In Li Hanxiang's opinion, Lin Chaoyang was like a lion, but Lin Chaoyang didn't think so.

In the past two years, his novel manuscript fees have skyrocketed. In comparison, writing screenplays has become less and less cost-effective.

He can make money by publishing, publishing, and reprinting novels, but the script is a one-time deal. No matter how high the box office is, it doesn't matter to him. If he doesn't want a higher royalties, he won't have the motivation to write.

The Hong Kong dollar has depreciated sharply since this year, and the name "Hong Kong paper" has become more and more popular. The exchange rate with the RMB is almost 4:1, and one hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars is only 25,000 yuan.

"Don't just yell like this just because the movie is a hit. This is disrupting the market. Do you know how much it costs for a screenwriter here in Hong Kong to write a script?"

Considering the economic level of Xiangjiang, royalties in the cultural circles of Xiangjiang have never been high, especially in the film and television industry.

"I don't care how much it costs to write a script for a screenwriter from Xiangjiang, my script is worth that price!"

As expected, the two fell out.

Li Hanxiang said angrily: "I originally suggested to the boss that I should give you a red envelope! Is this how you repay me?"

"A red envelope is a red envelope, and royalties are royalties. They cannot be confused."

Li Hanxiang was helpless by his attitude, "Then don't blame me for not including you in my new film!"

"It doesn't matter if business cannot be done without righteousness." Lin Chaoyang said easily.

"It's okay, I'll hang up."

"I thought of giving the red envelope to me."

"Fight on the street!" Li Hanxiang cursed, and then said: "I can't do without you!"

"By the way, there is one more thing." Lin Chaoyang said.

"What's up?"

"Please help me ask Hui Zai if he is interested in returning to the mainland to make another movie?"

Li Hanxiang laughed when he heard this, "Have you made a mistake? He filmed my movie and is now a popular star in the Hong Kong film industry. He returned to the mainland to make movies? What a joke!"

Lin Chaoyang said quietly: "Old Li, don't put gold on your face. Hui Zai originally had a great future, but now that he has made your movie, will Wandao let him go? That's the big boss of your Xiangjiang film industry.

Ticket Warehouse, which film company will dare to use him in the future?"

Li Hanxiang was speechless after Lin Chaoyang's two-sentence argument, and then said in a heart-wrenching tone: "I asked Hui Zai to go back to the mainland to make a film, but in the end I still have to wipe your ass! Are you a hen?"

In the end, he learned a Cantonese sentence with a weird accent, maxed out his taunting skills, and responded to Li Hanxiang's "fighting theory" just now.

Li Hanxiang, who was on the other end of the phone, held it in for a long time and didn't think of anything to say to counter him, so he hung up the phone angrily.

The busy tone of "beep beep" came, and Lin Chaoyang showed a victorious smile on his face.

After all, I am a penman, so I can’t scold you? Do you really think I am of high quality and won’t scold others?

He was not worried that Li Hanxiang would not take his words seriously. Lao Li was quite particular about doing things.

Lin Chaoyang asked Li Hanxiang to help ask Tony Leung if he was willing to act in a movie. He was not acting on his own initiative.

Ever since he mentioned Liang Jiahui to Chen Huaikai, Chen Huaikai had thought of the protagonist Jiang Nansheng and Liang Jiahui together. The more he thought about it, the more suitable he felt. Looking at other actors, they couldn't meet his expectations at all.

For this matter of the male lead, Chen Huaikai almost searched all the major theater troupes in Yanjing, but could not find a more suitable candidate than Tony Leung. He began to blame Lin Chaoyang for insisting on mentioning Tony Leung to him.

How could Lin Chaoyang not understand that the old fox couldn't find a suitable male lead and was coming to blackmail him.

But after all, it was indeed the candidate he suggested at that time. Li Hanxiang happened to call. Lin Chaoyang decided to ask, what if it was successful?

One day later, Lin Chaoyang received another call from Li Hanxiang. He asked Lin Chaoyang sternly: "What kind of ecstasy did you give Huizai?"

Lin Chaoyang was overjoyed when he heard this, but he said: "Old Li, you are so old and have no sense of responsibility at all. This young man's future is ruined because he filmed your movie, I will find him a job

, you said I gave him Ecstasy?"

Faced with Lin Chaoyang's accusation from the moral high ground, Li Hanxiang lacked the confidence to retort, "What does it mean that his future is ruined? Wandao has not said that he will be banned now, and even if he is banned, how many years can he be banned?"

"How many years? Do you think it's okay if I ask you not to work for a few years?"

I’m telling you, you have to be responsible for this!”

Li Hanxiang yelled, "What responsibility do I bear? I made him the leading actor, I made him famous, and he became my fault?"

"What's the use of being famous? If he's different, there will be no filming? If you dare to say that you will use him as the leading actor in your next movie, I will apologize to you now!"

Li Hanxiang was once again speechless by Lin Chaoyang, "You kid, please stop messing around here. You clearly know that I will shoot Cixi in my next movie, so how can he have a role?"

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense to you. Anyway, Hui Zai probably hasn't had a job in the past two years, so he came to the mainland to shoot movies just to hone his acting skills!

If you have a conscience, find a boss to invest some money in praising him."

Lin Chaoyang finally saw him, and Li Hanxiang realized that he had been waiting for him here for so long.

"You want to make the movie a co-production? Is this something you, a screenwriter, should worry about?"

"The two sides of the Taiwan Strait are friendly. Fai Tsai will play the leading role and it will be good for everyone to make a co-production. What do you call me a screenwriter? I am not just to wipe your ass..."

Lin Chaoyang used this rhetoric again, and Li Hanxiang felt disgusted.

"I've been talking nonsense for a long time, as if you have the final say. In the end, shouldn't it be the studio that has the final say?"

"If you invest hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars in New Kunlun and tell the comrades at Tongzhankou, do Yan Film Factory still dare to disagree?"

Li Hanxiang sarcastically said: "Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars? What you said is really light. Do you think my money came from the strong wind?"

New Kunlun Pictures is a film and television company established by Li Hanxiang in order to go to the mainland to film "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Behind the Curtain". Mr. Haojiang He's money is of a financing nature, and the company is still controlled by Li Hanxiang.

"The box office of "The Burning of Old Summer Palace" is now aiming for 10 million, right? The box office of the two movies is at least 25 million. It is easy to make five or six million without investing.

Mr. He makes a big profit, and you make a small profit. One-tenth is always there, right?

And don’t you make money from our mainland box office and buyout money from Southeast Asian countries and regions?

Lao Li, you must be kind!"

Lin Chaoyang used his fingers to settle the accounts for Li Hanxiang. Li Hanxiang said helplessly: "All I earned is hard-earned money. It's not as much as you think. You think it's easy to make hundreds of thousands, which is almost enough to make a movie."

"I didn't tell you to vote for everything, why don't you find a boss?"

Li Hanxiang immediately understood and asked curiously: "Where did you hear these things? You are more skilled than me!"

"Don't care where I heard it from, it's just to wipe your ass!"

here we go again!

Li Hanxiang said impatiently: "Is it over yet?"

"Okay, let's not talk anymore. Anyway, this is what I think. Your company has cooperated so successfully with mainland studios before, and it wouldn't hurt to cooperate again.

"The Chess Master" is an adaptation of my novel, and it has a deep readership in China. It may not necessarily make money, but it is impossible to lose money."

Li Hanxiang hesitated for a moment and finally said: "I will invest up to 300,000 yuan."

Three hundred thousand? It’s only RMB 75,000. Lin Chaoyang complained in his heart about Li Hanxiang’s stinginess.

But the amount of investment is not important, what is important is the brand of "co-production".

"Lao Li, I have to thank you on behalf of Huizi. You saved a young man's future."

Li Hanxiang felt indescribably annoyed as he listened to Lin Chaoyang talking nonsense on the phone.

"Okay, okay, if nothing happens, just hang up."

"I'm thinking of sending Hui Zai over as soon as possible." Lin Chaoyang did not forget to remind him before hanging up the phone.

After talking on the phone with Li Hanxiang, Lin Chaoyang came to Yanying Factory.

"The Chess" is in intensive preparation. Although the male lead has not yet been determined, the crew is not idle either. Lin Chaoyang found Chen Huaikai in the props workshop.

"Old Chen, you have to thank me!"

Lin Chaoyang's words left Chen Huaikai confused, "Thank you? Thank you for what?"

"Thank you first, and I'll tell you after I finish thanking you." Lin Chaoyang pretended to be secretive.

A shrewd man like Chen Huaikai knew that this must be a good thing, but he was afraid that Lin Chaoyang was making fun of him, so he waved to Chen Kaige, who was also in the workshop, not far away.

"Come and say thank you to Uncle Lin."

Chen Kaige was confused for a moment, thinking it was his turn that something good was coming. He happily bowed and shouted: "Thank you, Uncle Lin!"

Chen Kaige, a tall man about 1.8 meters tall, bowed angrily to Lin Chaoyang and said thank you, which inexplicably reminded him of the "Welcome" he used to say every time he took a bath in later generations.

He pointed at Chen Huaikai and said: "Old Chen, you are so boring."

Chen Huaikai looked bright, "Can you tell me this time?"

Lin Chaoyang was too lazy to argue with this old fox and simply recounted how he persuaded Li Hanxiang.

The more Chen Huaikai listened, the brighter his eyes became. Finally, his face was filled with surprise, "You mean, not only did you recruit Tony Leung to be the leading actor, but you also attracted investment from Li Hanxiang to make "The Master of Chess" into a co-production?"

"Let's not talk about the summary. What's the problem with going through the formalities like this?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Chen Huaikai mused: "The factory has already approved the project, and the film bureau has also registered it. The procedures will definitely have to be done again. But this is not a problem, this is a good thing. I will tell Lao Wang. "The Master of Chess" has become a co-production.

, he is eager to do so."

At this point, the smile on his face could not be suppressed, "Chaoyang, you did this so beautifully. I told Lao Wang to let you be named a producer."

Lin Chaoyang curled his lips, "Rare!"
To be continued...