The gambling king family's charity gala has always been one of the unprecedented annual events in Hong Kong and Macau.
Celebrities, socialites, stars and other celebrities attended the event one after another. Not only were they gorgeously dressed, the decoration of the entire dinner was also extremely luxurious.
Gong Cie was wearing a plain cheongsam with a stand-up collar and a small fur coat. He held Fang Yan’s arm and smiled as he met He Xin’s family one by one.
"Didn't the news say that Mr. He has three bedrooms? Why did he come with two bedrooms?"
"Because the one who didn't come was not favored."
Tongues are spoken in a voice that can be heard by two people.
Gong Cie blinked, "It won't really be like the grudges between wealthy families written in magazines..."
Fang Yan made a silent gesture, "Shh, even if it's true , and can't say it, let alone on this occasion Talk.”
“It’s really complicated for a wealthy family, but fortunately we are just a small family.”
Gong Qie stuck out his tongue in a rare and playful manner, and then his attention was quickly drawn. Attracted by the guests who entered the scene one after another.
Lin Qingxia was seen wearing pearl earrings and a long white dress, dignified, elegant and elegant, while Wang Zuxian beside her was just the opposite, wearing a black half-length skirt, purple velvet gloves and a gray woolen coat. Charming and pure, both pleasant and charming.
Beside them, there will naturally be so-called "flower guardians", such as Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao...
But compared to the delicate flowers, dialects are more attraction.
After all, the fact that he crossed the river in white and came forward to solve the crisis for the Deborah family, who was in huge debt, has spread throughout Hong Kong and Macao, not to mention that his "Police Story" will be released soon. , Cheng Long and the others will naturally discuss the publicity and marketing strategy.
“Fang Sheng, we meet again!”
"Boss He, long time no see."
The man chatted with the man, and the woman got together with the woman.
Wang Zuxian ran up to Gong Yue excitedly, took the wine glass from her hand, and drank all the wine she had drank without any scruples.
Lin Qingxia came late, shook her head and said with a smile: "Xiaoxian, pay attention to the occasion, be more reserved."
Wang Zuxian exhaled: "I am really thirsty to death."
"Is it such an exaggeration?"
Gong Qie got her a glass of juice from the passing waiter's plate, "You're not going to tell me that you haven't drank any water this day, are you?"
< br>“Of course not.”
Wang Zuxian said that when she first entered the scene, she was surrounded by a group of media. The various questions thrown out were both tricky and full of traps. Not only did she have to deal with them carefully, but she also had to promote "Police Story" just right, speaking loudly. It's about to smoke.
“What are these difficult questions to answer?” Gong Xie asked curiously.
"For example, do you think you are confident that the box office can surpass "Baby"? Lin Qingxia pursed her lips. So far, the box office of "Baby" has been close to 25 million, which is only half of it. It has only been more than a month, not to mention sweeping the markets such as Baodao, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. If "Police Story" can surpass it, they will laugh out of their dreams.
“Fortunately, I’m smart and didn’t stump me. I said of course it’s possible.”
Wang Zuxian said: “After all, only Fang Sheng’s movies can beat Fang Sheng’s movies.”< br>
“Pfft!”
Gong Tie and Lin Qingxia looked at each other and smiled, and almost said in unison: "You are the smartest!"
While they were chatting and laughing among their best friends, Fang Yan discussed with He Guanchang, Cheng Long and others to The focus of publicity and marketing is on the dangers of film shooting, such as the "glass story" idea mentioned by Gong Yue before, and the incident of Cheng Long jumping down in the shopping mall.
“There really isn’t a stand-in who dares to do it. I have no choice. If they don’t do it, I will have to do it.”
Cheng Long said with gestures: “Before the filming started, my brothers in the class I was given an amulet specially. In fact, I don’t believe in this thing at all, but when I Standing on a tall building, climbing to the guardrail, looking at the pole full of light bulbs, I still took the amulet away, just as a psychological comfort, but I was still very scared. After climbing up and down for two hours, I still couldn't. Don’t dare to jump.”
“Then what?”
Fang Yan listened with interest.
“In the end, there was a mistake on set. I don’t know who shouted ‘turn on’. As a result, all 15 cameras started operating. As you know, Fang Sheng, film is very expensive, and it was rented by our crew at the time. It was the last day in this shopping mall, so I had to bite the bullet and jump." Cheng Long said helplessly, "I didn't expect that the electrician didn't lower the voltage of the light bulb and almost electrocuted me from above. When it fell, both hands Almost all the skin on it was burned, which scared the whole crew to tears."
Fang Yan said: "No wonder I heard Qingxia and Xiaoxian say that you jumped all the way. Sparks bring lightning.”
"Yes, they all thought I was going to die at the time."
Cheng Long smiled and said: "I have to say, that amulet is really useful, and the movie was successfully completed. .”
"Okay, very energetic!"
Fang Yan patted his shoulder, "With your energy and courage, why worry about not being able to break into Hollywood."
Cheng Long was emotional, He couldn't wait to ask when he could go to Hollywood, but He Guanchang stopped him with his eyes and kept hinting to calm down. Fang Yan also avoided answering, "When "Police Story" is released, I Let’s discuss it again.”
“Fang Sheng is right, Aaron and Jiahe should not rush into Hollywood.”
He Guanshang looked at the couple who were having a good time. Run Run Shaw, Fang Yihua and He Xin changed the subject and said that when they came to Haojiang, they overheard a piece of gossip. Fang Yan not only persuaded He Xin to forgive Di Boola's gambling debt, but also persuaded him to invest in Shaw Brothers. movie.
"Oh, where did Boss He get the news?"
Fang Yan's eyes were confused.
“It’s just that someone spread a rumor to me. I just don’t know whether it is true or false.”
He Guanchang looked up and down for a while, and gradually got the answer in his heart. It seems that the rumors are true.
Seeing that his face was much more solemn, Fang Yan calmly shook the wine glass:
"I'm afraid Boss He didn't hear about it. I came to Haojiang this time not only to be invited by Mr. He, but also to discuss the cooperation of this charity project on behalf of my sixth uncle and my sixth aunt, so that "Baby Smart Stars" can be linked to charity. , to eliminate the negative impact caused by rumors?”
He Guanzhang, Cheng Long and others were all surprised that at this time, the dance was officially held.
He Xin made an impromptu opening speech in order to support his daughter He Chaoqiong who was hosting the charity ball this time.
“My second uncle He Dong once taught me that money and money are not good at making money. Don’t rush to donate money when you are young, otherwise you will have to find someone to donate to you when you are old. However, I didn’t listen. His words. I always remember to repay the place where I am today, one is Queen’s College and the other is Xiangjiang University, because I have The 6-year scholarship is what I am today because of my education, so in recent years, I have been supporting charitable donations for education.”
“Today’s party was organized by my daughter, and I sincerely thank everyone for being able to do so. Come and support me, I feel honored by your support.”
After thanking each other for a while, I finally turned my attention to Fang Yan and Gong Qi.
"And tonight we are honored to invite the world-famous writer Mr. Fang Yan and his wife Miss Gong Chou!"
As soon as these words came out, Brigitte Lin and Wang Zuxian looked at each other. To Fangyan stood up from the VIP seat in the front row and strode to the stage.
After he made some polite remarks, he suddenly made a shocking statement.
Not only did he directly donate a check of 20 in the name of the chairman of the China Culture and Education Foundation, he also announced in a high-profile manner that he had convinced Fang Yihua and Run Run Shaw that Shaw Brothers Pictures was preparing to set up a "movie dollar" "Donation" special fund project to give back to Hong Kong's public welfare undertakings.
"For every movie ticket sold in "Baby's Stars", one yuan will be donated to the foundation...
Donating one yuan is also a good deed! Watching movies can also be a charity!"
In an instant, there was an uproar and exclamations came and went.
In the audience, He Guanchang, Cheng Long and others looked at each other, their faces more or less dull. How can the movie promotion be so fun?
Cheng Long couldn't help but sigh: "Master Qi, Fang Sheng probably came up with this idea again."
"Fang Sheng is indeed Fang Sheng, killing three birds with one stone."
Ho Guan-chang stared straight at the dialect on the stage. Donating one yuan to film charity is not just what he said. , can eliminate the negative public opinion that Nicholas Tse's father, Xie Xian owes a huge gambling debt of 15 million, and can boost the box office of "Baby Smart Stars", making the momentum that has started to decline rise again, and can also cooperate with the "nostalgia marketing" previously launched , greatly beautifying and elevating the image of Shaw Brothers Pictures.
Suddenly, a burst of applause came from my ears, interrupting my thoughts.
“Wow, wow, wow.”
Applause surged like a tidal wave, flowing to Fang Yan, He Chaoqiong and others, as well as to founders such as Shaw Run Run and Fang Yihua.
Cheng Long applauded and whispered: "Do you want to wait until "Police Story" is released to do something like this?"
"Don't worry, wait until I get back to follow it. Let's talk about it later." He Guanchang waved his hands thoughtfully.
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Those who donate too much are said to be "showing off", those who donate too little are said to be "iron roosters", and those who donate too late are said to be "fraudulent donations".
If you don’t donate, that’s even worse! Jubi made a public statement to force donations!
In fact, no matter what the purpose of charity is, even for reputation, as long as the real money is in place and it is done well, it is always a good deed.
Of course, there are not so many tricks and routines these days. Most of them are real donations of real money, and some are tax avoidance in the name of charity.
For example, "Summer Lucky Star", the first movie to break through 30 million box office, has nearly 2.35 million moviegoers. "Baby Star" is expected to have about 2.5 million moviegoers, which means about 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars will be donated. The target is the Chinese Culture and Education Foundation of Dialect.
One million of them was donated by Run Run Shaw and Fang Yihua in the name of Shaw Brothers, and the rest will be counted as part of Dialect’s box office revenue. In addition to continuing to be used for international writing projects, study abroad funding projects, and the Mao Dun Literary Award, Dialect is preparing Expand the scope of funding again and include Including the predecessor of the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, the National Award for Outstanding Scripts in Drama, Opera, and Opera, and the Lu Xun Literature Award to be launched next year...
However, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and Fang Yan never expected that the "One Yuan Charity Donation" would detonate At the scene, the enthusiasm for donations increased.
So much so that during the dance, while Shao Yifu was dancing with Fang Yihua, he cast an inquiring look at Fang Yan next to him:
"Yan Zai, your sixth aunt said this Did you come up with the idea?”
“I didn’t come up with it all by myself, but Aunt Six, Xiaoqi and Miss He also contributed.”
Fang Yan looked at Gong Cie, who was dancing with him, with a smile. When everyone was discussing the trilogy of gambling movies, they considered that gambling on movies would be disgraceful after all, so they decided to use part of the box office earned by the movies in the future for charity. This discussion led to the project of "One Yuan Charity Donation".
In order to test the final effect of the project and to eliminate the negative news about Xie Xian’s gambling debt, we first tried it in "Baby Smart Star".
“Looking at the response just now, it seems that Yan Zai’s idea worked.”
Fang Yihua’s words were full of appreciation.
“So good, so good!”
Run Run Shaw showed a pleased smile.
Fang Yan and Gong Xie also laughed and danced for a while, and the dance music changed into a tango with strong rhythm and enthusiasm.
Gong Qie could not dance and was tired of dancing, so he simply "gave" the dialect to Lin Qingxia, who could dance, and watched with a smile as the two danced on the dance floor.
Wang Zuxian blinked in surprise, "I didn't expect Fang Sheng to be so good at dancing?"
Gong Xiang smiled sweetly and said that he was a self-proclaimed dance king, capable of ballroom dancing and tango. , break dance and other dance types are all at his fingertips. For this reason, Mike specially worshiped him as his teacher and learned break dance. "Xiao Xian, you can replace Qing Xia later and let you experience it."
"Okay, the more you say that, the more I want to see it."
Wang Zuxian saw that the two people were spinning gracefully and skillfully on the dance floor, especially Lin Qingxia, who was driven by the dialect. She began to enjoy the dance, with her forehead pressed against his cheek, a bright smile on her face, and occasionally a crisp laugh, which made her heart feel itchy.
After dancing, taking advantage of the change of dance music, many male partners left the dance floor with their female partners.
After all, dancing requires physical fitness and energy. There are many people who can dance two songs, but there are not many who can dance three or five songs in a row.
Seeing that Fang Yan chose Wang Zuxian instead of Guan Zhilin, Guan Shang couldn't help but complain about his daughter:
"Nanny, what happened? I asked you to take the initiative!"
"Dad, I have already taken the initiative. I can't pester him and beg him to dance. There are so many people watching."
Guan Zhilin pouted.
"Alas, no matter what, this is the only chance I have to get in touch with Fang Sheng and the others."
Guan Shang said that in order to participate in the gambling king's charity ball, he was willing to risk everything. Old face, beg grandpa and grandma for a chance.
"Why does it have to be him?"
Guan Zhilin pursed her lips when she saw Wang Zuxian and Fang Yan dancing in perfect sync.
"What do you say."
Guan Shang shook his head, not to mention the dialect and the rumors of gambling king, he alone is the three major players of Jiahe, Shaw Brothers and Xinyi City As a guest of the three giants of Hong Kong movies, casually giving Kwan Chi-lin some resources is enough for her to break the bottleneck of today's star-studded actress.
Guan Zhilin glanced at Gong Qie, who was chatting passionately with Lin Qingxia, and then at Fang Yan, who was dancing vigorously, and couldn't help but lick her lips.
At the same time, Wang Zuxian smiled and said: "I didn't expect that there would be so many people wanting to dance with you just now."
"I didn't expect it either."
Fang Yan moved his hands and feet, " I wonder if it would be enough if I didn’t become a writer Are you qualified to be a dancer in Xiangjiang?"
Wang Zuxian chuckled, "If you become a dancer, I will definitely pull Qingxia to support you."
"You are welcome to support me, but I welcome you even more. Reserved. ”
Hearing Fang Yan's words, Wang Zuxian knew it was a joke, but he still subconsciously froze for a moment, his cheeks turning slightly red.
Just as she was lost in thought, a voice of He Xin came to her ears, praising the dialect for her excellent dancing.
"Mr. He is also a treasure trove." There was a wave of business exchanges in dialect, "Ms. He is also radiant and radiant."
"Haha, I don't know if Fang Sheng is willing. Are you willing to dance with me again? "
He Xin said that Zhang Guorong will sing "Monica" himself next, and he wants He Chaoqiong to be the dance partner in dialect and dance on the song.
"I'm so happy!"
Fang Yan and He Chaoqiong looked at each other and smiled. Wang Zuxian saw it and cursed in his heart with anger and resentment -
More than just someone who is qualified to be the leader. Xiangjiang Gigolo can definitely secure his position as chief! (End of this chapter)