Hong Kong General: Undercover and Liansheng, from 49 to leader

Chapter 109 [108] Jiang Tiansheng, you Hongxing people are really loyal and righteous.
"Is that theater manager crazy? Didn't you tell him that this movie was produced by me, Lu Yaowen?"

After hearing Jimmy's words, Lu Yaowen was slightly stunned, and then he asked.

There are only three cinema chains in Hong Kong Island, and any cinema movie that wants to be released has to be shown in these three cinema chains.

Although the film schedules of some big productions or big film companies are set by the senior management of the theater chains, there will still be some vacant schedules left over, and it is the theater chain managers who decide how to schedule these vacant schedules.

Relying on the power in their hands, theater managers often ask movie actresses to accompany them for dinner, overnight, and for a few days of play. This is not a daily occurrence, but it happens from time to time. This is especially true for some small film companies, which even take the initiative to pay actresses to accompany theater managers just to get a relatively better screening schedule.

But Lu Yaowen was not willing to tolerate this, especially since this was his first movie in theaters. If this was set as a precedent, wouldn't every movie in the future have to have actresses accompany the theater manager?

"Brother Wen, the film production company is Yaowen Film Company..."

Jimmy said slowly.

After hearing what Jimmy said, Lu Yaowen hesitated for a moment and said, "Go tell the manager of Shaw Brothers' theater chain that the heroine of this movie is not my adopted daughter and will not be performing. If he still insists on having Xixili accompany him for a few days, then ask his wife to go back to Mong Kok and I will find someone to accompany her for a few days."

After much thought, Lu Yaowen felt that a person who could be a manager of three major cinema chains should not be so stupid as to not be able to figure out who can be controlled and who cannot be controlled, so he decided to give this manager another chance.

"Okay, Brother Wen, I'll go talk to him again."

On the other end of the phone, after Jimmy hung up, he walked back into the office of Shaw Cinemas manager Yang Zhian.

"Manager Yang, my boss asked me to tell you that Xixili is not his adopted daughter and will not perform as a prostitute."

Jimmy walked straight up to Yang Zhian and said calmly.

"..."

After hearing Jimmy's words, Yang Zhian's face changed slightly. He had watched countless Level 3 films shot by Lu Yaowen, and had even asked several of the female protagonists to act on stage.

So after watching the erotic film "The Secret Life of a Woman", he asked the female lead to accompany him for a few days. In his opinion, Lu Yaowen's adopted daughter was originally a prostitute, and if he let her spend a few days with him and give the movie a good quality, Lu Yaowen would definitely not have any objection.

result……

If Yang Zhian offended Lu Yaowen because of official business, he was not afraid of Lu Yaowen because he had the support of Shaw Brothers and Shaw Brothers would protect him.

But the problem now is that he offended Lu Yaowen because of personal matters. Although it is common for actresses to have three companions, this kind of thing can be done but not talked about.

Once the matter is really reported to Shao Laoliu, Yang Zhian will definitely have to pack up and leave. Without the protection of the Shaw family, Yang Zhian will definitely be tortured by Lu Yaowen to the point where he would rather die than live.

After a brief thought, Yang Zhian immediately forced a bright smile on his face: "Brother Jimmy, look at this misunderstanding, I thought..."

"Brother Jimmy, just pretend that I didn't say anything just now. Also, please apologize to Brother Wen... No, I will go to Mong Kok to treat Brother Wen to a meal and apologize to Brother Wen in person."

Given how 'popular' Lu Yaowen has been in the Hong Kong underworld over the past half month, not to mention the film industry which is closely related to the underworld, even if Yang Zhian is an ordinary person, he would probably have heard of Lu Yaowen's name.

Offending such a person?
Yang Zhian only blamed himself for not explaining things clearly to Jimmy just now, which led to Lu Yaowen's misunderstanding.

"Brother Wen has to host a welcome party at noon, so he won't have time to deal with you. But don't worry, as long as you arrange the movie schedule, Brother Wen is very generous and won't remember such a small matter."

Seeing that Yang Zhian immediately understood what was going on, Jimmy said this calmly and was about to turn around and leave.

"Brother Jimmy, please wait for me. Brother Wen is not free at noon, so I will invite Brother Wen to have afternoon tea this afternoon. Brother Jimmy, please give me some face and help me make an appointment with Brother Wen."

The more Jimmy acted like this, the more panicked Yang Zhian became. He immediately walked quickly behind Jimmy and apologized with a smile.

Hearing Yang Zhian's words, Jimmy turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man who was arrogant at first but respectful later, and said lightly: "It's no problem to help you make an appointment with Brother Wen. Whether Brother Wen is free depends on your luck."

"Thank you, Jimmy."

Only then did Yang Zhian breathe a sigh of relief.

At noon that day, Lu Yaowen directly let Thirteenth Sister sit in the main seat, giving her enough face. After the meal, he officially sent Thirteenth Sister to work under Tong En.

Tong En is now in charge of more than a thousand girls, and the pressure is really great. If she can train the Thirteenth Sister, it will greatly relieve her pressure.

"Brother Wen, Sister Tong En and I are going to go shopping at Portland Street and Shanghai Street. I want to help as soon as possible so as not to let you down."

After eating and drinking, Thirteenth Sister spoke to Lu Yaowen with an anxious look on her face.

She wished she could start helping Lu Yaowen right now, with a few words clearly written on her face: I want to make progress so much.

"Thirteenth sister, I was planning to let you have a good rest today, but since you are so motivated, I'm sorry to trouble you."

Faced with Thirteenth Sister who wanted to "progress" so much, Lu Yaowen naturally could not dampen her enthusiasm.

"Thank you, Brother Wen."

Thirteenth Sister said loudly.

After the welcoming banquet ended, Jimmy returned to Portland Street and quickly walked to Lu Yaowen's side and said, "Brother Wen, after hearing your explanation, Shaw Cinema's manager Yang Zhian was scared to death. He must treat you to afternoon tea and apologize to you in person."

"He is waiting for you in the Tea Emperor Palace now."

Hearing Jimmy's words, Lu Yaowen smiled and said, "They are so sincere in coming to me to apologize, I must give them some face."

Twenty minutes later, in a private room at the Tea House in Mong Kok.

"Brother Wen, I was blinded by evil today and said the wrong thing. Please forgive me, Brother Wen."

The moment Lu Yaowen walked into the box, Yang Zhian stood up and spoke respectfully to Lu Yaowen.

"Manager Yang is too polite. When you are out doing business, misunderstandings are inevitable. Once they are explained, everyone can just laugh it off. Don't take it personally."

Lu Yaowen smiled and comforted.

"Your mother, if you smile, more than a thousand brothers will laugh with you, who dares to go over..." Yang Zhian complained in his heart, while still smiling and saying: "Brother Wen has a broad mind, I misunderstood Brother Wen."

"Manager Yang, since you came to see me, I actually have a few questions I want to ask you."

Lu Yaowen sat opposite Yang Zhian and asked him several questions about film distribution.

After hearing Yang Zhian's answer, Lu Yaowen became more convinced that the person who could become the manager of the three major cinema chains was definitely not a fool, and that Yang Zhian was very professional.

It's a pity that Lu Yaowen's current film company is too small, otherwise it would be worthwhile to recruit him as a distribution manager to be responsible for the distribution of films.

"Manager Yang, I have benefited a lot from talking to you today. When we have time in the future, let's get together often to drink tea and chat."

Lu Yaowen said with a smile.

"Brother Wen, it's my honor."

After Yang Zhian finished his words with a smile, he continued, "Brother Wen, the quality of the movie that your company is about to release is indeed good, but there is only one thing. As soon as this movie is released, it will be pirated immediately. Piracy will be a fatal blow to erotic films, and the box office will at least shrink by half."

"Manager Yang, thank you for your reminder. Actually, I didn't plan to make much money from my first movie. This movie is for me to set the rules."

Lu Yaowen said with a smile.

"Setting rules?"

After hearing what Lu Yaowen said, Yang Zhian was slightly stunned.

"For example, the leading actress in my movie, unless she is willing, no one can force her to drink, eat or sleep with me."

After Lu Yaowen finished speaking, Yang Zhian quickly apologized again: “Brother Wen, I was wrong about this matter.”

"Manager Yang, I'm not trying to hit you. The second rule is that I will announce to the public that there will be no pirated copies of my movie within three days."

Lu Yaowen said with a smile.

Yang Zhian's lips moved slightly, hesitating to speak. After hesitating for a few seconds, he spoke: "Brother Wen, it's not that I don't believe in your ability, but piracy is impossible to stop. Those who dare to pirate movies are basically people from your gangs, and it's not just one or two gangs, almost all gangs do this."

"You want everyone to stop, but that's impossible."

Yang Zhian shook his head and said.

"That's why I said that the first film was not made to make money, but to set rules. I don't care what other films are like, but from now on, no pirated copies of films produced by Yaowen Film Company can appear within three days."

Lu Yaowen spoke slowly, word by word.

Although Yang Zhian did not speak again this time, his eyes were full of disbelief.

Soon, under Yang Zhian's arrangement, the movie "When the Peach Ripened" was scheduled to premiere at 8 o'clock on Friday night, which was a pretty good schedule.

In order to thank Lu Yaowen for his tolerance, Yang Zhian also used his power to let Shaw Cinemas promote "The Secret" in cinemas. At the same time, Lu Yaowen also asked Chuiji to ask other Hong Kong community groups not to pirate the movie within three days in the name of Liansheng Longtou.

At twelve o'clock in the evening on the day the movie was released, at Yaowen Film Company, Lu Yaowen, A Xing and others did not sleep, waiting for the first day's box office results.

‘Ring ring ring~’

A phone rang.

"Brother Wen, I'll pick it up!"

Ah Xing "flashed" directly to the phone and picked up the receiver.

A moment later:

"Brother Wen, in four hours, the box office has reached 900,000. We are rich this time."

As a director, Ah Xing's mouth was almost cracked to his ears. "Ah Xing, whether this movie can be successful or not depends not on today, but on tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

Lu Yaowen smiled slightly and said slowly.

The next morning, pirated copies of "When the Peach Rises" began to be sold in some areas of Hong Kong Island, and the movie's box office began to decline.

For this kind of erotic films, men prefer to buy the disc and enjoy it slowly at home. Spending thirty-five dollars to watch a movie in a cinema, although the screen is larger and the picture is more detailed, it is not easy to enjoy it in public. Even if you are brave enough to enjoy it, you can only enjoy it once. Spending a dozen dollars to buy a pirated disc, although the picture is not so good, but you can enjoy it as much as you want.

Most people know how to choose.

Under this impact, the box office, which had exceeded 900,000 in four hours on the first day, began to drop sharply. According to Yang Zhian's prediction, the box office on the second day would be at most 1 million Hong Kong dollars, and it would be a blessing if it could get 500,000 Hong Kong dollars on the third day.

As for Hong Kong movies, unless they are a very small number of movies that are strongly promoted by theaters and have a very long run, the box office of an ordinary movie in the first three days is equal to half of the total box office. In other words, the box office of Lu Yaowen's first theater movie was at most 5 million Hong Kong dollars.

In the morning, Yao Wen Film Company.

"Fuck, why don't these pirates just die? Fuck!"

Ah Xing felt like his lungs were about to explode. According to the first day box office performance of "When Honey Ripes", it is very likely to reach the 10 million mark.

If the box office of his first film as a director could exceed 10 million, even if it was a erotic film, it would have added a brilliant chapter to his resume. Now that it has shrunk by half, it is completely different.

"Ah Xing, this situation should have been anticipated. Your task now is not to worry about the box office of 'When the Peaches Ripen', but to make a good film of 'The Girl Without a Button'."

That’s right, Lu Yaowen plans to shoot the Zhenmei Modern Trilogy first. The cost of these three films is extremely low. Not to mention the box office of 5 million, even if the box office is 500,000, Lu Yaowen will not lose money.

After comforting Ah Xing, Lu Yaowen picked up the phone and dialed Jimmy's number.

"Jimmy, have all the personnel been deployed?"

After the call was connected, Lu Yaowen said with a smile.

"Don't worry, Brother Wen. I have sent several people to each of the 18 districts in Hong Kong Island to investigate. We will definitely be able to find those who pirate our movies."

Jimmy's voice came from the receiver.

"So, people are mean. They have to suffer and see blood before they know which people to ignore and which people to listen to."

Lu Yaowen shook his head and smiled.

After talking to Jimmy, Luk Yaowen called Gao Gang to go to the Chinese Permanent Cemetery at Cape Collinson in Chai Wan.

……

10am, Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery.

A Rolls-Royce sedan slowly stopped outside the cemetery gate.

"Mr. Jiang!"

"Mr. Jiang!"...

After Jiang Tiansheng, who was wearing a black suit, got off the car, Chen Yao, Gan Zitai and others who had been waiting here immediately came up to him. Chen Yao was even considerate enough to put black sleeves on Jiang Tiansheng.

In order to clear his own "wrongs", Jiang Tiansheng spent a lot of money on the funeral of Chen Haonan and Shan Ji, and made it very grand. All the bosses and subordinates were required to attend the funeral, plus Hongxing's henchmen, there were more than a hundred people in total.

"Mr. Jiang!"
After Jiang Tiansheng walked into the mourning hall of Chen Haonan and Shan Ji, everyone present greeted Jiang Tiansheng one after another.

"Thank you all brothers for coming to see Haonan and Shanji off for the last time."

Jiang Tiansheng was also very polite, nodding to the Hongxing people all the way until he reached the coffins of Chen Haonan and Shan Ji. He stopped, took the incense that Da Tianer had lit, and bowed three times to the portraits of Chen Haonan and Shan Ji.

Then Jiang Tiansheng picked up the brush that had been prepared long ago, and wrote the four big characters "loyal and daring" on the paper, and placed it in front of Chen Haonan's coffin. Then he wrote the four big characters "righteous and upright" and placed them in front of Shan Ji's coffin.

After doing all this, Jiang Tiansheng turned around and looked at the Hongxing people in front of him. He slowly said, "Everyone, I know there are rumors recently that I, Jiang Tiansheng, ordered the secret B to kill Chen Haonan. I originally thought that the innocent will be innocent and the turbid will be turbid. This kind of thing does not need to be explained, everyone will naturally understand."

"As a result, due to the deliberate rumors spread by some people, this incident has affected the image of our Hongxing. Today, I am here, in front of the portraits of Haonan and Shanji, and I swear to heaven that I, Jiang Tiansheng, have never ordered the killing of my own people."

"If anyone spreads this rumor again, I will never let him off easily!"

Jiang Tiansheng said slowly with a serious expression.

The people he wanted to kill were not his own people.

"From the beginning, I didn't believe that Mr. Jiang would order the killing of his own people. Now that things have been made clear, if anyone dares to spread rumors about Mr. Jiang again, I, Aji, will be the first to kill him!"

After Jiang Tiansheng finished speaking, Sha Ji was the first to jump out and flatter him.

Hearing what Sha Ji said, Fatty Li cursed him in his heart as a sycophant, and immediately said, "Mr. Jiang, I have always believed in you. If anyone dares to talk nonsense in the future, I will never let him go."

Following the flattering speeches of Sha Ji and Fatty Lai, the rest of the Hongxing people began to express their trust in Jiang Tiansheng, except for the two brothers Han Bin and Long Kong who stood by and watched coldly.

"Everyone, today we are here to attend the funeral of Haonan and Shanji. Please don't let my Jiang Tiansheng's affairs take over the show."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Jiang Tiansheng's eyes flashed with joy, and he continued, "I declare that Shan Ji's name will be re-recorded in our Hongxing Undersea Book, starting from..."

"Bang, bang, bang~"

Before Jiang Tiansheng could finish his words, a huge sound of firecrackers was heard, as if someone had thrown a grenade, which startled Jiang Tiansheng.

After the firecrackers ended, there was a huge sound of funeral music. The volume was so loud that the people from Hongxing had to speak at the top of their voices so that others could hear clearly.

Chen Yao immediately winked at the two Hongxing thugs, signaling them to go and see what was going on.

A minute later, the two Hongxing henchmen ran back to Chen Yao and whispered a few words in his ear, causing Chen Yao's expression to change slightly. He immediately walked to Jiang Tiansheng's side and said, "Mr. Jiang, the funeral of Xi B is being held in the funeral hall next door."

"what?"

After hearing what Chen Yao said, Jiang Tiansheng's face changed slightly. He was helping Chen Haonan and Shan Ji with their funerals, and now he was helping Xi B with his funeral next door. This was clearly a slap in the face of him, Jiang Tiansheng!

Of course, as the most 'great and glorious' leader of Hongxing, Jiang Tiansheng would not do such an immoral thing as destroying other people's funeral halls, so: "Chen Yao, you know what to do, right?"

"Damn it, it's me again!" Chen Yao complained in his mind, and at the same time said, "Mr. Jiang, I'll do it right away."

‘Squeak~’

At this moment, with a sound of electricity, the funeral music next door came to an abrupt end.

Then, a voice that Jiang Tiansheng was extremely familiar with, yet extremely disgusted with, came into his ears.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I was wondering which family had such a grand funeral, it turns out it was the brothers of Hongxing. How come your former brother is lying in the mourning hall next door, and you don't even go to burn some incense and pay your respects?"

As Lu Yaowen was speaking, he slowly walked into the mourning hall of Chen Haonan and Shan Ji with Xibao, who was wearing mourning clothes for Big Boss B.

"Lu Yaowen, this is the mourning hall of our Hongxing brothers, you are not welcome!"

Gan Zitai immediately jumped out, pointed at Lu Yaowen and shouted loudly.

Lu Yaowen didn't care about Gan Zitai at all. He just stared at Jiang Tiansheng with a half-smile on his face.

"Lu Yaowen, the spy who killed fellow members of the society, has been removed from the underwater register. He is no longer a member of our Hongxing."

Jiang Tiansheng also stared at Lu Yaowen and spoke slowly, word by word.

"Oh, I see! I misunderstood you Hongxing brothers."

Lu Yaowen smiled and nodded, then turned around and was about to leave.

However, at this moment, Xibao beside Lu Yaowen suddenly burst out: "It doesn't matter if the other people in Hongxing don't go to pay tribute to Brother B, but Da Tianer, Baopi, Chaopi, and all of you who have worshipped under Brother B, why don't you go! Don't forget, you have offered tea to Brother B and sworn in front of Lord Guan Er that you will treat Brother B as your elder for the rest of your lives!"

Hearing Xibao's emotional words, a hint of admiration flashed in Lu Yaowen's eyes. This kid has a promising future.

Immediately, Lu Yaowen turned around and looked at Jiang Tiansheng, saying, "Mr. Jiang, what Xibao said makes sense. Regardless of whether Ah B was expelled from Hongxing or not, Da Tianer, Baopi, Chaopi and others knelt down to offer him tea. Now that Ah B is gone, no matter how big the grudge is, we should at least go and pay our respects to him, right?"

"Let me go to pay tribute to that bastard? I'd be doing him justice if I didn't destroy his funeral hall. Damn it, Brother Nan was loyal to him, but he killed Brother Nan. Fuck him!"

After hearing what Lu Yaowen said, Da Tianer exploded and started cursing.

"Datianer, you beast, you dare to scold Brother B? The rules of the underworld are that the family should not be harmed, but what happened to you? You robbed Brother B's inheritance, which is fine, but you also drove Sister B out of the house. Now Sister B is living on the streets with her two children, homeless, and it's all because of you beasts!"

Xibao also exploded instantly, pointing at Datianer and shouting at him angrily.

'Wow~'

After hearing Xibao's words, the entire mourning hall was in an uproar, and almost everyone's eyes were on Jiang Tiansheng.

Bullying orphans and widows is a taboo in the underworld. You, Jiang Tiansheng, can remove Big Boss B from the underwater book, but you have to drive away his wife and children. This is...

At this moment, Jiang Tiansheng's face looked uglier than if his mother had died. He cursed Datianer, Baopi and other people in his heart for being more of a hindrance than a help. The key point was that he was really wronged this time.

Just when Jiang Tiansheng was about to open his mouth and completely push the responsibility onto Datianer, Baopi and others, and clear his name.

"Not offering sacrifices to your own Baimen boss is ungrateful, and driving away the Baimen boss's wife and children is disloyal. Mr. Jiang, you Hongxing people are really loyal and brave! You are so righteous!"

Lu Yaowen said quietly as he looked at the notes with the words "Loyal and Courageous" and "Upright and Righteous" hanging on the coffins of Chen Haonan and Shan Ji behind Jiang Tiansheng.

(End of this chapter)