Chapter 169: Prelude to the Golden Statue
These words still made the three guys feel confused, but Guan Xin had an extra heart, knowing that Xiao Ran sometimes likes to be so vague when he speaks. So, as the sun and the monkey poked their heads out to look at the ceiling, he asked in a deep voice, "Is something going to happen?" ”
Xiao Ran had a headache, he just beat around the bush when he spoke, but he was not so exaggerated. But today he came twice in a row, and he was so embarrassed that he could only look out the window, then look at the ceiling and say, "It's not very good, by the way, Master, what did you do before?" Why don't you tell me all the time? ”
Guan Xin was slightly surprised, although they said that they had not said their true identity, but Xiao Ran was absolutely very clear, why did he ask like this now? Xiao Ran saw that they still didn't understand, so he sighed and tried to be more plain: "Your previous work place has been too lax recently, it seems that someone has touched it and is going to cause a big mess, go back and talk to them immediately!" ”
Fortunately, it doesn't need to be as laborious as Fang Cai to talk to Guan Xin, otherwise Xiao Ran will definitely collapse. Guan Xin was puzzled for a moment, and immediately stood up straight, his eyes were extremely sharp and looked at Xiao Ran: "How do you know?" ”
"I dreamed about it, do you believe it or not? If you don't believe it, then don't ask, go back quickly, or you're going to be in big trouble! Xiao Ran had never seen Guan Xin's extremely murderous gaze, and his heart trembled for a moment, only then did he make sure that Guan Xin understood what he meant, so he threw down this sentence and floated away.
Pulling the two guys who still no longer paid attention to the ceiling, Guan Xin's voice was like a lion, low and powerful: "You two stay to protect Xiao Ran, I will return to Yanjing immediately!" ”
Guan Xin didn't suspect that Xiao Ran was deceiving him, because he understood that Xiao Ran couldn't do such a stupid thing, let alone joke about such an urgent matter. The most important thing is that telling such a lie is absolutely not half beneficial to Xiao Ran. Therefore, he was sure that Xiao Ran was referring to a leak in the defense of the National Security Bureau, which was touched by foreigners to create chaos.
April 17 was the award ceremony of the Academy Awards, and Xiao Ran appeared on the red carpet with pride. Of course, being proud is just a pleasant emotion, and it doesn't necessarily mean that Xiao Ran doesn't want to make progress.
The reason why Xiao Ran was in a happy mood was not because of the Academy Awards, but because the chief did not die the day before yesterday, which made him full of confidence in the future. He thinks that as long as this can be avoided, the mainland market will definitely be able to open up ahead of schedule, and Western countries will not have such a severe lockdown, and Hong Kong citizens and wealthy people will not go crazy to immigrate.
The BMW car just stopped in front of the red carpet, and the reporters were in an uproar, Xiao Ran's arrival was not much news, but Xiao Lin's love is still one of the themes of newspapers and magazines recently, but it is very eye-catching.
Xiao Ran got out of the car with a smile, and glanced at the reporters who were waiting around with disappointed looks, and suddenly snickered in his heart. Originally, he planned to come with Lin Qingxia, but just to be quiet, he had to give up this opportunity to walk with a beauty to Fa Ge.
Stretching out his hand, it was Zhong Chuhong who came out of the car, and he also became the focus of reporters. It's just that the whole world knows that Xiao Ran and Hong Gu are good friends, and even if they are stubborn, there will be no scandals.
and Zhong Chuhong took a few steps forward, and Zhong Chuhong, at the strong request of reporters, posed a few poses with light steps and movements for reporters to take pictures fiercely. The reporters even took advantage of this opportunity to ask wildly: "Director Xiao, how are you and Lin Qingxia doing now, don't you feel ethical difficulties when you are with her?" ”
"I'm sorry, although I've always been happy to deal with reporters......" Xiao Ran smiled at those reporters, if he was a woman, this smile must be very sweet: "But this time, I think I really have nothing to say about it!" ”
The reporters were depressed for a moment, and immediately rushed to ask: "Then this time the Phantom Company's films have won the most nominations in the history of the Academy Awards, and "Dark Flower" and "Spy Change" were both shortlisted for Best Director, what do you think?" ”
"There are a lot of feelings...... Xiao Ran thought maybe he might as well take this opportunity to give some stimulation to the filmmakers in Hong Kong, and after thinking about it, he was written by a reporter like that, and he didn't know what it had become, he shrugged his shoulders and said: "I'm very happy, you know that I have always worked hard to become an excellent director, and now these nominations are really a great encouragement for me!" ”
"Director Xiao, you don't need to be modest, the films you direct are always so good, and now everyone knows that you are the best director in Hong Kong!" A relatively familiar reporter is a fan of Xiao Ran, but he seems to think that it is easy to offend people by saying this, so he hurriedly added: "One of the best directors!" ”
After talking to reporters for a few words, Zhong Chuhong finally got out. The two walked forward hand in hand, Xiao Ran lowered his head and teased in Hong Gu's ear: "Hong Gu, Ah Ding must want to kill me when he sees this scene in front of him!" ”
"He dares!" Zhong Chuhong smiled, not many people knew about her relationship with Zhu Jiading, and Xiao Ran was one of them: "I'm just afraid that Qingxia will be jealous, and you will be in trouble then!" ”
The two talked affectionately and walked forward, and not far away, they saw the Beyond band walking on the red carpet with a hint of excitement on their faces. It's the first time they've come to the Academy Awards, and it's a great feeling.
This band is far from being popular at the moment, because the first album carefully created for them by Tian Lai has not yet come out, but the publicity and other aspects are already in place. Xiao Ran firmly believes that the band he once liked very much will definitely become popular.
However, Xiao Ran knows very well that even if he doesn't interfere in history, Huang Jiaju and they can all be popular. It's just that it's unlikely to be so fast, at least Xiao Ran remembered that Huang Jiaju was not popular when they starred in the happy ghost, and they didn't start to make a career until they performed in "Jixing Gongzhao".
The current situation of the four people is obviously quite embarrassing, most reporters do not take them seriously, only the reporters of the scholarly "Influence" and "New Paper" know what they mean by praising these four people, and are taking pictures of them.
Seeing Xiao Ran and Zhong Chuhong coming, the four of them hurriedly greeted them respectfully. Xiao Ran frowned slightly, the film industry has always been like this, if there is no one to help, the four of them are really easy to ignore.
"Kako, how do you feel?" Xiao Ran wanted to help them, so he let go of the hand holding Zhong Chuhong and gently put his hand on Jiaju's shoulder: "It's the first time to participate in such a grand event, don't be nervous." Wait a minute, you look at the stars on stage and tell yourself, next year, at most next year, you can stand on top and perform! ”
"Mr. Xiao, thank you!" Huang Jiaju and his three partners were really grateful to Xiao Ran, but they also felt very strange why Xiao Ran signed them hand-picked and spent so much energy to support them.
Xiao Ran shook his head with a smile, showing the demeanor of a coach. Seeing that the reporters slapped them into the appearance of "hooking shoulders and backs" together, Xiao Ran patted them on the shoulders and walked forward with a meaningful sentence: "Believe in yourself, you will become one of the best bands in Hong Kong!" ”
Looking at Xiao Ran and Zhong Chuhong's distant figures, the four of them couldn't help but be extremely confident, which Xiao Ran was happy to see. After all, this band is really good, but unfortunately in the nineties, when it became popular, Jiaju went away because of an accident.
"I wonder why you're supporting those four people?" Zhong Chuhong was next to Xiao Ran, and he really looked like he was not afraid of Zhu Jiading's jealousy: "If you change to someone else, you are likely to be popular!" ”
Xiao Ran was silent, he remembered the scene when he was frantically competing with his classmates at school for the tape of this extremely famous band, and the madness was really indescribable. It feels like no matter what generation is, as long as they reach that age, they will be crazy obsessed with this band.
It's a pity that the earlier Xinyicheng wasted their talent in music, especially Huang Jiaju, a world-shattering talent. Instead, they are allowed to participate in film performances, and they want to make them look like a new generation of movie stars. However, it later came to prominence, but unfortunately Ka Kui died unexpectedly in Yueben, which led to the complete decline of the band, and Hong Kong music lost its quite innocent and ideal side.
"They are very talented, especially the one named Huang Jiaju, they will definitely be able to take Southeast Asia by storm with their music!" Xiao Ran's tone was extremely affirmative, and he thought that the only thing he could say was this sentence.
Suddenly, Xiao Ran's eyes lit up, the tall figure in front of him was not Old Man Qiao? In Xiao Ran's original era, Qiao Hong had already died of a heart attack in 2000. This is a very remarkable character, Xiao Ran has always felt that he is very much like the Hong Kong version of Xin Connelly, old and strong, and can still perform on the screen at an advanced age, and later won the best actor with "Woman Forty".
Qiao Hong once participated in the performance of Harrison; Ford's Treasure Hunt series, it's just that Xiao Ran doesn't remember which one it is. However, he admired the old gentleman's dedication and perfect acting skills.
In addition, what impressed Xiao Ran the most was that Qiao Hong once acted in a "Thief Detective Duoduo" with Wu Yaohan. In that film, Xiao Ran was very surprised to find that the scene of stealing information in the first episode of "Spy Mission" was almost very similar to the scene of stealing things in this 1979 film. He even wondered if it had been plagiarized by Hollywood.
nodded to Zhong Chuhong, strode forward and said hello: "Mr. Qiao, hello!" ”
Qiao Hong turned his head in surprise and saw that it was Xiao Ran, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment before laughing: "Director Xiao, you are good!" ”
"Ah Ran, why did you kid suddenly run over?" As soon as he heard this voice, Xiao Ran knew that it was bad. Sure enough, Huang Zhan, the master, fiercely pulled out Xiao Ran, who wanted to escape, and said angrily: "Good boy, you are very cunning, don't think that you can not go to me to study if you are busy with work." I also deliberately stuffed a few boys to me, you are making trouble for me! ”
Xiao Ran smiled awkwardly, in fact, he learned to compose, but lyrics require a strong cultural background, which he can't do. So, in desperation, and busy with work, I had to stop going. To this end, he selected a few studious young talents in the company and sent them to study.
Looking at it now, it's clear that this is not a very clever idea! Xiao Ran secretly complained bitterly, but saw Huang Zhan suddenly smile at Gu Jiahui, who suddenly appeared on the side: "This kid is so lazy, but I forgive him this time." Among the kids he sent, there are still a few who are quite talented! ”
The reporters were frantically filming Xiao Ran being frightened by Huang Zhan and turned to run, and even couldn't help but think of the title: "Uncle Zhan suddenly looked back, Xiao Ran fled in a hurry!" ”
Xiao Ran couldn't care about the reporters, let alone Zhong Chuhong, who was covering his mouth and snickering on the side, and when he heard Uncle Zhan say that, he was relieved. turned around and looked at Uncle Zhan and Gu Jiahui with a smile and said, "Uncle Zhan, Uncle Gu, I did the right thing in this matter!" ”
"It's okay, I don't say that, can you turn around and come back and let me catch it?" Uncle Zhan smiled slyly, Xiao Ran saw that he fell into the clutches of Uncle Zhan, and immediately smiled bitterly. Uncle Zhan let go of Xiao Ran's hand and said solemnly: "Well, there is no hope for you to compose lyrics, and in the future, I will make a song that can be widely circulated, then I will count you as a graduate." However, where did you find such a bunch of boys, they are all very powerful! ”
Absolutely! At the mention of this, Xiao Ran couldn't help but be proud. In order to train the next generation of successors for Hong Kong films, he spent a lot of effort, at least hundreds of millions of dollars in this area alone, not including the film production fees for those newcomers to experiment.
Originally, he wanted to bring a group of exchange students from the mainland, but he has not yet negotiated this aspect with the mainland. Xiao Ran's request to the mainland refused to agree, that is, the request to broadcast the Academy Awards and so on, so Xiao Ran had no choice but to use this trick to delay. After a period of delay, I will go and talk to the senior management of Yindu seriously.
It took a lot of money to select the talents, if this is still bad, then Xiao Ran should have bought a piece of tofu and died head-on. At the moment, there was no longer any delay, and he talked with Qiao Hong and them all the way, and said hello to other acquaintances and entered the venue.
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