The movie premiere ceremony is a grand carnival for fans, an information explosion point for the media, and a social party for businessmen, "Star Wars Empire Strikes Back" lasts 8 minutes, in these two hours and eight minutes, Shen Chong took Zhang Yonglin and walked back and forth between several boxes, and when the movie ended, he got a lot of useful information. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The Black Knight is actually Luke's father, I really didn't expect it"

"The plot is nothing, I love the various special effects and spaceships in the movie, which is dazzling."

"That's right, I really don't know how it was filmed, it's amazing."

In the history of world cinema, dog-tailed mink is not uncommon, but the "Star Wars" series is definitely an exception, the second part is recognized as more exciting than the first, so in the extended limousine back to the villa, Zhang Aijia and Lin Qingxia, who were not interested in this kind of purely male-oriented science fiction movie, also discussed the plot of the movie with Lily and Leslie Cheung.

Only Shen Chong clasped his hands on his chest and sat aside without saying a word.

"Alan, why don't you speak?"

Shen Chong waved his hand and said, "You talk about yours, I'm not watching the same movie as you."

Lily cut off and teased, "You're patronizing talking and hanging out, and you didn't even look at it, right?" ”

"What does the little girl know?" Shen Chong smiled and said, "You watched it seriously, then let me ask you, there is a very unreasonable thing in the movie, have you found it?" ”

Lily tilted her head sideways and thought about it, and quibbled: "Star Wars is a science fiction movie, there are many unreasonable places, how do I know what you are talking about, laser swords are unreasonable." ”

"So I'm not watching the same movie as you." Shen Chong looked at Zhang Aijia, who was also confused, and said, "Laymen look at the excitement, insiders look at the doorway, haven't you noticed?" The list of all the cast and crew in the movie was released after the movie ended. ”

"So what?" Lily was puzzled and said, "A lot of movies do that." ”

"The movies you're talking about just put part of the cast and crew at the end of the credits, and I'm talking about the have, including the director and the screenwriter." Shen Chong slowly explained: "Lucas thinks that at the beginning of the cast and crew list, it will cut off the plot flow of the opening credits, so he put the list at the end of the credits, and in doing so, there is nothing to do in Hong Kong, because there is no union in Hong Kong, and the boss has the final say in everything, but unlike the United States, Hollywood's directors and screenwriters' unions are very powerful, and doing so is an insult to them, so until yesterday, these two unions were still blocking the release of "Star Wars", according to the law, without union approval, Movies can't be released. ”

Women love gossip the most, Lily's eyes lit up, and she asked with great interest: "But today "Star Wars" premiered smoothly, how did Lucas do it?" ”

"Star Wars director Irving Kershner, Lucas's mentor when he was a student at USC, paid a fine of $10,000 in order not to implicate his teacher, and then quit the directors' guild, the screenwriters' guild and the motion picture association of America himself." Shen Chong touched his chin and said: "Lucas has been a lonely ghost in Hollywood since then, for just a few lines of subtitles, pay such a big price, do you say, is it worth it, or is it not worth it?" When this happens, do you do it, or don't you do it? ”

In the wide courtesy car, there was silence for a moment.

In a capitalist country like the United States, trade unions are the biggest weapon to protect their own interests, although George Lucas is famous and worth hundreds of millions, he is far from being a top capital player.

If there is a major entanglement of interests or an uncompromising artistic position, it is worth quitting, but as Shen Chong said, is it worth paying such a big price for a few lines of subtitles and for an almost negligible smooth viewing feeling?

Shen Chong said that he and others did not watch the same movie, because when others were marveling at the special effects of the movie, he had been pondering the problem behind this gossip - how to set up a trade union for entertainers in Hong Kong

He is a big boss and a big capitalist, and he should stand on the opposite side of the trade union, but almost all of Shen Chong's money comes from other industries, and the film industry is the only ideal country in his heart, so he has to sit with his ass crooked.

The Hong Kong government is laissez-faire to the film industry, there is no policy guidance and legal protection, everyone knows that only by holding together can we keep warm, trade unions can protect the interests of most employees, its existence is very important to the ability of an industry to resist risks, so in the long run, trade union organizations are indispensable, without the checks and balances of trade unions, capital does whatever it wants, which will inevitably damage the interests of employees, especially the interests of the bottom staff, in the long run, the roots of the film industry will rot, the roots will rot, even if the appearance is flourishing, To no avail, a gust of wind blew, and it fell immediately.

In the early 90s, the salaries of big stars soared, and investors had to desperately squeeze the salaries of the low-level staff, at that time, the world was still good, and these people could make up for it by taking more dramas, but after the market was sluggish, the low-level staff changed careers one after another, and then Hong Kong films could no longer get up - at the peak of the RU era, there were hundreds of thousands of people engaged in the film industry in Hong Kong, and there were not even 10,000 people after the UU year......

However, the power of the trade unions must not be too great, too great, like the American trade unions, no one can stand the strike at two ends in three days, and how to operate it must be carefully considered.

"It's past eleven o'clock, and you still have to work?"

"It's only three o'clock in the afternoon in Hong Kong, so I'm going to make a few phone calls." Shen Chong tightened the belt on his bathrobe and said, "You go to sleep first." ”

"You are busier than the president of the United States" Zhang Aijia felt sorry for him, and said: "You hire a few more people and leave things to them to do. ”

"When things get right, it will get better." Shen Chong smiled and said, "Some things are like eating and going to bed, and they can't be replaced by others. ”

Zhang Aijia glanced at him and said, "Come back early, don't be too late." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Chong's office is divided into two layers, the outer layer is just an ordinary office, dealing with some simple official business, the inner layer is safeguarded, the door is made of special alloys, and there are electronic password locks to guard, it is the only forbidden area in the whole villa, no one can enter without him to open the door.

After walking into the inner office, Shen Chong, as usual, pressed the record button for the first time to check if there was a message, this phone number, only a few people know, so every message is very important.

"Xiao Shen, it's me, Lao Zhang of China Resources, I heard that you went to the United States exclusively this time, invested in a lot of stocks, bought a lot of industries, and the media in Hong Kong called you a fortune boy......" Zhang Yongcheng babbled some irrelevant words, and finally said the key point of the message: "...... I'll call you, and there's nothing else to do, just call to say hello, next week I'm going to take a Hong Kong overseas Chinese delegation back to the mainland for inspection, Fujian and Guangdong have to run, if you have something to bring back to your hometown or something from your hometown to Hong Kong, make a phone call and tell me, I'll help you bring it along the way, okay, that's it. ”

When it was done, Shen Chong snapped his fingers excitedly, he didn't have anything to help Zhang Xiancheng bring, and he made this call on purpose, it goes without saying that the so-called overseas Chinese delegation is the pioneer sent by Taiwan to the mainland to inspect the market - it seems that the day when Taiwan lifts the ban on mainland goods is just around the corner.

The tape rustled, and then a message played.

"Brother Chong, I, Wu Ziming, my second sister has resigned from the Civil Aviation of China, she asked me to ask, whether she will go directly to the United States or Hong Kong to wait for you, and Brother Chong, I have helped you do a good job of the documents for the custody of the private jet, and the pilot has also been found, I have flown a plane for the chief before, and the level is absolutely high, by the way, do you want to find a private flight attendant? You can choose from all the flight attendants in civil aviation. ”

Shen Chong pressed the pause button, picked up the phone, dialed back, and no one answered on the other side, so he left a concise message: "You asked her to go directly to New York, I have already arranged it, and someone on Wall Street will receive her."

In the negotiations with Boeing, Wu Ziming's cousin Wu Ziyue was only a translator, but her meticulous professionalism, profound professional knowledge and straightforward attitude made Shen Chong unique among the mainland delegation.

Wu Ziyue has his own ** and ambitions, and Shen Chong also needs to cultivate a spokesperson who can speak in the economic or financial fields of the mainland in the future, and the two sides can be regarded as taking what they need.

"Star Wars Empire Strikes Back" chose to premiere today, probably because today is really a good day, when Shen Chong put down the phone and pressed the record button again, another message was broadcast.

"Mr. Shen, I'm Vivian, and this morning, Editor-in-Chief Rover sent a telegram from Beijing, which read, 'The mainland intends to explore the reform of the film projection system in Guangdong,'" Gu Liwei finished reading the telegram, and said: "Because the time is too tight, the mainland can not get through the long distance, I only did a little background check, the mainland in the last week, there are three things that are very concerning, the first is the famous writer Mr. Ba Jin published a comment article in the "People's Daily" to support Zhao Dan's remarks, the second thing is the restart of Emei Film Studio's "Inside and Outside the Court", the third thing is that after Liao Chengzhi returned to China, he has been recuperating in Guangzhou, a few days ago he met with director Xu Anhua and director Yan Hao who were looking at the exterior in Guangzhou, According to director Yan Hao's feedback, Liao Chengzhi made it clear that the mainland not only welcomes Hong Kong filmmakers to film in the mainland, but also welcomes Hong Kong people to invest in the construction of cinemas in the mainland

Shen Chong immediately picked up the phone, dialed it, and after connecting, he said: "Vivian, I will go back to Hong Kong tomorrow, you continue to contact Rover to see if you can get through the long distance, and also, you go and inquire about what the Great Wall Film Company and Xinlian Film Company have been doing recently, and then ask Luo Weiming to contact the Pearl River Film Studio to see if they have heard the news." ”

Note In 19ru, a businessman who was engaged in Taiwan's import business entered the mainland through the channel of China Resources, and soon after, Taiwan lifted the ban on more than 1,000 mainland goods.

Note: Ba Jin has published three articles in the People's Daily in support of Zhao Dan's remarks.