Hong Kong Stubborn

Luo Junyan followed the crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story" and didn't finish work until 1 o'clock in the morning. After finishing work, Luo Junyan sat with Rong Ge and Wang Zuxian to rest for a while.

Brother Rong said, "A Jun, don't you plan to shoot a new movie this year?"

Luo Junyan replied: "I will definitely make one in the second half of the year. Brother Rong, Snowman Century Entertainment can't get in now. I have to support my family. I can't make money."

Wang Zuxian cut and said: "Brother Jun, are you crying poor in front of me? Now it has been spread all over the world. "Three Kingdoms Warriors" sold 3.65 billion box office in Japan, more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars, acridine, army sister wants to buy luxury Enough yachts."

Brother Rong smiled and said: "A Jun, you are really close enough, congratulations."

Luo Junyan chuckled and said, "I will invite everyone out for dinner this time. By the way, Brother Rong, if you meet a newcomer with good qualifications, help me pay attention."

Brother Rong asked curiously: "Why does Snowman Century Entertainment want to sign an artist?"

Luo Junyan shook his head and said, “After Brother Cong became a producer, the company didn’t even have an agent. If someone dares to sign with me, I’m afraid I’ll have to look for the role of the dragon. Brother Rong, I won’t hide it from you. , I plan to use new people in the next film."

Brother Rong said: "A Jun, the risks are very high, you have to think carefully."

Wang Zuxian said: "Brother Jun, are you trying to save money? You don't plan to pay hundreds of thousands, no wonder people say you are a miser."

Luo Junyan said calmly: "Xiaoxian, I am mainly to support younger generations, and it has nothing to do with money. Think about what happened to you when you first arrived in Xiangjiang, if you met a director with a passion like me at that time, Is it easier?"

Wang Zuxian pouted his lips and didn't believe his nonsense. At the time, Luo Junyan flickered Maggie Cheung as the leading role, and only paid 20,000 yuan, no one in the circle knew.

Brother Rong thought for a while and said, "A Jun, Zhou Xingchi should be familiar with you, right?"

Luo Junyan drank and said, "Brother Rong, Brother Xing is my friend, what's wrong?"

Brother Rong said: "Some time ago, I heard that he took the script to Xinyicheng to recommend himself. The result seemed to be unpleasant. People in the circle said that he was driven out of the office by Huang Baiming."

Luo Junyan said in surprise: "No, he is acting in a TV series, why does he want to act in a movie? Then everyone is so familiar, why doesn't he come to me?"

Wang Zuxian cut and interjected: "Brother Jun, you are all big productions, and you must be the lead actor. If someone wants to be the lead performer, they will definitely not come to you, right?"

Luo Junyan nodded and said, "Xiaoxian, you are really smart. My master said that women have **** and no brains, so this seems to make sense."

Wang Zuxian and Leslie Cheung did not react at first. Brother Rong's mind turned fast, and after thinking about it for a few seconds, he spouted out the water with a chuckle.

Wang Zuxian was still complacent at first, and soon figured out the meaning of the words. Doesn't that mean that the brainy woman has a small chest, she got up and chased Luo Junyan to fight. This girl is notoriously small in the circle.

That night, Luo Junyan did not go home to disturb the army and the old sister's sleep, and went to Rong brother's villa to deal with them for one night. He didn't go to the crew the next day, and went directly to TVB to find Zhou Xingchi early, intending to ask what was going on.

The two met in the TVB restaurant. After a brief chat, Luo Junyan was basically clear.

In fact, it is not as excessive as people in the circle say. At that time, it was just that Huang Baiming accidentally threw the script on the ground and bluntly said that the script was nothing new. After that, he never gave Zhou Xingchi a chance to speak, and sent him away directly.

Luo Junyan did not continue this topic, but said: "Then do you still want to make a movie? If you want to make a movie, I can invest money, but the cost cannot exceed 2 million Hong Kong dollars."

Zhou Xingchi smiled shyly, and said, "Forget it, this script I wrote is indeed a bit old-fashioned. When I think of a better story, I will look for you to invest. Thank you, Jun."

Luo Junyan nodded and said, "Brother Xing, don't rush to do a leading role in one step. The movie market is very hot now, and production companies are thinking of finding popular stars as their signatures. You can see how much Fa Ge has picked up this year. It’s a play? I can’t spare time when I ask him for supper."

Luo Junyan said with a heart-to-heart: "Conversely speaking, the popular stars in the circle are also taking advantage of the market to make more money, and now they are not willing to give the opportunity to newcomers. Unless you invest your own money to shoot, it will be fine. You wrote the script, and people will definitely kick you down."

Zhou Xingchi spread his hands and said, "I'll be satisfied if I can receive a contract for a major supporting role. I don't dare to play the leading role now. Jun, you can shoot a new film to see if there is a suitable role for me. I don't have to pay for it. ."

Luo Junyan thought for a while and said, "Brother Xing, the salary must be paid. But I won't take care of you in particular. I can only go wherever I go. When the time comes, you don’t think it’s too small and OK. In addition, help me pay attention to the transfer. TVB artists who develop into the film industry must have good acting skills, but don't be called high-priced big names."

After chatting with Zhou Xingchi, Luo Junyan continued to learn to be a director on other people's crews. He had to hurry up.

Bian Sicong has purchased all the shooting equipment and spent more than 4 million Hong Kong dollars in total. The cameras, lighting, and recording equipment are all relatively advanced models.

The business of Snowman Age Advertising is still booming this year, but sister army has already begun to shrink the battle line intentionally, mainly to maintain high-quality old customers.

The overheating of the mainland's economy is not a good thing. The state will definitely intervene to make the economy develop soundly. And this year, there have been several competitors in Xiangjiang who follow the example of sister army, and it is impossible for their own family to make money silently.

The threshold for this kind of business is actually not high, and it is a mature industry. Although the snowman era advertising has set up moats in the three aspects of design, materials, and government relations, it can only stop competitors in the same industry for a short period of time, and then this business will fall into a vortex of price wars.

And the most important point is that sister army’s practice is actually suspected of tax evasion, so she can’t develop her business with great fanfare.

Hong Kong implements a local source tax system, and only levies profits tax on companies that use local resources to make profits. If Xiangjiang’s profits are not generated locally in Xiangjiang, that is to say, it does not use Xiangjiang’s local resources, then even if the money is directly remitted to the company’s account in Xiangjiang, there is no need to pay profits tax.

Sister Army completes production and goods transactions through outsourcing to factories in the mainland. Currently, she enjoys a tax-free policy. The mainland office does not provide designs and does not need to pay taxes for profit. In fact, the design service, which accounts for a large part of the transaction, is completed by the HeungKong headquarters.

This is tantamount to hitting a side ball. Sister Army considers the business of commercial packaging to be profit-making in the mainland. This part of the company's nearly 70% of the company's profits does not need to be taxed in Xiangjiang, so that there is no need to pay much tax on both sides.

Xiangjiang's current commercial laws are not so sound. Businesses are actually scoring the margins. People don't raise officials or investigate, or else there can be a net profit of more than 100 million a year.

But business that makes people jealous must be extra cautious. Once a competitor collects evidence of the design services provided by the Xiangjiang headquarters, the situation of the Snowman Age advertising is dangerous.

In mid-June, the yen exchange rate finally appreciated below 130 yen per U.S. dollar, and it could be exchanged for money.

Through the key customer service center of Hongkong HSBC Bank, Luo Junyan requested that the 1.51 billion yen of Snowman Century Entertainment stored in the HSBC Bank of Japan be converted into Hong Kong dollars and transferred to the company account of Snowman Century Entertainment of Hongkong Bank.

If cross-border exchanges and transfers need to go through the process and review the source of funds, the time for large customers to receive the funds will be shorter.

In the end, it took 5 days before the money was transferred to Xiangjiang's account. The exchange rate at the time of the exchange was 1 U.S. dollar to 127 yen, deducting the handling fee charged by the bank, and the total amount received was more than 92.3 million Hong Kong dollars.

With this large amount of funds in the account, the total amount of funds in the Snowman Century Entertainment account is as high as 110 million Hong Kong dollars. "Three Kingdoms Warriors" can be regarded as complete Luo Junyan, it is not too much to say that it is the foundation work of his career.

In addition, millions of people in Seoul, South Korea took to the streets to demand the reform of the popular elections. This time there was bloodshed in the June protest, but the end of the current president can already be seen.

Luo Junyan calls Korean employees almost every day. He repeatedly urged them to ensure their personal safety. If someone really grabs the land, don't use force to fight against it. They can be demolished after the illegal construction. It's a lifetime thing if someone hurts.

Luo Junyan can only admit that he is unlucky now, having encountered such a serious incident as soon as he got the ground. But looking at it on the other hand, the choice at that time was completely correct. In this situation, he must not even get this piece of land to pay off the arrears.

Fortunately, the news reported by the Korean employees was more optimistic every time they talked on the phone. The demonstrators were very reasonable, and did not take advantage of the chaos to try to occupy Luo Junyan's land, which made Luo Junyan feel a little relieved.

The Snowman Century Entertainment Company has sufficient funds in its account, all the equipment is in place, and the director and producer seem to have learned. So Luo Junyan took Bian Sicong to meet with Brother Cheng to study the script of the new film.

Brother Cheng had a plan already in his mind, and asked: "What is the most concerned thing for the citizens of Xiangjiang this year?"

Luo Junyan thought about it unclearly, and Bian Sicong said: "The stock market. Now whether it is in offices, hotels, or in the streets and alleys, everyone is talking about stocks. This year, stocks are very profitable."

Luo Junyan felt reasonable, even he would occasionally follow the stock market, so he nodded.

Brother Cheng lit a cigar, took out a script from the drawer and threw it on the table, saying, "This time we are going to make a movie about "The God of Stocks", a financial war theme."

Brother Cheng originally planned to clone "The Wolf of Wall Street" in his heart, but felt that the background was too different, so he could only learn from some sections.

This time, he put the selling point of the film on the mantras of stock speculation circulated by the people in later generations. The stock market in this era hasn't had so many technical summaries yet, and most investors don't even know the K-line and the moving average. The unknown means the sense of mystery, and the sense of mystery means the opportunity to fool others to pay.

Luo Junyan gave a thumbs up and said, "Master, movies about stocks must be popular. I admire you so much."

Brother Cheng was not surprised, and calmly said: "There is nothing new under the sun. The so-called innovation is just tickling the audience. Entertainment is to mobilize the desire of the public."

Brother Cheng continued to point Jiangshan and said: "Others are new wines in old bottles, and they always want to make a bit of freshness in the content. This time we went the other way, using new bottles to pack old wines and sell them at the box office with the concept label. "

After a few words, the decision has been made. Next, Luo Junyan took the script of "The God of Stock" and tried to adapt it with lens language, and broke it down into more than 1,000 scenes that needed to be filmed.

Luo Junyan is a novice, it is impossible to do it overnight. For this job alone, he would spend half a month's time.

On the other side, Bian Sicong grabbed the work of the on-site supervisor and caught the ducks on the shelves, and he was sure to be overwhelmed. Fortunately, Brother Cheng did not act as the shopkeeper anymore this time, forming a crew, and assisting Bian Sicong in signing contracts one by one.

In "The God of Stocks", Luo Junyan plays the leading actor Gao Jin, a stock trader who is well-known in Asia, is internationally acclaimed, and has top stock trading skills.

Since Cheng Cheng made the title of the film "The God of Stock", it would naturally save trouble. He copied the characters and plots of "The God of Gamblers", anyway, the stock market and the gambling market are not separated, the stock gods and the gambling gods are both gods.

The little gangster Daozi was handed over to Zhou Xingchi to perform. This scene was heavy enough. The pay was 60,000 Hong Kong dollars. This time, there was absolutely no pitfall.

Stephen Chow also introduced TVB’s colleague Mao Shunyun as Dao Zai’s girlfriend. This is also an artist who wants to switch to the big screen, and the pay is not much.

Mao Shunyun knew Luo Junyan very well when she was still at ATV. Back then, she was one of the laughing people who heard Luo Junyan sing "The Little Monk Down the Mountain" affectionately in the Asian Palace nightclub.

Brother Cheng heard that Luo Junyan was looking for these two people, so he revised part of the script. He adjusted the roles of these two people to comedy, and as for the effect, it doesn't hurt to try.

As for Gao Jin's girlfriend, the role is not serious, but it must be a big colorful vase.

Luo Junyan brought in the 86-year Asian sister champion Lizhi through the introduction of people in the circle.

Li Zhi is also a newcomer in the film industry, but has played supporting roles in "The Original Zhenxia and Wesley" and "The Seven Year Itch". But as soon as she made her debut, there were people behind her, and she was not very good at first.

At first, Lizhi asked for a high price, so I wanted to make a decision. Luo Junyan doesn't care about the Asian champions, the beauty is not beautiful, and it is useless for him to dance, unless he intends to make a song and dance film, then Luo Junyan turned around and went to find other female artists who had just debuted.

As a result, the other party turned his head and begged Luo Junyan for a role. After all, Luo Junyan's reputation as a female artist is too loud. If there is a chance to cooperate, no one will be willing to give it a try.

After such a round trip, in the end, the salary Li Zhi wanted was not as high as Zhou Xingchi.

Another major role is Gao Jin’s cousin Gao Yi, the number one villain in the film, played by Wu Zhenyu. This is also a colleague introduced by Zhou Xingchi from TVB. The two of them have just collaborated in TVB's TV series "Journey of Life".

At present, Wu Zhenyu also doesn't want to be paid, just give it a chance. In today's Xiangjiang, it is not easy to switch to the big screen to be an actor. The competition is much fiercer than in the TV drama circle. Without the resources and connections, you can't even get a box lunch.

Both Zhige and Chang have not fallen. One plays the role of Gao Jinde, a Japanese trader friend who goes up the mountain, and the other plays the role of a legendary trader from Singapore. In the end, Cheng Kui'an and Wu Mengda were introduced by Fa Ge, and Gao Jin's bodyguard, Dragon Five, Luo Junyan brought Jet Li as a cameo.

Luo Junyan has given up the Taiwan market anyway. Since the film doesn't need to be released in Taiwan, a super cheap mainland Kung Fu star like Jet Li, who doesn't need it, will be blinded.

This year Jet Li is cooperating with Hong Kong, and he has directed and acted a film for the first time, which is waiting to be released. He accepted Luo Junyan's guest film appointment, and now he can make more appearances on the big screen of Hong Kong, which is also good for his new film promotion and mutual benefit.