Cheng Xiaodong's director's salary has directly increased by millions of dollars because of the box office success of "Fast Pursuit", which is not an exaggeration, and the huge commercial success of the film itself will make the film director hot, and the high salary is also reasonable, which is determined by the market.

Others don't say it, let's just say that Zhou Bai's teacher Zhang Yimou, when filming "Happy Times" in 2000, Zhang Yimou's salary was only a few hundred thousand, and by the time "Hero" was filmed in 2002, this number was as high as 10 million, and blockbuster directors are never cheap, not to mention that Cheng Xiaodong is a top director with a single film box office of more than 100 million US dollars in Asia.

There is indeed nothing wrong with more than 100 million US dollars, with the accumulation of the box office, the Asian box office of "Fast Pursuit" has exceeded 1 billion yuan, and according to the exchange rate, it has already exceeded 100 million US dollars.

"As long as he doesn't open his mouth widely, it is better to ask him to be a director within a reasonable range, one is to continue the style of the movie, and the other is that he has advantages in the action aesthetics of the film that other directors do not have, this time the success of our film is largely because the unique action style has attracted the support of many fans, it is still early, let's talk about it then, there may not be no variables in the middle. ”

Regarding Liu Guoyang's question, Zhou Bai also answered straightforwardly, as long as Cheng Xiaodong's price is still within a reasonable range, he will continue to ask him to direct, but if he asks for a sky-high salary, it is another matter.

directing the second part, the director's salary must be soaring, which is also what Cheng Xiaodong deserves, and now Cheng Xiaodong is at this price, and Zhou Bai knows that Cheng Xiaodong will definitely not lack the market, and there will be other investors who want to ask him to direct the movie.

The credit for the success of the movie is not only on Zhou Bai, not only the director Cheng Xiaodong has increased his salary, but also the actor's salary has grown insanely, if it weren't for the fact that many characters have died in the movie, the salary of the actors in the sequel alone is not a few, even if you don't talk about the actors, other working actors will also have to increase their salaries, after all, the success of the movie itself will benefit the entire crew.

Not to mention anything else, Zhou Bai's own actor salary is also very high now, it's not that the first-line producers don't dare to ask him to act, that salary is really not something that the small crew can afford.

The success of a film is never just because of the efforts of a certain person, film is a comprehensive art that integrates art and technology, and film is a synthesis of a variety of artistic elements, unlike other arts, film is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of all kinds of artists.

Therefore, the film is based on the literary script, with the director as the core of the filming, and the overall design and overall conception are carried out, and the creativity of various artistic and technical categories is fully mobilized in order to jointly complete the film creation.

After the success of a movie, the credit and benefits will not be just for one person, on the contrary, it is precisely because it is the art of teamwork, everyone involved in it can gain something, but it is different because of the importance of the work.

"Fast and Furious" was a huge success, the highest-grossing film of 04, and everyone who participated in the production of this film benefited from it, even the most basic staff, who were able to add a beautiful stroke to their resumes and add a gorgeous medal to their qualifications.

Of course, the biggest gain is undoubtedly those who are seen in front of the stage, especially the actors, because the presentation of the movie is completed by their interpretation, they are undoubtedly the most high-profile group of people, so their harvest is also extraordinarily large, even so big that these people are unimaginable.

The movie Zhou Zhaolong has now become the candidate for the No. 1 villain in action movies, and the polite and ruthless and resolute gangster boss he created is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and more than three movies have come to the door, all of which want to find him to play the villain No. 1, and some of the treatment can be on par with the male No. 1, you can imagine how popular he is in the market at present, and to put it mildly, this "Fast Pursuit" is enough for him to eat for three years.

Not to mention Donnie Yen, as far as Zhou Bai knows, Donnie Yen's agent has already released the role of non-male number one, and there are still more than three films under such conditions, and the investment cost of each film is not low, which can be regarded as a first-line resource, so this Donnie Yen expressed his gratitude to Zhou Bai more than once.

Of course, Donnie Yen would like to thank Zhou Bai, because he participated in "Fast Pursuit" and served as the action director, he also took this opportunity to catch the express train of development, and the momentum of soaring in the entertainment industry has been revealed, and because of the aura of "Fast Pursuit", he is now a first-line action star and a quasi-first-line actor.

It's hard to say that Xingyun is a thing, Donnie Yen has not been praised, but unfortunately the results are unsatisfactory, the response is mediocre, after learning martial arts from the capital, he has always wanted to copy Bruce Lee's development path, the United States won the championship and returned to Xiangjiang to make movies, dreaming of becoming an action superstar overnight.

It's a pity that he has been tepid in Xiangjiang for fifteen years, but he didn't expect that seeing the bleak star journey, he finally reluctantly transformed into an action director behind the scenes, but he gained attention because of this, and went from behind the scenes to the front of the scenes, and the export to domestic sales actually created a big surprise.

02 is a watershed in Donnie Yen's development, before that, he could only barely be regarded as a third-tier actor, a second-line action director, because he served as the action director of "Blade 2", and got the opportunity to participate in "Hero", the most important thing is that "Iron Horse" is an unexpected surprise, with a box office of 14.7 million in the United States, ranking sixth in the total box office of the top ten foreign language films in the past ten years, which has made Donnie Yen's star fortune begin to change and attract more and more attention.

After performing in "Hero", Donnie Yen performed some good movies to make his popularity go to the next level, and he became a second-tier actor in the film industry.

"Fast Pursuit" let Donnie Yen touch the threshold of first-line actors, although this threshold is still difficult to cross, but there is no problem in saying that it is quasi-first-line, the only thing lacking at present is a number of movies with him as the male lead to stabilize his position in the entertainment industry, if there is a big explosion of movies with him as the leading actor, basically the position of a first-line actor will be stabilized.

What is a first-line actor, who can perform the role of the leading actor and heroine of the industry's top production, can get the industry's top salary and treatment, can take over the industry's top commercial endorsements, once had top works, and now has top influence, this is a first-line actor, to put it bluntly, he is the most powerful group of actors in the entire entertainment industry.

To put it more simply, at least two of the three works, starlight, and awards are excellent, the so-called work is the influence of the starring film, starlight is the box office and commercial value of the film in which the individual participates, and the award is the individual who has won various professional awards.

Donnie Yen's rise so fast is also the reason why Cheng Long and Li Lianjie went to Hollywood to develop, after all, the blank market they left behind always needs other action star actors to occupy it.

Action movies have always been a popular category of Xiangjiang movies, and in the case that Cheng Long and Li Lianjie ran to Hollywood to develop and it was difficult to invite them, Donnie Yen stood out and became the most popular candidate for the actor in action movies at present, and his image is better than Zhou Zhaolong, and his acceptance among the audience is higher.

If you don't say that it is great luck for an actor to encounter a good work, just look at Donnie Yen, "A Thousand Machines Change II" and "Love Emergency" can only play the male number three, and now the non-male number one does not act.

An Zhijie and Huo Siyan don't talk about it, these two people are now the two who are popular among the second-tier actors, even to the extent that Gao Yuanyuan was last year, and the relationship between this pair is even more concerned by the whole people, it can be said that they are red and purple, and now the scripts that invite them to make movies can be piled up into a small mountain, and they have gained far more than they imagined.