Chapter 690: Back to the Zhao Family
Compared with the frequent heavy attacks of Xu's and Golden Harvest, Shaw's Spring Festival stalls this year are a little weak, people sell fists, and Shaw's side sells pillows.
The first scene is "The Resentful Woman, the Baby, the Crazy Killer" shot by director Lu Qi, which is a film that can be characterized as a tertiary film, with a small number of dew points in the film. Lu Qi was a Cantonese film student in Hong Kong in the 60s, and was a smash hit at the time, and he and the famous movie star Chen Po-chu were the best screen couple.
TVB once had a drama "Difficult Brothers", which was to shoot Lu Qi and Chen Baozhu's deeds in the 60s, of course, there were too many exaggerated and perfunctory elements, and this nostalgic comedy received extremely high ratings that year. Later, it was adapted by Wang Jing into "Hardcover Difficult Brothers", which is a rare high-reputation work in his filming career.
Directed by Liu Zhenwei and co-starred by Liang Jiahui, Feng Baobao, and Huang Yunshi, in "Ninety-Two Black Rose vs. Black Rose", Officer Lu played by Liang Jiahui, also known as "Brother Qi", is also imitating Lu Qi, and he is quite funny.
Lu Qi was a personable son when he was filming Cantonese films, but then he retired behind the scenes to become a director, but he made money with Fengyue films, and his famous work "Lover's Tears" was just a small attempt, and the most amazing thing was "Danish Baby", which introduced a golden silk cat with plump breasts and fat buttocks, which made a group of cesium wolves who were tired of watching local actresses scratch their heads and pose, and this film also achieved a very high box office.
After "Danish Girl", Lu Qi made persistent efforts to shoot "Paris Encounter", "Rich Child, Famous Flower, Star Mother", "Celebrity, Prodigal Girl, Enough Ginger Girl" and so on. He mostly uses big-name actresses as gimmicks in his films. But third-rate young actors are mostly used in the play. and the golden silk cat introduced from abroad. In this way, there are gimmicks and watches, so the box office has been good.
Another film starring Shaw Brothers is "Foot Meat Garden" by director He Fan. "The Meat Garden" is a well-known novel in ancient China, which tells the story of a scholar named Weiyangsheng, who likes to seduce a woman from a good family for his own pleasure, and believes in the truth that flowers can be broken and must be broken. In order to fulfill his lust, he was willing to take a dog whip, and seduced several women from good families.
Weiyangsheng has also married a wife, but his wife is inevitably entertained, so he specially asked the daughter of a family with very strict rules as his wife. But it's a pity that the agency is too clever. After all, his wife was abducted and sold into a brothel to become a prostitute, and in the end she was inevitably entertained.
Although the film echoes before and after, there is the theme of "those who have wives and daughters, wives and daughters will be adulterated", but because there are a lot of erotic descriptions in the book, it has always been listed as a banned book, and its literary value is not very high, but its fame is quite large, almost as famous as "Golden Vase Plum", and it is also one of the most adapted ancient erotic novels in Hong Kong.
Ho Fan is also one of Hong Kong's leading tertiary film directors. There have been many tertiary films, but now of course, there is no classification system in Hong Kong. Therefore, at present, it is only called salty wet tablets or Fengyue tablets. Although they are both tertiary film directors, He Fan's directing style is different from Lu Qi's.
He Fan pays more attention to the beauty of the picture and the rendering of the atmosphere, and the tertiary films he has made give people a very beautiful feeling. Lu Qi's tertiary films are mainly curious, and the pictures are a bit shoddy.
Shaw Brothers launched two salty wet films during the Spring Festival, which is actually a last resort. Because other films really don't have a work, it's either a martial arts kung fu movie or a thriller horror movie...... I chose to choose and chose these two salty wet tablets to be more suitable for the occasion. Besides, if it is released against the market, if it goes the opposite way, it may achieve good results.
In the previous life, Shaw Brothers suffered from the repeated impacts of Golden Harvest in the early 80s, and also promoted a group of young directors to the battle, such as Du Qifeng, Wang Jing, Zhang Jianting, etc., but now in addition to Zhang Jianting is still in Shaw Brothers, like Wang Jing, Er Dongsheng, Du Qifeng, etc., they are all staying in Xu's place well.
Shaw Brothers finally came out with Xu Anhua, and was kicked out because of the low box office of "Five Blessings", and now he only relies on a group of veterans to barely support the overall situation.
IN FACT, IN XU GUANWU'S VIEW, THIS IS NOZUONODIE. Although Xu Anhua's "Five Blessings" has a low box office, its reputation is very good, and if it continues to be cultivated, he will definitely be an outstanding talent. Sure enough, they then filmed "Crazy Robbery", which was applauded and applauded.
Shaw Brothers used to have the heart to support young directors, as if Mu Dunfu was selected from a large number of directors at the beginning, but now under the continuous losses, Sir Shao's courage is much smaller, and he will stop as soon as there is a loss. But to be honest, making movies is a very risky business, and no one can guarantee that they will always make money, even Niu X such as Hong Jingbao, Cheng Long, Zhou Yanfa, Wu Yusen, Xu Ke, have all been unlucky. So you should be tolerant of the director.
It seems that Xu Guanwu funded director Zhang Jian and director Zhang Guoming to make films, and these two people also lost a lot in the first few movies, but Xu Guanwu believed in their talents and still supported them without giving up. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to be reluctant to invest. Even Wu Siyuan praised Xu Ke and was willing to pay for two movies, compared to Sir Shao's courage, he was already scared.
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Because of the relationship between accompanying Lin Qingxia back to Taipei for the New Year last year, Xu Guanwu had no choice but to fulfill his oath this year and accompany Zhao Yazhi back to her parents' house for the New Year.
Along the way, Xu Guanwu's face was not very good-looking, and when he thought of meeting that strange family, he felt that his stomach began to twitch.
"If you don't want to go, forget it, why do you put on such a face, as if our family owes you money." Zhao Yazhi saw that after Xu Guanwu got into the car, her face was so stiff, putting on a poker face, and she couldn't help but say depressedly.
"Then turn around." When Xu Guanwu heard this, he hurriedly instructed the driver.
"Go!" Zhao Yazhi slapped Xu Guanwu's hand, "Our family is so annoying to you, you don't even want to go to the New Year, why did you promise me when you accompanied Qingxia home last year?" ”
"Okay, don't keep using that to pressure me, okay? You know better than I know what your family is like. As long as the Lin family is half sensible, I won't say anything. Xu Guanwu said, "Now you still want me to come to the door to compensate for the smile." It's too hard for me. ”
"Then you should just do it for me. You know what my parents like best. When the time comes, give them some heavy gifts, and they won't say anything. Zhao Yazhi saw that Xu Guanwu reacted so much, and hurriedly begged in a low voice.
"Over the years of marriage, when have I been shorter than theirs, and the buildings have been given three buildings, do you think which son-in-law in Hong Kong is so generous as me?" Xu Guanwu said angrily, "Alas, Shengmi is fighting against Mi. Looks like I've spoiled your family. This time I went to show me face, and I took it all back. Hum! ”
"Okay, don't be angry, I've already told them that I won't mess with you anymore." Zhao Yazhi said.
Xu Guanwu nodded, "Alas, I don't know if you were raised, your personality and temper are so different from your family." Why don't you go back and get your blood tested, in case the key is raised, we won't have to deal with them again in the future. ”
"What nonsense. You're the one who was raised. Zhao Yazhi slapped Xu Guanwu and said.
The car went around and around and soon stopped in front of a villa in a deep water bay. This villa was also owned by Xu Guanwu before, and later Zhao Yazhi said that her parents had asthma and wanted to find a place to recuperate with fresh air and a quiet environment, so Xu Guanwu gave this villa to them.
Although he only spent less than 1 million Hong Kong dollars when he bought it at that time, it has to be about 3 million Hong Kong dollars now, and Deep Water Bay is famous for its greenery and close to the beach, which is a pretty good high-end residential area. Li Jiacheng lives here.
The car was parked in the garage of the villa, Zhao Yazhi took the lead, holding Xiao Simo, Xu Guanwu walked behind with a straight face, and a nanny stepped forward to open the door. Thanks to Guanwu's blessing, the Zhao family is now also living a life of calling slaves and maids, and there are also three nannies at home, as well as a special driver, and a gardener.
"Dad, Mom, Ah Wu and I have brought Simo to you to greet the New Year." As soon as she entered the door, Zhao Yazhi shouted.
When the Zhao family's parents heard their daughter's cry, they immediately greeted her. They were quite enthusiastic about Zhao Yazhi, but when they saw Xu Guanwu, that smile couldn't help but fake a lot.
"Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao, Happy New Year!" Xu Guanwu also reluctantly squeezed a smile and said, that smile was also quite stiff.
"Happy New Year, too." Father Zhao nodded and led Xu Guanwu's family to the living room to sit down.
"Alas, this pot of kumquat is so beautiful, Ah Wu, you see, it's more prosperous than our pot." The uncle and uncle looked at each other unpleasantly, and the atmosphere was suddenly a little awkward, and Zhao Yazhi hurriedly found a topic.
"Yes." Xu Guanwu responded lightly.
Zhao's father said, "This pot of kumquat was planted by myself in the back garden, and now that I am old, I don't have to work anymore, so it's quite fun to play with flowers and plants when I have nothing to do." There are still a few pots of kumquat in the back garden, so if you like it, take it home. It doesn't matter if you don't, your family has money, and you're afraid that you won't be able to buy something better? ”
Zhao Yazhi listened to her father's previous words quite moving, but the sentence on the suffix made people listen to it really harshly.
"Dad, since you said yes, it must be good, why don't I take Ah Wu to have a look." Zhao Yazhi saw that Xu Guanwu's face was a little unsightly, so she said with a smile.
"You can't go back twice a year, do you know where the back garden door opens? I'll take you there. Father Zhao said, got up and led them to the back garden.
Sure enough, I saw that there was a conservatory surrounded by glass at the back of the villa, although the harsh winter had arrived, the flowers in the flower room were still blooming very brightly. Xiao Simo couldn't help but get excited when he saw so many flowers in the flower room.
Father Zhao also seemed to like Xiao Simo very much, so he simply hugged him and took him to pick the most beautiful flowers.
"Ah Wu, you see, Dad is so good to Xiao Simo." Zhao Yazhi said with a smile.
Xu Guanwu smiled, "I hope he doesn't plan to use Xiao Simo to fight for the inheritance." Ouch! As soon as he finished speaking, he was stepped on by Zhao Yazhi on his feet, so that he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.
"Dad, this flower room is usually cleaned up by you alone, it's really beautiful." Zhao Yazhi said with a smile.
"Yes, if you like it, you can come back more often, or I'll ask the driver to send you a bouquet of flowers every day. There are so many flowers in this flower room that the house is almost overwhelmed. Zhao's father said.
"Okay." Zhao Yazhi happily agreed.
Father Zhao smiled, and then said, "Ah Zhi, your eldest brother, eldest sister, second sister and their three families have been in the mainland for so long, when will they come back?" ”
Xu Guanwu's expression was stunned when he heard this, no wonder he was so friendly, it turned out that the key was here.
Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, she knew that her husband had sent her brothers and sisters to the mainland, nominally to take care of the theater in the mainland, but in fact, it was exile in disguise. There was no food, no drink, no play, and it was too far from Hong Kong. And it's been almost a year and a half since they were sent, and they haven't been recruited back until now.
"Oh, there's so much going on over there, I guess we'll have to wait a while." Zhao Yazhi said with a smile.
Zhao's father didn't listen to his daughter's words, but looked at Xu Guanwu behind her, "Is that so?" (To be continued......)