"Young Master Shen is really financially powerful." Yan Hao looked left and right in the office hall of the magazine, and said with some emotion: "The last time I came here, I didn't even have a place to stay, it was only a few days, and now everyone has a desk." ”

"Yes, Ah Chong, you are really generous." After all, it used to be his own territory, and Shu Qi also sighed: "The rent next door is so expensive, you can rent it if you say it." ”

"Money can solve problems, it's not a problem."

Shen Chong prevaricated with a popular phrase of later generations, and then welcomed Yan Hao and Shu Qi into his office and asked, "Why are you two free to come here today?" "Night Train" finished filming? ”

"yes, it's finally over." Yan Hao sighed, sat on the sand, and said, "Now I can finally rest for a few days." ”

Shen Chong poured tea for them and asked, "When are you going to release it?" ”

"It's not decided yet, we can't be the master of this, and the post-production zuò hasn't been settled yet." Yan Hao sat on the sand and said, "I don't care when it will be released, I'm afraid that Shu Qi and the others won't be able to stand it." ”

"Drink tea." Shen Chong took two cups of tea, handed them over, and asked, "What's wrong with Brother Shuqi?" ”

Yan Hao crossed his legs and said with a smile: "It's not your comments that make trouble." ”

Shen Chong was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted - he had scribbled a lot of things on Shu Qi's script, and he was so busy at that time that he had long forgotten what he had written, was it too much?

He hurriedly apologized, "Hey, I'm shallow, and what I write is nonsense, Brother Shu, please don't care." ”

"Don't listen to Yan Hao's nonsense." Shu Qi pushed her glasses and said, "I think your evaluation is very accurate, I really have to thank you, if you hadn't reminded me, after those scenes were made into a movie, I would have to laugh and be generous." ”

"Okay, don't flatter each other, it's disgusting to watch." Yan Hao couldn't stand it on the side, took a sip of tea, and asked, "What about Chen Baisheng, I just saw that his office was empty, where did he go?" ”

"Editor-in-chief Chen went to the first screening room for the preparation of the Hong Kong International Film Festival." Shen Chong explained and asked, "You didn't come to me to catch up, right?" (Note 1)

"Who has the kung fu to catch up with you." Yan Hao shook his head and asked, "How are your magazines selling?" ”

"So-so, okay." Shen Chong didn't hide it, "The first phase sold a little more than 6ooo, and the sales volume of the second phase has not been counted yet, so it can probably be 7ooo." ”

"That's very good, the new magazine can sell for six or seven thousand, which is very good." Yan Hao turned his head and asked Shu Qi, "How many copies did you sell at that time?" ”

"One or two thousand." Shu Qi smiled awkwardly, and then asked Shen Chong: "I see that your price is only 5 yuan, such a low price, do you make any money?" (Note 2)

"What do you earn?" Shen Chong smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I lost a total of 150,000 or 60,000 yuan in the two phases. ”

"The sales volume is so high, how can you lose so much?" Yan Hao was also taken aback, "It's worth a year's work for an ordinary person in Hong Kong." ”

"I printed 8ooo copies in the first issue, sold more than 6ooo, and I gave away the rest for free, and I plan to give away the remaining hundreds of copies in the second issue."

"You can sell it at a reduced price." Shu Qi was anxious for Shen Chong, and said: "Expired magazines, if you sell them at half price, you can also recover a lot of costs." ”

"That's too much trouble." Shen Chong waved his hand and said indifferently: "I sent all the remaining magazines to the airport, high-end hotels, and some directly on several university campuses for free, losing money and making money, and used it as advertising to cultivate future readers." ”

"The eldest young master is the eldest young master." Yan Hao sighed and praised: "Shen Gongzi, you are the God of Wealth, right?" ”

"I have a little spare money at home, and I can make up for this loss, otherwise I would have gone bankrupt." Shen Chong smiled and said, "Say, what are you looking for me?" ”

"What else can I do, I've seen your magazine." Yan Hao said what he meant: "I want to advertise our movies in advance in your magazine." ”

"Okay, that's fine." Shen Chong smiled: "What kind of advertising do you want to play?" Is it on the cover, or an interview with the crew, or a movie poster with the magazine? ”

"That's what I do." Yan Hao learned from female stars, put his hands on his cheeks, and asked seriously: "Can you be on the cover?" ”

"Of course you can." Shen Chong laughed, "The cover title is the first fat in the director's world." ”

"Come on, with Sammo Hung here, how can it be my turn to call fat."

……

After talking and laughing for a while, Shen Chong said: "If you can do me a favor, you can play the advertisement, it's free!" ”

"Then I'll do you a favor." When Yan Hao heard this, he sat up straight, "Say, what's the hurry?" ”

"Write out the process of filming "Night Train", including the initial idea, shooting preparation, the trouble encountered during the filming, etc., in short, everything you can think of, write it."

"What do you want this for?" Yan Hao was strange and asked: "Say it earlier, if you say it earlier, I would have to write a diary every day when I was filming, and now I will go back and write it, how troublesome it will be." ”

"yes, Ah Chong." Shu Qi was also curious, "What do you want this for?" It's very boring to make films, and we don't have big stars in the crew, so readers won't like to watch it. ”

"The stones of other mountains can be used to attack jade." Shen Chong held a pen, tapped lightly on the desk, and said, "The problems you encountered during the filming process can be published for others to be a reference." ”

"I can't do this." Yan Hao shook his head, "I can't write this kind of work summary report, Shu Qi, if you want to write it, you can write it, you have a good pen." ”

Shu Qi frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Okay, I'll write it." ”

Shen Chong was overjoyed.

"Night Train" is not remarkable in the New Wave of Hong Kong cinema, and it is not a classic in Yan Hao's film career, but if you can record their thoughts and ideas during filming, it will be very helpful for future film research.

Hong Kong generally does not pay attention to the preservation of film materials, not only that, those independent production companies, after the film, after the release, have no intention to preserve the original film, such as Hui Anhua's second film, Hong Kong's funny ghost film "Hit the Right", Xiao Fangfang's film company invested, after the release, the film was lost in the warehouse, and when it was found decades later, it had been eaten by insects and rats, and it was not the same, even after digital restoration, the picture quality was still miserable, a classic movie suffered so, How can you not make movie lovers feel sorry for their hearts!

Those who experience history are ignorant and unaware of the materials they leave behind, which are of great help to later research.

Without history, there is no future.

Therefore, Shen Chong filmed "Crazy Robbery", deliberately saved something worth saving, and spent a lot of money to print out all the ng shots, in addition to making money for dVd of various gimmicks in the future, it was also not without the intention of facilitating later film lovers or professionals to do research work.

Shen Chong was thinking about it, and Yan Hao happened to ask about "Crazy Robbery", "Ah Chong, how did your movie go?" ”

"It's okay, it's almost finished." Shen Chong replied, "It's probably about a week." ”

"I remember your movie was on around the same time as us." Yan Hao smoked a cigarette and asked, "There are few quiet people over there in Longhu Mountain, and the shooting should be faster than us, why are you lagging behind?" ”

"I like to point fingers." Shen Chong explained with a smile that he was thinking about Xu Anhua, and in the current environment in Hong Kong, the shorter the filmmaking time, the more popular the director. "Director Xu wasted a lot of time in order to accommodate me."

"Two days ago, I talked to Xu Anhua on the phone, listened to her tone, admired you, said that you are professional and knowledgeable, and specially thanked me for recommending her to you." Yan Hao said: "But how do I remember that you directly asked me for Xu Anhua's phone number at that time, right?" ”

"I heard that you owe her a favor, so I'll help you pay it back." Shen Chong said with a smile: "This IOU is now in my hand, what do you want you to do in the future, you can't push back." ”

"Alright, Young Master Shen." Yan Hao spit out the smoke ring and said: "I don't know anything else, I will film, if you let me film, I can't ask for it." ”

"Okay, I'll find you to film in the future, don't shirk it."

"If you shirk it, I'm a bastard."

"Okay, Brother Shu Qi is circumstantial evidence."

……

Yan Hao looks like a child and is not bullied, and he is witty and talkative, although Shu Qi does not talk much, he is sophisticated in thinking, and occasionally a few words, he points to the core, Shen Chong is busy during this time, and it is rare to meet friends who can chat, and the three of them are very happy to chat.

While we were chatting happily, the phone on my desk rang.

"Hello?"

"Ah Chong, can you come to the company now?" It's Li Kaiyuan, "A businessman came to the United States, saying that he wanted to buy out your Rubik's Cube patent rights. ”

"How much does he offer?"

"$3oo million." Li Kaiyuan may be a little nervous, and said in a low voice: "He said that he could pay immediately." ”

3oo US dollars, equivalent to more than 2ooo Hong Kong dollars, so far, the total sales of the Rubik's Cube are not so high, no wonder Li Kaiyuan is nervous.

"Not for sale!" Shen Chong replied crisply: "Sister Yuan Yuan, the Rubik's Cube patent, I won't give it to anyone else except you." ”

There was silence on the other side of the phone for a while, and then Li Kaiyuan's voice came again, this time it was more normal: "Then how can I tell him?" ”

"You drag him first, I'll go over and have a look later."

Hanging up the phone, Shen Chong spread his hands and said, "I'm sorry, I originally wanted to have dinner with the two of you and have a good chat, but now I have something to do and have to leave." ”

"Ah Chong." Shu Qi opened his mouth and asked, "You just said on the phone that the Rubik's Cube is the one that is popular now?" ”

"yes." There is nothing to hide about this, Shen Chong nodded and said, "It's my Ming gadget." ”

Yan Hao screamed strangely and shouted loudly: "It turned out to be you black-hearted ghost!" No wonder the wealth is huge, a small plastic square, dare to sell for 4o yuan, and make crazy money. ”

"It's obviously 39 yuan, okay." Shen Chong retorted, smiled, and said, "People don't have a black heart to vain young people." ”

Shen Chong's words provoked the two of them to laugh together.

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Note 1: Chan Pak Sang was one of the original organisers of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Note 2: The initial sales of "Film Fortnightly" are not verifiable, and it is a casual fabrication here, in short, "Film Fortnightly" was very dismal before it cooperated with advertisers.

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