Chapter 93 Holding Company

"Bang Bang Bang-"

After playing a beautiful and tactful piano song, Zhang Shaoping stood up and clapped his hands without hesitation.

It was Zhou Huimin who played the piano, and there were not many listeners, only Zhang Shaoping.

In order to please the beauties, he spent thousands of dollars to buy luxury yachts, luxury houses, and famous cars, but they are indispensable. According to a woman's preference for love, prescribing the right medicine is the best panacea, just looking at the excitement of Zhou Huimin and Mi Xue when they received the "gift", Zhang Shaoping was not without pride.

Stupid women sell skin and flesh, which is a kind of speculation, and every time they ask men for this and that, they don't want non-expensive things. And smart women are different, they invest in feelings, and what they value is whether the man takes you to heart and whether he has "heart". What is the meaning of care? That is, if the woman doesn't say it, the man will know what the woman wants, and do it properly.

Zhou Huimin got up from the piano seat and walked down the stage.

Zhang Shaoping greeted her, took her jade hand very gentlemanly, and made a kiss hand salute. He praised: "Min'er, you are so beautiful tonight, like an angel." ”

Zhou Huimin is wearing a white princess dress, elegant and innocent and lovely, but because of her age, she has not yet cultivated a noble atmosphere, dignified and graceful demeanor, and there is still a distance from the peerless elegance and stunning beauty.

Zhou Huimin was overjoyed, and her apricot eyes bent into crescent moons, but she also said with regret: "It would be nice if we could hold a real concert!" ”

Zhang Shaoping smiled slightly, hugged her lightly and said, "Then when you are out of school, you will do it!" ”

Zhou Huimin asked in surprise: "I want to be a singer and host in the future, don't you mind?" ”

Zhang Shaoping kissed her forehead dotingly, and said with a smile: "Silly girl, as long as you are happy, no matter what you do, I will support you!" Holding concerts, concerts, and art exhibitions are all your wishes, so how can I object to it? ”

After finishing speaking, he immediately added: "Of course, except for intimate scenes and Fengyue films!" ”

"Nasty! What nonsense! Zhou Huimin burst out laughing, she took the initiative to hold Zhang Shaoping's hand and said, "Ah Ping, thank you!" ”

"Let's go, I guess Aunt Zhou and they are in a hurry."

The two left the hall of the theater, and the piano and the like were cleaned up.

......

When the Shaw Brothers became more and more uncompetitive and unable to return to the film empire, the Hong Kong film market became a battle between Golden Harvest and New Arts City. However, in Zhang Shaoping's view, whether it is from foreign distribution channels, or connections and ambition, Golden Harvest has thrown off several streets of Xinyi City.

Although since last year, Xinyicheng's "Best Partner", "Difficult Brothers", "Little Fear", "Night Terror" and other films have successively achieved considerable box office, but in Zhang Shaoping's eyes, it is not a climate. It's not that the films it makes are not good enough to make money, but because its vision is too narrow, and it will only guard Hong Kong.

Shaw Brothers tried to enter Hollywood, but failed and did not succeed, coupled with the twilight of Shaw Brothers, and Shaw Yifu is old, so he has no momentum; And Zou Wenhuai dared to fight hard, once he made the "westward expansion" plan, he was indomitable, and wanted to "fight" Hollywood several times; Among the three, Lei Juekun, the behind-the-scenes boss of New Arts City, has the strongest net worth, but he only makes movies to make money, and he did not take a step out of Hong Kong until the dissolution of New Arts City.

Whether it is Shao Yifu or Zou Wenhuai, they all treat movies as a career, especially Zou Wenhuai has no way out, if he does not go out of Hong Kong, a small place, and actively explore foreign markets, it will be a dead end. It is said that foreign markets such as South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand were opened up by Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest after more than ten years of pioneering, and the brand of Hong Kong films was established, which made the new art city suddenly rise and enjoy its success.

Lei Juekun is a shit-stirring stick, who came in when Hong Kong movies were at their hottest, and slapped his ass and left when Hong Kong movies were in a slight decline. It's just that this-stirring stick is still so strong, he threw a lot of money and supported many film companies, but Hong Kong films can't do without him.

On the way to Jiahe, Zhang Shaoping thought of this, and he sighed with emotion.

The spring tea of Xinyicheng and Jiahe is not far behind the Shaw Brothers, the former has 60 tables, and the latter has 75 tables. Zhang Shaoping asked Chen Guanzhong to go to Xinyi City, and it was not worth the trip to come to Jiahe by himself. Stars, directors and the like, although they know a lot, but what satisfies Zhang Shaoping the most are film companies and theater companies from all over the world.

South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are Hong Kong's box office for the time being, the most powerful thing is that even South America, Africa, and the Middle East have film companies to support the show, which shows that Golden Harvest's foreign market is definitely better than the new art city.

The only regret is that Zhang Shaoping didn't see the great beauty Lin Qingxia, maybe he went to the United States, maybe he returned to Taiwan. Bay.

The reason why Zhang Shaoping wanted to see Lin Qingxia's true face of Lushan was because when he chatted with Lao Buxiu Huang Zhan last night, the two hated to see each other late, and Huang Zhan commented at that time, looking at Hong Kong and Taiwan actresses, Lin Qingxia is the most beautiful.

Zhang Shaoping knows that this guy has known Lin Qingxia for a long time, and even asserted when Lin Qingxia acted in the first play "Outside the Window": "If Lin Qingxia is not popular in 5 years, I will close the pen!" ”

This guy doesn't know how many beautiful women he has seen, but until now, he has bluntly said that Lin Qingxia is the most beautiful, and Zhang Shaoping is inevitably cheesy, and he wants to meet Lin Meiren.

After the banquet, Zhang Shaoping and Zhong Yinhong walked out side by side.

Zhong Yihong is a signed artist of the Shaw Brothers, but the Shaw Brothers system is rigid, seniority is ranked, and only outdated male and female stars are used, and it is difficult for new artists to have a chance to get ahead. But there are so many artists in hand, you can't just eat dry rice, so Shaw Brothers generously allows its own artists to find extra money, and then pull some money from their salaries to make up for losses.

It was in this context that Zhong Yihong took over the filming of "City Patrol Horse" invested by Golden Harvest. When Zhang Shaoping came to attend the Spring Tea, he went to the Yucheng Building where she lived to wait for her. The two of them came together, of course, walking together.

"Let's go for a walk." Zhang Shaoping proposed.

"Okay." Zhong Yinhong replied casually.

On Valentine's Day, there are many young men and women on the streets, dragging their hands and walking intimately into the cinema. Seeing a pair of men and women who were patting and dragging, Zhong Yihong couldn't help but be a little envious, although Li Qiming was her boyfriend, but the two had only been dating for less than a year before breaking up, speaking of which, she hadn't received a gift on Valentine's Day.

I don't know if it's cold or cold, walking and walking, Zhong Yihong suddenly felt a little cold, at this moment, Zhang Shaoping took off his coat, put it on her body, and said, "Let you wear less, it's cold." ”

Zhong Yihong was stunned, this is really a gentle and careful man, she trembled slightly, and was covered with a coat.

Zhang Shaoping asked with a smile: "Say, on Valentine's Day, what do you want most?" Maybe I can satisfy you. ”

Zhang Shaoping didn't think of what to send Zhong Yihong, so that it would not look abrupt and could be accepted by her.

"I want to see Cheng Long, can you do it?" Zhong Yihong tilted his head and asked.

Cheng Long has been busy entering Hollywood in the past two or three years, rarely in Hong Kong, and in order to fight with Xinyicheng, Golden Harvest had to launch "New Shushan Swordsman" co-starring Hong Jinbao, Lin Qingxia, Yuan Biao, Zheng Shaoqiu, etc.

"Hey, don't talk about another man in front of a man, it's going to be shameless." Zhang Shaoping said dissatisfied.

"I thought it was quite clichΓ© to send flowers, but now that I've decided, I'll give you a bouquet of flowers."

Zhang Shaoping finished speaking, turned around and walked into the flower shop on the street, bought a large bouquet of flowers, and handed it to Zhong Yihong. Zhong Yihong took it very happily, this is the first time she has received a gift on Valentine's Day, not to mention flowers, she will accept anything else.

When he got off the bus outside the Yucheng Building, Zhong Xianhong squinted and smiled: "You are good for everything else, but you are too careful!" However, it's not bad to be a friend, it's quite caring. ”

"Actually, if you have more contact with me, you will know that I am not a flower, but a little bit of fraternity." Zhang Shaoping said with a smile.

Zhong Yihong pursed his lips and smiled, and left directly, this guy has a set of rhetoric, and his face is so thick that he can be called invincible.

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After the third day of the new year, various companies began to work normally.

Every day, the restaurants and canteens are busy from noon to the end of the evening, and they hardly stop. There are too many companies holding spring teas, and I am afraid that until the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the banquet will be full.

Zhang Shaoping's several major companies, of course, the first to send red envelopes is Zongheng Investment Company, which was held on the third day of the Lunar New Year, followed by the six ocean trading companies, Dayang Logistics companies and wolf pack security companies jointly organized. The spring tea was held continuously, and Zhang Shaoping was soft on handing out red envelopes.

On the eighth day of the first month, the entire second and third floors were chartered in the Longmen Restaurant, and the Han and Tang Dynasty Fengxing Garment Company and Dingsheng Culture Company jointly held a spring dinner.

Many companies have cross-business contacts with these two companies under Zhang Shaoping, such as Golden Harvest, New Art City, Shaw Brothers, Wireless, ATV, etc., and Hantang Company has sponsored a lot of clothing designs for their films, and Dingsheng Culture Company has interviewed them a lot.

What is more interesting is that Zhang Shuping is the full-time beauty index of "Outside", Cen Jianxun is the editor-in-chief of "Outside" magazine, after Zhang Shaoping acquired "Outside", Zhang Shuping has become the beauty index of all his magazines, and Cen Jianxun is even more multi-tasking, and he is also the editor-in-chief of "Film Times". In addition, the editor-in-chief of "TV Times" is Zhang Tianlan, the author and executive editor of "Extra" magazine. These three people are inextricably linked to the film and television industry, and even in the near future, Shum Jianxun will form Debao Film Company with Hong Jinbao. As for freelance writers and contributors, there are many screenwriters, directors, artists, and photographers in film and television.

Fashion, magazines, film and television, the three have always been closely related, especially in Hong Kong, where it is normal for everyone to wear multiple hats.

Before the banquet began, Zhang Shaoping was chatting with the famous photographer Gu Cangshi, invited him to Dingsheng Culture Company, and said that he would support him to start the stage play "Smiling Proud Jianghu". This person is quite interesting, he was the artistic director of Yasong Creative Arts Center, and one day he suddenly had a whimsical plan to do a stage play "Smiling Proud Jianghu" in Hong Kong, and he spent up to four years to prepare, but it ran aground for various reasons. In a fit of rage, he went to engage in photography, became a stage master, and became a big name.

But in the final analysis, Gu Cangshi is also a dreamer, he loves to engage in art, and he was quite moved when he heard Zhang Shaoping's promise. Just as Gu Cangshi hesitated, Lin Chaoshen, the director of the Hantang Garment Factory, came over. Gu Cangshi took the opportunity to say: "Zhang Sheng, wait for me to go back and think about it, and I'll give you an answer when the time comes." ”

Zhang Shaoping smiled: "Okay, as long as you want, it's no problem to find it whenever you want." ”

After Gu Cangshi left, Zhang Shaoping asked Lin Chaoshen: "What's the matter?" ”

"Miss Tan, Miss Zhang and Mr. Liu are quarreling again, I don't know what to do!" Lin Chaoshen said with a bitter face.

"They are all rare talents, it's normal to have differences, and it's strange if there are no differences." Zhang Shaoping didn't really care.

"But it's not a way to go on like this! They quarreled, and they couldn't create. Lin Chaoshen's face was full of helplessness.

Zhang Shaoping said with a smile: "I've also thought about this, since I can't pee a piece, just let them separate." You take care of your factory, and I'll find a way to take care of other things. ”

Lin Chaoshen nodded and said, "Okay, Zhang Sheng." ”

The name of Miss Tan in the mouth of the two is Tan Yanyu, Miss Zhang's name is Zhang Tianxi, and Mr. Liu's name is Liu Beiji, all of whom are fashion designers of Han and Tang Fengxing Clothing Company. Because of the disagreement in the creative design concept, everyone argued, and no one was convinced. It's just that there was not much trouble before, so Zhang Shaoping didn't deal with it much, and now it's time to smooth them out.

In fact, it is very simple to put it thoroughly, that is, to set up a holding company, so that each designer can establish a brand according to their own design concept and exist as a subsidiary. This is like the one played by Xinyicheng, Xinyicheng and Yongjia are both reading production companies, but the biggest financier behind the scenes is Lei Juekun of the Golden Princess.