Chen Yongren certainly believes in Yu Yunkang's ability and attitude towards films, in the golden age of Hong Kong films, Yu Yunkang's works are only a handful, he did not "take the opportunity to get rich", but insisted on using movies to explore and lash out at society and human nature; But Chen Yongren knows in his heart that Hong Kong films will not be able to rely only on art films in the future, although movies cannot be used simply to make money, but they cannot not make money, after all, movies do not make money, how many people make movies? With fewer people making movies, how can the market thrive? It's a harsh reality.

"The Grudge" is a milestone work in horror films, although Chen Yongren believes in Yu Yunkang's ability, he does not want "The Grudge" to become an art film that simply explores society and human nature, and the film will be an investment of 10 million US dollars in exchange for nearly 200 million US dollars at the box office in the future; Chen Yongren doesn't believe that Yu Yunkang can now shoot beyond the level of the original, and most importantly, nearly 200 million US dollars! He sighed regretfully and said to Yu Yun: "I'm sorry, Mr. Yu, I want to make this movie myself in the future!" ”。

"Fifty thousand Hong Kong dollars!".

"What?".

"I said 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, according to Mr. Shen, Mr. Chen's remuneration for this work is only 20,000 Hong Kong dollars, and I will pay 50,000 Hong Kong dollars as long as the film and television adaptation rights of "The Grudge". Yu Yunkang said seriously.

Chen Yongren shook his head......

Yu Yunkang frowned and said: "80,000 Hong Kong dollars, it can't be more, there has never been a ...... price for movie scripts in Hong Kong."

"Ah Ren, you ......" Shen Baoxin was about to say something.

"Mr. Yu and Uncle Shen, you have misunderstood!" Chen Yongren interrupted: "Of course I don't doubt your ability and sincerity, Mr. Yu, but I am the author of this novel, and only I know in my heart what I think; Mr. Yu understands what I mean, so, I'm sorry! ”。

Yu Yunkang looked at Chen Yongren's serious eyes and sighed: "I understand!" Then he got up and said goodbye to Shen Baoxin: "Mr. Shen, today's matter is disturbed, I still have something to do, so I will leave first!" ”。

"Mr. Yu is polite, it's good to go!" Shen Baoxin got up and replied.

"Wait......" Chen Yongren spoke, and when he saw the two of them looking at him, he said to Yu Yun: "Please ask Mr. Yu to agree to something!" ”。

Yu Yunkang was surprised when he heard this: "I don't know if I can help Mr. Chen?" ”。

Chen Yongren said seriously: "I want to ask Mr. Yu to be the special consultant and producer when filming "The Grudge" in the future, I don't know if Mr. Yu is willing to give in? ”。

Yu Yunkang was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "I'm looking forward to it, and please don't forget Mr. Chen!" ”。

The movie is like a chemical product, different combinations of elements have different reactions, for example, Chen Kaige cooperated with Zhang Yimou to shoot "Yellow Earth", cooperated with Li Bihua, Gu Changwei, Leslie Cheung, and Chen Huaikai to shoot "Farewell My Concubine", but he filmed "Wuji" and "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain" by himself; Chen Yongren hopes that "The Grudge" can be filmed better, and Yu Yunkang will definitely be a good partner.

After Yu Yunkang left, Shen Baoxin looked at Chen Yongren and said, "You kid can!" I'm getting more and more curious about the movie version of The Grudge! ”。

Chen Yongren said with a smile: "As long as Uncle Shen is willing to give me tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars to invest in this movie, I guarantee that the box office return will be more than ten times, what do you think?" ”。

Shen Bao News said angrily: "I don't know who I am if I praise you twice!" How many hundred million can you still have at the box office of your movie? Besides, you don't know anything about your business? Zou Wenhuai, who is also Golden Harvest in Hong Kong, is the most arrogant, and he only invested tens of millions of dollars when he entered Hollywood to make movies, but he didn't make much money, can you use tens of millions to make movies? ”。

Chen Yongren smiled and didn't say anything, but opened his backpack and said: "Uncle Shen, you said that I will increase the manuscript fee after I finish writing this novel, and my words count, you see that Director Yu is discerning, you can't make the pearl dust!" ”。

"Midnight Bells?" Shen Baoxin didn't bother to talk to the young man, so he took the manuscript and read it. At first, it was only a rough look, but gradually he became serious, and after a while, he put down the manuscript and asked after a moment of silence: "Is this really what you wrote in half a month?" ”。

Chen Yongren said seriously: "It's definitely more real than Uncle Shen's gender!" ”。

Shen Baoxin ignored Chen Yongren's cold humor and sighed: "It's really terrifying!" The idea of the book is amazing, and the imagination is even more incredible, without seeing any specific description of horror things, just the creation of the atmosphere by the guò gives people a feeling of extreme horror; What you said before is good, the level is indeed more than three or five times stronger than that "Curse"! ”。

Chen Yongren smiled, if it weren't for the movie "The Grudge", "The Grudge" would just be a good horror novel, and the "The Grudge" novel would be famous because of the movie; But "Midnight Bell" is different, the movie was sealed on the altar before it was made, and after it was published in Japan, it received rave reviews and was hailed as the "pyramid of horror novels"; In just a few years, sales exceeded 8.3 million copies, making it the best-selling suspense novel in Asia. The author, Koji Suzuki, has won the titles of "the first person in horror novels" and "master of atmosphere". His works have been recognized by critics in both the East and the West as a model of "the perfect combination of extreme horror and extreme imagination".

Thinking of this, Chen Yongren rubbed his hands and smiled: "What's that...... Uncle Shen, do you think that since the level of this novel is much stronger, shouldn't the remuneration of the novel also be increased a lot? ”。

Shen Baoxin smiled and asked, "Then how much do you want?" ”。

Chen Yongren coughed dryly twice and said: "You also said that the level of the novel is three or five times stronger, let's take a step back on each side, or just compromise the remuneration and mention four times!" ”。

"One hundred and sixteen thousand words?".

"Hmm...... Well......" Chen Yongren's chick pecked at the rice, and nodded again and again.

Shen Baoxin pushed the manuscript back in front of Chen Yongren, picked up the teacup in one hand and slowly tasted the tea......

"Uh...... Uncle Shen, ...... you are? ”。

"You're still a reader, you don't understand this? The host picks up tea - slow down and doesn't send it! ”。

"Don't mind...... Can the old guys still have fun and communicate? ”。

"Poof...... Cough...... cough ......" Shen Baoxin squirted out a mouthful of tea when he heard this, and coughed again and again.

"Roar...... Uncle Shen, slow down, why bother? Chen Yongren said and handed over a tissue. Shen Baoxin took over and cleaned it up, and said angrily: "You said that you are an adult, you can't have a positive shape when you talk and do things?" is still playing poor all day long! ”。

"Aren't you kidding me all the time!".

"Who was kidding you? "Ming Pao" writes novels with the highest remuneration is Ni Kuang, he is 200 yuan per thousand words, and the general famous column is only 100 yuan per thousand words, we are running a newspaper, considering sales, not a cultural charity, if you write well, you will be awarded a certificate of honor, you and I want 160 yuan per thousand words, your Uncle Shen and I rank second in "Ming Pao", give you this number today, and tomorrow the old man will find me to theorize; So, I can't satisfy you, you can go to other newspapers! Shen Baoxin blew his beard and glared and said.

"Hi...... What a big deal! Chen Yongren waved his hand and smiled, seeing that Shen Baoxin was about to go crazy again, he hurriedly continued: "What do I mean...... In other words, everything can be discussed! ”。

Shen Baoxin was silent for a while, but picked up the phone and dialed a number, and after a while, the phone was connected, only to hear him say to the other side, "Are you in the office?" He nodded and hung up.

Chen Yongren was stunned: "Uncle Shen, ...... are you?" ”。

Shen Baoxin stood up and said: "To open a famous column, you must get Mr. Cha's consent, he is in the office, you go with me to meet him!" ”。

Chen Yongren was stunned when he heard this, he had been fascinated by Jin Yong for a long time, and when he first came to "Ming Pao" to submit an article, he took Wang Jing with the purpose of seeing the grandmaster's demeanor, but unexpectedly Wang Jing took him to get acquainted with Shen Baoxin in front of him, and he had already planned to "meet by chance" in the future, but he didn't expect to just lose the idea of taking the initiative to get acquainted, and the opportunity came!