said that it was the "Three Princesses of the Great Wall", but what Tang Ning wanted to see most was actually the eldest princess Xia Meng (this is her stage name, her real name is Yang Meng), but Xia Meng was married as early as 1954, so it was inconvenient for Tang Ning to ask to see Xia Meng, which was easy to cause others to misunderstand, although Tang Ning thought that he was very inappropriate in terms of women, but he also had his own bottom line, that is, not to destroy other people's families.

Yuan Yangan, the boss of Great Wall Pictures, was very excited about Tang Ning's invitation to the dinner, although he also knew that the success of pulling Tang Ning from Shaw Brothers was not high, but no matter what, he had to try it, in case it succeeded, and it was not a bad thing to have a good relationship with such a big boss.

During this time, he also heard about the lustful reputation of this Tangning boss, and knew that he and Xi Chongyi and Jin Fei of the Shaw Brothers seemed to have a little sign of it, but it was said that there was no substantial progress, but he couldn't run away from liking women, so this time Yuan Yangan dispatched his three famous princesses.

Speaking of which, even he himself felt a little surprised, Xia Meng, a good wife and mother who has always been clean and self-conscious, "should not be invited to dinner, do not attend tailoring, do not make movies with unhealthy content, and do not put any stills at home", actually agreed to attend this dinner, and also offered to be the east, which is quite a rare thing, when I asked the reason, it turned out that Xia Meng and Master Mei Lanfang were friends, and this time it was to thank Tang Ning for the help given by Tang Ning when Mei Lanfang was in distress in Tokyo last time.

When it was time to officially meet, Tang Ning found that Master Jin Yong's praise of Xia Meng was still relatively accurate, "No one has ever seen how beautiful Xi Shi is, I think she should be worthy of her reputation like Xia Meng." (This is Jin Yong's original words, Jin Yong chased the summer dream back then, and the whole Hong Kong knew it.) The only time in his life that he wrote the script and directed it himself was to get close to Fangze, although in the end they couldn't work together. But it can also be regarded as leaving a romantic story of talented and beautiful people for the world. ）

Xia Meng is tall, glamorous but not charming, and his demeanor is elegant and generous, chaste and peaceful, and he feels like a spring breeze when he talks to him, which makes Tang Ning sigh with emotion, this Lin Baocheng is really blessed, and he doesn't know how much high incense his ancestors burned to marry such a good wife.

Coincidentally. Xia Meng got married in 1954, and the second princess Shi Hui also got married in 1954, his husband is the famous actor Fu Qi, who may not be familiar with him, but their daughter Fu Mingxian must know a lot of people, and she can still be seen in TVB dramas until now. Shi Hui is also the most versatile of the three princesses, not only familiar with piano and ballet, but also likes ancient poetry, and has a good hand in calligraphy; He is also fluent in English, French and Italian. Or a flowery soprano; And in addition to being an actress, she also tried to be a scene writer, screenwriter and assistant director.

Since the eldest princess and the second princess are both married, the youngest and 23-year-old third princess Chen Sisi is accompanying Tang Ning.

After greeting for a while, Yuan Yangan raised his glass and said, "Mr. Tang Ning is really discerning. Not only can you shoot the award-winning "Roman Holiday" in Hollywood, but also 007, which is a big hit in Europe and the United States. Now he has made "Big Brother Tangshan", which makes Hong Kong fans crazy, which really makes us filmmakers in Hong Kong feel ashamed. ”

Tang Ning said modestly: "I also saw a competition of Mr. Bruce Lee by a very coincidental opportunity, and I thought that this kind of kung fu would be very good if it was made into a movie, so I made an attempt, but I didn't expect the Hong Kong audience to be so welcome, which is considered lucky." ”

Yuan continued, "I know that Mr. Downing is working with Shaw Brothers. However, if there is a chance, we at Great Wall would also like to cooperate with Mr. Downing. ”

Tang Ning frowned and said: "There is no problem with this, but I think kung fu movies don't seem to be very consistent with the consistent style of Great Wall Pictures, at least these three princesses are not suitable for this type of film." ”

Yuan Yangan explained: "Mr. Tang, you misunderstood, don't we in the Great Wall also want to follow the trend to make this kind of kung fu movie. Rather, I wanted to work with Mr. Downing to try to open up the U.S. market, and we were inspired by the popularity of Toei's Godzilla in the U.S. two years ago. ”

Tang Ning is still puzzled by this: "I know that your company's movies are very well shot, but most of them are opera, which is too difficult to accept for European and American audiences who are not familiar with Chinese culture, Godzilla can be popular in the United States because this kind of science fiction type of movies is very marketable in the United States, and it is easy for the audience to accept it, but Chinese opera movies are different, not to mention those ordinary European and American audiences, even Americans like me who think they know Chinese culture very well are difficult to understand." ”

Yuan Yangan thought for a moment, and then said: "Then what if you refer to the "Flying Tiger Baby" co-produced by Li Lihua and Lianmei back then, and go this way?" ”

Tang Ning hesitated for a moment before replying: "That's okay, but even Ms. Li Lihua refused to shoot because of some intimate scenes, so Ms. Xia Meng will definitely not be able to accept it." ”

Yuan Yangan laughed and said: "Xia Meng and Shi Hui are already married and have a family, so they naturally have more scruples, but we still have open-minded newcomers like Miss Sisi, so Boss Tangning doesn't have to worry about this." ”

Tang Ning nodded reluctantly: "Okay, you can discuss the details of this matter with Mr. Jimmy DuPont of the company in detail when the time comes." ”

After the successful completion of the promotion of "Tangshan Big Brother" in Hong Kong, Downing's next stop is Japan, it is very strange to say, many of Bruce Lee's films have very serious anti-Japanese plots, but in fact, Bruce Lee is extremely popular in Japan, and there are even martial arts stars who imitate Bruce Lee represented by Kurata Hoaki, Chiba Shinichi and Shiho Mieko, etc., the reason may be because of the Japanese habitual psychology of worshipping the strong, of course, there are also reasons why many anti-Japanese words have been changed when translating.

However, Downing had just returned to Tokyo, and before he started the official publicity, he received a bad news from Ogura, Dr. Grunov, a meritorious engineer at the Kokura Military Factory, was infected with lung disease and had been diagnosed as hopeless, so Grunov made a request to Downing, that is, Downing personally hired him from Germany, and now he also hopes that Downing will personally send him back to his hometown. (To be continued......)