Chen Kaige wrote the script of "Little Shoes" very well. He has the sensibility and freedom of a literary man. The warm and restrained style of "Little Shoes" actually suits him perfectly.

However, his shortcomings in writing scripts are difficult to correct. He always resorts to long shots, incomprehensible metaphors, incomprehensible dialogues, and a little sensationalism, completely covering up his advantages.

Taking advantage of nothing to do today, Lin Chaoyang carried out a comprehensive "surgery" on his script.

Seeing Lin Chaoyang's big pen waving continuously, Chen Kaige's heart was bleeding. This was a script he had written for more than half a year!

"You are directors, not screenwriters. You can participate in the script, but you cannot dominate.

When directors write scripts, except for a few successful cases, most of them fail."

Lin Chaoyang was talking about two people, but he was actually referring to Chen Kaige. He always thought highly of his talent in literary creation.

Chen Kaige came here with full confidence today, but he was beaten to pieces, and he responded in frustration.

"Kege, your script is actually good, but your Uncle Lin's requirements for you are different from those of ordinary directors.

You want to hit the three major European film festivals.

The script must be refined and never be sloppy.

If this movie is polished, it will probably be too late for next year’s West Berlin Film Festival. By then, it will be a sure bet to hit Cannes or Venice.”

Just after receiving a slap from Lin Chaoyang, he turned around and received a sweet date from Tao Yushu. Chen Kaige immediately became excited.

I couldn't help but glance at Zhang Yimou. It doesn't matter if I don't participate in the West Berlin Film Festival, it has the weakest influence among the three major European film festivals.

After Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige left, Lin Chaoyang asked Tao Yushu: "Isn't it wrong for you to fool Kaige like this?

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Lin Films has plans for award-winning films. This year, Zhang Yimou's "Red Sorghum" participated in the West Berlin Film Festival and won the Golden Bear Award, exceeding its mission.

The filming progress of Xu Anhua's "Parasite" has not been fast, and she was a little nervous to participate in the Cannes Film Festival. Tao Yushu simply arranged for the film to be screened in Cannes next year.

Just enough to maintain the rhythm of one major award-winning drama a year.

"Parasite" and "Little Shoes" are both films produced by Lam Pictures, so they cannot fight each other. In terms of emphasis, "Parasite" is definitely better than "Little Shoes".

So "Parasite" will go to Cannes next year, and "Little Shoes" will have to wait for Venice next year, or simply wait until the year after that.

"How can I be cheating? This is called planning for the future. Since it is a plan, it must be somewhat biased." Tao Yushu's tone was confident, and he even slapped him, "If you hadn't hit him so hard, I wouldn't be like this.

explain."

Lin Chaoyang secretly cursed, is it possible that after becoming a boss, people are self-taught in painting cakes?

After Chen and Zhang left, it was rare for the family to be quiet.

Tao Yushu was tired from driving last night, and the couple went to bed early. Finally having some time today, Tao Yushu shared with Lin Chaoyang the development of Lin's Pictures in recent months.

Movies are still the main business of Lam Pictures. Since "God of Gamblers" became a hit in December last year, Lam Pictures has been producing frequent hits in the past six months.

"God of Gamblers" has a box office of HK$36.29 million, "Lucky Star" has a box office of HK$20.41 million, "The King of Gamblers" has a box office of HK$25.8 million, "The God of Gamblers" has a box office of HK$39.55 million, and "Fantasy 2" has a box office of HK$21.39 million.

The film industry releases new films almost every month, and each film almost dominates the same period.

The momentum is astonishing.

In just half a year, the local box office of Lam Films has reached a total of HK$160 million. Together with the box office of other places,

The cumulative box office is approaching 400 million Hong Kong dollars.

The proportion of overseas box office sales has increased significantly compared with the previous two years. The reason is of course that it has won the Bay Island market.

Both "The God of Gamblers" and "The Gambler" were produced by Lam Pictures through Leather Packaging Company, and could be sold to Bay Island. The box office of the films in Bay Island was higher than in the local city, with a total of 82 million yuan.

Box office in Hong Kong dollars.

It is worth mentioning that the two works "Lucky Star" and "The Gambler" were huge hits, and Stephen Chow's popularity skyrocketed.

Within Lin's Pictures, everyone regards "The God of Gamblers" as a sequel to "God of Gamblers", but the outside world doesn't know this and generally believes that it is a follow-up to "God of Gamblers".

But in the eyes of outsiders, it is a follow-up film, but its box office performance has simply surpassed that of the original work, which inadvertently allowed Stephen Chow to surpass Chow Yun-fat.

In the past two years, entertainment reporters often called "one trip a week", referring to the two most box-office superstars in the Hong Kong film industry, Chow Yun-fat and Cheng Long.

In the past two months, "one trip per week" has become "one trip every two weeks"

Although this statement has not been recognized by most people, some people have begun to shout. As long as Stephen Chow can produce a few more movies with good box office in the future, this statement will basically become true.

The box office success of movies is only one aspect of the company's development. The company has also recruited a lot of talents in the past six months.

In terms of art consultants, the company has added Wang Tianlin this year.

Wang Tianlin is Wang Jing's father. He is not a genius in the fields of television and film, but whether he is a director or a producer, his threshold is very high.

At this point, father and son are exactly the same.

Lin's Pictures is now growing bigger and bigger, with more than 10 projects being filmed at the same time, and it needs the help of someone like him.

As for directors, John Woo and Tsui Hark had a falling out due to the poor performance of "A Better Tomorrow 2". Tao Yushu took a fancy to his talent in the field of gunfight films and recruited him to work under him.

When John Woo came to Lin's, he actually felt a little regretful. Lin Chaoyang had deliberately recruited him after "A Better Tomorrow" was released, but at that time, New Art City was in full swing, so he didn't care.

Two years later, Lin's Pictures has soared to great heights. When he comes back, the courtesy he receives will naturally be different from what it was back then, especially with Wang Jing's success story standing there.

Wong Jing can now be regarded as a successful example of the daughter of Lam Pictures. Since joining Lam Pictures, all of his films have been hits.

Not only did it bring huge benefits to Lin's Pictures, but he also earned himself tens of millions of dollars.

There has been a wild rumor in the Hong Kong film industry that Wang Jing's box office dividends from one of his movies are as high as 15%.

In fact, Wong Jing's income is more than that. What he gets is not the box office income, but the overall income of the film.

And in every movie he makes, Wang Jing Film Studio participates in investment.

Wong Jing holds 30% of the shares of the film studio. These investments may seem inconspicuous, but they add up to a huge amount of income.

Now, every time he makes a movie, he earns at least HK$3 million in revenue, rarely misses a hit, and has become a box office guarantee in the Hong Kong film industry.

In the past two years, there have been reports of film companies poaching him from time to time, but none of them are true. The reason is simple: Wang Jing doesn't want to leave.

Except for investing in his own movies and becoming his own boss, it would be impossible for Wang Jing to earn so much after leaving Lam Pictures.

But if he really becomes his own boss, he will inevitably have to bear the risk of the film's failure. He will have to worry about investment, production, distribution, and promotion, and he will also have to deal with various relationships.

It's not as easy as he is now. He only needs to be responsible for filming, and if it succeeds, he will receive almost 1/4 of the movie's income. It's not too cool at all.

In just two years, Wong Jing's net worth has surpassed that of most stars and famous directors in the Hong Kong film industry. Only a few top money-grabbing kings such as Cheng Long and Chow Yun-fat are above him.

In addition to Wang Jing, many key players of Lam Pictures have also made fortunes riding on the company's success.

For example, Gao Zhisen, who specializes in low-budget comedies, has successively produced two well-known works, "Rich and Rich" and "Rich and Rich Again". With his small skills, he easily earned more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars.

There is also Johnnie To, who had almost no chance to make independent films in New Art City. After coming to Lam Pictures, he made "A Lang's Story", a box office hit of 30 million Hong Kong dollars, and gained both fame and fortune.

John Woo's departure from Xinyi City is largely inevitable.

The reason why this film giant, which has been plagued by internal strife since its establishment, has been able to develop continuously over the years is ultimately due to the bonding of interests.

As long as the company can make money, everyone can always adapt to each other even if they don't fight each other.

In the past two years, the internal fighting in New Art City has intensified, and conflicts have long been on the table. The three giants of New Art City are fighting on their own, and the company's development situation has been stagnant for a long time without realizing it.

Last year, Xiangjiang was still discussing the script of Golden Harvest, New Art City, and Lin's Three Kingdoms in the film industry. However, since the beginning of 1988, Lin has been making rapid progress, and now only Lin's back can be seen in New Art City.

The original three kingdoms gradually turned into a situation where Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony.

Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet.

Xinyi City relied on a group of talented filmmakers in those days, including not only the Big Three/Seven Monsters, but also many backbones.

In the past two years, the three giants have been at odds with each other, and the people below are also in a dilemma.

At this time, Lin's Pictures took advantage of the situation, with more money, less work, and high remuneration. Naturally, it became a good place for many filmmakers who were not happy in New Art City.

In addition to John Woo, a powerful director, Lin's Pictures has successively accepted many directors and screenwriters from New Art City in the past two years.

As long as there is a box office and a talent pool, Lam Pictures' current development can be said to be smooth. Tao Yushu optimistically estimates that by the end of this year, the surplus on Lam Pictures' accounts will be enough to pay off the loan from the Bank of East Asia.

"You can repay a three-year loan in one year?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

"Of course not. I'm just describing the company's current rate of making money. Even if the money is paid back to Bank of East Asia, it will not affect the company's operations."

After talking about the situation of Lin's Pictures, Tao Yushu talked about the development of Yulang Organization in the past few months.

When Lin's Pictures acquired Yulang Agency, Huang Yulang was almost sent to jail. There was a chaos within Yulang Agency, and everyone thought that the new boss would definitely conduct a major purge within the company after taking over.

It just proves that the people at Yulang Agency think too much.

After Tao Yushu took over the Yulang organization, he did carry out a purge, but the scope was not wide. Only Huang Yulang's sister Huang Miaoling, secretary Liang Wanmei and a few other Huang Yulang's diehards were eliminated.

Afterwards, she announced a 10% general salary increase for all employees. Within a short period of time, she quickly took control of the situation of Yulang Organization.

After the stock market crash and the chaos of acquisitions, Yulang Institution gradually returned to normal development speed.

As the uncrowned king of Xiangjiang comics, Yulang Agency’s monopoly position and speed of making money need no introduction.

As early as 1984, Yulang Organization's comic business revenue reached HK$112 million.

In the past few years, the company's revenue has been growing at a rate of more than 30% every year, and last year's revenue was close to HK$300 million.

One of the reasons why Yulang Organization's comic business has grown so fast is that Hong Kong's rapid economic development in recent years has indirectly released the purchasing power of teenagers in the field of comic consumption.
To be continued...