Kai Tak Airport.
Gu Weili was there on behalf of Chen Qi to see off the film studio crew.
Little Sweetheart and The Shock had both wrapped; the first group were leaving first.
Their faces were complicated—happy and sad at the same time.
Happy because, apart from poor unlucky Sun Changrong, everyone else had received their pay: about HK$1,200 each.
Sad because when they returned they still had to face investigations, write reports, and had no idea if they’d get another chance to come back.
Zhang Jianya hadn’t gotten any promise from Chen Qi, and he was thinking of going back and contacting Zhang Yi-mou, asking him to put in a good word for him.
This trip to Hong Kong made things clear to him: the Oriental Company really treated people well!
His wife had left him; he was single now.
All he wanted was to get transferred into the Eastern studio.
He fancied himself competent.
Between Zhang Junzhao, Zhang Yi-mou, and himself, they could make a trio!
“You’re sorry for the trouble over this period!” one of them said.