Dreams of the Fragrant River

: Seventy-Three [Special Advisor]

The staff’s open-plan office has become a conference room, and the way everyone sits is very random.

Ma Qiao pulled an office chair and sat upright beside Kang Jianfei, with a meeting note book in his hand. Zhong Yuan, the fat man, sat on the opposite desk, while Hu Juncai moved a small bench and sat down. Qi Bo was sitting by the window smoking a cigarette, Zhong Zhiwen and Wu Chenggang were sitting next to each other and whispering, Chen Xunqi was watering a pot of plants on the table, and Chen Bingkun was leaning on the desk and kept yawning.

The company’s people are all here, Li Qian is pouring tea and water for everyone, and Zhang Xu, a typist and errand hired by Maqiao, is giving everyone the employee contract that Maqiao made himself.

After everyone signed the contract, Zhou Mingfang roughly reported the accounts. After deducting various expenses, the company’s 5 million yuan still had more than 4.783 million yuan (after deducting the cost of office space rental, decoration, and purchasing supplies).

“Okay, then I’ll say a few words first,” Kang Jianfei said. “Today is our first time to hold a staff meeting. Everyone who is not familiar with it before will get to know each other. Ah Kun, please introduce yourself first…”

Chen Bingkun immediately stood up with a smile and said, “Hello everyone, my name is Chen Bingkun. I specialize in assisting Brother Fei in film casting. In addition, I also have a temporary job in the artist department as a company scout.”

Uncle Qi said, “My name is Qi Chunwang, and the production department is in charge of logistics.”

Chen Xunqi said, “My name is Chen Xunqi…”

After everyone introduced themselves one by one, Kang Jianfei said: “I open a film company, not to mention the love of movies and the pursuit of art. But since I am in this business, we must love movies and pursue art, but it is more practical. The thing is to make money by making movies. The company makes money, and everyone gets more money. Now the company is still small, and everyone is a talented person. If you feel that your talents cannot be fully displayed, you can only be wronged first. Everyone. There are still more than 4.7 million in the company’s account. I am going to make a movie called “Mr. Zombie”. Several people in the production department have already read part of the script. The rough budget of this film is at least 3.5 million or more. , that is to say, there is not much money left in the company after the filming, so it cannot be rushed…”

Hu Juncai reminded: “A Fei, the overseas box office of “Happy Ghost” has not been recorded yet.”

Kang Jianfei was quite unhappy when he was interrupted, gave him a blank look and said, “It will take at least a month for the overseas box office to return, and we will talk about it later. Now we are facing the situation that the filming location of “Mr. Zombie” is not easy to find. And we can’t rent Shaw Brothers’ Clear Water Bay studio and Golden Harvest’s Busan Road studio. Guys, the first thing we need to solve now is the issue of the location, does anyone know where there are buildings and streets in the style of the early Republic of China?”

Everyone was thinking in silence. Qi Bo suddenly said: “The China Film Cultural City in Taipei should be suitable. Many big-budget martial arts films in Hong Kong were shot there.”

Kang Jianfei asked, “Is it easy to apply for a visa to Taiwan?”

Qi Bodao: “In order to encourage Hong Kong film companies to go to Taiwan to make films, the Taiwan side has a special film and television visa, which can be issued in a few days, which is faster than a student visa.”

Kang Jianfei thought for a while and said, “Okay, then, we’ll go to Taipei to shoot the scene. The visa and air ticket bookings will be handed over to Ma Qiao. In addition, Qi Bo, Uncle Biao, A Kun, and Chen Xunqi, you all leave for Taipei ahead of time. Get the matter of contacting China Film Cultural City, renting filming equipment and calling extras done.”

Chen Bingkun said quickly: “Brother Fei, I only know actors from Hong Kong, I’m not familiar with Taiwan.”

Kang Jianfei said with a smile, “I believe in your ability. If you go there, you will know each other.”

Several people were talking when Li Shan suddenly came over, walked over to Kang Jianfei and whispered, “Miss Pan Yingzi is here, she said she is here to get the script.”

“Invite her to come in,” Kang Jianfei said to everyone, “Okay, today’s meeting will end here, everyone will go down and do their own work.”

Others are okay, but this fellow Ma Qiao laments in his heart: I think he is a top student who graduated from the Department of Finance and Law of Hong Kong University and graduated from Harvard Business School. The bare commander, even to apply for a visa and book a flight ticket, he has to personally take care of him, which is really a tragedy!

Kang Jianfei returned to his general manager’s office, and in less than a minute, a young woman walked in.

Pan Yingzi is wearing a bat shirt and straight white trousers. She looks fresh and has a baby face. She looks at most 20 years old. How can she look like a young woman in her early 30s?

“Hello, Miss Pan, please take a seat!” Kang Jianfei smiled and took out a script for “Mr. Zombie”.

After Pan Yingzi sat down, she looked at Kang Jianfei curiously.

Pan Yingzi became famous very early. Before Bruce Lee became popular, he was already listed among the twelve golden hairpins of Shaw Brothers. She has traveled around Hong Kong and Taiwan for a long time to make films, and has a large number of fans in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Unfortunately, she is still a long way from top actresses. Especially after her husband established a film company, Pan Yingzi has been working behind the scenes for several years, and has not appeared in a movie for five years.

It can be said that now is the lowest ebb in Pan Yingzi’s life. In life, her relationship with her husband broke down and divorced. In her career, her family’s film company went bankrupt. In a few years, Xiying exhausted her fame. She came back to film “Famous Swordsmanship” two months ago, and many young audiences don’t know her. .

Two days ago, Chen Bingkun invited her to make a movie, but Pan Yingzi agreed without any thought. In addition to lack of money, Kang Jianfei’s title of “Ten Thousand Great Director” is at work. Pan Yingzi wants to use Kang Jianfei’s hand to increase her screen exposure again.

If Kang Jianfei went to invite Pan Yingzi in person before the release of “Happy Ghost”, it is estimated that the latter would be too lazy to see him.

“Miss Pan, this is your script.” Kang Jianfei suddenly remembered going to Taipei to shoot a film, and asked, “Is Miss Pan familiar with Taipei China Film Culture City?”

Pan Yingzi nodded and said, “Familiar, I worked as a producer a few years ago, and I often filmed in China Film Cultural City. I also know the general manager of the cultural city.”

“That’s great, this “Mr. Zombie” decided to shoot in the China Film Culture City, but no one in my company is familiar with the situation there. It would be great if Miss Pan could be the middleman to introduce it.” Kang Jianfei said.

When Pan Yingzi heard it, she just helped to get in touch, and readily agreed, “No problem, I’ll just ask Manager Ma out for a meal, and he will arrange everything.”

When Kang Jianfei heard that he was in a good mood, he was afraid that there would be no way to go to another place to shoot, otherwise he would waste a lot of time and energy on unnecessary things. With Pan Yingzi as the middleman to contact the general manager of China Film Culture City, things will be much easier to handle, and the filming will go smoothly.

The original “Mr. Zombie” had an initial budget of 4.5 million~www.readwn.com~ Because of Lin Zhengying’s pursuit of perfection, the final cost nearly doubled, and even Lin Zhengying himself did not get the director’s remuneration because of this. long”.

Now Pan Yingzi is helping with the shooting liaison in Taipei, and Kang Jianfei himself has a ready-made and complete sub-shot script, so there is no need to shoot a lot of discarded film like Lin Zhengying. In addition to several years of inflation, the original 8 million production of “Mr. Zombie”, which Kang Jianfei filmed, would never cost more than 4 million.

Kang Jianfei called Uncle Qi, but he didn’t expect Uncle Qi and Pan Yingzi to know each other, which saved him the effort of introducing each other.

The three discussed for a while, and Kang Jianfei finally made a final decision: “Then it’s settled, I will hire Miss Pan to be the special consultant of “Mr. Zombie” to assist the crew in the filming work in Taipei. In a few days, you and Qi Bo will set off together Taipei.”

“No problem, Mr. Kang, don’t worry.” Pan Yingzi smiled. This kind of filming coordination work may be a bit tricky to replace with other actors, but Pan Yingzi is very handy. She has been running back and forth between Hong Kong and Taiwan in recent years as a film producer.

“It’s getting late, let’s go to dinner together.” Kang Jianfei looked at his watch and said that this watch was a Rolex given to Pan Disheng in an advertisement, and it was the only famous brand on Kang Jianfei’s body.

Qi Bo said: “I won’t go, there are other things in the afternoon.”

Kang Jianfei smiled and said, “Then I’ll ask Miss Pan to express my gratitude.”

Pan Yingzi also smiled and said, “Mr. Kang, you are very polite. You are the first director who is willing to ask me to film after my comeback. It is too late for me to curry favor.”