Ken Takakura, who is the leading actor, is in his fifties this year. Although he is well maintained, he has to act from his twenties to his 80s, which is really enough to test the makeup skills of Wang's Pictures.

"In the movie, the change in the mind of the male protagonist is divided into several parts. The first is when he was a student, and at this time, Uno Shu, like other young people, loved life, enjoyed love, and was ready to step into society to show his strength. The second is the stage of being bewitched by militarist thoughts, he wanted to serve the emperor, and resolutely left his fiancée to join the army. The third is the stage of a hot-blooded soldier, Uno Hidewa came to China with the army, he was brave and fearless for the emperor, and every time he won a battle, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep, and he wrote his excitement into a letter and sent it to his fiancée in his hometown. In the fourth beginth of the confusion stage, with the endless war year after year, Uno Hidekazu begins to get tired and confused, until one day when he walks into the military camp and sees the comfort woman lying on the bed, it is his haggard fiancée, and Uno Hidekazu's faith begins to crumble. The fifth stage is the disgust of war, and here is also the most "gaochao" of the whole movie. After Uno Hidekazu entered Nanjing with his troops, he witnessed a large number of inhumane massacres, and he finally understood the true meaning of this war......" Wang Zijun analyzed for Takakura Ken.

Ken Takakura is a veteran actor who has been acting for decades, and he has also been the leading actor in Hollywood movies, and he has a very strong grasp of the role. He rubbed his tired face and said, "I have talked to Mr. Toshiro and Mr. Thomas, and I will try my best to act well." ”

Wang Zijun saw that he looked tired and asked, "What, is it because of the opposition of those right-wingers that you are under a lot of pressure?" ”

Ken Takakura shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The opposition from others has little impact, when I was reading the script, I read a lot of materials about the Nanjing Massacre, and I felt the pain from history, I feel that if I finish filming this drama, I will probably go crazy." ”

Wang Zijun patted him on the shoulder with a serious expression and said, "I will invite some professional psychologists to come and do scientific psychological counseling for everyone." ”

Not only Takakura Ken, but also Wang Zijun himself, immersed in those tragic events for a year or two, will also be suffocated and crazy. Ken Takakura is the male lead, and he is the director of the whole movie, and they both have to put their emotions into it, and once they invest too deeply, they will have psychological problems in the long run.

has been filming in Otaru City until the end of October, and went to Tokyo and Kyoto Prefecture to shoot some shots, and by the beginning of November, Wang Zijun finally came to Tianjin with the crew.

"Welcome, welcome, welcome Mr. Wang's crew to come to Tianjin for filming!" After the crew got off the plane, they were warmly welcomed by the local political axe, and the secretary of the municipal party committee personally led the team to greet them.

The film "Holy War" has received strong support from the Ministry of Culture, and the Chinese film co-production company has also participated, which can be regarded as one of the producers. The China Film Co-production Company is responsible for contacting the political axe and arranging the actors of the film's filming locations in the mainland, and even uses the military to participate in the filming of some war scenes, while Wang's Pictures only needs to pay a certain amount of subsidies to the participating soldiers.

In return, the Chinese film co-production company will become one of the producers and obtain the distribution rights of "Jihad" in Chinese mainland and all box office revenues.

I have to say that the Chinese film co-production company has great powers. Founded in 1979, this company specializes in cooperating with overseas film companies to produce films, such as the famous "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "The Last Emperor". There is also Xing Ye's "Xiaoqiang, You Don't Want to Die" "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance", which was co-filmed by China Film Co-production Company and Xiang Huaqiang's Yongsheng.

This time, the entry visas of the crew of "Holy War", the customs entry procedures for film equipment, etc., are all handled by the China Film Co-production Company, and Wang Zijun only needs to concentrate on filming.

Of course, for the secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee to come to the airport in person to pick up the airport, it is not enough for the Ministry of Culture to pay attention to the operation of the China Film Co-production Company. In order to shoot realistic war scenes, Wang Zijun invested $1.5 million to rebuild the drum tower of Tianjin's old city, which was demolished more than 30 years ago, and repaired the city wall, which is what made Tianjin's political officials the happiest.

"Hello Mr. Wang, I'm Ning Xiaoying, the contact person of the China Film Co-production Company, if you have any errands in the future, just talk to me." A middle-aged woman in her forties who still has charm came over to shake hands with Wang Zijun, and unlike the Zhongshan suits worn by officials, this Ning Xiaoying wore a white suit.

"I'm sorry Ms. Ning." Wang Zijun didn't dare to snub this, the filming in the mainland in the next year or so will depend on this woman to contact with various places, and a little bit of moth is a trouble.

Ning Xiaoying introduced a few people behind her: "This is Mr. Chen Kaige, a famous director in my country, and this is Mr. Zhang Laomou, a famous director, and they are all your assistant director." ”

Wang Zijun shook hands with the two and said with a smile: "We are old friends, Ms. Ning doesn't need to be introduced." ”

Speaking of which, the China Film Co-production Company is not a professional film company at this time, but there are blockbusters abroad that need to be filmed in China, so they come out to cooperate with the shooting to make money. And they can mobilize the manpower of all the film companies in China, as long as the parties and the company agree, anyone can find them.

In this way, you can make money, and secondly, you can learn from foreign advanced film shooting experience, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. And those filmmakers who have been transferred are generally happy to come over to help, after all, there are few opportunities to cooperate with foreigners.

For example, in "The Last Emperor", Zhang Laomou played the trick of bowing when Pu Yi boarded the plane, while Chen Kaige played a guard with a few lines. And many of the time, they are working for director Bertolucci.

Back in the city, the local officials inevitably wanted to invite them to dinner, Ning Xiaoying, Zhang Laomou, and Chen Kaige accompanied them, and the leading actors, consultants, and photographers of the party also followed.

The two of them, Higashishiro and Makoto Tanabe, were naturally also the main tables, and the local officials drank and asked with the pleasure of drinking: "I heard that Mr. Toshiro is in the machine tool business?" ”

"A little deal." Toshiro said modestly. This old man didn't go to the battlefield to make money, he was a factory owner himself, and he also ran several movie theaters under his hands.

"Mr. Toshiro can visit us more in Tianjin, the investment environment here is still very good." The official said, but his eyes were on Wang Zijun.

Wang Zijun has donated $1.5 million to rebuild the drum tower and city walls, and Tianjin itself already has two bread and instant noodle processing factories of Wang's Food Group, so local officials are naturally embarrassed to come to him again.

"I'll take a closer look." Toshiro nodded.

Officials chatted with Mr. Toshiro about the investment, while Mr. Wang chatted with a few people from the China Film Co-production Company.

Ning Xiaoying asked, "Mr. Wang, I heard that the budget of "Holy War" is 100 million US dollars? ”

"There should be some surplus, mainly the people who do the budget below, I didn't expect the labor on the mainland to be so cheap." Wang Zijun nodded and replied, "I estimate that it can be completed for a maximum of 80 million US dollars." ”

Can it not be cheap? Ordinary extras, a salary of a few yuan a day per person, absolutely no one is willing to do it in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but there are countless people on the mainland who rush to come.

Even if the army is mobilized to participate in the filming, the daily subsidy per person is only ten yuan, and the soldiers are very happy.

80 million US dollars is an astronomical amount at this time, Ning Xiaoying really can't think of how Wang Zijun can spend so much money, and said: "Bertolucci only used 25 million US dollars to shoot "The Last Emperor", all their foreign staff drink mineral water from Italy, and the chefs are also foreign chefs who are transported by plane. ”

Wang Zijun said with a smile: ""The Last Emperor" has the Forbidden City that can be filmed on the spot, and my "Holy War" has to be temporarily set up in various places, such as in Tianjin, where a sum of money was spent to repair the drum tower and city wall. There were also airplanes, tanks, and cannons used for filming, some of which were real products from rented military museums, and some of which were models that we built ourselves, but in any case, they cost a lot of money. $80 million, it really can't be less. ”

Wang Zijun's "Holy War" has a lot of content, the length of the film is at least more than three hours, from Hokkaido, Tokyo to Tianjin, Jinan, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan and other places, everywhere has to throw money.

Brother Chen Kai and Zhang Laomou listened on the side, both secretly speechless. The extravagance and waste of the crew of "The Last Emperor" has opened their eyes, and Wang Zijun's current arrogance makes them really feel what it means to be generous. For them, not to mention a $100 million budget, even a $1 million production would be unthinkable.

At the wine table, Wang Zijun and Ning Xiaoying discussed the specific shooting task, saying that the army would need to be used in half a month. Ning Xiaoying hung up the phone directly after dinner, and then told Wang Zijun that the Beijing Military Region had agreed, but at most 300 soldiers could come, and if there was a shortage of people, Wang Zijun could only find an extra to play.

It was Wang Zijun who shocked them just now, but now it is Wang Zijun who is impressed by Ning Xiaoying, and he can transfer people to the Beijing Military Region with a phone call. If it weren't for the support of the Ministry of Culture, this lady would have been able to endure it.

"Boss." After eating, I returned to the hotel, and it didn't take long for Le Yun to find him. For more than a year, Le Yun has been in charge of the work on the mainland, and everything is controlled by Wang Zijun, and the results are not bad.

(To be continued)