In the Hong Kong film industry, screenwriters are actually divided into three, six, nine and so on, and not all screenwriters have no status.

A type of screenwriter acts as a director's think tank, refining the director's ideas to form a script, or participating in collective creation, on-site bridges, and so on.

Like the "Group of Seven" created by the New Art City collective, Cheng Long's royal screenwriter Deng Jingsheng, Hong Jingbao's Bridge King Military Master Huang Bingyao, etc., all belong to this category. Although this type of screenwriter has made a great contribution, his status is not high because he has few opportunities to be independent.

The other type of screenwriter is independent and can provide a complete concept and script for a film. For example, Zhuang Wenqiang, the screenwriter of "Infernal Affairs", Nan Yan, the screenwriter of "Prison Storm", Qiu Gangjian, the screenwriter of "Rouge Buckle", and so on. Screenwriters like this have a relatively high status in the crew, and are often called "drama masters".

In addition to these two types of professional screenwriters, there is another type of screenwriter who also has a relatively high status, that is, literati screenwriters like Jin Yong, Ni Wei, and Gu Long. Literati screenwriters generally develop across borders, not only in the film industry, but also in the television industry, the publishing industry, the comic industry, and so on.

Because their novels have a large number of fans, the film company adapts it into a movie, and it is also based on the original novel as a selling point. Therefore, the status of this kind of literati screenwriter is relatively high, and even Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai treat them politely.

The above three types of screenwriters are still not the most statused, and in the Hong Kong film industry, the most powerful screenwriters are screenwriters who are part-time directors. Like Wang Jing, Xu Ke, Wang Jiawei, Huang Baiming, etc., all belong to this type of screenwriter. Because they serve as screenwriters and directors at the same time, their status in the crew can be called below one person, above 10,000 people, only slightly lower than the producer.

Wong believes that Summer is in the second category of screenwriters at the moment, because he is able to write his own complete stories and scripts. With this ability, he can already be worthy of the honorific title of "master of the show".

Thinking of this, Huang Bingyao couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart. Summer is young, and he can already take charge of himself and create such a good script. And it is really sad that he is still attached to Hong Jingbao at his age.

When I was feeling sorry for myself, I listened to Yuan Biao and others in amazement, and unanimously praised, "Brother Sanmao, this script is really well written!"

Hong Jingbao nodded with a smile, and glanced at Xia Xia with satisfaction, he really didn't expect this young man to bring such a big surprise to himself, it was really surprising to him.

"Ah Tian, your two scripts are really good, you see everyone praises them. Hong Jingbao said with a smile, "I accepted these two scripts." In terms of remuneration, 50,000 yuan for a script, what do you think?"

Because the Hong Kong film industry generally does not pay attention to scripts, the price of scripts is generally not high. Hong Jingbao's script is priced at 50,000 yuan, which is already quite generous. There are also screenwriters who worked hard to write the script, and finally waited for the film to be screened, and they still haven't gotten their own remuneration.

"How good is what Brother Hong says, I'm just a newcomer, it's enough to be proud that the script can be adopted, how dare I ask for any reward?" Xia said with a smile, he wrote the script for Hong Jingbao, just to get to know this big brother in the film industry. As for the remuneration, I'm really not looking forward to it.

Hong Jingbao saw that he spoke so simply, and he completely looked at his own horse, and couldn't help but feel that he had a lot of face, "Okay, then it's decided." A script is 50,000 yuan, and after the movie is released, if the box office is a big hit, I will seal you a big red envelope. ”

"Okay, that's it, Brother Hong, everything is up to you. Summer nodded and smiled, and then reminded, "Do you want to sign a contract and authorize the script to you?"

"Let's do things, righteousness comes first, we talk about morality, how can we use that?" Hong Jingbao waved his hand and said disdainfully. He didn't believe that, with his current status, he would dare to sell the script to others after selling it to him in the summer.

Seeing him say this, Xia smiled and stopped mentioning the matter, but he didn't agree with Hong Jingbao's approach in his heart. Although he admires Hong Jingbao's righteousness and heroism, since he is opening a company and doing business, it is best to do things according to the rules.

The so-called no rules are not a circle, like him, who acts casually, only cares about righteousness with others, and is not good at protecting his own interests, sooner or later he will suffer a loss and be deceived.

"Ah Tian, I read your script, and it's really well written. In this way, are you interested in writing one for me?" Cheng Long also asked with a smile at this time.

"Okay, I don't know what Brother Long wants?" Xia agreed.

Cheng Long's movies have many excellent works, and it is not difficult to help him write the script at all. And many movies can only be played by him, and the second person can't play his life-fighting style.

"Help me write a story about the police. Cheng Long then said.

Summer was stunned for a moment, and his heart flashed, could it be that his "Police Story" has no script yet, so he asked me to come to the rescue?! Summer knew that Cheng Long would shoot "Police Story" in 1985, and used this film to successfully transform, from a kung fu boy in the Republic of China to an urban action hero.

However, although this movie is classic and of great significance to Cheng Long, he didn't dare to write this script in the summer, mainly because he was worried that it might crash.

Because he remembered that Cheng Long devoted himself to the production of "Police Story" after filming "Lucky Star High Photos" in January 85. And now it's only three months before January '85, and the script of "Police Story" is likely to have been written, and once it is taken out, it is likely to be a goof, so I don't dare to take this risk in the summer.

But now it seems that the script of "Police Story" has not been completed, otherwise Cheng Long would not have invited him for the script.

"Police, I'm working on a script right now, but it's just an idea at the moment. If Brother Cheng Long has time, I want to talk to you first. If you think it's okay, then I'll write it out to you. Summer feigned contemplation.

"Okay, after the meeting, I'll invite you to dinner, and we'll talk while eating. Cheng Long said with a smile.

"Well, it's a word. Xia nodded, and then said to Hong Jingbao, "Brother Hong, you can continue the meeting, I won't bother for now." ”

"Well, since they're all here, sit down. Anyway, we're still discussing the script, so you can stay and help us come up with ideas. Hong Jingbao grabbed him and said.

"How embarrassing is this? I'm just a nobody, how dare I sit with my big brothers. "I want to stay in the summer, but I can't be too positive, otherwise it will feel too frivolous.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about, only people with skills are welcome here. As long as you have the ability, even my place can be given to you. Hong Jingbao laughed and said, he has always been a meritocracy, as long as there are capable people, he is welcome to work together.

Hearing him say this in the summer, I couldn't help but feel a little emotional. No wonder Hong Jingbao is so popular in the circle, when filming "Rich Train", he even stopped with other crews in Hong Kong, because all the actors went to help make cameos, this pride is really heartbreaking.

"Since Brother Hong said so, then I will sit down and listen to it, and also learn from your predecessors. Xia said with a smile, and then pulled Chen Yixin to sit down together.

Chen Yixin saw that Hong Jingbao was so polite to the summer, and he couldn't help but bow down to him and admire him. Before the change, not to mention the opportunity to sit at the same table with Hong Jingbao and Cheng Long, it was a luxury to meet others.

"Brother Tian, you are so powerful, even Brother Hong and Cheng Long look up at you!" he couldn't help but whisper.

Summer smiled, "Shhh ”

Chen Yixin nodded hurriedly and closed his mouth. He also knew that he was humble and light-hearted, not as capable as Brother Tian, and if he could sit down at this moment, he would already be burning high incense, so how could he dare to speak indiscriminately.

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After the two sat down, everyone continued to discuss the plot.

When I heard it in the summer, they were discussing the movie "Lucky Stars".

I saw everyone gossiping, you and I said a word, and it was very lively. In order to show off their creative talents, everyone strives to speak without being shocking and endless, so as to surprise others. And in the midst of this contentious discussion, sparks of inspiration flashed, and many ideas opened the eyes of summer and amazed them.

Summer knows that this kind of collective creation model is very popular in the Hong Kong film industry, and they also call it "brainstorming". The advantage of this model is that it can gather the strength of everyone, gather everyone's whimsy, and make the movie more exciting and novel, while the disadvantage is that the story structure is loose, there are good sentences but no wonderful chapters, the script is too hard, although it is lively and good-looking, but the plot cannot withstand scrutiny.

As he was listening attentively, he suddenly heard someone call out and say, "Why did this little brother sit for a long time without saying a word?

When I came back to my senses in the summer, I saw a middle-aged man about forty years old, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and a little bald.

"This is Situ Zhuohan, the general of our Baohe creative team. Hong Jingbao helped to introduce.

Xia hurriedly stood up, "Senior Situ, hello!"

Situ Zhuohan didn't move, just sat there and nodded, his attitude a little arrogant.

He had reason to be unhappy with the summer. Because although he is the general of Baohe's creative team, he has written many very popular scripts, such as "Modern Heavenly Master", "Shanghai Night", etc., and has made great contributions to Baohe. But he only receives a fixed salary of 10,000 yuan per month. It's only 120,000 a year, and even if you count dividends, it's only 200,000 at most.

And Xia only took two scripts, and sold them for a sky-high price of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, which was worth half a year's income, which really made him very unconvinced, so he wanted to fight with Xia.

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