Against the Current Hong Kong 1979

Chapter 84 What does this guy surnamed Xiang want with me? (3rd update, please subscribe)

(The editor forgot to make it a VIP chapter. A friend suggested I delete and repost it, but I thought about it and decided against it; it's already been posted, and it would be petty to take it back. I got out of bed at six and wrote another chapter to save. The editor just replied; it's now VIP, and this is the first VIP chapter.)

Ever since the press conference with Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai, Zhang Shuai'an has been unable to have a peaceful time in the hospital.

Paparazzi and reporters try to sneak in to interview him every day, and even take photos of him without his knowledge.

On several occasions, he almost got photographed while using the restroom.

Knowing he couldn't stay in the hospital any longer, Zhang Shuai'an went straight through the discharge procedures and had Ling Zhijian pick him up and take him home.

As a result, before his car even left the hospital, it was surrounded by a bunch of reporters, who pointed their cameras and microphones at him and started flashing their lights.

"Mr. Zhang, what makes you so capable of persuading both Mr. Shao and Boss Zou to fall for you at the same time?"

"Mr. Zhang, do you really have special abilities that allow you to bewitch people and use them for your own purposes?"

"Mr. Zhang, are you really sure you'll get the six million yuan salary?"

"Mr. Zhang, there are rumors circulating that seven or eight young and beautiful women visited you during your hospitalization. What is your relationship with them?"

"Mr. Zhang, there are rumors circulating that you were on a date with Jackie Chan that night, which led to you being attacked by several gangsters. Is that true?"

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Zhang Shuai'an listened to these questions, his eyes stinging from the flashbulbs, and then his head felt like it was going to explode from the last question.

He felt utterly absurd and complained, "What's going on? I've only been gone a few days, and the rumors outside have gotten this bad?"

"Brother An, this is Brother Long's fault."

He Jiatong quickly explained to Zhang Shuai'an: "It was the day before yesterday that Brother Long was interviewed by Singaporean media in the United States. He personally said that you are his dearest friend and family, and that you will be with him from now on."

He spoke so passionately that after the news reached Hong Kong Island, many tabloids fabricated numerous ambiguous stories about you two.

"Damn it!" Zhang Shuai'an couldn't help but curse.

He Jiatong didn't know whether Zhang Shuai'an was cursing Jackie Chan or those tabloids.

It took Ling Zhijian almost an hour to drive just one short street from the hospital.

Besides reporters, hundreds of fans held up X-ray films outside the hospital to show their support for Zhang Shuai'an.

"Zhang Shuai'an is invincible! Bao Heitan is unparalleled in wisdom!"

"Anzai, I love you, I want to marry you!"

"Anzai, look at me! Look at me!"

"My body, my heart, are yours. Take me away, Anzai!"

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These days, fans are just as crazy as the fandoms of today.

"Brother An, you've blown up again this time!" Ling Zhijian called out to Brother An naturally, laughing as he said, "You used to be an ordinary explosion, but now you're an explosion within an explosion, an explosion so big it's like the sky is about to explode."

"Screw you," Zhang Shuai'an laughed and cursed. "Drive carefully. I need to take a shower when we get back. Go buy some groceries this afternoon, and invite some friends over tonight for a small party to celebrate my discharge from the hospital."

He Jiatong suggested, "Why don't we just book a whole restaurant? That way we won't have to cook ourselves, which would be great."

Ling Zhijian shook his head: "With Brother An being so popular right now, if we go to a restaurant, it'll probably be packed with people."

"That's true." He Jiatong recalled the terrifying scene in front of the hospital just now, and couldn't help but tremble a little.

Back to the residence.

Zhang Shuai'an said to Ling Zhijian and He Jiatong, "You two help me handle the rest. I need to go back to my room to write something. Don't call me if I don't come out."

Don't worry.

Ling Zhijian nodded.

Zhang Shuai'an then instructed He Jiatong, "As for which friends to invite to the party, you two can discuss it. Call all the friends who have visited me in the past few days."

He Jiatong asked, "Uh, should we call Boss Shao and Boss Zou?"

"They don't need it," Zhang Shuai'an shook his head and said, "You can also call someone over to help, otherwise the two of you might not be able to handle it."

After giving the instructions, Zhang Shuai'an went to his room and locked the door behind him.

He Jiatong made a phone call and invited her aunt's family over.

Ling Zhijian drove home first, intending to call his wife over to help.

Zhang Shuai'an returned to his room and checked his remaining starlight points.

Because I previously redeemed the [Innate Divine Strength] talent, I currently have very little Star Points left, only a little over 100. I need to find a way to squeeze more out of female celebrities.

Let's take advantage of the dinner party tonight and see if we can find someone with potential to rip off.

The remaining starlight points are enough to exchange for two good scripts.

First, there was the TV series script, and without a doubt, he did indeed exchange it for "Shanghai Bund".

When I first met Zhao Yazi, I only lit up the script, but to redeem it, I still had to spend 55.

Starlight value.

This script is an unparalleled weapon in the present era. The original script of "Shanghai Bund" was conceived by a few screenwriters on a whim. The inspiration came from their casual conversation about the foreign film "The Gangster Fighters". They then casually talked about the power struggle in Shanghai during the Republic of China period, and the prototype of a TV series was born from their conversation.

Later, the script was mainly written by three screenwriters: Chen Qiaoying, Liang Jianzhang, and Cen Guorong. Moreover, many of the plot points were not carefully planned but were created on the spot.

Even so, they still created a wildly popular TV series with skyrocketing ratings. It has to be said that the talents of this era possessed some kind of mystical and lucky charm.

Zhang Shi'an, on the other hand, achieved a meteoric rise, exchanging the complete script for the script.

As for the movie script, he doesn't plan to exchange it; instead, he intends to write one himself.

Of course, it wasn't entirely his own original work, but rather a combination of two or three films as prototypes.

Although he was famous before, he didn't actually have much money. The six million yuan film fee hadn't even reached his hands yet.

Therefore, the cost of the films he chooses to shoot cannot be too high, otherwise even if they achieve high box office returns, he will not make much money.

Secondly, the filming difficulty cannot be too high. For example, he had previously considered filming "Mr. Zombie," but after estimating, he estimated that it would require a minimum cost of four or five million, which is currently a bit unaffordable.

Generally speaking, there are only three types of low-budget films that can achieve big box office success: romance films, comedies, and horror films.

In Hong Kong Island, horror films are out of the question; there's simply no fertile ground for this genre to achieve high box office returns.

Secondly, it's a bit risky for a purely romantic film to achieve high box office returns these days.

Only comedies had examples of small-budget films achieving big success in the 1980s and even the 1990s, and there were quite a few of them.

Zhang Shuai'an planned to combine romance and comedy films, using the 1981 film "Chasing Girls" as a basis.

"Chasing Girls" is a Cinema City film, a romantic comedy starring Shek Tim. It grossed over HK$9.4 million on a very low budget, making it the second highest-grossing film of the year.

The box office champion that year was the Hui Brothers' "Security Unlimited," a film with such a unique style that it was impossible to imitate.

Zhang Shuai'an plans to incorporate some ideas from the Japanese film "Love Strikes Back" and Xu Zheng's version of "Love Transfer" into his film "Chasing Girls".

It just so happens that he had watched these movies carefully before his time travel, and they left a deep impression on him.

Just as he finished writing the outline of his newly adapted script for "Chasing Girls," there was a knock at the door.

Zhang Shuai'an replied, "Didn't you say not to bother me when it's not time yet?"

He Jiatong's voice trembled slightly as she whispered, "Brother An, a special guest has arrived, and I feel I need to inform you."

"A special guest?" Zhang Shuai'an was taken aback. "Who is it?"

He Jiatong replied, "He said his surname is Xiang."

"Surname Xiang?" Zhang Shuai'an was stunned for a moment, then realized that someone from the Xiang family of Xinji was looking for him.

He had no choice but to stop writing for the time being, open the door and come out.

"Where are they?" Zhang Shuai'an asked.

He Jiatong replied, "I didn't let them in; they just waited outside."

"Let them in," Zhang Shuai'an said calmly. "Why don't you go chat on the balcony for a while?"

He Jiatong nodded, opened the door first, and then turned and went to the balcony.

A young man with an extremely arrogant demeanor walked in first, looking at Zhang Shuai'an with a cold gaze: "Mr. Zhang, you have quite the airs, daring to make our brothers stand at the door for more than ten minutes!"

The man appeared to be around thirty years old, with a robust build and an aggressive gaze, clearly an unruly individual.

The other one looked two or three years older, with a sinister face but a more composed demeanor, and was carrying a black leather bag.

They are the superficial face of the new Xiang family, Xiang Huasheng and Xiang Huaqiang.

(Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng)