405 [Miss Malaysia]
"First of all, thank you for being able to enjoy your face today and come to the celebration banquet of Deadly Express. The box office of "Fatal Express" can exceed 30 million, thanks to Mr. Kang Jianfei being the director of this film, and similarly, Ah Long and Miss Lin also contributed a lot. Here, I would like to give a glass to all the participants in this film, and I also wish Golden Harvest and DreamWorks can continue to cooperate amicably in the future......" Zou Wenhuai raised his glass high, the so-called people are in good spirits on happy occasions, and the smile on his face is as bright as a blooming chrysanthemum.
Kang Jianfei raised his wine glass a little speechlessly, Jiahe held a celebration banquet in advance, which made him feel bored and couldn't speak.
Tomorrow Hong Kong's newspapers will inevitably report the news of the box office hit and the celebration banquet of "Fatal Express", and Golden Harvest will become the dominant player in these news, as if "Fatal Express" was filmed by Golden Harvest with DreamWorks.
There is a saying that momentum and fame seem to have little practical value, but when you really start a company and do business, it will be easier to do anything after the momentum rises.
To put it plainly, a celebration banquet at Golden Harvest directly stole most of the limelight from DreamWorks.
After everyone drank a glass of wine, the guests came over to toast and congratulate, and basically finished Zou Wenhuai's wine first, and then turned their heads to talk to Kang Jianfei, and Slut Fei completely became a foil this time. I have to say that among Hong Kong's film peers, Zou Wenhuai's popularity is much better than Kang Jianfei.
Fortunately, there are also a lot of people from Oriental Entertainment Company and DreamWorks, and they naturally want to take care of their bosses, and they all come to congratulate Kang Jianfei, which can be regarded as regaining a little face for Slut Fei.
Pan Disheng came back after toasting, put down the wine glass and said to Hong Jinbao: "Sanmao, you said that after the establishment of our Debao. What type of movie should be made for entrepreneurship? ”
Hong Jinbao looked at the beautiful woman sitting next to Pan Disheng, and he recognized at a glance that this was the woman who had recently filmed Ji Longxue's watch advertisement with Cheng Long, but Hong Jinbao didn't know her name and origin.
Seeing Hong Jinbao's gaze on the female companion he brought, Pan Disheng smiled and said, "I forgot to introduce to you, this young lady's name is Yang Ziqiong, she was the champion of Miss Malaysia last year, and she still can't speak Chinese and Cantonese." ”
Pan Disheng said and turned his head to talk to Michelle Yang in English, probably introducing Hong Jinbao and the like.
After the two muttered, Michelle Yang took the initiative to greet Hong Jinbao and said, "Harrow, Misterhong." ”
"Oh. It turned out to be Miss Yang, and I am glad to meet her! Hong Jinbao said with a smile, he already regarded Michelle Yang as Pan Disheng's new horse, and it is common for wealthy businessmen to pursue beauty pageants in Hong Kong.
However, Hong Jinbao only guessed half right, Pan Disheng really likes Yang Ziqiong. But now he doesn't dare to pursue it rashly.
Because Michelle Yang is not an ordinary beauty pageant, she herself is from a famous family in Malaysia. My grandfather had a bus company under his hands. His father was also a successful man in Malaysia, and in a few years he would even be canonized as Dato' (Medal of Honor). With such a family background, Pan Disheng can't be soaked in with some money, he has to show some sincerity.
Some time ago, Pan Disheng got the agency of Ji Longxue watches in Hong Kong, and in order to quickly open up the brand awareness, Pan Disheng decided to ask Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia to shoot a watch advertisement - at that time, "Deadly Express" had just begun to be screened.
It's a pity that Lin Qingxia has become popular in Taiwan since she became popular. will no longer take on any advertisements, Pan Disheng just needs to find another advertising heroine.
A Malaysian friend of Pan Disheng happened to be friends with Michelle Yeoh again, so he recommended Michelle Yeoh to shoot advertisements in Hong Kong.
Michelle Yang has been clothed and fed since she was a child, and she doesn't have to worry about food and clothing. At the age of four, he began painting, ballet and piano, and practiced swimming, badminton, skiing, horseback riding, and even participated in diving competitions. She used to study dance, but a few years ago she was seriously injured due to overtraining, and since then she can no longer dance ballet, so she went to change to drama.
Michelle Yeoh graduated from the UK and returned to Malaysia last year, and she was bored to participate in a beauty pageant, but she won the championship inexplicably. After becoming the beauty pageant champion, various Malaysian advertising appointments and film appointments flew in, which made Michelle Young annoying.
After receiving Pan Disheng's invitation, Michelle Yeoh purely came to Hong Kong for tourism and relaxation, but once the advertisement co-produced with Cheng Long was broadcast, it immediately attracted attention in Hong Kong.
There's no way, Michelle Yang when she was young was so beautiful, she was really the kind of beauty who would be the focus wherever she went. When Pan Disheng saw Michelle Yeoh for the first time, he was moved and decided to pursue it, so he wanted to leave his favorite beauty in Hong Kong on the pretext of inviting Michelle Yeoh to film.
Hong Jinbao's Baohe just made a movie about hitting the street two months ago, and he is trying to reopen a drama to save his fame, where is he in the mood to play with Pan Disheng, a son? said at the moment: "For the time being, I don't have a good idea, and Mr. Zou is going to let me make a new drama with Ah Long after the year, and I will think about the company's entrepreneurship." ”
Pan Disheng was a little anxious when he heard this, and said: "Won't Debao's opening work have to wait until the second half of the year to shoot?" ”
Hong Jinbao explained: "Mr. Pan, the faster the film, the better. Let me tell you the truth, after "Deadly Express" was a hit, Mr. Zou was ready to make a similar movie. Now it has been decided that I will star with Yuan Biao and Aaron, and the filming location is either France or Spain, and this film will be screened in the summer. If Debao's entrepreneurial work is filmed early, it can only be in the garbage disposal schedule of the Golden Harvest Cinema Line, so it is better to shoot in the second half of the year and go directly to the Christmas file. ”
Although Pan Disheng doesn't know how much difference there is between the ordinary schedule and the golden schedule, he is a jewelry store, and he also understands that the sales of jewelry during holidays are much better than holidays in ordinary times.
In another time and space, Pan Disheng was discussing with Hong Jinbao to open a company in 1983, and it was not until February 1984 that Debao was officially registered, but his opening work "The Owl and Dumbo" was not released until Christmas at the end of the year.
Similarly, at the beginning of the establishment of the company, Pan Disheng retained Yang Ziqiong to sign a contract with Debao. It's a pity that Michelle Yang, as the champion of Miss Malaysia, had to go back to fulfill some championship obligations, and she was busy for more than half a year before she was invited back by Pan Disheng to make a movie.
Pan Disheng's purpose in opening a film company was to promote the luxury brands he represented, but now he has to add a pickle girl. Brand promotion can be done in a different way, but the excuse for picking up girls is very difficult to find, and the temporary inability to film makes Pan Disheng very depressed.
Hong Jinbao's mind is full of new dramas that he is about to cooperate with Cheng Long, and Pan Disheng is thinking about how to leave the beauty in Hong Kong, and the two have nothing to talk about.
Michelle Yang was like a curious baby, turning her head to look around from time to time. She has been studying at the Royal Academy of Dance in the United Kingdom for several years, and just returned from graduation last year, and she is not very familiar with Hong Kong stars, even Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia have rarely heard of it.
However, even if she was studying in the UK, Michelle Yeoh had also heard of Kang Jianfei's name, just because his "Original Scenery of Hometown" and "Home Alone" were very famous in the UK.
"Dixon, do you know Mr. Kang Jianfei?" Michelle Yang suddenly asked Pan Disheng.
After all, Kang Jianfei is an internationally renowned director, and in order to show that he has traveled extensively, Pan Disheng nodded with a smile and said: "Of course I know, Mr. Kang just finished filming the first movie, we worked together, and we are still old friends." ”
Michelle Yang asked expectantly: "Then can you help introduce him, I have always wanted to know him." ”
Pan Disheng had a bad feeling, and he brought Michelle Yang to the celebration banquet, just to prove to her that he knew a lot of friends in the Hong Kong film industry, so as to persuade Michelle Yang to sign with the upcoming Debao Film Company.
But now that Michelle Yang has offered to get acquainted with Kang Jianfei, you must know that Kang Jianfei's star brokerage company is almost in a monopoly position in Hong Kong, what if Michelle Yang goes to Oriental Entertainment Company? Then wouldn't he Pan Disheng make wedding clothes for others!
But Pan Disheng just boasted that he and Kang Jianfei were old friends, and there was really no reason to refuse Ziqiong Yang's request, so he could only say helplessly: "Of course, but Mr. Kang has too much entertainment now, let's go over later." ”
Michelle Yang saw that there were indeed many people who stepped forward to talk to Kang Jianfei about toasting, so she nodded and stopped talking, she couldn't speak Chinese, and she couldn't communicate with other people at the same table, so she had to taste the red wine in the cup with her head down.
At this moment, Chen Huiyi suddenly walked next to Hong Jinbao and said in a low voice: "Brother Sanmao, I just heard that the Spring Festival file of the New Era Cinema is preparing a Western film. ”
"Nishikata?" Hong Jinbao exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't it the "City Lights" directed by Zhang Jianting? ”
What movies are on the Spring Festival file of the New Era Cinema Line is originally none of Hong Jinbao's business, but the Spring Festival file of Golden Harvest Cinema Line this year is arranged to be released by Baohe Film Company's "People Scare Ghosts". This movie is directed by Qian Yuesheng, starring Lin Zhengying, Chen Long and others, and the entire production team is from the Hong family.
Zhang Jianting was a big hit because of the big hit of "Seven Days of Love" directed by him last year, and he happened to shoot a "City Lights" during this time, so Hong Jinbao has always regarded "City Lights" and "Best Partner 3" of Xinyi City as his biggest competitors.
"What else do you want to know?" Hong Jinbao asked.
Chen Huiyi, like Lin Zhengying, was Bruce Lee's right-hand man back then, and he was also the producer of "People Scared of Ghosts", and immediately replied: "I heard that it is a Western film invested by Kang Jianfei in Hollywood, and it will start to be promoted in Hong Kong in two days." ”
Hong Jinbao became more and more confused, he didn't hear that Kang Jianfei had invested in Hollywood recently. Moreover, Western films released in Hong Kong are generally introduced after they are painted in Europe and the United States, so there are more gimmicks to do in publicity.
Kang Jianfei also wanted to release "Terminator" in the United States first, but unfortunately 20th Century Fox had its own film to be released, and there was no way to schedule "Terminator" for Christmas, and the screening plan in North America could only be postponed.
"Dixon, Mr. Kang is here!" Michelle Yang suddenly reminded a little excitedly.
Pan Disheng turned his head to look, but saw Kang Jianfei holding a wine glass and walking this way with a smile. (To be continued......)