A week passed in a hurry, and Wang Luo didn't ask about the matter in the theater, and Liu Shaochuan didn't mention it, but Wang Luo knew that Liu Shaochuan had solved this matter.

Within a week, Wang Luo only had one phone call with Liu Shaochuan, and it was about the preparation of the film.

The movies that are launched during this time period generally want to impact the Chinese New Year movie. Of course, if you don't have confidence, then you will wait for the New Year to be released in the choice.

Obviously, Liu Shaochuan wants "People in Embarrassment" to come to this year's Chinese New Year film, and the plot setting is also very suitable for this theme.

However, according to Liu Shaochuan's meaning, the director and producer of this film are still held by Wang Luolai himself, but the assistant director and other positions need to be taken care of by the people on the side of China Entertainment.

Wang Luo didn't say much about this. Since someone is willing to work for free, Wang Luo naturally will not be unwilling.

As for secretly snatching Xu Zheng, Wang Luo and Liu Shaochuan didn't say much, but Wang Luo agreed to Liu Shaochuan's request, but it was tantamount to acquiescing in the solution to this matter.

On the other hand, Wang Luo made the final revisions to the scripts of "Infernal Affairs" 2 and 3.

With the hot scene of Infernal Affairs 1, Wang Luo is already very confident in this series of movies. In addition, the actor's schedule is really difficult to adjust, so this time Wang Luo plans to play a big game.

2 and 3 shoot at the same time, and the advantage of this is that it can free up time for all the actors to shoot.

That's the case, after Wang Luo contacted all the actors again, he basically decided on the start time. In January of next year. It is expected to take three months. Of course. That's just the longest time.

"Wow, you kid has such a big pomp, not only do you want me to come to Tianjing in person, but also let me run to your office in person." Zeng Zhiwei pushed open the door of Wang Luo's office and joked with a smile.

"Uncle Wei, I'm not busy." Wang Luo scratched his head with a smile.

"Also, if the box office breaks one billion a week, you kid will naturally be very busy." Zeng Zhiwei laughed. Said proudly.

"Infernal Affairs" broke one billion at the box office in a week, setting a box office record in the Chinese film industry, and is rushing towards the highest record.

As for why this movie was successful, Zeng Zhiwei has long known. But I didn't expect it to be so popular.

Now Zeng Zhiwei's fame has increased a lot in the mainland, and many mainland enterprises want to cooperate with him. Liang Chaowei and Huang Qiu are the same.

It's just that the hottest guy in this film is Zhang Shilin, who has broken through many obstacles in one fell swoop with this film, and there is a faint tendency to enter the front line.

If it weren't for his late debut, even Zeng Zhiwei would not be able to stabilize him now.

However, when I thought of it, there was no more Zhang Shilin in 2 and 3. Zeng Zhiwei's brain became active and looked at Wang Luo. With a flattering look, he asked, "When are you going to shoot the next one?" ”

If there are outsiders here, they will definitely be surprised by Zeng Zhiwei's performance. But if there is a friend who knows him well, then he must be covering his mouth and snickering at this moment.

Because people who are familiar with Zeng Zhiwei know that whenever Zeng Zhiwei shows this expression, then the person opposite will bleed. Of course, Zeng Zhiwei will only be like this in front of his approved friends.

After all, he is a first-line movie star, and his image still needs to be paid attention to.

"I plan to shoot the next film in January, it will take about three months, Uncle Wei, the actors will trouble you." Wang Luo thought about it for a while, but decided to tell Zeng Zhiwei about this matter first.

Previously, he just learned about everyone's schedule, and did not disclose when the next film will be filmed. Moreover, the specific situation depends on the filming of "People in Embarrassment".

Tell Zeng Zhiwei about this situation in advance, so that he can be mentally prepared and communicate with other actors.

Although the popularity of "Infernal Affairs" 1 has increased the fame of these actors rapidly, no one will refuse the filming of the sequel. On the contrary, those actors came to the side through a lot of channels, asking when the next film would be filmed.

But Wang Luo still thinks that it is better to communicate in advance about this kind of thing.

"So long? It's not like your style. Zeng Zhiwei frowned.

Wang Luo had already told him that when the next shooting came, what he hoped was that all the actors would be able to be stationed on the set.

Regarding this, Zeng Zhiwei did not refuse. It may be difficult, but it's not unacceptable.

But three months, that's too long.

An actor disappears for three months without any announcement, which will also damage his popularity. Even Zeng Zhiwei didn't dare to be careless about this kind of thing.

"Uncle Wei, you will understand after reading the script." Saying that, Wang Luo handed the script of "Infernal Affairs" 3 to Zeng Zhiwei.

Zeng Zhiwei read the script quickly, and he had no doubts that Wang Luo could come up with the script of Infernal Affairs 3. Long before the filming of Infernal Affairs 1, Wang Luo had already told Zeng Zhiwei that there are three parts in this series, and the scripts have all been written.

In fact, the moment he opened the script, Zeng Zhiwei understood what Wang Luo meant. But when he finished reading the entire script, his face was full of shock.

"Are you going to shoot 2 or 3 at the same time?" Zeng Zhiwei was shocked.

Before reading the script of 3, Zeng Zhiwei didn't think so, but now, there are many scenes in 3 that have appeared in 2.

To be precise, 3 is the memory of 2, and some pictures that do not appear in 2 are put into 3, so as to answer some doubts in 2.

And the benefits of this go without saying. They can shoot more in the shortest amount of time. For example, if it takes a week to shoot the same scene in this location at one time, then it will take at least half a month to shoot it twice.

Because in addition to the run-in of the actors, it is also necessary to arrange equipment in advance, rent a venue and a series of miscellaneous things.

Wang Luo nodded and explained: "Although 1 has made a lot of money, we are just starting out after all, and we still have to save a little if we can save a little." Moreover, the two consecutive shots can also ensure the state of the actors to the greatest extent. ”

"How much are you going to invest?" Zeng Zhiwei asked with a frown.

It's not that he's worried that Wang Luo won't be able to get their salaries, on the contrary, these actors have a good relationship, as long as they negotiate the salary, it doesn't matter if they wait until the release to give money.

Friends, no one lacks so much money, and it's the same day in the morning and in the evening.

But there is one thing that cannot be ignored, putting the two films together can indeed terminate some costs to a certain extent.

But correspondingly, the pressure on Wang Luo will also be greater. Moreover, no one is sure now, will the sequel be as popular as one after it comes out?

There is no such thing as making a movie, even if everyone is optimistic, it may not be popular. And Wang Luo wants to shoot two films in a row this time, not to mention the pressure he bears.

"300 million, Uncle Wei, you have to help me again this time, Ah Wei and Brother Sheng's side will go and help you." But this time it doesn't have to be as shabby as the last time. Now that the movie has made money, the salary I owed you before will be counted to you this time, so I plan to pay each of the three of you 25 million. Wang Luo said seriously.

Three people, 25 million each, seems like a lot, but on average, it's not much.

These three are all actors with a net worth of tens of millions, and the salary of 10 million is already low for them. To be precise, Wang Luo is still playing the emotional card this time, with a salary of 10 million per person per film, and the remaining 5 million is the salary for making up for the previous one.

But after all, there is a company standing behind this kind of thing, and if you give it in private, although the company will not ask for the money back, it will definitely be unhappy on the face. So Wang Luo still decided to pay 25 million for the two films, as long as he knew what was going on.

"You kid, you're really generous. Okay, I'll take care of the salary, but don't rush to give it, just wait until it's released. Zeng Zhiwei smiled, and some wanted to refuse, but through the understanding of the past few months, Zeng Zhiwei also knew what kind of person Wang Luo was.

Once Wang Luo made a decision, even ten horses could not be pulled back.

And the only thing Zeng Zhiwei can do is to delay the payment of the salary, if the film makes money, then they will collect the money with peace of mind, if they don't make money, then they will play the emotional card again, just collect less or not at all.

In their position, the average company will not tear their faces with them for these tens of millions.

"Okay, that's it." Wang Luo was not hypocritical, and agreed directly.

Anyway, this money is in the budget of 300 million, and the current box office of 1 billion, according to Wang Luo's 34.7 share, he can also get 347 million, and this is only a week after it was released, 300 million, Wang Luo still got it.

"By the way, I heard that you and China Entertainment plan to cooperate in filming?" Zeng Zhiwei continued to ask.

This matter has spread in the Xiangjiang film and television circle, and many people want to cooperate with Wang Luo, but they have no way, and they don't know what will happen to Wang Luo's second movie, so they don't dare to try rashly.

"Well, preparations are currently underway, and if nothing else, it will be started in about half a month." Wang Luo nodded in acknowledgement.

"I really don't give people a chance to breathe." Zeng Zhiwei stretched out his thumb to Wang Luo and continued: "I'll give you a trick for friendship, how about it?" ”

After hearing this, Wang Luo's eyes rolled, and he suddenly felt that Zeng Zhiwei's proposal was quite good, and Wang Luo also had an idea in his heart about Zeng Zhiwei's cameo role. So he nodded directly and agreed. (To be continued......)