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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 couldn't help laughing: "Cantonese is not one of the requirements for applying for the exam? Shanghai dialect is quite useful. Many directors and screenwriters in the company are from Shanghai, so it will be very convenient to communicate."

"As for English—"

Cai Tong pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "In theaters, there will be some new Hollywood movies. The people who watch them are mainly Europeans and Americans in Hong Kong, and only some middle-class people in the local area will watch them."

At that time, Hong Kong, like the mainland, had a high illiteracy rate, and even Chinese characters were not fully recognized, let alone English!
In addition, the English-language movies played at this time are all in English with Chinese subtitles. Many hard-working people, even if they are willing to spend money to watch a movie, English movies with subtitles that they don’t understand will naturally not be their choice.

It doesn't have much market potential, even if it makes an English film, it can't compete with European and American blockbusters——

As long as Pei Yuanyang doesn't get into the water, he won't shoot a movie with English as the main dialogue.

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

Song Huanxi froze for a moment, frowned, and said seriously: "If you can't shoot today, it doesn't mean you won't shoot tomorrow."

The girl's voice was clear and clear, "Since Americans can show us English films, we can also show them English films!"

"it is good!"

Before the words were finished, a resounding good word came from the door, and Pei Yuanyang strode in, applauding vigorously as he walked, and looked at Song Huanxi with admiration in his eyes.

Zou Wenhuan froze on the spot, not following the boss's footsteps immediately, he murmured: "Make an English film for Americans?!"

Make an English film!Earn 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.

After thinking about it, Zou Wenhuan hurriedly followed into the classroom. His boss was not stingy with compliments, and he had already praised Song Huanxi from head to toe twice!
"Student Song is very good!" Standing on the podium, Pei Yuanyang looked around at the students in the training class, as if looking at the money trees, and said with a pleasant face:
"Not only Song, but you as well. You might as well set a higher goal. If we don't shoot English films today, it doesn't mean we won't shoot 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, an 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, everyone is the future queen and actor, and the next Lin Yu!"

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

With that said, Pei Yuanyang bowed deeply, bowing to many students!
A group of students, the oldest is only in his early 20s, how have we ever seen such a formation!
The big boss of Cousin Pictures even bowed to everyone!
Everyone's eyes are shining, as if they really saw the day when they will become the actor/actress!
I don't know who applauded first, and for a while, the applause was like thunder, resounding through the classroom!

Pei Yuanyang straightened up slowly, his handsome face was full of smiles, he lied, he would be extremely satisfied if there was another Lin Yu from this group of students.

Judging from the current situation, Song Huanxi has great potential.

That's right, after this beauty's self-introduction just now, he finally remembered the other person's name, instead of subconsciously calling her the female student who played Romeo.

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

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

The big boss gave the lecture in person, and everyone cheered up, including Cai Tong and Zou Wenhuan standing side by side next to the podium.

Cai Tong had a strange face, and lowered his voice: "Raymond, the boss won't talk about that again, will he?"

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

The two of them said a few words briefly, and Pei Yuanyang was still playing tricks: "Now, the students should be guessing what I will teach."

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

"Nonono," Pei Yuanyang raised his index finger and shook, "The first lesson, I want to teach you how to play movies!"

There was an uproar in the audience, 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 Cai Tong, the film producer, and Zou Wenhuan, the public relations director, also taught them this lesson when they first joined the Pei family—how to show movies!

Pei Yuanyang signaled the students to be quiet, "Many students are probably very surprised. I came here to learn how to be an actor, not how to be a film projectionist. Why do I have to learn this?"

"That's why we have to talk about the composition of the theaters of our Pei Brothers Pictures."

Pei Yuanyang's handsome face was full of pride: "First of all, I want to tell you a statistic. Of the 108 theaters in Hong Kong, our Pei family accounts for 42!"

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

"In other words, tens of thousands of people watch the movie you star in every day!"

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

Cai Tong shook his head helplessly, and Zou Wenhuan also looked numb: The boss seems to have forgotten to tell these young people that these theaters, as well as the income from watching movies, are all surnamed Pei!
Both he and the supervisor Cai around him get a fixed salary every month!

But a few taels of silver, chat 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 old fritters on the set, he would probably get a blank stare.

He keenly noticed that among the students, there was a look in his eyes that was extremely fierce. He subconsciously looked at it, and was slightly taken aback. Student Song?
He suddenly remembered that this classmate Song, when he applied for the recruitment, did say that there were no elders to rely on in the family, and there were younger siblings to support——

For a moment, Pei Yuanyang even hesitated, should he just give this classmate Song one or two unimportant roles, so that she can supplement some household expenses?

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

Pei Yuanyang withdrew his gaze and refocused on the class: "A specific theater—"

Song Huanxi was a little distracted, heh!So there are 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 lot of money? !
　Our heroine is always so fresh and refined——

　　In 89, there were still 121 movie theaters in Hong Kong, but now there are only 60.

　　The Shaw Brothers started in Malaysia and Singapore. At the beginning, the eldest brother Shao was a lawyer. When customers arrived at a theater, they couldn’t redeem it. Because his wife was an actress, he was very interested and bought it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)