Hong Kong Entertainment 1979: A Beating Up the Manager at the Start

Back at the hotel, Li Jiangbo felt uneasy.

He thought for a moment, then brought up the system panel, ready to simulate it.

The system panel displayed: Li Jiangbo, 12230 popularity points, a household name.

Since he spent all his popularity points last time, the release and end of the films "A Better Tomorrow" and "Chasing Girls" have earned him a lot more popularity points.

Spend 100 points to unlock a year of advanced simulation.

In early June 1980, filming officially began for the TV series "Peking Opera Blues." Due to Chen Tian's arrival, you urgently deployed a bodyguard team to protect the crew.

In late June 1980, filming for "Peking Opera Blues" wrapped up. Thanks to the protection of bodyguards, the production proceeded exceptionally smoothly.

In late June 1980, you returned to Hong Kong with your film crew. At Taoyuan Airport, you encountered Chen Tian of the Tianhe Gang again, who sneered at you across the crowd.

[Post-production of "Peking Opera Blues" began in July 1980, and it was pulled from theaters after 24 days.]

In August 1980, filming for Wong Jing's "Happy Ghost 2" wrapped up, and post-production began. It was scheduled for release during the National Day holiday.

In October 1980, "Peking Opera Blues" and "Happy Ghost 2" were blocked from being submitted for review in Taiwan. While you were trying to pull strings, Chen Tian called again, sneering at you repeatedly.

In November 1980, news came from Taiwan that Your Time Film & Television was being soft-blacklisted, and its newly signed artists were beginning to break their contracts.

In January 1981, you asked someone to find the second son of the Jiang family and presented him with a generous gift, which secured the unsealing of your Time Film and Television.

In February 1981, Your Time Film Company was reopened, but your films still faced long delays in review, sometimes a month, sometimes two months.

In March 1981, you acquired 63% of RTV's shares using a shell company in Australia, becoming RTV's largest shareholder.

In April 1981, after Shao Daheng learned that you were a major shareholder of RTV (Rediffusion Television), he began to restrict your film distribution, leaving Time Films without theaters to screen its films.

In June 1981, you reached an agreement with Golden Princess Cinemas, exchanging 30% of the original shares of Time Cinemas for a cooperation opportunity...

[Simulation ended. Would you like to claim your reward?]

[A: All the dirty secrets of the Chen family's boss in the Tianhe Gang]

[B: The script of "Zhu Yuanzhang" + The Song of the Misfortune of the Ming Dynasty]

[C: All bodily functions are upgraded by one level]

After reviewing the simulation, Li Jiangbo fell silent.

This Chen Tian is truly a cynical Chen! He cynically laughs at everything—when you meet him, he cynically laughs at him on the phone.

What, have you become a master of lame jokes?

When Li Jiangbo realized he had asked someone to give gifts in order to secure the Taiwan market, he really wanted to curse himself for being a coward! Why did he have to be so desperate for that tiny market?

As for Boss Shao blocking his own cinema chain, Li Jiangbo could understand it. After making up his mind to acquire RTV, he had already anticipated this.

After all, no one wants their rival to grow bigger and stronger!

Li Jiangbo scoffed at the subsequent simulations, asking why they would give up 30% of the company's shares just for a movie theater chain.

Why does this system feel like a coward, lacking even a trace of the backbone of the Qin people?

Unlike Li Jiangbo, a true native of Qin, he wouldn't do such a perfunctory and trendy thing.

Li Jiangbo stared at the reward options on the screen, lost in thought.

The dirt on the Tianhe Gang is actually of little use to him. Even if he reports it in the newspapers, it won't implicate the real people behind the scenes.

He remembered clearly that Taiwan's "One Clean" project seemed to have started in 84, and it was triggered by the killing of Americans.

As for the script of "Zhu Yuanzhang" and the "Unfortunate Song of the Ming Dynasty," Li Jiangbo is very familiar with them. The script is for a TV series in which Hu Jun plays Zhu Yuanzhang, and the "Unfortunate Song of the Ming Dynasty" is a popular online background music piece about the history of the Ming Dynasty, produced by Xiaren.

Seeing this, he was reminded of Zhu Yuanzhang crying out, "My sister, my steed, my eagle..."

Li Jiangbo didn't care about the last reward; he'd already chosen it several times already.

After thinking about it, he chose B.

The matter of Tianhe Gang helping Chen Tian can be delayed. Let Awei take some people to investigate first, and then we'll talk about it later.

It was mainly because he was unfamiliar with Taiwan; otherwise, he would have asked Ah Wei to invite Chen Tian to bring an upgraded version of the "Ten Mile Fragrance, IOU, and Nude Photos" three-piece set.

If all else fails, we can just give up the Taiwan market. Li Jiangbo has seen it all before.

In any case, Li Jiangbo will definitely cooperate closely with the mainland in the future, and losing the Taiwan market is only a matter of time.

After selecting the reward, a familiar feeling of dizziness washed over me.

Li Jiangbo lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up, it was already completely dark.

Li Jiangbo sat up in bed, preparing to get something to eat.

As soon as I came downstairs, I saw the script supervisor, Lao Cai, leading three people who looked travel-worn into the hotel. The person who came was none other than bodyguard Awei, who had just gotten off the plane.

Li Jiangbo waved his hand, "Go get something to eat first, then come to my room."

"Yes, boss."

When Li Jiangbo finished eating and returned to his room, Awei was already waiting at the door.

Li Jiangbo opened the door and went inside.

Awei followed behind Li Jiangbo and closed the door.

Li Jiangbo poured a glass of water, handed it to Awei, and said, "Why did you bring two people with you?"

Ah Wei, holding his teacup with both hands, said, "There are no plane tickets. More than twenty people will be coming tomorrow."

Li Jiangbo nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Tomorrow, you and the two new brothers will investigate Chen Tian of the Tianhe Gang. See what enemies he has in Taiwan."

"Boss, would you like to bring over a three-piece bedding set?"

Li Jiangbo shook his head. "This isn't Hong Kong. It's best not to take action if possible. In short, everyone else is too idle."

Awei nodded. "Understood, boss."

The next day.

Ah Wei and his men left the hotel early, while the film crew continued filming as usual.

A few more days passed.

During this time, Awei only reported some progress to Li Jiangbo, and Li Jiangbo then learned that the Tianhe Gang was the mortal enemy of the Bamboo Union Gang.

The two gangs have clashed several times over territory! And it seems that the Tianhe Gang has someone in power, and that person wields considerable influence.

Li Jiangbo had long known that the Tianhe Gang must have something to rely on, otherwise why would they threaten him?

He only gave Awei one sentence: to act according to the situation.

After that, Awei rarely returned to the hotel.

Filming for "Dao Ma Dan" took about a month.

During this period, Li Jiangbo wrote the script while keeping an eye on the film crew.

Xu Ke is actually great in every way, except that once he starts working, he's like he's been injected with chicken blood.

They start work at seven in the morning and finish at eight in the evening, without stopping for a single minute except for meals and bathroom breaks.

Rosamund Kwan was scolded to tears twice, and Cherie Chung was scolded to tears once, but Zhu Lin could withstand it, remaining silent and doing it again when asked.

This caused a great deal of discontent among the film crew.

When Li Jiangbo saw that this wouldn't work, he talked to Xu Ke, and Xu Ke changed his mind.

......

Today is the last scene; filming will wrap up after that.

Xu Ke was rehearsing the actors for the final scene, but after several rehearsals, Rosamund Kwan's eyes and expression just didn't look right.

Helpless, he had to stop for now and let the actors get into character.

Rosamund Kwan was holding the script and muttering to herself.

Chung Chor-hung walked over, handed her a bottle of water, and sat down next to her.

Zhu Lin, also holding a script, came over.

After taking a few sips of water, Rosamund Kwan nudged Zhu Lin with her shoulder.

"Kobayashi, have you heard?"

Zhu Lin looked up at Guan Zhilin with a puzzled expression and asked, "What did you hear?"

Rosamund Kwan lowered her voice, "Recently, there have been a lot of people on the streets of Taiwan, and they are all members of triads."

Chung Chu-hung leaned closer and said, "I know about this. It seems like the Bamboo Union and the Tianhe Gang are fighting over territory."

Rosamund Kwan quickly waved her hand, "No, it's because there was a mole within the Bamboo Union. The Bamboo Union was cleaning up the entrance and took the opportunity to teach the Tianhe Gang a lesson."

Zhu Lin was completely confused. What did the Bamboo Union have to do with the Tianhe Gang if there was a mole within their ranks? Why were they targeting the Tianhe Gang?

Rosamund Kwan continued, "One of the leaders of the Bamboo Union was a traitor who colluded with the leader of the Tianhe Gang. When he was discovered, the Bamboo Union leader personally ordered that his arm be crippled and that he be kicked out."

Zhu Lin gasped, "So ruthless?"

Rosamund Kwan shrugged. "We don't understand matters of the underworld."

Meanwhile, Li Jiangbo, the instigator of this whole affair, was discussing with Xu Ke how to film the final rooftop duel.

Chen Tian, ​​who enjoys sneer, is anxiously calling backstage for help!