Chapter 172: Response and Building
The Hong Kong media reported enthusiastically for more than a week about the beating and banning of Su Qi and Du Wenzhe.

Although the popularity has gradually subsided, with the passage of time, Liu Zhou's reputation in the Hong Kong entertainment industry has become more and more prosperous.

This news is slowly cooling down in Hong Kong, but it has begun to cause waves of repercussions in the mainland entertainment circle.

The mainland media and some people in the circle who learned the news praised Liu Zhou to the sky.

As mentioned before, there have been constant frictions of varying sizes between mainland practitioners and Hong Kong and Taiwanese filmmakers since they began working together.

Mainland performers and staff who are in a disadvantaged position are even more oppressed.

It may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that all mainland performers and crew have worked with Hong Kong and Taiwan, but more than 80% of them have been bullied.

Especially in the first few years of the century, because Hong Kong was so overshadowed by the Oriental Hollywood, the mainland was restricted in terms of funding, experience, and fame. The film producers praised the Hong Kong and Taiwan actors and crew too much, and most of them acted arrogantly and domineeringly.

Previously, the mainland entertainment industry had a surge in popularity due to the "Little Fish and Flower" incident, and people thought that things would change, but later they found that the situation had hardly changed.

Especially since the person involved, Chef Xie, soon played the leading role in Chen Shishi's big production, it felt like a slap in the face.

Afterwards, the simple dispute between Zhao Wenzhuo and Zhen Zidan over star status later turned into a dispute over who would dominate the drama industry, and even eventually turned into a confrontation between the two sides.

Why did it provoke a crazy reaction among mainland performers and crew?

It's because the two sides have long accumulated too much resentment, and everyone is holding back their anger.

This was the first time that Liu Zhou had slapped the other party in the face, and in the Hong Kong circle’s base camp.

They even went so far as to ban Hong Kong artists, but anyone who knew about it would feel unhappy about it.

This brought Liu Zhou a lot of fame in the mainland.

Not only that, the movie "New World" which is currently being filmed has also suddenly attracted attention in the mainland.

China Film Corporation directly expressed its support for Liu Zhou and specially arranged for the crew of "China Film Report" of the Sixth Princess to go to Hong Kong to do an exclusive interview on "New World" and Liu Zhou.

It was just the day before the filming of "New World" was completed. Although the filming was interrupted, Liu Zhou was not annoyed at all and warmly received Jingwei and his party.

Liu Zhou did not find a special place, but accepted the exclusive interview with Jingwei in Li Zicheng's office.

Li Zicheng’s office is actually Liu Zhou’s office at Zhoushan Capital.

After bottom-fishing in the Internet, Zhoushan Capital rented half a floor in the Exchange Square as its company headquarters.

Exchange Square is the most core property of Hong Kong Land Development and the heart of Central, overlooking the entire Victoria Harbour.

Liu Zhou was too lazy to set up a set or rent a place, so he just used his own office as the background for the shooting.

Wearing simple casual clothes, Liu Zhou sat on the sofa and accepted an interview with Jingwei.

"Did you write the script for this movie again?"

“Yes, I wrote it.”

"Based on the information released to the public in the movie, New World is also about an undercover story?"

“Yes, Infernal Affairs is undoubtedly a very classic movie. I personally like this movie very much and have watched it several times.

The story of "New World" was actually somewhat inspired by "Infernal Affairs."

Liu Zhou did not avoid the issue, but generously admitted that "New World" borrowed from "Infernal Affairs".

Future Hong Kong undercover gangster movies will definitely include this Hong Kong classic.

Moreover, right now "Infernal Affairs" is at its peak, so answering in this way can also take advantage of the popularity of "Infernal Affairs".

"So as both are about undercover themes, what do you think are the differences between "New World" and "Infernal Affairs"?

Liu Zhou pondered for a while and said:
"In my opinion, Infernal Affairs places more emphasis on cause and effect, which runs through almost the entire film, while New World focuses more on power struggles."

After talking about movies, Jingwei asked about his opinions on several actors.

Liu Zhou pondered for a moment and organized his words before saying:

"This is my third collaboration with Andy Lau. He has always been very dedicated and works very hard on his acting.

Wu Zhenyu and Simon Yam are both good actors with excellent acting skills, and it is very comfortable to work with them.

As for Liang Jiahui, he has always been one of the Hong Kong actors that I personally admire and like the most. There is almost no need to talk to him about acting. He can interpret the scene you want in many different ways. "

In Liu Zhou's heart, the actor he admires most is Li Xuejian, and Liang Jiahui ranks among the top five in his heart, so he couldn't help but praise him a few more words.

After discussing a few more issues, the interview officially ended.

Jingwei did not stay in Hong Kong for long. After the interview, he returned to Beijing with the crew.

Liu Zhou continued to film the last scenes of "New World".

Li Zicheng dealt with the villains and became the big brother, then he came into contact with the mainland and became a white glove, presiding over the overall situation and maintaining the underground order.

However, when Liu Zhou was filming, he felt that this would reduce the sense of excitement, so he prepared to shoot a semi-open ending.

Li Zicheng kills the villain, successfully takes the throne, thwarts the conspiracy, and then hides his merit and fame. The story ends here, and the audience is left to wonder what Li Zicheng will do next.

At that time, Liu Zhou will see which ending is better and the review situation before deciding which ending to use.

Although it took a little longer, on May 7th, "New World" was officially completed.

The filming of the entire movie took only twenty-two days, which is a long time in Hong Kong, but it is undoubtedly very fast in mainland China.

After the film was completed, Liu Zhou was generous and treated all the crew members to a wrap-up banquet at the Peninsula Hotel.

By now, Liu Zhou has improved his alcohol tolerance. Although his alcohol tolerance is not high, he will not get drunk after two glasses.

After the wrap-up banquet, Liu Zhou and Wen Yongshan came to his room.

After being busy for nearly a month, Liu Zhou felt that he needed to relax.

Since their last meeting, Janice Man was signed directly from Emperor Entertainment Group's modeling agency to its own agency department.

Although Liu Zhou did not contact her again afterwards, Emperor Entertainment Group still arranged several small roles for her and developed her acting skills.

Although Wen Yongshan earned less during this period, she was one step closer to her dream of entering the entertainment industry, which made her very happy.

Sometimes late at night, he would think of the handsome man, his first man.

But every time Wen Yongshan saw news about him in the newspaper, he couldn't help but sigh.

This is the man she will never get.

I thought I would never have any contact with him again, but I didn't expect that he would give me a role in his new movie.

She still remembers the shock of some people in the company at the time, and she even saw a hint of envy in the eyes of the two members of Twice as they looked at her.

During the filming period, she also clearly saw him use thunder-like methods to overwhelm the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry.

This domineering man left a deeper impression on Wen Yongshan's heart.

So when Liu Zhou summoned her this time, she came without hesitation.

Liu Zhou looked at the somewhat restrained Wen Yongshan and couldn't help asking:
"After that, you weren't asked to play golf with me, were you?"

Hearing Liu Zhou's words, Wen Yongshan immediately raised his head and said anxiously:
"No, no, I haven't been there."

Seeing her like this, Liu Zhou couldn't help but laugh:
"Don't get excited. Go and help me run the bath water first." After all, Liu Zhou took her first blood, so he would always feel a little differently towards her.

This is also why Liu Zhou chose her instead of Yang Baobei for the minor role of Li Zicheng's wife in "New World".

But if Wen Yongshan followed him and went to play golf with others, this special feeling would disappear immediately.

Even tonight Liu Zhou would not touch her, and the relationship between them was completely over.

Fortunately, such a thing did not happen, so Liu Zhou did not feel uncomfortable.

This man is so damn possessive!
Because she had just started to develop her acting skills, Wen Yongshan's acting skills were still very immature. In the evening, Liu Zhou also gave her all-round guidance, trying to make her a qualified actor as soon as possible.

Liu Zhou stopped teaching her until she no longer had the energy to study.

The next day, Liu Zhou sent Wen Yongshan to Emperor Entertainment Group and then returned to Golden Harvest's headquarters.

After Liu Zhou came to his office, he also called Zou Chongyan over.

"Mr. Zou, the post-production of New World may require your attention. I need to rush to the set of Red Cliff."

Because the shooting speed this time was much faster than planned, "Red Cliff" had just started filming not long ago.

In fact, he had half a month to do post-production, but since he was the leading actor of "Red Cliff", he still wanted to rush to the crew as soon as possible.

"Mr. Liu, are you completely indifferent in the later period?"

"No, you can contact me anytime if you have any questions."

"Mr. Liu, instead of doing this, it would be better to move the post-production of New World to Beijing. The crew of Red Cliff is in Zhuozhou, which is very close to Beijing. This way you can take care of both."

Liu Zhou thought about it and it made sense, so he said:

"You're right. Let's move the post-production of New World to Beijing. Please help me find an experienced editor in Hong Kong and ask him to come with me to Beijing."

It is better to find editors from Hong Kong to edit Hong Kong films, as they have a more precise control over the highlights of Hong Kong films.

"Okay, Mr. Liu, when are you going to return to the capital?"

"Let's do it tomorrow. Can we find an editor in one day?"

"Sure."

"That's fine. By the way, how's the movie 'SPL' going?"

"I finished filming two days earlier than you did. We are currently doing post-production and it is expected to be released during the summer vacation."

“SPL is the first film produced by Golden Harvest after its reorganization, so we might as well spend more money on promotion.

Don’t worry about making a profit. The most important thing is to make our presence known.”

"Understood Mr. Liu, I'm planning to have a premiere for this movie, do you have time to come and attend?"

"I may be the busiest shooting season during the summer, so I may not have time to come over. But it doesn't matter if I'm here or not. Just come according to your plan."

After Zou Chongyan left, Liu Zhou went to Gao Jun again to see how things were going on his side, but he didn't expect that he was on a business trip to Lion City.

Then Liu Zhou found the scripts that Jiahe had received during this period to see if there were any that were familiar to later generations.

But after searching for a long time, I didn't see any movie that left an impression on later generations.

In the past two or three years, the performance of Hong Kong films has indeed been quite poor.

After staying in Jiahe for a while, Liu Zhou also returned to the hotel.

In the evening, Liu Zhou called Wen Yongshan over again.

Before leaving, Liu Zhou hoped to give her some more guidance, as he didn't know when the next teaching would be.

The next day, Liu Zhou boarded the flight to Beijing, feeling refreshed.

Accompanying him was a thin middle-aged man named Mai Zishan, a famous gold medal editor in Hong Kong who was particularly good at police and gangster films.

Liu Zhou didn't expect that Zou Chongyan would actually invite this big shot, and of course he was very satisfied with this.

On the plane, Liu Zhou also exchanged some of his ideas with Mai Zishan and left him his contact information.

He couldn't follow along the entire time to cut the hair this time, so he could only communicate over the phone if there was anything.

After returning to the capital, Liu Zhou first went to the company.

This time, the company gave Liu Zhou a lot of differences.

This place used to be quite quiet, but now it feels a lot noisier and there are a lot more people.

The previously vacant office is now packed with people, even a bit crowded.

Liu Zhou felt that with the future development of Jiahe Beijing Company, this place would soon be insufficient and he would have to find a new office space.

At this moment, Liu Zhou suddenly had a fleeting idea: could he build a Jiahe Building?
The land is not very expensive nowadays and funding is not a problem. I think the district will also support it.

Owning a building in the capital is a reflection of hard power, and it is also an asset that appreciates in value rapidly.

There is a joke in later generations that LG mobile phones have no market share due to being squeezed out by domestic mobile phones, and have been losing money for years, and finally they are ready to withdraw from the Chinese market.

Unexpectedly, after selling the LG Building, the LG Group suddenly found that although it lost money selling mobile phones, it made it back by selling the building, and even made more than 1 billion in profit.

This has led LG Group to want to engage in real estate in the mainland.

The more Liu Zhou thought about it, the more he felt that there was a way forward. He returned to the office to learn about the company's situation. After discovering that the company was in good order under Zhang Zhao's leadership, he called Zhong Lifang over.

"Mr. Zhong, what do you think about us building a building?"

"Building a building?"

As soon as Zhong Lifang came in, she was shocked by what Liu Zhou said.

He really didn't expect Liu Zhou's thinking to be so unconventional. Just after acquiring Jiahe, he suddenly wanted to build a building.

“Yes, this place was fine before, but now with the arrival of Jiahe, it has become more and more crowded. In two years, when the company becomes larger, the office will definitely not be enough.

Instead of renting an office building, we might as well build one ourselves, which can also demonstrate our strength.”

"Mr. Liu, do we really need a building? We have no experience in building buildings."

“Who asked us to build it ourselves? We just need to buy the land, have someone design it, and hire a construction company to build it.

The main problem now is the land, which you need to look for or ask the district."

"Boss Liu, is this matter urgent?"

"It's not urgent. We just need to buy the land this year."

"Okay Mr. Liu."

"That's all. Go and take care of it first."

In the next two days, Liu Zhou visited Han Shanping, then had a conversation with Mai Zishan, and then came to Zhuozhou.

Liu Zhou is also about to begin his first and perhaps last acting career.

(End of this chapter)