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Chapter 179: Once Upon a Time in China Released

Since taking over ATV, Huang Ze is no longer just a director and a singer, but also the owner of his own film company.

In the Hong Kong film and television circles, he can also be called a big boss.

Yes, it is true that they do not have as deep a foundation as Run Run Shaw and He Guanchang of Golden Harvest’s Wrinkles.

But that's not even on the same level as them.

Therefore, all the filmmakers who received Huang Ze’s premiere invitation came.

"Hey, Director Xu." After seeing Xu Ke, Huang Ze had a different feeling and shook hands a little harder.

"You are an expert in costume films. In my opinion, "New Shushan Swordsman" and "A Chinese Ghost Story" are both excellent films. It's just that the former may have been born at the wrong time and came out too early, but it is also a very important attempt, which has a great impact on the film industry."

"I don't know how this attempt at entering the ancient costume martial arts film industry will turn out. I'll have to give you some pointers after watching it!"

"No, no." Xu Ke smiled a little stiffly, "Let's make progress together. I also have a lot to learn from Director Huang."

"Hello, Ms. Shi. I've heard of you for a long time." After Huang Ze shook hands with Xu Ke, he also shook the other's girlfriend's hand.

When Huang Ze saw each other, he just thought of DINK in his heart. This thing is really different for women and men.

When a woman’s age is past, it’s really past. But a man can still have children even if he’s over 70!

Don’t you agree, Old Monster Xu?
Huang Ze glanced at Xu Ke.

The confused person smiled politely.

"Okay, take you two in." Huang Ze assigned the two to the employees and went to welcome others.

Not long after, I saw Pan Disheng and Michelle Yeoh again. "Boss Pan is here to show his support again."

"I'm not just here to show my support, I'm also here to give you a gift." After shaking hands, Pan Disheng handed over an invitation.

"Ziqiong and I will hold our wedding in October. You and your wife must come then." Pan Disheng said.

"No problem." Huang Ze put away the invitation and thought of a report he had read in his previous life. He couldn't help but ask, "Who will host the wedding?"

"Ah?" Pan Disheng and Michelle Yeoh looked at each other, and saw Michelle Yeoh shook her head and looked at Huang Ze in surprise.

"Do you know what I'm thinking? This person does have some connection with you."

"Ah? Are you inviting me to host?" Huang Ze asked knowingly.

"That's not the case." Pan Disheng smiled and shook his head, "It's Uncle Shao Liu."

"It had nothing to do with you before, but since you bought ATV, we now have a rival relationship."

"Your show is pretty good!" Pan Disheng said, "I've watched every episode. Let Disheng Jewelry be the exclusive sponsor. I'll pay ATV 5 million per year. How about that?"

"No problem!" This number is indeed not small, almost enough to cover the annual prize money given out by the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" program. Considering the relationship between the two, Huang Ze agreed directly.

“I will ask the host to say a few more words at that time, saying that this program is exclusively sponsored by Disheng Jewelry. We don’t care about how long it will last, we only care about having it once. Disheng Jewelry, you deserve it!”

"Hahaha, okay, it's settled!" Pan Disheng laughed, feeling very happy.

Such naming fees are sometimes relatively high.

But he believes that this program has great potential, and that the Hong Kong Island economy is developing rapidly nowadays, and the money can be earned by selling some jewelry and brand-name watches.

It is totally worth spending so much money to make his Disheng brand more famous and more popular.

Huang Ze returned to his seat after receiving all the people with invitations. He glanced at Li Lianjie who looked a little nervous and said, "Have some confidence in yourself and me."

"Of course I have confidence in Director Huang." Li Lianjie smiled.

"You may not feel it just because it's acting, but you will have confidence after watching it!" Huang Ze pointed in the direction of the screen with his chin.

Turn off the lights and the screen lights up.

The opening animation of Star Sea flashed by, and a ship and a fierce black flag appeared.

After a lion dance performance, Liu Yongfu of the Black Flag Army and their coach Huang Feihong gave a speech expressing their concern for the country and the people.

He was also given a fan with words of unequal treaties written all over it.

Thinking that his sailors were about to be disbanded, he requested him to organize them into a militia and continue training them so that they could go into battle and kill the enemy if an attack came in the future.

"It's a different feeling." The audience who came to watch the movie with friends couldn't help but whisper to the friend next to him.

"It's a bit grand, with a sense of family, country and the world, but I think Li Lianjie is not suitable for this role." The friend said very seriously, "Kwan Tak-hing's Wong Fei-hung is the real Wong Fei-hung."

"Mr. Guan is 1.8 meters tall, and Li Lianjie is less than 1.7 meters tall, right? Who do you think is more suitable?"

"Hey, you can't just talk about height. Li Lianjie doesn't look short in the movie."

Just as the two were discussing, they heard a melody that made them feel very excited and turned their heads to look.

Wong Fei-hung, played by Li Lianjie, was seen running across the beach with hundreds of shirtless militiamen.

The group formed a neat line and started fighting together under the rising sun.

Accompanying it is the song "A Man Should Be Self-reliant" which makes people's blood boil.

"Let the sea and sky gather energy for me."

"Go and create the world, and fight for my ideal.

"The blue waves are rising, and the blue sky is vast and majestic."

"As a man, you should be strong!"

"Good!" Xu Ke in the audience couldn't help but applaud. "This shot is so well taken. It goes really well with the song."

“I have a feeling that this is indeed a very different film.”

When the scene of Yangcheng Street was displayed, Xu Ke clenched his hands again and looked at his girlfriend, "Is this the Yangcheng Street that Huang Ze invested in?"

"It should be." Shi Nansheng nodded. "I heard that they invested more than 20 million US dollars in Shanghai. At that time, I was wondering how to recover the cost."

"Now it seems that I was too worried. ATV could have filmed there! I didn't expect Huang Ze to be so rich that he could build a street and afford ATV."

"Let's not talk about records, he made a lot of money from movies alone!" Xu Ke held up a finger, "Let's not talk about other things, just from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, he made at least this much."

"Only 10 million?" Shi Nansheng disagreed, "It must be at least 50 million."

"That's less. I'm talking about 100 million!" Xu Ke looked at Huang Ze enviously. "Except for As Tears Go By, all the movies under his company are big hits."

“Even ‘As Tears Go By’ is a film that can recoup its costs just from the Hong Kong box office.”

"After making so many movies, I wonder how much money they made!"

(End of this chapter)