Hong Kong Variety Show: The Development Notes of a Boss

Back then, Jiang Tiansheng sent Chen Haonan to take people to Ao Island to do some work. Later, Chen Haonan and his men were framed by Liang Kun and were surrounded and hacked by dozens or even hundreds of people. In the end, they had to pull out their guns to save themselves.

Because they used guns in broad daylight and caused several deaths, the Hongxing side had to pay a price to settle the matter.

It was obvious that it was Liang Kun who tricked Chen Haonan and the others, but in the end Liang Kun was not in any trouble, while Chen Haonan and the others had to take the blame and had to flee to Taiwan.

At that time, Jiang Tiansheng and other leaders all knew the truth of the matter, but except for Big Brother B who said a few good words for Chen Haonan and others, everyone else, including Jiang Tiansheng, just watched coldly.

It's no exaggeration to say Fatty Lai was quick-witted. Back in the day, all the gang leaders were vying for territory just to collect more protection money, but Fatty Lai didn't care about the size of his territory; he was focused on his own pornographic magazine.

For a long time, Fatty Lai was the most profitable boss in the gang, easily earning millions every month from his pornographic magazines. It might seem like a small amount, but it was all clean money, and countless people were envious.

Although Fatty Li had a misunderstanding about Lu Yongqiang, he did not kill Liu Wei directly, but instead carefully tested him step by step.

Fatty Li first sent someone to knock Liu Wei unconscious, and then beat him up in the dark at night. After that, seeing that Lu Yongqiang didn't say anything, Fatty Li had someone set up a trap for Liu Wei, not only beating him up again, but also extorting more than 100,000 yuan from him.

Liu Wei is not a good guy either. Since he followed Lu Yongqiang, he has deceived countless decent women. From time to time, he uses his identity as a director to pick up girls in bars.

Fatty Li took advantage of this to set a trap for Liu Wei. He found a beautiful woman to seduce Liu Wei in the bar, and then sent someone to catch them in the act when they checked into a hotel room.

After extorting more than 100,000 yuan from Liu Wei, Fatty Li saw that Lu Yongqiang still did not stand up for Liu Wei, so he became more and more daring and directly sent people to kidnap Liu Wei and demanded that he compensate for the losses.

In fact, the first two times it was not that Lu Yongqiang did not stand up for Liu Wei, but that he did not know about these two things at all.

After Liu Wei was hit by a club for the first time, he didn't take it seriously. He thought it was an enemy he had offended in the past who was taking revenge on him. Apart from some minor skin injuries, he didn't suffer any other losses. Afterwards, let alone telling Lu Yongqiang, he didn't even call the police. He just went to the hospital to get some medicine.

The second time he was set up, Liu Wei just thought it was bad luck that he had been caught in an affair by the husband. He didn't think it was a honey trap at all. Liu Wei naturally wouldn't tell Lu Yongqiang about the shame of being caught in an affair by the husband.

It was not until he was kidnapped by Fatty Li that Liu Wei asked Lu Yongqiang for help.

In a warehouse in North Point, Lu Yongqiang looked at Liu Wei, who was beaten black and blue, and felt both amused and angry.

Seeing Lu Yongqiang's expression of being at a loss for words, the fat man said awkwardly: "Aqiang, I thought... I thought..."

Seeing that Fatty Li had been working for a long time but ended up in vain, Lu Yongqiang said angrily, "Fatty Li, you're really something. When we were investing, you were the ones begging for money, but now you're losing money, you're refusing to admit it. Is there anyone who does business like you?"

As Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Fatty Li spoke up, "Business has its ups and downs, I agree. But this guy spent over half a year making a movie, and in the end, it turned out a piece of crap. The total box office didn't even reach 1.5 million. I seriously suspect he's ripped us off."

It's normal for Fatty Li to have this suspicion. Not to mention him, even Lu Yongqiang had this suspicion. He even asked the finance department of the food company to check Liu Wei's accounts, but the result was that there was no problem on Liu Wei's side. The money was indeed used to make the movie. Let alone corruption on Liu Wei's side, he spent all the director's salary on the movie. This guy is willing to spend anything to win the award.

Lu Yongqiang has always been protective of his own people. He can teach his own people a lesson, but no one else can touch them.

Liu Wei was indeed a bit too deceitful this time, so Lu Yongqiang took the opportunity to criticize him. He could criticize Liu Wei, but Fatty Li touched Liu Wei, which made Lu Yongqiang somewhat unhappy.

After Fatty Li finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang sneered, "Fatty Li, I don't think you suspect this idiot of corruption, but you suspect that I cheated you out of your money, right?

This idiot is just the director of the crew and doesn't care about the money at all. The person in charge of the money is the producer, and I sent the producer. Now that you suspect someone in the crew of corruption, aren't you also suspecting me?"

Seeing Lu Yongqiang's cold face, Fatty Li broke out in cold sweat.

"Brother Qiang, Boss Qiang, I can't doubt you, can I? With your current wealth, how can you look down on my few million?

I was wrong about what happened today. I apologize and I compensate. You have the final say, Boss Qiang."

Facing Lu Yongqiang, Fatty Li really didn't have the courage to stand up and gave in very easily.

Lu Yongqiang looked at Fatty Li and his expression softened slightly. He said softly, "Old Li, since you are so sensible, and Liu Wei really deserves to suffer, let's forget about this matter. I just hope you don't mess around anymore and don't cause trouble for Liu Wei anymore."

Fatty Li nodded and said, "You are the boss, you have the final say. I promise there won't be a next time."

At this moment, Liu Wei, who had been keeping his head down, raised his head and said cautiously, "Brother Qiang, if we just let this matter go, wouldn't all the injuries I received be in vain? I've been beaten three times in a row."

Lu Yongqiang snorted coldly and said, "You deserve to be beaten. Old Li paid you over 10 million yuan for just beating you up a few times. You still feel wronged, right?

If you hadn't made me money from your first movie, I would have beaten you up myself.

With an investment of nearly 30 million and a production time of over half a year, the total box office is less than 1.5 million. It's because I miss our friendship, otherwise I would really want to strangle you to death."

After hearing what Lu Yongqiang said, Liu Wei had to lower his head and said nothing more.

Seeing this, Fatty Li felt relieved.

Lu Yongqiang continued, “However, Liu Wei, you don’t have any talent for making art films, but you do have some talent for making commercial films.

You showed me the script a couple of days ago, and I took some time to read it these past two days. It has a lot of commercial elements, and this movie should be successful.

You should recuperate first. Once you're well, I'll form a crew. I've decided to invest in this film, but the investment is only 30 million. If it goes over budget again, don't ask me for additional investment. You'll figure it out on your own when the time comes. If you can't get new investment, you'll have to sell it to me..."

As Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Liu Wei quickly responded, "Thank you, Brother Qiang! This film doesn't have too many big scenes, and 30 million investment is more than enough. We guarantee it won't go over budget."

Lu Yongqiang snorted coldly and said, "I hope you remember what I said today, otherwise I will break your legs."

After warning Liu Weiju again, Lu Yongqiang turned to Fatty Li and said, "Fatty Li, don't say I don't take care of you. Do you want to invest in this new movie? If you do, I can give you half of my share."

When Fatty Li heard this, he was somewhat tempted, but he was also afraid that it would be like the previous film and he would lose all his money in the end.

Fatty Li thought for a moment and said, "Boss Qiang, could I take a look at the script before deciding?"

Lu Yongqiang nodded and said, "Reading the script is certainly no problem. I will arrange for someone to deliver the script to you after I return to Tuen Mun."

Lu Yongqiang is indeed not sure about art films, but he has some appreciation ability for commercial films and can distinguish between good and bad. He said that Liu Wei's new script is good, and this is not nonsense, but the truth.

Lu Yongqiang roughly read Liu Wei's new script. The new script still tells the story of a cop, but it is different from the first script. This time the protagonist is an undercover cop, which is somewhat similar to "Infernal Affairs".

After receiving the script, Fat Lai immediately began to study it carefully, his eyes brightening with each reading. The script's character conflicts and plot twists were cleverly designed, and it had a lot of commercial appeal. However, the shadow of his previous failed investment still lingered in his mind, leaving Fat Lai somewhat hesitant.

Seeing that Fatty Li had not responded yet, Lu Yongqiang took the initiative to contact him.

"Fatty Li, what are your thoughts? Do you want to invest?"

Fatty Li gritted his teeth and said, "Boss Qiang, I've invested. But let's agree in advance that we can't ask for additional investment in the middle of filming this time."

Lu Yongqiang laughed, "Don't worry! If you have to make additional investments this time, I won't be happy about it, not to mention that you won't be happy about it either."

The reason why Lu Yongqiang asked Fat Lai to invest in the new film together was, on the one hand, to put some pressure on Liu Wei so that he would not do anything wrong again, and on the other hand, Lu Yongqiang felt a little sorry for Fat Lai. After all, Fat Lai lost more than 10 million in real money on the previous movie.

After the news of Lu Yongqiang's new play spread, two uninvited guests came to his place. These two uninvited guests were none other than Chen Yao and Fang Ting.

Lu Yongqiang was somewhat surprised to see Chen Yao and Fang Ting coming together.

Although Chen Yao stays in Jiang Tiansheng's villa from time to time, he does not have much contact with Fang Ting. Chen Yao is very sensible about his relationship with Fang Ting, his sister-in-law.

Seeing Lu Yongqiang's surprise, Chen Yao took the initiative to explain, "Mr. Jiang has been busy with investments in the north, and Miss Fang Ting is not used to living there. I heard that you invested in a new movie, and Miss Fang Ting wants to find something for herself. Mr. Jiang asked me to bring Miss Fang Ting to you to see if you can arrange a role for Miss Fang Ting, even a supporting role is fine."

Lu Yongqiang frowned and looked at Fang Ting, who was wearing an elegant cheongsam, her eyes filled with anticipation.

"I have to give Mr. Jiang face, but this is a commercial film with a male lead. The female characters are not very outstanding, and the pay is a bit low." Lu Yongqiang said slowly.

As soon as Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, before Chen Yao could even open his mouth, Fang Ting said, "It doesn't matter if it's a good show or not, and it doesn't matter if the pay is low. I'm just too bored lately and want to find something to do."