1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 324 Welcome Mr. Zhai Yuan to Japan
Early in the morning.

The huge team of 91 Entertainment set off from Hong Kong to Japan.

Zhai Yuan set out from Kowloon Tong, preparing to take Nishixie Michiko to the airport.

This way, there is no favoritism.

Deng Leling wrapped a windbreaker over her pajamas, saw them out the door, and before leaving, she packed two boxes of condoms into Mr. Zhai's suitcase.

Zhai Yuan raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

Deng Leling glanced at Nishixie Michiko, and said in a somewhat vindictive tone, "Japanese women are dirty, and I'm afraid you'll get syphilis."

Michiko took a deep breath and pretended she heard nothing.

"Who do you think I am? You have something serious to do this time!"

Zhai Yuan stuffed the box into the box dissatisfiedly: "Besides, two boxes are not enough."

Deng Leling hit him in anger, and then put on her big sister attitude and said to Nishixie Michiko: "Take good care of Mr. Zhai, otherwise next time it won't be as simple as dripping wax on you!"

Michiko immediately put on a smiling face: "I understand, Sister Ling~"

"come back earlier."

"As soon as possible." Zhai Yuan was a little uncomfortable with Sister Ling's sudden affection, and asked jokingly: "Why don't you go to Japan with me?"

"I'm afraid I'll spoil your fun."

Deng Leling rolled her eyes at him and went forward to hug Zhai Yuan.

The windbreaker was unbuttoned, and the woman's curvy figure could be felt through the silk pajamas.

Sister Ling leaned over to Zhai Yuan's ear and whispered, "I asked someone in the city for a good prescription. The old Chinese doctor said that it would definitely help you have a baby, otherwise he would return the money. I will boil a few doses of medicine at home and try it out when you come back."

"Okay." Zhai Yuan smiled and rubbed Deng Leling's buttocks, then slapped her: "I won't talk to you anymore, I'm going to the airport first, I'll call you later..."

……

The car started from Kowloon Tong, crossed Boundary Street, passed Mong Kok, and entered Kai Tak Road.

During the morning rush hour, the fifteen-minute drive took half an hour.

By the time we arrived at Kai Tak Airport, it was already around nine o'clock.

Outside the airport lobby.

The entourage of Jiuyi Entertainment has arrived.

Ann Hui, who had just joined the company, and her boyfriend Law Kai Shui were waiting with a newly formed filming team.

This trip to Japan is quite long, so try to travel light.

The filming team brought only familiar cameras, lenses and small accessories, but did not bring any large lighting and sound equipment, planning to rent them once they arrived at the local area.

In addition to the people from Jiuyi, Tao Zongyi from Kuaibo and several technical backbones were also among them.

There was also the girl group Girls' Generation who came to see them off.

Zhai Yuan learned his lesson this time. He called his mother before coming to the airport. He learned that Zhou Haimei and Zhai Yao had been out all night and were still asleep. He was not worried at all that they would run into each other again.

"Practice singing and dancing well. I will check your homework when you come back."

He hugged and kissed Zhou Huimin and the others openly for a while.

Ann Hui, who was standing by, finally found a gap and came over with Luo Qirui to say hello.

"Mr. Zhai, I am the company's new director, Ann Hui, and he is my photographer, Luo Qirui."

"A boyfriend is a boyfriend, why talk about a photographer? Don't worry, I'm a very tolerant person and I have absolutely no objection to your office romance."

Zhai Yuan teased the two of them and took a few glances at this pair of thieves in the film industry. To be honest, neither of them looked outstanding, and they were the type that you could tell at first glance that they were talented.

"Sister Nan showed us the story outline of Mr. Zhai's play. We made a rough outline after returning and will give it to Mr. Zhai for review later."

"Okay."

"Acting, I heard from Sister Nan that Mr. Zhai wants to invite Hollywood actors to play the leading male and female roles?"

"Well, Michelle Pfeiffer still needs a contract from me for a play. I'm planning to hire her for the female lead this time, but I'm still considering the male lead."

We chatted for a few sentences, and then fell into an awkward silence.

Nowadays, apart from major decisions, there is basically no business in Jiuyi Entertainment that requires Zhai Yuan to handle.

The barrier between Mr. Zhai and the actors and directors gradually widened, and the two newcomers, Ann Hui and Luo Qirui, were somewhat restrained in front of him.

Fortunately it didn't take long.

The radio announced that the flight to Toyo was about to take off and reminded passengers to check in.

The crowd lined up in an orderly manner.

Zhai Yuan said goodbye to Zhou Huimin and the others one by one and walked into the VIP channel of the airport.

Boarding.

Take your seat.

Cathay Pacific Airways' Airbus A300 jumbo jet rushed out of the runway, and the city of Hong Kong outside the window gradually became a miniature.

……

Toyo, Osaka.

A nightclub box located on Fengsu Street.

The room was filled with the pungent smell of cigarettes and alcohol. In the dull air, there were bursts of low sobs, mixed with helplessness and despair.

Several disheveled women were kneeling on the cold marble floor, with bruises on their faces and bodies. They were huddled together, with panic and fear in their eyes.

"Why is the supply so small this time?"

Xu Jiasheng sat on the sofa, looking at the women kneeling in a row in front of him, and frowned at a man with a shaved head next to him.

The man with the shaved head is the head of the Yueqing Gang, whose main business is human trafficking.

When Xu Jiasheng asked, the other party grinned and said, "Not a few, Brother Sheng. I buy from Southeast Asia. The women there are pale and thin. The ones I can pick out are all considered the local beauties."

After that, he cursed again: "Damn it! But my luck was bad this time. Several people suffocated to death in the container on the ship. It cost me tens of thousands of dollars!"

Xu Jiasheng ignored the other party's complaints, glanced at the faces of several women, and said unhappily: "Such a thing is also called stunning?"

The shaved-head man laughed again when he heard this. "It's enough to relieve the sexual desire of those poor Japanese devils. The rich guys really don't like it. Hey, Brother Sheng, if you are not satisfied, you can quickly deal with the club in Hong Kong. We brothers will set up two travel agencies to bring people here, and then we will split the profits 50-50 as usual."

"Don't worry, I will do what I promised Boss Ruan, but in the future, I will open two discos on this street in Osaka."

"As long as your brother Sheng can get the pretty girls in Hong Kong, not to mention Osaka, we can also discuss the business of the Yueqing Gang in Shinjuku."

"No problem. Xin Ji now has its own film company. Any advertisement they post to recruit female leads will be of higher quality than the bunch of leftovers you brought."

Xu Jiasheng laughed and waved to his younger brother: "Awu, take these few useless girls to the next door and let Ma Fuwen give them a try. After they are trained, give them a few injections and let them go out to receive customers."

The shaved man teased, "Wow, Brother Sheng doesn't want to eat the first bite? The one in the middle is still a student, most likely a bud, don't let the groom get away with it~"

Xu Jiasheng glanced at the pale-faced girl kneeling in the middle, and pouted his lips in disdain: "How can you eat something so rough? Next time I'll bring you some pretty ones from Hong Kong to show you."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Sheng." The shaved head grinned, moved his butt closer to Xu Jiasheng, and asked in a low voice: "Rumors, rumors, I heard that Brother Sheng has been very close to the Bamboo Union recently? If you have any new ways to make money, remember to inform your brother."

Xu Jiasheng glanced at him and asked with a smile, "Are you unhappy in Yueqing?"

“Hey!” The man with the shaved head rubbed his green hair: “Brother Sheng is getting close to the Bamboo Union while trying to win over Nu Luoquan. I can guess with a little brain that you are planning to use Nu Luoquan’s group of students…”

He didn't continue talking here, but sniffed and winked at Xu Jiasheng.

Xu Jiasheng gave a noncommittal smile and said, "We are still discussing." "I understand, I totally understand." The bald man nodded repeatedly and said excitedly, "Anyway, in the future, as long as you open your mouth, Brother Sheng, I, She Furong, will immediately raise a flag and follow you!"

Xu Jiasheng nodded slightly and was about to speak when a man's scream was heard outside.

"What's the matter?"

"Boss, that student girl just now had a very fierce temper. She almost bit Ma Fuwen's He Bzi in half with one bite. I don't think he will be able to start work this month."

Awu walked into the box with a gloating smile on his face.

The two younger brothers behind him pushed the smuggled female student into the house. There was blood at the corner of the girl's mouth.

"Ma Fuwen is a loser!"

Xu Jiasheng cursed, stood up, looked at the Southeast Asian student girl, and winked at Awu.

Awu smiled knowingly and kicked the schoolgirl in the knee. The girl screamed in pain and fell to the ground.

"Like biting men? Give her something hard to bite!"

Xu Jiasheng felt that he had lost face in front of the Yueqing Gang and gave an order.

Awu immediately held the girl's neck, and the two younger brothers behind him came forward to pry open her mouth, forcing her to bite a corner of the glass coffee table with her teeth.

The next second, Awu kicked the girl's head hard, and his teeth hit the coffee table. A piece of the thick glass was bitten off, cutting the girl's mouth with blood.

Then came the second leg, the third leg...

Xu Jiasheng took out a cigar, sat on the sofa and watched coldly.

Octopus, a younger brother of the Yueqing Gang, was shocked by the scene. He smiled awkwardly and raised the flame to help Xu Jiasheng light the cigar.

on the table.

My brother's phone suddenly rang.

Xu Jiasheng waved his hand, and the brutal violence finally stopped. Half of the student girl's face had been cut hideously by glass fragments, several teeth had fallen out, and only a piece of flesh was left on her upper lip.

"Take it out and show the other women, this is what happens."

Xu Jiasheng grabbed the phone and told Ah Wu to drag the girl out. He then pressed the answer button and smiled again: "What's the matter, Ah Chao?"

On the other end of the phone.

Liang Zhichao's innocent voice rang out: "Hey Brother Sheng, Brother Yuan's flight will arrive in Dongyang in three hours. We are leaving now to pick him up at Tokyo Airport. You should hurry over."

Xu Jiasheng's eyes narrowed slightly, he changed the phone to another hand, touched the bulge on his waist, took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll come right over."

…………

The passenger plane was flying smoothly in the air.

The first-class cabin was booked by Jiuyi Entertainment. At this time, Ann Hui was holding a manuscript and discussing the plot of the movie to be filmed in Tokyo with Zhai Yuan.

The title page was printed in bold letters with the title of "Lost in Translation".

A literary and artistic love drama released after the millennium.

When she arrived in Japan, she naturally had to shoot something suitable. It just so happened that Michelle Pfeiffer still owed Zhai Yuan a film fee, so she chose this low-budget movie which became very famous in later generations and asked her to come and pay her back when the time came.

The story is relatively simple. It tells the story of an out-of-date American movie star, Bob Harris, who took an advertisement to Japan to shoot. In a bar, he met another empty-hearted Hollywood actress, Kelly. They both had the same difficulties in career, love and life. After several encounters, they almost fell in love, but they stopped at courtesy because of their feelings. In the end, they hugged each other and said goodbye on the crowded streets of Tokyo.

But from the story point of view, it's a bit boring.

But such a boring movie, with a cost of 400 million US dollars, eventually grossed 1 million US dollars at the box office and won many awards.

Perhaps this is the advantage of art films, which can better reflect the creator's expression and make an ordinary story empathize with the audience.

There is not much money required for the film as a whole. Theoretically, if the director was not as paranoid as Wang Jiawei, the cost at this time would be much lower than the original film.

The cast has a free Michelle Pfeiffer, and at most a Hollywood actor with good acting skills, and the rest are film and a few sets.

If the filming location was in Hong Kong, Zhai Yuan estimated that the film could be completed with about three to four million Hong Kong dollars.

on the plane.

Zhai Yuan said to Ann Hui and Law Kai Shui: "I will give you a budget of 10 million Hong Kong dollars for this film. If you make it well and send it to North America for distribution, I will pay you an extra share of your director's fee."

The couple swallowed their saliva when they heard this, not because they were tempted by the extra director's fee, but because they had never fought such a lucrative battle before.

The total filming cost of Director Zhang’s last award-winning film, “Illegal Immigrant,” was over one million Hong Kong dollars.

They were so poor that they had to go to other film companies and pick up the scraps of film left over from other people's shoots. They had to piece them together before they could continue shooting.

As a result, the budget for the first film he started working on at Jiuyi Entertainment increased tenfold.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhai, we will do our best!"

Zhang Wanting pulled her boyfriend and promised solemnly: "We will write the script as soon as possible when we get to Japan, keep everything simple during the filming, and spend all the money on the quality of the film."

Zhai Yuan hummed and asked, "Do you have any general ideas?"

Ann Hui organized her manuscript and said, "This type of art film usually requires a very strong personal style of the director. I am quite confident in this aspect. American actors come to live in Japan, and try to present the cultural background and narrative emotions, so that the male and female protagonists can have a unique emotional connection and satisfy the aesthetic tastes of the audiences in both Japan and North America..."

Ann Hui spoke very professionally.

Zhai Yuan nodded. He didn't care what the other party said, as he was afraid that the other party would know nothing about anything.

At present, although Ann Hui Sylvia Chang has only just started her career, at least she has something to say, which makes her much better than many new directors.

After talking about movies, I turned around and talked to Tao Zongyi and others about things related to semiconductors.

This is also the main business of this trip to Japan. I have to take Lao Tao and others to electronic companies such as Toshiba, Toyo Electric, Hitachi, and Fujitsu for detailed discussions.

For the specific operations, you need to meet with the person in charge of the other party.

Mr. Zhai’s 300 million US dollars cannot build a full-industry semiconductor electronics company, but it is almost enough to compete with the island protector in this period of time.

"Besides my Tokyo-hot agency, I'll see if there are other ways to make money this time. Japanese people are very rich now, so I have to find a way to get more foreign exchange back..."

Leaning back on the cushion with his eyes narrowed, Zhai Yuan stroked Michiko's shoulder and pondered in his heart.

The plane landed slowly.

Arrived at Tokyo Airport...

Outside the airport.

Liang Zhichao brought with him three Hong Kong guys, Wang Jin, Liu Weiqiang and Lan Naicai.

Behind him, Xixie Yanan and his men gathered together, smoking and chatting out of boredom.

Led by Tomomi Akimoto, Tokyo-hot agency has a group of Oriental girls.

"It's almost time. If Xu Jiasheng doesn't show up, we won't wait for him!"

Brother Chao raised his hand and glanced at the shining gold bracelet on his wrist, then turned around and waved to Xixie Yannan and the others: "Hey, welcome to the party!"

At Xixie Yanan's command, a group of younger brothers in black suits from the Xixie group immediately stood straight and neatly in a row.

She also instructed the models, who were dressed gorgeously, to hold garlands in their hands, cheer up, and be ready to present flowers at any time.

If there were a few more innocent and cute elementary school students lining up to applaud, the scene would definitely be more grand than the official foreign affairs team visiting Japan.

Everything is in good order.

Liang Zhichao took out a banner from his pocket and unfolded it in the wind.

Akimoto Tomomi and several other women held up a red banner with black text:

'Welcome Mr. Zhai Yuan to Japan'

(End of this chapter)