"Hello, Director. I guessed you would come today."

"I didn't inform the crew, how did you know?"

"I went to the company to ask yesterday." Wu Mengda said, rubbing his hands. Wu Changyun always thought that this was an action he would only do when acting, but he didn't expect that it would happen in real life.

Compared to his comedy image, Uncle Da in real life looks more gentle and has more connotation.

"I don't have anything to do on the set right now, so I'm just bored."

Wu Changyun knew that the other party was more or less emotional about his role.

Sometimes, people may not say something or think something, but their actions never lie.

"So what are you going to do?"

Wu Changyun leaned against the wall. He wanted to ask Wu Mengda for his true feelings. To be honest, it would be irresponsible for him to keep Wu Mengda in his hands and wait for Stephen Chow.

"No, I just wanted to find something to do and see if you needed any help."

Wu Mengda waved his hand quickly, he had no intention of leaving to work on his own.

Well, Wu Changyun checked the recent shooting footage, and Du Qifeng, who has always worked very hard, once again withstood the test.

Wu Changyun discovered that Du Qifeng's bad habit of inserting his personal work into the movie still existed. This time it was reflected in the camera setting. Du Qifeng liked to use the environment.

He is good at making use of the atmosphere in the car and on the streets at night. If there were a Windows 10 computer with Da Vinci color grading software, perhaps Du Qifeng would do a very good job.

This will become a hidden danger sooner or later, but Wu Changyun intends to stop there.

Wu Changyun called Du Qifeng over and asked, "How's it going? Are the lights and other equipment still sufficient for the recent footage?"

Du Qifeng was a little surprised that Wu Changyun suddenly asked this.

"Um."

"You know, we don't have a lot of lighting, or even professional lighting technicians. The Hong Kong market doesn't need that right now."

"Do you mean that our lighting technician is not professional enough?" Du Qifeng asked back.

"Alas, no."

It's just ridiculous. One is talking about Nanmen Basket and the other is talking about Kuakua Axis. It's not Du Qifeng's fault.

Wu Changyun's habitual thinking is reverse thinking, comparing the future with the present, while Du Qifeng compares tomorrow to the future. The two people have different levels of understanding.

"Forget it, forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Wu Changyun was afraid that Du Qifeng would replace the lighting technician the next day.

Wu Changyun's business has not been going smoothly recently. McDonald's entered Hong Kong in 1975 and made its debut there. Before that, he asked Chang Sihu to learn more about the techniques of frying chicken, which he could put to good use now.

Many imitative vendors were quickly defeated because of their poor craftsmanship and the overwhelming marketing campaign after McDonald's opened.

The business is extremely polarized, either it is low-priced and low-quality, or it is a well-decorated dine-in restaurant.

At Uncle Da's request, Wu Changyun brought him to see the latest fried chicken business. He had previously asked Ding Pei to be the "spokesperson".

That is to say, during the time when he asked Ding Pei to work for him, it was not so much an endorsement as it was just her hanging around in front of the stalls and interacting with everyone, giving customers more anticipation.

"Uncle Da, you don't have to work with them."

As soon as he arrived at the store, Uncle Da started helping the clerk with running around. Uncle Da is an actor, and the environments he is exposed to are usually those seen on other people's TVs, but now he bent down to help him without any airs at all.

"It's okay. I came out with you because I have to be of some use."

Wu Mengda, who is only 23 years old, has a smile that is less mature and kind, but more about his expectations for life.

Wu Changyun was busy all the way, as if he was inspecting the work, while Wu Mengda was exhausted and sweating profusely.

The two of them sat in the car and bought some boxed lunches from the street. Wu Changyun curiously asked the other party: "Why? Are you planning to do business with me? I can arrange a position for you."

Wu Mengda was stunned. He knew that since Wu Changyun had spoken, he must not be a basic waiter or something like that.

"What are you doing?"

"Manager, please check on me."

"I……"

Wu Changyun glanced at the hesitant Wu Mengda. He hoped that the other party would agree, so that he would have a reason to keep Wu Mengda.

"Actually, I still hope to stay in the crew and film."

"No need to waste time, I'll just do odd jobs here." Wu Changyun said while eating.

Wu Mengda knew that Wu Changyun had done his utmost. Giving him such a good job as a part-time worker was like buying double insurance in the company.

"What's wrong? Don't you have confidence in yourself?"

"No, I want to be the lead actor again."

Wu Mengda deliberately said this in a joking manner. When he looked up, he saw Wu Changyun paused and looked at him through the rearview mirror.

Wu Mengda was a little nervous, as he was afraid of making Wu Changyun unhappy.

"Then take it!"

Wu Changyun said with a smile.

Neither of them wanted to continue the topic. Wu Changyun knew clearly that if Wu Mengda was really given a starring role, there would be no guarantee for him.

All along, except for his first film "New Wusheng", which was his own original work, he copied other successful works in order to quickly gain a foothold before the 1980s.

"This isn't quite what I planned."

Wu Changyun lowered his head and said, thinking of Uncle Da who had brought a lot of laughter to his childhood, should he give him a chance?

"I don't have this plan now, but I will keep it in mind. Believe me." Wu Changyun said sincerely.

During the 1975 Lunar New Year holiday, Wu Changyun's new film "A Better Tomorrow" exploded the market, moved countless passionate young men and women to tears, and made Zhou Runfa the top star of Qi Ji Film Company.

A movie starring Wu Changyun grossed 6.32 million in Hong Kong and mainland China, barely surpassing Xu Guanwen's "Ghosts and Stars" to take the top spot at the Hong Kong box office.

In the same year, the unconvinced Xu Guanwen made another masterpiece "The Genius and the Idiot", but unfortunately, due to the influence of market trends, the film only earned 2.7 million at the box office, a significant reduction.

Instead, Wu Changyun starred in "ICAC" and the original film "Young and Dangerous: New Era" starring Chow Yun-fat, which won 5.8 million at the box office, surpassing the Western film "Towering" introduced in the same year.

The success of "A Better Tomorrow" became a template for countless film companies. Starting in 1975, major film companies began to produce Young and Dangerous-style movies.

After achieving success in 1975, Wu Changyun began to invest in cinemas. In two and a half years, he successfully built a new movie city and acquired three cinema chains, becoming a truly new film company.

Prior to this, due to the lack of his own cinema chain, Wu Changyun had to give at least two-fifths of the revenue from each film to the cinema chain. It was not until 1978 that Qi Ji Film Company truly became an integrated film company.

Yuan Aijia's Zhengke Film Company has not produced any good works in the past two years. Although the company is still making profits, its future seems bleak in the long run. At this time, Wu Changyun proposed to acquire Zhengke Film Company and its theater chains.

For this purpose, Wu Changyun specially bought two movie tickets at the Pearl River Cinema and made an appointment with Yuan Aijia to watch a movie together.