Chapter 480 Music Expansion


    Huang Zhan represents a part of the group in Hong Kong.


    They love the traditional culture of the Chinese nation and are proud of its glorious history. They hope to retain some fine traditions while absorbing advanced Western civilization—freedom and democracy.


    Generally speaking, what they long for is an imaginary China.


    Huang Zhan didn''t want to talk about political things with Chen Qi, so as not to ruin the scene, but the ancestral home was different. The ancestral home was a big deal and his mother must know about it.


    But Chen Qi stopped talking about this matter. The two of them drank wine and brought the topic to "Beautiful Life". Huang Zhan said: "Honestly speaking, your film is better than those of Hong Kong and Taiwan. It is creative and exciting.


    The anti-Japanese resistance in "Orphans" is still sneaky, but the "Life is Beautiful" is aboveboard. The Japanese will not retaliate against you? "


    "I have already taken revenge. Dongbao announced that it will no longer buy my films. It doesn''t matter. I still have a bigger market."


    "USA?"


    "We will visit the United States in a while and promote "Life is Beautiful" by the way. Oh, by the way, my news hasn''t been announced yet. This film has already sold 7.85 million US dollars!"


    "Ahem!"


    Even Huang Zhan was shocked. At the current exchange rate, it was worth 50-60 million Hong Kong dollars!


    "I have made a deal with 20th Century Fox and am preparing to compete for next year''s Oscars."


    “…”


    Huang Zhan was a little numb and sighed for a while: "I understand where your confidence comes from. Hong Kong is full of people who are just like fools. They make a few million Hong Kong dollars and are as happy as gods... Oh, I am one of them too!"


    "Then why not come over and do it together?"


    "Ha, you''re here again! Don''t tell me this, I won''t join, but your film is good, has character, and the style is rare in Hong Kong. If you ask me to write a song, I have no problem."


    "Then it''s settled. We''ll ask you to write songs for our future movies. Don''t refuse!"


    "Everyone has to work hard for five buckets of rice in his life, and I also want to make a living, and usually I will accept anyone who comes. But writing songs for good movies is like drinking wine, and writing songs for bad movies will make you suffer. Just speak up! "


    Chen Qi has a good drinker, but he is always too lazy to drink.


    I''m a little more relaxed today.


    When the wine was full of wine, he said again: "Uncle Zhan, are you interested in being a judge?"


    "What judges?"


    "Singing competition!"


    "Oh, I''ve done this many times and it''s no fun!"


    Huang Zhan was very disgusted and said: "ATV and TVB have done it, and record companies have also done it. They find a few people to sing, and we rate them. The good ones are promoted and the bad ones are eliminated... Do you want to have a singing competition?"


    "I have this idea!"


    "Then don''t look for me, it''s boring, unless you give me twice the reward!"


    "This should be interesting to me, let''s talk about it then."


    The two drank for a long time, and the waiter who watched was secretly surprised. It was the first time that Uncle Zhan didn''t call the public relations lady, and he was just chatting. What is the origin of that mainlander? It seems to be a bit higher than that.


    It''s about ten o''clock.


    Huang Zhan still couldn''t hold it back and said, "You really don''t want to call me Miss?"


    "If you don''t have enough fun, wait for me to leave and try again. I have to go back so late."


    "It''s still late at ten o''clock? I''ve been playing all night long...Forget it, I''ll ask Cai Lan and the others to come!"


    Chen Qi didn''t show any politeness, got up and walked away.


    Huang Zhan called someone. He, Cai Lam, and Ni Kuang were a fixed combination in the nightclub, and Jin Yong did not participate.


    Among the so-called four great talents in Hong Kong, Huang Zhan wrote "Collected Works of Bu Wen", but his talent was more reflected in music, Ni Kuang wrote science fiction, Jin Yong wrote martial arts and ran newspapers, and Chua Lam wrote food and miscellaneous notes.


    Du Laozhi came out.


    Chen Qi found that he was indeed a special case. Du Laozhi''s nightlife had just begun and he did not leave so early. He is not pretending, he has a lot of sisters, how can he see Miss Wu?


    Xiao Yang drove the car over, got in and prepared to leave.


    Unexpectedly, the parking boy jumped out again and started making noises not far away. As soon as Xiao Mo opened the door and got out, the parking boy ran away again. Xiao Mo was depressed: "Why are he like a fly? He only disgusts people."


    "He didn''t take action!" Xiao Yang added. "It''s easy to do it. This is the most disgusting thing."


    "So, we have to spread the power of the security department across Hong Kong quickly, so that the people of Hong Kong can experience the warmth of a big family." Chen Qidao.


    Xiao Mo was too lazy to continue and asked, "Brother Qi, what is Huang Zhan''s nature now?"


    "They are considered friends!"


    "Is he important?"


    "Um!"


    After receiving Chen Qi''s confirmation, Xiao Mo shut up.


    Wan Shi De was driving on the streets late at night. The space was a little larger than the Gundam. Chen Qi was comfortable sitting in the back, his thoughts swaying with the neon lights.


    Dongfang Company has already established a solid foothold in the film industry, and next it wants to expand into the music market. Huang Zhan has such a wide network of contacts, he is a godfather-level figure, and it will be of great benefit to make friends with him. This also involves united front.


    In 1983, we had a group of Hong Kong people for the Spring Festival Gala, and in 1984 we had to find Taiwanese people.


    Taiwanese movie stars are not easy to work with, but musicians do have several goals. Chen Qi''s "singing competition" is not only a show, but also wants to find a reason to invite certain people to Hong Kong, but he has to do so after returning from the United States.


    "With black eyes, black hair, and yellow skin, you will always be the descendant of the dragon..."


    Xiao Mo heard him suddenly humming a song and asked: "Brother Qi, what are you singing?"


    ""Descendants of the Dragon" is very good. Go buy it and listen to it."


    ………


    "It would be too narrow to classify them as mainland films, Hong Kong films, Taiwanese films, etc. "Life is Beautiful" represents the highest level of Chinese-language films today. Its creativity and expression will make the Hong Kong film industry feel ashamed!"


    "It is a loss for the Academy Awards that such a film cannot participate in the Academy Awards!"


    "Huang Zhan: Anti-Japanese and pro-American, the Chinese story has an American core, but it is still a classic, leading the way for ten years!"


    "According to Oriental Company, the overseas copyright sales of "Life is Beautiful" have reached 7.85 million US dollars, surpassing "Orphan"!"


    ""Life is Beautiful" is confirmed to be registered for next year''s Oscars, and 20th Century Fox will take over North American promotions!"


    In the next few days, most of the media had a positive attitude towards "Life is Beautiful". Those who run movie magazines and write columns are more or less literary youths. Don''t underestimate Hong Kong''s literary youth, they are just like this.


    In particular, this film broke away from the Eighth Route Army''s routine of fighting Japanese invaders and turned into their favorite Western narrative technique, and it was even more praised.


    Immediately afterwards, "Life is Beautiful" was officially released.


    There are no additional rental theaters, just the 8 theaters in Yindu, and the attendance rate is actually good, surpassing "Orphan".


    After a week, the box office exceeded 6 million. The previous highest box office for Hong Kong literary and artistic films was "Journey to the Angry Sea", which took 15 million. "Life is Beautiful" has great hope of surpassing it, but the upper limit will not be too outrageous. Given the nature of the film, here.


    Cheng Long and others came here specially to watch, and they were very bored.


    Especially the younger brothers, each one more uneducated than the last, couldn''t stand it at all.


    "It''s so boring. Are you so good at boasting?"


    "Literary films, you know nothing about literature and art!"


    Hong Jinbao was also there and whispered: "Aaron, we were scratching our heads during the filming of "Plan A". Do you want to ask Mr. Chen for some advice?"


    "No, they are going to the Oscars. We haven''t even conquered Hong Kong, how can we survive?"


    "But you started working on this film last year, and now you haven''t even finished half of it. How do you explain it to Mr. Zou?"


    "I''ll explain it to Mr. Zou. You can''t be careless!"


    Cheng Long has a strong self-esteem and is very determined.


    "Plan A" breaks out of the past and tells the story of the Hong Kong marine police fighting pirates. It is rare that they put in the effort on the script. The story is relatively complete, with many funny scenes and elements of a serious drama.


    To this end, they also collectively went to the Hong Kong Water Police Force to collect information - that is, to experience life in the mainland.


    Seeing Chen Qi''s rapid progress, he was envious and worked harder.


    (End of chapter)