Chen Cong opened his eyes, turned over and sat up, and saw a blue translucent light curtain panel filled with futuristic high-tech colors floating in the void opposite the bed, emitting a soft glimmer in the darkness.

"Time: January 1, 1979, 0:01."

“Location: Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong.”

"Task: Trial - Before June 1, 1979, participate in the production and shooting of a movie."

"Reward: Give different medals rewards based on the degree of participation and the quality of the movie, and activate different system permissions. (Medals can be exchanged for items in the time and space mall)"

"Punishment: If you do not participate in any movie before June 1, the experiment time will be reduced by one year."

...

"Damn, these two aliens are also enthusiasts of system streaming online novels."

Chen Cong made a catchphrase, and then he noticed the source of the light curtain - a watch on his left wrist.

The silver-gray shell made of unknown materials, a porcelain white dial, a red and blue scale, and two small buttons on the right side, the overall shape is extremely simple and has an unspeakable sense of technology and fashion.

Pick up the watch and press the red button. The light curtain instantly turns red, showing new content.

"You have not completed the trial yet, and the Time and Space Mall is not open yet. You can get one of the following items for free."

"The Basics of Film Script Writing"

"Memorandum of Contact Information of Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited's Major Employees"

"Hong Kong Film History Volume (1970-1978)"

No more...

"Aliens are so stingy. They can't bear to prepare more free items."

After whispering inwardly, Chen Cong held his watch and thoughtfully.

This thing should be a tool used by aliens to encourage him to work in the film industry. It is a task and a mall, with benefits and punishments. Carrots and big sticks are used together, so there is no need to worry about Chen Cong going all out.

"Basics of Movie Script Writing" - Plagiarizes scripts.

"Memorandum of Contact Information of Shaw Major Employees" - Doing chores on the set.

"Hong Kong Film History Volume" - What is the use of this thing?

Chen Chong was thinking about it while playing with the watch. After a while, he didn't expect anything to happen and did not find that the watch had other new functions. So he pressed the red button again and turned off the light curtain.

The moment the light curtain was closed, the watch flashed slightly a few times, and then disappeared.

Chen Chong was surprised, his heart moved, and his watch appeared silently again.

It's really high-tech, with its own stealth effect...

Turn on the light and get out of bed, Chen Cong walked naked around the room, adapting to his new body.

Spend ten minutes to adapt to your body, and then two minutes to observe your appearance, then start rummaging through boxes and cabinets. When the sun rises eastward and it is dawn, Chen Cong roughly figured out some basic information.

His new identity is Chen Chong, male, just turned 20 years old, a student in the Chinese department of the University of Hong Kong, and a sophomore.

My father is the editor of a newspaper, my mother is an elementary school teacher. She died in a car accident a few months ago. Her father's relatives are in mainland China and have not been in contact for many years. On my mother's side, a aunt married to Taiwan, and an uncle is far away in the United States, and there is no relatives in Hong Kong.

He is introverted and has poor communication skills. He has only two close friends. One is a middle school classmate, a rich young man who studied abroad and went to the UK, and the other is a childhood sweetheart next door sister. He has worked and has not met much recently.

This is Chen Cong, no, now it's time to call Chen Chong, the main information obtained from the diary left by the original owner.

Interpersonal relationships are so simple that they are terrible, which saves a lot of social engagements.

After confirming the identity information, the next thing is the economic problem. After all, no matter whether you want to complete the tasks set by aliens or want to spend money, it is absolutely impossible to have no money.

Chen Chong found more than 2,000 Hong Kong dollars in cash, three passbooks, and a total of more than 80,000 yuan in deposits.

The money is a bit small, but considering the identity of the student at the University of Hong Kong, it is not difficult to understand that the tuition and daily expenses of the University of Hong Kong are not cheap. In his previous life, a friend's son studied at the University of Hong Kong. The annual tuition fee is more than 100,000 yuan, and the accommodation and living expenses are 50,000 or 60,000 yuan. It is really unaffordable for ordinary families.

There are also several antique porcelains, several calligraphy and painting works, several furniture and electrical appliances, and a bunch of books at home. Finally, there is a house of about 80 square meters.

I don’t know how to use the porcelain to sink, but it should be a modern imitation, which is not worth the money, depending on the casual arrangement.

There are some small surprises in calligraphy and painting. There are several signatures that look familiar, and they should be works by celebrities. One of them is a calligraphy banner, which is actually a work by Jin Yong.

Jin Yong is a mountain in the hearts of every post-80s generation. Shen Chong is no exception. He got Jin Yong's calligraphy as soon as he traveled through time, and he was surprised.

After the surprise, Chen Chong's first reaction was not to collect it, but to sell it...

It’s not that I’m in a state of chaos. I’m really under a lot of pressure. I’ve participated in filming a movie within six months, but now I only have 70,000 or 80,000 yuan. What can I use to make a movie?

If you don’t complete the task, you will have to deduct one year of health! If you are traveling through time, it doesn’t matter if you live less than a year. Anyway, the days are calm and boring, but after traveling through time, there are opportunities everywhere, and there are excitement every day, so how can you waste it?

However, Jin Yong is not famous for his calligraphy, and his works seem to be not very valuable...

The furniture is antique and has good shapes, but the material is ordinary and should not be valuable... Electrical appliances are all ordinary goods... There are many books, full of study rooms, many of which are martial arts novels. This kind of thing can only be sold as waste paper...

Sitting on the sofa that was half new and not old, Chen Chong touched his chin, looked for a long time, but couldn't find anything valuable, so he sighed, touched his hungry belly, then stood up and prepared to go out for breakfast - the big belly is the biggest, and after eating and drinking, let's think about the next step.

Moreover, Hong Kong in the late 1970s must have a unique style, so you have to go around and experience it.

...

Six days later, Saturday, January 6th, Laba Festival.

"Huh...it's finally done."

Chen Chong threw down his pen and sighed to the sky.

It took nearly two days to write the manuscript with only ten thousand words. It was so tired that it was sore in the waist and back and legs cramped. There was no way. The handwriting efficiency was too low and it was not convenient to modify it. At this time, he missed the future "what you hit is what you get" office environment.

After pinching the sore cervical spine hard, standing up and doing a few radio gymnastics movements, Chen Chong sat at the desk again, picked up the written manuscript, checked it from beginning to end, no omissions or mistakes were found, and nodded with satisfaction.

This body has a good writing ability. I used the keyboard for a long time in my previous life, and the words were written like chicken claws. Now, the dragons and phoenixes are flying and dancing, which is pleasing to the eye.

Open the drawer, take out a large envelope, and then take a magazine. Copy the submission address and the recipient's name provided on the envelope in a stroke by stroke. Then fold the manuscript, stuff it into the envelope, and finally seal it with glue.

After doing all this, Chen Chong opened the drawer again, took out two equally bulging envelopes, rubbed them with his hands, as if he was looking at the love letter from his lover in his dream, with an expectation on his face.

This is for "Southern Movie"...

This is for "Jiahe Movie"...

This is submitted to "Movie Biweekly"...

A total of three manuscripts are the result of Chen Chong's hard work in coding these days.

It has been six days since time traveling, and Chen Chong has not yet planned to complete the trial mission.

In his previous life, he read several entertainment articles about traveling through Hong Kong. Almost all the protagonists entered the film industry by plagiarizing movie scripts and digging their first pot of gold. Chen Chongben also planned to do this. Although he can't write scripts, there are free screenwriter tutorials in the system. If you exchange them out, you can always learn how to copy them.

But after reading the diary found in the study, he gave up on this plan.

The diary was left by the father of this body. Both father and son love to write diaries, but Chen Chong got the bargain and reduced a lot of trouble.

He is an editor of the newspaper and knows many friends who make a living by writing articles. Several of them have worked as screenwriters and recorded several short stories about screenwriters in their diaries.

There was a screenwriter named Zhou who wrote a martial arts script. A boss paid a small amount of money as a deposit and bought the script. After the movie was filmed, Screenwriter Zhou went to ask for the royalties. The boss turned against him and said that the script was written by himself. He bit the screenwriter Zhou for blackmail and had a quarrel for more than a year. The lawsuit cost a lot and he didn't get a penny. This made Screenwriter Zhou so angry that he was seriously ill.

Another screenwriter wrote a book and was bought by a film company. The money paid very simply. Unexpectedly, the box office was not good after the release. The company's boss came to the door with a few dragon and tiger martial artists and beat the screenwriter up.

There are some scattered content in the diary, which shows that in the current Hong Kong film industry, unless you succeed and fame are as high as Ni Kuang, the screenwriter generally has very little rewards, low status, and unsecured work. After the script is written, the boss will change, the director will change, the actors will change, and the cats and dogs will also change. When it is released, the face will be beyond recognition and the screenwriter will not recognize it himself.

Screenwriter Zhou lost because of this. The script skeleton belongs to him, but the details were completely changed, and the court could not determine it, and it was finally left alone.

Such a situation made Chen Chong stay away from plagiarizing scripts. As a movie enthusiast, he didn't want to work hard to plagiarize a classic movie script and be ruined by others. That would be a waste of resources.

The trial only requires participation in the production and shooting of a movie, and there are no detailed requirements, which is a big problem.

If you don’t have much pursuit, it’s very easy to complete this task. Hong Kong produces hundreds of movies every year. It’s not difficult to find a movie or be a passerby and make a soy sauce... If the moral integrity is lower, going to the crew to sell lunch boxes is considered to be a part of the filming, right?

The reward for the task may be a little lower, but at least it is considered to be completed. There is no need to worry about the punishment of reducing the lifespan of one year.

However, Chen Chong is a perfectionist. Since the system clearly states that the degree of participation and rewards are different, why not do the best?

In 6 months, at the speed of the Hong Kong film industry, it is more than enough to make two or three movies, so there is no need to hurry.

Besides, he was reborn through time travel, and he also had a golden finger on his system, which could be said to be "the green dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right". Everything is controlled by himself and moves with his heart. "The god blocks the gods, and the Buddha blocks the Buddhas" can be used to travel through time. How can he easily enter the movie circle and be humble at the mercy of others?

It is precisely based on this mentality that Chen Chong did not rush to complete the trials required by the system.

If you want to control everything, you have to grasp the fundamentals... What is the most important thing in making a movie?

It's money!

As long as you have money, scripts, directors, and actors, you can do whatever you want.

I have read a lot of newspapers and magazines in movies these days. Chen Chong roughly understands the current market trend of the Hong Kong film market: making a movie that is rougher, a little more than 600,000 yuan, a little more sophisticated, and a little more than one million yuan.

After traveling through time, Chen Chong immediately put the house on the agency market. Now is the peak period for the baby boomers born after World War II to start a family and start a business. Strong demand has driven housing prices to rise steadily, and the real estate market is extremely hot. The 78-square-meter house inherited by Chen Chong is close to the center of Kwun Tong. The location is good. The second-hand house price per square meter is about 6,000 yuan. He was eager to take action and bought a low price of 450,000 yuan in the agency. In just a few days, four or five buyers came to see the house. (Note 1)

After the house was sold, I had more than 500,000 yuan in total, so I could barely make a low-cost movie.

But Chen Chong was not going to do this. He knew too little about Hong Kong pop culture in this era, had no connections in the film industry, and had too much risk of making movies. He would lose all his money by accident. Moreover, as a time travel party, the development of the entire world in the next 30 years is all in his mind. Some are ways to make money quickly and safely - but he has not found the most suitable one yet.

Using this more than 500,000 as a shovel, dig the first pot of gold, and then investing in making movies is the king.

Although I haven't found a way to dig the first pot of gold, Chen Chong has not been idle these days. He may not have only one way to enter the film and television industry. Writing film reviews is also a good way. If you have a good review, you will be edited, and if you have a good editor, you will be a director.

For example, the famous "millionaire director" Zhang Cheung entered the film industry because of his good and wonderful film reviews.

Even if you can't enter the industry, it's good to write movie reviews and gain some reputation.
To be continued...