Chapter 297: The best candidate for granddaughter-in-law

From Old Ghost's mouth, Zhou Huimin learned that Wei Ming had come to Hong Kong. He actually really came!

The 14-year-old girl in the spring of her youth lost her mind on the spot and didn't sleep well all night, her heart full of excitement that she and Wei Ming were about to become one family.

What was the difference between Ah Ming investing in Haolilai and investing in herself, the Haolilai princess? Everyone eating from the same pot, wasn't that just one family?

She was even thinking, did Ah Ming decide to invest because of his relative relationship with Old Ghost, or did he often hear about Haolilai from her letters, so he invested in what she liked?

In this Haolilai shareholders' meeting, Liu Bin, who had meritorious service in lurking and also served management functions, officially received half a percent of the dry shares based on his outstanding performance and enjoyed the highest salary treatment in Haolilai.

Regarding this, Old Ghost had said: "What is the most expensive in the 20th century? Talent!"

So he felt that Ah Bin's salary should be higher than his and Zhou Mom's to be reasonable. One sentence made Liu Bin, a socialist university student in the 60s, feel that "there are good people among capitalists."

Wei Ming was the third-largest shareholder, occupying 25% of the shares with a halfway investment of tens of thousands of US dollars.

And the Zhou mother and daughter and Old Ghost each occupied 35%.

Whether Wei Ming united with Old Ghost or joined hands with Mao Mao Amin, they could directly control Haolilai.

However, Wei Ming didn't know about such share distribution. He just let Old Ghost calculate the funding gap, and he would fill this gap. As for how many shares it would be exchanged for, he didn't care; he let him look and give.

Just playing around, just a fast-food restaurant, not counting on it to make money to marry a wife.

When Haolilai was dividing the cake, Wei Ming was visiting Li Hanxiang's house; this was the real business he valued.

Li Hanxiang's two daughters, Li Dianlang and Li Dianxin, were both there.

Li Dao's nickname was "Li Blackie." Besides being tall, there was nothing much to say about his appearance. His daughters naturally couldn't be talked about as how good-looking they were, but the two sisters were in their twenties, youth was capital, and having been influenced by the family, they dressed very fashionably and beautifully, so they had always thought highly of themselves.

Hearing from their mother that a guest who was said to be from the mainland suddenly came to the house, they originally held the mentality of looking at a bumpkin, but ended up seeing a handsome guy who was 1.83 meters tall.

He made the two sisters think of Chow Yun-fat, who had become popular all over Hong Kong with *Shanghai Bund* before. He was a rare tall person among Hong Kong stars. However, compared to this person, Xu Wenqiang was compared down in both appearance and temperament.

Wei Ming came over this time to discuss the two screenplays *Burning of the Old Summer Palace* and *Behind the Curtain* with Li Hanxiang. This actually wasn't much to chat about. Li Hanxiang was very satisfied after reading the screenplay, far exceeding expectations, and every part met his wishes.

Wei Ming thought to himself, that's right, after all, in the original timeline, this script was also deeply participated in by Li Hanxiang himself.

As for the subsequent filming and casting, that was to be discussed with China Film and Changchun Film Studio; there was nothing for Wei Ming to say.

Wei Ming was invited into his collection room by Li Dao just after entering the house, appreciating his true love collections for so many years.

"I don't let ordinary people see them." Old Li's tone was full of pride.

Because the room wasn't big enough, it looked dense. Everything the eyes saw were antiques, what Yongzheng blue and white dragon pattern celestial sphere vase, what Liao Dynasty green glaze leather bag pot, what Lushan kiln flower glaze large jar, etc.

Even the chairs they were sitting on, which looked plain, were antiques from the Ming Dynasty; maybe they were the favorites of some cabinet minister.

The key was that he only bought and rarely sold, making his wife quite angry. The money in the family was all bought by this old rascal for these scraps.

Wei Ming couldn't help but compare Lao Lao Lao Wei's collections in the courtyard house. Why did he feel Lao Lao Lao Wei's collections were more essential?

After leaving the collection room, he entered the study again. On the desk in the middle lay a stack of neat manuscripts, one of which was opened like a screenplay.

"Oh, this is writing the screenplay *Wu Song* for Shaw Brothers." Old Li said actively. He was very fond of classical literary works, such as the Kangxi-era *Jin Ping Mei* full-edition illustrated version that he wanted to lure Wei Ming with before, which he regarded as a boutique among his collections.

This time, although he didn't directly film that story, filming Wu Song definitely couldn't lack the sister-in-law and the great official, or was it filming Jinlian under the skin of Wu Song?

"Then who do you want to play Wu Song?" Wei Ming couldn't help but have some ideas when seeing this script.

Li Hanxiang shook his head: "How could it be my turn to think? Of course, it's assigned by the company. The boss wants me to try to have a chemical reaction with Zhang Che's beloved disciple, so the director is most likely Ti Lung."

At this time, 35-year-old Ti Lung's hairline had already started to move up; he hadn't been a big brother for many years.

Wei Ming nodded; Old Li was also very helpless. The film world was no longer the era of him and Zhang Che, so later both chose to go north to make co-productions, trying to reshape the glory.

Li Hanxiang also indeed filmed two Qing palace classics, and although Zhang Che's few films couldn't be called classics, their coverage on the mainland was also remarkable.

When Wei Ming was about to leave, Li Hanxiang talked to Wei Ming about the price of the two screenplays.

Because it was his invitation, he was supposed to pay Hong Kong dollars, but he didn't know if the mainland partner was willing to pay, so he hadn't settled the account with Wei Ming yet.

Wei Ming said generously: "When to settle the payment and in what currency to settle it are not important. However, can Li Dao do me a favor in two days?"

"Is it to shout for your *Legend of a Fighter*? That's not a problem." Old Li grinned.

Wei Ming shook his head. If he just shouted, Old Li didn't have much appeal now, so he had to find another way.

Today Wei Ming confirmed with Xia Meng again which competitors *Legend of a Fighter* had in the same period.

Because it hadn't entered Hong Kong's summer season yet, there weren't that many strong new films. Before, Xia Meng indicated that it was Ng See-yuen's company's *Ah Chan on Duty* that was relatively strong. "Ah Chan" was now a nickname for mainlanders, which was later learned and used by Hong Kong people to send to Hong Kong people.

However, today Xia Meng received the latest news that Hollywood's *Superman II* was about to land in Hong Kong simultaneously with North America. It was the series starring Christopher Reeve.

The first *Superman* in '78 entered Hong Kong's annual top ten in '79 and still had some popularity foundation.

Xia Meng expressed that it wasn't optimistic, but Wei Ming felt *Superman II* came just in time.

"Aunt Xia, can you help me invite the reporters from *Ta Kung Pao* and *Wen Wei Po*? I want to treat them to a meal."

Xia Meng nodded: "They will help us promote the movie, so it should be me expressing it. I will treat this meal."

Another day passed. Wei Ming had handled everything in all aspects, and there were still two days before *Legend of a Fighter* was officially released.

In the past day, Wei Ming drove his van running around Kowloon and the New Territories, gradually adapting to the rhythm of driving in Hong Kong, but he hadn't landed on Hong Kong Island yet.

Wei Ming also wanted to go to Haolilai next to the University of Hong Kong for a meal, go to Wanchai Pier for a meal of dumplings, and go to Aberdeen for a meal at Jumbo Kingdom.

Especially Haolilai. Haolilai princess Zhou Huimin went to the store to help immediately after school, and even had to squeeze in a trip at noon, just thinking about being able to see the other shareholder.

Old Ghost saw it in his eyes and was happy. Except for the large age gap, in his eyes, Mao Mao Amin was simply the perfect candidate for granddaughter-in-law.

Beautiful, kind, rich in artistic cells, and her IQ wasn't too high. Choosing a daughter-in-law for a wealthy family wouldn't be more than this, right?

The key was that this child was watched by Old Ghost from a child to a young girl; he knew her roots and bottom.

However, this brat Wei Ming seemed not to care about this pen pal meeting, focusing entirely on his career.

So not only did Mao Mao Amin fail to see Ah Ming, but later even Uncle Ghost couldn't be seen in the store.

It was still Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park. Wei Ming, Biaozi, A Long, little Wu Jing, and Donnie Yen, five people, came here wearing T-shirts printed with the words "Legend of a Fighter."

Those seven free and easy ink-colored characters were from Wei Ming's hand. Wei Ming, who insisted on calligraphy practice, didn't dare to say he was a calligraphy master, but at least he had the look, with tendons and bones.

Their appearance didn't attract much attention at Lai Chi Kok at first, until they arrived at the territory of the elephant "Tiannu."

This Asian elephant, raised by Old Ghost back then, was now the star of Lai Chi Kok Zoo, the treasure of the town. In a small place like Hong Kong, where had they seen such a behemoth before?

Its twenty-plus years in Lai Chi Kok had become the memory of a generation of Hong Kong people. Many Hong Kong children were proud to have a photo with Tiannu.

But actually, Tiannu's life experience was also very miserable. In the 50s, the young it followed a Burmese circus to Hong Kong. Later, the circus went bankrupt and couldn't afford to raise their family, so they were dismantled and sold. Little elephant Tiannu was bought by Lai Chi Kok Zoo.

But as Tiannu's body grew larger and larger, and there were more and more animals in the zoo, the territory it could move in became smaller and smaller. Such a big elephant could only live in a space the size of a human's three-bedroom apartment all day long.

Fortunately, it met "Dad" a few years ago. Dad truly loved it and taught it many skills, making it a star of the zoo. It appeared in the news many times, worthy of being the top stream in Hong Kong, the Jiang Tao among elephants.

It was a pity that Dad left not long after, only occasionally coming back to see it and accompany it to talk.

Dad came again today, and he was going to teach it new skills again.

Through Old Ghost's relationship with the relevant person in charge of the park, Lai Chi Kok Zoo launched a new project today—Elephant Tug-of-War!

With the opening of Hong Kong Ocean Park in '77, Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park encountered an unprecedented crisis. The flow of people was getting less and less, and there had been no effective counter-measures recently.

This elephant tug-of-war attracted quite a few tourists to gather in the zoo area, looking lively and noisy. However, just like this was definitely not enough; the basic ones attracted were the original audience of Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park.

Unless there was some special explosive point.

Just see at this time, Tiannu's keeper, Ah Kun, who was brought out by Old Ghost, started to explain the rules to the tourists.

"As long as you buy a bunch of bananas for Tiannu, you can play a tug-of-war game with it. Tie the bananas at the red dot of the rope. Elephant Tiannu is only three meters away from the red dot, but people can be ten meters away from the bananas. Whoever is dragged across the rope first, the line under the bananas counts as winning."

At this time, a tourist asked: "What are the benefits if we win?"

"Then within the next month, all winners can play in Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park and Song City for free, free admission!"

This reward was still somewhat attractive.

Then someone asked: "Can any number of people come up?"

"At most no more than 50 people, because our rope is only this long. But for every 5 people exceeded, you need to buy a bunch of bananas to reward our Tiannu. However, it's glorious even if defeated; even if you lose, you can take a group photo with Tiannu."

Then the staff showed the price of the bananas. Hiss, why don't you go rob? If you really gather 50 people, the price of bananas isn't cheap, and you might not necessarily win.

But winning is 50 free monthly tickets, also not cheap!

Monthly tickets, ah, who doesn't like monthly tickets!

At this time, a gentle-looking bespectacled man who looked like a university professor analyzed: "An average adult man's weight is 70 kilograms, right? And Tiannu's weight is about 5,000 kilograms, a disparity as high as 70 times! And tug-of-war is ultimately about weight, so without 70 strong men, don't even think about shaking Tiannu!"

These words made many tourists who were eager to try somewhat discouraged. At this time, a smart aleck stood out: "Why need 70 people? My wife and I plus my son are enough."

This was a round-faced bespectacled middle-aged man. If there was another circle of small mustaches on his face, he would simply be the dish of the gay circle.

The middle-aged man's 17-year-old handsome son persuaded his father: "Dad, don't be too crazy. How can the three of us pull an elephant."

Wife Li Guozhen looked at her husband with full confidence.

Ni Kuang was a celebrity in the literary world and even strongly rubbed a name of one of the four talents of Xiangjiang. However, not many people at the scene could recognize this face.

His son was about to go abroad for further studies. Today, the couple specially brought their son out to play, retracing the place they liked to come to most when they were in love back then, reminiscing.

Didn't expect to encounter merchants coming up with new tricks. Having written some so-called science fiction novels, Ni Kuang, who felt he was very wise, didn't tell everyone why he said so, but directly bought a bunch of bananas, wanting to be the first person to eat dog shit.

Wei Ming, who was observing all this not far away, didn't expect Ni Kuang to appear here. It was really God helping me!

He naturally recognized this old face; after all, he was the future father-in-law of Zhou Huimin. He didn't know how Zhou Yunu's eyes were blinded.

Zhou Yunu's legs, face, and figure, Wei Ming couldn't help but imagine, swallowing his saliva.

At this time, Ni Kuang proposed another request to the staff: "But I have one requirement. We want to have a face-to-face tug-of-war with Tiannu. We don't want to look at the elephant's butt; that's too boring."

Hearing this, many people at the scene, including his son Ni Zhen, understood. So that was it!

Ni Kuang thought, let the elephant have a tug-of-war with them facing the bananas, is that still tug-of-war?

That's called taking a rope tied with bananas to lure the elephant, letting it walk over itself. Hehe, don't know which smart aleck came up with this plan.

Actually, the original plan was for Tiannu to have its back to the contestants and the bananas.

At this time, Ni Kuang suddenly proposed such a request. Keeper Ah Kun looked at Ghost Master worriedly.

Old Ghost smiled secretly. You underestimate Tiannu's concentration too much. He made an OK gesture.

So the keeper indicated: "Declare in advance, we don't guarantee that there will definitely be no injuries, but please believe in Tiannu's reputation of not hurting people for decades. If there's no problem, then, get ready, start!"

(Haven't touched the computer for two days, Old Buddha is slowly finding the state. Can only write this much today. Thank you for your understanding. A few days later, Old Buddha will definitely explode with updates!)

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