1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 157 The Conception of the Hong Kong Film Universe

It was already past six in the afternoon when Zhai Yuan walked into the Jinhai Pavilion Restaurant.

The sunset is so beautiful.

He looked down at his clothes.

I was very busy in the editing room these two days. I had to take a shower in a nearby hourly room and didn't have time to change clothes. When I met my sixth uncle, Cai Lan even complained about me.

Zhai Yuan pulled at his slightly wrinkled shirt and smacked his lips in thought:

It's indeed a bit dirty, and there's no time to clean it up, so I might as well make it even dirtier.

"Where is the Splendid Hall?"

After asking a waiter for the location of Zhou Haimei's private room, Zhai Yuan did not go upstairs directly, but went into the bathroom first.

Turn on the tap and splash some water on your face in front of the mirror.

Three minutes later.

Zhai Yuan walked out of the bathroom, rushed up to the second floor, and knocked on the door of the Jinxiu Hall box.

"you are?"

The person who opened the door was a young student girl, who looked at the boy outside with curiosity.

He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with wet hair and a shirt that seemed to be soaked with sweat. He was leaning against the door frame and breathing slightly.

Looks a bit embarrassed.

"cousin!"

Zhou Haimei came forward excitedly. Seeing that Zhai Yuan was sweating profusely, she pulled down her sleeves and wrapped them around her hands with some heartache, and helped him wipe his temples.

She pouted and said apologetically, "I'm sorry. I made you run so far. You must be tired. Come and sit down and have a rest."

There was no need for introduction; several female students looked at Zhai Yuan with ambiguous eyes.

"Cousin, you are so late~"

"There's a traffic jam on the road."

Zhai Yuan smiled and nodded at them, then looked around and found that there was not a single boy there.

its not right!
Shouldn't the plot be that a clown comes out, keeps saying that he wants to pursue my cousin, looks down on me madly, beats the younger one and then the older one comes, and in the end I pretend to be cool and slap them in the face and kill them all?
Mr. Zhai was a little disappointed.

"Traffic jam? What car are you driving?"

A little girl asked with a smile. It was originally just a joke. At this age, one can either ride a bicycle or a motorcycle. Some bad boys in school can drive out their boss's second-hand Ford and pick up girls at the school gate.

But Zhai Yuan was cheered up.

If an opportunity comes right to your doorstep, you won’t be able to sleep well at night if you don’t show off.

He sat on the chair, turned around and pointed at the Ferrari 308 outside the window, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

He said calmly, "I was in a hurry to get out today, so I just picked one at random from the garage."

The two-seater 308GBT is so conspicuous in Tuen Mun that it does not need any further introduction.

Several girls came to the window and were shocked when they saw the sports car. They kept asking Zhou Haimei whether it was real or not.

Zhou Haimei saw him driving that car when 1024 opened, but when asked by her friends, she felt embarrassed and just smiled and nodded slightly.

The girls were in an uproar, and when they looked at Zhai Yuan again, they felt something was wrong.

"Strictly speaking, this car is not actually mine."

Zhai Yuan held Zhou Haimei's little hand and continued to speak with a smile.

The girls looked curious, wondering if he was stealing the family car or was just a parking attendant.

If it's the latter, they will feel better.

They are afraid that their brothers will suffer, and they are also afraid that their brothers will drive a Land Rover. This mentality also applies to girls.

Only Zhou Haimei didn't react. Instead, she held Zhai Yuan's hand and stroked his fingertips with her fingertips.

Under the girls' gazes, Zhai Yuan said nonchalantly, "Today is Haimei's birthday. This car is my birthday gift to her. I'm just driving it temporarily."

This time, even Zhou Haimei looked up blankly, with her mouth opened into an O shape.

Others showed expressions of disbelief.

Giving a sports car worth hundreds of thousands of dollars as a gift? You really spend a lot of money to pick up girls!

…………

"Are those girls in the restaurant just now your good friends?"

At eight o'clock in the evening, Zhai Yuan drove the car back to the entrance of 1024 Theater and picked up the little birthday boy from the passenger seat.

Zhou Haimei shyly broke free from his arms, lowered her head and did not dare to look at the people around her.

"Yes, they are my good friends."

Zhai Yuan pulled her into the theater, and when they passed by the trash can, he silently threw the two notes into it.

That was the contact number that two female students secretly stuffed into his hands when he was leaving the restaurant with the birthday boy.

I'm afraid your friendship has deteriorated a bit.

Zhou Haimei didn't notice at all, and even looked up and asked, "I don't know how to drive, can I not have that car?"

Zhai Yuan said: "Then go and learn. After you learn, you can be my full-time driver."

Zhou Haimei's eyes lit up: "Okay!"

It was already night, but the theater was still crowded with people.

The poster of "A Better Tomorrow" was hung in the most conspicuous position a few days ago.

There are three posters in total. The first one is a close-up photo of Di Long, Wan Ziliang and Zhang Guorong against the night scene of Hong Kong's high-rise buildings, with the text "Don't forget the heroic dream, and continue the friendship of the past."

The second picture is a cartoon of three people in the same frame, with an exaggerated and funny Old Master style. Wan Ziliang and Di Long are wearing a black and a white windbreaker, looking arrogant and domineering. Zhang Guorong is wearing a military uniform and chasing after the two with a gun.

The third photo is an excerpt from the most classic scene in the movie. Wan Ziliang wears sunglasses and lights a cigarette with burning US dollars. His momentum and temperament are no less than the original.

The three posters all state the release date:

On December 12, A Better Tomorrow will be released on Winter Solstice.

"Boss, the VIP theater has been set up."

As soon as Zhai Yuan walked into the theater, he noticed a waitress who recognized him and smiled at him, then said something into the intercom.

Immediately afterwards, Manager Qian Maosheng came out hurriedly and subconsciously looked at Zhou Haimei beside him.

I met her once when I was cutting the ribbon. She turned out to be the boss's wife.

Qian Maosheng silently memorized Zhou Haimei's appearance and led the two of them to the theater.

The decoration of the birthday party was nothing surprising to Zhai Yuan. As time was too tight, it was just small things like balloons, ribbons and prints.

But he still smiled and said to Zhou Haimei: "I arranged all of this myself."

Qian Maosheng raised his eyelids and thought to himself how shameless he was.

Of course, the silly girl Zhou Haimei believed everything he said. She looked around with emotion and held Zhai Yuan's hand tightly.

Not long after, another staff member came in pushing a double-layer cake, and set up the table and placed some drinks and seasonal fruits on the table.

Seeing that everything was almost ready, Zhai Yuan waved to Qian Maosheng and said, "Manager, let's play a movie."

Qian Maosheng pushed the door open tactfully.

Zhai Yuan went forward to close the door and asked him, "Where's the gift?"

Qian Maosheng: "Hidden in the cake."

Zhai Yuan: “6!”

He closed the door, locked it from the inside, and hung a towel on the circular glass window.

You're done!

Zhai Yuan turned around and looked at Zhou Haimei, who was fiddling with the ribbons with her back to him, rubbing her hands like a fly.

The lights were turned off and the theater was plunged into darkness.

Amid Zhou Haimei's exclamation, Zhai Yuan took two steps forward and hugged her from behind. The birthday girl's soft body trembled slightly, and in the dim environment, she became much bolder and hugged Zhai Yuan, her little head kept burrowing into his arms.

"Are you going to school tomorrow?"

"……Um."

Zhai Yuan didn't ask any more questions. He lowered his head, put his lips on her hair, and slid down little by little, walking through Qinghe, Shahe, Changping County...

Finally, it pressed against Zhou Haimei's soft lips.

Zhou Haimei's face was burning hot, and she fell limply into Zhai Yuan's arms in a daze, holding his back with both hands, rubbing it nervously as if she wanted to grab something.

She responded quite enthusiastically, but it was limited to just pressing her lips forward.

"Uuuuuuu~"

After kissing for a while, Zhai Yuan hummed twice in a nasal tone.

In the darkness, Zhou Haimei opened her bright eyes, not understanding what was meant.

Zhai Yuan didn't say anything either. He just used the tip of his tongue to push open her lips and continued to make a few "Mmm" sounds.

After repeating this several times, Zhou Haimei's breathing became heavier and hotter.

She seemed to understand what Zhai Yuan meant. She closed her eyes tightly and actively stuck out her little pink tongue.

Then Zhai Yuan bit him mercilessly.

It is smooth, soft and moist.

Zhai Yuan's hands were not idle either. One hand slid down her waist and covered her elastic little butt.

The other hand climbed upwards.

I reached in from the hem of her clothes and gently stroked the first four ounces, uh, three ounces, oh, it doesn’t matter!
Zhou Haimei closed her eyes tighter and grabbed the corner of Zhai Yuan's clothes tightly, wrapping herself around him like a water snake.

The screen in the theater suddenly lit up.

lamp! lamp! lamp! lamp!
Beep beep beep~beep beep~
Jiahe's silly opening music sounded, and the distracted Zhou Haimei was suddenly awakened and subconsciously tilted her head back.

A long silk thread was drawn from the corners of their lips.

Zhou Haimei's face became even redder when she thought of her bold move just now. She mustered up her courage and did not lower her head, looking at Zhai Yuan with her watery eyes.

Zhai Yuan licked his lower lip and smacked his lips, as if he was savoring something.

Just this one action immediately shattered her courage. She buried her head in Zhai Yuan's arms with a frown, and nuzzled him like a kitten.

Zhai Yuan hugged her and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Let's watch a movie."

Zhou Haimei responded softly, and immediately felt her body lighten.

Zhai Yuan leaned over, put his arms through her knees, and picked her up like a princess.

The partitioned seats in the VIP hall were very spacious, so Zhai Yuan hugged Zhou Haimei and the two of them squeezed into the same seat.

On the screen.

A man and a woman are fighting shirtless.

Zhou Haimei frowned and slapped Zhai Yuan, "What kind of movie are you showing?"

Zhai Yuan saw the leading actor coming out and smiled: "It's a serious movie~"

In the picture, Hong Xinbao was covered in a white sheet, put on a pale dead person's makeup, and dressed up as a wandering ghost, threatening the adulterous couple who had just had an affair in front of the tablet.

It was the fantasy Kung Fu film "Man Scares Man" which was released by Jiahe at the beginning of the year and earned 10 million yuan at the box office.

This film was produced by Baohe Film Company, and the boss of the company is also the male lead in the film, Hong Xinbao.

Speaking of Baohe, Zhai Yuan also heard some gossip from Wu Yusen. Although Hong Xinbao was an artist of Jiahe, he often went out to help other film companies. The big boss Zou Wenhuai saw this and wondered why he was not doing this. But he couldn't get angry, so he simply opened a film company for Hong Xinbao, taking the "Bao" in his name and the "He" in Jiahe, so that he was tied to the same boat with Jiahe.

Only then did Hong Xinbao have his own production company, which is equivalent to Zhai Yuan’s current 91 Entertainment, and he went from being an artist to a boss.

But in terms of money, Zhai Yuan naturally has more than the other.

"Crazy Ghost" in 1980 was the first film produced by Bowers & Wilkins, and was also the pioneering work of supernatural kung fu films.

Spanning the Lunar New Year holiday, "Crazy Stupid" earned more than 5.6 million in domestic box office, ranking fourth in the list that year.

I have to say that the film market has gradually prospered in the past two years. With more than 20 million this year, I'm afraid it won't even make it into the top .

Just like the production cost of "A Better Tomorrow" of 5 million, which was an unimaginable big production in previous years, it seems to be just that this year.

As "Crazy Ghost" became a huge box office success, a wave of supernatural kung fu movies swept Hong Kong at that time. Movies like "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia", "Flying Stones" and "The Daring One" were all derived from this movie.

Then the film angered another famous kung fu film director.

Master Liu Jialiang from the four major classes of Chen, Hong, Yuan and Liu.

After the hit movie "Ghost in the Shell" Liu Jialiang pointed out that supernatural Kung Fu movies were unorthodox and an insult to traditional Chinese Kung Fu.

So he made a movie called "Eighteen Martial Arts" in which the protagonist used traditional Kung Fu to beat a group of Maoshan wizards and martial arts masters to a pulp.

The targeting is very strong.

Hong Xinbao thought, you old man, are you trying to play this trick on me? So he simply filmed the authentic sequel to "Ghost Fighting Ghosts", "People Scare People", which barely beat "Eighteen Martial Arts" by 20 yuan at the box office, which was full of drama.

It was also this movie that made Zhai Yuan notice the appearance of an actor.

Lin Zhenying wearing a Taoist robe for the first time.

Good movies are indeed eye-catching. Although it is disguised as a supernatural film, it is actually a comedy, so even Zhou Haimei enjoyed watching it.

Zhai Yuan hugged her and looked at Lin Zhenying, who was wearing an apricot-yellow Taoist robe and tremblingly playing the role of the village elder, the second uncle. He suddenly had a plan for the next film.

It’s time to cut the zombie movie.

Of course, I, Mr. Zhai, am definitely not doing this for fame or fortune, but I think that Lin Zhenying is such a good actor and we should help him become famous a few years earlier.

“If we make a zombie movie, can we also create a zombie universe… or a superhero universe?”

Zhai Yuan pondered in his mind.

America later had a Marvel Universe, which directly turned the film market in Hong Kong into the so-called "Marvel's backyard."

Zhai Yuan feels that there are also many local superheroes, but they have not been linked together into a series like Marvel. If you spend some time and effort on it, you may be able to put together a series of movies.

Li Xiuxian did make a movie called "Chinese Superman" back then, but it was so bad that it didn't make any splash.

What if it’s Uncle Nine fighting the God of Gamblers, or Taoism fighting against cheating?
Chan Ka Kui injected himself with super serum and took on terrorists single-handedly…it seemed like he could have done it without the serum.

The Caped Crusader is roughly equivalent to Tony Stark, so who is Pepper Potts?
The half-human, half-ghost eunuch Chen formed a Hydra alliance. How can the alien Thanos extend his influence?

It's a bit messy.

But Zhai Yuan thought he could sort out his thoughts.

However, this is definitely not a topic that he can handle alone, and he needs to recruit more people.

One of the reasons for the death of Hong Kong films is that they rest on their laurels.

Even if a movie of the same theme is only a small hit, it will quickly attract a large number of copycat films.

Nothing new came out, so in the decades after the millennium, the market continued to use the same gangster and cop game tactics.

After much difficulty, a so-called big-budget sci-fi film "Ming X-Legends" was finally released. Even though they were fighting aliens, the main characters were still the police force, and the core was still about brotherhood and catching the traitor.

The difference is that he has changed from a former police insider to a traitor on Earth.

"That's not right! What am I here for today?"

Zhai Yuan suddenly realized that he was still holding the little birthday boy in his arms.

He ignored the pretty girl at his mouth and actually cared about such a high-end thing? Damn it!
Zhai Yuan wanted to slap himself, and reminded himself to distinguish the primary from the secondary.

Zhou Haimei stared at the screen intently and was amused by the funny scenes in the movie from time to time.

Then he noticed that Zhai Yuan's palm began to become restless.

His fingertips slid into her pink neck, around her back, and with a hook and a pull he unhooked her bra.

"Cousin~"

The girl murmured, her eyes unconsciously becoming charming and covered with layers of mist.

PS: There should be two more chapters at dawn. The masters and ladies should go to bed early. I will have a meal and then continue to code~
(End of this chapter)