Literary Master 1978

In Li Hanxiang's opinion, Lin Chaoyang was asking for too much, but Lin Chaoyang didn't think so.

In the past two years, his novel royalties have risen sharply. In comparison, the cost-effectiveness of writing scripts has become lower and lower.

There is money for publishing, publishing, and reprinting novels, but scripts are a one-time deal. No matter how high the box office is, it has nothing to do with him. If he doesn't want a higher royalty, he has no motivation to write.

The Hong Kong dollar has depreciated sharply this year, and the name of "Hong Kong paper" has become more and more popular. The exchange rate with the RMB is almost 4:1, and 100,000 Hong Kong dollars is only 25,000 RMB.

"Don't just shout like that when the movie is selling well. This is disrupting the market. Do you know how much it costs for a screenwriter in Hong Kong to write a script?"

In terms of Hong Kong's economic level, the royalties in Hong Kong's cultural circles have never been high, especially in the film and television industry.

"I don't care how much a Hong Kong screenwriter pays for a script. My script is worth this price!"

As expected, the two broke down in the talks.

Li Hanxiang said angrily: "I suggested to the boss that I should give you a red envelope! Is this how you repay me?"

"A red envelope is a red envelope, and royalties are royalties. They can't be confused."

Li Hanxiang was helpless with his attitude, "Then don't blame me for not taking you in the new film!"

"It doesn't matter. Even if the deal doesn't work out, the friendship still exists." Lin Chaoyang said easily.

"It's okay, I'll hang up."

"Think about giving me the red envelope."

"Plop!" Li Hanxiang cursed, and then said: "You can't do without me!"

"By the way, there's one more thing." Lin Chaoyang said.

"What's the matter?"

"Can you ask Huizai if he is interested in returning to the mainland to make another movie?"

Li Hanxiang laughed when he heard this, "Are you kidding me? He made my movie and is now a hot star in the Hong Kong film industry. He's going back to the mainland to make a movie? What a joke!"

Lin Chaoyang said faintly, "Old Li, don't flatter yourself. Huizai originally had a bright future, but now he's made your movie, will Taiwan let him go? That's a big box office for your Hong Kong movies, which film company would dare to use him in the future?"

Lin Chaoyang's two words made Li Hanxiang speechless, and then he said murderously, "I asked Huizai to return to the mainland to make a movie, but in the end, I'm just cleaning your ass! What the hell?"

He finally learned a Cantonese sentence in a weird accent, and his sarcasm skills were maxed out, responding to Li Hanxiang's "failure theory" just now.

Li Hanxiang on the other end of the phone held back for a long time, and couldn't think of any words to fight back against him, and hung up the phone in a rage.

The busy tone of "beep beep beep" came, and Lin Chaoyang showed a triumphant smile on his face.

I am a writer after all, how can I be better than you in scolding? Do you really think I am of high quality and won't scold people?

He was not worried that Li Hanxiang would not take his words seriously. Playing and joking aside, Lao Li was still quite particular about doing things.

Lin Chaoyang asked Li Hanxiang to help ask Tony Leung if he was willing to act in the movie, not on his own initiative.

Ever since he mentioned Tony Leung to Chen Huaikai, Chen Huaikai thought of the protagonist Jiang Nansheng and Tony Leung together. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was suitable. Looking at other actors, they did not meet his expectations at all.

For this male lead, Chen Huaikai almost checked all the major troupes in Yanjing, but he did not find a more suitable candidate than Tony Leung. He began to blame Lin Chaoyang for mentioning Tony Leung to him.

How could Lin Chaoyang not understand that the old fox could not find a suitable male lead and was going to blackmail him.

But after all, it was indeed the candidate he suggested at the time. Li Hanxiang happened to call, so Lin Chaoyang decided to ask, what if it worked?

A day later, Lin Chaoyang received another call from Li Hanxiang, who asked Lin Chaoyang bluntly: "What kind of drug did you give Huizai?"

Lin Chaoyang was delighted when he heard this, but he said: "Old Li, you are so old, but you have no sense of responsibility. The young man's future was ruined because of filming your movie. I found him a job, and you said I gave him a drug?"

Faced with Lin Chaoyang's accusation of standing on the moral high ground, Li Hanxiang's rebuttal was not confident enough, "What do you mean by ruined future? Taiwan Island has not said that it will ban him now, and even if it is banned, how many years can it be banned?"

"How many years? I asked you not to work for a few years, do you think it's okay?

I told you that you have to be responsible for this matter!"

Li Hanxiang shouted, "What responsibility do I have?" Ren? I let him be the leading actor, I let him become famous, and it's my fault? "

"What's the use of becoming famous? He still has no movies to shoot? If you dare to say that you will use him as the leading actor in your next movie, I will apologize to you now!"

Li Hanxiang was speechless again by Lin Chaoyang, "Don't make trouble here, you know that my next movie is about Empress Dowager Cixi, how can there be a role for him?"

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense with you. Anyway, Huizai probably has no job in the past one or two years, so he came to the mainland to shoot a movie to hone his acting skills!

If you have a conscience, find a boss to invest some money to support him. "

Lin Chaoyang finally showed his true colors, and Li Hanxiang realized that he had been waiting for him here for so long.

"You want to make the movie a co-production? Is this something you, as a screenwriter, should worry about?"

"For cross-strait friendship, Huizai plays the leading role, and making it a co-production is good for everyone. What do you mean I'm a screenwriter, I'm not here to clean up your mess..."

Lin Chaoyang used this rhetoric again, and Li Hanxiang felt annoyed.

"I've been talking nonsense for a long time, as if you have the final say. In the end, shouldn't it be the studio that has the final say?"

"If you invest hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars in New Kunlun and tell the comrades at Tongzhankou, do Yan Film Factory still dare to disagree?"

Li Hanxiang sarcastically said: "Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars? What you said is really light. Do you think my money came from the strong wind?"

New Kunlun Pictures is a film and television company established by Li Hanxiang in order to go to the mainland to film "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Behind the Curtain". Mr. Haojiang He's money is of a financing nature, and the company is still controlled by Li Hanxiang.

"The box office of "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" is now aiming for 10 million, right? The two movies have a box office of at least 25 million. It is easy to make five or six million without investing.

Mr. He makes a big profit and you make a small profit. One-tenth is always there, right?

And don’t you make money from the box office in our mainland and the buyout money from Southeast Asian countries and regions?

Lao Li, you must be kind! "

Lin Chaoyang used his fingers to settle the accounts for Li Hanxiang. Li Hanxiang said helplessly: "I earned hard-earned money. It's not as much as you think. You think it's easy to make hundreds of thousands, which is almost enough to make a movie."

"I didn't tell you to vote for everything, why don't you find a boss?"

Li Hanxiang immediately understood and asked curiously: "Where did you hear these things? You are more skilled than me!"

"Don't care where I heard it from, I'm just trying to wipe your ass!"

here we go again!

Li Hanxiang said impatiently: "Is it over yet?"

"Okay, let's not talk about it. Anyway, this is what I think. Your company has cooperated so successfully with mainland studios before, so it wouldn't hurt to cooperate again.

"The Chess Master" is an adaptation of my novel, and it has a deep readership in China. It is not necessarily possible to make money, but it is impossible to lose money. "

Li Hanxiang hesitated for a moment and finally said: "I will invest up to 300,000 yuan."

Three hundred thousand? It was only 75,000 RMB, and Lin Chaoyang complained in his heart about Li Hanxiang's stinginess.

But the amount of investment is not important, what is important is the brand of "co-production".

"Lao Li, I have to thank you on behalf of Huizi. You saved a young man's future."

Li Hanxiang felt indescribably annoyed as he listened to Lin Chaoyang talking nonsense on the phone.

"Okay, okay, if nothing happens, just hang up."

"I'm thinking of sending Hui Zai over as soon as possible." Lin Chaoyang did not forget to remind him before hanging up the phone.

After talking on the phone with Li Hanxiang, Lin Chaoyang came to Yanying Factory.

"Chess Master" is in intensive preparation. Although the male lead has not yet been determined, the crew is not idle either. Lin Chaoyang found Chen Huaikai in the props workshop.

"Old Chen, you have to thank me!"

Lin Chaoyang's words left Chen Huaikai confused, "Thank you? Thank you for what?"

"Thank you first. I'll tell you after I finish thanking you." Lin Chaoyang pretended to be secretive.

A shrewd man like Chen Huaikai knew that this must be a good thing, but he was afraid that Lin Chaoyang was making fun of him, so he waved to Chen Kaige, who was also in the workshop, not far away.

"Come and say thank you to Uncle Lin."

Chen Kaige was confused for a moment, thinking that something good was coming to him. He happily bowed and shouted loudly: "Thank you, Uncle Lin!"

Chen Kaige, a tall man about 1.8 meters tall, bowed angrily to Lin Chaoyang and said thank you, which inexplicably reminded him of the "Welcome" he said every time he went to the bath in future generations.

He pointed at Chen Huaikai and said, "Old Chen, you are so boring."

Chen Huaikai had a look on his face, "Can you tell me this time?"

Lin Chaoyang was too lazy to argue with this old fox and simply recounted how he persuaded Li Hanxiang.

The more Chen Huaikai listened, the brighter his eyes became. Finally, his face was filled with surprise, "You mean, not only did you recruit Tony Leung to be the leading actor, but you also attracted investment from Li Hanxiang to make "The Chess" into a co-production?"

"Stop summarizing, what's the problem with going through the formalities like this?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Chen Huaikai muttered: "The factory has already approved the project, and the film bureau has also registered it. The procedures will definitely have to be redone. But this is not a problem. This is a good thing. I will tell Lao Wang. "The Chess Master" has become a co-production. , He couldn’t wait to do it.”

At this point, the smile on his face could not be suppressed, "Chaoyang, you did this so beautifully. I told Lao Wang to let you be named a producer."

Lin Chaoyang curled his lips, "Rare!"

Chen Huaikai asked with a smile: "How about I increase your royalties?"

"Give me a share of the box office!"

Chen Huaikai couldn't laugh this time, "You are really good at joking. Our factory won't even get a share of the box office."

Lin Chaoyang waved his hand, "Okay, hurry up and study this matter with Lao Wang."

Chen Huaikai also wanted to tell Wang Yang the good news quickly, so he grabbed Lin Chaoyang and said, "You have to come with me!"

Chen Kaige watched the two people leave. He heard everything Lin Chaoyang said beside him, and he only had one feeling in his heart.

Uncle Lin is really capable. He turned "The Master of Chess" into a co-production in just a few words.

Arriving at the factory director's office on the second floor of the main building, Chen Huaikai excitedly shared the good news brought by Lin Chaoyang to Wang Yang. Wang Yang was also surprised and surprised. He held Lin Chaoyang's hand and said thank you to Lin Chaoyang. words.

He only has one feeling in his heart now, this ten thousand yuan is really worth it!

Whether Wang Yang's thanks or Chen Huaikai's praise, they had no impact on Lin Chaoyang.

The reason why he promoted this matter was because he had his own considerations.

"The Chess Master" is adapted from his novel. As the author, he also hopes to have a male protagonist who fits the image of the original novel. And it was indeed him who first suggested Tony Leung to Chen Huaikai.

As for the co-production, it is a win-win for him and Yan Film Studio.

First, the funds for film production are more abundant and the team is stronger. Second, the film has the opportunity to be released in Hong Kong and even go abroad.

Yan Film Studio can't take advantage of the box office, but the reputation and honor are definitely indispensable.

For him, the higher the quality of the film, the greater the chance of popularity in the future, the greater the influence of the original work, and the easier it is to sell books in the future.