The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 284
The Canton Fair opened for half a month and finally came to a successful conclusion. Huo Daheng returned to Hong Kong with a delegation.

"Oh, little fellow, it's a good thing you didn't go this year, it's really going to squeeze people to death." After Huo Daheng saw Xu Guanwu, he couldn't help but said with a wry smile.

"Are there a lot of merchants participating?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help but be delighted when he heard this.

"That's right, there are more than 1 foreign merchants going this year, and many merchants in Guangdong Hotel Limited have to set up cots in the corridor." Huo Daheng said with some regret.

Xu Guanwu calculated that the conditions in the mainland in the 70s would be very difficult, but he didn't think that he would not be able to solve the problem of accommodation for 1 people. He couldn't help but feel a little dumbfounded.

"Then why don't we build more hotels?" Xu Guanwu frowned, "Even if it's not for our Hong Kong businessmen, it's for employees traveling in the Mainland."

"Which of the employees on a business trip in the Mainland can afford to live in a foreign-related hotel?" Daheng Huo couldn't help laughing, "And building a hotel not only requires a lot of steel and concrete, but also if there is no professional management, no matter how good the hotel is built, the service cannot be improved. not meeting the requirements."

Xu Guanwu nodded, knowing that Huo Daheng himself was involved in the hotel industry, he was naturally clear about it, "How about we cooperate with the mainland to build a hotel in Guangdong Province? The mainland is responsible for the land, and we are responsible for the investment and construction. Then manage the hotel. On the one hand, it doesn’t matter if we send people there or from the mainland to study.”

"Your idea is the same as I thought. I also suggested it to you. But you also know that there is a movement there, and everything is on the line. We are also Hong Kong capitalists. If we invest in the mainland, it will attract many people. Inconvenience. So this proposal will be dropped in the end." Daheng Huo sighed.

"It turned out to be like this. That's really a pity." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "But I believe that the movement will stop sooner or later. We must believe in the wisdom of the leaders in the north and the masses' desire for stability and unity."

"I hope, if the civil strife in the north really stops and focuses on economic construction. How much potential would there be with more than one billion people?" Daheng Huo couldn't help but smile, "By the way, this is the purchase I signed for you. According to the contract, there will be ships delivering the goods one after another later. I will notify you to receive the goods when the time comes."

"Okay, thank you so much." Xu Guanwu accepted the contract with a smile and said, in the next three to forty years, it will be a treasure of inestimable value.

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In May, the box office of "Café de Café de Coral", directed by Zhan Huang and starring the Wenner band, reached an astonishing 400 million Hong Kong dollars, and a new generation of box office superstars was born.

Starring Zhou Runfa, Huang Xingxiu, etc., "The Evil Brand Young Man" also had a box office of more than 150 million Hong Kong dollars.When Fa Ge first entered the film industry, he handed in a very impressive report card.

The album of the same name released by Winner Band has also achieved huge sales, with a sales volume of 20 in Hong Kong alone, and also achieved quite good results in Nanyang and Taiwan.

In the new January, in addition to record successes in film box office and record sales, the filming of several films under Xu's banner is also underway.

Director Zhang Guoming's "Yin Ling" started filming first, because the subject matter of this drama is too novel, and everyone has no hope for the box office of this drama, so the investment aspect is inevitably a bit embarrassing.

In order to save money and spend most of the money on special effects, Zhang Guoming had no choice but to give up hiring big-name movie stars and choose to hire relatively well-known artists on TV stations, which can save a lot of money.

Then Zhang Jian's "Male Robber and Female Singer" also started filming, and the concept was the same as before. Zhang Jian still insisted on not using professional actors.He felt that if it was played by an actor, the traces of the performance would never be erased, and the real effect he wanted would not be achieved.So he still chose to find actors from the streets to make films.

This can reduce the actor's salary, but it will increase additional expenses in other areas.For example, actors know how to act, how to move, and how to speak lines, but the actors found on the street have enough temperament and image, but they lack the necessary acting skills, so frequent situations will inevitably occur during filming, wasting reel after reel film.

There are also professional actors and ethics, knowing what to do and what not to do.But the actors recruited from the streets, especially the kind of bad guys who are needed in "The Man Thief and the Girl Sings" and "Amin", have nothing to care about at all.Often when the filming is halfway through, people suddenly disappear.Or it is really fighting with people and asking the crew to go to the police station to catch people.

Last year, Zhang Jian encountered even more outrageous things when he was filming "A Ming". Together with Mr. Gui, he was sent to the police station.Zhang Jian, who was murdered, still asked his connections to ask for favors to release him on bail.

Seeing that after his film project was approved this year, Xu Guanwu didn't start work for more than two weeks. Xu Guanwu knew that he must be looking for actors on the street again, and he was speechless to him.

"Since you are worried that professional actors are too strong, you might as well find those who are not professional. But don't just pick one from the street. You also remember the troubles caused by the filming of "Amin" last year." Xu Guanwu said Zhang Jian called to come over and told him.

"Mr. Xu, what do you mean?" Zhang Jian looked at Xu Guanwu suspiciously and asked.

"Don't we have a Xinghui Arts School, the students there are all newly recruited, and they haven't reached the quality of professional actors. And the most important thing is that they all want to be famous, so they must be very attentive when making movies, Don't worry about what will happen on the way." Xu Guanwu reminded in a low voice.

Zhang Jian suddenly realized, "That's right, I am the teacher of Xinghui Art School, why have I forgotten the students of my school?"

"It's dark under the lamp, but you can't see it up close." Xu Guanwu smiled and said.

After Zhang Jian got Xu Guanwu's reminder, he immediately went back to Xinghui Art School to select candidates.Later, he actually selected a few suitable actors, and Xu Guanwu was taken aback by the starring role. It was Lu Liangwei who had met once before.

This kid is an overseas Chinese from South Vietnam. He can speak Vietnamese and Mandarin, and he looks handsome, but he also acts a little ruffian, which is exactly what Director Zhang Jian likes.

Lu Liangwei was very happy to be able to play the leading role in a movie within two months of entering school.What's even more gratifying is that there is a lot of money to be paid as a leading actor, a full [-] yuan almost made his heart stop.The money is his father's salary for two years.

In addition to Zhang Guoming and Zhang Jian who started work, Zeng Zhiwei's "Kicking the Pavilion" also started filming. The actors for his film are simple, and they all choose from the Hong family class.

However, "The End of the World and the Bright Moon Knife" directed by Chu Yuan encountered a problem. The previous "Meteor Butterfly Sword" used Ming Xiu's plank road to cover up Chen Cang's tricks, and Di Lung and others came from Shaw Studios.But when the filming of "The Knife at the End of the World" started, Shaw Brothers refused to let him go no matter what.

Of course, in order to appease the dissatisfaction of its artists, Shaw also immediately announced to open new plays for several artists.Ti Lung was dragged by director Huashan to film "The Adventures of Emperor Qianlong".

Ti Lung felt very regretful that he could not cooperate with director Chu Yuan again.That "Meteor Butterfly Sword" achieved a high box office in Hong Kong, and now it is sold in Taiwan, it seems that the box office is even higher.After Ti Lung left his mentor Zhang Che, his fame did not drop at all, but instead he had the momentum to go against the current.

But no matter how regrettable, without Shao Daheng nodding, he can no longer help Director Chu Yuan in filming.If Ti Lung was not invited to shoot, Chu Yuan aimed at Jiang Dawei.

Compared with Ti Lung playing Fu Hongxue, Jiang Dawei seems to be able to express the feeling of bitterness and hatred.However, Jiang Dawei was immediately dragged by Shao Yifu to film other movies, but director Chu Yuan was not allowed to take advantage of it.

Director Chu Yuan was helpless and was about to go to the TV station to hire actors. At this moment, Jiang Dawei pushed his younger brother Er Dongsheng out.

Er Dongsheng, Jiang Dawei, Qin Pei, the three of them are brothers, real brothers, with half fathers.

After Er Dongsheng graduated from high school this year and last year, his elder brother Jiang Dawei was willing to sponsor him to study abroad.But Er Dongsheng decided to follow his eldest brother and second brother into the entertainment circle to work hard.

However, he did not enjoy special treatment in Shaw Brothers because of the relationship between his eldest brother and second brother.Just like Xu Guanwu was in Shaw Brothers back then, even though he has a big brother who is a big movie star, he is still working as a drama assistant.

This is not to say that Xu Guanwen and Jiang Dawei don’t feel sorry for their brothers. It’s just that various forces within the Shaw Brothers are deeply intertwined, and they talk about seniority. Although many actors, directors, and employees are not well-known, their qualifications are there. For 30 years, even Shao Yifu was polite when he saw him.

No matter how famous Xu Guanwen and Jiang Dawei are, their qualifications are there, so it is not easy to speak well, and it may have counterproductive effects.This is also one of the reasons why Shaw Brothers can't win people over.

Er Dongsheng joined Shaw Brothers as a basic actor for a year. He had no serious roles to play, and he either played tricks or helped move props, which was basically the same as what Xu Guanwu did back then.

Jiang Dawei, as the best actor of the Asian Film Festival and the star of the Shaw Brothers, naturally didn't want to see his younger brother running errands for others, but he couldn't put his mind to it in the Shaw Brothers.Today, I happened to meet director Chu Yuan who came to select candidates, so I couldn't help recommending my younger brother Er Dongsheng.

Er Dongsheng was at the time when he was handsome and compelling, even in Shaw Brothers where handsome men and beautiful women gathered, he could be called a handsome man.

Director Chu Yuan is very satisfied with his image, but not so satisfied with his age. Fu Hongxue in "The Sword at the End of the World" is at least 30 years old. After experiencing "The Sound of Swords in the Border Town", he has a sense of seeing through all the vicissitudes of life.

Er Dongsheng is not this year, and it is the time when youth is pressing.Of course, with the help of makeup, he can also make him look decades old, but if a young man plays a middle-aged man, he needs to test his acting skills.Especially Fu Hongxue's other kind of hero who suffers from great hatred and deep hatred needs very advanced acting skills to be able to express that feeling.

Director Chu Yuan felt that Er Dongsheng, who had just been in the industry for a year, might not be able to play Fu Hongxue's sense of seeing through everything.However, Jiang Dawei also recommended it with good intentions, so director Chu Yuan was embarrassed to refuse directly, thinking that it would be better to give him one of the main roles, which would not be regarded as a disappointment to his kindness.

"Your little brother is quite handsome, and he exudes a sense of wealth, which is really rare." Director Chu Yuan looked Er Dongsheng up and down, and said in admiration, "Why don't I let him play the role of Yan Nanfei? ?”

Jiang Dawei had also read the novel "The Knife at the End of the World" before, and knew that Yan Nanfei was a very important character in it, so he couldn't help but nodded quickly, "Very good, I think this role is very suitable for Dongsheng to play."

Er Dongsheng didn't expect that he would suddenly have an important role for him, so he couldn't help being very happy. "Thank you, Director Chu. Then Fu Hongxue, has Director Chu thought of who will play the role?"

"Well, it seems that I should go to three TV stations to see if I can find a suitable one." Director Chu Yuan said with a smile.

"Well, my elder brother happens to have time now, why don't you ask him to try it?" Er Dongsheng suggested.

"Your elder brother?!" Director Chu Yuan suddenly thought of Qin Pei. He seemed to be in his 30s, about the same age as Fu Hongxue, and he had seen him act before, and his acting skills were first-rate.Can not help but have an interest.

(End of this chapter)