The red invitation card in the drawer was an invitation sent by Zou Wenhuai not long ago, officially inviting Li Xuan to participate in the celebration banquet of "Modern Bodyguard" that broke the box office record of 20 million Hong Kong dollars.

For this celebration banquet, Li Xuan, who knew the overseas box office of "Smiling Proud Jianghu", took Zhong Chuhong to the meeting easily.

Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, the third branch of Lee Garden.

Lee Garden is a luxury Cantonese restaurant in Hong Kong that has only been in business for eight years, but although it has only been in business for a short time, Lee Garden has always been talking about high-end enjoyment and healthy food. And at the beginning of this year, Lee Garden also launched an XO sauce, which immediately became popular in Hong Kong's Chinese food scene and was highly praised.

Today, the second floor of Lee Garden was covered by Zou Wenhuai, which was specially used to hold a celebration banquet for "Modern Bodyguard". This is the first film to break the 20 million mark at the Hong Kong local box office, and in addition to the huge revenue brought by the box office itself, there is also a huge reputation and influence. And Golden Harvest has created another glory after the box office of "Senior Brother Out of the Horse" broke 10 million last year, and firmly sat in the position of the leading boss in the Hong Kong film and television industry.

Those who came to participate in the celebration banquet were not only the senior executives of Golden Harvest and the crew members of "Modern Bodyguard", but also many stars of Golden Harvest, the boss of the satellite company and the boss of the Reading Film Company.

Li Xuan didn't see any members of the Shaw Brothers and Princess Jin at the scene, it seems that Lei Juekun asked a foreign publisher to pull a relationship at the celebration banquet of "Senior Brother and Brother" last time, which has made Zou Wenhuai a lot smarter.

Zou Wenhuai walked to the side of the four Xu brothers, personally toasted with a wine glass: "Awen, this time you four brothers have made a great contribution to the company, I will toast you on behalf of everyone!" ”

Among the four Xu brothers, Xu Xiwen is the director, screenwriter and starring role of "Modern Bodyguard", and Xu Xiying and Xu Xijie needless to say, as for Xu Xiwu, who does not appear on the screen much, he is also the executive director of "Modern Bodyguard".

The four Xu brothers were not stunned, and when they saw Zou Wenhuai toasting him, they all stood up with wine glasses. And Xu Yiwen, who was the boss, nodded slightly and said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, we should give Mr. Zou a cup first." If it weren't for Mr. Zou's strong support, "Modern Bodyguard" would not have won such a high box office even if it was filmed well. ”

"Yes, we have to thank Boss Zou for his support." Xu Xiwu, the second of the four heroes of the Xu family, hurriedly echoed beside him, and then Xu Yiying and Xu Xijie also raised the wine glasses in their hands, and the four of them toasted Zou Wenhuai together.

"Haha, you guys......" Zou Wenhuai suddenly laughed heartily, picked up his wine glass and said quite heroically: "Okay, then I'll do this glass, please feel free!" ”

After Zou Wenhuai finished speaking, he raised his head and drank the glass of wine in his hand.

"Mr. Zou is really heroic, this is the temperament of a general!" The guests at the wine table praised one after another.

At the beginning of the banquet, Zou Wenhuai and the Xu brothers became the center of the celebration banquet, and from time to time someone ran to a few people with a wine glass to toast, but most of these people were people who had business connections with Jiahe. These people respect Zou Wenhuai's wine, and naturally they want to take care of him in front of his boss. But Xu Xiwen is a notoriously low-output director, and he doesn't like to use outside actors, I don't know what those people want to do when they come to Xu Xiwen's side.

Li Xuan and his family sat at the same table with Hong Jingbao and Chenglong this time, and it is estimated that Zou Wenhuai saw that he had a good relationship with Hong Jiaban, and deliberately arranged such a position. This New Year's file, Li Xuan's "Smiling Proud Jianghu" is the enemy of "Modern Bodyguard", Zou Wenhuai is obviously showing goodwill by doing this at this time, otherwise he would have sat down with those small reading filmmakers.

This Zou Wenhuai is showing goodwill, and Li Xuan doesn't want to make the relationship with Jiahe too bad, so Li Xuan ate very happily at this celebration banquet. The whole plate of stir-fried braised pork in fragrant sauce in front of him was almost eaten by Li Xuan alone, not to mention that this newly launched XO sauce is really good, it tastes fresh and spicy, and it is indeed an appetizing sauce.

It's just that Li Xuan eats happily, but Hong Jingbao and Chenglong next to him don't have a good taste in their hearts.

This Hong Jingbao has been in a state of half-fire in Hong Kong, and now he has finally figured out the way of a fantasy kung fu movie, and is ready to plan a high-quality movie and take its box office of 10 million, so that he can also rush to the position of Hong Kong's top actor. But now that he has not started to hit the box office of 10 million, the box office ceiling of this Hong Kong movie has suddenly doubled, and the box office of 20 million directly made him stupid.

But Chenglong was not only stupid, but also depressed and about to die. At this time last year, he still stood on the throne to accept Zou Wenhuai's toast and enjoyed everyone's compliments. But now, he can only watch the jubilant atmosphere on the throne silently pour wine next to him, but he doesn't know when he will be able to rise again!

said that Hong Jingbao and Chenglong were drinking wine one by one, and Chen Xunqi suddenly ran over to Hong Jingbao and asked, "Brother Sanmao, I don't want to make a soundtrack, can I learn to be an assistant director with you?" ”

"Forehead ......" Hong Jingbao, who was holding a wine glass, was stunned when he heard this.

Chen Xunqi is a front-line soundtrack artist in the Hong Kong film industry today, and he has been doing behind-the-scenes work, but he lives the life of a star. Not only did most of Shaw Brothers' movies have soundtracks made by him, but even the films of Golden Harvest and Princess Jin have asked him to score soundtracks. For example, Chenglong's "Junior Brother Goes Out" and "Laughing Boxing Tricks", such as Hong Jingbao's "Lin Shirong" and "Ghost Fighting", and of course, the opening work "Funny Times" of New Art City.

It's just that Chen Xunqi now earns no less money as a soundtrack artist than a star actor, why did he think of being a director again?

"Banner, you're a good soundtrack musician, why do you want to change careers?" Hong Jingbao put down his wine glass and asked suspiciously.

Chen Xunqi smiled and explained: "I'm tired of being a soundtrack artist, so I always want to try something new. Brother Sanmao, you can't refuse me, you must know that the last time I asked Lao Mai to say this, he directly refused. ”

"Haha, I said Xunqi, you, you ......" Sammo Hung pointed at Chen Xunqi and chuckled, and then teased: "Lao Mai, their company didn't have a director some time ago, and I found such a Xu Ke when I had no choice recently." It's good for you to take advantage of the fact that they didn't have a director and ran to Lao Mai to say that he wanted to be an assistant director, are you afraid that his bald head is not bright enough? ”

“……”

Not only was Chen Xunqi extremely embarrassed at this time, but even Li Xuan, who had been silent beside him, felt stunned for a while, what Chen Xunqi did was strange enough.

"Oops, I don't care." At the critical moment, Chen Xunqi played a scoundrel and asked directly: "Brother Sanmao, just say whether you agree or not!" ”

"Uh, Banner." Chenglong suddenly shouted beside him, and waited until everyone looked at him before continuing: "If you want to be a director, you can actually be an actor first." ”

"Be an actor first?"

"yes." Chenglong nodded and continued: "You have never been in any crew, and it is a bit difficult to be an assistant director for the first time, but if you are an actor, it is enough." You can learn how the directors work and how the actors move around while you're on the set. And only when you are familiar with the actor industry can you really become a good director. ”

After listening to Chenglong's words, Chen Xunqi pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Yes, then I will be an actor first!" Brother Sanmao, can I learn acting from you, you can ...... this"

"What do you learn to act?"

A male voice suddenly rang out next to him, and everyone turned their heads to look, and then they all stood up from their seats gently.

"Hello Boss Zou."

"Uncle Huai, congratulations this time!"

"Boss Zou ......"

"Congratulations, Uncle Huai."

“……”

Seeing that everyone was in a commotion, Zou Wenhuai hurriedly raised his left hand with a smile and pressed it, and waited for everyone to calm down before continuing to ask curiously: "I just heard someone say that they want to learn acting?" Who among you still needs to learn acting? ”

"Haha, Uncle Huai, it's not us." Hong Jingbao patted Chen Xunqi's shoulder and said, "It's Xunqi, he wants to act." ”

"Oh?" Zou Wenhuai's eyes froze, and he said with a smile: "Xun Qi, do you really want to film and be an actor?" ”

"Hmm!" Chen Xunqi nodded heavily in response.

Zou Wenhuai nodded with satisfaction and said, "In that case, how about you come to our Golden Harvest?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Xunqi's way to Baohe or Boxing Company was basically cut off. In desperation, Chen Xunqi had to nod and respond: "Okay, but after entering the actor industry, I have to thank Boss Zou for taking care of me." ”

"Haha, the flag is a talent, and it should be taken care of." Hearing that Chen Xunqi agreed, Zou Wenhuai laughed heartily.

"Congratulations to Uncle Huai, Jiahe has another talent." Li Xuan complimented him on the side.

"Talent, absolute talent!" Zou Wenhuai patted Chen Xunqi's shoulder and replied, then looked at Li Xuan and said: "But this time, the box office of "Modern Bodyguard" can break 20 million, and I still have to thank Ah Xuan for wanting to let it." ”

“……”

Li Xuan shrugged his shoulders helplessly, looked at Zou Wenhuai and smiled bitterly: "Uncle Huai, are you thanking me or am you mocking me?" ”