A century-old wealthy family that rose from Shanghai

Chapter 237 1932 years

After a century of slumber, the Chinese people are gradually waking up

Open your eyes and look carefully
Who is willing to admit himself

Because of cringe and forbearance

People's arrogance is rising
Open your mouth and scream loudly.

This is the whole country

Robbers have always invaded

In the end
The Great Wall will never fall

Thousands of miles of the Yellow River surging

Beautiful mountains and rivers with colorful peaks and ridges

Asked my country what is like a disease
Starting from December 12, the promotion of "Huo Yuanjia" began.

At the same time, "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" has also been recorded into a record and sung by the actor who played Huo Yuanjia.

This song was quickly learned by various progressive groups, and soon people began singing it in the streets and alleys to protest against the Japanese invaders.

For a while.

The movie "Huo Yuanjia" and the song "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" began to inspire the people, unite the nation, and enlighten the people.

"Huo Yuanjia" has become a hot topic even before it was released!

This is Chen Guangliang's real purpose of "making movies and writing songs". He has never done it for the sake of making money.

If it was for the money, he would never enter this line of work!
A new year has arrived.

1932 1 Month 1 Day.

Today is the opening ceremony of Shanghai Guotai Grand Theatre and also the release day of "Huo Yuanjia".

As the 'Times Cinema' was still under construction, Times Films chose the Cathay Theatre for the 'first round screening' of 'Huo Yuanjia'.

A round of screenings places demands on cinemas.

Because the ticket price of "One Round Cinema" is expensive and there are many seats, if the dividends are divided 50-50, the film company will also be required to provide certain conditions.

So this time, we discussed a lot during the negotiations with Cathay Theatre.

"Huo Yuanjia" was shown in the Cathay Grand Theater for ten days before it began to be shown in "second-run theaters". This was because the film had a certain political nature and needed to be shown in Shanghai and even other cities as soon as possible.

At this point, the investor of the Cathay Cinema, Lu Gen (a Cantonese-British man), was persuaded by Chen Guangliang and others to reduce the duration of the screening. The price he paid was that Times Pictures had to launch a large-scale publicity campaign to make his cinema a hit.

The result was that the song "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" alone had a huge publicity effect.

morning.

Chen Guangliang brought Yan Renmei to attend the opening ceremony of Cathay Theatre.

Many people from the Shanghai film industry came to the scene, including those from Tianyi, Mingxing, Hualian, etc.

The Cathay Cinema's investor was a Cantonese-British man named Lu Gen, who owned numerous cinemas across China and was known as China's film distribution king and cinema king. Furthermore, Lu Gen virtually monopolized the distribution of Western films, generating substantial profits.

However, when Chen Guangliang and Yan Renmei arrived, everyone's eyes were on them, with an expression on their faces that said - it turned out he was here.

Lu Gen took the initiative to greet Chen Guangliang and his wife, saying with a smile, "Mr. Chen, Mrs. Chen, I am deeply honored to have you here!"

Chen Guangliang extended his hand and responded, "Mr. Lu, you're too polite. You've helped our Times Films this time, so I'll have to ask you to take care of us in the future!"

If someone else had said this, Lugen would have taken it for granted.

But Chen Guangliang is obviously not just a film investor, but also a Chinese industrialist and tycoon. The story of Chen Guangliang is circulating in China's sugar industry, shipping industry, etc., and has become a very influential event.

So, Lu Gen said, "It's just a win-win cooperation. Mr. Chen, you're too polite. Please come this way!"

Under Lu Gen's guidance, Chen Guangliang and his wife formally got to know some people in the film industry, including Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Zhengqiu, Ruan Lingyu, Hu Die and others from the Mingxing Company.

Zhang Shichuan took the opportunity to say, "Times Pictures' first film caused a huge sensation in the Shanghai market. Mr. Chen is indeed a big shot!"

This is a temptation.

Chen Guangliang said casually, "Today I am only attending the opening ceremony as a friend of Mr. Lu, and I am planning to take my wife to see a movie. If Mr. Zhang is interested in Times Pictures, he can learn more about it from Lu Hanzhang later. To be honest, I am just an investor and don't know much about movies."

Zhang Shichuan suddenly choked and could only say awkwardly, "I see. I was so abrupt!"

Chen Guangliang said politely: "Many people have the same opinion as Mr. Zhang, which is normal, but I am indeed an outsider in the film industry. I apologize to everyone!"

"Mr. Chen, you're welcome."

"Mr. Chen is so polite"

Seeing that Chen Guangliang was full of momentum and easily resolved Zhang Shichuan's "confrontation", everyone couldn't help but admire Chen Guangliang.

Everyone believes that the founder of Times Pictures is 100% Chen Guangliang; now Chen Guangliang is just an investor himself, and he obviously doesn't care about fame and fortune and doesn't want to argue with everyone.

But if people say that "Huo Yuanjia" was not well made, Chen Guangliang would be afraid of losing face, but no one would think so - recently the song "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" quickly became popular in Shanghai, which shows that the filming of "Huo Yuanjia" will not be bad.

On the other side, Ruan Lingyu stared at Chen Guangliang with her beautiful eyes. She once had the opportunity to get close to this man, but he seemed not to be interested in her; but she was still very grateful to Chen Guangliang, because her divorce lawsuit was won by the lawyer introduced by Chen Guangliang.

In Ruan Lingyu's mind, Chen Guangliang definitely understood film, because Chen Guangliang had said that he would invite her to make a film in the future. This fully demonstrated that he had already prepared to invest in the film industry.

After a while, Zhuang Zhujiu and Sheng Qi also arrived. Although they were invited, they came mainly for Chen Guangliang's sake and to watch a movie together later.

Afterwards, Chen Guangliang and Lu Gen cut the ribbon for the Cathay Theatre, and everyone cheered.

Later, Chen Guangliang walked into the cinema with Yan Renmei, Sheng Qi, and Zhuang Zhujiu. Apparently, people from Mingxing Company, Lianhua Film Group, and Tianyi also bought tickets to watch the movie today.

The reason is simple: Times Pictures has garnered significant attention since its inception, thanks to its alliance with financial groups from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces (Ningbo and Changzhou). While the company's current investment is only reportedly 150 million yuan (actually 140 million yuan = 125 million yuan in stock + 15 yuan in loans), it's still generating significant buzz.

Because once "Huo Yuanjia" is successful, it means that the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium may immediately increase its capital and quickly build a film company of the same scale as Mingxing Company, Lianhua Film Group, and Tianyi, and it may be a large enterprise with a one-stop service of production, distribution, and theaters.

The Cathay Theatre has only 954 seats, but it was clearly packed.

Even Lu Gen has said that there will be five screenings today, and every one of them is likely to be full, because "Fearless" has been promoted so well.

The ticket price of Cathay Cinema is 0.8 to 1.2 per ticket, which is equivalent to an average price of 1 yuan per ticket. Ordinary people can't afford it at all; because "one-run cinemas" are not a market for ordinary people, and ordinary people can only watch three- and four-run cinemas.

The film begins with the story of Huo Yuanjia, who has been fascinated by martial arts since childhood. However, his father, who did not want him to become a mere warrior, forbade him from learning martial arts. Yuanjia and his playmate Nong Jinsun secretly copied the Huo family boxing manual and practiced diligently every day. Finally, he defeated the little bully with his naive Huo family boxing skills, and his confidence was greatly boosted.
"Wonderful"

"Kung Fu is wonderful"

Soon there was applause.

In the past few years, influenced by "The Burning of Red Lotus Temple", various "special effects (very bad fire-breathing, flying swords and other special effects)" appeared in movies;
Today, the movies we watch are about real kung fu with real punches and the fighting scenes are very elegant (Jet Li style).

Therefore, the cheers were continuous, so that the sound effects were sometimes not good.

But it doesn’t matter in this era, even if there is no sound, everyone will still enjoy watching it.

Of course, the most exciting part of the movie is the "glory for the nation" segment - fighting against British strongmen and Japanese judo warriors.

The exciting scene of the fight with the British strongman: a 2-meter-tall strong man with muscular body, jumped high and smashed down hard on Huo Yuanjia who was lying on the ground.

At this moment, everyone was extremely nervous!
As a result, the scene switched to the audience stands, and all the audience cheered nervously.

"Fuck, did it hit?"

This kind of shot-by-shot processing is enough to whet people's appetite.

Of course, the scene soon changed again, and Huo Yuanjia naturally dodged it.

Then the exciting and tense scene appeared again. Huo Yuanjia flew into the air and used the "shadowless kick" to kick the 2-meter-tall man back step by step.

This is naturally a "wire-hanging" shooting technique, but it makes people feel so realistic, and the movements are so chic and powerful.

The 'British Strongman' retreated directly to the ropes and fell backwards.

The scene switches to the audience stands again, and everyone is cheering!

After cutting back, everyone found that the back of the British strongman's head was about to fall on the spikes and he was about to die.

Some people covered their eyes and dared not look.

But there was a twist - Huo Yuanjia stretched out a foot, pressed against the back of the strongman's head, and finally pulled the strongman's foot.

Saved the Hercules' life!
This is what a warrior and a knight is!
The strongman finally put away all his arrogance, walked to the stage, grabbed Huo Yuanjia's hand, raised it up, and indicated that Huo Yuanjia had won!
This scene moved the audience to tears. This nation needs such fighting spirit.

But the subsequent plot made the audience very angry because the opponent was Japanese.

Poisoning, lack of Bushido spirit
Huo Yuanjia was poisoned and vomited black blood, but he still endured the pain and continued to fight!
Nong Jinsun shouted: "Stop fighting, go to the hospital"

Unfortunately, Huo Yuanjia was determined to defeat the despicable Japanese, so he used up his last potential and knocked the Japanese warriors down severely.

The soul of China, die standing!
It was not until Nong Jinsun and others ran forward that Huo Yuanjia fell down, and of course, he fell down completely.

"Dog Japan"

"Down with the Japanese"

National integrity and national awakening are best interpreted at this moment.

Movies are also part of the War of Resistance.

At the end of the movie, a record was played, "The Great Wall Will Never Fall", which livened up the atmosphere.

Even Chen Guangliang and Yan Renmei had to leave the scene under the escort of bodyguards. Although all the people who came today were "rich people", the atmosphere on the scene was indeed high and everyone was reluctant to leave for a long time until the staff persuaded them.

When they returned home, Yan Renmei's mood was a little unstable. Chen Guangliang felt something was wrong and immediately called her to the third floor to comfort her.

"Renmei, after watching the movie, did you feel emotionally moved and wonder what you could do for this country?"

Yan Renmei nodded seriously and said, "Brother Liang, I've always known that you're a man who cares about his country and his people. You're a great man. I've seen the song you wrote."

It turned out that she had read a manuscript written by Chen Guangliang, which was "The Great Wall Will Never Fall."

Chen Guangliang held Yan Renmei's face and said, "Renmei, we are just businessmen. Our primary concern is always to protect ourselves and then serve our country. I am not a great man, I can only say that I am a businessman with a conscience. Therefore, I will not allow you to have such thoughts. We can only fight for my ideals!"

He was afraid that such a "selfless person" would appear in his own backyard, so Chen Guangliang wanted to enlighten Yan Renmei.

Yan Renmei had already been completely devoted to him, and her love was so deep that she asked, "What is Liang Ge's ideal?"

Chen Guangliang said: "Becoming a global businessman will allow my family to grow in many parts of the world."

Yan Renmei blushed and asked coquettishly, "Then how many children should I have?"

In the past, she would have been very sensitive to this topic and thought that Chen Guangliang was going back on his word and did not intend to let her graduate from Zhongxi Girls' High School.

But now, she would never have that idea. First, she believed in her husband. Second, she was willing to give up everything for her husband because her husband was already very outstanding. No matter how outstanding she was, she could not compare with him. So why should she be competitive?

Chen Guangliang smiled and said, "Four is about the same. The third generation will have more than a dozen, the fourth generation will have more than thirty, and the fifth generation will have a hundred. As long as we live long enough, we will see that day."

When Yan Renmei heard that there were only four children, she felt relieved. She had thought that the baby would have six or seven!

“How long will it take?”

"It's only 100 years old. Don't worry, there will be no problem for the two of us."

Yan Renmei snuggled in Chen Guangliang's arms and said, "Brother Liang, I'm glad I met you!"

In her eyes, her husband always has lofty ideals. While serving the country and saving the people, he also makes himself stronger. What surprises her even more is that her husband always has very "supernatural" abilities. He knows what is happening in the United States and Europe, and what kind of country they are. This makes her always look forward to it.

That night.

Chen Guangliang hugged Yan Renmei and lived the most primitive life in the room.

After half a year of development, Yan Renmei's body has become somewhat plump. The places that should be thin are still thin, but the places that should be plump are also gradually becoming plump.

The entrance to the cave for exploration has become familiar to me, and my ability to withstand exploration has also increased.

Some fancy moves can also be accepted and performed smoothly, and Chen Guangliang really enjoys this tacit understanding.

Of course, he and Yan Renmei are mostly soul mates, even physically, it is a collision between souls.

Just when Yan Renmei was about to give up, Chen Guangliang also sped up and reached bliss together.

The movie "Huo Yuanjia" quickly became a hot topic in Shanghai media. The first screening of the movie was held at the Cathay Grand Theatre that day. All five shows had a 100% attendance rate and attracted nearly 5000 people to watch.

The film has received rave reviews from critics for its patriotic themes, its ability to enlighten the people, promote national cohesion and inspire people.

Due to its popularity, it also attracted the attention of some members of the Green Gang. The most envious among them was Huang Jinrong, who hoped that his "Jinrong Grand Theater" could show "Huo Yuanjia" as soon as possible.

But Chen Guangliang was not someone Huang Jinrong could manipulate at will. Not to mention Chen Guangliang's social influence, even the security company under Chen Guangliang had a brilliant record.

So Huang Jinrong asked someone to test the waters first, and the result reached Chen Guangliang's ears, so he took advantage of the situation and chose Jinrong Grand Theater as the second-run theater, and it would be released ten days after Cathay Grand Theater.

When Huang Jinrong heard this, he thought he had gotten the upper hand and was immediately overjoyed at the face Chen Guang gave him.

Little did people know that Chen Guangliang had personally selected seven second-run cinemas, and the film would be released in ten days.

Huang Jinrong was happy too early!
Chen Guangliang naturally had nothing to fear from Huang Jinrong, so no special care was needed, and everything had to be done according to regulations.

After the establishment of the Future Times Cinema, the queues at the second-run cinemas will be longer.

The biggest problem here is that the ticket prices at the cinema are much higher. If we can’t take advantage of this, then why should we give the production company a 50-50 dividend split?
(End of this chapter)