Chapter 311 Ace Director
After thinking for a while, Guan Jiahui did not go to Li Changhe's office, but turned and walked towards Wang Jing's desk.

The person she is most familiar with in the company is this little fat guy, and it’s not just because Wang Jingren is interesting.

The most important reason is that he is the head screenwriter poached by Li Changhe.

Of course, the reason Guan Jiahui went to find Wang Jing at this moment was not because Wang Jing was a screenwriter, but because she knew that this guy was very good at picking up girls.

Although he is short and fat, and his appearance seems poor at first glance, Guan Jiahui knows very well that he is very good at picking up girls.

Linda, the apparently cold and arrogant supervisor in the company, who kept men away at first sight, unexpectedly was won over by Wang Jing.

When Guan Jiahui found out, she was shocked.

So she suddenly thought that she could ask Wang Jing for help.

Wang Jing was a little surprised to see Guan Jiahui coming to him.

"Miss Guan, what can I do for you?"

Seeing Guan Jiahui was about to sit down, Wang Jing immediately opened his mouth and asked seriously.

Guan Jiahui was a little confused when she saw this. What was he trying to do?

"Let's talk later if you have anything to say. The boss is in the office!"

Seeing that the little girl was a little stupid, Wang Jing quickly lowered his voice and gave her a hint.

After hearing this, Guan Jiahui finally reacted.

"Oh, I just want to see if there is a written script?"

Guan Jiahui thought quickly and spoke softly.

She's not too stupid.

"The script has been handed over to the boss for review, just wait a moment!"

Wang Jing gave her a hint and then sat down again.

"it is good!"

Guan Jiahui nodded and then went to her desk.

At this moment, the door of Li Changhe's office opened.

"Wang Jing, come here!"

"Okay, boss!"

When Wang Jing heard the boss' call, he immediately got up and ran over.

Guan Jiahui just raised her head at this time, but found that Li Changhe had closed the door.

Inside the office, Wang Jing stood there feeling somewhat nervous.

The script he originally submitted was now divided into three parts.

“I have seen these and I think they are pretty good.”

Li Changhe pointed to the stack on the far left and spoke directly.

"These other two piles, the one on the far right, I think are out of place!"

"The ones in the middle are obviously more literary. You picked them out because you obviously think these scripts are pretty good, right?"

Li Changhe looked at Wang Jing and continued.

Although Wang Jing is a bit witty, he graduated from the Chinese Department of the University of Hong Kong after all. It is impossible to say that he has no literary talent at all.

Many of the scripts he selected are of strong artistic quality, which are actually literary and artistic works.

And Li Changhe picked all of these out.

"Boss, I think a film company can't just consider entertainment. It should also shoot some scripts with depth. Especially for some actors, this kind of script can become a masterpiece."

Wang Jing hinted to Li Changhe in a tactful way.

"These scripts will be sealed for now, and we'll see whether to shoot them or not later!"

"These are still our main focus now."

"At present, I think the film market in Hong Kong is still dominated by comedies, because comedy films are the easiest to expand the film market!"

It is only 1980 now, and Hong Kong Island’s film market has not actually been fully developed.

Jackie Chan's movie "Young Master" broke the box office record of Hong Kong Island with a box office of just over 10 million.

This shows that the movie audience in Hong Kong is actually not that large.

After all, Li Changhe remembered that movies like "God of Gamblers" and "The Saint of Gamblers" had box office revenues of 30 to 40 million.

In other words, the movie-watching group in Hong Kong Island is still to be developed, and the best films to develop this group are actually comedies.

Before the movie-watching group was established, even if Li Changhe had made "God of Gamblers" and "The Saint of Gamblers", the box office would not have met the expectations of his previous life.

Only by continuously expanding the market and cultivating the audience can the box office of Hong Kong films increase higher and higher.

Although Li Changhe focused on the publicity effect of Hong Kong films in mainland China, he did not intend to do any business that would lose money.

"Making a comedy movie?"

"Understood!"

Wang Jing nodded, indicating that he understood Li Changhe's direction.

"By the way, if I ask you to pull a crew now, can you pull it up?"

Li Changhe then asked Wang Jing with a smile.

"Ah? Get a crew?"

"Now?"

Wang Jing was stunned by Li Changhe's sudden question and didn't react for a while.

But then he reacted.

"Boss, sure."

"I can borrow people from TVB. In addition to making TV series, many people at TVB also make movies. After all, some of them also work for Shaw Brothers."

Wang Jing hurriedly said to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe shook his head.

"I'm not talking about lending people. I'm talking about our company forming its own filming team."

"In the future, our company will make its own movies. We can't always rely on borrowing people to shoot."

“You always have to have your own filming team.”

"Wang Jing, didn't you say before that you could also direct a movie?"

"Now I'm giving you a chance to form a filming team!"

Li Changhe's words made Wang Jing extremely surprised.

"Boss, are you really going to let me form a film crew?"

Wang Jing didn't expect that Li Changhe would suddenly ask him to form a film crew. This surprise was really too big.

"Pick a script from there and tell me how much Hong Kong dollars it costs!"

Li Changhe pointed to the pile of scripts he had picked out and said seriously.

Seeing this, Wang Jing also realized that Li Changhe was not joking.

So he decisively went to Li Changhe's desk and looked at the scripts that Li Changhe had selected.

He flipped through it and then took out a book.

But after thinking for a while, he took out another one.

"Boss, if I were to choose, I would choose to shoot this!"

"But if we want to make a movie tailor-made for Miss Guan, then I think we can make this one too!"

Li Changhe took a look at the script that Wang Jing brought out.

The movie he chose was a movie called "The Legend of Gamblers".

The script he chose for Guan Jiahui was another one, "Happy Pretty Girl".

"Don't think about her!"

Li Changhe shook his head and said.

He is not considering promoting Guan Jiahui now. To put it bluntly, a girl of seventeen or eighteen will be the same no matter how much she is promoted.

Among the popular actresses of this age group, Li Changhe only knew of one, Liu Tianxian.

Moreover, she is still in the costume TV series, which has little to do with the movie. It is really a character that fits the role. A little dragon girl and Zhao Linger directly fill the health bar. Guan Jiahui is quite beautiful, but she is still very immature now, and I don’t know what level of acting skills she has. There is no need to force her.

Just take your time.

What Li Changhe needs to do now is to use Wang Jing to see if he can build a film team in Hong Kong Island.

He had thought about it in the office just now. He could bring Hong Jinbao and others over, but to be honest, even if they were brought over, they might not be the core.

History has proven that Hong Jinbao will not be limited to one film company. He will cooperate with any film company anytime and anywhere based on interests.

The same goes for the people from Cinema City whom Li Changhe wants to poach.

Therefore, although poaching people can quickly build the structure of a film company, there are actually hidden dangers, and the film shooting team can easily be controlled by them.

Since Li Changhe wants to start a film company, he wants to make it a success, so some hidden dangers must be prevented.

He can give up the benefits, but he can't let those people become arrogant!

The best way is to first establish an ace director in the company and then bring in outside help.

As for this ace director, in the final analysis, the most suitable one is the fat boy Wang Jing.

First of all, Wang Jing is definitely a talented director, which has been proven by history.

Secondly, Li Changhe remembered that Wang Jing was relatively well-behaved and his cooperation with Yongsheng had always been stable. He did not rule out the possibility that this was due to Yongsheng’s Xiang family background, but Li Changhe felt that it was also related to Wang Jing’s personality.

Therefore, before recruiting people to expand the film company, Li Changhe believed that he should first train this little fat guy and secure a trump card for his own company.

Maybe he will unleash even greater potential than in his previous life.

"Then let's shoot The Gambler, boss."

Wang Jing made his choice without hesitation.

"The Legend of Gambler" is a script he wrote based on "God of Gamblers". It tells the story of a young boy who grows up to become a gambling king.

However, the biggest function of this movie is to showcase the mysterious world of the gambling king. At the end of the movie, the settings of the Gambling King Competition and the God of Gamblers are thrown out.

So in a sense, it can be seen as a prequel to "God of Gamblers".

This plot was conceived by Wang Jing himself, and it is probably his best.

"Okay, how much do you want?"

Li Changhe looked at Wang Jing and asked calmly.

Wang Jing took a deep breath and carefully weighed the options in his mind.

"Boss, two million is best, one and a half million is enough!"

“In fact, the film production alone doesn’t cost much to make this movie.”

"But because it's a gambling film, we need to find some gambling studios to shoot it, so we can't avoid dealing with gangs."

"If we go find them, it will probably cost a lot of money, especially since our company is not well-known. Some people will probably ask for a lot of money."

After Wang Jing quoted the price, he hurriedly explained to Li Changhe.

"Gambling stall?"

Seeing this, Li Changhe became interested.

“Do you have a suitable target?”

"I want to find Xinji's place. Xinji's leader has a half-brother who is also an actor in the film industry."

"I used to play supporting roles for Bruce Lee and have worked with my father in several films."

"I know him. I can ask him to help us find a new gambling den. We can film it if we spend some money."

Wang Jing spoke cautiously to Li Changhe at this time.

"Are you talking about Xiang Huaqiang?"

Li Changhe asked curiously at this time.

"Boss, do you know him too?"

Wang Jing was also surprised when Li Changhe called out his name.

Li Changhe shook his head: "I don't know him, but I know him!"

Almost all the writers in later generations know Xiang Longwu's name, and many people think that his family is very powerful when they mention it.

But in fact, if you look deeper, you will find that Xiang Huaqiang actually had a miserable life in his early years.

This tragedy originated from his mother.

It is a well-known fact that the Xiang family did not follow the right path. Xiang Huaqiang's father Xiang Qian was a former defeated soldier of the Guo Army. Later he went to Hong Kong Island and gathered a group of people.

Xiang Qian’s first wife was Ye Shuqing, who is also the mother of the current leader Xiang Yan.

However, Ye Shuqing had only one son, who soon died of illness. Before his death, he appointed the second wife, Lin Huiying, as the housekeeper.

However, Xiang Qian soon married a new wife, Zhong Jin, who was Xiang Huaqiang's biological mother.

So in a sense, Xiang Huaqiang is also a legitimate son.

But his mother Zhong Jin had a weak personality, while Lin Huiying had a strong personality, which made his mother feel suffocated.

So Xiang Huaqiang was nominally the legitimate son, but the person in charge of the household was not actually his mother, but Lin Huiying from the second wife.

Xiang Huasheng, who later became famous, was the youngest son of Lin Huiying, the second wife.

The Xiang family was not very powerful at that time, so they were not very rich.

Some things were actually developed and promoted by the Four-Eyed Dragon Xiang Yan.

So Xiang Huaqiang's life was not very good in the early days.

Although he was nominally a rich young man, he did not enjoy many of the Xiang family's resources. He started working early in his life, making movies and playing supporting roles.

Xiang Huaqiang became involved with the family later on, but that was through another incident.

Li Changhe also knew a piece of gossip about this big boss.

Xiang Huaqiang’s first wife was actually Ding Pei!
That’s right, it’s Ding Pei who was involved in Bruce Lee’s death.

The future famous Xiang Tai was his second wife.

"I'm talking about Xiang Huaqiang. Originally, he had nothing to do with the family power."

"But a few days ago, Organized Crime and Triads raided their place and arrested many of their people."

"I heard that Xiang Huaqiang has been called back by his boss and started to help the family."

"After all, he is also a member of their family!"

"So if you want to make a gambling movie now, you can find him and borrow the location from him."

Wang Jing explained to Li Changhe at this time.

He likes to hang out in casinos and is well aware of all the gossips in the underworld.

Li Changhe smiled and nodded: "Okay, since you are so sure, I will give you 200 million."

"Go form a film crew, make this movie, and let me see it!"

"Two million?"

Wang Jing was very surprised to hear that Li Changhe gave him the maximum filming fee at once.

But then he hesitated for a moment, and then asked hesitantly: "Boss, didn't you say before that we should wait until our company has a theater chain before making a movie?"

"We have a cinema now?"

In Hong Kong Island, film companies with cinema chains and film companies without cinema chains are on two completely different levels!

After all, only film companies that own cinema chains have the real ability to earn box office revenue.

If a film company that does not have a cinema chain wants to release a film, it cannot do so like later generations, where they can just release it in any cinema chain.

They basically release with a guaranteed minimum price. To put it bluntly, the theaters give the film companies a guaranteed price, and they will only share the profits if the price exceeds this.

But these days the box office is not transparent, and whether the box office exceeds the guaranteed price is definitely up to the theaters.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult for independent film companies to achieve high box office revenue.

So, Wang Jing mustered up the courage to ask at this time.

"As for the cinema, it's not available yet, but it will be available soon!"

Li Changhe looked at a newspaper on the table and said confidently.

He saw today's news at just the right time!

(End of this chapter)