"Director Xu, why don't you say that our company doesn't get the post-production members by ourselves. Like now, every time you finish a film, you have to hire someone, how troublesome it is......" Lu Yan really wondered in his heart, after all, the current Xinyi City is completely in full swing. Unexpectedly, after the filming of the new film was completed, it was necessary to spend time and money to hire a large number of post-production professionals to come back.

"Hehe, of course you don't know what's going on inside when you're young." Before Lu Yan's doubts were spoken, he made Tsui Hark laugh: "In the 60s and 70s, we in Hong Kong were all big films. The theater chain is theirs, the distribution is theirs, and more than 30 movies a year are enough for the entire theater chain. In the 80s, it was a satellite company, and it was difficult to support, you had to support so many people, hundreds or thousands of people, and you were all raised by the small lights workers, and you had to pay a salary if you didn't film, so it became a reading producer later. ”

"I don't really understand!" Although Lu Yan can see the benefits of some production companies, he still knows very little about the real sense. He has more in-depth understanding of the aspect, and the main focus is still the shooting. For the company's operation and the like, it can be said that it is completely blind.

Tsui Hark is also concerned about his 'disciple'. In addition, Tsui Hark, who was interested in cultivating Lu Yan to become his right-hand man, naturally gushed out for him: "Satellite companies not only produce, sometimes they can produce their own products, why do they produce them themselves?" A little director has the ability to sell well, and the outside film companies will take the money, and they will talk to Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest about dozens of films, and they have to pay a lot of money, and the deposit is already a lot, and it must be very expensive, so they will find us who are reading producers. As long as a Hong Kong director has filmed one or two blockbuster dramas, there will be a lot of phone calls, Taiwan will give you 1 million, pay first, send it to me after you finish filming, I will give you as much as I want, Singapore and Malaysia 700,000, and Hong Kong's cinema chain will come with another 2 million, and you can produce it when it is enough to shoot, and this film will always be yours.

So, you should get it, right?

To put it simply, it means that all your outsourcing outside, the deposit of Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, plus the Hong Kong cinema chain will give you millions, and you can also get three or five million! for they will have more than this number in the future, and they will give you five million. Use other people's money to be your own boss, who doesn't like to do that? ”

Tsui Hark gave a deep and simple answer, and no matter how stupid Lu Yan was, he understood the meaning. His eyes suddenly lit up, and the thief smiled: "No wonder Director Xu so much want to come out and do it alone!" ”

Regarding Lu Yan's ridicule, Tsui Hark did not deny it completely: "Of course, there are also factors in this regard, you are not qualified enough." It seems that Zhiwei didn't communicate much with you about this at the beginning. When Zhiwei left, he said, 'It's hard for seven of us to eat a pot of porridge, so I'll go out and have one less person to eat this pot of porridge.' Of course, you don't feel that right now. But when I think of the time when Xinyicheng first started, we were all very happy. ”

Lu Yan was originally just a hairy young man, and his only dream was to become a director and shoot his own films. Listening to what Tsui Hark said to himself, he really gained a lot of insight. For Tsui Hark, the gratitude in my heart naturally increased a lot.

"These people in our company, in addition to the starring roles, planners, producers, directors, and screenwriters are all blessed and shared. You enjoyed this drama, planning for you? I don't want to plan, I want to supervise and write the screenplay, that's all. Are they really just doing this job? No, it's in turns. Our script is also done like this, seven people, each comedy is not written by one person, if this is the case, it is not funny, it will be cold. We all discussed it collectively, and then used a tape recorder to record the discussion of each plot and each scene, and then handed the tape to Huang Baiming. Huang Baiming took it home or rented a hotel to listen to the recording in his room and cut it out, all the scripts are like this, and the production of Xinyicheng was conceived by seven people. There's a report out there that we can write a script in five days, and that's why. ”

Speaking of this, Tsui Hark's mouth unconsciously raised slightly. Maybe he didn't notice it himself, but Lu Yan just captured this detail.

Perhaps, he wanted to go out and do it alone, but the 'seven' group reached the point of no return. After all, Zeng Zhiwei has already made a good example. Lu Yan secretly thought in his heart, after all, the relationship between the seven of them was indeed not enough for outsiders. If it is not really irreconcilable, who can bear to 'break up'.

Just when Lu Yan was a little distracted, Tsui Hark suddenly smiled at him and said: "Now, you should always understand why I didn't support you to make a new film by yourself!" In fact, whether it was me or Zhiwei at the beginning, the company would definitely let you try to make one. But the price is huge! ”

"I understand!" Lu Yan already knew why these two big brothers who took the most care of themselves in Xinyi City not only did not help themselves, but instead became their own stumbling blocks.

Because some time ago, when filming "The Best Partner: The Queen's Secret Order", Lu Yan accidentally left the clapperboard in the company and ran back to get it. When passing by Mai Jia's office, I heard him talk to a friend about asking Liang Puzhi, the director of "Yin and Yang Wrong", to get out. Even now, I still remember it vividly.

"Many directors say that my play will definitely sell for money, but I want to create freely, I don't want the collective creation of the seven of you, I said okay, one person and half, according to how much money you get from your house, we will make up the cash. If you make money, 70% is yours and 30% is mine, okay? As a result, no one agreed. Definitely don't believe in stifling their creative freedom, if you are a genius, make a scene and show me, it really works, you can rest assured. In order to respect a director and give him further creation, he made a film without selling money, so I gave him three words "I'm sorry", this is still a director with a conscience. If there is no director with a conscience, he will not see you and will just slip away. I'll give you the freedom to create, just kidding......"

Of course, it is understandable for Mai Jia to say such things. After all, with them in the new art city now, there is really no need to take risks. And he can also let you make one, but once it loses at the box office, it is 'doomed' to put it mildly. It was precisely because he heard these words that Lu Yan understood that the real boss of the 'Big Three' of Xinyi City was Mai Jia.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Yan still doesn't understand Tsui Hark and Zeng Zhiwei's good intentions.

Then again, if he hadn't decided to go with Tsui Hark, this risk would have been an opportunity for him. And he was sure that he would succeed.

But it doesn't matter to him anymore, because a bigger opportunity has been encountered by him.

Lu Yan, who followed Tsui Hark to participate in post-production, already imagined in his heart that he was in charge of the guide. He wanted to use the first glory he received soon to thank Tsui Hark for his 'Bole' act.

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