"Mr. Xu, congratulations, your movie will definitely be a big hit." After the reporters left, Ye Jin smiled at Xu Rongwen.

"Mr. Ye, you are so proud of me." Xu Rongwen said a little flattered.

Ye Jin praised him too high, with a 5 million Hong Kong dollar vote, and his philosophy was five years ahead of the industry. These words will cause disaster for him.

"Mr. Xu, you can afford it." Ye Jin smiled.

Xu Rongwen just doesn’t have confidence now and doesn’t know how popular his movie is.

In a few days, as soon as the movie box office came out, he would know that he did not exaggerate at all, just to tell the truth.

Xu Rongwen smiled and said nothing.

No matter what, Ye Jin was able to attend the midnight trial today and even said a lot of good things to do, so he was very grateful. If he changed to a second star, he might not be willing to support him.

...

After arriving around, major media in Xiangjiang have reported on the release of Xu Rongwen's new work.

Xu Rongwen is the most box office-friendly comedy star in Xiangjiang, and Xu Rongjie is the most popular singer in the Hong Kong music industry. The new work starring the two brothers naturally attracts much attention.

"Daily Daily" reported that "Xu Rongwen's new work was released, and Ye Jin watched the midnight show, saying that the box office was at least five million!"

"Oriental Daily" reported that "Xu Rongwen's "Ghost Stars" was released, and Ye Jin praised his philosophy for five years!"

Ming Pao reported that "Ye Jin and Xu Rongwen cherished the heroes and said that they wanted to learn and create!"

After these reports were published, the citizens of Xiangjiang were surprised.

"Is Xu Rongwen's new work really that good? Even Ye Jin praises it like this?"

"Are they not opponents? Why would Ye Jin go to the scene of praising Xu Rongwen?"

"Ye Jin will not lie and deceive people. This movie must be very good!"

The public said.

The promotional funding for "Ghost Stars" is not much, only 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is enough to advertise in newspapers and post posters on the platform. The publicity efforts are actually limited.

Now that Ye Jin said that the box office can exceed 5 million, and that its concept has been more than five years in the industry, which has attracted media reports and greatly increased the exposure of "The Two Stars of the Ghost".

In addition, Ye Jin is now very box office appeal in Xiangjiang, and many people like him. If there was an Internet connection at that time, then he would be an Internet v with more than two million fans. He helped promote it, so he naturally had great efforts.

Therefore, "The Two Stars of Ghosts" gained extremely high exposure with the blessing of Ye Jin.

Movies released at the same time, such as "Skynet", "Female Demon", "Ghost Eye", etc., are shrouded in the aperture of "Ghost Stars", and cannot be shined at all.

The high quality of "The Two Ghost Stars" is worthy of Ye Jin's strong recommendation, which makes everyone who watches the midnight show praise them.

It is also said that the market of "Ghost Stars" is quietly rising under the reputation of everyone.

...

Two days later, "The Two Stars of the Ghost" was officially released.

It achieved a box office of HK$350,000 on the first day, which is amazing.

The box office exceeded one million Hong Kong dollars, which beat Ye Jin's record set by "The Gods".

Seeing this scene, the voices who had previously questioned Ye Jin's overestimation of the box office of "The Two Ghosts" were gone.

Watching the box office surge of "The Two Stars" and its reputation as it spread more and more widely, it became more and more popular. In the end, it won five million Hong Kong dollars.

Just as "The Ghost Stars" was popular, "Lin Shirong" successfully dropped out after winning a box office of HK$3.8 million.

The total investment of this movie is only 350,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the promotion cost is only 600,000. However, it has now earned 3.8 million yuan in box office, which is more than six times the cost, which can be said to be quite profitable.

Therefore, Sammo Hung not only quickly became a red star, but also an influential figure in the film industry. He has won the support and respect of more and more people.

More and more people want to join the Hong family class and fight with him. At the same time, he has also received invitations from many film companies, hoping that he can give them filming and pay for them to discuss.

For example, Xieli Film Company offered a price of 400,000 Hong Kong dollars, asking him to star and director to take it on his shoulders, hoping that he could help; Baoding Film Company directly drove a sports car to find Sammo Hung, and if he agreed to go there, the sports car would be given to him directly.

Although the cash and sports cars are really tempting, Sammo Hung was not shaken. He rejected the invitation from these companies and continued to choose to stay at Myth Films.

It was not out of contract constraints, but because he felt that he was made famous by Ye Jin. Ye Jin was so loyal to him that he could not be ungrateful. Therefore, he chose to continue to stay in the company.

The brothers of the Hong family basically follow Sammo Hung. If he doesn't leave, the others will naturally not leave. Moreover, everyone has seen Ye Jin's ability, so they make Sammo Hung famous in a movie. If they stay, they might be as popular as him. Since that's the case, why are they going to go out and go around?

...

Sammo Hung immediately found Ye Jin and handed him the cost list of "Mr. Zan and Find Qianhua" he had drafted.

"Mr. Ye, you have seen it." He said with a smile.

Ye Jin nodded and took the list.

Let’s look at the total cost first, and then we will see that Sammo Hung wrote about HK$500,000.

Ye Jin was stunned and continued to look down, first looking at the list of actors.

As he planned to have a list of actors, Fei Bao was played by himself; Qi Qian Hua was played by Di Wei; Mr. Zan was played by Lin Xue; Xiaolan was played by Li's popular actress Huang Shuyi... Most of the other small roles were played by brothers from the Hong family.

After watching it, Ye Jin waved his hand.

"Mr. Ye, is there anything wrong with this list?" Sammo Hung asked in surprise.

This list of actors is the result of his careful polishing and careful polishing. He believes that there will be no mistakes. Every actor, regardless of appearance and acting skills, fit the role.

"Brother Hong, of course we have to praise our own people when we film," Ye Jin smiled, "This way we can get the greatest profit. Di Wei, Lin Xue, and Huang Shuyi are not their own people. If they make them famous, they are just cheaper than outsiders. Why not leave this opportunity to their own people?"

No company is willing to spend money to support outsiders. A movie invests hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, which is not a small amount, so naturally it is necessary to maximize the benefits.

If you promote a popular person, the other person will fly away and there will be no follow-up income. On the contrary, if you promote your own person, you can continue to stay in the company even if you become famous and continue to make money for the company.

"Mr. Ye, what you mean is that in the future, you won't look for people outside, and you will all use people from the company?" Sammo Hung said in surprise.

Although Jiahe and Xiao family have so many artists, they all accused themselves of using each other's second- and third-tier actors. Myth Film has no reserve of actors at all. Ye Jin only has a dozen brothers in the Hong family class, but Ye Jin asked to use his own people in filming?!

How can I shoot the movie? Isn’t it just a few old faces. Which audience would like to watch such a drama?!

...

"Of course not. We should pay attention to absorbing fresh blood." After hearing Sammo Hung's questioning, Ye Jin waved his hand and smiled, "I mean, if it is not necessary, there is no need to seek outside. It is best to take care of the company's own people first."

Of course, he also knows the benefits of absorbing fresh blood. If any company wants to grow bigger, it must be full of rivers and tolerance.

It seems that when Xiao was at its most prosperous time, there were more than 2,500 people in front and behind the scenes, and they were known as Xiao’s stars, as many as the stars in the sky. Even so, Xiao was very careful to introduce new blood. In the 1980s, before it was about to close, it also poached artists such as Wang Zuxian, Hu Huizhong, Lu Xiuling, and Liu Lanxi from Taiwan.

But the key point is that it happened after the Xiao family grew. At that time, Xiao family had a lot of resources, but there were no available artists, so they needed to absorb new blood.

Now that Myth Film has just been established, there are not many resources in it. If you give it to outsiders, your artists will enjoy it even less. Therefore, at present, the resources in Myth Film will still be tilted towards your own people.

"You think it's like looking for Qian Hua, Yuan Biao can be played by Yuan Biao." Ye Jin smiled, "Mr. Zan can be played by Lin Zhengying, and Xiaolan can be played by Yuan Qiu."

"A Biao is looking for Qian Hua, and Ying is playing Mr. Zan. Is it a little worse in age?" Sammo Hung asked in surprise.

In the movie, looking for Qian Hua should be in his twenties or thirties. Because his job is the accountant of the silver accountant, if he is too young, he will not look like him.

After all, as the saying goes, you can't do things with your hair without any words. Yuan Biao is only seventeen years old this year and looks like he is still childish. How can he be suitable?

Mr. Zan should be around fifty years old, a master of his generation, with a reputation and status. But Lin Zhengying is only twenty-two years old this year, and playing a master of fifty years old, which is a bit of a joke.

"This is not a problem. Just pay attention when putting on makeup." Ye Jin smiled.

In the original version of "Mr. Zan and Looking for Qian Hua", Mr. Zan was starring Liang Jiaren, who was only in his twenties at the time. When Lin Zhengying filmed "Mr. Zombie", he was only 32 years old, six years younger than Xu Rongying, who was in the same crew. However, through a series of makeup techniques, Lin Zhengying was even more mature than Xu Rongying, who looked at the mature.

So the issue of age is actually not a big problem in the entertainment industry.

Seeing that Ye Jin had said this, Sammo Hung nodded and stopped arguing.

To be honest, compared to outsiders, he actually prefers to praise his brothers. However, he is worried that the box office will be affected and that his brothers will not be able to support the wall, so he wants to praise outsiders.

Now that Ye Jin has named it himself, even if the box office has an impact and the brothers’ performance is not outstanding enough, he cannot blame him all. Since that is the case, he is happy to be a good person.

...

After talking about the actors, Ye Jin carefully looked at the list of behind-the-scenes staff and did not find any major mistakes.

Then he looked at the salary chart again and frowned again.

"Brother Hong, is it HK$100,000 for yourself?!" He looked at Sammo Hung.

"Yes, Mr. Ye, I am the starring actor, the directors added together." Sammo Hung thought Ye Jin wanted him too much, so he quickly explained.

"I know, that's why I'm surprised." Ye Jin nodded, "With your current fame and status, the starring and director, it's really aggrieved you.

Let me do this, I'm going to make the decision. The director has 100,000 Hong Kong dollars and the starring actors have 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, with a total price of 300,000 Hong Kong dollars. How about it?"

"Mr. Ye, why are you so embarrassed?" Sammo Hung was so grateful when he saw Ye Jin doubled his salary in one breath, and said flatteredly.

"Hey, don't say that." Ye Jin waved his hand and said, "Help me, I will help you, you are loyal, and I can't ignore loyalty. You deserve this 300,000 Hong Kong dollars. I heard that people outside now have paid 400,000 Hong Kong dollars to ask you to film?"

"Yes, Mr. Ye." Sammo Hung nodded, "But I didn't go. Mr. Ye, you are so kind to me, I cannot be ungrateful."

"So, I can't let you down." Ye Jin smiled, "Hong Kong dollars of 300,000 is 300,000 Hong Kong dollars. Let's shoot three more movies at this price. Then see how the market is?"

"Okay, Mr. Ye." Sammo Hung nodded. What else can he say besides being grateful for the boss who took the initiative to help employees increase his salary.

Seeing that he was satisfied, Ye Jin nodded with a smile.

As the saying goes, if you want the horse to run, you have to let the horse eat more grass.

It’s not impossible to use people at a low price. But if you do this, it will be difficult to retain talents.
To be continued...