The car drove to Clear Water Bay, drove into the gate of Yindu, and drove towards the accommodation area.

In the past, Xu Wangqiu went to Xiangjiang to promote movies=, and he lived in the dormitory on the Clear Water Bay studio. At that time, the set of Clear Water Bay was very deserted, and there were almost no people in sight, which was very depressed. At this time, the set of Clear Water Bay was very lively, and there were many people coming and going.

Xu Wangqiu said in surprise: "When I came, the entire factory was empty, and I could only see people when I walked far away. I didn't expect that after two years of not seeing each other, it completely changed. ”

Fu Qi said with a smile: "At that time, there were only two or three movies a year, and the company was almost gone. He said with emotion: "It's thanks to you, thanks to the co-production policy." If there is no such policy, I am afraid that Yindu will continue to be blocked and suppressed, and I don't know when it will be able to turn over. ”

In the last century, silver could not develop, a very important reason is that it is poor, there is not enough money to make movies, and there are only two or three movies shot every year, and they are all small-budget movies, which are not popular in Xiangjiang. Although some of Yindu's films were able to enter the mainland market, they did not make much money because they were purchased and sold. Take "Shaolin Temple" as an example, the released copy broke the mainland record, and the box office exceeded 100 million. However, due to the settlement by copy, a copy of 9,000 yuan, "Shaolin Temple" issued 480 copies, which can be divided into 4.32 million. Last year's cost was more than 3 million yuan, 7 million Hong Kong dollars.

The situation in this life is completely different, because Yindu is a subsidiary of the film export company, Yindu's films can get box office revenue after they are released in China. Now "Shaolin Temple" is still in theaters, but the box office is close to 100 million, and Yindu has received more than 10 million yuan, which is 30 million when converted into Hong Kong dollars. The income of a "Shaolin Temple" is more than the money that Yindu has earned in the past few decades combined.

There is food in the hand, and there is no panic in the heart. With a lot of money, you can put money into film production, shoot more and better movies, recruit better actors, and better production staff. Now that Yindu is rich, many old people who left Yindu have come back one after another, and the set of Clear Water Bay, which has been silent for many years, is lively again.

The car quickly drove to the accommodation area and stopped in front of a small white building. This is the actor building in Yindu, similar to the star building of Beijing Film Studio, Xu Wangqiu lived here before he came to Yindu. Due to the distance between Clear Water Bay and the urban area, the Zuopai filmmakers built three staff dormitories to ensure the mobility of the production staff. Two of the buildings are inhabited by technicians, and the remaining one is inhabited by actors and directors. The actors and directors work at sunrise and rest at sunset, all in accordance with the notice, and they can stay at home at all, which is very standardized.

Fu Qi took Xu Wangqiu and them into the actor's building, settled them down and left. Xu Wangqiu is not the first time they have come to Xiangjiang, so they don't need him to tell them anything. However, when he left, he told Xu Wangqiu that Xia Meng would have a treat at night, and he would come to pick them up when the time came.

After Fu Qi left, Zhang Yimou came to Xu Wangqiu's room and talked to Xu Wangqiu about film shooting. The next most important work is casting, and Zhang Yimou asked Xu Wangqiu about the choice of actors. The male and female protagonists of the play "Cold" are in their thirties, and they must find actors of the same age. When Xu Wangqiu was writing the script, he had a rough selection of the hero and heroine in his heart. Now that Zhang Yimou asked, he said what he thought.

The two were chatting when there was a knock on the door. Xu Wangqiu thought that Fu Qi had something to explain and came back, so he got up and opened the door. When he opened the door and saw the person standing in the doorway, he was stunned at first, and then smiled.

There was a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old standing at the door, with clear eyebrows and a little baby face, giving people a sense of innocence and cuteness. Since the release of "Shaolin Temple" last year, this face can be said to be known to everyone in China. It's none other than Li Lianjie, who was called himself by the Kung Fu Emperor in later generations.

In the last life, many people who knew the history of Xiangjiang Zuopai films regretted the development of Zuopai films in the 80s, because they had the opportunity to rise again, but they missed this opportunity, and it was Li Lianjie who brought them the possibility of rising. Golden Harvest's rise relied on Bruce Lee, and Li Lianjie was a smash hit after starring in "Shaolin Temple", but unfortunately the Zuopai filmmakers failed to seize this opportunity and accelerated the launch of Li Lianjie's series of works while the iron was hot, losing the opportunity to make a big comeback.

The situation in this life was completely different, Yindu was born three years ahead of schedule, and a special brokerage company Great Wall was established. After "Shaolin Temple" exploded at the box office in Xiangjiang last year, manager Fu Qi personally went to Beiping and transferred Li Lianjie to the Great Wall. Zhang Xinyan didn't delay for two years before launching Li Lianjie's second movie like in the previous life, and filmed "Shaolin Kid" while the iron was hot. During the Spring Festival this year, after the movie was released in Xiangjiang, it achieved a box office of 19.53 million, and Li Lianjie became a hot red star.

Recently, Li Lianjie just finished filming Yuan Heping's "October Siege", and he played the role of the driver Ah Si in the movie, which is the role played by Nicholas Tse in the previous life. He heard Shi Hui say that Xu Wangqiu and they were going to come over in the next two days. He was passing by the door just now, about to go out to buy something, when he heard a sound in the originally empty room, and thought that Xu Wangqiu should be coming, so he knocked on the door.

Li Lianjie saw that it was really Xu Wangqiu who opened the door, and his face was suddenly full of smiles: "Director Xu, hello." I'm Li Lianjie. It's from Beiping. ”

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "I know you, "Shaolin Temple" and "Shaolin Kid" are very sensational in China, and you acted well." I'm about the same age as you, don't call me Director Xu, call me by my name. He knew that Li Lianjie was very important to Yindu, and Yindu might need him to take the lead in the next twenty or thirty years, so he said enthusiastically: "Come in, come in and talk." ”

Li Lianjie said "yes" and walked into the room with a smile.

After entering the room, Xu Wangqiu introduced Li Lianjie to Zhang Yimou. "Shaolin Temple" and "Shaolin Kid" are popular all over the country, and the documentary "Wuxing Jet Li" was launched by the new studio, and Li Lianjie can be said to be a household name in China. Zhang Yimou himself likes to watch martial arts and is full of imagination for martial arts masters, so he is very polite to Li Lianjie.

After the greetings, Xu Wangqiu asked with a smile: "You have been in Xiangjiang for more than a year, how do you feel?"

Li Lianjie thought for a while and said: "It feels very good, the silver is a company opened by the state in Xiangjiang, and it is all its own people, and it is very kind to me." Brother Fu Qi and Sister Shi Hui took good care of me, and it was not much different from when I was in the martial arts team. However, there are also disadvantages, that is, the people of Xiangjiang look down on us a little, and when they hear us speaking Mandarin, they will squint at you. But my situation is not bad, after all, I am also a little famous in Xiangjiang, and they will not directly embarrass you. is not like Liu Jialing, who was bullied directly. I heard Liu Jialing say that once she went to buy bread. The bread seller said, "I don't sell you if you speak Mandarin, I only sell you if you speak Cantonese." ”

Xu Wangqiu was slightly stunned when he heard this, Liu Jialing, it can't be that Liu Jialing, can't help asking, "Who is Liu Jialing?"

Li Lianjie introduced: "It's an actor from the Great Wall, a little younger than me. She is a mainlander, and she went to Xiangjiang with her mother in 80. Later, the Great Wall didn't recruit actors, and it was written that it was best to know Mandarin. After Liu Jialing saw the recruitment advertisement, she came to sign up. She has loved literature and art since she was a child, and she can sing and dance, so she was successfully admitted. ”

Xu Wangqiu thought that it should be that Liu Jialing, but he had no interest in Liu Jialing, so he said: "Others look down on us and bully us, but we must not look down on ourselves and give up on ourselves." The level of Xiangjiang movies is average, but the entertainment is relatively strong. We should work hard to make the movie well, better than them, and convince them. ”

Li Lianjie nodded and said, "Yes, I think so too." Our movies are no worse than theirs, especially Director Xu's movies, they can't catch up even if they shoot horses. ”

Li Lianjie hasn't been home for almost a year, because he wants to promote "Shaolin Kid", and he hasn't been able to go home during the Spring Festival. Although he has traveled all over the world since he was a child, he is only a young man in his twenties, and he is very homesick. Now that he has met a fellow villager and a visitor from his hometown, Li Lianjie really has a feeling of tears in his eyes when he sees his fellow countryman, and pulls Xu Wangqiu to chat. He talked about his various experiences in Xiangjiang, and he couldn't help but ask about the situation in Beiping.

After chatting for more than an hour, Li Lianjie remembered that he still had something to do, so he reluctantly said goodbye. Now the Great Wall implements an agent system, and actors are paid. Li Lianzhuo starred in "Shaolin Kid" and "October Siege" and got a salary of hundreds of thousands, which can be said to be a little rich. When he left, he proudly said that tomorrow he would take Xu Wangqiu and them around so that they could see the capitalist world.

At six o'clock in the evening, Fu Qi arrived as promised, and drove to pick up Xu Wangqiu and them to the banquet. The place where Xia Meng treated.

All the people present were old acquaintances, except for Xia Meng, who were the high-level executives of Yindu such as Liao Yiyuan and Xu Dunyu. After a brief greeting, Xu Wangqiu chatted with them. Now that Yindu has been reborn, coupled with the ongoing negotiations between China and Britain, the return of Xiangjiang is already the trend of the times, and Xia Meng, these Zuopai filmmakers, have the pride to do a lot of work.

After imagining the future, the topic returned to the movie "Cold". Shi Hui looked at Xu Wangqiu and said with a smile: "Wangqiu, since "Cold" wants to choose actors, you can't go outside to choose, you have to use our long actors." ”

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "The heroine is going to find Bao Qijing to play, her age is more appropriate, and she is our leading lady, who doesn't need her." But as for the actor, I'm not sure if there is a suitable candidate for Yindu now. Because the actor is a sick person, his body is not particularly good, he has to be relatively thin, but at the same time he has to give people a very shrewd feeling. ”

"Qi Jing shouldn't be able to act, she's pregnant, more than six months old. Shi Hui thought about Xu Wangqiu's request, and said with a smile, "We really have actors who meet your requirements." We have a young man named Liang Chaowei in the Great Wall, which meets your requirements. This kid is extremely talented in acting, and he is a natural actor. When the time comes, I'll call all the actors from the company. ”

Xu Wangqiu was slightly stunned when he heard this, thinking that it wouldn't be, Liang Chaowei also entered the Great Wall? Is that Zhou Xingchi, Liu Qingyun, these people who should have entered the TVB artist training class have all entered the Great Wall? If this is the case, then Yindu will not have to worry about actors in the next twenty or thirty years!

Xu Wangqiu nodded: "Okay, you can call them all when the time comes." There are a lot of roles in this play, and if I can use my own people, I will definitely use my own people. Speaking of this, he laughed: "But you and Big Brother Fu Qi are going to come over and make a cameo." ”

Shi Hui said curiously: "What do you want me and Fu Qi to play?"

Xu Wangqiu smiled: "Play yourself." The movie opens with anti-British riots, and there are scenes of citizens protesting at the Hong Kong Governor's House, and you weren't there at the time. Your cameos add to the authenticity of the film, and at the same time a kind of remembrance of the past. ”

Shi Hui was stunned, excitement flashed in her eyes, and she said without hesitation: "Okay." I'll play with Fu Qi. ”