"Of course I'd like to!"

Speaking of this, Xu Qingdong looked at Cao Zhiqiang with a sigh: "President Cao, I have done such an unreliable thing, and you are willing to continue to let me direct this drama, regardless of your previous suspicions......

"Wrong!" Cao Zhiqiang said expressionlessly, "I am the director, and you are the assistant director, assisting me in filming this drama."

Xu Qingdong froze for a moment, and then reluctantly smiled and said, "President Cao, frankly speaking, the script you wrote is really good, very good, and your image is also good, you can definitely be a good screenwriter and actor, but if you want to be a director, what about this......

I don't mean anything else, it's purely a director's profession, the technical threshold is quite high, you need to master all aspects, you need a lot of knowledge and practice, and you have never been a director before, and suddenly you have to become a director, I'm afraid it's not suitable."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Director Xu, I also confess to you, as for me, either I don't do it, I want to do it, I like to control everything by myself."

The career of director is indeed very high, but in the final analysis, it is necessary to express the story in the script in the form of a movie.

This story and script are mine, no one knows this story better than me, and no one knows how to shoot and present this film better than me.

What I lacked was just some technical problems, such as how to master the timing of the shot, how to control the shooting angle, etc.

That's why I asked you to come over and ask you to be my assistant director in the form of an appointment.

To put it simply, if a film crew is an army, I am the commander-in-chief and you are my chief of staff.

I'm just in charge of making decisions about how to play and how to shoot.

But it's up to you to decide how to shoot and how to shoot.

Of course, during this period, I will also learn from you how to be a director.

After all, no matter how much theory there is, it is not as fast and better as practice.

Many directors over there in Xiangjiang are halfway monks, first become actors, and then become directors when they are familiar.

Why can't I?"

"This ......" Xu Qingdong frowned, then shook his head, "It's still not appropriate, because in this case, what if there is a conflict between the two of us?"

"It's easy." Cao Zhiqiang said.

"I have the final say on the story flow of the whole film, but you have the final say on how to shoot it.

I will tell you the drama in detail, and even, I can draw a storyboard for you to give you a detailed concept.

Usually when shooting, let's discuss it carefully, if this is the case, there will still be conflicts, then in the end I will have the final say.

But normally, I don't think so, after all, I'm a good talker, don't you?"

Xu Qingdong frowned again and didn't speak, obviously not very happy.

Looking at Xu Qingdong's expression, Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly and raised two fingers.

"That's it, Director Xu, if you agree to be the deputy ...... of this movie No, co-director, I'll be happy to give you that number."

"Two hundred?" Xu Qingdong frowned.

"Two thousand!" Cao Zhiqiang shook his head.

"Two thousand?" Xu Qingdong immediately stopped frowning, and directly widened his eyes.

Indeed, two thousand dollars is a lot of money at this time.

You must know that domestic directors at this time usually get salaries, even if they have filming, they can get filming subsidies, but the actual income is not high.

For example, Yang Jie, the director who later filmed the 86th version of Journey to the West, his income at that time was only 90 yuan per episode.

This is still the treatment of CCTV's big production, and each episode of the 86 version of Journey to the West is about equal to a movie.

If you are an ordinary TV series and an ordinary movie, then the income is not easy to say, there may be no subsidy at all, only salary.

As for ordinary directors, if they make movies, such as ordinary feature films, and the director is not a first-line famous director, the salary of a film is generally 200 to 300 yuan.

Only those famous directors who make a big-budget movie can earn a little higher, but generally not more than 1,000 yuan

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Cao Zhiqiang is good, the drama has not been filmed yet, give Xu Qingdong a little-known rookie director, and directly offer a salary of 2,000 yuan, which is really high.

To put it mildly, if Cao Zhiqiang uses this price to find a director, even if it is just an assistant director, I am afraid that a bunch of people will rush to do it.

Although it is said that directors in the 80s were more stylish, they were more about filming what they wanted to shoot, not for money.

But that's all.

Who wouldn't be happy to make more money?

But today's national conditions and general environment are like this, and the funds of large film studios are tight, let alone small film studios.

During this period, the general income of domestic directors was not too high.

Of course, this is not too high, it is compared with the income of Hong Kong and Taiwan directors, and later.

Compared with the horizontal comparison of the same era, the director's salary is still much higher than that of other workers.

As for attracting investment and sponsorship, almost all of them are state-owned enterprises and collective enterprises in China at this time, and if they have money to invest, they will not just wave their hands and add money to a director.

So people like Cao Zhiqiang, you can't say that there is no one in China at this time, but it is definitely rare.

"Two thousand?" Xu Qingdong narrowed his eyes again and stared at Cao Zhiqiang's face tightly, for fear that the other party would regret it.

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "I can give you a thousand first, and then a thousand later."

After a pause, Cao Zhiqiang said again: "In addition, I will reimburse you for all your food, accommodation and transportation during filming, all of which are of high standards, you will stay in a hotel if you have a hotel, and you will take a plane if you have a plane, and I will not treat you badly."

Xu Qingdong was a little twisted: "Actually, I don't care about money, I just like this story very much and want to shoot it......

"I know." Cao Zhiqiang said, "In this way, in the subtitles of the movie, your name can appear as a co-director, but the main director must be me, and your name is behind me."

You must know that the script of this play is me, the starring role is me, and the investment is even more mine, and I was cheated by you for 100,000 yuan before......

"That's not my reason." Xu Qingdong immediately said, "Who knows that the gang of people in the Beijing Film Studio ......?"

"Alright, that's it, I don't want to dwell on that anymore." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "I only know that since you messed things up, then you have to listen to me."

After a short pause, Cao Zhiqiang said again: "Actually, I had already planned to give up filming this film, but I really can't bear to let my hard work go down the drain.

At the same time, I was afraid that others would not be able to shoot well and deviate from my original intention, so I decided to write, direct and act by myself again, and I wanted to shoot the story in my mind.

Of course, I also admit that I really don't know much about directing, so I need a director to actually help me do it.

In short, whether this movie is a blockbuster or not, I want this movie to appear in this world.

To be clear, it's a little willfulness on my part, you know?"

Xu Qingdong sighed: "I understand, I understand completely, but it's ......."

"But what?" Cao Zhiqiang said.

Xu Qingdong said: "What about Beiying, I definitely can't shoot in the short term, they don't have the photography equipment for us, although I applied, I still have to queue up, and the money I called, it is impossible to return it to you immediately, I still have to wait."

"Then don't wait!" Cao Zhiqiang's surging road.

"I reinvested in my own name and started with $200,000. I also produce the photographic equipment and film.

As for you, you just need to find me another film studio, and I want the kind that can start filming right away, and I don't need to queue up.

Anyway, they don't need to provide photographic equipment, people don't need them, and they don't need money.

They just came up with a platform so that my film could be released normally."

"Wait!" Xu Qingdong said suddenly, "You said you want to invest in shooting by yourself, and you even have photographic equipment? Do you have a camera?"

"Absolutely." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

"Can I take a look at the camera first?" Xu Qingdong said.

"This ......," Cao Zhiqiang paused slightly, "Yes."

I think it can, but the source of these equipment is a bit ...... It's not so right, can you keep it a secret?"

Xu Qingdong blinked, and immediately thought that Cao Zhiqiang's batch of photographic equipment was smuggled goods.

"Don't worry." Xu Qingdong laughed, "I only care about whether things are good or not, as for the way, that's not what I care about, and I won't talk about it everywhere."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Okay, come with me, I'll show you the goods."

said that Cao Zhiqiang took Xu Qingdong to leave the Peking Hotel, and then drove himself and took Xu Qingdong straight to the Red Light Publishing House.

The reason why I went there was that Cao Zhiqiang couldn't think of other places to put photographic equipment for the time being.

Cao Zhiqiang's current house is almost all occupied by other people, and he himself lives in a hotel.

Originally, after signing the camera equipment, he was thinking about buying a big house again, but it wasn't too late.

Moreover, the Hongguang Publishing House itself occupies a large area, and there are many empty houses in the office building alone.

That's it, the key is that not long ago, Vice President Chen Jiabang had just negotiated the purchase price with the original glass factory, and at a price of 800,000 yuan, he acquired several other plots of land and the old factories and warehouses on them, and the area was directly expanded by three times.

Of course, no matter how much it expands, it is still industrial land, which can only be bought by public to public, and private individuals cannot buy it, and the nature of the land cannot be changed at will, unless the government comes forward to change it.

Therefore, if you want to build a house in the old factory of the old glass factory and sell it, it will not work.

Although in China now, real estate is allowed to be bought and sold freely, but it is only for residential commercial housing, such as old courtyard houses, old western-style buildings and so on.

Houses on industrial land, such as self-built houses in factories, are still not allowed to enter the market, and are bought and sold like commercial houses.

Because of this, there is basically no industrial land to buy.

Just kidding, now everyone is short of money, there is no shortage of land, who is idle to buy your old factory.

For example, in the glass factory, the people moved out at the beginning, mainly because of the pollution problem, and they were not willing to relocate.

As for the old factory after the relocation of the glass factory, it was originally planned to be packaged and sold to the Hongguang Machinery Factory, after all, the neighbors, but the machinery factory has not let go.

Now that there is a red light publishing house willing to buy it, it is naturally happy.

From the perspective of later generations, this glass factory is a big loss, but from the perspective of the glass factory at this time, people are not at a loss.

Because most of the current factories are state-owned enterprises and collective enterprises.

As for the glass factory, it was originally a township collective enterprise, not a state-owned enterprise.

During the communization movement, many township enterprises were established in many rural areas around the capital.

At that time, the outside of the second ring road of the capital was rural, so this glass factory outside the second ring road was a collective enterprise, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Therefore, this glass factory was the product of communization at that time.

On the contrary, it is the Hongguang Machinery Factory, which is a state-owned enterprise, which was moved over later.

Collective enterprises are much more flexible than state-owned enterprises, but they are also more scarce in money.

Because the technology of this glass factory is not good, it has been losing money year after year, so selling the factory for money is the most urgent behavior.

To put it bluntly, at this time, this side is still a suburban township jurisdiction, and the township government has the final say on whether the glass factory is a township enterprise or not.

Now some state-owned enterprises are willing to take over the dilapidated factories that were originally shut down due to pollution problems, and give them back cash, so of course they will be sold.

With those 800,000, the township government has solved a lot of urgent needs.

Not to mention, Hongguang Publishing House, as a state-owned publishing house, is convenient for doing anything at this time.

Therefore, the current Hongguang Publishing House, purely in terms of floor area, is still very good, and it is a typical wide and sparsely populated area.

Anyway, there's plenty of space for a warehouse, and that's enough.

After driving for a while, Cao Zhiqiang took Xu Qingdong to Hongguang Publishing House.

After that, Cao Zhiqiang asked Xu Qingdong to go to his president's office to sit down first and let his secretary Xiang

The East entertained him.

As for himself, he quietly came to a somewhat dilapidated red brick house.

This was originally a warehouse of the glass factory, and it would be nice to have a red brick house for township enterprises.

During this period, not to mention that most of the cement was imported, there were not many red bricks.

It is good for a township enterprise to have this kind of red brick house as a warehouse.

In fact, important places such as warehouses and office buildings are red brick houses, and other factories and the like are earthen houses.

Using the key to open the lock of the red brick house, Cao Zhiqiang walked in to take a look.

There is nothing in it, and it looks like it has been abandoned for a long time.

Cao Zhiqiang thought about it, found an open space, then took out a large clean cotton cloth from his personal space, and took out a 35mm gold camera, a matching tripod, and six matching lenses.

As for the other bunch of accessories, I don't need them for the time being, and if there are too many things at once, it's too eye-catching.

After putting away the camera, tripod, and six matching lenses, Cao Zhiqiang took out a piece of cotton cloth and wrapped them all together.

After doing this, Cao Zhiqiang asked Xu Qingdong to come and see it alone.

When Xu Qingdong saw the camera and the matching six lenses, he immediately closed his mouth in surprise.

"This is, this is the Panna of the rice country?" Xu Qingdong is a knowledgeable person, and he can see the calendar at a glance.

Yes, Pannaveshin's abbreviation in China is Panna, and he can say this name in one mouth, which is already considered well-informed.

"And it's all new machines? How is that possible?" Xu Qingdong touched the machine with a surprised face, "As far as I know, this thing is only rented and not sold, and it is basically used in Haolaiwu, and we don't have it in China at all?" You, where did you come from?"

Indeed, the cameras in China at this time were basically domestic or West German Alai cameras.

As for Panaveshin in the United States, there are really no regular film studios in China.

Occasionally, there may be one or two co-productions, which are also brought by foreign businessmen.

During this period, there was a general shortage of cameras in China, and there was a shortage of good cameras.

For example, the Masahito Sakata, who filmed "Words about the Yangtze River" before and has not returned to Japan now, when he was filming the Yangtze River documentary, he brought his own camera, and it was also rented.

Why did Zuo Tian Yaren make a film saying that the Yangtze River is in debt?

In fact, he did not spend much in the process of shooting in China, and the main consumption was the cost of renting cameras and buying film.

In short, as Cao Zhiqiang expected, after seeing the new Panavison camera, Xu Qingdong immediately fell in love with it.

"You don't care where I came from." Cao Zhiqiang said, "I'll just ask you, can you shoot with this?"

"Yes, of course!" Xu Qingdong couldn't put it down, touching and touching, as if he was touching the most beautiful woman.

"Good stuff, really good stuff!" Xu Qingdong sighed, "With this, there are so many shots, and if you make some good films, you can definitely shoot the best film!"

"That's good." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

"But ......"

"But what?"

Xu Qingdong put down the camera and looked at Cao Zhiqiang with a solemn face:

"President Cao, since you have money and stories, and you have such a good camera, and you can even solve it on film, then why are you looking for a studio?

You have what the studio has, you have it, why let them eat one?

Let's just make an independent film ourselves."

"Making an independent film?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned.

"Yes!" Xu Qingdong's eyes lit up.

"Make the first independent film in China that is not affected by any unit or individual, and completely has the final say!

As long as it's done, no matter what the results are, it's history!"