A lot of troubles really popped up next, and many of the Shaw Brothers' old-fashioned costumes made Li Xuan very dissatisfied.

Li Xuan explained his requirements while recalling the ancient costumes in later film and television dramas, and sometimes drew two or three very clumsy draft drawings, and it took two or three days to finish the work.

As for building a real scene outside, it's much simpler, although Shaw Brothers likes to shoot in the studio, but the skill of building things has not been left behind. When Li Xuan was still discussing with the costume designer how to look good on a certain piece of clothing, Zhang Ce took the "architectural sketch" provided by Li Xuan and led a group of people to start building a real scene on the cliff not far from the Shaw Brothers Back Mountain.

This movie wants to be released during the Spring Festival next year, and the time seems to be a little tight.

After Li Xuan finished these cumbersome affairs, he couldn't wait to meet with the "God of Song" Xu Xijie. Although he is busy promoting his new record, he still has a little time to meet people, especially after knowing that this person wants to make a movie with him alone.

"Sam, how does the script feel?" Li Xuan slowly took a sip of black tea, looked at Xu Xijie in front of him and asked.

Li Xuan's deepest memory of Xu Xijie is definitely not the title of God of Songs, after all, he is a post-80s generation in the mainland, and he never heard a few Cantonese songs when he was a child. Of course, it's not the urban comedies he and his brother Xu Xiwen made, or even his best-selling "Best Partner" series. Li Xuan's deepest memory of Xu Xijie is the nonsensical and hilarious comedy "Happy Affair in the Flower Field". This Huang Baiming-style New Year's Eve movie, when he watched it, it was ridiculous and miserable for him, so that when he thinks of some plots now, Li Xuan can laugh alone.

"It's good, I'm also interested, it's still a costume drama that I've never filmed before. But ......" Xu Yijie looked at the two hand-painted logos of the two film companies on the cover page of the script in his hand, and asked with some hesitation: "But this movie Shaw Brothers is also filmed, right?" ”

"Yes, Shaw has a twenty percent share." Li Xuan said bluntly.

Hearing Li Xuan's words, Xu Xijie was quite surprised and asked, "The Shaw Brothers only account for twenty percent?" Impossible, right? ”

"Nothing is impossible." Li Xuan rubbed his forehead and said helplessly: "If it weren't for the copyright of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" on the Shaw Brothers' side, I wouldn't give them a cent." ”

"Then over there, what are you going to do?" Xu Xijie knows Li Xuanke very well about this year's hot Li Xuanke, and his eldest brother Xu Xiwen, who is dedicated to making movies, has praised this person a lot. It's a pity that their Xu brothers take the route of cold humor comedy and can't learn from others.

"What else can I do?" Li Xuan chuckled and continued: "The Spring Festival stalls over there in Golden Harvest definitely don't have my share, this time Shao Tycoon asked me to co-produce and let my movie be on the New Year's stalls, can I still refuse?" ”

"Haha, Ah Xuan, you can't refuse, but I ......"

"Ah sam, I remember that you shouldn't have signed an actor contract with Golden Harvest, right?" Li Xuan directly interrupted Xu Xijie's words and asked out loud.

Although Lei Juekun of Princess Jin and Zou Wenhuai of Golden Harvest are both supporting satellite companies, they have gone to two extremes.

Golden Princess's satellite company, Lei Juekun's own shares must account for the majority, although he does not manage the company's affairs, he still has the absolute right to speak, and he also has a clear agreement with his subordinates. But Zou Wenhuai is different, this person is quite righteous to his subordinates. When someone under his command wants to go out and start his own company, he can also provide some financial support, and he accounts for very little of the shares. And those who go out, Zou Wenhuai still treats them as Jiahe's people, and sometimes Jiahe will ask them to come back to film when they start playing, although there is no actor appointment between them......

For example, Hong Jingbao, he only signed a contract in the first year of Jiahe, and he and Zou Wenhuai were righteous in the future, and there was no paper agreement between the two.

It's not a big problem to do this now, after all, Hong Kong movies haven't reached a real boom period, and they don't make a lot of money. But when it came to the golden decade of Hong Kong films, Zou Wenhuai estimated that he had to swallow the bitter fruit he planted. If you make a lot of money, who will talk to you about righteousness? I can't even pick up the drama outside.

"Forehead......" Xu Xijie shook his head and said helplessly: "I didn't sign a contract, but I don't want my brother to be difficult." ”

"Brother Xiwen is difficult to do?" Li Xuan smiled playfully: "Could it be that Ah Sam and 'brother' have any new scenes to film?" ”

Li Xuan's words were quite vicious, especially when the elder brother deliberately accentuated his tone. This sentence is obviously asking what new drama there is, but the original meaning is that Xu Yijie is a rookie who can't do without his brother.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Xuan's words came out, a look of helplessness instantly appeared on Xu Xiwen's face. He, the eldest brother in the music industry, has always been submerged in the shadow of his brother in the film industry, and he has always had a hard time.

"Ah sam, this is an investment of 8 million, and there is no one in Hong Kong films. Moreover, you should also know my ability......" Li Xuan continued** and said: "Besides, if you help you make a film here, you will provoke Boss Zou, and you underestimate the belly of these big guys." Look at Shao Tycoon's favorite general, Zheng Shaoqiu, who helped Jiahe film, and when he went back, he was not alive and well. ”

Li Xuan was talking nonsense, and deliberately mixed Shaw Brothers Pictures and TVB together. Now, though, the two behemoths seem to be one.

"Well, I can participate in the performance in the name of Xu's company. But ......" Xu Yijie hesitated for a while before slowly replying: "But my salary can't be low, otherwise my brother won't be able to explain to Jiahe." ”

"How much?" Li Xuan asked with a slight frown.

Li Xuan knew that when Xu Yijie was later poached by Xinyicheng to shoot "Best Partner", the lion opened his mouth, and he asked for 2 million Hong Kong dollars plus the box office dividends of "Best Partner" in Yueben. Now I don't know how many years in advance, the salary should be a little less. Besides, for these eight million, Li Xuanke has already included the salary in it, and it is a big deal to add hundreds of thousands of budgets.

"A million Hong Kong dollars." Xu Xijie picked up a piece of sugar cube on the table and said while chewing.

"Deal!"

Li Xuan replied quite calmly, fortunately, the price did not exceed the budget.

One million Hong Kong dollars, this is the price of a first-line celebrity in the film industry, for example, Hong Jingbao's salary fluctuates around this number. According to Xu Xijie's position in the film industry at this time, the salary is estimated to be about 500,000 yuan, but now it is more than doubled.

Of course, the money is well spent, although Xu Yijie at this time is not well-known in the film industry, his influence in the music industry is not funny. Several comedies made by his brother Xu Xiwen can bring high box office, and Xu Xijie's credit is no less than 30%. Every time the Xu brothers have a new drama before it is released, they will send Xu Yijie a big album with the same name as the movie, and when the theme song is sung to the streets, the movie will be released again, which is naturally a box office hit.

"A Laugh in the Sea" is such a classic song, it's a pity that you don't need to be here. (To be continued.) )