Although Downing respects Run Run Shaw very much in his heart, in fact, Run Run Shaw at this time is even more surprised and cautious in the face of Downing, a Hollywood film tycoon, you must know that the current Shaw Brothers has not yet been a giant in the Hong Kong film industry in later generations, and in the face of the two major film companies of "Denmao" and "The Great Wall", Shaw was ordered to take charge of the Hong Kong film business in danger.

Fortunately, Run Run Shaw has the iron triangle combination of Li Hanxiang - Lin Dai - Zhao Lei in his hands, and has successively filmed "Diao Chan" (1957) and "The Beauty of the Country" (1959), which not only refreshed the record since the opening of Hong Kong at the box office, but also won five awards at the 5th Asian Film Festival held in the Philippines, and Li Hanxiang won the best director.

Although Run Run Shaw barely gained a foothold in Hong Kong through these two dramas, compared to Downing, this is nothing. Although Downing's company has not filmed many films, but it is a classic, not to mention the box office, Hollywood movies have a huge market in Europe and the United States, which is not only comparable to Hong Kong films in Hong Kong and several small countries in Southeast Asia, and in terms of achievements, the weight of the Oscars is far greater than that of the Asian Film Festival, not to mention that Downing himself is a big boss of a consortium, Hong Kong is not far from Japan, and he has also been to the Guam Hotel, so Shaw knows very well how strong Downing's strength is.

Therefore, as soon as Ye Hangang contacted him, saying that the big boss of Downing in Okinawa wanted to promote a movie in Hong Kong and wanted to cooperate with him for distribution, he was so excited that he didn't even ask about the film, so he agreed. Because in his mind, no matter how bad the film is, as long as it can catch up with Downing's big boss, it is worth the next, not to mention the people who can produce "Roman Holiday" and "007 Dr. No", the vision must be not much different.

For this reason. Therefore, Run Run Shaw's ceremony to welcome Downing this time was particularly grand, not only chartering the most luxurious hotel in Hong Kong, but also bringing all its big directors and big stars to welcome Downing.

Seeing this welcome lineup, Tang Ning sighed in his heart that although he had traveled for so many years, he still felt that Chinese beauties looked the most comfortable, and there were too few Japanese beauties with temperament. It's okay for Western beauties to try fresh things occasionally, but they can't stand it no matter how good their stomachs are.

Seeing Tang Ning's greedy look staring at the beauty, Run Run Shaw couldn't help but smile in his heart, it seems that the rumors are true, this American is really lustful, but it doesn't matter, I'm not afraid that you are lustful, but I'm afraid that you are not good at anything. As long as you have weaknesses, then it will be much easier for us to get in touch, so Run Run Shaw gave Li Lihua a look.

Li Lihua is a well-known Xiao Mi sister in the Hong Kong film industry in this era, and is known as the person who succeeded the butterfly in the 30s and the 40s. not only filmed "Little Phoenix", which once led the wave of Fengxian costume (that is, high-necked cheongsam), but also once shed tears for the chairman who was moved by a "Qiu Jin", and personally awarded her a medal, calling it a living Qiu Jin (well, the chairman is sometimes quite emotional). She is the first Chinese-American actress to play the leading role in Hollywood ("Flying Tiger" co-produced with United American Pictures). later returned to Hong Kong for development because she refused to shoot kiss scenes), and it was rumored that her salary was two-thirds of the cost of a movie when she was at her peak......

Run Run Shaw had to put a lot of effort into poaching her. Although Li Lihua is 36 years old at this time, her desire for movies and Hollywood has not been extinguished, so she also attaches great importance to this opportunity.

In fact, this Wang Lizhen is not the champion of Miss Hong Kong in 1959. But because Mo Pingzhen, who won the championship, couldn't withstand the blow after being disappointed in the "Miss World" competition in London, she withdrew from the entertainment industry, so Wang Lizhen was able to sign a contract with Shaw Brothers, but in fact, Wang Lizhen's later acting career was extremely bumpy. It belongs to the typical representative of the kind of heart that is higher than the sky and thinner than paper. In the six years since her debut, she has never been able to break through in her acting skills, so she has few opportunities to play the heroine, but she was very angry about it, and finally committed suicide by swallowing sleeping pills in 1966, becoming the first Miss Hong Kong to commit suicide.

However, this time it is obvious that Li Lihua's judgment is wrong, because Tang Ning has not even looked at Wang Lizhen since he met a table of people, and his eyes have never left a person.

This Xi Chongyi is originally from Pudong, Shanghai, and is a descendant of the Wang family. His grandfather founded the 'Xi Fuji Construction Factory', and his maternal grandfather was 'Jiangbei Tycoon' Gu Zhuxuan, who ran the 'Tianchan Stage'. Since childhood, he has been influenced by the four masters of Peking Opera, and has received basic training in Peking Opera, so he has a very beautiful temperament, and has been highly praised for filming "Daiyu Funeral Flowers", so as to obtain the reputation of "classical beauty", and this year is taking over the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story" directed by Li Hanxiang. Li Lihua said in her heart, it's really interesting, this American actually likes this kind of classical oriental beauty, not Wang Lizhen or Jin Fei, who is full of Western flavor, but it doesn't matter, no matter who you like, as long as there is something you like.

So Li Lihua found a pause in the chat and said to Wang Lizhen: "Lizhen, please go to the company and bring over all the new drama scripts we are going to open this year, so that Mr. Tang Ning can have a good evaluation in a while." ”

Although Wang Lizhen knew that Li Lihua was looking for an excuse to support her, and she was also very unwilling to miss the opportunity to catch up with a Hollywood tycoon, but Li Lihua's influence in Shaw Brothers and Hong Kong was too great, and Run Run Shaw even leaned on her as an arm, at least she was responsible for today's dinner, so Li Lihua finally had to leave the venue with a grudge.

As soon as Wang Lizhen left, Li Lihua said to Xi Chongyi: "Letty, you go to Mr. Downing and help him pour to the bar." Xi Chongyi was obviously a little reluctant to Li Lihua's arrangement, but she just frowned slightly and walked obediently to Tang Ning's side.

In fact, it's not that Run Run Shaw wants to sacrifice his actresses to stick to Tang Ning so much, when he and Tang Ning are at this identity and age, it is unlikely that they will do anything coercive, but generally speaking, there are women, especially actresses, who can resist their wishes, after all, if they obey, they will get a lot of things and opportunities they dream of.

However, Xi Chongyi didn't seem to be very reluctant, and after sitting down, he always deliberately kept a distance from Tang Ning, unlike Wang Lizhen just now, who couldn't wait to stick to Tang Ning's body. (To be continued......)