The king of ghost horse comedy

chapter 241
On the first day of [-], "Yisheng All Stars Greet the New Year: Gong Xi Fa Cai Da New Year's Greetings" was officially launched, and cheerful and festive New Year songs such as "The God of Wealth Arrives", "Blessing You", "Happy Events Come" and so on, also began to be broadcast on the radio. , and broadcasted on TV programs, adding a lot of joy to Hong Kong in the New Year.

Hong Kong didn’t have a tradition of releasing New Year’s records before. Citizens would sometimes play some Cantonese opera to celebrate the New Year. However, Cantonese opera is obviously outdated now, but there are no new songs to take its place.

This Lunar New Year album grandly launched by YESUNG Records this year just fills this gap.The records are all sung by popular singers, and the lyrics and music are all modeled after Western pop music, which makes young people feel very fashionable; and the lyrics are festive words such as celebrating reunion, welcoming the festive season, Gong Xi Fa Cai, etc., which even the elders find pleasing to the ear.

So after this Lunar New Year album was released, it caused quite a stir. The first batch of [-] albums were sold out in less than a week.

This album is also released in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and other places at the same time. However, unlike the Hong Kong version, the Taiwan version is dominated by local singers such as Deng Lijun, Cui Taiqing, Wan Shalang, etc., while the Singapore and Malaysia versions feature stars. Singers from Malaysia and Malaysia are the main ones.One album with three versions is the first of its kind for YESUNG.

The disadvantage of this is that the production cost has tripled, but the benefits are also very obvious.Singing with popular local singers makes fans feel more intimate, and sales have also increased significantly.

This album also released a small number of videotape versions, which included four song MVs, including "Little Daughter-in-law Goes Back to Her Mother's Home", "The God of Wealth Arrives", "Happy Events Come" and "Bless You", also produced by Mai Jia Directing, let him directly call himself downgraded to an MV director.

I don’t know how Deng Lijun talked with Ah Ying before, but Xu Guanying really agreed to her playing the role of the little daughter-in-law in the MV of "The Little Daughter-in-law Goes Back to Her Mother's Home". She really sacrificed her image and brought infinite laughter to the audience regardless of the consequences.

In return, Deng Lijun also played the role of Xu Guanying's daughter-in-law in "Happy Events Come Together". The couple wore red wedding dresses and gave out big lai sees, which looked quite festive.

……

On the first day of the new year, the Lunar New Year album sold well, giving Xu Guanwu a good start, and Cheng Long's "Drunken Master" had a box office of over one million, which was also a happy event.

In order to reward the colleagues in the company who have worked hard for a year, the Xu brothers did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to book the Dynasty Seafood Restaurant and hold a grand New Year banquet for seven consecutive days.

The big handwriting has shocked Hong Kong!
At the banquet, there are not only meals, wine and games, but also a lottery. The highest prize is a car worth 20 yuan.

At the New Year's banquet, the students of Xinghui Art School also performed wonderful performances, adding a perfect footnote to this year's hard study.

Seeing that they could sing, dance, and act well, Xu Guanwu couldn't help being relieved to see their versatility, feeling that his investment was not in vain.

In addition to the wonderful performances by the students of Xinghui Art School, Zhang Guorong, Winner Band, Xu Xiaofeng and other company artists also took the stage, turning the Chinese New Year banquet into a party.

In the lottery, Mai Jia won female cosmetics worth 3000 yuan, which was later bought by Liang Shuyi at a price of 5000 yuan; Mars won a gas station voucher worth 4000 yuan, but this kid didn't even have a car; Hong Jingbao won In order to take away the prize of the last car, and later paid [-] yuan to buy Mars vouchers...

Everyone had something to eat, something to drink, something to play, something to watch, and everyone had a great time.

The only flaw was that at the banquet the day before, Zeng Zhiwei drank too much and went crazy, holding a glass to Xu Guanwu, insisting on drinking three glasses of wine with him, and talking nonsense if he didn't drink.

Xu Guanwu knew that the reason why Zeng Zhiwei lost his composure was because the box office of "Li Sanjiao Megatron Hell Gate" released during the Christmas period was a disastrous box office. The box office was only 20 Hong Kong dollars in six days of release. one.

Even if Xu Guanwu was concerned about Zeng Zhiwei's face, after four days of no improvement at the box office, he reduced the screening scale of "Li Sanjiao Megatron Hell Gate", and allocated half of the theaters to Cheng Long's "Drunken Master".

Perhaps this move caused Zeng Zhiwei's dissatisfaction, so at today's New Year's banquet, he made a fuss by drinking.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help frowning when he saw his ugly appearance with bare chest and breasts, mouth full of alcohol, and talking nonsense.

Seeing Xu Guanwu's displeasure, Hong Jingbao quickly beckoned his brother to send Zeng Zhiwei home.

"Mr. Xu, don't be as knowledgeable as Zhiwei. He drank a few more glasses of beer, which is why he lost his composure." Hong Jingbao smoothed things over for Zeng Zhiwei.

"You don't have to speak up for him, I know the ins and outs of the matter." Xu Guanwu frowned, "It's really depressing that a movie fails at the box office, but no matter what, you can't use the strength of alcohol to play with this place today. .”

"Yes, I'll scold him when I turn around, Mr. Xu, don't be angry." Seeing that Xu Guanwu was really angry, Hong Jingbao couldn't help saying something kind.

Xu Guanwu nodded his head, he didn't want to see the drunk again.

……

The next day, after waking up, Zeng Zhiwei went to find Hong Jingbao. He didn't actually drink too much when he was drunk yesterday, and he was directly unconscious and sent to the hospital after drinking too much.He was actually a little sober at the time, and he vaguely remembered yelling at the second boss together, and was sent home by his colleagues later.

But he couldn't remember what happened after the banquet, and he didn't know if the second boss was angry.So after waking up, Zeng Zhiwei immediately went to his elder brother Hong Jingbao to discuss countermeasures.

Although Zeng Zhiwei is now qualified to be a director and a member of the Brilliant Seven, he still regards Hong Jingbao as his eldest brother. First, he is grateful for his previous support; Self-reliance has no capital.

After waking up early, Hong Jingbao was boxing in the park downstairs. It is said that if you don't practice your hands for a day, you still need to review your kung fu every day so as not to regress.

Zeng Zhiwei also knows that Hong Jingbao has this rule, whenever he gets up early every day, whenever he has time, he will practice a few punches before eating.So he found Hong Jingbao as soon as he looked for it. Seeing that he was practicing Wing Chun there, he didn't want to disturb him halfway, so he obediently sat aside.

Hong Jingbao looked around and listened to all directions. He had already seen Zeng Zhiwei coming, but he did not stop immediately. Instead, he practiced for another half an hour, mobilizing all the bones in his body, and then slowly stopped.

"Brother, drink some water." Seeing Hong Jingbao stop, Zeng Zhiwei immediately poured a glass of warm water and handed it over.

Hong Jingbao took a look at him, took the water and rinsed his mouth, "Zhiwei, why didn't you sleep at home so early, what did you come looking for me?"

"Looking for you for morning tea, we brothers haven't had tea together for a long time." Zeng Zhiwei said with a smile.

Hong Jingbao smiled, and came to a nearby tea restaurant with Zeng Zhiwei.

"Brother, what do you eat? Is it still the same old way? I ordered it for you. Excuse me, three drawers of shrimp dumpling and barbecued pork buns..." After sitting down, Zeng Zhiwei first helped Hong Jingbao get a cup of strong tea, and then called for a waiter to shout.

After a while, all the refreshments were delivered, and Hong Jingbao was not polite, picked up the chopsticks and snorted, like a wind and wind, and grabbed all the refreshments in an instant, while Zeng Zhiwei had just picked up the chopsticks at this time.

"Hey, I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry to eat." Hong Jingbao said while picking his teeth.

"It doesn't matter, the waiter will come and serve me another." Zeng Zhiwei smiled again.

"Then you eat slowly, I still have to film, I'll just pay the bill." Hong Jingbao got up and said.

"Oh, don't, don't! I should invite you today." Zeng Zhiwei hastily stopped him.

Rushing to pay the bill, Zeng Zhiwei stopped drinking morning tea and followed Hong Jingbao all the way to the shooting location.

"Why, don't you have to go to the company today?" Sitting in the car, Hong Jingbao looked at Zeng Zhiwei sideways and asked.

"Brother, don't play tricks on me." Zeng Zhiwei said with a bitter face, "I admit that I was bad yesterday, I was an asshole, I lost my morals after drinking, and spoiled everyone's interest. Please forgive me this time. "

"What's the use of my forgiveness, the key is that Mr. Xu is willing to forgive you." Hong Jingbao scolded, "It's all because of you brat! Yesterday, Mr. Xu put so much effort into the Chinese New Year banquet just to let everyone eat and drink well. It’s fun, but in the end, you drank a few cups of yellow soup, and then you played crazy with me. You hit Mr. Xu in the face in front of everyone, you know? Mr. Xu’s face turned black at that time , it’s not that I’m so quick to get someone to take you away, I’m afraid you’ve already been fired by now, think about it for me.”

"It's my fault. I drank too much wine, and I didn't mean it." Zeng Zhiwei nodded his head like garlic.

"Inadvertently or intentionally, everyone has a pair of eyes, and they can see clearly." Hong Jingbao sneered, "Zhiwei, you and I can be today because of our ability, but someone is willing to give you a stage, let us You have to show your talents. Without Mr. Xu's promotion, you and I are still dragon and tiger martial arts masters, earning so little money every month, and have to work hard anytime and anywhere. How can we sit in the director's chair like we are now, responding to every call, and then Pay and dividends? You really forget your roots."

"Brother Sanmao, I know I was wrong, please help me say something nice to Mr. Xu." Zeng Zhiwei was so scared that he was sweating profusely after being scolded by Hong Jingbao.

"I know, I will help you turn things around, but you have to work hard on your own, don't stir up this mess anymore." Seeing his pitiful look, Hong Jingbao couldn't help but nodded softly in his heart, " But whether I can forgive you in the end depends on Mr. Xu's intentions."

"I know, I know, no matter what the result is, I'm grateful for your help, brother." Zeng Zhiwei expressed his gratitude.

Hong Jingbao nodded, stopped going to the set, and brought Zeng Zhiwei directly to the superstar manager company.

"You wait outside now, when I go in and say something nice for you, and when his anger subsides, I'll call you in again." Hong Jingbao urged.

Zeng Zhiwei nodded obediently, and sat on the sofa in a well-behaved manner, not as crazy as he was when he was drunk and crazy yesterday.

……

In the office, Xu Guanwu was looking at the sales report of Lunar New Year Records. The results were really gratifying, and the market response was also good.The album proved to be quite successful.

"Mr. Xu!" Hong Jingbao smiled honestly after entering the door.

"Huh?! Sanmao, you are here, sit down! I drank so much wine yesterday, and I woke up this morning in such a good spirit that I can't even see a trace of hangover. I really envy your drinking capacity." Xu Guanwu said with a smile .

"Fat people have this advantage. If you have more meat, you can drink more." Hong Jingbao teased himself, "I just saw Mr. Xu's happy face. Is there any good news?"

"That's right, the stars' New Year's Eve album sold [-] copies on the first day it was released, which is amazing." Xu Guanwu nodded.

"Then I really want to congratulate Mr. Xu." Hong Jingbao said with a smile, "I also bought a copy yesterday, and the first song is really nice, festive and auspicious. I also learned the song "The God of Wealth Arrives"."

"Well, let's sing it and listen to it. If it's okay, I'll try to make an album for you." Xu Guanwu asked with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, don't make fun of me. My old Beijing opera voice is fine, but it would be too difficult to release a Cantonese album." Hong Jingbao waved his hands quickly.

"Not necessarily. You are so famous now. Even if you release an album that doesn't sell well, it will definitely sell tens of thousands of copies. If you don't make money, you won't make money." Xu Guanwu smiled, "Sing the theme song of the movie first, Give it a try, and if the response is good, you can continue to release an album. This is also a way to make money, and it doesn’t take much effort on your part.”

(End of this chapter)