Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2135 Not Abandoned
To simply convert Lin Daoqiu's statement, if the author's remuneration is not exchanged for the movie share, as long as the box office of a movie reaches 500 million, it can have a revenue of 100 million. The higher the box office, the more income will naturally be.

If the 6000 million won by "God of Gamblers" is counted, in the end the screenwriter could get as much as 400 million.

But if the box office loses money by then, I'm afraid there won't be much money.

This belongs to having enough confidence in the script you write, and it depends on the director and cast to decide.

It's just that big-name directors and big-name stars can easily get high box office, but everyone knows this kind of thing, so the producer will naturally not give the screenwriter too high a share ratio.

However, Lin Daoqiu has just started to improve the salary of screenwriters. As for what will happen in the middle, no one knows, and it will slowly emerge in the future.

"Starting today, the Xiangjiang Screenwriters Association will set up a screenwriting group. The members of this group are not fixed. They will be rotated every two years. The responsibility is to assist and recommend the scripts created by the members of the Screenwriters Association..."

"The scripts of famous screenwriters are naturally not worried about selling, so the main purpose of this screenwriting group is to find good scripts and cultivate new talents. This year, Huang Bingyao will be the leader of the screenwriting group."

Lin Daoqiu did not hand over the leader of the screenwriting team to the person he trusted the most, but let Huang Bingyao take over.

As one of Hong Kong's gold medal screenwriters and Sammo Hung's queen screenwriter, Huang Bingyao came to be the leader of this screenwriting group, so no one would have any objections to this.

Lin Daoqiu had never discussed this matter with Huang Bingyao before, so Huang Bingyao also had a surprised expression when Lin Daoqiu suddenly appointed him as the leader of the screenwriting team.

But the responsibilities of this screenwriting group are generally for the sake of Xiangjiang Films, so Huang Bingyao thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with taking this position.

"Mr. Lin, please don't worry, I will work hard with the screenwriting team to dig out a batch of excellent scripts for Xiangjiang and work hard on training new screenwriters."

"Of course I don't doubt Mr. Huang's ability. You have worked hard these two years. If the screenwriting team needs any assistance, please go to Li Maowen directly. If Li Maowen can't make a decision, there is me."

Lin Daoqiu's words mean that the screenwriting team has New Oriental to help endorse it, so naturally there is no need to worry about too many good scripts and not being able to shoot.

Originally, Lin Daoqiu's plan to reduce script creation made everyone feel very worried, but as soon as the latter two decisions came out, everyone's worries suddenly weakened a lot.

At least the remuneration of screenwriters has been improved, and in the future, the Screenwriters Association's voice in Xiangjiang Film will gradually increase, so they have nothing to worry about.

It didn't take long before the content of this meeting was spread. It wasn't until then that everyone knew that Lin Daoqiu planned to gradually reduce the creation of scripts, instead of withdrawing from New Oriental or selling New Oriental. Those rumors gradually spread. No one will continue to pass it on.

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"Hey, don't just stay at home. I know you're sad that you won't be able to win "The Holy Gambler", but this is something that can't be changed. You should think about how to work harder in the future."

Wu Mengda didn't see Zhou Xingchi for several days, and only after asking did he find out that he locked himself at home alone.

Worried that something would happen to Zhou Xingchi, he hurried over to visit him. After knocking on the door, Zhou Xingchi opened the door for him, but Wu Mengda knew that Zhou Xingchi was not in a good condition as soon as he saw Zhou Xingchi.

Without answering Wu Mengda's words, Zhou Xingchi returned to the sofa and sat down, staring blankly at the floor, not knowing what he was thinking.

"You can't solve the problem if you continue to be in a daze like this. It's just a waste of time."

Wu Mengda looked at Zhou Xingchi's distraught look, and he knew that what happened this time would be a big blow to Zhou Xingchi.

It can be said that they have invested a lot of energy and emotion in filming this film during this period. Unexpectedly, "The Holy Gambler" was finally finished filming, but it was directly rejected by Lin Daoqiu.

This kind of blow is definitely a huge blow to a confident young man. It is no wonder that Zhou Xingchi has become like this now, which is not a strange thing.

But if he is allowed to stay at home like this and do nothing, Wu Mengda is worried that Zhou Xingchi will gradually become a useless person.

Not to mention being a leading actor in the future, I'm afraid he won't even be able to play a supporting role. In the end, he can only be reduced to playing tricks on the TV station. This is definitely not the result Wu Mengda wants to see.

"Didn't you always want to make a good movie? But we really didn't make this "Sacred Gambler", and Mr. Lin couldn't just decide to cancel this movie. It must be that we did too much." It's bad, that's why he made such a decision."

After Wu Mengda finished speaking, Zhou Xingchi turned his head and looked at him. At this time, there seemed to be a little bit of color in his eyes, but not much, only a little bit.

After seeing Zhou Xingchi's reaction, Wu Mengda continued.

"Although I don't know what we are not doing well, we can still continue to work hard. Mr. Lin did not directly deny you. He thinks you are still a promising talent, so he asked you to go back to Dongshi for training. , can't you even see Mr. Lin's intentions?"

Hearing what Wu Mengda said, Zhou Xingchi's reaction became a little bigger.

"Mr. Lin is... is he training me?"

Wu Mengda nodded quickly.

"If Mr. Lin doesn't like you, how can he arrange for you to go back to the TV station to make a TV series? He did this to hone your acting skills and lay a good foundation for you to make movies in the future. You should understand his painstaking efforts."

After Wu Mengda finished speaking, Zhou Xingchi nodded, he seemed to think that what Wu Mengda said was right.

Zhou Xingchi has been shutting himself at home because he can't think about it these days. All he thinks about is that Lin Daoqiu has given up on him. It is impossible for him to make movies again in his life, let alone become a leading actor.

But Wu Mengda's words woke him up immediately.

If Lin Daoqiu had really given up on him, how could he be allowed to return to Dongshi for filming? I'm afraid he would have been kicked away long ago.

"Come on, let's go to the TV station, let's discuss with the screenwriter what TV series we will make next."

Zhou Xingchi suddenly regained his energy, and he took Wu Mengda and walked out. It seemed that he had cheered up, but there seemed to be something wrong.

(End of this chapter)