the longest dream

Chapter 100

Li Fangjie supported Qiao Beiyan, and took Zhang Qing, Zhao Qiang, Wang Zitong and others to visit the Qiao's Film Festival displayed in the Wireless Building.

Trend-leading movie posters, star photos, and countless awards, international, Hong Kong, Wanwan, and even the earliest magic city...

"Movies, Joe's doesn't do it anymore."

Nearly ten years ago, Qiao's had already sold the theater chain, and it was really... a huge loss.

Zhang Qing's face was calm, and he didn't show regret.

Because in that dream, there was almost no difference between Qiao Shi and Shao Shi.

If you can't keep up with the times, you should be eliminated.

But Zhao Qiang thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she said, "Sixth Uncle, it's a pity that Qiao's doesn't make movies. Success depends on the right time, place and people, and Qiao's three get together and don't make movies." It's all a waste of money."

Li Fangjie said with a smile: "People still have to recognize the situation. The waves of the Yangtze River push forward the waves. Each era has its own trend. We are old and can't handle it anymore."

In the 80s, Joe's made one movie and lost one, and made dozens of movies a year, and tens of millions were thrown into it.

Although Qiao Beiyan was rich, he couldn't stand such a waste of time, so he could only reluctantly close the store, and even sold the entire Qiao's theater chain.

Zhao Qiang smiled and said, "How old are Uncle Six and Aunt Li? TVB's name has been heard even in the mountains and valleys of the mainland. It's not because the two are old, it's because there are no good books. The books written by those screenwriters are too old, how can they not hit the street? If Zhang Qing writes the story, it will definitely sell well."

Before Qiao Beiyan and Li Fangjie could speak, Zhang Qing shook his head and said, "Sister Zhao, the movie is not that simple. Sixth Uncle and Aunt Li have crossed more bridges than we have traveled. The script is only a small part of the movie. Don't worry about it. It is said that novels and movies are different types of art, even TV dramas and movies are very different. Don’t talk indiscriminately, making movies is very expensive.”

Zhao Qiang refused to accept it, and said, "I know you don't want to let those close to you suffer the most. We cooperate with each other. After the reunification, shouldn't cross-strait co-productions be allowed? We also contribute money, and we can also contribute a lot."

Qiao Beiyan and Li Fangjie both laughed. How could Zhao Qiang's idea of ​​using the chicken to lay eggs be hidden from their eyes?

However, even knowing this, Qiao Beiyan's nearly ninety-year-old heart still became active.

Movies, that was his dream all his life.

From the prosperity in Shanghai in the 80s, to the Japanese invasion of China and the capture of Hong Kong Island and Southeast Asia, and then to the comeback after regaining the lost ground, it has been brilliant until the [-]s, and even in the [-]s, it is still struggling.

He has been immersed in it for more than sixty years.

It has nothing to do with money or not, he just loves this art, and movies have long been an inseparable part of his long life.

Old people like to recall the past, but in his memories, TVB actually only accounts for a small part, and Joe's movies account for a large part.

Li Fangjie didn't like Qiao's movies at first, because she lost too much money, and she couldn't get involved. It was Wang Ruolin's territory, and she could only struggle with funding.

But she has worked hard for half her life, and now she is about to officially marry Qiao Beiyan Xiucheng. Once married, she will change from Miss Li to Mrs. Qiao.

To put it bluntly, Qiao Beiyan will soon be ninety, how many more years can he live?
After his old man passed away, who could give up wireless with a market value of tens of billions?
At this time, the most important thing is to make Qiao Beiyan happy.

So Li Fangjie laughed and said, "Sixth brother, since the young people are so energetic, they were cultivated in the school donated by Sixth brother, so it's not wrong to give them a chance? It really made a good film, and Qingzi is another Those taught by the Sixth Uncle School can be regarded as the inheritance of Joe's movies."

Qiao Beiyan looked at Zhang Qing with a smile and said, "Qingzi, do you want to make a movie?"

Zhang Qing looked serious, nodded and said: "I want to do things in the cultural industry, but not now. Although I can get my hands together now, and the financial matters can be solved, but there is insufficient knowledge and personnel reserves, so I can't do it without preparation." battle."

Seeing him like this, Qiao Beiyan was even happier. He patted him on the shoulder lightly, and said, "Okay, make a decision before you act. You are aggressive but rigorous. You are very similar to me."

Li Fangjie is even more good at complimenting others: "Little Qingzi, you can still be so calm in the face of such a good thing, you can't even say that he is not the son of the sixth brother."

Everyone laughed. Seeing Wang Ruolin come in with a fat belly, Qiao Beiyan thought for a while and said, "Well, whenever I want to make a movie, I can find you, Uncle Ruolin. I'm old and my energy is low, otherwise I'll go to the set to meet you guys." Let's shoot together."

Wang Ruolin was the most pleasantly surprised, and said, "Uncle Six, do you really want to make a movie?"

Qiao Beiyan was feeling a little emotional at the moment, nodded and smiled and said, "Qingzai has this idea, let's help out and try to cooperate. Don't be afraid of failure, and slowly accumulate experience."

Of course he didn't expect to succeed, so he should give this young man who caught his eye the right to accumulate some experience...

Wang Ruolin said happily: "Wow! Hong Kong Island will return to China soon, and the mainland has approved the co-production policy between the two places, which has opened up a gap. The mainland has a population of [-] billion, what a huge market."

Li Fangjie still doesn't like this old official very much, and said: "This year, Hong Kong Island's box office is more than [-] million Hong Kong dollars. How much is the mainland? With a population of more than one billion, the combined box office is not as much as Hong Kong Island."

Wang Ruolin snorted, but he didn't want to argue with Li Fangjie, so he asked Zhang Qing, "Qingzi, what do you say?"

Zhang Qing said with a smile: "It's too late this year, let's see next year."

Wang Ruolin laughed and said, "Yes, see you next year."

Zhao Qiang and Wang Zitong were also laughing, this answer was so clever.

Li Fangjie laughed, and said to Qiao Beiyan, "Sixth brother, it's not easy, huh?"

She is so kind to Zhang Qing, in fact, she also intends to win him over.

Wireless has been able to stand alone in Xiangjiang for decades, and there are two magic weapons.

One is the wireless training class, which can continuously replenish newcomers and new blood.

The second is Zhong Qu's novels.

ATV has turned over the waves several times, trying to turn over and overwhelm TVB. At critical moments, TVB can always come up with Zhongqu dramas to come back.

But after all, Zhong Qu has been writing for more than [-] years, and his [-] novels have been filmed many times over and over again.

Even if there is no worry now, the future may not be safe.

Now Zhang Qing's novel is serialized in "Ming Pao", Zhong Qu gave it a very high evaluation, and even publicly declared that there is a successor to the martial arts novel.

Li Fangjie is a person who is determined to hold wireless in the future, how could he let go of the opportunity to win over Zhang Qing?

Qiao Beiyan naturally understood what she meant and understood, so he nodded with a smile.

After looking around, the group went to the tea room to sit down again.

Wang Ruolin asked: "Qingzai, before Uncle Six came, you said two things. The first thing is to thank Uncle Six and Wireless, and the second thing hasn't been said yet, what is it?"

Before Zhang Qing could speak, Zhao Qiang smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, besides being able to write books, Mr. Zhang also writes songs very well. The first song was on the Spring Festival Gala and touched hundreds of millions of people. The director has been contacting him to invite songs, and his songs are on the two major album charts of the mainland Donglou and Guanhai. Because he has always been interested in "Shooting the Condors", Mr. Zhang wrote a theme song and sent it to Mr. Qiao , Aunt Li and Mr. Wang have a look."

Zhang Qing said frankly: "It's a new record company, and it's difficult to break through the monopoly of the three major records in the mainland, so I came up with this trick. But Mr. Wang, listen to the music first. If it's suitable, then talk about other things. If it's not suitable, don't force it." .”

Wang Ruolin pondered for a while and asked, "Did you bring the song?"

Zhang Qing looked at Zhao Qiang, Zhao Qiang hurriedly took out a demo from her bag, Zhang Qing explained to Qiao Beiyan and the others: "I'm still studying, writing and writing songs are done in my spare time. The company's specific affairs , Sister Zhao is in charge, and I only care about creation."

Li Fangjie likes such people, and said with a smile: "Oh, this is the best way to focus. So, Miss Zhao is your confidante, Qingzi?"

Zhang Qing shook her head and said with a smile: "She is my elder sister and takes good care of me. Although I was born in poverty, I am really lucky. Along the way, I met many teachers, relatives and friends who helped me. Sister Zhao is one of the most important people. Without her discerning eyes, I might end up in a very miserable situation now."

Zhao Qiang's face turned red from the praise, and her voice softened a lot, she said, "You are talented, otherwise, no matter what I do, it will be useless."

When Qiao Beiyan and other veterans saw this scene, they all showed a lot of meaningful expressions, and also had a lot of sad memories.

Maybe I'm feeling that it's nice to be young.

After a while, the secretary brought the player and put the demo in. Everyone listened and the music started.

In fact, Qiao Beiyan, Li Fangjie, and Wang Ruolin didn't take it too seriously. From their point of view, no matter how talented Zhang Qing was, he was a mainlander after all, and he was still the most bitter and cold western frontier in the mainland. How could he understand Hong Kong? Island music?
Although "Shooting the Condor" is a co-produced drama, TVB mainly faces and cares about the people of Xiangjiang.

However, as soon as the prelude came out, there was a series of string music and the overwhelming yellow sand-like harmony, which immediately brought people into the desert rivers and lakes.

Qiao Beiyan and Wang Ruolin are both leaders in the industry, how could they fail to see the bright spots in this, because they almost raised their eyebrows at the same time, and even Li Fangjie was surprised when he opened his voice in proficient Cantonese color.

But this is not the end. When the two began to sing together, Wang Ruolin couldn't hold back the surprise on his face. This song...

God! !
After the last note landed, veterans like Qiao Beiyan and Wang Ruolin clapped their hands.

Wang Ruolin nodded and praised again and again: "Wizard! Wizard!"

Qiao Beiyan looked at Zhang Qing deeply, and said: "Qingzai, Cantonese songs are different from writing. You must be proficient in Cantonese, as well as rhythm and rhyme. You said that you learned Cantonese from Hong Kong movies. These skills..."

Zhang Qing smiled wryly: "Uncle Six, you might not believe me, but I heard this song in a dream..."

Li Fangjie said unhappily from the side: "This is what geniuses say!"

Everyone laughed.

Zhang Qing was helpless, and said down to business: "This song is divided into male and female parts. The male part is the main part, and this singer can be selected from Hong Kong Island. The female part, I hope it can be sung by people from our side. Just one singer, this female singer."

Qiao Beiyan smiled and said, "It's all trivial. Qingzi, you sang the male part, right?"

Zhang Qing nodded, Qiao Beiyan smiled and said, "You can continue singing."

When he opened his mouth, all obstacles were cleared away.

But Zhang Qing shook his head and said with a smile: "Uncle Six, I'm not used to showing my face in public, and I can't get on the big stage."

Qiao Beiyan laughed loudly when he heard the words, pointed to Zhang Qing falsely, and said with a smile: "Sai Zi, you are born to be a boss!"

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(End of this chapter)