Chapter 43: Gossip Men and Women
In fact, Lin Qingxia doesn't have much free time, and there is not much time to visit Xiao Ran like today. It seems that now, she is co-starring with Di Yong in "The True Story of Heroes", but this is a night scene, so she only took the time to watch Xiao Ran during the day.
Xiao Ran knew this, but the ghost sent him to visit the crew of "The True Story of Heroes" this night. The ghost only knows why, anyway, he is now sitting in the bar with Lin Qingxia, enjoying the moment of relaxation after filming.
Of course, the two of them didn't mention anything about the daytime as if it hadn't happened. In fact, nothing really happened during the day, but they were just a little awkward after all. For Lin Qingxia, Xiao Ran is just a little brother she likes. For Xiao Ran, Lin Qingxia is not only like a sister, but also a respectable beauty in Hong Kong film history.
Rubbing his nose, Xiao Ran did not dissuade Lin Qingxia, who was drunk for two points, he knew that what she needed most now was to get drunk and forget the past. It's just that Xiao Ran still sighed in his heart, the love affair between Lin and Qin is definitely the most sensational scandal in this era, and he didn't expect it to end without a problem.
In the end, this peerless beauty was wronged to marry a businessman who didn't look very good, but it wasn't because of the hurt of love that made her lose her thoughts of love. Emotion is emotion, that is, Xiao Ran is not a person who likes gossip, and they are also very curious about what happened between Lin Qingxia and Er Qin. It's just that Lin Qingxia was very strict-mouthed, and she didn't reveal it at all.
All night, he was drinking with Lin Qingxia, but he was just drinking. However, Lin Qingxia was very restrained, and she only drank three points and stopped drinking. Xiao Ran held on to Lin Qingxia, who was stumbling, and sighed lightly: "Sister Lin, why don't I send you home!" ”
Without waiting for Lin Qingxia to agree, Xiao Ran helped her carefully avoid the edges and corners of the table, and carefully avoided the other guests walking around. At this moment, for a moment of white light, Xiao Ranmeng's fierce spirit shouted just like Carina Lau's actions in "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves": "Who, who is it?" ”
"Hehe, Ah Ran, it turns out that you are with Sister Xia! Can't this be registered? It's okay, save the hassle! A familiar voice rang out from the crowd.
Liang Jiabao came out of the crowd like a swimming fish, and was about to take out the film and hand it to Xiao Ran with a smile, but saw Lin Qingxia swing her hand, and said in a daze: "It's okay, Bao, it's hard for you to squat for so long!" ”
Xiao Ran suddenly realized that this bar is a place where celebrities often come, and Liang Jiabao must be squatting here often, so this will catch the two of them. This is just Xiao Ran's self-righteousness, Liang Jiabao's words immediately vetoed Xiao Ran's suspicions: "No, I just came here to chase the news of Ah Ran." I swear I sniff the best news in him. ”
Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia both laughed, this Liang Jiabao is funny when he speaks, no wonder he has a good relationship with many celebrities. After saying hello to Liang Jiabao and leaving, before leaving, Xiao Ran was still not used to the feeling of being stared at, and agreed to give him an exclusive interview, on the condition that he would not stare at him again in the future.
Out of the bar, Lin Qingxia was much more sober, she lost the key to Xiao Ran. Unexpectedly, Xiao Ran, this kid, rubbed his nose fiercely, and said that he couldn't drive. In desperation, I had to take a taxi back.
After sending Lin Qingxia back home, the Filipino maid quickly got busy, and sent hot towels, hangover relievers and the like. Xiao Ran had the experience of being drunk before, and knew that it was very uncomfortable to be awake the next day. Therefore, he only gently wiped Lin Qingxia's face, folded the hot towel and put it on her forehead.
After being busy with everything, he picked up Lin Qingxia and went to chuang. Just as Xiao Ran was about to leave, he suddenly remembered that drunk people are easily thirsty, so he hurriedly poured another glass of warm water and put it on the bedside table. After being busy with these, Xiao Ran left.
In fact, Lin Qingxia was not so drunk that she was unconscious, but she also felt very funny when she saw Xiao Ran busy for her. However, when she saw Xiao Ran pour a glass of warm water and put it at the head of the bed, she suddenly felt as if something was covering her eyes, and suddenly became hazy, and once again left behind what others had asked for.
Busy! After Xiao Ran returned to Xiaoyaowo, he gave Wei Dongling an astonishing sigh. It's really busy, and the filming work is okay, but he usually has to find time to go to some parties or something, get to know some people in the circle or something, which makes him not have much time.
"It's right to be busy, if you're not busy in the film industry, that's bad!" Wei Dongling glared at Xiao Ran, a disease-free and moaning guy, angrily, then remembered something, and hurriedly asked, "By the way, didn't you say you wanted to start a company before?" Now that "The True Colors of Heroes" is so hot, in terms of strength and popularity, you can do it alone. ”
Alone? Xiao Ran didn't want to, everything he did was to start a company. In fact, it is absolutely easy to start a film and television company in Hong Kong in this era, as long as there is a company host and an accountant, it will be almost the same. As for the staff problem, it is generally borrowed.
You don't even need much money, because not every company is willing to toss with their own money when it comes to making movies. Most of the time, he goes everywhere to attract investment, and according to Xiao Ran's understanding, even Li Ka-shing has invested in movies.
However, even fools know that companies with this structure are too loose, and it is a matter of minutes for them to go bankrupt. What Xiao Ran wants is a structure like the future Galaxy Image, a company structure that is tighter than that. There must be enough funds to retain and feed film talents, there must be enough investment funds, and there must be his own distribution channels, which is what he wants.
Don't underestimate these, if you don't have enough funds, you won't be able to support film talents. The end will inevitably be the loss of film talents, or even simply joining other industries. It's even worse if there is no distribution channel, which means that even if a film is made to win an Oscar, it can't be released in theaters. If it is not released, it will not be able to recoup the investment. Without distribution channels, the film would not have been able to sell in Southeast Asia.
And this distribution channel is nothing more than a matter of interpersonal relationships and strength. is like Wang Jing's "Sparrow Saint" in 2005, which was originally not qualified to be released in cinemas, but because of its wide connections, it was on it. Low box office? It doesn't matter, the owner of the theater can withstand it, this is an important surname of the relationship.
The film industry is a place with intricate relationships, and it doesn't matter, even if you are a miscellaneous worker, it is not easy to enter the industry. It's like the future director Gu Dezhao, whose sister is the senior management of Golden Harvest Company, and they have a very good relationship with Xu Ke.
Just kidding, flying solo, when these conditions are not enough, it is simply self-defeating. Although Xiao Ran thinks that starting a business is a very pleasant thing, he is not stupid enough to think that failure is a very cool thing, although sometimes failure is really the mother of success.
However, Xiao Ran is sure that his connections in the circle are not bad, and now he only needs to climb one level higher and meet higher-level figures. As for the source of funds, he also thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to take advantage of the stock market crash in 1987, which began on October 1 and lasted for two months.
Xiao Ran thought that he was a very moral person, so he set out to make a lot of preparations for the upcoming stock market crash. also gave himself a reason to let go of it, and this reason is: Hong Kong people can't live without movies, so for the sake of movies, the compatriots who were injured in the stock market crash should be a little advance investment.
Of course, this is just a joke. To be honest, Xiao Ran didn't know how many times he struggled mentally for this matter. If the stock market crash is exploited, it will be harming the interests of the whole Hong Kong people, and if it is exposed in the future, he will be doomed.
Sure enough, the cover of this issue of "Ming Pao Weekly" is a photo of Xiao Ran holding the slightly drunk Lin Qingxia, and all of a sudden, all major newspapers and entertainment magazines are ruthlessly releasing eyeliner to ask around where this kid with Lin Qingxia is sacred.
At first, they only knew that Xiao Ran was a screenwriter, and they were disdainful and said that such a little ghost was not worthy of being with Lin Qingxia at all. When they learned that the scripts written by Xiao Ran since their debut had an average box office of 20 million, they were all dumbfounded. It seems that overnight, everyone has reacquainted themselves with this cutting-edge screenwriter.
For Lin Qingxia, such a scandal is not taken to heart. Although Xiao Ran was a little apprehensive in his heart, he didn't think it was a big deal in the end, the key was that they were really nothing. Still, he's happy. Because of the hype of the newspaper about him, the people paid more attention to the screenwriter.
"Cheers to our success!"
This was three days later, when "True Colors" surpassed 25 million at the local box office. Xu Ke and Huang Baiming immediately decided to hold a celebration banquet, and the result was the current scene.
Xu Ke pulled up Wu Yusen's hand next to him and raised it violently, and the two of them held the goblet and touched it gently, and everyone present happily raised the cup and shouted Cheers. Xiao Ran just drank the drink in the cup, and when he heard Huang Baiming laugh so much that his big teeth were about to fall off, he shouted: "Cheers to the soaring box office!" ”
In desperation, Xiao Ran had to add another drink and drink it all. Fortunately, after being in contact for a long time, everyone in the circle knows that there is a very other screenwriter who doesn't drink, so everyone forgave Xiao Ran's unsociable behavior.
After another toast this time, all of a sudden, the lights went out. A waiter came to the center of the hall with a huge cake, and everyone sang a song in tacit understanding. Xiao Ran smiled, they were celebrating Zhang Guorong's birthday in advance, and Huang Baiming informed him of this in advance.
Zhang Guorong, who was later selected as the "Four Brilliant Colors" in the Hong Kong film industry, is not as enchanting as he was in the future, but looks very energetic and has a cheerful temperament. He was obviously stunned by this hand now, and he suddenly grinned sincerely as he stared at the big cake.
After singing, Zhang Guorong was still elated, and Zhu Bao leaned on and kissed him on the face, which immediately caused laughter. Xiao Ran stood beside Zhang Guorong and pretended to be self-pitying and self-harming, and said to Zhang Guorong bitterly: "Alas, we are all standing together, there is no reason why she kissed you and not me, it's so unfair!" ”
Zhu Baoyi was obviously very happy, and when she saw Xiao Ran say that, she also smiled sweetly and offered a fragrant kiss on Xiao Ran's face. Xiao Ran immediately made a whirling appearance, and covered the kissed place with an intoxicated face, just like a boy who fell in love for the first time: "Uh, Ayi, I won't wash this side of my face in the future, do you say it's okay!" ”
This amusement immediately caused everyone present to laugh wildly, and the celebration banquet was really a good leisure place. Everyone played happily for a while, posed some poses, and let the reporter take some photos, and Xiao Ran pulled Zhang Guorong aside to pull the relationship.
Soon after talking, Huang Baiming and Xu Ke, as well as Shi Nansheng and Wu Yusen all came to the two. Zhang Guorong knew that they had something important to talk about and was about to leave, but Xiao Ran knew about this battle, and hurriedly grabbed him: "You don't need to go, this matter has something to do with you!" ”
(The VIP chapter of this book will be officially released on July 4th, so stay tuned)
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