Hong Kong Stubborn

After signing the actors, the production budget of "The God of Stock" was determined to be 2.1 million Hong Kong dollars.

Xiangjiang is also capable of such a thing as a director like Luo Junyan. After finding an actor, he adjusted the budget for the film, reducing the cost of his life by a quarter.

The filming work is now ready. Even the theme song of the film, Brother Cheng, was given to Luo Junyan early. It turned out to be a Hokkien song "First Class in the World".

Luo Junyan thinks that Cheng's evil taste is good, isn't Taiwan not letting it in? Then I have chosen to sing a Hokkien pop song and spread it among the folks in Taiwan.

In fact, Luo Junyan thought too much. Brother Cheng couldn't think of a suitable song at all. This popular cover of "The World's First Class" is at least reliable with the film. It's all gambling, and you can use it when you take it.

On June 25th, under the leadership of director Luo Junyan, the crew of "Stock God" held a ceremony to worship God.

After the filming started, even Cheng Cheng had to admit that Luo Junyan did have the talent to be a director.

This guy is good at sorting out all kinds of relationships in the crew and inspiring the enthusiasm of all kinds of people. In particular, he understands the mentality of big and small artists very well, and can leave a certain amount of space for the actors to exert themselves, provided that you do not ask for more money.

Luo Junyan spoke in front of all the actors when the film was filming. The actors in the crew can grab the show at will, and it is best to overwhelm the limelight of the male and female protagonists, and will never suppress the performance of the actors.

But there is one thing, to deeply understand the roles in the script, the performance cannot be overwhelming. If someone plays an insidious character as a tragic character, and a heroine as a bear, the wasted film money will be deducted from the pay.

Artists are of course happy now. Artists with ideas value the opportunity to shine on the screen more.

In Xiangjiang, in the past, the director told you how to act, and the artists felt unreasonable and could not put forward their own ideas. Especially for supporting roles, basically you can act as you do, so you have to bring out the halo of the protagonist.

Now this director Luo is different. He is telling everyone that there is no distinction between the protagonist and the supporting role. You can play whatever you want. The film I directed does not have a spotlight for someone.

Just like Stephen Chow, he is the most motivated one in the series. Zhou Xingchi always liked to study lines and acting skills by himself, so from time to time, he consulted with Luo Junyan to change his lines and make more expressions.

In the end, Luo Junyan told Zhou Xingchi that you want to change whatever you want, as long as you are willing to pay for the film. As for the money for missed work, I admit it. Who made us friends? If you can become popular, then I will be happy for you.

In this way, not long after the filming started, the actors' acting skills were bursting.

Everyone regards themselves as the protagonist in every scene. In order to be able to grab the show without paying for the film, the artists prepared their own mirrors.

Before the official shooting, the actors repeatedly practiced the expressions and movements they figured out in the mirror, like Zhou Xingchi, Mao Shunyun, and Wu Zhenyu in the future when they starred in the film, they have always maintained this habit.

The plot of "The God of Stock" is not complicated. It basically turns the gambling matchup in "The God of Gamblers" into a trade show duel on the stock market, and then shows various formulas.

At the beginning of the film, Gao Jin accepted an invitation from Japan to go up the mountain and competed against the Singapore stock market in the Hong Kong stock market.

Before the duel, Gao Jin hit his head and lost his memory, and then he was taken back to his home by the little gangster who was obsessed with stocks.

Xiaodao and his girlfriend are obsessed with stocks, no one stays at home to take care of Gao Jin. The two had to take him to the exchange, but they made money through advanced trading skills, and suffered again when they were greedy.

The next plot is the same. The cousin wanted to be the sister-in-law of the auditorium, but he accidentally killed the sister-in-law, then burned the tape and sent someone to chase Gao Jin. Gao Jin was rescued by Long Wu and accidentally hit his head when he escaped, recovering his memory.

At this time, the Singapore Stock Demon has completed its layout on the Hong Kong stock market. He was invited to manipulate a backdoor-listed junk stock Nanyang Grain and Oil, thereby harvesting the huge wealth of retail investors.

So Gao Jin relied on his superb trading skills and sense of trading, by constantly raising and suppressing the price of this stock, and foreseeing the coming of the stock market disaster in advance, and finally leading the power of retail investors to sell to defeat the Singapore stock market in one fell swoop.

Not only did he go up the mountain to avenge his tragic defeat in the Japanese stock market for his friend, but he also solved the evil spirits and accomplices Gaoyi.

At the end of the film, Gao Jin took a knife and traveled the world together, going to the stock markets of various countries to make money.

This "Stock God" was purely used by Brother Cheng to practice Luo Junyan. In terms of stock professionalism, let alone rigorous, it's just a random fabrication, and it can basically bluff the layman.

But the stock speculation formula designed in the film is absolutely hot and fresh to the people nowadays.

For example, if you want to reduce your position when the volume is falling, the new low is the bottom image; the new volume and the new price have a new high, and there is no need to run away from the shrinking callback; short selling requires bad news, and the general trend is down. I read when I'm bored.

During the shooting, Luo Junyan, Lizhi and Jet Li did well. Because the three people are all from the mainland, there is no problem of who discriminates against each other, and they all speak Mandarin, so they talked more realistically.

Jet Li is determined to go to Xiangjiang to develop. If he stays in the mainland, he will be paid too poorly. The starring "North and South Shaolin" is 3 yuan a day. Lizhi wants to go to the United States. She is actually not very interested in the entertainment industry, but as a ladder.

Luo Junyan is also not good at expressing anything, he is not able to help Jie now, he is still tremblingly transforming into a director.

As for Lizhi's idea, it is not new among the female artists of Xiangjiang, and it is estimated that any old scumbag waving banknotes in Xiangjiang will have to take advantage of it. Of course, people have their own ambitions, and they value different things, so Luo Junyan would not say much.

The progress of the filming of "Stock God" is not bad, there are basically no difficult scenes in it. However, the director's schedule is indeed a bit chaotic, and he often misses the scenes and then refills it. There are many things that I don't understand, and Wang Xiaopang has to be brought to the scene to teach.

Especially Luo Junyan's use of the lens is not so sophisticated. To grasp the rhythm of lens switching, you need to slowly accumulate experience and gradually explore through practice. This time, it can only be cut into what it is.

As for the film's narrative, Luo Junyan is definitely even more incomparable with the director who has completed it. In this regard, we need to watch other directors' films more. Cheng said it well. There are a lot of articles in the world. Copying people's names is a idiot. Other than that, there is no major issue.

In short, it took 36 days for such a new film to be officially completed. Editing, soundtracking, and other post-production are all done by Luo Junyan himself. Ask someone to come and teach him. Of course, these tasks are all done by someone special, he just wants to experience it.

On August 28, "Stock God" was finally completed. If this film is made by Wang Xiaopang, it won't even take half of the time, and the quality is much better than it is now.

Luo Junyan immediately went to the three theaters of Jiahe, Golden Princess and Debao to discuss the release of "The God of Stock".

Sure enough, as expected by Brother Cheng, it can only be scheduled until October, which cannot be released. Moreover, Jiahe has already assigned the October schedule to McDonald’s "Ghost Bride", and only the Golden Princess and Debao are left. Family.

Finally, Luo Junyan signed a screening contract with Debao Cinema. The box office share can only get 40%. It is Sammo Hung who helped to talk about it. The more prosperous the movie market, the more the theater resources are worth.

"Stock God" was not distributed through a distribution company, and Snowman Century Entertainment had to undertake the distribution task itself, and Bian Sicong was responsible for matters such as copying, publicity, the arrangement of the theater show, and audience surveys.

This time, Luo Junyan realized Bian Sicong's ability again, who was a great talent in production supervision. He is serious in his work and pays great attention to principles, and the on-site supervision is meticulous. After the production of "Stock God", he just spent the budget.

After discussing with Brother Cheng, Luo Junyan still handed over the promotion to the Snowman Age Advertising. The promotion budget was 400,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the cost of the entire film was precisely controlled at 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

Cheng believes that the army is now from Luo Junyan, so there is no need to charge a service fee for the Snowman Era advertisement. He can tell which company has more shares, and is willing to let Snowman Century Entertainment take advantage.

After Luo Junyan directed the first film, he needed to take a break and summarize for a while. In addition to sticking to his wife in the morning and evening, he watched a lot of film and video tapes during the day, mainly learning the narrative structure, lens switching, and atmosphere rendering during shooting.

There are many good films released this year in Xiangjiang’s summer archives, such as "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Eastern Vulture", "Autumn Fairy Tale", and "Plan A Sequel". It's a pity that Luo Junyan didn't have time to go to the theater, so he had to make up for it at this time.

There is also Wang Xiaopang's "Hardcover Chasing Girls", which has a box office of more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars, and finally does not need dental and orthopedic doctors.

"The God of Stocks" is scheduled to premiere on October 15th, and the pre-heating promotion will begin in October. The theme of the promotion is to reveal the secrets of stock trading.

The soft-text advertisements in the newspapers were mainly written by Brother Cheng, and they talked about the topic of trading in stocks, countering, attracting money, washing the market, shipping, pulling sheep, doing K-line and so on. However, the content of the narration is so simple that it tickles the hearts of investors who have seen it, and they can't wait to find the answer in the movie.

The Hang Seng Index has now risen to more than 3,900 points. Hong Kong cannot be said to be a nationwide stock market, but the number of people who are enthusiastic about stock trading is definitely huge. The stock market is the most popular topic.

"The God of Stock" is a unique financial war-themed movie that hits the point. As long as the attention is maintained before it is released, it's OK. It is not difficult to attract the first group of audiences, and the attendance rate afterwards depends on the word-of-mouth of the film.

Wang Xiaopang lamented that Snowman Century Entertainment really seized the opportunity. Now a book by a little-known stock commentator in Hong Kong can sell well, not to mention this stock market revealing movie starring Luo Junyan.

Wang Xiaopang confirmed that he would have to go to Snowman Century Entertainment to inquire about the news. He is fast in filming, and if he hears a good subject, he will definitely be able to release it first, even if the filming time is late.

On October 15th, "Stock God" officially premiered at Debao Cinemas.

Luo Junyan is the main propaganda force, and Li Zhi and Jet Li are the most popular. But the most nervous one is Zhou Xingchi. He is the number one supporting actor in this film. If the box office hits the street, the new film contract will not be easy to sign.

In fact, no one paid attention to the first group of viewers who grabbed movie tickets. They mainly rushed to the stock trading formulas in the newspaper advertisements, and waited to use the formulas to compare the trend of their own stocks.

As a result, no accidents happened, and the premieres in all theaters that day were full.

But this time Luo Junyan didn't dare to relax, he knew what he was shooting. Once the film's reputation is too bad, then attendance will have to fall freely, and the first film directed at the box office will hit the street, which is too unlucky.

Three days before the release, the situation was not bad, but the reputation of the film was indeed very general, and the attendance rate continued to decline.

There is nothing wrong with the actor's performance, but the plot is messy. Relying on those stock trading mantras and trading concepts, it frightened a large number of audiences.

The most important thing is that the final actor's prediction of the stock market crash actually relied on the analysis of technical indicators such as the K-line combination and the distribution of chips in the market. Moreover, the stock exchange was forced to suspend trading, and the stock **** successfully defeated the stock demon. This made the audience think that it was too outrageous. How could the stock exchange be closed? It was a joke.

On Sunday the 18th, Luo Junyan no longer paid attention to the release situation, anyway.

As long as the attendance rate of "Stock God" can be maintained at 60% within half a month, he will be satisfied. At least it can make a small profit, and there is still a profit of hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.

This Sunday, Luo Junyan and army went to the appointment with gifts, this time it was a private dinner.

Liang Jiahui got married in June. No one noticed. The wedding was extremely simple. It was only afterwards that Luo Junyan and his wife came out for dinner. Liang Jiahui will never forget the favor of Luo Junyan to give charcoal in the snow.

It was the first time that Luo Junyan saw Liang Jiahui's wife Jiang Jianian, a very simple and elegant woman. The army has known Jiang Jianian for a long time. Jiang Jianian is a program producer of Xiangjiang Radio and has cooperated with the army.

After the meal, Liang Jiahui asked: "A Jun, this year the Taiwan authorities have allowed the veterans to return to the mainland to visit relatives. Director Wu Yusen and Fa Ge are communicating with Taiwan on my behalf. There is a good chance that the ban on me can be lifted, don't you? Let Brother Fa speak for you?"

Luo Junyan shook his head and said: "Brother Fa told me about this, but I definitely can't. The one I offend in Taiwan is the rich and powerful. Brother Jiahui, to be honest, I also look down on the Taiwanese film market. Snowman Century Entertainment’s output is pitifully low. Unlike other film companies, which can dump a large number of films to Taiwan, the box office of Taiwan’s single films is so low, what does it mean to me?"

Jiang Jianian followed his words and said: "A Jun, this year Xiangjiang has changed to a new governor. He attaches great importance to the taxation of the entertainment and media industry. Our radio station is collating accounts and I heard that an audit will be conducted next year. Your company produces so little a year. , And not tax avoidance like before, I am afraid it will be harder to make money in the future."

Luo Junyan asked vigilantly: "Sister-in-law, the Governor of Xiangjiang will increase taxes on the film company?"

Jiang Jianian replied: "The film companies in Hong Kong will let accountants set up a name to deduct most of the tax, and then add a part of the cost. The theaters help falsely report the box office, and the tax paid every year is very small. Now it is just a strict investigation of the evasion gains. Tax behavior, it will not be so easy to avoid tax next year."

Luo Junyan looked at sister army. Sister army knew what he was puzzled. She said, “I also heard the news about this matter. The new governor is preparing to start a round of infrastructure construction in Xiangjiang, which requires a lot of funds. Snowman Century Entertainment will only have a lot of money next year. Profits tax can be paid normally, and there is very little deduction for compliance."

Luo Junyan thought to herself, if the box office share received this year is to be handed over 20% at once, then he will be so angry that he vomits blood.

Fortunately, Hong Kong does not have a double taxation system. After corporate profits are paid in taxes, shareholder dividends do not need to be taxed. This has to take advantage of the opportunity of the network port not to get in, and quickly divide the money from Snowman Century Entertainment.