1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 268 Thirteenth Aunt

Once upon a time, a bunch of well-known stock fund managers summed up an experience:
As long as you don't lose money in the stock market, you win.

It's no different from nonsense.

Why buy it if you don’t make money?

The market index has remained at 3000 points for the past years. Doesn't that mean everyone is winning?
I must make back all the money I lost in my previous life with this business!
After building a position at the exchange, Zhai Yuan is now so inflated that even if Buffett comes over, he will kowtow to him.

"Don't look at me, put on iron chains and iron shackles, lock my hands and feet, ah ah ah ah ~ can't lock my ambition to soar to the sky ~"

Zhai Yuan hummed a little tune and returned to the company.

I happened to run into Kara Hui, Yang Qingqing and a group of beautiful female students who had just returned from training.

"Hello, Mr. Zhai~"

Moon Lee, Loletta Lee and Ann Bridgewater, a group of beautiful girls, stopped to greet him.

Zhai Yuan looked at them, his eyes focused on Li Lizhen for two seconds, and sang proudly: "Rush~to the clouds~sky~Do you understand, pretty girl?"

Li Lizhen's eyes became flustered and she smiled guiltily.

A few days ago, there were rumors that Zhai Yuan was bankrupt. This pretty girl who was a bit materialistic was the first to draw a clear line between herself and him and even stopped doing things like rushing to serve him tea and water and showing her courtesy.

As a result, ICAC apologized to Zhai Yuan for the huge success of the premiere of "God of Gamblers 2", and was caught off guard by the sudden reversal of public opinion.

Several pretty girls realized that this was a warning to Li Lizhen. Except for the youngest one, Ann Bai, who was still smiling foolishly, Moon Lee and Yang Qingqing both hugged their shoulders and watched the show.

Li Lizhen has been acting a bit rude these past few days. As soon as she heard that Zhai Yuan was going to go bankrupt, she felt that there was no hope for Jiuyi. She even failed to show up on time for training.

Yang Qingqing complained to Moon Lee privately: "What does it have to do with her whether the company goes bankrupt or not? She makes the whole team wait for her. Ms. Shi has said that she will pay the salary every month. Does she think she is the boss's wife?"

Little did they know that Li Lizhen really looked down on their basic salary of several thousand yuan per month. Her goal was to hook up with rich men. Now that she heard that the rich men were going to run out of money, she was thinking about going back to film the sequel to "Happy Ghost".

Hui Yinghong was a few years older after all, and seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, she smiled and stepped out to smooth things over, saying, "Mr. Zhai is in a good mood today."

"That's right, God of Gamblers 2 has received such a good response, so of course I feel good as a boss."

Zhai Yuan said with a smile, and then added to her and Yang Qingqing: "The set of moves that you and Sister Qingqing designed for Zhong Chuhong is very good. I will ask Miss Shi to give you the bonus later."

The role of Haitang played by Zhong Chuhong this time is not only beautiful but also has extraordinary skills, which is inseparable from the training of two female martial arts directors, Kara Hui and Yang Qingqing.

Zhai Yuan chatted with them briefly and when he heard that they were going to take a shower after training, he went into the company first.

Five women stood outside the company, divided into two factions.

Kara Hui, Yang Qingqing and Moon Lee huddled together, whispering.

Yang Qingqing said, "Since Mr. Zhai is in a good mood today, should we mention Sister Ling to him?"

Hui Yinghong said: "She is in a very bad mental state now. I am really worried that she will do something stupid. Changing jobs may also help. I think we can give it a try."

Moon Lee asked, "Who will tell Mr. Zhai about this?"

The two women looked at her.

Moon Lee was surprised and asked, "It can't be me?"

Kara Hui said: "Of course it's you! Ah Ling took the best care of you in TVB. This time you accompanied Mr. Zhai to the mainland to shoot Mr. Vampire. Your words carry a lot of weight!"

Yang Qingqing glanced at Li Lizhen and Bai Anni who were also whispering together not far away, and rolled her eyes: "Yes, you are such a pretty girl, better than that little bitch, she can run to the boss's office every day, what are you afraid of?"

Seeing that she was still hesitant, Hui Yinghong asked in a very chivalrous manner, "Hey! Are you still sisters who came out of TVB together?"

Moon Lee nodded in confusion: "Okay, I'll go take a shower first. I smell like sweat..."

Yang Qingqing teased: "Maybe Mr. Zhai will like your smell~"

The three women laughed together and walked hand in hand towards the public bathroom across the street.

Li Lizhen looked at their backs and snorted, then said to Annie Bai, "See? This is called exclusion. They rely on being sisters from TVB to form their own cliques, and you are still foolishly following them!"

Bai Anni said innocently: "Sister Hong and the others are very nice people, except that they are a little strict during training."

Li Lizhen rolled her eyes at her: "You don't understand! Anyway, remember, you and I are in the same group. Now in the company, besides these three gossipers, there is also the most powerful big-breasted girl. The two of us are very weak, so we need to get another ally. I think Zhou Huimin is a good one..."

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Zhai Yuan, who was sitting in the office, didn't know that the team of "Ba Wang Hua" had begun to fall apart.

I am gathering with a group of main creators who have just watched God of Gamblers 2 to discuss the next work arrangements.

"Based on today's momentum, even in April, God of Gamblers 2 shouldn't have any problem grossing over million."

Shi Nansheng analyzed the market and gave a rather optimistic assessment: "If it is released at a better time, maybe it can reach 30 million."

According to the original timeline, in the 2s, "God of Gamblers 5200" achieved an impressive result of more than million. However, the current market has not yet reached its peak in terms of ticket prices or the size of the audience. A domestic box office of over million is already a huge profit, and only "Wushuang" and "Lucky Stars" have broken million.

Zhai Yuan said unconcernedly, "It's good enough as long as the cost can be recovered locally. We can choose a good time slot when releasing it overseas."

Shi Nansheng said: "This year, the better schedules in other places are expected to be taken up by Jiahe's films as usual. There may be a chance next year."

Zhai Yuan asked: "What about Southeast Asia?"

Shi Nansheng said: "Southeast Asia is no problem. We have cooperation with Zhao's overseas cinema chain. We can compete for the summer and Lunar New Year movie seasons this year, mainly in the two big box office markets of Japan and South Korea."

Zhai Yuan nodded, indicating that she should just proceed with the issuance as normal.

Among the artists of 91 Entertainment, strictly speaking, only Zhang Guorong has opened up the overseas market.

It was only by virtue of the role of a policeman who was shot in "Wushuang" that he gained a group of fan girls in South Korea and opened up the market, but the response in Japan was still mediocre.

So his concert venue this year will be in South Korea.

Shi Nansheng continued, "In addition, The Invisible Woman will soon be released in Hong Kong. Three films are scheduled in May, which is just right for the summer season." "Okay."

Zhai Yuan nodded. It was hard to say that Miss Shi had no selfish motives in scheduling her man's movie for the summer season, but Zhai Yuan also wanted to see whether a pseudo-science fiction thriller like "The Invisible Woman" could be successful in Hong Kong.

He went on to say, "I see that Lao Xu and Liu Zhenwei are almost ready. We will all go to the mainland next month. Now the cast of Mr. Vampire is complete. We are still short of a female lead for Once Upon a Time in China. I would like to use Guan Zhilin as Aunt Thirteen. What do you think?"

When a group of men in the office heard the name Rosamund Kwan, they all nodded in agreement.

Among them, Wang Jin and Liu Zhenwei have the greatest support.

Shi Nansheng squinted at Zhai Yuan and said in a tone that said, "In the script, Aunt Thirteen is just a vase. There are so many beautiful girls in the company, so there's no point in adding another expense, right?"

After that, he added: "It's not that I'm gossiping behind her back, but Miss Guan's reputation in the circle is not very good."

Zhai Yuan became interested when he heard this.

He signaled Shi Nansheng with a melon-eating look in his eyes: "Tell me more."

Shi Nansheng hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Wang Jin: "You are an expert on everything in the film industry. You keep talking about doing a show to talk about celebrity gossip. Why don't you talk about Miss Guan first?"

Wang Jin laughed: "Is it appropriate?"

Zhai Yuan, Liu Zhenwei, Wu Yusen, Xu Qi, Wang Jiawei and male colleagues from several other departments all shouted in unison: "Say something, say something."

"Since everyone asked me to speak, I will just say a few words. I won't speak well."

Wang Jin had a fat smile on his face, and he gossiped in a tone, "This Miss Guan actually has some connections with me. Her father is also a senior in the film industry, and is of the same generation as my father. When she was filming the "Sweet 18 Flavors" with Zhang Guorong at ATV, the screenwriter team privately lent me over to help bridge the gap." Back to Miss Guan, this girl has been very... spontaneous since she was a child. When she was , she started dating an actor named Wen in the company. During that time, she was cheating on him and flirting with a wealthy businessman named Wang. Later, she dumped Wen and wanted to marry the wealthy businessman named Wang.

At that time, the man was 10 to 20 years older than her. Her father certainly did not agree to the marriage and threatened to sever the father-daughter relationship with Miss Guan. This incident caused a sensation in the circle at that time. As a result, Miss Guan broke the secular etiquette and ran directly to Las Vegas to marry a wealthy businessman she had just known for three months. After half a year, they divorced in a flash. "

After listening to this, Zhai Yuan stroked his chin and said, "It doesn't seem to be a big deal."

Shi Nansheng rolled his eyes at Wang Jin. "After that, she returned to Hong Kong and got entangled with the young master of the Ma family of Dasheng Bank. Mrs. Ma was already pregnant at the time, but she kept calling and harassing her every day, which made her miscarry. Why didn't you tell me about this?"

Wang Jin muttered, "How could someone be so angry that they had a miscarriage... I'm talking about facts that I saw with my own eyes. I certainly won't talk about things that I heard but didn't hear."

Shi Nansheng glared at him unhappily: "Mrs. Ma is also an artist of your TVB, how could you not know?"

Zhai Yuan asked curiously: "Mrs. Ma is also an actress?"

Shi Nansheng: "Isn't it Chen Meiqi who played Lin Buqing in "The Choice"? "

Zhai Yuan said, "Oh!" It turned out to be Xiaoqing from "The Legend of the New White Snake". The relationships in your Hong Kong circle are really complicated...

Liu Zhenwei also spoke up to join in the fun: "Let me add one more thing. In addition to harassing Mrs. Ma, this Miss Guan was also entangled with Chen Shilong. I heard that Chen Shilong's wife hated her so much that she gritted her teeth."

Chen Shilong's marriage was kept secret, but it was not a secret to people in the circle.

Upon hearing this, Shi Nansheng immediately said, "You heard it, boss. This kind of woman is very difficult to deal with. Let her join the crew of "Huang Feihong"..."

Having said that, he glanced at Xu Qi, who was listening with great interest, and poked him with his elbow.

Wang Jin smiled and said, "Sister Nan, you don't have to worry about this. Even if she becomes a mistress, she won't hook up with a boring man like Lao Xu. When I was the most handsome, I was rejected even when I held a rose. Now Chen Shilong is Miss Guan's meal. I heard that she has been arranged a role in the second episode of "Lucky Stars"."

Zhai Yuan slammed the table and said angrily: "This woman is too outrageous!"

Shi Nansheng immediately agreed and nodded repeatedly.

Zhai Yuan continued, "You haven't come to flirt with me for such a long time! Is my presence in the film industry so low?"

Shi Nansheng was so angry that he wanted to punch him twice.

"Sister Nan, character is character, and art is art. We cannot destroy the complete artistry of the film Once Upon a Time in China because of some personal issues."

Zhai Yuan said to Shi Nansheng seriously, "Besides, I think Fatty is right. Old Xu is so miserable that no other woman would like him except you. So I have to trouble you to invite Miss Guan to Jiuyi. She is very suitable for the role of Aunt Thirteen."

Xu Qi said unhappily: "I just don't care about my appearance... Of course I'm not interested in this kind of woman."

Shi Nansheng then retracted his threatening gaze and said to Zhai Yuan unhappily, "Wang Jin knows her, let Wang Jin go and invite her."

"Sister Nan, don't have a stereotype of me and think that I have intentions towards all actresses. This time I am really doing this for the art of film." Zhai Yuan explained to Shi Nansheng and turned to look at Wang Jin: "Fatty, do you want it?"

Wang Jin patted his chest and said, "Go through fire and water, Mr. Zhai!"

After chatting about gossip in the melon field, "Once Upon a Time in China" quickly finalized the male lead Jet Li and the female lead Rosamund Kwan, and the allocation of the remaining personnel was quite random.

The role of Liang Kuan was given to Hui Tin-ci who had just signed the contract. Liang Jiahui was more than capable of playing the cameo role of Ya Ca Su. The most suitable role for Zhu Rou Rong was still the fat cat Zheng Zeshi, as he happened to be a director and had been working closely with 1024 Cinemas recently. The other supporting roles could be almost completed if Liang Xiaolong and Luo Jiaying shared one. The extras would be selected slowly after arriving in the mainland.

"Let's adjourn the meeting. I will prepare to go to the mainland next May and visit my old mentor by the way."

Zhai Yuan clapped his hands and dismissed everyone.

Wang Jin stopped and asked, "Mr. Zhai, if you all go to the mainland, what should I do?"

Three Category III films were released in May.

Wu Yusen was going overseas to film "Along the Four Seas", Xu Qi and Liu Zhenwei were going to the mainland with him, leaving Wang Jin alone in Hong Kong.

Zhai Yuan said, "We won't be filming gambling movies for now. I plan to let you take a two-month break. There's a script for "Police Story" that we'll discuss in a couple of days. You can figure out how to film it while you're free in Hong Kong."

Zhai Yuan had been quiet for only a few minutes after everyone left the office.

There was another knock on the door.

Li Saifeng walked in cautiously, smiled at Zhai Yuan a little embarrassedly, and hesitated, not knowing how to start.

Zhai Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked jokingly, "What's the matter? You're not going to suddenly tell me that you're quitting, are you?"

Moon Lee waved her hands repeatedly and then said, "Mr. Zhai, I need your help with something. I have a sister in TVB named Weng Meiling. She just broke up with her boyfriend and is in a bad mood. Can you add a guest role in Mr. Vampire? I want to take her to the mainland to relax..."

(End of this chapter)