Rebirth: Rising Hong Kong

"Mr. Shao, that Shi Zhijian is too disrespectful. We have waited for a long time, and he still hasn't shown up! I don't care, but who is your old man? He clearly doesn't take you seriously!" Liu Jianxiong bit Cigar, sat next to him and said to Shao Daheng.

"Respect between people is not based on whether he takes each other in the eyes, but in his heart!" Shao Daheng gave Liu Jianxiong a sideways look.

In the past, people like Liu Jianxiong were not qualified to be on an equal footing with themselves, but now the Hong Kong film industry is windy and rainy, and there are so many people and powerful people, they can only entangle these people and talk to Shi Zhijian.

At this moment in the study, in addition to Shao Daheng representing Shaw Brothers Films, Liu Jianxiong and Zou Wenhuai representing Golden Harvest Films, there are also Lei Juekun representing Kowloon Cinemas, Cao Dahua representing Huayi Cinemas, and Peng representing Phoenix Pictures. Dongsheng, Deng Bingcheng and others representing Great Wall Pictures.

The study is very large, but at this moment it is already full of people, all biting cigars, smoking cigarettes, and the smoke is lingering.

Seeing that Tycoon Shao's reaction was not as "dramatic" as he thought, Liu Jianxiong knew that this trick of "screaming discord" would not work, so he put down his cigar, took a sip from the teacup, and turned his eyes away: "Also, Mr. Shao! In fact, you don't have to do things like this tonight, you can just leave it to our juniors! No matter how sharp Shi Zhijian is, he is still your junior. If we pass on your words to him, does he dare to refuse?"

Shao Daheng smiled and took a sip from the tea cup, but he didn't like the tea here. Although the Shi family had brought out the best old Pu'er tea cakes to entertain everyone, Shao Daheng still liked to drink ginseng tea.

There are rumors in the rivers and lakes that Shao Daheng once met an old man who cultivated self-cultivation in Lantau Island. The old man came from the mainland and knew a lot of health preservation techniques. At Shao Daheng's request, he taught a set of cultivation methods. One of the most important methods is to supplement with ginseng. For the body, all the best ginseng listed in Hong Kong, the most expensive thousand-year-old ginseng, and 100-year-old ginseng were all bought by Shao Daheng!

Shao Daheng loves making soup and drinking ginseng tea! So much so that after Shao Daheng of the company went to the bathroom, outsiders could smell a strong ginseng smell when they entered their noses, and immediately knew that Uncle Six had been here!

"Jianxiong, you've only invested in movies not long ago, and you may not know many things. Making a movie is not about making instant noodles, investing in stocks, you often need to do it yourself, especially whether a movie can sell well, you have to see the sample first. Only if you like it, the audience will like it!" Shao Daheng smiled and put down the teacup in his hand, and said to Liu Jianxiong in a teaching tone, "So every time I encounter a problem, I will solve it myself, never fake hands! Also, the messenger for you is not necessarily to be loyal to you, and if the tone of the letter is wrong or the content is wrong, then it may delay the big thing!"

How could Liu Jianxiong not be able to hear what Shao Daheng said, he immediately smiled awkwardly: "Sixth uncle, what you said! Everything must be done by yourself. I am young and energetic, and I will learn more from you in the future!"

When Zou Wenhuai saw Liu Jianxiong slumped, he couldn't help but feel mixed feelings and wondered if it was a wrong decision to choose Liu Jianxiong to join Golden Harvest and drive away Shi Zhijian? Everyone says that Liu Jianxiong is also a leader of contemporary youth, a generation of heroes, but why is he so bad compared to Shi Zhijian?

Lei Juekun could see clearly from the side, and his eyes showed a hint of contempt for Liu Jianxiong. For him, Liu Jianxiong was still too young, especially if he dared to play tricks in front of Shao Daheng, knowing that these yin and yang moves were all leftovers by their seniors. down!

Others also had different expressions, scoffing at Liu Jianxiong's performance.

Just then, footsteps sounded.

With the sound of footsteps, a voice said: "I'm sorry everyone, I'm late!"

Not loud, but full of momentum!

Before the person arrives, the aura of the superior person has already swept in!

Needless to say, the person here is Shi Zhijian!

...

Shi Zhijian entered the study room and greeted Shao Daheng and others warmly, and then sat down on the sofa.

The little nanny, Papaya, came in, holding a tray and handing over tea.

Shi Zhijian cut to the chase: "Mr. Shao, Boss Lei, and Brother Jianxiong and Brother Zou----but I don't know why you came here tonight?"

"Of course it's for the "Hong Kong Film Rating System" proposed by you as a member of the Legislative Council," Shao Daheng said.

"Oh, I see! Spreading positive energy starts with you and me! It seems that Mr. Shao and everyone are moved by my theme. Come over tonight and want me to continue to work hard and urge this proposal to be implemented as soon as possible, right?"

Shao Daheng and the others looked at each other in dismay, saying in their hearts to urge you to be paralyzed! This man is so thick-skinned, he pretends to be confused while he understands!

"Cough, just the opposite!" Shao Daheng took out a cigar and knocked it on the table, Liu Jianxiong hurriedly stepped forward to help him light it, and now Shao Daheng is their backbone.

"This proposal is very good! We filmmakers also have a state of mind to promote positive energy and contribute to society and civilization!" Shao Daheng felt nauseous when he said these words.

"However, Hong Kong films have only recently developed, and external competition is still very fierce. For example, Eastern films, American films, French films, and British films are all eyeing me! If the grading system is implemented, it will inevitably affect the film box office. In this case, we Shaw Brothers don't care, we just earn a little less, but other film companies will go bankrupt if they don't do well!"

"The collapse of a film company can be big or small! From a small perspective, it means that the audience will watch less movies. From a large perspective, if a movie company goes bankrupt, people will be laid off, unemployed, and many people will be gone. To make a living, the wife at home is looking forward to it, and the child is waiting to be fed. Although it will not be tragic, it will have a far-reaching impact!"

"So, we also ask Mr. Shi, oh no, Senator Shi will handle this matter carefully, if possible, pull this proposal down first! It's not too late to propose to the ghost guy when the time is right!"

Shao Daheng's voice fell, and everyone agreed----

"Yeah, it's really hard to do business now! In particular, the movie business is going through a difficult time. We need to work together!"

"Mr. Shi, please bear with it for a while, and give us a chance to develop first!"

Shi Zhijian spread his hands when he heard the words: "But I want to spread positive energy!"

Shao Daheng and the others rolled their eyes.

"In addition, I finally became a member of parliament, and I finally put forward such a good suggestion. Those ghosts all valued it, so excited! I think this is a spiritual and cultural construction, and I have a lot of credit for this new member!"

"Cough cough!" Shao Daheng almost choked to death on a cigar, how can people be so shameless?

"We all know that Senator Shi is a talented person. After becoming a member of parliament, you will definitely achieve something! But please slow down this proposal for a while, or change to a new proposal first!"

"What's the change? I know what you're saying?" Shi Zhijian spread his hands towards Shao Daheng.

Shao Daheng exhaled, suddenly turned his head and asked Liu Jianxiong, "Boss Liu, what's the change, I know what you said?"

"Uh, why are you asking me?" Liu Jianxiong was stunned, not understanding why Shao Daheng suddenly kicked the topic to himself!

Looking at Shi Zhijian again, at this moment he was looking at himself with a smile.

In an instant, Liu Jianxiong understood!

Understand the cause and effect!

Shi Zhijian was playing him from start to finish!

Liu Jianxiong remembered that he had arrogantly said to Shi Zhijian that Shi Zhijian would be insulated from the Hong Kong film circle in the future, and Shi Zhijian would no longer be able to intervene in Hong Kong film affairs!

But now--

"Boss Liu, don't stand still, do you have something to say to Senator Shi?" Shao Daheng pressed his gaze.

The other people around are also human beings, and as soon as they hear this, they understand the truth.

Who made Shi Zhijian and Liu Jianxiong's "private grievances" known to everyone.

Zou Wenhuai also understood what it meant, so he couldn't help but leaned up and whispered to Liu Jianxiong, "Brother Liu, what you said just now, the bigger picture is the most important thing, bear with it!"

Liu Jianxiong's face twitched and he struggled for a long time. Then he tried his best to squeeze out a smile and said to Shi Zhijian: "Ajian, oh no, Mr. Shi! I know you are angry with me! I was wrong, I did wrong! I shouldn't have kicked you out. Jiahe, you shouldn't be ridiculing you! Now everyone makes it clear, I apologize to you, can't you?"

Shi Zhijian smiled, "You and I are like brothers, it's embarrassing for me to say this! Besides, your gesture doesn't look like an apology!"

"Huh?" Liu Jianxiong felt slapped in the face, it was hot!

The people around looked at him with sneering eyes, and the boss Lei Juekun bit his cigar and said with a smile: "Did you hear me, Mr. Liu, Boss Liu! Your gesture is not like an apology, so insincere! Don't say Shishi Congressman, even we can't feel it!"

Liu Jianxiong's face was ashen and his expression was distorted, "Then what should I do... to be considered sincere?"

"At least serve tea!" Lei Juekun said, "To serve tea to others is a seven-point low! The old rules are here!"

Liu Jianxiong's face was even more ugly.

At this time, the little nanny Papaya brought a cup of tea over.

"No, the tea is here!"

Liu Jianxiong's eyes twitched.

Gu Cha

He stood up from his seat, cupped the teacup in both hands, and walked towards Shi Zhijian.

Shi Zhijian looked at him with a smile.

Liu Jianxiong took a deep breath and walked up to Shi Zhijian in front of everyone's eyes, gritted his teeth, and was about to bow his knees to offer tea to Shi Zhijian.

Shi Zhijian took the first step to support him with both hands: "How does this make it possible? You and I are like brothers, and I have always treated you as a scoundrel! Just have a heart!"

While talking, Shi Zhijian took the teacup Liu Jianxiong was holding, drank it all in one gulp, and handed it back to Liu Jianxiong, saying, "Good tea!"

"Mr. Shi is righteous!"

"Mr. Shi is generous!"

"As expected of a gentleman!"

The crowd applauded.

Liu Jianxiong's posture was very embarrassing at the moment. He held an empty teacup in his hand and took a bow. Hearing these praises in his ears, he wished he could smash the teacup to the ground on the spot.

But he didn't do it!

Instead, he smiled and said, "Mr. Shi has won the award! If you want, I will call you Brother Jian in the future! As you said, you and I will be good brothers all my life!"

"Of course! I'm not that stingy, I've been a brother all my life!" Shi Zhijian slapped Liu Jianxiong on the shoulder twice, making his shoulder hurt!

"Since everyone is so open, I have nothing to say!" Shi Zhijian glanced around and said, "I will suppress this proposal first and see how the ghosts react. If there is no problem, I will take other proposals first! "

"Yes, yes! Senator Shi is very thoughtful!"

"I also have to give those ghosts a hand

generation! "

As long as Shi Zhijian is willing to tear down the proposal, everyone will be in vain today.

Even Shao Daheng breathed a sigh of relief, biting his cigar and spit out leisurely.

"Also, since the development of Hong Kong film industry is so difficult, I decided to help everyone!" Shi Zhijian suddenly changed the topic, "Although I am now a member of the Legislative Council and the president of the Shinhwa Group, I am busy with work! But in order to keep up with everyone, I'm going to start another film company----"

Shao Daheng and others were collectively stunned, what do you mean? What else is Shi Zhijian going to do?

Jiahe was even more excited, knowing that Shi Zhijian was targeting them!

At this time, the boss of the Kowloon Cinema Line saw that Lei Juekun stood up, bit his cigar and said with a smile, "I'll tell you about this for Senator Shi!"

Everyone turned their attention to Lei Juekun again, and their eyes were even more surprised.

"Hey, Mr. Shi and I have worked together before, and we trust each other very much! This time, Mr. Shi proposed that we both cooperate to set up a film company. The purpose is to take the practical route and make more high-quality movies that the audience loves. The genre will involve kung fu movies, martial arts movies, comedy movies, and zombie movies and more!”

Shaw Brothers Shao Heng, the boss of Phoenix Pictures, the boss of Great Wall Pictures, and other filmmakers looked at each other in dismay -- kung fu films, martial arts films, comedy films are understandable, as for zombie films, what the **** is that?

In fact, Hong Kong movies have also tried in the zombie genre, but they all ended in failure, so that they did not take shape at all.

In 1974, in order to internationalize its own films, Shaw Brothers cooperated with the British Xianma Company to film the zombie film "Seven Golden Corpses", which for the first time combined the elements of Western vampires and China's "Xiangxi Chasing Corpse". Western zombies VS Chinese zombies, the concept can be said to be ahead of time, and made an attempt similar to "King Kong vs. Godzilla" in advance.

Although "Seven Golden Corpses" is a combination of horror and fantasy, and the starring is Jiang David, but in the end due to the average quality, it did not become popular, and it was unable to drive the trend of follow-up filming.

So that throughout the 1970s, Hong Kong movies were almost dominated by kung fu films, martial arts films and comedy films, and the value of zombie films was not really developed until 1980's "Ghost Fighting Ghost".

"Ghost Fighting Ghost" is directed by Sammo Hung, written by Huang Ying, and starring Sammo Hung, Zhong Fa, Lin Zhengying and others. The film is highly watchable and rich in entertainment elements, making the zombie film suddenly become a "type of film" from "unpopular".

The zombies in the film will learn Chinese kung fu, and the paragraph at the end of the film asking God to fight is also very interesting. Sammo Hung plays the monkey fist and then uses the red spear....

"Ghost Fighting Ghost" earned 5.67 million box office that year, ranking third that year.

Since then, there has been one more genre of Hong Kong movies: zombie movies.

Don't say that Shao Daheng and others are difficult to understand at this moment, even Lei Juekun was startled when he heard Shi Zhijian talking about this type.

It is precisely because of this that Lei Juekun feels that working with Shi Zhijian is full of unknown and passion!

"As for the name of our film company, it's up to Senator Shi to announce it!" Lei Juekun smiled and sat down again.

Of course Shi Zhijian understood what Lei Juekun meant, glanced at everyone, and said, "The name of this film company is Xinyicheng!"

...

What the **** is Xinyicheng?

Haven't heard of it!

Everyone again you look at me, I look at you.

Shi Zhijian continued: "Of course, the new film company is struggling, and we need everyone's help! Help us provide movie theaters, provide actors and actresses, etc. Do you mind?"

Shi Zhijian looked at Shao Daheng and others, his eyes full of oppression.

"I don't mind! How could we mind? Senator Shi Yi Bo Yuntian suppressed all the proposals, and we should provide a little help!"

"Yes! Yes! We are all very grateful to Senator Shi, and we will definitely help!"

After listening to these words, Jiahe Liu Jianxiong and Zou Wenhuai realized that Shi Zhijian was not targeting himself, but everyone present!

Shao Daheng also looked helpless, because he knew that Shi Zhijian's request at this time already showed that they had no room to refuse!

Lei Juekun was shaking his legs proudly and biting his cigar, as if he had seen the horror scene of the establishment of Xinyi City and the support of other major film companies!

No, to be precise, Xinyicheng at that time was equivalent to dominating the Hong Kong film industry!

If you want money and money, you need people and people, and you need a theater chain to have a theater chain, which film company can do this?

"Cough, Mr. Shi, I still want to ask a question! When the new Art City is established, will you be the boss of the company or Boss Lei?" Under Shao Daheng's suggestion, the boss of Phoenix Pictures stood up. come out and ask.

This is where everyone is curious.

If Shi Zhijian is the boss of Xinyi City, how can these people use their wrists? I don't think there's even a place to cry!

Shi Zhijian smiled: "There is a specialization in the art industry! I am very lazy! In addition, I will hand over the new Art City company to new people to take care of it~www.readwn.com~ Please wait and see!"

"A newcomer? Who is that newcomer? Can Senator Shi help introduce him?"

"Of course!" Shi Zhijian smiled, "Come in!"

With the voice, crunch! The study door was pushed open, and one person walked in, full of arrogance!

Shi Zhijian looked at the people who came, "It's better for you to introduce yourself to everyone. In the future, these will be your colleagues, especially some of you who are elders!"

No one noticed at this moment, when Shao Daheng saw the person coming, his eyelids twitched a few times, and his eyes showed surprise!

Not long ago, this man went back to China to find Shao Daheng, and proposed that each movie should be paid 10,000 US dollars. At the same time, he hoped that Shao Daheng would give him more power to participate in the operation and management of the company, but he was rejected by Shao Daheng. Unexpectedly, now he...

Looking at the man arrogantly arranging his suit, he looked at the crowd and said: "I am very grateful to Senator Shi for giving me the opportunity, and I hope I can communicate with you more in the future. By the way, my name is Bruce Lee, and my Chinese It's called - Bruce Lee!"