Chen Xiao's movie, called "The Extraordinary Detective", is a comedy, which has both light-hearted and witty funny clips and fascinating detective reasoning, both creatively and plotically, which is very interesting. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

And comedy is the easiest theme in small-budget movies to be small and broad.

Because of the cooperation with Zhang Xinya in the crew of director Wu Jingda, Zhang Xinya, who used acting potion at that time, left a deep impression on Chen Xiao, plus Wang Xiao took the lead in establishing the company, Chen Xiao and Zhang Xinya are partners again, in line with the principle that fat water does not flow into outsiders' fields, the heroine was temporarily selected Zhang Xinya.

After cooperating with director Wu Jingda, coupled with her usual hard work, Zhang Xinya has been learning without sleep or food in reality, whether in reality or in the training system of the star system, so her acting skills have improved very quickly.

In "The Extraordinary Detective", the heroine is secondary, and there are not many scenes, so it is just for Zhang Xinya to practice.

Of course, for small-budget movies, salary is also a very important factor, starring in her own movies, Zhang Xinya can star in friendship with 0 salary, which naturally saves a lot of expenses. However, under Zhang Xinya's repeated resignations, Wang Xiao still gave her a salary according to the market, and there was a detailed dividend agreement in the contract.

We are a regular company, not a family-run workshop, Wang Xiao said.

And Chen Xiao has the sadness of pulling investment before, and he can naturally save money on the cost of the movie, especially when this movie is made for his own company, it is even more picky. His degree of picking is concentrated in the choice of the male protagonist.

There are two male protagonists, one is a witty and funny detective who must be played by a comedy star, and the other is a young fresh meat college student who is interested in detectives and has just graduated from the police academy.

Xiao Xianrou is easier to find, I don't know how many handsome and handsome new generation of Xiao Xianrou have become popular in mainland TV dramas, these people have a high salary in TV dramas, but in terms of movies, they are basically newcomers, although it is impossible to have zero salary, but basically the salary is not too high.

But comedy stars are very headaches, in China, the comedy box office is generally not too bad, unless the production is too bad. A casual comedy movie may be able to get a high box office, such as Baked Cake Man. And the popularity of comedy has also created a super high salary for comedians. In the salary ranking of domestic first-line actors, there must be comedy stars in the first few places.

If you use a well-known comedian, then it means a high salary, which will also increase the salary of the film, and if you use a newcomer, or a less famous actor, then the quality of the film is difficult to guarantee.

Chen Xiao felt that it was enough to keep the cost as low as possible, although he also wanted to invite well-known comedians, but in line with the principle of careful budgeting, he still decided to discover new talents.

However, Wang Xiao spoke, "The budget of the movie is absolutely sufficient, you don't have to save for me, in short, you just take out your best state and make the best movie, don't reduce the quality of the movie because of saving." ”

Chen Xiao nodded, "Since this is the case, then I won't insist, the heroine is still Zhang Xinya, the male protagonist, let's discuss it carefully." ”

"Do you have any ideas?" Wang Xiao asked.

Chen Xiao thought for a while and went through the well-known comedian in his mind, "In this place of Xiangjiang, maybe Zeng Zhiwei or Wu Mengda is more suitable, and on the mainland, Wang Baoqiang or Huang Bo are very good, but the salary on the mainland may be higher." ”

Xiangjiang's film industry has been relatively sluggish in recent years, and there have been no blockbuster film works for a long time, so it has also affected the general reduction of the remuneration of Hong Kong artists.

On the mainland, comedy movies with a box office of hundreds of millions or even billions often come out, and a large number of comedians have become popular.

Wang Xiao couldn't help but raise his voice a degree, "Brother Chen, I said it, the salary is not something you have to consider, you just have to tell me who you think is the most suitable actor, I'll give you a thorough explanation, I will give you a budget of up to 100 million yuan, of course, it includes promotion and publicity costs." ”

Relying on the antique trade, Wang Xiao is not unable to come up with more money, but the first movie can only be regarded as a test of the waters, Wang Xiao cannot invest too much, of course, even so, for Chen Xiao, it is enough.

"Enough! That's enough! There is no need for so much! Chen Xiao hurriedly said, "The most suitable comedian for my movie is Wang Baoqiang from the mainland." ”

Wang Baoqiang is a big-name comedy star, excellent works have emerged in an endless stream over the years, and he is very powerful, but he can't watch the movie "Extraordinary Detective", which is made on a small budget, is uncertain.

Wang Xiao said to Chen Xiao, "If you think he is suitable, you can do it, you don't have to worry about the salary, as long as it does not exceed the market price too much, you can accept it, and if necessary, you can accept a higher salary, because we are a small company after all, and we are not famous." Brother Chen, the actor part will be handed over to you, you let it go, you just choose what you think is the most suitable. ”

Chen Xiao was very moved by Wang Xiao's trust, and he patted his chest and promised, "I will definitely complete the task!" ”

"In addition, you can ponder the script again, if you need to increase investment, you can just ask, in short, what I ask is that you come up with the best movie you can make under this framework."

Chen Xiao nodded and said, "As long as I can invite the actors I want, I will definitely be able to make the best movie." ”

Chen Xiao, who has bound the director system, is also full of confidence, and the director system has brought him not only the improvement of his personal ability, but also many movies that can become popular in the future, and one of them happens to be his "Extraordinary Detective".

Chen Xiao, who received Wang Xiao's full support, revised his script to the best without sleep or food, and then he began to invite the actors he wanted.

The first thing he contacted was Wang Baoqiang, but he got bad news from Wang Baoqiang's agency: Wang Baoqiang is discussing the cooperation with Xu Zheng in the film "Hong Kong Embarrassment", and he may not be able to spare the schedule.

This made Chen Xiaopo feel disappointed, because Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng cooperated in the embarrassing series, and both films gained super popularity and reputation, and the huge success made Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng reap huge benefits.

If the two of them are really talking about the third sequel to the embarrassment series, under the schedule conflict, Chen Xiao may not have the opportunity to invite Wang Baoqiang.

However, Wang Baoqiang's economic company did not reject Chen Xiao, and according to the news that Chen Xiao found out privately, Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng may not be able to negotiate on the salary of Hong Kong's embarrassment, so the matter has been dragging on.

This made Chen Xiao see hope, to be honest, although other big-name comedians are also very good, but at least in the movie "Extraordinary Detective", Chen Xiao thinks that Wang Baoqiang is the most suitable. Moreover, Wang Baoqiang's box office appeal is also very high, which is also very important for the movie to become popular.

Since he is arguing about money, Chen Xiao feels that he has a chance to win Wang Baoqiang. After informing Wang Xiao and getting Wang Xiao's assurance again, seeing that the negotiations between Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng had reached an impasse, Chen Xiao knew that his opportunity had come.

And the system also released the task in a timely manner

Mission Name: Take down Wang Baoqiang

Description: The negotiations between Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng have reached an impasse, this is your chance to take down Wang Baoqiang and make him the leading actor of your movie.

Quest Reward: Get a chance to redeem a script for a future hit movie.

This reward made Chen Xiao attach great importance to it, and originally thought that even if he couldn't win Wang Baoqiang, there would be other spare tires, but at this moment, Chen Xiao felt that he must win Wang Baoqiang and complete the task, so that his next movie would be settled.

Quest hints? Wang Xiao learned from the main system that Chen Xiao's directing system had issued a task, and of course, the reward for redeeming the movie script was chosen by him from the system reward. However, the main system is telling him at the moment that there is a hint for this task.

Nani, and the Raiders? Wang Xiao looked at it and instantly understood.

If Wang Xiao chooses not to tell Chen Xiao this hint, then the difficulty of Chen Xiao to complete the task will increase, and correspondingly, Wang Xiao will get more energy, and if Wang Xiao chooses to tell Chen Xiao, then the base value of Wang Xiao's energy will remain unchanged.

Wang Xiao did not hesitate to choose to give a hint, the cultivation focus of Wang Xiao's main system at this stage is on Chen Xiao and Zhang Xinya, therefore, for the growth of the two, he will only pay more energy to help the two of them meet their expectations and realize their entertainment and empire dreams with themselves.

He picked up the phone, "Hey, it's Brother Chen!" Wang Baoqiang's matter can also be started from this aspect, Wang Baoqiang is 6 years old to practice martial arts, 8 years old in Songshan Shaolin Temple as a lay disciple, since he was a child has a martial arts dream, he especially likes to play, I think, you can start from this aspect. “

Play? Chen Xiao thought about it, Wang Baoqiang's resume can be publicly found on the Internet, but now no one really knows that Wang Baoqiang likes to play and likes to be an action star, because after all, Wang Baoqiang's strength is comedy.

Chen Xiao didn't know where Wang Xiao got this news, but he knew that this news was very important to his mission.

However, if the news is true, then the boss is too powerful.

He picked up the phone and called Wang Baoqiang's agency, "Hey? Are you there? I am the director Chen Xiao who contacted you last time, and I would like to talk to your company about the cooperation of artists...... That's right, it's Wang Baoqiang! If your company is free, I hope you can talk about it tomorrow afternoon! ”