Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 284: I like gentleness, but I am not obsessed with beauty. Is this a gentleman?

"Mr. Lin, please have some tea."

In the living room, Chen Hong held the teacup and carefully placed it on the table.

"Thank you! How many years has Miss Chen been an actress?"

Link asked, putting the newspaper down.

"I started filming TV series in 85, so it's been almost ten years."

Chen Hong sat on the sofa opposite, her hands pressed on her knees stiffly, her voice was very gentle, with a hint of Jiangnan tune.

"Which one pays more in China, TV or film?"

"The pay for domestic film and television actors is not high. A first-tier TV actor can earn at most 4,000 to 5,000 yuan per episode, and some can earn tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan by shooting a movie. However, there are few movies produced each year, and there are few performance opportunities. It is completely incomparable to Hollywood."

Chen Hong was reading a newspaper on the plane, which said that the pay of Hollywood's first-line actors was as high as tens of millions of dollars, and the top actors' pay reached 2000 million US dollars.

Link is even more impressive. He makes movies for Warner Bros. and gets a basic salary of 1000 million, plus tens of millions from the box office share. The salary he earns from one movie is higher than the combined salary of all domestic actors.

"It's different. The marketization of the domestic film and television industry is still in its infancy. The cost of movies is low, so it's normal for actors to be paid less. In a few years, domestic actors' pay may be higher than that of Hollywood actors."

“Higher than Hollywood?”

Chen Hong couldn't believe it. In Hollywood, Schwarzenegger, Jim Carrey and Tom Hanks received 2000 million in film pay, which is equivalent to 1.4 million yuan. In China, they could earn more than 1 million yuan in film pay for a movie and become billionaires. Chen Hong couldn't imagine such a thing.

Link smiled lightly. If he didn't know about the future, he wouldn't believe it. In 1994, China's GDP was 4.8 trillion, which is equivalent to about 5500 billion US dollars. At that time, there were very few people in the country with a personal net worth of more than 1 million, and they were all wealthy people.

Only a few decades later, with the rapid development of the domestic economy, becoming the world's second largest economy and the largest manufacturing country, billionaires seem to be everywhere, and there are many actors in the entertainment industry who earn over 100 million yuan.

The entertainment industry at that time was like Hollywood today, becoming a place where all young people pursue their dreams.

"Link, you have some time now, would you like to take a look at the script I brought?"

Chen Chong came out of the kitchen, wearing an apron and holding a plate of cut fruit. She looked like a good wife and mother. It was hard to imagine that she had taken the initiative to ask for sex in the corridor not long ago.

"Where's the script?"

"Chen Hong, please help me get it."

Chen Chong pointed, and Chen Hong quickly stood up, took out a few scripts from the suitcase and put them on the table.

Lin Ke took it and took a look. The first script was "Song of Qin", written by Lu Wei, who was also the screenwriter of the movies "Farewell My Concubine" and "To Live". The director was Zhou Xiaowen, one of the fifth generation directors, who played the sweeping monk in Hu Jun's version of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

"Ode to Qin" tells the story of the love-hate relationship between Gao Jianli, a musician in the Warring States Period, and Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng. The script is ridiculous.

Historically, Ying Zheng was a hostage in the State of Zhao, which became the State of Yan. He and Gao Jianli grew up together and became childhood friends.

Later, Ying Zheng destroyed the State of Yan, and Gao Jianli became a prisoner. He worked as a musician in Xianyang, and fell in love with Princess Liyang, the disabled daughter of Qin Shihuang. He also raped the princess and helped her stand up again. Princess Liyang also fell in love with Gao Jianli because of this.

However, in order to win over his general Wang Ben, Qin Shihuang married him Princess Liyang. Princess Liyang committed suicide in the bridal chamber. After hearing the news of Princess Liyang's death and the killing of the Yan captives, Gao Jianli took up his zither and assassinated Ying Zheng on the day Ying Zheng ascended the throne.

The advantages of the script are its strong drama, grand scenes and good character development.

There are also many shortcomings. In order to increase dramatic conflicts, the history is randomly compiled, making the plot look very bloody.

In addition, the main plot is unclear. It is neither about friendship nor love, nor does it delve deeply into human nature, nor does it praise or criticize historical figures. It is just a crude imitation of the settings of Hollywood movies, which also makes the movie meaningless and has little investment value.

"Link, how is it?"

Chen Chong asked.

"No! I've also read the Records of the Grand Historian, and there's no such story. Generally, historical films are adapted based on official historical records, unofficial history, folk tales, allusions, or anecdotes. Where did the story of Gao Jianli and Ying Zheng come from?"

Chen Chong and Chen Hong were unable to answer. They also did not expect that Link, who grew up in the United States, would have read "Records of the Grand Historian".

"Forget about this script. If they want to make a historical film, they should adapt a famous historical story, such as Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin, Zhuan Zhu's assassination of King Liao of Wu, or the Hongmen Banquet. Don't just make up a random piece of history. This kind of movie is neither interesting nor meaningful."

Lin Ke remembered that "Song of Qin" was the first large-scale historical film in China. However, due to its fabricated stories, it was banned from screening in domestic theaters and its box office performance was terrible.

Later, based on this theme, Chen Kaige made "The Emperor and the Assassin" and Zhang Yimou made "Hero".

In comparison, the latter two films have better quality and reputation.

“If they revise the script, can we invest in it?”

Chen Chong asked.

"Sure! China has a history of 5,000 years, and there are countless historical allusions. As long as we dig deep, we can write good stories and make good movies. This kind of movie also has certain commercial potential." "Okay, I'll ask them to revise the script when I get back. If they don't, we won't invest. Let them do whatever they want."

Chen Chong sat beside him and stroked his arm, as if to comfort him and prevent him from getting angry.

Lin Ke flipped through other scripts and finally selected three, "The Fisherman's Girl", "Lighting the Stars" and "Zheng Chenggong".

The first two are literary and artistic films with female themes and low production costs.

"Zheng Chenggong" is a historical war film with a relatively complete script and detailed historical materials. Its shortcomings are that the scenes are not grand enough, the dramatic conflicts are not strong enough, the character creation is relatively thin, and the lines are not contagious enough.

Link plans to revise the script himself and then arrange for a Hollywood crew to go to China to direct the filming. He plans to shoot this movie like "Titanic", making it an epic movie as a tribute to the return of 97.

"You can choose the others yourself. Don't worry about losing money. Given the current situation of the domestic film market, you won't make much money from making movies."

Link said as he put the script down.

“Why would we invest in movies if they don’t make money?”

Chen Chong asked in surprise.

"To expand the market, to cultivate audiences, and of course for the sake of film art."

At this stage, it is difficult to make money by making movies in China, but investing in movies also has its benefits, such as invigorating the domestic film market, accumulating connections and reputation, and making it easier to share dividends when the film market matures in the future.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

While reading the script, Chen Chong and Chen Hong brought the dishes to the table and placed a bottle of Moutai on it.

The three of them ate, drank and chatted. The two Chens sitting on both sides urged him to drink, as if they wanted to get him drunk.

It's just that he was in good health and could drink a lot, so he didn't feel drunk even after drinking half a bottle of wine. On the contrary, after the two of them drank a few glasses of wine, their cheeks became rosy and they smelled the body odor and alcohol.

Chen Chong also became more coquettish, her clothes became looser, and finally she snuggled into his arms and toasted him.

Chen Hong was no longer restrained. She sat beside him, urging him to drink and serve him food, all with a smile on her face.

Link stayed in the apartment that night.

Before leaving the next day, he left a check for $100,000 to Chen Chong for their recent expenses in Los Angeles, and told her to call him if she had any other questions.

He's been busy with work lately and probably doesn't have time to come over often.

Chen Chong said goodbye to him reluctantly at the door, and only returned to the house while holding on to the wall after he entered the elevator.

After returning to the bedroom, she saw Chen Hong still curled up in the blanket. Her slender figure looked exquisite under the thin blanket. She walked over and patted the bulge, "Don't sleep. I'll take you out shopping."

"Not today. It's not convenient for me."

Chen Hong said shyly.

"Haha, now you know what a real man is like, right?"

Chen Chong lay down and joked.

Chen Hong nodded with red cheeks. This experience really gave her a great shock and opened her eyes. It turned out that there were such powerful men in the world.

"Sister, Link just gave you a check, why did you accept it? Is that bad?"

"There's nothing wrong with that. Money is nothing to someone of Link's status. He's willing to leave a check, not because he looks down on us, but because he cares about our lives in Los Angeles and hopes that we can live more comfortably. I would be ignorant if I didn't accept it."

"So that's it."

Chen Hong nodded, not quite understanding.

"Guess how much money Link left?"

"How many?"

"One hundred thousand dollars."

"So much? If it were more than 700,000 yuan in China, it would be enough to buy a high-end apartment in Beijing."

"You are so petty! Fortune Magazine said that Link is worth more than 2 billion US dollars, rich enough to rival a country. We can be his women with peace of mind. With his resources, we can make countless money in the future. One hundred thousand dollars is nothing."

"Sister, I listen to you."

(End of this chapter)