Originally, Hong Kong has no special significance for Shen Zhenghui, of course, if you insist that his growth has a lot of pop culture influence, this influence should be in the previous life. In this life, he does not have any special feelings for Hong Kong psychologically, but he still retains special feelings for some Hong Kong figures, such as Zhou Xingxing, and Zhang Guorong.

At this time, Leslie Cheung was playing the role of the sluggish police department who was favored by the exorcist lady under a Japanese director, and Zhou Xingxing became more and more reserved about the use of his talent after realizing his huge value, he was not willing to continue to squander his fame to shoot movies such as "Kung Fu 2" or "The Green Hornet 2", and instead decided to make a movie that pleases children and teenagers. Colombian cooperation, in this sense he is also a boss, but his talents are so paradoxically concentrated in him alone, which affects his development in any way.

However, Zhou Xingxing himself is already a figure standing at the pinnacle of Hong Kong actors and directors, with his current results, he is not inferior to Jack Cheng, Xiao Ma Ge, and Wu Baige, and even better than them. But in Hong Kong, many people can't even afford this kind of consumption, but "Infernal Affairs" can be regarded as a bailout system, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the pinnacle of a certain kind of Cheng dù in Hong Kong films, but after the peak, it is helpless to fall.

The iron triangle combination of director Liu, director Mai, and Zhuang will also prove in a few years that in this small water bay in Hong Kong, it is just tossing and not dying, and if you want to make money, you really have to find a market outside Hong Kong. Either cater to the mainland or go overseas. Hong Kong's own waist board is not hard at all, and it can't erect its own style. Those who have style are either cold rice, and those who are talented and have their own abilities go to places outside Hong Kong to find food.

As a result, Zhou Xingxing's success is extraordinarily eye-catching, and almost the entire film industry is counting on him to be able to drink some soup when he starts work. So. Zhou Xingxing did not cooperate with foreign companies to independently produce this film called "Yangtze River No. 7", which won praise from the Hong Kong film industry for a while.

At the same time, Shen Zhenghui's news is also swiped in Hong Kong.

Although Shen Zhenghui thinks that Hong Kong is not his special place, he can't stand his current status as the chairman of ATV, plus he has several movies using Hong Kong as a platform, when he is really developed, Hong Kong people also emotionally identify with him as their own people. It's ironic to say that when the TV station was first acquired, many people opposed it because of his mainlander status. So far, he has taken a mainland passport, but the Hong Kong people have turned a corner to recognize him as a Hong Konger.

Of course, it's not just because of the Asia TV variety show.

Sony, Columbia, and Kasuga filmed a film with an investment of more than 200 million US dollars, if the mainland film industry can still have some natural resistance to this news, people in the Hong Kong film industry can't help but drool when they see this news. In particular, ATV's news broadcast broadcast the news with a certain sense of pride, and explained in detail that the novel, which is about to be adapted into a movie, is the work of the author contracted by the online novel website controlled by Shen Zhenghui, and according to the length of the novel. There is definitely more than one movie adaptation, that is, if the income is good. There are also 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 episodes of the same size of investment, and if it is a qiē shun lì, the overall investment will exceed one billion dollars. This kind of news, not to mention that filmmakers drool when they hear it, other business people and ordinary citizens can't help but think about it.

Thanks to Shen Zhenghui's many years of experience in making movies in Asia, he has a high reputation across the Taiwan Strait. Previously, he was considered a lucky guy, a rich man, and now, in a sense, after being recognized by foreigners for 200 million dollars. His image in the minds of the yellow race suddenly became taller. And "Hurricane Rescue", a small production with an investment of more than 10 million US dollars, is of course not looked at.

Even the people in Taiwan bowed down to him, and Zhou Tianwang, who was picky about the schedule of "The Voice of Asia" because of the schedule of "Initial D", also said in public that he was a fan of Director Shen and very much looked forward to the opportunity to cooperate with Director Shen. Those artists who originally had a lot of complaints about the selection of mentors for "The Voice of Asia", and even said that they would not cooperate with ATV, seemed to forget what they had said for a while, and turned to ATV's good words. Everyone is starting to pay more attention to other questions: Who will play this $200 million movie? Will there be Chinese actors? Where will this drama be filmed? How to shoot? When will it be released? How was the $200 million spent?

Mr. Xiang, Yang Shoucheng, and even Jack Cheng didn't have the heart to think about how "New Police Story 2" should be filmed and who to shoot at this time, and the entire entertainment industry was excited and noisy, even if the whole movie turned out to have nothing to do with the Chinese film industry.

The bigwigs began to read the novel "Magic Apprentice", and began to think that the actor in it could be played by a Chinese actor with black hair, black eyes and yellow skin, even if it was okay to wear contact lenses, dye hair, and bleached skin with makeup, it really didn't work, and it didn't matter if you didn't show your face. Those mixed-race actresses have not only attracted the attention of the bigwigs, but at the same time they have begun to drill into camp themselves.

Originally, it was rumored that this story would be filmed in New Zealand, just like Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings", the selection of actors was handled by Sony and Columbia, and Shen Zhenghui also had the power to make decisions. Mr. Xiang, Yang Shoucheng and the eldest brother couldn't help but contact each other, and at this time, the news suddenly turned around, and the final filming location was actually set in China.

Everyone felt like they were being teased, like they were ready to travel to Paris, but after a circle, they ended up sending people away in Algeria. But the attraction of $200 million has not diminished, and filming in China seems to be psychologically close to themselves for many people.

Yang Shoucheng finally couldn't help but instigate Jack Cheng to call Shen Zhenghui, his idea was that his female star twins couldn't get a supporting actress who showed his face, even if he went to the camera to hang around, it was good to be a maid for the heroine and supporting actress. There is no need to count on the male protagonist and male supporting role, but Nicholas Xie can act as a knight wearing a helmet, even if he doesn't show his face, it is good to appear physically in a $200 million film. He didn't believe that Shen Zhenghui was so unkind, after all, ATV still had to take root in Hong Kong. Of course, if he shirks it. Then the favor will be found back in the future, and the phone call will definitely make money anyway, so Yang Shoucheng instigated Jack Cheng to make this call.

Jack became big and turned into a big man, but he also knew that if he came to make this call, whether Shen Zhenghui gave him face or didn't give him face in the end, he would lose in favors. However, he himself will not think too much, in a sense, the eldest brother is a little heartless, even if he knows that he owes a favor. He won't care, he will think about returning it to the other party next time, as for how to pay it back, what Cheng dù he can repay, he doesn't think about it so much. Of course, he also has a certain amount of selfishness when he made this call, and when he cooperated with Shen Zhenghui before, Yang Shoucheng and his wife persuaded him. Let him make a good marriage for his son. Jack Cheng wanted to say at this time that your film is Western, and I can't get in. I can let my son in. He also knew that Yang Shoucheng wanted to promote Yinghuang's stars, so he made this call with a big grin. After a few words of greeting, he almost straight to the point and asked Shen Zhenghui if there were any Chinese characters in the movie "Magic Apprentice", and he wanted to recommend a few young people to him.

Shen Zhenghui is having a headache for the protagonist, he is thinking about whether to find a man and a woman to really play the twins of fate in the future drag drama, the protagonist Enleke is not good-looking as a boy, and it is really difficult for the setting of the country to appear in the real world or in the movie after being disguised as a woman.

Although I know what Jack Cheng probably meant when he called. But when he brought it up and talked about young people, Shen Zhenghui suddenly thought of a person - of course, he couldn't play the leading role. But his personal temperament, skills, etc., are really suitable for playing a knight. Like Jerry's brother. Shen Zhenghui is also having a headache about how to stuff Chinese faces into the movie, if the whole movie is a Caucasian movie, it is really not what he wants.

"What? You said there was a supporting role, and you were going to use Chinese actors? Jack Cheng's exclamation made Yang Shoucheng's eyes widen suddenly.

"Male or female?" Jack Cheng immediately asked.

"Man!" Yang Shoucheng's pupils contracted sharply with this reply, and then dilated, almost jumping up.

"Is my son okay?" Jack Cheng's words almost made Yang Shoucheng fall from mid-air.

"Huh? What the? My son can come over and do the drama? Jack Cheng smiled, "Why not, young man!" Placed next to you just to study with you, maybe you can be a director in the future, yes, he is really good at English, Chinese, Cantonese, not Japanese. Okay, that's it. I'll ask him to work for you. Jack said with a smile on his face.

Yang Shoucheng felt like his heart was being scratched by a cat, and he finally couldn't help but ask, "Who does he want?" ”

"Daniel Wu, of course there is no problem." Jack Cheng glanced at Yang Shoucheng again, "It's a little longer, it's okay, it's okay, he's okay during this time." I asked him to audition. ”

Hearing the name Daniel Wu, Yang Shoucheng immediately extinguished half of his enthusiasm. He licked his lips, and finally made a gesture with Jack Cheng, signaling that he also wanted to talk to Shen Zhenghui.

Jack Cheng and Shen Zhenghui said a few words about cultivating young actors, and then said, "Director Shen, you wait, Mr. Yang also wants to talk to you." ”

Yang Shoucheng took the phone and asked in a very affectionate tone, "Director Shen, hello!" I'm Lao Yang, look at it, you only chose Azu as a Chinese actor for such a big movie, how can this work? Why do you have to choose a few more, Asa and Gillian are very good, you also worked together last time, as long as you show your face, this is an important experience in their lives! ”

Shen Zhenghui on the other end of the phone was a little crying and laughing, he had to explain that the large-scale selection of actors has not yet begun, and Daniel Wu is because his role is also relatively important, and he needs to run in with other actors in the crew as soon as possible, and at the same time he has to do a lot of preparations, including riding, training in the use of Western weapons, script study, etc.

"The filming period is estimated to be very long," Shen replied, "and the shooting is expected to last four to six months." This also takes the time to build the house, and the set has actually begun. In the early stage, we have to determine the crew first, and then we can determine the actors. Generally unimportant roles, I will try to use local resources in China, and I may have to trouble Mr. Yang when the time comes. ”

"No trouble, no trouble." Yang Shoucheng hurriedly said, "Our actors are looking forward to this day!" ”

"The eldest brother said that he was going to send his son over, which is also a good thing." Shen Zhenghui said, "I am not very familiar with actors in Hong Kong and the mainland, and with such an assistant here, I also save a lot of things, that is, when the crew really uses him as a drama, will the eldest brother and sister-in-law feel distressed." ”

"No, no," Jack Cheng said immediately after taking the phone. "Boy, just need to hone it, you can hone him, I can't ask for it."

After some more nonsense, the two sides hung up the phone, and Jack Cheng was full of joy and hurriedly called his wife, son, and younger brother Daniel Wu.

Yang Shoucheng's mood is a little more complicated, and he wants to promote the actor. None of them were sold, and Shen Zhenghui said the promise at the end. If he didn't know that Daniel Wu would have an important role, he was absolutely satisfied, but now, he seems to be a little hopeful.

The same thing happened to Mr. Xiang, Mr. Xiang doesn't have too many resources in his hands, and he can't directly mix it into film investment. So I asked with the idea that it didn't hurt to open my mouth or not, but I got the same euphemistic rejection. His artists all signed contracts with him, and his main business is a film company, not a brokerage company. His wife wanted to send Zhang Zhizhi away, but Zhang Zhizhi obviously didn't match the style of the whole play. Mr. Xiang couldn't even point this out, and asked about ATV's situation instead. ATV Shen Zhenghui no longer had the energy to take care of it, so he had to introduce him to Director Wang and his little uncle Wang Bin for a specific talk, put down the phone, and Mr. Xiang was full of melancholy. If Hong Kong movies continue to rot like this, forget it, Hollywood movies are unstoppable, everyone knows that the mainland is a big market, and everyone with brains knows it. Shen Zhenghui's achievements made these old fritters who have been in the rivers and lakes for many years feel incredible. With this benchmark, Mr. Xiang is not satisfied with being the king behind closed doors. wanted to cooperate with the other party, but the other party's benchmark was too high, he remembered his previous days in the Hong Kong film industry, and in a trance, there was a kind of loneliness that had passed.

But this hero quickly came to his senses and scolded himself, it's enough to make money, why do you want to do so much?

Other people who did not have a direct dialogue channel with Shen Zhenghui were ready to take the route of saving the country with a curve, and ATV became a little hot for a while, and there were rumors that those who participated in the final championship of Miss Asia would have the opportunity to appear in "Magic Apprentice", and said that the winning college of "The Voice of Asia" had the opportunity to sing the theme song for "Magic Apprentice". At a glance, these people in the industry knew that fake news appeared in major newspapers and magazines, and those who bought it watched it with relish.

Many artists have come to ATV to inquire about the feasibility of signing a contract with ATV, wanting to see Chairman Shen or Minister Wang Bin, their kinship is no longer a secret in the entertainment industry, Wang Bin is facing the temptation of various sleeping flowers and willows, and has to hide in Hengdian in the mainland under the pretext of filming TV series, and take Shen Zhenghui's sister-in-law with him as an assistant. Wang Jun, Shen Zhenghui's cousin, was also facing the scene of being chased by the group, so he had to apply for assistance from his cousin and was transferred to the crew of "Magic Apprentice" to help. As a result, ATV had to step up its security.

As time passed, ATV's Asian sister beauty pageant, the momentum of "The Voice of Asia" became more and more enthusiastic, and the hostess Lin Zhiling invited from Taiwan made waves in Hong Kong again. was praised as more beautiful than Sister Hong Kong, maybe Miss Asia was not as beautiful as her. ATV's life has become more and more difficult for TVB due to the popularity of off-site factors, especially after the advertisements for "The Voice of Asia" and Sister Asia's beauty pageant sold sky-high prices.

There are too many highlights of this issue of "The Voice of Asia", the powerful Asian male singer Liu, Taiwan's little king Zhou, and the Japanese diva-level singer-songwriter Nakajima, which completely includes the most representative figures in various regions of Asia. However, they said that in the face of Hallyu, ATV is vulnerable.

In fact, the construction speed of the film and television city is far faster than expected, the Sophian Kingdom is placed in the northeast region, the Kaoqi Kingdom is arranged in the northwest region, and the castle and other castles required by Shen Zhenghui are not enough to see in front of the professional construction team. No matter what happens inside, at least it looks decent from the outside, making it hard to believe that this kind of European-style building actually appears in a place like Ergouzi Township in Tieling.

Soon, the paparazzi in Hong Kong took photos of the scene, and the Hong Kong people themselves were amazed by the huge contrast between the beautiful scenery and the natural scenery of the surrounding towns. (To be continued......)