August 25, Taiwan Province

Today is a very important day for Xiao Qi, because "The Legend of the Withered Heroes" starring him will be broadcast on Taiwan TV today.

Xiao Qi is waiting for the TV series to be aired with great ambition, hoping that his journey into the film and television industry will be smoother.

"The Legend of the Withered Heroes" is a transformational work that Xiao Qi has great hopes for!

Xiao Qi felt that with his reputation, entering the film and television industry as a leading actor, even if his performance is not as good as Ye Fan, it should not be too bad.

After all, this is Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Withered Heroes", and producer Yang Peipei insisted on letting him act, which shows that his fame is very helpful to this drama.

But director Li Huimin originally wanted to choose either Zheng Yinjian or Wu Qilong to play Yang Guo.

But Yang Peipei thinks that besides Ye Fan, Ren Xianqi is the most popular right now, and she won't listen to anyone and insists on inviting Ren Xianqi to play the role.

At this time, Xiao Qi wanted to become a "comprehensive artist" and just wanted to enter the film and television field. When he was really hungry, he would come to the steamed buns, and when he was sleepy, he would come to the pillow.

Maybe Yang Peipei was a fan of Ren Xianqi at that time. Even though Xiao Qi's Yang Guo was sprayed into a sieve, she later let Xiao Qi play Linghu Chong.

Ye Fan feels that Yang Peipei is definitely Xiao Qi’s true fan.

If Ye Fan knew what Xiao Qi was thinking, he would definitely tell him: "A Qi, stop it, there are police outside... Your fans told you to concentrate on singing."

Of course, Xiao Qi had an influence on the failure of this version of "The Legend of the Withered Heroes", but he was definitely not the main reason, because Ye Fan knew that he had worked very hard.

If this drama is broadcast in later generations, it will definitely be a drama with all five poisons!

The 1998 version of "Wither of the Gods" changed the original demon into something quite outrageous. Ouyang Ke became the one killed by Huang Rong, and Yang Kang became the one killed by Huang Rong.

There are many actors and actresses: Ouyang Feng's role as the old naughty boy, Hong Qigong's role as Huang Yaoshi, and many additional scenes for Guo Fu.

In terms of roles, Ouyang Feng in this drama is definitely the second most played in this drama. Now it should probably be called The Legend of Ouyang Feng!

All the big scenes are mentioned in one go. As long as the scenes with a large number of people are deleted, and the ending is bad, it would be strange if the show is not bad.

Can you believe that this version of "The Legend of the Wither Heroes" only has 23 episodes? Can "The Legend of the Wither Heroes" be filmed in 23 episodes?

Yang Peipei thinks she can take the photo well, she is so confident.

Moreover, Wu Qianlian's acting career has plummeted since she starred in this drama, and she has been struggling hard.

Although the image of Xiao Qi and Yang Guo are indeed very different...a bit? But Xiao Qi is popular at the moment, so it is a bit unlucky for him not to take the blame for this.

However, this drama is not without its highlights. Li Mochou, played by Chen Hong, is indeed beautiful. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is more beautiful than any other actress.

In Ye Fan's opinion, if he plays this version of Yang Guo, he will definitely choose Li Mochou, who is less mature... Yu Jie is not chosen, why should he choose Rakshasa in black? The little dragon girl played by Wu Qianlian should be with Yin Zhiping, not with her senior sister

Steal a man.

In addition, the plot of this drama is that Lu Zhanyuan and Gongsun Zhi look exactly the same, and Gongsun Zhi charms Li Mochou...what the hell.

Although it was thunderous, Chen Hong's boat scene was very exciting, and Gongsun Zhi was played by Xu Shaoqiang, a veteran three... actor!

When Ye Fan first watched this scene, he couldn't stop watching it... he was so embarrassed!

After watching this drama, he felt that Jin Yong really had some patience for not breaking up with Yang Peipei!

Sure enough, on August 26, after word-of-mouth for the 1998 version of "The Legend of the Withered Heroes" came out, the scenes and sounds of people criticizing Xiao Qi were even heard by Ye Fan from far away in the mainland.

An apartment in Taiwan Province

"I'm a bitch, Gan Lin. This group of media people only talk nonsense every day if they don't do anything."

Xiao Qi's friend Jiukong angrily threw the newspaper in his hand on the ground. The title of the crumpled newspaper could still be seen vaguely.

"Yang Guo looks the ugliest, Xiao Qi ruins the classic!"

Xiao Qi, who was still a little depressed at first, calmed down after seeing the indignant Jiu Kong.

"Forget it, you know the virtues of these media. Xiao Fan and the others can find problems to complain about. Stop talking about me and don't be angry."

"The ratings were quite high yesterday. This is only the first day. Maybe things will get better tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

Jiukong nodded when he heard this, but he was still a little aggrieved and stepped on the newspaper on the ground...

Xiao Qi's mentality became better, but instead of getting better as he thought, things became worse and worse.

As "The Legend of the Withered Heroes" continues to air, although the ratings have been rising, the criticism and abuse have become more intense.

The media and audiences rated him and Wu Qianlian as the ugliest Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nu in history, and directly compared them with the 1995 version of Bai Gu and Li Ruo, doing all kinds of harm to others.

Under the overwhelming negative comments, Xiao Qi was also angry, but later he couldn't bear it any more and chose to remain numb and let Cao go.

However, despite the criticism, the charm of "The Legend of the Withered Heroes" is still very strong. The ratings of this drama are actually quite good, even exceeding 10, which somewhat gives Xiao Qi some confidence.

You must know that there are not many TV dramas in Wanwan that have a ratings of over 10 these days.

What makes Xiao Qi happy is that the theme song "Ren Xiaoyao" and the ending song "Sad Pacific" of this drama have been well received and have started to dominate the charts in major Bay Area charts.

Even his new album "Love in the Pacific" is also highly anticipated, and is considered by the Bay Area music industry to be the only album that can beat Ye Fan's "Light Chaser".

As of August 28, "Light Chaser" has topped the Bay Area Golden Songs Chart for two weeks, and "Love in the Pacific" has also been officially released.

However, Ye Fan has no time to pay attention to Xiao Qi and his "Love in the Pacific" at this time, because August 28 is the settlement day of the August contract of the Hang Seng Index futures!

This day is the highest climax since the Hong Kong government intervened in the market on August 14! It is also the day of decisive battle between the Hong Kong government and Soros!

And this day is definitely a very heartbreaking day for many international speculators!

On August 13, after the Hang Seng Index was suppressed to 6,610 points, the Hong Kong government organized Hong Kong and mainland funds to enter the market and started a battle with opponents for the August stock index futures contract.

After the Hong Kong government entered the market, it bought a large number of August stock index futures contracts that were shorted by international speculators, pushing the futures index from 6,610 points before entering the market to 7,820 points on the 24th, which was higher than the average position opening price of 7,500 points by investment speculators. It achieved preliminary results.

victory.

On August 14, the Hong Kong government officially participated in stock and futures trading!

On the 27th, speculators were out in force in the spot stock market, trying to bring the index down.

While the Hong Kong government was holding on to the stock market, after several days of thrilling battles, it pushed the price of the August contract in the futures market to 7,990 points, and the settlement price was 7,851 points, which was 1,200 points higher than before entering the market.

On August 27th and 28th, the Hong Kong government accepted all selling orders as ordered. As a result, the transaction amount reached HK$20 billion on the 27th and HK$79 billion on the 28th, setting a record for the highest transaction volume in the Hong Kong Island market!

However, speculators are not willing to give up. They believe that the Hong Kong government has invested about HK$100 billion in huge sums, and the financial pressure and public opinion pressure make it impossible to sustain it for a long time.

They transferred the short-selling stock index futures contracts from August to September, hoping to fight a protracted war with the Hong Kong government.

Ye Fan asked for leave from the crew and flew to Hong Kong Island. He would feel very sorry not to witness such an important day with his own eyes. Moreover, he felt more at ease when he was there to watch it in person. By the way, he filmed his scenes in "Infernal Affairs".

"Infernal Affairs" has been mostly filmed and is expected to be completed in September-October. Liu Weiqiang has urged him several times, so Ye Fan took this opportunity to prepare to shoot the scenes. It won't take a few days anyway.

"Uncle Shen, how many Hang Seng Index futures contracts are there in my account now?"

"The average opening price of your Hang Seng Index futures contract is 6,739 points. The price of one contract is HKD 336,950. The margin is 10%. There are currently 9,628 contracts in your account."

"Senior brother, is he still following you?"

"He got his principal back, and the money he earned followed."

Ye Fan smiled and said: "Then he has made a lot of money, right? Several hundred million?"

Shen Xusheng smiled and said: "Not as much as you. If you are curious about the specific amount, just ask him. We can't reveal customer confidentiality."

Ye Fan nodded when he heard this and said: "We'll talk about it then. Just operate directly and see how many points the Hang Seng Index can reach after the market closes."

Shen Xusheng nodded, arranged a separate office for Ye Fan and went to work.

And Ye Fan stared at the data on the computer screen, watching this financial decisive battle...

Hong Kong stocks opened at 10 o'clock sharp, and just five minutes later, the turnover of the stock market exceeded HK$3.9 billion.

Half an hour later, the transaction amount exceeded HK$10 billion.

By the time the market closed in the morning, the trading volume had reached a huge 40 billion Hong Kong dollars, close to the historical record of 46 billion Hong Kong dollars in daily trading volume set on August 29, 1997.

After the market opened in the afternoon, the selling continued unabated and the trading volume continued to rise, but the Hang Seng Index and futures index remained above 7800 points!

At the close of trading, the Hang Seng Index closed at 7829 points, forcing speculators to settle and deliver the August stock index futures at a high price!

Seeing this score, Ye Fan couldn't help but smile happily, and opened glasses of red wine with Shen Xusheng in the office.

"Speculators have to pay more than 30,000 Hong Kong dollars for each contract they transfer. If they close their positions in September, they will probably lose even more. Mr. Ye, you are making a fortune!"

"Then based on the current stock index, how much have I earned?"

"The index has pushed up by 1090 points. If they close the position, you can make more than 500 million Hong Kong dollars. But now they have transferred the position. One contract is 30,000 Hong Kong dollars, so you only made more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars. Now you have to exit.

?"

Ye Fan shook his head and said: "Rolling the position means they have not given up. Let's see if they will close the position in September. If you can make more, make more."

"Okay, then I will do as you say. The situation is very clear now. I don't need to operate anymore. They just need to close the position and exit, and you can just wait to collect the money."

Ye Fan smiled and saw that the decisive battle had come to an end, so he left to find the beauty.

Such a happy day, of course, must be accompanied by beautiful women and fine wine. Otherwise, it would be a shame for Soros’s assistance!

Ye Fan came to the hotel, prepared everything, and waited for Zhang Yushan to come.

Browsing through the newspapers from the previous period, Ye Fan discovered that "The Storm" had already been released, and the final box office was more than 45.5 million?

Ye Fan looked at the newspaper in his hand and curled his lips. The box office of "The Storm" in his previous life was only 41.5 million Hong Kong dollars, but now it suddenly increased by 4 million Hong Kong dollars.

Even if Jiahe didn't do some tricks to beat him to death, he wouldn't believe it. When the Hong Kong film market is declining, can the box office of "The Wind and Cloud" buck the trend and rise? What about Hu Nonggui?
To be continued...