"Since New Yicheng is not optimistic, it is not a bad rule for me to invest and share the risk? If this drama is just a matter of money, I would be willing to vote for it......"

Li Lecheng put down the script and looked up at Xu Ke: "But this draft outline is really empty, and it is barely called a half-finished product...... In addition, let me ask, which role are you going to play for me? ”

Truly...... Li Lecheng's image, playing Song Zijie is definitely not like words, the image of this character should be sunny and fresh, at least it looks upright. That...... Song Zihao ......?

Xu Ke was suddenly stunned: "Do you want to put on more special effects makeup and get older...... Thirty or forty years old is fine. It doesn't matter, the actors are set, and the script can be slowly filled. …… That's right! I almost forgot something! ”

He gave a few sticky notes to Li Lecheng: "I think the original author of the novel "Eight Immortals Hotel" is good, since we made it into a movie, several publishing houses have called me to publish it into a single book novel, and asked me how to contact the other party, isn't he your friend, you give it to him for me." …… It's better that the fertilizer water doesn't flow into the fields of outsiders, I think he's good at crime, so it's better to try to write it. After speaking, he pushed the draft of his "True Colors of Heroes" to Li Lecheng.

Li Lecheng: "......"

"Okay." Li Lecheng sighed, and indeed no one knows how to make a good script better than him.

"So are you really investing? Are you really willing to act?! I haven't even figured out when to shoot it! Do you want to shoot it yourself......"

"I'm going to ask you, what role do you give me! Don't collide with "Sword and Horse"! ”

"Oh, your appearance, you must not be Song Zijie, the other characters are engaged in criminal careers anyway, and the roles of both good and evil are not your forte? Isn't it just a drama...... If I give someone else a guide, and it happens to be at the same time as "Sword and Horse", then you can still make a cameo appearance......"

Xu Ke was surprised that Li Lecheng was really interesting, and was about to talk to him in detail, when he heard Shi Nansheng knock on the door of their office and come in: "It's more than 8 o'clock in the evening, and you're still talking?" You're not hungry, are you? ”

Xu Ke looked at Li Lecheng: "Let's go to a nearby bar to have a simple meal, how about chatting while drinking?" ”

Li Lecheng said that he wanted to drink juice, but he refused to smoke, and Xu Ke scolded him for being pretentious!

The shop was dimly lit, the disco music was playing loud, and Mr. Li and Mr. Xu were eating chicken wings and fries at the bar, and they had to put their heads almost together to hear what the other was saying.

Shi Nansheng sat on the high stool on the other side of Xu Ke, looked at them quietly with his head sideways, and listened to them with great difficulty.

"It's so noisy! I'm going to be deaf! Can you change it? It's not even 9 o'clock, what are you guys doing like that! Li Lecheng couldn't help it and gave advice to the bartender!

"Ah——!!!h

Suddenly, there was a loud scream on his side, and Shi Nansheng jumped up from the chair!

She covered her hands, and it hurt so much!

Li Lecheng's eyes were quick, and he picked up the ice bucket on the bar and brought it to her, and asked her to stuff her hand in: "Ice water mixture!" It's a little better, wait until we go buy scald ointment! ”

"Wow! Dead on the streets! You're sick! Burn the back of my woman's hand with a cigarette butt! "Xu Keluo has to stand up! Roll up your sleeves and walk quickly to the other side of Shi Nansheng!

The drunk over there also woke up all of a sudden, and apologized in panic: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I was just thinking about things too much! I didn't notice anyone around, I thought it was an ashtray...... Yes?! Xu Ke?! Nansheng?! Is that you?! Nansheng, you, are you okay...... I'm sorry......"

"Wu Yusen?!" Li Lecheng and this Xu Ke couple also screamed!

It's not surprising that Wu Yusen is here, he is the signed director of New One City.

The offices of New One City and Xu Ke's film studios are both located in the Founding Center Building of Kowloon Development, and the big boss of Golden Princess, Lui, is the majority shareholder of Kowloon Development.

It is said that when Xu Ke was not famous, it was Wu Yusen who recommended him to Xinyicheng, at that time Wu Yusen mixed a little better, his friends Mai Jia and Shi Tian were founding Xinyicheng, but he himself still had Jiahe's contract and couldn't sign a contract in the past, so he recommended a good friend.

Who knew that feng shui took turns, Wu Yusen began to reverse the water, he was pressed on his head to shoot comedy in Jiahe, and he hit the street for several dramas, not to mention, in 83, he also had a major accident during the filming of "Heroes Without Tears", and used a real gun to charge props, but there was a live bullet in it that pierced the actor's thigh!

So, he was fired by Jiahe for taking the opportunity! That "Heroes Without Tears" was also buried directly, and it has not been released until now.

So he went to Xinyi City again, and his old friends didn't treat him so much, so they sent him to the local branch of the bend pipe to replace Zhang Aijia, who had to engage in literary films, but in fact he was the boss of the bend branch, in fact, he was outside the distribution plug, and then he continued to hit the street over there, and he was even more unpopular...... Now is the time when he is most depressed.

Only Xu Ke was still thinking about his friend and got him back to Hong Kong Island.

Taking advantage of the fact that Li Lecheng took Shi Nansheng to the pharmacy outside to buy scald medicine, no outsiders were there, Wu Yusen began to pour bitter water on Xu Ke with the strength of wine: "Don't persuade me!" I'm really going to stop filming! It's been almost half a year since I came back, and I've been left to dry, and they won't give me another chance! Change careers! ”

"Don't be so decadent! And I'm here for you! Xu Ke's heart moved, in fact, he already had some ideas, and now Li Lecheng was willing to support the funds, so he said his thoughts: "I'll bring my film project to you to shoot!" It's your favorite men's play! Crime shootout scene!! ”

Wu Yusen was stunned, and looked up at him sluggishly: "New Yicheng hasn't filmed this type, right?" The market is completely out of vogue now! And they will be willing to use me? Wouldn't that take a lot of effort to convince them?! ”

"Don't wait! How long have you been waiting! If they are afraid of risks, I will find people who are not afraid of risks! It's a big deal not to use their funds! ”

“…… Well, this drama is my last drama, and after filming this one, I won't do it! Wu Yusen made another mournful speech, but his face was full of ruthlessness, and he looked like he was going to fight!

When Li Lecheng and Shi Nansheng came back, they found that the two of them were in a completely different state.

Wu Yusen's small eyes looked him up and down, and he looked very tense.

He was feeling strange, Xu Ke took a deep breath and asked cautiously: "I plan to find Lao Wu to be the director of "The True Color of Heroes", will you be willing?" ”

This is Lao Wu, and it is also a proper box office poison!

Li Lecheng knew that Wu Yusen was periodically poisoning the streets, for example, he would use one "Wind Whisperer" to bankrupt MGM in the future, and for example, he would use two "Taiping Wheel" to cause a devastating overturn in his career in the Chinese-speaking area. But now he is about to turn lucky, and he is about to usher in the first wave of his career. So Li Lecheng didn't hesitate, and immediately said: "Okay! It's no problem for me to vote for me! ”

Wu Yusen's eyes lit up! Excitement on his face!

Shi Nansheng and Xu Ke also immediately smiled, and Xu Ke was a little moved: "Ah Lok, you are so righteous!" ”

The smile on Shi Nansheng's face slowly retracted: "Wait a minute, if that's the case, how can we explain to New Yicheng and Boss Lei?" After all, all the movies we created were invested by Boss Lei, and Boss Lei ate most of the dividends and let the outside funds participate...... This time is different from "Eight Immortals Restaurant", after all, the latter is a foreign play, and we are only participating in the investment, but the copyright ownership of this play is ......"

"Oops, it's not easy! Now that the new city has killed it before! It's something I wrote before I joined New One City, so the copyright is completely mine, so I'm always allowed to sell this idea to others, right? I didn't write a script either, I just got the authorization of the original "True Colors of Heroes", and then there was a draft, without any input, I didn't even have to ...... screenwriter" Xu Ke smiled: "It's still easy to work around." ”

Li Lecheng understood in seconds: "There must have been a lot of changes, I just bought a creative and original license." Don't pay cash, ask Xu Ke to be the producer and get 5% of the box office in exchange, how about transferring the project to me? ”

Xu Ke shook hands with him: "Deal!" ”

Obviously, Xu Ke needs his help, but it is 1% more than the last cooperation, which can be regarded as Li Lecheng's kindness. And Xu Ke can't be sure whether the play will hit the street or not, this matter is mainly to help his friends, after all, if Wu Yusen hadn't recommended him to Xinyi City back then, he might not have mixed well now.

The follow-up business talk is naturally to let Fat Bo come.

Two days later, Fat Bo and Xu Ke asked him to come out again to sign, and everything was negotiated. Xu Ke is the producer and gets 5% of the box office, and the other filmmakers are all divided by Lile's Mayfly Pictures, and the film has a total budget of 5 million for the time being!

5 million is considered a medium-sized production at the moment, and the original "True Colors of Heroes" including the total cost of publicity and distribution was 7 million, Li Lecheng felt that it was about the same, and it could even be a little more saving, after all, he knew what this drama was like in the end, and he could save a lot of time and expenses without detours.

And Hong Kong films are said to be inherently low-cost, but in fact, they can be compressed further, for example, Zhou Yanfa's role is added, and the roles of Song Zijie and Mark's sister-in-law will be compressed, and in the end, this role will be deleted, and the filmed part will be completely wasted, so if you don't arrange this role at the beginning, you can save some money, and there are many such situations.

There is also the fact that the more popular people in this era are collectively rolling dramas, resulting in fragmented schedules and lengthened filming cycles.

Like Zhou Yanfa rolled four plays when he filmed "The True Color of Heroes", Di Long's work concept is traditional and straightforward, and he has always persuaded him not to do that, which is not right, but he is a master of art and bold, and he still plays the trick well. And Zhang Guorong is also rolling dramas and doing other work, busier than Zhou Runfa, in the face of his reduced role, he also has a big pattern, and accepts it calmly, and from time to time he is afraid that the crew will not have enough money, saying that he will lend them money, and later Xu Ke felt guilty and ordered him to be the male protagonist of "A Chinese Ghost Story" to compensate. Whether the scene is right or not, it will still cause the filming cost to become larger, otherwise, it can be filmed faster.

As for the distribution and theater issues, Li Lecheng is not in a hurry at all, and will wait for the film to be filmed, Princess Jin herself can enter the outside drama, and besides, isn't Shaw Brothers still dead......

Fang Yihua is very good to her own people, and if Li Lecheng really helps her, she will fulfill what she promised.