"Actually, it's not too difficult to become a leading actor in a movie in Hong Kong. My uncle was in the third phase of the TVB artist training class, so he has a professional background.
There are so many movies shot in Xiangjiang every year. As long as an actor has acting skills, qualifications and connections, plus a little luck, it is not difficult to get a job. The key is to see the box office and if the audience is satisfied, then there will be more opportunities in the future." Sun
Said the sea.
"With so many movies every year, can the Hong Kong Film Market accommodate them?" Zhang Yimou had some doubts.
"Many movies are sold to Southeast Asia. Most of them cannot make money just relying on local digestion in Xiangjiang. After all, Xiangjiang has a limited population.
So we plan to invest in making a movie, and we are also planning to attract a film company with overseas distribution capabilities to participate in the investment."
"You want to invest in making a movie?" Zhang Yimou shouted in surprise.
"Yes, I went to Xiangjiang last year and partnered with my uncle to buy the rights to remake a movie. When my uncle comes back from further studies, probably the year after next, that is, in 1985, we plan to shoot it.
The script was written by the director we found and is currently being refined. The main actors have also been decided, and the opening flower basket now placed at the entrance of the coffee shop was sent by a few of them."
Zhang Yimou hesitated again and again before saying to Sun Dahai: "Dahai, uncle has a request. If you really invest in making movies in Xiangjiang, can you let me study with the crew? Xiangjiang movies are still very advanced."
"No problem. The director Wu we have found may have his own usual photographer, but we can invite you to join the team as the number two or number three photographer. As one of the investors, I still have this respect.
Sun Dahai suddenly remembered something and asked Zhang Yimou quickly: "By the way, Uncle Zhang, this movie probably won't be released in mainland China. Will it have a bad impact on you?"
"Why can't it be released? Is there something wrong with the subject matter?" Zhang Yimou became a little anxious and asked quickly.
"That's not true. It's just that the movie involves the underworld, so I guess it won't pass domestic approval."
Sun Dahai simply told Zhang Yimou the outline of the script.
"Oh, if it's just like this, there's no problem. I thought there was a plot to smear the mainland." Zhang Yimou breathed a sigh of relief.
"Uncle Zhang, how could a movie I participated in investing have such a plot? My parents are both state cadres."
Zhang Yimou participated in the filming of "A Better Tomorrow" as a photographer. This shouldn't be a bad thing for him, right? Sun Dahai is a little unsure, but being able to participate in the filming of such a classic movie should be helpful to him
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The two of them finished their meal, Zhang Yimou smoked an after-dinner cigarette, and then went to the store with his camera. Sun Dahai stayed in the villa to help Tony with the ingredients.
After a while, Battelle also came back for dinner. He borrowed a security uniform today to help maintain order in the store.
"Dahai, I just went outside to take a look. There are still a lot of people queuing up. How much do you think the store can sell today?" Battelle chatted with Sun Dahai while eating.
Sun Dahai thought about it. In his previous life, Old Ken's front store had a revenue of 300,000 yuan on the opening day.
The Qianmen store has three floors and a business area of 1,200 square meters. The business area of the coffee shop is only 750 square meters. In addition, in order to improve comfort and privacy, the layout of the coffee shop is very loose and the seating density is high.
Lower than old man Ken.
"Eighty thousand to one hundred thousand." Sun Dahai gave his own judgment.
"Can there be so many?" Battelle was shocked.
He counted on his fingers for a long time and said: "In that year, the coffee shop can earn 20 to 30 million yuan!"
Sun Dahai was amused.
"You can't calculate like that. Today is the first day of opening, and we are the first foreign-owned coffee shop. Everyone is trying to be fresh, so there are so many people coming.
After everyone's freshness has passed, we can calculate the annual income based on the turnover at that time.
I estimate that not counting the few days it has been open, at the current price, this store can earn hundreds of thousands a year, which is pretty good."
Sun Dahai's thinking cannot be wrong, but he underestimated people's curiosity. On the first day of opening, the Hengshan Road store was open until two o'clock in the morning.
Because it is summer, everyone goes to bed late. In addition, when the cafe is promoting, it is a gimmick to open until one o'clock in the morning, so many workers from the surrounding factories come in groups after their evening shift.
In the end, there was no other way. Ouyang Huihui issued number plates to the people in line at 1 o'clock, and customers without number plates would no longer be received.
Just like that, at around two o'clock in the morning, the waiter sent away the last customer, and everyone was almost exhausted.
Ouyang Huihui didn't even count the money and stuffed it directly into the safe. Except for the security guard on the night shift, everyone went back to the dormitory and took the time to sleep. The store would open again at nine o'clock.
On the second day of opening, there were many fewer customers coming to the cafe than the previous day. However, when there were the fewest customers, the occupancy rate was not less than 80%. Starting at 11 noon, there was a long queue at the door, which lasted until 10 p.m.
two points.
It took Ouyang Huihui half a day to figure out yesterday's operating income. On the first day of opening, the coffee shop's revenue reached 158,000, almost double Sun Dahai's expectation.
Sun Dahai forgot about the takeout. Yesterday, the takeout set meal alone sold tens of thousands of copies.
Sun Dahai estimated that there were about 20,000 to 30,000 people entering the store yesterday, which was still a big gap compared to the 100,000 customers who visited Old Ken's store on the first day of its opening.
This is a coffee shop, and the average time customers stay in the shop is definitely longer than that of a pure fast food restaurant. You know, it is not uncommon in coffee shops to spend an afternoon drinking a cup of coffee.
Yesterday, Zhang Yimou wanted to return the camera and left at around 8pm.
Ouyang Huihui gave him a red envelope of five hundred exchange coupons, which included not only his labor fee, but also the rental of the camera and post-production costs. Speaking of which, the current national teacher is really cheap.
In the following days, the coffee shop's business was still booming, and there would be queues waiting at the door every day. Especially at night, it was hard to find a place in the coffee shop.
The coffee shop's daily revenue is stable at more than 10,000 yuan. The cost was recovered within that year. Starting from the second year, Ouyang Huihui began the journey of expansion. The only advice Sun Dahai gave her was not to rent the store.
Buy it.
In 1985, when the third phase of Lan Kwai Fong was being developed in Hong Kong, Sun Dahai specially sold a shop to Sewijinghao Cafe, so that this nominally Heung Kong company had its own store in Hong Kong.
On September 1, Sun Weihong officially reported to the Shanghai Branch of the People's Bank of China.
As the first batch of graduate students after the resumption of the college entrance examination, Sun Weihong received much attention from leaders. After reporting in, she was assigned to the Foreign Exchange Management Office of the branch as deputy director.
A few days later, Sun Dahai and Battelle left Shanghai and boarded a plane to Xiangjiang.