Chapter 18 Script Fee?

Wednesday, eleven o'clock in the morning.

Yin Jun had just washed the dishes from the kitchen of the tea restaurant and changed his clothes to go to work when he saw Guan Shan sitting on a table, drinking his morning tea leisurely.

"Uncle Guan!"

Yin Jun stepped forward and said hello, "Why are you here?"

Guan Shan looked up at him, hehe smiled: "Why can't I come here? Good boy! You're hiding it from me very tightly! How about you, go out to lunch with me later? Let's chat with my uncle and nephew? "

Yin Jun knew exactly what was going on, "Okay, I'll have dinner at 12 noon. I'll take a break for an hour and a half."

"You don't need to ask for leave." Guan Shan smiled and said, "I said hello to Axing and asked him to give you a half-day leave. After lunch, I'll take you back to work."

"Well."

Yin Jun nodded, "I'll explain to my colleagues."

"Okay, I'll wait for you at the door!"

...

There are actually a lot of tea restaurants and cafes on the radio channel. Due to the large number of actors and crew members working here, the spending power is very strong, supporting dozens of large and small restaurants.

Guan Shan didn't take Yin Jun very far. He found a familiar restaurant, walked to the box on the second floor and sat down.

When the boss came in with a pot of black tea, Guan Shan poured both himself and Yin Jun, and drank the still hot tea in one sip.

"call……"

Guan Shan let out a long sigh and said with a hint of nostalgia: "Twenty years ago, when I first won the Best Actor Award, I celebrated in this box. Although the movie didn't make much money, everyone was very happy because we For Huaguo film to become famous in the world! Unfortunately, it was just that chance. Although the films in the future have made a lot of money, there is no such opportunity again. "

Yin Jun drank his tea slowly and listened to him without interrupting.

Guanshan at this time is just a memory of my own, and I don't need others to follow along.

"The 1960s was my most brilliant time. At that time, I cooperated with several big stars of Shaw Brothers and performed many popular films. So I was very concerned, thinking about why other film companies should make big money, I can’t start a company to make money myself?” Guan Shan said: “So I started my own company in 1972 and started making some movies. It was good at the beginning, but the more I went, the worse my movies got. It was popular. It lost money in 1976, and it was also a loss in 1977. I was so scared that I didn’t dare to start acting again. I could only go to film for others, to earn money to support the family and the group of people who support the company.

As a result, my burden and pressure are very heavy, and I often can't even sleep well. The first thing I wake up is to think about how much money I need to earn today to be able to maintain the company and family expenses! But even then, I never thought about giving up! I still wanted to regroup, so I went everywhere to attract investment, but I didn't expect to attract investment, but I found out that I was not ready at all, and I couldn't even come up with a good script! "

Speaking of which, Guan Shan shook his head and smiled at himself, "By the way, I remembered that I was able to get the investment before thanks to the song you wrote for Jiahui. Now, I owe you one more. Human."

"Where is it?" Yin Jun shook his hand, "Uncle Guan, the first meal I came to Xiangjiang was what you guys gave me. I remember this kindness and I will never forget it. The song and the script are all within my ability. , happy to serve."

"But then again, you are still an orphan in a place like the mainland, how can you possibly know so much?" Guan Shan said curiously, "It goes without saying that the song is a master-level work; The script of "Seven Days of Love" is so well written and so detailed, I believe you even if you say you've made a movie! But you're only 16 years old!"

"I grew up in an orphanage. Well, it's inaccurate to say that the orphanage is actually an orphanage. There are old people and children in it." Yin Jun said his answer: "There are two old grandpas who are One of the filmmakers in the old Shanghai Beach is a musician and one is a writer. I have heard a lot of stories and learned a lot from them. After I came to Hong Kong, I naturally thought about what to do, so I Write something to try first. Uncle Guan, do you think this script is good?"

"It's more than good?" Guan Shan laughed. "It's not that my uncle praised you. If the box office of "The Misunderstanding of the Seven Days" does not exceed 1 million, then my uncle will not make a movie!"

Yin Jun also laughed when he heard the words.

It's not because Guan Shan is very optimistic about it, but he is lamenting that Guan Shan is no wonder the film company didn't make it. It's really ordinary to look at the script.

Five years later, "The Misunderstanding Seven Days of Love", which was released in 1983, won the third place at the box office that year, with a full 15 million!

This is just the Hong Kong box office. With the ability of the production company, Shaw Brothers, Nanyang and Baodao do not sell at the same price. That is strange!

And how much does "The Wrong Seven Days of Love" cost?

330,000!

It's still 330,000 artificially skyrocketing prices five years later!

Therefore, "The Wrong Seven Days of Love" is definitely a model of small and broad, and director Zhang Tingjian has also become a hot new director because of this, which can be said to be a bumper harvest.

Therefore, Guan Shan's ability and vision are like that.

A good actor doesn't necessarily make a good businessman, it's a common occurrence.

Thoughts flashed by, Yin Jun nodded and said, "One million? Isn't that a lot of money?"

"If it's 1 million, it won't make much money in Xiangjiang." Guan Shan was excited, but did not see Yin Jun's peaceful eyes, "I try to control the shooting cost at 150,000, plus the bottom fee and printing fee. , distribution fees, etc., the cost is about 300,000 yuan. In this way, as long as the box office reaches 600,000 yuan, the cost can be recovered. You know, the cinema chain is very dark! Of course, Jiahe also has Cathay Pacific Cinemas in other cities. Distribution channels, if "Biao Wrong Seven Days of Love" can be sold to Nanyang, we can at least earn hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's great."

Seeing Guan Shan's excited look, Yin Jun couldn't bear to tell him.

Although Jiahe couldn't do anything in the local theaters in Hong Kong, when it was released in Nanyang, Japan, South Korea, Baodao and other places, it was not ordinary black.

Why did Hong Jinbao go out of Jiahe and go to Debao on Pan Gongzi's side?

Isn't it because in the report that Jiahe gave him, the films he sold in Heung Kong were sold to these markets for only one dollar? Do you believe that Jiahe is that kind of living **?

Funny right?

Funny right?

Funny right?

This is the so-called Jiahe, the most responsible, most conscientious and most willing to support people in Xiangjiang!

Jiahe is like this, let alone Shaw Brothers.

Princess Jin is actually not much better.

Therefore, in the future, from 1985 to 1995, these stars and production companies in Xiangjiang are also smart enough to take the price directly. You don't need to talk about dividends from other cities.

This is also the reason why Cheng Long is He Guanchang's godson, and finally he opened his own company, found his own cinema, and sold his films to go abroad.

Otherwise, with Cheng Long in his hands, why would Jiahe decline like this, and finally be swallowed by a new company in the mainland?

Of course, in the first few years, Jiahe did not treat its superstar badly, but then the film industry became more and more sluggish, and almost only Cheng Long could make money, so they could only take money from Cheng Long's movie profits. , to make up for losses in other areas, which led to a significant reduction in Cheng Long's income.

In addition, at that time, Cheng Long had successfully entered Hollywood, so Cheng Long retired from Jiahe naturally.

It can also be seen from here that the film industry in Xiangjiang is completely chaotic from top to bottom. It is strange that such an industry does not go bankrupt!

Come back to your eyes.

It is definitely unrealistic for Guan Shan and Jiahe to confront each other.

But Yin Jun didn't want to make Guan Shan suffer. He pondered: "Uncle Guan, when you sign a contract with Jiahe, you can try to keep the film's share as low as possible, but don't give up the distribution rights in other cities, at least not. Take it out early."

"Why?" Guan Shan asked.

"Because there is no reference value until the box office of Xiangjiang comes out. Now you sign a contract together and let Jiahe help distribute it, isn't it a loss?" Yin Jun said, "It's not so easy to sell outside the city, Jiahe is not so good for small companies' films. I don't seem to care that much about the distribution rights in other cities, right?"

"But in general, they all sign together." Guan Shan was also moved when he heard the words. If the box office could go higher, he could earn more. "What should I do?"

"I don't know about this, and I don't know the specific situation." Yin Jun said, "Uncle Guan, talk to someone you know."

"Row!"

Guan Shan smiled. From the leather bag next to him, he took out a stack of big golden bulls and put it in front of Yin Jun, "Industry rules, you must pay money to buy a script. Uncle Guan doesn't have any now. How much money, I can only give you 10,000 yuan. When the box office comes out, if it is a big sale, I will give you a big red envelope."

In Xiangjiang, screenwriters are really worthless.

For now, for a best-selling film that sold 1 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, it is not bad that the screenwriter can get 10,000 yuan.

On the TV drama side, it's even simpler. If the ratings are always red, I'll give you a big red envelope of several thousand yuan, even if it's a big reward.

Guan Shan didn't have much money in the first place, so it's really rare to give the script money directly according to a million-dollar movie.

Yin Jun stretched out his hand and pushed the money back.

Guan Shan frowned and said helplessly, "Junzi, do you think it's too little?"

"That's not what you mean." Yin Jun smiled, "Uncle Guan, you don't have a lot of money right now? Why don't you take it all to film first, and when the box office comes out, how about you give me a red envelope? It will sell a lot more then. , you give me more!"

Guan Shan was moved.

Yin Jun is continuing to support him, who knows how the box office will be? But he did not choose to settle down, but chose to let him focus on making movies first.

Although such young people are a little younger, they are talented and virtuous, and they know how to advance and retreat. They are very suitable for my family, Jiahui.

Such thoughts flashed in Guan Shan's mind.