Director of Rebirth of Xiangjiang

Chapter 53 Visiting Mr. Run Run Shaw (first update)
In the end, Zhao Hong left under Qiu Degen's thanks. Of course, the theater's affairs have been stabilized. These four theaters were originally leased to Shaw Brothers, but they were withdrawn from the Shaw Brothers theater chain two days ago.

Because Shaw Brothers can’t use so many theaters now, although the number of movies they shoot is gradually increasing, the screening cycle is getting shorter. Many movies are just a few days’ tour, there are too many shoddy movies, and there is nothing new, so Shao Shaw returned the theater to Qiu Degen.

It turns out that the Shaw Theater chain has 21 theaters. If these four are returned, there will only be [-] theaters. But compared to their current situation, it is enough, and any more will be wasted.

As for the returned theater, Qiu Degen just didn't know what to do with it!
These are his four best theaters, and he has been reluctant to sell them. From this, he thought of one person, that is Run Run Shaw. Both of them have their ancestral home in Ningbo, so they have a very good relationship.

Shaw needs theaters to make movies, so he rented them to Run Run Shaw more than ten years ago, and now these theaters are sold to Zhao Hong, anyway, he doesn’t know how to touch movies, and he doesn’t feel bad after selling .

In the afternoon, Zhao Hong continued to get tired of being with Zhao Yazhi. The two had just entered the husband and wife mode.

And Zhao Hong herself also went home afterwards, the two of them didn't do anything today, they just talked about love together, the main reason is that Zhao Yazhi is not in good health, as for why you understand.

In the evening, Zhao Hong and her sister Zhao Yingying talked about the theater, and told her to let people from DreamWorks Theaters buy Qiu Degen's four theaters.

He also called Run Run Shaw's landline. After Zhao Hong communicated with him for a while, he said that he was going to invite him to have afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel at noon tomorrow. I wonder if he has time, but Run Run Shaw readily agreed.

Now Zhao Hong is not in a hurry to make a movie. He is going to wait for the Iron Lady to visit China before starting to shoot his debut. The main reason is that other things will consume his energy during this period. It is impossible to surpass the original work if he shoots forcibly. This is right. No respect for these works.

But he is not ready to do nothing, he has already thought of making that movie, which is "Hachiko", which tells the story: waiting ten years for a love is a lifetime for a dog.

This is a very touching true story about a university professor who adopted a little Akita puppy and named him "Hachiko".

Every day after that, Hachiko sent the professor to the station in the morning, and waited for the professor to go home together in the evening.

Unfortunately, the professor passed away due to illness and never returned to the station. However, Hachiko still waited at the station on time every day for the next 10 years until he finally died.

After the death of Hachiko, later generations erected a statue for him by the flower pond where he sat every day, and he is still sitting there until now, waiting for his master to come back.

Zhao Hong originally planned to wait a while before writing the novel, mainly because the energy for writing the last novel has not yet recovered.

However, due to this situation, only a novel should go first. Only when the novel has a certain popularity, can the works of his new director gain attention.

This is a novel with more than [-] words. Zhao Hong wants to express the emotion between the dog and the professor in delicate language through text description.

This is Zhao Hong's strong point. After he is ready to write it, he will serialize it when the movie starts. It can not only promote the movie but also increase the sales of Mengjiaren magazine. More than 20 words.

The next day, Zhao Hong went to work in the company early, and drove towards the Peninsula Hotel at ten o'clock.

Zhao Hong had reserved the private room early, he entered the hotel and walked directly to the private room. It was only eleven o'clock now, and there was still an hour before the appointed time.

Since he met Qiu Degen yesterday, they were already here when he came. Although he was not late, he was still a latecomer. He was an elder, so this is not good.

So today he was an hour early, and he didn't believe he could arrive behind Run Run Shaw.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Hong arrived later. When he entered the room, he saw Run Run Shao in the private room.

Zhao Hong hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, "Uncle Six, I'm sorry to keep you waiting.".

Zhao Hong is almost speechless to these old guys now, she is not punctual at all!Is it so difficult to think about it more than once?
"Hongzi, just sit across from me. This is the first time we've met! I've heard of your name countless times, and I really want to meet you, a young talent, so I'll order ahead of time. The time is coming!" He was very happy with Zhao Hong's invitation, and originally he wanted to take some time to meet Zhao Hong.

Now that Zhao Hong and he are making a living in the same industry, it is very necessary for everyone to have some contact and reach a certain tacit understanding between the two parties in order to achieve healthy competition.

If there is no tacit understanding, it is bound to be like fire and water, poaching each other, and it would be bad for both sides to lose in the end.

"Uncle Six! You are the famous one! I have grown up listening to your legendary stories since I was a child. Even my old man rarely convinces others as far as I know, but he admires you from the bottom of his heart." Zhao Hong also admires you. Praise Run Run Shaw.

As for whether the old man admired him, Zhao Hong didn't know, but the old man probably admired him a little.

"I can't compare to you young people. You have become richer than me in just a few years. You can't compare!" Although Run Run Shaw was very happy when he heard Zhao Hong say that Mr. Zhao admired him, he was not at all It was revealed, but everyone praised Zhao Hong.

The two of them flattered each other for more than ten minutes when they met, both of them felt that the other was difficult to deal with, and they were both thousand-year-old foxes pretending to be Liao Zhai.

Therefore, they were more honest with each other afterwards, knowing that flattery and stereotypes were meaningless. Run Run Shaw chatted about some things in his past. Zhao Hong found that his life was really exciting and ups and downs. Boss, running dyeing, finance and other businesses.

In 1910, a large-scale "Jintaichang" pigment company was established. It not only managed well and had a prosperous business, but also sympathized with and supported Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities. It was quite active in Shanghai's industrial and commercial circles at that time.

When Run Run Shao was still in middle school, the owner of the Shanghai Theater "Laughing Stage" was unable to repay his debts, so he "sold off" the "Laughing Stage". Shao Yuxuan sent his eldest son Shao Zuiweng, a lawyer, to take over the theater.

In 1923, the Shao family was on the verge of decline, and only one house and "Laughing Stage" and a theater remained in all the family business.

The Shaw Brothers resolutely sold their house and moved their family into the "Laughing Stage".

In the days that followed, Run Run Shaw kept in touch with the film editor. It can be said that he was running around for the film. In 1931, Run Run Shaw went to the United States to buy sound film equipment.

On the way, the ship ran into a rock and sank. Fortunately, his fate was fatal. Run Run Shaw, who fell into the water, held a small wooden sampan. After wandering in the sea for a night, he was finally rescued and survived. He bought back the "talking machine" he needed from Hollywood in the United States. Zhao Hong felt that He is a man who was born for the film and has been engaged in film-related things all his life.

It can be said that Run Run Shaw’s love for movies is no less than anyone else’s. It’s just that people get old one day, and their thoughts will always fail to keep up with the trend. Sometimes stubbornness can make people succeed, but it can also make people fail, just like him. It’s the same as not wanting to change the current shooting system.

In this way, the two of them chatted until the dishes they ordered were served on the table, and they still chatted while eating. Zhao Hong was surprised that Mr. Shao's life was so rich, even richer than that of Grandpa Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong gained a lot of life experience from it, no wonder there is a saying that a family has an old man like a treasure.

Run Run Shaw also lamented that Zhao Hong's knowledge is quite rich. No matter what he said, Zhao Hong knew everything, even the big and small things in the period of the Republic of China. Sometimes he knew more than a person who had personally experienced it. Strange.

When he heard that in order to write a good novel "Farewell My Concubine", Zhao Hong reflected the style of the Republic of China, and searched all the materials about the period of the Republic of China, he was really convinced.

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(End of this chapter)