"The most important thing is that the first film can't be smashed. With the current market so good, I am afraid it will be difficult to find investment in the future! Wei Jiahui let out a long sigh, thinking that he also had this will, but he hadn't prepared it yet.

Xiao Ran thought about it carefully, and indeed, as the two said, Wei Jiahui's "Peace Hotel" failed miserably at the box office, and no one dared to invest in it anymore. He remembered that Chen Guo, the director of "Made in Hong Kong", sighed: "Being a director is very simple now, so simple that everyone dares to do it but can't do it!" "And now it's the opposite, the directors cherish their reputation and don't dare to shoot indiscriminately. Unlike after the collapse of Hong Kong films, cats and dogs can film and be directors.

While they were talking, a few people came out of the building in the distance to make a fuss......

Wei Jiahui was slightly stunned when he saw these guys, and immediately smiled with relief: "Ah Ran, if you want to be a director, look for him!" He'll be able to help you. ”

"Him?" Xiao Ran didn't know who he would be in Wei Jiahui's mouth, he looked ahead intently, and immediately recognized the comer: "No, right?" How can he help me? ”

"You're a good screenwriter, aren't you?" Wei Jiahui smiled weirdly and continued: "Wang Jing started by making scripts, so he knows how to appreciate scripts, just with the "Mr. Zombie" you wrote, he will definitely be able to do it!" Don't forget, his father is the famous director Wang Tianlin, and his relationship is very wide! In the film industry, where there is a relationship, there is everything. ”

Wei Jiahui greeted Wang Jing and his party from afar, Xiao Ran stared at it, and suddenly felt like the world was spinning. He recognized all the people who came, the fat one was Wang Jing, the tall one was Feng Qufan, and the one who was not tall, not short, not fat or thin, but who looked very distinctive.

The three of them came up to greet Wei Jiahui for a while, and Xiao Ran guessed that it must be because of Wei Jiahui's screenwriting ability and review position that Wang Jing looked at him differently. In contrast, You Zhi, an apprentice who has not yet graduated from the school, does not have the qualifications to step forward and interject.

Wei Jiahui did not snub Xiao Ran, and introduced Xiao Ran to Wang Jing and the three of them. Wang Jing's chubby face showed a smile, and he stretched out his hand to shake it: "You are Xiao Ran, the screenwriter of "Mr. Zombie", this is really a long time to admire!" ”

"Oh yes!" Xiao Ran smiled lightly, and there was no lack of self-esteem in this smile: "I really admire you for a long time, and your gambling film is a real good idea!" ”

Xiao Ran absolutely did not add material to these words, it is inevitable to admire for a long time, and there must be admiration. Not to mention how Wang Jing is shoddy, just saying that he has made gambling films a major feature of Hong Kong films is enough to be admired by Xiao Ran.

Feng Quan Fan is an old actor, but Xiao Ran doesn't know much. However, he still knows very well that this is a very good actor, and he doesn't know how much money he has taken away in the "Fuxing" series. As for the other Chen Baixiang, it is even more amazing, his funny image is deeply rooted in the people, and he is still a comedian that Xiao Ran likes very much. Especially in playing dirty roles, the degree of comedy is simply not inferior to "like a flower".

Wang Jing listened to Xiao Ran's sincere "sycophancy", and suddenly laughed so much that the flesh on his face trembled. Chen Baixiang said to Wang Jing with a smile: "Since you say that, let's not make a gambling film next time!" ”

Chen Baixiang and Wang Jing are friends, Xiao Ran can imagine, after all, some of the films that Chen Baixiang participated in are Wang Jing's films. It's just that this Feng Quan Fan is also Wang Jing's friend, which is unexpected by Xiao Ran.

However, he quickly gave a very good answer, after the popularity of "Infernal Affairs" in the 21st century, Wang Jing filmed a "Hardcover Infernal Chasing Girl". There were several veterans in that piece, Chen Baixiang was one of them, and Feng Qufan was the second. If you don't have a relationship, how can you get it after someone retires!

"Well, let's go play together in the evening?" Wang Jing smiled and said to Xiao Ran and the others: "Go to Du Laozhi to drink some wine, and relax your muscles and bones by the way, you can't bear to do it every day, just celebrate that we met Ah Ran!" ”

Du Laozhi? After Xiao Ran came to this era, he really didn't go out to play anything, and he didn't go to a nightclub. However, he had heard of Du Laozhi, a very old nightclub, and he first knew about it in the film "Big Husband", and later saw this news on the Hong Kong website, so he knew that it really existed.

Unexpectedly, Wei Jiahui actually agreed to it, Xiao Ran only thought about it a little, and then understood that he was painstakingly creating opportunities for himself to be a director. Thinking about this, a warm current flowed through Xiao Ran's heart, he came to this era and met many people, but most of them were general friends, and only a few people had some deep friendships. Wei Jiahui thought about him like this, how could he not be moved.

"It's still early anyway, so it's better like this!" Chen Baixiang looked at the sun in the sky, and then proposed: "It's better to go to the racecourse first and place two bets to play!" ”

You Zhi didn't go, of course he didn't have his share in such a party. Xiao Ran took advantage of the screenwriter's identity, and then got the light of Wei Jiahui, which can be regarded as making friends with these people. He has heard about Hong Kong horse racing for a long time, but he has never had the time or mood to see it, and this time it is just a matter of solving it by the way.

There are two racecourses in Hong Kong, one is the Happy Valley Racecourse, and the other is the Sha Tin Racecourse where Xiao Ran and the others are going. Chen Baixiang seemed to be a frequent visitor here, and led a group of people straight to the box. After ordering some drinks, they stood on the edge of the balcony and watched the whole stadium be celebrated!

It is never an exaggeration to say that it was a grand occasion, Xiao Ran looked at everything in the field, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. It's not just a pomp and circumstance, but the sidelines are crowded with sun-scorched gamblers who are eager to get rich overnight.

At this time, Chen Baixiang instructed the staff to bring him a stack of materials, and he carefully browsed the text on it. Xiao Ran leaned over curiously and asked, "What is this?" ”

"This is information for all the horses! I put a lot of effort into collecting it! Chen Baixiang first triumphed, and then showed regret: "Unfortunately, these materials are not very detailed and complete. ”

The rest was much simpler, and they all watched from the balcony with binoculars until they heard the names and numbers of the horses for the next race on the radio. Of course, Xiao Ran was indifferent, betting on horses might be able to win, but it was obviously very difficult, and it was better to rob the Jockey Club, but he remembered that the Jockey Club's highest single bet in this era was hundreds of millions.

However, when the name of a horse was reported on the radio, Xiao Ran had a faint sense of familiarity. The horse's name was Tongde, and the jockey was Wang Dengping. He pondered for a long time, and it was not until the opening that he suddenly remembered that Tongde was the champion horse who won ten consecutive races! (Note: In fact, Tongde was the champion horse in 1983-84, so for the sake of the plot, he had to let it be born later)

Why he remembered this, it was a very simple thing, he accidentally saw it in his dream life when he was searching for something on the Internet. The article said that in 2005, a horse named Elite Master won 16 consecutive victories, tying the world record, and at the end of the article, it was mentioned that the previous highest winning streak for a horse in Hong Kong was set by Tongde, which was 10 consecutive wins.

When he figured out where it came from, his heart pounded. He didn't dare to imagine going down, if he bought Tongde and won, ten games down, wouldn't it be developed! He hurriedly walked up to Chen Baixiang and asked, "Brother Lak, do you know a horse named Tongde?" ”

"Yes!" Al Lat is Chen Baixiang's nickname, he blinked his eyes, flipped through the information and quickly found it. I saw him frown and say, "You want to buy it?" This horse is not very good, and it has just been raced for a long time, and it has not even entered the top three! ”

Xiao Ran's heart was pounding, if he bought this horse, then he would really make it. Ten wins in a row, how much money should I have to win like that? Not to mention making one movie, even making ten movies is more than enough!

"Brother Lak, if a horse runs out of a few consecutive wins, won't the person who has been chasing the bet have made it?" He waved his outstretched index finger and thumb to calm himself down.

"You're stupid, how can it be!" Although Chen Baixiang's face did not show it, Xiao Ran could see the meaning of "you are an idiot": "You have to know that this odds issue is the most important thing!" ”

"If this horse is an underdog, and you bet hundreds of thousands, you will naturally make the odds smaller! Even if you win, you won't be able to win much! Chen Baixiang continued to explain to the horse racing idiot: "However, even if this is the case, you can easily make a lot of money. The problem is that if it's a winning streak, it's hard to make money like that! ”

"You have to understand that people like to follow the trend the most. If this winning streak wins the first race, then it will be an upset and you will make a lot of money! But in the next game, people will count the horse's results, and this horse has just won a game, so it is naturally easy to become a big favorite. In this way, there will be a lot of people betting, and even the highest odds will be lowered. ”

When Xiao Ran understood some of the rules and some specific things of this horse race, he was completely desperate. He can't rely on Tongde to make money, that's for sure. The highest prize on the horse farm is the triple t, which is the position of the first three horses to buy. There is also a win-win and a position, and the winnings are higher in between.

Judging from Tongde's possible winning streak in the future, Xiao Ran's chance of buying three T is equal to nothing. That means that he can only buy a win and position, but this depends on the odds, and it is generally difficult to give dozens of times the odds. According to the common one-loss fourteen, even if Xiao Ran buys Tongde, it is impossible to buy too much, otherwise the odds will inevitably be lowered.

This means that if he buys 100,000, he will get more than 1 million. However, Xiao Ran did not have a specific time for Tongde to start his ten-game winning streak, so he couldn't accurately grasp the number of games. If you buy 10,000 yuan in every game, I'm afraid that before Tongde runs out, he will go bankrupt.

The worst thing is that he can only buy Tongde to run out for the first time to make a lot of money, if he wins once, Tongde will inevitably become a favorite from an underdog, and the odds will definitely be reduced to one to three or something. It's not that it's not unprofitable to buy it like this, but it may not be able to meet Xiao Ran's expectations.

Actually, having said so much, it is enough to say it in one sentence. Xiao Ran could never earn enough raw capital by relying on Tongde, so it was no wonder that he was depressed. Originally, he happily thought that there was a shortcut to make a fortune, but who expected to analyze it carefully, this shortcut turned out to be a minefield and a swampy area, which made him not depressed to death.

However, fortunately, everyone was paying attention to the horses who were about to play outside the field, but they didn't see Xiao Ran so out of shape. Xiao Ran sat down on the chair in a dejected manner, there was a chance to accumulate capital this time, but he ......

Alas! As soon as he thought of this, his heart ached. Fortunately, he is quite open-minded and optimistic, otherwise he is afraid that he will block himself out of heart disease. He said to himself in his heart: Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran, if you can stand here, it is already a gift from God, why force so much. If you need money so much, why not reincarnate in a wealthy family!

He told himself that he wanted to start a business, fulfill his wish in a desperate situation, and enjoy the incomparable pleasure of fighting with the sky and the world. It's not just for money, and it's not just for taking shortcuts to get yourself on the top spot. Some things still need to be made by our own hands, so that will be more satisfying to us.

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