In the Hong Kong film industry, screenwriters are actually divided into different levels, and not all screenwriters have no status.

A type of screenwriter acts as a think tank for directors, refining the director’s ideas and forming scripts, or participating in collective creation, live bridges, etc.

Such as the "Seven" collectively created by Xinyi City, Deng Jingsheng, Cheng Long's personal screenwriter, Hong Jingbao's Qiaowang Military Advisor Huang Bingyao, etc., all belong to this type of situation. Although this type of screenwriter has made great contributions, his status is not high because he has few opportunities to stand alone.

Another type of screenwriter is independent creation, which can provide a complete concept and script for a movie. For example, Zhuang Wenqiang, screenwriter of "Infernal Affairs", Nan Yan, screenwriter of "Prison Storm", Qiu Gangjian, screenwriter of "Rouge", etc. Screenwriter like this has a relatively high status in the crew and is often respected as "play master".

In addition to these two types of professional screenwriters, there is another type of screenwriter who has a relatively high status, namely literati screenwriters like Jin Yong, Ni Geng, and Gu Long. Literary screenwriters generally develop across borders, not only entering the film industry, but also entering the television industry, publishing industry, comic industry, etc.

Because their novels have a large number of fans, the film company adapted them into movies, which also used the original novels as its selling point. Therefore, the status of such literati screenwriters is relatively high, and even Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai have to be polite to them.

The above three types of screenwriters are still not the most prestigious. In the Hong Kong film industry, the most prestigious screenwriters are part-time directors. Wang Jing, Xu Ke, Wang Jiawei, Huang Baiming, etc., all belong to this type of screenwriter. Because they serve as screenwriters and directors, their status in the crew is below one person, above ten thousand people, and only slightly lower than the producer.

Huang Bingyao believes that Xia Tian is the second type of screenwriter at this moment because he can create and write complete stories and scripts independently. With this ability, he can already deserve the honorific title of "play master".

When Huang Bingyao thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little bitter. Xia Tian was able to stand alone and create such a good script at a young age. But at the age of his own, he still had to be with Hong Jingbao, which was really a sadness.

Just as he was pitying himself, Yuan Biao and others were amazed and praised him unanimously, "Brother Sanmao, this script is really well written!"

Hong Jingbao nodded with a smile and looked at Xia Tian with satisfaction. He really didn't expect that this young man would bring such a big surprise to him. It really surprised him.

"Ah Tian, ​​these two scripts are really good. Look, everyone praises each other." Hong Jingbao said with a smile, "I have accepted these two scripts. In terms of remuneration, a script costs 50,000 yuan, what do you think?"

Because the Hong Kong film industry generally does not pay attention to scripts, the price of scripts is generally not high. Hong Jingbao's script price is 50,000 yuan, which is quite kind. The screenwriter also worked hard to write the scripts, but in the end the film was finished, but he had not received his own royalties.

"What does Brother Hong say? I'm just a newcomer. If the script is adopted, it's enough to be proud. How dare you ask for any reward?" Xia Tian said with a smile. He wrote the script for Hong Jingbao, just to get to know this film elder. As for the remuneration, I'm not looking forward to it.

Seeing that he was speaking so simply and completely following his own leadership, Hong Jingbao couldn't help but feel that he was very proud of his face. "Okay, then that's it. A script costs 50,000 yuan. After the movie is released, if it sells well at the box office, I will give you another big red envelope."

"Okay, that's it. Brother Hong, everything will be followed by you." Xia Tian nodded and smiled, then reminded, "Do you want to sign a contract and authorize the script to you?"

"When we do things, loyalty is the first priority. What is morality, so why should we get that?" Hong Jingbao waved his hand and said disdainfully. He didn't believe it. With his current status, Xia Tian dared to sell the script to others after he sold it to him.

Seeing him say this, Xia Tian smiled and stopped mentioning this matter, but he was a little disagreeing with Hong Jingbao's approach. Although he admired Hong Jingbao's loyalty and heroic spirit, since he was a company and doing business, it would be better to do things as usual.

As the saying goes, without rules, you cannot achieve a square or a circle. If you act casually like him, only care about being loyal to others, and are not good at protecting your own interests, you will sooner or later suffer losses and be deceived.

"A Tian, ​​I read your script and it's really good. In this way, are you interested in writing one for me?" Cheng Long asked with a smile at this time.

"Okay, I wonder what Brother Long wants?" Xia Tian agreed.

Cheng Long's movies have many fine works, and it is not difficult to help him write scripts at all. Moreover, he can only act in many movies, and even the second person can't play his life-threatening style.

"Please write me something about the police." Cheng Long said immediately.

Xia Tian was stunned and thoughts were flashing. Could it be that his "Police Story" has no script yet, so he asked me to help him?! Xia Tian knew that Cheng Long would shoot "Police Story" in 1985, and used this film to successfully transform from a kung fu boy in the Republic of China to an urban action hero.

However, although this movie is classic and of great significance to Cheng Long, Xia Tian did not dare to write this script, mainly because he was worried that it might crash.

Because he remembered that after Cheng Long finished filming "The Lucky Stars" in January 1985, he devoted himself to the production of "Police Story". Now, only three months after January 1985, the script of "Police Story" is likely to have been written, and once it is taken out, it is likely to be incorrect, so Xia Tian dared not take this risk.

But now it seems that the script of "Police Story" has not been completed yet, otherwise Cheng Long would not have invited him to the script.

"Calling, I'm thinking about a script now, but it's just an idea. If Brother Cheng Long has time, I want to talk to you first. If you think it's okay, I'll write it out for you." Xia Tian pretended to ponder for a while.

"Okay, after the meeting, I will treat you to a meal. Let's have a chat while eating." Cheng Long said with a smile.

"Well, it's a matter of determination." Xia Tian nodded and then said to Hong Jingbao, "Brother Hong, you can continue to have a meeting, I won't disturb you now."

"Oh, since you're all here, then sit down. Anyway, we're discussing the script. You can stay and come up with ideas for us." Hong Jingbao grabbed him and said.

"How can I be so embarrassed? I am just an unknown junior, how dare I sit with you guys." Although Xia Tian also wanted to stay, he could not be too active, otherwise it would make people feel too frivolous.

"There is nothing to be embarrassed about. Only those with abilities are welcome here. As long as you have the ability, you can even give me my position." Hong Jingbao laughed. He has always been the only one who can do it. As long as those with abilities, he welcomes cooperation.

Xia Tian couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he heard him say this. No wonder Hong Jingbao is so popular in the circle. When filming "The Rich Train", he even caused other Hong Kong crews to stop the show because all the actors went to help make guest appearances. This kind of heroism is really heartbreaking.

"Since Brother Hong said that, I will sit down and listen and learn from all the seniors." Xia Tian said with a smile, then pulled Chen Yixin and sat down together.

Seeing that Hong Jingbao was so polite to Xia Tian, ​​Chen Yixin couldn't help but bow to him, and admired him so much that he admired him. Before, not to mention having the opportunity to sit at the same table with Hong Jingbao and Cheng Long, it would be a luxury to meet him.

"Brother Tian, ​​you are so awesome. Even Brother Hong and Cheng Long look up to you!" He couldn't help but whisper.

Xia Tian smiled, "Shh, don't talk nonsense, just listen carefully."

Chen Yixin nodded quickly and closed his mouth. He also knew that he was humble and not as capable as Brother Tian. If he could sit down, he would burn incense. How could he dare to speak randomly?

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After the two sat down, everyone continued to discuss the plot.

When they heard this in Xiatian, they were discussing the movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

I saw everyone talking, and every word I said was very lively. In order to show their creative talent, everyone tried to speak without shocking words when they spoke, and they had to surprise others. And in the midst of this kind of discussion of beauty, sparks of inspiration flashed, and many creativity opened their eyes and admired Xia Tian.

Xia Tian knew that this collective creation model is very popular in the Hong Kong film industry, and they also called it "brain storm". The advantage of this model is that it can gather the power of everyone and gather everyone's ideas to make the movie more exciting and novel; the disadvantage is that the story structure is loose, with good sentences but no wonderful chapters, and the script has too many flaws. Although it is lively and beautiful, the plot cannot stand scrutiny.

Just as I was so impressed, I suddenly heard someone call out, "This little brother has been sitting for a long time, why didn't he say a word? Are you holding up some thoughts in your heart and want to make a big splash?"

Xia Tian came to his senses and looked in the sound and saw a middle-aged man in his forties wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and slightly bald.

"This is Situ Zhuohan, the general of our Baohe Creation Group." Hong Jingbao helped introduce.

Xia Tian quickly stood up, "Hello, Senior Situ!"

Situ Zhuohan did not move, but Dalala sat there and nodded, with a somewhat arrogant attitude.

He had reason to express his dissatisfaction with Xia Tian. Although he was a general of Baohe's creative team, he had written many very popular scripts, such as "Modern Master", "Shanghai Night", etc., he made great contributions to Baohe. However, he only received a fixed salary of 10,000 yuan a year. Only 120,000 yuan a year, and even if the dividends were included, it was only 200,000 yuan at most.

Xia Tian only received two scripts and sold them for a sky-high price of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, which was as high as his half-year income. It really made him very dissatisfied, so he wanted to fight Xia Tian.
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