Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 527 The Guest Appearance of Grandfather (33)

Money is very important!

The Seven Wonders of Cinema City: Karl Maka, Raymond Wong, Dean Shek, Eric Tsang, Teddy Robin, Tsui Hark, and Nansun Shi.

"Aces Go Places" swept all Hong Kong film records—and still holds the record for the most viewers: 211 million!
To know, the top three films in Hong Kong film history in terms of audience attendance are: *Aces Go Places* (211 million admissions); *Aces Go Places: Queen's Secret* (195 million admissions); and *Aces Go Places: The Ultimate Addiction* (188 million admissions)...

As for the highest-grossing film of all time, "Avengers: Endgame," the actual number of viewers was 166 million…

Back at Cinema City, the seven of them reportedly often gathered at their Mei Foo residence, talking late into the night in a small study…

Collective creation system!

This is quite similar to Shen Yan; he usually sets a general direction, and then the group discusses it individually…

The final decision has been made regarding who will direct!

The difference is…

The manager of Xinghuo Studio is Ji Xiang, a rather worldly person.

Back then, Cinema City hired Nansun Shi as their housekeeper.

Karl Maka said that with Nansun Shi overseeing things, our company has no scandals and there are no unspoken rules about forcing our female artists to accompany clients to dinner. Therefore, the company has a very healthy image.

Secondly, she is fair in her dealings and knows how to protect artists.

Later, the most popular artists in Hong Kong at the time, including Sam Hui, Alan Tam, and Leslie Cheung, were willing to sign with Cinema City because they were willing to consider the artists' interests, and the artists felt comfortable working for them.

Another point is that Shi Nansheng is well-liked and fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, and French, so she is the one who handles most of the company's external affairs.

This is different from Ji Xiang; he's a very traditional person.

He never missed a drinking party or dinner party…

One good thing is that he never brings actors to social events.

After all, in that kind of situation, bringing actors is like having leverage in negotiations…

The rules for profit sharing were set from the beginning: the project developer would take 30%, the director 10%, and the remainder would be distributed according to the investment amount.

For example, in the TV series "Northeast Love Brother", the screenwriter, producer and executive producer is Shen Yan, who takes 30% of the profits. Director Guo Fan takes 10%. Xinghuo Studio, as well as Ziyoujing and Guo Fan Studio, are also investors, and the profits are divided according to their investment ratio.

"Brotherhood of Blades" was different. Lu Yang took 30%, and Xinghuo Studio, Free Whale, and China Film Group distributed profits according to their investment ratios. Shen Yan received a production fee of 300 million!
"Northeast Folk Tales: Fish and Dragon Town" was created by Rao Xiaozhi's team. They received 30%, and the rest was distributed according to the investment ratio. Shen Yan still received a fixed 10% dividend—this project was his suggestion!

So far, none of these projects have incurred losses!

Even the worst-grossing film, "Northeast Folk Tales," still broke 400 million yuan, meaning that even with a 10% share of the profits, it would still generate tens of millions of yuan in revenue.

Therefore, no one had any objections to the profit-sharing arrangement.

This is also the key to the rapid rise of the faction represented by Shen Yan…

Of course, if losses occur later on, then... we might have to fight our own battles!

But to be honest, the probability of losing money is not high; at most, we'll just make a little less money...

The original "Brotherhood of Blades" didn't do well at the box office, and the biggest reason was Zhang Zhen. It's not that he acted badly, but that Zhang Zhen didn't have much fame!

Not celebrity enough!

With Deng Chao in charge this time, the results will definitely be different…

……

Filming for "Duckweed" continues...

The big scenes are undoubtedly action sequences, three in total. The first is the father and son capturing thieves at the beginning of their time travel; the second is rescuing Xiao Ma and challenging Luo Li's gang; the third is seeking revenge against Huang Zhiqiang…

According to Shen Yan's idea, it doesn't need to be too professional; being a bit amateur is best!
We specifically sought out choreography instructor, Mr. Dong Wei…

Dong Wei carefully wrote several paragraphs.

It took a full five days to finish filming…

The rest of the scenes are simple...

Oh, Grandpa's here as a guest star today—he's the guy making ramen...

The camera focuses on the ramen stall, where Xu Tailang, Xu Zhengtai, and Liu Yi are sitting at the table.

On June 1st, a young man greeted the boss: "Boss, three bowls of ramen, please. We have a new guy today, so pull the noodles well." The boss spat twice onto his hands and began pulling the noodles...

Xu Tailang couldn't help but frown, but he still didn't say anything. He turned to look at Xu Zhengtai: Zheng, what do you, no, what is our gang doing?

Xu Zhengtai: Now that you have reached our top management level, let me tell you about our jurisdiction.

"Wait a minute, are you that short-staffed? I'm already in top management?"

“The masses are all our people! But the most important task now is to negotiate with Luo Li, and also to protect the ‘Beloved’ dance hall. We must not let this dance hall fall into his hands. Every girl in it is a respectable young woman from the town, and we have to protect them. My dream is to sing in the dance hall and take a bath in the sauna.”

Shen Teng was surprised, his face solemn: It really is a dream.

Xu Zhengtai slammed a book on the table: Look, I'm going to become that kind of person in the future, like Du Yuesheng.

Just then, the shopkeeper placed a bowl of noodles on the book: six yuan.

Xu Zhengtai quickly took the noodles off the table and dusted off the book: "Hey boss, add some pickled vegetables and a piece of vegetarian chicken!"

The shopkeeper said, "Okay! I owed you twenty yuan last month, so this will be ten yuan." As he spoke, he took out ten yuan from his pocket and said, "Here's ten yuan for you!"

Xu Zhengtai took the money, while Xu Tailang looked at him with great confusion.

The boss suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, this circuit is faulty, and the roof needs fixing because it's leaking. We need to get someone to fix it!"
Xu Zhengtai: Okay!

(Holding up money at Xu Tailang): "See this? Protection money!"

Xu Tailang scoffed: This isn't protection money, it's a damn property management fee!

"Click... Passed!"

Shen Yan excitedly pulled her grandfather along, saying, "Grandpa, you're amazing! You nailed it in one take!"

Grandpa was a little speechless: "I only have three lines of lyrics, how could I possibly fail?"

"That's not how it works. It just means you have talent and potential!"

"I'm almost 70, what potential do you mean?"

Shen Teng also joined the praise: "A veteran actor!"

Grandpa waved his hand: "...Stop praising me, I have to go!"

"Huh? Now?"

"...I still have to film 'The Deadly Gun' tomorrow...starring Wang Xueqi."

Shen Yan couldn't help but say, "Your schedule is really packed!"

"...Can you do me a favor?"

The full title of "The Fatal Gun" is "My Grandfather's Fatal Gun in 1945," and just from the title, you know it's a phenomenal film...

Grandpa is now the go-to rural old man in popular TV dramas...

He said he took on twelve TV series and two movies this year…

Excluding cameo appearances in "The Martian" and "Duckweed"...

"Okay, then I'll have the crew take you back to Hengdian."

"It's okay, I'll take the bus myself!"

Shen Yan completely ignored him, directly called the driver, and then said to his grandfather, "Go to the hotel first. I've prepared a lot of things. When we get to Hengdian, have the driver help you unload the goods..."

"You even prepared things for me?"

"Just some food and drinks..." As she spoke, Shen Yan remembered something, ran back to her van, and took two boxes out of the car: "Oh right, this is the new phone I got for you and Grandma..."

"...You're wasting money again!"

"It didn't cost me any money. This is a brand I endorse... Go back and try it, it's pretty good!"

Grandpa opened it and looked at it, then his face showed difficulty: "A smartphone?"

"It's very easy to do... I'll teach you..."

(End of this chapter)