After three days of fierce fighting, Shen Fang fought with all his might, routing Lee Boo-jin. Sung Yu-ri was incredibly jealous, but she also knew that Lee Boo-jin desperately wanted a child.
Lee Boo-jin reluctantly saw Shen Fang and Shen Kun off at the airport. As soon as Shen Fang returned to Beijing, he received a call from Ivanka.
"Sweetie, Zuckerberg has already headed to Shenzhen and should arrive tomorrow night."
"Okay, I understand."
"Sweetie, The Purge is doing really well at the box office right now, we're going to be a hit. Oh, and Mike will be at the Beijing Film Festival in October, Kova and I will be there too."
"Okay, I'll show you around properly when you get here. Give James Wan a $5 million bonus after the Human Purge is completed. Make sure the celebration banquet is good, and also invite James Wan to the Beijing Film Festival. Tell Mike to bring some big-name stars to boost the event."
"Okay, I'll see how it goes. Remember to think of me!"
"I miss you, I miss you, mua."
The call ended.
Shen Kun handed Shen Fang a cigarette: "Uncle, you look a bit tired, fighting on multiple fronts. I'm really worried about your future."
"What's there to worry about? I'm enjoying it. Now that I've arranged everything for them, I can finally relax."
"Boss, over here." Huang Bin waved to the two of them.
Shen Fang and Shen Kun pushed their heavy suitcases and got into the Maybach.
Shen Fang took out a box of Montecristo A-grade cigars from his bag and handed it to Huang Bin.
"A small gift for you."
Huang Bin accepted it with great delight: "Thank you, boss. This is really good stuff."
How's things at home?
"Everything is going smoothly. Director Zhang is ready to start filming 'Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon' and has already headed to Yongchuan. He's making a big splash right now. I heard that there are already dozens of media outlets there, following him to the filming location."
"Yongchuan? Shouldn't we be going to Gansu?"
"Our TV series projects are gradually starting filming, including the initial location scouting."
"What about Sissi's Condor Heroes? Has filming started yet?"
"Filming has already started. I heard from Sister Hong the day before yesterday that they were in Yandang Mountain in Wenzhou, over there."
Back at the company, I went to Zhong Lifang's office.
"A little gift that Sister Lifang brought for you."
Zhong Lifang smiled and accepted it: "Thank you, boss, for remembering me."
"You're a great hero to me. I'm so relaxed because you've been keeping an eye on things for me. Of course I won't forget you."
"Boss, Sister Sheng sent me a list of well-known directors, artists, and projects that are going north this time. Would you like to take a look?"
Shen Fang took the folder that Zhong Lifang handed over.
Dicky Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Athena Chu, Monica Chan, Gigi Lai, Ada Choi, Hawick Lau, Benny Chan, Cecilia Cheung, Cherrie Ying, Jordan Chan...
Directors: Wong Jing, Jeffrey Lau, Gordon Chan, Tsui Hark, John Woo, Peter Chan, Derek Yee...
The following are some popular TV series from 2006: *The Legend of Xiao Bao and Kangxi*, *Young Warriors of the Yang Family*, *The Legend of the Condor Heroes*, *Shi Qian the Flea on the Drum*, *The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber*, *The Legend of Chu Liuxiang*, *The Three Star Gods of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity*, *The Magic Cup*, *The Great Song Dynasty Judge*, *The Phoenix Cries in Qishan*, *Young Justice Bao*, *The Empress of China*, *Detective Dee*, *Happy Pigsy*, *Young Justice Bao*, *The Legend of the White Snake*, *The Little Fish and the Flower Without Flaws*, *The Travels of Ji Gong*, *Journey to the West*, *Happy Seven Fairies*, *Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties*, *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*, *The Mischievous Princess*, *The Return of the Condor Heroes*, *The Legend of the Spirit Realm*, *Water Moon Cave*, *The Eight Diagrams of Gods and Ghosts*, *Wudang 2*, *The Eight Great Heroes*, *The Loyal Heart of a Hero*, and *The Legend of Xue Rengui*. (These are all popular TV series from 2006, many of which ranked first in their respective provinces. To be honest, I've seen most of them, and they were all quite good and left a very deep impression on me.)
Xiao Bao and Kangxi, a classic work by Dicky Cheung, with its cool breeze and boundless autumn moon, is a great TV series where Dicky Cheung reinterprets Wei Xiaobao in a different way.
The Sui and Tang Heroes are really good at fighting [laughing and crying emojis]. I remember when I was a kid, my mom watched this every day. She would watch it whenever it was on a TV channel. I watched it with her several times. There were so many handsome guys.
Young Warriors of the Yang Clan, Hu Ge's breakthrough work. That's right, Hu Ge's real breakthrough work is actually not Chinese Paladin, but Young Warriors of the Yang Clan.
It's fair to say that Shen Fang has seen at least some of the projects mentioned above, or at least heard of them even if he hasn't seen them.
This was the peak of the martial arts TV series and movies era in China. Therefore, most projects produced were action films, martial arts movies, and hero dramas—these were popular with the general public. However, they weren't poorly made; the plots were generally good, quite entertaining, and the dialogue was often classic. Ten years ago, it was a frenzy for mainland Chinese TV dramas. Various epic battles unfolded, and one classic work after another followed, making the childhood of those born in the 90s very enjoyable.
Moreover, there was a lot of collaboration between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong during this period. The stars were all big names from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong. When they came together, the pay was not high and the production cost was also cheap. Unlike later works, where you would spend tens of millions to hire just one big star and the production cost would be limited. A large amount of the production cost would be spent on hiring actors and still not enough to make a film. In addition, the stars of today are still relatively hardworking.
It seems that with the surge of Korean dramas around 10 years ago, domestic martial arts films and the like were abandoned by the market. And the decline was particularly severe, replaced by all sorts of Mary Sue dramas, idol dramas, and fantasy dramas—surprisingly, nothing came of it. Frankly, even I, Shen Fang, can't understand why this happened. Do people really like watching these kinds of shows? Sometimes, the pursuit of popularity is truly harmful. Poorly made works, like feeding garbage to the audience, and then expecting them to applaud—it's really disgusting.
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