Chapter 0017 Script Fee

　　Wednesday, eleven o'clock in the morning. 　　Yin Jun had just finished washing the dishes from the kitchen of the teahouse and changed his clothes to go outside to work when he saw Guan Shirt sitting at a table, leisurely drinking his morning tea. 　　"Uncle Guan!" 　　Yin Jun went forward and greeted, "Why did you come over?" 　　Guan Shirt looked up at him and laughed, "Why can't I come over? Good boy! You hid it from me pretty well! How about going out for lunch with me later? Let's have a chat between uncle and nephew?" 　　Yin Jun knew in his heart what was going on, "Okay, I'll eat at 12:00 noon, and I'll take a little more time off to have an hour and a half break." 　　"No need to take a vacation." Guan Shirt laughed, "I've greeted Xing and asked him to give you a half day off, after lunch in the afternoon, I'll send you back to work." 　　"That's good." 　　Yin Jun nodded, "I'll explain to my coworkers." 　　"Okay, I'll wait for you at the door!" 　　...... 　　There were actually quite a few teahouses and cafes on this side of Broadcasting Road, and due to the large number of actors and crews starting work on this side, the spending power was very strong, feeding dozens of food and beverage outlets, large and small. 　　Guan Shirt also did not take Yin Jun far, found a familiar restaurant, walked to the second floor box and sat down. 　　Waiting for the owner to bring in a pot of black tea, Guan Shirt poured it for both himself and Yin Jun, and then gulped down the still somewhat hot tea in one gulp. 　　"Whew......" 　　Guan Shirt let out a long breath and said with a slightly nostalgic look, "Twenty years ago, when I just won the movie star, I celebrated in this box. Although the movie didn't make much money, everyone was happy because we made a name for Chinese movies internationally! Unfortunately, it was just that one opportunity, and for future movies, even though the movie made a lot of money, there was never such an opportunity again." 　　Yin Jun slowly sipped his tea and listened to him, not interrupting. 　　At this moment, Guan Shirt was just reminiscing on his own, and did not need others to follow and echo anything. 　　"In the 60s, it was my most glorious time, when I worked with several big stars from Shaw's and performed in many popular movies. So I got big-hearted and thought why should I let other movie studios make big money when I can't start my own company to make money?" Kwan Shirt said, "So I started my own company in '72 and started producing some movies. It was good at first, but the later it got, the less popular my movies became, and I lost money in '76, and then again in '77, scaring me so much that I don't dare to open any more movies now, and I can only go and make movies for other people to earn money to support my family and support the group of people in the company. 　　As a result, my burden and pressure was so great that I often couldn't even sleep well, and the first thing I thought of when I woke up was how much money I needed to make today to be able to support the company and my family! But even at that time, I did not want to give up! I also thought about regrouping, so I went around pulling investments, I didn't expect to pull investments, but I actually realized that I wasn't ready at all, I couldn't even come up with a good script!" 　　Speaking of this, Guan Shirt shook his head and smiled to himself, "Right, I remembered, before I was able to pull in investment, thanks to that tune you wrote for Jia Hui. And now, I'm going to owe you one more favor." 　　"Where are the words." Yin Jun shook his hand, "Uncle Guan, you guys were the ones who gave me my first meal when I came to Xiangjiang, I remember this favor and will never forget it for the rest of my life. The tunes and scripts are things within my capabilities, happy to oblige." 　　"But then again, you're still an orphan in a place like the Mainland, how can you know so much?" Guan Shirt curiously said, "There's no need to mention the tunes, they're completely masterful; and this script of yours, 'Seven Days of Love in the Wrong Table', it's so well written and detailed, I'd believe you if you said you've made a movie before! But you're only 16 years old!" 　　"I grew up in an orphanage, well, it's inaccurate to say an orphanage, it should actually be an orphanage, there are old people and children in there." Yin Jun said the reply he had thought of, "There were two old grandfathers who were filmmakers from the old Shanghai Beach, one was a musician, and literary figures, so I heard so many stories and learned so many things from them. When I came to Hong Kong, I naturally thought about what I should do, so I wrote something to try it out first. Uncle Guan you think this script is good?" 　　"More than good?" Guan Shirt laughed, "It's not that Uncle is praising you, if the box office of 'Seven Days of Love in the Wrong Table' doesn't exceed one million dollars, then Uncle won't make any more movies!" 　　Yin Jun also laughed at his words. 　　It wasn't because Guan Shirt was optimistic about it, but rather he was sighing at Guan Shirt no wonder the movie company didn't make it, this ability to read scripts, it was really average. 　　Five years later, in 1983, the release of this "seven days of love in the wrong table", but won the third place in the box office that year, a whole 15 million ah! 　　This is only the Hong Kong box office, with the ability of the production company, Shaw Brothers Pictures, it would be strange if the South Seas and Treasure Island didn't sell for the same price! 　　And how much did "7 Days of Love in the Wrong Table" cost? 　　330,000 dollars! 　　Or 330,000 five years after the prices artificially skyrocketed! 　　So, "7 Days of Love" is definitely a model of making a big deal out of a small one, and the director Zhang Tingjian has also become a hot new director, so it can be said that a piece of the harvest has been gained. 　　So that's what Guan Shirt's ability and vision is all about. 　　It was a frequent occurrence that good actors did not necessarily make good businessmen. 　　Thoughts flashed by, and Yin Jun jawed, "A million dollars, huh? Isn't that a lot to earn?" 　　"If it's a million dollars, you won't earn much in Xiangjiang." Guan Shirt was in the midst of excitement, but did not see Yin Jun's calm eyes, "I'll try to control the shooting cost at 150,000, and with the package fee, printing fee, distribution fee, etc., the cost will be almost 300,000 dollars. If you do the math this way, as long as the box office reaches 600,000, you can recover the cost. You know, theaters are very dark! Of course, Golden Harvest also has Cathay Cinemas as a distribution channel in foreign countries, so if 'Seven Days of Love in the Wrong Table' can be sold to the South Seas, we'll be able to earn at least another several hundred thousand dollars. That would be great." 　　Looking at Guan Shirt's excitement, Yin Jun could not bear to tell him. 　　Although Golden Harvest was not able to do anything with the local theaters in Hong Kong, when it came to distribution in the South Seas, Japan, Korea, and Treasure Island, it was not a normal blackout. 　　Why did Hong Jinbao turn against out of Golden Harvest and run to Debao on Mr. Pan's side? 　　Wasn't it because in the statement given to him by Golden Harvest, the movies he sold in Hong Kong were only sold for a dollar in these markets? Do you believe that Golden Harvest is that kind of a good-for-nothing? 　　Funny, right? 　　Funny? 　　Funny? 　　This is the so-called Golden Harvest which is the most responsible, the most conscientious and the most willing to support people in Hong Kong! 　　If Golden Harvest is like this, you can't even talk about Shaw Brothers. 　　Golden Princess was in fact no better. 　　Therefore, in the future, during the period of 85-95, these stars and production companies in Hong Kong are also smart, directly take a bite, you do not need to take what the outbound dividends, I want to get the benefits of the hand to do. 　　This is also why Cheng Long is the godson of Ho Kwan Cheong, and eventually opened his own company, looking for his own cinema, and selling his own films abroad. 　　Otherwise, with Ching Lung on hand, why would Golden Harvest decline so much, and in the end be swallowed up by a newcomer from the mainland? 　　Of course, in the beginning of those years, Golden Harvest did not treat their leading superstar badly, only that the movie industry was getting more and more depressed, and Cheng Lung was pretty much the only one who could make money, so they could only draw money from Cheng Lung's movie profits to make up for the losses in other areas, which led to a big drop in Cheng Lung's income. 　　Plus by that time, Cheng Lung had already managed to break into Hollywood, so Cheng Lung logically retired from Golden Harvest. 　　From here, we can also see that the movie industry in Hong Kong is in complete chaos from top to bottom, and it would be strange for such an industry not to close down and be finished! 　　Back to the present. 　　It's definitely unrealistic to let Guan Shirt and Golden Harvest go head to head. 　　But to make Guan Shirt suffer, Yin Jun didn't want to either, he mused, "Uncle Guan, when you sign a deal with Golden Harvest, you can try to keep the film's share as low as possible, but don't give out the distribution rights for the out-of-town area, or at least don't take it out that early." 　　"Why?" Guan Shirt asked. 　　"Because when the box office in Hong Kong comes out, there will be a reference value, now that you sign the contract together and let Golden Harvest help with the distribution, won't you lose out?" Yin Jun said, "Outbound isn't that good, and Golden Harvest doesn't seem to care that much about the outbound distribution rights of a movie from a small company, right?" 　　"But usually, it's all signed together." Guan Shirt sniffed and was moved, if the box office could go high, he could totally earn more, "What am I going to do to make it better?" 　　"I don't know about that, it's not like I know the specifics." Yin Jun said, "Uncle Guan, you find someone familiar with it and discuss it." 　　"Okay!" 　　Guan Shirt smiled, and from the purse next to him, he took out a stack of large gold cows and placed them in front of Yin Jun, "Industry rules, you definitely have to pay for buying a script. Uncle Guan doesn't have much money on hand right now, so he can only give you 10,000 dollars. When the box office comes out, if it's a big seller, I'll make up a big red packet for you." 　　In Xiangjiang, screenwriters were really worthless. 　　As of now, for a best-selling movie that sells a million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, it would be good for a screenwriter to get 10,000 dollars. 　　On the TV series side, it was even simpler, if the ratings were long and red, the whole thing would give you a big red packet of a few thousand dollars, even if it was a big reward. 　　Guan Shirt didn't have a lot of money in the first place, so directly according to the million-selling movie to give the script money, it's really rare. 　　Yin Jun reached out his hand and pushed the money back. 　　Guan Shirt frowned and said helplessly, "Jun, do you think it's too little?" 　　"It's not that." Yin Jun laughed, "Uncle Guan, you don't have much on hand right now, do you? How about you take all of it for the movie first, and when the box office comes out, how about you give me a bonus? When it sells more then, you can give me more!" 　　Guan Shirt's heart was touched. 　　Yin Jun was continuing to support him, who knew how the box office would really be? But instead of choosing to fall into his pocket, he chose to let him focus on producing the movie first before saying anything. 　　Such a young man, although a bit younger, but talented and virtuous, and know how to behave, and my family Jia Hui is a good match. 　　Such a thought flashed through Guan Shirt's mind.