032 [Father and Son Love Thin]
When the younger sister suddenly mentioned her father, Xia Tian couldn't help but froze.
Whether in the future or in this life, the two "Summers" have no good feelings for him.
A bad gambling man or a drunkard makes his own people not like humans, and his family not like his family. He also implicates his children and makes them suffer together.
If Xia Tian did not travel back from time to time, the brother and sister would not be able to pay back the money at all. Once they could not pay back the debt, the fate would be as written in his script. The man robbed and killed people for money, and the woman sold herself to make chickens for money. The ending was foreseeable.
So Xia Tian really hated such an irresponsible father, wishing that he would run away all the time and never come back in his life.
"Don't he likes to run away? Then let him run away all the time." Xia Tian said coldly, "Okay, have a meal!"
"Brother..." Xia Xue saw the eldest brother saying that, and wanted to persuade him a few more words. After all, he was always their father, and his blood was thicker than water.
"Axue, stop talking, have a meal soon. Brother Tian knew that you like to eat Yung Kee roast goose, so I specially bought it for you." Chen Yixin quickly added the roast goose legs and put them in Xia Xue's bowl and said.
After hearing what he said, Xia Xue had to keep silent.
After a while, after dinner, Xia Tian put down his chopsticks and said, "You guys eat, I'm back to the house." After that, he turned around and returned to the house.
"Axue, it's not that I told you that I should not mention Uncle Xia's affairs in front of Brother Tian in the future." After he left, Chen Yixin looked at Xia Xue and said.
"I know my elder brother hates my dad, hates him for not being able to do anything, hates him for implicating us... But no matter what, he is always our dad. Do you really watch him suffer outside?" Xia Xue said with a sob, and tears flowed down as she said, "Dad has been leaving for ten days. I don't know where he will be now, whether he has food to eat, or whether he has a place to live..."
"Axue, don't blame me for your dad. Uncle Xia has done something wrong in recent years. He is gambled and greedy for alcohol, and he still owes such high-interest loans. If Brother Tian hadn't had the ability, let alone eating roast goose today, we would have become 'roasted goose'." Chen Yixin complained, "Brother Tian finally pays off his debts now, and you now say that you hope Uncle Xia will come back. What if he doesn't change his mind when he comes back and owes a lot of debts? You can't let Brother Tian carry this big burden all the time, right?"
"Dad was not like this before. When he was a child, he was very kind to us brother and sister. It was because his work was not going well in the past few years that he changed." Xia Xue defended his dad, "I think after this, he should learn from the lessons and change it from now on."
"He learned few lessons? Do you remember that once he lost money, but he couldn't pay the bill, and he was almost discounted by someone? I thought that if this happened, he wouldn't bet anymore. But before the injury was clear enough, he gambled again with a cast on his hand, and lost all the medical expenses donated to him for treatment." Chen Yixin said.
"Axue, it's not that we don't want to believe Uncle Xia, it's really that he disappointed us too much. Time and time again, Brother Tian almost knelt down for him once, and he cried bitterly, swearing to the sky that he wouldn't go to gamble again. As a result, he went again within two days, and even knocked out the long-lived golden lock sent by Brother Tian when he was full moon. Do you think Brother Tian dares to believe him?" Chen Yixin asked back.
After hearing Chen Yixin say this, Xia Xue sighed helplessly.
"Okay, don't think about it anymore." Seeing her depressed expression, Chen Yixin was worried that she would become sick with sadness, and quickly comforted her, "I don't think Uncle Xia will be fine. He is so old, and he knows how to take care of himself. Moreover, he is outside now, it's useless for you to worry. Just cheer up and live a good life. Brother Tian doesn't want to see you depressed."
"Well, I understand, Brother Yixin." Xia Xue wiped away the tears in her eyes and said with a smile.
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After Xia Tian returned to the house, he took a deep breath and calmed down his irritable mood.
To be honest, he didn't think there was anything wrong with his approach. For such a weird dad, he really couldn't even love him.
"Forget it, I don't think about it anymore. The more I think about it, the more annoyed you get." Xia Tian shook his head, throwing all the unhappy things behind him, and then he sat back at the table and prepared to write a script for Hong Jingbao.
Hong Jingbao's name is already well-known in summer. Although this fat man is not good at looking at his figure, he is actually quite agile and is called "the most flexible fat man."
He was also a martial artist at the beginning, and later became a martial arts director, leading a group of brothers to make a name for themselves on the set. After joining Jiahe, he received the support of Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang, and Hong Jingbao was even more powerful and showed his power. He not only produced many popular movies, but also created themes such as kung fu comedy, spiritual kung fu films, and urban action films. He can be regarded as an outstanding talent in the Hong Kong film industry.
What Xia Tian cares most about is that he has a wide range of friendships and has accumulated a deep connection in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Because Hong Jingbao is loyal and generous, he has made countless friends. Even Mai Jia, the boss of New Art City, opened a film company with him back then, which can be said to be a long-term friendship.
Xia Tian knew that in the entertainment industry, connections are the first priority. Only with connections can you invite big-name stars, big-name directors, famous martial arts commanders, well-known photographers... If you don’t have connections, you may not be able to invite them even if you are willing to spend money.
Since entertainment is a circle, there will inevitably be core characters. No matter from which level, Hong Jingbao is the core of the core. In a simple sentence, if you want to make a name for yourself in the Hong Kong film industry, a big brother like Hong Jingbao has to hand over it.
If you want to make friends with a big brother like Hong Jingbao, Xia Tian must show his ability. Otherwise, if there are more people who want to get close to Hong Jingbao, why can he stand out?
Due to the limitations of the stage, Xia Tian has not many skills to use now, so it is undoubtedly the most appropriate to provide him with scripts.
Hong Jingbao is 35 years old this year, which is the time when he is young and strong and has the most energy. Now he has opened three films alone, and has produced nine movies in just one year this year. On average, one new movie will be released in one and a half months. The frequency is so high that it is amazing!
You should know that Shaw Brothers's company is as big as that, it has only made twenty movies this year. Hong Jingbao alone can beat half of Shaw Brothers' country. To continue to maintain such a high frequency, there is one thing that is essential, that is, the script.
Script, script, the foundation of a play! The importance can be imagined.
Although scripts have never been valued in the Hong Kong film industry, and many movies do not even have scripts when they start filming. But for those with insight, scripts are still quite important.
Xinyi City has a "Struggle Room". Several bosses hold meetings every week to discuss the script. The cold-faced laughing craftsman Xu Guanwen does not have a suitable script and would rather not start the play. Although Cheng Long doesn't know a few big words, he also knows the importance of the screenwriter. He hires Deng Jingsheng as his royal screenwriter with a large sum of money; Hong Jingbao also has his own royal screenwriter, Huang Bingyao, known as the "King of Bridge Kings"...
Although Huang Bingyao is a creative genius and has written many excellent scripts, his energy is always limited, and his health is not good, so writing six or seven scripts every year is already his limit.
And good scripts are never too many. What Xia Tian has to do now is to make friends with Hong Jingbao by relying on scripts.
"Which script should I write for him?" Xia Tian thought.
He has seen many movies starring Hong Jingbao before, including funny, tragic, and literary... Although this fat man is a martial artist, his acting skills are not bad at all. He has won the Best Actor Nomination for the Academy Awards four times and successfully won the title of Best Actor twice.
"The movie "The Legend of Lucky" seems to have a box office of more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars, but unfortunately it seems that it will be filmed in Japan soon. If it is written, it will be incorrect."
"The movie "Mr. Zombie" has an investment of 8 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office in Hong Kong is more than 20 million, which is considered a big dark horse. Unfortunately, I heard that it did not attract the attention of Hong Jingbao before it started filming, so he thought that the play was decided. In this way, writing this script would not arouse his interest."
"The box office of "Summer Lucky Star" is quite good, but the plot is very mentally retarded. It is said that because Guan Zhilin, who plays the heroine, joined the crew halfway. In order to promote her, Hong Jingbao significantly deleted the role of another heroine Hu Huizhong. The script, which was originally reasonable, became unrecognizable by such drastic modifications, and the second half became a farce. Now if I want to restore the previous script, it would be better to write another script again."
Xia Tian was already fascinated by Hong Kong movies, and because he also worked hard in the film and television industry, he met many Hong Kong artists and behind-the-scenes workers, and heard them tell a lot of gossip and old news, so he had a certain understanding of these secrets.
"Oh, it's really difficult to write scripts for Hong Jingbao! After he finished filming "Oriental Vultures" in 1987, he basically had no representative works, unlike Cheng Long who was popular until the new century and had frequent excellent works. Moreover, Hong Jingbao's films have not been very outstanding in scripts, such as "The Rich Train", "The Rich Corps", "The Dragons and the Phoenix", etc., they all rely on a lot of stars to attract audiences, and there are too many flaws in the story." Xia Tian said with some distress.
Hong Jingbao's action movies have always been more lively, with insufficient stories and many flaws. Although it would be nice to watch the audience, it would be quite troubled for screenwriters, especially screenwriters like Xia Tian, who like to be more serious.
"Forget it, just write these two, which must have attracted his attention." Xia Tian's eyes lit up and he suddenly said with a smile.
Chapter completed!