May 23, Xiangjiang Airport.

When Xu Jing walked out of the airport, even if he had been used to walking alone for twenty or thirty years in his previous life, he didn't feel a long-lost feeling at this time. has been in this time and space for less than a year, but he has felt too much, with Zhou Xiaoxun's brotherly feelings, Lin Jianguo, Sun Jiahui's family affection, and Zhao Xiaojun and others' comradeship-in-arms towards him, all of which made him have a desire for home.

Xu Jing didn't come back alone, he brought three people with him, Greg Carmen and his two assistants, Hollywood makeup artists. Greg Carmen is not too famous now, but decades later, he is very famous, winning the Academy Award for Best Makeup in 2009 for his unparalleled makeup skills in "Rejuvenation".

Although Greg only won this award in 2009, it does not mean that his makeup skills are not high at this time, on the contrary, his makeup skills are quite good at this time. Greg is not a newcomer to Hollywood, he has been working in Hollywood film makeup since 1977, and in 1993 Robin Williams played a seventy or eighty-year-old lady at the age of 42 in "My Fair Daddy", and Robin Williams makeup is still impressive years later.

The reason why Xu Jing hired Greg to come to Xiangjiang is naturally to create the middle-aged killer in "This Killer is Not Too Cold". Although he tried his best to shape himself in order to meet the requirements during his time in the United States, he was still much worse, and Xu Jing at this time looked like he was twenty-five or sixteen years old at most. In addition, Xiangjiang's makeup artists are far from meeting his requirements.

At this time, the atmosphere of the Xiangjiang film and television industry is too profit-seeking and fast, usually the makeup artist, lighting engineer, set designer, stylist and other staff of a crew have to run several crews to rush to the scene in a day, even the leading actor. As a result, many of the stories of Xiangjiang movies are told very well, but the pictures look very rough and inferior, which is the lack of sets, makeup and styling.

In the new century, there are still many such problems, for example, in "Big Guy", which won ten nominations for the Academy Awards in 2003, Liu Dehua's big muscular male appearance looks very awkward.

For example, in the 1995 Gutian version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the costume of the Golden Wheel was worn by Xiang Shaolong in the 2001 "Xun Qin Ji", and the thin camel in the same year "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" also wore the same piece.

There is also a set of bridal outfits in "The Son of Heaven Slaying the Dragon" in 94 years in "Legend of Deception" in 99 years and "Women and Heroes" in 08 years, and the time span of the shirt is more than ten years, and the degree of thrift is embarrassing.

In contrast, if Hollywood films at this time have initially achieved industrialization, then Xiangjiang films are still in the stage of handicraft workshops, while mainland films are completely agricultural stage, and even if some masterpieces appear, they are similar to high-end handmade handicrafts, not industrial at all.

After returning to the hotel with Greg and his assistant, Xu Jing found that the hotel seemed to be renovated, but there was no major repair, but the railing was replaced with a carved iron railing from the original cement railing. Xu Jing understood the reason after thinking about it, and secretly scolded in his heart, "This old Zhao is really good at stealing and playing tricks."

It turned out that Zhao Xiaojun directly transformed his home hotel as the filming location of "This Killer is Not Too Cold". Xu Jing took a look and found that it was also in line with the movie set, so he didn't plan to pursue the matter.

When he returned home, he found that no one was there, so Xu Jing settled Greg and the others before waiting for everyone to come back. At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Jianguo, Zhao Xiaojun and others returned.

"Xiao Jing, you're back! What's wrong with you? Why do you look like this?" Lin Jianguo entered the door and found Xu Jing sitting in the living room, and at this time, Xu Jing's heavy dark circles and rough skin, and his tired state were completely two people from the young man when he left.

"It's okay, I'm preparing for the role of filming, and I've been back for a while. Where have you been?" asked Xu Jing.

"Don't toss yourself too much, don't break your body. We just brought all the equipment back from the equipment company. Lin Jianguo replied.

"Well, I understand, by the way, have the crew and actors been formed in all aspects?" Xu Jing turned to Zhao Xiaojun and the others and asked.

"It's all ready, it's ready to start filming at any time!How are you doing over there, have you raised the funds?" Zhao Xiaojun said.

"It's raised, uncle, I'll give you the funds tomorrow, first put fifteen million into the company's account, and then rent a suitable office space, it's not convenient to work at home after all." Xu Jing said.

Since 1983, Hong Kong has implemented a fixed exchange rate pegged to the US dollar, and the Hong Kong government has declared that the Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the US dollar at HK$7.8 to US$1, which has been maintained for decades later.

Of the $8 million obtained in Las Vegas, it cost $400,000 to remove the custom logo, $3 million to become the owner of Cisco, and about $1.5 million to lay out five offshore companies, which means that Xu Jing brought back to Xiangjiang only $3.1 million, which was converted into more than 24 million Hong Kong dollars. Xu Jing did not plan to inject all of it into Jiuzhou Film Company, and left more than 9 million for other uses.

"Poof... Many... How much?" Lin Jianguo, who was drinking water, immediately squirted out when he heard the number Xu Jing said.

"Fifteen million?! Did I hear me right? We thought we could raise four or five million at most! Uncle Lin was only about four million yuan that he was going to invest last year. How did you do that?" Han Xiaoxin and the others also looked incredulous. Four or five million Hong Kong dollars is enough to invest in a medium-sized investment movie at this time, and it is no wonder that everyone is so uneasy.

"Lao Zhao, bring me the shooting plan you have done, as well as the staff list. Xu Jing smiled and did not answer the source of the funds, but asked about the filming.

Zhao Xiaojun and others saw that Xu Jing did not reply, and knew that Xu Jing did not want to talk about the source of funds, so they handed Xu Jing the shooting plan and staff list.

Because the funds are all raised by Xu Jing, Lin Jianguo wanted Xu Jing to be the sole shareholder when Jiuzhou Film Company was registered, and Xu Jing hoped to bring everyone together to form a team, just like the original special squad, which was closely linked, but now after all, it is not on the battlefield, and they have their own families, and they can't rely on friendship to bind everyone, and the distribution of benefits is inevitable. In the end, at Xu Jing's insistence, Xu Jing accounted for 70%, Lin Jianguo accounted for 10%, and Zhao Xiaojun and other five people accounted for the remaining 20%.

Because Xu Jing is not good at managing the company, the chairman is in the name of Lin Jianguo, and the producer is in the name of Lin Jianguo, and the formation of the crew and shooting planning are all done by the experienced Zhao Xiaojun, and the producer let Zhao Xiaojun be named, and the other four were arranged by Xu Jing to learn photography. After the entire list, Xu Jing didn't find any problems, so he turned to another list.

When he saw three of the names, Xu Jing couldn't help but be stunned. The first name is Lin Jianguo, I didn't expect him to be interested in making a cameo, the cameo role is a drug dealer at the beginning, not to mention, Lin Jianguo's appearance is quite in line with the personality.

"Old Zhao, what's going on with this Zeng Zhiwei?" Xu Jing asked Zhao Xiaojun.

Zeng Zhiwei is not a newcomer, he has been in the industry for more than ten years, in the early eighties, he was one of the giants "Seven Monsters of New Art City", and he is a writer, director, and all-rounder, although he withdrew from New Art City in 84 years because of the uneven distribution of interests, but because of his wide range and emphasis on righteousness, he has always been one of the most energetic filmmakers in Xiangjiang, and at this time he appeared in the list of the crew that can be said to be the grass stage team, so it is not surprising that Xu Jing appeared.

"Zeng Zhiwei, I did him a favor the year before last, I saw that the role of Tony in the script was quite suitable for him, so I asked him if he would like to make a cameo, and he agreed, which can be regarded as a return of a favor. Zhao Xiaojun said.

"What about this person?" Xu Jing pointed to another name.

"He? This person filmed "Flower Street Times" a few years ago, in fact, I don't know him, you met him when you asked me to go to TVB to find Wu Zhenyu, at that time, he had just finished his training from TVB, and there was no filming, and then he pestered me to prevent me from leaving, and I had to give him a role. I don't think he looks like a good guy at first glance, and he looks stupid, so I just let him play this small role. Zhao Xiaojun explained.

The name of the person Zhao Xiaojun said is Huang Qiusheng, in the original time and space, this person not only won the Academy Award, but also won several Best Supporting Actors, which can be described as a super gold medal supporting actor. However, there are many controversies about this person, the most famous of which is the boycott of the mainland masses caused by the "Occupy Central" remarks, and several scolding battles with Wang Jing, the director of Xiangjiang.

In fact, this person can't completely say that his ass is not right, because this person has no position at all. Today he supports "Occupy Central," and tomorrow he will scold Hong Kong and Independence S.B., and when he speaks, he does not go through his brain at all, and when his head is hot, he may use the events of 10 or 20 years ago to scold people, and sometimes he even bites people like mad dogs for no reason. Who could have imagined that an actor would sit on the ground and roll around like a second-rate ruffian? In 2014, because he did not enter the Xiangjiang Performing Artists Association, he could not enter the venue to participate in the voting for the president, so he sat outside the venue and rolled around in a mood, which led to the miscarriage of the election.

"Forget it, let's change it, this person is prone to getting into trouble. You go and invite a person named Cheng Kwai An to make a cameo, the one who filmed "The True Color of Heroes 2" last year. Remuneration is not an issue. Xu Jing looked at the name 'Huang Qiusheng', this person is very in line with the image of this character, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to replace it.

As for inviting Cheng Kuian to make a cameo, it won't be difficult, most stars in Xiangjiang only recognize money, and the money is enough, even if it is a bad movie, even if it is a big-name actor, after all, Jiuzhou Film Company is just an independent production company, not a giant like Golden Harvest and Xinyicheng.

"Damai, you're back!" When Xu Jing and Zhao Xiaojun and others were discussing the shooting plan, Zhou Xiaoxun came back from school, and when he saw Xu Jing, he immediately rushed over and squeezed next to him and said in surprise: "Ah... Why are you so old?"

"It's okay, I've made some preparations for the film. Have you completed the task assigned to you?" Looking at Zhou Xiaoxun, who was a little excited in front of him, he had lost a lot of weight, just in line with the filmmaker's personality, Xu Jing asked.

"It's done! It's been a long time since I finished it. Zhou Xiaoxun said happily, and immediately ran back to the room and took it out and handed it to Xu Jing.

After reading for seven or eight minutes, Xu Jing put away the character biography written by Zhou Xiaoxun, this biography is very jerky, a typical junior high school essay writing, but it more or less describes the character characteristics of the characters and the whole picture of the event, just to make up the number of words is a little verbose. However, at Zhou Xiaoxun's current age, it is already quite good to write this little biography.

"Well, it's not bad, I can see that you wrote it with your heart. In order to praise your performance, I brought gifts to you and Qingqing from the United States, you can see if you like it or not. Xu Jing praised Zhou Xiaoxun for a moment, and then took out a few sets of clothes and some dolls from the suitcase.

"I like it!" Zhou Xiaoxun happily held a bunch of dolls and chose them.

"Big Mai, let me tell you, I found a secret!" At ten o'clock in the evening, Zhou Xiaoxun was still reluctant to go to sleep, and whispered beside Xu Jing.

"What's the secret so mysterious?" Xu Jing asked.

"I saw Qingqing holding hands with someone from a distance yesterday!" Zhou Xiaoxun said with a very powerful look.

“。。。。 ”

"Did you say she was in love?" asked Zhou Xiaoxun.

"Poof, why are you so gossipy?" Xu Jing laughed and touched Zhou Xiaoxun's head.

"I'm just curious!" Zhou Xiaoxun was disdainful of Xu Jing's speculation.

"Qingqing is almost sixteen years old, even if it is a drag, it is normal, just go home every day. Xu Jing didn't think about this.

"Oh, got it. Zhou Xiaoxun's eyes flashed with something, but he didn't say it.

This night, Zhou Xiaoxun seemed to be about to finish all the words that he hadn't said for two months, pestering Xu Jing to chatter non-stop, Xu Jing was not impatient, so he quietly listened to Zhou Xiaoxun's words, and slowly, seeing Zhou Xiaoxun falling asleep on the sofa, he gently carried Zhou Xiaoxun back to the bed, and then closed the door and went out.