Chapter 94 The Choice of the First Movie
Wang Jing has been a director for several years now and has filmed a hit film like "Thousand Kings Fight Thousand Bas". However, since Shaw Pictures implemented a blockbuster system, the director could only get a dead salary, so Wang Jing didn't get much money, so he heard Du Qi say he was willing to give a pay of 80,000 Hong Kong dollars.
The director’s pay for Hong Kong is not high now. Sammo Hung’s filming a film, and the director’s and actors’ pay is only 400,000 yuan. Wang Jing is not that famous now. Duqi gives him 80,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is already a high price.
However, Du Qi's words surprised Wang Jing: "My Oriental Film and Television has just been established. As long as you shoot well, I will ask you to be a director next time. In addition, you should be familiar with Shaw Brothers. When filming, you will also help me dig up some people."
I was originally happy for the director's pay of 80,000 Hong Kong dollars, but then when I heard Du Qi ask him to help poach people at Shaw Brothers, Wang Jing immediately began to hesitate. He and Lao Dou are still making a living under Shaw Morale.
Then I heard Du Qi say, "Don't worry, as long as you have moved someone, I will tell Uncle Six that he should release him, so don't worry about any problems."
After hearing Du Qi say this, he thought that he was ordered by Shao Yifu to come and make a movie for Du Qi. He felt confident that Du Qi's origin was definitely not simple, and even Dakong Shao was so polite to him.
Anyway, Shaw Brothers has become more lonely recently than before. She was attacked by Jiahe and Princess Jin before the New Year, and the box office was sluggish. In addition, Shaw Brothers' movies are mostly bad movies, which has led to Shaw Brothers movies becoming synonymous with bad movies, and the audience is unwilling to watch them. Even the science fiction movie "Interstellar Blunt" that has recently invested heavily has failed. Shaw Yifu has begun to deliberately give up on the movies slowly, and it seems that it is no big deal to help poach them.
Moreover, Duqi looks tough and generous enough to be able to work with such a boss.
Thinking of this, Wang Jing took over the script and started to read it. The story above was also very simple: "At the beginning, in the Qing Dynasty, a scholar named Zhu failed to pass the exam more than ten times. In the end, he was so angry that his father was so angry that his wife was gone. He also committed suicide by hanging a beam in a temple, but he was unable to reincarnate and his soul was attached to the hemp rope he used to commit suicide.
In a blink of an eye, it was Hong Kong in the 1980s. In order to avoid the storm, Hong Kong high school girls Lin Xiaohua, Lin Qingqing and Yan Ruyu accidentally broke into the ancient temple where Zhu Xiucai committed suicide during a holiday trip. Qing brought the old hemp rope back to the dormitory in a hurry. Zhu Xiucai, whose soul was attached to the hemp rope, was also taken to the school, making a lot of jokes and helping them.
Zhu Xiucai became good friends with them and advised them to rely on their own abilities to create a future. Zhu Yi was reborn and reincarnated because of this."
This movie is actually "Happy Ghost" that made many girls such as Yuan Jieying, Luo Meiwei, Chen Jialing famous in the last life.
This movie was originally a comedy movie directed by Gao Zhisen and Wong Baiming of New Art City at the end of next year, and starring Wong Baiming. Since the first box office hit, it won more than 17 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong. So it later started filming sequels such as "Happy Ghosts on Summer Vacation" and "Happy Ghosts Fighting Ghosts", becoming a famous comedy series.
"Happy Ghost" is a typical small investment and high-yield movie. The plot is simple and the shooting process is not complicated. With Wang Jing's current level, it can be completely controlled.
This script was not written by Du Qi. He just said the ideas, and the rest were written by the screenwriters. Otherwise, Du Qi would spend money to support them and let him, the boss do everything. Would he let these screenwriters get their wages in vain?
?As a director, Wang Jing read the script and said, "This story is very good, but the funny scenes in it still need to be modified, and then I will find a few beautiful girls to shoot. It should be in line with the taste of young students today, and the box office will definitely be a big hit."
Many directors in Hong Kong can work as part-time screenwriters. Wang Jing felt that the script had some funny plots not good enough, so he pointed it out. Du Qi thought about it and said, "Just follow your ideas. In addition, the budget for the movie will give you two million Hong Kong dollars at the moment, and not only does it have my investment, but also Li Jiacheng's eldest son Li Zeju has also invested one million Hong Kong dollars."
Wang Jing read the script and the estimated cost was 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars. He couldn't help but be happy when he heard that Du Qi was willing to give out two million. Especially since he heard that there was also the investment of the eldest son of Li Jiacheng, he had a deeper impression of Du Qi's vast friendship.
He was tactful and did not ask Li Zeju about it, and said directly: "Two million Hong Kong dollars should be enough. I wonder what Mr. Du has about the candidate for the male and female protagonists?"
Du Qi thought for a while and said, "You can choose from Shaw Brothers first. If it doesn't work, go to those schools. Playing students is a true performance. Choose someone to show me what the crew needs. Just contact Manager Xie."
After Wang Jing agreed, Du Qi left Oriental Film and Television. For him, Oriental Film and Television is just a small business, to facilitate himself to get close to those Hong Kong actresses. At the same time, as a pedal to enter the mainland film and television industry in the future, there is another big business waiting for him, that is, Jianing is about to collapse.
In the past year, the Hong Kong stock market has fallen sharply and almost halved, and Hong Kong's land prices have also been affected. However, Jianing Group has relied on various illegal operations to maintain high stock prices, and then relied on stock mortgage financing to cope with huge expenses and heavy debts.
But the myth of "high profit" can no longer be maintained. The impact of Duqi at the beginning was real, so now Jianing Group has reached its limit several months in advance, and Chen Songqing is ready to withdraw.
Soon, a news published in major newspapers instantly attracted everyone's attention: "Chen Songqing, the largest shareholder of Jianing Group, and Zhong Zhengwen, the second largest shareholder, fled with huge amounts of property, and were not sure where to go."
Chen Songqing and Zhong Zhengwen disappeared at the same time, causing an uproar in Hong Kong. People began to doubt what went wrong with Jianing Group. "The Jianing myth began to collapse." The share price of Jianing Group began to fall again.
"Fifteen yuan and eight cents"
"Fifteen yuan and seven hundred yuan"
"Fifteen yuan and six cents"
?The fifteen yuan mark paused for a short while, and after a large number of sellers who no longer remained optimistic about Jianing stocks, they declared their loss.
At the same time, news that was not conducive to Jianing Group continued to be heard.
"Jianning's creditor bank filed a lawsuit with the court to request liquidation"
"The Securities Regulatory Commission appointed investigators to enter Jianing to conduct investigations"
Faced with so much news that is not conducive to Jianing Group, investors who bought Jianing Group's stocks were caught off guard. Is this the same monster stock as before? Is it still the stock market myth that only rises but not falls?
With the double blow of a large number of unfavorable news about Jianing Group and the large-scale selling orders, investors even sold the shares of Jianing Group even more crazily. In order to sell the shares of Jianing in their hands, the people in the stock trading market fought and countless bloody incidents occurred.
Under the fierce offensive of investors rushing to sell Jianing Group's stocks, the stock price of Jianing Group was leaking like a flood and was out of control, from a stock market myth that investors rush to a stock market disaster stock that investors rush to sell.
The psychological prices of investors can be ruthlessly declared to be lost. The stock price continues to fall, countless stock market wealth evaporates, countless investors lose their money, and countless families may become fragmented due to the downward fold of this line.
The dangers of the stock market are reflected in this moment. Stock trading is like riding a roller coaster. The moment you were still in heaven, the next moment you were in hell.
When Duqi entered the stock trading institution, he saw the scene where investors rushed to sell the stocks of Jianing Group.
Chapter completed!