Chapter 387 Give the Script Again

Xingji Tea Restaurant, box on the second floor.

Wu Siyuan and Yin Jun chatted happily.

What they were talking about was that a few days ago, Zou Wenhuai announced in high spirits in Hollywood that in the next few years, Golden Harvest would invest 60 million US dollars to shoot six films starring international superstars.

This news not only caused a sensation in the United States, but also shocked the entire Xiangjiang film industry after it was transmitted back.

At this time at the end of 1979, in this era when Shaw Brothers films had declined, Golden Harvest had already obtained the future superstar they dreamed of, and Cheng Long had already proved himself with three blockbuster films, plus Hong Jinbao and Xu Guanwen, etc. Yingcai, this gave Zou Wenhuai great confidence.

So this uncle has brought all his profits for several years to the United States, and is ready to do a big job.

All of a sudden, the Xiangjiang film industry has become the world of Golden Harvest, and the so-called martial arts leaders should be what they are now.

What Golden Harvest announced was not just the follow-up investment, the new Hollywood film that Cheng Long collaborated with major Hollywood directors and stars - "The Killer's Trenches" was one of Zou Wenhuai's key recommendations.

This is not only to increase Jiahe's reputation, but also to build momentum for future movie releases.

Cheng Long also received a lot of attention because of this, from last year's new movie star, he suddenly became a world-class star.

As for the second news, Zou Wenhuai also revealed that he cooperated with the big Hollywood directors - Spielberg and Lucas to invest in the new adventure movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

Spielberg, Lucas, and Harrison Ford, who is famous for starring in "Star Wars", this news has aroused the attention of the public even more.

Compared with Cheng Long, even Xiangjiang people are looking forward to the cooperation of the above three directors and superstars.

Although many industry insiders in the United States are not very optimistic about this action movie with an adventurous theme, ordinary audiences are very interested in it.

In this era, it is still the era when only looking at directors and superstars can trick the audience into the cinema.

And it just so happens that the works of good directors and superstars are really good nowadays, and generally there are no bad ones, so the audience's choice is very correct.

After 2000, this situation will gradually change. Audiences will not only look at the stars, but will decide whether to go or not to watch it based on the plot and everyone's evaluation.

In fact, the filmmakers in Hong Kong did not realize this from that time until more than ten years later. They always thought that if enough Hong Kong moss stars were piled up in the movie, they would be able to attract mainland audiences to the movie theater, and then complete the film. Their money-making business.

Among them, Huang Boming, Liu Zhenwei, and Wang Jing are role models.

It's a pity that they didn't get what they wanted. Except that Wang Jing had grasped a little bit of the essence, and had already settled in Huajing, made a thorough statement of his position, and was able to make money, the rest of Xiangjiang's directors were basically finished.

Often fascinated by the glory of Hong Kong films in the 1980s and 1990s, but unable to extricate themselves, unable to move forward hard, unable to make serious progress, such directors will of course be eliminated by the development of the industry.

Of course, this is something that will happen in the next few decades. Now everyone's expectations for "Raiders of the Lost Ark" are naturally far higher than "Killer's Trenches".

"Speaking of Aaron, Sanmao is a bit unconvinced." Wu Siyuan said to Yin Jun, "His qualifications are deeper than Aaron's, his background is stronger than Aaron's, and he has more brothers than Aaron. And Southeast Asia's influence, and it is not lost to Aaron at all, but Aaron just robbed the limelight."

Yin Jun nodded.

What Hong Jinbao lost in this life was not only his character and strength, but also some luck.

In the past few years in the early 1980s, Hong Jinbao was not inferior to Cheng Long, and even stronger.

But he is a typical drama star who is not popular. He has made more than a dozen movies that sold at the box office in a row. In Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other places, he is extremely popular, but not many people can remember this flexibility. Extremely fat man.

Not to mention Cheng Long, even his younger brother Yuan Biao was a huge hit in Japan for two years, but Hong Jinbao just couldn't get popular, that's fate.

"San Mao is not convinced, so he will take action." Wu Siyuan smiled, "But I heard that from June to now, San Mao asked you to come out for tea, but you didn't agree to him?"

"It's not that you don't give Brother Sanmao face, but that you are too busy." Yin Jun said, "I also called him several times. I also know what Brother Sanmao's purpose is, so as long as I can help him If you do, he won't be angry."

"Did you give him the script?" Wu Siyuan asked with his eyes wide open.

"Yes." Yin Jun nodded.

"Then what about mine?" Wu Siyuan blurted out, "Jun Shao, we are good friends, why do you take care of Sanmao first? I also need a good script!"

"Well, Brother Yuan, you also have a script, and I'll give it to you when it's finished next month." Yin Jun said in a harmonious voice.

"Really?" Wu Siyuan was overjoyed, "Come on, Young Master Jun, I'll offer you a toast with tea instead of wine! I wish us a happy cooperation!"

He was even more active than Hong Jinbao. Before "The Prodigal Boy" was released, he started talking to Yin Jun about the next script cooperation.

Wu Siyuan is still a good person, much better than Luo Wei.

For example, Wu Siyuan gave the accounts and dividends of "The Prodigal Boy" in a very timely and appropriate manner, and he was not in arrears at all.

But even so, Yin Jun did not agree to him earlier.

He has spent so long, and now that his wish has been fulfilled, he finally feels at ease.

The same is true for Hong Jinbao. Three days ago, Hong Jinbao got the script he wanted the most.

It’s not that Hong Jinbao didn’t make movies this year. For example, "Miscellaneous Boys" released in June, and "Single Sword and Gun" released in August, these two films only grossed about 4 million yuan at the box office. Both Yuan Biao's "Prodigal Boy" and his own "Owl and Dumbo" are far behind.

So Hong Jinbao is even more looking forward to getting a good script from the talented screenwriter Yin Jun. Not to mention breaking Xiangjiang's box office record again, at least 10 million in Hong Kong's box office is also very necessary.

In this way, there was a film with a box office of over 10 million in 1979, and there was another film in 1980, which would solidify Hung Kam Po's position. He could also take advantage of this to get good film and director salaries for other films he made. ——A star at his level, fame and status, can be eaten as a meal.

For example, this year's "Miscellaneous Boy" and "Death Fighting Single-handed Gun" both grossed around 2.8 million at the box office in their previous lives. With the blessing of "Owl and Dumbo", "Death Fighting Single Sword and Killing Gun" has won more than 1 million more box office, and the box office sales in other places are also good, so he can be considered a small profit.

The small profit is only compared to "Owl and Dumbo". In fact, each movie can earn a total income of around 1.5 million. It is not shabby anywhere, and it is very good!

To be honest, Hong Jinbao's films are not bad, but they are still a bit old-fashioned and have not formed their own style.

His real best lies in the "Five Lucky Stars" series.

After that, Hong Jinbao couldn't find a better goal for himself, and fell with the sinking of Xiangjiang movies.

It wasn't until around 2010 that he found another way by relying on the villains or main supporting roles of several movies, but at that time he was quite old and could no longer regain his bravery.

Yin Jun actually doesn't like Hong Jinbao's character that much, but if you are looking for someone with a flawless personality, you will basically not be able to find it, let alone in the vanity fair of the entertainment industry.

On the contrary, if there is no strong personal characteristics and distinctive personality, then this person cannot become a star at all.

Compared with those stars in the United States who are so maverick that they turned x, Xiangjiang's stars are considered good.

Therefore, Yin Jun is also willing to let the powerful Hong Jinbao play a big role.

The world's film market is so big, there is no fear that Hong Jinbao will occupy a piece of the sky, and others will not be able to make it-look at the hundreds of male and female stars in the United States, have they ever crowded each other?

As long as your market capacity expands enough, then nothing is a problem—one movie a week, there are more than 50 movies a year!

This still refers to big productions, other small productions, literary films, etc., and more.

So a star usually has a major production in one or two years, plus one or two ordinary productions every year, it is enough, and there is no need to work as hard as Cheng Long.

What Yin Jun gave to Hong Jinbao was an excellent movie produced by New Art City in 1983.

The name is "Young Master Weiwei".

This movie is innovative in many ways.

It tells the story between a criminal billionaire and a group of little people. A series of misunderstandings and coincidences lead to a fierce pursuit and competition between the two groups. Of course, the ending is that justice defeats evil.

The innovation of "Young Master Weiwei" is that the conflict of contradictions has come to modern times, it is no longer the kind of old love and hatred of the Republic of China, but the modern conflicts and competitions are more close to the hearts of the people, and it is more attractive to the audience. like.

In fact, the reason why New Art City is successful is because most of their films are based on the theme of modern cities, so they are very down-to-earth.

This kind of excellent movie full of the atmosphere of the times, compared with the old-fashioned and old-fashioned movies, naturally can make more money at the box office.

Originally, "Young Master Weiwei" was starring Tan Yonglin, Zeng Zhiwei and Zheng Wenya.

The reason why this story was given to Hong Jinbao was because Yin Jun felt that some fighting scenes could be added in it to make the movie more attractive.

The original version of "Young Master Weiwei" is funny, it is funny, and it is wonderful, but the Xiangjiang movie is not played heartily, what is the name of the Xiangjiang movie?

Luo Jianlang, who came here by stealing, can be played by Yuan Biao, and the snake head Zeng Zhiwei doesn't need to be changed. Of course, the policeman is Hong Jinbao, and the villain, the rich man, can be played by Zhong Fa. Anyway, he looks very vicious.

In addition to the three fight scenes specially arranged by Yin Jun, Yin Jun himself feels that this movie is a bit like the "Five Lucky Stars" series.

But this is also good, given Hong Jinbao's "Young Master Weiwei", and let him start filming the Five Lucky Stars series next year, it will be a matter of course and a matter of course.

But what Yin Jun was planning to give to Wu Siyuan was the "Chasing Girls", which was later spoiled by Fatty Wang.

"Chasing Girls" has nothing to do with Wang Jing. The screenwriter is Huang Baiming, the general under Yin Jun's hand, the director is Mecca, the boss of New Art City, and all the actors are all generals of New Art City. very powerful.

This is basically the pioneering work of New Art City. It tells some absurd comedy stories. In 1981, it also won the second place at the box office. Heel, lay a solid foundation.

Because of the success of "Chasing Girls", Fatty Wang plagiarized five times in 87, 88, 8.9, 2004 and 2007.

If this was in the United States, where copyright protection is strict, Fatty Wang could have been hung on a tree to dry.

But don’t tell me, these versions of Wang Jing, the first two or three are really wonderful, and they are so spoofed that people won’t hate them, so as time goes by, everyone puts this original version of the ancestor——"Chasing Girl" I forgot, and thought it was written by Wang Jing.

Yin Jun didn't like "Chasing Girls" very much. He watched it five times, but couldn't figure out how this meaningless and positive energy movie could be ranked second in the box office of Hong Kong in 1983. Thanks to this, he can firmly remember the content of this not-so-amazing movie.

Now that Yin Jun is writing the script, he will of course remove the absurd content in it, and at least make the movie smoother, so that the audience in the mainland will not scold Yin Jun when they watch old movies ten years later. Incomprehensible.

Whether it is "Young Master Weiwei" or "Chasing Girls", Yin Jun is now handed over to the screenwriting team led by Huang Ying and Huang Boming.

Due to the addition of several new members, their tasks are somewhat relaxed, but they still seem a bit busy in the face of Yin Jun's continuous addition of tasks.

Fortunately, it was just to expand and discuss the plot, the main content was decided by Yin Jun, otherwise ten more screenwriters would not be enough.

Huang Boming also brought up another idea to Yin Jun, which is to completely separate the screenwriting team, comics are comics, TV is TV, and movies are movies, so that everyone can concentrate on doing one thing more.

Yin Jun thought it was good, so he asked Huang Boming and Huang Ying to continue to choose screenwriters to join, as well as to select talents and put them in suitable positions.

For now, they can only work together.

The story of "Chasing Girls" has three young people as screenwriters. Among them, Gao Zhisen is the most brilliant writer. The plot is very interesting and achieves Yin Jun's desire of "funny but not cheap". Effect.

This Gao Zhisen was recruited by Huang Boming from Li. He felt that this young man was very spiritual. After talking with him a few times, he began to focus on training him.

Gao Zhisen also lived up to expectations. He used to write scripts for several TV dramas with ingenious plots. Now he is responsible for the expansion of a movie and the addition of plots. He also does it in an orderly manner, which fully reflects his potential.

Of course Yin Jun knew this Gao Zhisen, this is Huang Boming's favorite student in the future, the one who filmed the "Happy Ghost" series.

However, his talent is also limited. Once the high-intensity filming for a few years is over, he will lose his aura. After 2000, with the decline of Xiangjiang movies, he will become obsolete.

This time he is working in the screenwriting department here, and Yin Jun wants to see if he can improve after several years of script writing.

After all, when filming "Happy Ghost", Gao Zhisen was also very thoughtful and characteristic!

(9,000 words for the two updates! Keep working hard! Try to break out for the lords sooner!)