1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 266 Easter Egg
Yue Man Square, Kwun Tong.

Baosheng, formerly one of the four leading theaters of Zhao family, has now been converted into a theater under 1024.

The audience here is larger than that of the 1024 Theatre in nearby Sha Tau Kok.

The people are more diverse.

Zhou Haimei was standing at the entrance of the theater in a dress, looking forward to something. A few sloppy gangsters came out from the side, pointing at her. She couldn't hear what they said but they had lewd smiles on their faces.

The yellow-haired leader approached without knowing what was good for him and said, "Pretty girl, are you alone?"

Zhou Haimei glanced at him sideways, smiled politely and said, "I'm waiting for someone."

Huang Mao said with a chuckle, "Waiting for your boyfriend? God of Gamblers 2 is about to start, why not go in and watch while you wait, I'll treat you~"

As he said this, he proudly took a few movie tickets from the younger brother behind him and waved them in front of Zhou Haimei.

1024 is notoriously expensive. Without a membership card, fifty yuan a ticket is already a high cost for these gangsters. Nowadays, gangsters hook up with young girls and cannot afford to go to high-end restaurants, so the 1024 theater with its own seats in the hall has become a good place for them. They can sit there for an entire afternoon while watching a movie and ordering a Coke.

Zhou Haimei frowned and turned her head, then her eyes suddenly lit up and a sweet smile appeared on her face.

Her every frown and smile made all the guys, including Huangmao, dazed.

Subconsciously following her gaze, a peer with short hair and a suit came over with a smile on his face. As soon as he saw them, he pointed at the pretty girl next to them and asked.

"Your friend?"

"No~"

Zhai Yuan skillfully put his arms around Zhou Haimei's waist and lowered his head to nibble on her mouth twice.

He looked up at the gangsters in front of him and said arrogantly, "Get lost! You even dare to flirt with my woman, do you think you have a long life?"

The yellow-haired man suddenly felt embarrassed and started to talk like a gangster: "Hey, pretty boy, you are not that stupid!"

Zhai Yuan said loudly: "Meh! I can't afford to fool you!"

As soon as they started arguing, the Sun Kee parking attendant who had been watching the situation at the entrance of the theatre immediately ran over, smiling and trying to smooth things over in a friendly manner.

"Two big guys, please give Lao Xin some face and don't solve the problem at the door of 1024."

In the pickup truck on the side of the road, Wei Xing had already opened the door, but when he saw this scene, he quietly stepped back.

A parking attendant from Xinji scared the yellow-haired man who was so aggressive just now, and he became wilted instantly.

But he still pointed at Zhai Yuan and shouted, "I'm giving Lao Xin face. If you have the guts, leave me your address and I'll bring someone to visit your home!"

Zhai Yuan snapped his fingers open: "My father is Liang Zhichao from Xiumaoping. If you are brave enough, come over here. I will kill you in a minute!"

When Huang Mao heard that it was a poor guy living in a housing estate, he became even bolder and snorted coldly, "Liang Zhichao, right? I, the Prince of Yuminfang, will remember you!"

Zhai Yuan spat and cursed: "If you don't come for a home visit today, you must be raised by Sister Feng!"

The yellow-haired prince was very angry. The parking attendant was watching him closely but didn't dare to take any action, so he kept saying "just wait for me" and "I'll kill your whole family".

Zhai Yuan didn't bother to pay attention to him. When the movie was almost starting, he went straight into the theater with his arm around Zhou Haimei.

Zhou Haimei leaned in Zhai Yuan's arms and laughed: "Cousin, you are so mean. What if Liang Zhichao is found by them?"

Zhai Yuan didn't want to interact with fans here again, so he took out a baseball cap from his arms and put it on, lowered the brim and said: "Then you underestimate my brother Chao. If these idiots dare to enter Xiumaoping, they will definitely come out lying down."

Are you kidding? Brother Chao has become a godfather-like figure in Sau Mau Ping with his video hall business. If Zhai Yuan wants to see him, he has to make an appointment with his busty secretary Helen in advance. How can an ordinary person do that?
Zhai Yuan and Zhou Haimei entered the theater wearing strange outfits of suits and baseball caps.

I relived the beginning of "God of Gamblers 2".

On the screen.

Zhong Chuhong played the role of Haitang, who appeared in a sexy black and red dress, and the audience in the theater immediately burst into applause.

Zhou Haimei couldn't help but say: "Ruan Wen is so pretty~"

Zhai Yuan pinched her face and said, "My name is Zhong Chuhong. I'll introduce her to you next time."

Zhou Haimei raised her face in the dim environment, looked at Zhai Yuan with her big innocent eyes and said, "I want to meet Zhou Huimin who sang "Blue and White Porcelain"."

Zhai Yuan felt a chill on his back, and said with a frank smile: "Okay, she is my disciple, can I call you Master's Wife in the future?"

Zhou Haimei immediately smiled with her eyes curved, leaned into his arms and said coquettishly: "What Master's Wife? That's too ugly."

Zhai Yuan exhaled softly: "Watch the movie first, concentrate, and don't disturb other audiences."

As soon as Zhong Chuhong's Begonia appeared.

The father Hai'an, played by Liang Xiaolong, and the younger brother Haiyuan, played by Fan Shaohuang, also appeared on stage.

The role of Hai'an in the original film was played by Ke Shouliang, but he is from Taiwan and it was impossible for him to come to film the scenes of Jiuyi.

This is also the first time for Liang Xiaolong to challenge this kind of role on the screen. The image of a trendy gangster boss wearing a floral shirt, high-waisted pants and sunglasses is very different from his previous traditional acting style.

In order to fit the setting of the Taiwanese people, the film specially added a dialogue in Minnan dialect for this family of three.

Zhai Yuan looked at the characters on the screen who played a family of three from Taiwan, but all the actors were from Hong Kong, and even the filming location was in the suburbs of an outlying island.

He sighed with some helplessness.

"I can't enter the Formosa Market yet! But it should be soon, in the next three or two years..."

The Freedom Association can still jump up and down now because the island is still peaceful. Once chaos breaks out in two years, no one will care about this damn Freedom Association.

The Donghu Gang's family of three appeared for only a few minutes.

The movie staged a second gunfight scene, in which the gang leader Hai'an appeared and left in a hurry, and was killed by Tu Jun, a subordinate of Qiu Xiaochi.

Gao Jin and Xiao Haiyuan jumped off the boat and escaped. The scene changed and they had already reached the inland coast.

Xu Jinkang plays the mainland police captain Hao Jingzhong, who captures two men, one big and one small, and brings them back to the police station. His outspoken, witty and humorous personality also makes the audience laugh frequently.

However, scenes from the original film involving mainland police beating journalists were still cut.

This kind of scene is completely meaningless. It was originally filmed to please the audience in Taiwan. Now that Zhai Yuan is standing there to make money, there is naturally no need for it to exist.

Le Ge and Mei Yanfang played Xiao Fangfang and Xiao Yao respectively.

As soon as Chen Baixiang appeared, the whole plot took the direction of a comedy of shit, piss and fart.

Zhai Yuan always felt that Mei Yanfang's country girl-like Xiao Yao was lacking in some aspects compared to Wu Qianlian's version. After careful consideration, he guessed that it was because she had a better figure than Wu Qianlian.

"God of Gamblers 2" is like a road movie.

Gao Jin met all kinds of people along the way, and finally had the ultimate battle with Qiu Xiaochi on the gambling ship Natural Selection.

If nothing unexpected happens, the final battle in all gambling films shot by 91 Entertainment in the future will be arranged on the Natural Selection, after all, it is its own business.

Hao Jingzhong stood in the gambling boat, and the camera followed his perspective as he visited the luxurious decoration of the boat. The beautiful girls in the glass compartment posed for the camera, showing off their figures.

Hao Jingzhong: "Wow! Capitalism really has something worth learning!"

Accompanied by exciting background music.

The God of Gamblers Gao Jin makes a grand appearance.

But the audience is still curious about the outcome of this bet.

Because Qiu Xiaochi invited a qigong master with special abilities, Zhang Baocheng, from Yanjing City!

Zhang Baocheng's ability to change cards through the air startled the theater audience and caused them to gasp.

Qigong was popular in mainland China during this era. Tricks such as reading with ears, chewing glass, and stopping fans with bare hands emerged one after another. Even Zhang Baocheng in the movie was based on the qigong master Zhang Baosheng at the time.

Many young people in Hong Kong usually laugh at mainlanders for believing in everything, but when Zhai Yuan changed the term "special abilities" in the movie, these young people who usually look down on qigong immediately felt that this thing must be real.

This was also the first time that the gimmicky term "special abilities" appeared in Hong Kong.

Qiu Xiaochi: "I want you to use your special abilities to replace Gao Jin's trump card at the most critical moment."

Zhang Baocheng: "When is the most critical time?"

Qiu Xiaochi: "When you see me lighting a cigarette." Wang Jin rendered the emotional atmosphere very well during filming.

It was obviously just a simple gambling scene, but he made it look so realistic by switching between various close-ups and long shots, the actors' nervous and serious expressions, and the exaggerated lines like "I'll give you 100 million".

Even though many viewers couldn't understand the game at all.

On the screen, the God of Gamblers Gao Jin folded his cards continuously at the beginning and the audience's hearts were also raised.

Hao Jingzhong: "Why doesn't the God of Gamblers follow you every time?"

Haitang: "He wants to use psychological warfare to weaken his opponent's fighting spirit."

Hao Jingzhong: "Oh, I see. The God of Gamblers knows that the other party has strong Qigong... But why doesn't the God of Gamblers transform into a Jedi Knight?"

Xiao Fangfang: “Ah?”

Hao Jingzhong: "Huh! Do you think we in the mainland can't watch Star Wars?"

Zhai Yuan didn't know whether there was any Star Wars available in mainland China at the time, but this joke, which incorporated the biggest science fiction film IP at the time, also caused laughter in the theater.

As the plot progresses.

Gao Jin finally stopped folding and chose to confront Qiu Xiaochi head-on.

Qiu Xiaochi also lit a cigarette for the first time.

Zhang Baocheng upstairs seemed to be using his special abilities, and the trump card in front of Gao Jin moved slightly.

Wan Ziliang performed his best acting skills. When Gao Jin discovered that his cards had been replaced, complex emotions of frowning, astonishment, and regret were revealed in just a few seconds, and then he threw the cards that were originally sure to win on the table.

Gao Jin: "No! Take a break."

The audience was astonished along with Haitang and Xiao Fangfang in the play.

Are special abilities so cool? Then how did the God of Gamblers make a comeback?
The scene changes.

Gao Jin returned to the gambling table with the 100 million raised by Haitang and Long Wu.

Qiu Xiaochi: "God of Gamblers? You are so famous, it seems that meeting you is not as good as hearing about you... All in!"

Gao Jin: "Okay, I'll play all in with you!"

Hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars were dumped onto the gambling table, causing an uproar among the audience and passers-by in the play.

Qiu Xiaochi: "You have no money, open the cards!"

Gao Jin: "Here are all my properties, including a commercial center in New York worth one billion US dollars, plus three houses in Paris, Los Angeles and Tokyo, and a batch of stocks worth a total of 1.5 billion US dollars. I now consider it as 10 billion, and I want to bet my wealth with you!"

Qiu Xiaochi: "I don't have that much cash."

Gao Jin: "You swallowed up the 1.6 billion US dollars from the International Child Protection Fund. If you lose, you have to give it back. And... I want your eyes!"

Qiu Xiaochi: "Gao Jin, are you so sure? Then let's bet bigger, whoever loses will have his eyes gouged out!"

Hao Jingzhong: "Ah! Maybe the God of Gamblers will switch to blind massaging in the future!"

The tense atmosphere mixed with jokes pushed the tension in the theater to its peak.

Even Zhou Haimei was watching intently and couldn't help asking, "The God of Gamblers won't lose, right?"

Zhai Yuan smiled and said no.

But I was thinking, in the movies, tens of billions of US dollars are easily mentioned. If I had that much capital now, I wonder what the scene would be like when I entered the Japanese market.

Unfortunately, I only have over 300 million Hong Kong dollars now, which is only over 40 million US dollars when converted into US dollars... Don't worry, take your time.

The last scene of the movie.

The God of Gamblers Gao Jin showed his trump card, the Ace of Hearts, and defeated Qiu Xiaochi.

Gao Jin: "Do you think that Zhang Baocheng above replaced my cards? He is not Zhang Baocheng at all. He is just a good friend of mine, the most famous magician in China. Uncle Xiaoping wins bridge games because of him..."

Qiu Xiaochi was desperate and pulled out his ivory pistol, but Gao Jin cut open his belly with a samurai sword.

On the red-carpeted steps of the gambling boat, Gao Jin turned around and waved goodbye to the audience.

The filming of "God of Gamblers 2" has ended.

"It's awesome! It makes me want to go on the gambling boat tonight to see it for myself!"

"Pick! I thought Zhang Baocheng really had special abilities!"

"The God of Gamblers is so miserable. Both of his wives are dead. He must be doomed to be alone!"

The audience discussed the plot of the movie and stood up and walked out.

Zhou Haimei climbed up from Zhai Yuan's arms: "Cousin, let's go too."

Zhai Yuan looked at the end credits and said, "Wait a little longer."

On the screen.

Halfway through the ending song, a human voice was suddenly heard.

"Ah Xing! Uncle San only has these two hundred dollars left on him. You must help me win..."

The audience who had not yet left stopped and looked back.

what's the situation?
Wu Mengda, who played 'Hua Liu Cheng' in the first episode of "God of Gamblers" last year, appeared in the screen.

He changed into a funny and humorous look, completely different from the vicious one he had before when he threatened Chen Xiaodao.

There was a curtain next to Wu Mengda, but a man's figure could be vaguely seen behind the curtain.

The man had his back to the camera, and only a small beanbag was captured in his hand. He said confidently, "Don't worry, uncle. Don't you know that I'm the disciple of the God of Gamblers, the God of Gamblers?"

After saying that, he clasped his hands together and rubbed them together. A ball of light blue special effect gas instantly gathered in his hands.

Wu Mengda, who was standing by, was excited: "The highest level of special abilities, shuffling cards!"

The audience in the theater suddenly became uneasy.

"What new movie is this? Did the projectionist get the wrong film?"

"It seems to be called Easter eggs. I've seen them in foreign movies. They're similar to the behind-the-scenes footage at the end of Chen Shilong's movies."

"The blue light coming out of my hand, is it really a special ability?"

The audience who had already walked out of the aisle sat back in their seats, ready to see what was going on.

The next second, just as the mysterious man was about to open his palm, the picture stopped abruptly.

Zhai Yuan stood up, hugged Zhou Haimei and said, "Retreat!"

The audience behind him cursed.

In an era without the baptism of Easter eggs, the last ten seconds of "God of Gamblers 2" whetted everyone's appetite.

Outside the theater, the audience who were originally preparing to leave heard from others that there was actually a post-credits easter egg, and they bought tickets again in frustration.

Zhai Yuan sent Zhou Haimei to her doorstep.

"I have some business to take care of. Can I come and accompany you later?"

"Good~"

After kissing his cousin goodbye, Zhai Yuan got back into the pickup truck.

Satellite glanced at him in the rearview mirror: "Are you going to Miss Deng's place in Kowloon Tong?"

"No, it's not like I'm a little girl who needs to be coaxed."

Zhai Yuan stretched himself, rubbed his face and said, "Let's go to the Central Connaught Building. I have an appointment with someone from the Stock Exchange there..."

(End of this chapter)