Hong Kong, Wong Tai Sin District, near Axe Hill Road, Golden Harvest Studio.

“cuT！” Yan Hao waved his hand and announced, "That's all for today, call it a day." ”

After packing up the equipment and props, the crew left one after another, and soon, the set became empty.

Shu Qi took the shooting schedule, ticked off the tasks completed today with a pen, and then said to Yan Hao: "According to the schedule, there are still two small scenes to be refilled, I see that I can finish filming tomorrow, and I will make up some shots the day after tomorrow, and it will almost be completed." ”

After Shen Chong declined Yan Hao's invitation, Shu Qi went into battle, and the screenwriter served as the assistant director to help Yan Hao shoot "Night Train", and now most of the filming of the film has been completed.

Yan Hao nodded and said: "It's better to be a big company, you have to have equipment, you need to have manpower, and the conditions are much better than my filming of "Solabeine". ”

"After all, it's Golden Harvest." Putting away the schedule, Shu Qi said: "What do you think of the effect of this movie after it is filmed?" ”

Yan Hao glanced at him and said, "What, are you still worried about the script?" ”

"Exaggerated, deliberately kitsch, and lacking in realism." Shu Qi smiled bitterly and said, "The comments that Ah Chong wrote on my script have been spinning in my head, do you think I can not worry?" ”

"You're not confident." Yan Hao took out a box of cigarettes, gave Shu Qi one, lit it, and said, "Ah Chong is not an immortal, what he said may not be right." Besides, haven't you all changed those places? ”

"That said, but ......"

"Okay, there's nothing to worry about, haven't you seen all the samples, I feel pretty good, there's nothing wrong with that." Yan Hao patted Shu Qi, who was suffering from gains and losses, and said, "Let's go, go out to eat, and continue to watch samples at night." ”

Coming out of the studio, passing through a parking lot, and then bypassing Golden Harvest's office building, I walked out of the studio.

There are many sets near Diamond Head, people come and go, and the surrounding living facilities are very complete, and the two of them walked down the street, ready to find a restaurant.

After walking a few steps, Yan Hao stopped Shu Qi in front of a newsstand, picked up a magazine, and said, "Look, is this a new magazine that Ah Chong has concocted?" ”

Shu Qi was stunned for a moment, turned around and picked up a magazine from the newsstand, and flipped through it twice.

He is a connoisseur, and as soon as he gets the magazine, he knows some general information: 16 carats, double offset paper, color printing, moderate thickness, about 1oo more pages, and the cost should be between 4 and 4 5 yuan. (Note 1)

Flipping back to the cover and glancing at the pricing, he couldn't help but be stunned - only 5 yuan? The printing cost is more than 4 yuan, plus the delivery fee, the editor's salary, the author's remuneration, such a price, it will definitely be a loss!

Yan Hao didn't notice Shu Qi's expression, he paid for two copies, and then said, "Let's go, I'll see later, find a place to eat first." ”

After finding a random place and sitting down, Shu Qi picked up the magazine and read the name: ""Film Times", moVIeTIme, the name is good." ”

"Why American English?" Yan Hao is a student in the UK, he frowned and objected: "FILmTIme should be used, it has both the meaning of film and film, and it sounds more feeling." ”

"American movies are so good, Hollywood is about to become synonymous with movies." Shu Qi didn't care, after turning a few pages, he put the magazine on the table and sighed; "It's a world of difference, I used to feel that I had to do a good job, but when I look at it today, I realize that it's far away, "Biweekly After the Movie" is in my hands, just like a roadside stall selling fish balls, and in the hands of Ah Chong, it has become a treasure boat on the sea in Wan Chai."

"Don't be presumptuous." Yan Hao said while ordering: "There is money to do things that are rich, and there is no money to do jobs that are not rich." Under the conditions at that time, it would be great if you could make a magazine, but Ah Chong was spending money and smashing the market with money, you couldn't learn it. ”

"It's really a lot of money." Shu Qi nodded and said, "I estimated, the cost of this magazine is definitely more than 4 yuan, and the price is only 5 yuan, so I don't have to make any money!" ”

"Do you think Ah Chong will be the son of a rich and noble family?"

"Probably not." Shu Qi shook her head, although they had met several times and had a good relationship, they didn't ask about the family details, "How can a rich boy live in Kwun Tong, and judging by his food and clothing, he doesn't look like a rich family." ”

"That's right." Yan Hao ordered a good dish, picked up his magazine, looked at the cover, and then turned to one of the pages, and after reading the interview with the cover star, he said: "This Zhang Aijia is indeed full of aura, and if you have the opportunity in the future, you can cooperate with her." ”

"She is a famous family, she has won the Golden Horse Award, and her temperament and acting skills are good." Shu Qi echoed, he was more resistant to star paintings, and after flipping through the magazine for a while, he said in a sour tone: "There are so many photos in one magazine, there is not much difference from "Southern Movie", and the previous humanistic temperament is gone. ”

"How can it make no difference, "Southland Movie" only talks about Shaw Brothers, this magazine has movie information from various companies, and overseas information is also relatively rich." Yan Hao picked up the booklet attached to the magazine and said: "And you see, this booklet is full of the latest information on major studios, including recruitment, equipment rental, and it is very useful for independent production companies." ”

Shu Qi was silent, looking at the exquisite magazine, and thinking of the comments that Shen Chong wrote on his script, his heart was depressed, and he couldn't help but sigh, although he was hungry and faced a table of dishes, he had no appetite......

……

Shen Chong naturally didn't know Shu Qi's feelings, at the moment he was in the bar on the top floor of the Mandarin Hotel in Central, enjoying the wonderful style of the mellow beauty.

"Sister Zhang, this is the inaugural issue of the magazine." Shen Chong handed over a magazine and said, "Look at it, are you satisfied with the cover photo?" ”

The cover of the inaugural issue of "Film Times" was shot by Zhang Aijia and Shen Chong himself.

In this era, although the camera has been popularized, it is far from being a daily commodity, so when taking pictures, people will habitually pose and shoot after they are ready, and the resulting image is stiff and deliberate, lacking personality.

Zhang Aijia is not a stunning beauty, her most attractive thing is a pair of black and white eyes, extremely clear, and her personality is casual and natural, like a hibiscus in Qingshui, posing and shooting can not capture her beauty and charm.

So Shen Chong did it himself, as a movie lover, he couldn't afford to play movies in his previous life, he could only play mirrorless and the like, tossed for a few years, and had a little experience in graphic photography.

After Zhang Aijia agreed to be the cover star of the magazine's inaugural issue, Shen Chong deliberately went to buy a Lyka, coupled with a bunch of shots that he couldn't afford in his previous life, captured them on the set, and then selected one from hundreds of photos as the cover, and the effect was surprisingly good.

"It's a really nice shot, better than all my previous photos." Zhang Aijia stared at the cover for a while, then put the magazine on the table and said with a smile: "I didn't know I was so beautiful." ”

"Sister Zhang is naturally beautiful and has a noble temperament." Shen Chong gestured between Zhang Aijia's face and the magazine, and said with a smile: "I'm just a beautiful porter." ”

"You're really good at talking." Zhang Aijia laughed, her eyebrows crooked.

Shen Chong's heart was relaxed and happy, he loved this kind of bright smile with a little sense of joy, and he forgot his worries when he saw it.

"Ah Chong?" Seeing that Shen Chong was stunned and didn't speak, Zhang Aijia waved his hand in front of his eyes, and then said: "If you have something to say, please invite me to such an expensive place, it won't just let me see the cover of the magazine, right?" ”

"Oh." Shen Chong came back to his senses and complained: "Sister Zhang, your businesslike attitude, it's too obvious to reject people thousands of miles away, can't I ask you to come over for a drink and chat?" ”

"Come on, you." Zhang Aijia rolled her clear eyes, looked Shen Chong up and down, and then exposed Shen Chong's bottom, "Who in the crew doesn't know that Boss Shen is a workaholic, how could he invite me to drink for no reason?" ”

"Okay, okay, I'll get straight to the point." Shen Chong made a helpless shrug and said, "Looking for Sister Zhang, one is for official business, and the other is for private affairs. ”

"Let's talk about business first."

"Business is this magazine." Shen Chong stretched out his hand, picked up the magazine, pointed the cover at Zhang Aijia, and said, "Sister Zhang, look, are the words "Film Times" quite ugly? ”

"I think it's okay." Zhang Aijia stroked her head and said, "The standard art font is just a little dull. ”

"Sister Zhang's aesthetic is really the same as mine." Shen Chong put down the magazine and said, "That's right, I heard that Sister Zhang's grandfather is a master of calligraphy, and I want to ask Sister Zhang for a favor and ask him to write an inscription for the magazine." ”

"That's it?" Zhang Aijia was puzzled and said, "My grandfather's calligraphy is very ordinary, why are you looking for him?" ”

"Speaking of your grandfather, his old man is going to be sad when he hears it." Shen Chong turned his wine glass and said, "Sister Zhang, I won't hide it from you, I asked your grandfather for an inscription to borrow his influence in Taiwan's media circles." ”

"He's all retired, what influence can he have." Zhang Aijia said: "Besides, he is not making movies, your movie magazine is looking for him to write an inscription, isn't it a fate to ask for fish?" ”

"I have my reasons for doing this." Shen Chong smiled and didn't say anything, "Sister Zhang will do me a favor, it's easy to say the pen fee, and the carriage and horse fee is also easy to say." ”

"Boss Shen is rich and rivals the country, of course the car and horse expenses must not be less." Zhang Aijia picked up the cup, took a sip, and said, "I can help you, but you have to promise me one condition." ”

"Sister Zhang, please command."

"Give me a copy of all the pictures you took."

"No problem." Shen Chong immediately picked up the bag and took out a thick kraft paper bag from it, "Sister Zhang, please take a look." ”

"You guessed I wanted a picture?" Zhang Aijia took the bag and asked while unsealing the line very elegantly: "It's so thick, how many photos have you taken?" ”

"One or two hundred."

Removing the sealing line, Zhang Aijia took out the photos and looked at them one by one.

In these photos, there are fronts, sides, backs, smiles, frowns, pensives, funny, jumps, and meditations...... There is no one that is repeated, there are thousands of postures, and there is no one that is not good-looking, and they all have a unique beauty.

After reading dozens of photos, Zhang Aijia only felt warm in her heart, and there were tears in her eyes that wanted to well up.

Although she is cheerful on the surface, she is very inferior in her heart, she has lost her father since she was a child, lacks father's love, and is beautiful, but she can't compare with her famous and dignified mother, she is not good at learning, she dropped out of school at the age of 16 and entered the showbiz, and has struggled for nearly 1o years, but she is still half-red and not black, and she has nothing to do.

However, in these photos, Zhang Aijia saw a brilliant self, a beautiful self, a self that is suitable for movement and stillness, and a self that is full of confidence with a smile and a cheek.

"Sister Zhang, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Zhang Aijia waved her hand, stuffed the photo into the bag of Wen Jiàn randomly, and said, "I drank some wine, and I was a little dizzy." Oh, by the way, Ah Chong, what are you talking about in private matters? ”

"I want to invite Sister Zhang to work in my company."

Shen Chong doesn't have any love killer features, he can only use the simplest method, the so-called near the water is the first to get the moon, and if you are together every day, there will always be a chance to increase your feelings.

"You want to sign a contract with me?" Zhang Aijia hesitated for a moment and said: "But I have promised Director Hu Jinquan that after "Crazy Robbery" is over, I will go to South Korea with him to shoot "Legend in the Mountains". ”

"Sister Zhang misunderstood, I didn't want to sign an actor contract with you." Shen Chong crossed his hands, leaned forward, and said, "Sister Zhang's talent should not and is not limited to acting, so I want to invite Sister Zhang to come to my company as a production manager." ”

"Production manager?" Zhang Aijia's eyes were wide open, her eyebrows raised, and she made no secret of her surprise.

"Sister Zhang, your organizational planning ability and personal charm are the best among the people I have ever met." Shen Chong said bewildermently: "And as a producer, you can watch movies from different angles, which is also very helpful for changing careers to become directors in the future." ”

"I can't do it." Zhang Aijia shook her head, "I'm the most afraid of trouble, and I'm very lazy." ”

"Sister Zhang doesn't need to rush to agree." Shen Chong returned in vain, and he was not in a hurry, and said: "Think about it first, wait until you finish filming "Legend in the Mountains", and then give me an answer after returning from South Korea, I will reserve a position for you." ”

The Mandarin Hotel is one of the world's most famous luxury five-star hotels, and Shen Chong's m-BaR Bar is one of Hong Kong's hottest nightlife spots, overlooking the entire Victoria Harbour at night.

With this beautiful scenery, it is indeed too beautiful to always talk about work, so Shen Chong changed the topic, and the two chatted, but each had a surprise.

After Zhang Aijia became famous, her mother was a socialite, and her communication skills were naturally good, she was very good at leading the topic, and Shen Chong had a lot of knowledge, well-read and strong memorization, humorous jokes, and gonzo came casually.

It wasn't until midnight that the two of them had fun, Shen Chong looked at his watch and said, "Sister Zhang, it's too late now, don't go back, I'll help you book a room, right?" ”

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Note 1: The first issue of "Film Fortnightly" No. 2. 5 Hong Kong dollars a book, the paper is the cheapest newsprint, here the number jù is speculated from this.

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