After Lin Siqi left, Xu Zhi walked to Lin Wenzhou's office, the assistant's affairs have been done, what is needed now is to take the newspaper seriously, Jiahe's money is not easy to take, if you don't do a good job in the newspaper, maybe there will be a moth when the movie is released in the future.

To open a company, the most important thing is not how much capital you have, but how many orders you have. The film industry is in Xiangjiang, and several major cinema chains monopolize the market, and it is a rare opportunity for many novices to get a release permit before the film starts shooting.

Seeing Xu Zhi coming in, Lin Wenzhou asked, "How was the interview?"

Xu Zhi replied: "Well, it's done, it's rare to have a good condition, and you can go to work tomorrow! ”

Lin Wenzhou smiled: "It seems that there is fate, this is the first newspaper of the new edition, how about the quality?"

Xu Zhi took it, he had only seen typesetting before, and it was Lin Wenzhou's business to find a printing company OEM, and he didn't participate much.

The paper is much stronger than the average newspaper, and the text and pictures are clear and clear, and the hand is wiped over from the top, and there is no deinking at all.

Xu Zhi asked, "What kind of printing technology is this?"

Lin Wenzhou said with a smile: "I don't know, I also went to this printing company a few days ago, I don't know the specific process, but this is the equipment of the Germans, it is said to be the most cutting-edge printing equipment a few years ago, and what we are about to buy is also this brand, but it is a new generation of technology." ”

Xu Zhi asked again: "How much does this newspaper cost?"

Lin Wenzhou said: "Almost three cents, our equipment can come to Hong Kong in three months, so we did not sign a long-term contract, the price is naturally a lot higher, if our equipment is installed in place, the cost will be reduced a lot, but it also depends on the sales volume, the higher the sales, the lower the cost, you also know this, but counting the depreciation of paper ink and equipment, it is estimated that it is difficult to reduce to below 3 cents." ”

At the moment, most of the newspapers in Xiangjiang are about 0.3 yuan, and the better ones such as some professional weeklies, English newspapers, Ta Kung Pao, etc. will be relatively expensive, about 0.5-2 yuan, Zou Wenhuai seems to take the high-end route directly.

Xu Zhi smiled: "Zou Wenhuai is really wealthy! How is this newspaper going to be priced?"

Lin Wenzhou said: "I asked Zou Sheng, and what he meant was 3 cents, and the future profit must rely on advertising revenue." ”

Xu Zhi couldn't help sighing, many newspapers are newspapers that make money from advertising, but they are mature newspapers themselves, such as Ming Pao, Oriental Daily, etc., but the difference is that these newspapers sell very well, and the depreciation of equipment for each newspaper is very low, and they have been in business for many years, and the source of customers is stable.

And now Jiahe Daily is so wasteful when it starts its business, Zou Wenhuai may not care about this little money, after all, a movie plus overseas box office and some peripheral profits of millions of dollars, a small newspaper's investment of millions of dollars is really not taken seriously.

But Xu Zhi is also a minority shareholder, if the company has been losing money, he will either take money or dilute the shares when the time comes to inject capital. And there is no reason to object, after all, they are major shareholders and are operating normally. I can only hope that in the future, advertising expenses can support the operation of this model of the company, or Xu Zhi's own film will be a great success.

Lin Wenzhou said, "Do you want to go to dinner together?"

Xu Zhi shook his head and said, "No, I made an appointment." ”

Lin Wenzhou stood up and said, "In the company or outside?"

Xu Zhi smiled: "Outside, let's go down together!"

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In an unnamed tea restaurant on the Kowloon Peninsula:

As soon as Xu Zhigang walked into the restaurant, he looked at Chen Long's familiar big brother face and Luo Wei waving his hand.

Luo Wei joked: "Xu Sheng, I haven't seen you for a few days, my temperament is different!"

Xu Zhidao: "Is it? Luo Sheng has a reputation. ”

"A steak meal!" Xu Zhi said to the waiter who walked to his side.

"How's Xu Sheng's film getting ready?" asked Luo Wei.

"It's okay, but the choice of the protagonist is very important, I am optimistic about Chen Sheng, as long as I talk to Luo Sheng, the following will naturally continue. Xu Zhi replied.

Luo Wei smiled: "Since Xu Sheng is willing to let Ah Long be the starring role, this is naturally no problem, Xu Sheng should not have found a suitable director yet, I have also made a few movies, and I have worked with Ah Long many times, if Xu Sheng's movie let me direct, this price is absolutely favorable." ”

Xu Zhi shook his head and refused: "The style of my movie is not suitable for Luo Sheng, I'm afraid it won't." ”

Luo Wei couldn't help but feel a little angry: "What is the style of martial arts films, Xu Sheng may not know yet, Li Xiaolong's first blockbuster movie Tangshan Brother was shot by me." ”

"I know. Xu Zhi nodded.

At that time, Li Xiaolong was invited back by Golden Harvest with a high salary, but at that time, Golden Harvest was in financial difficulties and did not invest much, and the movie of Tangshan Big Brother was not taken seriously, and was regarded as a test of the waters by Golden Harvest. All the plots were filmed in Thailand, and the director at the beginning was unsustainable due to his level, and Luo Wei came to the rescue, which resulted in a box office explosion of more than 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

What is the concept of 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars in 1971? A simple comparison, the next year in 1972, Cheung Kong was listed, with a total market value of 126 million Hong Kong dollars, that is to say, the market value of a film with a box office of almost 3% of the market value of Changjiang. Of course, the box office will definitely be taken away by the distributor and the theater, but the follow-up foreign cities will only earn more. Golden Harvest also relied on this movie to take the first step to success.

After Li Xiaolong became famous, Luo Wei has always regarded himself as Li Xiaolong's mentor, which naturally made them have a bad relationship and almost drew a knife against each other.

But there is one point, in the entire history of Chinese martial arts films, Luo Wei's contribution is indispensable, because he has continuously discovered Li Xiaolong, Chen Long, and Li Lianjie, the three major kung fu superstars, but he has caught treasures but does not know how to use them.

The first drama "New Jingwumen" failed!

Filming "Shaolin Woodman Alley" again, playing the most popular Shaolin kung fu theme, and failing again!

Three shots of "Sword Flower Fireworks and Rain Jiangnan", the most popular ancient dragon martial arts, still failed!

It is said that in order to obtain Gu Long's authorization, Chen Long drank three glasses of liquor in a row, and his stomach bleed, but he still did not get permission that day------ because his appearance did not match the characters in Gu Long's novels.

The reason why he has been failing is because Luo Wei's creation is too conservative, and he insists on applying Li Xiaolong's rigid style to Chen Long, of course, he cannot succeed.

And after Chen Long became famous by drunken boxing later, Luo Wei felt that he was bitter, he thought that Chen Long was popular by himself, even if he gave a low salary, but it was much better than when he was a chef before, so he fixed 3,000 yuan to Chen Long every month, and when he encountered a big hit movie, he only gave tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.

Who can agree to this kind of death-defying behavior? Chen Long looks at the income of a movie that is not as good as that of a supporting role! Looking at the housing prices in Xiangjiang, he calculates how many years he will be able to buy a house? Looking at a celebrity who is not as famous as himself driving a brand-name sports car, he is calculating how much it will cost to take a car?

Who can stand this kind of mentality? So in the end, Luo Wei could only let this Heshi Bi, which he had worked so hard to dig, be poached by Jiahe.

Luo Wei saw that Xu Zhi did not agree with him to be a director, and he did not force it, and said: "Then we will follow what we talked about last time, but I hope Xu Sheng can shoot faster and not delay too much." ”

Xu Zhi smiled: "Okay, no problem, I brought the contract here, you two can take a look, if there is no problem, you can sign it today." ”

PS: Routinely ask for recommendations, and today's tickets are very few, which affects the follow-up recommendations!