"I'm sorry," Xu Zheng explained with a smile, "the ice cream and frozen dumplings are gone." ”

"Where's the fridge?" Gao Hu asked coldly.

"Our convenience store is half off tonight, do you see the chewing gum in my hand? Usually it sells for seven dollars, but tonight it only costs three dollars and five! ”

"Aren't you two salespeople here?" Gao Hu asked again, "Then what are you doing?" ”

Xu Zheng smiled slightly and said, "We're here to get back what belongs to us!" ”

"Something, what's it?" The cold light in Gao Hu's eyes was even worse.

"You just leave me alone," Xu Zheng handed the chewing gum in his hand to Gao Hu's eyes, and asked again, "Are you tempted?" Would you like one? ”

Gao Hu couldn't suppress the anger in his chest any longer, picked up his fist, and punched Xu Zheng in the face. With a bang, Xu Zheng fell on the shelf, and the goods on the shelf spilled all over the ground.

Wang Baoqiang reacted, his anger rose, he picked up a bucket of peanut oil casually, and shouted "big cousin" while smashing it at Gao Hu! Soon he stopped. A pistol appeared in front of him, pointed tightly at his forehead.

Gao Hu finally showed his most ferocious side!

At this point, the crew has completed 3/5 of the total shooting task.

The next scenes are the most difficult to shoot, on the one hand, there are more people to shoot. Gao Hu gathered everyone in the convenience store, Li Bing, Huang Xiaoming, Huang Bo, Wang Baoqiang, Xu Zheng, Zhao Wei, there were many of them. On the other hand, the plot of the movie has finally reached the first part, and no big mistakes are allowed anywhere, which will directly affect the finished film.

Chen Yuan stepped down from the director's throne and was replaced by Guan Hu. The photographer and Ning Hao each have a camera in charge and shoot from different angles. The crew entered an unprecedented intense filming stage.

In the wee hours of the morning, the weather was getting colder and colder.

The crew guarding outside the convenience store was shivering from the cold. After supper, they all moved to a cubicle at a convenience store. There is no filming task there for the time being, which can be used for the crew to rest and keep warm.

Journalists outside convenience stores are not treated so well. Zhou Jun and Shen Hong trembled, and the two of them were almost squeezed together.

Shen Hong shuddered, gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't we go back too?" ”

Zhou Jun glanced at the other party, nodded and said, "You go back first, I'll keep an eye here." Now there are only two of us reporters guarding the crew of "Nightclub". As soon as there is any news from the crew, we will get first-hand information! Such a good opportunity cannot be missed in vain. You go back first! ”

"No," Shen Hong shook her head, changed her mind, and said firmly, "Let's guard it together!" ”

"Didn't we sign a mutual assistance cooperation agreement? Don't worry, as long as I get the first-hand information, I will definitely notify you as soon as possible! Zhou Jun was afraid that Shen Hong would not be at ease, so he hurriedly assured.

"It's not a problem," Shen Hong explained, "I can't get something for nothing, let's keep it together!" ”

At three o'clock in the morning, the door of the convenience store was pushed open, and Chen Yuan took Su Muying's little hand and walked out.

At this time, the street was deserted, and there was no one in sight. It seems that the reporters have dispersed, and Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. But apparently he underestimated the hard-working spirit of journalists. He and Su Muying turned a corner and bumped into the two Zhou Jun who were huddled together.

Zhou Jun was very excited, and stepped forward, shivering with coldness all over his body. The same words blurted out instantly: "Mr. Chen, we meet again, can I give you an exclusive interview?" ”

"And me, and me," Shen Hong said as she followed with the same excitement.

This scene touched Chen Yuan greatly, there are still reporters who are so persistent and hardworking!

When Su Muying saw Zhou Jun and Shen Hong's appearance, her heart softened, and she spoke for the two of them: "Brother Chen Yuan, otherwise, you can let them do an interview, right?" It's such a cold day, and they're all frozen! ”

Chen Yuan nodded.

Zhou Jun and Shen Hong glanced at each other, and their eyes turned red in an instant, and their persistence was not in vain!

The interview was conducted in an Internet café. In a remote corner, Chen Yuan and Su Muying opened two machines. Zhou Jun and Shen Hong each pulled a chair and sat on either side of Chen Yuan.

"Mr. Chen, can you tell me why you are in such a hurry to finish filming this "Nightclub"?" Zhou Jun asked.

"There are two reasons for this. First, the story of the nightclub is exciting, but it is also simple, as long as the crew is well prepared, they are absolutely capable of filming in the shortest possible time. The other is to be forced to be helpless. My screenplay, "Crazy Stone," was plagiarized by two studios, one with "Super Big Diamond" and the other with "Magic Green Jade." They all wanted to finish the movie as quickly as possible and release it before me, thinking that by doing so, they would take off the plagiarism hat. I will never do what they want! Chen Yuan said.

"In that case, why did Mr. Chen still make this "Nightclub"?" Shen Hong asked.

"I looked for two directors. One is Brother Guan Huguan, who thinks he is incapable of directing "Crazy Stone". Another director, Brother Ning Haoning, lacks experience in this area. That's why I want to give them a play to practice their skills......"

"Practice?" Zhou Jun and Shen Hong glanced at each other, with a look of surprise and excitement in their eyes.

"This is the method I came up with," Chen Yuan explained, "The script of 'Crazy Stone' is very exciting, and there is also a lot of innovation and experimentation in the shooting method. When filming "Nightclub", the two directors will use their own ideas and constantly try new ideas so that they can be used in the filming of "Crazy Stone" in the future. ”

"I see," Zhou Jun nodded at the same time.

The interview lasted for more than half an hour, and the careful Shen Hong found that Chen Yuan was indeed very tired, so he took the initiative to end the interview.

After the two reporters left satisfied, Chen Yuan logged on to his e-mail.

There were seventeen emails lying in the mailbox, most of which turned out to be from a company called Zhongbo Century Film and Television Media!

Chen Yuan was shocked, and finally remembered this company. It was this film and television media company that offered a price of 8,000 yuan for his script "Crazy Stone"!

Before and after the Spring Festival, Chen Yuan has been busy with other things and has no opportunity to surf the Internet. I didn't expect this company to send 13 emails in a row! At first, it was to test whether Chen Yuan was satisfied with the price of the script, but then he couldn't get a reply, so he began to increase the price, gradually increasing from 8,000 yuan to 80,000 yuan, a tenfold increase! But obviously, 80,000 yuan is already the highest price that the other party can offer. The next few emails no longer raised the price, but kept asking Chen Yuan why he didn't reply.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan smiled coldly, this film and television company is really interesting, it is obvious that it has plagiarized its own script, and it is still thinking of buying the original script at a low price. Are they also afraid of being called plagiarism?

Chen Yuan quickly replied, and he replied that "Crazy Stone" has begun preparations for filming, and he will not sell the same script to a second company. Finally, I hope to continue to cooperate next time.

The email was sent quickly.

Chen Yuan clicked on other emails one after another. There are four emails left, two from the mainland Jiuhuang Publishing House, and two from Taiwan's Lin Bai Publishing House. Both publishers sent a Chinese New Year email, and the other about the sales of the book "The Demon" in the first month of 2000.

An email from Lin Bai Publishing House said that the sales of "Sealing Demons" in the traditional market are becoming more and more popular! Sales have exceeded 300,000 units and are heading towards 320,000 units! During the Spring Festival, the sales of "Sealed Demon" increased instead of decreasing! Lin Bai Publishing House only rested for a day, and then began printing work again.

However, the email from Jiuhuang Publishing House is not very optimistic. Probably affected by the Spring Festival, the sales of just over 600,000 sets have become slower, with the sales of the first volume reaching 630,000, the second volume reaching 620,000, and the third volume only 560,000! Volume 4 is currently being prepared for printing. With a total sales volume of more than 1.8 million copies, Chen Yuan's remuneration is 12.6 million, of which he has to pay more than 11% of the tax. After calculation, Chen Yuan still has a salary of more than 10 million.

On February 5, 2000, it happened to be the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the publishing house was already on holiday. Therefore, all remuneration will be paid after the holiday. Today is the 11th day of the first lunar month, which is also the 15th day of February in the solar calendar. Years later, Jiuhuang Publishing House has paid more than 8 million yuan to his Agricultural Bank card.

This remuneration can be said to be the largest income that Chen Yuan has received so far, but Chen Yuan is not happy. Sales in Taiwan increased instead of decreasing, and sales in the mainland did not increase but decreased. This already illustrates a problem. It's not that the mainland market can't do it, but piracy is already rampant!

Nine Phoenix Publishing House also mentioned this at the end of the email. The other party promised that after the Spring Festival, the work of cracking down on piracy will be carried out! Regarding the publisher's guarantee, Chen Yuan could only smile.

The book "Sealing Demons" has already made the name of Jiuhuang Publishing House, and the other party has already obtained what they want, and it is impossible for them to really crack down on piracy with great fanfare for that meager benefit. Maybe because of the contract, they will take action, but the drama component will take up most of it.

What to do? Chen Yuan secretly thought to himself, piracy has always been rampant in the mainland market, and it will be banned again and again in the next 20 years. Publishers and writers have been trying, but with little success. What can he do to combat piracy?