Seeing that the "bald guy" had long shawl hair and a beard on his mouth, he was very unkempt, like those wandering singers in later generations, and couldn't help but make Xu Guanwu feel like he was out of time.

He hurriedly blinked his eyes and settled down, "Your Excellency is Mr. Mai?" ”

"Just call me Mai Jia, Mr. Xu!" Mai Jia smiled, and without waiting for Xu Guanwu to greet him, he sat on the chair with a golden sword.

Xu Guanwu smiled slightly when he saw this, "I know that Mr. Mai, you grew up in the United States and like Westerners' names, so you can call me Stanley in the future." ”

Mai Jia's eyes lit up, "Okay, Stanley, I hid in the door just now and listened, you seem to have confidence in me." ”

Xu Guanwu nodded, "I know you are a very talented person. ”

"You haven't seen me before, you have the ability to be a prophet?" Mai Jia laughed.

"Not bad." Xu Guanwu nodded and admitted directly.

Mai Jia was stunned for a moment, "Unknown prophet?!" So guess what happens to me in the future? ”

"Do you really want me to say that?" Xu Guanwu smiled, "I said it, I'm afraid it will scare you." ”

"Anyway, I'm a very bold person, and I have nothing to be afraid of." Mai Jia laughed.

"Since that's the case, then I'll tell you a word, 'Is the golden lin a thing in the pool, and the seven stars converge to change the dragon'." Xu Guanwu said hahadaxiao after speaking.

"Jin Lin is not a thing in the pool, and the seven stars converge to change the dragon. What is it?! Verse or poem? What does that mean? Mai Jia heard it in a fog, and couldn't guess the mystery at all.

"Hello haode remember, wait until you get home and slowly come to your senses." Xu Guanwu didn't explain much.

Seeing this, Mai Jia also knew that Xu Guanwu would not talk about it more, so she didn't ask any more questions.

"Stanley, I heard you want me to be a director." After the gossip, it was the turn to get to the point, Mai Jia suddenly straightened her face and said seriously.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "How is it, are you interested?" ”

"How big is the investment?" Mai Jia didn't answer, and asked directly.

"You can have as much as you want." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Okay, I want five million!" Mai Jia said with five fingers.

"Poof!" Xu Guanying squirted out directly with a mouthful of water.

"Okay, I'll give you five million!" Xu Guanwu did not hesitate at all, and agreed in one bite.

"Ahem, ahem!" Xu Guanying choked and coughed violently.

Mai Jia was also taken aback, "Mr. Xu, do you really dare to pay five million to make a movie for me?" ”

"As long as you dare to speak, why don't I dare to give it." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

Mai Jia scratched her head, "Mr. Xu, it was just a joke just now, try you." Even if you give me five million now, I don't know what to shoot. ”

Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing when he heard it, except for a few joint venture movies in Hong Kong, the investment in other films is not very high, hundreds of thousands is already a big investment, and ordinary kung fu movies can be done for hundreds of thousands.

Five million invested in local films, which has never appeared in Hong Kong's history.

Although Mai Jia dared to ask for five million, he didn't have any place to spend the money if he really got it.

Like Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao, the salary is only 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Five million is enough to invite all the first- and second-tier stars in Hong Kong.

"Stanley, five million is too much money, and it can't be spent in Hong Kong at all, so why don't you play two small games first?" Mai Jia said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "Do you already have a project in your hand?" ”

"It's just a simple story." Mai Jia smiled, "There is no script yet." ”

"Well, when you get the script ready, come to me for investment, I'm welcome at any time." Xu Guanwu nodded.

Mai Jia nodded, and walked lightly.

Xu Guanying looked at Xu Guanwu with a depressed face, "Second brother, can he do it?"

"Of course you can, A-Ying, this person is not simple." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "After he entered the house, he didn't ask me, he just sat on the chair and called my name with a big grin, just to test my mind." And shouting out five million at a price is also a test of how much I value him. This person seems to be very arrogant, but he is actually as careful as a hair. ”

"Oh, what I said, when the crew was talking to him, he wasn't like that. I see, no wonder. Xu Guanying suddenly realized.

Xu Guanwu is very happy to be able to include Mai Jia, one of the three giants of the new art city in the future, as long as the two giants of Ishida and Huang Baiming are found, a new new art city can be formed.

Ishida is easier to find among the two, he is a graduate of the Shaw Brothers Southern Performing Arts Training Center, and often plays supporting roles because of his slightly weird appearance.

Now he is a freelance actor, moving between Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest and Hui's companies, such as "Laughing Boxing", "Ghost Horse Twin Stars" and the new film "Genius and Idiot".

But Huang Baiming, a genius screenwriter, is difficult to find, Xu Guanwu only knew that he had worked as a manager of a foreign bank before, and later gave up this lucrative job and devoted himself to the entertainment industry that he was most interested in.

But there are so many foreign banks in Hong Kong, and if you look for them one by one, you have to look for them for at least two or three years.

If there was no Huang Baiming as a screenwriter and storyteller, the glory of Xinyicheng would probably cease to exist.

In fact, after the disintegration of Xinyi City, Mai Jia and Ishida have all dimmed their development in films, but only Huang Baiming persevered, and in the future, he entered the mainland market more vigorously and became a frequent visitor to the Chinese New Year stalls.

Although the quality of the film is uneven and criticized, the box office performance is quite good, becoming one of the few filmmakers who can live after the decline of Hong Kong films in 97.

"Huang Baiming, Huang Baiming, where is your brother hiding now?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help but mutter.

……

A few days later, Mai Jia handed in the script she had conceived.

As soon as Xu Guanwu saw it, he saw that the title of the film was "Tiger and Chicken", and opened the story and took a look, although it was slightly interesting, but it was also absurd, which seemed to be the commonality of the story of a small production company.

Screenwriters often pursue novelty and fun, only trying to make the audience laugh, but ignoring the basic story structure, making the plot inevitably absurd and lacking in logic.

For example, several movies produced by Struggle Company, the predecessor of Xinyicheng, such as "Crazy Boss" and "Tiger Field Chicken", have this problem.

Xu Guanwu originally wanted Mai Jia to take it back, and he was thinking about a new idea, like "Best Partner", fresh and interesting. But thinking that Mai Jia is just a newcomer now, and he is still in the stage of exploration and practice, it is a little difficult for him to come up with a good story like "Best Partner" now.

"Forget it, just spend money to support newcomers, anyway, the company will also train newcomers in the future, so let him try it first." Thinking of this, Xu Guanwu did not refuse, and directly signed the script and asked Mai Jia to go to the production department to get the money.

Mai Jia couldn't imagine that Xu Guanwu gave money so happily, and he couldn't even blink his eyes, and couldn't help but be very happy. A generous boss like this, not to mention in Hong Kong, is rare even in Shijie.

Mai Jia was glad that she didn't vote for the wrong person, and at the same time received the money and started filming.

Although the story of "Tiger Field Chicken" is absurd and the plot is exaggerated, it also has merits. The two people in the film, Tiger and Tian Ji, help each other and watch out for each other, making many jokes, which is quite like the classic film "Best Partner" in later generations.

Maybe this is the shrunken version of the bald guy and King Kong's early Republic of China.