Before the 70s, in order to maintain the influence of the British Empire on overseas colonies, London formulated a series of treaties restricting the colonies in an all-round way, and restricted the development of the colonies by legal conditions.

Hong Kong, known as the Pearl of the Orient, is one of the most important overseas colonies of the United Kingdom. Before the 70s, for example, Britain not only forced Hong Kong to release a set number of British films a year, but also imposed a tax of up to 17 per film. 5% entertainment tax. It was not until the chaos in the mainland ended, and London feared that a powerful new China would take back Hong Kong by all means, that it signed the famous "MacLehot Amnesty" in the late 70s, which imposed a mandatory entertainment tax of 10% for each film, and this 10% tax was required to be paid by the cinema dealers.

There are policies above, and there are countermeasures below. In order to pay for the 10% entertainment tax stipulated in "MacLehot Amnesty", the three major theaters transferred it to the production company of the film, and almost never paid for it themselves, and Debao is the same, which has almost become the biggest unspoken rule in the Hong Kong film industry. Although the major film companies know the truth, Golden Harvest, New Art City, Shaw Brothers, and Debao each have their own theaters, so they naturally turn a blind eye. Other smaller film companies dare not speak out, especially after several major theater companies joined forces to ban several 'troublemaker' film companies, the 10% entertainment tax was completely imposed on the film production companies.

Debao's statistics are much faster than imagined, on the ninth day of "I'm Crazy for Qing", after paying nearly one million entertainment taxes, with a phone call from the theater line, more than 3.1 million dividends were transferred to New Asia's company account. Compared with Debao, Meiya's side was a little slower, and it was not until the day before the celebration of "Maoshan Taoist Fighting Zombies" that Li Guoxing made an appointment to meet Lin Xiaozhi again.

Only this time, Li Guoxing's attitude is more sincere than the last time. After more than two hours of negotiations, Lin Xiaozhi took the initiative to make concessions in order to get the payment from Meiya within half a month, and sold the overseas trailer of "I'm Crazy for the Emperor" for 2.1 million Hong Kong dollars, and at the same time sold the videotape distribution rights of "I'm Crazy for the Queen" for 4 million Hong Kong dollars.

After deducting New Asia's share of dividends and his own investment of 2 million, "I'm Crazy for Qing" brought Lin Xiaozhi an income of up to 5.74 million, which is not high. Among them, Lin Xiaozhi also took advantage of New Asia. For example, at the beginning, when he signed an agreement with Xinya, he took all the income from the videotape distribution rights at the cost of transferring all the copyrights of "I'm Crazy for You" to Xinya, and this alone increased his income by hundreds of thousands.

On August 29, New Asia Film Company held a celebration party for "Maoshan Taoist Fighting Zombies" at the Shangri-La Hotel in Hong Kong. With the fame of ATV boss Qiu Degen and Zheng Zeshi's connections in the circle, almost the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry has come.

"Dong Qiu, congratulations!"

"Brother Cat, congratulations!"

"Qiu Sheng is talented, not only has a hand in TV, but also makes movies!"

"Thank you all for coming today!"

As the boss of ATV, Qiu Degen also came to participate in the celebration of New Asia, which undoubtedly made this celebration a lot more popular, especially today when he stood outside the hotel with Zheng Zeshi to welcome guests, which flattered many people in the circle, and there are only a handful of people in Hong Kong who can invite this entertainment tycoon, at least many people who come to cheer, but they don't have that face.

"This year's New Asia is very different from previous years, Qiu's previous films were too heavy on literature and art and did not conform to the audience's aesthetics, and the result has always been applauded. This year, I didn't expect to change my style, not only started to shoot zombie ghost movies, but also started to shoot erotic films, it seems that Qiu Daheng has suffered so much and really summed up a lot of experience. Two movies, I think they can almost bring a small income of 20 million to New Asia! ”

"Who is that young man over there who is chatting with Tycoon Qiu?"

"You don't know what he does, don't you often see his photos in the newspapers some time ago, it is said that he is the executive director of New Asia, it seems that his name is Lin Xiaozhi......"

"Oh, I seem to be a little impressed when you say this, it seems that there are media rumors that he is the second son ......of the Jiulong Lin family, and he is a wealthy man."

"Shhhh I also heard that he is the nephew of Lin Baixin, one of the top ten richest people in Hong Kong, didn't you see that even Boss Qiu was very polite to him......"

"Alas, people are more popular than dead people......"

Inside the Shangri-La Hotel, it seems to be a sea of joy. Tonight's Shangri-La is truly a star-studded event, bringing together almost half of Hong Kong's film industry and company executives, including some well-known ATV artists. The flashing spotlights from time to time also prove the existence of reporters.

As the director of "Maoshan", Zheng Zeshi first made a brief speech in the hall, and at the same time expressed his gratitude to the guests, Qiu Degen, who was smiling, personally opened the champagne on behalf of Xinya Company, and the atmosphere was even hotter in the aromatic smell of the wine.

Lin Xiaozhi, as the producer of "Maoshan", naturally received an invitation, and it was Zheng Zeshi who personally sent him an invitation. For Wang Jia'an, the president of New Asia, did not appear at the celebration, not only Qiu Degen did not say anything, but even Lin Xiaozhi was not surprised, his relationship with Zheng Zeshi has always been wrong, and Wang Jia'an also gave a lot of 'care' before the filming of "Maoshan", and it is strange that Zheng Zeshi would invite him to come.

However, in this inevitable scene, Lin Xiaozhi also saw what he wanted to see the most, that is, Qiu Degen's acquiescence. Wang Jia'an, as the direct manager of the company, did not appear at the celebration party, without the acquiescence of this bigwig, Zheng Zeshi would not have been able to expose the internal contradictions of Xinya in front of everyone.

Today's celebration party came to a lot of stars and directors, Fa Ge, Liu Dehua, Zhong Chuhong, Zeng Zhiwei, Xu Ke, Wu Yusen, etc., Lin Xiaozhi cheekily followed Zheng Zeshi's side, greeted and chatted with his friends in the circle one by one, and even exchanged business cards with Zeng Zhiwei and Liu Dehua, who did not have any shelves, on the spot. When he met his friend Wu Mengda who was brought by Fa Ge again, the two who had met for the second time chatted in the corner for a while, and after accidentally learning of Lin Xiaozhi's identity as the executive director of Xinya, Wu Mengda, who was originally quite polite to him, had a more polite attitude, and the atmosphere was unexpectedly harmonious.

Lin Xiaozhi didn't come alone, he also brought some people, including Jiang Hua, Wu Yijiang, Ye Yuqing and other leading actors in the crew of "I'm Crazy for Qing", and He Fan, the director of erotic films. Of course, in order not to make a noise and win the guests, except for Ye Yuqing's three daughters, who have the highest exposure rate, who are always followed by some reporters and the bee butterflies they attracted, the rest of the people gathered in the corner halfway through the banquet after getting Lin Xiaozhi's hint.

“…… Ah Hua, don't be so nervous. You have to learn more from Anan, what's wrong with starring in erotic movies, the salary of a movie is much more than most people, are you still afraid of being ridiculed by others? ”

Between the cups and cups, Lin Xiaozhi found Jiang Hua with a sullen face. He also heard some rumors, saying that Jiang Hua was kicked out of the house because he starred in a erotic film, and he was thought to be disgraced by his family, and he has been renting a house outside for the past few days. Seeing that there was no one left and right, Lin Xiaozhi took out a few red envelopes from his pocket that had been prepared for a long time, and handed one to Jiang Hua, Wu Yijiang, and He Fan.

"Take it, I, Lin Xiaozhi, count what I say, and I will do it when I say it. Everyone earns money, "I'm Crazy for Qing" has made a lot of money for me, and I couldn't persuade everyone to pay box office dividends on New Asia's side, but even if I pay for it myself, I will make up for the dividends agreed upon! In a few days, I will hold a celebration banquet, of course, that is, I eat and drink with the crew and everyone, and there is not so much attention. The red envelopes of your leading actors and directors, I will stuff them to all of you in advance! ”

The three red envelopes each contained a hundred thousand-yuan bills, all of which were thick and bulging, even if I don't know how much money was in it, but only from the thickness of the road, I also knew that there were a lot of banknotes. Wu Yijiang's face was pleasantly surprised, and so was He Fan, even Jiang Hua, who had a bitter face, was attracted by his red envelope.

"Hehe, then I'll say thank you to Director He first!" He Fan knew that he was the main investor in the movie, so he made a lot of money, and he didn't be polite to him at the moment and took it directly and put it in his pocket.

As soon as he saw that he took it first, Wu Yi thanked Jiang Hua and put it in his pocket. Especially Wu Yijiang, he seemed to want to open it immediately to see how much money was inside. But because Lin Xiaozhi was by his side, he could only suppress that impulse, but he couldn't hide his eagerness on his face, and after a while, he told a few people to go to the bathroom, and quietly walked away to see how many banknotes were in the red envelope.

After Wu Yi left, Jiang Hua didn't take long to find an excuse to leave, I don't know if Lu Dao went to see how much money was in the red envelope, or if he really wanted to leave.

As soon as the two left, there were only He Fan and Lin Xiaozhi in this corner. Seeing that there was no one around, Director He immediately asked: "Recently, several juniors in my family have always urged me to go to the United States to live with them for a period of time, and I am now considering whether to go over?" By the way, Lin Sheng, do you still have plans for filming in New Asia? ”

He is an interesting person, he has a 'three no's' principle that everyone in the Hong Kong film industry knows, and in the past few years, he has basically made one movie a year, and rarely makes more than two. But no one is without desires and desires, Lin Xiaozhi has dealt with He Fan a lot during this time, and after getting acquainted with him, he now knows that this person is not a saint at all. For example, his 'three don't accept' principle of 'not accepting bad scripts' is completely for a good reputation, and the 'don't accept after investing more than 5 million' is because he doesn't want to lose money on filming, which has a conflict with the investor.

This is not a saint, but a filmmaker who has a great reputation and profits, and who sticks to his principles, so he has always been successful and rarely suffers defeat.

Lin Xiaozhi's heart moved, the film industry is a small world that tests IQ extremely much, and those who can't turn their heads have become stepping stones for others, and there are no stupid people who can climb up. As soon as He Fan's words spoke, he understood the meaning of the words. Where did he say that he was going to the United States, it was clear that he collaborated with New Asia on a movie, not only earned a lot of money, but also his fame rose a little. And Lin Xiaozhi's boldness also made him very satisfied, and asking this question made it clear that he wanted to cooperate with New Asia again.

"What? Director He is going to the United States? It's troublesome.,I'm contacting a new script recently.,The screenwriter is still the screenwriter of "I'm Crazy for Qing", he told me before, there is still a book in hand that has been prepared for more than half a year, if nothing else, maybe it will be good in mid-to-late September, and I am planning to catch up with another erotic film before the end of the year. I have a very happy cooperation with Director He, if the time can be in time, I hope that Director He can take charge again! ”

Lin Xiaozhi didn't think about this aspect of the matter, but as soon as He Fan opened his mouth, his mind became active. Xinya is now poor and white, completely a leather bag company, and almost nothing. If you can sign He Fan, the big director of erotic films, you will have a long-term cooperation at the worst. He himself doesn't want to touch erotic films, but this kind of movie not only has a low investment cost, but also is very prone to box office dark horses.

I'm really sorry, but my classmate got married today and tossed for a day.