Zhang Huaxun heard someone scolding Beijing Film Studio, and thought to himself, who is this, he actually said that Beijing Film Studio was a loser, and when he looked at it, it turned out to be Zhang Erzan, the original person in charge of the stunt workshop of Beijing Film Studio. After Zhang Erzan cooperated with Xu Wangqiu in "Falcon", he was transferred to the export company as the director of the stunt workshop. However, because the export company's own base has not been repaired and does not have its own office location, it is still working in the stunt workshop of Beijing Film Studio.

Zhang Huaxun saw that Zhang Erzan had something to find Xu Wangqiu, nodded at Zhang Erzan, and then said to Xu Wangqiu: "Director Xu, you still have something, I'll disturb you, and I'll come to you after I change the script." With that, he got up and left the office.

Xu Wangqiu saw Zhang Erzan's black face, as if someone had borrowed money from him and didn't pay it back, and said with a smile: "Lao Zhang, what's wrong?"

Zhang Erzan was very familiar with Xu Wangqiu, and he was not polite to him, so he blew his beard and glared: "You know the stunt studio of Beijing Film Studio, right? There is a full set of infrared screen synthesis equipment in it, and there is a large pool of thirty or forty meters under the floor, equipped with an airplane nose blower and a wave maker. ”

Xu Wangqiu nodded and said, "I know, the stunt studio of Beijing Film Studio is quite advanced, what's wrong?"

Zhang Erzan slapped him on the leg: "Yes, it's very advanced! But now that the Beijing Film Studio is going to shoot "Camel Xiangzi," it is ready to tear down the stunt studio and repair the West Fourth Street! Where do you say the West Fourth Street can't be repaired? Why do you want to dismantle the stunt studio? Isn't this a bad thing!"

Xu Wangqiu felt that it was a pity that the Beijing Film Studio demolished the stunt studio, but Xisi Street was the later famous Ming and Qing Dynasty streets, and it was the most important filming location for domestic film and television dramas. ”

Zhang Erzan saw that Xu Wangqiu was indifferent, and hurriedly explained: "The airplane head wind and the wave maker are good things, after the Beijing Film Studio dismantles the big pool, they will rebuild the stunt studio, but they feel that there are few ocean scenes, and they don't plan to rebuild the big pool, the wave maker can only be thrown in the warehouse and rusted, our base doesn't plan to build the stunt studio, I just want the wave maker to come from the Beijing Film Studio, build a big pool in our studio, and use it when filming ocean scenes in the future." ”

Xu Wangqiu said puzzledly: "You are the director of the stunt workshop, you can't get it yourself, why did you come to me?"

Zhang Erzan said unevenly: "I don't want to trouble you, but I went to talk to Director Wang Yang, and I told him that Beiying Studio is not going to build a big pool, and those things like wave makers are also put away, so it is better to give it to us, and when we get it done, if you need to shoot an ocean scene, you can come and shoot it directly." As a result, Director Wang Yang said to me, I won't talk to you, if you want to talk about it, you call Xu Wangqiu to talk to me, then I can only come to you. He was afraid that Xu Wangqiu would not want to go, so he explained: "Those things are very expensive, especially the nose blowing of the plane is made with an aircraft engine, they are all good things!"

Xu Wangqiu could probably guess why Wang Yang saw him, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll accompany you on a trip." ”

Xu Wangqiu and Zhang Erzan came out of the company and got on the bus to Beijing Film Studio. Zhang Erzan knew that Xu Wangqiu understood movie special effects, and the movie special effects attached great importance to it, so he couldn't help but introduce him to the progress made in the research and development of their stunt workshop in recent times.

One big difference between film export companies and other film studios is that they pay special attention to stunts. Stuntmen in film studios have no status, and the salary is low, and the salary of feature film photographers can usually be rated at level 1, and the highest level of stunt photographers can only be rated at about level 3. The stunt photographer went out on location with the other staff, and the car they sat in and the hotel they stayed in were different. Feature film cinematographers are with directors and actors, and stunt photographers are with small models, wood, and other objects. After the film is filmed, only the name of the stunt instructor can appear on the opening or end credits, and other stuntmen are not eligible to leave their names.

The export company not only paid the stuntmen to engage in technology research and development, but also gave the stuntmen the right to sign. In the end credits of "Falcon", the names of all the stuntmen are listed. Many of the stuntmen on "Falcon" were so excited that they cried, many of them had been working in film for a decade or two, and it was the first time they had seen their names on screen.

Because they have been respected enough, the company is willing to pay them for research and development, and Zhang Erzan and they have worked hard to engage in technology development. As the director of the workshop, Zhang Erzan set an ambitious goal for the stunt workshop: we must have what foreign countries have, and we must create what foreign countries do not have, and we must fight for Chinese film technology.

When they arrived at the Beijing Film Studio, Xu Wangqiu and Zhang Erzan went straight to the director's office and met Wang Yang.

Wang Yang saw Xu Wangqiu and greeted him warmly: "Wangqiu, you are here! Hurry up and sit down!" As he said that, he picked up the cup and poured a glass of water for Xu Wangqiu himself.

Xu Wangqiu didn't rush to talk about the equipment: "Director Wang, before coming to Beijing Film Studio, I just talked to director Zhang Huaxun of your factory about the problem of "Wulin Zhi", the script of "Wulin Zhi" is good, we plan to cooperate with you, but the script still needs to be revised and polished. The principle of our export company is that since we want to do it, we must make it a high-quality product, not only to be applauded by domestic audiences, but also to be loud abroad, at least not worse than Hong Kong and Taiwan's kung fu films. When the time comes, we will invite countless directors from Xiangjiang to design the movements, and invite real kung fu masters and even famous actors from abroad to act in this movie, so the cost of "Wulin Zhi" will definitely be relatively high, maybe 34 million. ”

If Beijing Film Studio filmed "Wulin Zhi" by itself, it would be impossible to invest 34 million, Zhang Huaxun's "The Mysterious Buddha" was very popular, and it also sold nearly 300 copies and earned more than 2 million. If the cost is 34 million, it will not be able to recover the cost at all. But it's different from cooperating with an export company, and you can enjoy box office sharing.

Xiuying Studio co-produced "Falcon" with the export company, and invested nearly 3 million, but after the film was made, the overseas copyright Xiuying Studio alone divided seven or eight million, and after the domestic account was received, the total income will definitely exceed 20 million.

For various film studios, they are not afraid of spending money when cooperating with export companies, but they are afraid that the export companies will not look down on their own books and will not cooperate with them.

"This is definitely no problem, you can check it in Hopeful, we are absolutely guarded!" Wang Yang looked at Xu Wangqiu and said with a smile, "Wangqiu, the strength of our Beijing Film Studio is second to none in China, and there are many excellent directors." We must cooperate more in the future!"

Xu Wangqiu nodded with a smile and said: "That's for sure, we absolutely believe in the strength of Beijing Film Studio." However, our export company has the task of earning foreign exchange and united front work for the country, not only to meet the needs of domestic audiences, but also to consider overseas markets, so we are now mainly making war films and kung fu films. If Beijing Film Studio has this kind of script, you can take it, as long as it passes the company's review, then we can work together. ”

Wang Yang laughed and said, "I'm relieved to have your words." ”

Xu Wangqiu and Wang Yang chatted about cooperation for a while, and then chatted about the problems that Chinese films are facing now, and finally got to the point. He looked at Wang Yang and said: "By the way, Director Wang, we have one more thing to do this time, I heard that your Beijing Film Studio's stunt studio is about to be demolished, and you don't plan to build a big pool when you build a new studio, I don't know if it's true?"

Wang Yang nodded and said: "That's right, after the big pool was repaired, it hasn't been used much, and it costs a lot of money every year to maintain those equipment, which is simply chicken ribs, tasteless food, and it's a pity to abandon it." Now we are going to shoot "Camel Xiangzi", we want to tear down the studio and build a street in old Beiping. The stunt studio will definitely be renovated, but we are not going to do it again. ”

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "Since you are not going to do it, then the equipment can only be thrown into the warehouse, rather than this, it is better to give it to us." In the future, if you want to shoot an ocean scene, you can come to us to shoot it. ”

Wang Yang said briskly: "Let's put it away, since you want to do it, then you can just pull the things over when the time comes." ”

Zhang Erzan didn't expect that he would be so good at talking, Wang Yang just didn't agree, and as soon as Xu Wangqiu came, Wang Yang immediately agreed, without even mentioning a single condition. After coming out of the factory director's office, Zhang Erzan said with a sigh: "Wangqiu, you still have a big face! I thought that Director Wang would submit a document to you, but I didn't expect him to ask for anything, and directly agreed." ”

Xu Wangqiu said in his heart that I promised to cooperate more with Beijing Film Studio in the future, and he would naturally give face, and chuckled: "It's not that I have a big face, but that the export company has a big face." ”

Zhang Erzan was naturally very happy to get the nose blower and wave maker from Beijing Film Studio, but in addition to being happy, he was a little sad: "A few days ago, the company asked me to go to the American film company to go to the examination room, and I found that the American company really attaches great importance to stunts, and there are many independent stunt companies. Our domestic film studio really doesn't pay attention to stunts, and good things like airplane head blowers and wave makers were given to us by Beijing Film Studio!"

Xu Wangqiu felt funny in his heart, isn't it good to give it to us directly, do you still want to make a few more trips, but he knew that Zhang Erzan was originally the director of the stunt workshop of Beijing Film Studio, and he was a little angry about this matter, and comforted: "In the early 70s, Hollywood didn't pay much attention to special effects. Bayi Factory made jet blasters in the early 70s, but Hollywood didn't. After the box office success of "The Godfather", Hollywood studios felt that it was very profitable to engage in such thoughtful and thoughtful feature films, and many companies paid less and less attention to special effects, and even cut off their special effects departments. The advent of Jaws and Star Wars changed history, making Hollywood realize that amazing special effects brought by high technology can make a lot of money, and this is why they began to pay attention to special effects. ”

Zhang Erzan nodded, when he visited the United States, he heard the American stuntman talk about this.

Xu Wangqiu looked up at the blue sky and said softly: "What we are now is a bit like Hollywood in fifty years, the film market is very prosperous, a film invests 45000000 yuan, as long as the quality is not too bad, it can often sell 6 or 70 copies, and you can make a lot of money." Anyway, you can make money lying down, coupled with unified purchase and sales, film studios don't dare to engage in large-cost movies, so they naturally don't have the heart to engage in technology research and development. Only when the film market is sluggish and when the unified purchase and sales are broken will the film studios really pay attention to this issue. ”

Zhang Er sighed and said: "When will it go, I'm afraid that American movies will be left far behind." ”

Xu Wangqiu turned his head to stare at Zhang Erzan, and said solemnly: "The export company is mainly making war movies and action movies now, but in the future, it will definitely engage in high-tech blockbusters like "Jaws" and "Star Wars". Your stunt workshop must do a good job of technical reserves, so that when we do high-tech blockbusters, we will have enough technology to do it!"

Zhang Erzan said firmly: "Don't worry, we will definitely do our best to engage in research and development, as long as there are foreign countries, we will definitely do it, and we will definitely not lag you back in technology!"