Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 9 The Conditions of Forgiveness

If they were really willing to spend 10 yuan to ask Guo Youhua to act in a play, then Director Huang had no reason not to agree.

However, unless Lin Daoqiu was out of his mind, it was absolutely impossible for him to spend such a large sum of money to invite Guo Youhua. If people knew about it, they would all laugh at him for having too much money.

If you really spent 10 yuan to hire Guo Youhua, then how much will it cost to invite Yuen Biao? If Yuen Biao knows that Guo Youhua has received 10 yuan, he will definitely be very unhappy in comparison.

"Director Huang, is there no room for negotiation?" Although Lin Daoqiu was very angry at Director Huang's making things difficult, he still forced himself to calm down first.

Director Huang sneered: "Heh... haven't I already offered the conditions? Either you give 10 yuan and I will sign the contract right away, or the negotiation will be avoided."

Lin Daoqiu even wondered if he had an enmity with Director Huang before, otherwise, how the other party would make things difficult for them is really hard to understand.

It is impossible to spend so much money to sign Guo Youhua. It can be said that there is nothing to discuss about this matter, but Lin Daoqiu still wants to work hard in the end, but what he said next suddenly angered Director Huang up
Lin Daoqiu asked Supervisor Huang, "I wonder if I can meet Miss Fang."

Director Huang frowned at this sentence, he didn't want Fang Yihua to know about this matter, because once she found out, Fang Yihua would most likely agree to loan Guo Youhua out.

One must know that Fang Yat Hua is famous for saving money. Many Shaw Brothers directors have suffered from her. At the beginning, Li Hanxiang needed ten bamboo tubes to blow bubbles, but only ten yuan was needed, but Fang Yat Hua only approved five.

Fang Yihua would never refuse something that could create profits for the company. In addition, Guo Youhua is not well-known in the film industry now, Director Huang couldn't think of a reason why Fang Yihua would refuse.

"Miss Fang won't see you, you should give up." Director Huang would not let Lin Daoqiu and the others go to see Fang Yihua, he even immediately picked up the phone and called security to come in and chase them away.

He didn't expect that he would be kicked out when he came to Shaw's company for the first time. Before Lin Daoqiu had time to sigh with emotion, the two security guards had already arrived at Director Huang's office.

Seeing the security guard at the door staring at him and Wen Jun, he could only stand up and shrugged at Director Huang: "Well, since Director Huang hates us so much, then I have nothing to say."

Director Huang snorted coldly, and said to Bao Quan, "Get them out, these two people are here to make trouble."

When Bao Quan heard this, he immediately stepped forward to take Lin Daoqiu and Wen Jun out, but Lin Daoqiu waved his hand first: "Don't bother you two, we will go by ourselves."

Under the 'escort' of the security guard, Lin Daoqiu and Wen Jun could only go out honestly.

Originally thought that today's trip was for nothing, but what Lin Daoqiu didn't expect was that when he was going down the stairs, he suddenly saw Guo Youhua and a woman walking up.

"Miss Guo, I didn't expect us to meet again." Upon seeing Guo Youhua, Lin Daoqiu greeted him with a wry smile.

As soon as Guo Youhua saw Lin Daoqiu, a surprised expression appeared on her face. She didn't expect to meet him here. Could it be true what Lin Daoqiu said to her at the bank yesterday?
"Niuniu, who is this?" The woman beside Guo Youhua asked.

"Oh...he...is he?" Guo Youhua never asked Lin Daoqiu's name yesterday, so she didn't know how to address him.

"My name is Lin Daoqiu, and I'm here to invite Ms. Guo to act in a movie..." Lin Daoqiu looked back to the third floor, and then continued: "But the supervisor here said that he would have to pay 10 yuan to sign the contract. Sorry, I was kicked out."

When Guo Youhua and the women beside her heard Lin Daoqiu's words, they almost showed surprise expressions on their faces at the same time.

"How could this happen?" Guo Youhua couldn't believe what Lin Daoqiu said. There are only a handful of Shaw Brothers actors who can earn one hundred thousand yuan for a film. She is just a newcomer, how could she get ten thousand yuan? million salary.

"Miss Guo, I can testify that what brother Qiu said is true." Wen Jun quickly stood up, he and Guo Youhua had known each other a few times.

"Director Wen, why are you here?" Guo Youhua didn't notice that Wen Jun was here just now.

If she didn't believe what Lin Daoqiu said, but now even Wen Jun said so, it would prove that Lin Daoqiu was not lying.

Wen Jun explained: "I am one of the screenwriters of this play."

When Guo Youhua heard that it was so, she nodded, but the woman next to Guo Youhua wearing glasses had a serious expression on her face after hearing what Lin Daoqiu and Wen Jun said.

"You go to work first." She asked the security guards to leave, and the two security guards didn't even ask a word, and just obediently left.

Lin Daoqiu didn't know the woman in front of him, and she didn't seem to be an actress. After all, her appearance was very ordinary, but judging from her temperament, she should be from the management of Shaw Brothers.

"Hello, both of you. My name is Shi Wenyan, and I am the assistant manager of the purchasing department." Shi Wenyan introduced herself to Lin Daoqiu and Wen Jun.

When Lin Daoqiu heard this, he couldn't help being secretly surprised. You must know that the manager of the purchasing department at this time is Fang Yihua. Since she is Fang Yihua's assistant, it is no wonder that the two security guards are so obedient.

Guo Youhua looked at Shi Wenyan worriedly, if word of this exorbitant film salary got out, would anyone dare to ask her to make a movie?This affected her too much.

"Please give me some time, I'll go find out what happened right away, Niuniu, please chat with the two of them first, I'll come as soon as I go."

Shi Wenyan was going to ask Supervisor Huang why he charged such an outrageous price to Lin Daoqiu. Although it is reasonable to say that the people in the procurement department can't control the affairs of the drama department, but at this time the Shaw Brothers Film Company is at the discretion of the procurement department. .

After Shi Wenyan left, Guo Youhua looked at Lin Daoqiu apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, there must be something wrong with this matter, please don't be angry, Sister Wenyan will investigate the matter right away."

"How can you not make me angry? This is too outrageous. He is simply bullying people. I came here with sincerity, but in the end he asked the security guard to drive me out."

Lin Daoqiu pretended to be very angry, and made Guo Youhua so anxious that he didn't know what to say. She was just a girl, but she had never encountered such a thing.

At a loss, Guo Youhua opened her mouth and didn't know what to say. She could only look at Wen Jun next to her asking for help, hoping that he could help her explain to Lin Daoqiu.

"Miss Guo, I really can't blame Brother Qiu for this incident. That Director Huang is really disgusting. He has a bad attitude and even asks for random prices. He clearly wants to kill you." Wen Jun was also messed up by Director Huang. How could he speak for the other party when he was so angry.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry, I didn't know that such a thing would happen, but I can guarantee that there will never be a next time." Guo Youhua could only apologize to Lin Daoqiu and Wen Jun repeatedly, and she seemed anxious To the appearance of crying.

Lin Daoqiu suddenly turned his head to look at Wen Jun and said, "Didn't you say you were going to the bathroom? Go now."

Wen Jun's eyes widened slightly. When did he say he was going to the toilet, but he was still a striking person. After a moment of surprise, he nodded quickly: "Yes, I almost forgot if I didn't tell Brother Qiu. Let's go to the toilet first, and you two can talk."

After Wen Jun left, Lin Daoqiu turned his head and said to Guo Youhua: "If you agree to have dinner with me, then I will treat nothing has happened."

If any other man had said this to her, Guo Youhua would have turned around and left long ago, and what made her very unhappy was that Lin Daoqiu's request at this time was obviously taking advantage of the fire.

(End of this chapter)