1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 114 The East is Red

"While You Were Sleeping" was shown continuously for more than a week in the Golden Princess and Golden Harvest cinema chains, and the screening schedule began to gradually decrease.

Because Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun both discovered a problem.

Ever since the last time we met, I have not been able to contact the new director named Guan Weiming. It is as if he has disappeared from the face of the earth. Even when we sent someone to the Jiuyi Entertainment Company, there was no one there, only a cold padlock hanging there.

"Even if he's a con man? What's his purpose? Does he want to get no share from the cinema chain?"

The same doubts arose in the minds of the two bosses. Although the film was still playing in their respective theaters, the number of showtimes and screenings were reduced to the minimum.

They still held on to a last glimmer of hope and waited for Guan Weiming to contact them.

Taking advantage of this buffer time, Zhai Yuan also used the reputation of the two cinema chains to screen the new film in several independent theaters.

As director Pang Ka Yin's first theatrical film, Rich Girl has not attended classes recently and has been staying in the theater every day to observe the audience's reactions.

When the audience applauded, she would be happy too; when the audience cursed at her, she would approach them angrily to argue with them.

At first, she brought a few friends with her, but later others got tired of watching the show, but she still enjoyed going to various theaters.

How much money did she make? It didn't matter. If her family could get a few more tons of food from the New Territories, it would be enough for her to have fun for a long time.

"Senior sister, can I invite you to watch a movie? I shot it myself."

A few days later, Pang Ka Yan plucked up the courage to call her idol to get her opinion.

Xue Wanen on the other end of the phone hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, by the way, I'll give you the accompaniment of the previous two songs. It's already ready. You can be the first listener."

In this way, the listeners and the audience intersected again.

And during the period when the movie was released, the latest number of orders from Baodao was finally counted.

The more than 300 cassette rental and sales stores in Taiwan processed a total of 190,000 videotape orders, and deposits were continuously deposited into Zhai Yuan's account.

"We can release the goods to Formosa now."

After Zhai Yuan checked the deposits one by one, he said to Guan Weiming, "As soon as the goods arrive, ask them to pay the balance immediately. Otherwise, I'm afraid someone will default on their payment."

Guan Weiming smiled and said, "Don't worry, boss. People from Taiwan are rich and generally won't default on payments for goods."

Zhai Yuan thought that this was not an ordinary situation, because I had put 30,000 special editions among the 190,000 videotapes.

"Anyway, after the videotapes are shipped to Taiwan, ask them to remit the money immediately, otherwise the goods will not be unloaded."

Guan Weiming only knew that Zhai Yuan had mixed in 30,000 new videotapes, and he didn't know what specific good things he had done. He just felt that although this boss was smart, he was too narrow-minded. Could it be that the people from Taiwan would refuse to pay their debts?
Do you know the value of "money flooding your feet"?

"Money flooding one's feet" is an idiom coined in the past two years. It means that at that time, the economy of Taiwan Province was so developed that money spread on the ground could reach above one's ankles.

"Okay, I'll urge them."

Guan Weiming responded perfunctorily.

"Remember to give some tips, and I'll deduct the less money from your salary!"

Zhai Yuan glared at him in dissatisfaction.

This sentence finally had some deterrent effect, making Guan Weiming take the matter of collecting the balance of payment to heart.

So that night, two cargo ships loaded with 190,000 videotapes set out from Shau Kei Wan Pier, cut through the waves and headed straight for Formosa.

…………

In the office of Secret Garden in Saigon Office Building.

After becoming rich, Zhai Yuan rented two more units in the office building.

The telephone business has been lukewarm recently, but now that he has freed up his hands, he has to make preparations for a rainy day.

"How is it? It sounds good, right~"

In the Secret Garden office.

Peng Jiayan and Zhai Yuan gathered in front of a tape recorder and listened to the accompaniment of the song "Secretly Obsessed" playing on it.

With Zhai Yuan's limited knowledge of musical instruments, he could barely hear the use of electronic piano and saxophone.

He hummed along with the accompaniment in his mind and found that it was exactly right.

"Professor Du, yes."

Zhai Yuan couldn't help but praise halfway through listening.

Peng Jiayan had an expression as if she was saying what you said, and tried hard not to tell him that Xue Wanen was also involved.

"There was originally a guitar version, but Professor Du was worried that it would highlight the flaws in your singing, so he didn't use it in the end."

"It doesn't matter. I may not be the one to sing anyway. Just find a singer with good singing skills."

"you dare!"

Peng Jiayan raised her eyebrows.

Don’t be ungrateful for the song my idol composed for you!
Zhai Yuan didn't know why she was going crazy again, but he was used to it.

As a woman, there are always a few days every month when you are moody.

"Let's listen to the next one."

The style of "Self-Sentimental" is obviously much more cheerful. Not only is there an electronic piano, but you can also hear the sound of a drum set, which is very rhythmic.

No problem, although I forgot what the accompaniment was for the original version, but this one is definitely enough for now.

After humming the beginning, Zhai Yuan knew that this was another perfect accompaniment.

"I don't need to sing this song."

"You can sing if you want."

Apparently Pang Chia-yan remembered the sound of the clip he made in the coffee shop and couldn't help but smile.

She suggested: "It's better to find a girl with a sweet voice. I think your girlfriend is a good one."

Zhou Haimei?

Zhai Yuan's mind flashed with her silly smile with her little rabbit teeth showing, and he raised the corner of his mouth.

By the way, the original singer of this song is Vivian Chow. If I invite her, can we make it a double week?
If we find someone else named Cheng, wouldn’t it be possible to make up the double-week Cheng in advance?
Are there any beautiful girls with the surname Cheng or Chen in this era?

"Hey! What are you grinning about? Why are you so happy talking about your girlfriend?"

Seeing Zhai Yuan smiling and daydreaming, Peng Jiayan bumped him with her shoulder with a teasing look in her eyes.

"Yeah, blow it!"

Zhai Yuan came back to his senses and gave her a provocative look: "It's decided, I'll let my cousin sing this song."

After that, he corrected Peng Jiayan: "Hey, cousin, not girlfriend. It's not that I think it will be a big deal, but the key is that the girl is not yet an adult, and it will be bad for her reputation if it gets out, so don't talk about it when you go out."

Peng Jiayan's face was full of disgust: "Scumbag!"

"Shut up at the airport!"

Zhai Yuan said without even raising his head.

Peng Jiayan's face gradually froze, and then she revealed an expression of disbelief.

She lowered her head to look at her chest, then looked at Zhai Yuan, her eyes gradually filled with murderous intent.

"Zhai Yuan! I'm going to fight you!"

Lies don't hurt, truth is the knife.

…………

Three days later, on a normal weekend, there was a new set of vocal equipment in the Secret Garden office.

Zhou Haimei held the microphone with a nervous and stiff smile on her face.

Zhai Yuan and Peng Jiayan sat on the sofa like the tutor, encouraging her with their eyes.

The office door was open, and a dozen prostitutes ran over from the next hall to join in the fun.

"Just treat us as the audience who paid for tickets to listen to your singing. Don't feel pressured."

Pang Ka Yin comforted Zhou Haimei in a gentle voice and asked her, "Have you memorized the lyrics?"

Zhou Haimei glanced at Zhai Yuan and saw him nodding and smiling at her, and the tension in her heart subsided a little.

She nodded slightly: "Well, I think I'm ready."

"Then start singing."

"it is good."

Zhou Haimei held the microphone, and as the accompaniment sounded, she made a cute face sticking out her tongue at Zhai Yuan.

Then, the singing began to float in the office building.

"Don't be so conceited and dream about it. Just be attentive to me and take care of my transportation..."

After just singing the beginning, Zhai Yuan and Peng Jiayan straightened their backs involuntarily, and the smiles on their faces gradually disappeared.

The two mentors looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Is this what she meant by ready?

Is it still too late to refund the ticket now?

Isn’t your voice usually very sweet? Why did it suddenly become rough?

Soul Diva!
In Zhai Yuan's impression, Zhou Haimei has singing skills, otherwise he would not have thought of asking her to sing the song "Self-Sentimental".

Did I remember it wrong? No way.

But in fact, he really remembered it wrongly.

In fact, Zhou Haimei at this time could indeed be called a soul singer. Her singing skills were often ridiculed when she first entered the entertainment industry.

But later on, she improved her singing skills bit by bit with her diligence. I don't know how much private work she put in behind the scenes. From being tone-deaf to singing on stage, she gradually became the Zhou Haimei with a good singing voice in Zhai Yuan's impression. She is a truly hard-working contestant.

But now she is only seventeen years old.

Like sitting on pins and needles, like a thorn in the back, like a fishbone stuck in the throat.

The two mentors sat upright, and from time to time they interacted with Zhou Haimei on the stage through eye contact and forced themselves into satisfied smiles.

As a result, Zhou Haimei became more and more confident. She didn't even notice that she was off-key and went to her grandmother's house. She would occasionally wink at Zhai Yuan.

My cat Haimei is so cute, but it’s a pity that it has a mouth.

"Why don't we record 'Secretly Obsessed' first?"

While Zhou Haimei was singing the chorus and closing her eyes in ecstasy, Zhai Yuan looked straight ahead and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.

"agree."

Peng Jiayan answered immediately.

…………

Although Zhou Haimei's singing was not very nice, an unprecedented audio-visual feast was being performed far away in Taiwan.

A mansion somewhere in Taiwan.

A young woman in a nightgown romantically brewed a pot of coffee and placed some snacks on the coffee table.

"Are you accompanying your wife today? Then why don't you come accompany me tonight? I'll be waiting for you at home~"

The young woman hung up the phone, hummed a song as she walked to the TV, bent over to insert a newly bought videotape into the machine, turned back, curled up on the sofa and prepared to enjoy the leisure of the afternoon.

"Why did you recommend a foreign movie to me?"

When the main feature of "This Man From Earth" was broadcast, the woman murmured in dissatisfaction, but still watched it patiently.

This movie was dubbed in Mandarin, Cantonese and English when it was released. The young woman watched it patiently for a while and gradually became immersed in the plot.

Soon, the movie came to an end. When the final suspense was revealed, the young woman showed a surprised expression on her face. She was obviously still shocked by the theme that the male protagonist was Jesus who had lived for 14,000 years.

"It's quite interesting."

She muttered something, and when she heard the background music of the movie ending and was about to take out the cassette, a few words suddenly appeared on the TV.

There are Easter eggs in front, please enjoy them carefully.

"Easter eggs?"

The young woman's face was full of curiosity. Although the concept of hiding Easter eggs in movies has been around for a long time, there were very few movies doing this at that time, and ordinary audiences had almost never seen it.

Then the screen suddenly lit up again.

Lead actors Norton and Michiko Nishiwaki are standing on the side of a mountain, admiring the sunrise.

The two people in the picture were talking and laughing, but their voices were so low that they were barely audible.

The young woman subconsciously took the remote control and turned the volume to maximum.

At this moment, Norton and Michiko Nishiwaki on TV suddenly turned their heads and looked at the camera.

As if breaking the fourth wall, the two men smiled brightly at the young woman outside the TV screen.

Then, the camera passed over the two people and moved to a red sun gradually rising on the top of the mountain.

The majestic accompaniment and singing sounded one after another, and with the TV volume turned up to the maximum, the loud voices resounded throughout the mansion.

"The east is red, the sun is rising..."

The young woman was so shocked by the sudden increase in noise that she covered her ears. Then she understood the meaning of the lyrics and her face turned pale with fright.

She screamed and pressed the power button frantically, looking back in fear from time to time, afraid that someone would hear her singing and rush in to take her away.

And such a scene.

It was happening at the same time in other parts of Formosa.

In an apartment somewhere, a couple used the movie as background music and couldn't help kissing on the sofa.

Then the singing began, calmly at first and then gradually becoming more passionate.

"A big river, with wide waves and the wind blowing the fragrance of rice flowers on both sides..."

The man almost shrank back in fear.

Zhai Yuan sent a total of 30,000 special edition videotapes to his compatriots in Taiwan, which means there were three songs.

The third song was played in a private house.

With their parents away from home, a group of teenagers crowded into the living room and watched the videotape and found the movie very boring.

Immediately the screen went dark and then lit up again.

"The mountains and rivers only linger in my dreams. I have not been close to the motherland for many years, but it cannot be changed no matter what. My Chinese heart..."

The ignorant children didn’t know the meaning of the lyrics, they just thought it was catchy, so they started to sing along.

The song is still spreading in the treasure island...

(End of this chapter)