Hong Kong Variety Show: From Little Brother to Big Boss

In a manor in Bangkok, Siam.

A middle-aged man with a slicked-back hair and a cigar in his mouth looked at the information reported from Hong Kong Island with an inexplicable smile on his face.

It records the information of the Hongxing leaders and chiefs over the past two months, including the forces that have conflicted with them and the operating conditions of their respective businesses.

Especially when he saw Sha Qiang forcibly inviting the female artist of Xinyicheng to shoot a Category III film with a gun, he laughed out loud with joy and immediately called his confidant:

"Baoshan, take ten of your trusted followers with you immediately and return to Hong Kong Island to buy up a large quantity of the latest Category III films published by Qiankun Films. I will allocate five million Hong Kong dollars to you."

Jiang Tianyang's words were filled with unquestionable authority. Although Zhang Baoshan was puzzled, he did not dare to hesitate for a moment and quickly nodded in response, "Yes, Mr. Jiang."

"I guess after tasting the sweetness of female artists, next time your attention will still be on popular female artists, or even popular male artists, right?" Jiang Tianyang thought with narrowed eyes.

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At Xinyicheng Film Company, when the executive director Mecca learned that his company's popular female artist was forced by Hongxing to shoot a Category III film, he was furious!

I suddenly felt that the film and television industry was about to face its biggest challenge.

Unlike the second- and third-rate gangs in the past, Leung Kwan is the leader of Hung Hing. His actions represent that the four major gangs in Hong Kong have joined the ranks of persecuting actors.

If he didn't find a way to strike back harshly, the entire film and television industry would probably face a cold winter. But he knew clearly that his own strength was limited.

So, he first reported the incident and its impact to the major shareholder, Boss Lei, and then lowered his posture to invite Shaw Brothers' Aunt Six and Golden Harvest's Boss Zou.

The three of them are hostile to each other, among whom Aunt Six of Shaw Brothers is the most hostile to Mr. Zou of Golden Harvest, and naturally there is no lack of ridicule during the conversation.

Moreover, when faced with the first-class society of Hongxing, the three people gave different reactions.

Shaw Brothers was declining, so Aunt Six naturally didn't care about Hong Xing's entry. Furthermore, her husband's status made her look down on Hong Xing.

Mr. Zou of Golden Harvest did not ignore Hongxing's intentions, but although he showed concern, the extent of his concern was not as great as that of Mecca.

There is no way. Golden Harvest was established in 1970. After nearly ten years of accumulation, Golden Harvest’s network of contacts is enough to rival Shaw Brothers, so it is not afraid of Hung Hing.

But Xinyicheng is different.

Although film and television belong to the "upward social" industry, it has been established for too short a time.

Even with Boss Lei backing them up, their foundation still cannot compare with Shaw Brothers or Golden Harvest.

Sixth Sister-in-Law simply looked down on Cinema City, so after making some sarcastic remarks to Boss Zou, she left first. Boss Zou, on the other hand, wanted to use this incident to get a piece of the Happy Ghost franchise.

In the end, the two broke up on bad terms.

Although the Happy Ghost series is popular, if it can make Golden Harvest willing to relax its suppression of New Billion City, both Mecca and the other two partners will be willing to do so.

All three of them understood that there was no limit to how much money could be made. Furthermore, a cake can only grow bigger and sweeter if it is shared.

This is the idea of the three partners, but it is not the idea of the big boss behind the scenes.

Unable to disobey the boss's wishes, the three could only wait for his next move, hoping to cut off Liang Kun's outstretched hand and intimidate him.

As for the female star who has been taken away by Sha Qiang, they can only bear with him temporarily.

Sha Tin, Qiankun Film and Television, the female artist was successfully brought to the company.

With the camera equipment and the male and female protagonists in place, at the director's command, the male protagonist pounced on the female protagonist with a lustful look on his face.

Seeing that the heroine was not cooperating, Liang Kun looked a little impatient, "Plei Laomou, are you pretending to be innocent with me? Go find some homeless people on the street to play with Miss Li."

Looking at Li Zhenzhen lying on the bed crying silently, a trace of pity flashed in Sha Qiang's eyes, and he asked tentatively: "Brother Kun, can you persuade Miss Li again?"

"Persuade? Persuade me? She just agreed to cooperate, what's she doing now? I've never been this patient with my dad before. Go find him!"

As he spoke, he spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm gloomily, "If you don't want to be treated like that, then just find a few homeless people to role-play. Maybe it will attract more audiences."

Seeing Sha Qiang turn around, Li Zhenzhen's eyes flashed with fear, and she quickly got up and begged for mercy from Liang Kun, "No, Brother Kun, I was wrong, don't pick on the homeless, I'll take the picture, I'll cooperate..."

If she were to be filmed by a few homeless people in turn, not only would her career be completely ruined, but her life would also be in a miserable situation.

Ever since she was forcibly brought here by the other party's subordinate, she had tried her best to delay until broad daylight. In the end, not only did she not see anyone from the company, but she also didn't see anyone from the police.

This situation made her feel desperate.

The other person's pitiful appearance warmed Liang Kun's heart, and he smiled: "Okay, I'll give you one last chance."

With the director's shout of "God Ike", the filming of "My Shameless Life with My Little Wife" officially began.

Perhaps because she was afraid of being passive in filming with a homeless person, the plot progressed smoothly this time. The female lead cooperated throughout the whole process and performed extremely hard.

The intermittent reshoots, including the intermission, took a total of five hours.

When the filming was over, Liang Kun winked at the director in the filming venue, and the director tactfully took all other people in the theater away, leaving only Liang Kun and Li Zhenzhen.

The entire sensitive shooting process of the film used the dislocation method. Neither the male nor the female protagonist took the last step, and the female protagonist did not take off all her clothes.

One reason is that Kun doesn't like to taste expired abalone, and the other is that he finds that hazy shots are more likely to provoke anger in the audience.

Liang Kun first comforted Li Zhenzhen softly and gently, and then asked the other party's willingness by asking him to help solve the troubles she would encounter in the future.

Seeing that there was no response, and he was not stopped when he tried to take action, everything went smoothly.

In fact, Li Zhenzhen didn't know that during the filming of the movie, both Mecca himself and Boss Lei's secretary had contacted Liang Kun.

However, Liang Kun firmly retorted them all with the excuse that "artists should return it after using it."

Mecca wanted to call the police, but gave up because of his wife and children at home. He could only helplessly think of compensating Li Zhenzhen later and arranging her to play the leading role in more films.

Boss Lei was furious, angry that Liang Kun didn't give him face and touched his company's people. But even though he was angry, Boss Lei didn't use his connections to pressure Liang Kun.

As a big businessman, Boss Lei always puts profits first.

Since Liang Kun only invited her to make a movie and promised not to mess around during the filming, and based on the business cooperation between the two parties, things did not reach the point of breaking up.

He just gave a stern warning, warning that if Kun appeared again and forcibly asked his company's artists to leave without consulting his company, he would be in trouble.

Naturally, Liang Kun agreed to this warning.

Although he was a bit arrogant, he was not stupid and would not offend his business partners to death.

Otherwise, if the other party hands over the construction site management and hype business on the Hongxing territory to others, the other leaders of the society will probably have opinions about him.

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It was not until nine o'clock in the evening that Li Zhenzhen finally came out of Qiankun Film and Television.

The desperate and numb expression on her face had disappeared, replaced by a calm expression that seemed to have seen through the world.

"Zhenzhen, how are you?"

A Pingye sedan pulled up next to Li Zhenzhen. Inside was Xinyicheng's CEO, Mai. "When I heard you were taken away by Liang Kun's men, I immediately asked Boss Lei for help."

"I've asked Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest for help, but it's been ineffective. Also, the police said you were gone for less than 24 hours, so they won't file a case!"