Chapter 124 The dividends of fame
"I wrote two scripts for The Great Wall. Although I said they were for free, they would definitely give me money. 20,000 Hong Kong dollars is about 6,000 yuan."
""Story Club" is completed every two months, with a fixed price of 87 yuan."
"If I write a few more scripts, I can get a few hundred for Beijing Film Studio, and double that for Hong Kong... That''s almost enough, right?"
Chen Qi didn''t know how much money it would cost in total. He only knew that the more money, the better, otherwise he would not feel at ease.
After all, writing scripts is the most profitable.
"Oh, I wanted to rest when I came back, but I still have to work, and I still have to work for the house!"
Chen Qi threw away the pen and lay on the bed like a salted fish. His current state is like a middle-aged social animal who will struggle for life in future generations:
I was annoyed at work during the day, but my child was rebellious when I came home. My father bought a health care mattress for RMB 18,000 and said he got a big deal. My wife is lying in bed and asks you if she turns into a caterpillar, will you still be devoted to her? …
The long sky, how can you treat me less favorably?
"Dong dong dong!"
As he was lying down, there was a sudden knock on the door, accompanied by a female voice: "Screenwriter Chen, are you there?"
He jumped up suddenly, and finally an actress came to his door?
"Hey, what are you doing in the house?"
The door opened, and Liu Xiaoqing got in confidently, wearing a short-sleeved shirt with flowers, a long skirt, and white sandals. These days, when wearing sandals, they always wear socks underneath. Chen Qi particularly hates this way of wearing sandals because his feet always feel smelly.
Liu Xiaoqing feels quite beautiful, and this is her best-looking summer dress.
The guest house is separated for men and women. You are not allowed to enter at night, but you can during the day, because the director often holds meetings in the room, and all the actors have to go there. But she is a fierce woman who runs into a **** man''s room alone.
"You have something to do with me?"
Chen Qi didn''t close the door.
"Why don''t you come and watch it if you have nothing to do? Congratulations on the success of "Romance in Lushan Mountain". I still remember that when you first came here, I came to you and asked you if I could act. You said it was not suitable. Oh, if I had known I would have fought for it "
Liu Xiaoqing looked around the room with his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "What will your next work be? Do you have any inspiration?"
"You can''t say there''s any inspiration. Let''s wait until next year."
"Telling me polite words again, great screenwriter! Little talent!"
Liu Xiaoqing suddenly came closer, his apple-like cheeks were red, and he smiled: "I want to play your role, what do you think of me?"
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Chen Qiwan has been in the flowers, this trick is too young, and he doesn''t want to have anything to do with the other party. He said bluntly: "If I think there is a role suitable for you, I will definitely find you. If not, it will be useless for you to come.
What I said is clear. It''s up to you whether you believe it or not, but don''t bother me again. "
“…”
Liu Xiaoqing stared at him for a few seconds, as if to judge whether he was serious or prude, and said with a smile: "Oh, you are really cruel, then I''m leaving!"
She is also very direct and leaves as soon as she says it.
"Hey! I look like a jade tree facing the wind, but I don''t know who is taking advantage of whom?"
Chen Qi locked the door and couldn''t help but roll his eyes. Liu Xiaoqing came here specially, just to play a beauty trick. Unfortunately, he didn''t like big faces, and her methods were too straightforward.
The beauty trap you thought: Liu Yifei seduced you.
The real beauty trap: That’s when 16-year-old Zhao Ling’er throws herself into your arms and calls you Brother Xiaoyao!
…
With Chen Qi''s return, 302 visitors gathered.
There are those who specialize in exchanging writing experiences, those who make appointments for manuscripts, and those who conduct interviews. They talk and laugh, there are scholars and scholars, but there are no white men. It is quite the style of a humble room.
One of them came from the People''s Fine Arts Publishing House, hoping to make "Lushan Love" into a comic strip, and asked Chen Qi to write the text script.
Chen Qi is very interested in this. Comics, or little people''s books, are a very popular publication in China. Usually the books are not big and can be read horizontally. Common ones during this period include The Legend of Yue Fei, Generals of the Yang Family, Four Great Classics, Revolutionary Stories, and adaptations of popular movies. In a few years, the themes will become richer, with all kinds of martial arts, suspense, and murder stories coming out.
Comics are not only read by children, but also by adults.
Chen Qi talked with the other party enthusiastically, but when he talked about the remuneration, he suddenly lost interest.
"Original scripts cost 1-2 yuan each, and a few excellent ones can get 3 yuan. You are adapting your own work. According to the regulations, each script costs 6 cents-1 yuan. We are willing to give you a high price of 1 yuan. ”
Comics, of course, are mainly paintings. Black and white ones are 6-12 yuan each, and color ones are 8-22 yuan. There are even more for particularly excellent ones. So those who draw comic strips these days are high-income people.
And this one refers to a page of pictures with text, just one or two sentences, and you can earn 1 yuan, which seems pretty good to outsiders.
Chen Qi thought it was too little, but mosquitoes were still meat no matter how small they were. He wanted to make money to build a house, so he agreed. "Lushan Love" has at most 100 pages and costs 100 yuan at most.
This is all thanks to his fame. Now he can declare his identity seriously when he goes out: a famous screenwriter!
Chen Qi even thought about whether to expose the pen name of "Story Club", but when he changed his mind, it was a little too early. The craze for martial arts movies had not yet started, and if it was exposed, no one would necessarily buy it. He would wait until "Tai Chi" became popular.
…
"Dong dong dong!"
"Please come in!"
Early that morning, an unexpected guest knocked on the door of room 302. Chen Qi was sitting and suddenly stood up. He knew the other person, but he could only pretend not to know him, and asked doubtfully: "Who are you?"
"My name is Wang Fulin, the director of CCTV!"
"Oh, the old factory director told me, please take a seat, please take a seat!"
Chen Qi took an enamel jar specially designed for entertaining guests and made tea. Looking at the 49-year-old Wang Fulin, who looked very young with black hair, he was in a trance, as if he remembered many old friends, especially one named Daiyu and one named Baochai...
Three years later, he will prepare to film "Dream of Red Mansions".
Nine years later, he will prepare "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but he is the chief director and does not care about the specific shooting. In short, he has handled two of the four major masterpieces and is a figure worth remembering in the history of Chinese TV dramas.
"The old factory director should have told you that we are seriously lacking scripts when making TV series. I watched "Romance in Lushan" a while ago and I thought you combined big love with small love very well, so I took the liberty to come here."
"You''re welcome, you can tell us your requirements and we''ll be honest."
"Okay! The TV drama script must first break through the shackles and cannot follow the path of a model drama, but the theme must still be positive and have correct concepts."
Wang Fulin clapped his fingers and said: "For example, "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" that I am preparing is about going deep into enemy lines to do intelligence work. This theme is very correct.
Secondly, our conditions are limited, so you can just write three episodes. "
"Level 3? Is it so big?"
"Hey, the scale shouldn''t be big, it should be moderate."
Wang Fulin shook his head and said: "Finally, I''m not afraid of your jokes, but our funding is a little short, so we may not be able to give you much remuneration."
"Is there no regulation on TV drama remuneration?"
"TV dramas have just sprouted. Wherever the regulations come from, they are all negotiated. If the quality of your writing is really good, we will make appropriate improvements and we won''t let you suffer in vain."
"Well…"
Chen Qi hesitated. Writing TV series was much more tiring than comic books. He didn''t like writing even if he had too little money. He said, "To be honest, I''m building a house, so it''s not that I''m greedy for money. I really need it. If you can give me A promise, one hundred yuan per episode, I will agree.
Of course, if you reject the manuscript if the quality is not good, I won’t have any problem with it. "
“…”
Wang Fulin hesitated for a moment and said cruelly: "Okay, we have a gentleman''s agreement!"
"Okay, I''ll give you the notebook within a month at the latest."
"Is this so fast?"
"The biggest advantage of me writing (copying) notebooks is that I write (copy) books quickly and well. You will know it later when you become familiar with it."
(I have something to do tonight and have to go out. Two updates today. Don’t worry. I will make up for the fourth update tomorrow.)
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