old daughter Yu Peifang, who was the famous star Yu Sally in Hong Kong in the 70s, but she should still be studying at this time.

These people were accompanied by Wang Zijun's father and sister.

In addition to these people, Wang Zijun also invited some friends, ordinary fans, martial arts fans, fans, teachers and students majoring in film.

Sun Xibi is now studying in the judicial group of the ** law department in Taiwan, and his ambition is to be an impartial lawyer. His sister did not come with him today, but a young man came with her.

Wang Zijun always felt that this person was very familiar, and couldn't help but greet: "Hello, Wang Zijun." ”

The young man smiled and shook hands and said, "Hello, my name is [***]. ”

When Wang Zijun heard this name, sweat dripping from his forehead!

Sun Xibi introduced: "Zijun, this is my senior brother A Bian in the judicial team, and he takes good care of me. ”

"Hello, hello!" Wang Zijun held [***] hand and couldn't find something to say.

Don't look at [***] After being scolded by 10,000 people for squashing in the class room, in fact, he was a very hard-working aspiring young man when he was young.

Graduated from Longtian Primary School with the first place and won the "County Magistrate Award", and was sent to the junior high school of Zengwen Middle School (now Madou National Middle School); He also won the first place in junior high school and went straight to the high school of Zeng Wen Middle School; Later, he graduated first in high school and was admitted to the Business Administration Group of the Department of Business of National Taiwan University.

After studying in college for half a year, after listening to a judicial speech, despite the opposition of his family, he dropped out of school and retook the exam, and the following year he was admitted to the judicial group of the ** Law Department of Taiwan with the highest score in the department with the only choice. In his junior year, he passed the bar exam with the first place in Taiwan, becoming the youngest lawyer at that time. The following year, he graduated from the ** Law Department of Taiwan with the first place.

Judging from his entire school journey, [***] has always been the first, and has never been the second.

Wang Zijun couldn't figure out how Sun Xibi got together with him, but he couldn't say anything, after all, [***] was still an excellent young man at this time.

"Dean Jiang is here!"

I don't know who shouted first, and everyone's eyes turned to the entrance of the hall.

"Sure enough, it's Dean Jiang."

"I'm afraid there's some major directive tonight."

"It seems that the film was really invested by the authorities."

“……”

For a while, everyone was talking.

Wang Zijun said to [***] that he was out of company, and hurried over to greet Jiang Jingguo.

Jiang Jingguo shook hands with Wang Zijun and said with a smile: "The movie is not good, but I have to play the board." ”

Wang Zijun also smiled: "I'm afraid you don't have this opportunity tonight." ”

The cameras...... reporters began to flicker, and the scene of Wang Zijun and Chiang Ching-kuo talking and laughing also made many people look sideways.

Wang Zijun personally brought Chiang Ching-kuo to the center of the VIP seat and gestured backstage, indicating that it was time to start.

The host is Qiu Xuemei, a veteran with old qualifications, she is used to hosting shows for the bigwigs, and she has also performed on the battlefield of resistance against the labor army, and only she can control the scene. Replaced by someone else to host, seeing Jiang Jingguo and many bigwigs, it is estimated that they are so frightened that they are speechless.

“…… The premiere of the anti-Japanese war epic masterpiece "Bloody Lonely City" starts now, and the main creative staff of the film, director Wang Zijun, assistant directors Bai Muyang, Chen Guanshui, Chen Kunhou, Hou Xiaoxian, ......"

"Ahh The film students sitting with Hou Xiaoxian exclaimed, the current undergraduate students come out, and it will take at least four or five years to become an assistant director from the bottom, and some even more than ten years, but Hou Xiaoxian has not yet graduated.

Hou Xiaoxian was also a little stunned, he didn't expect Wang Zijun to include him in the list of assistant directors, and he was so excited that he almost shed tears, and a sense of pride surged in his heart that he died as a confidant.

Bai Jingrui and Li Xing pointed to Chen Kun on the stage and said with a smile: "Lai, your nephew is now upgraded to assistant director of photography." ”

Lai Chengying said disdainfully: "Thinking about unrealistic things all day long, he actually quit the photography job I introduced to him, and went to the mountains of Linkou for a few months." I'd like to see what these young boys can shoot for 10 million! ”

Bai Jingrui nodded and said, "Yes, movies are not something that can be made with a lot of money." ”

(To be continued)