Although the shooting time given by Cao Zhiqiang is really too tight, but in addition, the preparations in other aspects are indeed ready.

Scripts, funds, equipment, qualifications, all are prepared, all are missing, you just need to pull people over, form a film crew, and start filming immediately.

These days, if you want to make a movie in the capital, you can lack everything, but there is no shortage of people.

Because there are too many film-related practitioners in Beijing, in terms of the number of people, there are even more than Xiangjiang filmmakers.

The reason why the domestic film industry feels inferior to Xiangjiang is only because it is not as rich as others.

As long as the person arrives, in terms of the difficulty of Cao Zhiqiang's script, there will be absolutely no problem after filming in 20 days.

Of course, this is still according to the domestic shooting speed.

If the speed of Xiangjiang at this time is followed, it is estimated that the filming will be completed in seven days.

It is precisely because of this that Xiangjiang Films has the reputation of "Seven Days of Freshness".

Even in the 90s, the quality of Hong Kong films became higher and higher, and the shooting time was also very short.

For example, "The Night Banquet of the Wealthy" took a total of four days to shoot, "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" took a total of seven days, and "The Raptors of the Troubled Boys" took eleven days.

These films are a little simpler than the night banquet of the wealthy, and the plot of the other two films is more complex than "The Garden of Words".

Therefore, the twenty days of filming given by Cao Zhiqiang is really not deliberately difficult.

"It's done!" Xu Qingdong slapped his thigh violently.

"Xiao Cao, I also swam this swim and ate the melon, so I'm going to pull people for you and ensure that the shooting team will be gathered within one day!"

Speaking of this, Xu Qingdong stood up directly, and then he was going to the locker room to change clothes.

"Wait a minute." Cao Zhiqiang hurriedly said, "Old Xu, don't be in a hurry at this time.

And it's almost lunchtime, why don't we have a meal together, and then open a room for you, and you'll have a full meal and a nap, and then talk? ”

"Hey, you don't understand that." Xu Qingdong smiled.

"Just because it's time for dinner, I have to hurry up.

This pulls people into a team, of course, it is better to invite a guest to have a meal and talk at the dinner table together, right? ”

"Makes sense." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang turned his head to Xiang Dongfang and said: "Secretary Xiang, in this way, you go with Lao Xu, my car will be used for you temporarily, and you will be responsible for being Lao Xu's secretary today, understand?" ”

"Yes, understood." Xiang Dongfang nodded.

"No, no, no." Xu Qingdong hurriedly said, "How can this work, it's not appropriate." ”

"What's out of place." Cao Zhiqiang turned his head to Xu Qingdong and smiled, "Old Xu, in the future, you will be your own family, there is no need to divide it so carefully, and you invite someone, this should be a business matter, of course I have to reimburse it."

It's so decided, Secretary Xiang will lend you for the time being, when you eat at noon, you will go directly to eat for the day, and the standard will be ten yuan per person, and it will be calculated as my account, okay? ”

"Ten dollars a person?" Xu Qingdong was stunned, "This is too high, I can't use it." ”

"Not high." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "We are a newly established film studio, we don't show some sincerity, how can we invite talents?"

So, Lao Xu, you can invite you, what actors, lights, assistants, please as you want.

I asked Secretary Xiang to follow you, mainly to help you pay the bills. ”

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang looked at Xiang Dongfang: "By the way, Secretary Xiang, before you go out with Lao Xu, open a standard room here and keep my personal accounts, do you understand?" ”

"Yes, I see." Xiang Dongfang nodded.

Cao Zhiqiang said: "Okay, then you can go, I won't send you." ”

Xiang Dongfang smiled slightly, and then said to Xu Qingdong: "Director Xu, I still have something to report to the president, why don't you go change your clothes first, and then wait for me a little, and then turn around and meet in the lobby outside?" ”

Xu Qingdong was stunned for a moment, and then nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay, I'll go now!" ”

After speaking, Xu Qingdong left first and went to the dressing room to change clothes.

Waiting for Xu Qingdong to leave, Xiang Dongfang said to Cao Zhiqiang: "President, is it too much for you to treat him like this and reimburse him for everything?"

What if he is pampered and coquettish, deliberately eats and takes cards, and arbitrarily raises the reimbursement standard?

For example, if he wants to eat abalone and ginseng wings, and he wants to open red wine Moutai, should I let it or not? ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Don't worry, Lao Xu is a high-ranking cadre, and he is more respectful, so it shouldn't be."

Besides, it's you who pays the bills, and if they raise the bar at will, you can say no.

At that time, you will say that this is all public account reimbursement, and it must be reviewed, and the reimbursement cannot be too excessive, and ten yuan per capita is the highest.

As soon as you say this, you will understand that it will not exceed this standard. ”

"Understood." Xiang Dongfang nodded, "But president, didn't you say that you are looking for him this time, and you want to pull this Xu Yin into a partner and let him work in our Hongguang Film Factory, why didn't you even mention it?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "It's not the time yet, let's finish filming this movie first, we have cooperated, and each other's temperament is a little clearer, and then we will mention the matter of pulling people to change jobs."

If he mentions it at this time, he may open his mouth or refuse outright, which I am not happy to see. ”

"Oh, I see." Xiang Dongfang said, "That's why you want to open a room here for him, firstly, it is convenient to discuss the matter of making a movie with him, and secondly, it is also to show him kindness, subtly let him owe you a favor, and then it will be much easier to talk to him about the job transfer, right?" ”

"yes, that's it." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "So, when you follow Director Xu, you must respect him and give him more face, understand?" ”

"Yes." Xiang Dongfang smiled, "Then I will understand." ”

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Since you know, let's go." ”

"Ah, I almost forgot something." Xiang Dongfang said, "I'm not by your side, and it's okay for the rest, but at three o'clock this afternoon, you also have an interview with Peking Youth Daily, this interview is very important, but don't forget it." ”

"Ah, I know." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "I can't forget, I will definitely go back to the publishing house then, don't worry." ”

Yes, this interview has been set a long time ago, and the reason is naturally Cao Zhiqiang's identity as the top student in the college entrance examination.

Now the country's attention to the college entrance examination is actually higher than that of later generations, and the top students in the college entrance examination in various places every year are basically interviewed and reported by the local media.

And this time, Cao Zhiqiang obviously needs to report better.

Because Cao Zhiqiang's situation is relatively special, he is not only the top liberal arts student in the college entrance examination in Peking this year, but also has not filled in the college entrance examination volunteer, and has not filled in the name of any university.

The top liberal arts student in the college entrance examination itself is topical enough, and if you don't fill in the college volunteer, it is even more topical.

Therefore, when various media got the news from the admissions office at that time, and also knew that Cao Zhiqiang, the top liberal arts student in the college entrance examination, did not fill in the college entrance examination volunteer, it immediately became a sensation, and they all wanted to come to interview and report.

It's a pity that Cao Zhiqiang is not an ordinary college entrance examination student, he is still an in-service cadre of state-owned enterprises, and even a leader with a high position.

These identities not only make him more legendary, but also make interviews more difficult.

In the end, these media all went to the Red Light Publishing House and officially sent out interview invitations respectively.

Cao Zhiqiang originally refused, but after thinking about it, he decided to find a reliable media to do an interview.

In this way, not only can you make a name for yourself, but also you can contribute to the "Jianghu Xing" you wrote and the album "Blooming Life" that you are releasing and make sales go to a higher level.

Is it profitable, not to mention free advertising.

But this media must be well chosen, not those that are unreliable and difficult to control.

So in the end, Cao Zhiqiang chose Beiping Youth Daily, after all, there had been cooperation before.

Coincidentally, it was reporter Cai Ling who came to interview Cao Zhiqiang this time.

"Why don't I go back to the publishing house before three o'clock in the afternoon?" Xiang Dongfang said, "This interview is very important, if I don't look at it, I will always feel a little uneasy." ”

"No, no, no." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "Secretary Xiang, your task today is to serve Director Xu well, and ask him to quickly pull the film crew up for me, so as not to have too many dreams at night."

As for interviews, you don't need to do this kind of trivial thing.

If you want to talk about experience, you don't have much experience, or Vice President Chen has more experience.

With him on the spot to help watch, there will be no problems.

Besides, Reporter Cai is his own person, and the interview process has been determined, and nothing can happen. ”

"Okay." Xiang Dongfang nodded, "Then I'll go over?" ”

"Go, go, go." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "Let's go and open a room for him here first, and then take him to pull someone." ”

Xiang Dongfang nodded slightly to Cao Zhiqiang again before turning around and leaving.

After Xiang Dongfang also left, Cao Zhiqiang exhaled: "There are thousands of opportunities, what a thousand opportunities!" But this is all self-inflicted, no wonder anyone, hehe. ”

After that, Cao Zhiqiang went to the swimming pool for a while, then went to take a shower, changed his clothes, and then went to a Western restaurant to have a simple Western meal.

After lunch, I went back to my room and took a nap, then I called a taxi again and went back to Hongguang Publishing House.

After coming to the publishing house, I chatted with the vice president Chen Jiabang for a while, and then continued to work on creation behind closed doors under the pretext of creation.

The so-called creation, of course, is to copy the lyrics and sheet music of various pop songs.

Although Cao Zhiqiang has decided that his next main job in August is to make movies, he will not delay writing songs.

It's just that this time the songs written by Cao Zhiqiang are basically Japanese songs.

Yes, he plans to make a batch of best-selling Japanese songs, and then take the opportunity of going to Japan to open up his own music market in Japan.

In fact, the invitation letter for cooperation with Sada Planning Company is not just an ornament, but also has actual content.

Because Cao Zhiqiang plans to work with Masashi Sada to set up a Sino-Japanese joint venture brokerage company, which is responsible for the performance of Chinese and Japanese artists in the two countries.

The initial intention is that Huaxia Audiovisual Company and Sada Planning Company will cooperate to jointly build a joint venture entertainment company, but the specific method of how to do it will have to be discussed in detail.

In addition, there is another important matter, that is, the artist Ah Qiang, or Cao Zhiqiang himself, and Masashi Sada formed a multinational band, and then performed in China and Japan.

This Cao Zhiqiang and Masashi Seda collaborated to form a band, and then performed together in China and Japan.

The name is naturally relatively lofty, it is to promote Sino-Japanese friendship, but is it realistic, just use this name as a gimmick to make a little money.

And this idea of forming a two-piece band between China and Japan was one of the plans discussed with Cao Zhiqiang when Sada Masashi was still in the capital.

One of the reasons why Masashi Sada, who ended his trip to China early and returned to Japan early, was to prepare for this event.

As for the second reason, it was an accident, that is, Cao Zhiqiang gave a song to Masashi Sada, the name of the song is "Sakurasaka".

This "Sakurasaka", originally a single released by Masaharu Fukuyama in 20000 years, the melody is very simple, the lyrics are not complicated, the singing is very simple, almost a person can sing it, but it is very healing and gentle.

Don't look at the simplicity of this song, but the sales are not simple at all, it has created sales of 2.299 million records, and was selected as the thirteenth place in the overall list of singles sales of all generations on the Japanese public trust chart!

Masashi Sada's voice is also not bad, and if you sing this song, it is no worse than Masaharu Fukuyama.

What's more, this is still 1983, and the song from 2000 is still a dimensionality reduction blow.

When Masashi Sada was chatting with Cao Zhiqiang at Cao Zhiqiang's house, when talking about music, Cao Zhiqiang sang the song in Japanese on the spot, playing and singing on the guitar.

Sada Masashi liked it as soon as he heard it, and after hearing that it was a song written by Cao Zhiqiang himself, he told Cao Zhiqiang that he wanted this song.

At that time, Cao Zhiqiang also had a request for the other party, so he gave this song to Sada Masashi.

Who knows, after Masashi Sada, after getting the score and lyrics of this song, he couldn't wait to go back to Japan the next day, saying that he wanted to go back to Japan to produce this song and release it to the public.

Of course, Sada Masashi still wants to be faced, or he values Cao Zhiqiang's creative ability, values the Chinese market, and wants long-term development, so he also said that he will fill in Cao Zhiqiang's name when composing music and lyrics, and if he can have income, the remuneration for lyrics and music composition will not be less than his Cao Zhiqiang.

Everyone has said so, what can Cao Zhiqiang do, it can only be a farewell.

Then, after Masashi Sada returned to Japan, he immediately produced the single of this song, and then used his father's company, that is, Sada Planning Company, to officially release it under the name of Masashi Sada's new single.

As for Masaki Sada himself, he was also a well-known singer in Japan at this time, and as early as 1979, he achieved sales of more than one million with a song "Sekibai Declaration", barely stepping into the ranks of first-class singers.

It was only later that he borrowed too much money because of filming about the Yangtze River, resulting in spending most of his time performing to pay off his debts, and the pressure was too great, Jiang Lang ran out of talent, and no more popular songs appeared, so he gradually became an outdated singer.

But in 1983, although Masashi Sada had begun to decline, it was not too bad, at least in Japan, many people still knew his name.

Now that he has released a new single "Sakurazaka", there are still many record companies willing to help him release it.

As a result, this song became another king bomb for him.

Just one month after the release of "Sakurasaka", more than 500,000 copies were sold in Japan, and various radio and television invitations continued one after another.

Two months after its release, "Sakurasaka" sold more than 1.5 million copies in Japan, and the momentum was ferocious, and the sound of the song was everywhere.

It can be said that this single directly brought Sada Masashi back to the top, and what TV series, variety shows, commercial performances, etc., all came, making Sada Masashi overwhelmed.

It is precisely because of these things that he has to deal with these things that Masashi Sada has never come to China again, but he is so popular in Japan now, there are announcements almost every day, and there are invitations every day.

It has been popular for more than two months, and it has not been until August that Masashi Sada's popularity in Japan has finally passed.

And at this time, Masashi Sata, who was idle, finally remembered to invite Cao Zhiqiang.

To be precise, it was Sada Masashi who admired Cao Zhiqiang's creative ability at this time, and he really wanted to cooperate with Cao Zhiqiang, hoping to create more brilliance.

No way, for artists like them, fame is money!

What? How did Cao Zhiqiang know this?

A phone call, of course!

Since Masaki Sada returned to Japan, although he didn't have time to go to China to meet Cao Zhiqiang because of the sudden explosion, the international phone calls between the two sides have not been interrupted, and they have to talk on the phone almost once a week.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang still knows a little about Masashi Sada in Japan.

Even, in order to seduce Masashi Sada, Cao Zhiqiang hummed the song "Blooming Life" on the phone, and hoped to change from Japanese songs to Japanese songs in the form of a group with Masashi Sada, and release a record in Japan.

It is precisely because of his trust in Cao Zhiqiang that Masashi Sada is so interested now.

This is different from the previous focus that was purely with Cao Zhiqiang's temper, but the heart that really tasted the benefits.

After all, in the past two months in Japan, Masashi Sada, he has made a lot of money.

Although the release of the song "Sakurasaka", so far, it is not enough to pay off the debt of Masashi Sada, but it has already paid off the smaller half.

Therefore, he really hopes to officially unite with Cao Zhiqiang, start a two-person band, and then re-debut in the form of a two-person band.

On the other hand, Cao Zhiqiang also hopes to open up the market in Japan first, even as one of the singers of the band.

Because Cao Zhiqiang believes that as long as he enters the land of the East and enters the entertainment circle of the East, then with his popular songs, he will definitely be able to set off a frenzy and earn him a wave of yen first.

At this time, it is nothing to earn RMB only at home, and it is true to be able to earn foreign exchange abroad.

And Cao Zhiqiang also discovered that no matter how famous he is in China and how big his record sales are, his income will not be too high due to factors such as price.

On the contrary, it is the developed Japanese market, which is where you can really make a lot of money.

Or it can be said that during this period, he is a Chinese, if he really wants to make a lot of money with songs, he really has to attack the Japanese market.

Only by winning the Japanese market and making the Japanese music industry accept him can he be regarded as a real success!

(End of chapter)