Chapter 50 Boss Pei’s first lesson

Author: Lost Dragon

Chapter 50 Boss Pei’s first lesson

Song Huanxi thought for a moment: "I can speak Cantonese, Shanghainese, and English. Does that count?"

Cai Tong burst into laughter: "Cantonese is not one of the application requirements? Shanghainese is quite useful. Many directors and screenwriters in the company are from Shanghai, so communication will be very convenient."

"As for English——"

Cai Tong pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "On the theater circuit, some new Hollywood movies will be shown. The people who watch them are mainly Europeans and Americans in Hong Kong. Only some middle-class people in the local area will watch them."

At that time, Hong Kong, like mainland China, had a very high illiteracy rate. They could not even recognize Chinese characters, let alone English!

In addition, the English movies played at this time all have English dialogues and Chinese subtitles. For many hard-working people, even if they are willing to spend money to watch a movie, an English movie without knowing the subtitles will naturally not be their choice.

It doesn’t have much market potential. Even if it produces an English film, it won’t be able to compete with European and American blockbusters——

As long as Pei Yuanyang is not crazy, he will not shoot a movie with English as the main dialogue.

Cai Tong shook his head: "Classmate Song, your English is probably useless for a hero."

Song Huanxi was startled for a moment, frowned, and said seriously: "Just because we won't be filming today doesn't mean we won't be filming tomorrow."

The girl’s voice was clear and catchy: “Since Americans can make English films for us to watch, of course we can also make English films for them to watch!”

"good!"

Before he finished speaking, a resounding word "good" came from the door. Pei Yuanyang strode in. As he walked, he clapped vigorously and looked at Song Huanxi with admiration in his eyes.

Zou Wenhuan froze on the spot and did not follow the boss's footsteps immediately. He muttered: "Make an English film for Americans to watch?!"

Make English films! Make American money!

The more Zou Wenhuan thought about it, the brighter his eyes became, and a door to a new world seemed to open before his eyes.

Zou Wenhuan, who had come back to his senses, hurriedly followed him into the classroom. His boss was not stingy with his words of praise and had already praised Song Huanxi twice from head to toe!

"Classmate Song said it very well!" Pei Yuanyang stood on the podium, looking around at the training class students under the stage, as if looking at money trees, and said with a cheerful voice:

"It's not just Mr. Song, but you too. You might as well set a more ambitious goal. Just because we don't make an English film today doesn't mean we won't make one tomorrow!"

"Isn't there an old saying in China that a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier?"

"In my opinion, any actor who doesn't want to be famous internationally is not a good actor!"

Pei Yuanyang's expression was sincere and his tone was sincere: "In my opinion, you are all future movie queens and movie kings, and you are all the next Lin Yu!"

"From now on, Brother Pictures will be entrusted to you all!"

Having said that, Pei Yuanyang bent down deeply and bowed to many students!

Among the students, the oldest is only in his early 20s. I have never seen such a formation before!

The big boss of Cousin Pictures actually bowed to everyone!

Each of their eyes shone brightly, as if they had really seen the day when they would become the Best Actor/Queen!

I don’t know who was the first to applaud. For a moment, the applause was like thunder, resounding throughout the classroom!

Pei Yuanyang slowly straightened up, with a smile on his handsome face. He lied. He would be extremely satisfied if Lin Yu could come out of this group of students.

Looking at the current situation, Song Huanxi has great potential.

That's right, after the beauty just introduced herself, he finally remembered her name instead of subconsciously calling her the female student who played Romeo.

Pei Yuanyang nodded to Cai Tong, who wisely gave up the podium to him.

Pei Yuanyang knocked on the desk, and the applause quickly stopped. He smiled and said: "Today is the first day of our Nanguo Experimental Theater Troupe's student training class. I will teach the first lesson."

The big boss gave the lecture in person, and everyone was in good spirits, including Cai Tong and Zou Wenhuan, who were standing side by side next to the podium.

Cai Tong had a weird look on his face and lowered his voice: "Leymon, the boss won't talk about that again, right?"

Zou Wenhuan also had a complicated expression: "Nine times out of ten!"

The two exchanged a few words, but Pei Yuanyang was still trying to show off: "Now, the students should all be guessing what I will teach."

"Is it about acting, or about filming, or about writing a script?"

"Nonono," Pei Yuanyang raised his index finger and shook it: "The first lesson I want to teach you is how to play a movie!"

The audience was in an uproar. Cai Tong and Zou Wenhuan looked at each other. Sure enough, it was this again!

It is no exaggeration to say that not only the students in these training classes, but also Cai Tong, the film producer, and Zou Wenhuan, the public relations director, when they first entered the Pei family, Pei Yuanyang also taught them this lesson - how to show movies!

Pei Yuanyang signaled the students to be quiet, "Many students are probably wondering. They are here to learn how to be an actor, not how to be a film projectionist. Why do they need to learn this?"

"I have to talk about the theater formation of our Pei Brothers Pictures."

Pei Yuanyang's handsome face was full of pride: "First of all, I want to tell you a statistic. There are 108 theaters in Hong Kong, and our Pei family owns 42 of them!"

"In addition to Malaysia and Singapore, we have a total of 138 theaters! Each theater can accommodate at least a few hundred people!"

"In other words, the movie you starred in was watched by tens of thousands of people in one day!"

There is nothing more exciting than accurate and intuitive numbers. The young faces of the students are full of excitement, and each one is full of beautiful yearning for the future life——

Cai Tong shook his head helplessly, and Zou Wenhuan also looked numb: The boss seemed to have forgotten to tell these young people that these theaters, as well as movie-viewing income, are all named Pei!

Both he and Producer Cai around him receive a fixed salary every month!

Just a few taels of broken silver to support the family!

Pei Yuanyang looked at the excited students below with satisfaction. It's great to be young. If he said these words to the veterans on the set, they would probably get a blank stare.

He keenly noticed that among the students, there was a look that was particularly fiery. He subconsciously looked at it and was slightly startled. Student Song?

He suddenly remembered that this classmate Song did indeed say when he applied for the job that there were no elders in the family to rely on, and he still had younger siblings to support——

Pei Yuanyang even hesitated for a moment. Should he directly give this classmate Song one or two unimportant roles so that she could supplement her family income?

He immediately rejected his dangerous idea: No! For the sake of the company’s longevity, no exceptions can be made!

Pei Yuanyang looked back and focused on the class again: "Specifically, a certain theater -"

Song Huanxi was a little distracted, Hehe! So there were so many people watching the show?!

Then let the second sister make some snacks, such as salted peanuts, boiled snails, etc., and sell them at the entrance of the theater. Wouldn't it be a big profit?!

Our heroine is always so fresh, refined and eclectic——

There were still 121 cinemas in Hong Kong in 1989, but now there are only 60.

Shaw Brothers started out in Malay Singapore. At first, Mr. Shaw was a lawyer. When a customer came to a theater, he couldn't redeem it. Because his wife was an actress, he was very interested and bought it.
Chapter completed!