So what if I work with celebrities?

Retro and primitive dance moves.

In Xu Zan's eyes, today's stage performances are all things from the "pre-Qin era," too outdated.

He wouldn't be sitting here watching the show if it weren't for Teresa Teng performing on stage. The feeling of connecting with a star from his deepest memories far outweighed the actual content of the performance.

Teresa Teng cut her long hair while filming "Miss Strange" a few months ago, and her hair only grew to her neck.

She stood in the center of the stage and sang, without much dance movement. She swayed her body to the music, which was a clear departure from the song and dance performances of the 1990s.

The audience of over a thousand seats was completely dark. Xu Zan chatted with Master Shao from time to time. The singers from Taiwan were indeed amazing. The first person to hold a solo concert was Ouyang Feifei, and the second was Teresa Teng. Moreover, Teresa Teng even brought her band onto the stage.

"You will definitely return to Hong Kong to develop your career in the future!" Master Shao said with a smile.

"Are you that sure?" Xu Zan looked at him curiously.

He mentioned that Hong Kong people are more flexible in economic development, unlike Taiwan which has various rules and regulations. He roughly meant that as long as the law does not prohibit it, they can do whatever they want.

"You're young, you won't be satisfied with the status quo, you're more ambitious than me!" Master Shao said calmly.

"Oh? My ambition is written all over my face?" Xu Zan touched his cheek, and if there wasn't a mirror, he would definitely want to see it.

"No, at least you're hiding it well now, but through your eyes I see a raging fire, burning so intensely it seems..." He didn't finish his sentence, and Xu Zan wisely refrained from asking.

Dealing with these seasoned veterans requires complete concentration. Sometimes they'll voice their guesses to gauge your reaction before making a judgment. Other times, they'll say the opposite of what they mean, or say the opposite of what they mean.

Their main activities are spying, spreading false information, and stirring up conflict, and they ultimately take no responsibility.

The only advantage is that these people who approve of projects actually provide money, resources, and people.

Xu Zan's current resources are still too limited to support a large company; in other words, he is unable to integrate resources.

The company is now completely dependent on him. To put it bluntly, if he were to suddenly pass away one day, even just from a stroke, the company would most likely go bankrupt.

Shao's is a very good model to learn from. Through his contact with Huang Jiaxi these days, Xu Zan has learned about the scale of Shao's company.

Huang Jiaxi started working in the Chinese Secretariat upon joining the company, where he was responsible for liaising with overseas branches and informing them of what films Shaw Brothers was shooting, when they would be finished, and when the copies would be sent over, so as to facilitate scheduling in other locations.

Sometimes the secretariat will send the scripts from the production department to other overseas branches so that they can analyze the local market and send back the analysis reports.

The presence of both Chinese and English secretarial offices demonstrates the sheer scale of Shaw Brothers' vast film empire.

In addition to the bilingual secretariat and production department, there are also screening rooms, editing departments, production assistants, and dubbing departments. The dubbing is divided into several groups for dialogue, effects, and music. There are even female tea and water staff who are responsible for serving tea and water to the actors.

Not to mention the technical trades such as woodworking, mud painting, ironwork, and carving.

Excluding extras and stuntmen, the total number of behind-the-scenes personnel at Shao's company is approximately two to two thousand five hundred.

If Panda Entertainment were to be structured with sixteen departments in this manner, Xu Zan would instantly face a broken cash flow and bankruptcy.

They can't even pay wages...

Before transmigrating, the Shao family was nothing special; after transmigrating, the big boss is awesome.

Moreover, it was during the in-depth collaboration with Shaolin Studio to film "The 36th Chamber of Shaolin" that Xu Zan discovered the internal problems within Shaolin Studio.

It's that big company mentality: every manager tries to secure funding for their own projects, and once the money arrives, they try to spend it all without ever thinking about cutting costs.

To give an example, the stuntmen in "The 36th Chamber of Shaolin" were basically all Liu Jialiang's underlings. They were paid HK$120 a day, fighting from the living to the dead.

Originally, hiring an extra to play a dead person would only cost HK$40, but Liu Jialiang would have his stuntmen continue the performance, thus earning an extra day's wages, which invisibly increased the cost.

In contrast to the approach taken by Jiahe Film Company, Satellite Company, which produces films, shifts the costs to its subsidiaries, thus reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

Xu Zan hasn't figured out how to develop in the future, whether to learn from the Hollywood model or something else.

Just as he was lost in his fantasies, Teresa Teng on stage told a few jokes, then suddenly placed her palm flat on her brow, looked around, and said to the audience:

"When we were filming 'Miss Granny,' Director Xu was constantly teaching me how to act. You've all seen that, right? It's much better than 'Miss Fan,' isn't it!"

"The movie is a huge success, and I've been thinking about how to repay Director Xu for his guidance. Today is the perfect opportunity. Director Xu, haha, how about coming up on stage and singing a song?"

Seeing Xu Zan shake her head, she chuckled, "It's alright, I'll teach you! Come on! I'll go down and invite you!"

More than a thousand people watched Teresa Teng walk off the stage, the spotlight following her until it shone on Hsu Tsan.

Teresa Teng reached out her hand, and Hsu Tsan had no choice but to follow her onto the stage. The backstage staff kindly brought up another standing microphone.

Standing on the stage, Xu Zan realized that he couldn't see the situation below very clearly from the stage. He smiled and pointed at Teresa Teng, thinking that this must have been planned in advance.

"Oh dear, Lijun, you've really put me in a difficult position! I can't sing at all!" Xu Zan said modestly.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll teach you!" Teresa Teng held the microphone, twirling it with her other hand, chanting, "Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti!"

Xu Zan knew there was no escaping it, and she couldn't just stand there doing "do-re-mi-sol-la-ti," so she walked over to the pianist and said, "Um, let me play!"

"Oh dear, Director Xu is about to unleash his most powerful skills! Do you want to hear them?" Teresa Teng exclaimed, covering her ears with her right hand.

Someone in the audience shouted, "Yes, Director Xu, give us one!"

Teresa Teng walked over, took the microphone, and asked softly, but everyone present could hear her, "A-Zan, do you want the band to play with you?"

"Sister Deng, since you've invited me, I'll perform one of my specialties." Xu Zan sat at the piano, hands on the black and white keys, feet on the pedals, and said to the audience:

"Am I not bad looking?"

Without saying much, he started playing. Like all artistic youths, he would learn a musical instrument when he went to college, not to be artistic, but just to show off in front of girls.

Xu Zan is quite talented; he can play guitar and piano. Back in his college days, he would sit downstairs in the girls' dormitory and sing to the girl he liked. And surprisingly, some people actually fell for it.

However, according to the junior students behind her, the girl has become increasingly realistic.

"It's a Cantonese song!" Hsu Tsan played the music. He has always liked lyrical songs. The audience thought it was a song by Hsu Kuan-chieh, but when the intro started, they realized they had never heard of it before.

"Give me half a heart, it's just a small wish. But your heart has already been completely given to him."

The music was unusual, but it was really good. The audience was surprised that Xu Zan had this talent.

This seems to confirm that intelligent people are mostly multi-talented.