Chapter 84: The Night Banquet
It was nearly half an hour before the banquet started, and some Shaw Brothers movie stars began to come in one after another, such as Yue Hua and Tian and his wife, actress Li Lili, and young student Xu Shaoqiang. The last person who came in was Shaw Brothers director Er Dongsheng and his
My girlfriend is TVB artist Yu Anan.
The heroine of "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" currently being filmed by Jiashi is Shaw Brothers actress Li Lili. Li is one of the male protagonists of the still popular "The Magnificent Seven" and is also a Shaw Brothers actor Xu Shaoqiang.
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Shaw Brothers is quite sincere in asking them to attend the banquet tonight. Although everyone is in the same circle, there are big screen and small screen, but the current actors have not yet formed the big screen.
A chain of contempt for screen actors who look down on small screen actors.
Especially when the film market was sluggish in the past ten years, a large number of Cantonese film actors moved to the small screen. Uncle Feng at the table opposite Lishi is a typical example. He entered the industry in the early 1950s and has starred in hundreds of films so far.
A Cantonese film, it has since become one of the gold medals of TV dramas spanning half a century.
Flowers don’t last for a hundred days, and people don’t live for a thousand years. No one can predict how long a star will stay famous, and the tastes of the audience are changing at any time. You have to become famous as early as possible, and be photographed when you have the opportunity. When you are popular
Try to have as much silver as possible to avoid running out of money when you are in trouble.
Therefore, those who are working as artists nowadays do not distinguish too much whether they are movie actors or TV actors. As long as they have roles and are paid, they will not mind. Working hard to make money is the most practical thing.
Shaw Brothers' film production is reducing, and some of its own contracted actors are being kept idle, and they cannot be loaned out to rival companies. It would be a good place to push them to TV. At the same time, Shaw Brothers can also export them to other companies.
Use some popular TV actors to make up for your shortcomings.
With a "wow" sound, everyone who came to the banquet tonight stood up involuntarily and looked in the same direction. Needless to say, the protagonist tonight must be here, and this protagonist is indeed worthy of the respect of everyone present.
An old man wearing a suit and a red tie, with thin cheeks, high cheekbones, and gold-rimmed glasses walked in accompanied by Miss Fang and three TV station executives. He introduced Uncle Liu and Mr. Shao along the way.
The screams continued. From the names of different people on the three TV stations, you can see the difference between familiarity and distance.
"This is Lu Dongjie, our music producer from Jiashi," Sun Yubiao introduced Shao Yifu and Miss Fang with a smile.
"Mr. Shao, hello, Miss Fang." Lu Dongjie stepped forward slightly and nodded with a smile.
"Well, I recognize this young boy. Before the Chinese New Year, you gave me two records. One is Qiuzai's, and the other is his record." Shao Yifu took a serious look at Lu Dongjie and turned back to Miss Fang, haha
A smile.
"This Lu Sheng is really young and promising. Not only was a New Year's song CD sold out in Hong Kong, but even the Chinese in Southeast Asia were vying for it. He even won the Golden Disc Award at the last Golden Disc Awards Ceremony.
"You are a formidable young man." Miss Fang nodded and praised with a smile, then looked at Lu Dongjie with curiosity.
She also came from the music industry and was a popular singer back then. Although she is now involved in the film industry, she usually pays more attention to things in the music industry.
"Thank you Shao Sheng, Miss Fang for your compliments, it's all a blessing," Lu Dongjie said humbly.
"I have always admired young people who are humble and talented. Seeing you so young, I can't help but think of that time. He has achieved a lot now. You have to work harder. You will always be there in the Hong Kong music scene.
There is a world." Shao Yifu looked at Lu Dongjie and encouraged him sincerely.
"Thank you Shao Sheng for your encouragement. As a junior, I should learn from Gu Sheng." When Shao Yifu mentioned Gu Jiahui to him together, Lu Dongjie's tone couldn't help but become more modest.
Speaking of the relationship between Gu Jiahui and Shao Yifu, we must mention Gu Jiahui’s sister Gu Wei. Gu Wei was also a well-known singer in the 1950s and 1960s. The two siblings occasionally appeared on the Voice of America of the U.S. Information Service at that time.
He is the music arranger for a radio program that focuses on English songs and often invites English singers such as Fang Yihua and Zhan Xiaoping to sing English songs.
The producers in charge of this program at that time happened to be Zhou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and others from Jiahe Films. It was not until the early 1960s that Shao Yifu returned to Hong Kong from Xingjiapo to establish Shaw Brothers Film Company, and invited Zhou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and others to join.
He joined Shaw Brothers Company and became the director of the publicity department.
The two siblings, Gu Wei, also joined Shaw Brothers. Although Gu Wei signed an eight-year basic acting contract, she rarely filmed and usually sang behind the scenes for female stars in Shaw Brothers movies.
Because of his outstanding musical talent, Gu Jiahui received financial support from Shao Yifu and Miss Fang to study abroad at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA, where he learned traditional music theory knowledge and became the school's first Chinese student. In a sense, it can be said that Shao Yifu and
Miss Fang is considered his sweetheart.
"Well, don't be too outspoken. Just call me Uncle Six like them from now on." Shao Yifu patted Lu Dongjie's shoulder affectionately.
"Okay, thank you Uncle Six." Although Lu Dongjie was a little surprised, he smiled and nodded.
Almost all the eyes present were fixed here. After seeing Shao Yifu chatting with Lu Dongjie in a pleasant manner for a long time, during which he also unabashedly praised Lu Dongjie, many people were really envious.
Shao Yifu was born during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. He happens to be 70 years old this year, but he still looks lively and energetic. This old man, who is in his late seventies, gives people a very kind and kind image, but it is this
Qinghui's figure looks down upon a great era of time-changing events.
The current speaker of TVB is Li Xiaohe, chairman of the board of directors. Although Yifu Shao is also the founder and one of the board members of TVB, he only focuses on Shaw Brothers' movies and has not shown any interest in TVB.
professional interest.
But no one could have imagined that after becoming the chairman of the board of directors of TVB and taking sole control of TVB, Yifu Shaw, the film tycoon who single-handedly created the Shaw Brothers movie kingdom, would once again build the TVB kingdom and dominate the Hong Kong film industry in the first half century.
, dominated the Hong Kong television industry in the second half of the century, leaving countless classic film and television dramas in the Greater China region.
"Thank you for attending tonight's banquet. As an elder and a senior in the film and television industry, I have something to say to you. No matter whether you are on the big screen or the small screen, as long as you work hard, you will be successful in the future.
There is a lot of potential in film and television..." Shao Yifu spoke Mandarin with a hint of Wu dialect. Although he can also speak Cantonese, he is not very fluent, so he basically speaks Wu dialect in daily life, but he is fluent.
His English is indeed very good.
Under the applause of farewell, Yifu Shao slowly left the banquet. Next, it was Miss Fang who hosted the banquet. After all, Yifu Shao's status in the circle could come out to express his views and say something to these young actors.
A word of encouragement is enough to give you face.
The guests and hosts at tonight's banquet had a great time, especially when the wine was flowing. Artists from different TV stations came and went and toasted each other. There was no usual lack of contact, and the three TV station leaders did not deliberately interfere.
Chapter completed!