Chapter 17: Start a company
When the two returned to the table, there was another person in the venue.
Chen Baixiang pulled Li Xuechu over and introduced: "Chuzai, I will introduce you to a big singer, this one is..."
"Brother Tan Yonglin, I know." Li Xuechu said it directly without waiting for the introduction.
The Xiangjiang music scene in the 1880s was almost the same as when Tan and Zhang competed for the tyrants. During this period, many big-name singers also appeared, such as Chen Baiqiang, Huang Jiaju, Zhang Xueyou, etc., but in this era, these two are undoubtedly the most popular.
"This is Li Xuechu, Chuzai. Don't look at her young age, she is a big writer." Chen Baixiang began to praise Li Xuechu again.
"Haha, hello Chuzai." The two shook hands and met.
The scene began to get lively again. The girl may be a fan of Tan Yonglin. She looked at Principal Tan (not yet named this one). If she hadn't had paper and pen on hand, she would have asked him to sign an autograph. After drinking a few more drinks, Wang Jin once again sang a good tongue and began to sell the film investment matters to Tan Yonglin. However, Tan Yonglin seemed not very interested in this matter, but in the end he agreed to invest 50,000 yuan in love, which made the budget amount reach 450,000 yuan.
Time passed slowly at nine o'clock in the evening. After all, Wang Jin still had a wife and children at home, and a strict father. After drinking two more drinks, he said goodbye first. Li Xuechu also said goodbye with him and pulled away the round-faced girl who was a little unsatisfied. Chen Baixiang and others laughed and scolded Wang Jin for a few words but didn't take it seriously. They drank and had fun on their own. Now this point is the real beginning of the nightclub for many people. It is estimated that they will not be able to part in just a few hours.
"Huh, it's still a good time here. Unfortunately, after getting married, I can't have as much fun as before."
"Then are you a good man?" Li Xuechu despised him for a moment. Maybe now, the fat man can barely get through it, but it will be different if he becomes a director in the future. At least Li Xuechu has heard a lot of rumors in later generations. At least he has never been clean in women. The private life behind the glamorous appearance of the entertainment industry is also quite corrupt. He made a decision in his heart to find a wife, but not in the entertainment industry.
"Of course!" Wang Jin said shamelessly.
After leaving the nightclub, the girl asked for paper and pen from the front desk, wrote her name and phone number, and handed it to Li Xuechu shyly, and then went her separate ways. Seeing that her clothes were dressed like a middle-class girl who was looking for a fresh middle-class family, she probably was going home at this time. Li Xuechu didn't care about Wang Jin's teasing, and the two of them took a taxi back home.
When he got home, Wang Jin didn't dare to go upstairs directly. He went to Li Xuechu's room to wash his face, drank a few cups of tea, and planned to go up after he was almost relieved.
"Fatty, it seems that some of them are not willing to invest. It is not appropriate for you to force people into this group like this?" Li Xuechu still felt awkward when he thought about it.
"Haha, there are only singers who are not very happy. Anyway, the money is almost the same. I just don't urge him at that time. If I don't want to, I won't send it here. Anyway, it's not much. If I don't, I'll find someone else." Fatty Wang didn't care too much, and he could see that although he has not made a name for himself, he has a broad relationship.
"By the way, I'll go with me tomorrow and register the company."
"No problem, come up and call me tomorrow, it will take one morning." The fat man did not refuse.
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"Huh, I'm so exhausted." Wang Jin complained.
The two of them ran around to help Li Xuechu register the company. They looked at the few things and ran for a whole morning. It was not a big deal to register a company in Xiangjiang. They found a business company, handed over their own identity materials, and filled in a few pieces of information in a mess. The fee for registering a company was only more than a thousand yuan, which was cheaper than originally thought.
In terms of the company name, Li Xuechu didn't bother to plagiarize the company name of Spielberg in later generations: "Oriental Dream Factory" added the word "Oriental Dream Factory". He also planned to copy the company logo directly. Wang Jin also praised the logo of this villain sitting on the moon fishing. He praised Xiao Li a few words. Li Xuechu accepted it all with shamelessness. However, Li Xuechu did not plan to make the animation mode for the time being, but directly asked Wang Jin to help find a comic book to take care of his private work and use it directly. Three hundred Xiangjiang coins were done. The specific details will be gradually improved in the future. After all, it is still a leather bag company.
One morning, Qihuo. The company license has to wait for a week before it can be obtained, but it cannot delay the filming of the movie.
With the company, the novel can be written and submitted in two days. The investment has been completed. Tan Yonglin did not forget after drinking as they thought. The next day, he transferred money to Wang Jin's account as promised. With the script and investment, the two of them started working hard.
Fatty Wang devoted extraordinary enthusiasm to his debut work, and brought Li Xuechu to change the novel into a script (Li Xuechu finally saw what the script looked like, and it was practiced once under Wang Fatty Wang's guidance), and then drew it into a simple storyboard script, and then he was busy looking for actors, photographers, lighting masters, and deputy directors... Li Xuechu also had a scene to record, worked hard for a week, and the preliminary preparations were finished.
During this period, Li Xuechu had seen Fatty Wang or his father Wang Tianlin's relationship and status. Shaw Brothers or TVB crew members were fine. Most of them agreed to the conditions for future settlement of wages, and the deputy director he brought was still very good. Du Qifeng, the famous director of Xiangjiang in later generations. Only the protagonist is the most difficult to deal with. The original protagonist of Wang Jinxuan, Li Xuechu, was not very satisfied. Choosing this role was Li Xuechu's only interference in Wang Jin. The original work of the King of Western comedy, if possible, Li Xuechu wanted to let his favorite Zhou Xingxing play the role the most. However, at this time, Stephen Chow didn't know where he was in the corner. He had never entered the artist training class or acted, so he had to give up.
Li Xuechu turned his attention to Brother Fa again. Brother Fa is a relatively comprehensive actor and is quite talented when acting in comedy. Li Xuechu has watched several movies. However, Brother Fa's aura is too strong. What impressed people in later generations are Brother Ma with a toothpick in his mouth and the God of Gambling with a big back.
"Are you sure?" Wang Jin asked with a strange look. Although Fa Ge has not yet publicly taken the title of "box office**", he has already lost several movies. He just starred in Shanghai this year and was very popular. There is no shortage of people to find movies. According to Wang Jin, it is "high-priced and high-quality". At least the fat man is really not optimistic about him now, and he does not have the enthusiasm of later generations to force him to play the god of gambling.
According to the "historical process", Fatty Wang was really right. Father Fa kept losing until 1986 years, and relied on Brother Ma to turn over and become a god in one fell swoop. Such a long history of losing is really something he can endure.
"Confirm," Li Xuechu said, but thought about it and added, "If he wants to bid too high, you can do it." After all, there is only 450,000 yuan in funding, so you still need to pay attention to balance.
During this period, Li Xuechu also went to Xinyi City and agreed on Xiaodao's investment. Xiaodao's investment was set at 1.8 million yuan, and Li Xuechu's script participation could only account for one-nineth of the investment, which made him feel a little depressed. However, if the box office can reach more than 10 million yuan, he can earn 400,000 or 500,000 yuan (more than half will be taken away by theaters and distribution), and there will be overseas box office in the future. He is still quite optimistic about this family comedy suitable for both young and old, although it is unlikely that it will reach the total box office of more than 500 million yuan in the future. I have also opened up thinking about it.
Another thing is that Li Xuechu accidentally discovered that the director of Xiao Gui was Wu Yushen. Li Xuechu was deeply shocked. It turned out that the violent aesthetic masters of later generations are now a famous comedy director in Xiangjiang, which gave Xiao Li a hint of messy feeling.
Xinyi City proposed to Li Xuechu to win over, but Xiao Li politely declined. Mecca and others did not try to keep him, but said that if he had new works, he could continue to cooperate. Li Xuechu had no objection. In the next few years, it will be an era when Xinyi City competes with Jiahe. There are many friends and multiple roads.
Li Xuechu was quite moved after coming out of Xinyi City. This company that collapsed suddenly after a while is really a big regret for the Xiangjiang film industry. It also reminded himself that if his company wants to grow in the future, you must pay attention to the issue of standardizing salary balance. Otherwise, it would be better to always be a bag company to save trouble and worry.
After leaving the New Art City, Li Xuechu called Wuma again and learned that the preliminary work of the hangover had been completed. The crew started filming yesterday. Li Xuechu was shocked again and had an intuitive understanding of the efficiency of the Hong family class. You must know that they were still preparing for the crew of "Ghost Fighting Ghosts". There was no problem in starting the two-line work. From this, we can see that the Hong family class is hardworking and sufficient manpower. No wonder they can play several movies a year, but they lack scripts if they don't lack people.
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After more than ten days of busy work, the crew was completed.
Brother Fa finally came, and it was worth 100,000 yuan, which was cheaper than Li Xuechu had imagined. Of course, this may also be the price of friendship. Brother Fa has always been a good star in Xiangjiang, but this also made Li Xuechu have some idea of the salary of celebrities at this time. It seems that Chen Long and Xu Guangjie were only three or two who could get more than one million yuan at this time. The salary of other celebrities is really not much, and it is far less exaggerated than later generations.
He picked a good day, bought a few strings of firecrackers, and held a ceremony to worship the gods. Wang Jin also invited two unknown tabloid newspapers to interview, take photos, talk, and blew the prospects of the movie. Of course, the focus was on "Xu Wenqiang" Fa Ge. After that, he stuffed three hundred yuan to the two editors, and the matter was over. The movie promotion was praised by the two tabloids.
The thirty people bowed a few times to the red pig's heads, each stuffed two cents on the altar, and firecrackers were set off, and it was done!
Everything was ready, Fatty Wang wore a director hat I found from somewhere and shouted: "It's on!"
Li Xuechu then shouted "action!"
"First filming"
"Pa" Li Xuechu took a record card and took a heavy shot.
Chapter completed!