"It's a pity." Xu Ke shook his head and said softly.

At the premiere of "Police Story", Xu Ke came, and brought his wife Shi Nansheng with him. But there is one thing Chen Ping'an doesn't know, the new art city is still the new art city, but it is no longer the new art city before.

He sent someone to send seven tickets to Xinyicheng, which was originally intended to be one for each of the seven monsters in Xinyicheng. However, he didn't know that because of the problem of more money and less money, the disputes in Xinyicheng became bigger and bigger, and finally the disheartened Zeng Zhiwei left Taiwan, Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng also established a film studio, and no longer hung the signboard of Xinyicheng.

In Xu Ke's original words: "I don't need the signboard of Xinyicheng myself, so as not to 'affect the neighborhood'." ”

He saw the promotional clip of "Police Story" on TV and was intrigued by the filming techniques and the spectacular scenes of the explosions. Peeping at the leopard in the tube, keenly grasping that this drama may be mixed with many novel elements, Xu Ke decided to come to the Li Stage to participate in the premiere to see what kind of drama the constantly news "Police Story" is.

Shi Nansheng asked in a low voice, "What's the pity?" ”

"Zhang Manyu's cheongsam is good, but it's a pity that she is too young and too deliberate now, and she can't deduce the real charm, but she is inferior. However, it is also a new direction for her, and if there is a suitable role in the future, she can consider it. ”

"Do you manage people's homes or not? Haven't you seen that tonight is deliberately building momentum for her, could it be that Shaw Brothers intends to support her? No, I heard that she hasn't renewed her contract with Shaw Brothers yet, how can Shaw Brothers support her? Could it be ......?"

"No, it must be Chen Ping'an, and after her film contract expires, she must join Dark Horse International." Huang Baiming's voice came from behind the two.

Xu Ke and his wife turned their heads in amazement, and Shi Nansheng asked, "Why are you here?" ”

"Why can't I come?" Huang Baiming smiled, "That Chen Ping'an filmed this drama with the equipment of Jiahe's Qian Jiahe's Jiahe, and then held a premiere on the Li Stage, which was released by Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and did not forget to send movie tickets for the premiere to Xinyi City...... He's only twenty years old! ”

Xu Keshi Nansheng and his wife glanced at each other, and at the same time set their eyes on Chen Ping'an.

On the stage, Chen Ping'an, Cheng Long, Lin Qingxia and Zhang Manyu were being interviewed by reporters. Prior to this, it was a song and dance performance by wireless second- and third-tier artists, and the audience was also invited to perform on stage, and the whole scene was happy, which was enough to show the close relationship between Chen Ping'an and Shaw Brothers.

When the reporter threw out one sharp question after another, Chen Ping'an was always able to resolve it lightly, and even took the mean problems faced by Zhang Manyu on himself. As for Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia, they are all old rivers and lakes, and naturally there is no shortage of means to deal with reporters.

In fact, there are only three issues that journalists are most concerned about. One is whether Cheng Long was coerced by Chen Ping'an to film; One is the sibling relationship between Chen Ping'an and Lin Qingxia; The last one is how Chen Ping'an persuaded Shaw Brothers to release "Police Story".

Faced with the first question, Chen Ping'an and Cheng Long both said that it was pure nothing, and it was some unscrupulous media chasing after the wind, and the reason why Cheng Long was willing to lower his price to join the crew of "Police Story" was that in addition to being extremely optimistic about this drama, he was moved by Chen Ping'an's sincerity, and this sincerity will be revealed in a year.

In order to prove the friendship between the two, Cheng Long sang the ending song "Heroic Story" of "Police Story" on the spot, which received warm applause. He bluntly told everyone that this ending song was written and composed by Chen Ping'an, and was given to him along with the copyright. In the end, the two hooked shoulders and asked reporters to take pictures with smiles on their faces.

The friendship shown by the two was enough to dispel the rumors, and even the extremely bright-minded reporter vaguely guessed that the so-called "Chen Ping'an's sincerity" in Cheng Long's mouth was related to the copyright of "Police Story".

Regarding the second question, Chen Ping'an frankly admitted that Lin Qingxia slapped himself during the filming, but that was because he was offended first. And the reason why he did that was because when filming a scene, Lin Qingxia couldn't get into the state for a long time, NG many times, and Cheng Long was slapped several times in vain. In order to let Lin Qingxia find the feeling in the play, he could only offend Lin Qingxia with his sword.

In the face of his statement, Lin Qingxia generously admitted and apologized to Cheng Long, as a victim, Cheng Long also echoed with a smile, laughing that Lin Qingxia was powerless, and said that Chen Ping'an was the most alternative director he had ever seen, and he could "do whatever it takes" for filming. He also cited the example of the chaos caused by the explosion in the shantytown, saying that Chen Ping'an rushed into the fire and risked his life to rescue Zhang Manyu, who was besieged by the fire. Finally, he asked the reporter why there was a scandal between him and Zhang Manyu, not Chen Ping'an and Zhang Manyu.

The reporter was not very satisfied with these two issues, because the news was not enough, but fortunately, there was a third question, which was the biggest news tonight.

Chen Ping'an also knew that he had to give reporters some sweetness, so his remarks were more arrogant. He first thanked Golden Harvest for his early support, and then changed his words, saying that Golden Harvest did not arrange a schedule for him, and Shaw Brothers not only arranged the drama "Police Story" on the Christmas schedule, but also promised 16 theaters to screen it all lines. He promised that his play would bring rich returns to the Shaw Brothers and would make Golden Harvest regret his original decision.

When a reporter suggested that Chen Ping'an's move was suspected of "having milk is a mother", Chen Ping'an angrily smashed the microphone in his hand and smashed the other party's head.

"I also want to ask you guys, how many of you know the difficulties of independent film companies? Dark Horse International is a small independent film company, "Police Story" is the result of the company's labor, if it can't be painted as scheduled, then the company will have the possibility of bankruptcy, and the company's employees will also face the danger of losing their jobs. If it were you, what would you choose? ”

Although most viewers thought that Chen Ping'an was rude to smash reporters in public, more viewers agreed with his explanation. In the past few years, due to the delay in finalizing the Sino-British negotiations, Hong Kong's economy has been turbulent, many companies have closed down, and employees have lost their jobs.

"This Chen Ping'an is too young, his words are right, but how can he beat reporters in public?" Shi Nansheng whispered, "Look, tomorrow those newspapers may be written." ”

Xu Keyi nodded and said, "Yes, that reporter's words are indeed too vicious, but he shouldn't be so impulsive." ”

In fact, they are the same husband and wife, and they agree with Chen Ping'an's words. Thinking that the couple founded a film studio, Golden Harvest promised to support it, and the studio's entrepreneurial work "Shanghai Night" could be filmed, but it could be publicized and released, and a lot of problems such as Golden Harvest were left alone. This made the shrewd Shi Nansheng at a loss, and he didn't know how to promote and talk about the theater release.

Shi Nansheng later went to the three giants of the new art city, trying to redeem the tacit understanding between old friends, and explained to the three: "Can the film studio be like a small room, or in the building of the new art city?" ”

As a result, the three giants of Xinyicheng were noncommittal, and they seemed to have had enough of Xu Ke. In someone's words, having such an ideological trapeze artist in the team is more tiring than leading a regiment of soldiers.

In the end, Lei Juekun made a move, before the opening of "Shanghai Night", the behind-the-scenes financier was changed from Golden Harvest to Golden Princess, and "Shanghai Night" was able to start filming and release this year, and achieved a good box office of more than 11.6 million. But the relationship between Xu Ke and the three giants of New Art City has long since lost the friendship and passion in the struggle room.

So the couple can understand Chen Ping'an's choice to release "Police Story" at Shaw Brothers, and even have a feeling of sympathy for each other because of the same situation.

"You're underestimating him." Huang Baiming's voice sounded again, "How can you be sure that he didn't smash the reporter on purpose?" ”

"Deliberately?"

Huang Baiming nodded: "Don't you think the previous questions are worthless?" Even the scandal between him and Lin Qingxia was resolved by him. Why did those reporters come? What are they most interested in? If you don't make some explosive news, how will you dominate the entertainment headlines tomorrow, and how will those reporters be satisfied? Okay now, the topic is here, waiting to see tomorrow's newspaper, it must be all about "Police Story". ”

Xu Ke and his wife digested for a while and finally reacted, Shi Nansheng was puzzled: "But he is only twenty years old this year!" ”

"So I came to see what kind of wicked man he was. Do you know how many tickets he sent to Xinyicheng, seven! ”

"Seven?" It's kind of conscious. Shi Nansheng asked thoughtfully, "What about them?" ”

The seven tickets sent by Chen Ping'an to Xinyi City have already been issued to their staff as benefits by Mecca and others.

The successful Mecca and Shi Tian can't look down on the little-known Dark Horse International at all, Chen Ping'an is just a clown in their eyes, and he will only grandstand; Teddy Luo Bin is disappointed with the status quo of Xinyi City, and he has no intention of filming and only wants to play music; Zeng Zhiwei left Taiwan; As for the Tsui Harks, Mecca didn't think of having tickets delivered to the film studio.

Only Huang Baiming is interested, but the object of his interest is Chen Ping'an, not the drama "Police Story". Golden Harvest funded and contributed to the shooting, and finally it was released in Shaw Brothers Cinemas; Holding a premiere before the release and not forgetting to send seven movie tickets to Xinyicheng, what does this young man want to do?

After listening to Huang Baiming's words, Xu Ke inexplicably threw out a sentence: "It's a pity, I didn't have to spend money to buy tickets if I knew it earlier." ”

"yes, I bought it from someone else for three times the price!" Huang Baiming also complained.

At the end of the reporter's question-and-answer session, the last question was asked by a reporter from Mingbao to ask Chen Ping'an's expectations for the box office.

"Twenty million - the bottom line!"

The lights went out, leaving only the large screen directly in front of him to glow white. Suddenly, a dark horse came out of the air, galloping with its hooves held high, and the first play produced by Dark Horse International and written and directed by Chen Ping'an finally made its official debut on December 10, 1984!