Chapter Ninety-Four: 100 Million Production Fees

"Pretty Girl" is finished.

Before filming "Pretty Girl", Xu Cun never thought that "Pretty Girl" could be filmed for more than half a year, let alone that "Pretty Girl", which had a budget of 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars, would take more than 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars to shoot.

Chen Xunqi was unspeakably ashamed of this, and he also began to reflect on whether he was a qualified film director.

Xu Cun didn't blame Chen Xunqi, and of course he didn't encourage Chen Xunqi's behavior, he just said four words to Chen Xunqi lightly - don't take it as an example.

In the later production of zuò, Xu Cun gave some construction based on the experience of his two lives and the original version of "Pretty Girl". But how to edit it, Xu Cun handed it over to Chen Xunqi and Mai Zaishan.

Mak started working at the age of 14 for a film color printing company, and five years later began to work as a film editor, and in the mid-80s, he became Xu Ke's royal editor, who won the Academy Award for Best Editing for "Wong Fei Hung" and "Beast Detective", and his apprentices such as Lin Yuer and others also became famous editors in Hong Kong.

Mak Tsai Shan's cutting is like flowing water, magnificent, and the atmosphere and speed are absolutely rare in other movies, and Mak Tsai Shan will have the reputation of "the first scissors in Hong Kong" in the future.

Mak Tsai-shan once said: "At that time, there were no large-scale productions of Hong Kong films, and more than 30 of the more than 50 films in Hong Kong were cut by me. This shows Mak Tsai-shan's editing strength.

After the production of "Pretty Girl" was completed, Xu Cun did not let it be released immediately.

The reason why Xu Cun did this was because he didn't want "Pretty Girl" to go head-to-head with "Lucky Stars", which was about to be completed.

The cast of "Lucky Stars" is too huge, although "Pretty Girl" is unique, but if it meets "Lucky Stars", it will definitely be crushed.

In the process of filming "Lucky Stars", Zeng Zhiwei finally came up with the script "Kicking the Hall" that he discussed with the screenwriters of DreamWorks.

The original "Kicking the Gym" was just a slightly interesting kung fu movie.

After Xu Cun's edification and the improvement of DreamWorks' screenplay, although "Kicking the Hall" is still a kung fu movie, its plot is fuller than the previous life.

Moreover, Xu Cun also promised Zeng Zhiwei that when the filming of "Lucky Star Gaozhao" was completed, he would let Zeng Zhiwei shoot "Kicking the Hall".

The protagonists of "Kicking the Hall" are Liang Xiaolong and Dong Wei, the male villain is played by Zhong Fa, and the heroine is played by Michiko Nishikyo.

Liang Xiaolong and Dong Wei both have real kung fu, and there is naturally no problem with acting in kung fu movies, the problem is the heroine - originally, Xu Cun was going to let Li Saifeng play it, but Zeng Zhiwei The heroine in the script they studied was a restaurant proprietor, Li Saifeng was too tender and not suitable for this role at all, so Xu Cun personally ordered Xixie Michiko to play it.

The other actors are all from Xu Jiaban, the Raptors stunt team and the contracted actors of DreamWorks, and the producer is Zhong Zhen.

Zeng Zhiwei asked Xu Cun for a fee of 1 million Hong Kong dollars, and Xu Cun approved 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars for him, and asked him to work more on quality.

In addition to preparing to shoot "Kicking the Hall", DreamWorks is also preparing to shoot a "Pointing Soldiers" directed by Zhang Guoming, director of the new Lang Dynasty, and written by Chen Xinjian.

Zhang Guoming and Chen Xinjian were introduced by Cui Baozhu, and they came with the script, Xu Cun read the script of "Pointing Soldiers" and felt good, for the first time, he didn't point fingers at the script of "Pointing Soldiers".

In terms of actors, Xu Cun personally ordered Li Xiuxian and the immortals.

Needless to say, he is a member of the Xu family's class.

Li Xiuxian's ancestral home is Shantou, Guangdong, born in Shanghai, and moved to Xiangjiang with his parents since he was a child.

When he was a child, Li Xiu saw the big and small hooligans in the walled city running rampant and domineering, and he was quite unhappy in his heart, and he hoped that he could become a police officer and rectify social order.

In the fourth grade of middle school, in order to take care of the family, Li Xiuxian had to drop out of school. He wanted to apply for the police academy, but was resolutely stopped by his mother, who was worried about her son's safety, and failed to do so. Since then, he has been working in society to earn a living, and the longest time he has been working as a worker installing aluminum windows. Later, Shaw Brothers Company opened an artist training class to train film actors for Shaw Brothers Pictures, and Li Xiuxian successfully applied for the examination and became the first batch of students.

The role of the policeman played by Li Xiuxian made Xu Cun very impressed, so Xu Cun asked people to find Li Xiuxian.

However, as a disciple of the great director Zhang Che, Li Xiuxian did not agree to join DreamWorks, and only intended to star in "Pointing Soldiers" with a salary of 10,000 Hong Kong dollars.

At this time, Li Xiuxian was already famous, and his salary was at least 30,000 Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, being willing to star in "Pointing Soldiers" for 10,000 Hong Kong dollars shows that he really likes the movie "Pointing Soldiers".

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Cun agreed to use 10,000 Hong Kong dollars to hire Li Xiuxian to star in "Pointing Soldiers".

The other actors of "Pointing Soldiers" are also found among the actors of Xu Jiaban, Raptors Stunt Team, and DreamWorks. The staff is also served by the second-tier team of DreamWorks, and the producer is Zhang Guozhong.

Since Zeng Zhiwei was still giving Xu Cun a note on the spot, "Pointing Soldiers" was started first.

At the same time as the launch of "Pointing Soldiers", Xu Cun also asked Zhang Guoming, the director of "Pointing Soldiers", to help him introduce a person - Tang Shuxuan.

After Tang Shuxuan's movie "The Tycoon Gaiden" was completed, due to the lack of cinema scheduling, it was not until some time ago that it was renamed "Nouveau riche" and released.

Unfortunately, it failed miserably at the box office.

At this time, Tang Shuxuan was completely disheartened and was preparing to immigrate to the United States with his boyfriend to open a restaurant.

Tang Shuxuan was very surprised by Xu Cun's appointment, he didn't understand what Xu Cun was looking for her?

However, based on his curiosity about Xu Cun, Tang Shuxuan still accepted the invitation.

In a café in Central.

Xu Cun looked at the noble and elegant Tang Shuxuan with emotion - this woman is definitely the most artistically accomplished director in Xiangjiang, on a par with world-class directors, and she is definitely an important factor in promoting the development of Xiangjiang films.

When Xu Cun looked at Tang Shuxuan, Tang Shuxuan was also looking at Xu Cun - she was very curious about how Xu Cun, a young man who was nearly twenty years younger than her, could achieve such brilliant achievements in just two years?

After looking at each other for a while, Xu Cun said in a voice that seemed to have magical power: "Sister Tang, although I am very presumptuous, I still have to keep you, I want to play with all the net worth of DreamWorks, so I am willing to ask Sister Tang that you can stay and help me." ”

Xu Cun's sentence without a beginning or end made Tang Shuxuan a little confused. After a while, she said in a puzzled tone: "Please also ask Mr. Xu to make it clear." ”

Xu Cun sat up straight and said, "I want to use 100 million Hong Kong dollars to go to Hollywood to make a big production, and I want to ask Sister Tang to be one of the assistant directors and producers of this movie." ”

As soon as Xu Cun's words came out, she was as calm as Tang Shuxuan, and she was shocked! She subconsciously asked, "What kind of movie needs to cost 100 million yuan?"

Xu Cun replied in a deep voice: "ET"

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