1979 Golden Age

After finalizing Zhang Mingmin, Chen Qi continued to be busy.

While watching "Life is Beautiful", I was thinking about the promotion of "Tai Chi 2".

The current annual box office champion is still New Art City's "Best Partner", followed by "Shaolin Temple", "Beware of Little Hands", "Master Dragon", "Pretty Girl"...

The director of "Pretty Girl" is called Danny Mak, Hong Kong's best at filming male thieves and female prostitutes. His masterpieces include "The Flag Soldier of the Province and Hong Kong", "Black Gold", "The Lame Man" and "Jade Futon: A Guide to Secret Love"!

"Tai Chi 2" will be released in the summer, and Fu Qi promised to share the promotion fee equally.

Chen Qi then approached Shi Nansheng to discuss it. Shi Nansheng is now the director of the publicity and development department of Yindu, and is also responsible for the management of Tsui Hark's studio because she also has shares. But the studio hasn’t opened yet, so there’s nothing to do.

…………

"stop!"

"Okay, take a rest!"

In the studio, during the intermission of "Life Is Beautiful", the 30 foreigners were much more relaxed than in the mainland. There was Coke, music, nightclubs, hot pants and cars. This was the urban atmosphere they were familiar with.

Of course it would be a pity if there is no tangerine peel chicken.

Because this dish comes from later generations and has not yet been born according to the timeline. Chen Qi is now the inventor. Maybe it will be spread to the United States and become "Chen Qi Chicken", side by side with Zuo Zongtang.

"Teacher Yan!"

Yan Shunkai walked over doubtfully, and Chen Qi pulled Shi Nansheng over and said with a smile: "I'll introduce you to a fellow countryman, Shi Nansheng!"

"Fellow?"

He was stunned and said casually: "Is this Shanghai Ning?"

"Allah Haining!"

Shi Nansheng smiled.

"oops!"

Yan Shunkai's small eyes were narrowed, like rose flowers, and he suddenly felt like meeting an old friend in a foreign land. The two of them communicated in Shanghainese. Chen Qi tried his best to listen, but all he could hear was jirriwaala jiiliwaala.

He had been with Gong Xue for a long time, and he didn't even know a few words of Shanghainese, but he only knew about Ce Na!

After a while, Yan Shunkai waved his hand and went back.

"What did you say?" he asked.

"Let's talk about the place of birth, which district, which street, which neighborhood...Teacher Yan is quite interesting."

"Understood, this is called a chain of contempt!"

"It's like this everywhere. Don't just talk about Shanghai. I heard that your girlfriend is also from Shanghai. Where is she from? Sister Shi Hui is looking forward to her coming so we can play mahjong." Shi Nansheng said with a smile.

"How do you know I have a girlfriend?"

"Mr. Fu said it in a casual chat."

"Is Uncle Fu so blasphemous... Her home is on Chongqing North Road."

"HP area, it's amazing!"

Shi Nansheng covered his mouth and shouted in a low voice, acting like a concubine from the Republic of China in surprise, but in fact he was joking: "I was born in Chongming, and I was still from Nantong at that time. Strictly speaking, I am from Nantong."

"Is Nantong in the middle of Jiangsu or in the north of Jiangsu?"

Chen Qi scratched his head, forget it, no matter how despised Shanghai is, North Jiangsu is at the bottom.

The two of them chatted while walking out. They didn't go upstairs after leaving the studio and looked for a shady place. Chen Qi didn't have any image burden. He squatted on the ground like Zhang Yimou and said:

"'Tai Chi 2' will be released on August 6. The competition includes New Art City's 'Brothers and Brothers', Shaw Brothers' 'Tathagata's Palm', and Golden Harvest's 'The Scary Man'. This summer season is in chaos."

"Normally speaking, we can promote it step by step, with "Tai Chi" and "Shaolin Temple" as the basis. Li Lianlian is very popular with the audience."

"That's the truth, but who doesn't want a higher box office? Or 16 theaters?"

"right!"

There are 8 theaters in Yindu, which usually show small films. When there are key films, the theaters have to be temporarily rented. They are mainly theaters showing Western films and remote rural theaters.

"..."

Chen Qi squatted on the ground and played with small pebbles. The pebbles rolled out far away and stopped on the concrete floor illuminated by the sun. He said: "Normal publicity is nothing more than holding activities and publishing in newspapers. Is there any Have you thought about using a TV station?”

"Television stations are expensive, and there are only two TV stations in Hong Kong. TVB will not list our GG, and Litera is British-owned, let alone."

"..."

The two were silent for a while, and Shi Nansheng suddenly said: "No, no, wait!"

She ran into the building wearing high heels, and ran out again after a while, holding a newspaper in her hand. Chen Qi took it and took a look. There was a piece of news on it: "Qiu Degen, Chairman of Far East Group, invested HK$100 million to purchase 50% of Li's TV Station." % equity and obtain joint management rights..."

"Qiu Degen?"

"It seems that Hong Kong's famous tycoons have invested in the mainland, so they should have a tendency."

"I know, I know!"

Chen Qi's eyes lit up. If Qiu Degen wins Li, then he has great hopes.

This old gentleman is also a native of Shanghai. He started out running a rural theater in Hong Kong, and later founded the Far East Bank and also engaged in real estate. He was one of the first Hong Kong businessmen to invest in the mainland and was a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the 1980s.

He is very concerned about the entertainment industry and is very hands-on. It is because of him that Li's name was changed to "ATV" as we know it!

When the mainland filmed the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions", he spent money to bring it to Hong Kong and broadcast it on ATV. He also invited Wang Fulin, Ouyang Fenqiang, Chen Xiaoxu, Zhang Li, Deng Jie, Xu Fei and others to come to Hong Kong to play...

"I said Nan Sheng!"

"I am ten years older than you, and my name is Sister Nansheng!"

"Nansheng, I remember you worked at Li's. This kind of relationship is wasted if it is not used. Let's go for a walk?"

"Even if you can negotiate, the publicity fee will be very expensive." Shi Nansheng frowned.

"Who spends their own money? I've always paid for nothing..."

Chen Qi shrugged and casually ordered: "Xiao Mo, go and send a visiting card to Rediffusion!"

"Okay!"

The rewarder of good and punishment of evil responded.

…………

Broadcast Road in Kowloon Tong.

In its heyday, this place was home to five media outlets: Rediffusion Television, TVB, ATV, RTHK, and Hong Kong Commercial Radio. It was known as the Five Mountains - Lan Jieying's nickname was "The Most Beautiful in the Five Mountains".

Now ATV is gone, and only the Four Mountains are left.

81 Broadcast Road, the headquarters of Rediffusion Television.

The television station was previously in the red, and after Qiu Degen became the chairman of the board, he immediately made drastic reforms, adjusted personnel, and hired a senior person named Li Zhuanglie as the program director.

At this moment, Li Zhuanglie, a new official, was thinking about how to start a new project in his office.

Suddenly someone came to report: "Mr. Chen from the mainland sent a letter!"

"Chen Qi?"

Li Zhuanglie was startled. He had naturally heard of this man's bad reputation. He hesitated to take the letter. It was the legendary big red envelope, with a business card and a letter inside, saying that he was coming to visit.

"This..."

He thought quickly. If it was the film industry, he would be terrified. Television stations are not so bad.

The rightists' control over television stations is far less than that over movies. TVB is close to the rightists because TVB produces stars and often shoots movies, and Run Run Shaw himself has a good relationship with Taiwan...

Chen Qi only sends the letter, and the person who receives it has to consider more.

The first person Li Zhuanglie thought of was Qiu Degen. This boss invested in a Far East Flour Mill in Shenzhen's Shekou Industrial Zone in 1980 and was quite friendly to the mainland.

As a subordinate, he had to follow the boss's inclination.

"Then let's meet him!"