When the money smashed into the black market will be able to return to its original value, even Lin Xiaozhi himself does not know.

However, he is still aware of the credibility of the mainland, and he is not worried that his efforts will not be rewarded, but an indisputable fact is placed in front of Lin Xiaozhi's eyes, he now only has hundreds of thousands of private money left, and he is completely poor.

In this capital-first society, as the owner of a film company with assets of more than 100 million yuan, Lin Xiaozhi has no money himself, so he naturally has to find a way to earn it back.

For him, there is only one fastest and most secure way to make money, and that is to make movies.

A new film plan is imminent

Xinya still has a few good scripts in hand, such as "Silly Greetings" just sent by Gu Dezhao, and Zuo Songsheng's "Doll Accompanies Me to the End of the World". It only took Lin Xiaozhi a week to revise some of the unreasonable places in these two scripts according to his memory, and now the two scripts can be converted into movies at any time, but the problem also came at this time.

Gu Dezhao's "Silly Guy's Birthday" does not need much investment, the investment of about five or six million is completely sufficient, of course, the premise is that New Asia's own artists must be used, but who the director should choose is the most troublesome problem that New Asia is currently facing. Lin Xiaozhi likes Gao Zhisen more, but his salary is high. Second, Gao Zhisen can't spare his hands to make this movie for Xinya now, because he is still participating in the script production of "Happy Ghost 4" and the establishment of his personal film company, Gao Zhisen Film Company, and he is so busy that he has no time to make this movie for Xinya.

Sure enough, when Lin Xiaozhi dialed his phone and said what he meant, Gao Zhisen decisively refused to hold the "Idiot Birthday".

Gao Zhisen didn't have time to shoot, and there were only a few Hong Kong directors who met Lin Xiaozhi's requirements. Wang Jing is undoubtedly also suitable, but it is a pity that he is now staying well at Yongsheng, and is filming the movie "God of Gamblers" for the Xiang brothers, which is destined to make Yongsheng completely firm in the Hong Kong film circle, where is there time to make a movie in Xinya.

Recently, Wang Fatzi's "God of Gamblers" has begun to release some rumors to the outside world, not to mention, just Yongsheng's 30 million investment and Zhou Yanfa's 5 million salary to join these two have attracted the attention of many media in Hong Kong, and some small and medium-sized media and third-level media have even shouted for "God of Gamblers" in advance. I don't know if Lu Dao received Yongsheng's money, or was coerced by the Wan'an thugs under the Xiang brothers. Of course, the 30 million investment and 5 million remuneration are naturally just the howl released by Yongsheng. Lin Xiaozhi also inquired curiously, according to the news he received, the investment in Yongsheng's film seems to be only about 234 million, and the Xiang brothers' salary to Fa Ge is only 2 million. However, I heard that Fa Ge has often been in and out with the Xiang brothers recently, and there are rumors that he and Xiang Huaqiang have become brothers, and I don't know if the gossip is true or false.

Li Lizhi should also be able to film "Silly Guy Birthday", but Lin Xiaozhi does not have his contact information, and Li Lizhi is now not well-known in the film industry, and he is mixing in H, and was directly ruled out by Lin Xiaozhi after thinking about it. is left with the movie "Silly Birthday", which he is familiar with, and there are only two people left.

Zheng Zeshi and Liu Zhenwei.

Zheng Zeshi can write, direct and act, compared to Lin Xiaozhi, who has taken advantage of the reborn, he is truly talented, and he is also recognized as one of the five most talented fat people in Hong Kong in the Chinese entertainment industry in later generations. In the past, there were fun and funny movies like "Maoshan Taoist Fighting Zombies", and then there were sensational and tear-jerking classics like "Fat Cat Wandering", Zheng Zeshi's directing skills are beyond doubt. However, Lin Xiaozhi knew that he was filming "The Rich Corps" for Hung Jinbao, and he might not be able to make time, so he put him in the back of the list.

Sure enough, when he made a phone call, he heard Zheng Zeshi's apologetic reply: "Lin Sheng, I'm afraid it won't work on my side." Sanmao is too picky, he has high expectations for "Rich Corps", not only let me reshoot multiple shots, but also gave me a death order, and I have to catch up with the end of the year at the latest. I'm so focused on this movie that I don't have time to take on other movies for the time being."

Lin Xiaozhi didn't inquire carefully about the movie "Rich Corps", but he also knew that it seemed that Hung Jinbao cooperated with Entertainment Pictures in his private capacity to invest in the filming, although he only invested about 15 million, but with Hung Jinbao's popularity as a big brother in the circle, and at the same time, Yineng also dispatched most of the artists under his name to participate in the shooting, to put it mildly, purely on the star lineup, this movie may refresh the "Miracle" released in the middle of the year. No wonder Hung is so expecting it to make a fortune

Zheng Zeshi couldn't take the film, which really disappointed Lin Xiaozhi. Because there is only one director left in his heart who is suitable to shoot this movie, Liu Zhenwei is the pillar of Yingzhijie Film Company, although Deng Guangrong has some personal relations with him, he is not necessarily willing to seconded Liu Zhenwei to him.

After hesitating for a long time, he dialed Liu Zhenwei's private phone number after being rejected by Zheng Zeshi.

“…… Dawei, what's going on, I asked you if you don't seem to have any movies going on lately. Why don't you come to New Asia to help me make this movie, and the salary is up to you......"

Lin Xiaozhi casually dialed Liu Zhenwei, thinking that he would hear his refusal, but who expected that he had just finished speaking, and heard Liu Zhenwei on the other side of the phone and replied briskly: "Okay"

This made him hesitate, and he was about to ask, but he heard Liu Zhenwei say happily: "Deng Sheng hasn't received a good script recently, and my contract with Ying Zhijie is not as tight as Jiawei's." I'm a busy person, and I can't be idle. Recently, the company has not lived, and is preparing to take on some private work, Lin Sheng, you will come to the door. Hehe, when will the script be given to me? How much is the film ready to invest? When is New Asia ready to boot up? ”

This is really an unexpected joy, but he didn't expect that the director he thought was the most beautiful and might take over the drama ended up becoming the director of the movie. I was overjoyed to have a brief chat with him for a while, and after explaining the situation of the movie, I made an appointment with him to come to the company to sign a contract the next day.

After getting "Silly Guy Birthday Greetings", Lin Xiaozhi, who had half of his headache alleviated, began to face another trouble, Zuo Songsheng, the author of the script of "Doll Accompany Me to the End of the World", finally signed a contract with New Asia after two months. But trouble also came because of this, Zuo Songsheng put forward a condition when signing the contract, he not only asked to be the assistant director of the film, but also a well-known tough guy actor in Hong Kong, he also asked to play a role with a lot of scenes in the movie, the most difficult thing for Lin Xiaozhi to accept is that after putting forward two requirements, he also has a very excessive request, that is, the director of the film needs to be the person he designated.

This excessive request made Lin Xiaozhi suspend the signing with him, even if he knew that the script was really good, he still needed to think about his reply, and this consideration was a week.

After getting Liu Zhenwei and "Idiot Birthday", he couldn't help but throw away this delicious chicken rib, and took the initiative to call Zuo Songsheng and asked him to meet with his favorite director to exchange views on scripts and film investment.

made an appointment with the place and time of the meeting, and when Lin Xiaozhi arrived, he was also taken aback when he saw the other person brought by Zuo Songsheng.

Because he is not a stranger to the other person brought by Zuo Songsheng, his name is Leung Ka-yan, and he is also a well-known martial arts actor in the Hong Kong film and television industry. In his early years, he starred in many Shaw Brothers movies and was one of the martial arts stars promoted by Shaw Brothers. Later, after the Shaw Brothers were discontinued, they swayed in the Yin film circle, and the filmed version of "Dragon Babu" played Qiao Feng, and also appeared often in the movies of Hung Jinbao and Yuan Jiaban, almost mostly playing funny or negative roles, leaving a lot of classic green leaf images.

The three of them met in a restaurant in the New Territories, and after taking their seats, Lin Xiaozhi and the three of them ordered some food, and the three of them chatted while eating, and the atmosphere did not seem much deserted because Xinya dragged the script for a while. At the dinner table, Liang Jiaren and Zuo Songsheng bumped with him from time to time, and there were more compliments in their words, which shows that New Asia's signboard in the past year has also been played, and in the Hong Kong film industry, there are some people who want to cooperate with New Asia.

"Zuo Sheng, the three of us have also drunk a lot of wine, but we haven't talked about it yet, so it's inevitable that we will miss something, so let's stop ordering this wine."

was poured down by a few glasses of wine from the two, Lin Xiaozhi couldn't stop seeing it, and quickly pressed the wine glass on the table and didn't move him anymore, and quietly began to turn the topic to the script.

"It's no wonder that we Xinya like to work with talented and capable people the most, and I am also very optimistic about Zuo Sheng's script, so I can agree to the first few requests put forward by Zuo Sheng. But the last one, the director of the movie is also designated by you, which makes us Xinya a little uncertain. In the past year, the reason why we have been able to develop Xinya is that in addition to the company's concentricity, I will strictly control each film, and try not to let any part of the film have problems. ”

He paused, looked at Liang Jiaren and frowned: "I know that Liang Sheng was a famous martial arts actor of the Shaw Brothers earlier, but Liang Sheng doesn't seem to have any experience in making movies." According to our estimates, the investment in the script of "Doll Accompany Me to the End of the World" may reach about 9 million or even 10 million Hong Kong dollars, which is already a medium-sized investment movie, and I am indeed a little hesitant to hand it over to a new director to shoot."

Zuo Songsheng and Liang Jiaren glanced at each other, with a smile on their faces. After a while, I saw Zuo Songsheng apologize to him with a wry smile and said, "I'm really sorry, Lin Dong, I didn't explain this matter clearly." ”

He pointed at Liang Jiaren and said, "Lin Dong may not have paid much attention to Ah Ren, although he acts a lot more than filming, he also filmed movies in his early years. Ah Ren, I remember you were the "Nameless Fire" filmed in 84......"

In Lin Xiaozhi's surprised eyes, Liang Jiaren nodded with a wry smile, "It's not surprising that Lin Dong doesn't know what to say, I filmed a "Nameless Fire" in 84, and the box office in this port was not popular, only more than two million Hong Kong dollars, but it has a good reputation in Thailand." In the RU year, I wrote and directed another "Elf Baby", but the videotape was released directly before it was released. ”

It's only two million at the box office, which is really not much. Lin Xiaozhi pondered for a moment, and was about to reject him, but Zuo Songsheng seemed to understand his thoughts, and immediately said: "Although the script of the movie "Doll Accompanies Me to the End of the World" was written by me, the creativity came from Ah Ren, which was an idea from him in his early years. Lin Dong, I dare to assure you that the director of this film asked Ah Ren to shoot it because of a certain amount of selfishness, but he will definitely be able to do this important task. We have exchanged opinions many times during the creation of this script, and I believe that there is no one more suitable for this position as a director than Ah Ren."

This passage made Lin Xiaozhi groan for a while before finally nodding.