Reborn in 1970, I thrived in Hong Kong.

With the production of "The Big Boss" and "The House of 72 Tenants," Phoenix Film Company began producing high-quality films.

Li Huai-ren cares more about keeping the film copyright and distribution rights in his own hands, rather than just focusing on the box office revenue, which is only a small amount of money.

He recruited talented individuals and partnered with them to establish satellite companies of Phoenix Film Company, entrusting these satellite companies with the production of his films as much as possible, while Phoenix Film Company was responsible for distribution.

Li Huai-ren's goal was to cultivate the habit among foreigners of watching Hong Kong films at his "Phoenix Plazas" around the world, paving the way for later big IP productions such as "Star Wars" and "Jurassic Park".

Therefore, unlike Zou Laolai and Shao Laokou, he did not withhold the box office revenue share from the satellite companies.

Furthermore, since Phoenix Film Company distributes films, most of the screens are in cinemas and theater chains owned by Li Huai-ren, whether openly or secretly. Therefore, the box office revenue is settled monthly based on actual accounts the month following the film's release.

As the saying goes, there is no harm without contrast.

Phoenix Film Company settled accounts quickly with its satellite companies using real accounts, but not with Zou Laolai and Shao Laokou.

These two are the kind of people who take every penny they get; how could they possibly be honest and settle their company's share of the box office revenue for the movies they distribute?

There's no way around box office revenue sharing in Hong Kong. First, everyone roughly knows how much a movie will gross in Hong Kong. Second, everyone's in the same industry, so we can't be too obvious or go too far.

However, the overseas box office revenue sharing of the film is entirely up to Zou Laolai and Shao Laokou.

Last year, Michael Hui and his brothers moved from Shaw Brothers to Golden Harvest and filmed three movies, which have already been released. They have already received their share of the Hong Kong box office revenue, but there has been no news about the overseas box office revenue.

Meanwhile, the satellite company, which was jointly established by Chang Cheh and Phoenix Film Company, received its overseas box office revenue share for films released at the same time as those films in the month following their release.

Chang Cheh earned over five million Hong Kong dollars from overseas revenue sharing for his two films, "The Sentimental Swordsman" and "The Magic Blade".

Michael Hui repeatedly asked Golden Harvest for a share of the overseas box office revenue without success. In early June of this year, Golden Harvest even claimed that the overseas box office revenue of his three films was lower than the film's promotional expenses, and asked him to make up the difference.

Michael Hui was furious and subsequently switched to Phoenix Film Company, establishing a satellite company of Phoenix Film Company—Hui Brothers Film Company.

After switching to Phoenix Film Company, the big boss, Li Huai-ren, immediately gave Michael Hui a big gift, handing over the filming of "The House of 72 Tenants" to Hui's film company.

His younger brother, Sam Hui, also switched his record contract to Phoenix Records. Li Huai-ren even wrote twelve Cantonese songs for him, including "Iron Tower Soaring into the Clouds," so that he could release an album immediately after switching records.

On the set of the movie "The Big Boss".

Hung King-po, Yuen Woo-ping, and others, acting as extras, were punched and kicked by Bruce Lee, cleanly and efficiently knocked to the ground. As soon as director Wong Tin-lam yelled "Cut!", they immediately got up and quickly prepared for the next scene.

Li Huai-ren stood behind director Wang Tian-lin, watching Wang direct the crew to prepare for the next scene, and listening to him explain how to frame the scene and how to film it.

After finishing what he was doing, Hong Jingbao immediately ran over and stood behind Wang Tianlin, listening to him explain how to shoot the next scene, trying to learn how to direct, and diligently offering Wang Tianlin cigarettes and water.

After explaining how to frame the next scene, Wang Tianlin looked at Hong Jingbao and said:

"If you want to learn directing, then you'll have to work harder and start taking on the role of assistant director from today onwards."

Also, after filming every day, you'd come with me to check the developed film and see if there were any continuity errors...

Hong Jingbao was overjoyed and nodded frantically.

Li Huai-ren's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately said to Wang Tian-lin:

"Uncle Tianlin, when 'The Big Boss' was released, we already had 500 screens overseas. Within three years, the total number of screens should be at least 1500."

That means we'll need to have more movies released in three years.

"How about this? Not just Sanmao, but anyone in the company who wants to learn directing, you can mentor them. It's the same whether you're herding one sheep or a flock, what do you think?"

Wang Tianlin was taken aback, then remembered something and immediately burst into laughter:

"Haha, no problem. This way I can take advantage of the situation and have Ah Jing come to the film set with me on holidays to learn directing. Anyway, he will definitely be in this industry in the future, so it's better to learn sooner rather than later."

Hong Jingbao, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded when he learned that Li Huai-ren's theaters would have as many as 1500 screens in three years.

Li Huai-ren smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said:

"Sanmao, learn directing from Uncle Tianlin. When you can direct independently someday, you can establish a satellite company of Phoenix Film Company. At that time, I can give some scripts to this company to film."

Hong Jingbao stared at Li Huai-ren with his mouth agape in disbelief. After a moment, he stammered:

"Boss, does that include the novels you serialized in Phoenix Daily, and the dramas and scripts adapted from those novels?"

Li Huai-ren laughed and scolded:

"Of course it includes that, as long as you have the courage and ability to film!"

That afternoon, Wang Tianlin was joined by seven or eight very young assistant directors, including Hong Jingbao, Wang Jing, and Cheng Xiaodong. They were more like odd jobs on the set than assistant directors, handling everything from props and photography to set design and script supervision.

However, following closely behind Hong Jingbao and the others was Stephen Chow, who now plays minor roles at Phoenix Film City every day.

Li Huai-ren was the producer of "The Big Boss" and learned how to act from Wang Tian-lin on set.

Piggy wasn't idle either; he kept searching for Fang Ansheng.

He remembered Lei Luo's instructions before leaving Hong Kong: he must find the person named "Fang Ansheng" (who took her husband's surname Chen after marriage, and will be referred to as Fang Ansheng in the following text).

On August 9th, Piggy searched through every department of the Hong Kong British government, and finally found a woman in her early thirties named Fang Ansheng in the Social Welfare Department. However, she had taken her husband's surname, Chan, after getting married.

They contacted all the departments of the Hong Kong British government, including Zhu Youzai, but there was only one person named Fang Ansheng.

Adhering to Bald Qiang's style of "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free," Piggy made the decision to eliminate the hidden danger without the slightest hesitation.

On the afternoon of August 11, 1971, a serious traffic accident occurred on Hennessy Road, Hong Kong Island.

A truck's brakes failed, causing it to crash into a Nissan sedan, resulting in the immediate death of the female driver inside the sedan.

Subsequent investigation revealed that the female driver's name was Anson Fong, 31 years old, and she worked for the Hong Kong Social Welfare Department, having just been promoted to director two months prior.

That evening, while having dinner at home, Li Huai-ren saw Phoenix TV broadcasting the news and was taken aback:

"I originally thought that as long as I cut off the path she took in her previous life, that would be enough. I never expected that I would underestimate the ruthlessness of Piggy and the others. They actually physically disappeared from her body."

"Damn it! What about Fatty Li and that Li Zhuming... what about those Western lackeys? Could they also... cough cough cough cough..."