Zhang Yimou didn't give Zhou Yan any more advice, he returned the script and storyboard to Zhou Yan, and said, "Let's wait for Director Hou to read it." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay." ”

After thinking about it, Zhang Yimou said again, "Let's see what he says first, and then I'll talk about the rest." ”

Zhou Yan nodded again, listening to what he meant, it seemed that he had some other plans.

Zhang Yimou tightened his clothes and stood up, "I patronized and drank last night, and I didn't eat anything, I'm hungry now, you sit here for a while, I'll go get something to eat." ”

After Zhang Yimou left, he didn't return to the dormitory for a long time.

Zhou Yan was bored, and when he saw a copy of Tarkovsky's "Engraving Time" on the table, he took it in his hand and read it.

waited until half past nine before Hou Xiaoxian woke up.

Hou Xiaoxian first poured some water out of the thermos at the bedside, took two sips, and then noticed that Zhou Yan was in their room.

"Zhou Yan, why are you here?"

Zhou Yan put "Carving Time" back on the table, and pointed to the script and storyboard in his hand with a smile, "Director Hou, you said last night that you wanted to read my script, and I brought it." ”

Hou Xiaoxian drank a little too much, and his memory of last night was also a little vague, he frowned and thought for a while, and then nodded, "It seems that there is such a thing, you wait a while, I will wash my face and then talk." ”

"It's okay, there's no hurry." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

After Hou Xiaoxian got up and washed, he asked for Zhou Yan's script.

He read the script faster than Zhang Yimou, and did not express any opinions during the whole process, and when the storyboard was finished, he did not rush to evaluate, but kept tapping his fingers on the table, as if he was making a decision.

After a while, Hou Xiaoxian looked up at Zhou Yan, "Did you write this script?" ”

"Well, yes."

Hou Xiaoxian continued to ask, "Is there any reference?" You know what I mean. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, of course he understood, Hou Xiaoxian asked him if he had plagiarized.

Plagiarism must be plagiarism, but it's plagiarism in the air, unless the space-time police take care of it, no one knows.

"There won't be any copyright disputes involved in this script." Zhou Yan said with great certainty.

Hearing Zhou Yan say this, Hou Xiaoxian had a smile on his face and asked, "Do you want to shoot it?" ”

Zhou Yan was stunned, could it be that happiness came so suddenly?

He nodded firmly, "Of course." ”

Hou Xiaoxian pressed the script with his hand, "Although the cost of making a short film is not high, the commercial value is also very low, and it can be said that it is a business with a high probability of losing money." And your "Antlacewing", although it is very short, it also costs a lot of money, can you afford it yourself? ”

Zhou Yan said honestly, "I can't afford it, the money I have now is all the salary given to me by the crew." ”

Hou Xiaoxian smiled, he knew that Zhou Yan would definitely not be able to bear it.

If you want to shoot "Antfly", even if you save money, you can't do it without 10,000 yuan or 20,000 yuan, and now the mainland economy is relatively poor, 10,000 yuan is a huge amount of money for most people, and it is normal for Zhou Yan to not be able to pay it out.

Besides, if you really want to spend only 10,000 or 20,000 yuan to get the movie out, there is a high probability that it will be an inferior product, because some places can't save it at all.

"If you really want to shoot, I can help you."

Hearing that Hou Xiaoxian took the initiative to help, Zhou Yan's first reaction was not to be happy, but to wonder, why did Hou Xiaoxian help him?

Zhou Yan didn't go around the bend, "Director Hou, what do I need to give?" ”

Hou Xiaoxian shook his head, "It's not about paying, we invested in the filming of "Antfly", we can pay you for the script use fee, director fee, and if you want to act yourself, you will also get an actor's salary." After the film is filmed, the copyright will go back to Time International. ”

"All copyrights?" Zhou Yan asked.

"It's the subject copyright, like the right of authorship or something."

Zhou Yan smiled, what is the subject copyright, this is equivalent to all copyrights, and the right of authorship can't be sold, at least not openly.

This condition sounds quite harsh, and all the income from the short film "Antlacewing" will have nothing to do with Zhou Yan in the future, but to be honest, although this short film is very good, it actually doesn't make much money, so Zhou Yan will not lose money by selling the copyright.

Whether it is domestic or foreign, it is difficult to attract investment because there is no mature and effective business model for short films. Especially before the advent of the Internet age, there was almost no way to monetize short films.

Nowadays, most of the people who make short films are film school students, and in order to complete their graduation projects, they will make some short films. These students make short films, either at their own expense or sponsored by their schools.

Therefore, if you can get investment in a short film, and even get a salary, this is already beyond most people, as for the copyright is not copyrighted, as long as the director and screenwriter still write their names in these two columns, what's the big deal?

Zhou Yan didn't agree immediately, he asked the price first.

"Director Hou, is it convenient to ask about the salary?"

Hou Xiaoxian smiled, he knew that since Zhou Yan asked the price, it shouldn't be a big problem.

He took out a pen and paper from the drawer and calculated it for Zhou Yan, "The script will give you 5,000 yuan, the director's salary will give you 4,000, and the actor will ......."

"I'm going to be an actor myself."

Hou Xiaoxian nodded, "If you act by yourself, I will add another two thousand to you, a total of 11,000 yuan, which is enough." ”

This price really doesn't cheat people, Hou Xiaoxian still prefers the market on Taiwan Island for Zhou Yan.

If it is calculated according to the market situation in the mainland, it is okay if the script can be given a few hundred yuan, but if it is left a few years ago, the state stipulates that the authorization fee for adaptation of a work cannot exceed 800, and the screenwriter fee cannot exceed 4,000, no matter which one it is followed, 5,000 yuan must be a lot.

The director's salary will not be high, according to the monthly salary, it will be a few hundred yuan a month at most, not to mention the actor's salary, the first-line actor only costs 200 yuan for an episode of a TV series, and he plays for three minutes, giving him 2,000 is already very high.

If it was two months ago, Zhou Yan would definitely feel that this 11,000 yuan was a lot, after all, many people don't have a monthly salary of 100 yuan now, and he suddenly earned the money that others have earned for ten years.

But now Zhou Yan doesn't think so, because he finds that making a movie is particularly expensive, and if he doesn't make more points, he will have any projects to start in the future, which will be even more stretched.

In the film era, the threshold for shooting something was really high, unlike later, when you could shoot with a mobile phone.

Zhou Yan wanted to ask for more, but the price given by Hou Xiaoxian was okay, and it was not easy to raise it, so he changed his mind and said, "Director Hou, I agree with these prices, but the soundtrack of this movie is also made by myself." ”

"What's the soundtrack for this short film...... Okay, okay, the soundtrack will give you another two thousand, okay? Of course, Hou Xiaoxian understood that Zhou Yan was raising the price with him, so he simply raised two thousand for him.

Won another two thousand, this time Zhou Yan was satisfied, he rubbed his hands, "Then Director Hou, when will we start shooting?" ”

Hou Xiaoxian thought for a while and said, "We have a week to go, you buy the props in the next two days, determine the filming location, and then start filming, the film is very short, it won't take too long." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, he originally thought that if Hou Xiaoxian was willing to lend him the camera for filming, he would not find another place, so he would find a room in the Qiao family's compound to shoot, which would greatly reduce the cost.

But now that the company is giving funds, there is no need to settle any further, and he is ready to go to the county seat to find a better house.