Hong Kong Entertainment’s Life Simulator

Fang Yihua's words left the big boss speechless.

After being silent, he still shook his head and didn't explain much. He suspected that Zhao Donghuai earned his income by picking up rags, but he also very doubted his own judgment. With Shao Yifu's status and information channels, he certainly knew that selling waste paper in the mainland was quite profitable, otherwise how could he have done it? Are there so many associations in Hong Kong doing this business?

The future richest man Zhang had just come from the mainland, so how could he encounter so many social groups making things difficult for him?

But picking up more than four million in two months is too exaggerated.

Is he the king of rag pickers?

Over the past two days, he has learned more about Zhao Donghuai, including some conflicts and grievances between Yisheng Society and Zhao Donghuai, but he did not find out more details, such as the crowdfunding of the first pot of gold for Director Zhao by Yisheng people.

The crowdfunder has too many indescribable photos and contracts in the hands of Director Zhao, many of which are the kind of photos that would kill a large company if exposed!

Who would expose his shortcomings and talk nonsense to others?

That's how making money is. The first pot of gold is the hardest. Once you have it, it just snowballs. Without the first pot of gold, Zhao Donghuai couldn't even afford a plane ticket to and from his sister's house.

Of course, even if it is confirmed that Zhao Donghuai earns his income by picking up rags, Shao Yifu will not do anything more... You want him, a dignified film and television tycoon and media tycoon in his seventies, to compete with Hong Kong society for food? ? That's not appropriate either.

Perhaps Zhao Donghuai's first pot of gold has not caused a major conflict with the club for the time being.

But if he keeps it up, he definitely will.

No matter whether he went to Amei's house to buy international standard waste paper or transported it back to the mainland at a cabbage price with the help of Huayuan Group's empty ship, Zhao Donghuai was the first to do it. As long as the news leaked, there would definitely be a lot of people flocking to it.

This kind of money society will never find it unpleasant to make money, pick up rags? As long as they can pick up enough money, they don't mind eating rice fields.

In his original trajectory, he was considered to be the biggest competitor to Zhang, the richest man in the Mainland in the future.

However, boss Shao, who is in his 70s and a good media tycoon, really has no intention of changing careers to make that job.

When he was sitting in the office with his thoughts racing, Fang Yihua smiled again, "Brother Six, let me see what script that young boy handed you? I heard from Uncle Tianlin that you said you would not change a word. It will be banned halfway through.”

Boss Shao laughed, grabbed the script of "Long Night" from the drawer and handed it over.

More than an hour later, Fang Yihua wiped the corners of her eyes gently and laughed, "Good guy, you are such a formidable young man. You really dare to write this."

Shao Yifu was helpless, "He dared to write it, but I didn't dare to shoot it?" This scene offended the ghost man too much, but if it were changed to a Chinese police superintendent or a high-ranking official villain, it would be tasteless and inconsistent with the facts. The New Territories... "

After much thought, Boss Shao still felt that the script of "Long Night" was a bit heartwarming. It was such a good book. As a media tycoon, he actually wanted to shoulder some social responsibilities. But Zhao Donghuai threw this difficult problem to him, and it was up to him to decide whether to shoot or not, which made him unable to get up or down, which was a bit frustrating.

What makes Boss Shao even more depressed is that the guy also said that if it were a new TV series script, he could write a high-quality script similar to The Dark Night, but...it was still written like this and he was a little afraid to film it, or to film it. If you can’t broadcast it, it’s better not to see it. To be out of sight is to be clean.

As soon as these words came out, Ms. Fang, who was privately known as the Sixth Aunt by many people at TVB, was helpless, "Brother Six, don't think so much. There are so many good books out there. Make some martial arts or romance TV series. Isn't it also very good?

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Mid-July 1983.

Shaw Brothers Clear Water Bay studio, near a container terminal warehouse, headed by Zhao Donghuai, accompanied by Du Qifeng and Cheng Xiaodong, Zhou Runfa, Lu Liangwei, Wan Ziliang, Zeng Jiang, Qin Pei and others.

A semblance of a boot-up worship ceremony began, but there were dozens of people behind the scenes. If you add the leading actors, supporting actors and extras who were called in advance, the number would be even greater.

The worship ceremony is in progress.

Many of the onlookers' practitioners or sidekicks were whispering with complicated expressions.

Most of the discussion focused on director Zhao Donghuai.

"Have you heard about this? Director Zhao, before May, he was a parking boy at the Big Rich Nightclub near Broadcasting Road, and he hung out with a parking boy in Hutchison."

"Impossible, the parking boy becomes the director? Damn your imagination..."

"What's more, this bad boy was born in the New Territories. He graduated from Form 6 more than a year ago. After graduation, apart from occasionally racing cars and messing around on the road, he has never been exposed to the film and television industry."

"Can he also be a director? Or should Sir Du be an assistant director? Although Du Yaofa is not a big name in the film industry, he is also one of the most popular niche actors in the television industry."

"The director is very aggressive, but he is willing to spend money on this script. I heard from the costume team that hundreds of suits have been ordered, all of which are new styles that are slimming and slimming. Mei Zhi specially went to the clothing factory to place an order. , attack his grandma, and steal the money? A parking boy dares to waste it like this."

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The buzz was loud or small, not to mention the extras, the lower level of the crew, but also some lighting and prop masters, who didn't say anything clearly, and many people looked at Zhao Donghuai with strange eyes.

Look at this lineup.

Director Zhao Donghuai is a former parking boy, and it was his first contact with the film and television industry. It was Johnnie To's first time directing a movie on his own. He didn't have the confidence to continue making movies, so he took the initiative to go back to the television industry for further studies. Cheng Xiaodong was also well received but not a hit.

Afa is a famous box office poison.

Others are unknown in the film industry.

The most important thing about the creative team is such a group of partners, especially the crew. They are quite impressive. In order to perform in the show, more than a hundred sets of suits were specially made. This is compared with the Shaw Brothers where dozens or hundreds of people take turns to wear one suit. , what a waste of money.

This is true even if there are many people brought in by Du Qifeng.

Who told Sir Du to look for people from Shaw Brothers movies, not just TVB?

Of course, there will be so much noise and people waiting to watch the show, not just the lemon mood, but also the hustle and bustle in the world, which are all beneficial factors.

In later generations, a certain Mr. Chen tricked mainland investors and invested 100 to 200 million to shoot a pile of rubbish. How did he do this? A straw hat prop that costs just a few yuan can cost five to six thousand yuan, which is money-printing-level profit.

Investors asked why it was so expensive? Answer: This is art, you don’t understand it.

If you really meet a layman, there are too many profit chains that can be involved in a prop project. What is the general situation of Shaw Brothers Pictures and how stingy the boss of Shaw Brothers is? Making a fortune from props is just one example. The crew can make a lot of money from lunch boxes.

It’s not easy to meet a “big investment”. Once it’s confirmed that the producer and director is a layman, what will happen? That would be haha.

This is an opportunity for everyone to make a fortune!

Make money, don't be embarrassed.

With such a motivation, let alone that they were invited by Du Qifeng, his own parents would still scold him for blocking the opportunity to make a fortune. Even if no one looked down on Zhao Donghuai because he was young and an amateur, those who wanted to make a fortune would also scold him. Will take the initiative to create opportunities for provocation.

That’s making a fortune! Make money!