Hong Kong variety show: The tycoon who emerged from Portland Street

Faced with the two women's admiration, Chen Mo raised an eyebrow and said proudly, "Of course, there's nothing I can't do except give birth."

Chen Mo suddenly realized that being a plagiarist wasn't so bad!

However, considering his own territory and the thousands of men under his command, he decided against it.

It's still more enjoyable to be a gang leader and a big tycoon.

Chen Mo provided the plot, and Qin Huilian was able to write the complete script.

After being reprimanded by Chen Mo, Xian Shihui naturally became much more obedient.

After spending two hours in the office filling in the gaps for the pretty girl, Chen Mo returned to the bar.

Two days later, Chen Mo received a call from Qin Huilian; the script was finished.

Chen Mo visited the film company once again.

This time, in addition to Xian Shihui and others, there were several unfamiliar faces at the film company, who looked to be around thirty or forty years old.

As soon as Xian Shihui saw Chen Mo arrive, he led a few people to Chen Mo and introduced them, as if to take credit: "Brother Mo, these are all people who just came from Cao's Film Company these past two days. This is director Li Yaofu, screenwriter Chen Jiamu, and the others are the cinematographer and lighting technician."

When Chen Mo saw this, he thought, "Good heavens, Xian Shihui has poached several of the core members of the entire production team!"

With these people arriving, and a few more people randomly selected, a new film crew can be formed.

"Well done."

Chen Mo nodded, took out his wallet, and tossed a few large gold bull bills to Xian Shihui.

"This is the bonus for this job."

"Also, you guys go to the conference room first, wait for me, I'll be there soon."

"Okay, Brother Mo." Xian Shihui took the money and, with a happy expression, pulled the people behind him to the conference room.

Chen Mo first went to Liu Piaopiao's office, found Liu Piaopiao and Qin Huilian, and took a look at the new script written by Qin Huilian.

Yes, with the plot provided by Chen Mo, Qin Huilian's script is much better this time.

"Chin, you wrote a very good script this time."

Qin Huilian said shyly, "Not at all. It's all thanks to the story you provided. I even got help from the new screenwriter Chen, and that's how we managed to write it."

Chen Mo continued to praise, "So what? Even with help, you still need talent to write well."

"Let's go to the conference room and discuss how to film the script."

"Great! I can be the female lead!"

Liu Piaopiao was overjoyed when she heard that a movie could be made.

Qin Huilian couldn't help but show a look of joy on her face.

Chen Mo glanced at Liu Piaopiao, somewhat speechless.

It was obvious that she hadn't read the script carefully.

Aside from Tian Yangen's character, there aren't many scenes with women in this script, so what's all the excitement about?

When the group arrived at the conference room, Xian Shihui and his group were waiting for them.

Chen Mo took the seat of honor, with Liu Piaopiao and Qin Huilian sitting on either side of him.

"Director Li, could you and screenwriter Chen take a look and see how the script is?"

With that, Chen Mo tossed the script in his hand to Li Yaofu.

Li Yaofu picked up the script and began to read it with Chen Jiamu beside him.

Chen Mo and the others remained silent and simply waited for them.

Although Chen Jiamu gave Qin Huilian some pointers, he hadn't read the complete script yet.

A dozen minutes later, the two had roughly read through the script.

Chen Mo stubbed out his cigarette and asked, "How's it going? Can we take pictures?"

Li Yaofu looked at the script, his face full of surprise: "It can be filmed, it definitely can be filmed. This script is very good, it has the potential to be a huge hit."

Before he was poached by Xian Shihui, he inquired about the film company and learned that it used to make low-class Category III films.

If Xian Shihui hadn't promised him a raise and threatened him with the club, he wouldn't have wanted to come!

He had thought his reputation was going to be ruined, but he didn't expect the script Chen Mo presented to be of such high quality.

His reputation might be saved.

"I also think Ms. Qin's script is very well written. It's very rare for someone to write a script of this quality for their first time."

Chen Jiamu also offered his praise.

Chen Mo nodded and continued, "It's good that we can make it. Director Li, could you estimate how much it would cost to produce the film?"

"Well..." Li Yaofu hesitated to speak when it came to money.

"What's wrong? Stop beating around the bush, just say what you want to say!"

"The script is of very high quality, and there are a lot of action and gunfight scenes. To make it well, you need good actors and a good martial arts choreographer."

In that case, the cost might be relatively high.

After all, this film company used to make low-budget Category III films with low production costs.

Making a proper theatrical film, especially a crime thriller, won't be cheap.

Li Yaofu was worried that the number he reported was too different from Chen Mo's previous understanding, which would make Chen Mo suspect that he wanted to embezzle money, so he didn't know how to bring it up.

We had no choice but to give Chen Mo a heads-up first.

Unexpectedly, Chen Mo's expression didn't change much, and he said, "Name your price."

Li Yaofu steeled himself and said, "At least ten million!"

Before Chen Mo could react, Xian Shihui was startled and exclaimed, "How much! Ten million? Are you crazy?"

He used to make Category III films, and the total cost for a whole movie was only a few hundred thousand, with the most he ever spent being one million.

Ten million, at least, that's enough for him to make a dozen Category III films.

Seeing Xian Shihui's exaggerated reaction, Chen Mo glared at him fiercely.

Xian Shihui noticed Chen Mo's gaze and quickly sat up straight.

But she couldn't help but glare at Li Yaofu.

He was worried that Li Yaofu's exorbitant demands might anger Chen Mo and implicate him.

However, Chen Mo wasn't angry. He simply pondered for a moment and then said, "This price is acceptable. Give me a detailed budget later. If there are no problems, we can start filming."

Chen Mo's answer surprised Xian Shihui greatly.

Ten million! Chen Mo agreed so easily?

Actually, Chen Mo did a rough calculation. Before he transmigrated, the movie "Men's True Colors" was filmed in the early 2000s, with a production cost of 80 million.

It's only 1987 now, so prices are lower, and actors' salaries are also lower.

A budget of ten million is about right.

Hearing that Chen Mo had agreed to a budget of ten million, Li Yaofu breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems this boss is knowledgeable, not a fool.

Li Yaofu continued, "Boss, do you have any favorite actors? I'll try to invite them later."

Chen Mo glanced at Li Yaofu with displeasure. "I was just about to praise you, and this is what you give me?"

Do I spend money to make movies because of unspoken rules?

Even if this benefit exists, couldn't you have told me about it privately at a different time?

"Let Piao Piao play the girlfriend of the policeman who appears earlier. You can decide on the other actors yourself, as long as they are suitable."

By the way, what about Yin Tianchou? See if there are any suitable roles for him in the movies, and arrange one for him.

Liu Piaopiao said somewhat embarrassedly, "Well... Yin Tianchou hasn't been at the company these past few days. He said that since the company isn't operating, he had nothing better to do, so he went to other film crews to work as an extra."

"Okay." Chen Mo was also somewhat speechless.