The next day, nine o'clock in the morning.
A Gundam car was parked steadily downstairs of the Chuangchuang Building. It was borrowed from Fu Qi, with Xiao Geng as the driver and Xiao Mo sitting in the back.
Needless to say, these two are very skilled in various professional skills. Hong Kong is a right-hand drive car. After a few days of practice, they easily mastered it and even memorized the map. Chen Qi was greatly impressed by this fate and wrote "Zhongnanhai"
Bodyguard》Let’s use you two as prototypes!
"Let's go upstairs!"
Xiao Geng stayed in the car, while Chen Qi took Xiao Mo up to room 606.
"Hello sir, do you have an appointment?"
"I'm looking for Mr. Mai!"
He lived in Hengdian in his previous life and met many employees from Hong Kong. He had learned Cantonese and his speaking skills were not very standard, so he was able to communicate. As soon as the girl at the front desk looked at him, she decided that he was the person the boss had specially mentioned.
"Sorry, the boss is busy today and is not in the company."
"Is Shi Tian here?"
"Not here either!"
"Isn't Huang Baiming here too?"
"What a coincidence. All three bosses are busy today. Do you have any message? Can I convey it to you?"
"Oh, forget it..."
After he finished speaking, he pretended to leave, but suddenly turned around and pretended to rush in. The front desk was frightened and quickly blocked it with his body. Chen Qi was happy and nodded: "Don't be nervous, I'll come back another day."
Seeing that he really left, the receptionist ran inside and knocked on the office door: "Boss, that man is gone!"
"What did he say?"
"No, I just asked if you were there and said I would come back another day."
"Okay, you go first!"
Mai Jia scratched his bald head, what on earth does this guy do? I hope he just got interested and wanted to take a look.
In the elevator.
Chen Qi looked at Xiao Mo and said with a smile: "In the situation just now, if I forcefully break in, can you protect me from going in?"
"It should be possible. I think those people are ordinary workers and have little fighting ability."
"So powerful? How many can you hit by yourself?"
"It's no problem to fight three or four with bare hands. If you want to fight against someone, you'd better give me a military spur. Xiao Geng and I can lead you out of a street..." Xiao Mo was full of confidence.
Chen Qi felt that he was bragging, since he didn't have military thorns anyway.
After going downstairs and getting in the car, Geng started the Gundam and asked: "Brother Qi, where are we going?"
"Go to the newspaper office. Uncle Fu Qi introduced me to a reporter. I'll go and get to know him."
…………
It was a calm day.
One day later, Mai Jia came to the company as usual, took a stack of fresh newspapers into his office, made a cup of coffee, and read through them slowly.
"The Ghostly Stars" produced by New Art City was released in July. It was released yesterday and grossed 7.47 million at the box office, ranking third in the year. The second place is still Golden Harvest's "Modern Bodyguard" and the first place is "Tai Chi".
"Standing like a mountain, I don't know when the record will be broken..."
"snort!"
"When "Best Partner" comes out, it will definitely be broken!"
Mai Jia curled her lips and was very confident in this drama. "The Best Partner" is based on 007, which has been localized, starring Xu Guanjie, Sylvia Chang and himself.
And this play is very interesting. In the version released in Hong Kong, he speaks Taishan dialect, but in the version released in Taiwan, he speaks Shandong dialect... There are many Shandong people in Taiwan.
As for "The Stars", the director is none other than Tsui Hark.
Mai Jia knew that Tsui Hark came from the New Wave, was avant-garde and bold, and liked to make weird movies. But since he entered New Art City, he had to obey the rules of New Art City. Movies have to make money, so what kind of avant-garde art is there?
He continued to read newspapers, and finally turned to "Wenhui Po" and "Ta Kung Pao".
These two are the leading left-wing newspapers. Today they published a piece of news, which was an interview with Chen Qi:
"The prosperity of Hong Kong movies must be justified. I have always made objective evaluations. I praise the advantages and criticize the shortcomings. I am not deliberately targeting anyone... If mainland movies want to develop, they must learn from advanced experience. I hope to cooperate with New Art City
, Jiahe, Shaw Brothers and other Hong Kong counterparts for cordial and friendly visits and exchanges..."
"What is he going to do!"
Mai Jia's heart skipped a beat again, and he had a very bad premonition.
"boss!"
At this moment, the employee came in and reported: "That person sent another greeting card!"
As he spoke, he pushed a red letter in front of him.
The wheat crop was opened, and it was exactly the same as the previous envelope, without changing a single word. He stared at it for a long time, then got up to look for someone. When Shi Tian was not there, he went to find Huang Baiming.
"If you are worried, just meet him and ask him what his purpose is, so as not to have random thoughts."
"Freedom will always know what to do?"
"Let's meet in private! Don't meet in the company, where there are too many people talking. Find a remote tea restaurant and just sit there for a while. There is no possibility of us cooperating with the leftists."
"Then let's meet?"
"See you, I'll go with you. He's sending letters one after another, as if he thinks he's some big shot, and I can't even stand it!"
…………
Another day passed.
The two of them found a very remote shop. Huang Baiming drank a glass of frozen lemon and joked: "When we meet later, are you going to call him gay? I heard that people over there are called gay."
"Wow, I came to Hong Kong in 1958 and my family moved to New York. I call this a ghost gay?"
"Then your faith is not firm!"
Huang Baiming shrugged.
After waiting for a while, the door was pushed open and two young men came in. The leader was none other than Chen Qi. He was wearing a decent suit, glasses, and no tie, giving him his own style.
When Huang Baiming met Chen Qi for the first time, he felt that he had nothing to do with the mainland people. He said he grew up in the United States and was pretty much the same.
He took the initiative to call "Mr. Chen" and then looked forward with interest to see how the other party would respond.
"Boss Mai! Boss Huang!"
"You two have admired each other for a long time!"
Huang Baiming raised his eyebrows, shook hands, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen is so arrogant, which is a bit beyond my expectation."
"Oh? What do you imagine me like?"
"You look like a mainlander!"
"The mainland has opened up. Don't look at it with old eyes. Let's sit down and talk..."
Chen Qi smiled and the three of them took their seats. Mai Jia asked directly: "Mr. Chen, we have never been in contact, why do you want to meet?"
"To be honest, I have something to ask for. I told the newspaper that I was preparing a co-production with the Great Wall, but I couldn't find a suitable director. I heard that your company has a director named Tsui Hark, who has a unique style and bold techniques.
, I want to ask him to direct."
"ha!"
Huang Baiming couldn't help being happy and shook his head: "Mr. Chen is new here. It seems he still doesn't know how deep the water in Xiangjiang River is?"
"I know, so I asked Director Tsui Hark to participate under a pseudonym."
"A pseudonym?"
The two looked at each other and Mai Jia said: "Sorry, pseudonyms are not allowed. We do not accept any form of cooperation."
"This is just your opinion. Director Tsui Hark might be willing to do it?"
"It's impossible. We brothers advance and retreat together and have the same stance!"
"Yes, we don't want to have anything to do with you. We have already given you enough face by meeting in private today, so don't mention it again," Huang Baiming said.
"It's really not negotiable?"
"Don't waste time. Mr. Chen can order something to eat. We'll pay for this meal."
"..."
Chen Qi looked at them for a while, stood up slowly, and sighed: "Okay, I won't force it. I said some things in the newspaper that criticized your company, but to be honest, I still appreciate your ability very much.
Looking forward to our next meeting, Comrade Mai Jia!"
Mai Jia’s face turned green!
What does it mean! What does it mean!
He only came from the mainland when he was 14 years old, so he knew the weight of this title very well. In an instant, he felt as if he was facing the purple, gold and red gourd of King Silver Horn, and felt as if his soul had been stolen, and his heart suddenly lifted.
Looking again, the man had strode out of the door.
Chapter completed!