Before the Lantern Festival, Shen Chong, under the leadership of Li Tang, went to the studio of the Great Wall Film Company and met Zhang Xinyan.

didn't talk much about it, just chatted about some of his father's past, and when he left, Shen Chong proposed that he wanted to join the crew to learn how to shoot movies, but Zhang Xinyan did not object, and promised to arrange him with an idle job in drama affairs.

After the Lantern Festival, with the saturation of the market and the erosion of piracy, the sales of the Rubik's Cube further declined, before an average of five or six thousand per day, now it has fallen to less than two thousand, fortunately, in Taiwan and Japan, 66 continued to come to a few good large orders, and the overall profit was not bad.

Li Kaiyuan is worried about this, Shen Chong is open, after the first pot of gold is dug up, Hong Kong's local retail is no longer important, with the listing of the boxed Rubik's Cube and the end of the month "Scientific American" line, the company should change careers to do approval.

Calculated from January 15 on the market, to now almost a full month, not counting the orders in the foreign market, only in Hong Kong, it has sold nearly 2o million Rubik's Cubes, sales are amazing, can have such good sales, on the one hand, the listing time is good, it is the Spring Festival, the consumer market is hot, buy a few Rubik's Cubes, whether it is for their own children to play or as a gift to other people's children, "cheap" and intellectual, all happy.

On the other hand, the Rubik's Cube is a new thing, there is a news gimmick, after it became popular, many newspapers have reported, not only free advertising, but also invisibly caused a small fashion trend, pushing up the sales of the Rubik's Cube.

2o million Rubik's cubes, mirror Rubik's cubes accounted for one-third, of which Shen Chong's golden mirror Rubik's cubes specially used to pit people were also sold more than 20,000, that is 168 one, the profit is amazing, every time a Rubik's cube is sold, Shen Chong will charge 1o% of the patent fee, plus the company's dividends, this month, made five or six million.

Visica1c is still open, Shen Chong naturally will not pay the full $1o dollar, he only left $20,000 for the research fees of Bricklin and the others, and the rest will be injected after the opening is completed.

It didn't cost much to acquire "Film Fortnightly", even if you add the preparatory funds invested in advance for the magazine revision, it only cost 1oo yuan.

As for the personal aspect, Shen Chong has no special hobbies, he lives a relatively frugal life, and the biggest personal expense is about the ruby pendant he bought for Li Kaiyuan, which is only a few thousand dollars.

With money in hand, Shen Chong naturally tossed the things in his plan, as for the daily operation of the Rubik's Cube, he completely threw it to Li Kaiyuan, after the Lantern Festival, he went to work every day, and he went to the newly rented office upstairs, and the sign was also hung up, "Oriental Charm Film Production Co., Ltd."

He doesn't have much talent for names, "Oriental Charm" is a network company made up by several artists in Hong Kong at the peak of the Internet bubble in 2ooo years in later generations.

February 14, Valentine's Day.

Shen Chong was in the office, waiting for an important step in his life to come.

Of course, it's not a marriage proposal - it's Xu Anhua who has finally built the crew of "Crazy Robbery", and he is going to officially sign a contract today and prepare to start filming.

At about ten o'clock, the phone on Shen Chong's desk rang.

"Mr. Shen, Director Xu and Screenwriter Chen are here."

"Let them in." Shen Chong pressed the call button on the telephone and ordered, "You also come in and take minutes of the meeting." ”

Shen Chong deliberately divided the small office of sixty or seventy square meters into two rooms, put the newly recruited assistant outside, and then got two telephones, and asked the assistant to go on first if there was a phone or someone visiting, and then notify him - in fact, with his narrow interpersonal circle and penniless state, almost every call is from an acquaintance and must be answered, and the visitor? Ann Hui was the first to ......

This is Shen Chong's bad taste, in his previous life, he liked to watch "Mad Men" very much, and there were many scenes in the play where the secretary transferred the phone, which made him so envious, and he always wanted to try this mode of pretending to x, but he never had a chance, and now he has fulfilled a wish.

"Mr. Shen, why did you invite Sister Zhen over?" When I entered the office, Xu Anhua was surprised: "When I first went to TVB, I was very taken care of by Sister Zhen, but I didn't expect to make my first movie now, and I have to be taken care of by Sister Zhen." ”

"I'm a newbie, I've never made a movie, I'm afraid I won't do it well." Shen Chong, Xu Anhua, and Chen Yunwen shook hands respectively, beckoned them to sit down, and then said: "I happened to hear that Sister Zhen's contract in TVB expired and wanted to change the environment, so I asked to come over to help. ”

Sister Zhen, named Zeng Lizhen, entered TVB in 74 years, starting from the lowest level of field records, actors, assistant choreographers and other behind-the-scenes work have been done, and she has a lot of experience, and during the interview, Shen Chongxian is very professional, methodical, and not compromised, which made him very satisfied, so he offered double the salary of TVB and dug her up. (Note 1)

After chatting a few words, getting to the point, Xu Anhua took out the proposed crew list and handed it to Shen Chong.

Shen Chong took it over and took a closer look, Xu Anhua filled in the list in different categories according to his requirements, and noted the salary requirements at the back.

Director - Ann Hui;

Screenwriter - Chen Yunwen;

These two people didn't write salary requirements later, Shen Chong groaned slightly, and knew the reason, Xu Anhua, as a director, can talk directly to the producer, of course, the salary is suitable for face-to-face interview, Chen Yunwen was probably a little short of breath by him changing the script, and he was embarrassed to ask directly.

Look further down.

Actor:

Zhang Aijia - as Lian Zhengming, 3oooo;

Zhao Yazhi - as Li Kun, 2oooo;

Wan Ziliang - as Ruan Shizhuo, 2oooo;

Lin Zixiang - as a doctor, 1oooo;

Zeng Jiang - as a detective, 5ooo;

Xu Shaoqiang - as a crazy man, 3ooo; (Note 2)

……

Although he knew that it was such a team, Shen Chong still couldn't help but have a little starlight, and secretly admired Xu Anhua's connections, and he could find such a luxurious lineup in a short period of time.

In 1979, the Hong Kong film industry was quietly disintegrating the old-style big studio system, and the new star system had not yet been born.

Shen Chong took the list, pretended to be unfamiliar, asked Xu Anhua and Zeng Lizhen, and figured out the current situation of these actors.

Zhang Aijia did dubbing in Golden Harvest in her early years, and later returned to Taiwan to make a lot of movies, won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress in 76, and played Lin Daiyu in Li Hanxiang's sensational movie "Dream of Red Mansions" the year before last, and is currently working as a program host on TV stations, and Zhou Liang Shuyi, who was once a senior TVB executive, has a very good relationship, and the two also cooperated to open a small film company.

Zhao Yazhi has made several movies, such as Xu Guanwen's "Half a Pound and Eight Taels", and John Woo's "Qian Han", but they are all vases, just going through the motions, and they are not yet in the position of TVB, and they are all supporting roles, and her most well-known role is last year's "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", playing Zhou Zhiruo.

Wan Ziliang has only filmed one TV series on Li's TV station, "The Sword of the Third Young Master", which is not very famous, and he acts in some stage plays on weekdays.

Lin Zixiang is new to the film industry, he filmed a drama last year, but there was no response, and he had a few Cantonese albums before, which is a little famous.

Zeng Jiang is an old drama bone, he was filming in the 6o years, and he used to be a popular student, but he didn't go well in the film industry later, and now he is a signed actor of Li's TV station.

Xu Shaoqiang, who is also the basic actor of Li's TV station, used to follow Chu Yuan, one of the four major directors of the Shaw Brothers, to make Gulong martial arts films, I heard that Chu Yuan admired him very much, but in order to ensure that the Shaw Brothers senior management was a blockbuster, the protagonist always gave Dillon and Yue Hua the popular students, and did not give him the opportunity to be the protagonist.

Shen Chong thought about the information in his memory, and couldn't help but sigh, he could only use karma and fate, and there was a definite number in the dark to describe this list......

Zhang Aijia, who will become the senior management of the New Arts City in two years, will firmly occupy the top spot in the Hong Kong film industry in the early 80s, and become a key figure in the history of the Taiwan Modern Film Festival.

Zhao Yazhi will become popular all over the country next year because of "Shanghai Tang" and become a goddess in the hearts of countless people.

Wan Ziliang, next year will be popular all over Southeast Asia because of Li's TV classic drama "Ouchi Heroes", and then it will be popular in the film industry.

Lin Zixiang will become the king of Hong Kong music next year because of "In the Middle of the Water" and "I Need You Every Minute".

Zeng Jiang didn't have much ...... has been in the state for 3o years, a gold medal supporting role, an all-round actor, and the heroes he plays are both gods and shapes, which is a classic in the history of Hong Kong films.

Xu Shaoqiang, in a few months, will become popular all over Hong Kong because of "Silkworm Transformation" and become the focus of attention.

And now, they're all cabbage prices...... Good quality and low price, cheap and easy to use.

After sighing with emotion, and then looking at the list of behind-the-scenes producers, drama affairs, scene notes and other less important characters, Shen Chong swept it over and focused on two positions.

Photography - Zhong Zhiwen, 1oooo.

Soundtrack - Lin Minyi, o.

……

Photography is no problem, Zhong Zhiwen is very good and strong, the photography and lenses of "Crazy Robbery" are highly regarded in history, and he later won the Best Cinematography Award at the Academy Awards three times, and his strength is undoubted.

The soundtrack is actually worthless...... the soundtrack of "Crazy Robbery" has been criticized, and Shen Chong wants to change people.

"Director Xu, who is this Lin Minyi?"

"She is a friend of mine, an alumnus of the University of Hong Kong, who later went to Italy to study piano and composition at the Freiburg Conservatory in Germany." Xu Anhua introduced: "Last year, she held several piano recitals on the Lee Stage, which was very popular. When she heard that I was going to make a movie, she promised to help with friendship and free soundtrack. ”

"Oh, I said why the name is a little familiar......" Shen Chong concealed his intentions and did not mention the replacement.

The soundtrack is a post-production zuò, and there is no rush now, and there is no particularly desirable candidate in his heart, since Lin Minyi is Xu Anhua's friend, and her resume is so good, it is better to wait for the soundtrack, take a look at her watch.

"I have no problem with this list, and the salary package is very reasonable." Shen Chong put down the list and asked, "Director Xu, what are the requirements for the salary between you and Miss Chen?" ”

"I don't have any requirements, as long as there is filming, I will be satisfied." Xu Anhua said very carelessly, "Mr. Shen can give it casually." ”

"Where's Miss Chen?"

"Me too, you can watch it."

Shen Chong groaned slightly, picked up the pen and filled in two numbers after the names of Xu Anhua and Chen Yunwen, and then handed them over.

"50,000?" Xu Anhua looked surprised, but she didn't refuse, "Thank you, Mr. Shen." (Note 3)

"Mr. Shen is so generous." Chen Yunwen was also surprised, she said: "My useless script in your eyes can be sold for 30,000 yuan, which is more than the money for writing a TV series." ”

"Miss Chen is a talented woman who is famous in Xiangjiang, how can the script she wrote be useless." Shen Chong smiled, leaned back in the chair, and said: "Everyone can check and fill in the gaps, originality is the ability, if there is no Miss Chen's wonderful pen, it is useless for me to point fingers, right?" ”

The crew and salary were set, so Shen Chong took out a contract from the desk drawer and officially signed a filming contract with Xu Anhua.

As soon as the contract was signed, there was a soft "tick" in my head, and a blue light curtain popped up.

"You've invested in a movie, do you use this experience as a test score?"

Yes, of course......

"The trial mission is officially ......"

Then a subtitle was swiped out on the light curtain, showing the list of crew members currently confirmed by "Crazy Robbery", and then there was a progress display bar at the bottom.

"Filming progress: 22%."

It's 22%?

Maybe it's because of this?

Shen Chong turned his mind around, closed the light curtain in his mind, and took out a text clip and handed it to Xu Anhua. "Director Xu, look at these places, are they suitable for filming?"

Xu Anhua took it and opened it to take a look, and now there are a lot of photos in it, including long streets, alleys, wild, and indoor, even if the same scene is divided into different time periods, and there are annotations next to it, which is very professional.

"What are these?"

"Oh, you're busy forming the crew, Miss Chen is busy writing the script, and I, as a producer, can't be idle." Shen Chong pinched the pen and said as if unintentionally: "These are some scenes that I have found in the past few days, according to the description in the script, combined with my own imagination, that I think are suitable for the shooting of this movie, and I will give you a reference." ”

Xu Anhua picked up the text folder and browsed it one by one, Chen Yunwen also came over, the more the two looked at it, the more surprised they became, there were hundreds of photos in the text folder, and the scene shown in each photo could almost be matched with a certain bridge in the script.

"Mr. Shen, no wonder Yan Hao admires you very much, saying that although you have never made a movie, you are very knowledgeable." Xu Anhua closed the above clip and said with great admiration: "These scenes are almost exactly the same as I imagined, with these photos, the shooting progress can be greatly accelerated." ”

Of course I do...... Exploring the filming site is a necessary work in the early stage of film production, and with the finished product of "Crazy Robbery" in mind, this work is simple, according to the map, it is simple and fast, and Shen Chong has also passed the addiction of a graphic photographer.

"Time is money, my friend." Shen Chong smiled and said a classic game line in later generations, "You save energy, I save money, and everyone wins." ”

Then we discussed the problem of equipment, Shen Chong's leather bag film production company is poor and white, there is nothing, and the photographic equipment can only be rented, Zeng Lizhen is responsible for this aspect, she has done it in TVB and is familiar with the market.

At noon, Shen Chong treated, Chinese, contact feelings, there is no more suitable place than the dining table.

After the meal, before Xu Anhua and Shen Chong shook hands and parted, they sighed: "It is my honor to meet such a professional producer as Mr. Shen when I make a movie for the first time. ”

"No, no." Shen Chong hurriedly responded: "It's my honor to work with a talented person like Director Xu and Miss Chen. ”

I'm just a guy who crosses the golden finger, but you have real talents......

So when Shen Chong said this, he was sincere and sincere, and it was by no means polite, but whether others believed it or not, he couldn't care about it.

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Note 1: In reality, Zeng Lizhen is one of TVB's high-level sisters.

Note 2: According to "Jackie Chan's self-statement", before the filming of "Drunken Fist", Jackie Chan's salary was only 3ooo yuan, and after the filming of "Drunken Fist", Wu Siyuan gave him 50,000 Hong Kong dollars; According to Tieba information, at the beginning of Andy Lau's debut in 1982, when he played some supporting roles, the salary for each movie was 7ooo; Here these two numbers are perfunctory, and the reader does not have to be serious.

Note 3: According to "Ann Hui Says Ann Hui", her remuneration for filming "Crazy Robbery" is 40,000 Hong Kong dollars.

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