Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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It also has something to do with Zhao Zhenqiang being talented. Most importantly, he also has an enterprising spirit.

After graduating from the TVB artist training class, Zhao Zhenqiang was promoted to the position of director smoothly, and the people behind him also said: as long as he can come up with a good script, let him be the producer and director.

However, how can a good script be created so easily? Therefore, Zhao Zhenqiang has been worrying about a good script recently...

It wasn't until seeing "Shanghai Bund" on "Oriental Daily News" that Zhao Zhenqiang's melancholy was swept away!

Then, Zhao Zhenqiang rushed straight to the headquarters of "Oriental Daily".

In less than half a day, Zhao Zhenqiang appeared in front of Xu Cun.

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In an ordinary Hong Kong-style tea restaurant, Xu Cun and Zhao Zhenqiang were sitting face to face.

Today's Zhao Zhenqiang is not the gold-medal producer who is known as the "Sighting Master". Therefore, he, who was not yet in the city, couldn't wait to say after ordering: "Mr. Xu, our TVB intends to adapt your "Shanghai Bund" into a TV series. What do you think, Mr. Xu?"

Compared with Zhao Zhenqiang at this time, Xu Cuncheng's mansion with more than 50 years of experience is much deeper - he said calmly: "The afternoon before yesterday, Lishi's McDonald's also came to me. , I want to use 300,000 yuan to buy the adaptation rights of "Shanghai Bund", and give me another 50,000 yuan for the screenwriting fee. However, I did not directly agree to him."

As soon as Xu Cun's words came out of his mouth, Zhao Zhenqiang's heart sank.

Now Xiangjiang doesn't pay much attention to screenwriters—some movies don't even have screenwriters. The director writes a simple script framework, and the film starts shooting. As for the specific content, it all depends on the actors' impromptu performance.

Therefore, the average movie script is only worth 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, and the script written by a famous screenwriter is at most about 100,000 yuan.

When it comes to TV dramas, at most it means two or three thousand episodes.

However, nothing is absolute! For example: The right to adapt Jin Lan's novels is at least 21,000 episodes, and this is Jin Lan's friendship price for Shao Daheng's face.

With Xu Cun's current fame, he can't compare with Jin Yu, but Xu Cun's "Shanghai Bund" also has a huge readership base, plus Xu Cun and "Ethereal Journey" have gathered super popularity, so Xu Cun It is not an exaggeration to say that McDonald will spend 300,000 yuan to buy the adaptation rights of "Shanghai Bund".

But although the adaptation rights of "Shanghai Bund" are worth 300,000 yuan, Zhao Zhenqiang, a small director, is not qualified to spend 300,000 yuan to buy the right to adapt "Shanghai Bund".

Taking a step back, even if the people behind Zhao Zhenqiang get TVB executives to agree to Zhao Zhenqiang buying the adaptation rights of "Shanghai Bund" for 300,000 yuan. Zhao Zhenqiang can't get any benefit from this matter. Because, in this way, it is not clear whether this matter was facilitated by the wireless executives or his Zhao Zhenqiang? The most troublesome thing is that at that time, he recruited Zhenqiang, a newcomer, out of ten or nine out of ten, he would not be able to be the producer or director of this big drama that cost more than 300,000 yuan just for the script.

So, as soon as Xu Cun finished speaking, Zhao Zhenqiang immediately wilted like an eggplant beaten by Shuang.

Xu Cun didn't care about Zhao Zhenqiang who didn't even have the courage to speak. He picked up the cup of milk tea that the waiter had just served and began to drink it slowly...

It wasn't until Zhao Zhenqiang showed that he was about to give up that Xu Cun put down his teacup and said unhurriedly, "If you can promise me three conditions, Mr. Zhao, I can lower the price to 100,000, and I will assist you in adapting the script for free."

Zhao Zhenqiang, who was about to get up and say goodbye, heard Xu Cun's words, his eyes suddenly released the light of hope, and said anxiously: "Please speak clearly, Xu Xian!"

"The first condition, I want the right to choose between Feng Chengcheng and Wu Zhi." Xu Cun raised a finger and said.

"I wonder if the two people chosen by Mr. Xu are from Wireless?" Zhao Zhenqiang asked.

"I want to use Zhao Yazhi as the heroine, she is a signed actor of TVB. I want to use Lin Zhengying as the martial arts finger. He used to be Mr. Bruce Lee's royal martial arts finger, but he is not from TVB." Xu Cun replied.

Wireless has a lot of signed actors and martial artists, so naturally they don't want to use non-wireless people to sign contracts, especially since Zou Wenhuai founded Golden Harvest, wireless executives are even more disgusted with non-wireless contracted people.

However, with only one martial finger, it's not difficult to get Zhao Zhenqiang's connections. So, without even hesitating for a moment, Zhao Zhenqiang said, "This should be fine."

"Second, I would like to ask Mr. Zhao to borrow a good set of filming equipment for me." Xu Cun raised a finger and said.

"Uh...Mr. Xu wants to make a movie?" Zhao Zhenqiang asked in surprise.

"Why, can't you?" Xu Cun asked back with a smile.

Fearing that Xu Cun might misunderstand, Zhao Zhenqiang hurriedly explained: "Mr. Xu, please forgive me. I just never thought that Mr. Xu would make a movie."

After a short pause, Zhao Zhenqiang smiled wryly and said again: "I really can't promise you to borrow the movie equipment. Wireless is not my home after all." Immediately, Zhao Zhenqiang's tone changed slightly, and he continued: " However, Mr. Xu, if you are willing to spend money, I can help you rent a set of filming equipment in Golden Harvest with a 30% discount, and I can even rent costumes for you, and I guarantee that they are the best."

Xu Cun also knows that it is unrealistic to borrow equipment for filming without spending money. Therefore, he did not waste time on this point, but raised another finger and said directly: "Third point, next summer, I want my movie to be screened in Shaw Brothers theaters for 30 days. "

After listening to Xu Cun's third point, Zhao Zhenqiang frowned and said: "Mr. Xu, you are too difficult for me! As we all know, unless Shaw Brothers has no good movies, otherwise Shaw Brothers theaters Generally, movies other than Shaw Brothers will not be shown, let alone a 30-day full-line screening in the summer file?"

Xu Cun said bluntly: "If there is no difficulty at all, it is impossible for me to sell the adaptation rights of "Shanghai Bund", which is not sold for 350,000 yuan, to you, Mr. Zhao, for only 100,000 yuan."

Xu Cun's words left Zhao Zhenqiang speechless! After a long while, he said in a comforting tone: "Mr. Xu, this is your first time making a film, so there is really no need to take such a big risk—the package of all sixteen Shaw theaters' summer screenings The base fee is at least more than 100,000 per day, and it will cost about 4 million in a month. The risk is too great! Otherwise, how about this, I will ask a friend at Golden Harvest to help you book five theaters for ten-day screenings during the summer. ?”

What is a theater cover fee?

That is, if the production company wants to show a movie in a certain theater, it must pay the daily charter fee according to the location, seats, equipment and other conditions of the theater. No matter how much the theater’s daily income is, it must pay the daily charter fee . If the painting is finished in the middle, the theater has to be compensated for the three to five days' cover fee (this is under discussion.). In addition, a five-day guarantee fee must be paid as a deposit before the screening.

The base fee is a huge pitfall for the production company-if the movie does not sell well, the production company will not only lose money, but may also owe a large debt to the theater.

Therefore, Zhao Zhenqiang's words of persuasion to Xu Cun were not aimless.

In his previous life, Xu Cun heard a gossip that Zhao Zhenqiang had something to do with Li Xiaohe, the current chairman of the wireless board.

Yili Xiaohe and Shao Daheng have been friends for decades, and it is only a matter of one sentence to show a movie for 30 days in a row during the summer vacation. That's why Xu Cun lowered the price of the adaptation rights of "Shanghai Bund" and asked Zhao Zhenqiang to help him contact Shaw Brothers theaters.

At this moment, seeing Zhao Zhenqiang in such a difficult situation, Xu Cun secretly said: "It seems that the rumors are not true."

Afterwards, Xu Cun said in an unquestionable tone: "Mr. Zhao, I only have these three conditions. If you can do it, I will sell you the adaptation rights of "Shanghai Bund" for 100,000 yuan. In addition, I will assist you in adapting the script." .If you can't do it, then I can only talk to McDonald Bear."

After speaking, Xu Cun began to drink milk tea without saying a word.

After a while, Zhao Zhenqiang said: "Mr. Xu, please give me two days, and I will reply you in two days, is that okay?"

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