This director loves making friends.

Qin Keqing had three potential "friends" in the cast of "King of Beggars": director Chen Jiashang, lead actor Zhou Xingxing, and Zhang Min.

Based on observations and information gathered over this period, it was learned that although director Chen Jiashang co-founded Tongren Film Company with friends, the company has produced very few works, especially in the last two years.

Although director Chen Jiashang broke Hong Kong's box office record last year with "Fight Back to School," starring Stephen Chow and Sharla Cheung, those in the know understand that most people in the film industry attribute the credit to Stephen Chow.

Therefore, Chen Jiashang's current status in the Hong Kong film industry is much lower than Qin Keqing imagined.

If Qin Keqing tries to get Chen Jiashang to endorse him and enter the Hong Kong film industry, many people might not give him face.

Chen Jiashang is not the largest shareholder of Tongren Film Company, and given that the company is not large, it is unlikely that Tongren Film Company will invest in Qin Keqing's ambition to become a director.

If just one movie flops, the company might go bankrupt, and Tongren Film Company dares not take the risk.

Chen Jiashang is not the best choice.

Stephen Chow's situation is even worse.

He doesn't have many friends, and he just signed a "contract" with Win's Entertainment for ten films. In addition, many people say in private that he values ​​money very much and is not loyal...

Although Qin Keqing didn't know if it was true or not, there was no need to gamble on it given his limited points.

Therefore, Zhang Min is actually the best choice; she has money, resources, power, and compassion for her subordinates...

She is definitely the best choice in the initial stage.

Before yesterday, Qin Keqing had already considered "becoming friends" with Zhang Min. He was just waiting to observe for a few more days before going all in with his 30 points, thus becoming a close friend who went beyond mere acquaintances.

However, who would have thought that something unexpected would happen last night? They went to drink together, which changed the nature of their relationship.

After leaving Zhang Min, Qin Keqing spent the entire afternoon pondering whether or not to go all in on Zhang Min.

The advantage is that, because of the in-depth communication, Zhang Min will definitely be more dedicated to helping.

The downside is that, because of the in-depth communication and the support of drinking buddies, who knows how Zhang Min's mentality will change? When a woman goes crazy, no one can predict what she will do.

If he were to slip up in Hong Kong, Qin Keqing believed that it would be difficult for him to leave Hong Kong unscathed.

Want to take a gamble?

"Are you crazy? Who would gamble with their own life?"

"Stay calm, stay calm."

Qin Keqing kept reminding herself that even if she was tempted, she should remain calm first.

Zhang Min was actually afraid that Qin Keqing would say something inappropriate.

Even though Qin Keqing said before leaving at noon that he wouldn't say anything carelessly, Zhang Min still decided to secure the assistant director position for Qin Keqing as soon as possible to show her sincerity, just to be on the safe side.

"Ms. Zhang, you want to promote Qin Keqing, the producer from the mainland, to assistant director?"

Chen Jia asked with some doubt.

"It's not that I wanted to, I was asked to do it."

Zhang Min deliberately emphasized, "A friend from the mainland contacted me about this matter, and I couldn't refuse, so I came to you to discuss it."

Chen Jia nodded in agreement.

He had also read Qin Keqing's information and felt that this young man must have some connections, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to "parachute" into the crew and become an external producer.

Chen Jiashang had spoken with the person in charge of the mainland partner and learned that Qin Keqing was not from Huaxia Co-production Company, but was put in through connections.

Now that the matter has been entrusted to Zhang Min, and since Zhang Min took the initiative to bring it up, it's not easy for her to refuse.

Chen Jiashang didn't really care.

It's just a nominal assistant director position, right? It's just a formality, no big deal.

Besides, Zhang Min couldn't refuse. "King of Beggars" was a film invested in by Win's Entertainment, with Xiang Huasheng as the producer, so Zhang Min was essentially a producer as well.

"Okay, Ms. Zhang, I'll announce his promotion to assistant director tomorrow."

"Director Chen, I'm not talking about a nominal position, but an assistant director with certain authority."

Zhang Min thought about it and felt that saying this was like taking away Chen Jiashang's power. After all, with Stephen Chow in the crew, the director's say was not that much.

"Director Chen, just give Qin Keqing some tasks that are part of her job. That way, I can give them an explanation, you know..."

Zhang Min has lied countless times today, but how could she possibly tell the truth about this?

Chen Jia looked like she understood perfectly.

He felt he understood Zhang Min's underlying meaning.

Next year will be 1993, and 1997 will be just around the corner.

At this point in time, people with even a little bit of family business are making preparations for the arrival of 1997. Not to mention that the two Xiang brothers' roots are in Hong Kong, so they must also start making preparations.

After considering for a moment, Chen Jiashang said, "I'll hand over the casting to him first. Once he's done this, I'll give him some other tasks."

Zhang Min didn't quite understand the inside story and thought that being in charge of casting was fine, since that was originally the responsibility of the assistant director or assistant director.

But she couldn't have thought things through. The movie was already more than halfway through filming, and some roles had already been decided. Even if the script was changed at the last minute, the added roles would just be filled by finding a suitable staff member to fill the gap.

However, it's not like there's nothing to do; you can still take care of some things for the extras.

Chen Jia thought about it again and realized that they didn't need too many extras. The military personnel would be the largest group of extras. It seemed that they were still short of people, and the only ones left were a few little children who would play the main characters' children.

Well, at least there's something to do. Who can say this isn't the job of an assistant director?

So be it.

The next day, Qin Keqing was officially appointed as the assistant director of the film crew. Director Chen Jiashang personally assigned him the task of finding suitable child actors to play the children of the main characters.

Qin Keqing glanced at Zhang Min with some surprise. He hadn't expected her to be such a decisive person.

Yes, that night it was very decisive, it seemed to be just a spur-of-the-moment decision, not something that had been planned for a long time.

Qin Keqing has some experience in finding child actors. As usual, she goes to places like children's palaces, which offer summer camps or special courses in dance, language and comprehensive arts every year.

However, it's November now, so the summer camp is over. We'll see if there are any special courses available.

To Qin Keqing's surprise, the children's film studio somehow found out about this and contacted him, saying that they had opened a children's acting training class with classes on Saturdays and Sundays, and invited him to take a look.

Whether it was the Children's Palace or the children's class at the Children's Film Studio, it made little difference to Qin Keqing. He knew very well that these were all very minor supporting roles, and the only difference between them and extras was that they could show their faces.

It doesn't matter where you look.

Then, at the children's acting training class of the Children's Film Studio, Qin Keqing met Yang Mi, a famous actress who would later become known as a child star.

Yang Mi was really young at this time, but you could still recognize her by her eyebrows and eyes.

Qin Keqing thought that since he had taken charge of this matter, Xiao Yangmi would no longer appear in this movie, but he didn't expect to see her again.

I guess in their past lives, children's film studios were proactive; whenever a film needed child actors, they would promote their children's acting training classes.

After all, state-owned factories are short of money, and setting up training courses can generate some extra income.

After finishing this task, Qin Keqing began to seriously consider "making friends." With his experience as an assistant director on "King of Beggars," he wanted to try directing.

If we disregard the issue of discrimination, it is much easier to become a director in Hong Kong than in mainland China.