Chapter 114: Businessman
Hong Kong's film and television culture industry is extremely prosperous, not for no reason, just on the set, there are two Hong Kong in the land of projectiles, one is the Shaw Brothers studio of Shaw Brothers Pictures in Tai Po Tsai, Clear Water Bay, and the other is the Golden Harvest studio of Golden Harvest in Axe Hill Road, Wong Tai Sin District.
The Shaw Brothers studio has not yet been changed to a TV city, as the headquarters of TVB, it is open at this time, and in principle, as long as it costs money, any film and television crew can rent a space here to film. In fact, last month, a "Interstellar Blunt Tire" that hit the streets so much that he could no longer hit the streets almost didn't make Shao Yifu half angry, and in frustration, he had already made up his mind to shift his focus to the TV industry.
On the Shaw Brothers studio, more than one-third of the land is leased to TVB, one-third of the space is rented, and the rest is the Shaw Brothers Studios' own land.
On the set, there is an administration building, a small cinema, a film production centre, an exhibition hall and 5 recording studios. As a studio, there is no staff dormitory building, and you can take a bus to commute here from the broadcast road, and the transportation is quite convenient.
However, not far from this scene, Shaw Yifu has a luxurious villa, a palatial dining room, a glamorous dance hall, carved beams and paintings, a splendid golden building, and even a comfortable and comfortable movie screening room.
As we all know, Shaw Yifu is a workaholic, working more than 14 hours a day when he was young, watching 600-700 movies a year, and even he is so crazy that even the Rolls-Royce, the car he uses for transportation, has been converted into a mobile office, which is convenient for working at any time. Although he was over 70 years old at this time, he was still old and strong, working no less than 10 hours a day, and he was in high spirits.
Shaw Yifu is not only a workaholic, but now his career is at its peak, holding a television station, a film company, a cinema and a record company, and he is one of the world's leading entertainment tycoons, of course, he will inevitably have to deal with all kinds of people in the industry. But the more people have more contacts, there will be more entertainment, more entertainment, and less work, so Shao Yifu thought of a way - built this villa near the studio, held banquets from time to time, and invited all kinds of virtuous people, Li Jiacheng, Bao Yugang, He Hongshen, Huo Yingdong...... They were all guests.
The people who can be entertained by Shao Yifu here are either wealthy or celebrities, in a word, that is, he recognized you and invited you to come, which is a symbol of status. Many juniors want to drill here when they break their heads, but there are only two of them who can get Shao Yifu to look at him differently, one is Zhao Shizeng and one is Pan Disheng.
However, at this time, there is one more person, and that is Zhang Shaoping.
"Ah Ping, come, taste the taste." Shao Yifu said with a smile.
"Hehehe, today, I am blessed, I can eat the most delicious food in the world, I don't know how many people will envy when I say it!" Zhang Shaoping happily praised it, then lifted the bamboo chopsticks and sandwiched a piece of braised pork to eat, chewed a few bites, and praised repeatedly, "The taste is good, better than the whole outside." ”
Shao Yifu smiled and said: "You, Jing Hu, this braised pork is made by the old chef of Fulinmen, how delicious can it be?" ”
Zhang Shaoping said without changing his color: "If you are born in Huainan, you will be orange, and if you are born in Huaibei, you will be orange!" The cook is still the same cook, but the person who invited the guest was the sixth uncle, so this thing naturally tasted delicious. ”
"It's useless for you to say good things to me, I'm a pure businessman, don't think I'll do a lossy business!"
Zhang Shaoping grinned and said: "Everyone knows, Uncle Sixth is a businessman first, and then a filmmaker, when it comes to business, I don't dare to think that I can make you cheap." He thought to himself: You are the best businessman, then the rest of the matter is much easier.
"Yes, that's right, I've always said that, I'm a businessman who makes money in film and television." Shao Yifu nodded, with a smile on his face, and then changed his head, "However, Ah Ping, you kid can toss, and in less than a year, you have earned the family money that our generation has worked hard to save a lifetime, and my old man still has to be careful when dealing with you, so as not to drink your [***] soup." ”
"Uncle Sixth said that you laughed, you eat more salt than I eat, the sea of business is ups and downs, and you have a sharp eye, I can't fool you as a hairy boy, I can't fool you!" Zhang Shaoping said with an aggrieved face.
Shao Yifu smiled silently, obviously not affected by Zhang Shaoping's "killing" strategy, and ate slowly and methodically.
Shaw Yifu has a habit of choosing to play the most entertaining and high-grossing movie at the end of each banquet for guests to watch. This is one of the two major signatures of the Shaw Brothers, and the other is naturally the popular actress of the Shaw Brothers, looking for these beauties to accompany the wine. Actresses have been drinking for a long time, and I don't know when it has become an unspoken rule in the circle, and the same is true in Shaw Brothers, although there are not many reports from the outside world, everyone knows it and doesn't say it.
"Shaw Brothers stars, as many as stars in the sky", this advertising slogan is not only famous in Southeast Asia, but also pointed out the way for some wealthy people - find a woman to Shaw Brothers, oh, now it should be changed to find a woman to wireless.
Generally, unless he is very close, an old friend, or a good family, Shao Yifu will not find an actress to accompany him, and it is obvious that Zhang Shaoping is not, he is here to talk about business.
At this time, there were no good films released in Hong Kong, so Shao Yifu directly picked his own "Descendants of Shaolin" to watch.
To tell the truth, after the Shaw Brothers has become weaker and weaker in recent years, the box office of the movies rarely made has exceeded 5 million, but the momentum of this "Descendants of Shaolin" that is being released may cross the threshold of 5 million. There are still 4 days left before the next painting, and the box office has accumulated more than 4.3 million, which is quite good.
Not long after the movie was played, a petite and pretty woman knocked on the door and came in, and said timidly: "Uncle Six, I'm sorry, I'm late." ”
Shao Yifu waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's too late, Zhang Xiaozi doesn't have these vices, and he has to be accompanied by a woman to eat." ”
Zhang Shaoping sneered, how do you know that I am not good at this? Your old man is sitting on a bush of flowers, and there are countless confidants, of course it doesn't matter, but I need it.
Originally, according to the arrangement, the actress should be in place when the two of them eat, eating, drinking and playing together, as for sleeping together, it depends on your ability, Shaw Brothers, as a large company, has not degenerated to the point of forcing artists to sleep together. But just eating and drinking with you is very good, looking at the beautiful women, the mood is naturally good, which is also the main reason why the major sons and brothers in Hong Kong and Macao are flocking to Shaw Brothers and wireless.
Zhang Shaoping looked at this late actress curiously, and after a closer look, it turned out to be Weng Meiling, the actress of Huang Rong, the heroine of the popular wireless drama "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". When Zhang Shaoping looked at Weng Meiling, Weng Meiling also looked at him with a pair of good-looking eyes, blinking, very curious.
Zhang Shaoping doesn't know much about Weng Meiling, except that she has acted in the classic 83 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", there is nothing else. However, Zhang Shaoping discovered that this Weng Meiling's eyes are really as Mi Xue said, as if she can speak, smart and wise. Zhang Shaoping likes Mi Xue's big eyes, expressive, flawless, as if she can speak, smart and intelligent, and touching. Oh, and a bit bucktooth.
Shao Yifu was very amused when he saw the two of them staring at each other, and smiled disrespectfully for the old man: "The young man is in a hurry, look at the right eye, and he is not in a hurry at this time." ”
"Sixth Uncle said with a smile, I heard Sister Lian say that Miss Weng is already a famous flower, and I don't have this blessing." Zhang Shaoping smiled lightly and said.
After Weng Meiling played the role of Huang Rong, it can be said that she was an instant hit, anyone who has watched "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", there is no one who does not know her, Zhang Shaoping will know this person, Shao Yifu is not surprised at all. He didn't know that Weng Meiling was actually in love, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and then he unfolded again, it's not terrible to fall in love, it's terrible to be like Zhou Yanfa and Chen Yulian, who committed suicide when they broke up.
Mr. Zhang laughed. Weng Meiling is a very cheerful woman, full of surnames, dare to love and hate.
Because of the hit of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", several leading actors are all very popular, and the newspaper interviewed the crew at that time, Weng Meiling commented on Huang Rong like this: "She (Huang Rong) is an extremely complex individual, and her surname is very extreme; She is selfish, egoistic, brutal, reckless, subjective; You can take care of the people you like in a thousand ways, but you don't care about the people you don't like. ”
Shao Yifu said proudly: "Ah Ping, tell me, compared with the one in your family, which one is more similar to Huang Rong?" ”
Zhang Shaoping rolled his eyes, old man, can you ask this like this, there is Xi Shi in the eyes of a lover, of course I will say that Michelle is better than this Weng Meiling. But he couldn't open his eyes and talk nonsense, so he had an idea and said with a smile: "To be honest, I think the two of them are quite similar, with big eyes that can speak, smart and intelligent, and extremely expressive." Also, they all have a little bucktooth and laugh, well, it's beautiful, it's cute. ”
Shao Yifu thought about it, Zhang Shaoping was not fooled, since the two of them are so similar, of course everyone is like Huang Rong.
"Don't talk about it, watch a movie."
can find Weng Meiling to play Huang Rong, making "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" popular throughout Xiangjiang, whenever it is broadcast, thousands of people are empty, and the ratings are completely out of ATV, Shao Yifu is quite complacent. But life is proud, no one cheers on the scene, it is not beautiful, if Zhang Shaoping is willing to praise a few words in person, then Shao Yifu will be happy. But Zhang Shao's head is very smooth, although Mi Xue and Weng Meiling play Huang Rong similarly, it seems to be comparable, but Mi Xue is a pearl in front, doesn't this mean that Weng Meiling is imitating Mi Xue?
Since last year's "Shaolin Temple" starring Li Lianjie was born and became popular all over the world, there have been a lot of Shaolin-themed films ready to follow the trend. Mainly because the box office of "Shaolin Temple" is too scary, with 500,000 viewers in South Korea, with a box office of about more than 22 million Hong Kong dollars, and the book alone contributed 3.6 billion yuan, about 130 million US dollars. Not to mention anything else, the box office of Yuben alone made all Hong Kong filmmakers very red.
"Descendants of Shaolin" is also a follow-up film, since it is a follow-up film, it is not surprising that it can achieve the current box office. It's not that the movie is good, but the signboard of "Shaolin" is good, and it's very simple to deceive people into paying money to enter the theater.
Zhang Shaoping secretly sighed that following the trend and making films and shoddy production ruined the theme of "Shaolin", which is really a waste!
Zhang Shaoping and Shao Yifu watched the movie quietly, but Weng Meiling couldn't stay still, she was busy making tea for the two.
The dignified and popular star actually served tea and water to people, which seemed to be very unbearable, but in fact, this should be looked at separately. The guests who can be valued by Shao Yifu are naturally desirable in a certain field, either the children of wealthy families, shopping mall tycoons, or celebrities, these people will at least be dignified and well-dressed on the surface, but they are not afraid of moving in front of people. Of course, it's hard to say behind the scenes.
The actress hopes to get acquainted with people through such an occasion, or even climb a high branch and marry into a wealthy family, this kind of thing is what you and I want, and there is no compulsion. There is giving and giving, and that's it.
For example, Zhang Shaoping, he is not interested in Weng Meiling, it is not a question of beauty or not, but he knows that this woman's surname is strong, and he can't tolerate a little sand, he is afraid that after getting involved, let alone stepping on a few boats, I am afraid that he will not even be able to say a few more words with other women.
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