Chapter 5 The Storm and the Moon at Sea

"Hello, Mr. Zhang! I am a reporter of "Declaration", I heard that your company is filming a historical film "Yue Fei Jingzhong Serves the Country", which has caused a huge response in Shanghai before filming has started, how much money have you invested in this movie? ”

"Haha, this reporter got to the point! Our company did spend a lot of money on this film, but the main cost was not on the filming itself. Before filming this film, our company decided that we would hire a large number of refugees to perform this film! It can not only arouse everyone's heart to rescue compatriots, but also effectively help refugees through higher remuneration! ”

Since Mr. Zhang said that he would hire a large number of refugees to perform, how many refugees can this film hire? Can Mr. Zhang give a specific number? ”

"Thousands! Although the main characters of this script are limited, we will hire a large number of disaster victims as extras! There are so many of them that I can't give a specific number! And this part of the cost will account for more than half of the budgeted cost! ”

What Zhang Shankun said is naturally true, and this is also one of the proposals given to him for the rest of his life. It's just that the salary of the hired extras is just one or two full meals. And eating is the lowest cost thing, a meal for thousands of people is just a few thousand catties of white flour or white rice, converted, but hundreds of bags of white flour or rice, not worth much silver. Much less than hiring a big-name star!

And influence, for refugees who don't have enough to eat, is the most influential who can feed them.

"So, Mr. Zhang, who are you going to hire as the director of this film? Who is the author of "Serving the Country with Loyalty"? ”

"Hehe, here, I can reveal a secret to everyone in advance. The screenwriter, director, and composer of this movie are all the same person! He is a genius praised even by Director Bu Wancang! ”

"Could it be that the screenwriter, director, and composer of this movie are all Mr. Yu Sheng?"

"That's right! The movie will be released in four months, so I hope you will pay attention! ”

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And Zhang Shankun praised him as a genius in front of the media for the rest of his life, at this time, he was facing a headache for three beauties who came to apply!

The three beauties in front of them are petite and delicate, but they have similar faces. It is the sibling flower that men dream of. It is three of the four Liang sisters who are famous in Shanghai. Liang Saizhen, Liang Saizhu, Liang Saishan. The youngest, Liang Saihu, did not come.

The three beauties in front of them have acting skills, looks, and figures, and they were originally the most suitable candidates. It's just that their only drawback is that they are too involved in Shanghai and are involved in Ruan Lingyu's suicide case! can be regarded as offending a large number of colleagues in the Shanghai film industry.

And when it comes to them, we have to mention Tang Jishan. Tang Jishan was originally a rich second generation who inherited the family's industry and business, and he was extremely shrewd in business. He also studied in the United Kingdom, traveled to Europe and the United States, and had a wide range of knowledge. After returning to China, he established the Huacha Company, and took advantage of the May Day Movement to boycott foreign goods nationwide, and expanded the business. On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, the products of Huacha Company were exported to Africa, and the export volume accounted for about 10% of Shanghai's total tea exports!

When a man is rich, he becomes bad, and for the rich second-generation Tang Jishan, there is never a shortage of money. Therefore, there is never a misconduct in the affairs of men and women. The two most famous people he has provoked, one is Zhang Zhiyun, and the other is Ruan Lingyu. Compared to these two people, the Liang sisters are nothing more than wildflowers on the side of the road.

Zhang Zhiyun is the first generation of actresses in China and the first movie queen in the history of Chinese film. starred in "Yujie Bingqing" written by Ouyang Yuqian and directed by Bu Wancang in Minxin Company. It's just that this woman is not a jade and ice person. When Bu Wancang was in high spirits, Zhang Zhiyun fell in love with Bu Wancang.

After becoming famous, Zhang Zhiyun entered Vanity Fair and met Tang Jishan. Tang Jishan has been trained for many years and knows women very well. Coupled with his rich net worth and graceful demeanor, it was easy to snatch Zhang Zhiyun into his hands. Zhang Zhiyun also thought that he had met lifelong dependence, and in 1927, he went to the United States with Tang Jishan to help Tang Jishan expand his career. but failed. In the early thirties, Tang Jishan met Ruan Lingyu and abandoned Zhang Zhiyun. The original promised compensation has not been implemented.

Since then, Zhang Zhiyun's situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and he has made several movies that are not famous. In his later years, he became a beggar in Hong Kong and died in the mid-seventies.

And Ruan Lingyu's fame is much greater than Zhang Zhiyun, and she is known as one of the four beauties of the Republic of China. His masterpiece "The Goddess" is the pinnacle of the silent film era in Chinese film history!

It's just that Ruan Lingyu's vision of choosing a man is really far from her acting skills. Whether it is Zhang Damin or Tang Jishan, they are rare wonders among men. When Tang Jishan was dating Ruan Lingyu, not only did she not divorce her wife, but she was even more troublesome, including the Liang sisters, who were already well-known in Shanghai at that time. That's right, not one of them, but Liang, Shi, sister, sister!

Poor Ruan Lingyu was finally abused to death by Tang Jishan, and even the suicide note was forged by Tang Jishan! And the person who forged the suicide note was Liang Saishan! In the forged suicide note, Tang Jishan's atrocities were completely set aside, and only one terrible sentence was used to push the responsibility to the public opinion.

Originally, the eyebrows between a drama and a businessman were not a big deal. No one else has the right to ask, but as soon as Ruan Lingyu died, Tang Jishan and Liang Saishan, who aided in the abuse, offended all kinds of big names in the Chinese film industry at that time, including Jin Yan, Sun Yu, Fei Mu, Zheng Junli, Wu Yonggang, Cai Chusheng, Li Minwei, and other elites!

So much so that later, the Liang sisters could no longer make movies, so they could only be dancers. In the end, there was no comeback. Tang Jishan divorced his wife after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, moved to Taiwan, was defrauded, his business failed, and the company went bankrupt. Eventually died tragically on the streets.

Yu Sheng looked at the three beautiful women who were like flowers and jade, and they were full of eagerness in front of him. While secretly saying that Tang Jishan, a bastard, eats more and occupies more, he is also surprised by his ability to change some details of history, a butterfly that has crossed over.

Liang Saizhen said: "Our sisters know that because of Tang Jishan's matter, we have almost offended all the film colleagues in Shanghai. Thinking about it, only Mr. Yu has less to do with colleagues in the film industry, which may give our sisters a chance to play roles. ”

"Besides, we also hate Japanese people. Yesterday, our sisters listened to Mr. Yu's singing of "Serving the Country with Loyalty", and we couldn't help but be excited! Therefore, I came to visit Mr. Yu early this morning, hoping that Mr. Yu will arrange a role for our sisters, as long as we can star in "Yue Fei Jingzhong Serves the Country", our sisters can even be paid without pay! ”

In fact, in the eyes of the rest of her life, Ruan Lingyu's death has nothing to do with the women in front of her. Except for Liang Saishan, who forged the suicide note, it is really difficult to forgive, and the other sisters of the Liang family have nothing to do with Ruan Lingyu. Not to mention taking responsibility for his suicide!

Therefore, Yu Sheng still decided to give them a chance: "I can't decide this matter, Miss Liang, your affairs are too involved." It's even a matter of life and death for this movie, I have to make a phone call to ask before I can decide! ”

"Who is Mr. Yu going to call?"

"Call Brother Bu Wancang and ask him to help ask Jin Yan, Sun Yu, Fei Mu, Zheng Junli, Wu Yonggang, Cai Chusheng, and Li Minwei what they mean! If there is a result, I will notify a few people who will come to audition. ”

To the surprise of the rest of his life, these movie names who had never seen him in his life replied to Bu Wancang very happily. The unanimous opinion is: "It is the director's right to choose which actor to play what role, and outsiders have no right to decide, but Ah Ruan died pitifully." ”

It seems that in addition to Liang Saishan, the other three Liang sisters can still be free laborers for Director Yu Da.

The actor was also chosen, and the seven teenagers of the same age brought by Ye Wuguang all looked healthy and strong, although not handsome, but much better than most of the yellow-skinned refugees. And it seems that the relationship between these teenagers is really good, at least Ye Wuguang, a young man who loves cleanliness very much, can very calmly share the same piece of head with another teenager who has just finished clasping his feet with his hands, and his face does not change.

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Normal people generally yearn for a peaceful and comfortable life, unfortunate people have their own misfortunes, and most of the blandness of happiness is the same.

But if this proposition is true, then people with logical obsessive-compulsive disorder will ask, if a person does not like a peaceful and comfortable life, and has to make himself and others unhappy, then is this person abnormal? Or is it not in the category of "people"?

Belch...... Actually, I don't know, guess?

However, the rest of his life's step-by-step plan must not be carried out without waves. In a Japanese mansion where the voice of a ghost screams and the makeup of a kabuki is as pale as a zombie, a Japanese ronin sits cross-legged and listens to the singing like a ghost, concentrating and calming, with a katana sword lying horizontally on his knees.

And in front of this ronin sat a middle-aged man, drinking tea without saying a word. After a long time, the ronin opened his eyes and said to the man in front of him, "Chang Jun, I recently heard a very difficult song on the street. But I wonder why you Chinese love to listen so much! ”

"Inoue-kun, I wonder which song you heard?"

"Loyal to the Country"!"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't let them sing! That movie was a joke! It is simply a shame for us yellow people to be propagated by such a backward culture! Isn't it good to listen to the net glass? ”