I haven't been a boss for many years

Chapter 7
tonight.

Ten o'clock, thirty.

Peninsula Hotel, tea restaurant.

The Peninsula Hotel is known as the "Shadow Tea House".

Zhang Guobin did not expect to send a random errand boy to do things so efficiently. He invited Chow Yun-fat to drink tea that day. After the tour, he went home and changed into a formal suit, cleaned his hair, and entered the peninsula in a delicate way. hotel.

After politely pushing the revolving door in the lobby, Zhang Guobin led Achang and Awei up the stairs and into the cafe on the second floor.

As a "middleman", Awei led the way with great enthusiasm, and found Zhou Runfa and Ren Dahua who were sitting at the corner table. Zhang Guobin saw two familiar faces at a glance, and immediately accelerated his pace, and warmly reached out to greet him: "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Ren, good evening, both of you."

Zhou Runfa saw a well-dressed, polite, and gentle man in front of him, with a slightly surprised expression, he held his hand and said, "Hello."

Ren Dahua was beside him, but his heart skipped a beat: "You really know my details."

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Ren, what do you two want to drink?" After sitting down in the chair, Zhang Guobin raised his hand to ask the waiter to hand over the menu, and gave the menu to Zhou Runfa in front of him.

After Zhou Runfa took the menu, he looked back at Ren Dahua, then handed the menu back and said, "Just bring me a cup of tea."

"A pot of Pu'er, and some dim sum. Mr. Zhou just got off work, so he might be hungry." Zhang Guobin explained to the waiter.

Immediately, he turned his head and smiled at Zhou Run: "Mr. Zhou, I am your fan."

Zhou Run was stunned. After his "Shanghai Bund" became popular, he had talked about shooting several films, but only one contract was formally finalized. "The Stupid Girl Detective" directed by Wang Tianlin is currently being filmed.

His career on the big screen has just started, and he's not even considered box office poison, so is there any "fandom" to speak of?

In order to invite himself to make a movie, not only did he take a gun, but he didn't even want his face.

"Thank you, boss, what's your address?" Zhou Run was slanderous, but his mouth was calm and smiling.

Zhang Guobin immediately replied: "Zhang Guobin, just call me Abin."

"Achang." He raised his head and called out.

Lawyer Shichang immediately opened the briefcase, took out a business card, handed it to Zhou Runfa with both hands, bowed and said, "Hello, Mr. Zhou, this is my boss' business card."

Zhou Runfa took the ordinary white cardboard business card and looked at it politely for a while.

"Global DreamWorks Pictures, General Manager, Zhang Guobin."

This is Zhang Guobin's first step into the business. The general manager of a small film company, the company registration procedures, etc. have already been completed. Although it is a poor and empty shell company, it doesn't matter. Talented, scripted, always able to attract excellent artists with outstanding vision to join.

He thinks that Zhou Runfa is very wrong!

Zhou Runfa felt that the name of this film company was clever, both atmospheric and artistic, not like a roe deer, better than "XX Brothers", "X Art X", "New XX".

It's kind of like art.

Zhou Runfa put away his business card, caught a glimpse of Ren Dahua from the corner of his eye, and suddenly found that Ren Dahua's eyes were also a little puzzled: "Are there any gentle young and Dangerous boys? Will you send a pistol?"

"What kind of young and Dangerous boy does this look like? How good it is to be a model with me, and make movies. Chartered women, teachers and wives like this one the most. The company will definitely praise him."

Seeing the tea being served, Zhang Guobin asked, "I wonder if Mr. Zhou has read the script. If you are satisfied with the script, is there any filming schedule?"

Making a film is a complicated business.

It needs to be arranged slowly,
Manpower, equipment, etc.

but try,

Do your best...

Zhou Runfa looked down at the teacup and saw that there were no bullets in the tea, so he took a sip in peace and said, "Mr. Zhang, I have read the script sometime."

"not bad."

"The script as a whole is very well written. The man in it is romantic, and the grievances and hatreds are very attractive, especially that sentence..."

"I have been waiting for three years, just to wait for an opportunity. I want to fight for my breath. I don't want to prove that I am great, but to prove that what I lost, I must get back." Zhang Guobin continued.

Zhou Runfa shook his head: "It's sir, I haven't been a boss for a long time."

"This sentence brings out all the flavors of the Jianghu years. Without this sentence, the whole movie seems to have no soul."

Zhang Guobin agreed quite a bit and said: "Mr. Zhou, you are really suitable for this movie."

Zhou Runfa smiled bitterly and said, "How much do you plan to spend to invite me?"

What is the fastest way for the Xiangjiang underworld to make money in the film industry?It's really not to make a movie seriously, but to invite stars to come out to make bad movies at a very low price, and then sell the bad movies as sheep's tricks, and put them on the theaters to make bad money.

Now Xiangjiang's box office market is growing every year, and the citizens' pursuit of celebrities is strong, forming a trend. If you invite Zhou Runfa and Liu Dehua to make a movie, the theater companies will not even look at the content, and they are willing to spend several million to buy it out.

This situation is a bit like the capital frenzy of around 15 in the mainland, frantically inviting fresh meat and frying traffic.This kind of shoddy work can make money, who would seriously make a movie?The most common way for associations to make money from making movies is to lower the actors' salaries, and it's no problem to earn two or three times a month.

Although Zhang Guobin was the first club boss to step into the film industry, Zhou Runfa had already imagined that the other party would crazily lower the price.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Guobin raised a finger and directly asked for the price.

"One million?" Zhou Runfa was startled.

Not too low.

But too high!
TVB artist contracts are based on episodes, and usually receive extremely low living expenses. Some artists have not filmed for a few years, and even go out to do odd jobs to subsidize their families. It can be said that they are destitute. The fee is not low, and you can also go outside to accept plays, but the income does not reach one million.

Now, Shaw Brothers wants to sign an exclusive contract with him, which is very difficult.

Wang Tianlin only paid 80 yuan when he asked him to make "A Stupid Girl and a Stupid Thief Detective".In addition to fame, awards, and acting skills, the salary increase also has the problem of inflation. After all, it is the [-]s, and Hong Kong papers are very valuable.

Zhang Guobin smacked his lips and raised a finger: "Sorry, only two hundred thousand."

"Damn!" Zhou Runfa cursed in his heart: "[-], I'll make time to shoot."

"Three hundred thousand... I'm going to invite the best director to shoot."

In the 80s, the cost of making movies was very high, and the immature digital shooting technology made it necessary to shoot on film, which can only be imported. A roll of film costs [-] to [-] yuan, and it costs hundreds of thousands to make a film. Wan, not to mention the director's remuneration, on-set crew, props...

"[-], I like this script very much." Back then Zhou Runfa rushed to shoot "The True Colors of a Hero" and broke his bones because of this film salary. It can be seen that he really likes the script of this movie. It suits him very well and suits his taste.

"Fourty thousand, it can't be too much..."

"[-]! It can't be lower!!!" Zhou Runfa was a little anxious.

"Hey." Ah Wei next to him couldn't stand still, he bent down and slapped the tea table with his palm, staring at Zhou Runfa and said, "Ah Fa! Why are you talking to my boss!"

"My big brother invites you to act, it's for your face, how dare you shamelessly shameface?"

(End of this chapter)