On April 10, 2004, Zhou Bai followed the crew of "No Thieves in the World" to Xiahe, and the main creative members of the crew had actually gathered for a while.

If there are any domestic movies that are highly anticipated in 04, "No Thieves in the World" is undoubtedly one of them, the new work of Feng Xiaogang, one of the highest-grossing directors in China, starring is still the most popular actor in China, and all kinds of news have been flying all over the sky before filming has started.

Thinking about the cast of "No Thieves in the World", it makes people feel staggered, Berlin actor Zhou Bai and Tokyo actress Liu Tingying, Cannes actor Ge Weijia Li Bingbing in Sidan Shuangbing, as well as Golden Horse Award Best New Actor Wang Baoqiang and popular student Deng Chao This combination is simply a dream lineup, there is a topic to talk about, and there is acting skills, which simply satisfies all the fantasies of the audience.

Zhou Bai, as one of the leading actors and investors, has the right to recommend actors, and arranging Deng Chao to play the role of Uncle Li's Four Eyes is his handiwork, neither the Wang brothers nor Feng Xiaogang will have any opinions, and he can easily set the actors he wants to arrange without any resistance with his right to speak.

The cooperation between Huayi and Bai Xiang Studio was originally interconnected, Zhou Bai is both the actor and the investor, it is not difficult to arrange a supporting role, it just so happens that Deng Chao has the idea of entering the film industry, and Zhou Bai is also happy to be a favor.

There are still fewer actors under Bai Xiang Studio, Huang Bo's schedule can't be arranged, Guo Jinfei is a newcomer, his acting skills still need to be honed, and he is not a suitable candidate, Zhou Bai simply brought Deng Chao with him, after several years of training in TV series, Deng Chao's acting skills are already remarkable, what is lacking is a good opportunity, it is a good choice to help him win the role of Four Eyes and let him go further.

"The scenery here is really good, although it is very rough, but it also has another taste, that is, the climate here is more testing, and it is difficult to adapt to the cold and humidity of the large plateau if you do not stay here all year round. After arriving at the hotel, Ge Wei took off his sunglasses and looked around and said leisurely.

Xiahe belongs to a small county town in the northwest of Longdi Gannan, which is located at the northeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the terrain is inclined from northwest to southeast, with an altitude of 3,000 meters to 3,800 meters, although it is not as high as Tibet, but it definitely belongs to one of the high-altitude areas.

"Yes, the night here is very cold, it will be very hot at noon, the wind is also strong, and the environment of low pressure and hypoxia is prone to altitude sickness, fortunately, we will stay here for some time, and we can always adapt to it. Zhou Bai looked around and said with a smile.

"I really envy you young people, you are still in good spirits after sitting in the car for most of the day, I can't do it, now I am sleepy and tired, and I can't slow down if I don't rest for half a day. Ge Wei looked Zhou Bai up and down, gave a thumbs up and said.

"What's the matter, don't look at me I look very relaxed, and I'm very tired, besides, Uncle Ge, your body is good, ordinary young people in their twenties don't have such good physical strength as you, Deng Chao and Baoqiang are already tired. Zhou Bai smiled, and gave Uncle Ge a thumbs up, at this time, Deng Chao and Wang Baoqiang were in a daze, and most of the day's drive was really tiring.

"Hey, I'm used to it, I used to film on the Loess Plateau, the conditions in the past were much worse than now, the crew didn't bring a doctor before, and every penny was eager to be treated as a flower, and at that time it was called hardship. A look of memory appeared on Ge Wei's face, and he was full of emotion.

"That is, the economic conditions in the past were not as good as they are now, most of the crew's filming funds were spent on film, and the conditions of the crew were much more difficult, not to mention, I couldn't compare with now when I filmed "My Father and Mother", and Director Zhang's funds at that time were much more generous than ten years ago. Zhou Bai nodded, and said while taking off his luggage from the car, Ge Wei's generation of actors is just in the process of the rise of the fifth generation of directors, and the conditions for making movies ten or twenty years ago are really incomparable with now.

"Fortunately, I can still shoot, the actors of my previous generation are called hard, they have gradually faded out of the showbiz when the conditions are better, and they have not enjoyed a few days of good treatment, and now the conditions for making movies are getting better and better year by year, I heard that many actors enter the crew and bring two or three assistants directly, except for filming, there is not much to do on their own, and the food is the best, which is called a comfortable. Ge You smiled, took his luggage from the trunk and walked with Zhou Bai and whispered.

"Don't say it, I heard that the actors of some crews are not only compared to the treatment, but also to the pomp and circumstance, if you bring an assistant, I will bring two, if you bring two, I will bring three, if you take a car of 100,000 yuan, I will take 200,000 yuan, if you live in a five-star apartment, I will live in a five-star presidential suite, many producers complain, the production fee is spending more and more on the treatment of actors, and these expenses alone are enough for them to drink a pot. ”

Zhou Bai carried his luggage and said to Ge You as he walked, his voice was a little low, and the people who led the way in front were the people arranged by the crew, not far from them, but Zhou Bai didn't want his words to be known.

"Well, don't say it, I heard from friends in the circle that now the actors have to write the treatment into the contract, what level of hotel to live in, what level of food to eat, what level of car to take, in addition to the actor himself, even the assistant brought must be well treated, and now no one says that the spirit of hardship is gone. Ge You sighed, after entering the new century, the atmosphere in the entertainment industry has changed a lot, and an old-school actor like him is very uncomfortable.

"There are a lot of funds outside the circle, not to mention anything else, those coal bosses are so poor that they only have money left, and people just want to praise actresses, as long as they can do this, they want money to give money, ask people to hire people, and they don't interfere with the director's creation, if there is more money, they always have to spend it, of course the actors who are invited to film will ask for good treatment, and it is best to spend half of the funds on him, anyway, people are not afraid of making bad movies, they are coming for money. Zhou Bai thought for a while and said.

Now that there is more money to enter the entertainment industry, there are all kinds of ways, and many local tyrants who have made a lot of money invest in filming not because they like it, but not because they want to make more money through filming, it doesn't matter where the money is spent.

"When will I meet such a big boss, I will be offered up like an uncle, only take a million-level luxury car, only live in the presidential suite, only eat imported food, with ten or eight assistants, when it comes to filming, just stop in front of the camera, just say the lines and pass the test, spend half a month to shoot a movie, and easily get a salary of 18 million, and the money is like the wind blowing. Ge You pretended to be fascinated and said.

"Uncle Ge, don't look at the current tens of millions of salaries, I dare to say that the tens of millions of salaries you said in ten years are just the basic treatment of first-line actors, and the treatment like you said will be enjoyed by someone in a few years, there is too much hot money, and anything can happen. Zhou Bai was stunned for a moment, and then said helplessly, the situation that Ge You said may be exaggerated in his own opinion, but in Zhou Bai's opinion, it may happen soon.

As the domestic economy is getting better and better, it is foreseeable that there will only be more and more hot money invested in the entertainment industry, and at the same time, there will be a lot of chaos under the impetus of various hot money in the development of this industry, which is not something that Zhou Bai can change.