After the script is passed, Chen Qi can still stay in the guest house.
His job changed from writing scripts to cooperating with filming, and he still received a subsidy of two yuan a day.
Beijing Film Studio will select a director, who will then select the actors, and then the preliminary preparations will take a long time. Because there is no need to rush the schedule, there is no pressure from the management, and there is no traffic that will ruin the project, everything is centered on making a good work.
The simplest ones are, for example, to play a farmer, the actor must go to the countryside to experience life; to play a worker, the actor must go to a factory; to play a fisherman, the actor must go to the sea to float and experience what fishing is like...
No one would regard these as honors, they are extremely normal things.
Some good actors in later generations still adhere to this tradition, but the idol group is no longer good. They all play the roles of domineering bosses and spoiled wives. Do you need to experience this stuff?
Unless you play a poor man and give us experience, then we will see the poor man who "earns three thousand a month in Shanghai, rents a house by the Huangpu River, and eats soup every day."
Speaking of which, actors don't get paid these days.
Actors belong to various literary and artistic units and receive a monthly salary. Filming is part of their job. It is considered a national task. How can they be paid? But there is also a daily subsidy, which is about 5 cents to 1 yuan.
Liu Xiaoqing, Pan Hong, Tang Guoqiang... no matter how big the wrist is, it's just this price.
But it was paid in the 1980s.
In comparison, even in the entire film industry, screenwriters are absolutely high-paid. How high are they? As high as three or four floors!
For example, in the 1950s, the state stipulated that the songwriters of songs would be paid 10 to 20 yuan based on the initial payment. For example, the author of "Moon on the 15th", which was sung across the country, received 15 yuan, and later even filed a lawsuit.
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For poetry, every 20 lines count as 1,000 words, and each thousand words costs 10 to 20 yuan.
so
you know
Why do poets write poems
All
Line by line.
Similar to Gu Long, his royalties are also calculated by line, so he has this writing style:
night
cold night
A solitary lamp is like a bean.
The remuneration for novels and folk arts was similar, with the exception of movie scripts. The standard at that time was 3,000 to 8,000 yuan per film, which was a sky-high price!
By the 1960s, it had declined somewhat, but it was still unimaginable by ordinary people.
The script for a long feature film is 2,000-6,000 yuan each, and the short feature film is 1,000-3,000 yuan. The director's remuneration is 500-1,500 yuan for a long feature film, and 300-700 yuan for a short feature film.
The most interesting thing is music. If you write a song alone, you will be given more than ten yuan.
But if you score a movie or write a song, you can get 300-800 yuan for the composer and 50-100 yuan for the lyricist.
It can be said that as long as it is related to movies, it will be a high-income earner.
The country has always attached great importance to movies, and teachers have personally criticized "The Legend of Wu Xun". The reason is simply that it has another function: an ideological propaganda tool!
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"Dong dong dong!"
Jiang Huaiyan knocked on the door of the factory director's office, handed over an application report, and said: "This is the opinion on the remuneration for the script of "Lushan Love", and our literature department unanimously agrees."
"Let me see!"
Wang Yang picked up the document, took a look at it, and said with a smile: "Okay, not too high, not too low, and it can also encourage young people."
"Is that accurate?"
"Okay, you go find the financial contact."
Jiang Huaiyan responded and said: "Who do you plan to let to film "Lushan Love"?"
"Oh, it's hard to say this!"
Wang Yang was worried and said: "You have positioned it as a landscape lyric film. This genre has not been done before and no one has experience. I am looking for an experienced director. I am afraid that the film will be too serious. The tone is still youthful and lively."
"Yes, that's what we mean. Handsome men and beautiful women, beautiful scenery, beautiful love and strong patriotism complement each other."
"Let's study it further, don't be in a hurry."
Wang Yang paused and suddenly asked with interest: "Xiao Jiang, what do you think of the young man who wrote the script?"
"Talented, good image, humble personality, good composition, no black background."
"The other day "Drunken Master" was shown, and I listened to him chatting with others. He seemed to have some insights into entertainment films. I have always wanted the factory to produce more different types of works. We can't always be bitter and hateful. How can anyone understand this?
not much."
"Are you praising your talent again?" Jiang Huaiyan said with a smile.
"Of course I appreciate my talent, but that young man is too young, which makes me unsure, so I'll keep an eye on him."
After chatting for a few words, Jiang Huaiyan returned to the Literature Department.
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He asked Liang Xiaosheng to find Chen Qi. After a while, Chen Qi came over and said, "Director Jiang, has there been another change in the script?"
"No, don't be nervous. I'll talk to you about the royalties."
Remuneration!
Chen Qi's eyes lit up. He was tinkering with this crappy script for two purposes! One was to live in a guest house, and the other was to make money.
Seeing his appearance, Jiang Huaiyan joked: "I thought you would say that you are serving the people and you don't want the royalties!"
"I'm not a saint. I naturally want to be rewarded for my hard work. Besides, I also want my parents to see it and make them happy. If I really reach the point where I have no desires or desires, I may really not want it."
"Yeah, that's the truth."
Jiang Huaiyan nodded and said: "The issue of screenwriter remuneration, how should I put it, has always been very enviable. It was suspended for more than ten years and then resumed in recent years. The state has not set new standards for us. We usually negotiate ourselves.
In the past, you could get 6,000 yuan for a script, but that is no longer possible now, but we will try our best to give you the greatest preferential treatment by considering all factors.
When adapting a script, we will look at the influence of the author and the original work. The greater the influence, the higher the remuneration will be. For original scripts, it is similar. If you are a young author, the salary will usually not be too high."
"I understand, I understand!"
Chen Qi nodded repeatedly and muttered in his heart, five hundred yuan? Or four hundred? The worst, the worst, three hundred yuan is always available...
"After much consideration, we have decided to give you a royalties of 800 yuan!"
Hiss!
He suddenly trembled. He was a boss in his last life, but now he was overjoyed when he heard about eight hundred yuan.
Regarding royalties, it was not until 1984 that the country issued a new standard: 1,500-4,000 yuan for a long feature film and 750-2,000 yuan for a short feature film.
The salary was indeed high at that time, but unfortunately the 1990s soon came, and the business boom came, and writers made a lot of money. As a result, film screenwriters were still struggling to meet this standard.
"Director Jiang, when can I get it?"
"Financial matching is completed, you can go in a moment."
"well!"
Seeing his happy look, Jiang Huaiyan understood very well, this is eight hundred yuan!
In 1979, the average monthly income of urban workers in Beijing was 8 yuan, which is expected to be in urban areas, excluding farmers. 30 yuan a month for farmers is not bad, and more than ten yuan in poor places.
"You stay in the guest house first. The factory will make preparations one after another. If anything happens, I will call you."
"Free to move around!"
"Haha, you don't have any missions right now, why don't you go home and take a look?"
"Of course I'm going back. By the way, Director Jiang, can "Lushan Love" be published in "Film Creation" next month? I want to take it home and show it to my parents."
"Okay, no problem."
"That's good!"
Chen Qi felt relieved. It was May now and June would be next month. He would not collide with the original author.
He walked out the door and immediately ran to the finance department to collect the money.
The third set of RMB is now used, with the highest face value being only 10 yuan. On the front is a picture of the people's representatives walking out of the Great Hall, so it is commonly known as "Great Unity".
Speaking of Great Unity, when Chen Qi was just a teenager, he accidentally opened a literary website. The works in it were all very exciting, and the protagonists still remember them all:
There are ignorant teenagers with unsatisfactory high school grades, poor female school teachers who are bullied by men, Prince Dongxing who is involved in the underworld and the business world, and even knights from the West, Jin Chai from the Red Mansion, and Huang Rong who died after giving birth.
Husband’s Luo Bing…
800 yuan for a thick envelope.
Chen Qi returned to the guest house. After a while, Liang Xiaosheng and Ge You came. Liang Xiaosheng also brought a small hammer, which shocked him.
"What are you doing with this thing?"
"I'll save money with you! Why don't you save so much money? I'll bring a guy with you who can support you if anything happens."
"..."
Chen Qi touched his nose, he was a little touched by what he could do at such a young age.
Ge You hesitated to speak, but couldn't help but said: "Well, can I take a look?"
"What are you looking at? Money?"
Chen Qi casually took out the envelope and revealed a thick stack of banknotes.
"Ouch, ouch!"
Ge You's eyes turned green, as if he had earned it himself, and he rubbed his hands in circles excitedly: "So much money, this is the first time I've seen so much money!"
(I also have something to do today, it’s okay...
Happy May Day everyone, have you all gone out to play?)
Chapter completed!