Action movies, action direction, and movie footage are of course the most important. Therefore, after listening to Jing Jian's words, Anthony and Huagli both nodded. Anthony asked, "Bramble, do you have any suitable candidates?"

"I needed new stunts, and I needed new ways to shoot them. The specific photographer doesn't matter, as long as there are the appropriate qualifications. ”

Hua Geli understood what Jing Jian meant: "When it comes to stunts, the best thing in Hollywood is Industrial Light & Magic, and of course there are several other stunt companies. But Mr. Bramble, it's up to you to come up with the stunt you want in order to get the stunt budget right. And chances are, there are too many stunts and too complex for your film investment to exceed your total budget. As for photography?aa has recommended three suitable candidates"...

Jing Jian simply interrupted: "You decide the photographer, this is your job as a producer." As for the stunts, let's talk about them. ”

Solving a problem, Anthony continued to ask: "The person who is the action director, we AA"

Jing Jian did not hesitate to do this: "Hong Kong's action director. If AA can't help it, then I'll figure it out. ”

At this time, action movies, explosions, shootouts, or stunts or whatever, it is true that Hollywood is far ahead, but when it comes to martial arts action, Hong Kong can throw Hollywood several streets. Just like Jing Jian's previous life, all the way to films such as Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger and The Matrix, Hong Kong's action director successfully entered Hollywood, and caused a global amazement, Hollywood only then realized that they really lagged behind Hong Kong too much in martial arts design. Of course, those Hong Kong action directors have only been in the limelight for a few years, but they have been eliminated by Hollywood, which is constantly learning and absorbing, because they are complacent.

However, at this time, Hollywood still generally held the idea of "Lao Tzu is the best in the world", so when they heard that Jing Jian wanted to find an action director from Hong Kong, Anthony and Wargery were very surprised. Anthony immediately said: "Bramble, I don't deny that Hong Kong is excellent in kung fu films, and I don't object to finding a few stand-ins from Hong Kong, but the action director, we have many excellent candidates in AA, you can completely understand it." ”

"No, it's Hong Kong. Jing Jian is also quite resolute in this regard. Hong Kong's action direction is cheap and very good, and Jing Jian will definitely not choose Hollywood's "expensive and inferior goods".

In fact, for a "semi-literate local tyrant" like Jing Jian, whether it is Anthony or Wagri, they are somewhat contemptuous. Feeling Jing Jian's "stupid patriotism" overflowing, Anthony's speech began to be direct: "Bramble, the crew is a team, and you also need to consider the problem of cooperation." The rest of them are from Hollywood, and you're shoehorning in Hong Kong? Personally, I think there's a lot of risk. In fact, you should trust us AA, let us pack it up, we will form the most suitable team for you, and provide you with the most perfect service. ”

Jing Jianjian immediately refused: "Thank you AA, I do need AA's services too, but this movie will never be packaged, I hope you can understand." ”

In a sense, Infinite Trembling Elf Island is Jing Jian's debut film, and in order to figure out every step of the film, Jing Jian is willing to spend a little more money, rather than a little more cumbersome, and also personally devote himself to every link. Therefore, AA's packaging concept is in great conflict with Jing Jian's idea.

However, Jing Jian's words surprised Anthony again. He had always had a misunderstanding before, thinking that Jing Jian would definitely accept the packing, and he would definitely pack.

Glancing at Anthony's expression, Jing Jian seemed to smile: "What?

"No, no. Anthony hurriedly denied, "Well, we respect the opinions of our customers." ”

"Hmm. Let's discuss the choice of the hero and heroine and the main supporting role!"

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The formation of the crew proceeded very quickly, and in less than a week, it was basically completed. With $350,000, he invited the well-known Finory as a director, he once had the experience of directing two action movies with an investment of 2 or 3 million, and they were all small profits, barely a second-rate director in Hollywood. And the assistant director's name is Lyopakin, who is completely new and has only experience in advertising films. Of course, the asking price is also quite cheap, only $50,000.

In the director team, Jing Jian is not willing to invest too much, after all, he can get by. And the highlight is the male and female leads, the male protagonist is Hollywood's quasi-first-class Newcastle, and the asking price is not expensive, only $200,000. The heroine fell to Mai Ting unexpectedly, but this candidate was Jing Jianli, because in the audition, Mai Ting's performance was really bad.

Jing Jian finally understood why in her previous life, Mai Ting did not become a famous actress, but only a famous idol, because of her acting skills. No matter how vase the role is, passable acting skills are always needed, right? However, in this film, Mai Ting is a very pure vase, and the requirements for acting skills are quite low. Jing Jian believes that at most, it is a waste of some film, and besides, Mai Ting's asking price is only $000,000, so the price is low, of course, it is very attractive to Jing Jian.

As for some other important supporting roles, they were basically decided by Hua Geli and the director team, and Jing Jian did not interfere too much. Including Junko Sekura, the total cost is in the early $000,000. Of course, Lumina and the other five are friendship performances, although the weight of the play is quite sufficient, but the cost is not much.

It can be said that the cost of the actor intensified group this time was well controlled, and it did not even exceed 50% of the total budget. In this way, the funds for stunts and publicity distribution will be much more relaxed.

And one of the key action directors, Jing Jian still made some compromises in the end, and still used a senior Hollywood action director named Michael. However, the action assistant is a Hong Kong action director who used to be a Hong Kong director and is now in Hollywood, named Zhang John. It's a bit of a combination of Chinese and Western, but at least it won't affect the stability of the crew.

The crew was formed quite quickly, but the start time was more than a month later. I have to admit that Hollywood's work style is very meticulous and serious, and such a long preparation period is for the training of actors, as well as the run-in of the entire crew.

As for the stunts, it has also been basically negotiated with ILM, and the total cost will be more than $3 million. However, in Jing Jian's eyes, the stunts of this era are too primitive, so most of this huge stunt fee is used for some experimental and groundbreaking stunt effects.