"There are some actors who have been in TVB's actor training class before, and there are also some actors who have played supporting roles in other movies. Two of them even introduced themselves that they had played supporting roles in "The Best Lucky Star"——"

Tao Yumo spoke very positively to express his seriousness and dedication to his work.

After a while, when she saw that Tao Yushu made no movement, she stopped talking and began to beg Tao Yushu again.

"Sister, for Wang Jing's drama, can you let me be the producer?"

"Are you going to be a producer?"

Tao Yushu glanced sideways at her sister. She didn't need to think about it to know what her sister was pretending to be. It was just to satisfy her own vanity.

"When you are not in Xiangjiang, I am coordinating all the work of the crew."

Tao Yumo was afraid that his sister would disapprove, so he expressed his contribution.

Tao Yushu pretended to be hesitant and arrested her for a long time. It was not until Tao Yumo was about to resort to coquettishness that he agreed to her request.

Wong Jing is still filming "Emerald" for Yong Sheng, but that doesn't stop him from multitasking. He is already writing the script for a new film with Lam.

It is said to be a script, but it is actually an outline of the script, and the details are all compiled on the spot. This is also the norm in the Hong Kong film market today.

"Yesterday I met with Zou Wenhuai, and he agreed to invest HK$2 million in "Hardcover Chasing Girls." But I see his attitude, this time it is more to win over you." Tao Yushu said to Lin Chaoyang.

"It's certain that he wants to win over me. Now that he wants something from us, we don't have to worry about falling out."

If Lin's Pictures wants to grow bigger and stronger, it will inevitably face head-on competition from Golden Harvest and New Art City in the future. The couple both understand this, but they definitely don't want to go head-to-head with these two behemoths for the time being.

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"The Truman Show" was a huge success, and "A Better Tomorrow" looks like it will also achieve good results. At least in the past year, we don't have to worry too much about them targeting us.

What I'm worried about now is the theater chain's problem. As you said, without the support of the theater chain, if we are given another two or five years, we will still be at the mercy of others." Tao Yushu said worriedly.

"Let's do it step by step. After the Po Hing Theater on Nathan Road is demolished, we will build a mini theater. We can rent it when the time comes.

Shaw Brothers still has more than a dozen theater chains in its hands. Debao can rent them, and we can also rent them, but the prerequisite is that we have money."

Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Tao Yushu nodded, and then sighed.

"I didn't feel that before when I was not in business. Why do I feel that I am increasingly short of money after starting a business?"

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said: "The company has just started, so that's normal. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. I asked you to start a company and make movies before, just to find something for you to do."

Tao Yushu's expression relaxed, "I'm not feeling stressed, I'm anxious and want everything to be done at once."

"You have to eat your food one bite at a time."

Tao Yushu didn't want Lin Chaoyang to be distracted by the company's affairs, so he changed the subject and said, "Don't worry about the company's affairs. Try to finish the novel as soon as possible. Speaking of which, I haven't read your novel for a long time."

"I see Tao Bian is free tonight, why don't you come over and give me some guidance?"

Lin Chaoyang jokingly took Tao Yushu's hand, took out a half-written manuscript, and handed it to her.

Touching the texture of the handwritten manuscript, Tao Yushu couldn't help but feel a myriad of emotions. It had been a long time since she had sat quietly on the sofa and read a novel like this.

She asked: "In this novel, are you still writing this kind of urban style? Aren't you afraid that people will continue to say that you are out of touch and out of touch with the people?"

"You have to see the essence through the phenomenon. Although my novel is still focused on modern cities, the essence is to criticize the corruption and degeneration of capitalism." Lin Chaoyang said easily.

Tao Yushu smiled, stopped talking to him, and calmed down to read the novel.

She knew the general plot of Lin Chaoyang's new novel, so she read it very quickly. She read through the half-written novel in three or four hours in one night.

As Lin Chaoyang said, his new work is indeed a work with social critical power.

Various delicate plot twists show the huge gap between social classes, full of black humor, while maintaining a tense and suspenseful atmosphere.

After reading the manuscript, Tao Yushu was tickled and couldn't help but ask Lin Chaoyang: "How did you design the final ending?"

"Let's have a huge profit* life." Lin Chaoyang said.

"Huge profit*life?"

Tao Yushu thought for a while and roughly understood what Lin Chaoyang meant. It seemed that the ending might be tragic.

She did not continue to ask further, wanting to wait until Lin Chaoyang finished writing the ending before reading it, so as to maintain the curiosity and sense of mystery.

Early the next morning, Lin Chaoyang's phone rang suddenly.

The call came from Shi Nansheng to announce the good news. "A Better Tomorrow" had a box office of 1.844 million on its first day of release.

This opening result ranks third among local films in Hong Kong this year.

The first two are "The Truman Show" and "The Best Lucky Star" produced by Golden Harvest.

"The Truman Show" was blessed with awards from the Cannes Film Festival, and "The Best Lucky Star" is a new work in Golden Harvest's "Five Lucky Stars" series that competes with New Art City's flagship "Best Partner" series.

The fact that "A Better Tomorrow" was able to achieve such results at the launch really surprised everyone at Xinyi City.

In fact, if it weren't for Lin Chaoyang, a master screenwriter, New Art City would not have given much publicity resources to this film that brings together the "old, weak, sick and disabled".

Now that the movie is released, the opening results are pretty good, which can be considered an unexpected surprise.

After the phone call with Shi Nansheng, Lin Chaoyang reminded Tao Yushu:

"Didn't Wong Jing say that he wants to find Ah Fa to star in "Fine Covers Chasing Girls"? Hurry up and sign a contract with him, the salary will skyrocket in a few days!"

"Know!"

After dinner, Lin Chaoyang saw Tao Yumo staring at him and asked, "Aren't you going to the company?"

Tao Yumo immediately acted very busy, "I have to go to class today."

Tao Yushu wants to do business in Xiangjiang, and Tao Yumo is a natural right-hand man. She also studied law.

Unfortunately, the legal systems in Hong Kong are very different from those in the Mainland, so Tao Yumo's original knowledge system is of no great use and needs to be learned again.

"Okay, then I'll go to the company for a visit, and you want to send this letter to Huacheng Publishing House."

Lin Chaoyang took out a letter and handed it to Tao Yumo. The letter was written by him to Li Shifei.

In the past two months, Li Shifei has written letters from time to time to urge him to write new works. Now that he has written more than half of his new works, Lin Chaoyang has the confidence to tell him to "stop urging".

He came to the office of Lin's Film Company in the Prince's Building, which was more popular than before.

On the one hand, there are two more staff members, and on the other hand, director Wang Jing’s new play is scheduled to open at the beginning of next month, and they are recruiting extra actors. Lin Chaoyang stayed in the company for less than twenty minutes, and there were three young actors.

People come and fill out the registration form.

The development of Hong Kong's film and television industry in the 1980s has created a large number of young people pursuing their dreams, many of whom have become famous stars at home and abroad in later generations.

For example, Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Stephen Chow...

Stephen Chow?

Lin Chaoyang had nothing to do, and was looking through the actor recruitment list that he had received in the past two days. His eyes were suddenly attracted by a name on the list, full of surprise.

"Born in 1962, home address: Kowloon, Hong Kong, special actor of Li's TV station, student of TVB artist training class, host of "430 Shuttle", assistant host of "Happy Tonight"——"

Lin Chaoyang read the information on the form at a glance and didn't run away. It must be him.

It's 1986 now, and Stephen Chow should still be working as a host at TVB. He racks his brains every day to get a small role and sends his resume to film companies everywhere.

He originally heard Tao Yumo talk about recruiting actors yesterday, and today he came to see if there were any names that would be familiar to future generations. Unexpectedly, he actually met one, and it was SSSR.

"Azhen, when did this actor come?" Lin Chaoyang asked Wu Meizhen, the production staff member responsible for recruiting actors.

"Lin Sheng, this person——I can't remember him either. He was probably from yesterday."

Seeing that Azhen had no clue, Lin Chaoyang stopped worrying about the details and said to her: "Call him and tell him that there is an important role for him to audition for."

Wu Meizhen's face was full of confusion. How could the cast and crew recruit important roles?

But who made Lin Chaoyang the boss? She asked: "Sheng Lin, when will the interview be scheduled?"

"Tell him to come here now."

Wu Meizhen's heart was pounding, how could she be so anxious?

After contacting him according to the phone number on the form, she said to Lin Chaoyang: "Lin Sheng, I have already contacted him. He should arrive before 10:30."

"Okay, call me when you come."

After arranging things, Lin Chaoyang ran to the office to rest.

Before 10:30, Wu Meizhen knocked on the door and walked in, "Lin Sheng, he's here."

"Let him in."

Wu Meizhen led the person into the office. Today, Stephen Chow is only 24 years old. He has fine features and a middle-parted hair style that looks like he has hairspray.

He had been nervous since he walked in. He became even more nervous when he saw Lin Chaoyang staring at him and not saying anything.

After hesitating for a while, he shouted with a confused expression, "Hello, Lin Sheng!"

Lin Chaoyang nodded and asked softly: "Stephen Chow, right? What's the best way to call you?"

"They all call me Xingzi, Lin Sheng." Stephen Chow shrank and said.

"Then I'll call you Ah Xing."

Feeling Lin Chaoyang's kindness, Zhou Xingchi's nervousness eased a little, and he pursed his lips and said, "Thank you, Lin Sheng."

His voice was low, and both his expression and body movements were full of restraint. It was difficult to connect with the exaggerated and funny image on the screen in Lin Chaoyang's impression.
To be continued...