Chapter 696: Preparing for the Filming of "Across the Seas"
After the Lantern Festival, Steve. The trial of Wanda v. Aimeigao for breach of contract was formally held, and the case of the Justice Office against Bao Yongqin for commercial fraud was also held.
Because this case involves a huge amount of money, and the Liu family is a famous family in Hong Kong, these two lawsuits have attracted a lot of attention.
Hong Kong people have always liked to watch these gossip news, and they are even more concerned about famous families like the Liu family, and they will be excited once something happens, not to mention that this time the matter is so big, if you don't do it, you will go to jail.
The major newspapers in Hong Kong have paid attention to this matter, and for a time it became more and more uproarious. Although the Liu family turned to the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce for help, they helped to greet several major newspapers, and even Xu's "Tiantian Daily" and TVB TV also received favors. But after all, this matter is too big to cover up, let alone someone secretly stabbing out.
The Liu family saw that the fire really couldn't be contained, so they had to break the jar and break it, and love how to drop it. In fact, they also know that someone is secretly messing with them. Otherwise, with the face of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce, any media will have to give a little bit of thin face.
The Aimeigao fraud and breach of contract cases caused a storm in the city, and also created a very bad impression on the Liu family's business. After all, everyone knows that Liu Luanxiong is a member of the Liu family, although he ran away from the Liu family to start his own business, but after all, he broke the bones and connected the tendons, and he couldn't be separated at all.
And Aimeco was involved in a huge fraud case this time and deceived customers, which is quite a bad thing. Steve. Wanda has also jumped up and down in the past few days, asking the US consulate in Hong Kong to come forward, because it is suspected that the Hong Kong police will release the suspect and obstruct justice. And said that his life was threatened, etc.
Because Steve. Wanda is a U.S. citizen. He was so up-and-down for a while. All of a sudden, things became serious, from a simple commercial dispute to an international dispute. The U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong also had to come forward and ask the Hong Kong government to guarantee the legitimate interests of American businessmen.
The British government was already wearing the same pants as the United States, and the Hong Kong government, under pressure from the American consulate, had to refocus on the matter. Bao Yongqin was originally released on bail pending trial normally, but now he is also suspected of judicial fairness, so he is considered to be re-imprisoned.
The involvement of the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong has made both cases even more serious. It has attracted more and more media attention. The Liu family was more and more thrown on the cusp, and it was a mess for a while. Liu Luanxiong didn't say that he went out to fool around, even if he went out, he would be surrounded by reporters. In less than four months, he has completely aged a round.
If Liu Luanxiong knew that he was so embarrassed now, just because he occasionally wanted to be an actress, I don't know if he would regret jumping off the building.
Xu Guanwu saw that the Liu family had become so embarrassed, but he didn't have much pity in his heart. He once read a book about Hong Kong's tycoons, which once focused on Liu Luanxiong, saying that he was a predator in the Hong Kong stock market and specialized in sniping in the stock market. It is like Xu Guanwu sniping at the 20th Century Fox Company. First, it secretly absorbs the shares of listed companies with a market value lower than the actual value, and then announces a full acquisition as soon as the acquisition reaches a certain level. At this time, if the listed company does not respond, the company will be acquired by Liu Luanxiong.
Because the market value is much lower than the actual value, Liu Luanxiong can get high-quality assets for a small amount of money. And if the listed company responds and announces an anti-takeover, Liu Luanxiong will sell the high-priced stocks in his hand to earn the difference and make a large profit. This method is also known as "bone excision", and Liu Luanxiong is an "expert in bone excavation".
Lau used this method to make a fortune quickly, and in the 90s he became one of the richest people in Hong Kong. The listed companies that he sniped at were greatly damaged, and the losses were quite heavy.
However, these are just normal business activities, and at most it can only be said that Liu Luanxiong is too treacherous. However, after that, he continued to use the rights issue of his listed companies to raise funds, seriously damaging the interests of shareholders, which is quite a bad behavior. He continued to release good news about Amico to attract investors to invest, but then maliciously lowered the stock price, causing investors to lose a lot, and he accumulated a large amount of money through these strategies of buying low and selling high, and finally turned Amico into private ownership, causing those small investors to lose so much that they almost jumped off the building.
So to deal with this insidious and cunning, inhumane villain, Xu Guanwu has no moral pressure at all. Not to mention that this old boy has been involved in so many actresses, and he can be dragged out and shot for ten minutes without relieving his hatred.
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Just when Liu Luanxiong was disgraced by Xu Guanwu for the matter of soaking Zhong Chuhong, and life was worse than death, Zhong Chuhong returned to Hong Kong at this moment.
After nearly half a year of training in the United States, Zhong Chuhong has become more and more standard, glamorous, every movement, every look, is exciting. From the previous sexy baby directly promoted to the level of peerless stunner.
The news of Zhong Chuhong's return to Hong Kong was immediately reported by "Daily Daily", and an exclusive interview with Zhong Chuhong was also attached, she told her experience in the past six months through "Daily Daily", saying that in order to add value to herself, she went to the United States to study for half a year, and returned to Hong Kong after completing her studies, hoping to make her acting career go further.
After the news was released, the response was not particularly great. The reason is that although Zhong Chuhong's popularity was high at that time, it was not solid, it was just a burst of media hype, and there were not many fans who were really fascinated by her. In addition, she did not appear again after half a year, and in today's era of new stars, she was quickly forgotten by people.
However, Xu Guanwu is confident that Zhong Chuhong will become popular again, because after half a year of training in the United States, the star smell on her body can no longer be stopped. To be honest, even if she is standing with first-line actresses such as Lin Qingxia, Zhao Yazhi, Zhang Aijia, etc., Zhong Chuhong at this moment will not fall behind at all.
The momentum has been achieved, and as long as there is a good work in the future, she can rise to the top immediately. As for her popular works, Xu Guanwu has already thought about it, that is, by her. Zhang Guorong. Zhou Yunfa co-starred in "Across the Seas".
"Across the Seas" is Zhong Chuhong. The most classic work of Zhou Yunfa and Zhang Guorong cooperated with each other, which once achieved a box office of up to 30 million Hong Kong dollars in the 90s, ranking fourth in the annual box office list. The part where Chung Chuhong and Zhou Yunfa dance wheelchair dance in the film is known as one of the classic scenes of Hong Kong films.
This film was also Wu Yusen's transformation work that year, when his highly-anticipated shootout film "Bloody Street" suffered a box office waterloo, with a total box office of more than 8 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking 41st in the annual box office list. In the end, the film didn't even recover its cost. The company that Wu Yusen had just founded was closed, which caused him to suffer a great blow both mentally and financially.
Later, in order to cheer him up, Zhou Yunfa specially handed over this work to him to direct, and said that he had to direct. And in order to have more box office guarantees, Zhang Guorong and Zhong Chuhong were also brought in to play. Zhong Chuhong was in the best period of her acting career at the time, and just won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress nomination last year. And she also intends to fade out of the film industry, the gimmick of this mountain work is enough.
In addition, superstar Zhang Guorong, who has just topped the ranks of superstars with "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "The True Story of A Fei", and announced his retirement from the music scene, the two worked together again after "The True Color of Heroes", and this gimmick is even more sufficient.
Not to mention that Zhou Yanfa himself is also red and purple. only starred in a "God of Gamblers" last year and won the annual box office championship. The momentum is even more vigorous, and the three most popular movie stars in Hong Kong are working together, just looking at this lineup is worth the ticket price. Not to mention that "Across the Seas" is still a classic thief-themed movie.
Movies with this kind of theme are rare in Hong Kong, and they belong to a kind of shootout film, but they pay more attention to technology and mood, which is very different from the ordinary black X street fights. In the words of Uncle Li in "No Thieves in the World", "I hate these robbers the most, and they have no technical content at all." ”
Xu Guanwu considered filming this drama, also because Zhong Chuhong's red bean sister in the film is too classic, both playful and cute, romantic and amorous, especially the part where she danced with Zhang Guorong and Zhou Yunfa at the dance, it is simply too classic. It's a pity that Zhong Chuhong got married after filming this film, otherwise the momentum at that time might not be worse than Lin Qingxia, who became popular again with "Undefeated in the East".
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The script of "Across the Seas" was quickly written by Xu Guanwu, of course, it is just a rough story, and the specific lines must be designed by professional screenwriters. In terms of directors, Xu Guanwu still prefers to choose Wu Yusen, after all, there are many directors who can shoot gunfight movies in Hong Kong, but it is rare to be able to shoot as good as Wu Yusen.
However, Wu Yusen is still the contracted director of Golden Harvest, so it is not easy to invite him, and it is estimated that he will have to pay a little price.
In terms of actors, it is naturally Zhou Runfa, Zhong Chuhong, Zhang Guorong, the iron triangle, as well as Zeng Qi and Zhu Jiang. Xu Guanwu not only wants to make this drama popular, but also wants to make Zhang Guorong a popular movie star by the way.
The Wenna band, which is as famous as Zhang Guorong and has some rivalry in the open and secretly, became popular in the film industry with "Everyone's Music" directed by Huang Zhan a few years ago, and later the handsome Tan Yilin and Zhong Zhentao also successfully transformed into movie stars, starring in many movies, and also achieved a very rough box office. Although Chen You, another member of the Wenna band, is not as good as the above two, he is better than the appearance is weird enough, and the humor cell is more developed, so he also starred in more comedy movies, although he is not the starring actor most of the time, but his popularity has still been established, and he has become a movie star hovering in the second and first lines.
In comparison, Zhang Guorong's development in the film industry is one step behind, and he has only made a few youth romance films so far, but the response has not been very good. The reason is that although Zhang Guorong is handsome, he has a baby face, which makes his acting path too narrow, he can't shoot funny comedies, and action movies are incompetent.
This time starring in "Across the Seas" is undoubtedly a good opportunity for him to transform. Because he plays a personable thief in the film, this role has more depth than the innocent Prince Charming, and this person will also rob women with his brother, which will test the actor's kung fu and the director's skills, otherwise it is easy to portray the villain.
Moreover, there are a lot of action scenes and gunfight scenes in the film, which is the most suitable for men to pretend to be X. 007 series of the most performed James. When Bond is in style, it is always in the hot action scenes, James. Bond was not afraid of danger, braving the rain of bullets to avoid the pursuit, but his hair and clothes were not messy at all. Although this meme has been spit out by countless people is too unreal, it should also be admitted that these shots are indeed very attractive.
And this drama is going to be filmed in Paris, which is a first-class production now. Big-budget movies always attract attention, and they are also the most suitable for people. No matter how much low-budget films are made, they are not as popular as a big-budget film. (To be continued......)