The test screening before the official release of Hong Kong movies is generally at midnight, which is more confidential, and can also avoid the eyes and ears of some paparazzi, and Zheng Zeshi's "Maoshan Taoist Fighting Zombies" is naturally no exception.

When it comes to midnight test screenings, the first thing that may come to mind for many people who pay attention to Hong Kong films is the famous 'Friends of Golden Harvest' and 'Friends of New Arts City' in the 80s. The two midnight preview review panels, which are composed of fans of Golden Harvest Film Company and fans of New Arts City Film Company, not only have a large number of people, but also many die-hard fans who are willing to go to the cinema to watch dozens or even hundreds of movies every year.

is willing to spend one or two thousand Hong Kong dollars a year on watching movies, even in Hong Kong, where the average monthly salary has reached five or six thousand, not everyone can do it. The only people who can do this step are these fanatical fans of Hong Kong in the Golden Age.

Lin Xiaozhi participated in the midnight test screening of Hong Kong movies for the first time, and after getting tickets from Zheng Zeshi, because no one at home came, he had to give some of the remaining movie tickets to several leading actors in the crew of "I'm Crazy for Qing", and the ten movie tickets in his hand were all sent out, and everyone was very excited to participate in the test screening of "Maoshan Taoist Fighting Zombies". Because they are likely to meet a lot of stars at the preview screening, and even some film company executives and directors.

Don't forget, Zheng Zeshi is not only the Academy Award actor, but also one of the richest people in the Hong Kong film industry, and now he has the identity of a shareholder of New Asia Films, backed by the big tree of ATV, many people want to give Zheng Zeshi a face.

There is an unspoken rule at the midnight preview that is not a rule, and that is that no one, whether an invited journalist or a film critic, is allowed to bring a camera or camera into the preview room. The main thing is to avoid the leakage of stills before the large-scale release of the movie. As for the problem of piracy, although it has also begun to appear in Hong Kong in recent years, it has not been as rampant as later generations because the cost of piracy of video tapes is too high.

In addition to Zheng Zeshi, Lou Nanguang, Li Zhi, Wang Xiaofeng, and Wu Junru, the crew of "Maoshan Taoist Fighting Zombies" who participated in the test screening only saw that the photographer Chen Dongcun and the assistant director Ye Weixin received an invitation, and the screenwriter Huang Ying has always been unsociable and rarely participates in the preview screening of the movie. Although Lin Xiaozhi did not receive Zheng Zeshi's invitation in person, he also got a ticket from Zheng Zeshi, but he participated in the premiere not as a producer but as a company colleague.

Just as Lin Xiaozhi and they expected, there are not a few celebrities in the Hong Kong film and television industry who were invited to participate today. Teddy Robin, Xu Ke, Wu Yusen, Zhou Yanfa, Zhong Zhentao, Zhang Guorong, Principal Tan, Zeng Zhiwei, and Liu Dehua and Zhong Chuhong, who have just cooperated in the new movie, are also here, and even the senior executives of those film companies have also come, the most famous are Qiu Degen, chairman of ATV, and Huang Baiming, one of the three giants of the new art city, among the three giants, he is the most proficient person and has the most friends, he may not be the oldest of these filmmakers present, but he is definitely the one with the highest fame and prestige, Therefore, he has the important task of presiding over the opening of today's preview screening.

can invite so many characters, and the face of the cat brother Zheng Zeshi can be extraordinary.

Unexpectedly, I didn't see Cheng Long, Jiahe and Debao at the movie preview screening, and I didn't even see a few artists under the two film companies. Lin Xiaozhi, who knows a lot about the battle and gossip in the Hong Kong film industry, is a little surprised. Cheng is undoubtedly an artist close to New Arts City, which and Golden Harvest have been competing for the top spot in Hong Kong film companies since the early 80s. After setting up his own theater, Debao, who originally looked at Princess Jin and Jiahe, also began to harden up, so naturally he no longer had to talk to Princess Jin like in the past. After the fall of the Shaw Brothers, now there are only three powers left in Hong Kong to compete for hegemony, and the contradictions are naturally becoming more and more intensified.

Lin Xiaozhi didn't arrive alone, Jiang Hua, Wu Yijiang, and Ye Yuqing came with him, but the ten tickets he got from Liu Dehua were not serialized, and most of the seats were in the audience after five rows, so they didn't sit together.

The first row is the seats of several bosses, senior executives and crew leaders, relatives and friends of the invited film and television companies, and the second row is the seats of the first-class stars and directors and other slightly inferior seats, which are divided in order. The Hong Kong film and television industry is a very hierarchical place, although Lin Xiaozhi has the identity of a producer, it is not good to sit rashly in the circle in the first row, firstly, for fear of refuting the face of Zheng Zeshi and a few bigwigs in the first row, and secondly, he is also worried that others will not buy it. Therefore, I just chose a movie ticket in the third row and sat down, which can be regarded as relatively high.

Jiang Hua and the others all sat down in the fifth and sixth rows farther away, and after saying hello to a few people, he left to find his place and sit down. Lin Xiaozhi's position is located in the corner of the third row near the side of the aisle, not long after he fell, a man walked next to him, in front of Zheng Zeshi and several film and television company executives are still talking and laughing politely, because the theater seats are not yet full, there is still some time before the midnight screening, so everyone is still waiting.

"Hi sir!"

A pair of hands patted him lightly on the shoulder, Lin Xiaozhi turned his face and suddenly his eyes lit up, and a strange and familiar face was imprinted into his eyes, "Are you, Wu Mengda?" ”

Lin Xiaozhi felt that his trip to the midnight test screening was really not in vain, he smiled and looked at the slightly bloated man in front of him, and excitement flashed in his eyes. When it comes to Hong Kong movies, the "Gambling Saint", "Gambler", "Truant Dragon", and "The Legend of Deer and Ding" series are definitely one of the most famous movies, and the golden combination of Chow Xingchi and Wu Mengda is also an absolutely unavoidable topic. Lin Xiaozhi admires Zhou Xingchi, and also likes Wu Mengda, who is willing to be a green leaf, it is his passionate performance in a movie that creates one after another wretched and funny characters, and he is definitely one of the most famous comedians in the Chinese film industry.

I didn't expect to meet him here today.

Wu Mengda obviously didn't expect him to know himself, but he was also the best friend in his thirties, so he was slightly stunned and came back to his senses, "You know me?" ”

"Acquaintance, hello Wu Sheng. My name is Lin Xiaozhi, and I'm a fan of yours. Your performances of "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" are fantastic! ”

Everyone loves to listen to flattery, and Wu Mengda is the same, shaking hands with him with a smile and saying politely: "These two are also my proudest works." Hello, little brother. ”

sat down next to Lin Xiaozhi, he exchanged contact cards with Lin Xiaozhi, but put it in his pocket without looking at it carefully, took out a movie ticket and shook it in front of Lin Xiaozhi, and said, "Little brother, can I trouble you with something?" Come with me to change seats, this is the seat in the second row, and the seat is there. My identity is not convenient to sit there, so ......"

He smiled awkwardly, only halfway through his sentence. Wu Mengda has just come out of his gambling career at this time, and he is not well-known in the Hong Kong film and television industry, and he has nothing to do with Zheng Zeshi. The reason why he was able to get this ticket was due to his friend Zhou Yanfa. After eating the benefits of movies in recent years, Wu Mengda has felt more and more that making movies is more profitable than making TV series, so he wants to go further in the film industry, and naturally he will not let go of this opportunity to make friends, but he didn't expect that the movie tickets sent to him by his friend Zhou Yan were so high, although not in the first row, but in the second row among a bunch of first-line stars and big directors. After Wu Mengda sat there for a while, he felt that one or two eyes fell on him from time to time, which was both embarrassing and affected the communication of others, and the most important thing was that he was worried that someone would cause trouble to others because of this instead of discussing Zheng Zeshi's arrangement, so he simply wanted to change positions with others.

"Absolutely!"

Following the direction of his finger, Lin Xiaozhi just glanced at it and responded. He didn't have any requirements for a seat or anything, although he didn't know why he wanted to change seats with him, but he still got up and exchanged tickets with him and exchanged seats.

"Hehe, thank you, little brother. You've got a problem out of my way. Seeing that Lin Xiaozhi was about to get up and go to sit there, Wu Mengda thanked him again and again, "Catch up with Ming'er and take some time, I'll have a treat!" ”

"You're welcome", Lin Xiaozhi nodded to show that there was nothing to do, and said with a smile: "It's just to give up a seat, and I want to thank you." The view from the seats over there is a little better, thank you! ”

Wu Mengda's contact information was in hand, Lin Xiaozhi said hello to him, and his face was as bright as a flower, and people who didn't know the way really thought that he was happy because he could sit in a row in front of him and have a relationship with those big directors and big stars.

With Wu Mengda's ticket, Lin Xiaozhi identified the place, went straight to the second row, and sat down in the position that originally belonged to Wu Mengda, and heard a soft voice next to him.

"Are you Director Lin? The one from the New Asia Movie? ”

It was a low, magnetic middle-aged man who spoke, Lin Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment, turned around and carefully looked at the middle-aged man next to him who looked dark-skinned and looked like he was in his forties, and asked curiously, "I am, may I ask who you are?" ”

"Hehe, I really didn't expect Your Excellency to be, I didn't expect to be able to meet Your Excellency here, but it would save a lot of effort. Hello, Director Lin. My name is Li Guoxing, chairman of Meiya Entertainment, I would like to ask Director Lin, has the distribution rights of the video tapes of your company's newly filmed "I Am Crazy" and "Maoshan Taoist Fighting Zombies" and other foreign films been sold? ”

"What, Meiya Entertainment!"

Lin Xiaozhi's eyes widened, and the words 'Meiya Entertainment' and 'Li Guoxing' kept echoing in his head for a moment.