Huayu 1999: Starting with nothing but getting something for nothing

After buying the yard, I immediately contacted a renovation team. The doors and windows had to be replaced to make it look nice and, secondly, to ensure it was sealed properly.

Office desks and chairs for more than a dozen people, and warehouse shelves;

Repairing and patching the exterior walls, then inserting glass shards, ensures safety;

The yard will be hardened with cement and then paved with blue bricks so that vehicles can enter;

The most important thing to redo the plumbing and electrical work is to install a boiler and radiators, because the yard doesn't have centralized heating and everyone burns coal.

Let's wait and see. The renovation cost is 25,000 yuan.

So Li Xiangdong became the supervisor again, while Yang Che took Gao Yuanyuan to various universities to post job advertisements for young men.

I also had to chat with Liu Chang in Shanghai from time to time about copyright distribution, and with Wu Shixian and Lin Mu, who had already arrived in Hong Kong, about the construction of the film set.

It was the weekend, and college students flocked to the site. Yang Che underestimated the current college students' yearning for computers. They would work even without pay, let alone for 5 yuan an hour, which is equivalent to what a white-collar worker would earn if they worked full-time.

Yang Che recruited ten people within an hour, and they were all quite impressive... Three from Beijing Normal University, four from China University of Political Science and Law, and three from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. Yang Che signed confidentiality agreements with each of them.

So Little GG posted it at 10 a.m., and then had the part-time employees he quickly hired go back to school to tear it down at 12 p.m.

After dealing with three more waves of classmates who still came to apply, Yang Che decisively posted a sign outside the studio saying "Part-time staff fully hired" and then dragged Gao Yuanyuan away to check on the renovations at the small courtyard...

On November 1st, one day before Yang Che left Beijing, the Shanghai International Film Festival ended. Liu Chang and Yu Wenhao returned to Beijing early in the morning, bringing back five licensing agreements for "My Sassy Girl". In addition to Hong Kong and Taiwan, the agreements were for Singapore (US$350,000), Malaysia (US$150,000), and Indonesia (US$100,000).

Without Thailand, who is still recovering from being taken advantage of by Soros, nobody wants to watch movies.

Due to the handover of the master tape, the payment has been collected (that's all for now).

Therefore, the total overseas copyright fees are currently US$325 million, and the Hong Kong and Taiwan copyright fees are US$45, which is approximately RMB 3050 million.

After deducting China Film Group's 3% handling fee, the amount is 2953 million.

China Film Group withholds 10% of the national tax on copyright, so the final amount that ends up in Doubao's account is 2657 million.

After transferring the money to Lao Fan, there was 657 million left.

Yang Che transferred 10 yuan to Cheng Er and 5 yuan each to Yu Wenhao and Liu Chang as rewards for overseas operations. Everyone knew that this was actually a hard-earned fee.

The three of them knew Yang Che's consistent habit, so they readily accepted it.

Besides handling the transfer of funds, Yang Che also bought the film and television adaptation rights for two novels for five years. One of them was Fan Yiping's "The Search for a Gun," published in the July/August issue of "October," which had more than 20,000 words and cost 10,000 yuan.

One is "A World Without Thieves," published in the Novel Monthly. It has over 10,000 words and costs 12,000 yuan. It's more expensive because the author, Zhao Benfu, is the vice chairman of the Jilin Writers Association.

The structure and content of "The Missing Gun" are very realistic. It tells the story of the investigation process after the policeman Ma Shan lost his gun. In this process, it reflects some problems in real society, such as police dereliction of duty and grassroots corruption. Of course, the movie deleted most of these things mentioned in the novel. People born in the 80s and 90s can see from the original description that it was the situation at the grassroots level at that time, so it naturally could not pass the censorship.

"A World Without Thieves" is also very realistic. In the end, the male thief did not die, and the female thief did not get pregnant. The trigger for their conscience to be awakened was that Sha Gen resembled the female thief's deceased younger brother.

Of these two novels, Yang Che had specifically inquired about the former, while he had come across the latter by chance.

Through this incident, Yang Che also learned that film and television companies regularly subscribe to certain magazines, and the literary coordinator spends most of their time reading these magazines, looking for good stories, and if they think they're good, they buy the rights at a very low price...

For example, regarding "The Search for the Gun," the Writers Association told Yang Che that someone had contacted Fan Yiping, but only offered 5000 yuan.

So when Yang Che was communicating with the two authors on the phone, he immediately agreed to their asking price, making them feel like they were selling their work for a pittance.

Until they heard Yang Che say in a serious tone, "I'm using Japanese money to support Chinese writers."

The two of them immediately felt better.

They all knew Yang Che, after all, the interview on "Entertainment Live" had already aired.

Enlight Media is expanding its business at an extremely fast pace, from the Northeast where Zhao Benfu is located in the north to the Guangdong and Guangxi provinces where Fan Yiping is located in the south. In the past two days, TV stations have been broadcasting "Entertainment Live".

They resonated with it particularly, after all, their works also fall into the category of "the farmers' perspective".

As for Yang Che's views expressed in the interview, such as "modern art is fraud," "art has class characteristics," and "serving the masses does not mean pandering to the masses, otherwise Japanese porn would be the greatest art in the world," they have been recognized by almost the vast majority of people.

Some people agree, while others disagree.

Some people feel that Yang Che is satirizing them, such as some fifth-generation directors and the vast majority of sixth-generation directors.

Of course, there are also people who think Yang Che is an idiot, such as those who are artists.

Logically speaking, these people shouldn't be watching entertainment news, but for some reason, Wang Suo started criticizing Jin Yong. Fine, criticize him if you want, but he even quoted Yang Che's views.

"I think Yang Che made a good point. Jin Yong was just pandering to the masses, so what he wrote was no different from Japanese adult films."

Wang Shuo's popularity among the public has brought Yang Che, who already had a certain degree of fame in the entertainment industry, into the mainstream.

Some uninformed people thought Yang Che was saying "Jin Yong's works are pornographic films," and most of them discussed it briefly in real life, just gossiping about it and that was it.

Don't forget that today's netizens, regardless of their political stance, are still knowledgeable and insightful, after all, the vast majority are highly educated.

For example, in the Miscellaneous Talk section of Tianya, some enthusiasts published a written interview with Yang Che.

The poster had a positive impression of Yang Che, and in the post, he expressed his opinion: "Modern art is essentially a scam, emphasizing concepts rather than aesthetics. This viewpoint really hits home. Nowadays, some 'painters' just throw a few ink dots and draw a few lines and dare to call it art. Some shills come out and forcefully explain it, and then there are idiots who buy it. It's an insult to intelligence."

The comments were quite interesting too.

"This doesn't mention Jin Yong either."

"The person who pays the bill isn't necessarily an idiot; after all, it's a financial instrument."

"If the interview really says that, then this person is far too arrogant. He not only looks down on painters, but also on film and music. In his opinion, these artistic creations can be done with one hand. So the question is, what is he doing now?"

"Upstairs, one hand can be used for more than just artistic creation; it can also be used for sports."

"I watched the video interview. Yang Che is indeed an extremely intelligent person. I think he is more looking down on some people who are out of touch with reality after achieving a little success. I think he has the right to look down on them."

"I don't like steamed buns with red bean filling, so I dislike this person."

"Is this entertainment news? Why are filmmakers discussing art?"

"Film is the eighth art."

"Literature, music, painting, drama, architecture, sculpture, dance, and film are all art. Can you say that modern art is a scam? It's just youthful arrogance, trying to get attention from adults by saying something sensational, and it seems to have succeeded."

"This guy's interview was a failure; people don't care about 'My Sassy Girl'."

"I'm quite interested to see what kind of movie's Japanese rights are worth $265 million."

"Me too."

"........."