Shanshan's original name was He Laidi. One look at this name revealed that her parents valued boys over girls and were looking forward to having a son.

As expected, Shanshan was not taken seriously. Like her older sisters Zhaodi, Pandi, and Sidi, she was often beaten or scolded. She was assigned to work in the fields before she even went to junior high school.

But the younger brother could play around wildly, not doing any farm work or housework, and always eating well and wearing good clothes. Therefore, Shanshan disliked this name very much. After arriving in Yanjing, she changed her name to Shanshan. .

Now that I have come to Hong Kong and entered the entertainment industry, it is no longer appropriate to call me Shanshan, so I asked a fortune teller to help me change my name.

Xiang Nan smiled and said, "Since it was acquired by your husband, it must make sense, and I think it will definitely come true."

"Then I'll lend you some good advice." Shanshan said with a smile upon hearing this.

"By the way, this is a small gift I brought to you from the United States. See if you like it?" Xiang Nan then handed her a box and said.

Shanshan opened it and saw that it was a beautiful music box in the shape of a carousel. When the carousel was started, it would rotate and the music of "Für Elise" would be reminded of it.

Although this kind of music box is not very valuable and can be bought in Xiangjiang, sending goose feathers from a thousand miles away is a light gift but full of affection. In her opinion, this is more meaningful than gold and silver jewelry, clothes, perfume and the like.

"Thank you, I like it very much." She said happily.

"As long as you like it." Xiang Nan nodded.

…

After meeting Shanshan, Xiang Nan went to see Wang Jing again.

After arriving at the company, I first took a look at the performance over the past year.

The performance over the past year is still very good, and Zhen Kung Fu Pictures has successively released a number of blockbuster films.

Such as the "Overlord Flower" series, "Hardcover Chasing Girls" series, "The Passionate Son", "The Supreme 2: Eternal Dominance of the World", "Alang's Story", "Yimei Taoist" and so on.

In particular, the large-scale movie "Eighteen Steps to Pick Up Girls" grossed 15 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, making Zhen Kung Fu Pictures a huge profit.

It turns out that Xiangjiang launched a film rating system in November last year. After the launch, many film companies put their money-making ideas into large-scale films.

After all, food and sex are good, so there is definitely no shortage of viewers for this type of movie.

Real Kung Fu Pictures took the lead and released "Eighteen Steps to Pick Up Girls" starring Aaron Chan when the rating system was first introduced.

It tells the story of several young men who bet on who can catch the heroine played by Chen Yalun, which leads to frequent strange tricks. It turns out that Chen Yalun is a con man who only gets close to these young men to cheat money. In the end, these young men pick up girls. If it doesn't work, it will turn out to be embarrassing, lose the wife and lose the army...

The story of this movie is actually very good. The screenwriter's signature is not that of a woman, but Wang Jing's pseudonym. It's just that he didn't want to be laughed at in the future, so he didn't dare to sign his real name.

But this trick of his was purely to deceive others. Because when one looked at the plot, it was his specialty in pick-up comedies. The entire Hong Kong film industry did not think twice about it. So it was impossible for him to deny it.

The reason why Wang Jing wrote the screenplay himself was because he knew that beauty could only attract the audience, but it could not retain them. Otherwise, there would be no need to write a script for the movie, and it would just be a 90-minute film of handsome guys and beauties.

In order to seize the opportunity, "Eighteen Steps to Pick Up Girls" was produced in only ten days. Wang Jing wrote the script on the first day, started shooting on the second day, wrapped up a week later, had one day for post-production, one day for review, and it was officially released on the tenth day. The speed was so fast that even his peers were stunned.

Although the production time was a little rushed and the quality was inevitably a bit rough, because it was the first Hong Kong film and the sexy beauty Chen Yalun starred in it, it was a box office hit after its release. In the Hong Kong area alone, the box office hit

15 million Hong Kong dollars.

…

Xiang Nan listened to the production process of "Eighteen Steps to Pick Up Girls" and couldn't help but admire Wang Jing's eagerness. It's really amazing to shoot a movie in ten days.

"Director Wang, you are still awesome." Xiang Nan smiled and then handed over a check, "I went to see Shanshan and she is in very good condition now. Thank you for your hard work, Director Wang."

Wang Jing took it and saw three million dollars. He was shocked again and said, "Mr. Ning, you are too polite."

"Take it." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you make mistakes, you will be punished. I won't be polite, and you don't have to refuse. I will give you everything I deserve."

When Wang Jing heard what he said, he had no choice but to nod and collect the check.

"Mr. Ning, for the future development of the company, I suggest that we walk on two legs. On one side are serious movies, such as comedies, action movies, romance movies, and horror movies; on the other side are informal movies. I still watch this area.

It has great potential." Wang Jing then added.

He was a bit disappointed in receiving the three million US dollars, so he had no choice but to offer more advice and suggestions on the company's management.

"Okay." Xiang Nan nodded, "However, the most important thing is voluntariness. We don't want to do things like forcing good people to become rampant."

"Don't worry, there are so many people who want to act." Wang Jing said with a smile.

"Eighteen Steps to Pick Up Girls" cost only 3 million Hong Kong dollars, but the box office in Hong Kong was only 15 million Hong Kong dollars. After it was released to Taiwan and Nanyang, the box office and reputation were also good.

In particular, the video tape released sold more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars, which was much better than the sales of "The King of Flowers". It was almost ten times the profit.

It is said in "Das Kapital" that if there is 50% profit, capital will dare to take risks; if there is double the profit, capital will dare to risk beheading; if there are three times the profit, capital will dare to trample on all laws.

The huge sales of "Pick Up Girls 18" have naturally attracted the envy of many film companies, and they have launched such movies one after another.

And Chen Yalun also became one of the most popular actresses in Hong Kong overnight because of her boldness and spirit of sacrifice.

Newspapers and magazines have reported on her in a series of articles, making her exposure enough to be compared with Chung Chu-hong, Wang Pixian, Lin Qingxia, and Guan Zhilin. There are even rich second generation Xiaokai who directly gave away 500,000 Hong Kong dollars just to share with Chen Yalun.

Have dinner.

This reflects her popularity to a certain extent.

The so-called boogers are so delicious that their nostrils are pierced.

Seeing that Chen Yalun became famous through this movie, other artists who were eager to become famous and rich also started to have this idea.

Therefore, for a time, many female stars devoted themselves to the film, making the Hong Kong film industry a lively and lively scene.

Xiang Nan nodded.

In the golden age of Hong Kong movies, there were indeed many actresses who used this to achieve breakthroughs, such as Ye Yuqing, Ye Zimei, Qiu Shuzhen, Li Lizhen, etc., but I have never heard of anyone who was forced to do so.

On the other hand, many actors said that they had no choice but to make such films.

"I know too, but I'm just reminding you." He smiled and said, "Director Wang, I feel relieved to leave the company to you."
Chapter completed!