Because Li Xuan was going to Fulinmen to attend the celebration banquet of Golden Harvest's "Senior Brother Out of the Horse" box office exceeding 10 million that night, the entire crew finished work early in the afternoon. After tidying up at home, Li Xuan and Wang Jin, who also received the invitation, drove to Johnston Road in Wan Chai, where Fu Lin Mun Restaurant is located.

"Fatty, how is Uncle Wang's movie?" Li Xuan sat in the passenger seat, looked at the night view of Hong Kong outside the car window and asked.

"I've finished filming early, and I've been working on post-production recently. But I guess this movie is hanging! Wang Fatzi shrugged his shoulders and said with a grin.

"Ha, you say that about your dad, aren't you afraid that he will cut you?" Li Xuan said with a smile.

"How can my dad cut it? His cinematic era is long over. Wang Jin glanced at the invitation card that was being placed on the bridge and continued: "When the electric machine ends, my dad's movie era will be over. ”

Hearing these words, Li Xuan suddenly lost his words. He knew that Wang Jin must be nostalgic for some things when he was a child, and once this person began to miss the past, he would become a little sad.

Although Wang Jin is very familiar with the Shaw Brothers' Clear Water Bay studio, the place where he played from childhood to adulthood was the Yonghua studio of Dianmao, because his father Wang Tianlin was the great director of Dianmao at that time.

The full name of EMC is the International Film Industry Company, which was the only film company in Hong Kong that could compete with the Shaw Brothers in the 60s.

The main reason why Shaw Brothers Pictures can develop so much is that it relies on the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, which has nearly 200 theaters in Hong Kong and Nanyang, and the films made are not worried about having no place to sell. And the reason why Denmao can compete with this behemoth is because its parent company is called Cathay Pacific Organization.

Cathay Pacific is one of Singapore's largest film institutions, on a par with Shaw Brothers in terms of cinema and status in Nanyang. It was established in the forties by the third wife of Lu You, the richest man in Singapore and Malaysia, Lin Shujia and his young son Lu Yuntao, and in the early fifties, not long after Shao Yifu came to Hong Kong to develop this hot land, Lu Yuntao also followed.

Since then, these two dragons have become tigers, and other small film companies in Hong Kong have been defeated. And there was also a fierce battle between Denmao and Shaw Brothers, not only poaching each other's directors and actors, but also snatching each other's movies.

In 1962, the company was preparing to shoot "Liang Zhu", and after the Shaw Brothers got the news, they spent fifteen days to schedule a "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" to be released first, and the result was a great success. Then Shaw Brothers was ready to start filming "Baolian Lantern", and Denmao snapped a "Baolian Lantern" in retaliation. Even participating in the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, which had just been founded at that time, the two film companies began to compare, and after the awards ceremony, both of them held a banquet, depending on who held the banquet and who invited the guests to be famous and status.

However, the battle came to an abrupt end in the summer of 1964. At that time, after participating in the 11th Asian Film Festival held in Taipei, Lu Yuntao and most of the senior executives of Dianmao took a plane to visit Wufeng Township, Taichung County. The plane crashed on the way, and no one survived, and the entire electric machine suddenly fell into a state of paralysis.

In the end, after more than five years of hard work, the company finally collapsed, and Cathay Pacific officially withdrew from Hong Kong. As for the legacy left by Dianmao in Hong Kong, it was also fully taken over by Zou Wenhuai, who had just broken away from the Shaw Brothers, and continued to fight against the Shaw Brothers. It was at that time that Wang Tianlin transferred from the film industry to the TV circle and joined TVB.

And in the other city, the struggle between Cathay and Shaw Brothers continues.

"Wow, so many reporters!"

Wang Jin suddenly let out a low exclamation, interrupting Li Xuan's contemplation.

Li Xuan raised his head and looked forward, only to see that the entire Fu Lin Men Restaurant was decorated with a magnificent new look, and even the dark red Fu signboard showed a magnificent reflection under the illumination of the night light. There is even a thick red carpet outside the restaurant's door, which extends to the restaurant's inner hall.

On both sides of the red carpet aisle, two cordons were set up, and more than 20 reporters were guarding the cordon with their cameras. Whenever a person walks in, these reporters, whether they know each other or not, take a hard shot with their cameras.

"Holy! This boss Zou is too exaggerated, right? Li Xuan also said in surprise.

Wang Jin found an empty parking space and stopped the car, and said while unbuckling his seat belt: "Don't care if he exaggerates or not, we still have to go in, you smell, shark fin is waiting for me." ”

"Uh, you foodie!" Li Xuan opened the car door with disdain.

"It seems that Fulinmen was fully covered by Zou Wenhuai today." Wang Jin straightened his collar on the window glass of the car, and saw that there was nothing wrong with it, before he said to Li Xuan, who was already waiting on the side, "Let's go, let's go in." ”

Click, click, click, click......

Sure enough, as soon as Li Xuan and the two approached, those reporters took cameras and took pictures of the two.

"Director Wang, what do you think about the box office of Hong Kong movies breaking 10 million?" One of the reporters suddenly asked loudly.

As soon as these words came out, a large number of questions also flew over with Wang Jin.

"Director Wang, "Senior Brother Out of the Horse" is a box office hit, what do you think of the prospects of Hong Kong films?"

"Mr. Wang, do you have any plans for shooting a new film recently?"

"Director Wang, do you also make kung fu movies? Any new ideas? ”

"Director Wang, you and your father ......"

“……”

Li Xuan, who was walking next to Wang Jin, shook his head slightly, and sure enough, Wang Jin was a little familiar again. But this time, fortunately, the reporters are outside the cordon, so there is no need to be afraid of being stopped by them. Leaving Wang Jin, who was answering the question, Li Xuan raised his leg and prepared to walk to the lobby of the restaurant.

"Mr. Li, I heard that you are making a kung fu movie, is the genre similar to "Senior Brother Out"?" A reporter in the crowd suddenly shouted at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan's leg paused slightly, and a reporter took the initiative to interview him? But this is not good, and I almost asked Li Xuan if the kung fu movie he made was a follow-up work.

Li Xuan turned around with a smile on his face, looked at the reporter and replied casually: "I know what you mean, I'm sure it's different." As for what kind of film it is, you'll know when you watch it. ”

"Then Mr. Li, it is the first time for you as a director to shoot this kind of 'big' scene, can you control it?" The reporter continued to ask.

Moving his somewhat stiff hands, Li Xuan chuckled: "This, I can only tell you, you will know when you see it." Sorry, I'm going in. ”

"Ah, Mr. Li, can you tell us more about the plot ...... movie?"

The reporter was still calling outside the door, but Li Xuan walked into the lobby with a smiling face. Which tabloid fancy reporter is it? It's obvious that I'm here to find fault.

"Sir, your invitation." A black-clothed security guard in the lobby asked Li Xuan.

Hearing this, Li Xuan took out his invitation card and handed it over, then looked at the back, Wang Fatzi was still happily answering the reporter's questions.

"Mr. Li, please go up to the second floor here!" The security guard handed the invitation back and pointed to a hallway to the right of the lobby.

"Well, thank you."

Li Xuan took the invitation, and didn't bother to wait for Wang Jin, so he walked towards the corridor at a pace.

"Haha, Ah Xuan, you're finally here!"

As soon as he was halfway through the corridor, Li Xuan heard a familiar voice from upstairs, so he raised his head and smiled: "Uncle Huai's celebration banquet, how can I not see it." As he spoke, he looked at Chenglong who was standing next to Zou Wenhuai, arched his hands and said, "Ah Long, congratulations!" ”

"Thank you, thank you!" Chenglong also replied with arched hands, his eyes narrowed with a smile, and the big nose that marked his surname was still wrinkled.

"Wow, Uncle Huai, the pomp you prepared today is not small?" Li Xuan, who went upstairs, looked at the bustling flow of people in the hall and said.

"Haha, how can this be small? There are forty-nine tables, and I think it's less. Zou Wenhuai laughed loudly.

Li Xuan shook his head and replied, "It's quite a lot, the Great Dao is fifty, and the Tianyan is forty-nine, just right, just right!" ”

"You kid can talk, go in and sit, Sanmao and they have been here for a while." Zou Wenhuai pointed at Li Xuan with a smile, and then stretched out his hand to gesture to a corner of the hall.

"Then Uncle Huai, I'll go in first." Li Xuan glanced at Hong Jingbao in the distance and said.

Why does the Hong family class seem to only have two people? Hong Jingbao was sitting and chatting with Noon. However, where did Yuan Dart go?

"Go in and ......"

"Oh, Uncle Huai, Ah Long, congratulations!" Wang Jin's voice suddenly came from behind.

"Haha, Jin Zai, you little slippery head, I'll just say that since Ah Xuan is here, why haven't you seen your people." Zou Wenhuai turned his head to look at Wang Jin, who came later, and said with a smile.

"Uncle Huai, don't worry, as long as there is shark fin, I will crawl over."

"Okay, I'll let you eat enough today, let's go in with Ah Xuan." Zou Wenhuai patted Wang Jin on the shoulder and said.

Wang Jin nodded, and replied without pretentiousness: "Okay, then Uncle Huai, I'll go in with Ah Xuan first." ”

After the group said hello, Li Xuan and Wang Jin walked towards Hong Jingbao's table of banquets, looking at the lively hall, Wang Jin sighed: "How much does this cost!" ”

Li Xuan nodded lightly and replied: "I guess it's a lot, it's shark fin and abalone, but who is called ......?"

"Haha, Jiaxi is here, how is Uncle Sixth doing lately?" Zou Wenhuai's voice came from the entrance of the building again.

Hearing this, Li Xuan was stunned, turned his head and looked at the entrance of the corridor and said in a daze: "Zou Wenhuai also invited someone from the Shaw Brothers to come?" ”

While Li Xuan was talking, a thin and tall middle-aged man walked up from the corridor and replied to Zou Wenhuai with a gentle smile: "Haha, congratulations to Boss Zou." The sixth uncle is in good health, but he is old and needs to rest at night, so the contemptible people came to congratulate Boss Zou on behalf of the sixth uncle. ”

"What's wrong with that! Brother Jiaxi can come, just to give Zuzou a certain face. Zou Wenhuai also replied generously.

Listening to the hypocritical conversation between the two people, Li Xuan frowned and asked Wang Jin next to him, "Fatty, who is that guy?" ”

"Him?" Wang Jin thought for a while and replied: "It seems that his name is Huang Jiaxi, and he is now the production manager of Shaw Brothers." ”

The production manager of Shaw Brothers is not low in status. However, Li Xuan quietly pondered, what does this Shao Yifu mean by sending a production manager over? In this position, Zou Wenhuai also sat in Shaw Brothers, and Fang Yihua, who has now settled in wireless, also sat there.

"Hey, Xuanzai." Wang Jin suddenly shouted.

"What?"

Wang Jin pondered for a moment, and whispered uncertainly: "You said, did Zou Wenhuai invite Lei Juekun?" ”

(Note: I was shocked when I got up this morning, Shao Tycoon passed away, the gold medal of Hong Kong Entertainment Literature.) Mourn! After all, it is the end of an era. In recent years, many stars in the sixties and seventies have quietly left, a little sad. (To be continued.) )