Against the Current Hong Kong 1979

At this moment, Zhang Shuai'an and He Jiatong rode in Ling Zhijian's car to the Golden Harvest film set.

"I never imagined I'd be back on the Golden Harvest film set one day!"

Ling Zhijian was a long-time employee of Shaw Brothers and was well aware of the feud between Zou Wenhuai and Shaw Brothers. In the past, if someone had invited him to Jiahe, he would not have dared to go.

Zhang Shuai'an said with a smile, "Once my company is up and running, and I'll be dealing with other film companies more often, I'll have to rely on your shrewdness, Brother Jian."

"Haha, Anzai, you're flattering me." Ling Zhijian chuckled twice. "I've just been around for a while, so I have a couple of friends everywhere."

The group chatted idly and soon arrived at the entrance of the Golden Harvest film studio.

There were already three or five cars parked there, seemingly undergoing inspection.

"What's going on?" He Jiatong was the first to see what was happening and asked, "What happened here?"

Ling Zhijian also found it a bit strange.

When the car got closer, they were stopped, and three people walked towards their vehicle.

"Hey, Ali, what's the situation?"

Ling Zhijian recognized one of them and asked.

The young man named Ali also recognized Ling Zhijian and asked in surprise, "Brother Jian, what are you doing at Jiahe? Aren't you afraid of getting fired by Shao Daheng?"

Ling Zhijian replied, "I brought a friend over, why are you stopping the car at the entrance for a check? What happened?"

"A couple of days ago, some thugs climbed up the mountain and caused trouble on the film set!"

Ali replied, "Luckily, it was discovered in time, and no damage was caused, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable."

Upon hearing this man's words, Zhang Shuai'an fell into deep thought. He had indeed heard similar stories before his transmigration, and these gangsters were mostly trying to steal film reels.

Such incidents are not uncommon in the entertainment industry. For example, Huang Baiming once mentioned an incident in 1992 when the film reels of "All's Well, Ends Well" were stolen.

If Zhang Shuai'an remembers correctly, Jackie Chan was harassed by his former boss, Lo Wei, quite a bit during the filming of "Young Master". It seems that he even paid gangsters to kidnap Jackie Chan and take him to his office, where they begged him to sign a new "contract".

The situation was indeed quite surreal. At first, Lo Wei only hired gangsters to cause trouble, but the gang saw the huge profits involved and took the initiative to escalate the situation, making things much more complicated. It was too late for Lo Wei to call a halt.

In the end, Golden Harvest invited Wang Yu to mediate and finally settled the matter.

The price for settling things was that Golden Harvest would have Jackie Chan make a movie and give it to Lo Wei for free as compensation; this movie was "Dragon Lord". At the same time, to thank Wang Yu for his help, they also made a movie for Wang Yu's company for free, which was "Mini Force".

Afterwards, fearing that Jackie Chan might get into trouble again, Chow Wen-huai sent him to the United States for two years, ostensibly to develop his career in Hollywood, where he also made two films, "The Killer" and "Cannonball Run".

Ali Chong Lingzhi said strangely, "Excuse me, now all cars entering the film set are checked and questioned. So, could you please roll down your window so I can see who's in the back seat?"

Zhang Shuai'an rolled down the car window and said to Ali, "My name is Zhang Shuai'an. Brother Long asked me to come."

"Ah, it's Mr. Zhang!" Another person who had seen Zhang Shuai'an at the nightclub immediately said with a smile, "Brother Long instructed that you should go straight to the film set when you arrive; he's been waiting for you."

Ling Zhijian's car was allowed to pass immediately and drove all the way to the mountainside.

There are several buildings halfway up the mountain. The largest of them is the office building of Jackie Chan's [Fist of Fury Films]. The other two buildings are used as dormitories for some employees of Golden Harvest and members of Jackie Chan's stunt team.

Ling Zhijian dropped Zhang Shuai'an and He Jiatong off in the car beforehand, as he still needed to find a parking space.

Just as Zhang Shuai'an was about to ask someone where Jackie Chan was, several people came down from the mountain.

"Hey, Anzai, what are you doing here?"

One of them spotted Zhang Shuai'an from afar and greeted him with a smile.

"Brother Ren." Zhang Shuai'an glanced at the person who came and found that it was Liu Songren.

At this moment, he was dressed in ancient costume and holding a sword in his hand.

Not long ago, Liu Songren made a cameo appearance as the Eighth Prince in "Young Detective Bao Qingtian". The two had a pleasant working relationship and developed some acquaintance at the time.

Although Liu Songren filmed for ATV for many years, he was signed on a per-episode contract, so he could take on roles in TVB and other film companies.

Zhang Shuai'an explained, "I was invited by Jackie Chan to come and help out on 'The Young Master'."

"Then you don't need to go up." Liu Songren patted Zhang Shuai'an on the shoulder: "The studio suddenly caught fire, and they're putting it out. It'll probably be impossible to film all morning."

"How did the studio catch fire?" He Jiatong asked, voicing her doubts.

Liu Songren's lips twitched into a half-smile as he said, "Who knows? The weather is so dry right now, and everyone's smoking. It's not impossible for a fire to break out."

A beautiful woman in period costume nearby couldn't help but smile at Liu Songren and say, "Brother Ren, stop talking so much and don't introduce this handsome young man to us?"

Liu Songren rolled his eyes at her and said irritably, "Hey, what are you pretending for? He's so famous now, don't you guys know?"

"We should introduce him first, so it'll be easier to chat with him," the woman in ancient costume said, even trying to sound coquettish.

Liu Songren glanced at the woman in ancient costume with a strange look, then at Zhang Shuai'an, and suddenly understood something. He couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Alright, let me introduce you."

He pointed to Zhang Shuai'an and solemnly introduced him to the woman in ancient costume and the people behind her: "This is Zhang Shuai'an, the most popular young actor in Hong Kong TV dramas right now, Zhang Shuai'an."

Following this line of thought, Zhang Shuai'an nodded slightly to the group in response.

"This is Ms. Wei Qiuhua, one of ATV's rising stars." Liu Songren then pointed to the beautiful woman in period costume beside him and introduced her, "Don't let her young age fool you; she debuted very early, acting in movies at the age of 11. She's more experienced than I am... Ah!"

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Songren was kicked in the calf.

He looked completely bewildered: "Why did you kick me?"

"Mr. Zhang, don't listen to what Brother Ren is saying. Actually, I only joined RTV last year. I'm still a newcomer."

With a faint smile on her face, Wei Qiuhua stepped forward to shake hands with Zhang Shuai'an: "We're all newcomers, let's get to know each other, maybe we'll have opportunities to work together in the future."

Zhang Shuai'an felt she looked familiar, and after shaking her hand, information about her immediately came to mind:

"【Name: Wei Qiuhua】"

"[Date of Birth: September 21, 1958]"

"[Debut Date: 1969]"

[Representative works: "The Extraordinary Woman", "The Romantic Thief", "Love and Hate in the Flames of War", and the 1995 version of "The Return of the Condor Heroes"]

"【Star Rating: Two and a half stars (decreasing by half a star)】"

"[Star Potential: Rising Stage]"

"..."

When Zhang Shuai'an saw the information about "The Return of the Condor Heroes", he immediately remembered who this person was. Wasn't she the charming and alluring Aunt Guo?

Before he traveled through time, he had watched the 1995 version of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" starring Louis Koo and Li Ruotong when he was a child. He really liked the insightful and generous Aunt Guo.

(Huang Rong, played by Wei Qiuhua in the 1995 version of The Return of the Condor Heroes)

Because her portrayal of the middle-aged Huang Rong was so deeply ingrained in people's minds, a certain online novel platform (which cannot be mentioned) even saw a surge in fan fiction about Huang Rong.

A classic line is: "Aunt Guo, don't you miss Uncle Guo either..."