Chapter IX. Things are man-made, and everything is fate!
May 15, 1991.
It has been three days since the incident at the Blue Emperor Bar, and in these three days, as Chen Xuanting's best friend and friend, Lei Yaoyang has constantly helped him find a job, such as KFC, McDonald's and other fast food restaurants, as well as handymen in the electrical appliance store on Yaliao Street, as well as hotel waiters, parking boys in parking lots, and gas station gas attendants, etc., these don't care much about the special identity of "prisoner", but the salary is a little less.
But for these hard-working jobs, Chen Xuanting didn't even look at them, which made Lei Yaoyang very depressed.
"Big guy, I'm really out of line, you can't look down on so much work, I think you can only go to the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion to be the Hong Kong Governor!"
Looking at Chen Xuanting, who was still nesting at home as an "otaku", Lei Yaoyang said in distress.
Looking at Lei Yaoyang's appearance that the emperor was not in a hurry to die as a eunuch, Chen Xuanting lit a cigarette and said with a smile: "Let me ask you, how long does it take to earn a million in those jobs?" ”
Lei Yaoyang was dumbfounded, and then said: "Six thousand a month, maybe you can save forty thousand a year, and it will take twenty-five years for you to be able to get one million!" ”
"Twenty-five years? So how long do I have to save to get 10 million? Chen Xuanting asked with a smile while pinching his cigarette.
"Yes, of course...... Two hundred and fifty years! ”
"What about 100 million?"
Lei Yaoyang swallowed violently: "It takes two thousand ...... Five hundred years! ”
"Two thousand five hundred years?" Chen Xuanting looked ahead with a very ethereal look and said: "The entire history of China is only 5,000 years, I want to struggle for 100 million, but I have to go through 2,500 years!" That's a little too long for me! Even if I am Sun Wukong and I am crushed under the Five Finger Mountain for 500 years, it will take five reincarnations to fulfill my wish. I will not be reconciled to this! ”
Looking at Chen Xuanting's determined tone, Lei Yaoyang looked at him with a strange look, and said after a while: "Ah Ting, you can't be joking, right?" Earn 100 million? ”
Chen Xuanting turned his head, looked at him and asked, "Do you look like I'm joking?" ”
Lei Yaoyang: "It's not like a joke, but it's like taking the wrong medicine!" Earn 100 million? Even if you go to dance like Ren Dahua~ male, it is impossible to run out of oil and run out! ”
"There is nothing impossible in this world!" Chen Xuanting said calmly, his tone full of confidence, "Since we can't be the grandsons of the rich, let's be the ancestors of the rich!" ”
"Ah Ting, don't dream in vain anymore, I know that Ni Qiuyi left you and made you sad, but that girl surnamed Dong is right, we are some mud! She is rich and powerful, she was born with a golden key, and as long as she hooks her fingers, there are a lot of people chasing after her ass! Besides, this woman's surname is strong, and now she is the executive director of the Hong Kong Youth Council, I heard that she will soon be promoted to the chairwoman chairman, how do you fight with others? So we must learn to accept our fate! ”
Chen Xuanting coldly extinguished the cigarette butt on the ground and said: "For me, I only believe in one belief---- there is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts; Things are man-made, and everything is fate! ”
"Okay, it's okay if you don't accept your fate, then what are you going to do? Do you just sit at home and talk about it? Lei Yaoyang said helplessly.
Chen Xuanting didn't say anything, just handed him a newspaper casually, and said, "Take a closer look!" ”
Lei Yaoyang was suspicious, opened the newspaper and read: "A certain performance troupe in Thailand recruits several ladyboys, manages food and housing, and the salary is ......."
"Pick, next!"
Lui Yiuyang: "Mong Kok massage parlors recruit male technicians, requiring good facial features, superb craftsmanship, and most importantly, open-mindedness......"
Chen Xuanting was about to faint, "Look down!" ”
Lei Yaoyang said: "Hong Kong Tianmu Film Company is recruiting 300,000 excellent scripts, the subject matter is not limited, the conditions are not limited, and all the shortlisted works will have cash prizes!" ”
"Three hundred thousand? Cash Prizes?! Lei Yaoyang suddenly paused. Looking back, "Ting, you don't want to write a script, do you?" ”
Chen Xuanting smiled: "Who says it's not, I can point to it to make money." ”
"Make money?" Lei Yaoyang blinked. Incredulous: "You write scripts? No way! Did I hear me wrong?! ”
"There are no absolutes, everything is possible!" Chen Xuanting looked like he was in his chest.
Lei Yaoyang was even more confused, "Ah Ting, don't think that I don't know anything, Tianmu Film Company was founded by the big star Andy Lau, although others are very good, they will not be easily fooled by you!" You have to come up with a good script! ”
"Hehe, I can't see that you, a rough man, still have such knowledge!" Chen Xuanting praised.
"Of course, you don't know, Andy Lau is my idol!" Lei Yaoyang teased, "He, a child from a poor family, had no clothes to wear when he was a child, and he picked up dog shit, but with incomparable perseverance and perseverance, he has become a big star in the film industry today. ”
"I think it's not Andy Lau who inspires you, but his money and girls, right?"
"Everyone in this ....... is a man, and I know it!" Lei Yaoyang said with a smile.
Chen Xuanting sighed: "Slut, slut! ”
However, Lei Yaoyang is right about one thing, as an actor Andy Lau is very good, although he is a failure as a movie boss, he is not easy to fool, if you can't come up with a wonderful script, you can't get into his eyes at all.
So what kind of movie to write?
Chen Xuanting began to ponder.
If Andy Lau's acting career is divided into three stages, then he will be named the "Five Tiger Generals" and appear in a series of excellent TV series, including "Demon Paradise", which is a primary stage. then became popular in Hong Kong with a "Falcon", officially entered the film industry, and became an idolized actor in the minds of many directors with "Running to the Angry Sea" and "Mong Kok Carmen". However, Andy Lau has always been positioned as an idol, and the movies he shoots basically lack a win-win situation with box office and word-of-mouth, and he is eager to transform, but he is not recognized by many directors. And the reason why he wanted to establish Tianmu Film Company was to make some movies he liked.
Unfortunately, it backfired, and since its establishment in 1990, Tianmu Film Company has mostly produced literary films other than mainstream themes. Except for a big victory of "The Condor Heroes of Ninety-One" at the beginning of this year, almost all movies have lost all their money. This put Andy Lau under psychological pressure. According to the future trajectory, when accumulating losses of about 30 million, Andy Lau will be forced to compensate Tianmu Company to Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Songlin (the owner of a scholar institution); The remaining film was given to Chen Guo to shoot "Made in Hong Kong".
In addition, as a successful planner, Chen Xuanting feels that Andy's early investment losses are for a reason. Because Andy Lau basically just loved movies at that time and wanted to make the movies he wanted, but he didn't actually understand the market, a type of film originally had a box office of a film, and he sometimes overspent the budget in order to pursue the effect, and he didn't know much about distribution and other things, so in fact, some box offices were not bad, but they often couldn't break even, resulting in losses, which is a very complicated problem. And for other investments, especially for other new directors and screenwriters, the fundamental purpose is not to make money, but to give those people a chance. The Asian new star director let many people know Andy's support for the movie, but in fact, Chen Xuanting first knew Andy's investment, and the famous should be "Made in Hong Kong", and this film didn't expect it to have much box office, but it unexpectedly won many international awards.
It can be said that in terms of film investment, Andy Lau is not a good boss, but he is a good filmmaker.
Now, the reason why Andy Lau has to make this decision and publish a script collection in the newspaper is that the film invested by the company is losing too much.
Which drama can help Andy Lau turn losses into profits?
Chen Xuanting pondered, and suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration.
The name of a play instantly appeared in his mind.
After deciding on the script to be written, Chen Xuanting didn't sleep all night, and he has been thinking fiercely about how to write this excellent movie script. You must know that he is not a screenwriter, he has never been exposed to such things, and as for the format of the script, as well as the way of expression, he is a little ignorant.
According to the general appearance of the script in his mind, Chen Xuanting began to write, writing word by word.
Main content: Lei Luo first arrived in Hong Kong, did not have much knowledge, and decided to join the police force for a living. After meeting Lard Boy, he was born in a low-class society, and often instilled the skills of the ** Master to make a living. Chen Tong, an old chagrin, saw heroes with a clear eye, and was also a mentor and friend to Lei, and later promoted him as an agent and became a stepping stone for Inspector Zonghua. Lei Chu debuted with pride, and did not merge with different streams, becoming the target of the public, during which he met the girl Xia and fell in love together, but Xia's father strongly opposed it, making it difficult to get married......
According to his own understanding of "The Legend of Lei Luo", Chen Xuanting kept reimagining clips of this movie in his previous life. and Andy Lau's heroic appearance in the play. During the writing, Chen Xuanting suddenly remembered a very delicate plot in the film, that is, Lei Luo played by Andy Lau has a necklace, and a jade monkey is also hung on the necklace. And this necklace runs through the first two parts of "The Legend of Lei Luo" from beginning to end, which is an indispensable clue.
Thinking of this, Chen Xuanting took off the necklace around his neck and held it in the palm of his hand, only to feel cool. Could it be a coincidence?! Chen Xuanting asked himself.
Since he couldn't figure it out, he didn't bother to think about it, and continued to work hard to climb the lattice. Time flies as fast as a woman's wrinkles, and if you don't know it, you will be stunned.
It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that he wrote nearly seven or eight thousand words. In his previous life, he used the computer to type extremely fast, and he could type three or four thousand words in an hour, but now he picked up the pen and tossed so much in one night, which not only made him extremely depressed.
Feeling a little tired, his eyelids trembled, so Chen Xuanting lay down on the bed to rest for a while.
At this time, the door squeaked open, and Chen Darong walked in with a limp, it turned out that he was a little worried when he saw that the light in his son's room had not been turned off all night, so he came to take a look.
Seeing the script paper on the table, and then looking at Chen Xuanting's sleepy appearance, Chen Darong didn't say anything, just walked over lightly and gently covered Chen Xuanting's body, a big man, unexpectedly rare gentleness and delicacy.
Leaving quietly, after the door closed, Chen Xuanting slowly opened his eyes and sighed. Then he closed his eyes again, and in his heart he said to himself, sleep well, when I open my eyes again, I will play with the whole Hong Kong entertainment industry!
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