March 29, 1983.

Xiangjiang New ~ Territory Development Zone, palace-like mansions are hidden in the green trees, the blue sea water gently beats on the reef and rolls up the white waves, and under the golden sunshine, the seagulls land lightly on the shore, and they are not afraid of fishing on the beach.

However, this beautiful and tranquil natural environment is not everyone is qualified to enjoy, the price of every inch of land makes most of the self-proclaimed rich people prohibitive, the most ordinary residential area is generally more than 5,000 square meters, the yard is equipped with a variety of sports equipment, planted with a variety of exotic flowers and plants, etc., the lowest price is more than 10,000 yuan. While it's a pleasure to live next to familiar faces in TV magazines, there are times when it's a thing of glory that is proportional to the thickness of your family's bills.

At this time, at ten o'clock in the morning, in a mansion.

In Shao Tycoon's bedroom, Shao Tycoon was lying on the bed reading the newspaper, when Fang Yihua walked in with a cup of ginseng tea. "Take a break, don't be too tired, after all, you're not a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy anymore." Looking at the sixth uncle who got up early in the morning and was busy, Fang Yihua said with concern.

Shao Daheng folded the newspaper, put it on the table at the head of the bed, took the ginseng tea and took a sip gently: "It tastes very good, you made this tea, right?" The craft has improved a lot, but I said Yihua, you always remind others that you should also pay attention to your own body, just let your subordinates do this kind of heavy work, you don't have to do it yourself. ”

"I'm not afraid that you can't get used to drinking tea made by others, it's been decades, I know what your taste is, but they may not know, sometimes it's better to do something or need people around you to do it, after all, you know the root and the heart."

"Hehe, when did you learn to speak so detours, what 'know the root and know the heart', are you talking about yourself?" Shao Daheng smiled and put the ginseng tea aside, "It looks like your cup of tea is not as delicious as I imagined." ”

"You also know that I have helped you take care of wireless work for so many years, but you just refuse to let go and let me take charge of the overall situation, do you know what others are saying about me behind my back? Bully people by flaunting one's powerful connections! ”

"Who dares to say you, I can't spare him first! As for not handing over the work of the TV station to you, I am afraid that you will be too tired! After all, you're a woman, and you've been with me for so long, you deserve to be happy, shouldn't you? ”

"Hmph, I know what you think in your heart-" Fang Yihua said angrily, "None of your sons are willing to take over your TV kingdom, why do you have to hold on?" Are you still waiting for them to change their minds?! ”

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Shao Daheng seemed a little annoyed, "I said, don't mention those scumbags in front of me!" ”

It turned out that Shao Daheng and his four children have not had a good relationship, and the reason for this is the appearance of Fang Yihua.

In 1952, that night, Shao Daheng, as usual, went to the nightclub upstairs of the Shaw Theater to listen to a song. When he was about to leave, the host said: "Next, please invite Miss Fang Yihua, a female singer who is popular all over the South Seas, to sing a song "Flower Moon Period". Hearing the words "Fang Yihua", Shao Daheng felt quite familiar, he waved his hand to beckon the waiter and asked, "Where does this Miss Fang seem to have heard of it?" ”

The waiter said: "Miss Fang is a singer who has recently become popular all over Nanyang, and her mother is Fang Wenxia, the 'Red Star of the Dancing Country' in Shanghai ~ 20 years ago. Shao Daheng suddenly realized that he immediately asked the waiter to send a large bouquet of flowers.

After a while, Fang Yihua came to Shao Daheng with a smile and said politely: "Hello Mr. Shao, I watched your movies when I was in Shang~Hai, and I also heard many stories about you from the elders. ”

After the singing, at the invitation of Shao Tycoon, Fang Yihua changed into a set of elegant cheongsam, and the two came to a restaurant with a quiet environment and chatted while eating supper. During that long talk, Shao Daheng was pleasantly surprised to find that Fang Yihua was not only beautiful and sang well, but also knew a lot about business management, so he invited her to join Shaw Brothers.

At that time, Fang Yihua's singing career was in full swing, but she still quit the music scene desperately. Sure enough, Fang Yihua did not disappoint Shao Daheng. Since joining Shaw Brothers, she has conscientiously studied management knowledge and devoted herself to her work, and soon became the think tank and most effective assistant of Shao Tycoon in his career.

Although there are many outstanding pink beauties in the kingdom owned by Shao Tycoon, only Fang Yihua can really make Shao Tycoon feel at ease to explain his public and private affairs. Under Fang Yihua's painstaking management, Shaw Brothers Pictures has come out of the trough again and again. Many of Shao tycoon's decisions are the sole responsibility of Fang Yihua, which makes people have to look at her as a "boss lady".

Once, Fang Yihua represented Shao Daheng in an auction of famous paintings. During the meeting, a painting by the American painter Chen ~ Yifei "Night Banquet" was a popular work in the auction, starting from HK$4 million, a total of 6 people competed, and Fang Yihua was among them. In the end, only Fang Yihua and a Taiwanese businessman were left to bid, and the other party shouted 1.6 million Hong Kong dollars, when Fang Yihua was about to continue to shout, her peers persuaded her to give up, thinking that the boss Shao Tycoon would be unhappy about spending a lot of money on such a painting, but Fang Yihua still decisively asked for 1.8 million Hong Kong dollars and sold the deal.

Sure enough, when Shao Daheng held the "Night Banquet" in his hand, he was very happy, and praised Fang Yihua for his unique vision and strong work ability, and then hung the painting in the most eye-catching place in the office.

At the height of Shaw Brothers' films, movies were challenged and threatened by television. At this time, Fang Yihua had a unique vision and suggested that Shao Daheng spend a lot of money to bid for the management rights of TVB, and the result was a great success.

is also due to Shao Daheng's "respect" and "trust" in Fang Yihua, which led to the fact that in 1981, Shao Weiming, the eldest son who originally helped his father take care of business, gradually replaced the position of the children of the Shao family because Fang Yihua became the owner of the Shao family, causing him and his younger brother Shao Weizhong to withdraw from the board of directors. After the two sons moved to Singapore, father and son did not communicate with each other since.

Although Shao Daheng didn't say anything on the surface, Fang Yihua knew in his heart that the reason why the sixth uncle and his family did not give up power was that he hoped that one day his biological son would change his mind, after all, this is the foundation of the Shaw Brothers, and it is right to pass it on to his children.

"If you don't want me to mention it, I won't mention it, but I just want to say that it's been two years, and they don't even come to visit you for the New Year's holiday, is there such an unfilial child in the world? I'm the only one by your side to take care of you—" Fang Yihua said, handing Shao a square scarf.

Shao Daheng took it and wiped his lips gently, sighed, "Maybe you're right." They haven't been around me since I was a child, and the family relationship between us is dim. Sometimes I really can't figure out how God could do this to me. Let me sit in the kingdom of entertainment, let me get many confidants, money, fame, and women, there is no shortage of them; Only you can't enjoy the joy of family! Alas, if I could go back to the past, I would not have weakened the father-son relationship because of work. ”

"Do you regret it? Do you regret letting me follow you? Fang Yihua bit his lip and said.

Shao Daheng shook his head, got up and walked to the front of the oil painting "Night Banquet", looked at it, and said: "You are a smart woman, and you can see from the fact that you buy this painting, you are very good at figuring out people's minds, especially mine—however, there are some things that I have already decided, so you don't have to make small moves behind my back." ”

"What did I do? Isn't it just a movie? Fang Yihua asked rhetorically. I've followed you to invest in movies before, don't you even believe that I have such ability? ”

"It's not that I don't believe you, I just hope that you can look farther when you do things, and don't just care about the present." After Shao Daheng finished speaking, he said: "It's better to be like this, you will be responsible for the preparations for the carnival charity party the day after tomorrow, and as for other aspects of the TV station, you should not interfere with it first." ”

After hearing Shao Tycoon say this, Fang Yihua was both happy and worried in his heart. I am happy because the scale of the charity gala is huge, and Uncle Six makes himself believe in himself when he prepares. I am worried that I have to temporarily delegate power to other affairs of wireless...... After thinking for a while, Fang Yihua said, "Okay, it's just that this party is of great significance, and I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it alone." ”

"It doesn't matter, I'm going to hold a high-level cocktail party at the Shangri-La Hotel at noon today, and I'll distribute everything for the party the day after tomorrow; Also, I will ask everyone to help you, and you can also use dim sum yourself, so that everyone can see if you have the strength to control the big scene. ”

Fang Yihua knew that since Shao Daheng had already said this, he couldn't change anything, so he smiled and said: "I will definitely do a good job, after following you for so long, you also know what kind of person I am, since I want to do it, I will definitely do my best." ”

Shao Tycoon: "I hope so! Then he smiled and said, "Your ginseng tea is already cold, can you bring me another cup?" ”

Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong is located on the East Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, facing the dazzling Victoria Harbour, where guests can enjoy breathtaking views of Victoria Harbour.

At this time, it was close to noon, and many high-level executives of wireless, such as the great director Wang Tianlin, Xiao Sheng, Zeng Lizhen, Liang Jiashu, etc., were all invited by Shao Daheng to participate in this cocktail party.

The significance of this dinner is extraordinary, it is definitely not as simple as eating, drinking and drinking, everyone knows that Shao Tycoon is going to announce everything about the charity party the day after tomorrow, so almost all the main executives of Shaw Brothers and Wireless have already arrived at the hotel in advance.

The parking lot is filled with a variety of high-end vehicles of different styles. It's dazzling. It can be seen that these middle and senior executives of Shaw Brothers are very well paid.

The lunchtime reception was almost ready. Shao Daheng is obviously an energetic workaholic, although he is very old and his body is inevitably a little tired, but he just took a brief rest for a while, and immediately notified the company's senior management to hold a meeting in the hotel to listen to the reports of all parties on the recent work of Shaw Brothers, especially the preparations for the charity party the day after tomorrow.

Everyone seems to have become accustomed to Shao Tycoon's diligence in managing affairs, you must know that although Shao Tycoon is in his old age, he still insists on working 16 hours a day, and the black elongated Lincoln he sits in is an expensive and luxurious car, there is a bar in the car, and he converted it into a small desk, and he does not even waste time on the way. It can be seen that it is absolutely reasonable for him to control such a large film and television kingdom and endure for a long time.

The meeting lasted more than two hours, and it was finally over like a prison sentence, and the time was close to 3 p.m.

The main content of the meeting is that Shaw Brothers wants to take this TVB charity party as an opportunity to cultivate newcomers and seize the ratings. To this end, before the start of the charity gala, it is necessary to carry out a publicity and advertising offensive in a big way, not only held a series of charity fundraising activities in various branches, but also almost bought out the advertising space of many large media. If you open a newspaper at random, you can see the words "Shaw Brothers' "Charity Gala" is underway; Open the wireless program channels, there will be rehearsals for this party, which shows how much momentum the Shaw Brothers Group has created for this event and how big the order it has bought.

After finally arranging all the matters of the charity party the day after tomorrow, Shao Daheng said: "Everyone has worked hard, I have arranged a cocktail party, everyone eats a little!" Then he motioned for the buffet to begin.

More than a dozen buffet tables, fine wine and delicacies, all kinds of exquisite utensils exude dazzling light, tie bows, and shuttle waiters to and fro with thoughtful service. Shao Daheng, who has always been surnamed Guhan, rarely makes such a generous move. Everyone also relaxed and began to enjoy this rare leisure time.

The atmosphere gradually became more harmonious, and the hall was filled with the inspiring Beethoven piano piece "Destiny".

Shao Daheng stood in the center of the banquet of the tea party, surrounded by many high-level wireless gatherers, holding his old man in the middle like the stars holding the moon, staggered, so lively.

A little more leisurely, the great director Xiao Sheng found a secluded position, took two glasses of red wine and handed Wang Tianlin a glass, and the two began to talk carefully.

"I didn't expect today's scene to be so big." Xiao Sheng spoke first.

Wang Tianlin took a sip of red wine and said with a smile: "Didn't you listen to what Uncle Sixth said, you have to use the propaganda offensive to do a good job in this annual charity gala, it is best to achieve fame and fortune, and defeat ATV and other film companies." ”

Xiao Sheng: "Many people want to kill two birds with one stone, but the result is often more than worth the loss. ”

"What do you mean, but don't let Uncle Six hear." Wang Tianlin joked.

Xiao Sheng smiled slightly: "It's very simple, this charity gala is the largest in the whole HK, six million people and six million eyes in Hong Kong are watching, if you are too eager for quick success, what will be the consequences?" Fish for fame and reputation! ”

Wang Tianlin was stunned for a moment, shook the red wine in the wine glass and said: "We are part-time workers, these are not our turn, are they?" ”

Xiao Sheng did not answer directly, but changed his words and said: "Uncle Six, his old man is definitely a business wizard, he has made a name for himself in the film industry, dominated Hong Kong for several years, and now he has entered the TV circle with outstanding results, creating a wireless TV kingdom that belongs to other places." Almost everywhere there is entertainment, there is the shadow of the sixth uncle and his old man. ”

"Lao Xiao, Sixth Uncle is not here, you don't have to be like this, right?" Wang Tianlin said with a smile.

Xiao Sheng raised his eyebrows: "Many people don't know why Uncle Six is so successful, but I know that there is one factor that is crucial, and that is concentration!" ”

After a slight pause, "It's easy to succeed if you concentrate on things, and the sixth uncle gave up almost all film affairs in order to enter the TV industry, and devoted himself to the TV industry." That's why we have today's amazing achievements. In contrast, Shaw Brothers' film business has been pulled down a lot, compared with Golden Harvest, these rising stars of New Arts City have been slow to develop their business and have an outdated management system. But the sixth uncle is a person who will not easily admit defeat, so he chose to rely on this 'carnival charity gala' at today's meeting to show his strength, you must know that this party is even valued by the Governor of Hong Kong, and it was broadcast live on TV that night, and even ATV had to buy wireless broadcast rights, and then the name of Shaw Brothers will resound in Hong Kong again! But it is precisely because the attention is too high, people's expectations will be greater, in case this show can't come out with any wonderful shows, and it is very bad, then Shaw Brothers will be disgraced, not to mention reinvigorating the majesty, it is estimated that they will not even cry! After Xiao Sheng said these words, he drank all the red wine in the wine glass in one go.

Wang Tianlin didn't expect Xiao Sheng to analyze this issue so thoroughly, and basically agreed with his opinion in his heart, but asked with some puzzlement: "Since this is the case, then why didn't you raise it in person at the meeting just now?" ”

Xiao Sheng frowned, showed a very helpless smile and said: "Lao Wang, you don't have to talk like this nonsense anymore, you know more than me, Uncle Six's surname has always been arbitrary, since he has already made a decision, he will never change it easily, not to mention that he has spent so much effort to prepare for this event, if you raise an objection, wouldn't you go to touch the nail and ask for your own hardship!" ”

Wang Tianlin smiled and said: "Lao Xiao, Lao Xiao, I thought that I, an old man, would be afraid of touching nails, but I didn't expect you to be the same!" Hehe, when did you become so sleek and don't say hello to me? ”

Xiao Sheng shrugged: "I'm not sleek, I'm Mingzhe to protect myself, you, the director of the creative department, don't say anything, but let me speak, I'm not so stupid!" ”

"Hehe, okay, count yourself smart, then again, what do you think Uncle Sixth meant by letting Fang Yihua host this charity gala?"

"What else does it mean, tell everyone, he is impartial, he does not avoid suspicion, let us do a good job!"

"Heh, why is your tone sour?"

"It's sour, let's wait to watch the party together, and I don't know which newcomer can use this springboard to soar into the sky and dominate!"

"Who else, the five tiger generals under your command!"

"Maybe that's not enough! The entertainment industry is always a place where miracles happen! Wang Tianlin's eyes burned.

(To be continued)