Chapter 17 Section VII

It is the first film shot after the establishment of "Good Dream Company", and then successively filmed "Love", "The Back of the Moon".The number of films produced is not small, but they are all invested by others. We contracted the production, so we can only squeeze out a little money from the cost, except for repayment, there is very little left. During this period, we were all shooting outside, and the office was useless.In order to save money, when the lease expires in the coming year, they will return to Xinyuan Xili's house and take Wang Shuo to live with the crew.

The company has become a real "bag company". For a while, Mr. Peng tucked the company's official seal in his bag, and searched for cheap and discounted hotels everywhere in the four cities. When the conversation got off to a good start, Wang Shuo and I were asked to come out and flatter the manager of the room department.Negotiate the price and rush in.It can be regarded as a place to live for a few months. I remember one time, because a crew had already settled the bill and a new crew had not yet been set up. In order to save money, we moved out of the Beizhan Hotel.The two cars took all our belongings to find a place to stay. Because there was a problem with the connection, we couldn't find a suitable place to stay from morning to night, so we had to temporarily disband and go home to wait for orders.

That day we went to the Asian Games Village Guest House, League Central Evergreen Hotel, Friendship Hotel, Shengtang Hotel... Finally, when it was dark, we temporarily rented a room at the Shangyuan Hotel in the Xizhimen area.People can go home, but there must be a place to put the two cars. During that time, we have stayed in: Xiangshan Hotel, Summer Palace, Jilin Building, Chemical Guest House, Asian Games Village Huiyuan Apartment, Yizhao General Staff, Xiangshuge Hotel, Beizhan Hotel Guest House, Shangyuan Hotel, Yacheng Business Center, Northern Jiaotong University Guest House, Monkey King Hotel.

By making these lists, on the one hand, we can see at a glance our ups and downs during that period of time; on the other hand, I found out that we have a very strong relationship with Xiangshan Hotel, and the Asian Games Village Huiyuan Apartment and the Summer Palace are provided free of charge by friends. We live in some pseudo-star hotels. The so-called "pseudo-star" is that kind. The original guest house has been redecorated, and there are two doormen at the door, and there are tall caps with epaulets, but it looks like a deserter from the Beiyang warlords; there is often a big face in the lobby. On the mirror, "Dedicated by So-and-so Company" is written in red paint; on the wall behind the reception desk, there is also a row of clocks hanging in a row, marking New York, Tokyo, London, Paris, Berlin, and Karachi respectively. There must be a few clocks that have stopped, and it can be seen that they were hung up on a whim; on the floor, guests can often be heard shouting for the waiter, and then they see the waiter in a coat holding a large bunch of keys sleepy There are wallpapers, carpets, simple sofas and sticky room service guides in the room, some of the curtains are unhooked and some can’t even be closed; the toilet paper in the bathroom is never caught on the shelf, but always thrown on the toilet tank cover On the Internet, hot water is only provided after dinner and before midnight; there are restaurants and canteens, and the restaurants are full of section chief meeting representatives chasing each other with wine glasses.It's almost there, that's it.This is the "false star".

I described the "pseudo-star hotel" in such detail mainly to explain that we wanted to save money at the time and also wanted to have a decent appearance when receiving visitors.This was also the situation in China's film and television industry at that time. People looked like dogs, but they were actually middle and lower classes.Celebrities are no exception. At the beginning, they turned around to solve the problem of food and clothing, but they didn’t spend any of the money they earned. They ate box lunches with the crew every day. Things are very different now.Celebrities have already stood out from the working people in the middle and lower classes, and they also live in first-class hotels in five-star hotels when they go out. When they go to the group, they bring their assistants with them, and some even have a living car to keep them warm in winter and cool in summer.But for some reason, it still looks a bit earthy.Including the big money in China, they all wear famous brands, live in big houses, drive BMWs, and some even spend a lot of money, but they still can’t find elegance in their gestures, and their eyes are still full of impatience. .After careful analysis, it is a style that has been cultivated for many years.The money is there, but the addiction to showing off to the world has not yet been satisfied.I estimate that it will take at least a dozen years, or at most, the next generation. The wealthy people in China will look calm, wash away the stigma of being the proletariat, and spend money like water inadvertently.At that time, there were nobility in China.

What kind of people are nobles?As a beneficiary of the reform and opening up, I have lived through the belly of the nobles with the heart of a villain, or I have dreamed about it. The aristocratic temperament is not something that can be hung with money.It was brought out from the mother's womb and cultivated at a young age.The aristocrats have had people pull the door of the car since they were young, and when the car arrives, they will develop a habit when they grow up. When the car stops, they will move. When no one opens the door at the right time, he can hit the glass with his head.You won't say thank you even when you get off the car. It's not because you are not polite, but because you don't think you are serving him.This is indeed different from ordinary people, who are full of sophistication and common sense.What the nobles think about is the rise and fall of the nation, the survival of the country.The rest of my mind will at most think about the woman I love.When I have free time and go out to spend, I never bring any money with me. I make an appointment over the phone in advance when I buy things. Just followed through the door.When traveling abroad, I saw a manor, fell in love with it, and asked who the owner was?The entourage immediately bowed their heads and whispered: You don't know, this manor belongs to you.After the nobleman heard it, he was not surprised, but a little disappointed.Let's put it this way, aristocrats are basically useless in life, except for making love by themselves, eating without being fed, and not being able to take care of everything else by themselves.But at the same time, nobles are also people who have broken away from vulgar tastes.

Princess Diana of the United Kingdom, because of the unfair treatment and various criticisms from the royal family, couldn't get rid of her depression, so she found her son Prince William, who was studying at Eton College. William was pacing on the lawn with his hands behind his back, and Diana followed closely Later, the son got tired of hearing it, raised his hand and said: Mother, don't talk anymore.Isn't it just some discussion, when the day I ascend the throne, I will return your innocence. After hearing this, Diana bowed and saluted, saying: Thank you, Your Royal Highness.

This is the difference between the nobleman and Cinderella Diana. Things that you think are too difficult are not a problem for him. From this, I came to a conclusion that Chinese stars, including Chinese bigwigs, should be as low as possible. It is too late to become an aristocrat now, and it will take two or three generations to talk about it.Let's make do and go to a well-off life together. Speaking of this, I felt a burst of sadness.Originally, I hoped that I would be lucky enough to meet one or two Chinese nobles in my lifetime. With my eloquence, I would make them happy and reward me with a thousand hectares of fertile land, so that they could rely on me in old age.Now it seems that you can only earn by yourself. There are a lot of rich people, and they are all worried about gains and losses.

Readers, please forgive me, I am just messing around here with a hammer and a stick, so you can all think that I bought my clock to chat with you.Besides, it is not expensive, a book is only ten yuan, if you find a lady in the karaoke bar to talk with you for two hours, don't you have to give her 200 yuan? Wang Shuo saw that there was not much progress if we continued to mess around like this, so we called a meeting to draw out a grand blueprint. Mr. Wang's idea is as follows: Take out a few million, do nothing else, just make scripts.First of all, I signed a contract with more than a dozen first-line writers across the country, and bought out the first-choice right to film and television adaptation of their new novels every year.If there are novels that are suitable for adapting film and television dramas, and then officially buy the adaptation rights, if you don’t have money, it will be free.This means that the script creation of other film and television companies is choked from the source, because there are only a dozen famous writers who can write, and we have signed the first choice. If other companies want to shoot, no problem, come to us. Let's talk about cooperation. A group of gunmen are responsible for adapting it into a script, and we don't sell it alone, we buy it in bundles if we want to buy it, and match it with good or bad.

There are prime-time sex scenes, and there are also films that accompany housewives in the morning and afternoon to relieve boredom.If you want to make better photos by yourself, find a powerful advertising company, for example, an advertising company of the magnitude of "Saint & Saatchi", which buys 200 episodes of TV series pre-roll ads a year, and broadcasts one TV series per episode Post 3 advertisements, each advertisement charges 300,000, 3 is 900,000, 900,000 times 200 episodes is 180 million.At that time, the average cost of filming an episode of TV series was about 150,000 yuan, and we could get 900,000 yuan in advertising fees for each episode, 900,000 yuan minus 150,000 yuan, and 200,000 yuan for extra points, and the profit was 700,000 yuan, 700,000 yuan for one episode. 7 million for 10 episodes, 70 million for 100 episodes, 100 million for 200 episodes, we paid 40 million in taxes and still have a net profit of 100 million.This is only one year, and it will definitely be the same number in the second year, only more and not less.But we only invested a few million at the beginning.You do the math.

After listening to Mr. Wang's blueprint, we asked: Where are we going to find these millions? Mr. Wang seems to be still immersed in the excitement of hundreds of millions of profits, and did not answer our questions directly. At the end of 1994, when Ye Daying founded "Current Affairs Company", Wang Shuo sketched his blueprint to Ye Daying again. Ye Daying readily accepted and invested more than 2 million yuan to start the business, and asked Wang Shuo to be the general manager. Before taking office, Mr. Wang asked us to do our own thing, and made a promise to comfort us: After I have organized the script and investment, you can choose the one you like to shoot. Mr. Wang left "Good Dream" to go to another "Good Dream".One of our producers, Wang Xiaozhu also said goodbye to us with an apologetic face, and followed Mr. Wang.Later, Wang Shuo went to the United States to recuperate, and Wang Xiaozhu defected to Zheng Xiaolong with a bundle of scripts organized by Wang Shuo and an advertising agreement for "Saturday Great Wall".Based on this, Xiaolong founded the "Ivy Theater".Later, Wang Xiaozhu changed his family and joined the director of Zhao Baogang, becoming the director of production of many romantic dramas.Everyone in the circle knew him. The phrase "more wronged than Dou E" came from his creation.