Tonight.

Ten o'clock, thirty.

Peninsula Hotel, tea restaurant.

The Peninsula Hotel is known as the "Movie Cafe".

Zhang Guobin did not expect that just sending an errand boy would work so efficiently. On the same day, he invited Chow Yun-fat to have tea. After the tour, he went home to change into a formal suit, styled his hair neatly, and entered the peninsula elegantly.

hotel.

After the greeter politely pushed the revolving door in the lobby, Zhang Guobin took Achang and Awei up the stairs and entered the teahouse on the second floor.

Ah Wei, as the "middleman", stepped forward with great enthusiasm to lead the way. He found Zhou Runfa and Ren Dahua who were sitting at the corner table. Zhang Guobin saw two familiar faces at a glance. He immediately quickened his pace and enthusiastically stepped forward and extended his hand to greet: "Mr. Zhou,

Mr. Ren, good evening both of you."

When Zhou Runfa saw the well-dressed, polite and gentle man in front of him, his expression was a little startled, he held his hand and said, "Hello."

Ren Dahua was beside him, but his heart skipped a beat: "You touched me so deeply."

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Ren, what would you like to drink?" Zhang Guobin, after sitting down on the chair, raised his hand to ask the waiter to hand over the menu, and gave the menu to Zhou Runfa in front of him.

After Zhou Runfa took the menu, he looked back at Ren Dahua, then handed the menu back and said, "Just give me a cup of tea."

"A pot of Pu'er, and some snacks. Mr. Zhou has just finished work, so he might be hungry." Zhang Guobin told the waiter.

Immediately, he turned back to Zhou Run and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, I am your fan."

Zhou Runfa's expression was stunned. After he became famous in "Shanghai Bund", he had talks about filming several movies, but the contract was only officially finalized for one film, "The Blind Side" directed by Wang Tianlin, which is currently being filmed.

His big-screen career has just begun, and he is not even considered a box office poison. Does he have any "movie fans" to talk about?

In order to make a movie for myself, not only did I get a gun, I even lost my face.

"Thank you, boss, what do you call me?" Zhou Run made the slander without saying anything, but remained calm and smiled.

Zhang Guobin immediately replied: "Zhang Guobin, just call me Abin."

"A Chang." He raised his head and shouted.

Lawyer Chang immediately opened his briefcase, took out a business card, handed it to Zhou Runfa with both hands, bowed and said: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, this is my boss's business card."

Zhou Runfa took the ordinary white cardboard business card and looked at it politely and carefully for a while.

"Global DreamWorks Pictures, General Manager, Zhang Guobin."

This is Zhang Guobin's first step into the real business. As the general manager of a small film company, the company registration procedures have already been completed. Although it is a poor and empty shell company, it doesn't matter. We have guns and knives. No, we have

Talented and scripted, we can always attract outstanding artists with outstanding vision to join us.

He felt that Zhou Runfa was very wrong!

Zhou Runfa thinks that the name of this film company is wonderful. It is both grand and artistic. It does not look like a country roe deer. It is better than "XX Brothers", "X Arts" and "New XX".

It feels a bit like doing art.

Zhou Runfa put away the business card and caught a glimpse of Ren Dahua from the corner of his eye. Suddenly, he noticed that Ren Dahua's eyes were also a little confused: "A gentle young and Dangerous guy? How can he send a pistol?"

"What kind of young and Dangerous boy does he look like? It would be great to be a model with me and make a movie. The housewives and nurses like this one the most. The company will definitely support him."

Zhang Guobin saw the tea was served and asked: "I wonder if Mr. Zhou has read the script. If you are satisfied with the script, are there any filming schedules in the near future?"

Making a movie is a very complicated thing,

It needs to be arranged slowly,

Manpower, equipment, etc.

But try your best,

Try to do it for free...

Zhou Runfa lowered his head to look at the tea cup and saw that there were no bullets in the tea. Then he took a sip with confidence and said, "Mr. Zhang, I took the time to read the script."

"very nice."

"The script as a whole is very well written. The men in it are romantic and their grudges and hatreds are very attractive, especially that sentence..."

"I have been waiting for three years, just for an opportunity. I want to fight for it. I don't want to prove that I am great, but I just want to prove that I must get back what I have lost." Zhang Guobin continued.

Zhou Runfa shook his head: "It's Sir, I haven't been a big boss for a long time."

"This sentence brings out all the flavor of the Jianghu years. Without this sentence, the whole movie seems to have lost its soul."

Zhang Guobin said with considerable approval: "Mr. Zhou, you are really suitable for this movie."

Zhou Runfa smiled bitterly and said, "How much do you plan to spend on me?"

What's the fastest way for the Hong Kong underworld to make money in the film industry? It's not to seriously make a movie, but to hire stars to make bad movies at very low prices, and then sell the bad movies on top of others.

Theater chains are making bad money.

Nowadays, the box office market in Xiangjiang is growing every year, and the citizens' pursuit of celebrities is strong, forming a trend. If you ask Zhou Runfa or Andy Lau to make a movie, the theater company will not even take a look at the content, and will be willing to spend millions to buy out the movie.

This situation is a bit like the capital frenzy of around 15 years old in Mainland China, which is crazy about buying fresh meat and speculating on traffic. Such shoddy works can make money, but who will seriously make movies? The most common way for groups to make money by making movies is

It's about lowering actors' pay, so it's okay to make two or three times a month.

Although Zhang Guobin was the first club boss to get involved in the film industry, Zhou Runfa had already imagined that the other party would crazily lower the price.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Guobin raised a finger and directly made a price.

"One million?" Zhou Runfa was shocked.

Not too low.

But it’s too high!

TVB artist contracts are based on dramas, and they usually receive very low living expenses. Some artists have not filmed for several years, and even have to do odd jobs outside to support their families. It can be said that they are in poverty. Zhou Run found out that he was signing a high-level artist contract for a series

The fee is not low, and you can also go outside to pick up scenes, but it still doesn't make an income of one million.

Now, Shaw Brothers wants to sign an exclusive contract with him, which is very difficult.

When Wang Tianlin asked him to film "The Blind Girl", he only paid RMB 800,000. In addition to fame, awards, and acting skills, the salary increase also caused inflation. After all, this was the 1980s, and Hong Kong paper was very valuable.

Zhang Guobin smacked his lips and raised a finger: "Sorry, only 200,000."

"Damn it!" Zhou Runfa cursed in his heart: "800,000 yuan, I will take the time to shoot."

"Three hundred thousand...I'm going to hire the best director to shoot it."

The cost of making movies in the 1980s was very high. The immaturity of digital shooting technology resulted in the need to shoot with film, and film could only be imported. A roll of film cost 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, and the film alone cost hundreds of dollars to make a movie.

Ten thousand, not to mention the director's remuneration, on-site crew, props costs...

"Six hundred thousand, I like this script very much." At that time, Chow Yun-fat rushed to film "A Better Tomorrow" and was paid a lot of money for it. It can be seen that he really liked the script of this movie. It was very suitable for him and to his taste.

"Four hundred thousand, it can't be too much..."

"Fifty thousand! It can't go any lower!!!" Zhou Runfa was a little anxious.

"Pfft." Ah Wei next to him couldn't stand still. He leaned down and slapped his palm on the tea table. He glared at Zhou Runfa and said, "Afa! Why are you talking to my boss!"
Chapter completed!