Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0484: The idea of hitting the star
There are many unique restaurants in the area around Mount Davis Road and Victoria Road near the foot of Mount Davis.
Although it is located near the tourist attraction of Mount Davis, the restaurants here are not more expensive than those in the city. On the contrary, in order to attract more customers, the restaurants here often have discounts.
Buy eight get two free, with unlimited drinks, it's quite affordable.
Nan Yi, Nan Ruoyin and the school beauty sat at the same table. Since it was not meal time, the other bodyguards could also take turns to eat.
The weather at the end of June seemed a bit hot. Although we were at the foot of the mountain, the temperature still reached 28 degrees.
The ceiling fan above my head, which is about three years old, is humming and playing a song of "Old but Coquettish" with the cicadas on the fruit vines outside.
Nan Yi pulled a chicken leg out of the clay pot and put it on Nan Ruoyin's plate. He picked up a whole chicken wing and put it in his mouth. The chicken had been stewed for long enough and the meat was very tender. When he slurped it, the meat fell off the skeleton and fell into Nan Yi's mouth.
After eating a chicken wing and drinking half a bottle of Vitasoy and taking a sip of Coke, a burst of air comes out of the stomach, bringing with it waves of stuffiness, and the person instantly feels cool.
The little girl took two pairs of chopsticks, one pair for eating meat and one pair for picking up bones.
The chewed bones were picked up by Nan Ruoyin and placed one by one in a corner of the table. As time went by, a white-bone chicken would soon be pieced together.
Nan Ruoyin picked up the last piece of chicken by digging in the clay pot with chopsticks, put it in her mouth and slurped it, then put the remaining bones into the pile of bones.
"Dad, have you noticed that this chicken is incomplete?" Nan Ruoyin said, pointing at the boneless chicken with chopsticks.
Nan Yi glanced at the pile of bones, picked up the two bones from the chicken's buttocks and placed them in the chicken's belly. "The chicken's buttocks have been cut off. If you want, we'll leave first. You can flip the table and take down the sign here by yourself."
"Tsk, I won't." Nan Ruoyin pouted, turned her head to the back and saw a row of freezers in a corner of the restaurant, so she turned back and said, "Dad, do you want some ice cream? "
"No, it's not good to mix hot and cold food. You should eat less, or you might get diarrhea."
"knew."
Just as Nan Ruoyin jumped off the chair and walked towards the freezer, a group of people came in from the restaurant door. Leading the way was a short and fat man wearing glasses, followed by a man with a funny look, a man with a slightly fierce look, and two good-looking women.
Nan Yi knew one of them, she was the Miss Hong Kong last year. He also knew the other one. The movie she starred in was just released not long ago. The box office was average, only more than 4 million, but the word of mouth was very good and the sales of the video tapes were also very high.
"Nansheng, what a coincidence, you're here too?"
The fat man with glasses saw Nan Yi and walked over with a smile on his face.
"Ah Xiang, are you filming?"
"Yes, Nansheng, don't you know that I have submitted a report and am now filming "I Love Rolando"?"
"Oh, I haven't seen it yet. Are you here to eat or to shoot?" Nan Yi looked behind Wang Li. In addition to the two men and two women, there were several people who looked like crew members following them.
"We just shot a scene on the mountain, and another scene in a restaurant, and we filmed here as well." Wang Li said.
"I see. We have almost finished eating. You guys can set up the scene first."
"It's okay. We're not in a hurry. I've already told the boss that we'll wait until customers arrive before we start filming." Wang Yan said, pointing at the people behind him and said, "Nansheng, let me introduce you. This is Brother Le, the male lead, and this is Xia Wen..."
"No need for introductions, we all know each other. This is Miss Hong Kong, Ms. Yang, and this should be Miss Xia Wenxi, right?" Nan Yi said, looking at the second woman.
"Hello, Nansheng, I'm Xia Wenxi." Xia Wenxi stretched out her hand to Nan Yi and said with a smile.
Nan Yi shook hands with Xia Wenxi, and then said to the last actor who had not said hello, "This must be Mr. Chen. When we go to Kimberly Road in the future, we will have to rely on Mr. Chen for protection."
There are rumors that the owners of nightclubs on Kimberly Road in Tsim Sha Tsui are all Chen Huiqi. Nan Yi doesn’t know whether it is true or not, but there is Chen Huiqi’s nightclub there, so it is definitely 14K’s territory.
"Hahaha, Nansheng, you're too polite. If you need me in the future, come to me. I can't do big things, but I can still do small things."
Nan Yi had also heard of Chen Huiqi, the nickname of Chen Dapao. He did not expect that when he saw him today, he would really prove the saying "There are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames".
"Okay, then I'll look for you, Mr. Chen, if I have anything to do next time." Nan Yi smiled and replied, then said to everyone, "Everyone take a seat and have whatever you want to drink. I'll pay for it."
Amidst the sounds of gratitude, everyone found a seat and sat down. Wang Li and the other four people sat around the table where Nan Yi and his friends had just eaten chicken.
Except for Wang Li, everyone else had question marks. Seeing that Director Wang Li was polite with a hint of respect towards Nan Sheng in front of him, they thought he must be an unusual person. However, none of them knew him and couldn't figure out what was so special about him. They could only deal with him carefully and ask Wang Li about Nan Sheng's background later.
"Everyone, please take a seat. Director Wang and I are going to go out and have a chat."
To their disappointment, Nan Yi just exchanged a few words of greeting and called Wang Li out of the restaurant, leaving them no chance to find out what was going on first.
"Tell me about the company's business." When they arrived outside the restaurant, Nan Yi said to Wang Li.
"Since February, the company has invested in Xinyicheng's "Happy Ghost", Golden Harvest's "Fast Food Truck", Sanmao's "The Owl and Dumbo" and "Waiting for Dawn", and Shaw Brothers' "I Love the Fairies". These films are formal investments, and the other 17 films are for advertising placement.
I directed three plays myself, two of which followed the trend of "Five Lucky Stars", "The Big Three" and "The Big Four", and one is "The Frog Prince", and all of them did well at the box office.
The first two films made a total of 7.5 million, which was quite profitable, but there was no sequel. No one watched "Six Sixes" anymore. "The Frog Prince" made 12 million. Some of the money from overseas sales has not been recovered, about 3 million, but it should be difficult to recover all of it. "
"Oh, Golden Harvest or Shaw Brothers?"
"Shaw."
"Nansheng, you also know the relationship between me and Shaw Brothers. It's difficult for me to talk." Wang Li explained.
Nan Yi said generously: "It's okay, we'll take back as much as we can."
Donglaiwu did not have its own overseas channels, and Nan Yi had never participated in the management of Donglaiwu. He did not know any of the film producers in Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, or Taiwan. Due to the relationship between Wang Ming and Shaw Brothers, Donglaiwu's overseas distribution was handled by Shaw Brothers.
It is normal to be controlled by others and be cheated by them openly or secretly. Nan Yi will not be jealous because of this. If he were in their shoes, he would do the same.
In the business world, it is only natural for small companies to cooperate with big companies and for the big companies to bully them.
Shaw paid cash instead of a commercial contract, which was considered very fair. If it had given a bill of exchange with a term of six months or a year, I wouldn't know who to cry to. Many businessmen have fallen into the hands of bills of exchange.
"I will be able to finish I Love Rolando in about 20 days. I plan to release it in late August or early September. Next, I plan to make a gambling movie. The script is almost ready."
"Very good, you will take care of everything and manage Donglaiwu. I feel relieved. At the end of the year, your share will definitely increase. As for how much it will increase, it depends on the specific profits. Ah Xiang, if you can do it, I can do it even better. In short, let's make a fortune together."
"Nansheng, don't worry. I will strive to make the company's profit exceed 25 million this year." Wang Li said, patting his chest.
"Okay, as long as you do it, not only can we discuss dividends, but we can also renegotiate shares." Nan Yi patted Wang Yan's arm and said, "If others ask who I am, you can say that I am a small shareholder of Donglaiwu, with very few shares. Zhong You, you don't look too good. Make sure you get enough rest at night and don't work too hard."
Nan Yi said the last sentence with a teasing tone.
"Hehehe, Nansheng, you know, sometimes you can't avoid socializing, plus the current actresses' acting skills are not very good, the script needs to be analyzed over and over again for them, and I have to guide them step by step, otherwise there will be no way to shoot the movie."
When Wang Li spoke, his eyes were almost narrowed into a slit, and his expression was as obscene as it could be.
"Haha, you're amazing." Nan Yi tapped Wang Yan's chest lightly, then hugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, let's go in."
After returning to the restaurant, as soon as Nan Yi sat down, he fixed his eyes on Xia Wenxi's face. Among the people present, she was the only one who could arouse Nan Yi's interest.
It cannot be said how beautiful Xia Wenxi is, but her temperament is very distinctive, presenting people with a different kind of beauty. Whether she played Yu Xuanji or Jin Xiangyu, they both left a deep impression on Nan Yi.
It's just a pity that this woman has such big ambitions in art that she challenged a high level of difficulty in her first movie after her debut. She is also very broad-minded and does not treat others as outsiders at all. She does not hide her good things but shows them to others openly.
If this woman had a more stingy personality, Nan Yi would really like to establish a friendship with her.
Nan Yi's gaze was passionate and unreserved, and when he looked at a woman, he always looked straight at her. If he liked her, he would look at her for a while longer, and if he didn't like her, he would just glance at her for a few seconds and then stop. He never knew what peeking was.
Nan Yi's gaze turned into surging magma, flowing across Xia Wenxi's face, making her feel hot. She couldn't help but raise her hand to touch her face, but it was like an electric shock, as soon as her fingers touched her face, they were instantly bounced away.
The words "It's so hot" almost came out of her mouth, but fortunately, Xia Wenxi realized it just as it reached her throat and quickly swallowed it back. Touching her chest to calm herself down, Xia Wenxi couldn't help but spit in her heart: "What a daring pervert, how can you look at people like this?"
Having seen enough and feeling embarrassed for looking at others, Nan Yi withdrew his gaze and turned to Chen Baixiang's face, "Brother La, I heard that you used to do business, why don't you do it now?"
"Don't mention it. I have experienced a lot of ups and downs. In 1970, I invested in a garment factory with my only savings. With my intelligence and talent, I expanded the number of workers from three to hundreds, and increased the number of assembly lines from one to more than ten. I expanded my business to the world. In just five years, I made tens of millions.
I was only 25 years old that year, and I bought several luxury cars and a mansion. I had so much money that I could not spend it all in a lifetime. I didn’t want to live too gloriously in those two years.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Within two years, business was not going well. A wrong decision left me with millions of pieces of clothing in stock and I couldn’t even pay my workers’ wages.
I had no choice but to sell the factory to pay the workers, and then took the inventory to the Middle East. I was not familiar with the place, and the clothes could not be sold at first. I was forced to cooperate with pirates. It took me two or three years, but I finally sold all the inventory at a low price.
During those years, my wife was so worried about me that her health broke down.
I don't want her to worry about me anymore, so I'll just take it easy for a few years, work at TVB, and make some movies when I have time to earn some money. It's good like this now."
Chen Baixiang does not think that this part of his history cannot be told to others. On the contrary, he is proud of it.
Yes, it was around 1975 that Li Tongban achieved a major leap in his life, with assets calculated in billions, but he was already 43 years old that year, while Chen Baixiang was only 25 years old.
At the age of 25, he was able to earn tens of millions starting from scratch. Even fifty years later, this achievement would still be very impressive, but there are still very few people who can do it.
Even though Chen Baixiang ended up in failure, he was still proud and showed off. That is why Chen Baixiang was happy to share his experience with a stranger, not caring at all about talking to a stranger.
"It's a pity that I didn't get to know Brother La earlier, otherwise I could have seen how glorious he was in his past. But it doesn't matter, a dragon will soar into the sky sooner or later. After he has rested enough, Brother La will return to the business world and stage a big comeback." Nan Yi said with a flattering tone.
Nan Yi was so polite to Chen Baixiang, firstly because his performance back then was indeed remarkable, and secondly, he just had an idea and thought that within two years these celebrities would have a lot of money in their hands, so why not set up an investment company that specializes in serving celebrities for Nan Ruoyin to play with.
Absorb all the money in the hands of celebrities for high-risk investment; and bundle and integrate their appeal at the same time. This way, it can be extended from multiple angles, and there can be many projects to do, which can bring in a lot of profits.
"Hahaha, Nansheng, you really flatter me too much. It would be great if my pay could exceed one million." Chen Baixiang laughed heartily. He swallowed all the flattery from Nan Yi without missing a word.
"That's easy. Just make two more movies with box office revenues similar to The Frog Prince. By then, let alone one million, even five million will be fine."
Nan Yi's words made Chen Baixiang even happier, and his laughter became even more hearty. "Nan Sheng, I'd like to ask for your blessing. When my salary increases, I will treat you to a meal. Please come and enjoy it."
If an ordinary person had said what Nan Yi said, Chen Baixiang's reaction would not have been so different, but it was obvious that Chen Baixiang felt very pleased when Nan Yi, who was of a noble status, said it.
"Of course I will attend Brother La's celebration party. I sincerely hope that this day will come sooner rather than later."
"Hahaha, I hope so too."
Chen Baixiang laughed out loud again, and this time there was a hint of Zhu Zhishan picking his teeth in the woodshed in his laughter, which could only be described as mean.
"Nansheng, phone call."
Nan Yi was about to say something else when the school beauty came over with a phone.
"Sorry everyone, I have to take a call." Nan Yi apologized and walked out of the restaurant with the phone.
