As expected, the package contained a sample issue of Scientific American, and a notice of remuneration, in which Martin Gardner wrote the content of the Rubik's Cube and listed Shen Chong as a co-author.

Scientific American's remuneration was so large that Shen Chong was unexpected, but it gave him some inspiration about the magazine's search for articles.

Drinking the rice porridge brought by Li Kaiyuan, Shen Chongxun read the column again, and then put his mind at ease, Mr. Martin not only wrote the Rubik's Cube interestingly, but also added a sentence at the end, "In order to avoid the suspicion of advertising, I will not tell you how to buy it, I can only tell you that in the far east, there is a place called Hong Kong, which is very popular with this interesting toy." ”

Shen Chong flipped to the cover page of the magazine, looked at the publication date, and estimated that this issue of Scientific American had been delivered to the household, and its influence would soon spread to Hong Kong.

"Has there been an increase in foreign orders recently?"

"In the past two days, there have been a lot more phone calls to inquire." Li Kaiyuan shook his head and said: "But there are few door-to-door orders, Japan, South Korea, all of which are small orders of thousands." ”

"Soon the Americans will come to the door." Shen Chong drank all the porridge in one gulp and asked, "Just make a contract with them at the price we set." ”

"Will it be too expensive?" Li Kaiyuan was a little worried and said, "What if I scare them away?" ”

"No, it won't." Shen Chong smiled and said: "If the Americans were so timid, they would not be the world's policemen, don't worry, we are reporting the price of conscience, and their hearts are black." ”

Shen Chong plans to have an ordinary unpackaged Rubik's Cube for $8, a box for $15, a silver mirror Rubik's Cube for $2O, and a gold cube for $25.

Absolute conscience price...... When the ordinary unpackaged Rubik's Cube was first launched in the United States, it was 19. 9 dollars a piece, the per capita income of the United States in 1979 was about 28oo dollars, and it is a little interesting to buy a 2o dollar toy. (Note 1)

If it weren't for the lack of talents and channels, Shen Chong really wanted to go to the United States to open an agency in person.

"By the way, how is the local sales in Hong Kong lately?"

"Hundreds of them a day, there are too many pirates."

"It's good that you can focus on doing overseas business." Shen Chong packed up his things and said, "Let's go, I'll go to the company in person today." ”

"Come on, you're nowhere to be seen every day." Li Kaiyuan glanced at him and said, "Busy making movies and hooking up with stars, right?" ”

"That's jealousy." Shen Chong grabbed her thin waist, kissed her cheek, and said, "I'm still thinking of finding a few celebrities to sleep with you." ”

"I've never seen such a brazen thief as you." Li Kaiyuan gave him a punch without hesitation, "Stay away from me!" ”

……

When he arrived at Wanfu Building, Shen Chong first went to the office of the film production company and told Zeng Lizhen to go to the crew alone today - Shen Chong bought another car in the name of the company, but he couldn't drive it, Zeng Lizhen also needed to be a part-time driver, and he came to the office every day to wait for him.

At the toy company, Shen Chong's former office had been given to a newly recruited manager, who was passing by and saw the manager talking to a foreigner in his forties.

In the second office, Huang Xin was teaching Ah Worm a lesson, and looking at Ah Worm's smirk, it was estimated that he had caused some trouble.

"Who's that little white face?" Shen Chong walked into Li Kaiyuan's office, sat on the sand without a figure, and asked, "It's the one who sat in my previous office." ”

"Oh, you said him." Li Kaiyuan said with a strange expression: "He is the sales director of the company where I used to work, and Xinxin specially went to dig it up." ”

"What's the matter, Sister Xin has an ambiguous relationship with him?"

"How is that possible?" Li Kaiyuan took a pen, turned it around in his hand, and said with a smile: "When Xinxin and I used to work over there, this guy always found fault, so he deliberately dug him over, became our subordinate, and cleaned him up well!" ”

It's terrible to offend a woman......

"How's he doing?"

"Don't worry, Xinxin and I are not children, we know the severity." Li Kaiyuan explained: "He grew up in the United States and is very familiar with the market there, although we hated him before, we were still very convinced of his work ability. ”

After a while, the little white-faced manager in Shen Chong's mouth walked into the office and reported to Li Kaiyuan that the American agreed to the company's offer and signed an order for 10,000 ordinary Rubik's cubes and 5ooo mirror Rubik's cubes.

Although the quantity is small, it is very profitable.

Li Kaiyuan was very happy, and praised the little white face without hesitation.

Shen Chong was slandered.

Handsome and rich......

This guy is personable, and there is a so-called aristocratic temperament between his demeanor, like a peacock with an open screen.

After he left, Shen Chong immediately closed the door of the office, hugged Li Kaiyuan, and threatened viciously: "Stay away from him, do you hear!" ”

Li Kaiyuan's smile trembled......

Then the door was pushed open, and Huang Xin stood at the door dumbfounded.

"Sister Xin, I'm teaching Sister Yuan Yuan to write." Shen Chong was thick-skinned, and said a clumsy excuse with a sneer, "Something? ”

"No, it's fine." Huang Xin smiled ambiguously, then gently closed the door and floated in from outside: "You guys continue to write." ”

Li Kaiyuan is a girl after all, and he was embarrassed when he broke the adultery, so he drove Shen Chong out of the office with three punches and two kicks.

Now that the United States has opened, the oily and powdery manager looks reliable, and Shen Chong, who has no soft girls to hug, doesn't want to waste time staying in the company.

I hailed a taxi and went straight to Queen Mary Hospital near Pokfulam on Hong Kong Island – where I was going to shoot the family's identification of the body in the morgue today.

Sitting in the taxi, Shen Chong pressed the blue button of his watch, opened the light curtain in his mind, and looked at the filming progress of "Crazy Robbery".

67%

The progress is very fast, and in just a few days, nearly seventy percent of the shooting tasks have been completed.

Got a treasure......

Closing the light curtain, Shen Chong touched his chin, ready to give Zeng Lizhen a salary increase and promotion after the filming was completed.

During this time, he has been busy with the affairs of the magazine, and almost all the work of the producer is done by Zeng Lizhen, and now the shooting is so smooth, she has made great contributions.

Being a producer is not an easy job......

The producer needs to plan the daily work in advance according to the script and shooting schedule, make an appointment for location, arrange actors, deploy film crews, transport various props and equipment, as well as logistics support, eat and drink, and make overall arrangements for the producer, otherwise it will be chaotic and affect the shooting.

If an investor like Shen Chong served as the producer himself, it would be simpler, because the money was in hand, the crew members would be more obedient, and the specific affairs could also be done by hiring assistants, he only needed to use his mouth and command.

And Zeng Lizhen is just an assistant producer, without the backing of Shen Chong's identity, and she is a young woman, who can tidy up the crew without leaking, which is indeed a rare talent.

Coincidentally, when Shen Chong rushed to the filming site of the crew, he happened to see Zeng Lizhen teaching a young man in a very stern tone, that guy was twenty-four or five years old, and he looked very mature, but he was red-faced and couldn't raise his head after being trained by Zeng Lizhen.

"What's wrong?" Shen Chong walked over and asked.

"When he was filming just now, he was moving around the venue and scrapping a set of shots." Zeng Lizhen explained, and then turned back and said: "You didn't mix in the crew on the first day, you can't just break into the filming location, don't you understand?" Did you know that film is expensive? ”

"I know." The guy drooped his head and admitted his mistake in a low voice: "I was wrong, Sister Zhen, I won't next time." ”

"You know, you know you're still running inside?" After Zeng Lizhen took a breath, she slowed down her tone and said, "Okay, you go to work, don't have a next time, otherwise I will let you go immediately!" ”

is so spicy, no wonder it can make the crew obedient......

"Who's this unlucky guy?" Shen Chong asked.

Since he submitted "Crazy Robbery" as a trial result, every crew member, including the extras who played soy sauce, as long as he has seen it, the system will save information, including appearance, name, contact information, etc., but there is no record in the system for this kid just now.

"He was brought here by Granny Li a few days ago, saying that he was here to gain knowledge." Zeng Lizhen said: "Granny Li is an old-timer in the film industry, and she can't help but give face. ”

"Is that the old woman who plays Zhao Yazhi's grandmother?" Shen Chong opened the light curtain in his mind, saw the information saved by the system, and pronounced her name: "Li Zhuozhuo? ”

"Yes, Mr. Shen doesn't know about her?" Seeing Shen Chong shaking his head, Zeng Lizhen introduced: "She is Li Minwei's niece, and she has been acting since the thirties, and she has been acting for fifty or sixty years. ”

Shen Chong was stunned, this old woman looked inconspicuous, and she couldn't imagine that she had such a deep background......

Lai Man-wai is a good friend of Sun Yat-sen, one of the pioneers of Chinese film, known as the "father of Chinese film" and "the father of Hong Kong film", his 1913 "Zhuangzi Tries His Wife" is the first feature film produced in Hong Kong, his two wives, one is the first actress in the history of Chinese film, the other is the first female star in the history of Chinese film, and his family is the first performing arts family in the Chinese film industry.

When Li Minwei was mentioned, Shen Chong suddenly thought of a gossip, so he asked, "Has Granny Li ever brought a little girl to play?" ”

"Nope." Zeng Lizhen looked at Shen Chong strangely, not understanding why he asked this.

"Haha, that's because I thought too much." Shen Chong touched his head, smiled awkwardly, and walked away.

Will I tell you that Li Minwei has a very beautiful granddaughter......

Because the kid was in trouble just now, he could only reshoot the scene just now, which is a group of relatives who recognize the corpse under the leadership of the detective played by Zeng Jiang.

Watching the actors perform on the set of filming is a completely different feeling from what you see on the big screen.

Shen Chong stood aside, and after watching it for a while, he couldn't help but sigh, the old drama bones are the old drama bones.

Zeng Jiang's sense of the camera is very good, to that station, just right, as soon as he opens his mouth to say the lines, expressions, movements, posture, tone, none of them meet the requirements of the script, and the shots about him are almost all done in one go.

And those passers-by are not good, they have rehearsed several times in advance, and as soon as the filming officially starts, either the expression is wrong, or the action is wrong, ng again and again.

Granny Li is stable, sitting and standing, her expressions and movements are very suitable, I don't know if it is her true performance or excellent acting skills.

As soon as her camera was finished, the unlucky young man just now went up to help her and walked to the side to rest.

Shen Chong's heart moved, and he remembered an idea, so he walked over, found a chair, sat on the side, and talked with the old woman.

"Granny Li, you're in good health." Shen Chong greeted without nutrition, "High life this year? ”

"Hurry 75." The old woman was deaf and clear-eyed, and she was in good spirits, but she said: "Old, it's not good, I can't shoot anymore." ”

Shen Chong said a few more auspicious words, and then said: "Mother-in-law, I have run a movie magazine, can I interview your old man?" ”

"My old woman, what is there to interview." Granny Li waved her hand and said, "The magazine should interview a young and beautiful girl like Xiao Zhang and Xiao Zhao." ”

"You can't say that." Shen Chong said with a smile: "People say that there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, your old man has been filming for so many years, and his stomach is full of stories, which is much more interesting than a young girl." ”

Granny Li was very happy by what Shen Chong said, nodded with a smile, and promised to find a time for an interview.

Shen Chong originally wanted to inquire about Li Minwei's granddaughter, but he felt that the timing was not good, so he hesitated for a moment and gave up.

Standing up, before leaving, Shen Chong looked at the young man who had been standing quietly next to him, and suddenly had a strange feeling - this person's face vaguely seemed to have been seen somewhere.

If he had seen it before, it would be impossible for the system to have no information about him, could he be a celebrity in the future, and he had seen photos in his previous life?

Just ask.

"Hello, my name is Shen Chong." Shen Chong stretched out his hand and greeted the young man, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"My name is Jiang Zhiqiang." (Note 2)

Shen Chong's heart was shocked, and the strength of the handshake couldn't help but increase a little.

I'm rubbing, there is still such a big crocodile hidden in this crew!

In order to confirm, Shen Chong asked more: "Who are you Boss Jiang of Anle Pictures?" ”

"It's my father."

Sure enough, it was really him.

Anle Pictures was unknown in the golden age of Hong Kong films, but in the 21st century, it has been sharp, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero", "Huo Yuanjia", "Color Ring", "Full of Golden Armor" and other Chinese blockbusters, there is the shadow of this company behind it.

And in the 21st century, this company also controls more than 4o% of Hong Kong's theater market, achieving a miracle that giants like Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest can't achieve, which can be described as a real predator in the film industry.

And the leader of this qiē is Jiang Zhiqiang -- this thin young man in front of him with a loyal face and a silent voice.

Shen Chong couldn't help but sigh, the world is impermanent, and sometimes it can really only be described as an inexplicable thing.

Why did in the last years of the Qin Dynasty, Xiaoxiaopei County actually gather Liu Bang, Xiao He, Fan Xu, Zhou Bo and other outstanding figures?

Why does "Crazy Robbery", an ordinary film crew, gather so many talented people?

Is it because of the talent of these people that the classics of "Crazy Robbery" have been achieved, or because of the classics of "Crazy Robbery", the future of these people has been achieved?

Shen Chong had no chance to know about this, but Shen Chong knew that the person in front of him was very important to his future plans!

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Note 1: According to the information of the Rubik's Cube bar, there may be errors, so don't take it seriously.

Note 2: Jiang Zhiqiang revealed in an interview that he worked in the crew of "Crazy Robbery" in his early years, and Xu Anhua taught him a lot of things.

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