Chapter 49: Worship God
Li Xuan finally discovered the benefits of being a producer, in addition to being able to hold the film copyright in his hands. When he threw the check of 800,000 yuan into Wang Jin's hand, he could not take care of things. However, Wang Fatzi was busy all day long, coordinating the schedules of the Hong family's class, finding other actors, renting Jiahe's props and the set of Axe Mountain Road, he was all busy.
However, because Hong Jingbao's "Miscellaneous Boy" is about to be released, Wang Jin has to wait until the people in Hong Jiaban finish promoting their movie.
waited until April 15, the day of the opening of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, Wang Jin's first film "Scary" was finally about to start and worship God. Li Xuan, who was originally going to see this film festival, was speechless, because he was pulled to the set of Axe Mountain Road by Wang Jin.
Golden Harvest's Axe Hill Road set and Shaw Brothers' Clear Water Bay set are different. The Clear Water Bay set is sparsely populated in the mountains of Kwun Tong. However, although the Axe Hill Road set of Golden Harvest is not as large as the Clear Water Bay studio, it is located in the bustling Wong Tai Sin District, and there are many shops outside the set, which is very lively.
However, before the two entered the set, they met Hong Jingbao who was waiting outside.
"Brother Sanmao!" Li Xuan and the two hurriedly said hello.
"Hmm." Hong Jingbao nodded and asked Wang Jin, "Did you bring the money?" ”
Money? Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then saw Wang Fatzi patting his chest: "Bring it, a full 30,000 yuan." ”
"Let's go, be careful." Hong Jingbao said a word and turned around and walked to the other side, but instead of going to the set, he went to a teahouse next to him.
"What is this for?" Li Xuan, who was walking behind, asked Wang Jin next to him in a low voice.
Wang Jin looked around, and also whispered back: "Worship the dock!" ”
Worship the pier? Just when Li Xuan was stunned, Hong Jingbao had already stepped into this teahouse.
"Shrimp boy, is Brother Sheng here?" Hong Jingbao shouted loudly as soon as he entered the door.
"Yo! Brother Sanmao is here. Brother Sheng is here, upstairs in Tianzi No. 1 room, please! A young boy at the door obviously knew Hong Jingbao, and said with a smile, pointing to the staircase on the side by the way.
Hong Jingbao nodded, and said as he walked up: "Shrimp boy, when will you become a red stick, you have to invite my brother to tea." ”
"Haha, it must be!"
Red sticks? Li Xuan understood now, it turned out that they were here to pay protection money.
Halfway up the stairs, the door of a tea room on the second floor was opened, and a middle-aged man with short hair like a bamboo pole walked out.
"It turned out that Sanmao was here, and I said why did I hear a magpie cry early this morning." The bamboo pole teased at Hong Jingbao.
Hong Jingbao waved his hand: "Brother Sheng, don't say it, I have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace." ”
"Haha......" Brother Sheng smiled: "It's good to have something, everyone gets rich if there is something." Come, come in and say! After Brother Sheng finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the tea room again.
As soon as Li Xuan entered the tea room, he saw that the so-called Brother Sheng was already sitting on the chair and began to make tea, and on the coffee table in front of him, there was no shortage of props for kung fu tea. The three of them were not polite, and sat directly on the chair next to them.
Brother Sheng poured a cup of tea for Hong Jingbao before asking, "Why, Sanmao is in a new drama so soon?" ”
"Hehe, I'm the actor, but the director is him." Hong Jingbao took a sip of tea and pointed at Wang Jin: "Brother Sheng, this is called Wang Jin, his father, you must know, Wang Tianlin and Wang Da director of wireless." ”
"Brother Sheng is good." Wang Jin hurriedly said hello first.
"Yo! Sure enough, it's a tiger father and no dog, and he started making movies at such a young age, congratulations. Brother Sheng arched his hand at Wang Jin, then looked at Li Xuan and asked, "Who is this?" ”
Now Li Xuan didn't dare to hold it up, no matter how powerful he was, don't offend the people of the Black Society, so he hurriedly said: "Hello Brother Sheng, my name is Li Xuan, and I am the producer of this movie. "Li Xuan can't say that he is a producer, that is the rhythm of the big fat sheep.
"Oh, hello Mr. Li!" Brother Sheng handed Li Xuan another cup of tea.
Hong Jingbao took a sip of tea, finally got to the point, and said directly: "Brother Sheng, you have to take care of our play." ”
While picking up the small teapot of purple sand and filling Hong Jingbao with tea, Brother Sheng said: "That's certain, as long as you follow the rules, we will follow the rules." ”
"We know the rules." Hong Jingbao nodded, turned his head and shouted to Wang Jin: "Jin Zai! ”
"Oh!" Wang Fatzi hurriedly took out a big envelope from his pocket and put it on the coffee table in front of Brother Sheng, and didn't forget to say: "Brother Sheng, this is for the brothers to drink tea." ”
Brother Sheng didn't twist it, picked up the envelope and began to count it.
"Well, yes, yes." Brother Sheng finished counting the money and said with satisfaction, raised the teacup and said to Wang Jin: "Then I will replace the wine with tea now, and I wish the Jinzai movie a big box office hit!" ”
"Thank you for your good words!" Wang Jin also stabilized now, and replied with pride.
It wasn't until Hong Jingbao walked out of the teahouse that Li Xuan still didn't believe that he would be so close to Heishihui, and looked at Hong Jingbao who was walking next to him and hurriedly asked, "Brother Sanmao, who was that Brother Sheng just now?" ”
"The white paper fan in the hall of New Ngee An is specially in charge of this piece." Hong Jingbao replied.
Depend on! New Ngee An, famous in later generations, especially Xiang Huaqiang, one of their bigwigs, is Long Wu who often plays tricks in movies.
The time to start worshipping the gods is 10 o'clock in the morning, which is the "auspicious time" that Wang Jin spent 1,000 Hong Kong dollars to ask a feng shui master to calculate. As for which feng shui master it was, Wang Fatzi didn't say if he died, Li Xuan always wondered if Wang Fatzi went to Temple Street to find a roadside stall.
A long table of eight immortals is covered with red cloth, and various tributes are placed on it, the most eye-catching is the roasted fragrant suckling pig. In the middle of the coffin is an incense case, and a copper-colored incense burner stands in the center.
Before the auspicious time arrived, Li Xuan followed behind Hong Jingbao, but he met many members of the Hong family's class.
For example, Chen Long, who always likes to be late for his master in "Six Fingers Qin Demon", who often plays supporting roles, Qian Lesheng and Zhong Fa. The most surprising thing for Li Xuan was that he only now knew that Wu Ma was actually a member of the Hong family's class. At this time, Li Xuan remembered why the good friend of Zhu Da Gu was so familiar when he watched "People Are Scary" in later generations, wasn't it just that Wu Ma had a big nose, and he never recognized it.
"Stand, stand! Prepare to worship God! The crew temporarily found an old man to play a role similar to the master of ceremonies, and shouted solemnly when they looked at everyone.
When the chaotic crowd heard this, they all quickly stood in front of the incense case, holding the lit incense and preparing to start queuing. As usual, director Wang Fatzi stands first, followed by Hong Jingbao, Lin Zhengying, Zhong Chuhong and Li Xuan, and at the back stands a bunch of supporting roles and tricks.
"The auspicious time has come, prepare to worship God!" The old man shouted again.
The sound of crackling firecrackers rang out, and then a group of people bowed and worshiped God, and then followed the director to step forward one by one to offer incense, which was regarded as offering incense and seeking peace.
Then the director Wang Fatzi used a knife to cut the roast suckling pig and share it with the surrounding people. Li Xuan took a small piece of thumb-thick roast pork in his hand and swallowed it in one bite, there are too many people to eat.
Until the end, Wang Fatzi walked to a camera covered by a red cloth, pulled down the red cloth, and then shouted excitedly: ""People are scary", turn on!" ”
(Note: The first half and the second half of the chapter are all about worshipping God.) )