I haven't been a boss for many years

When Zhou Runfa heard Ren Dahua's teasing, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't mind it.

His current girlfriend is "Chen Yulian", a young lady of the generation.

At this time, the screenwriter Wang Jing duang, duang, duang trotted all the way to Zhou Runfa, gasped heavily, and said, "Fa, Fa, Brother Fa, it's not good, there are a group of young and Dangerous boys looking for you outside." You, they said it was the brand name of Yihai Society, and they said they wanted to chat with you."

He is a flying paper party on the set, a little fat boy, not only can run, but also knows a lot.

Zhou Runfa frowned when he heard the words, put down his water glass and said, "Some young and Dangerous boy will come looking for me? Do you want an autograph?"

"Maybe." Ren Dahua replied blankly, no matter how powerful the Yihai Club is, how could they come to the Shaw Brothers studio to collect protection fees, Mr. Shao's name is very bluffing.

Under the guidance of Wang Jing, Zhou Runfa went to the entrance of the studio, borrowed a pack of cigarettes from Ren Dahua, and under the watchful eyes of a group of staff, he took the initiative to drink a group of young and Dangerous boys at the door, and handed the cigarette in his hand to the leader of the young man: "Hi, what can I do for you?"

Awei raised his hand to take the cigarette and put it in his mouth, he couldn't help feeling a little satisfied in his heart, it was very cool to be able to pass the cigarette to the big star on the screen.

As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling face, Ah Wei's expression became much softer, but then he thought of helping the boss, with a cigarette in his mouth, he couldn't help snorting coldly: "Mr. Go to TVB, if I don’t have a good relationship with Da Nabiao in Saigon District, I’m afraid I can’t find Mr. Zhou.”

He wrapped the script under his arm, raised his eyebrows, and handed the thick script to Chow Yun-fat: "My boss asked me to bring you something, let's drink tea together when we have time!"

Chow Yun-fat took the rolled-up script, and knew at a glance that there was something hidden in the script, but as soon as he got started, his heart trembled with fear: "I lost it!"

"I lost it!"

"I lost it!!!" There was a heavy May Fourth black star wrapped in the script, and the weight of the script was less than one ten thousandth of it, even if it was touched through the script, there would be a penetrating cold feeling.

He immediately knew that Young and Dangerous was not a good person, and wanted to "invite" him to make a film, and his heart began to tremble instantly.

What about big stars?

Too popular star!

He also couldn't stand the stalking, coercion, and constant harassment of the young and Dangerous.The vast majority of celebrities encounter this kind of thing, adhering to the style that more things are worse than less things, maybe they should do it.

But Zhou Run's hair is very red,

Red through Xiangjiang,

With Shaw Brothers covering his head,

Can make the company settle.

"Brother, who are you guys?" Zhou Runfa restrained his expression and asked solemnly.

Seeing that Brother Fa was not so scared, Awei thought he couldn't scare the other party, so he pulled out the cigarette from his mouth, threw it on the ground, stomped it out, and threatened with a ferocious face: "Yau Ma Tei, Prince!" Bin, what have you heard?"

Zhou Runfa nodded: "I have."

He did hear it,

A week ago, I happened to read the news and heard it!

"Hehe, it's good that you've heard it before. We bosses are easy to talk to. If we want to drink tea, we can drink tea. As long as we arrive, everything is easy to talk about." Awei said coldly.

"Brother, take this guy back first. I will read the script carefully. Tell Brother Bin that I will finish work at 10:30 in the evening. If he is free, let's have a cup of tea at the Peninsula Hotel." Zhou Runfa took a deep breath, He took out the black star in the script, handed it back to Awei without a trace, and received the script in his hand. Seeing this, Awei said with satisfaction: "Okay, Mr. Zhou, you are very interesting! I will go back to deal with the big brother now. Tonight If you're not on time, you're going to make things difficult for me, Ah Wei, and you're going to make things difficult for my big brother, Brother Bing!"

"Let's dodge!" Awei left with a few boys, and Zhou Runfa stayed in place for a while to contemplate, and then walked back into the shooting location with the script. Ren Dahua, Wang Jing, Chang Ji, and the director all came forward to greet him: " Zhou Sheng, are you okay?"

"If something happens, I'll help you contact Boss Shao. Do you want to take a rest for the afternoon show?"

Zhou Runfa shook his hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just that a boss dragged someone over to deliver the script, saying he wanted me to make a film."

Ren Dahua took Zhou Runfa and hid in a corner to smoke together. This time Zhou Runfa no longer refused to order a cigarette: "Ahem."

Ren Dahua asked: "Brother Fa, which boss wants to invite you? Why would someone ask Young and Dangerous to deliver the script? My eldest brother works as an inspector in Central, if there is any trouble..."

Ren Dahua is a fine individual.

The person who knows that young and Dangerous can send scripts is most likely also Young and Dangerous!

"Thank you, Dahua, I'll read the script first and think about it." Zhou Runfa raised his hand and refused. He was negotiating with Boss Shao about changing the contract because of the popularity of "Shanghai Bund" recently, hoping to increase the salary and value. Let Mr. Shao take advantage of the problem, if it is really necessary to borrow Ren Dahua's contacts, it would be better.

Although he is currently more inclined to solve it by himself, safety is still the first prerequisite. The other party's way of wrapping a pistol in the script to invite people on the set is too fierce. A cup of tea?"

"Okay." Ren Dahua agreed.

Chapter 7

tonight.

Ten o'clock, thirty.

Peninsula Hotel, tea restaurant.

The Peninsula Hotel is known as the "Shadow Tea House".

Zhang Guobin did not expect to send a random errand boy to do things so efficiently. He invited Chow Yun-fat to drink tea that day. After the tour, he went home and changed into a formal suit, cleaned his hair, and entered the peninsula in a delicate way. hotel.

After politely pushing the revolving door in the lobby, Zhang Guobin led Achang and Awei up the stairs and into the cafe on the second floor.

As a "middleman", Awei led the way with great enthusiasm, and found Zhou Runfa and Ren Dahua who were sitting at the corner table. Zhang Guobin saw two familiar faces at a glance, and immediately accelerated his pace, and warmly reached out to greet him: "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Ren, good evening, both of you."

Zhou Runfa saw a well-dressed, polite, and gentle man in front of him, with a slightly surprised expression, he held his hand and said, "Hello."

Ren Dahua was beside him, but his heart skipped a beat: "You really know my details."

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Ren, what do you two want to drink?" After sitting down in the chair, Zhang Guobin 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 bring me a cup of tea."

"A pot of Pu'er, and some dim sum. Mr. Zhou just got off work, so he might be hungry." Zhang Guobin explained to the waiter.

Immediately, he turned his head and smiled at Zhou Run: "Mr. Zhou, I am your fan."

Zhou Run was stunned. After his "Shanghai Bund" became popular, he had talked about shooting several films, but only one contract was formally finalized. "The Stupid Girl Detective" directed by Wang Tianlin is currently being filmed.

His career on the big screen has just started, and he's not even considered box office poison, so is there any "fandom" to speak of?

In order to invite himself to make a movie, not only did he take a gun, but he didn't even want his face.

"Thank you, boss, what's your address?" Zhou Run was slanderous, but his mouth was calm and smiling.

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

"Achang." He raised his head and called out.

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

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

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

This is Zhang Guobin's first step into the business. The general manager of a small film company, the company registration procedures, etc. have already been completed. Although it is a poor and empty shell company, it doesn't matter. Talented, scripted, always able to attract excellent artists with outstanding vision to join.

He thinks that Zhou Runfa is very wrong!

Zhou Runfa felt that the name of this film company was clever, both atmospheric and artistic, not like a roe deer, better than "XX Brothers", "X Art X", "New XX".

It's kind of like art.

Zhou Runfa put away his business card, caught a glimpse of Ren Dahua from the corner of his eye, and suddenly found that Ren Dahua's eyes were also a little puzzled: "Are there any gentle young and Dangerous boys? Will you send a pistol?"

"What kind of young and Dangerous boy does this look like? How good it is to be a model with me, and make movies. Chartered women, teachers and wives like this one the most. The company will definitely praise him."

Seeing the tea being served, Zhang Guobin asked, "I wonder if Mr. Zhou has read the script. If you are satisfied with the script, is there any filming schedule?"

Making a film is a complicated business.

It needs to be arranged slowly,

Manpower, equipment, etc.

but try,

Do your best...

Zhou Runfa looked down at the teacup and saw that there were no bullets in the tea, so he took a sip in peace and said, "Mr. Zhang, I have read the script sometime."

"not bad."

"The script as a whole is very well written. The man in it is romantic, and the grievances and hatreds are very attractive, especially that sentence..."

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

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

"This sentence brings out all the flavors of the Jianghu years. Without this sentence, the whole movie seems to have no soul."

Zhang Guobin agreed quite a bit and said: "Mr. Zhou, you are really suitable for this movie."

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

What is the fastest way for the Xiangjiang underworld to make money in the film industry?It's really not to make a movie seriously, but to invite stars to come out to make bad movies at a very low price, and then sell the bad movies as sheep's tricks, and put them on the theaters to make bad money.

Now Xiangjiang's box office market is growing every year, and the citizens' pursuit of celebrities is strong, forming a trend. If you invite Zhou Runfa and Liu Dehua to make a movie, the theater companies will not even look at the content, and they are willing to spend several million to buy it out.

This situation is a bit like the capital frenzy of around 15 in the mainland, frantically inviting fresh meat and frying traffic.This kind of shoddy work can make money, who would seriously make a movie?The most common way for associations to make money from making movies is to lower the actors' salaries, and it's no problem to earn two or three times a month.

Although Zhang Guobin was the first club boss to step into 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 asked for the price.

"100 million?" Zhou Runfa was startled.

Not too low.

But too high!

TVB artist contracts are based on episodes, and usually receive extremely low living expenses. Some artists have not filmed for a few years, and even go out to do odd jobs to subsidize their families. It can be said that they are destitute. The fee is not low, and you can also go outside to accept plays, but it can't reach the income of 100 million.

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

Wang Tianlin only paid 80 yuan when he asked him to shoot "The Stupid Girl Detective".In addition to fame, awards, and acting skills, the salary increase also has the problem of inflation. After all, it is the 80s, and Hong Kong papers are very valuable.

Zhang Guobin smacked his lips and raised a finger: "Sorry, only 20."

"Damn!" Zhou Runfa cursed in his heart: "80, I'll make time to shoot."

"30... I'm going to invite the best director to shoot."

In the 80s, the cost of making movies was very high, and the immature digital shooting technology made it necessary to shoot on film, which can only be imported. A roll of film costs [-] to [-] yuan, and it costs hundreds of thousands to make a film. Wan, not to mention the director's remuneration, on-set crew, props...

"60, I like this script very much." At that time, Zhou Runfa rushed to shoot "The True Colors of Heroes", so he broke his bones for this film salary. It can be seen that he really likes the script of this movie, which suits him very well and suits his taste.

"40, it can't be too much..."

"50! It can't be lower!!!" Zhou Runfa was a little anxious.

"Hey." Ah Wei next to him couldn't stand still, he bent down and slapped the tea table with his palm, staring at Zhou Runfa and said, "Ah Fa! Why are you talking to my boss!"

"My big brother invites you to act, it's for your face, how dare you fucking shame face?"

Chapter 8

Zhou Runfa became impatient: "40 is 40, if you want an extra penny, I will be your son!"

"Eh?" Zhang Guobin closed his open mouth.

Ren Dahua looked sideways at Brother Fa.

Awei snorted and put away his ferocious face, and a smile appeared on Lawyer Chang's face...

"it is good!"

"Mr. Zhou, it's a deal. The salary of 40 yuan will be the leading male pony in "The True Colors of Heroes..." A triumphant smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Guobin's mouth.

This price can be described as a complete bargain...

Zhou Run regained his senses after getting over his anxiety, his eyes were very troubled, and he said with a wry smile: "Mr. Zhang, you have made me miserable."

"40 for your film, TVB doesn't know what to think of me."

"Don't worry, we signed a confidentiality contract." Lawyer Chang handed over the contract.

Some things must be struck while the iron is hot.

Zhou Runfa took a look at the contract, took off the pen on the contract, and began to flip through the pages. I have to say that the other party really came prepared, everything was ready.

Zhang Guobin turned around and taught his younger brother: "Ah Wei!"

"How did you talk to Mr. Zhou just now? Hurry up and apologize to Mr. Zhou."

Awei curled his lips, his expression was full of disdain, he even dared to cut people, scaring people, it's a trivial matter.But the boss had spoken, he still bowed obediently and said, "Mr. Zhou, I'm sorry."

Zhang Guobin nodded: "That's right, a child can be taught, we are now a film company negotiating a contract, not talking to other clubs, what is so fierce!"