Now in 1989, May has just entered, and Youlian has already released two films in Hong Kong.
During the winter vacation at the beginning of this year, the first to be released was the feature film "Alang's Story" independently invested and distributed by Youlian.
This is a typical literary film, produced and distributed exclusively by Youlian. Huang Baiming was invited to join the crew in his personal capacity as a producer.
The director is Johnnie To, and the main actors include Fa Ge, Hong Gu and young actor Huang Kunxuan. Fa Ge and Ren Kuai's classmate Wu Mengtat was also invited to serve as a supporting actor.
History has undergone another change here.
The original heroine in the film, Sylvia Chang, who had the support of "talented women in Hong Kong", did not accept the invitation at all due to her schedule.
After watching Hong Gu's performance in "Autumn Story", both Huang Baiming and Johnnie To have a deeper understanding of her acting skills.
Sylvia Chang and Huang Baiming had a good relationship. Therefore, when Huang Baiming organized several screenwriters from Youlian to write the script collectively, the heroine was actually based on Zhang Cainv.
When the first choice Zhang Cainv failed to join the group, she and Johnnie To discussed it and invited Hong Gu.
Hong Gu has been saying privately that she no longer wants to play the role of an on-screen couple with Fa Ge.
Since she started acting, nearly half of the roles she has played have involved her being entangled in various kinds of love affairs with Fa Ge's character.
Hong Gu has a straightforward personality. In her words, even if the audience is not bored by the show, she is already bored by the performance.
If the two of them still act as lovers or lovers, then forget it. If the relationship between the two characters is different, she would be willing to give it a try.
Although Hong Gu has always said this, the two of them are the best screen partners and can be said to be a guarantee of box office. Which investor or director has water in their head and insists on breaking them up as if they have a feud over money?
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So, while Hong Gu complained, she continued to play the couple with Fa Ge on the big screen, and the audience still enjoyed it.
It was very easy for Huang Baiming and Johnnie To to pull Hong Gu to save the situation. Firstly, Honggu herself is a small shareholder of Youlian. There is a shortage of people for the films produced by her own company, so she has the obligation to fill the gap. Secondly, this role is indeed similar to that she has played before.
The roles are different. In the film, her relationship with Fa Ge is very complicated, and it is more of a bond through their son.
The subtle emotional relationship between the two protagonists, the older one and the younger one, made Hong Gu very eager to perform. So she readjusted her schedule, negotiated to cancel the two original film appointments, and devoted herself wholeheartedly to the role of an unmarried mother.
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At this time, Honggu and her future husband, Zhu Jiading, an elite in the advertising industry, were passionately in love. At this time, Zhu Jiading was on the rise of his career. Although he was not a millionaire, he was still a successful person with a high net worth.
However, Honggu is a woman with a strong sense of independence. She has her own career and income, so at least until she gets married, she is not willing to be raised by Zhu Jiading.
The rebirth of Sun Dahai has greatly improved Honggu's economy. In the 1980s, the salary of actors in Xiangjiang was not high, and that of actresses was even lower.
However, as a shareholder of Suiyuijinghao, starting from the profit distribution to shareholders in 1986, Honggu’s annual dividends are much higher than her actual salary income, and as Suiyuijinghao develops, the dividends will become higher and higher.
Coming more and more.
Hong Gu is also a shareholder of Youlian, and Youlian’s dividends are pretty good. Although not as good as Sui Jinghao, it has given Hong Gu a lot of help in her career.
So far, the number of self-produced films produced by Youlian each year is not very large, and the projects it participates in and invest in are also very limited, but it cannot be prepared that every one of their projects will be a great success.
However, there are only three or two big cats and kittens contracted by Youlian. Therefore, for each project's cast and crew gaps, Youlian will fill them with other companies or freelancers.
Once the project is successful, each participant will not only be honored, but also receive additional big red envelopes from Youlian, which will become a shining and proud qualification in their careers.
The accumulation of multiple projects has built up a wide range of personal relationships for Youlian. This kind of real fame and fortune is much better than those empty human relationships.
Therefore, Youlian's status in Hong Kong's film industry has gradually improved, and its resources have become increasingly abundant. This includes not only Youlian's own resources, but also resources that can be exchanged with other companies.
These resources are a great help to the artists signed by Youlian, or Fa Ge and Honggu who have not yet signed a contract but have close relations with Youlian.
Compared with the same period in history, Honggu's income at this time was not only several times higher, but she also had more autonomy in choosing scripts and roles.
The number of films she accepts every year has dropped a lot, but the quality has greatly improved. She directly rejects some junk scripts or grass-roots projects.
Because of this, in order to move the schedule of "A Lang's Story", Honggu only had to refuse and postpone one film contract respectively.
For her, who had a lot of film appointments in her previous life and rushed to various events, the switching period was like dealing with a large system project. Not only was she in a hurry, but she also offended a lot of people.
After Sun Dahai entered Hong Kong's film industry, people such as Fa Ge and Hong Gu who were friends with him were all influenced by him. Not only did their careers become smoother, but their film contracts also increased significantly.
Although most of their income now comes from dividends from Time and Time, the remuneration is a reflection of the actor's status in the industry, and it also represents the degree of recognition of the actor by the market and investors.
Therefore, although every actor does not say it, he actually attaches great importance to his remuneration. Even if some of them do not rely on the salary for their livelihood, they still care about the level of their remuneration.
In particular, the comparison of the pay between actors of the same level, which represents the degree of market recognition, and the comparison of the pay of different actors in the same crew, which represents the degree of investor recognition, can be more directly displayed.
Historically, in the late 1980s, the overall remuneration in the world film industry was at a lower-middle level, and the Hong Kong film industry was no exception.
Currently, the Hong Kong movie star with the highest salary per film is Jackie Chan.
Because he has already set foot in Hollywood, he has gained a certain reputation among North American audiences. His films or videos also have the opportunity to be sold in the North American market, so his salary is the highest among Hong Kong movie stars, reaching 10 million Hong Kong dollars.
Next is the veteran top movie star Xu Guanwen. It is said that his salary reaches 8 million Hong Kong dollars. This number is relatively high, and it feels like bragging and not paying taxes.
Because this kind of salary level is really too high for him who only has a certain audience base in Hong Kong and Southeast Asian countries, which are traditional radiation areas.
It cannot be said that the investors and producers are idiots. They don't want to make money themselves, but give all the profits from the film to them.