A gentleman can deceive Fang. Fang Yuping promised to be a consultant for Chen Chong, but Chen Chong treated him as a director. He was the main focus of all shooting work and started his own actions.

Fang Yuping is a very serious person with an artist's temperament. He doesn't like the script of "Buried Live". After being forced by Shen Chong, he was the main filming work, but he firmly disagrees with being a director and sternly declares that he will not sign the movie.

This made Chen Chong respect him more and more.

This persistence and seriousness, and the attitude of cherishing feathers, is incompatible with the atmosphere of mainstream Hong Kong films. No wonder he won the Best Director Xiao Jinren three times, but he only made five movies in total - he was too serious. He would definitely be meticulous in making movies. Once he carved, it would take time and money and would not be liked by the film company.

The Department of Film at the University of Southern California is one of the world's top film talent training sites. Fang Yuping's professional level is unquestionable. Many things that Chen Chong and Jin Shijie couldn't figure out after thinking about for a long time. He explained it clearly in one sentence.

Under Fang Yuping's training and command, the filming of "Buried Live" swept away the previous bumps and bumps and smooth sailing. Jin Shijie and Huang Yuetai are both extremely talented people, with super self-study skills. Now they are guided by famous teachers and their level has improved by leaps and bounds. Even Chen Chong, a pseudo-filmmaker, has benefited a lot from being caught in it.

The shooting went smoothly, the morale was high, and everyone was full of energy. Except for eating, drinking, defecating, they spent almost all the rest of the time on the set. In the end, it only took two weeks to complete all the shooting before Shen Chong went to the mainland. As for post-production, Shen Chong was about to make plans after returning from the mainland.

"Lao Fang, it's really thanks to you." At the final banquet, Chen Chong first gave Fang Yuping a glass of wine and said sincerely: "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to shoot this drama until next year, and it would be even more impossible for it to be so good."

"Teacher Fang, I'll give you a cup too." Jin Shijie stood up, held the wine glass, and said respectfully: "Thank you for your advice, I will benefit you for life."

Huang Yuetai also gave a cup of tribute and said, "Director Fang, I have been with you for two weeks. I have learned more than I have been filming at Shaw Brothers for two years. Thank you."

"You are so polite, you are so polite." Fang Yuping stood up and responded at a loss.

On the set, Fang Yuping was determined to conduct his professional knowledge, and he was well-organized and talked freely, but he was not good at socializing. During several gatherings, Chen Chong saw him staying in the corner, silent, as if he was invisible.

After halfway through the banquet, Chen Chong put down his chopsticks and said, "Lao Fang, you have helped me a lot this time. Why do you think you should pay back this favor?"

"What kind of favor is not human?" Fang Yuping waved his hand straight and said, "Just help me among friends."

"That won't work." Chen Chong smiled and said, "I'll take you over and delay your work on the Great Wall. This favor must be paid back."

Fang Yuping was silent for a while, and asked tentatively with a little hesitant tone: "A Chong, I want to make a movie, you... can you invest?"

"Haha..." Chen Chong patted his shoulder and said with a big laugh: "Lao Fang, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

As he said that, he stood up, picked up his backpack from the coat rack, took out a file bag, and handed it to Fang Yuping, saying, "Lao Fang, do you know that at the preview of "Crazy Job", I said I would invest in five movies this year, one of which was kept for you, but unfortunately you never came to me."

Fang Yuping was stunned. He was stunned for a while. With his slightly trembling hands, he opened the file bag, took out the files inside, and quickly looked through them.

"Lao Fang, this is a movie investment agreement." Chen Chong held the wine glass and said with a smile: "I come to the set every day and bring this document with me just to see when you speak."

Fang Yuping put the documents randomly on the empty chair beside him, then picked up the wine glass, touched Shen Chong vigorously, raised his neck, drank the wine in the glass, and said with red eyes: "A Chong, thank you!"

"Lao Fang, don't blame me for deliberately making fun of you." Chen Chong also drank all the wine, and then said heartily: "You are a capable person, with talent, talent, and education, but you are too bored. You are studying at Nanka University, and you should know how difficult it is to find an investment in Hollywood. Hong Kong is the same. Opportunities are fleeting. You must hold on to it quickly. You know that I want to invest in making movies, why don't you talk about it?"

"The movie I want to make is more literary." Fang Yuping smiled awkwardly and said, "Maybe you can't make money. I don't think you can invest, so I want to go to companies like Great Wall and Phoenix to invest. Anyway, they don't care much about the box office."

"Who told you that I care about the box office?" Chen Chong smiled and said, "I have said a long time ago that as long as there is something new, I will invest, but I didn't say that as long as I can make money, I will invest."

"Congratulations to Director Fang for getting what he wished." Huang Yuetai smiled and raised his glass to congratulate him. "Who doesn't admire Boss Shen's eyes? How could he lose money? I wish Director Fang a great success and gain both fame and fortune."

Seeing that Fang Yuping was already blushing, Chen Chong dissuaded: "Drink less wine, just drink whatever you want."

After Fang Yuping put down his wine glass, Chen Chong asked him: "Lao Fang, what kind of movie do you want to make?"

"I'm going to make a movie about the relationship between father and son." Fang Yuping glanced at everyone and said, "I'd better write out the script summary for you, let me say it now, I can't say it."

"Okay." Chen Chong said dismissively, "I will go to the mainland in a few days. After you fill in the documents, you can just hand them over to Sister Zhen."

Fang Yuping nodded in agreement.

Chen Chong turned his head and asked Jin Shijie: "Jinbao, when are you going to go back to Taipei?"

"I'll leave tomorrow." Jin Shijie wiped the oil stains on his hand with his handkerchief and said, ""Buried Live" is still too thin. I think it might be better to adapt "Hezhu Paired" into a stage play. Time is a bit tight, so I have to go back quickly."

"Since that's the case, I won't keep you." Chen Chong nodded and said, "I'll ask someone to book a plane ticket for you. I have something to do tomorrow, so I won't give it. Next time I go to Taipei, we will get together again."

"good……"

At this moment, a knock on the door rang, and then a waiter came in and she said, "Mr. Chen, you have your phone number."

In the era when there were no mobile phones, Chen Chong had developed the habit of checking in the company's mailing room every time he went out. He thought it was an urgent business, but after picking up the phone, he found that it was Zhang Aijia.

"Sister Zhang, are you in Hong Kong?"

"I'm in Taipei." Zhang Aijia seemed to have something to do, and she asked straight to the point: "You are not in a hurry to go to the mainland these days, are you?"

"I'll be in Hong Kong two days tomorrow and go to Guangzhou on the 29th." Chen Chong looked up at the clock hanging in the lobby and asked, "It's almost nine o'clock. Call me at this time. Is there anything urgent?"

"Last time I watched "Legend of the Mountain" together, you said Director Hu would be in trouble, you can help him solve it." Zhang Aijia relaxed his tone and said, "Now he is really in trouble."

Chen Chong was stunned when he heard this.

The last time he said that Hu Jinquan was in trouble, he was actually making jokes casually. Because in his impression, Hu Jinquan was in a powerful momentum in the 1970s, and he was a veritable master of martial arts films. However, in 1979, he filmed "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain" and "Legend of the Mountain" in South Korea, both had a box office. Since then, no works that were outstanding have been released. When filming "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" in 1990, he was seized by his junior Tsui Hark and lost his face.

The trouble Chen Chong said was that Hu Jinquan lost his box office and reputation, and he would never find anyone to invest in making movies for him in the future.

And what Zhang Aijia said on the phone is really troublesome.

In 1972, Hu Jinquan formed his own Jinquan Pictures Company and cooperated with Jiahe to start filming "The Storm of the Spring Pavilion" and "The Picture of Loyalty and Martyrs". The two dramas started filming almost at the same time. The first drama was filmed for more than a year, released in 1973, and the latter drama was delayed until 1975. Although the two dramas have a good reputation and are still in the box office, this efficiency has kept Jiahe away.

As early as 1972, Hu Jinquan wanted to film "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain". Because of lack of investment, he eventually died. In 1977, he successfully told the boss of "Luo Hu Lian Manufacturing Co., Ltd." to invest 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars to start filming this movie.

Luo is Luo Kaimu, Hu is Hu Shuru, one is the boss of chain hotels, and the other is a master in the advertising and animation industry. They are all Hong Kong celebrities. The company also has a shareholder named Huang Zhan.

Huang Zhan is a soy sauce, and his shares were given to him by Hu Shuru for free.

When Hu Jinquan filmed "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain", he didn't pay a penny, but instead had to share half of the box office profit. Huang Zhan was so sad that he immediately withdrew and ran away when he heard this condition. Luo Kaimu and Hu Shuru admired Hu Jinquan more. Although he knew that he would have exceeded his spending and time out of the filming, he still agreed to invest.

Both of them are veterans in the mall. They can share profits, but they can't be suckers, so they laid the groundwork in the contract. If the box office is big, everything is easy to say. If the box office is not good and the movie is losing money, Hu Jinquan needs to use Hong Kong real estate to compensate the two of them for their losses.

Since Hu Jinquan's debut, the box office of "The Drunken Hero" is comparable to that of Chang Cheh's "One-Armed Knife". "Dragon Gate Inn" is the annual box office champion of Taiwan. Although "The Hero" initially had a bad box office, after winning the Grand Prix, it was re-edited and released again, and the box office was sold. "The Storm of the Spring Pavilion" and "The Loyalty and Martyr" both entered the top 20 Hong Kong's annual box office.

With such a brilliant resume as a foundation, Hu Jinquan naturally had a lot of confidence and signed the contract quickly.

As a result, "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain" was seriously overspent, with a cost of more than 2 million yuan. It was released in Hong Kong in July, with a box office of only 1.293 million yuan, a big loss.

Luo and Hu then came to the door to pay compensation with the contract. Hu Jinquan delayed it for more than two months and tried every means to protect the property. Now the creditor is impatient and is preparing to sue him for a lawsuit. (Note 1)

Zhang Aijia and Hu Jinquan have a very good relationship and regard him as their master. After hearing this, he remembered what Chen Chong once said, so he wanted to ask him to help solve this problem... (Note 2)

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Note 1: According to Tian Feng’s memoirs, Tian Feng is one of the starring actors of "The Spiritual Rain of the Empty Mountain" and "Legend of the Mountain".
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