With the popularity of "Food Truck", the comprehensive television station (NET) of Yuben has finally made efforts, ready to take advantage of this shareholder wind to promote itself and increase the ratings of this TV drama program.

Streets of Tokyo.

A reporter from NET interviewed a passerby and stopped a young man: "Hello, I'm NET reporter Havetail!" Please look after me in the future. ”

"Hello!" The young man bowed.

"Can you tell me your name?" The reporter asked.

"My name is Ryuji Hirasaka." Said the young man.

"It turned out to be Hirasaka-kun," the reporter sent the microphone and asked, "Have you ever watched "Fast Food Truck"?" ”

"I've seen it, I watched it with my girlfriend yesterday last week."

"Do you think it looks good?" The reporter asked.

"Absolutely, it's great. My girlfriend also likes it, she is a nurse in the hospital, and she is usually busy with work, so it is rare to watch a movie. Ryuji Hirasaka said.

"It seems that Hirasaka-kun is a man who cares a lot about his girlfriend." The reporter said, "Then have you ever watched a TV series called "The Legend of the New White Lady"? ”

"Nope." Ryuji Hirasaka shook his head.

"Oh, I think you should check it out, this TV series is the same director as 'Food Truck.'"

"Wang Zijun? It was a very interesting TV series. ”

The reporter said: "Yes, great TV series, please pay attention to the NET evening TV show this weekend!" ”

…………………………………………………………………… CBS/Sony Records.

Weng Qianyu, who had just finished attending the event, was surrounded by a group of reporters.

"Miss Weng, your new single "Prayer" is currently ranked seventh on the chart, what do you think?"

"Of course I'm glad." Weng Qianyu said, "I am happy not only because of its sales, but also because this song was written for me by my father on his 50th birthday last year." ”

"Wow, it turns out that last year's popular "Prayer" was actually written by Ling Zun himself." The surrounding reporters were amazed.

If you want to say that last year's songs with the highest popularity in this book, Wang Zijun's writing to Teresa Teng was at the top, and there was also Miyuki Nakajima's famous song "Times". The most surprising thing is Weng Qianyu's prayer, which is a song that Weng Qianyu's father improvised to his daughter on the day of her birth. Later, Weng Qianyu hummed when filming a TV series, but the director took a fancy to it and used it to make the theme song, which made the final song more popular than the TV series itself, and spread quickly.

After asking a few questions, a reporter suddenly asked: "Miss Weng, I heard that you are friends with Mr. Wang Zijun, the director of the currently popular "Fast Food Truck"? ”

"Sort of a friend." Weng Qianyu nodded and smiled. She doesn't have to deliberately climb Wang Zijun's relationship, in fact, she is much more famous than Wang Zijun in Yueben, ten years ago, when she was only sixteen years old, a single "Red Moon at Dusk" sold 500,000 copies of the horror sales. Now in Yueben, Weng Qianyu is also a first-line female singer.

As soon as Weng Qianyu admitted, these reporters became energetic, and some people said: "Mr. Wang Zijun's songs, dances, TV series and movies have all been circulated in Yueben, and there are many fans of him in Yueben. I don't know why Mr. Wang Zijun has never come to this performance once? Legend has it that he has a national sentiment of hatred, is that true? ”

"No, it's not." Weng Qianyu reacted at this time, it turned out that this reporter was here to make trouble. Since "Food Truck" became popular, some people who have suffered losses because of this have begun to add fuel to the fire claiming that Wang Zijun's hatred is that his directorial debut "Bloody Lonely City" is an anti-movie. These people called on the people of the country not to watch a film directed by Qiu Yue, and some right-wingers also came out to show their existence, saying that Wang Zijun had participated in the so-called "anti-fishing movement" against the newspaper and was shot for it - this is an extreme nationalist, and his works also have extreme ideas.

This kind of statement is very popular among some specific groups of people, and some people even organized small-scale demonstrations, demanding that Wang Zijun apologize to the people in public, admitting that he scandalized Yue himself in "Bloody Lonely City", otherwise Wang Zijun's movies will be banned in the future.

This kind of rumor deceives some people who don't know the truth, but the effect is not so good, and those who should go to the theater to watch the movie have to go in.

Weng Qianyu hurriedly explained: "Wang Zijun, whom I know, is a director with a great sense of humor and talent, and he also has a good impression of this culture. Several of Miss Teresa Teng's songs were written by Wang Zijun, if he was hateful, how could he write such beautiful songs? ”

Saying this, the reporter's mouth was slightly sealed, and Weng Qianyu hurriedly signaled her assistant to protect her and leave.

Back home, it was already night.

Weng Qianyu's father, Weng Bingrong, was reading the evening newspaper when he saw his daughter's face was not good, so he asked, "Are you tired today?" ”

"A little." Weng Qianyu turned on the TV.

"Go to the comprehensive TV station, "The Legend of the White Snake" will be rebroadcast." Weng Bingrong said.

"Haven't you seen it?" Weng Qianyu said.

"I didn't watch the first few episodes last time, but I watched it from the sixth episode." Weng Bingrong said.

The father and daughter talked for a while, and the music of "Waiting for a Thousand Years" on the TV suddenly remembered, Weng Qianyu's mother ran out of the kitchen in a panic and said, "It's started, it's started, this time you can't miss it again." ”

"Mom, is it so good-looking?" Weng Qianyu said speechlessly.

"The fire in the kitchen is not turned off, look at it and help my mother watch it." Weng's mother stared at the TV and instructed her daughter.

Really, Weng Qianyu stood up and walked towards the kitchen, her mother is everyone's best girl, gentle and graceful, and she is a good housekeeper, and it is rare to run out to watch TV halfway through cooking.

The husband and wife waited until the end of the opening song, and after watching it for less than a minute, Weng Bingrong frowned and said, "Why did you become a dialogue this time?" Last time it was Chinese! ”

Weng Qianyu brought out a plate of dishes and said with a smile: "Of course, you have to talk about the dialogue in this book." ”

"Hey, it doesn't taste like that." Weng Bingrong sighed.

Weng Qianyu also sighed secretly, his father, as a patriotic person, had to stay in Yuben for 20 years because of his work, and now as long as he has something to do with China, he can be excited.

A few years ago, Weng Qianyu made some achievements in the film and music worlds, and because of the bleak film market, she wanted to switch to the TV circle. Weng Qianyu, who was born as a child star, quickly passed the audition for the TV series, and was the heroine in it, and the producer wanted her to change her stage name to make it easier for the audience to remember. As a result, her father resolutely refused, saying that he would not act without a Chinese name.

In the living room of the Weng family, Weng Qianyu's parents are watching TV and discussing the plot. Like their family, many of them are watching this Chinese TV series. Due to the promotion of this comprehensive TV station and the gimmick of director Wang Zijun, the first day of the rebroadcast of "The Legend of the New White Lady" directly broke the record, with an audience rating of 8%.

"Oh, it's so beautiful!"

"It's really a dream to have such a monster wife."

"The hateful old monk Fahai, why should he interfere with other people's freedom to marry?"

"Mom, I want to learn spells!"

“……”

Different from the small-scale sensation caused by the last broadcast, the ratings of "The Legend of the New Hundred Girls" continued to climb this time, and in just one week, it actually reached more than 20%, which shocked the people of the comprehensive TV station.

The Tokyo Shimbun even said: "There is no doubt that the spring of 1976 is a Chinese season, or Wang Zijun season." People in Tokyo, at night, either go to the cinema to watch "Food Truck" or gather at home to watch "The Legend of the New Hundred Girls". I have to say that the serpentine props in the legend of "The Legend of the New White Lady" are simply godly. Compared to it, the monsters in Ultraman or Spider-Man are terrible toys. ”

Subsequently, the producer of "Ultraman" Tsuburaya Co., Ltd. announced that they plan to introduce Hollywood special effects technology in the second half of the year in order to make future TV series look more realistic and impactful. However, ten years after saying this, they are still using their old methods.

……………………………………………………………… In a park near a high school in Tokyo, a group of boys and girls are gathering.

"Why hasn't Ishibashi Mingxiang come yet?" A girl complained.

"It's coming, it's over there."

Soon, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl led a ten-year-old little Lori over and said, "I'm really sorry to keep you waiting." This is my sister Honami Ishibashi. ”

"Wow, kawaii!" Several of the girls present screamed and pinched the little Lori's face.

"Everyone is here, so I'll announce it." A teenager waited for the girls to finish venting before standing on a stone and saying, "I announce the establishment of the first fan group of Lord Wang Zijun, 'King's Guardian'. The purpose of the establishment of the Guardian of the King is to support our idol Wang Zijun, and there have been many hateful rumors circulating recently, and we must make our own efforts to fight back resolutely and do our best to expose these lies. Those guys, do you think that Lord Wang Zijun is just a director? No, he is a great dancer and singer...... In addition, I will try to contact Wang Zijun and invite him to come to Tokyo so that we can meet him in person......"

"Hooray!"

Many brothers and sisters cheered in unison, and the little Lori named Honami Ishibashi looked up at everyone curiously.

More than ten years later, a female star named Honami Suzuki said in an interview after filming "Tokyo Love Story": "In my memory, the earliest feelings about chasing stars are very sacred and exciting. The heartfelt support and love of countless fans constitute the mysterious and dazzling halo above the star's head. ”

…………………………………………………………………………………… Wang Zijun has not yet received an invitation from a fan of Yueben, so he received an invitation letter from Hong Kong.

Hong Kong tycoon Fok Ying-tung is about to die.

It's not a big birthday, Huo Yingdong's birthday banquet this time is just a small banquet in the circle. However, this invitation letter was sent by Huo Yingdong's eldest daughter Huo Liping, this daughter has returned from studying abroad and is usually very low-key.

Huo Liping originally had a very happy conversation with Wang Zijun at the Shao family's party, and they had a good influence on each other, because she went to college in California, and later Wang Zijun filmed in Hollywood, and the two met several times.

This time, I sent an invitation letter to Wang Zijun and invited Wang Zijun and Lin Qingxia to go together.

Wang Zijun got the invitation and was going to go to Hong Kong alone, the purpose of his trip was not to attend the banquet, but to shoot "God of Gamblers" in the next paragraph, and wanted to borrow a casino in Macau as a filming location. At this time, Macau was not Stanley Ho's family, and Fok Yingdong's status in Macau was not lower than that of Stanley Ho.

In fact, Stanley Ho was picked up by Fok Yingdong at the beginning.

At the beginning, Stanley Ho just wanted to "eat cakes" (pretending to bid, asking for favors from real bidders, and then flashing people) when gambling on the bidding for cards. As a result, Huo Yingdong, the unjust leader, appeared, Stanley Ho set up a bureau for Huo Yingdong to get into, and he didn't pay a penny, he borrowed 400,000 yuan from Huo Yingdong in the early stage (he hasn't repaid it yet), and borrowed another 2 million in the later stage, Huo Yingdong himself paid 3 million, and finally won the gambling card.

At present, Fok Yingdong and Stanley Ho are in the same situation, and they are in trouble, and Fok Yingdong does not want to deal with villains like Stanley Ho, and is thinking about giving out his shares.

Compared with Stanley Ho, Fok Yingdong can definitely be regarded as a righteous gentleman.

In 1948, 25-year-old Huo Yingdong took more than 100 workers to the sea to salvage Hairen grass, and then sold it to Yue himself to make stomach medicine. At that time, Stanley Ho was in the Supply Bureau, he dried the Hairen grass, and then weighed it after removing the sediment, but the weight was halved, so that the workers who were born and died could not even get their wages, and the investment of 100,000 yuan raised by Fok Yingdong also lost all his money.

Stanley Ho pit Fok Ying-tung more than this time, ten years ago, Fok Ying-tung provoked the United States and Britain because of the transportation of goods to the mainland, and was administratively threatened by the United States and Britain. Stanley Ho not only did not help in times of crisis, but also for his own interests, he took the opportunity to fall into a stone pit and harm Huo Yingdong, the benefactor, partner and friend of the gambling king, and directly provoked Huo Yingdong completely. Since then, Fok Yingdong has often scolded Stanley Ho in public as an ungrateful and shameless person.

……………………………………………………………… Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong Villa, Zou Wenhuai's home.

Wang Zijun came over in the morning and went to visit Zou Wenhuai by the way, only to know that the boss was going to a banquet in the evening.

Regarding Wang Zijun's visit, Zou Wenhuai looked very happy and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, the box office of "Fast Food Truck" has exceeded 300 million in Yueben, congratulations!" ”

"Rejoice and rejoice!" Wang Zijun hugged his fists and smiled.

is the same joy, as a partner of the issuing company, Wang Zijun makes money, and Zou Wenhuai is also making money.

""Food Truck" should be painted in a month, what film is Boss Zou going to show on Golden Harvest?" Wang Zijun asked. According to the agreement between the two, in the Asian Film Distribution Company of Yueben, Golden Harvest and Wang's films will take turns, and some films from other companies will be sandwiched in between, so as to have Chinese films screened in Yueben's cinemas every day.

"Don't worry, let Xu Guanwen's "Ghost Horse Double Stars" be on first." Zou Wenhuai sat down and said, in fact, he didn't know what kind of film to be on. The good films in the Golden Harvest library are basically Bruce Lee's, but these movies have already been screened in this book. The remaining films directed by Luo Wei are still alive, but as soon as "Food Truck" is drawn, if these movies are released immediately, the contrast in quality will be a little large, and it is better to directly let "Ghost Horse Double Star" be released.

"Boss Zou is really broad-minded!" Wang Zijun praised him a little embarrassed, this film is about him digging into the corners of others.

Zou Wenhuai said: "Siyuan Pictures has a few films that are not bad, I asked Wu Siyuan to contact Gaoqiao." ”

Last year's second-grossing film in Hong Kong was made by Wu Siyuan's company, and Zou Wenhuai also invested in it, in the final analysis, Siyuan Pictures is just a satellite company of Golden Harvest.

Zou Wenhuai's biggest characteristic is that he knows how to delegate power, caters to the rising trend of reading production in the United States, and has brought out many reading producers, and he himself has made a fortune in it. If it weren't for Wang Zijun's intervention, Xu Guanwen would also become Zou Wenhuai's long-term partner.

In fact, Zou Wenhuai fell out with Run Run Shaw for this reason. Zou Wenhuai wants to share dividends and wants to read the film, but Run Run Shaw's surname is a reading talent, so he won't agree at all.

At that time, Zou Wenhuai's position in Shaw Brothers was not high, but all the affairs of Shaw Brothers Film Company had to go through Zou Wenhuai's hands, and the two became more and more stiff, so Run Run Shaw immediately found Fang Yihua and Ling Sicong, one was responsible for procurement, and the other was the general manager, and most of the rights in Zou Wenhuai's hands were divided. Shaw didn't mean to force Zou Wenhuai away, but to beat him, but he didn't expect Zou Wenhuai to leave Shaw Brothers to fight with Run Run Shaw not long after he was aggrieved, and the two became mortal enemies.

Zou Wenhuai said: "Mr. Wang, I am going to make a Hollywood film, Bruce Lee has agreed to play the leading role, and I want to ask Cheng Long of your company to play one of the supporting roles." ”

Wang Zijun said: "Of course there is no problem, I raise my hands to support the entry of Chinese films into Hollywood." Cheng Long's schedule, I will ask someone to arrange it and be on call. ”

"Thank you!" Zou Wenhuai said with a smile.

The film he wants to produce is the first Hollywood film in Hong Kong to be produced wholly by Reading Power, and he strives to be the best it can be. Although "Food Truck" has not yet been released in Europe and the United States, it will definitely be a success, and Cheng Long's fame will increase greatly when the time comes, and his inclusion in the movie as a supporting role will also increase the attractiveness of the film.

"I take the liberty of asking, what is the name of this movie by Golden Harvest?" Wang Zijun asked.

"Hejing Blood." Zou Wenhuai said.

Sure enough, it's this film, Wang Zijun thought.

To be honest, although this film was released in many countries around the world after it was made, although it also made some money, the box office was not very ideal. In addition to Bruce Lee, Golden Harvest's real success in the West was "Cannonball Speed" after 1980. The film did not sell well in Hong Kong, but it grossed more than $100 million in the international market. Especially "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in the late eighties, a small and medium-budget movie, actually set a new box office record for Hollywood reading films.

As for this "Hejing Blood", I don't know if the effect will be better after Bruce Lee and Cheng Long joined.

"Boss Zou, I wish you success!" Wang Zijun said sincerely.

"Thank you." Zou Wenhuai half-jokingly asked, "What are Mr. Wang's shooting plans?" Say it earlier, and when the time comes, I'll let my movies get out of the way and stop crashing. ”

"I," Wang Zijun said, "want to make a Chinese gambling film and a Hollywood prison movie." ”

"Oh, shoot two at once, Mr. Wang is generous." Zou Wenhuai doesn't have any feelings about prison films, but he is interested in gambling films, "The gambling films you are talking about are films like Xu Guanwen's "Ghost Horse Double Stars"? ”

Wang Zijun shook his head and smiled: "It's not a humorous film. ”

Zou Wenhuai didn't ask any more questions, after all, this is someone's trade secret.