The box office of "Double Dragon Club" reached 13.27 million in the first week, and the box office of "Royal Senior Sister", which was released at the same time, which also has a good reputation, was only 10.48 million, which can be described as a complete victory. The celebration feast began.

Perhaps due to economic development and practical needs, Hong Kong people in this era are particularly fond of holding various types of dinners, such as tonight's celebration banquet or charity dinner. Moreover, these dinners are all Western-style, and their main purpose is naturally not for the dinner itself, but to provide a place for people to communicate and get acquainted.

In a small box at the innermost side of the venue, Gu Chen and Zou Wenhuai sat opposite each other, chatting about some things that have happened in the film industry recently, and suddenly Zou Wenhuai changed his words and said: "I heard that the Tang Dynasty is planning to open a few new movies recently, I wonder if Lu Dao is true?" ”

As early as hearing that Zou Wenhuai was going to participate in tonight's celebration banquet, Gu Chen was mentally prepared, and when he heard Zou Wenhuai ask, he smiled slightly and said: "I am indeed already planning and planning, and I am afraid of a few costume martial arts dramas, and I don't know if Lu Dao is suitable for the audience's taste." ”

Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "Gu Sheng is modest, now who in Hong Kong doesn't know that as long as the script you write, it will definitely be a box office hit, and these costume martial arts dramas in your mouth are no exception, in comparison, Jiahe is far behind, alas, there are too few screenwriters in Lu now." ”

How could Gu Chen not hear the meaning of cooperation in Zou Wenhuai's words, but he pretended not to hear it, but said without changing his face: "Mr. Zou said with a smile, Golden Harvest has a deep heritage, and the annual film output and box office are very stable, and winning or losing for a while does not mean anything." ”

Since the merger of Golden Princess Cinemas, Golden Harvest has become his next target, and it is naturally impossible for him to cooperate with Golden Harvest at this time. And Zou Wenhuai also saw that Gu Chen did not mean to cooperate again, and immediately thought of some reports that appeared sporadically in the media and what He Guanchang had told him, and couldn't help but sigh secretly: "It seems that after today, Jiahe and the Tang Dynasty will start a big war." ”

Tonight's celebration banquet is said to be to celebrate the box office success of "Double Dragon Club", but to show favor to Gu Chen, to this day, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Gu Chen's power in the Hong Kong film industry will become bigger and bigger, at least in terms of movie box office. For the sake of the company's interests, Zou Wenhuai hopes to continue the cooperation model of "Double Dragon Club" with Tang Dynasty Films, but unfortunately Gu Chen doesn't seem to have such a meaning.

Since Gu Chen has no intention of continuing to cooperate, with Zou Wenhuai's pride, he naturally will no longer use his hot face to stick to other people's cold butts, although the two are still talking and laughing in the next time, they have a tacit understanding and do not talk about specific things related to the movie.

When the celebration banquet was almost halfway through, the door of the box was pushed open, and He Guanchang walked in with a smile: "What are you talking about, how happy are you chatting." ”

Gu Chen got up and said, "Mr. He came just in time, I still have some things outside, so I will miss the company first, and the two of you will sit first." After saying that, he left the box, and when the box door closed again, the smile on Zou Wenhuai's face disappeared immediately. Seeing this, He Guanchang knew that most of the things were not going well. Sure enough, without him asking, Zou Wenhuai opened his mouth and said: "It seems that you really said it, his goal is not just the Golden Princess Cinema, if Jiahe can't come up with a few good works next year, it is estimated that life will not be much better." ”

As early as after Gu Chen merged with the Golden Princess Cinemas, there were comments in the media that Gu Chen's next target would be Golden Harvest Cinemas, and Zou Wenhuai also knew it, but he didn't take it to heart, as long as he didn't let go, Gu Chen would not have any possibility of getting involved with Golden Harvest Cinemas at all.

It wasn't until He Guanchang said a word to him that he became vigilant - Gu Chen must know that you will not easily give up control of Golden Harvest Cinemas, so he will definitely not rashly mention the acquisition of Golden Harvest Cinemas or the merger of Golden Harvest Cinemas, the most likely method he will use is to play a ring match with us, use the movie box office to continuously accumulate Golden Harvest's living space, and then put forward his request after the worst.

To be honest, in the face of the box office results achieved by Tang Dynasty films in the past year, if a box office war really broke out between Golden Harvest and Tang Dynasty, he really has no confidence, I am afraid that not only himself, but also no one in Golden Harvest and even the outside world will have confidence in Golden Harvest. In comparison, Golden Harvest's performance in 1986 was mediocre, and the highest-grossing "Best Lucky Star" only had a box office of more than 20 million.

So he asked He Guanchang to propose to Zeng Zhiwei to hold a celebration banquet tonight, that is, to show goodwill to Gu Chen, to bring the relationship between the two families closer, and to test whether the two sides have any opportunities to continue to cooperate by the way.

He Guanchang's brows immediately furrowed when he heard this, and he asked, "Oh? He categorically refused not to work with us anymore? ”

"Not really, but it's about the same." Zou Wenhuai shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "I didn't expect that I, Zou Wenhuai, have worked hard in the film industry for most of my life, and even the Shaw Brothers, who were dominant, were not afraid at all, and I didn't want to end up but fell to the point of seeing a young man's face." ”

"Things may not be so bad, Aaron is afraid of two or three movies next year, and with his current fame in Hong Kong, the box office should be good."

Listening to He Guanchang talk about Cheng Long, Zou Wenhuai's face looked a little better, Cheng Long is now the number one martial arts superstar in Hong Kong, and has a strong box office appeal among fans, as long as it is a movie starring him, unless the script is too bad, the box office will not be bad, at least it can ensure that the cost can be recovered, which is also the biggest reliance of Golden Harvest to compete with the Tang Dynasty in the future, otherwise it is better to surrender directly.

Gu Chen, who walked out of the box, glanced at the banquet hall with his eyes, and soon found Li Zhi in a black evening dress, but the next moment his brows furrowed, at this time there was a man beside Li Zhi who was talking about something, and he was gesturing while talking, although Li Zhi kept his head down and chose his favorite food on the table, and did not respond, but this man did not seem to have the intention of leaving.

After a short pause, Gu Chen picked up a glass of red wine from the tray in the hand of the waiter next to him, and walked over as usual, regardless of whether it was in front of the public and the presence of people from the media industry, as if he had sworn sovereignty, his left hand gently upstairs Lizhi's waist, and then said to Cheng Long with a smile: "What the two of you were talking about just now, it seems to be very interesting, don't mind letting me listen to it too." ”

Seeing that it was Gu Chen, Lizhi smiled sweetly and said, "Brother Cheng Long is talking about some interesting things he encountered when he went abroad to film last year. ”

The woman who accosted someone else was caught, Cheng Long couldn't help but show a little embarrassment on his face, if it was half a year ago, he might still be able to put on the shelf of the big brother in the film industry in front of Gu Chen, but now he and Gu Chen are completely incomparable, no matter how popular he is, he is just an actor, but Gu Chen is already a well-deserved big man in the Hong Kong film industry. At this time, facing Gu Chen's gaze, he smiled awkwardly and said, "I won't bother Chen Shao and Miss Lizhi, I still have two friends over there who want to entertain, so I will miss the company first." ”

Watching Cheng Long walk away with a wine glass, Gu Chen smiled coldly, in his previous life, he had a bad sense of Cheng Long, as long as people in the circle have more or less heard of Cheng Long's gossip news, such as a certain actress who took the initiative to dedicate herself in order to get the opportunity to star, under normal circumstances, Cheng Long does not refuse these actresses who take the initiative to dedicate themselves, this is nothing, after all, the unspoken rules of the Hong Kong entertainment industry are prevalent, and Cheng Long is not the only actress who often has unspoken rules, the key is that Cheng Long is ugly and irresponsible.

The most famous is the scandal with Wu Qili, which caused a lot of uproar in Hong Kong at the time, and was later ended by Cheng Long with a sentence of 'making a mistake that all men in the world will make', but until Gu Chen was reborn, Cheng Long did not admit his illegitimate daughter in public.

"Did he often talk to you like this when you were filming?" The two of them walked towards a corner, and Gu Chen asked casually.

Li Zhi glanced up at Gu Chen with some uneasiness, worried that Gu Chen would be angry about this, until he was sure that there was nothing unusual on Gu Chen's face, and then said with a little hesitation: "It's quite often, not only me, but also Ayu, we all think he is quite that, but it's not easy to refuse, after all, he has a very high status in the Hong Kong film industry." After the movie was finished, he wanted to ask me out for dinner several times, but I refused, but since we ......" Speaking of this, she looked at Gu Chen again: "Since we had a scandal, he hasn't asked me out again." ”

Gu Chen smiled slightly when he heard this, and said: "I see that he is still lustful for you, if I don't appear, he will probably keep pestering you, this kind of person is used to being praised by others, arrogant and arrogant, and he will never remember it for a long time if he is not taught a lesson." ”

Li Zhi didn't know if Gu Chen's words were just talking, or if she really had any thoughts about Cheng Long, she didn't dare to ask more, she sat down next to Gu Chen on the seat in the corner, and turned a blind eye to the eyes that looked around from time to time, since Gu Chen didn't care what she was afraid of.