Sure enough, as Peng Xiangming expected, even if Xu Jingwei wants to shoot martial arts and Jinyiwei, he will never be the way of "Daming Serious Crime Team", he must also talk about the grievances and entanglements between several crazy men and women in the Ming Dynasty.

But the actor is indeed written with Peng Xiangming as a template.

Because the setting is very handsome.

It's just not heroic enough, but it has a feeling of contemporary urban white-collar workers in his bones.

Peng Xiangming sat there reading the script quietly, Xu Jingwei was slowly rushing to kung fu tea, and Wu Yun chatted casually with Dai Xiaofei.

After reading it, Peng Xiangming had a complicated situation in his heart.

In fact, Xu Jingwei's "The Fourth Tenant", which was released at the end of last year, has been working hard to rely on business, and it is relatively successful, which basically retains his personal directorial characteristics and style, and at the same time makes a lot of good attempts, making the style more concise and the story rhythm more bright.

That's a good book. It's a good story.

Of course, this book is tentatively named "Jinyiwei Love Story", and the story can't be said to be bad, it's just ...... It's too fragmented, and the whole story is not commercial.

For Xu Jingwei, this should be regarded as a regression to some extent?

After reading it, he put down the script, showed a thoughtful expression, and suddenly saw the heat rising in front of him, and asked, "Why did you change to drinking tea again?" Xu Jingwei didn't like tea very much before.

Xu Jingwei said with a smile: "Isn't this to experience the slow-paced life of the ancient people! After drinking it a few times, I felt that the tea was quite good, so I asked someone to get some tea and drink a little every day." ”

Peng Xiangming smiled and put the script back on the table.

Xu Jingwei looked at him and asked, "How do you feel?"

Wu Yun and Dai Xiaofei's conversation stopped immediately, and they both turned their heads to look.

Dai Xiaofei subconsciously glanced down at the script that Peng Xiangming casually threw on the table.

But Xu Jingwei didn't invite her to see it.

She and Xu Jingwei are far from being familiar enough to be taken at will.

He came to Peng Xiangming to see, and he just came to be a guest.

With the quality of the script of "Infernal Affairs", the excitement of the story presented in the end, and even the characterization, and the sublimation of the entire story idea and theme in the end, there is no doubt that even the most arrogant filmmaker must now admit that Peng Xiangming is a top screenwriter and at least a first-class director.

Peng Xiangming thought for a while, didn't answer, but turned his head to look at Wu Yun, "Are you still going to find Mr. Tang? Have you made a budget? How much money can you make the initial plan?"

Wu Yun responded: "He wants to be a little more elegant, and it is estimated that he will build a real scene, and if we preliminarily estimate it now, it may be between 120 million and 140 million." ”

Peng Xiangming nodded slowly.

If Tang Fengxiang invests, because he can do the distribution himself, and the distribution strength is quite strong, this kind of play is still a little different from the conventional investment movie.

A normal investment movie, if it is filmed for 120 million, you basically have to sell it to a box office of 300 million, which can roughly protect the capital, and then go up to make a profit.

However, the distribution ability of Fengxiang Film and Television has actually greatly reduced the requirements for return to capital.

The box office sold to 200 million, or even less than 200 million, and the investor is still losing money, but the distribution has begun to make money, and the two sides are integrated, for Tang Fengxiang, an investment of 120 million, he may only need a box office of 240 million, and he can guarantee that he will not lose money.

Of course, the premise is that the investment in publicity and distribution should not be too large.

This truth, not to mention that Wu Yun knows, Xu Jingwei must also know.

After thinking about it, Peng Xiangming said: "The book is no problem, the story is ...... It's a little fine, but it's really Lao Xu's style, but in terms of cost, I suggest that you better press it again, it's too high!"

Xu Jingwei nodded slowly when he heard this, and then fell into deep thought.

Wu Yun turned her head to look at him.

Peng Xiangming is so smart, just looking at this subtle interaction between the two people, he can vaguely guess that Wu Yun's views should be close to the same as his own.

If you want to invest big, you have to have a big investment gameplay, you can't be so egoistic and make it the style of the author's movie. If you want to play your own niche style, of course, you can, then you have to reduce your investment.

Otherwise, you're likely to lose money.

Of course, this is not necessary for Peng Xiangming to say this.

He just said a few words, expressed his opinion, and then lowered his head and drank tea.

Xu Jingwei was obviously still a little struggling, and after struggling for a while, he raised his head and asked, "...... Really don't pick it up?"

Peng Xiangming smiled, "Brother, I really thank you for looking up to me so much, but I know what I'm doing, I sing a song and just join the chorus, the director, I can also make do with the shots, and barely make the words get the meaning, but if you let me act, it's really ......" He waved his hand, "I can't get it, I really can't get it!"

Xu Jingwei let out a long sigh, raised his hand, brushed his hair back, and rubbed his face.

That's what it means to be worried.

Peng Xiangming can guess that they should have been summed up, if they can participate, it will directly give this movie a great selling point, even if you need to add a certain salary to yourself at that time, the budget will be more, but Tang Fengxiang is probably happy to pay.

He has just made a lot of money from working with him, and he is probably very confident in his box office appeal - although he only appeared in a few scenes in "Infernal Affairs".

In fact, if you really play the starring role, just by relying on some of the popularity you have saved in the past, you may not be able to trick everyone into the cinema, if you really cheat in, after everyone watches it, you may not be applauded.

The trust of capital is best not to be taken seriously.

After a while, Xu Jingwei asked: "Then how much do you think you have to invest in order to return to your capital better?"

This is clearly asking about the box office!

How can you guess this thing casually - guess too much, in case you mislead people and make people lose, you are embarrassed, guess less, hit people more!

If it weren't for Xu Jingwei who asked this, Peng Xiangming would definitely not answer.

But who made this person Xu Jingwei!

Before I met, Peng Xiangming liked the kind of fineness in Xu Jingwei's movies, and later I met, and the relationship between everyone has always been very good, and all his image-related work so far is inseparable from the strong assistance of the two of them, and this friendship is definitely Peng Xiangming's first in the film and television circle.

So Peng Xiangming thought for a while and replied to him: "I think ha, it's stuck within 60 million! Otherwise, the pressure to return to the cost is too great! I don't mean that you will lose after 60 million, the key is that if the pressure of the return is too great, it will make you feel very stressed all the time when shooting, but it will make you afraid of wolves and tigers!"

Xu Jingwei sighed and nodded slowly.

When they spoke, Wu Yun and Dai Xiaofei both quietly lowered their heads and drank tea, without saying a word.

Xu Jingwei thought for a moment and was about to speak, when suddenly, his mobile phone rang, took it out and looked at it, and he said, "Qin Yuan." Then he got up and walked away, answering the phone.

As soon as he walked away, Wu Yun whispered, "You help me persuade him." ”

Peng Xiangming nodded slowly.

After two or three minutes, Xu Jingwei walked back, and said while sitting down: "Qin Yuan's phone, I don't know who heard that my new play is going to be prepared, and asked me if there is a role suitable for him, and said that I will give the salary at will, hey! I told him that my script was killed by Xiang Ming." He knew you were with me, so he had to come. ”

"Oh...... I didn't kill your script! I'm just a little suggestion!"

Peng Xiangming said with a smile, and then subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Dai Xiaofei.

It just so happened that Dai Xiaofei was also turning her head to look over.

The two looked at each other, and Dai Xiaofei couldn't help but glance at him.

Just over an hour ago, Qin Yuan just pushed a play that could cooperate with Dai Xiaofei, and the price was opened to 8 million, but when he turned his head, Qin Yuan told Xu Jingwei that as long as Xu Jingwei used him, the salary would be given as much as he wanted, and it didn't matter how much.

You see, this differential treatment is too obvious.

The key is that Dai Xiaofei is really good here.

Qin Yuan is obviously rushing to Xu Jingwei.

This is the special appeal of some directors.

Don't look down on other people's box office is not too high, even if other people's movies are losing money, the people who really make movies in the industry have a number in their hearts, and the level is very high.

So even when Qin Yuan was the most popular, as soon as he heard the news, he hurriedly called in person, and was willing to lower his salary to act in this movie.

After everyone chatted a few words, Qin Yuan really rushed over.

He originally didn't have any friendship with Xu Jingwei, but during the filming of "Infernal Affairs", he was relatively familiar, and now that "Infernal Affairs" is a big hit, the friendship between them has become a kind of glory-like qualifications, and the contacts are getting closer and closer, and the friendship is naturally better.

Wu Yun went over to open the door, Qin Yuan chatted casually with her, changed her shoes, and shouted, "Director, Brother Xu!" Seeing Dai Xiaofei, she was stunned for a moment, but when she caught a glimpse of her sitting next to Peng Xiangming, she had already stood up at this time, so she also hurriedly greeted, "Yo, Xiaofei, hello, hello!"

Peng Xiangming and Xu Jingwei both sat and didn't get up.

Dai Xiaofei responded to him, "Hello, Brother Qin." ”

Qin Yuan glanced at Peng Xiangming out of the corner of his eyes, and waved his hand, "Oh, don't dare, you just call me Lao Qin, just call Lao Qin!"

Peng Xiangming beckoned, "Sit!"

"Whew!" he came and sat down.

After Xu Jingwei and his family sat down, they were busy rinsing the new teacup and pouring tea for him, Peng Xiangming took a sip of tea from the cup, and joked, "You have been very popular recently! I heard that eight million will not please you!"

Peng Xiangming was purely joking, but when this word fell into Qin Yuan's ears, he couldn't help but subconsciously glance at Dai Xiaofei, slightly embarrassed, "Hey, I heard it, director, you're criticizing me!"

Peng Xiangming heard it immediately, knowing that his joke was mistaken, he immediately waved his hand, pointed at Dai Xiaofei without hesitation, and said: "This matter has nothing to do with me! How should you do it, I don't have any friendship with Big Guy Feng, there is no me in this matter! I just want to congratulate you!