"Color is Emptiness"!

Ye Weixin, who took over the script, was obviously stunned, although he graduated from Xinya Middle School like Lin Xiaozhi, he only had a secondary 7 degree, but compared to Lin Xiaozhi's parallel education, he was genuine. And since he started in the film industry, Ye Weixin has also read books to recharge himself, so the word 'color is emptiness' comes from the "Maha Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" "color is emptiness, emptiness is color", because of this, he is a little unclear, what kind of movie script is this?

What surprised him even more was that the words 'screenwriter: Lin Xiaozhi' were written on the first page of the script, if he remembered correctly, the young Lin Zong of New Asia in front of him was not called Lin Xiaozhi.

As if sensing the doubts in his heart, Lin Xiaozhi smiled at him and snorted at him, signaling him to read the script first, and he couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes when he looked at the script. For this script, he got up early and sat in front of the computer for more than a week in a row, how pitted the computer was in eight or eight years, it was far inferior to the little bully before his rebirth, not to mention, WPS has not yet had an auto-save function, and after a toss, a script of tens of thousands of words has almost consumed his brain cells just by recalling the plot and translating it into Hong Kong, and this job is by no means capable of ordinary people.

Even in Hong Kong, where fast gunners are rampant, as far as he knows, it takes an average of one or two months for a screenwriter to come up with a script, so you can imagine how efficient he has been during this time. Of course, a person like Ni Mad who has created a script and can drive out a script record in four days is already a supergod and cannot be counted as a human being.

Suppressing the question that came to his lips, Ye Weixin looked down at the script. Lin Xiaozhi sat on the side, leisurely enjoying the coffee that Zhou Huimin helped him brew, waiting for him to finish the script.

After making coffee for him, Zhou Huimin left his office, because there were only two people left, and for a while, the office suddenly fell silent, except for the soft sound of swallowing coffee and turning pages of paper, and no other sound could be heard for a while.

"Color is Empty" is the script of Lin Hsiaozhi's fourth film for New Asia, and it is also a youth erotic film that swept across Asia after the new century before his rebirth, and created an astonishing box office of $23.85 million in South Korea alone.

For the sake of the choice of this movie, Lin Xiaozhi had hesitated and thought for a long time, combined with the company's investigation of the top box office films in recent years, Lin Xiaozhi finally found that the most popular genres of Hong Kong movies at the box office today such as 'new kung fu dramas, tough guy cop films, adventure legends, warm comedies, tough guy hero films, zombie ghost films and erotic films', take the witty, humorous, and funny route accounted for most of them.

And compared with films such as police and bandits, heroes, kung fu, and adventure that need to invite big stars and make big scenes, witty humor films not only have low investment costs, but also have less requirements for the star lineup.

There is another reason for choosing this script.

Whether Xinya wants it or not, first there will be a "I'm Crazy for Qing", and then another "Can't Help It", and when "Can't Help It" is released, Xinya will inevitably be labeled as a 'erotic film'. At the beginning, Lin Xiaozhi invested in erotic films just because it invested in low-circle money quickly, but after thinking about it before, he also let it go, and simply wanted to be ruthless. The new movie used "Color is Emptiness", a film destined to cause a sensation in Hong Kong, to build momentum for New Asia, and told the film industry that he Lin Xiaozhi had also officially joined the circle.

That's right, Lin Xiaozhi not only signed his name on this script, but he also set his sights on the director of this movie, which is also the reason why the less than 2 million investment that was originally calculated to be allocated to Ye Weixin suddenly increased to more than 4 million or even 5 million, just because he also had to direct the filming of this movie himself. Double directors are a common thing in Hong Kong, and in this golden age of Hong Kong, it is not a legendary thing for a director to take on two or three films at the same time.

Even if he only read the script at a glance and ten lines, the script of more than 70,000 words took Ye Weixin a full hour and a half. With his face frowning from time to time, laughing uncontrollably, and even taking off his glasses at the end of the day, tears flowed from laughter, Lin Xiaozhi knew that this script was successful.

"...... 'Jing X plus Japanese Charcoal Shochu', 'Jing X Omelette Sandwich', 'Charge X Doll', 'Brother Who Has Been Hit Many Times'......" Even if he has put down the script, Ye Weixin is still unsatisfied. While wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, he looked at Lin Xiaozhi's gaze was extremely strange, "Mr. Lin, this script is ......"

"I wrote it!"

Lin Xiaozhi had already seen the doubts in his heart, and he readily admitted, "How about it, my confident work, I didn't disappoint you as Producer Ye!" ”

"It's really Mr. Lin!" The moment he admitted it, Ye Weixin's eyes widened, and he immediately took a long breath, nodded and said, "I'm sorry...... I was so surprised, as far as I know you'......"

He seemed to remember something, and when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly held back, and for a moment not only his face was red, but even his neck could see the discoloration.

Lin Xiaozhi just tasted it, and guessed what he said back, got up with a smile and helped him make a cup of black tea, and said with a smile: "What do you know about me?" It's nothing more than the rumors outside of 'the wealthy family', 'no learning and no skills', 'going through the back door to drive Mr. Wang away and climbing to the position of the president of New Asia'? ”

Ye Weixin's face was embarrassed, he put on glasses for himself, and hurriedly denied it: "It's not, I just think that Mr. Lin's talent should be in the company's management, but I didn't expect that in script creation, Mr. Lin also has such talent, admire." ”

When the words fell, he seemed to feel that he was a little suspicious of sycophancy, and hurriedly continued: "I think this script is fine, but I haven't made a movie, I'm afraid I won't be able to control that degree." Also, I think I'm afraid of an investment of one or two million, I'm afraid it's difficult to shoot this drama......"

"The initial investment is four million, and I have contacted other investors to invest in this film together, and I will give you the bottom, it is best not to exceed this bottom line, because the maximum investment we can accept in this film is five million ......"

Four or five million?

Ye Weixin lowered his head and estimated in his heart for a while, and it took a long time before he frowned and nodded, "I took a look, except for the subway and jumping off the building, the investment is a little larger, and other indoor scenes should be compressed or completed in ATV's own studio." But before the cast and crew are confirmed, I can't say how much the investment cost, conservative estimates, four million should be a little nervous. ”

Indeed, four million Hong Kong dollars is indeed not much. The investment in the filming of this film in New Century Korea was more than 2.3 million US dollars, but after considering the exchange rate between the won and the US dollar, it was equivalent to about 2.7 billion won that year, which was not too low for a small and medium-budget film in South Korea at that time.

However, Lin Xiaozhi was not worried, and said with a smile: "The crew doesn't need Producer Ye to worry, I can secondment the crew from ATV, in addition to the film that we need to bring our own, including the use of photographic equipment and studios, we can get the right to use it from ATV at a low price......"

Other film companies, a decent crew, from cinematographers to lighting to props to makeup to scene notes, etc., without two or three million, there is nothing that has the strength and experience. However, New Asia and the former Shaw Brothers and the current Metropolitan Film Company can be directly seconded from the TV station behind them, not only have the experience of filming many TV series, but also the price is at least half cheaper than the outside themselves. It was the low shooting cost of this movie that made Lin Xiaozhi give up the idea of filming with a leather bag film company after earning the first money.

Backed by a big tree, there is a benefit of relying on a big tree.

"The director's salary produced by Ye is tentatively set at 250,000 yuan, and the box office of the movie exceeds 10 million, I promise to give you a red envelope of no less than 100,000 yuan. As for the actors, I will try to contact the lowest and best salaries for the leading actors. Of course, if Producer Ye has a more suitable candidate, he might as well draw up a list for me, financially, the first two million will be transferred to the new crew account within a week, if Producer Ye can complete the actor audition within the month, then the film can be launched by the middle of next month at the latest......"

What he said to Qiu Yueqing and his daughter before that filming will start early next month is naturally a lie, because it takes time from the preparation of the crew to the preliminary training of the actors, and the memorization of the script, as he said, it will take almost mid-November to start filming.

With his promise, Ye Weixin, who has been waiting for more than a month, and even gave up the position of assistant director of Zheng Zeshi's "Fat Cat Wandering" for this reason, finally breathed a sigh of relief. The salary of 250,000 yuan is not low, and the salary of the assistant director of "Maoshan" who worked for Zheng Zeshi in the upper part is only 130,000, and now the price given by Lin Xiaozhi is only tens of thousands of yuan higher than the 180,000 yuan given by "Fat Cat Wandering", but it is already very good to have the promise of box office dividends and really take charge of the guide.

In 88, the director's worth is far less than that of a star.

At that moment, Ye Weixin nodded and agreed, "No problem, Mr. Lin." In terms of actor selection, the company will select it first, and after I go back and study the script carefully, I will prepare a separate list of candidates. As for the auditions of actors for other roles, I have also followed Brother Mao a few times and have experience. If Mr. Lin is relieved, leave it to me! ”

This star can be regarded as an unfamous rule in the Chinese entertainment industry, that is, the male lead and important roles are all determined by investors and directors, and only those roles that are not very important or cannot find suitable candidates for a while will be selected through auditions.

For a moment, the actor audition of "Maoshan" that he experienced when he first came to New Asia came to his mind, and he sighed in his heart about the changes in his identity and status in a few short months, Lin Xiaozhi just groaned slightly and agreed to hand over the actor audition to him.

After the negotiation was completed, Ye Weixin also got the script, this young man who looked very calm on the outside seemed to be a different person at the moment, although he sat there chatting with Lin Xiaozhi every sentence, but his eyes looked at the script on the table in front of him and the time on the wall from time to time, and he seemed to be eager to go back immediately to study the script thoroughly, and then start shooting.

After being delayed in his office for more than ten minutes, Ye Weixin finally couldn't sit still, glanced at the time and saw that it was almost noon dinner time, and immediately got up to say goodbye, "Mr. Lin, if there is nothing else, I will go back to study the script first." If you have any orders, you can call me directly. ”

"Wait......"

Seeing that others are leaving, Lin Xiaozhi still has an important matter to talk to him, how can he let him leave like this, "Producer Ye don't leave in a hurry, I have a reluctant request, I hope Producer Ye will not blame!" ”

Ye Weixin stopped, looked at him inexplicably, nodded and said, "Mr. Lin, if there is anything, you just have to ...... it."

"This ......" Lin Xiaozhi pretended to be a little hesitant, and said after a while: "I have always been very interested in making movies over the years, and I used to hang the name of a producer in the crew of "Maoshan", this "Color is Empty", if Producer Ye does not object, I hope to be able to hang a director in the crew, of course, the movie is still dominated by you, you will be with me to learn and visit how to shoot the movie!" ”

"This ......" It was Ye Weixin's turn to be embarrassed, Lin Xiaozhi is the president of New Asia after all, although he said it well, he just wanted to be a director in the crew, but if he really interfered in the filming of the movie, with his small employee, where could he compete with him.

“…… If Producer Ye is embarrassed, so let's do it, I only hang up as an assistant director, I don't charge any salary, and I should be obliged to follow the visit and experience for a long time......."

He said so, even if Ye Weixin was unwilling, he had to agree, "If Mr. Lin says something, if you like it, you can also hang a director in the crew......"

When the words fell, the original good mood had deteriorated, and he was not in the mood to talk any more, so he hurriedly said goodbye to him and left Xinya.