The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 540 Black

April 4, Sunday, April Fools’ Day.

7 am.

"Shh!"

The curtains are drawn, and the warm sun shines in, making people squint their eyes subconsciously.

After getting used to the light, Lu Yuan looked at the morning view of the Hong Kong River. He raised his hands above his head, slowly opened them to the level of his shoulders, and stretched his body.

"Huh, it's much easier now that I'm not a director."

On the evening of arriving in Hong Kong, I had a meal with the main creative team, got to know them a little, and started reading the script the next day.

The one-week production was announced to be over yesterday, and the crew will officially start filming this morning.

There was no such thing as script reading in Hong Kong in the early years.

If there is a director who is really stubborn and wants to hold a meeting with all the crew members before filming starts.

Discuss what the play is about, what its structure is, why the characters are in such a state, and even think about the punctuation marks of the lines.

The investor (the Black Society) will pull out a gun from his pocket without hesitation and put it to the director's forehead: Whether you can do it or not, you have to do it. There are no reasons for so many requirements. It's a failure. The script has just been written and it's already a mess.

Therefore, in this context where people are always pulling out their guns, Hong Kong directors are mostly quick shooters.

Wang Jing filmed "The Demon Cult Leader" in just 7 days, while Tsui Hark took even more outrageous time to film "The Banquet", which he finished in 4 days.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as the King of Sunglasses.

After washing up, it’s still early to leave for the ceremony.

Refusing assistant Zheng Qian's offer of company, Lu Yuan donned a hat and sunglasses, fully armed, and strolled downstairs to have breakfast.

It is said that Hong Kong people don’t chase stars, but this is not true.

In fact, during the golden age of Hong Kong stars, the trend of Hong Kong people chasing stars was even more intense than that of the mainland.

It's nothing more than the Cenozoic fault in Hong Kong.

The ones who are holding the leading role now are still the Four Heavenly Kings, Weekly, Song Yi and Yi Cheng. Most of the star-chasers are young people. Can we let all the young people chase after uncles?

In addition, the entire Hong Kong is only more than 1000 square kilometers, half the size of Shenzhen, so Hong Kong’s celebrities are nothing new to the locals.

It’s different for people from the mainland. At least when Lu Yuan walks on the streets of Mong Kok, he gets a lot of attention.

Why? Because there are many advertisements of the luxury brands he endorses on the streets, with giant half-length photos placed in more eye-catching positions than those of superstars.

After getting out of the elevator, I met Wen Muye who was yawning in the hotel lobby.

"Kino, let's go and have breakfast." He called.

Wen Muye wiped the tears from his eyes, approached and shouted, "Boss."

Seeing that he looked sleepy, Lu Yuan asked, "Why, didn't you sleep well last night?"

"The crew has officially started filming. I'm a little nervous. I was thinking about the scenes I'm going to shoot today, so I went to bed a little late last night."

Lu Yuan couldn't help but think of the memories of filming "Time Travelers" and patted him on the shoulder, encouraging him: "You have done sufficient preparation work in the early stage, at least better than I did last year. Don't be too stressed, and slow work produces fine results."

"Yeah." Wen Muye nodded, but he didn't take it seriously.

When his colleagues learned that he was the director of this film, there was envy and flattery from him, but some also made sarcastic remarks.

He was directing a movie with an investment of 8000 million right from the start. He could not let Lu Yuan down for this recognition and expectation, even if it was not for himself.

As he was talking, Executive Director Li Gen came out of the elevator: "Boss, Mu Ye, do you want to have breakfast? Wait for me."

"Follow up quickly."

The pace of life in Hong Kong is very fast. On weekends, you can see many office workers in a hurry on the streets, wearing relatively formal suits, holding breakfast in their hands and eating while walking.

The three of them left the hotel and after about two minutes, they entered a Hong Kong-style dim sum restaurant, went straight to the second floor, and chose a seat by the window.

The three of them had eaten out together many times in the past few days. Li Gen knew each of their preferences, so he marked the menu familiarly.

“Shrimp dumplings.”

“Siomai.”

“Phoenix feet.”

“Barbecued pork buns.”

"Three more servings of tender meat and lean intestine porridge."

"Wait a minute, let's try a different flavor today." Lu Yuan took off his sunglasses and interrupted, "Give me some shrimp porridge."

"Okay, what about you, Kino?"

"Hmm." Wen Muye glanced at the red menu and said, "I'll have some rice noodles."

Li Gen drew a circle on the menu and handed it to the waiter standing nearby.

The waitress was a young girl, about middle school age. She was probably the store owner's daughter or something like that. She helped out in the store on weekends and was staring at Lu Yuan in a daze.

"Hi, little sister, I'm at work." Li Gen waved the menu in his hand.

"Ah." The little girl screamed and slipped away shyly.

"menu."

"Oh." The little girl slipped back, snatched the menu and left.

Li Gen spread his hands and said depressedly: "Am I not handsome enough? She didn't even look at me."

"It's indeed not very obvious." Wen Muye interrupted.

"You!" Li Gen wanted to curse. There was really nothing special about his appearance.

Lu Yuan looked at the two of them bickering and smiled silently.

It is hard to imagine that, despite his identity as Li Xuejian's son, he is still willing to start from the grassroots level of the crew. He is unique among the second-generation stars in the entertainment industry.

"I heard from Teacher Li Xuejian last time that you joined the group when you graduated from college?"

"Yes." Li Gen's expression changed and he recalled, "In 09, I had just graduated from Beijing Language and Culture University and worked as an assistant director for a TV drama crew for three months."

"Why did you want to apply for the directing department of Beijing Film Academy later?"

Li Gen played with the chopsticks on the table and said, "When I was young, I followed my dad into the crew. I became interested in filming and went to Japan as an exchange student during college.

Being in a foreign country, I had some feelings, so I wrote a script and wondered if I could make a film of it in the future. My dad was worried that I would be a flash in the pan, so he asked me to try out the group after I returned to China. After three months, I found that I could stick with it, so I applied for the Beijing Film Academy. ”

Lu Yuan nodded. He didn't hear Wen Muye's voice, but he noticed from the corner of his eye that the guy was staring out the window.

"what happened."

Wen Muye retracted his gaze, pushed up his glasses, and said, "Boss, I noticed that there seem to be a lot more policemen on the street today. Will it affect the filming in the morning?"

Lu Yuan glanced at him and was too lazy to pay attention to him.

The crew has already reported to the relevant departments. If anything really happens, someone will be notified. Wen Muye is simply directing for the first time and he scared himself.

Seeing Li Gendu looking at him with contempt, Wen Muye patted his forehead and said, "Hey, I was stupid."

He paused, pondered for a few seconds, and said, "But there are indeed more police patrolling the streets than yesterday."

"I must have seen it wrong." Li Gen didn't quite believe it. He stood up and stretched his neck to look out the window.

"How could I be wrong? Look at those three sirs. Wasn't there only one yesterday?"

The two of them gathered in front of the window and whispered.

Just then, the waitress came in, put down the breakfast in her hand, listened for a moment, and said timidly, "Well, it's anti-black."

"Anti-gangster?" Lu Yuan looked over in confusion. The girl pursed her lips, nodded her head, and avoided his sight. Her face flushed as she said, "Some time ago, a gang held a biennial election for the leader, and the current leader was elected, but he was arrested by the police a few days after taking office.

The gang leaders recommended the former leader to take charge again, but who would have thought that the current leader would be released the next day, and then the two factions exchanged fire. Last night, a gang elder was hacked and seriously injured at the Tsuen Wan Pier. It is said that he almost died and had 50 stitches. "

"How do you know it so clearly?" Li Gen asked curiously.

The girl blinked and ignored him. Instead, she looked at Lu Yuan. Seeing that he was listening carefully, she plucked up her courage and asked, "Lu Yuan, can we take a photo together?"

"You know me?"

"Well, I'm your idol, ah. No, I'm your fan." The girl said the wrong thing and was extremely shy.

But in my heart I felt that my idol was a little silly. Why did she look so surprised? Although she was only in the first grade of junior high school, she could use the Internet. Her mobile phone wallpaper was Lu Yuan, and she even bought a mobile phone endorsed by him a few days ago.

"Okay." Lu Yuan did not refuse and took a photo with the little girl.

Because of his appearance, even though he has not filmed many idol dramas since his debut, he still has many young fans.

"Click."

"Change the angle, take another one."

"Click."

After her request was met, the girl looked at the photos on her vivo phone and explained, "I heard from a boy in the class that his brother is a gang member."

"You also know about straw sandals."

"of course!"

She talked about a lot of things, such as being the seat of the government, being a senior official, having straw sandals, and various other positions.

After the girl left, Wen Muye suddenly asked, "Boss, do you think the current leader was deliberately arrested and released by the police at a specific time?"

"Who knows." Lu Yuan drank the porridge.

Wen Muye continued, "If that's the case, it's a bit like our play."

"No, the Hong Kong gangs are still so rampant now." Li Gen was a little dumbfounded.

Wen Muye glanced at him, what a fool.

Lu Yuan didn't say anything. Before filming "New World", he had some knowledge of the Hong Kong gangs.

After joining the group, he also heard a lot of gang secrets from Liang Jiahui.

The gangs never disappeared, they just cleaned themselves up and went ashore.

The Hong Kong gangs in the early years were as complicated and intertwined as the old streets of Mong Kok.

Among the famous gangs in Hong Kong alone, there are four major gangs: Sun Yee On, 14K, Wo Shing Wo and Yee Kwan. There are also countless small and unknown gangs.

The history of these gangs can be traced back to the Triads.

The Triads were originally called the "Heaven and Earth Society" and they rose up under the banner of "Anti-Qing and Restoration of Ming".

Later, they were surrounded and the remaining members had to change the name of the organization to the Triads.

In modern times, the Triads teamed up with the Kuomintang and acted as its thugs to assassinate political opponents and crack down on trade unions among the people.

Its power grew stronger and stronger, spreading across both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, and was even once as famous as the "Green Gang" in the Magic City.

Later, the Kuomintang was defeated and our party rose to power, suppressing these groups that committed crimes and exploited the people.

The gangs, led by the Triads, had no choice but to retreat back to Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong region was under British colonial rule at the time, and these triad members believed that Britain would not manage Hong Kong as its own territory.

But what they did not expect was that after the end of World War II, Britain, which had lost its Far East colonies such as India and Malaysia, regarded Hong Kong as the last lifeline of its colonial system.

Gangs such as the Triads soon became a speck of sand in the eyes of the British colonial authorities, and gradually split and disintegrated into several small gang groups.

This is also one of the reasons why there were so many small and medium-sized gang factions such as the Sun Yee On and 14K.

However, although the British colonial authorities once ordered the elimination of Hong Kong gangs, they never eradicated this force from beginning to end.

This is because Britain has always been a "foreigner" in Hong Kong.

From the beginning to the end, Britain needed to use the connections of former members of Hong Kong gangs such as the Triads to assist it in intelligence and united front work.

The situation changed until the return negotiations were nearing completion.

After many revisions, the script of "New World" is as follows.

Big background.

In 1946, Britain established an intelligence organization in Hong Kong - the Hong Kong Police Political Department.

The department is nominally affiliated with the police force, but in fact it has always been managed by the British MI5 and is a loyal fan of the British Empire.

The power of the Ministry of Political Affairs overrides that of other departments, and their main task is to cooperate with the British side in carrying out various espionage activities.

In 1984, as the return negotiations drew to a close, the Ministry of Political Affairs was disbanded.

Members of the original department were also dispersed to serve in various important government agencies.

On the surface, Britain was preparing for the handover of Hong Kong, but secretly it was carrying out various infiltration deployments in Hong Kong without stopping.

The British spent a lot of money to train their loyal dogs and let them take power in all walks of life in Hong Kong so that they could continue to control Hong Kong after their return.

This includes the treatment of social groups.

The leader of the Santuhui is called Shi Dongchu.

During the return negotiations, this person realized that there was no future in running a gang. When a gang develops to the extreme, it often takes two directions.

Either they become completely black, then lose control, collapse, and are dealt with by the authorities, or they try their best to transform, develop horizontally, and broaden their track.

Shi Dongchu is a visionary leader who plans to transform the community.

The British saw this opportunity. Superintendent Jiang sent undercover agent Li Zicheng to infiltrate the society and monitor its every move. He would wait for the company to be whitewashed and go ashore, and then from time to time fan the flames on the other side.

The process of Shidongchu's integration of the community is relatively violent, involving the interests of multiple parties and fierce internal struggles, but it is still at a controllable stage.

The society has several key figures.

Shi Dongchu, Zhang Shouji, Ding Qing, Li Zhongjiu, Li Zicheng.

Shi Dongchu is the leader and appoints himself as chairman, responsible for all work.

Due to the needs of united front work, Ding Qing, who has outstanding abilities, is particularly valued. However, in order to secure his own position and play a balancing act, he sets up a competitor, Li Zhongjiu, who follows closely behind Ding Qing.

Ding Qing has a younger brother named Li Zicheng.

As for Zhang Shouji, he is nominally the second-in-command, but in reality he is just a figurehead, similar to the company's secretary.

Shi Dongchu once went to an appointment and there was a British man present. The British man was very direct and wanted to take him in as a dog.

Helplessly, Shi Dongchu just wanted to retire and walk the honest path, not wanting to get caught up in a bigger whirlpool. As a result, he died in a car accident on his way back.

Shi Dongchu didn't want to be a dog, so he went to heaven.

The super stable structure he had designed for the gang, or the company, was thus unbalanced.

The second-in-command Zhang Shouji was tempted. Now that the leader was dead, was it possible for him to benefit from the melee between Ding Qing and Li Zhongjiu?
He found the police and wanted to be a dog.

But the police had an undercover agent, Li Zicheng, who was obviously a more suitable person, but they did not refuse and kept him hanging.

Li Zicheng was unhappy and wanted to go ashore.

Thus, a game of chess centered around Zhang Shouji, Ding Qing, Li Zhongjiu, Li Zicheng, and the Hong Kong police began.

(End of this chapter)