Chapter 1118 Halftime Vacation

Zhou Runfa is a very smart actor. At first, he was not used to the expression method of American movies. After being told by Yin Jun several times, he simply bought a bunch of food and drinks in the evening. Morgan Freeman and other actors were in the room, chatting with them over drinks and food, and asking for their advice.

Although Morgan Freeman is not the veteran actor who has become as proficient as ten years later, he is already experienced, and the same is true for the other actors.

Seeing that Zhou Runfa was humble and polite, and that he was a direct descendant of Yin Jun, they thought they could leave a good connection, so they also taught him a few tricks, teaching him how to be appropriate but not exaggerated in the movie. expression.

A common problem among actors in Hong Kong is that their performances are too exaggerated. But the problem is that not all of you are Stephen Chow, and not all of you star in nonsensical comedies. Is such exaggeration necessary?

Obviously, this is simply not necessary.

But when they saw Zhou Xingchi's success, they all felt that such movies and performances must be popular, so they imitated them one after another. This is one of the reasons why Xiangjiang movies declined rapidly.

Even "Infernal Affairs", which is called a movie to save the market, is actually just that the first part is amazing, and the second and third parts are purely for the sake of box office and performance, and are not necessary at all.

Zhou Runfa is a good actor, but for now, he is not fully formed yet, and he does not have that kind of freedom and ease.

Fortunately, he has a very good attitude. He is not unwilling to learn or improve himself just because he is now one of the top figures in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong.

So while "The Shawshank Redemption" was being filmed, he was also learning, and everyone could see his progress.

His cooperation with Morgan Freeman and others is getting better and better.

In fact, when Yin Jun watches "The Shawshank Redemption", he usually feels that the protagonist in it is not just Andy, Morgan Freeman has as much role as him, and the entire story is played by Morgan Freeman narrated from the perspective of the character.

From a certain point of view, this movie should actually be regarded as having two protagonists, or there are many protagonists. Each of them uses their story to illustrate the story of Shawshank Prison, and to set off people's views on freedom and hope in a positive or negative way. yearning.

This emotion became even more intense when we filmed a series of things that happened when Brooks was released from prison on parole, and finally hanged himself because he could not adapt to the life outside.

But it was this sentiment that prompted Andy to make his first bold performance - while accepting donations of books and other books from outside, he happened to find a record of an Italian female singer, and he boldly took advantage of the opportunity. , locked the radio room, and played the record to everyone in the prison.

When Andy was photographed lying on the chair in the broadcast room, with his hands behind his head, listening to music leisurely, ignoring the furious prison warden and others outside, Yin Jun discovered that Zhou Runfa's expression and movements, He has completely integrated into the scene, as if he has become a real Andy.

Originally, Yin Jun was planning to have Zhou Runfa dance for his own entertainment like Leslie Cheung in Days of Being Wild, but after thinking about it for a long time, he decided that such a relaxed and joyful mood was definitely not in line with the overall atmosphere of Shawshank Prison. The atmosphere, and Andy is far from reaching that happy state of mind, so I still follow the original work.

Just when things were getting better, Los Angeles suddenly encountered a heavy rainstorm that had not happened in ten years. It rained non-stop every day, making outdoor shooting impossible.

In desperation, Yin Jun could only ask the meteorological department and announced a few days of leave for the crew.

After all, it has been almost twenty days of filming since we first formed the team. Everyone's spirits have been tense and they haven't had much rest.

Such a break, or a paid break, made Shi Shaoming quite dissatisfied. He felt that the Americans were simply taking advantage. How could such a good thing happen in Xiangjiang?

Yin Jun is not a workaholic, he also understands the separation of work and life.

For example, during the filming of "Shawshank Redemption", Yin Jun did not stay in the resort hotel with everyone.

Firstly, these people are definitely not used to living together with the director and boss, and they seem a little uncomfortable; secondly, Yin Jun is also responsible for the important task of sowing seeds for the queen sister, so he stayed two kilometers away from the resort hotel. , rented a villa, and Deng Lijun lived here during this period. She listened to and practiced songs leisurely at home every day, instructing the servants to take care of the housework, waiting for Yin Jun to come back for dinner, and then work hard again. of making babies.

With the album "Teresa Deng", which won an unprecedented eleven Grammy Awards, Teresa Teng once again became popular in the United States.

Every day, countless reporters want to interview her and secretly take photos of all kinds of gossip in her life, but the queen sister lives a secluded life with Yin Jun, and it is very comfortable. This has to be said, love The power is really great.

Because she didn't have enough time in Hong Kong, she came back to the United States just to attend the Grammy Awards. After that, it caused a stir in the media around the world. Teresa Teng didn't even dare to go to the recording studio for fear of being surrounded and affecting herself. The sweet world of two people with Yin Jun.

Therefore, she could only practice and become familiar with the eight songs that Yin Jun wrote for her while playing the piano and guitar in the rented villa.

Based on Teresa Teng's understanding of music, she did not only use one singing style to sing these eight songs, but she tried many kinds of singing styles and performed them in many ways.

Just like those singers in the future, they can sing the same song with folk, ethnic, pop, bel canto and other singing methods, and they can all have different flavors and experience the different charms of the song.

Teresa Teng has been performing everywhere to earn money since she was a child, and she is very bad at housework.

But in the past year or two, she has had more free time, and she will gradually do some things by herself.

After being with Yin Jun, she will even more practice her cooking skills, hoping that her man can often eat delicious food made by herself. This is what a wife should do.

For example, when she lived in this villa, Teresa Teng often cooked her own food.

She knew that Yin Jun liked to eat spicy food, so she learned several kinds of Northern Hubei dishes. After cooking them a few times, they became familiar and won praises from Yin Jun several times.

Yin Jun gave the actors and crew members a day off. This does not mean that he enjoys himself at home with his diva sister all day long. In fact, he is much busier than when he was filming.

Because, whether in Hong Kong, the mainland, or the United States, there are a lot of things waiting for him to make decisions and deal with them.

Since he is no longer filming, of course his priority is to sort out the accumulated affairs.

After launching the franchise model in September last year, 7-11 Xiangjiang Company, under the leadership of Jin Qiuwen, once again created miracles.

Whether it is a franchise store or a directly-operated store, the turnover continues to rise. In the two months of the Spring Festival, the average operating profit of each store has exceeded 30,000!

When there were 50 stores in the past, it could be said that the monthly profit of 48,000 was due to the lack of competitors. Now it has increased to 100 stores, and the profit can actually reach 30,000, which caused a huge sensation.

On the one hand, Wellcome Company, a subsidiary of the dairy company, announced that it will increase investment in Wanning convenience stores and strive to enable it to serve the people of Hong Kong 24 hours a day.

On the other hand, Yin Jun's partner, Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa PARKnSHOP supermarket, also announced that it is considering setting up a 24-hour convenience store model to complement the PARKnSHOP supermarket's small and large supermarkets and cover the entire Hong Kong business. .

Everyone sees the benefits of 24-hour convenience stores and wants to get a piece of the pie.

The same goes for 7-11. Seeing such crazy profit prospects, the Xiangjiang headquarters of 7-11 has been crowded with people who want to join. Hundreds of calls come in every day, asking how to join.

In fact, 7-11's business conditions are not as good as the data shows.

Because the monthly profit of 30,000 yuan is calculated on average.

7-11's directly-operated stores have the best locations, and of course the highest profits.

As for franchisees who operate stores or entrust operations, they have to pay various fees, because they have to accept various products from 7-11 Showdown, and they also have to deduct the monthly franchise fee, as well as various There are all kinds of miscellaneous expenses, so the profit cannot reach as much as 30,000.

Franchisees who get 40% of the sales gross profit can get about 6,000-8,000 in a month. During the Spring Festival, they can get a high profit of about 10,000.

Franchisees who run their own stores can earn around 16,000-20,000 a month due to the 70% gross profit margin, and can get around 25,000 during the Spring Festival.

But if you add in the rent of his own shop, their monthly income is actually around 8,000.

7-11 does not tell others about this data, but Xiangjiang is such a small place, and everyone still knows it.

But even if it is around 8,000 a month, it is still a very attractive income for today's people in Hong Kong - white-collar workers in Central can earn more than 3,000 or 4,000 a month, which is considered good, and as long as you join At 7-11, one person can earn 8,000 yuan a month, which is equivalent to the income of a whole family of white-collar workers. What else is there to be dissatisfied about?

What's more, I've only been working for about half a year and already have such a good income. Who dares to say that I won't be able to earn 30,000 to 50,000 a month in one year, two years, or three to five years?

The situation in Xiangjiang is really bad now. Everything is so expensive, and the housing prices are ridiculously high, but the salary is not high. People suddenly discovered such a promising business, and naturally they flocked to it.

In September last year, in order to attract the first batch of franchisees, Jin Qiuwen specifically promised them that by the end of 1982, the first batch of franchise stores would only have a maximum of 100 stores.

At that time, fifty companies were approved to join, and then only fifty companies were left with quotas. Jin Qiuwen was a little unsure and didn't know whether he should release the quota now.

He didn't know the reason why Yin Jun started joining so quickly, but he also knew that these initial quotas must be very valuable. He originally planned to wait until the second half of this year to release the quotas.

When Yin Jun was free, he didn't think much about it, so he called Jin Qiuwen and asked him to allocate the franchise quota as soon as possible.

In terms of price and conditions, he can consider what is most beneficial to the company based on the situation of 7-11, but he must have 7-11 erected in various neighborhoods of Xiangjiang as soon as possible.

Japan's 7-11 has begun to take the bait. From last year to this year, they were in the stage of accelerating expansion. If I don't add some firewood to Suzuki Toshifumi in Xiangjiang, I really feel sorry for his efforts! !