"Mr. He, the contract you gave is quite reasonable." Xiang Nan nodded, "However, I have a more reasonable proposal. I wonder if you are willing to listen to it."
"Okay, you say." He Guanchang smiled and said.
"In this way, I will set up a film company. Your Jiahe will invest in this company, accounting for 50% of the shares, and I will hold the remaining 50%." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "I will take care of the company. , I signed a ten-year contract with the company. The film will be invested by the company, produced by me, and distributed by you. After making money, we will share it in proportion. What do you think?"
After hearing this, He Guanchang thought for a long time and finally said, "I can't make the decision on this matter myself. I have to discuss it with Mr. Zou."
In principle, he felt that Xiang Nan's suggestion was still feasible.
Although Jiahe only invested in a company, not Xiang Nan himself. But because he signed a long-term contract with the company, Jiahe owned half of his contract in disguise.
The film is funded by the company, which means that Jiahe only contributes half of the capital, so the risk is small. If the movie is produced by Xiang Nan, its quality can be guaranteed.
If the film is distributed by Golden Harvest, it is guaranteed that Golden Harvest can obtain maximum profits. After all, the publishers and theaters make the bulk of the money. Producers can often be tricked into not making a penny but having to pay back money.
Therefore, all things considered, Jiahe's interests are guaranteed.
Xiang Nan holds half of the contract and has a certain degree of freedom, which is very helpful in calming his emotions and stimulating his creativity.
Otherwise, even if he is signed to a full contract, he will feel uncomfortable. If you don't film well and go on strike passively, it will be of no benefit to Jiahe.
From ancient times to the present, slave society, feudal society, and capital society have all taught capital that it cannot push workers too hard, otherwise it will be counterproductive.
"Okay, then I'll wait for your news." Xiang Nan nodded.
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He Guanchang then discussed with Zou Wenhuai and finally made amendments to Xiang Nan's proposal.
The film is invested by the company, but the production is completed by Golden Harvest.
Because Zou Wenhuai was worried, Xiang Nan was just starting out. Although he had made two box-office masterpieces, his experience was still shallow and not enough to handle the production of an entire movie.
Of course, this is only a superficial reason. The real reason is that if the film is produced by Xiang Nan, he will have too much power. At that time, the cost cannot be controlled, the progress cannot be controlled, and the quality cannot be controlled. For Jiahe, the risk is a bit high.
Xiang Nan agreed to the modifications proposed by He Guanchang, and the two parties formally signed the contract.
Because Jiahe only received half of the contract, the signing bonus was also reduced by half, to only HK$2.5 million.
Xiang Nan did not raise any objection to this.
However, I know in my heart that regardless of the Jiahe family's great achievements and lavish spending, they are still very calculating and calculating in nature.
When working with a company like this, you need to be careful. Otherwise, if someone sells it, you still have to help count the money.
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Xiang Nan then took a three-month vacation from school, and then said goodbye to Cong Shan and his family and returned to Xiangjiang.
Ning Weiguo and Qi Aihong originally disagreed. After all, in their opinion, being a college student, being assigned a job after graduation, being a leading cadre or something, is much better than being an actor.
But when they found out that Xiang Nanguang's signing bonus was only 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars, they suddenly had nothing to say. In the 1970s, the highest-level salary was less than 600 yuan. Two and a half million is enough to earn for a lifetime.
After arriving in Hong Kong, Xiang Nan registered and established his own company, Zhen Kung Fu Pictures, with a registered capital of HK$2.5 million. Jiahe invested another 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars and obtained 50% of the shares of Zhen Kung Fu.
The new movie was also prepared immediately.
The script was written by Xiang Nan himself - "The Strange Moves of Laughing Fist".
This is Jackie Chan's work released in 1979. After it was released, it won the box office championship that year, which can be said to be quite good.
After the script passed Jiahe's review, preparations for production officially began.
The starring role is naturally Xiang Nan, and the supporting roles are mostly played by artists under Jiahe. Such as Tian Jun, Lin Zhengying, Qian Yuesheng and so on. In addition, Lin Zhengying and Qian Yuesheng are also responsible for martial arts guidance.
The total production cost was one million Hong Kong dollars, and Xiang Nan's own salary reached 400,000 Hong Kong dollars. In today's Hong Kong film industry, it is basically considered top-notch.
Based on the box office results of his "Snake" and "Drunken Master", this salary can be said to be well worth the money. Because those two movies brought Zhu Mu 6 million Hong Kong dollars in income, making him rich all of a sudden.
However, the artist's remuneration is all seafood prices. Regardless of Xiang Nan's current top-tier salary, if the new film does not do well at the box office, his salary will immediately drop.
Therefore, many celebrities will take advantage of their popularity to take on dramas crazily, making big and special ones, so as to earn their salary first.
For example, Zheng Yuling tried to take on nine dramas at the same time and traveled to nine crews in one day. She was nicknamed "Zheng Jiu Crew"; when Sandra Ng was popular, she also tried to rotate between seven or eight crews. During the filming, only the facial expressions were filmed, and all other actions were completed by the stand-in. In the end, even the stand-in was exhausted and paralyzed...
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The filming of "Laughing Fist and Strange Moves" then began.
The filming process was relatively smooth.
Although Xiang Nan seems to be a director for the first time, he actually has a lot of directing experience.
Because in real life, he is the boss of a film and television company. In the early days of starting a business, there was a shortage of manpower, which was all caused by his own director;
Moreover, when cooperating with Zhu Mu on "Snake Shape" and "Laughing Fist", Xiang Nan also paid attention to observation and study, and learned many techniques from him.
In addition, he had already watched Jackie Chan's original version of "The Strange Moves of Laughing Fist". By copying a cat and a tiger, he could not only imitate it, but even sublimate it.
Therefore, it is natural for me to become a director now.
Lin Zhengying, Qian Yuesheng, Tian Jun and others also admired Xiang Nan.
Although he is young, only nineteen years old, he is really powerful. The writing, directing, and acting are all-round, and he can hold his own. The nineteen-year-old boy managed the crew of nearly a hundred people in an orderly manner.
Who should do what, who should be in charge of which stall, whose responsibility, whose fault, all clearly and neatly, letting everyone know that he is not an easy person, which is actually very powerful.
Because there are many naughty people in the film and television industry, when they see a new director, they will deliberately create problems for the director, laugh at the director's jokes, and undermine his prestige.
When Wang Jing became a director for the first time, she was afraid that she would not be able to control the scene, so she specially asked her father Wang Tianlin to come out and run to the crew to help watch.
Originally, they thought Xiang Nan would also suffer. Unexpectedly, Xiang Nan not only was not stumped by them, but actually subdued them, which naturally made them admire him.
