Chapter 139: Breaking News
"Bang!"
The door of Zou Wenhuai's office was pushed open, and He Yichang walked in from the outside angrily and sat opposite Zou Wenhuai.
Putting down the report in his hand, Zou Wenhuai looked at He Yichang and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" So angry. ”
"It's not that street boy Li Xuan, who actually co-produced a movie with Shaw Brothers behind our back. also pulled Xu Xi's outstanding performance, if it weren't for today's habit to tell me, I wouldn't know yet! He Xichang said hatefully.
"That's it?" Zou Wenhuai replied quite calmly, and casually took his gold-wire glasses off the bridge of his nose.
"That's ......" He Yichang just replied half a sentence, suddenly reacted and looked at Zou Wenhuai in surprise and asked, "You already knew?" ”
Zou Wenhuai took out the glasses cloth and nodded while wiping his glasses: "Well, Li Xuan called me a few days ago and said that he borrowed Ah Sam to film. ”
"You promised?" He Xichang asked in surprise.
"Haha." Zou Wenhuai laughed and continued: "What can I do if I don't agree? The matter of making money can be stopped, but the first time can't be stopped, and the second time can't be stopped. Besides, it's not a big deal, but ......"
Zou Wenhuai put his glasses back on and said slowly: "However, I was surprised that Shao Yifu could show such courage this time. ”
"That's right, what does Shao Yifu want to do this time?"
He Yichang was also full of confusion at this time, the Shaw Brothers' large-scale studio system is not so easy to break, and touching that thing is tantamount to fighting against the tens of thousands of people who rely on Shaw Brothers for food. What's more, this time it is almost an investment in external filming, and Shao Yifu must have put a lot of internal pressure on him this time.
"No matter what he wants to do...... Zou Wenhuai smiled: "We'll know when Li Xuan's new movie comes out." ”
Just when Li Xuan was still accompanying Lin Qingxia to go through the formalities for going to Hong Kong in San Francisco, the front page of the entertainment page of "Oriental Daily" published a news item with an explosive surname, which shocked the entire Hong Kong film and television circle.
"Shaw Brothers Investment Co-production, a Precursor to the Collapse of the Big Studio System?" 》
“…… The author learned from internal sources that Shaw Brothers, which has always pursued a large-scale studio system, actually participated in the investment and cooperated with Xuanyuan Film Company, which has been in the limelight in the past two years, to prepare to adapt and co-produce a Jin Yong martial arts novel movie. Moreover, in this co-production, Shaw Brothers Pictures only participated in part of the production, but it was Xuanyuan Film Company that dominated. Sir Shao's unconventional actions are clearly borrowed from Hong Kong's most successful outsourcing production model in recent years. Can the author think that Sir Shao's action is the first step in the upcoming reform of Shaw Brothers? Or rather......"
As soon as this report came out, the whole of Hong Kong was in an uproar. No matter how badly Shaw Brothers was won by Golden Harvest at the box office, in terms of background, Shaw Brothers still ranked first. In terms of talent pool and set size, Shaw Brothers is far ahead of other film companies in Hong Kong.
However, the Shaw Brothers, who have always pursued the large-scale studio system, have also learned Golden Harvest's outsourced production model this time and invested in co-productions, is the Hong Kong film industry finally about to change?
Entertainment reporters from all walks of life in Hong Kong have been dispatched to interview various "insiders" everywhere, and all of a sudden Hong Kong gossip is flying all over the sky. What is this a movie with an investment of millions, what Zhang Ce is only the assistant director of this play, what director has strict requirements for external locations, and directly builds real locations without using a studio.
It's a pity that the whole Hong Kong has been in trouble for a long time, but the two key figures in this incident have never been traced.
Shao Yifu directly refused to be interviewed, and he was too lazy to explain. As for the other protagonist, Li Xuan, the boss of Xuanyuan Film Company, it wasn't until the entertainment reporters came to the door of the company that another shocking news broke out!
"Shaw Brothers Xuanyuan co-produced "Smiling Proud Jianghu", the singer Xu Yijie and the jade girl Lin Qingxia co-starred! 》
As soon as this news came out, not only did the Hong Kong entertainment industry set off a new round of discussion, but even Taiwan and the entire Southeast Asia were boiling. You must know that Lin Qingxia is very influential in these places. It's a pity that since she left the United States last year because of emotional injury, people rarely hear her news, and only some newspapers still copy those old scandals from time to time.
But now, the girl who has been starring in modern literary romance films is going to run to act in martial arts films? Many fans were confused for a while, what would that look like? It's a pity that they just want to break their heads, and they can't think of that scene, after all, the aura of the modern goddess of literature and art left to them by Lin Qingxia is too strong.
Just when half of Asia was in an uproar because of this incident, the plane that Li Xuan and Lin Qingxia were on was already about to arrive in Hong Kong.
"Why don't you take a break? Still reading the script. Li Xuan woke up from a daze, rubbed his brows and looked at Lin Qingxia, who was still holding the script next to him, and asked. It takes most of the day to return to Hong Kong from San Francisco, and Li Xuanke couldn't sit still all the time, so he simply took a nap.
"I can't sleep a little, so I just familiarize myself with the script." Lin Qingxia replied with a chuckle.
"You are so diligent, when you come to Hong Kong, you really have to ask Mr. Jin Yong to invite you to a big meal." Li Xuan also regained a little spirit, and said jokingly: "Do you know, since you took over the filming of "Smiling Proud Jianghu", Mr. Jin Yong's book has sold crazy in Taiwan and Southeast Asia. ”
"Really?"
"I can't lie to you."
"Then when I go to Hong Kong, I will also buy a copy of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" to see." Lin Qingxia closed the script in her hand and said with a lot of longing: "Let's see what the undefeated Dongfang in there looks like." ”
"Forehead......" Li Xuan suddenly hesitated, and only replied after a while: "Then you still don't have too many expectations, my script is to beautify the undefeated East." When Mr. Kim Yong first heard about this script, he was against me. ”
"Ah, why?" Lin Qingxia was quite surprised and said: "What a good script, Dongfang is undefeated for love, life for love, death for love, crazy for love, no match for other women, so let that man remember her forever......"
"Ahem!"
Li Xuan saw that this Lin Qingxia was getting more and more wrong, so he quickly interrupted her words with a fake cough, looked at Lin Qingxia's puzzled eyes, and hurriedly said: "Dongfang is undefeated in Dongfang, the poetry that loves her the most is dead, she has nothing to worry about, and she can use death to make that man remember her." But some people can't, she still has a family, parents and sisters......"
"Stop, I didn't think about dying for a man!" Lin Qingxia gave Li Xuan a fierce look.
"Haha......"
Li Xuan laughed embarrassedly, he was really afraid that Lin Qingxia would do something stupid after reading this script just now. However, according to Lin Qingxia, the news that she committed suicide for love last year is likely to be fake.
The plane soon arrived at Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport, and as soon as Li Xuan and the two of them came out of the pick-up gate, they were greeted by a bunch of reporters. Although there are no paparazzi in this era, the energy of these reporters cannot be ignored, and besides, Li Xuan has no intention of hiding it from anyone when he returns to Hong Kong, and it is estimated that it will be easier for these reporters to find out their itinerary.
Li Xuan and the two didn't have time to catch up with Ye Zhiming and Lin Qingxia's mother Ma Lanying, who came to pick up the airport, so the four of them walked out in a hurry, and Li Xuan's company's car was parked outside the airport.
"Miss Lin, do you plan to live in Hong Kong this time?"
"Miss Lin, are you planning to transform this time?"
"Mr. Li, now that martial arts films are so sluggish, why do you still invest heavily in martial arts films?"
"Miss Lin, can you tell us how you feel now?"
"I heard that Mr. Qin Xianglin is also in the United States, has Miss Lin seen him?"
"Mr. Li, do you think Miss Lin is really capable of martial arts films?"
“……”
The four of them finally squeezed to the side of their business car, Li Xuan watched the three of them get into the car, and then turned to the reporters who were still following and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's not that I don't want to make it clear to you, it's just that we are tired from a day's flight and need to rest, I hope you will understand." Well, we're going to have a press conference at the Peninsula in three days' time, and if you have anything to do, you can ask questions at that time, thank you! ”
After Li Xuan finished speaking, he arched his hand around, then turned around and sat in the car.
"Can you go?" Ye Zhiming said with a smile.
"You guy, if you don't leave, you're waiting for more reporters to come to the traffic jam!"
"Haha......" Ye Zhiming let out a long laugh, started the car and drove out slowly, and said while driving: "Just what you just said, you have to spend another hundred thousand." ”
"It's worth the money, 100,000 yuan to buy free publicity from dozens of media, I hope there will be such good things often." Li Xuan replied to Ye Zhiming quite leisurely, then looked back at Ma Lanying, who had been protecting her daughter in the back seat, and said, "Hello aunt! When we meet for the first time, please take care of me in the future. ”
“……”
Ma Lanying glanced at Li Xuan and said with a complicated expression: "Hello." (To be continued.) )