Chapter 142: The Forest of Encounters Again (Today's Third Update, 1/3 Update)
Cheng Long's female companion is Guan Zhilin, Pan Disheng's female companion is Yang Ziqiong, Hong Jinbao's female companion is Hong Kong sister Gao Lihong the year before last, and Cen Jianxun takes his wife Liu Tianlan.
Seeing this posture, Chen Ping'an guessed the other party's intention, stood up and said hello, and before the two sides could say a few polite words, the voice of the emcee came from the center of the venue, announcing the official start of the engagement ceremony.
Cut the engagement cake, complain to each other, accept the blessings of friends, and take photos and interviews with reporters......
Although the engagement reception was lively, the grade did not match the level of Hong Kong's Xu family's wealthy family, because the Xu family did not like Liu Jialing, and they also opposed the relationship between Xu Jinheng and Liu Jialing, so no one from the Xu family attended. Not long ago, Xu Jinheng simply moved out of the Xu family and made it public with Liu Jialing on the Old Peak Road, and today he held a high-profile engagement ceremony to show his resolute attitude.
The Xu family did not show up, and the leaders of the older generation in Hong Kong naturally did not attend. Most of the people who came to participate in this cocktail party, except for people in the entertainment industry, were friends with Xu Jinheng, or peers who had business dealings, such as Pan Disheng. Since last Christmas, Pan Disheng, who is ready to show his strength in the film industry, has held drinking parties under various pretexts, and Xu Jinheng has attended many times with Liu Jialing. He wants to invest in Dark Horse International, and he is somewhat influenced by Pan Disheng.
After the engagement ceremony was over, the cocktail party entered free time, Xu Jinheng and Liu Jialing toasted and chatted with the guests one by one, Chen Ping'an and others took their respective female companions back to the original seats near the corner and continued to be polite.
After Cheng Long's introduction, Chen Ping'an and Pan Disheng and others were officially acquainted, and the two sides complimented each other a few words, talking about unnutritious topics, and under Cheng Long's mediation, the atmosphere was not bad.
"I'm a little hungry, go get something to eat." Pan Disheng suddenly said to Yang Ziqiong beside her.
Michelle Yang is Miss Malaysia, who joined Debao Film Company after coming to Hong Kong the year before last, and had a relationship with Pan Disheng last year. She was smart enough to know that it was going to be man's time, and beckoned a few other female companions to go and get food.
Zhang Manyu also saw it and asked Chen Ping'an: "What do you want to eat, I'll get it for you." â
"Whatever, I love what you bring."
"Ha, A'an, you won't talk to Maggie...... Yes? Cheng Long smiled, blinked, and showed a unique smile on his face that all men understand, causing Pan Disheng, Hong Jinbao and Cen Jianxun to laugh.
"Maggie is so beautiful, isn't it normal for Mr. Chen to be tempted?" No one expected that it was Guan Zhilin next to Cheng Long who answered the call, "I don't know how many people envy Maggie now, the first female star signed by Mr. Chen when he just came to Hong Kong will definitely become popular in the future." â
Guan Zhilin suddenly spoke, making the atmosphere slightly embarrassing, everyone looked at her in surprise, and Zhang Manyu even secretly grabbed Chen Ping'an's waist. It's no wonder that she thinks about it a lot, Guan Zhilin's words have a sour taste, and others also wonder if something happened between Guan Zhilin and Chen Ping'an.
Chen Ping'an said calmly: "That's right, Maggie will be the double queen of the three major international film festivals, I am very optimistic about her, and I will tailor a few movies for her in the future." â
"What does Mr. Chen mean is that Maggie will become the second Honggu and break into Hollywood?" Michelle Yeoh likes filming very much and wants to enter the international stage, and Chung Chuhong is a role model for many female stars in Hong Kong.
"Maggie is maggie, Honggu is Honggu, and there is no zĂ i who is the second who." Glancing at Pan Disheng, Chen Ping'an said with a smile, "With the strong support of Mr. Pan, if Mrs. Pan is willing, I believe that she will be able to go to Hollywood soon to be with Honggu, I am afraid that Mr. Pan will be reluctant." â
Michelle Yang blushed and said, "What Mrs. Pan, I haven't married him yet!" â
"It's soon, it's going to be soon, don't forget to invite me to a wedding wine when the two of you tie the knot!"
"Hahaha!" Pan Disheng's heart was full of joy, and he stroked Yang Ziqiong's waist twice, "An Shao rest assured, An Shao will definitely be invited to come at that time, I'm afraid that An Shaogui will be too busy to take a break!" Okay, beauties, go get food, Sanmao is afraid that she will be hungry. â
The women left, and only the men were left. Cheng Long, Pan Disheng, and Hong Jinbao glanced at each other, and asked in a low voice, "A'an, I heard that you and Brother Sanmao had a little misunderstanding some time ago?" â
"Misunderstanding?" Chen Ping'an smiled, "If it weren't for the arrival of the Asian box office of "Ghost Love", I just happened to have some money in my hand, and my Dark Horse International might not have a place to work." â
"I've heard about that incident, but it may not have been Mr. Pan's doing. Everyone is a friend, is there something to say that is not good, why hide it in your heart? â
Pan Disheng said with a smile: "I really want to clear up the misunderstanding with An Shao, and I have invited An Shao to the banquet many times, but unfortunately An Shao is too busy to attend." â
"I don't like this kind of occasion very much, I won't attend it unless it is necessary, not for you, Mr. Pan."
"That's good." Cheng Long patted Chen Ping'an on the shoulder, "Today is a good opportunity, the two of you just talked about the misunderstanding." Hong Kong is so big, everyone looks down and doesn't see what they look up, how good is it to be kind and make money? â
Chen Ping'an didn't speak, looked at Pan Disheng silently, waiting for the other party to explain.
With the efforts of Ye Zhiming, Hongkong Land Group has long found out that it was not instructed by the directors, but that some senior executives of the group pretended to be directors to make it difficult for the management of the Causeway Bay Convention Center to make it difficult for Dark Horse International.
This executive, who used to be an executive of the Pan family watch company, jumped to Hongkong Land a year ago and has a constant connection with the Pan family. Chen Ping'an suspected that the incident was done by Pan Disheng, not for no reason.
Pan Disheng is a shrewd businessman with a big family, Chen Ping'an doesn't care if he is biased or not, but he can't tolerate being used as a gun. Debao and Dark Horse International are both upstarts in the film industry, and they have formed their own cinema chains based on the original Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, and are among the four leading film companies in Hong Kong, which can be regarded as the most direct competitors, and the media also likes to compare the two companies.
In Pan Disheng's view, this black hand is not only calculating Dark Horse International, but also calculating himself, and he immediately suspected that Golden Harvest and Xinyicheng were making trouble. The Pan family is also a wealthy family in Hong Kong, and the Dickson Group he founded himself is also a well-known large-scale group company in Hong Kong, and there are too many resources that can be mobilized, and he even found the root cause one step ahead of Chen Ping'an.
An executive who jumped ship from Pan's watch shop...... Damn!
This result made Pan Disheng scratch his head, and what annoyed him even more was that the day after Chen Ping'an bought the Causeway Bay Convention Center, he resigned from Hongkong Land Group, and his family immigrated to Canada and disappeared without a trace.
It is precisely because of this that Chen Ping'an and Pan Disheng are sure that this matter is no accident, and there must be a black hand behind it. Hongkong Land's resigned executives are just pawns in front of the stage, and if they find the chess pieces, they may be able to find out who is behind the scenes, but the chess pieces have disappeared completely, and this line is completely broken, and there is no way to gain anything.
Pan Disheng is both angry and aggrieved, he is ambitious to enter the film industry, and wants to use fashion films to promote the clothing brand he represents, who wants to just set up a theater, he is calculated, and he can't find out who the opponent is, which makes him intolerable, who has always been shrewd and accustomed to controlling the overall situation.
United Dark Horse International is one of his coping strategies.
Not only can it fight against the black hand, but also against the old leading film companies such as Golden Harvest and Xinyicheng, and at the same time, with the help of Dark Horse International's widely acclaimed fashion films, it can promote the various brands represented by its own company in order to maximize profits.
Some time ago, Debao filmed several movies, invited many dark horse international artists to star, that is, Pan Disheng's overture, tonight with the help of Xu Jinheng and Liu Jialing's engagement ceremony, under the mediation of Chen Ping'an's friend Cheng Long, to resolve the misunderstanding.
"So, this matter really has nothing to do with Debao?"
Hong Jinbao had a strong temperament, nodded and said: "If you let me know who is doing ghosts inside, I will definitely not let him go!" â
Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment and apologized to Cen Jianxun: "Manager Cen last time, I was reckless and fell for the villain's tricks, I salute you for this glass of wine to apologize, and I hope Manager Cen will forgive me." â
He didn't think that incident was done by Debao for a long time, and he deliberately hung it just to wait for the black hand to make a trick. It's been two months, and the black hand has disappeared, so he can only change his strategy, clarify the misunderstanding with Debao, and wait for the black hand to make another move!
Chen Ping'an didn't like this feeling of being secretly coveted, and he wanted to try his best to find out the other party and figure out who wanted to calculate himself. In the Hong Kong film industry in his memory, there was no such black hand in the 80s.
"An Shao is polite, this kind of despicable villain must be found out, and he must not be allowed to continue to harm the film industry."
The misunderstanding was opened, the atmosphere was obviously much more harmonious, and the women came back with food, and the timing was just right. Five men and five women sat around a table and ate and chatted, laughing and chatting happily.
Pan Disheng and Hong Jinbao glanced at each other, and the latter said: "Our company is ready to start filming the second part of "Royal Sister" "Royal Warrior", and I hope that A'an can be the director." â
Michelle Yang put down the drink in her hand and looked at Chen Ping'an expectantly.
Because of the success of "Royal Sister", the investment in "Royal Warrior" that started filming this time is not small, and the lineup is huge. In addition to her continuing to serve as the heroine, she also invited the popular Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, hoping to open up the Japanese market for Debao and win more Japanese box office.
Chen Ping'an's directorial level is undoubted, because "Ghost Love" enjoys a high reputation in Japan, and if he can serve as a director, "Royal Warrior" will definitely sweep Southeast Asia, and maybe even enter the American market.
"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I don't have time." Chen Ping'an's experience in the next stage will be devoted to the filming of "Ghost Fighting Zombies". Although the director of this drama is Wang Jing, he is ready to help Wang Jing on the horse and send him off for another ride like he did in the filming of "The True Color of Heroes" last year.
"Mr. Chen values "Ghost Fight Zombie" very much." As soon as Guan Zhilin spoke, everyone's eyes became strange, especially those looking at Cheng Long.
After the simple meal, Pan Disheng and the others were ready to chat with other people to contact their feelings, and Cheng Long also planned to leave with Guan Zhilin, who knew that Guan Zhilin suddenly said to Chen Ping'an: "I wonder if Mr. Chen can appreciate his face and dance with me?" âR1152