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Chapter 51 New Editor-in-Chief

"I didn't expect Yan Hao to be young and have a lot of experience." After Yan Hao left, Shu Ming shook his head and exclaimed: "At the age of fourteen or five, he dared to take a train to Xinjiang, and he was very brave."

"This kid is a Red Guard." Luo Weiming said: "Put pineapples, arrange quotation songs, dance loyal dances, and dare to perform on the street..." (Note 1)

Before he finished speaking, he laughed and continued, "Looking at how he looks now, it's really hard to imagine what happened at that time."

Yan Hao is very thin now, wearing big-framed glasses, and looks like an honest child who is studying hard.

Chen Chong also laughed, but he was surprised by Yan Hao's life experience.

When he was a child, Chen Chong had a complete set of "Jinling Spring Dream" at home. It was published in 1958. There was also the word "internal distribution" on the cover, which tells the story of Chiang Kai-shek. This book was a powerful tool for Chen Chong to pretend to be in childhood. Every time he watched a patriotic war movie with his friends, he could always speak a bunch of Chiang Kai-shek's anecdotes.

After going to college, he accidentally remembered this book and searched the Internet to find out that "Jinling Spring Dream" has an extraordinary origin. The author Tang Ren is the editor of the Hong Kong left-wing newspaper "Ta Kung Pao". This book is the first Hong Kong and Taiwan novel published in the mainland and the only one for a long time. Therefore, it has been widely circulated and has a great influence.

Unexpectedly, this Tang man was actually Yan Hao's father. According to Yan Hao, his father was specially invited to Beijing to attend the 10th anniversary celebration of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1959, and was also elected as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference last year, so he is an authentic second-generation red, and there is no obstacle to going to the mainland.

This unexpected message made Chen Chong overjoyed, and he was more confident in filming "Shisanlang of the South China Sea".

That's right, he plans to let Anh Hsu and Yan Hao cooperate to co-direct the movie.

Chen Chong was ambitious. He wanted to use the legendary character of Nanhai Shisanlang as the main line to organically combine personal joys and sorrows with the surging era background to make a palace-level movie.

Anh Xu is delicate and good at dealing with the relationship between characters in movies. Yan Hao is rich and good at creating a movie atmosphere with a sense of history. The two are good friends and have worked together. It is a perfect match.

Because Yan Hao is currently busy with the post-production of "Night Car", and the preparations for "Shisanlang of the South China Sea" are very long, Chen Chong has not mentioned this yet.

Today he fell into the trap, so Chen Chong could not let him go, so he immediately agreed to arrange for him to do odd jobs for Kurosawa Akira, and then took the opportunity to propose the cooperation to shoot.

Yan Hao was going to learn shooting skills from Kurosawa Akira, and there were not many obstacles. Jiahe attached great importance to the movie "Night Car". Not only did he specially invite the popular female singer Chen Meiling to sing the theme song, but he also arranged the recording, editing and printing in Japan. He could go to the set of "Shadow Warrior" to watch and study while doing the post-production, but it would be very hard.

Chen Chong was thinking, Shu Ming spoke, and he asked excitedly: "Mr. Chen, will we go to interview Kurosawa Akira in the next issue of our magazine?"

"Mr. Chen invested in Kurosawa's new film, which is movie news." Luo Weiming snatched the conversation and said, "So we will go to interview me. Mr. Chen was very kind and said that "Movie Age" mainly consulted information in the film industry, right, Mr. Chen?"

"Lao Luo, your integrity has fallen all over the floor." Chen Chong laughed and said, "When I call me Boss Shen, I always say Mr. Shen when I beg me?"

"Same, same, it means the same." Luo Weiming was thick-skinned. He smoked a cigarette and said with a smile: "Tell me, Mr. Chen, when will I send me for an interview?"

"You..." Shu Ming was a good old man, not good at speaking and contending. His face turned red in an anxious manner, but he didn't say anything.

"Okay, stop fighting, there are all opportunities." Chen Chong smiled and smoothed out, saying: "The next issue of "First Movie Review" will use Akira Kurosawa as the cover. As for "Movie Age", we will go for an interview when the movie is finished next year."

"This is unfair!" Luo Weiming called Tianqu, threw away the cigarette butts, and said, "Our magazine sells ten times more than "First Movie Review". Why should we wait until next year?"

"Big Boss, Kurosawa Akira's stinky and hard temper, no one in the world knows!" Chen Chong complained and said, "I only invested one-third, and it is not the ultimate boss. It is not easy to get two interview opportunities. Who made us "Movie Time" instead of "Time" Weekly?"

"Can we go to the interview first." Luo Weiming said excitedly, "Brother Shu Ming has a warm temper. You are not in a hurry. Let him go to the interview next year."

"Who said I'm not in a hurry?" Shu Ming said, stood up and said, "I'll buy a ticket to Tokyo now."

"Don't be anxious, everyone." Chen Chong stroked his forehead with his hand. He still underestimated Kurosawa Akira's position in the hearts of his loyal fans. "Kurosawa Akira is not the bride at the wedding, so why are you rushing to chase him in such a hurry?"

Shu Ming smiled and sat down again.

Chen Chong adjusted his sitting posture and asked, "Editor Shu, are you familiar with Japan?"

"Of course he is familiar with it." Luo Weiming said angrily: "Brother Shu Ming has lived in Japan for several years and is a fake Japanese devil."

"I've been studying in Tokyo for a few years." Shu Ming ignored Luo Weiming and said with a smile: "I'm pretty familiar with Japan."

"Then are you interested in staying in Japan?"

"What does Chen mean?"

"Kurosawa's movies will probably be filmed until April and May tomorrow, and I need a central contact point." Chen Chong said while playing with the pen: "And Japan is the leading Asian film center, and it is very necessary for the magazine to open an office there. If Editor Shu is interested, I want to send you to Japan as the manager of the office."

Shu Ming nodded immediately and said, "I am willing to go."

"Okay." Chen Chong was overjoyed. Although Shu Ming was not very efficient in his work, he was considerate and safe in his work. He was not young anymore and had no ambitions. He was the most suitable as a representative to Japan. He said: "In terms of salary, I will not treat it unfairly. All food and accommodation in Japan will be reimbursed by the company."

"Brother Shu, congratulations, for promotion and wealth." Luo Weiming held a cigarette in his mouth, bowed his fists in a sloppy manner, congratulated him a few words, and then said with some meaning; "Mr. Chen, since Brother Shu is going to be the manager in Japan, should he change the editor-in-chief of "The First Movie Review"?"

"You have no chance." Chen Chong waved his hand and directly rejected Luo Weiming's intention. This guy made a great career in "Movie Age" and was a great talent. How could he be transferred to manage "First Movie Review" at this time? "Editor Shu, Luo Fu has gone to the mainland and can't come back for the time being. You recommend someone to take over the position of editor-in-chief."

"Select from the magazine or from outside?"

"Everything is OK, as long as you think it's appropriate."

"I think Zhuo Botang is very good when it comes to the magazine. He is familiar with movies in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and has rich theoretical knowledge." Shu Ming said: "If it comes to the magazine, I recommend Lin Niantong."

"Lin Niantong is good." Luo Weiming nodded and said, "He had a lot of ideas when he organized the establishment of the 'Chinese Film Society', and he also worked in film magazines and had experience."

"This kind of talent." Chen Chong was puzzled: "When the magazine was reorganized, why didn't you recommend it to me?"

"He was not in Hong Kong at the time." Shu Ming explained: "Lin Niantong was very brave. At the end of last year, she secretly went to Shanghai to collect information about early Chinese films and came back a while ago."

Is there such talent in the Hong Kong film and culture industry?

Chen Chong was surprised, but this behavior was very consistent with his taste and added a lot of points. So he made a decision in an instant and said, "Then invite Lin Niantong to be the editor-in-chief and Zhuo Botang as the deputy editor-in-chief."

Chen Chong stayed in the United States and Japan for seven or eight days, and accumulated a lot of matters that he had to make a decision. After finally solving the matters of the magazine, the two editors-in-chiefs left, and Zeng Lizhen walked in.

"Mr. Chen, this is the past two weeks. I have come to our company to look for investment in movie projects." Zeng Lizhen handed a folder to Chen Chong and said, "I have screened it and initially determined several more innovative projects."

Chen Chong took it and his eyes lit up immediately. There were so many happy events. On the first page, he saw two familiar names - Yu Yunkang and Weng Weiquan.

Yu Yunkang's "The Evil List", known as the most terrifying horror film in Hong Kong, is a classic movie in the New Wave.

Weng Weiquan's "Industry Rules" is a semi-documentary police and gangster movie, and is one of the rare and serious works in the New Wave.

After reading the script outline, I felt that the plot was similar to the movie in my memory, Chen Chong picked up the pen and drew a circle on the project with their names.

Turning to the second page, Chen Chong couldn't help laughing - Wang Jing actually appeared again.

"Wang Jing is going to block your door again?"

"No, this time I came to the company with a regular and orderly smile," Zeng Lizhen said, "He was taking a script for chasing girls. I think it's quite funny. There should be a market, so I stayed."

Wang Jing’s hobby of gambling and sex is famous, and his high yield is also famous. Chen Chong thought about it, but he didn’t read the script outline, so he drew a circle on his name.

Turning down further, Chen Chong found that Zeng Lizhen had also recorded the items that had not passed the review and gave her reasons for rejection. The reasons were all very sufficient, and she couldn't help but admire her more and more.

After reading it, Chen Chong returned the folder to Zeng Lizhen and said, "You ask them to prepare for the project of Yu Yunkang and Weng Weiquan first, and then start work after I come back from the mainland. Wang Jing's one, you will be the producer, and you will be responsible for it. I will not interfere and can start shooting at any time."

"Really?" Zeng Lizhen was overjoyed and said quickly: "Thank you, Mr. Chen."

"If you want to thank you, Wang Jing will thank you." Chen Chong said with a smile: "You are the producer manager, so it is natural to be a producer. Thank you for what I do."

"I am Mr. Xie Chen giving me this opportunity to direct Wang Xiaopang." Zeng Lizhen said with a smile: "In the past, he was often teased by him and his feng shui took turns. Now it's my turn to bully him."

"Then you torture him well." Chen Chong said happily when he was successful, "I will give you a budget of 1 million first, so you can check it carefully. If the movie is sold well, you will be paid dividends."

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