Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

Now Zhang Jialiang is considering the first movie to be shot by the company. Which one should he choose? After careful consideration, he decided to make "A Better Tomorrow" as the first movie.

The movie A Better Tomorrow was very famous in his previous life. Not only did it win the box office championship next year, it also had a great influence on later generations.

It is said that this movie is a Jedi counterattack by three down-and-out men coming together, and this is not wrong.

The starring actors of this movie are Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung, and Zhang Guorong, and the director is Wu Yusen. Among them, Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung and Wu Yusen are not doing very well.

Chow Yun-fat can be considered famous now, but that is in TV dramas. In big-screen movies, he is now called "box office poison". He loses money in every movie he makes, which discourages investors. He is far from becoming the popular and box office-dominating Chow Yun-fat in the future.

Ti Lung also wanted to stop production because Shaw Brothers' films were on the decline. He was getting old and Shaw Brothers had no plans to renew his contract. The martial arts actor who was once very popular in Hong Kong was now unemployed.

There is also Wu Yusen. He had not achieved any good results at that time. He felt very frustrated seeing his good friend Xu Ke developing smoothly while he himself had achieved nothing.

Now is a good time to shoot this movie, and there is no psychological burden in cutting in Zhang Jialiang in advance.

He found Xu Xiaoming:

"Ah Ming, have you negotiated the adaptation rights for the movie A Better Tomorrow?"

Xu Xiaoming:

"I contacted Director Long and got the adaptation rights for 3 yuan. I have already signed the contract."

That’s right, “A Better Tomorrow” was released in 1967. It is an old movie. Now if the company decides to remake it, it must first obtain the adaptation rights.

Zhang Jialiang:

"Have you contacted Director Wu Yusen?"

Xu Xiaoming:

"I have contacted him. He is currently in Taiwan. When he heard that our company wanted him to make a movie, he was very happy and readily agreed. He is currently dealing with matters over there and said he will be back tomorrow."

Zhang Jialiang:

"I hope to sign Wu Yusen to our company. The company is short of all kinds of people right now, especially actors and directors. In the future, the company cannot make movies without directors.

Wu Yusen, I have high hopes for him, he is definitely a master at shooting gunfight movies. "

Xu Xiaoming:

"I will discuss this with him when he comes back. I think he won't refuse. Our company is strong and well-funded, and there is a lot of room for him to display his talents. He should be very satisfied."

Zhang Jialiang:

“How was Chow Yun-fat’s talk?

We have to get Chow Yun-fat's contract. It doesn't matter if we pay a little more. We can't let other companies take advantage of the actor we made famous."

Xu Xiaoming:

"I have already talked to Chow Yun-fat personally, and he has no objection to transferring his contract to our company, but his current contract is with Cinema City.

Xinyicheng's asking price is not low, they want 100 million, I am negotiating with them, and I feel that 80 should be enough."

Zhang Jialiang:

"Okay, then you talk first.

But if the price cannot be negotiated, I will take it even if it is 100 million.

It’s okay to let Cinema City take advantage of it first, but signing the actors to the company is the most important thing. Sooner or later, they will regret it.”

Zhang Jialiang:

"Also, we need to quickly get back those messy film contracts that Chow Yun-fat has. Don't let those people come looking for us with film contracts after we make him famous. That would be a huge loss for our company!"

Chow Yun-fat is already very famous now, especially in TV dramas, but he is still "box office poison" in the direction of big screen movies.

But he has signed quite a lot of film contracts, including about 10 messy ones. In fact, his reputation as "box office poison" has a lot to do with these messy film contracts.

The movies produced by these small companies are all low-investment, shoddy products that are meant to make up the numbers. The quality of the movies is not high, so naturally the box office cannot go up.

Chow Yun-fat will be their company's cash cow in the future, so it would be better to get these film contracts back as soon as possible.

Xu Xiaoming:

"We are rushing to acquire Chow Yun-fat's film contracts. His reputation is not good right now, and these film contracts are not worth much. Ten or so film contracts can only be recovered for 10 or yuan."

Zhang Jialiang:

"And Dillon, how's Dillon? It should be easy to deal with him, right?"

Xu Xiaoming.

"Yes, Dillon has signed a five-year contract. He knows that Shaw Brothers is no longer viable. Besides, he is old and TVB will not renew his contract. We extended an olive branch to him and he quickly accepted it."

Zhang Jialiang:

"And what about Zhou Xingchi? Did TVB release him?"

Xu Xiaoming:

"Of course Fang Yihua is unwilling, but as long as you are willing to spend money, anything can be accomplished. Besides, Zhou Xingchi is not a key employee in TVB. It's just that Fang Yihua wants more money.

She is just like that, extremely profit-oriented, and said she wanted 50 yuan.

Zhou Xingchi is not Chow Yun-fat, he is not worth this much money, I think 30 should be enough to get it. "

Zhang Jialiang:

"Okay, let's continue talking. If it doesn't work out, I'll accept a little more money.

I still say that talent is the most important thing. The film is about to start shooting and we cannot delay the progress of the film."

Xu Xiaoming:

"No problem. Fang Yihua will release him as long as we offer the right price."

That’s right, Zhang Jialiang decided to poach Zhou Xingchi right now and sign him to his own company for future plans.

When the time comes, of course my company will try to use its own artists when making movies. Zhang Guorong's current status is not low, and his contract is not so easy to poach.

On the contrary, Stephen Chow is now unknown, so there should be no problem replacing Zhang Guorong with him. Stephen Chow is very good in terms of image and acting skills, but he is not famous yet.

Xu Xiaoming:

"Mr. Zhang, Miss Lu Xiuling has already been negotiated and has signed the contract. She is in the company now. Do you want to meet her?"

Lu Xiuling was someone Zhang Jialiang specifically asked Xu Xiaoming to find. She is from Taiwan and is known as Xiao Lin Qing Xia.

Ever since Lin Qingxia came to Hong Kong to develop her career, Qiong Yao has been training her to be Lin Qingxia's successor. Lu Xiuling has appeared in many art films and is another young beauty who became famous because of Qiong Yao's art films.

Because Qiong Yao's Superstar Film Company went bankrupt, she wanted to develop on the big screen, so she had to leave Taiwan and come to Hong Kong.

However, perhaps due to the unfamiliar climate and the lack of a backstage support in Hong Kong, she had a difficult time and did not have many opportunities to appear on the big screen. As a result, for almost two years, she has been tepid and has not made any progress.

Because of this, a film company suddenly extended an olive branch to her and promised that she could immediately star in a big-budget movie, and she would be the leading actress.

Although this movie is dominated by men and the female characters are relatively weak, it is still pretty good. After all, she is the heroine, and she is working with Chow Yun-fat and Ti Lung. Of course, Lu Xiuling couldn't wait to agree.

Zhang Jialiang:

"Okay, let's meet her. Call her over."

Soon after Xu Xiaoming went out, not long after, there was a knock on Zhang Jialiang’s office door.

"Come in!"

After the door was opened, a pretty young girl with delicate features, bright eyes, white teeth and fair skin walked in.