Chapter 51 The Rise of Yongsheng Films and TVB
In the spring of 1966, Zhang Jin married Zhou Anni and went to Europe for their honeymoon.
In June of the same year, Zhou Yecheng quietly established Jiahao Shipping Company in Xiangjiang. He bought and renovated the eliminated cargo ships of his family's European shipping company at a low price and began to operate freight services from Xiangjiang to East Asia and Southeast Asian countries. He also signed a shipbuilding agreement with Heyi Security Company.
The security contract entrusts Heyi Security Company to be responsible for the safety of ship transportation.
Wo Yee Security Company was founded by Wang Weimin and Wu Shihao. The company's security personnel were jointly dispatched by Wo Yong Yee and Kowloon Walled City, and instructors hired by City Walled Gambling and Lard Boy taught fighting and shooting at the same time.
In July of the same year, the complete integration of Kowloon and the New Territories was completed. At this point, all large and small rivers and lakes, including Hong Kong Island, were under the alliance of Zhang Jin and Lei Luo. Lei Luo's rivers and lakes enterprise began to move smoothly.
A situation of rapid development.
Two years later, with the support of Zhang Jin's later scripts and abundant financial support, Yongsheng Film Company successively produced films that were well received by market audiences. The average domestic box office of each film was between one million and two million.
Among them, "A Chinese Ghost Story", which he served as the producer and directed by Wei Hongsheng, co-starred with Xia Meng, Gao Yuan and Chen Sisi, successfully detonated the local movie box office and set a box office record of up to 4 million Hong Kong dollars.
The film was a huge success in China, and also set off a movie-watching frenzy in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and Japan, taking in a total box office of more than HK$6 million.
In the 6th Golden Horse Awards of the same year, he defeated films such as "Dragon Gate Inn", "Love in War", "Lonely Seventeen" and other films, winning the top feature film, best director, best screenwriter, and best actor.
Thirteen special awards including Protagonist, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Color Photography, Best Editing, Best Color Art Design, Best Music, Best Sound Recording, and Best Filming Technology
Awards, almost completing the Golden Horse Awards.
When the news spread back to Xiangjiang, public opinion stirred up again. The newspapers reported on it one after another and called it the light of Xiangjiang.
Zhang Jin asked the Xiangjiang Times under his banner to conduct an exclusive interview, which was published in several serials. He exclusively disclosed the detailed descriptions of the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story" both in front of and behind the scenes, which immediately attracted many movie fans to buy and watch, and made the Xiangjiang Times
Sales surged rapidly.
After this wave of operations, the sales volume of the Xiangjiang Times increased from the original 50,000 to 80,000. After all, although the current political news of the Xiangjiang Times is not interesting, the two news sections of Citizen's Voice and Entertainment Exchange are very down-to-earth and attractive.
force.
In addition to the blockbuster movie "A Chinese Ghost Story", Yongsheng Film's sequels to "Big Hero" such as "True Hero", "Heroes Without Regrets" and "Tangshan Brother" have all received good reviews and box office success.
That's right, "Tangshan Senior Brother" was written by Zhang Jin, and it was copied from Bruce Lee's first work after returning to Hong Kong a few years later.
Although Luo Hao's kung fu may not be as strong as Bruce Lee's, but with the advanced editing methods of later generations, the fighting effect on the movie screen is not inferior to his opponent at all.
After playing leading and supporting roles in several blockbuster movies, Luo Hao's career as a movie star has been smooth sailing. He soon became a well-known martial arts star in Hong Kong. He can be recognized by movie fans even if he is wearing sunglasses when walking on the street.
At first, he quite enjoyed the star treatment, often saying hello, shaking hands, signing autographs and even taking photos with movie fans. However, as time went by, he began to feel trouble.
In his words - "I just wanted to get off the car and go to the toilet, but I was surrounded by a group of movie fans for an hour and almost defecated in my crotch."
After this terrible experience, he became much more low-key.
In addition to Luo Hao, Bai Yue'e also got a lot of glory.
As a contracted singer of Yongsheng Movies, and with Dayaojia Baifanyu as her father, she was taken care of by Zhang Jin. Not only was she given the theme song of the movie to sing, but she also copied many songs for her, such as
What classic Cantonese female songs such as "Qian Qian Que Song", "Walking on the Road of Life", "Promise" and so on.
It’s not that Zhang Jin specializes in copying classic songs, the key is that he has never heard of non-classic Cantonese songs.
While promoting Luo Hao and Bai Yue'e, Zhang Jin has not forgotten his wife Zhou Anni.
Although he initially wanted to gain influence from the Zhou family and Zhou Yecheng's connections, after getting in touch with her, he discovered that this innocent girl, who was not as beautiful as Bai Yue'e, had a special temperament that gave people a quiet, leisurely and comfortable feeling when they got along with her.
Zhang Jin, who often wanders in intrigues and intrigues, really likes to have such a person in his life who can completely relax him.
For Zhou Anni, Zhang Jin gave unconditional support. After marriage, he insisted on sending a piece of music to his wife every month, and also spent money to hold a concert for two people every two months. With his super high-quality music
The quality, as well as the two's superb playing skills and tacit cooperation, made them famous among Hong Kong's upper class circles within half a year.
Especially because all the songs played are gentle and lyrical tunes, the British call it a "dear annie" concert.
With his success in movies and concerts, Zhang Jin successfully entered the upper class society in just two years and developed some personal connections of his own. Many dignitaries and family members of the British Hong Kong government had a good impression of him.
He also created his identity and background as a Chinese who lived in Europe and the United States with his parents when he was a teenager, and returned to his hometown in Hong Kong after a family accident. As for stowaways, things like the Kowloon Walled City, he completely buried them.
Wan Chai, an ordinary restaurant private room.
Zhang Jin looked at Run Run Shaw, who was in his early sixties in front of him, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shao, I'm glad that you can take time out of your busy schedule to meet me. I dated you for half a year and finally found the opportunity."
Run Run Shaw waved his hand and said with a kind smile: "It sounds too harsh to call you that. You are a junior in the film industry, why don't you call me Uncle Six?"
Among the eight Shao brothers and sisters, he was the sixth. He was known as Shao Laoliu when he was in Shanghai, and he was respectfully called Liu Shu after coming to Hong Kong.
"Then I'd rather obey your orders and call you Uncle Liu."
"Haha, Mr. Jin, do you have anything to discuss with me? If it is about investing in TVB, please save your energy. We have already discussed it at the founders' shareholder meeting and we will not accept other partners for the time being." Shao Yifu.
Said while drinking tea.
Hong Kong Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. officially opened at the end of 1967. At that time, Zhang Jin planned to join, but unfortunately he failed. Later, six months ago, he heard that Shaw Brothers had financial difficulties, and he planned to invest in TVB, but was still rejected.
Investing in TVB is part of his plan to be the uncrowned king. The newspaper has the Xiangjiang Times as its mouthpiece, and the radio station is already in the process of contacting it. The only new industry left is the television station that he cannot get involved in.
He went to Lei Luo, Bai Fanyu and his father-in-law Zhou Yecheng, but none of them could help him. In the end, he had to find the real owner himself to talk. After that, he tried to meet with Run Run Shaw and other founders many times without success, until today.
Chapter completed!