1979 Golden Age

Lin Zhengying sat in the back and watched Zhuang Cheng and Ho Kuanchang talk.

This feeling was very strange. He was not a supporting role, but appeared as the protagonist for the first time. What's more,

He signed five film contracts in a row, all of which played the same role: Uncle Nine!

According to Zhuang Cheng, he wanted to make a series of films, Uncle Nine had several fellow disciples from Maoshan, and they all fought demons and ghosts together.

In "Mr. Vampire", Uncle Nine's junior brother Simu Taoist priest appeared once, and in addition, he also mentioned the eldest brother, the younger junior brother, the southern hair and the northern horse, etc., which was a simple foreshadowing.

When Lin Zhengying was stunned, he saw Zhuang Cheng shaking hands with Ho Kuanchang, smiling: "Thank you very much!"

Sammo Hung saw that it was a deal, and asked: "Mr. Ho, when will it be released?"

"In the middle of next month, at night!"

"Wow, the night show is going to explode!" Sammo Hung exaggerated.

Ho Kuan-chang said with a smile: "Mr. Zhuang abides by the rules, and Golden Harvest must also treat people sincerely. I hope to cooperate more in the future!"

The old-fashioned cinema has few films, and the golden time is from 7 to 11 every night. Ho Kuan-chang was just saying nice things. They were not optimistic about "Mr. Vampire", but Golden Harvest had no major dramas next month, so they simply did a favor and made friends with Zhuang Cheng.

"Are you relieved now?!"

Hong Jinbao had nothing to say about his brothers. He hugged Lin Zhengying and said: "This movie is good. It may not be a big hit, but it will be a small hit. You take the first step. After five films are shot, you will be the number one in the world!"

Lin Zhengying was not good at speaking, but just smiled foolishly. Zhuang Cheng came over and said a few more words, and today's screening meeting ended.

He returned to Legendary Pictures and immediately called Chen Qi. Chen Qi usually didn't see him, and they communicated by phone, but today he suddenly made an appointment to meet somewhere.

Zhuang Cheng didn't dare to neglect it, and hurried out again and rushed to an inconspicuous tea restaurant.

Chen Qi was eating a bowl of mixed noodles, picking up a piece of large intestine with chopsticks, as if he wanted to pick out shit from it.

Wave him to sit down and ask: "Have you eaten?"

"Not yet!"

"Order something to eat!"

"Okay!"

Zhuang Cheng ordered a bowl of fish ball noodles, and then saw this guy pick up the teapot, pour a cup of tea, and gestured: "Please! Tea!"

His face turned black, not knowing what this meant, but knowing that the other party was playing a joke, he said helplessly: "Please! Boss, you want to act and make a movie, what do you want me to do?"

"Not cooperative at all, boring!"

Chen Qi wiped his mouth and asked: "How is "The Wrong Car"?'

"Fortunately, the song was given to them, and the Taiwanese were very happy with it. Longxiang Film took over the distribution, and we gave him a 15% agency fee. ”

Longxiang Films was one of the eight major film companies in Taiwan, and is now just a small Karami.

Zhuang Cheng introduced the situation of "Mr. Zombie" again, and Chen Qi nodded repeatedly, saying: "Not bad,

Now there is a small project for you, you can find creative newcomers to shoot, everything is based on cheapness, 700,000 budget. ”

"Hong Kong dollars?"

"What else?"

"Boss, 700,000 Hong Kong dollars can't make anything now, it's not a few years ago."

"Take a look at the script first. "

Zhuang Cheng took the script he handed over and was confused when he saw the title. It was four big characters: "Forbidden Room Desire"!

And there was an English translation.

The book was very thin. It started with a synopsis about an American industrial worker who had a harmonious family and a happy life. He often saw a store run by a Japanese on his way to and from get off work. The store owner's daughter was a young and beautiful girl.

The girl's name was very nice, Momonogi!

Suddenly, he lost his job!

His wife ran away, his house was gone, his child was not his own, he became a homeless man, and all this was caused by Japan. The impact of industrial products. He was angry and drank to drown his sorrows. He came up with a bold idea. He kidnapped Momonogi!

He dragged her to an abandoned cabin, secretly imprisoned her, tied her up, whipped her, and raised her like a pet. At first, Momonogi tried every means to escape, but over time, she began to get used to living with this man, and this man also developed a different kind of love for her. The two developed a perverted abnormal relationship————"

"This, this, this!"

After reading the synopsis, Zhuang Cheng felt that the sky was about to fall, and unconsciously used Mandarin honorifics: "You want to shoot this What kind of film is this?"

"What's wrong?"

"Why? Are you upset or are you under too much pressure? I know a great psychiatrist."

"What do you know? This is for export. We're going to release the videotape in the U.S.!"

Chen Qi gave some advice without blushing or beating his heart: "Five minutes of outdoor scenes, the rest are all indoor scenes, and the indoor scenes will be shot in Hong Kong. Find some brave and smart newcomers, give the female lead more money, use a pseudonym, and even find actors from Japan.

Don't make it pure pornography, that's boring, make it semi-erotic , covering up, focusing on the psychological changes of the male and female protagonists.

The finished film does not need to be 90 minutes, 70 minutes is OK. If this film is well made, we can also make sequels "The Training Room 2" and "The Training Room 3", targeting different audience groups, everything is available.

For black people, we will shoot black people imprisoning white people; for white people, we will shoot white people imprisoning rich girls with big blond waves; for Jews, we will shoot imprisoning Germans wearing German uniforms; for Koreans, we will shoot imprisoning all the young generals and American soldiers, but we will consider the American market first. "

Zhuang Cheng is not an ordinary person. If he can't keep up with the boss's thinking, he will be fired. He sorted out his thoughts and understood, saying: "I understand what you mean, but the cost?"

"Add 300,000 at most, and it must be within 1 million Hong Kong dollars! I'll find someone to take care of the male lead and the American location,

You prepare the rest."

The exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars to US dollars is now fixed at 1:7.78.

1 million Hong Kong dollars is about 128,000 US dollars, and Bob Shea makes a B-level movie for about 300,000 US dollars.

"Okay, I get it!"

Zhuang Cheng nodded, and sighed in his heart: Who said that mainlanders are conservative? Mainlanders are great!

I thought Mr. Chen was wild enough, but I didn't expect it to be even wilder! This kind of broken plot can be thought of by carbon-based creatures?

But ask him if he wants to see it?

If there is such a movie, I really want to see it.

Chen Qi looked at Zhuang Cheng's prostrating eyes and snorted, what is this? I also have "Two Women, One Cup"

"Human Centipede" and "Sewer Mermaid" blah blah --- Ugh!

He suddenly felt a little nauseous. These things are really disgusting. Just talking about them makes him want to vomit.

This "The Forbidden City" is naturally the first film that Chen Qi and Bob Shea have collaborated on. It is mainly distributed on videotapes. Videotapes are different from theater films. He also has to find out what American audiences like first.

After finding out, he can start production on the assembly line.

"The Forbidden City" has a large scale, so he can only find people from Hong Kong. If the scale is smaller, he can call people from the mainland, and the labor cost will be cheaper.

Chen Qi is now expanding production, using various works to gradually bind mainland film studios to get on his ship. Similarly, he is also slowly binding Hong Kong producers.

The left released Zheng Zeshi's "Divorced Dad" in March.

The cost was 1.3 million, and the box office was more than 5 million. After deductions, it only earned a few hundred thousand. Zheng Zeshi had some ambitions.

After all, this achievement was far from brilliant and could not compare with the past, but Chen Qi did not care. He encouraged him to continue creating and inspired him to pay attention to the disadvantaged groups.

Zheng Zeren is not yet a complete person. He only matured after he wrote and directed "Why Me" by himself, in which he played a mentally retarded young man named Fat Cat.

Since then, Fat Cat has become his nickname.

The Oscars will be held on April 9.

As the time approaches, Chen Qi is ready to go to the United States and prepare a dress for Gong Xue. It is still an exchange group, led by Director Liu Zhigu, and Li Wenhua, Yan Shunkai and others will go.

And one day at the end of March, a person came to see Chen Qi.

"Brother Qi, Shu Qi from "Film Biweekly" wants to see you!"

"Why did he ask me to do it?"

"It seems to be about the Academy Awards."

(There is also in the evening·—)