"Saving Private Ryan" has spent a lot of money so far, at least 300 million have been smashed into it......

Of course, this also includes the construction funds for building real scenes in China, as well as the salaries of many cast and crew members in advance, but this figure has indeed more than doubled the investment in "Infernal Affairs".

This kind of investment really makes Sun Yunzhang and them feel a little frightened - "Infernal Affairs" is an investment of more than 100 million, and now this "Saving Private Ryan" ......

Although they have all built up confidence in Li Chencan, the speed at which they spend money is really terrifying.

Today, filming is still on Obaha Beach.

The tide is slowly rising.

By now, "Saving Private Ryan" has been filmed here for eleven days, and the assault battle on the beach has finally been filmed, and now it is filming some scenes after the Chinese army stormed into the German positions.

Obaha Beach was an important part of the Normandy landings, World War II was a giant meat grinder, and Obaha Beach was one of them.

Shooting here, Li Chencan does have a kind of admiration for the martyrs.

Not only the Chinese army, but also the Allied forces that had shed countless blood in Normandy......

No matter how many people have a favorable impression of Germany, history is still that China and they are not in the same pot and are not on the same front, that is, you live and die.

Li Chencan is really lacking sleep these days, and many things brought by the crew filming abroad are really going crazy for him...... The whole person is not good.

Li Chencan's temper is also a little bit, he has been making movies in this world for so long. But he's never been as grumpy as Private Ryan is, and it feels like a casual spark can provoke his rage.

It's not that it's his personality problem, it's just that he's lacking sleep these days. There are so many things to worry about, which really makes Li Chencan exhausted and feels uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the crew gradually got on the right track, and many of the filming also went relatively smoothly.

"Alright, over!"

The section just filmed belongs to the battle between the Chinese army and the German army on the trench.

In these places, Li Chencan's requirements for details are also particularly high.

World War II. It is recognized that the most combat-ready armies are the Chinese army and the German army, and it is more difficult to reproduce this kind of battle, so the excellence of these shots has become more difficult. But Li Chencan still insisted on his persistence...... Even if it's a little troublesome, it's not a gamble.

Li Chencan took a look at the real-time playback in the monitor - the current monitors have virtual photography functions, not only playback, but also can roughly add some effects, so that the director can see the feeling after post-production.

The opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" doesn't really have a lot of post-production. After all, what Li Chencan wants to create here is mainly a real feeling. It's even going to be made into a documentary...... Of course, it won't be like the original documentary, IMAX3D with the shaky footage of a handcamcorder...... It's going to stun you.

In order to create these scenes, not only the scene, but also the military uniforms worn by everyone, including the group performers wearing German uniforms on the other side.

In order to shoot this scene, Li Chencan and his team prepared more than 3,000 sets of Chinese and German army uniforms, and they also had to undergo special treatment so that they did not look brand new, but were crawling and rolling on the battlefield...... It's just the details. It takes a lot of energy to create the details, and it is these energetic investments that have made Li Chencan what he is now.

…… In a word. "Saving Private Ryan" is a huge pit.

Lu Weidong: They are actually quite tortured......

The torture of filming "Saving Private Ryan" is much more than that of "Infernal Affairs", ...... torture in "Saving Private Ryan", it was rolling in the mud everywhere, and after Li Chencan shouted to start filming at the beginning of filming, he immediately felt the rain of bullets around him, shrapnel roared through, and explosions were heard all around......

In addition, there are always people around who fall according to the script...... As a result, a sense of fear of actually going to war can make it difficult to perform at your best and take a lot of time to overcome.

However, Lu Weidong did not complain, on the contrary, he was even quite happy - this shows that Li Chencan is making this movie with his heart, since he is attentive, then what he wants has been achieved.

Lu Weidong believes that if Li Chencan is attentive, then this movie will definitely be able to be made well under him, and the shock brought by this movie will definitely be very strong.

Therefore, no matter how difficult the scene is, he has persevered, from Li Chencan's eyes, after all, he is an actor who has worked with him several times, Lu Weidong feels very relieved in many places, and he doesn't have to deliberately ask him to do too much, he himself can know what Lu Dao should do.

At night, in the playback room, Li Chencan looked at the pictures taken during the day over and over again, anyway, he would write them down if he thought it was inappropriate, and wait until tomorrow or when to make up a photo or what...... There will always be a solution.

Li Chencan is doing some of this kind of work.

When his work in the playback room was almost finished, he began to manage some of the funds and co-ordination of the film, and Hou Qing, who was in charge of it, began to talk about some details of today's movie.

"A total of 124 extras returned to China by plane today." Hou Qing said to Li Chencan: "It should be able to arrive tomorrow morning." ”

Li Chencan nodded.

After entering the trenches after filming and the battles in other places, there will be no five or six hundred extras, and Li Chencan will try to reduce the number of these people...... Those who returned to China returned to China in batches according to the arrangement......

Although I bought a unified large number of discounted air tickets, the round-trip travel fee for each group performance was at least about 10,000 yuan...... So, the travel expenses of these guys alone are in the millions, not to mention all sorts of other things...... No wonder Private Ryan Saves costs so much money...... A lot of things really don't make sense.

"Today I overspent again." Hou Qing began to read to Li Chencan where he overspent today, Li Chencan had a big head for a while, and if "Saving Private Ryan" continued to overspend like this, the situation would still be very bad......

"I'm going to speed up the shooting a little bit from tomorrow." Li Chencan looked at the dark sky outside the window, and felt a little depressed in his heart: "If you continue to toss in Europe like this, it is estimated that this old bottom will soon be eaten up......

After the film was filmed in Europe for 20 days, there were less than 60 actors left, and the scenes here were finally at the point of maximum efficiency, sometimes more than the booking in the shooting plan, after all, everyone has a certain amount of shooting experience, and the shooting of this movie is completely familiar, and the increase in the shooting schedule is also a matter of course.

Finally, on May 19th, the European part of "Saving Private Ryan" was finally over!

The crew of "Saving Private Ryan" also began to return to China, and the filming in Europe during this time has made many people lose a lot of weight, Li Chencan's figure is almost the same as before, but his eye circles have become very dark and dark, fortunately, he doesn't need to participate in any activities or the like, otherwise Li Chencan's current situation ...... That's really a taboo as a star.

Li Chencan and Hou Qing are checking the total cost of "Saving Private Ryan" in Europe......

As a result, this number really scared Li Chencan.

The setting up in Europe, the payment of taxes to the local government in Europe, the remuneration of the cast and crew, the cost of various equipment, and all kinds of things consumed, including film and the like, including the crew's eating, drinking, and lazing...... All things considered, a trip to Europe alone cost 237 million national dollars!

Seeing this number, Li Chencan had a feeling that his eyes were dark.

"I'm going!"

Li Chencan secretly cursed in his heart, but he didn't say it, and then he began to count the number.

237 million national coins, about 40 million more than he set......

At the beginning, their plan was that the total cost of filming "Saving Private Ryan" was about 400 million, about 180 million in Europe, and about 220 million in China (the salary was calculated according to the cost of the cast and crew working in the two places)...... As far as we can see, the cost of filming in Europe has been seriously exceeded.

But the entire investment in "Saving Private Ryan" is a whole, with a shooting cost of about 400 million, post-editing and production, review and dotting, etc., spending 100 million, adding up to 500 million...... The remaining 400 million investment expenses are used for publicity...... But at the current rate of spending, the money for publicity will definitely not be enough.

But in times like these, if you don't have enough money for publicity, it's really life-threatening......

So, Li Chencan is really sinking into thinking now......

The next thing to do is to throttle money - open source can't be opened, this kind of World War II movie, there is basically no way to do a product placement.

But throttling...... can only be throttled in some small aspects, and if you want to throttle in major aspects, you have to give up the quality of the movie......

"Forget it, the shortfall funds will be paid in advance with the personal studio...... I will send all the details of the financial report to several investors, and I will also urge them to make the second phase of the investment as soon as possible......" Li Chencan said to Hou Qing: "You still have to do a good job in the overall planning of the crew, just do this matter well, I will worry about the money myself......"

Hou Qing could only nod, Li Chencan don't look at his young age, but he is very strong many times, he is also a person who says nothing, and everyone is willing to listen to him. (To be continued......)