After listening to Hao Shuwen's words, Cao Zhiqiang finished the melon in his hand in two or two bites and casually wiped his mouth with a towel.

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang took another piece of watermelon and said, "What do you think I am doing these days? I am not only writing the script, I am also constantly discussing with Director Xu how to shoot, and even drew a lot of shots.

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I am so busy every day that I don’t even know what year it is today.

If our discussion hadn't ended and Director Xu had already gone to prepare the crew, I wouldn't have had time to come over and see you."

"So, do you really plan to make this movie?" Hao Shuwen asked with a smile.

"That's not true," Cao Zhiqiang said, "I even paid for it."

"Isn't it?" Hao Shuwen put down the script, took a towel and wiped her tears, "You haven't even written your horoscope yet, and you even gave me the money in advance? Don't be a liar and take the money in advance and run away, right?"

"Don't worry!" Cao Zhiqiang chuckled, "I signed the contract with Beijing Film Studio, and the money was also sent to Beijing Film Studio. It's a big company, so I can't make mistakes."

"Then how much did you pay?" Hao Shuwen asked again.

"One hundred thousand!" Cao Zhiqiang said, "I gave him one hundred thousand yuan in advance."

"One hundred thousand yuan, so much?" Hao Shuwen frowned.

"It's not much." Cao Zhiqiang sighed, "Beiying is a large company, if you don't have this amount, no one will approve your project.

Furthermore, if there is less money and the quality cannot improve, it will be a pity for my script.

So when it comes to making movies, you should not be too stingy when it comes to investment.

Either don’t invest, or if you want to invest, invest enough at one time and don’t be picky.”

Hao Shuwen nodded: "Is this 100,000 yuan enough to complete the filming of this movie?"

"It's hard to say, it should be enough." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head.

"This movie is just a modern urban drama. It doesn't cost much to serve as a Taoist, and there aren't many characters. It mainly tests the actors' acting skills. Normally, 100,000 yuan is enough.

Even if it is really not enough, it should not exceed the cost of 200,000 yuan."

Indeed, domestic film production during this period is simply a good price.

Because during this period, no matter whether they were acting in movies or on TV, actors received a fixed salary. Unless it was a big production, they would be given a small bonus.

Generally speaking, if you are filming a TV series, you will be given a bonus of ten or twenty yuan for each episode based on the importance of the character, and the maximum is fifty yuan.

For example, the teacher who played Sun Wukong in the 1986 version of "Journey to the West" earned the highest salary on the set at that time. What was the highest salary? On average, it was only 80 yuan per episode.

Of course, it’s said to be Class 86’s Journey to the West, but actually the filming of this TV series has already started.

As early as last year, that is, in 1982, the filming of "Journey to the West" had already started in Yangzhou, but it was too difficult to adapt to the Taoism, so the filming has not been completed until now.

In fact, in this year, Journey to the West had just come into its own, and Tang Monk had just begun to appear.

However, there are actually very few actual performances by the actors. The entire crew spent most of their time messing around with the costumes, especially the props.

And most of the funds are basically invested in the service, and the actors themselves receive only a handful of salaries...

If nothing unexpected happens, the 1986 version of Journey to the West will take a full six years to complete, of which 90% of the cost will be spent on service and travel expenses.

There is also the previous hit "Shaolin Temple". The protagonist Li Lianjie's salary was one yuan a day. After two years of filming, the total salary was only 700 yuan.

It can be seen from this that in China during this period, whether it was making movies or TV shows, actors had the lowest expenditures. The real bulk of the money was invested in technology such as Fuhua Dao.

Cao Zhiqiang doesn't think there is any problem with this. After all, it is a special time and special circumstances.

If an actor thinks the salary is low, it depends on who you compare with.

In fact, during this period, most domestic actors were salaried employees of state-owned enterprises, and their salaries were actually much higher than ordinary workers.

It's just that the industry in the film and television industry is different from ordinary factories. The key is reputation. If you are famous, it will be easy to cash out.

The same is Li Lianjie. After he became famous, people in Hong Kong immediately wrote him a check of one million, just to let him go to Hong Kong to film a movie.

During this period, not many people could resist the temptation of one million dollars, and not many people could resist the olive branch of development in Hong Kong.

Because during this period, almost most domestic actors dreamed of going to Hong Kong to develop their careers, followed by going abroad. Anyway, few could afford to focus on China.

It's a pity that although most people want to go out, it's not that easy to go out during this period. Only the leading actors have the opportunity to go out.

For example, Jet Li, Gong Xue, etc.

For other ordinary actors, you don't even have a chance.

Of course, it’s hard to say whether Lan is good or bad at this time. Not everyone can reach a higher level if they go out.

In fact, although the country is currently free to come and go and does not prohibit citizens from leaving the country, it is extremely difficult to obtain nationality in the country. It is basically easy to go out but difficult to come back.

Taking into account the domestic take-off in the next thirty years, generally speaking, there are more domestic opportunities.

In fact, for Cao Zhiqiang, considering his age, if he just wants more personal enjoyment, going out is the best way.

With Cao Zhiqiang's plug-in, his status as a time traveler, and of course his excellent foreign language skills, not only going to Europe, the United States and Japan, but even settling in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, he would be able to live a carefree and wealthy life early on.

There is also the matter of relationships between men and women. Although control is relatively strict in China, in foreign countries, as long as you have money, everyone is very open to three wives and four concubines.

Therefore, from the perspective of personal enjoyment, Cao Zhiqiang should really go out as soon as possible instead of staying in the country.

After all, although China developed rapidly later, its real take-off was two thousand years later, to be precise, after joining the WTO.

In the previous 1980s and 1990s, China had been in a relatively poor state for a long time, and it was difficult to have great enjoyment.

These twenty years were actually the best twenty years in Cao Zhiqiang's life.

Therefore, if Cao Zhiqiang was really just thinking about personal enjoyment, he should have found a way to get out long ago.

Even if you don’t want to give up your nationality, it’s not a big problem. You can go abroad and just get a green card, or you can go to Xiangjiang and just get permanent residency without giving up your Chinese nationality…

The right of permanent residence in Hong Kong, just losing the household registration in the Mainland, does not mean giving up the nationality. This aspect can be tricky.

But the problem is that without a mainland household registration, it is inconvenient to do some things.

For example, if you are a cadre of a state-owned enterprise, you, a person with permanent residence in Xiangjiang, still want to be a cadre of a state-owned enterprise. What are you thinking about?

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang is not opposed to going to Xiangjiang to get a right of residence, but this also depends on the circumstances.

Here in the capital, he has already achieved a certain status. If he gives up everything and goes to Xiangjiang at this time, he may not be able to make a living.

Not everyone can go to Xiangjiang.

The economy there is good at the moment, but there are a lot of local tycoons and gangsters, and the place is still dominated by the old British. It may not necessarily be a good thing for him to go there and make a fortune at this time.

It's better to stay and wait for the opportunity.

If you really want to make a comeback in Xiangjiang, you have to wait until your wings harden and become a real ferocious dragon. Then you can rely on the country and under the protection of a group of super bodyguards to go to Xiangjiang.

This is true stability!

This is the true meaning of not being a fierce dragon but crossing the river!

"By the way, Zhiqiang." Hao Shuwen suddenly said, "You said you still want to act by yourself? Do you plan to act by yourself?"

"Well." Cao Zhiqiang paused and put down the half-eaten watermelon in his hand.

"It's not necessarily that I don't have a strong desire to be an actor. It's just that director Xu Qingdong said that I know the script best and the characters the best, and I am young enough, so it is most suitable to play the sixteen-year-old Aqiu.

Otherwise, auditioning actors would be a waste of time, and the most important thing is that the new actors would have to retell the story, and they might not be able to perfectly interpret Aqiu's story.

But the most important thing is that I already have a certain reputation in China.

My own participation can ensure the box office of this drama to the greatest extent and prevent my investment from being wasted."

Indeed, although Cao Zhiqiang is very humble, no matter how humble he is, he cannot ignore some basic facts.

For example, the fact that his own vests Qiangzi and Aqiang are now celebrities.

Needless to say, Qiangzi, since he published an article "Seeing and Not Seeing" in a poetry magazine, his name has been known to many people, but the scope at that time was limited after all, and he was more prominent in the circle of poet lovers.

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After he published his first collection of poems, "The Farthest Distance in the World," he suddenly soared into the sky. His fame was no longer limited to a small circle of poet-loving people, but expanded to a large circle of intellectuals.

Especially among the circles of literary and artistic youth.

The main reason is that the content in this collection of poems is easy to understand, yet elegant, and is especially suitable for showing off.

So this collection of poems has been released, and most people like to see and read it.

Later, the revised version of "Journey to Jianghu" was released again. This version was mainly based on the content of "The Farthest Distance in the World", with some new poems added. By the way, it also added a conjoined monster from a martial arts novel "Shattered Void".

He began to kill everyone with a rare power.

If you like elegant poetry, you will like this "Journey to Jianghu".

Those who like martial arts novels will also like this "Journey to Jianghu".

Anyway, no matter you are a literary young man or a lower-class person, you are almost the group of people that the book "Journey to Jianghu" is aimed at...

But in general, "Jiang Hu Xing" is more popular.

And only the public ones are the most profitable.

Therefore, with the popularity of "Journey to Jianghu", not only Cao Zhiqiang and his Hongguang Publishing House made a lot of money, but also the pen name of the poet Qiangzi became famous all over the world.

Why did Xiangjiang University send an invitation letter? Isn’t it because Cao Zhiqiang is already famous enough?
To be continued...