Chapter 24: The Grudge

"This is a script that you spent a week writing?" Zhong Chuhong, who was sitting on the chair, picked up Li Xuan's script, flipped it twice, and threw it back on the desk.

Li Xuan, who was sitting behind the desk, nodded seriously and said, "Yes, but to be precise, it's a storyboard script." ”

Zhong Chuhong felt that he was going crazy, slapped his forehead and asked Wang Jin next to him, "Do you understand?" ”

"Well, there is no ......"

Zhong Chuhong was surprised: "You are a professional screenwriter, you can't understand this?" ”

"How can you question my professional last name?" Wang Jin was angry, glared at Zhong Chuhong, picked up the script on the table and opened it, pointed to the pictures inside and said: "I understand the script, and I also understand the storyboard script, but what's going on with these delicate people?" ”

"Uh. That's not a thin person, it's a stickman! Li Xuan interjected beside him at this time. For this movie, he can still remember roughly, so he didn't bother to write the script, and directly drew a storyboard script with a stickman.

"Okay, let's just talk about stickman, so what story are you going to tell?" Wang Jin spread the script in front of Li Xuan and asked.

"Isn't it written on the cover?"

Wang Jin casually closed the script, looked at the writing, frowned and said, "Curse? Listen to the name, are you going to make a horror movie? ”

"Hmm!" Li Xuan replied lightly.

Li Xuan chose "Curse", a famous ghost film in later generations, the famous work of the horror master Qing Shuichong, and it is also the first part of the TV version of Curse. There is almost no background music in this film, and there are few scenes, the most important thing is that the shooting technique of this film is very simple, Li Xuan can at least do it, which can save a lot of film. As for the surname that does not fit the audience's urine in this era? In this era when funny kung fu movies are still popular, Li Xuan doesn't have much hope. As long as this movie can earn 500,000 box office, Li Xuan will make money, but this is a bit mysterious, Li Xuan is ready to lose money.

"This ......" Wang Jin hesitated a little and asked slowly: "Are you a pure horror movie?" ”

"Pure?" Li Xuan listened curiously to the new name.

"It's the kind of film that is purely scary, not the kind of horror film that is funny and weird."

Now Li Xuan understood, nodded and replied, "Yes." ”

"Hey, I'm glad I didn't invest." Wang Jin threw the script into Li Xuan's arms, and said with a disappointed face: "Xuan Zai, you have a lot of money and no place to go." You don't know how much this kind of movie has pounced on over the years, just like the best weird horror film "Yin and Yang World" in previous years, which only had a box office of more than 600,000. ”

That's why they won't be scary, Hong Kong's classic scary horror film "The Old Corpse of the Mountain Village" doesn't know how long it will take to come out! Li Xuan said to himself, but he couldn't say it explicitly. I think the first horror movie he watched was this "Curse", but it turned out to be half scared, especially when the damn classmate TV stereo was placed behind the sofa.

Li Xuan didn't bother to talk nonsense, and asked Wang Jin directly: "Don't talk nonsense, then will you come to help me?" ”

"Help, why don't you help! Dude is still angry. Wang Jin agreed.

Li Xuan was satisfied, and said with an appreciative look: "Okay, you are the gaffer of our crew." Well done, I'll give you a trick when the time comes. ”

"Oh, no, I can't do it!" Wang Jin immediately reacted and said.

"It's okay, you can just hold up a reflector when the time comes." Li Xuan waved his hand at Wang Jin casually, turned his head and said to Zhong Chuhong excitedly, "How is it?" Heroine, join in! "Li Xuan is now excited as long as he thinks of the goddess of surname in the future, and the first movie is a horror movie that shows his face twice.

Wang Jin and Li Xuan talked for a long time just now, although Zhong Chuhong didn't interject, it didn't mean that she was stupid. Zhong Chuhong looked at Li Xuan, who was excited, and said suspiciously: "Wait a minute, tell me what I am playing?" Also, I don't have any acting skills, and you make me feel very wrong like this. ”

"Uh......" Li Xuan was stunned, this girl is not easy to fool, and after organizing the language, Li Xuan looked at Zhong Chuhong and began to talk nonsense: "This movie is about a woman who was killed by her husband and turned into a ghost to harm people." You don't need much acting skills, but ......" Li Xuan pointed to Zhong Chuhong's fluffy hair and said, "Your hair has to be straightened, and you can pretend to be a ghost if it is straightened." ”

"Who's the money for pulling hair?" Zhong Chuhong asked lightly.

"Uh......, count it in mine." As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xuan suddenly reacted and shouted in surprise: "You agreed to act?" ”

"Hmm. Give me the money and I'll go do my hair in the afternoon. ”

This girl is really welcome, Li Xuan gritted his teeth and took out a hundred Hong Kong dollars from his wallet and threw it over, Zhong Chuhong was also happy, grabbed the money and put it in his arms.

After getting rid of Zhong Chuhong, Li Xuan turned his head to Wang Jin again. There are a lot of actors in this play, and I can't afford to invite celebrities, so I can only ask for a trick, I have to find Wang Jin, he must know a lot of people in this industry for so long. After clearing his throat, Li Xuan said to Wang Jin: "Wang Fatzi, do you know any ......?"

"Wait...... I don't feel right!" Wang Jin suddenly frowned and shook his hand, interrupting Li Xuan's words.

"What?" Li Xuan asked suspiciously, something is wrong? That's not all there is to it.

After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, Wang Jin suddenly asked, "Have you registered a company?" ”

Firm? Li Xuan suddenly understood, how could he do this movie without a production company, he actually forgot about this stubble!

As a result, Li Xuan and the three of them didn't do anything in the afternoon, and they ran around to help Li Xuan register the company. Fortunately, the company registration in Hong Kong is very simple this year, I found a registered business company, handed over my identity materials and more than 1,000 Hong Kong dollars, and filled in a mess of information to get it, but unfortunately the company license has to wait a week to get it, but it will definitely not delay the filming.

In a KFC fast food restaurant on Ke Xun Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Li Xuan looked at the company registration information in his left hand and took a bite of the burger.

"You say, is the name Xuanyuan good? Shall I go back and change my name? Li Xuan chewed a large piece of hamburger meat in his mouth and asked the two people next to him.

Wang Jin swallowed a piece of chicken leg in one gulp, and replied vaguely: "Don't care about the name yet, you said that the two of us helped you run for such an afternoon, why did you invite me to eat this?" Wang Fatzi said that he was still not satisfied with the fries on the plate.

"Yes, yes." Zhong Chuhong, who was munching on a chicken leg opposite Li Xuan, immediately nodded in support.

"For you two, I'm short of money right now." Li Xuan rolled his eyes, he had just spent more than a thousand yuan, at least a big trick of money.

"Actually, you don't need to open a company, you can go directly to Shaw Brothers, and when the time comes, you can hand over the script to the top and wait for investment directly." Wang Fatzi wiped the corners of his mouth and said.

Hearing this, Li Xuan pursed his mouth: "You think I don't know, but how can the Shaw Brothers be so good, and besides, if you don't read my script, who else can read it." It's better for me to start my own company, if the movie is popular, at least I can get a lot more money, and then I can close down and go to other big companies or do it myself. It's like Shaw Brothers, just give the director a little basic dividend. ”

"That's just as well!" Wang Jin tilted his head and thought about it, but agreed with Li Xuan's statement: "But you plan to hang a shell company like this?" You have to pay a guarantee every year. ”

"Just hand it over. I've only been in this business for two months, and after teaching myself first, you won't help me! Li Xuan glanced at Wang Fatzi resentfully.

"Uh-" Wang Jin made a vomiting expression: "I'm going to open a company, I'll open it early, and I'll wait for you." ”

Ignoring Wang Fatzi's words, Li Xuan turned his mouth and said: "Do you know that there is such a small house with a small family, which is similar to those houses with small yards. ”

"Ahem" The fat man next to Wang suddenly coughed.

Li Xuan looked at the fat man Wang who was blushing and didn't mean to go up to help, but said leisurely: "Say, how can there be such a house." ”

"How do you know I have?" Fat Wang, who finally came to his senses, asked.

"Cut" Li Xuan said disdainfully: "If you didn't, why did you cough so badly when I asked just now?" ”

Wang Jin rinsed his mouth with a cup of Coke before replying: "My dad has a house in Fa Pu Street, Sham Shui Po, and it is estimated that it should meet your requirements." ”

"Sham Shui Po?" Li Xuan was stunned.

"Hmm" Wang Jin nodded, and was just about to grab another piece of chicken thigh to nibble on, when he saw Li Xuan put all the chicken thigh fries on the table into a big box.

"What are you doing?"

Li Xuan threw the box into Wang Jin's arms, then walked out and said, "What else can you do, pack it and take it away!" Sham Shui Po is so close, take me to see it! ”

(Note: I chose a film that doesn't seem to be very scary now, the main thing has been said, the first shot technique of the TV version of this film is really simple and direct, and the protagonist is still a newcomer.) )