Hong Kong Entertainment 1979: A Beating Up the Manager at the Start

Filming in Shanghai continued.

Today's highlight is a captivating dramatic scene between Zhou Runfa and Liu Dan.

This scene is a high-stakes gamble between Xu Wenqiang and Feng Jingyao, with their lives as the stakes.

The sound of firing pins rang out in the gun barrel, and sweat slowly dripped from his forehead.

Xu Wenqiang's fearless demeanor contrasted sharply with Feng Jingyao's tense and flustered expression.

Liu Dan, a veteran actor from TVB, portrayed the villain Feng Jingyao's cowardice and fear of death with superb skill, overshadowing Zhou Runfa's performance on several occasions.

Zhou Runfa, who acted opposite him, felt immense pressure and had to be on his toes.

Watching from the sidelines, Li Jiangbo thought to himself, "He truly deserves to be called a veteran actor!"

Liu Dan, a veteran actor, has always been a senior figure at TVB. He played Hong Qigong in the 83 version of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and the version starring Louis Koo. He is also the father of Liu Kaiwei, who married Yang Mi.

"Click!"

"Props! Get the props."

The props team staff rushed forward and handed the ketchup to Liu Dan.

Filming continued, and then Feng Jingyao fired a shot. With a loud bang, he fell into a pool of blood.

Li Jiangbo was engrossed in watching when he suddenly felt someone approaching. He turned around and saw that it was Wang Tianlin.

Before Li Jiangbo could speak, Wang Tianlin pulled him away.

Li Jiangbo inexplicably followed Wang Tianlin outside the scene.

Once outside the scene, Wang Tianlin didn't say anything and just walked straight ahead.

Li Jiangbo couldn't help but ask, "What happened, Uncle Tianlin?"

Wang Tianlin paused, sighed, and said, "Sixth Uncle and Manager Fang are looking for us."

"Looking for us? What's up?"

Wang Tianlin shook her head. "I'm not sure, but his tone on the phone wasn't very good. We should be prepared."

An invisible pressure loomed over the two of them. They stopped talking and quickly walked toward Shao Yifu's office.

Upon arriving at the office, Wang Tianlin knocked on the door. After receiving permission, the two entered the office.

As soon as Li Jiangbo entered the office, he witnessed a comical scene.

Chen Tianfang was sitting on the sofa with a cane beside him and his right arm in a sling.

Li Jiangbo's face remained expressionless, but inside he was overjoyed. "Sixth Uncle, Manager Fang, Manager Chen."

Fang Yihua nodded, picked up two newspapers, and handed them to Li Jiangbo and Wang Tianlin.

The two took the newspaper and began to read it.

The title is explosive: The untold secrets of the new generation of kung fu stars and TVB's four leading ladies.

Upon seeing this title, Li Jiangbo felt a pang of anxiety and quickly scrolled down.

A shocking secret: Zhao Yazhi, who played Zhou Zhiruo in "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber," is married and has an affair with Huang Yuanshen, a rising kung fu star. It is said that the two developed feelings for each other while filming the TV series "Half Summer Days," and rumors of an ambiguous relationship have surfaced.

The author then vividly described the relationship between the two, and even posted a screenshot of Huang Yuanshen's love letter to Zhao Yazhi.

The screenshot clearly reads: "Dear Zhi..." and is signed "Yours, Shen".

After reading it in general, Li Jiangbo understood why Shao Yifu wanted to find him. This was Chen Tianfang's way of putting pressure on him!

Of all the cast members, only the three main characters were chosen by the production team themselves. Now that a problem has arisen, Chen Tianfang certainly won't let this opportunity slip by.

However, what he didn't understand was: if they wanted to suppress him, why did they have to ask Wang Tianlin to do it?

Seeing that the two of them had put down their newspapers, Fang Yihua asked, "Have you finished reading? Tell me, what should we do about this?"

Wang Tianlin, who was standing to the side, pondered for a moment and then said, "What does the company plan to do? Our crew will comply with the company's arrangements as much as possible."

Li Jiangbo remained silent, waiting for his superior's next move.

Chen Tianfang, standing to the side, said sarcastically, "The casting director bears an undeniable responsibility for this kind of thing happening!"

Wang Tianlin's face turned ugly upon hearing this. Chen Tianfang's words were ostensibly directed at Li Jiangbo, but in reality, they were referring to himself and his son. It should be noted that most of the people in this production crew were selected by him and his son, Wang Jing. If this matter were to spread, it would definitely be related to the crew members.

He said in a deep voice, "Now is not the time to assign blame; we should be thinking about how to minimize the impact of this incident."

Upon hearing this, Chen Tianfang glanced at Wang Tianlin, pursed his lips, and said, "What else can we do? We've changed the female lead!"

Li Jiangbo asked, "So, who does the company plan to replace them with?"

Chen Tianfang's lips had just begun to curve into a smile, but before he could utter a sound, the sharp pain on his face instantly made him suppress his smile.

He covered his face and said softly, "I recommend Zhuang Wenqing!"

Li Jiangbo didn't immediately refute, but thought for a moment and said, "I've never met Zhuang Wenqing before, so I don't know how good his acting is. Also, I expect we can finish filming in about a week, so changing actors now would increase costs."

Chen Tianfang said sternly, "Just change it when I tell you to. Why all the nonsense? If the ratings are low after it airs, are you going to take responsibility?"

Li Jiangbo suppressed his anger and remained silent.

Fang Yihua, standing nearby, tried to smooth things over, saying to the two, "Manager Chen was joking, please don't take it to heart. But speaking of which, judging from the current situation, these two news stories will definitely affect the normal progress of the production. It might even damage the company's reputation."

Li Jiangbo smiled slightly, "Manager Fang, sometimes being infamous is still fame. As long as there's something to talk about, I think..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Tianfang interrupted him, "What black-and-red, white-and-red? Can you guarantee the ratings after it airs? If you can't, then shut up!"

At this point, Li Jiangbo was on the verge of exploding, but he tried his best to restrain himself, after all, they were still in Shao Yifu's office.

Shao Yifu, who had been silent until now, slowly spoke up: "Let's observe this matter for three days. If it passes quickly, then nothing will change. If it doesn't, then let's replace him!"

This matter came to a close thanks to Shao Yifu's decision.

On the other hand, Zhao Yazhi arrived at the film set at noon; she had scenes to film that afternoon.

As soon as she entered the dressing room, she greeted familiar people warmly, but for some reason, the people who greeted her today all looked at her with strange eyes.

Zhao Yazhi was a little confused, but she didn't care.

Having been in the industry for so many years, she knew all the ins and outs perfectly well. Either she had stolen someone's thunder, or someone was just jealous of her...

She's used to these trivial matters and they don't affect her.

She only panicked when Li Jiangbo found her with the newspaper.

Zhao Yazhi took the newspaper from Li Jiangbo, glanced at it, her face turned frighteningly pale, and she was trembling all over, looking like she was about to faint on the spot.

Li Jiangbo didn't say anything. After kicking everyone else out of the dressing room, he stood at the door, leaving Zhao Yazhi enough space.

As the director, he couldn't say much about this, nor did he have time to comfort Zhao Yazhi. His current headache was how to suppress the matter.

But Hong Kong reporters didn't give the two any extra time to think. Dozens of reporters with cameras broke through the security cordon of the film set and rushed straight there.

Seeing that things were not going well, Li Jiangbo quickly grabbed Zhao Yazhi and ran away.

After wandering around for a while, not knowing where he was, Li Jiangbo saw that the prop room was empty and rushed in.

Zhao Yazhi stood there dumbfounded, while Li Jiangbo lifted the curtain to look at the situation outside.

Only when no one was outside did Li Jiangbo turn to look at Zhao Yazhi in the room.

You wouldn't know unless you turned around, but when you did, you were shocked to see Zhao Yazhi standing in the center, her face streaked with tears.

Li Jiangbo sighed, "Sister Zhi, now is not the time to cry. You should think about how to face this! Uncle Liu has already spoken to me. If this matter cannot be suppressed, your role may be replaced."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yazhi was immediately at a loss for what to do.

After a moment of silence, she stepped forward, took Li Jiangbo's hand, and asked, choking back tears, "Director Li, what should I do now? This news... I'm completely stunned."

Li Jiangbo rubbed his chin, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "I want to know the whole story. Sister Zhi, can you tell me?"

Zhao Yazhi then told Li Jiangbo everything that had happened that day.

After hearing this, and considering the rumors he had overheard at the dinner table, Li Jiangbo concluded that the whole thing was definitely a misunderstanding.

After a moment of contemplation, he said to Zhao Yazhi, "Sister Zhi, we need your cooperation on this matter. Go home first, and I'll call you later."

Zhao Yazhi looked at Li Jiangbo gratefully, a glimmer of hope appearing in her eyes. "Thank you, Director Li. Don't worry, I will definitely cooperate."

After Zhao Yazhi left, Li Jiangbo went to film a movie.

As for Zhao Yazhi's matter, let's talk about it when the hype dies down; we shouldn't stick our necks out now.