Chapter 116 0115 [I Also Like "Shooting the Condors"]

With a plan in place, Shi Zhijian dressed neatly the next morning, tidying himself up in a heroic manner, with a big back, black suit, and shiny leather shoes, no matter how you look at it, he looks like a successful person.

Then Shi Zhijian drove directly to the law firm, picked up his queen lawyer Hu Juncai, and organized a group to go to Shaw's company together.

Hu Juncai has been doing well with Shi Zhijian during this time, with a monthly salary of up to 2,000 Hong Kong dollars. The old suits he wore before were also donated to a nearby charity foundation. Now he has started to wear brand-name suits and ties. According to the requirements of his boss Shi Zhijian, he has done well Some self-packaging.

In the car, Shi Zhijian was bored, so he asked Hu Juncai about the follow-up story that happened at the flower boat last time, and asked if Hu Juncai took the older sister home in the end.

Hu Juncai looked very shy and said that he took it home, but nothing happened, the two just talked about life and literature in the room.

Shi Zhijian asked how they talked.

Hu Juncai said: "She asked me what my hobbies are usually, and I told her that I like reading. She asked me what books I liked to read, and I said I liked to read the "British Law Dictionary". She said besides these, what other books would I like to read. I just said that I still like to read martial arts novels."

"What next?"

"She asked me what martial arts novel it was, and I said it was Mr. Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes."

"Eh? What else?" Shi Zhijian glanced at Hu Juncai.

Hu Juncai: "In the end there was nothing left, she licked her lips and said, I really like "Shooting the Condors" too!"

Shi Zhijian was taken aback for a moment, "Are you sure you didn't do anything with her?"

"Yeah, we just chatted about literature and life!" Hu Juncai avoided Shi Zhijian's direct gaze with flustered eyes.

"Huh? I believe you ghost!"

...

Shaw Brothers Film Company was originally located near Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. Later, with the construction of Shaw Brothers Studios, the company moved to the vicinity of Clear Water Bay.

Now the overall scale of Shaw Brothers Studios has grown, and some areas are still being expanded.

Shi Zhijian didn't have much "amazing" about Shaw Brothers Studios. In his eyes, compared with Hengdian in his previous life, the Shaw Brothers in front of him is nothing compared to the big witch, and cannot be compared.

In Hu Juncai's eyes, it was a big deal. He was holding a briefcase in his arms, and his eyes were not enough, so he was looking around.

"Mr. Shi, look at how big and magnificent this studio is! I never imagined that so many Shaw Brothers movies were shot here!"

Hu Juncai was amazed again and again, reaching out to touch this and that from time to time.

Shi Zhijian didn't worry about this, he took Hu Juncai to look for someone, hoping to find out the address of the general manager's office of Shaw Company.

Soon, the two came to a crew, and saw the sign outside the crew that said: "The First Sword in Jianghu", starring: Chen Baozhu, Xia Jinhan; director: Shi Guoliang...

Chen Baozhu? Shi Zhijian couldn't help being startled, he had only seen her movie last night, he didn't expect to meet her filming here today, if his elder sister Shi Yufeng found out, he would be so unhappy.

Shi Zhijian thought again, when he finished his business, he would ask Chen Baozhu for an autograph if he had the chance, which would be a surprise for his elder sister.

At this moment, I saw that the entire shooting site was arranging background templates. Because it was an ancient martial arts film, those templates were painted with strange-shaped rocks and various styles of flowers and plants. After they were arranged neatly, the surrounding environment was rendered. It's like the "Valley of Unrequited Love" in martial arts novels.

In fact, according to Shi Zhijian's point of view, when shooting this kind of scene, you should go outside to shoot the scene, so as to have a sense of reality.

But now it is 1967, many filmmakers require high efficiency and high speed, save time if they can save time, it is easy to go outside, but it is troublesome to carry any machinery and equipment, it is better to make a few background templates to cover it, and act as an exterior The venue came quickly.

What's more, today's audiences don't have high requirements, and they are still in the stage of watching a show where "one person can act as a thousand troops by waving a battle flag". There are many such fake templates in the 83rd edition of "Shooting the Condors" The scene, but the audience still watched with gusto.

When Shi Zhijian was looking around, a voice suddenly said: "Friend, please help me, move that stone table over and put it in the middle!"

Shi Zhijian looked back, but he was a gentle man in his forties, tall and thin, wearing black plastic-rimmed glasses, who was busy proofreading something with a stack of manuscripts at the moment.

Shi Zhijian didn't explain that he was here for business, so he called Hu Juncai to help move the stone table.

I thought it was heavy, but when I moved it, I found out that it was made of plaster, and it was easy to move it with the joint efforts of two people. Then there are two round stone benches placed on both sides of the stone table. Then arrange the wine glasses and wine jugs according to the director's request. You don't need to guess and you will know. It is estimated that the drinking scene will be filmed later.

Although these tasks are small, Shi Zhijian does them very seriously. The most important thing is that he has seen people filming in his previous life, and he knows the key point of placing props, that is, they must be aligned with the focus of the camera, not placed blindly.

Often this kind of most inconspicuous job can reveal a person's professional quality, at least that middle-aged man couldn't help but look at Shi Zhijian more.

When Shi Zhijian finished his work, the middle-aged man came over with a smile, took out a cigarette and handed it to Shi Zhijian, "My friend, you look very professional. What do you do?"

Shi Zhijian took a glance at the cigarette, the very high-end limited edition "Three-Five", and said, "I am in business and opened a small factory."

The other party nodded, "But I don't know why you are here?"

"I'm talking to the manager of the production department here." Shi Zhijian said with a smile, "I mainly want to do sponsorship."

Shi Zhijian knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and he had to take his time in everything, and he couldn't say the purpose right away, which would arouse the other party's suspicion.

Sure enough, when the middle-aged man heard what Shi Zhijian said, he decided that Shi Zhijian was a small and medium-sized business owner, and immediately stretched out his hand and said, "Get to know me first, I am the manager of the production department here, Zou Wenhuai!"

Shi Zhijian looked calm, shook hands with the other party and said, "Shi's instant noodle factory, Shi Zhijian!"

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Inside the business manager's office.

Shi Zhijian and Zou Wenhuai sat on the sofa, with tea in front of them.

Hu Juncai was holding the briefcase, and sat on the left side of Shi Zhijian with half of his butt next to the sofa.

The office is not big, only about fifteen square meters, and the decoration is relatively simple. Some photos with celebrities are hung on the most conspicuous part of the wall, and then there is a document shelf, which is densely packed with various film and television materials.

In his previous life, Zou Wenhuai was a workaholic, and even a film tycoon. In the future, he will single-handedly create the "Jiahe" film and start a competition for hegemony in the film industry with Shao Daheng.

"Mr. Shi? I don't know which film of our Shaw Brothers you want to sponsor?"

In this era, many business people like to engage in film sponsorship, because in this era, television has not yet been popularized, and film has developed the fastest. Almost all Hong Kong people have the habit of watching movies, and they watch them from beginning to end without even subtitles. However, I'm afraid it's not worth the fare.

Therefore, at the beginning and end of the movie, they will advertise for some companies, and by the way, Shaw Brothers can also get a sponsorship fee.

"I heard that your company has a movie "The One-Armed Swordsman" directed by Chang Cheh that will be released, and I want to sponsor this movie."

"Uh, you mean "The One-Armed Swordsman"?" Zou Wenhuai froze for a moment.

"Why, is there a problem?" Shi Zhijian asked knowingly.

Seeing that Shi Zhijian really didn't know, Zou Wenhuai said, "The thing is like this, Mr. Shi, whether this movie can be released or not needs to be discussed, so..."

"Why can't it be released? I heard that the filming is finished?" Shi Zhijian made a confused expression.

"Uh, this..." Zou Wenhuai hesitated to speak, thinking whether he should tell the truth about the play.

Shi Zhijian added to the fire: "Actually, I really like director Zhang Cheh! I like all the scenes he shoots!" His expression was completely "little fan".

Zou Wenhuai was taken aback.

It turned out that Zhang Che was the director who was discovered by Zou Wenhuai. He had filmed three films before and all failed in a mess. This time, he brought newcomer Wang Yu to play such a big game. The possibility of overturning is extremely high, but Zou Wenhuai has always been optimistic about him.

Shao Daheng was just the opposite. He always looked down on Zhang Che's way of filming. He thought it was too wild. Most of the time, he filmed nondescript and didn't know what he was filming.

And this time, the investment in "One Armed Sword" was approved by Zou Wenhuai. To be precise, Zou Wenhuai contributed to it. If the release fails, he will be scolded to death by Daheng Shao.

I didn't expect someone to be so optimistic about Zhang Che and the movie "One Armed Sword" like myself today. Zou Wenhuai suddenly felt what Shi Zhijian thought, how pleasing to the eye.