Every film is not a simple matter from preparation to shooting, unless it is a small production of the grass stage team, the preparation period is generally very long, especially for commercial films with large investments, after all, there are too many things involved.

The script of "Hero", as Zhou Bai knows, Zhang Yimou began to write the idea in 98 years, and found his own royal planner Wang Bing, I don't know how many versions have been written, and it took a long time to finalize it.

Some people say that "Hero" is only because of the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but in fact, this is not true, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has not been successful when this movie is in preparation, Lao Mouzi has always had an idea of making martial arts films in his heart, but due to capital, risk considerations and other reasons, it was not launched until 2000.

Zhang Yimou had a conversation with the audience at the Hawaii Film Festival ten years ago, and joked that the next martial arts movie would be made, and everyone thought it was a joke, but in fact, Zhang Yimou had the idea in his heart.

Zhang Yimou is a person who likes to break through himself, for example, he has been filming suffering and human nature, and if he wants to shoot poetry later, there will be "My Father and Mother", if he is not dragged to shoot "Happy Times" in the middle, "Hero" will start earlier.

At the beginning of "Hero", I wanted to find Ken Takakura to play a hero, called "speechless", who couldn't speak and was mute. If he acted, the script would have been written according to him, but unfortunately he later refused.

At the beginning, Zhang Yimou asked Jiang Zhiqiang, the producer of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", to help him contact a martial arts instructor in Xiangjiang, but he didn't expect that after reading the book, he liked it very much, so he told Zhang Yimou that he would simply invest in it, so he contacted Li Lianjie.

At that time, there was no concept of so-called big productions, and the investment in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was actually not large, and the investment of $30 million in "Hero" was much more than that of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

So it was logical to find Li Lianjie as the starring role, after all, such a big investment was the first time in China, Li Lianjie's salary at that time was 10 million US dollars, and the investment in "Hero" was not unaffordable, not to mention that when he was invited, Li Lianjie saw Zhang Yimou's sincerity and reduced his salary, so there were many fewer obstacles for Zhou Bai, Zhang Manyu, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Daoming, and Donnie Yen to join.

To be reasonable, with Lao Mouzi's fame, except for the fact that it will be a little difficult to invite Zhang Manyu, there is no obstacle for others, after all, this is Lao Mouzi.

Zhou Bai and Zhang Ziyi are his students, although Chen Daoming is more famous in China, but he is not so awesome as to ignore Lao Mouzi, and Donnie Yen is needless to say, it is all thanks to the support of his master Eighth Master to win the role of Changkong, and now with Li Lianjie, no one will be stupid enough to refuse such an invitation.

In the crew of "Hero", the biggest star is Li Lianjie, followed by Zhang Manyu, Zhou Bai's original position was quite embarrassing, not to mention that he was not as good as Zhang Ziyi, even Chen Daoming could suppress him, but after the release of "Fifty First Loves", everything was different, he is hot now, he is simply a sweetheart, which can be seen from the change in Zhang Weiping's attitude towards him.

"Zhou Bai, we have been waiting for you for a long time, congratulations on the box office success of "Fifty Times of First Love", you can now be a veritable film producer with a box office of 100 million yuan, if only you had asked me to invest. Zhang Weiping smiled wrinkledly, very enthusiastic.

"Mr. Zhang, you are joking, the movie "Fifty First Loves" can be a box office hit, it is pure luck, we originally had no confidence in recovering the cost, I was also very surprised, this time the success was too lucky, I can only say that I won the bet, not that we have such good strength. I originally wanted to ask you to invest, but when I heard the teacher say that the investment in "Hero", I felt that it was better not to increase the pressure on you, but I regretted that I missed it. Zhou Bai kept a smile and said lightly.

For Zhang Weiping, Zhou Bai doesn't feel disgusting, it's just that everyone doesn't like each other, and now Zhang Weiping has such an enthusiastic attitude, it is nothing more than that Zhou Bai is now successful, maintaining a good relationship, maybe there is the possibility of in-depth cooperation, after all, businessmen don't think much money, right, and Zhang Weiping is undoubtedly a pure businessman.

If Zhang Weiping likes movies so much, it is purely funny, he is a pure businessman, movies are just commodities, he tied Zhang Yimou to his chariot because Zhang Yimou can help him make money, and he is not as generous to Zhang Yimou as others think.

Zhang Yimou is not very sensitive to money, so he is very casual in terms of salary, and Zhang Weiping is actually not generous to Zhang Yimou, and even many things have not been settled, so he will send it away at will, all of which only broke out after the two fell out.

"Oh, you are too modest, who doesn't know your ability to be a talented man of Zhou Da now, not to mention that you can invest 20 million in one go, you have never missed since investing in movies, and now the book "Fifty Times of First Love" was also written by you, it can be said that you are the only one in the domestic film and television industry now, and I am also happy for you. Zhang Weiping patted Zhou Bai on the shoulder and said, looking pleased.

Saying good things without money, Zhang Wei commented on saying good things without losing his share, he was more like an elder who was relieved to see the younger generation grow up, which made Zhou Bai's heart greasy.

"Mr. Zhang is too awarded, I'm just making a little fuss, but I'm not like you, taking out more than 30 million US dollars to invest in movies, I don't know when and what month I can reach Mr. Zhang's big deal, this time I took out 20 million, which has already hollowed out my old book, if it wasn't for luck, my whole net worth would be wiped out." Zhou Bai pretended to smile bitterly, and sighed helplessly at the end.

Anyway, it's all acting, who is afraid of whom, Zhou Bai knows very well about Zhang Weiping, he can be so enthusiastic about himself today, it is nothing more than because Zhou Bai is now worthy of the role of 'nameless', he can drive the box office in China, and there is a little help in the world, if it is changed to before the release of "Fifty Times of First Love", it is definitely a nose not a nose and a face is not a face.

This can't be blamed for Zhang Wei's snobbery, because in this industry is inherently so, if you are not worthy of your position, don't blame others for having opinions about you, or even want to kick you out, but if you can bring benefits to others, as long as this benefit is big enough, even if you hug your thighs and kneel and lick you, there is no problem, the reality is so cruel.