Chapter 692

"It's a new year!"

"On the first day of the new year, a pillar holding up the sky is a good sign!"

On the morning of January 1st, Chen Qi woke up naturally from his sleep. Looking at the environment of the community outside the window, he couldn't help but sigh. He felt full inside and outside, his face was rosy, his mind was clear, and he could throw a cup at the temple. Here comes the Holy Grail - of course he is a cadre of a state-owned enterprise and cannot do such a thing.

Eastern Company has left the Yindu dormitory and moved all employees to a residential area in Tsuen Wan. I bought dozens of houses here, the standard is 500 square feet per house, and there are also several cadre houses of 1,000 square feet.

It costs about 500 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, more than 200,000 yuan per unit, and more than 6 million yuan in later generations.

These are all fixed assets of Eastern Company.

Oriental Company also has very few employees in Hong Kong and is simply not satisfied with the situation. The conditions and facilities are good and the transportation is convenient.

The difference from Yindu is that the houses are scattered, some are neighbors and some are not.

Chen Qi lives in a thousand-foot mansion that Hong Kong people dream of, and he doesn't have to worry about being cheated on.

Xiao Mo, Xiao Yang and Gu Weili naturally followed, and Jiang Zhiqiang lived in his own house. After the separation from Yindu, the main stars here are Li Lianlian, Liang Jiahui, Qiu Shuzhen and Li Saifeng.

There are also Zheng Zeshi, Lin Lingdong, Wei Jiahui, Guan Lijie, Wu Zhenyu, Ji Chunhua and others, as well as Liu Qingyun who was poached.

Liu Qingyun is 20 years old and his family background is average, but not considered poor. He has dark skin and a tall figure. He has already acted in two TV series. He came here looking confused. Chen Qi met him, he was still young and needed training.

This person actually has a wide range of acting skills, he can be good or evil, he can act in comedy, he is down-to-earth and popular with the audience, and he can also transform into "Mr. Liu, a citizen".

Before he knew it, Chen Qi had almost finished "The Great Era".

At around 8 o'clock in the morning, he had dinner and rushed to Nanhua Theater by car. Fu Qi, Shi Nansheng, Jiang Zhiwen and other theater owners are here. Starting today, the new Shuangnan Cinema Line will be unveiled.

"Plop!"

"Plop!"

For the sake of excitement, the small bosses specially invited a lion dance team to add to the fun. Two big southern lions danced up and down.

Accompanied by the sound of firecrackers, there is indeed a joyful opening.

Everyone took a group photo at the entrance of the theater, and many reporters and film critics were invited.

We went to the theater together and watched the first film of the new Shuangnan Cinema, "The Spirit of the Patriotic Army"!

In fact, it is "Garland Under the Mountain". It was introduced to Hong Kong and the name was changed. This film took in a box office of 3.46 million.

In Time and Space is the highest-grossing mainland film in Hong Kong.

This film is really good, no matter the big scenes or small scenes, no matter the grand narrative or personal consciousness, it is all created extremely well.

The director is Xie Jin.

It should be mentioned again that he and Xie Tieli are both known as "Two Xies". Xie Tieli gradually became separated in the 1980s, but Xie Pu reached the peak of his creation, "Legend of Tianyun Mountain", "Wrangler", "Garland Under the Mountain" and "Hibiscus Town" etc.

"How about it?"

Chen Qi asked.

As a film critic, Wen Jun also came to watch the movie and praised: "As a movie, it has reached a very high artistic level.

But the kind revealed in it, what you talked about——..."

"Main theme!"

"Yes! The main melody in it is still too heavy, which will drive away a large number of viewers, but some people will still watch it because of the war scenes. I personally like this film very much."

Many people in Hong Kong have mixed identities. They are screenwriters, film critics, directors, producers, and bosses. Wen Jun is one of them.

He is one of the few local filmmakers who hopes to embrace the mainland. He once publicly criticized the Academy Awards for being xenophobic and having too many favor votes. He also invested money in "Sunny Days" and was deceived by Jiang Wen.

He commented, paused, and said, "Mr. Chen, yesterday you talked about establishing a writers union. I thought about it all night and think it can be done, but there are some problems."

"What?"

"Many of us wear multiple hats, such as writing scripts and directing. So is he a screenwriter or a director?"

"Anything is fine! Don't make too complicated a mechanism in the initial stage. Just two points: first, you won't be paid to write the script, and we will help with coordination; second, there will be a best script award every year."

"Is it that simple? No annual fee?"

"We charge an annual fee as soon as we set up. Who wants to join? We charge an entry fee and just K. Let's get established first."

"That's easy."

Wen Juan thought for a while and said, "Okay, my friends and I support you!"

"You know a lot of people, so please contact us. The more members, the better. We will try to establish the union in the first half of the year."

"Then you have to be the initiator. You are the most suitable, and no one else is qualified!"

Wen Juan smiled, feeling a little strange in his heart.

When he first heard about this, he thought that the leftists were trying to make money in disguise: first, they would set up a trade union with a good name, and members would pay annual dues, and the leftists would take charge of it themselves. Wouldn't that be just making money?

At this moment, it doesn't seem like it. Chen Qi is a serious person. If he can really establish a guarantee for the screenwriter, it will be a great merit.

Just because Hong Kong films don’t take scripts seriously doesn’t mean that the people who wrote them don’t take them seriously. Everyone hopes to write a complete and excellent work. However, the environment is so eager for quick success that it doesn’t allow you to polish things carefully, so you can only get up to speed.

The reason why Chen Qi does this is very simple. He wants to establish a set of order in Hong Kong.

Mainland China's Golden Rooster Awards and the Film Association were too complicated and intricately related. He didn't have the energy or time to do it. The Hong Kong Film Awards has just started, and there is no industry association. It is equivalent to starting from scratch, which is much simpler.

Afternoon, Clear Water Bay Studio.

Faced with a contract, Leslie Cheung took a pen and made the final consideration, and finally signed his name. A 6-year film contract, like other left-wing artists, the pay for filming his own films is low, but he can take on outside films.

In other words, he let the left-wing contract for 6 years at a low price in exchange for the growth of fame and strength.

If it were any other company, Leslie Cheung would not agree, but who doesn't know that the left-wing films are the best quality?

Now it's not a big studio system, and the increase in star pay is inevitable. In the 1980s, Chen Qi could still suppress it, and when he couldn't suppress it anymore, he had to spend money, at most a little cheaper.

"Welcome to join!"

"Please give me more advice in the future!"

After signing the contract, Chen Qi shook hands with him and said, "You will do "A Better Tomorrow" first, and then there will be a love movie for you. Director Tsui Hark is busy with a new project. When he is done, I will prepare to shoot a movie with a classical fantasy theme. It can be said to be tailor-made."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen!"

Leslie Cheung went out, and Chen Qi made a note in his notebook. The classical fantasy theme is naturally "A Chinese Ghost Story".

He scratched his head: "Where is Wang Zuxian? She should be in Shaw Brothers now, right? Find time to bring her over, don't go to Canada to buy groceries."

Old Wang is very interesting. In the later life, he hid in Canada to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha. There is no Weibo or Douyin. The only public social platform is Tieba. He drops in from time to time, and the first post was blocked by the owner.