"Xu Sheng, goodbye, I hope we can cooperate well this time. At the door of the tea restaurant, Luo Wei smiled.

"No problem!"

Xu Zhi and Luo Wei shook hands and said goodbye, just when Xu Zhi finished eating steak rice, Luo Wei and Chen Long finished reading the contract, the content was all agreed before, and it was relatively simple, and after confirming some small details of the shooting, Luo Wei signed his name.

According to the contract, Xu Zhi will give a deposit of 10,000 yuan first, and the rest will be paid after the filming is completed.

Luo Wei smiled and said to Long Chen: "Ah Long, cooperate with Xu Sheng in the future." ”

Long Chen nodded and said, "Understood." ”

In fact, Luo Wei has said this matter a long time ago, and now he is just making a show in front of Xu Zhi. Luo Wei heard that Zou Wenhuai was more optimistic about Xu Zhi and intended to cultivate, since Luo Wei wanted to cooperate with the other party, it was naturally hello, I am good, everyone is good together.

Xu Zhi smiled, suddenly thought of something, and said, "Luo Sheng, you got the film copyright of Iron and Blood Tianjiao, I don't know when filming will start?"

Luo Wei shook his head and said: "At the beginning, I just wanted to buy the copyright, but now I have studied it carefully, but I found that some scenes in it are extremely difficult to shoot, if you want to shoot well, the investment cost is too high, I am now trying to adapt a movie script, and then see if I can find some investors." ”

"I always thought that movies didn't have scripts?" Xu Zhi said with a smile, in this era, many directors in Xiangjiang shoot wherever they want to shoot, and they look for investment when they start an idea, and after they get it, they shoot it and change it and shoot it again.

More than ten years later, there is a god-level movie: East Evil and West Poison, filmed for three and a half years, from Xiangjiang to Dunhuang to Ningxia, even the leading actors don't know what they are filming, because there is no script at all, during which the director also discussed with the leading actors many times what kind of story to shoot------ which is already a year after the start of filming.

Luo Wei smiled: "As long as there is a story in a general movie, it can be made, but your novel is different, I have to think about it carefully." It just so happened that Ah Long didn't have any film appointments during this time, and he could also hone his acting skills behind Xu Sheng. ”

Long Chen asked, "Xu Sheng, then when will we start?"

Xu Zhidao: "In a few days, I will contact someone first, and Chen Sheng will be notified when the time comes." ”

Chen Long smiled: "Just call me Ah Long, don't call me Chen Sheng." ”

"Okay, Ah Long!" Xu Zhi said with a smile.

Chen Long seemed to be choked, according to the routine, didn't you also reply "Don't you need to call me Xu Sheng"?

"Hahaha. Luo Wei smiled: "Then we are waiting for Xu Sheng's good news!"

………………..

The next day, inside the office of Golden Harvest Daily.

Lin Siqi came to the company early in the morning, but unfortunately Xu Zhi was not a competent boss, and he was late until ten o'clock.

But the boss has the confidence of the boss, and it doesn't matter if he's late.

Looking at Lin Siqi, Xu Zhi also knew that he was late, and said with a smile: "Let's go, come with me to meet someone?"

Lin Siqi nodded and said, "Okay!"

………….

Yuan Heping came to the headquarters of Jiahe in advance, he came here for the first time after more than ten years in the film industry in Xiangjiang, he is just an action director, this kind of position is not popular in the film industry in Xiangjiang, many well-known martial arts stars have their own ideas and routines, and their guidance is just an auxiliary role.

Because stars are stars, even though they have a lot of ideas, they need other people to arrange the details and surrounding environment, and the action director also understands the various problems in the process of making a movie, so it will be much more efficient for them to prepare.

Just yesterday, when he was still doing the action design for (Eagle Claw Iron Cloth Shirt), he suddenly received a call from Golden Harvest, and the senior management of Golden Harvest wanted to see him, which also made him very puzzled, what did the senior management of Golden Harvest need to meet him in person.

Soon, Golden Harvest's secretary took him into a conference room.

When He Guanchang saw that someone had come in, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Come, Yuan Sheng, please take a seat." ”

"Thank you. Yuan Heping was a little flattered, but he knew what kind of role the person in front of him was: Jiahe's second-in-command.

Nodding to Xu Zhi and Lin Siqi, Yuan Heping sat opposite He Guanchang. As soon as he came in, he had already noticed the two of them, the man was very young and handsome, and the woman was a little older and good-looking.

He Guanchang said: "Let me introduce, this is Xu Zhi, the boss of Changxing Company, and this is his assistant Miss Lin." Yuan Sheng, this time it was actually Xu Sheng looking for you, you talk slowly, and I will go out. ”

After speaking, He Guanchang got up and left, he already knew that Xu Zhi wanted to ask Yuan Heping to be the director, but he didn't need to participate in the negotiations between the two parties, so he left after the introduction.

Xu Zhimu sent He Guanchang away, and smiled at Yuan Heping: "I don't know how many years Yuan Sheng has been doing action guidance?"

Yuan Heping replied: "It's been almost ten years, I've been a martial artist before, and I've run a few tricks." ”

Xu Zhi asked: "I don't know if Yuan Sheng knows Chen Long of Luowei Films, what do you think of his acting skills?"

Yuan Heping asked about Chen Long for some reason, but he still replied: "His kung fu is okay, but he acts too repetitively like Li Xiaolong, but his appearance is not as rigid as Li Xiaolong, so it's always wrong." ”

Xu Zhi smiled: "Then I don't know if Yuan Sheng is interested in co-making a movie with Chen Long?"

"Is Xu Sheng ready to invest? Let me be the action director?" asked Yuan Heping.

Xu Zhi shook his head and said, "No, I'm asking you to be the director?"

"Director?" Yuan Heping was surprised, he didn't expect the other party to let him be a director, but he also explained why the other party wanted to see him in person.

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, but there is one thing I have to explain first, the plot and scene design of the story must be according to my requirements, but I only grasp the big aspects, and all other details are controlled by you!"

Generally, investing in making movies is basically up to the director, of course, the producer also has some privileges to a certain extent, but the direction of the entire plot is not decided by the director, which is indeed very unruly. However, Yuan Heping is not a well-known director, and he doesn't have too many qualifications, so he asked: "What kind of story, I have to know first? And I only make martial arts films." ”

Xu Zhi smiled, knowing what Yuan Heping was worried about, so he said: "This is definitely a serious martial arts film, but I hope you can think about Chen Long's development direction! What kind of style suits him." As for the movie script, as long as you say yes, I will tell you. ”

Yuan Heping nodded and said, "Okay, as long as it's a martial arts movie, I agreed." ”

Xu Zhi smiled: "Yuan Sheng doesn't even ask about the remuneration?"

Yuan Heping said: "The remuneration of normal newcomers is good. ”

Xu Zhidao: "Okay, that's no problem. ”

After speaking, Xu Zhi took the briefcase from Lin Siqi's hand, took out a contract, which was prepared yesterday, filled in the blank space on it, and handed it to Yuan Heping.

Yuan Heping took it, roughly looked at the treaty, there were only two pages in total, and he was satisfied with the numbers on it, so he signed his name, after all, this is the headquarters of Jiahe, and the possibility of the existence of liars is not very likely.

Xu Zhi put away the contract and said with a smile: "Yuan Sheng, my requirements for this movie are very simple, as long as you follow my plot, other aspects are basically up to you, except for Chen Long is the protagonist, you can say everything about the other supporting roles." ”

Yuan Heping nodded and said, "Then can I read the script now?"

After Xu Zhi put the contract, he took out a notebook and handed it to Yuan Heping. This is the plot schedule that Xu Zhi has figured out in the past few days, including a general introduction to various scenes.

Yuan Heping flipped through it for a while, and probably understood the meaning, and said: "Does this movie take the route of relying on laughter?"

"Yes. Xu Zhi nodded and said, in fact, the reason why Yuan Heping was invited was because of his directing style and action direction ability, at this moment, there is only one year before the drunken boxing shooting in later generations, whether it is Yuan Heping or Chen Long, their styles should not be much different.

As long as the plot remains the same and the style is about the same, a movie that will be successful a year later has now moved to a year ago, and there is no reason why it should not be successful.

Yuan Heping thought for a moment and asked, "What is the budget for this movie?"

Xu Zhi asked rhetorically: "How much does Yuan Sheng think the budget needs?"

This is a very important question, Xu Zhi only knows a theory about the consumption of making movies, and the most troublesome thing in this era is shooting.

Unlike later generations, where digital cameras were available, film was very expensive at the moment, and if NG occurred, it had to be retaken, and the previous film was scrapped, but this was actually a minor problem.

There was no direct image to see at the time of shooting, so no one knew what the shooting would look like.

In the film era, a 90-minute film was made into a film copy, and 5-6 copies were required without scrapping, and each copy could weigh up to 25kg, worth nearly 10,000 yuan.

Filming makes film shooting very tedious, and a scene requires a tape measure to measure focus. In the future, digital cameras will have monitors, and anyone can see the effect intuitively and clearly, while film needs to measure the distance between the lens and the real thing many times before moving, rehearsing, and shooting, which takes a long time.

Another important thing is that the lighting engineer, the scene is not visible on the film, the lighting is not right, the shooting is completely different, the shooting is not good, you can reshoot, but if the lighting is not right, you can't find it at the time, you can only wait until later, and when you find it again, you can only reshoot. So in this era, awesome gaffers are more popular than some second-tier stars, because they can really save money.

Of course, the cameraman is also very important, the camera of the film is very heavy, and it is fixed every time, so in the fights of the seventies and eighties, basically one or two minutes of fight are in the same frame, and Li Xiaolong's style is like this.

It's not that it's impossible, it's that it's too costly. It was only in the late 80s, when the price of film fell, the profits of films increased dramatically, and the audience's tastes became picky, that there were all kinds of thrilling shots behind.

Of course, there are various other professions for a film. Because of the special nature of film, it is determined that its cost is very high, but fortunately, the income of stars in this era is not too outrageous, and for today's investors, the most important thing is shooting control.

Yuan Heping thought for a while and said: "I have basically done various positions in filmmaking, but I haven't paid attention to the budget, but according to the movies I have made before, it will cost about 30-500,000 Hong Kong dollars!"

Xu Zhi smiled: "What if I force it to follow my plot and shoot step by step?"

It's not that Xu Zhi is reluctant to make money, but many directors in this era are imaginative, and they can shoot wherever they want, and Yuan Heping is actually the same when he shoots drunk boxing in later generations. I feel that it is feasible to shoot like this, but after the shooting, I feel that it is not good, and I reshoot!

If you toss like this, a bunch of useless money will just cheapen Kodak. Restricting the filming of the plot is just to get things done with the least amount of money!

Yuan Heping thought for a while and said: "I can find some insiders I know, the cost will be lower, but it's always inconvenient to shoot according to a fixed plot, right?"

Xu Zhidao: "I know you want to make a movie of your own, which is understandable, but my money must be calculated according to what I say, you help me build this structure, this movie will be done according to my requirements, if it is successful, I will sponsor you to make a separate movie, all according to your ideas, except for cost control, you are responsible for everything else, how about it?"

Yuan Heping thought for a while and said, "Okay, then I'll shoot according to this plot first." If this is the case, the film will save a lot of money, and it is estimated that 200,000 yuan should be able to shoot it!"

Xu Zhidao: "Are you sure that Yuan Sheng only needs 20 tens of thousands? If the money is not enough by then, what should I do?"

Yuan Heping said: "If it's not enough, I don't want the director's fee!"

"Okay, then happy cooperation!" Xu Zhi stood up and shook hands with a smile.

PS: This account is not bound to a mobile phone for the time being, so there is no way to speak in the comment area, but I have seen everyone's messages, some people say that the pace is too fast, and some people let the protagonist complete the capital accumulation early, so it is difficult to adjust!