1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 136: Dragon or Mouse
Xinji Lao Xu.

There are many rumors about him in the world.

As long as you are in the Hong Kong entertainment industry,
No matter what happens, big or small, you can almost always see him.

Is he the incarnation of a god or a messenger from hell?
This is not important, but everyone knows: the Xu family is a basket that can hold anything.

In particular, Xu Jiaqiang, who was pushed to the forefront later, became the most mysterious man in Hong Kong, and was known as Hong Kong's No. 1 scapegoat.

At this time, the scapegoat was bowing down to Zhai Yuan.

"Boss Zhai? The one from Jiuyi Entertainment?"

Xu Jiaqiang had heard Wu Yusen introduce Zhai Yuan and looked at the young man in front of him in surprise.

His behavior became more and more intimate, and he took the initiative to extend his hands: "I have heard a lot about you. We two brothers will be in the film industry in the future. I hope that Boss Zhai will take good care of us in the future."

Xu Jiasheng smiled and nodded when he heard this.

Zhai Yuan looked at Xu Jiaqiang's hands stretched out in front of him, frowned in discomfort, and shook hands with him lightly.

This person is different from the Xu Jiaqiang I know. I still like the rebellious image of you described by the self-media.

He smiled and said, "I am now persona non grata in the film industry, so I am afraid I can't take care of you."

Xu Jiaqiang still maintained a humble attitude: "No, it's the group of people from the Freedom Association who are causing trouble. We Chinese must help Chinese people."

He was surprisingly eager. Zhai Yuan felt that even if Xu Jiaqiang was not the leader of Xinji, he would not try to please him like this.

Mrs. Xu next to her also had a beautiful smile on her face. The couple joined forces to praise Zhai Yuan.

Her ancestral home is Heilongjiang, but she grew up in Taiwan. She was sold to a dance hall by her parents when she was a teenager, and she developed the ability to read people's expressions. She is much better than Xu Jiaqiang at flattery.

After Mrs. Xu said a few words, even Deng Leling felt the threat.

The hunk took the initiative to step forward and put his arm around Zhai Yuan, showing her that he was already taken.

Having a cousin and Michiko is already troublesome enough, how come a married woman comes into the picture?
I only put it up there after I got divorced, bah, so cheap!

"Boss Zhai, wow, the celebration is almost starting and you're still standing outside. Please come in, please come in."

Xu Jiaqiang and his wife haven't finished flattering each other yet.

Shi Qiuyi, one of the persons in charge of the Academy Awards and owner of the biweekly magazine, hurried out of the hall and greeted Zhai Yuan hurriedly.

"Boss Zhai, this is my card."

Seeing Zhai Yuan about to leave, Xu Jiaqiang hurriedly took out a business card and handed it over, recommending himself: "If you need anything, feel free to call me. I come from a martial arts background, and my moves are very beautiful and nice to look at."

Zhai Yuan nodded and took the business card, glanced at it, and saw only a simple name and phone number on it.

"Okay, I'll have a chance to work with you."

Shi Qiuyi, who was standing by, looked at Xu Jiaqiang and the others curiously.

"I'm the initiator of this year's Academy Awards. May I ask who you are?"

"My name is Xu Jiaqiang, and this is my younger brother Xu Jiasheng. We are artists from Taiwan. We are new to Hong Kong and hope to make some friends here."

Even when facing Shi Qiuyi, Xu Jiaqiang still behaved quite politely.

After a few simple polite words, Shi Qiuyi led Zhai Yuan and his group into the guild hall.

Xu Jiaqiang and Mrs. Xu were still smiling and waving at their backs.

Standing aside, Xu Jiasheng, who had been smiling all the time, adjusted the gold-wire glasses frame.

He glanced at Xie Hushan beside him, and the first thing he said was pure Mandarin.

Xu Jiasheng whispered, "Brother Shi is too cautious. He doesn't even understand the principle of a fierce dragon crossing the river. Please help me check the details of this Zhai Yuan. If he is really like what the outside world says, without any backing, and if I give him one million Hong Kong dollars, I will buy half of his shares."

"I understand. People from Hong Kong are timid. Leave this matter to me. Don't worry, Twelve Young Master."

Xie Hushan nodded grimly.

"Asheng, let's go in and see if there is any chance to meet more people."

Xu Jiaqiang turned around and greeted his younger brother.

Xu Jiasheng immediately put on a harmless smile: "Okay, Brother Ten."

A group of four people walked into the hall on the red carpet.

Xu Jiaqiang and his wife walked in front arm in arm.

Mrs. Xu Chenlan kept smiling, and said in a low voice through her teeth: "Brother Qiang, your brother seems to be a little restless. I'm afraid he will offend others."

Xu Jiaqiang put his arm around her waist and hummed, no longer looking as humble as before: "Ah Sheng hasn't woken up from his beautiful dream in Taiwan yet, and thinks that Xin Ji can dominate Hong Kong. We'll talk after I attend the ceremony and take him to see Big Brother."

the other side.

Led by Shi Qiuyi, Zhai Yuan and his group were already sitting in the front row of the audience stands.

On the left is Cheng Shilong and on the right is Mecca.

Represents the two forces of Jiahe and Princess Jin.

"Hello, Director Wu~"

Zhai Yuan leaned back in his chair, tilting his head back, and asked Wu Yusen, who was sitting behind him, "Did you know that the Xu family is the boss of Xinji?"

"I heard that."

"Then Xu Jiaqiang should also be considered the prince of Xinji. Why was his attitude just now even more attentive than that of a little celebrity?"

"He did star in Taiwan and won awards, but now he has come to Hong Kong and has to start from scratch. He is just a minor star."

Wu Yusen said this as a matter of course, and then explained, "His identity as the new prince is somewhat useful in Taiwan, but no one in Hong Kong gives him face. Moreover, I heard that Taiwan is about to change. The police will investigate hooligans and crack down on crime throughout the province. I guess the two brothers of the Xu family received the news in advance, so they fled to Hong Kong."

Although Wu Yusen's words were not clear.

But Zhai Yuan quickly figured out the reason through these few words.

"The Taiwan Issei Project is about to begin."

The reason why he knew about this project was because he had watched a movie called "Black Gold" in later generations and had specifically looked up relevant information.

I didn't expect it would come in handy today when facing the Xu family.

The so-called Yiqing Project was aimed at the increasingly powerful gang leaders of Taiwan, such as the Bamboo Union, Tian Dao, and Si Hai.

If any one of them were brought to Hong Kong, they would be able to defeat all local communities.

After all, the bigwigs in Hong Kong are still thinking about how I can intimidate the beef ball seller on the street so that he not only pays me protection money but also does not call the police to accuse me of being a gang member.

The gang leaders over there have already infiltrated the Legislative Council and even higher, unspeakable departments, and started to make rules.

However, with the upcoming Yiqing Project, these high-ranking gang leaders were also successively controlled and forbidden from leaving the country. Instead, small fry like the Xu family had the opportunity to sneak away.

Therefore, the Xu brothers immediately fled to Hong Kong, which they had previously looked down upon, to seek development.

Here is the new business run by their eldest brother Four-Eyed Dragon Xu Jiayan, which is also the second base of the Xu family.

But even if he came to Hong Kong, it was still a pipe dream for Xu Jiaqiang to continue his film business.

After he runs away, he will definitely have a criminal record in Taiwan.

He will face a ban that is even more stringent than Zhai Yuan's.

This ban later directly led to:
From the official start of the Yiqing Project in 1984 to its complete end, the Xu brothers disappeared from all news media for several years.

"No wonder you're trying to curry favor with me. I'm the number one player in the Taiwan film market right now~"

After Zhai Yuan figured this out, he instantly felt that he had become much more majestic and powerful.

Only he could give Xu Jiaqiang a chance to make a living at this critical moment.

Rely on Xinji? Leader Xu Jiayan slapped the two brothers in the face. When you were enjoying yourself in Taiwan, why didn’t you think of Xinji?
What's more, there is the head coach Su Long, who is second only to the first person in Xinji. If the leader of Xinji dares to arrange these two younger brothers into the club, Su Long will rebel against him the next day.

"It's not bad. Xu Jiaqiang at least knows that he is now a rat crossing the street, and knows how to behave himself. In the future, the role of Long Wu may not be impossible for him."

Zhai Yuan recalled the scene in his mind and licked the corner of his mouth: "As for that Twelve Little Boy Jiasheng, he has a dagger hidden behind his smile. He doesn't seem like someone who can keep to himself."

After the Yiqing Project began, more and more fierce dragons from Taiwan began to cross the river.

Small fish and shrimp came to Hong Kong, while big sharks and crocodiles went to America, the Netherlands and other places.

"No matter if it's a dragon or a rat, we have to find an opportunity to improve the security level and prepare for a rainy day. This wave of Yiqing Project in Baodao has caused shit to explode everywhere, which is very annoying."

In Zhai Yuan’s thinking.

The second Academy Awards officially kicked off.

…………

"Dear audience, the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony, jointly organized by Sing Tao Newspapers Limited, 91 Entertainment Production Company and Film Biweekly and broadcast live on TVB Jade Channel, is now beginning..."

The emcees for the second Hong Kong Film Awards still followed the traditional pairing of one man and one woman.

The female host was Josephine Siao, whose ancestral home was Luzhi, Suzhou, and she represented the local Huangpu forces.

Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang are one family in Hong Kong.

The male emcee is Zeng Zhiwei, whose ancestral home is Meizhou, Cantonese, representing the local Cantonese forces.

Zeng Zhiwei has always been popular in the entertainment industry. Although he is one of the new Seven Monsters of One City, as soon as he appeared on the stage, even Cheng Shilong of Golden Harvest laughed and applauded.

"It was a truly rewarding trip to meet two of Hong Kong's most powerful scapegoats in one day."

When Zhai Yuan saw the birthday boy Zeng Aizai appear, he couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the rumors about him that were no less impressive than those about Xu Jiaqiang.

While he was expressing his admiration for Zeng Zhiwei, others noticed that there was one more co-organizer of this awards ceremony, the Jiuyi Entertainment Company.

The company that goes against the Formosa Market.

As the spotlight turned, many people turned their eyes to Zhai Yuan.

Zhai Yuan stood up in a showy manner and waved to the audience behind him.

The members of the Freedom Association sitting on the other side all looked grim.

"Why is there such a guy among the organizers? What bad luck!"

If they had known this would happen, they would never have come to support the event, but now they could only pretend to be magnanimous and stay in their seats.

After all, the wireless cameras are still broadcasting live, and leaving at this time would be embarrassing.

I won’t come again next time. Humph, I will unilaterally ban you!

The traitors clearly regard the Academy Awards as a thorn in their side.

This year's Academy Awards originally had 38 awards scheduled.

But after Zhai Yuan spent 42 Hong Kong dollars, the number of awards jumped to .

The nomination list naturally includes "The Man from Earth" and "While You Were Sleeping".

The Best Actor award was a double yolk, going to Hong Xinbao and Mei Jia respectively. Their films "Best Partner" and "Beware of Little Hands" were also on the nomination list.

The Best Actress award went to Lam Pik-kei for "Pretty Woman".

"I'm worried for you guys that the Best Actress award wasn't given to Michelle Pfeiffer."

Zhai Yuan shook his head. This might be the closest the Academy Awards have ever been to an actor of Catwoman's level.

The film critics awarded the Best Film to "Boat to the Wrath of the Sea" with great professional ethics.

Director Ann Hui also won the Best Director Award, as well as Best Screenwriter, Best Newcomer and other awards, making her the biggest winner of this year.

But it is worth mentioning that although the film won numerous awards, because it was filmed in mainland China, Ann Hui and the film itself were completely banned.

Actors Andy Lau and others predicted this result and used pseudonyms to circumvent it, so that during the entire award ceremony, no one from the "To the Wrath of the Sea" crew, from the director to the actors, dared to show up, and the awards were all accepted by other people.

Even so, the core members of the Freedom Association are still very angry.

"Compared to our Golden Horse Awards, Hong Kong's awards are like children playing house."

In the corner of the audience.

The twelve-year-old Jiasheng crossed his legs and commented on the cheap stage of the Academy Awards with disdain.

Although the number of guests and judges increased significantly this year, they lacked tacit understanding.

Although Zhai Yuan sponsored a screen, it often happened that after the award presenters read out the list of winners, no film clips could be seen on the screen.

The slope of the stage design was also extremely unreasonable, causing several guests to fall one after another. Actress Dina was afraid of falling and exposing herself, so she simply refused to go on stage.

"Hong Kong has its own merits, and Formosa Boulevard has its own merits."

Hearing his brother's ridicule, Xu Jiaqiang smiled and said, "The film industry here is just starting out, so this is a good time to get in. We two brothers can try to start a film company later."

The dozen or so Shao Jiaqiang obviously wanted to use Zhai Yuan as a big cannon to attract firepower and develop his own film career.

However, the Twelve Young Master did not seem to have this awareness.

"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Ten."

Xu Jiasheng replied nonchalantly.

He adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and muttered softly, "You're still timid even in Hong Kong. Starting your own company is so troublesome! I had Xie Hushan put a gun to Zhai Yuan's head. Isn't that 91 owned by the Xu family?"

(End of this chapter)