Chapter 169: The excitement continues
"So, you've got the actors and directors done?"
Tong Yuejuan brought a cup of hot tea, put it in front of Zhang Shankun, and then sat opposite her husband and asked with interest.
"Hmm. β
Zhang Shankun answered, then took a sip of tea and washed the taste of vermicelli in his mouth.
"Xiaomi, that girl is not angry?"
"Heh, a cat-like woman, how can she not be angry...... Zhang Shankun shook his head, put down the teacup and said: "She was ruthless, shouting a sky-high salary of 70,000 yuan, and thought that I would retreat this time." β
"But I didn't expect you to rise to the challenge. Tong Yuejuan pursed her lips and smiled beside her.
"Haha, she's so good at it that she thought I'd give up. Zhang Shankun also laughed heartily and said: "But who knows that as long as she participates in this drama in person, she will be worth 100,000 yuan in publicity expenses!"
In recent years, the highest-paid actresses in the film industry, such as Zhou Xuan, Bai Guang, Wang Danfeng, etc., have a salary of about 30,000 or 40,000 yuan for filming a film.
Li Lihua is about to double when she opens her mouth, which is indeed a sky-high price.
But she is just an actor after all, in terms of thinking and interest calculations, how can she compare to Zhang Shankun, who has been in business for 20 years.
So it was a bad move......
Li Lihua lost the battle, and the resentment fell on the screenwriter of "Rouge Buckle", which led to the story of Li Lihua's designation of the director and the personal questioning of the crime.
It's just that after she finished asking, she realized that she seemed to have made a big fuss.
Of course, Zhang Shankun, who was chatting at home at this time, didn't know these details. And even if he knew that this matter was an oolong, he would definitely act according to the original propaganda plan.
After all, he's the king of gimmicks!
"That Director Yang Qiu must be very distressed now, right?" Tong Yuejuan quipped.
Zhang Shankun waved his hand, leaned back in the chair and relaxed: "It's okay, young man, practice more, it's good to be troubled, didn't we come here like this back then." β
"Oh, look at the way you look, it seems like you admire him?"
"That's natural, newcomer to the film industry, there is no one as good as him. Zhang Shankun stood up from the dining table, walked straight to the sofa in the living room, and said as he sat down: "I told him that the next time Chang Zhengjun comes to Xiangjiang, I will introduce them to meet him." β
"Oh, that's a good thing, too. β
"Exactly. β
Zhang Shankun loosened the collar of his shirt, suddenly turned his head to look at his wife, and said, "By the way, although Yang Qiu is still filming over there, I haven't been watching it for long, you can watch our film, you should be able to make preparations." β
"Good. β
Tong Yuejuan nodded and responded, the couple have worked together for 20 years, and they have already developed a detailed cooperation method between the male protagonist and the female protagonist, and this time is naturally no exception.
As for the inside, they don't have children, so naturally no one is too lazy to win the Lord.
"But this time for filming, it is estimated that we have to work hard and hard. Tong Yuejuan also stood up, walked over to Zhang Shankun and said, "It is estimated that Xiao Mi will not give up on that Yang Qiu." β
"Hmm...... No, probably not. β
"Why?"
"Xiaomi's character, I can still trust it. Zhang Shankun praised calmly: "As long as she is filming, she is absolutely serious and will not specifically go to other people's troubles." β
Tong Yuejuan paused, thought for a while and nodded: "That's true, at first I thought you were going to find Xiaomi to film, and I thought she would refuse without watching it." β
"It was possible before, but now, heh-" Zhang Shankun patted his knees, and said with an empty look: "Those people are making too much trouble, and after today, Xiangjiang will have a lively look." β
"It's still lively, I see you, it's just that it's not a big deal to make trouble. β
"Hahaha-"
I don't mention here how proud Zhang Shankun is and how depressed Yang Qiu is.
But the next day, the supplement of "Xiangjiang Times" published a press release on Zhang Shankun's reboot of Xinhua and Li Lihua's joining Xinhua's new film.
The article also mentions Yang Qiu, the director, and most importantly - salary!
The huge remuneration of 70,000 yuan overshadowed everyone's attention to Xinhua at once, and the people's eyes shifted to this jaw-dropping number.
In this era when the protagonist can usually only take three or four thousand to shoot a film, 70,000 Hong Kong dollars can basically ask a big guy to shoot nearly 20 dramas in a row.
It's still all year round, and I don't have to take a break!
At this time, the entire Xiangjiang, not only in the film industry, but also in the teahouse and restaurant, there are also people talking about it.
There are envy, jealousy, red-eyed, and even the critics, there are a lot, and it was lively for a while, and there were voices talking about Li Lihua everywhere.
It's just that these things can't bother Li Lihua, this woman has already closed the door on the grounds of studying the script.
Then on Yang Qiu's side, there were a lot of reporters who shifted their targets.
Fortunately, there were no entangled paparazzi at this time, and the media people still had some professional ethics, although Yang Qiu was still affected, it did not cause much trouble.
In other words, the trouble that Yang Qiu encountered was more caused by shooting.
He was too confident in color films.
In the process of shooting, there are endless small problems, which greatly slows down the progress of shooting. It wasn't until the end of August and the beginning of September that after more than a month of hard filming, "Home Alone" was officially completed.
At that time, the whole crew was really exhausted.
And......
The filming budget for this film was also overspent by more than 30,000 yuan.
It's just that this has been done for most of the time, and even if you overspend, you can only endure it, otherwise the money invested in the early stage will be wasted.
And during this time, Wang Tianlin's "The Female Horse" has already been filmed and entered post-production.
Even Li Hanxiang's "Dragon and Phoenix" started filming on the Huada set.
However, the Youqiao studio is still being restored.
And there is another good news in this pile of news, which is even more exciting, that is, the foreign screening data of "Tianxian Pei".
Needless to say, places like the Philippines and Thailand directly packaged and sold out the copyrights, and they made a hard-earned money of 10,000 yuan.
What makes money, is somewhere else.
The screening in the Xingma area, after some operation by Guangyi, has been released for nearly a month, bringing Yang Qiu a box office share of nearly 400,000 yuan.
It can be seen that the Chinese love for the art of opera!
However, such a large amount of money will have to wait for at least another month and go through various procedures before it can finally be obtained.
As for the other port that Yang Qiu is more concerned about, it is Wanwan.
Minghua Pictures' distribution policy is very conservative.
"Tianxian Pei" was originally only screened in two theaters in Taipei, Central and Daguan, but it turned out to be so full that even the windows of Daguan were crowded.
The next day, Minghua took the Midori Cinema in Ximending to screen it together.
However, movie tickets are still in short supply.
At this time, Minghua had to urgently print a few more copies, increasing the number of theaters in Taipei to five at once, which barely eased the tension of film screenings.
After this battle, Minghua was relieved and bold to release this "Tianxian Pei" to Tainan, Kaohsiung and other places.
Then, naturally, there was a big bang.
On the first 34 days of its release in Wanwan, the total box office revenue of "Tianxian Pei" was nearly NT$3.5 million, and the producer could receive nearly NT$900,000 after sharing and taxes between the theater and the distributor.
That's about 150,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Compared to the Star Horse's side, it can be said to be nearly three times less.
But this is also something that can't be helped, after the Second World War, Xingma has been quiet for five or six years, the economy has recovered very well, and ordinary people naturally have a lot of spare money in their hands.
The more money there is, the more people will be willing to go to the cinema for leisure.
On the Wanwan side, although the population is nearly twice as large as that of the Xingma area, the pain of the war has just passed, the economy has just come out of the state of chaos, and the people are still living in a very tight situation, how can they be willing to go to the cinema to have a dash.
Even though, it is cheap to watch movies in Wanwan at this time......
However, although the share money is small, there is an advantage to cooperating with Minghua, the money is still in Wanwan, and Yang Qiu received a share from the United States.
As for the money in Wanwan's account, just call it and return it to Yuan Shunbo when the time comes.
It's really genuine, and it's refreshing!
However, at this time, Yang Qiu was already so busy that he was about to smoke on his head, and he couldn't feel the joy of getting a huge amount of money soon, the post-production of "Home Alone" and the preliminary preparation of "Rouge Buckle" took up most of his time, and he was so busy that he was almost schizophrenic.
It's just that early this morning, Yang Qiu didn't rush to Daguan to be busy in the later stage, but took a magazine called "Film Circle", and quietly read an article on it while eating breakfast silently outside.
ββ¦β¦ It is very subjective in life that it cannot overcome the habit of enjoyment...... Transformation is not yet mature......"
"Heyβ"
Yang Qiu put down the magazine and let out a long sigh.
Xiangjiang, a place with a big palm, is really lively! <