Chapter 5 The Fish Leaps into the Dragon Gate
The next day, Xiao Ran looked at himself in the mirror with slightly red eyes, and couldn't help laughing at himself. He was originally very unimpressed with the cult of personality, but who knew that now he was so nervous to see Xu Ke, which invisibly went against his usual thoughts.
The founding office of New Arts City was in Hong Kong and Kowloon, and it was founded with only 1,000 feet of offices (which will be directly converted to the familiar weights and measures). However, soon the new art city made a lot of money, and now it has moved to the top floor, with an office that is more than ten times larger than the original one, and the original office has been used as a "friend of the new art city".
Although there were no casual clothes in that era, Xiao Ran still didn't wear a suit, which made him feel very awkward. Now there are few people in the elevator, and he is much more relaxed. When he entered the gate of the new art city company, he saw a few obviously big characters behind the reception desk.
When he entered this film company that he had liked for a long time, he saw some laughter, but there was no tension. The staff here occasionally talk and walk around, and there is a very friendly atmosphere. Xiao Ran thought, maybe this is one of the reasons for the success of New Art City.
Someone led Xiao Ran to the door of Xu Ke's office, knocked on the door, and heard an energetic voice coming from inside: "Come in!" ”
Xiao Ran took a deep breath, tried to suppress the excitement in his heart, pushed open the door and walked in. It's not very big, at least it's much smaller than the high-level offices of some large commercial companies, and the only good thing is that you can look out from the window.
Sitting behind the desk was a lean young man, Xiao Ran's heart was beating wildly, and he kept saying to himself that this was Xu Ke, a Hong Kong ghost. Xu Ke raised his head and saw Xiao Ran, he was slightly stunned, as if he remembered something, and smiled dryly: "You are Xiao Ran?" ”
"Director Xu, I'm Xiao Ran!" Feeling the urge to rush forward and ask for an autograph, Xiao Ran couldn't wait to slap himself twice to calm himself down.
It can't be said that Xiao Ran is very emotional, he doesn't worship actors and stars, for a talented director like Xu Ke, he is the real appreciation plus some worship. Fortunately, his adoration was apparently not as fanatical as the fans of the star, but more appreciative, so he quickly calmed down.
Xu Ke laughed, he stood up and stretched, then left the desk and said to Xiao Ran: "The script you wrote about the hero's true colors is very good, I want to buy it and make it into a movie, what do you think?" ”
A fool refuses such an offer, and this is supposed to be next year's box office champion, how could Xiao Ran refuse. He nodded and stood up with a smile and said, "If I didn't want to make a movie, why would I write it!" ”
"Xiao Ran, after reading this script, I think you are very talented, are you interested in joining Xinyicheng?" Xu Kemeng turned his head to look at Xiao Ran, and there was a look in his eyes that Xiao Ran couldn't refuse.
Xiao Ran rushed through a torrent, he actually had the opportunity to work with a fierce man like Xu Ke? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but want to laugh a few times to vent the excitement in his heart. However, he is familiar with the rules of the mall, he knows one thing, if you want to achieve a certain goal, you must not reveal this intention in front of the other party, so as to strive for greater benefits.
After the initial excitement, he quickly thought of something more serious. Many of Hong Kong's outstanding film industry celebrities are from TVB, and according to what he knows in his dreams, the relationship between New Arts City and ATV seems to be very good, and Li Zhi, the heroine of "The Seven Year Itch", was borrowed by ATV from New Arts City. And the wireless and ATV are not aligned, which is known to the whole world. To put it simply, when he entered the new art city, I am afraid that he would not have any hope of meeting the cattle of wireless.
After a moment of silence, he still made a decision, the long contract of wireless was difficult for him to accept anyway, and he didn't like to be restrained. Thinking of this, he smiled lightly: "I'm sorry, Director Xu, I'm more used to freedom, and signing a contract is not suitable for me." ”
Xu Ke's eyes showed deep regret, he read the script carefully, and thought that there was a lot to be done. It's just that he obviously didn't get angry because of this, but said very generously: "That's as it should be, but you seem to be very talented in this area, don't give up!" ”
"Of course!" Xiao Ran smiled slightly, he couldn't stand even himself when he rejected idols like this: "I will continue to write scripts, if you are interested, I will contact you in the future!" ”
"How much are you going to ask for this script?" Xu could see that there was nothing to do, so he smiled with a slight regret: "Don't shout too high, our company is very poor!" ”
Xiao Ran heard Xu Ke's words, and he immediately cried out in his heart, how could he know how much it would cost to buy such a script in this era! Xu Ke thought about it, thinking that he didn't have such an experience, and he was quite embarrassed. Xiao Ran understands this, Xinyicheng has raised a lot of screenwriters, so why don't you need to pay for it.
Xiao Ran obviously has no idea about the price of the script, if it is Hollywood, a good script may be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars now. Especially in the late 90s and the 21st century, the price of Hollywood to buy a script was even as high as millions, or even just to buy a good idea at this price.
The only thing he knows is that when Xinyicheng asked Xu Guanjie to star in "Best Partner", Xu Guanjie's asking price was one million. At that time, 500,000 was already able to buy a villa, and 1 million was enough to make a movie. However, that was a few years ago, and "Best Partner" quickly became a hit when it was released, and the method of big investment was quickly imitated by other film companies.
"50,000 yuan, if it is a sell-out, there will be a bonus, what do you think?" Xu Ke thought about it for a while, and finally gave a price. Xiao Ran now understands Xu Ke a little, probably because Xu Ke is not very sensitive to money, otherwise he would not have spent a whole 100 million on filming "The Legend of Shu Mountain" in his dream.
Of course, Xiao Ran didn't have any opinions, his script was originally a plagiarism of the idea in his dreams, if he was still careful, even he would hate himself very much. And so it was done, when a tall, thin woman pushed the door in and said, "Ake...... Hey, do you have someone here? ”
"He's a very talented screenwriter, and the screenwriter who showed you the script the other day." Xu Ke pointed to Xiao Ran and introduced the woman to him, and then introduced the woman to Xiao Ran: "She is Shi Nansheng, my wife, and she is responsible for the company's financial management!" ”
As early as when Shi Nansheng came in, Xiao Ran vaguely guessed. Shi Nansheng is definitely a very good female surname, if Xu Ke does not have such an excellent wife, I am afraid it will be difficult to have such achievements as in his dreams.
Shi Nansheng was very delicate when he was young, Xiao Ran smiled and nodded at her, and said very politely: "Mrs. Shi, hello, I'm Xiao Ran!" ”
Shi Nansheng soon laughed, she sat down and said to Xiao Ran, who was also sitting down on the side: "The script you wrote is very good, although the name sounds like the "True Colors of Heroes" in the past six years, but the content is almost all new. ”
"I won the prize, but the inspiration came by chance!" Xiao Ran was a little embarrassed, but he understood how the screenwriter's money was taken. After writing the script, the film company can get the first payment, and when the company finishes filming, it can get the end date. Of course, if the box office is good, the screenwriter also has a certain amount of dividends.
After leaving the company, he did not immediately return home, but wandered the streets. He hadn't wandered around Hong Kong since his adventure! Now he has 25,000 yuan in his pocket, and if he doesn't take a look around, he will be so sorry for himself.
Walking on the street, Xiao Ran, who was looking left and right, was like a dirt bun. As he unconsciously turned his head to the center of the road, an expensive sports car sped past and stopped outside the mall in front of him. The first thing Xiao Ran saw was a calf that was so white and tender that people wanted to pounce on it and bite it twice, but just such a calf already made him unsettled.
What appeared next in Xiao Ran's eyes was a shocking face, his facial features were all beautiful to the extreme, and he was also matched with a peerless face to the extreme. Even though Xiao Ran had experienced a hundred battles, he couldn't help but feel his heart beating violently, as if he couldn't breathe.
There is a kind of suffocating beauty, a calm and calm peerless appearance. Xiao Ran's breathing stopped, for fear that one breath and one breath would defile this fairy-like woman. Even after the woman left, Xiao Ran still stood in place, not moving. Looking at the people around him, the waiter's eyes widened, as if he could not swallow the woman in his stomach, and completely forgot his duty.
In this era, Xiao Ran couldn't help but compare this woman with an actress, this woman is more heroic and charming than Lin Qingxia, but there is another kind of extraordinarily enchanting and tranquil. It's just that in terms of appearance, this woman is faintly more beautiful than any actress Xiao Ran has ever seen.
He took a hard breath of air, and it took a long time to calm down the stirring emotion. In his opinion, beauty can reach such a state, which is already absolutely rare in the world. It's just that I don't know who this woman is, not only can she have such a look, but she also seems to be very rich. However, what about beauty, Xiao Ran is not easily confused by beauty.
He walked around a few times before he found a sticker for renting a house in Siu Sai Wan. He took a closer look and found that the conditions were quite good, and the only doubt was that he was asking for a shared apartment!
Xiao Ran didn't know exactly how shared housing spread, but he was sure that the idea of shared housing only appeared in the late nineties. And now it's 85 years, and now there is a shared house, which is really a little strange!
Either way, he thought he should give it a try. Soon he found a house, and it was indeed a nice house, in a series of private residential complexes, a residential area. Having found the exact location of the house, he rang the doorbell.
After a while, the door opened, and a young man of about twenty-three or four years of age appeared in front of him, and the young man asked suspiciously, "Are you?" ”
"Rent a house!" Xiao Ran smiled and shook the rental paper that he had just torn off, and the young man was stunned for a moment and immediately invited him in.
After entering, Xiao Ran saw another young man sitting on the sofa, and smiled disapprovingly. The young man who opened the door must have been the owner of the house, and he said to the two of them with a smile: "I didn't expect that the rental paper had been posted for a month and no one cared about it, but now there are two people at once!" ”
introduced each other, the so-called owner of the house is called Wei Dongling, in fact, he is also renting a house, and the real owner immigrated to Canada. As for the other young man who looked quite sturdy, he introduced himself with a smile: "I'm You Zhi, you can just call me Ah You!" ”
"Youzhi are you?" Xiao Ran suddenly heard this name, and couldn't help but bounce up and shout!
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