Chapter 34: A Chance Encounter
After the initial discussions, the commotion soon stopped, and as the plot developed, when Leslie Cheung and Brigitte Lin walked out of the airport and began to tour Los Angeles, the theater was quiet and the audience began to integrate into the romantic atmosphere created by the movie. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The reason why "Love at Dawn" breaks the convention and does not hold a midnight show to hold a premiere is that on the one hand, it takes the initiative to create news hotspots to attract media attention and take the opportunity to do publicity, on the other hand, this film is a niche film aimed at literary and artistic youth, and the midnight show is open to ticketing, and it is impossible to screen the audience's taste and quality. Because the audience of the entire theater is invited from college students or middle-class white-collar workers, who are very interested in literary films, according to market research feedback.
What man doesn't love an affair? What woman doesn't love beautiful encounters?
What man doesn't want a confidante? What woman doesn't want to have a sweet lover?
Under the bright sunshine of the sky and clouds, in the exotic streets and alleys, handsome men and beautiful women swim hand in hand, freely talking about the topics and confusion buried in the bottom of their hearts.
There is no competition for fame and fortune, no intrigue, no pressure and trouble, no ridicule and accusation, no hypocrisy, no perfunctory concerns, no sadness and loss, no pretentiousness......
Free as a bird!
Be as jolly as a fish!
As pure as glass!
Bloom like flowers!
Not only were those audiences intoxicated, but even Shen Chong, who wrote the script, felt a little bit and envied the heroes and heroines in the movie - when would I be so leisurely and carefree.
He looked sideways to the left, and found that Zhang Aijia and Lin Qingxia's expressions were almost the same, both of them were looking at the big screen with soft eyes, looking at the big screen with full attention, and then looked to the right, Chen Kunhou and Leslie Cheung were also looking at the big screen very intently, but one had a thoughtful look on his face, and the other had a slight smug smile.
In the era when there were no digital cameras and LCD monitors, after the movie was filmed, before the editing was completed, only the director knew how to shoot and how to act, Leslie Cheung probably didn't expect that he would perform so well, after all, he had only made two movies before, and both of these movies were lackluster, with no reputation and highlights......
Sure enough, he is still a young man of twenty-three or fourteen years old, just starting out, and he can't hide his anger hahaha......
Shen Chong's heart was filled with a faint sense of absurdity and a sense of accomplishment in rewriting history, he retracted his gaze, raised his hand to look at his watch, and found that it was almost half past ten, so he quietly asked Zhang Aijia: "How long will it end?" β
"There's about ten minutes to go."
"Then I'll go out first and wait for you in the car."
Zhang Aijia was surprised and reminded: "There will be a curtain call later." β
"It's okay to have you, I'll make a call."
Zhang Aijia sighed and nodded.
Shen Chong bent his waist and left from the side where Leslie Cheung was sitting, and Dai Aijun, the driver and bodyguard, lifted the thick curtain at the ticket gate and accompanied him out of the screening hall.
In the 80s, there was a very interesting custom in Hong Kong cinemas, once the movie tickets were sold out, a pennant with yellow characters on a red background was hung at the door, with the four big characters of "the whole theater is full" written on it, as long as the audience saw this flag, they would not come in again, Golden Harvest Cinema was chartered for the premiere on this day, and the flag was hung early, so the ticket hall was very deserted, Shen Chong walked a few steps along the hall scattered with leaflets, and heard someone shouting him behind him.
"Mr. Shen."
Looking back, it turned out to be Qian Xiaoni, and there was a photographer carrying a machine and a girl wearing white-rimmed glasses beside her.
Since the "naked running incident" on the day of the broadcast of Jiayi TV, Shen Chong has never seen Qian Xiaoni again, but she was the only girl in the whole station that day who jumped into the sea in a three-point bikini, and the waves were turbulent and her figure was excellent, so she was very impressed, so she greeted with a smile: "Xiaoni, long time no see." β
"Yes, I haven't seen Mr. Shen for a long time." Qian Xiaoni pursed her lips and smiled, exchanged a few words with him, and then raised the microphone and asked, "Mr. Shen, can you have a few words?" β
Shen Chong was slightly surprised, in his impression, this was a shy and shy girl, and he didn't expect that in just two or three months, she would transform into a shrewd and capable female anchor......
At the beginning, I took her to Jiayi TV on a whim, just because her voice is very distinctive, soft and crisp, the words are very accurate, and she can train for a while, and then wait for the music station to start broadcasting as a host, but I didn't expect the music station to start broadcasting, she played a piece of the movie station before.
Sure enough, there are often Maxima, but Bole is not, and there are talents everywhere......
This girl was introduced to the TV station by herself, and according to human feelings, she belongs to the lineage, Shen Chong was not embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Last time in your tea restaurant, I gave you ten minutes, and this time I will give you ten minutes, ask." β
"Thank you, Mr. Shen." Qian Xiaoni was also dry, and immediately asked, "Did Mr. Shen watch this movie before the screening?" β
"No, tonight is the first time I've seen it."
"And what do you think of this movie?"
"It's a good shot, I like it."
"Can you comment on the performance of the director and actors?"
This girl is very sensible, she doesn't say the name of the person, so as to avoid touching Shen Chong's sensitive points......
"The director is very aura, the actors are very talented, and they are all very good."
"What does Mr. Shen think of the audience's reaction to the test screening just now? It seems that some viewers can't adapt to the style of the film. β
"The response was much better than I expected......
This girl has made amazing progress, she didn't know what to say when she saw Shen Chong for the first time, and her preface didn't match her words, although she was still a little stiff and rigid, she was clearly organized, had a plank and an eye, and vaguely had the demeanor of a famous reporter.
"Mr. Shen has a high opinion of this movie, so can you predict its performance at next year's Academy Awards?"
"It's hard to say, it's only August now, it's still early in 1981, there are many excellent works still being filmed, and I'm the chairman of the Academy Awards jury, so it's inconvenient to express my views on this......" Shen Chong heard a commotion in the screening hall and knew that the movie was about to end, so he pressed the interview microphone and said, "Okay, Xiaoni, it's ten minutes coming." β
Qian Xiaoni put away the microphone and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Shen." β
"It's nothing, it's all my own family."
Shen Chong teased casually, and then was about to leave, when the girl with white-rimmed glasses took two steps forward, handed over a small paper bag with both hands, and said, "Mr. Shen, this is the demo tape recorded by alan, can you listen to it?" β
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Shen Chong was stunned for a moment, and Qian Xiaoni explained when he saw this: "Mr. Shen, this is my friend Shirley, she is Alan Tam's girlfriend. β
It turned out to be Principal Tan......
Alan Tam is also an artist under PolyGram, but Shen Chong is not very concerned about the pop music industry, and rarely goes to the recording studio after acquiring Polygram, so he has never seen him.
After the disbandment of the Wenner band in 1978, Alan Tam and Zhong Zhentao went to Taiwan one after another to develop, playing the leading role in some romance films, and made three movies in the first half of this year alone......
Shen Chong was puzzled, took the paper bag, and then asked, "Isn't Alan filming in Taiwan?" β
"Yes." The girl was hot with curly wavy head, her face was gentle, and she had a kind of demure temperament, she helped the frame of her glasses, and explained a little nervously: "This demo tape is my own initiative, and I took it out on my back, Mr. Shen is the number one music talent in Hong Kong, and the boss of Alan, I ...... I hope you'll give you a face, a pointer and a boost to Alan, he's a good singer. β
One of the two kings of Hong Kong music in the 80s, of course I know that he sings well......
It's just that Alan Tam has limited achievements in film, and I don't have time to tinker with music now......
Besides, the Wen Na band was very popular in the 70s, Alan Tam has accumulated a lot of fame, and he is also very popular in Taiwan......
Unlike Leslie Cheung, an airborne soldier who was dug up from Li's TV, the Wenna band signed a contract with Polygram in 1974, after the disbandment of the Wenna band, the lead singer Alan Tam is the object of Zheng Donghan's support, Shen Chong has always disliked meddling in the work of his subsidiaries, he took the paper bag, and was about to return it to the girl, at this moment, his heart suddenly moved, put away the paper bag, and said: "I'll listen to it first." β
The girl was overjoyed and thanked her repeatedly, Shen Chong waved her hand, turned around and walked towards the parking lot.
If you guessed correctly, this girl should be Principal Tan's original wife......
According to the gossip records on the Internet in his previous life, Principal Tan's original partner was very capable and helped him a lot in his acting career, but unfortunately he couldn't have children, so when Principal Tan was 45 years old, he found a 23-year-old fan to be a junior, and then hugged him left and right, and enjoyed the blessings of all people......
Principal Tan seems to be a scumbag like me......
Let's listen to it first, anyway, it has changed Leslie Cheung's acting career, and it is not a big deal to change Alan Tam's acting career......
Shen Chong got into the car, put the paper bag into the storage box, then picked up the car phone and dialed the number at home.
"Brother-in-law, it's almost 11 o'clock, when will you come back?"
"Little black girl, why don't you sleep yet? I'm going to talk to your flowery sister. β
"Who are you talking about?!"
"Of course you mean that you're tanned like a chimpanzee, isn't it a little black girl?"
At the beginning of August, Shen Chong didn't go to Beijing alone, Li Tang's family and Zhao Anping's family also went, Lili tried to shoot a documentary in Beijing, Tianbao followed her everywhere every day, the child's skin was tender, and the sun was poisonous in August, so it only took ten days of hard work to change from a little Lori with pink makeup to a little black girl with black makeup.
"How can I be so dark!" Tianbao was in adolescence, and when he was teased by Shen Chong, he immediately became irritable and shouted loudly: "Brother-in-law, you are much darker than me, you are a chimpanzee, you are the authentic African chimpanzee king!" β
Shen Chong laughed, then held the phone and listened to the intermittent voice inside: "What chimpanzee white orangutan, go to sleep...... Sister, brother-in-law, he said that I am a little black sister...... Who makes you troublesome and go out without an umbrella...... Hey, Ah Chong, is the movie over? β
"Just ended. Are you still reading? β
"No, I just took a shower and was about to sleep with Tianbao......" Li Kaiyuan seemed to be playing with Tianbao, paused for a while, and said: "In the afternoon, I had a meeting with the senior management of Kinmen Construction, and talked about the plans for the next few years, and then asked them to form an inspection group and go to Guangzhou next month." β
"No one gave you a kick?"
"Those people started to be arrogant, but after listening to the plan, ......" Li Kaiyuan chuckled lightly and said: "In your words, it is the symbol of money flashing all over the eyes, at this time, don't say that a woman leads them, it is a pig to lead them, and no one will have an opinion." β
"Let my brother-in-law, a chimpanzee, lead them!"
Skyscrapers, highways, municipal engineering, airports, docks, stations, factories, etc., all need high-level construction companies to build, and there are business opportunities everywhere, and this trip to Beijing, Shen Chong brought back two business opportunities, one is that the mainland is ready to build a highway between Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and the other is that the mainland approves Shen Chong to build a skyscraper in Shenzhen in the form of Sino-foreign cooperation.
Li Kaiyuan threw away the two big pies, and those arrogant British people naturally blushed -- although these two projects are big, they are not the key, the key is that Li Kaiyuan can open the door to the mainland market to Kinmen Construction, and this is the point!
Around 1980, most of the municipal projects in Hong Kong have been completed, and large real estate developers basically have their own construction companies, Gammon Construction can only go to Southeast Asia to find projects, but several countries in Southeast Asia are not very stable, default often occurs, and at the same time also have to face the competition of Japanese companies, the Japanese are rich and rich, and the pressure of competition with them is very great, and the mainland regime is stable, all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, highways, skyscrapers, airports, stations, etc., there are countless large-scale projects that need to be built, as long as you go in, It is the tiger descending the mountain and the shark entering the sea......
In the face of money, pride and prejudice are as hard as ice cream under the scorching sun......
There was a Tianbao interrupt, and it was late, so Shen Chong didn't talk much with Li Kaiyuan, and after a few words of gossip, he hung up the phone.