Chapter Eighty-Five: Horse Racing Fun Facts

There are more and more talents, and the company is getting bigger and bigger!

Chen Baixiang continued: "Recently, the company has dug up several talents for soundtrack and composition, Gu Jiahui's senior apprentice Xu Riqing, which Ah Jin spent a lot of effort to dig up, and he was scolded by his old Uncle Doutian for this!" ”

"That's a great idea!" Wang Zichuan praised: "Ah Jin did a good job, I think we can set up a new department to specialize in producing zuò songs, so that we don't have to spend money to find someone to write on our behalf!" ”

"What is so good!" As soon as Wang Jin came in, he heard Wang Zichuan praise him, and his heart was slightly excited, since he cooperated with Chuan Tsai to establish the company, Wang Zichuan rarely praised him, which made him arrogant.

"Praise you for the sake of the company!" Chen Baixiang saw Wang Jin holding a newspaper, and quickly fanned it under his nose, and scolded angrily: "Okay, you Ah Jin, you still bring the newspaper in after going to the toilet, you are not afraid of sticking to...... It stinks to us! ”

"you, it's not serious!" Wang Jin put the newspaper on the table, pointed to a piece of news and read: "The New Year is coming early, and the new art city has planned to release "The Best Partner: The Queen's Secret Order", and the attendance rate of "Merry Christmas" has dropped sharply, and Golden Harvest intends to release a new film......"

"What! "Best Partner"? Wang Zichuan's mind was booming, and he hurriedly asked: "When was the best partner filmed, why didn't I receive any news?" ”

Chen Baixiang was stunned for a moment, thought about it in his heart, and replied: "When Golden Harvest planned to shoot "Plan A", it seemed that it was promoted, and Xinyicheng planned to shoot the best partner, Xu Ke served as the director, and the style was still filmed according to the first part, but this time it really caught us off guard, just the rumors came out, which affected the box office of "Merry Christmas". ”

How can it be! Wang Zichuan clearly remembered that "Best Partner" was filmed next summer, with a box office of nearly 30 million, and he planned to bypass that schedule, but he didn't expect to let himself run into it, but fortunately he hit the tail, if it is released on the Christmas schedule, he will lose a lot of money, I don't know if Cheng Long's "Plan A" can be stopped? dragged on for a month, but I didn't expect to meet "Best Partner", I don't know if it was fortunate or unlucky.

Two days later, Xinyicheng really released "The Queen's Secret Order of the Best Partner", and Golden Harvest also removed "Merry Christmas" from the shelves at the same time, and "Plan A" starring Cheng Long was released at the same time.

After 21 days of continuous screenings, "Merry Christmas" has a box office of more than 20 million, which makes people look sideways, and they are also curious about the unknown Tengfei Entertainment, and made two movies, both of which exceeded 20 million box office, ranking third and fourth at the annual box office.

Not only did Golden Harvest and Xinyicheng secretly wary of Tengfei Entertainment, but they sent people to investigate the filming process of Tengfei Entertainment and arrange the schedule in advance, but even the boss of Tengfei Entertainment, Yifu, sent people to inquire about Tengfei Entertainment.

Prior to the construction of Sha Tin Racecourse, Happy Valley Racecourse was the only racecourse in Hong Kong.

"There are so many people here!"

On Sunday afternoon, Wang Zichuan was dragged by Wang Jin and Chen Baixiang to Hong Kong's famous Sha Tin Racecourse, where crowds could be seen everywhere before the race even started.

Chen Baixiang was idle, and casually introduced the origin of Sha Tin Racecourse to Wang Zichuan.

Horse racing in Hong Kong is becoming more and more popular, and "red flags" are often hoisted during racedays. In 1964, the Club began to consider the construction of a new racecourse to support the development of horse racing. In October 1971, the Government approved in principle the Club's construction of a racecourse in Sha Tin. Construction began in full swing in December 1973.

Sha Tin Racecourse, located in the Sha Tin District of the eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, is the second racecourse in Hong Kong, built and managed by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Sha Tin Racecourse has a total of three grass and dirt tracks, with a total width of 30.5 meters, a circumference of about 1900 meters, and a capacity of 35,000 people. The venue is world-class and one of the top horse racing venues in Asia.

The construction of the racecourse required reclamation at Sha Tin Hoi, which was the largest single reclamation project in Hong Kong at that time. A total of 16 million tonnes of soil was mined, 4 hills in Sha Tin were leveled, and a total of 250 acres of land were filled. The reclamation works commenced in March 1974 and proceeded at breakneck speed. At the peak of the project, more than 700 workers and more than 400 trucks were mobilized to transport mud to the beach, and every 7.5 seconds, a truckload of mud fell into Sha Tin Hai. In June 1976, piling work began on the first stable.

Finally, the racecourse was officially opened on time on 7 October 1978 with the opening ceremony officiated by the then Governor of Hong Kong and a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the grass track, followed by the first race held in the afternoon of the same day.

Wang Jin walked over with a stack of newspapers, sat in the stands, and complained to Chen Baixiang: "I don't believe it this time, every time I fool me into saying that I won the jackpot, and in the end I didn't even guess a horsehair, causing me to lose tens of thousands of yuan in vain!" ”

"Gambling is something you love me for, besides, your money is not lost to me, you have the ability to ask these horse fans!" Chen Baixiang fiddled with the telescope in his hand and said to Wang Zichuan: "Chuanzai, look!" The horses are out! ”

Wang Zichuan didn't look at the horses, he picked up a newspaper on Wang Jin's lap, looked through it carelessly, and exclaimed: "This newspaper is all horse scripture!" ”

Wang Jin stared at the newspaper and explained: "There are now 5 or 6 such newspapers in Hong Kong, and other newspapers have also opened horse racing editions. ”

Chen Baixiang said with a smile: "Now Hong Kong horse racing pays the most attention to blood, there is a way to be a hero of Lao Tzu, the newspaper must be clear about the parents, grandparents and grandparents of these horses, whether they are descendants of famous families, or civilian origin, or hybrid...... These all affect the odds. ”

Wang Zichuan was speechless, looking at the crowd around him, pointing to the back and saying, "Let's go behind the glass door, there are too many people here!" ”

"That's the VIP area!" Wang Jin pouted Chen Baixiang and said: "Ah Lat is a member, and there are three running horses under his name, if Chuan Tsai is interested, ask Ah Lat to give up one!" ”

"Forget it! I'm a little interested in **, but not in horses at all! Wang Zichuan immediately shook his head and refused, he didn't know anything about horses.

"Vulgar!" Chen Baixiang said angrily: "You two don't understand horses, and you still come to Sha Tin Racecourse, no wonder you lost money!" ”

"Huh! This dark horse is good! Wang Zichuan propped his chin and commented: "The horses are tall and mighty, with beautiful hair and heroic hair, and it is rare that the horseshoe is afraid of martial arts, and they will definitely win!" ”

Chen Baixiang struck: "This horse is called Dongfu, he has won twice, according to the regulations of the jockey to be equipped with lead, compared to him I am more optimistic about No. 7 Andre, it has the blood of the Middle Eastern Arabian war horse." ”

"Ah Jin, how are you?" Wang Zichuan turned to Wang Jin to hear his opinion.

"I'm optimistic about No. 9, the gray one, brought in from the UK, I heard that the owner spent more than 3 million, and if he doesn't win so many games, how can he be worthy of the horse owner! I heard that the owner of the horse is for mature beauties! ”

"Damn!" Wang Zichuan and Chen Baixiang looked at Wang Jin with disdain.

The three of them commented as if no one was around, Wang Zichuan was still optimistic about Dongfu's No. 3 horse.

"Listen to me, yes! Just pick number seven! Chen Baixiang's face was slightly red, and he waved his arms, as if to cheer himself up.

"This time, I won't listen to you what you say, I'll buy No. 9!" Wang Jin was not tempted by Chen Baixiang.

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In fact, I have also gambled, the strange thing is that betting with others is to lose more and win less, and to bet with the machine is to win more and lose less, of course, they are all small bets of 100 yuan, my brother has lost tens of thousands of yuan, which makes me very frightened, and I never dare to gamble again