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Chapter 444 A Husband Should Be Like This

On the way back to Kowloon Tong from the New Territories, there was an awkward atmosphere in the car.

Fang Yan and Wang Zuxian sat in the back driver's seat. Neither of them spoke first. They just stared at each other.

Wang Zuxian felt that she was about to be crushed by the heavy air, and finally couldn't help but said:

"Mr. Fang, thank you for giving me a ride."

"Don't be so polite, it's on the way anyway."

Fang Yan smiled and said, "I'll take you to Director Xu's studio first, and then I'll go back to the hotel."

"How can this be done!"

Wang Zuxian remembered the task Fang Yihua had assigned to her, and waved her hands repeatedly, saying that she would go to the hotel with Fang Yan first.

Because before going to find Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng, he planned to find a hotel in Kowloon Tong and book a room, and the hotel where Fang Yan was staying was just right.

"Oh?"

Fangyan was not surprised and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"The promotion of the movie "Working Emperor" cannot be completed in a day or two..."

Under his gaze, Wang Zuxian lowered her head guiltily and twirled the corners of her clothes with her hands.

Fangyan said in a joking tone: "Indeed, but I don't think I saw your luggage?"

Wang Zuxian was startled and explained incoherently that her agent asked her to book a room first and would deliver the luggage personally in the evening.

Fang Yan saw through it but didn't say anything. He didn't tell her to her face Fang Yihua's true intention of taking charge of Wang Zuxian's agency contract, which made her embarrassed and flustered.

Instead, the topic shifted to "Working Emperor", which, like "Once Upon a Time in China", will be released in the summer.

However, "Once Upon a Time in China" has to be released one month earlier, in mid-July, to match the release date in mainland China.

Wang Zuxian's tense nerves gradually relaxed, and her eyes involuntarily fell on the particularly eye-catching ring on his hand.

"Is Fangsheng married?"

"Yes."

Fang Yan did not hide the fact that the heroine of "Once Upon a Time in China" was his wife.

Wang Zuxian was greatly shocked and wondered if the role of "Auntie Thirteen" was tailor-made for Gong Xing?

Fangyan openly admitted, "That's not the case in the novel. The movie script only shows her kind, dignified, gentle, progressive and intelligent side. She has many other advantages, but due to the limitations of the storyline and the background of the times, it is impossible to write them all out."

There was a flash of envy in Wang Zuxian's eyes. This "Gong Xing" must be very happy to have a husband who understands her, loves her and is so talented, right?

"Let's not talk about me anymore, let's talk about you."

Fangyan smiled and talked about the gossip revealed by Xu Ke.

During the filming of "Working Emperor", Wang Zuxian had an affair with Xu Guanjie, who was a generation older than her, and the scandal became a hot topic.

Hearing this, Wang Zuxian immediately denied it and said, "It's fake, it's all fake, those newspapers wrote it!"

Fang Yan joked, "Are you saying that all these rumors about you two are fake?"

Wang Zuxian nodded repeatedly and only admitted that Xu Guanjie took good care of her in the crew, but the media reports about "giving her a Porsche car" were pure fabrication. Of course, Fang Yihua and Shi Nansheng were also secretly fanning the flames.

Taking advantage of Xu Guanjie, the first generation "God of Songs", the popularity of Wang Zuxian, who had just arrived in Hong Kong, was hyped up and her exposure was increased. It also created a gimmick for the movie "Working Emperor" and hyped up the CP combination of the male and female protagonists, which is one of the most common routines in movie promotion.

"This really looks like the work of Mrs. Fang and Ms. Shi."

Fangyan nodded.

Gradually, the two started talking.

Wang Zuxian unknowingly started chatting with Fangyan about her family life. She said that she had three brothers and sisters, two brothers and a sister. She also said that her mother was from Jinling and her father was from Anhui. They were members of the basketball team. She was influenced by them and also liked playing basketball...

As they chatted, he realized something was wrong and his cheeks turned slightly red: “I’m sorry, Fang Sheng.”

"Why do you say that?"

The dialect doesn't take it seriously.

"I shouldn't have told you this. I don't know what happened to me. I just talked about my family matters without thinking."

Wang Zuxian pursed her lips.

"Maybe I'm homesick. I feel the same way sometimes. When I miss home, I can only think about it."

When Fangyan said this, Wang Zuxian's heart was shocked. She stared blankly out the window, her thoughts drifting to who knows where.

The car suddenly became quiet, and the two of them once again fell into the awkward situation of having nothing to talk about.

Fortunately, this embarrassment did not last too long. After about 20 minutes, the hotel appeared in their sight.

Fang Yan got out of the car and led Wang Zuxian to the front desk. He immediately noticed that the atmosphere in the lobby was different from usual.

I saw the waiters and guests gathered in a circle, making a lot of noise and noise, and screams were heard from time to time.

When Fangyan asked the lady at the front desk, he found out that the person who was surrounded was Cheng Long.

Wang Zuxian was so shocked that her eyes widened. What was even more unexpected to her was that Cheng Long's purpose of coming to the hotel was to hear the dialect.

At the loud reminder of the receptionist, Cheng Long and He Guanchang, who were surrounded, stood up suddenly. Lu Huiguang, Huo Xing and other members of the Cheng family also tactfully acted as bodyguards, clearing a path through the crowded crowd so that Cheng Long and He Guanchang could appear in front of Fang Yan.

Seeing such a scene, Wang Zuxian subconsciously shrank behind Fangyan and watched them greet each other quietly.

"Mr. Fang, let me introduce myself. I am Ho Kuan-chang, the vice president of Golden Harvest Film Company."

He Guanchang handed over a business card, "This is my godson, Cheng Long..."

"Nice to meet you."

Fangyan took the business card and looked Cheng Long up and down. "I have heard of your name a long time ago. Not only in the mainland, but also in Japan, you are a household name. My "The Mountain, the Man, the Dog" is inferior to your "Project A" in terms of box office."

Cheng Long looked very proud, but when he noticed the look in his godfather's eyes, he immediately stopped smiling and said:
"No, no, no, Mr. Fang, please don't say that."

"Yes, Fang Sheng, you are going to embarrass him if you say that."

Ho Kwun-chang said: "Project A is not his own achievement, but also thanks to the great help from his fellow apprentices, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. However, your film, The Mountain, the Man and the Dog, set two records for the total box office and overseas box office of Chinese-language art films as an art film!"

Seeing people carrying people in fancy sedan chairs, speaking in dialect and using fancy words, they flatter each other about business.

He Guanchang suggested: "There are too many people here, is it convenient to talk somewhere else?"

Fangyan deliberately brought up Wang Zuxian, saying that he was asked by someone to do so and had to wait for her to complete the booking procedures first.

Cheng Long had long noticed the fair-skinned, long-legged beauty next to him, but he never imagined that it was Joey Wong, who had been involved in a scandal with Sam Hui.

But his godfather had told him that this "Teacher Fang" already had a wife, so he judged others by himself and couldn't help but think wildly:
Could it be that Fangyan is just like him, a fellow man? He has also made the same mistake that all men in the world would make?

…………

The room Wang Zuxian booked was on the same floor as Fang Yan's room.

As the elevator was rising, Fang Yan learned from Ho Kwun-chang that this time they were issuing the invitation on behalf of Zou Wenhuai and Jiahe.

"Lei Meng (Zou Wenhuai's English name) really hopes that Fang Sheng can attend our internal preview."

"Preview?"

"Yeah, watch Aaron's new movie that's coming out, it's called 'Back to the Future.'"

Ho Kwun-chang explained, "Golden Harvest hired a Hollywood team to produce it for him. Fang Sheng is an Oscar-winning screenwriter and has such a high level of accomplishment in literature and film, so Raymond wanted to invite you to watch it and help us see what shortcomings there are and what needs to be modified."

With a "ding" sound, the elevator door opened.

Seeing Fang Yan, Cheng Long and others coming out, Wang Zuxian hurriedly followed behind them, pricked up her ears and eavesdropped.

"After the preview, Raymond prepared a sumptuous dinner to show his hospitality. I wonder what Fang Sheng thinks?"

"Since it is Boss Zou's good intention, I naturally can't refuse, but..."

Fang Yan half-jokingly said that many of his family and friends are fans of Jackie Chan, so he simply offered Jackie Chan's autograph as a condition for the deal. "No problem!"

Cheng Long was stunned at first, then he vowed: "Mr. Fang, I will sign as much as you want, and I promise to sign until I am satisfied!"

Seeing this, Wang Zuxian was hesitant to speak. She opened her mouth to accompany Fang Yan to Golden Harvest to help Shaw Brothers spy on the enemy, but she didn't know how to start.

But Fangyan seemed to see through Wang Zuxian's thoughts and his other condition was to let her go with him, saying that he was entrusted by Shi Nansheng.

"Since Miss Shi wants Fang Sheng to be taken care of, well, I'll make the decision on Raymond's behalf!"

He Guanchang agreed readily.

Fang Yan thanked him, then opened the door and said, "I'm going back to my room to change my clothes. Please wait for a moment."

Before leaving, he secretly bumped into the dazed Wang Zuxian.

Wang Zuxian woke up as if from a dream and said she would go to her room to rest for a while, but in fact she wanted to call Fang Yihua to make an urgent report.

Watching the beautiful figure disappear from sight, Cheng Long lowered his voice and said:

"Godfather, is there something fishy here? I remember that it was Aunt Six who recruited her into the Shaw Company herself, so how could she be…"

"Of course this is Fangtai's masterpiece."

He Guanchang knew it very well, "planting a nail next to Fang Sheng."

"You knew she was from Shaw Brothers, so why did you allow her to attend the preview of 'The Dragon and the Detective'?"

Cheng Long couldn't help but feel anxious. Although the grievances between Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers had been resolved a lot in the past few years when they joined forces to suppress Cinema City, they were still sworn enemies. It was just that now was the golden age of Hong Kong films and the market was big enough, so there was no need to fight to the death like before.

"Do you think it was Mrs. Fang's idea to invite her to the preview?"

"It's Fang Sheng..."

"Yep!"

Ho Kwun-chang said with a smile, "Mr. Fang is using this nail planted by Shaw Brothers to show us his value, letting us know that not only Golden Harvest wants to cooperate with him, but also Cinema City and Shaw Brothers, so that we can carefully weigh the chips for cooperation."

Then he looked at Wang Zuxian's door and said, "Also, we can use Golden Harvest to let Mr. Liu and Mrs. Fang carefully consider Shaw's bargaining chips."

Cheng Long took a breath and said, "He is indeed a cultured person, and he has too many tricks up his sleeve."

"That's called 'waiting for the price to rise.'"

Ho Kwun-chang said, "Back then, you became famous overnight with Drunken Master. We also fought hard for it, but Golden Harvest had the last laugh." He then turned his gaze to Fang Yan who walked out of the room, "I believe Golden Harvest will also have the last laugh this time!"

…………

"Xiao Xian, be smart later and tell Mrs. Fang everything you saw."

After finishing her phone call with Fang Yihua, Wang Zuxian, who received new instructions, silently cheered herself up in the car.

Following Fangyan, I nervously arrived at the territory of Shaw Brothers' arch-rival, Golden Harvest, and saw Zou Wenhuai quickly walking down the steps and greeting me with a smile.

For a moment, my head was buzzing and everything went blank.

Zou Wenhuai, the boss of Golden Harvest who was said to have fought with Run Run Shaw for more than 20 years and remained standing, was now standing in front of him.

At this moment, he was shaking hands with Fangyan enthusiastically, asking about his well-being, and showing great respect to the wise and humble, inviting him into the company.

It was exactly the same as the scene in the morning.

Fang Yihua went to the hotel to pick her up in person, Run Run Shaw personally greeted her at the elevator, and the entire TVB and Shaw Brothers came out to serve as a foil.

This moment is just like that moment.

I stared at Fang Yan's profile and knew that he was very powerful, but I never expected him to be so powerful.

His wife must be very happy to have such a husband...

Just when Wang Zuxian was daydreaming and confused, Fang Yan, Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and others entered the small screening room.

"please."

"please."

"This movie was specially prepared by Golden Harvest for Aaron to enter Hollywood."

Zou Wenhuai said in a serious tone: "So if you have any problems or shortcomings, don't hold back, just tell us, we can all accept them."

Fangyan agreed, and after a while, the room gradually darkened and the small screen in front of him began to light up.

The plot of "Mr. Hard Boiled" is very simple, it is a typical Hollywood police and gangster film.

Cheng Long plays a Chinese-American detective who comes to a bar with his colleagues to celebrate his tenth anniversary in the United States, but his colleague is killed by a group of robbers who break in.

The angry Cheng Long executed the murderer, which offended his boss and he was sent to the fashion show of tycoon Shapiro as a punishment to maintain law and order.

During the performance, Shabiru's daughter Rona was kidnapped by a group of people. Before the incident, Shabiru's bodyguard Benny had made several calls to Hong Kong. The truth behind it was that Shabiru had cooperated with Hong Kong's number one drug lord Gao Weiluo, and the kidnapping was planned by the drug lord.

So, Cheng Long and his partner looked for clues and followed the clues to find evidence of the drug lord's cooperation with Shabilu.

The drug lord sent a killer to hunt him down. Cheng Long finally broke through many obstacles, found out Gao Weiluo's lair, and led his partners to launch a final attack.

The further the movie went on, the more the dialect felt wrong. It was like, so like, I could vaguely see the shadow of "Police Stories".

Noticing that his expression was not right, Zou Wenhuai immediately raised his hand: "Stop!"

In an instant, the half-played "Police Story" suddenly paused, and the lights in the house suddenly lit up.

He Guanchang leaned sideways and said, "Mr. Fang, do you think there is anything wrong with the movie?"

"What are the names of the producer and director of this film?" Fang Yan frowned.

Zou Wenhuai told the truth that Golden Harvest's North American branch had absolute control over "Back to the Future". They specifically invited James Gillikenhaus, a Hollywood director with no representative works, and signed a series of very harsh contracts.

"No wonder."

Fang Yan curled his lips and said, "Only such a low-level director would make a movie like this."

These words were so unexpected and shocking that they immediately caused an uproar and a lot of discussion in the audience.

Cheng Long was as excited as if he had found a confidant.

"I told you, this director has no idea what he's doing! He can't even make an action movie!"

Zou Wenhuai's face was uncertain, "Mr. Fang means that he messed up this film?"

Dialect is as bluntly critical as Stephen Chow's review of chop suey noodles.

The story is terrible, the plot is full of loopholes, failure!

There are very few action scenes and nothing new. Failure!
The rhythm is sluggish, the editing is fragmented, it's a mess, a failure!

The action design is mediocre. Jackie Chan's life-threatening stunts and kung fu comedy are clearly not used. It's a failure among failures!
In short, this second-rate director turned "Back to the Future" into a typical Hollywood bad movie. The whole plot is basically a bunch of Hollywood clichés. European and American audiences have long been tired of it and obviously won't buy into such a movie.

These words really touched Cheng Long's heart, and he jumped up from his chair:

"That's right! He spent four days shooting the action movie, and he complained that my action designs were old-fashioned and didn't allow me to interfere. Otherwise..."

"Aaron!"

He Guanchang held his godson's shoulder and signaled him with his eyes to shut up and sit down.

"I'm sorry to have made Mr. Fang laugh."

Zou Wenhuai sighed and said, "Due to the contract, Aaron suffered a lot of grievances in this movie. During the filming, he even called us and said, 'Either he leaves or I leave.' In the end, for the sake of the overall situation, we finished the filming."

Fangyan said "I see", and then reminded him bluntly:
"But the quality of the films produced by this kind of director is not up to par. Not to mention helping him to enter Hollywood, I'm afraid that once the film is released in foreign theaters, it will leave a negative impression on the audience and Hollywood film companies. Boss Zou, you don't want him to be left with no films to shoot in Hollywood, do you?"

"Mr. Fang, do you have any remedy for this?"

As soon as Zou Wenhuai finished speaking, Cheng Long, He Guanchang and others all looked at Fang Yan.

Wang Zuxian couldn't help but stretch her swan neck and look at him with sparkling eyes, curious about how he should answer next. (End of this chapter)

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