Chapter 21: Miss Hong Kong
Although Li Xuan met Wu Mengda on the bus last time, he didn't go up to say hello and get to know him.
Li Xuan knew that Wu Mengda would owe a lot of debts because of gambling in the future, and he would be in debt, and finally declared bankruptcy because of his debts. As a result, TVB hid him, and he was desperate at that time to borrow money from his good friend Zhou Runfa, but Zhou Yunfa couldn't stand it and rejected him ruthlessly. After such setbacks and tribulations, Wu Mengda learned from the pain and quit drinking and gambling, and recast his glory. But who heard that Wu Mengda and Zhou Yanfa were reconciled later? It's not like a stranger. If Li Xuan had made friends with Wu Mengda now, he couldn't have imagined what he would do if Wu Mengda borrowed money at that time?
Just after the New Year's Day holiday, the time also entered 1979. Wang Tianlin took Li Xuan a rare two-day vacation, which happened to be a weekend, and Li Xuan's music lessons were no longer needed, and now he was hiding in the study and worrying. What is he worried about? Of course, it was Wang Tianlin's so-called exam after half a month. He and the crew have not been filming for a week, "Xiao Shiyi Lang" was filmed, and Li Xuan later rarely went into the editing room to visit twice, yes, it was to visit twice, Wang Tianlin didn't worry about letting him, a person who didn't know anything, get started.
Later, Wang Tianlin stopped filming, so he took Li Xuan and Wang Fatzi all over the set.
Wang Tianlin is considered an old veteran in Shaw Brothers, and no one dares to stop him on the set, which makes Li Xuan and the others know a lot of directors and actors. Especially when he saw Uncle Yuan in the mouth of Wang Fatzi - Chu Yuan, Li Xuan found out that he was another "old acquaintance", and he was also an old man who often made cameos in Hong Kong dramas later, Li Xuan still remembered that this old man made a cameo appearance as Xiang Shaolong's top boss in the first episode of "Looking for Qin". But now, he is only in his forties, he is still a middle-aged man, a famous film director in Hong Kong, and he has not played a cameo role in any TV series.
"What should I shoot?" Li Xuan rubbed his messy hair and was worried. Half a month later, Wang Tianlin's entrance exam is estimated to be to find some film on the set and shoot a joke for Li Xuan for about half a minute. However, this is not what Li Xuan wants! Think about Wang Fatzi, who has been running with his father for three or four years and is still teaching slowly, this Wang Tianlin probably wants to work slowly and carefully. Thinking that some of Wang Jin's movies known to later generations were basically after 80 years, Li Xuan had a headache. This Wang Tianlin grinded his child for at least six or seven years before letting Wang Jin go out to film, and now he has to grind himself for six or seven years? At that time, the daylilies were cold.
"Ding Dong"
The doorbell of Li Xuan's house rang, and Li Xuan, who was so worried that he didn't know what to do, opened the door in a decadent manner, and Wang Fatzi was standing outside the door with an excited face.
"Why are you still staying at home today?"
Ignoring Wang Fatzi's words, Li Xuan rubbed the corners of his eyes before replying, "What's wrong?" What do you want to do without two days off? First of all, I don't go to nightclubs! ”
"Street guy, it's only morning, which nightclub is open so early." Wang Jin said with disdain, but immediately said excitedly: "Come out, I'll take you to see beautiful women, many, many beauties!" ”
"Beauty?" Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, squinted at Wang Jin and said, "Many beauties, you will call me?" Do you have such a good heart? ”
It turns out that Wang Jin is still very kind, and now there are many beautiful women coming in and out in front of Wang Fatzi and Li Xuan, and Wang Jinha, who is squatting on the cement road in front of the TVB building, is about to hit the ground.
"Would you like to pay attention to your image? You can see your windows here, aren't you afraid that your younger siblings will not be able to explain it when they see it? Li Xuan also squatted on the ground and said disdainfully to Wang Jin next to him.
"Whew" Wang Fatzi touched the corners of his mouth nonchalantly, and said with bright eyes: "No, your sister-in-law has a big belly now, and it is inconvenient to move, so she won't stand at the window if she has nothing to do." ”
"I'm older than you, I'm a brother and sister!" Li Xuan angrily corrected Wang Jin's mistakes.
"If you want to worship my dad as a master, you will start later than me, you are a junior brother!"
I'll take it, Li Xuan can't say anything about him, so he has to gesture with two middle fingers hatefully.
"What are you going to do with the wireless station? So many beauties? Li Xuan looked at the beauties coming in and out in front of him and asked, usually it is deserted here.
"Miss Hong Kong signed up, you didn't watch TV." Wang Jin, who knew Li Xuan's bad habits, replied.
Miss Hong Kong? Li Xuan was stunned for a moment and hurriedly asked, "Why is it so early?" Li Xuan remembered that he had a female high school classmate who went to Hong Kong to study in college to sign up for Miss Hong Kong, and he also said it once in the classmate group, but he brushed it off before passing the preliminary examination. But Li Xuan remembered that it was around April, and now it was just after the New Year's Day holiday.
"Early? How can I participate in the Miss Universe contest if I don't do it early? ”
"Miss Universe?" Li Xuan was confused, why did he get involved with Miss Universe again.
Under Li Xuan's curious questioning, Wang Jincai explained to Li Xuan. It turns out that this year, Miss Hong Kong is not like the later generations who signed up for the August competition in April, but started to register in January. And when the Miss Hong Kong competition is over in May, I have to send the Miss Hong Kong champion to participate in the Miss Universe contest held in June and July, which is too late in advance.
But Sister Hong Kong? Li Xuan didn't know much, he remembered that Zhao Yazhi seemed to be from Sister Hong Kong, and as for the rest, he didn't know anything about it.
Looking at Wang Jin, who was still staring at him next to him, Li Xuan thought about his exam and suddenly had an idea in his heart, and without hesitation, he said directly to Wang Jin: "You said Wang Fatzi, how about I make a movie as an apprenticeship?" ”
"You make movies?" Wang Jin's attention finally turned back at this time, and said to Li Xuan with a frown: "You broken pen, do you have money now?" ”
Wang Fatzi's family had known for a long time that Li Xuan was the author of "Iron and Blood", but except for the initial surprise, he immediately returned to normal. In recent years, people who write martial arts books in Hong Kong can knock down several bricks, and they are not surprised to know a good writer occasionally, Wang Tianlin doesn't know Jin Yong.
This stumped Li Xuan, and counted his money bags in his heart, Li Xuan said with a bitter face: "Is 40,000 yuan enough?" ”
"Enough!"
At this time, Li Xuan was overjoyed and exclaimed: "Is it really enough? ”
Wang Jin nodded with a serious face and said, "It's really enough, you've been on the set for a month, don't you know?" It's really enough, it's really enough for the film money of a movie, and it's not NG. ”
"Can't you make me happy?" Li Xuan scolded viciously.
"Cut" Wang Jin glanced at Li Xuan with disdain: "What I said is the truth." ”
Li Xuan was hit hard enough this time, and even the beauty was not in the mood to look at it, so he lowered his head and drew circles on the road. Also, what can 40,000 yuan do? Even the deposit for renting a camera is not enough, if you want to say that Wang Tianlin's exam is estimated to be to let Li Xuan take the camera around the set, it is estimated that it is a question whether he will give him real film, not to mention that Li Xuan wants to rent a camera from Shaw Brothers cheaply.
"You ......" Wang Jin asked hesitantly next to him, "Do you really want to try it?" ”
As soon as Wang Jin's words reached Li Xuan's ears, Li Xuan's eyes lit up, this seems to have a door! So he quickly asked overjoyed: "Can you invest?" ”
"I'll go, I don't have any money, and I won't invest in you if I have money." Wang Jin didn't even bother to make a contemptuous expression at this time, and directly threw his head to the other side.
"And what do you mean by that just sentence?"
"Just give you a little support, money doesn't have to be discussed!"
"Support?" This time it was Li Xuan's turn to despise: "It won't be mental support, right?" ”
Wang Jin was angry, turned around and said, "Mental fart, how about providing you with a video camera for free?" Do you want? ”
"Yes! Don't be stupid! Li Xuan's eyes lit up and he hurriedly replied, the biggest trouble was solved, and he hurriedly asked, "Which friend of yours is so good?" Can you borrow a camera for free? "You can't know these local tyrants, and if you lack money, you can directly invest.
"Friends?" Wang Jin touched his nose: "My dad can't be your friend......"
"Uh......, can Uncle Wang help me borrow a camera?"
"Why do you keep saying that if you borrow it, can't it be my family?" Wang Jin was not annoyed, stared at Li Xuan and said, "A director who has been working for most of his life, can he not have a camera at home?" ”
"Eh" Li Xuan also found that he was thinking about it, and quickly replied embarrassedly: "Yes, can ......"
Seeing that Li Xuan's face was so embarrassed that his face turned red, Wang Jin became proud, looked at the beauties in front of him and asked slowly, "Anyway, you really plan to make a movie?" The script ......"
"Oops! Mom, I don't want to participate in any Hong Kong sisters. These high heels are awkward to me, can I take them off? A crisp female voice suddenly came from the side and interrupted Wang Jin's words.
"Take it off, hurry up and sign up with me, you still want to be a jewelry salesperson for the rest of your life!"