Chapter 264: Give Up
"Your script looks good, but it's not great." Li Xuan chuckled as he rubbed the coffee cup in his hand.
"Forehead ......"
Wang Jiawei stroked the coffee spoon in his hand with some embarrassment, and said hesitantly: "Mr. Li, although this script is not as good as those movies you wrote ...... screenplays, I still think it is ."
"Alright, alright." Li Xuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, I didn't say that your script is unqualified." ”
Wang Jiawei was suddenly overjoyed and said: "Then what does Boss Li mean that this movie can be filmed?" ”
"Hmm!"
Li Xuan took a sip of coffee lightly and continued to answer: "You now take your script of "Flying Eagle Project" back to the company to find Lin Linggu, and the two of them discuss how to shoot it, the budget of 2 million should be enough, by the way, this time Lin Linggu is the director, you are the assistant director, didn't that guy always want to be the main director of a movie." ”
"I'm an assistant director?" Wang Jiawei was taken aback by Li Xuan's words.
Li Xuan nodded and asked, "What's the matter, there's a problem?" ”
"I'm a screenwriter, and I've never been a director...... Wang Jiawei said in a smaller and quieter voice.
Li Xuan frowned and said, "I remember that you worked as a production assistant at wireless, right?" ”
"Hmm." Wang Jiawei nodded.
"Then it's no problem, the assistant director is not the camera, just do a good job of coordination." Li Xuan said nonchalantly: "And a screenwriter who doesn't want to be a director is not a good screenwriter, do you want to be a screenwriter for the rest of your life?" ”
“……”
Li Xuan looked at Wang Jiawei, who was silent, and continued after a delay of about ten seconds: "Okay, now go back to the company and find Lin Linggu." Oh, by the way, you also go to the HR department to go through the official entry procedures. ”
"Thank you, Boss Li!"
Wang Jiawei stood up with a complicated expression in response, picked up the script he had written and walked straight out. Li Xuan also shook his head lightly with a smile, he really didn't expect Wang Jiawei to write those literary and artistic movies in addition to that. The script of the police film is also good.
This "Flying Eagle Project" tells the story of two policemen who avenge the murdered police friend, and it is a movie that is both happy and sad. "Heavenly Love" killed the male protagonist in the end, and "Flying Eagle Project" killed the heroine in reverse. Both movies are tragic, so Li Xuan didn't think about any big investment.
Fortunately, Wang Jiawei didn't take out "The True Story of A Fei", otherwise Li Xuan would have swept him out of the house directly.
Of course. Now Li Xuan doesn't know yet. In a small piano shop across the sea, four young people were quietly listening to his album of the same name, "Heavenly Love", and several of them were moved by the emotion of plucking the instruments in their hands from time to time.
Li Xuan came to Dongfang Wenhua this time mainly to have afternoon tea. The other two things are just incidental. For example, Wang Jiawei, who was just sent away, and Zhang Guorong, who is now walking towards him.
"Guorong, what's wrong? It doesn't look like you're in a good mood. Looking at Zhang Guorong who came over with a bitter face, Li Xuan asked with a chuckle.
Zhang Guorong nodded, then sat down and replied: "It's a bit of a chore......
"You're still wondering which side to choose?" Li Xuan frowned and asked a little unpleasantly.
"No, it's just ......" Zhang Guorong said with some sadness: "It's just that I just quarreled with Teacher Li." ”
"Forehead ......"
Li Xuan was slightly stunned, and then asked, "Mr. Li still wants to go to Huaxing?" ”
"Hmm." Zhang Guorong smiled bitterly and nodded.
"Alas, after all, Mrs. Li is also in Huaxing. It's always good for two people to be together. Li Xuan sighed, then raised his coffee cup and said, "But since the two of you have quarreled, then I will not be kind enough to welcome you Guorong to join my company now." ”
"Thank you." Zhang Guorong nodded with a wry smile, and then asked, "Then when will I go through the procedures?" ”
"You can do it at any time, don't worry, it's only a little more than half of July." Li Xuan smiled: "As for records and movies. That's all easy to say. ”
"That, Mr. Li really plans to invest in a movie for me that costs tens of millions?" Leslie Cheung still asked with some hesitation.
Li Xuan nodded and replied: "I plan to invest in a high-cost movie, and the script has already been written, but I can't say anything about investing in you or anything like that." After all, there are three male protagonists in this play, and it is a pure men's play. ”
"Three male leads?" Zhang Guorong asked in surprise.
"Hmm." Li Xuan nodded and said, "Otherwise, Guorong will come to the company with me to sign a contract now, and read the script by the way." ”
"Yes." Zhang Guorong nodded, then stood up and asked, "Is this drama directed by Director Li himself?" ”
Li Xuan stood up and smiled: "No." ”
"Isn't it?"
"Hmm!" Li Xuan nodded and said with a smile: "However, the director of this new drama is about to send it to the door himself." ”
“……”
Li Xuan's expectation was really good, Shaw Brothers' "Evil and Evil Again" didn't last for two weeks at all, and it was painted in only 9 days, and the total box office just broke 3 million. The summer file can't be empty, and Shaw Brothers has no choice but to top "The Palm of the Gods" filmed by Shaw Brothers' new director Huang Tailai. As soon as this film came out, it made the eyes of the senior management of Shaw Brothers shine, and it sold a box office of 3.12 million in the first week, although it doesn't seem to be a lot, but the attendance rate is at least not as bad as "Evil and Evil".
And Golden Princess Yongjia's "Lifting Little Hands" also performed well, continuing to record 3.69 million at the box office in the second week of release, and by the time the film was released three weeks after its release, it had already achieved a good result of more than 11 million Hong Kong dollars. When Chen Xunqi first opened the company, he got off to a good start and made a lot of money.
Although Li Xuan's "Heavenly Love" is a classic, the audience is only limited to those young boys and girls, so he couldn't stay in the theater for four weeks, and the painting was completed in only 25 days. However, it has received a box office of more than 16.8 million and a lot of praise, which is also a big profit for Li Xuan.
Next, Li Xuan waited for Wu Yusen to come to the door.
The summer file of 1982 was a little dull, and until the end of July, except for Li Xuan's "Heavenly Love", which caused a small sensation among the crowd and gained a little dazzling results, other movies did not perform well.
It's been more than a month since the summer vacation, but not a single movie with a box office of more than 20 million has come out.
The next film released by Princess Jin is "Night Terror" produced by Xinyicheng and directed by the ghost Liang Puzhi. And Golden Harvest's follow-up film is naturally Wu Yusen's "Colorful Lin Yazhen" filmed again. However, this last movie shot by Xiao Shushu before studying in the United States was tragic.
"Night Terror" is good to say, it received a box office of 650,000 on the first day of release, and the performance was good. But "Colorful Lin Yazhen" was very embarrassing, but it only received 510,000 box office on the first day of release, which was a mess, and the attendance rate also plummeted all the way.
As a result, when "Night Terror" got a box office of 6.17 million two weeks after its release, "Eight Colorful Lin Yazhen", which was released for ten days, was hurriedly painted, and only got a box office of 3.06 million, which was almost the same as the box office of Shaw Brothers' "Evil and Evil".
At this time, Wu Yusen really failed completely.
Wu Yusen, this guy first went to help Xinyi City make a movie with Jiahe, and now it is a box office fiasco, and its box office appeal is plummeting all the way, and Jiahe's senior management no longer has any hope for him.
Therefore, after the painting of "Colorful Lin Yazhen", Wu Yusen had not recovered from the blow of the box office fiasco, and was stunned to find that Golden Harvest Pictures, which had expired his contract with him, did not send anyone to talk to him about renewing the contract.
Wu Yusen has been completely abandoned by Golden Harvest.