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1024 Locomotive (Sha Tin) Studio and Post-production Base.

In the viewing room, there was smoke, and from time to time someone snuffed out the cigarette butt, took a sip of steaming strong tea, shook his head, and then buried himself in a rustling painting, and the table was littered with paper balls on the ground, and the thick manuscript paper proved their workload.

There are screenwriters, artists, and key personnel from various departments of the crew.

Wu Xiaozu habitually let the main members of the crew participate in the creation of the movie. He regards the creation of films as a very sacred and painstaking thing.

Especially this movie.

It can be regarded as Wu Xiaozulang's re-attempt and release of his self-style after completing a "Suspect".

The film was filmed on a wide range of occasions, involving Hong Kong Island, Omen, Dongying, Korea and the United States. The main reason is not that Wu Xiaozu needs the vast expanse of Liaoyuan to release hormones.

Rather, the film is for the promotion of gambling ...... and He's casino.

This play is Wu Xiaozu's first "proposition composition".

The subject matter is limited to: gambling films!

This kind of self-limitation and drawing circles is a very oppressive nature for filmmakers and creators.

"The Great Cause of Building X" and "Tangshan Earthquake" are considered to be the high-quality and qualified commercial works in Chinese proposition composition. But compared with Feng Pants's independent "Assembly", it is still a little far behind. Not to mention the Western theme film "Dunkirk", which also glorified Churchill and the British.

"The style of the film is dark, but I don't need the characters to be too depressing and tragic. Under the overall style, the characters need to be more distinct, and at the same time, they must be more dramatic, otherwise it is easy to press the atmosphere of the movie below freezing. ”

Wu Xiaozu held a cigar in his hand, and explained to everyone the creative concept and core of his new play with a serious expression, and at the same time began to assign work to various departments.

"A character's values will depend on their childhood, so it's up to you all to virtually retrace your character's upbringing. So, art department, you have to work with the screenwriter to re-present and redraw the new extended characters based on my sketches to finalize the draft. ”

"Alin - Your lighting team has to cooperate with the set team, screenwriting team, art team and camera team, and we will work together to determine the color tone of the visual effects, the color palette of the set and the coordination of the overall production, so as to fully reflect the spectacle effect. ”

"Brother Tai, Brother Sheng, please study the retro style with Jiaamine. ”

Wu Xiaozu politely instructed Huang Yuetai, Pan Yusheng, the two cameramen, and the art director next to him, Yu Jiayuan.

The pre-film preparation meeting will play a very important role in the creation of the film.

At that time, the seven-member group of Xinyicheng was good at holding meetings for film creation. During this time, the tone, style, story, plot and even shot specifications of the film are determined.

Why is the director of Xinyicheng worthless? Xu Yi has to get out of everything he says? The main reason is that Xinyicheng is a director, and the degree of freedom is really very narrow, and even the lines cannot be easily changed.

This style originated from the creative attitude brought back from Hollywood by Mecca, Ishida, Xu Yu and others, and in essence, the new art city followed the pseudo-producer responsibility system in the early stage. Directors have to get used to dancing in leg cuffs.

Therefore, if you look at the many directors and filmmakers trained by New Art City, they are very adaptable to the rules of Hollywood.

It was only later that the New Arts City fell apart, and it returned to the film creation system on Hong Kong Island.

The creative attitude of 1024 Locomotive Film Company is different. Wu Xiaozu himself likes to involve the main creator in his artistic creation. Many directors in later generations liked this method, and they also cultivated many so-called royal film teams.

Yang Lianrong, a short and fat ordinary tea worker, went in and out, carrying a large teapot, helping to replenish the tea in a timely manner, and she gently brought it to the door, which did not affect everyone's work.

On the wall, a black and white picture with a hint of dark style hangs on it, which is very eye-catching.

In the composition of the picture, there is white space at the upper and lower ends, and the key points of the picture are framed with virtual framing wires in the middle, making people feel like they are watching a movie in a theater.

With a few strokes, there is a steel bridge across the waves, and the distant scene is blurred, but people can feel the afterglow of the sunset. The ship billowed through with black smoke.

In the foreground, a man in a trench coat is isolated on the Golden Gate Bridge.

The shadow treatment of the picture is very elegant, the man stands sideways, and the afterglow elongates the figure while letting the face hide in the shadows, and the expression is shortened.

The overall dark wind is very strong.

In the lower left corner of the picture are two small characters that are as vigorous and unrestrained as anger and thirst - gambling God!

That's right.

The title of the new play is tentatively set as "God of Gamble".

The title of the film is the same as in the previous life, but the story line, character settings, and film style, Wu Xiaozu all overthrew the "God of Gamblers" in the previous life.

He naturally wanted to shoot "God of Gambling" in his own style.

Wang Jing's version of "God of Gamblers", judging by the quality of the movie, the whole movie is difficult to withstand scrutiny and pondering in terms of structure, style, story line, and even character creation.

Especially that amnesia scene, a typical Wang Jing-style spoof. directly lowered the faint epic atmosphere that was finally created in the early stage.

That plot, in addition to supporting Brother Fa's acting skills and Wang Zuyuan's prosperous beauty, is it just to let the audience see the plot of the God of Gamblers' fiancée being taken advantage of by Erwuzai?

Eye-catching is eye-catching, but for the whole movie, it's not brilliant.

In the previous life, "God of Gamblers" was criticized by many people, including Wang Jing's use of rotten BGM and slow motion with nowhere to place...... Wang Jing is a good fast gunner for commercial films, but he is really not a good film director.

"Chasing the Dragon" ...... It's actually not as good as it seems. Especially when there is already a jewel in front of the predecessors.

Even so, Wang Jing's talent, film requirements, and attention to the audience have far surpassed most mainland film directors in later generations, which is the saddest part.

The lucky stone Wang Jing of "God of Gamblers" met Zhou Yanfa!

In later generations, many people used the acting skills between Fa Ge's amnesia and the possession of the God of Gamblers in "God of Gamblers" to prove his acting skills.

Wu Xiaozu only thinks that those people may be high-end black fans.

In the drama "God of Gamblers", Zhou Yanfa's biggest sharpness should not be limited to the acting skills of a certain scene. The scariest thing about him is that he actually controls the rhythm of the whole movie, and crushes the audience like "bullying".

With his self-shaping, he forcibly broke out Wang Jing's "God of Gamblers" with a faint sense of epicness, and contributed to the epic movie role in the Chinese film industry - God of Gamblers!

If Fa Ge's contribution to the film is removed, "God of Gamblers" is at most a barely qualified commercial film, and it is absolutely impossible to have such a high status. In fact, Wang Jing himself did not have the mind to pursue classics.

It's a pity that Fa Ge did not escape Wang Jing's clutches in the end. In the "Macau Circle of Money" series, Wang Jing's obscenity and feces and pee farts are all over the screen. The existence of Fa Ge...... In fact, if you change to Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Wu, it will not affect the quality of the film, but at most affect the box office!

Before the preparation of the new drama "Gambling God" began, the investment funds of the He family, Jiang Ershao, and Cai Songlin had been put into a special film account.

For each movie, Wu Xiaozu will set up a separate management account to facilitate account expenditure and management. At the same time, it is also an important convenience for future listing.

The film budget is 28 million Hong Kong dollars.

The overall investment is calculated in the form of 28 million Hong Kong dollars and 4 million Hong Kong dollars.

He Chaoqiong's Tianji (Entertainment) Company invested more than 10 million. Cai Songlin's scholar film company invested 5 million. Jiang Zhiqiang's Antai Pictures invested 5 million. 1024 Locomotive Film Company invested 8 million Hong Kong dollars.

A total of 32 million.

Thereinto.

Wu Xiaozu's own director's salary was exchanged for 4 million investment shares. This proportion is also an effective way to reduce the upfront investment.

He will never dedicate himself in vain, right? Give himself a salary of 4 million, Wu Xiaozu is at ease.

At this time, Cheng Long's eldest brother ...... When the director of the second knife filmed "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", he also gave himself a 2 million director's salary and 5 million actors' salaries, which were converted into a later box office share.

At this time, in the Hong Kong Island film industry, many filmmakers with great box office appeal such as Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, and Xu Guanwen will also convert part of the salary into the box office share in the later stage of the movie.

After "The True Colors of Heroes 2", Wu Baige and Xu Laowei parted ways, not just because of disagreements. This is not due to the uneven distribution of benefits. "The True Color of Heroes" was successful, and Wu Baige himself really didn't make much. It stands to reason that for such a sequel to a movie, Xu Yu always has to seal a big red envelope or give a high salary to Wu Yusen, but it's a pity that ......

There are some things that really lose their literary and artistic style when they are said. So the two have always claimed to the outside world that they have different ideas.

This is also why after the success of "Crazy Boy 2" and before the preparation of the third part, Wu Xiaozu took the lead in increasing the remuneration of the main actors, and also increased the remuneration of Liu Weiqiao.

If you want the horse to run, you must always feed the horse more forage.

This is how practical the entertainment industry is. From this point of view, Uncle Li and Qian Wenqi are not much wrong to leave 1024 Locomotive Film Company.

During the filming of the movie, sometimes the salary and remuneration are directly increased, but it is better to convert his salary into the proportion of the box office share. This is especially true for non-sequel movies and movies adapted from popular IPs!

Not only does Hong Kong Island like to use it, but Hollywood also often uses it to operate. It is one of the effective ways to reduce capital pressure, reduce risks and share risks.

The film funds are in place, and Wu Xiaozu has already started the preliminary preparations for the film.

A movie is really in the preparatory stage, and the preliminary work is very tedious. The investment in this film has reached the level of the cast of Hong Kong Island's super-first-line films. Wu Xiaozu naturally did not dare to take the preliminary planning work lightly.

In terms of actors, considering Zhou Runfa, it is not just because it is suitable for the role of "God of Gamblers". What's more important is that Zhou Runfa can reduce the risk of this movie "hitting the street". This is what Wu Xiaozu and investors value most.

Wu Xiaozu's design for "Gambling God", the overall style of this movie is dark and epic. This requires the actor to have solid acting skills and box office appeal to retain the audience.

In later generations, if there was no Brother Shan Zheng in the drama "I Am Not the God of Medicine", the quality of the movie might not have decreased much. However, the appeal and attractiveness in the early stage will undoubtedly be much lower. It's not impossible to be reduced to selling well or not selling well!

In other words...... if there were no Xu Daniu, Peng Yuyan, Jiang Wen, Liao Fan and Zhou Yun for the movie "Evil Does Not Prevail", how many fans would go to the plot of this movie? Maybe only loyal book fans and movie fans would go.

It's the same with God of Gamble.

Zhou Runfa in this time period, comes with a box office guaranteed red buff of 10 million!

In the case of choosing him to make a steady profit, Wu Xiaozu will naturally not give up.

"Brother Zu, Brother Fa's phone has been connected-" At this moment, Luo Liyuan walked in quickly and whispered, "Brother Fa asked you to have supper together!"

Wu Xiaozu nodded lightly.

As a last resort, it is impossible for him to give up 10 million...... Phew, give up Zhou Runfa who is both virtuous and artistic.