Volume 3 Summer Rain Chapter 0338 Reading the Script
Although Zhao Shixian didn't bring the IOU, so he couldn't pay the grain tax, the two of them still booked a room in a hotel outside. Zhao Shixian paid the money out of the 20,000 yuan.
Although Nanchen Village had said at the beginning that all of Nan Yi's travel expenses would be borne by Nanchen Village, Nan Yi's travel expenses were not a small amount. He only reported a symbolic amount every year, which was only a few thousand yuan. The rest of the money went from the public account of Nanshi Investment Holdings, and a small amount came from his private money.
Nan Yi didn't have the face to use the public account to pay for a room with a woman, nor could he use the public account. The source and destination of every income and expenditure in the account books of Nan's Investment Holdings must be clearly marked, and those account books can be seen by many people.
Especially since it will definitely be handed over to his son in the future, if his son knew about this kind of expenditure, Nan Yi would lose face.
I had a good night’s sleep and went to Po Leung Kuk to donate the money the next morning.
At noon, Nan Yi and his friend had a feast to spend the remaining 18,000 yuan. They ate as much as they could, but only spent most of it.
Money is still quite valuable these days. Even in Hong Kong, it is unlikely to spend 20,000 Hong Kong dollars on a meal unless you spend it mindlessly.
Of course, if you have shark fin to rinse your mouth, eat abalone and spit it out, and feed geoduck to dogs, these stupid ways of eating may look stupid to others but make you feel good about it , then it is easy to spend 20,000 yuan.
After dinner, Zhao Shixian was called back to her company. Nan Yi, who was left behind , thought about it and decided to go to Donglaiwu to take a look.
Although Donglaiwu Film and Television Investment is registered under the name of Fang Group, it still operates independently and its finances are also separately accounted for. It was originally managed by Nan Yi himself, but later, he hired a reliable manager and let go.
After arriving at Donglaiwu, he negotiated with the front desk, and soon a fat man of average height, wearing a pair of round-rimmed glasses and with a smile on his face came to Nan Yi.
If there is any characteristic of this fat man, it is that he is vulgar, extremely vulgar.
"Nansheng, why didn't you call before you came?"
"To inform you so you can hide the model you hooked up with?"
"It's a rumor, pure rumor, slander. Someone must be slandering me. Nansheng, don't listen to other people's nonsense. I have a family."
"Okay, I don't want to get involved in your personal affairs. Go to your office and tell me about the company's recent business."
"Okay, Nansheng, this way please."
When they sat down in the office, Nan Yi said, "You've been busy this year, writing one movie and filming two."
"Nansheng, you know, even though I left Shaw Brothers, my dad is still at TVB. For Uncle Six's sake, I have to go and help Aunt Fang. I don't want to film either. Shaw Brothers pays so little. They only give me 30,000 yuan for one film, which is not even enough to deduct the attendance fee here."
"Okay, I know you're in a difficult situation. Let's not talk about whether you work or not. The money that was deducted will be returned to you at the end of the year. I don't expect you to work here every day. Okay, Xiang, let's talk about the company."
Nan Yi waved his hand and interrupted Wang Li's complaint.
"Thank you, Nansheng." Wang Yan smiled obscenely, picked up a file from the big desk and handed it to Nan Yi, "Nansheng, take a look at this, I will explain it to you."
"good."
Nan Yi took the document and started reading it.
"This year we invested in "The Lucky Stars", "Man and Woman", "Best Partner 2: The Great Show", "The Drummer", "The Hollow Young Master", "The Playboy", "Home in the Fragrant Hill", "The Secret Agent"...
I didn't miss any film that was suitable for product placement and the script wasn't too bad. Most of the time I would find the director, give him some benefits privately, and ask him to place the advertisements in the film. For a few of them, I really treated it as a film and television investment.
Donglaiwu invested 500,000 yuan in "The Lucky Stars" and 200,000 yuan in "Best Partner 2: The Return of the Condor Heroes". With the box office guarantee of the first part, there was no shortage of money for this sequel. I also used my own connections to squeeze it in.
Both films had a double return, earning the company $1.4 million.”
When Wang Wei reported his work, he did not forget to take credit for himself.
"Haha, do you need to point this out specifically? Are you dissatisfied with the share I give you?"
"How could that be? Nansheng, I am quite satisfied with the share you gave me. What I mean is that we at Donglaiwu can increase our investment in film and television, and no longer simply pursue the purpose of product placement."
Nan Yi did not rush to answer. After reading the information in his hand, he said: "Your idea is very good, and you have done a good job. Donglaiwu not only did not make a loss this year, but also had a slight surplus, which shows that you have put in a lot of effort.
If you make achievements, you will definitely be rewarded. I have decided that you can take half of this year’s profit at the end of the year.”
Nan Yi said this in a domineering manner, but in fact, there was not much truth in it.
Donglaiwu was positioned as an auxiliary company at the beginning. It said it was investing in film and television, but in fact most of the money was wasted. Pure money was paid for advertising, and the profit on the company's books was just over 700,000 Hong Kong dollars.
"Hehehe, thank you Nansheng."
"No need to thank me, you deserve it. It's not impossible to turn Donglaiwu into a real film and television investment company, or even a film and television company.
A Xiang, even if you want to make a film yourself, the company can invest money in you.
However, I have to say something in advance. In the long run, I am not optimistic about the future of Hong Kong movies. The box office in Hong Kong is too low to allow a big investment to recover its cost.
Over-reliance on box office revenue from other places will pose a hidden danger. If the film and television policies of other countries change and Hong Kong films cannot be sold, the entire film and television industry will collapse.
Moreover, Hong Kong people are too eager for quick success. Did "The Lucky Stars" make money? Did "Best Partner" make money? Everyone is jealous. Who doesn't want to share this piece of fat meat? They will soon follow the trend and make shoddy products. A good IP will definitely be eaten up until it is rotten."
"IP?"
"Intellectual Property, I extend it to ideas and creativity." Nan Yi explained, and then continued: "Ah Xiang, you are the same, aren't you? The two dramas you filmed this year were pieced together by picking up bits and pieces from other people's scripts."
"Hehehe." Wang Li laughed awkwardly.
“Of course I will invest, but I won’t invest too much . Now the door is closed, just the two of us. I’ll tell you the truth, for me, movies are still a business, there is no so-called sentimentality.
I don’t care whether the filming is good or bad, as long as I can make money, what does it matter if the midnight show is smashed by the sugar cane party?
We will invest in a few good movies to save face, and we will invest in whatever is popular. Others will follow suit, and so will we. Not only will we follow, but we will also come up with new ideas.
Aren't the Five Lucky Stars very popular? Except for Sanmao, the boss, all the lucky stars can be invited. If there are three, we will shoot the Big Three Yuan. If there are four, we will shoot the Big Four Xi. If we get tired of shooting them, we will shoot the Big Six Six Da Shun. We can shoot all the way to the Big Thirteen Yao or the Big Eighteen Luohan."
Nan Yi pursed his lips, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, "Citizens in Hong Kong are very impetuous now, the property market is sluggish, whether it's Macau, the Jockey Club, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, or underground gambling dens, business is booming.
Everyone wants to get rich overnight, or have pie fall from the sky.
Can we grasp their psychology? In a movie about horse racing, the protagonist fell down and suddenly could understand horse language. This was incredible, because he discovered a big secret: in every race, the horses had already agreed on which horse would come first and which would come second.
He could understand horse language, but since betting on horses was not guaranteed to win, he bought 3T and won twice in a row, winning hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. He then moved out of the shanty town and lived in Mid-Levels.
Never mind whether he is qualified to move to Mid-Levels or not, don’t even consider the rationale, he just moved to Mid-Levels anyway.
Now that he is rich, he has taken revenge on those who bullied him in the past; the girls who used to look down on him now want to get close to him, but he ignores them. The level is different now. He now sleeps with celebrities every night and spends his days in a pool of wine and women.
The film is shot towards the sea, as extravagant as possible, and the rich are portrayed in as ugly a light as possible, so that the ordinary audience can feel balanced and comforted.
Anyway, the central idea is that a poor man gets lucky and becomes rich, and then lives a luxurious life, and you can stuff as many jokes as you want into the story.
After filming God of Horse, you can also film God of Stocks and God of Gamblers. If the market response is good, you can make a sequel and keep filming until there is no money left.
After we’ve finished filming the poor-to-rich, we can also film the rich-to-poor. The unkind rich become poor and live a miserable life. There are lots of jokes. We’ve finished filming this, so we’ll film…
Well, forget it, let’s talk about it later. These gods and that god are enough to keep us busy for a while.
By the way, let me add that if you want to improve the purpose of the film, you can arrange a big villain for the protagonist, such as Ma Shen. After the protagonist has lived a luxurious life for a while, he feels that it is too boring to just eat and wait for death, so he goes into the real estate industry.
But he did not develop villas or high-end real estate, he developed houses similar to public housing and sold them to the poor in Xiangkeng. But by doing so, he offended Mr. Li, the boss of Zhangjiang Industrial, who was the big boss behind Xiangkeng Real Estate. If he saw someone coming out to make trouble, he would definitely deal with the protagonist.
Boss Li also made his first fortune by betting on horses, so the showdown between him and the protagonist takes place at the racetrack. They bet on who can get more prize money, and the stakes are 100 billion Hong Kong dollars, or 10 billion, because 100 billion is too much.
Well, I will stop here. You can think about the rest and add your own thoughts.”
After listening to what Nan Yi said, Wang Ming shouted excitedly: "Nan Sheng, this play will definitely be a hit, and the people of Xiangzhen will definitely like it. But, isn't this Boss Li's direction too strong? Anyone can tell who he is talking about. Will it offend Li Tongban?"
"Ha, I'm just giving you an example. You can change the company name and your name, and just make a subtle sarcasm. After all, we are here to make money, not to offend people." Nan Yi said with a laugh.
For Hong Kong movies in the 1980s, the "Xiaobai movies" in the style of Xiaobaiwen were the code to wealth. The ordinary people in Hong Kong would definitely love to watch them. They would be popular for at least a few years before they fell into obscurity due to the suppression of following trends and shoddy production.
The 1980s were the petty bourgeoisie, the 1990s were the Young and Dangerous, the 2000s were nostalgic, and the first decade after the 2000s began to operate the assembly line of young handsome men, squeezing the wallets of young girls dry...
It seems that there is still room for growth in the film industry.
"How about it, A-Xiang, is my idea okay?"
"Of course, Nansheng, your idea can make us a lot of money." Wang Li said with a thumbs up.
"Okay, Donglaiwu will keep its current business scope and register a 'Read Scripts' film company. This company will be used to invest in and produce films.
How about this? I won't give you the dividends I promised you before. It's your investment. I'll invest another 8 million in the script-reading company, and you'll get 10% of the shares. What do you think?"
"Hey, thank you, Nansheng."
Although Wang Li looks fat, he has a smart brain. How could he not know that he is getting a great bargain?
"Okay, let's put it this way. You don't need an office space to read the script. Just go to the Regent Hotel and get two long private rooms. It will be more convenient for you to discuss the script with the actors in the future. You can also rest on a bed when you are tired."
“Hehehe… Hehehehe…”
Wang Li understood Nan Yi's subtext and laughed in a filthy way.
Nan Yi felt very relieved to let Wang Li take charge of investment and filming. As far as he knew, although Wang Li had made countless bad films, he had never made investors lose money, and every film he made was able to remain profitable.
As long as he can make money for himself, Wang Wei can pretend to be blind and do nothing, whether he is discussing the script with an actress or secretly paying her some money. He always has to have some magnanimity.
