Chapter 184: Starring in a TV Series (Ask for Collection)
Subdued Gui Zhihong's stubborn donkey, and the company's new rules and regulations were also implemented, which made Xu Guanwu feel relaxed for a while.
What makes him even happier is that although the truth of the "Palace Cinema Fire Case" has not yet been found out, the suspicion that the Xu brothers set fire to their own insurance fraud has basically been ruled out. AIA also happily paid the first batch of compensation - 100,000 yuan - to compensate for the loss of goods caused by the fire.
After receiving the compensation from the insurance company, Xu Guanwu immediately began to rebuild Jihua, decorate the palace theater, and reopen for business as soon as possible.
Thinking that because of the arson case, this theater with five screening halls will be closed for half a month, Xu Guanwu's teeth itched.
Five screening halls are 1,200 seats, and even if the occupancy rate is only 50%, the box office loss will be nearly one million. And that's not even counting the revenue from selling snacks and window TV commercials.
"Damn, Brother Ma, let's see!" Xu Guanwu scolded fiercely.
If his estimate is right, the Ma brothers will have two to three years to mix at most, and when the Independent Commission Against Corruption grows further, sooner or later they will have to attack this pair of big drug lords. When the time came, the Ma brothers fled to Taiwan in embarrassment like lost dogs.
"Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge." Xu Guanwu muttered silently.
It's not that he doesn't want to confront the Ma brothers head-on, it's that Xu Guanwu is not able to catch it now.
The Ma brothers have worked hard in Hong Kong for many years, and have a huge shili underground, one of the four major families of gangsters in Hong Kong, a famous drug lord at the shijie level, and smuggled and sold more than 30 tons of X products.
At the same time, the two brothers are also very crisis-conscious, and they got involved in the righteous business early, and continuously laundered the stolen money obtained from the sale of X products into legitimate income through legitimate business, and then used the money to buy properties in Hong Kong, Canada, the United Kingdom and other places.
Later, even though the two brothers fled to Taiwan because they were wanted by the Hong Kong police, their property under their names was not lost, and to this day, they are still famous and wealthy in Hong Kong.
Moreover, the "Oriental Daily" founded by the two brothers has been the No. 1 seller for decades, has its own mouthpiece, and has its own voice even in Baidao.
In addition, they have a good relationship with Li Jiacheng and Yang Shoucheng, who are also from Chaozhou, and the "Oriental Daily" rarely reports negative news about Cheung Kong. It can be said that the connections in the business world are beyond Xu Guanwu's reach.
If a head-on conflict breaks out, with Xu Guanwu's current strength, the most haode outcome will only be a lose-lose situation.
Xu Guanwu came from rebirth, and he just wanted to rely on the memories of his past life to make a good amount of money, support the Hong Kong movies he loved, and live the rest of his life happily, and he didn't want to fight to the death with bad elements like the Ma brothers.
But if the Ma brothers deceive people too much and repeatedly challenge Xu Guanwu's bottom line, then he will not hesitate to fight back.
"The clay figurines are still three points earthy!" Thinking about the arrogant tone of the Ma brothers in the blackmail call, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but be angry.
However, it is strange that the Ma brothers have not taken any further action since the blackmail call, which makes Xu Guanwu faintly uneasy.
As the saying goes, it's easy to dodge with an open gun, but it's hard to defend against a hidden arrow.
If the Ma brothers really jumped out to find trouble with Xu Guanwu, he would still be able to see the tricks and use the police's liliang to contend with them.
But now their brother is lurking, without the slightest movement, like a ghost hidden in the shadows, ready to jump out and make trouble when people are unprepared.
"Brother Ma, what are you waiting for?" Xu Guanwufei was suspicious.
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Just when Xu Guanwu racked his brains and guessed the next move of the Ma brothers, Zhao Yazhi had officially signed a contract with TVB to shoot the youth inspirational TV series "Riding the Wind and Waves".
This drama is Zhao Yazhi's first TV series for TVB, although it is only ten episodes, it cannot be compared with a long drama of more than 100 episodes. But the age span is also several years, and the actor has to act from a schoolgirl to getting married and having children.
Xu Guanwu himself does not approve of his wife going to TVB to act, because this TV station is notoriously stingy and is notoriously oppressive of employees.
Zheng Shaoqiu filmed "Chu Liuxiang" because he was in a hurry to shoot, and he couldn't sleep for a few days and nights, so he was tired and had liver disease; Huang Rihua is also busy with work, he has not had a good rest for many years, and he is also tired and sick......
However, Zhao Yazhi couldn't get in the way, and still agreed to the invitation of TVB. After all, she was able to make her debut because she participated in the Hong Kong sister beauty pageant of TVB.
The reason why TVB invited Zhao Yazhi to appear in the TV series is because Zhao Yazhi attended the Hollywood awards ceremony two months ago, and she is the first Hong Kong actress to walk the red carpet at the Oscars and Golden Globe Awards, and her popularity has increased greatly; secondly, he often starred in the movies of the Xu Brothers, and he was recognizable in East Asia, and his acting skills have also been trained; Third, she is the wife of film tycoon Xu Guanwu. The wife of a movie tycoon acts in a TV series, which is a very haode publicity stunt.
Based on the above three reasons, TVB hopes that Zhao Yazhi can star.
Zhao Yazhi has been staying at home alone recently, and she is really a little depressed, after receiving the invitation from TVB, she thought about it again and again, and decided to take advantage of her youth to go outside for a while.
Seeing that his wife had made up her mind to participate in the show, Xu Guanwu couldn't stop him anymore, so he had to push the boat down the river and promised to let her star.
Sure enough, as soon as the news of Zhao Yazhi's new TVB drama was announced, it immediately attracted the attention of many parties, making the drama "Riding the Wind and Waves" popular before filming, and the attention increased greatly.
Xu Guanwu sighed that ginger was old and spicy, and the wireless TV station gained countless attention as soon as he made a move; I was worried over and over again that my wife would be wronged when she was filming, or that she would be taken the opportunity by a pervert to rub oil.
After getting off work in the afternoon, Xu Guanwu looked at his watch, but it was only five o'clock, so he drove to Shenjing with his bodyguards to buy roast goose, and then went straight to TVB.
TVB is located on Tiu Keng Leng Broadcasting Road, and there is only one administrative building in the headquarters, and all departments are in this building, which is very crowded.
Zhao Yazhi and the others filmed, the outdoor scenes basically borrowed from Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and the indoor scenes were all in this building. Because I did a lot of backgrounds, I felt that the background was monotonous when I was in the indoor drama, and it also showed the small skill of wireless TV dramas at that time.
Xu Guanwu and four bodyguards carried the roast goose and came to the place where Zhao Yazhi was filming.
I saw that she was filming a singing scene, saying that Zhao Yazhi and other five people decided to participate in the inter-school singing competition, but each school can only allow one team to participate, so their group has to compete with another group of people first.
Zhao Yazhi and the other five sang the theme song "Riding the Wind and Waves" of the TV series "Riding the Wind and Waves", composed by Lesheng Gu Jiahui and lyrics by Lu Guozhen.
There are two "dips" in the Hong Kong lyrics industry, one is the chivalrous "old monster" Huang Zhan, and the other is the "chameleon" Lu Guozhan who has seen through the changes. The two have their own styles, and they meet opponents.
Lu Guozhan filled in countless words, most of which were for TV dramas, such as "Xiao Li Flying Knife", "The Great Wall Will Never Fall", "Whenever It Changes" and so on.
In 2001, Lo was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hong Kong Composers and Authors Society for his outstanding contributions to the Hong Kong music scene.
Xu Guanwu liked to listen to Cantonese songs very much in his previous life, and he has also been famous for a long time for the master Lu Guozhen, and he likes the song "Whenever Changes" composed by him the most, which sounds like a feeling of floating clouds and vicissitudes and the world is slim.
This song "Riding the Wind and Waves" written by him is also a rare inspirational song, and the lyrics are full of xiangshang.
Xu Guanwu nodded while listening to it, feeling that this song has a beautiful melody and inspirational lyrics, which is indeed suitable for young people to listen to.
"Mr. Xu, are you here to visit the class?!" The field reporter soon found Xu Guanwu and his party, and hurriedly greeted them with a smile.
Although Xu Guanwu is not his boss, he is also in the entertainment industry, and a film tycoon like Xu Guanwu naturally dare not offend him with a small scene.
"yes, I don't know if Huan is welcome?" Xu Guanwu said with a smile.
"Welcome, of course welcome. Wait here for a moment, and I'll tell the producer. The field reporter said, and ran over.
A moment later, after the scene was filmed, the director clapped his hands, "Okay, everyone take a break." ”
"Wow!" Everyone present immediately cheered, and even Zhao Yazhi sat on the podium regardless of her image, looking really tired.
Xu Guanwu saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart, and hurriedly walked over with the roast goose.