On the vast African continent, in a factory in the eastern region, the night is quiet, and mosquitoes are everywhere.

Here, there is no such thing as winter, so mosquitoes also grow wildly all year round.

Inside a certain house in the factory, it is still brightly lit and busy.

"Director, look here, I think this is your performance today is very good, the movements, demeanor, lines, etc. are very in place....."

Behind Wu Jing, a young and handsome man said with a little excitement.

This is a very obvious flattery, which makes the other people next to him pout slightly, and the director's acting skills still need you to comment?

"What's the use of boasting about me? What about your own performances? ”

Wu Jing smiled indifferently, obviously immune to these praises for a long time, and was not moved at all.

When the young man heard this, his face suddenly became bitter, he scratched his ears and cheeks, and said a little bit:

"I, I, that's it, I still need to change.... Let's go in. ”

Poof!

There was a female lead in the room who couldn't hold back for a while, and laughed all of a sudden.

The handsome man in front of him is the third male Zhuo Yifan, a rich second generation, who has a little rivalry with her.

Not only the heroine, but Wu Jing and others also laughed, and Zhuo Yifan was suddenly even more embarrassed, and his face turned red.

"Yifan, you are still young, you have to learn more from the old-timers, you see that there are so many old actors in our crew, Mr. He next to you is an old actor in our crew, you should learn more from Mr. He."

Wu Jing said, He Jianguo immediately waved his hand when he heard it, and became modest:

"Hey, Lao Wu, what you said is too much, what Teacher He? Don't listen to him, this little thing in my stomach is not as good as Lao Wu. If you want to improve your acting skills, I won't hide it, but I suggest you learn more from the director....."

"Yes, Mr. He is right, director, I will listen to you in the future, and I will learn more from Mr. He......"

Zhuo Yifan knows how to deal with it, although he is young, it does not mean that his emotional intelligence is very low.

In a place like the crew, it is the best way to train people.

This is also one of the reasons why he participated in this movie, after all, he himself wants to have a greater development in the film industry, and it is better to sing, there is no way to make money.

Several people continued to chat for a while, chatting and gossiping about the topic of who is more dedicated in the entertainment industry.

Everyone here, everyone is very curious about Wu Jing, after all, Wu Jing has been working hard in the Hong Kong circle for more than ten years, debuted very early, and knows a lot about things in the entertainment industry.

If it was gossip about other things, maybe Wu Jing wouldn't care about it, but he was still very interested in topics such as dedication and acting skills.

"There are many stars in the circle, everyone knows who is dedicated and who is not, but some actors who may be familiar to everyone but can't name them.....

I'll just say one, a golden supporting role in the circle that everyone is very familiar with, who has never played the leading role, but has accompanied the growth of a generation with supporting roles.

I guess you know who I'm talking about, right? ”

He Jianguo, the heroine and others all nodded, and even blurted out Uncle Da's name.

Only Zhuo Yifan was a little blindsided, and he didn't know who Wu Jing was talking about.

Whether in life or work, most of the time, Zhuo Yifan is the protagonist.

He is used to the life where everyone revolves around him, so he rarely pays attention to the so-called supporting character names.

He had heard of Uncle Da's name and watched a lot of Uncle Da's movies, but unfortunately he couldn't remember Uncle Da's name.

Wu Jing's gaze fell on Zhuo Yifan's face, shook his head inaudibly, and then continued:

"Uncle Da is a very dedicated actor, both in terms of acting skills and dedication, he is very worthy of our respect.

Let's not talk about it, do we still often discuss the script with it?

But do you know Uncle Da?

Uncle Da joined the crew without a script, because he not only remembered the lines, plot, and pictures in his mind, but also knew the opponent's play and other characters clearly, and even if the director wanted to change the play, he could prepare other lines for you.

That is to say, the director doesn't need to worry about Uncle Da's role at all, and he can even help the director..."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be in awe, and their hearts were full of respect and surprise.

The circle is really a magical place, and the name of the golden supporting actor is really not in vain.

After chatting for a while, everyone dispersed due to the late night.

But when Wu Jing calmed down, he was a little worried.

What he worries about is not the acting skills of the crew, but the financial problem.

The movie Wolf Warrior is a sequel filming, and the investment is much larger than the first one.

But now it has only been more than a month since the beginning, and a lot of money has been burned, completely overspent, and even overdrawn the funds for the next half year.

Coming to the African continent for on-the-spot shooting, it really burned a lot of money.

Not only to ensure the safety of the crew, but also to provide medical and other assistance, and action movies, it is common for actors to be injured.

The harassment from the outside world made Wu Jing even more miserable, and it was too expensive.

Hiring people from Tanzania as group performers is to be more realistic, but the laziness of the locals is completely beyond Wu Jing's imagination.

There is also the local security team and so on, anyway, there is money everywhere.

Last month, he and Su Mingti's film investment, it has been more than half a month, and there is no follow-up at all, how can this not make him upset?

Therefore, every night, others go to bed early, but what about him? I haven't slept at two or three o'clock in the morning.

Just when Wu Jing was troubled here, in China, the magic capital happy capital office.

On Duan Anliang's desk, a due diligence information about the movie Wolf Warrior was finally put on the table.

Today's old Duan is no longer personally involved in the investment of Bitcoin, but completely stands in the position of the company, does a good job in the daily management of the troika, and carries out the overall development.

"How could the boss suddenly be interested in the movie?"

Looking at the information in front of him, such a question appeared in Duan Anliang's mind.

Because under normal circumstances, Su Ming would not ask about the project investment of Happy Capital, and among the more than ten projects today, except for a few key projects such as Little Yellow Car, KEEP Company, and Pinduoduo, Su Ming did not ask about other projects.

After reading the information, Duan Anliang's doubts deepened.

According to the data, there is a big gap in the current situation of this film, and it is impossible to make an accurate assessment.

Because there are several investors in this film, in addition to Wu Jing's own Dengfeng International Company, there are also several investors such as Jing'an Culture Company.

At present, the film has a total investment of 150 million, but according to due diligence information, Wu Jing has burned nearly 100 million in the past month or so.

This 100 million is a detailed ledger, and it is not different from the shooting plan.

From the perspective of investment, this movie is not a small fight.

The reaction in the market in this regard is also unsatisfactory, mainly because the market for domestic main theme action movies is very small.

There were no successful cases before, and the only thing that was optimistic was the data of the first film with a box office of more than 500 million, which did not have much reference value.

Of course, Wu Jing's name is still very loud among the post-80s and post-90s groups.

From the small fresh meat of the year to the old bacon of today, just like the post-80s and post-90s who accompanied Wu Jing to grow up, he has also changed from the previous young man to today's greasy middle-aged.

This group is currently the largest consumer group in China, especially the post-90s, who do not have much pressure and are extremely vigorous in their pursuit of spiritual entertainment.

However, judging from the domestic film box office in the past two years, especially the mermaid release at the beginning of the year, it killed all sides during the Spring Festival and topped the box office list of mainland film history.

Although the vigorous development of mainland films is the inevitable result of the dual outbreak of domestic economic growth and demographic dividend, it also shows that the audience is not stupid, and everyone prefers good movies.

There is no strict set of standards for so-called good movies, but it is undeniable that audiences have their own set of criteria for judging.

There are many people in the industry who study the movies that are on the box office charts in film history, and they think it's incredible.

But there is nothing to blame, although there are a lot of complaints about the mermaid movie, the picture and entertainment are very good.

Therefore, as long as the movie Wolf Warrior can be made well, the box office may not be high.

According to the due diligence information, the estimated box office of the second part of Wolf Warrior will be around 800 million, although it has not yet been produced, but judging from the scripts of the first part and now the second part, it is worth this box office valuation.

Several distribution companies have already contacted Wu Jing, but the conditions for opening are too high, especially in the guaranteed issuance plan, which only gives 500 million, which is the same as the first part.

"It's all a group of lords who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles!"

After Duan Anliang read it, he sneered again and again, and immediately reacted, this sentence seems to be talking about him, right?

For this project, he is reluctant, because this piece of meat is not big, and there are many wolves staring at it.

Therefore, there will definitely be a lot of rip-offs in the later stage.

And in the entertainment industry, the water is very deep.

After thinking about it, he still called Su Ming personally, after all, this was a project that the latter personally asked.

Su Ming, who was far away in Africa, received a call from Lao Duan, and after listening to the latter's report and opinions, he thought about it and said:

"How much does the total investment need? How much is missing? ”

When Duan Anliang heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then replied casually:

"According to the information, there should still be a shortage of about 100 million soft girl coins, after all, the more the film production cost, the better."

The total investment of 250 million yuan is the research department's evaluation of the movie Wolf Warrior, because according to the current rate of money burning, plus the later publicity, this money is just right.

"That's okay, let's vote, it's also a dream I had when I was a child."

Su Ming pondered for a while, and finally decided to invest.

Not for anything else, for dreams.

When I was a child, I watched the pictures on the screen, and there was always a hero dream and a martial arts dream, although he didn't have the idea of being a star, but participating in it as an investment can be regarded as an alternative dream.

"Okay, boss, then let's get ready and contact each other....."

The phone hung up, Su Ming thought about it, and still planned to go over to take a look at the crew again.

Anyway, the crew is also here, close.

Soon, Su Ming set off here and went to the filming location of Wu Jing's factory.

.............

Tanzania, factory.

An assistant came to Wu Jing with a reimbursement slip to sign, and when the latter looked at the amount on it, his face couldn't help but change slightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

"Director, are you feeling unwell?"

The little assistant's words made Wu Jing suddenly extremely embarrassed, and he coughed perfunctorily.

Although he said that it was okay, the little assistant still stared at him suspiciously, and the little assistant did not leave until he waved him back impatiently.

But the appearance of turning back three times in one step made the other people not far away next to him look at it, and then He Jianguo came over.

"Old Wu, my sister-in-law is here, you can't make mistakes!"

Wu Jing is also an old driver, and he couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, so he quickly glared at the other party:

"Don't tease me, don't you know me? I'm worried about the crew, and when the little girl saw the change in my expression, she just cared about me..."

He Jianguo smiled and asked casually, what made you, a big star, frown?

"Alas!" Wu Jing suddenly sighed, "It's not a matter of funding, it's been burning a lot of money these days, and at this rate, 100 million can't last long." ”

The production funds are all planned, but when he came to Africa to shoot the scene, there were many overspent projects, which gave Wu Jing a headache.

"Didn't you say that the young man who came to our crew for a few days some time ago was a local tyrant? And I remember you said that you are still the idol of the other party, right? You didn't ask the other party to invest a little? He Jianguo asked in surprise, and the bitterness on Wu Jing's face became a little thicker:

"I must have mentioned it, but this matter is not so simple, the other party is rich, but the other party has an investment company under his name.....

Therefore, I am worried that if the other party asks for due diligence, it will definitely take a long time, and it will definitely be impossible to do it at that time.

Because if the other party is really optimistic about our movie, it is impossible to go without a sound for more than half a month. ”

When He Jianguo heard this, he was also silent.

Film investment is not a trivial matter, and with his small figure, he can't help Wu Jing.

The latter has already asked all the friends around him who can turn into friends, but unfortunately the capital chain is too big for ordinary people to play.

The two were silent for a long time, and suddenly Wu Jing's phone rang, and as soon as he looked at the call, he was immediately overjoyed.

"Hey, hello Mr. Zhang, what? You've been to Tanzania? Okay, I'll send someone to pick you up.... No, you've already arrived at the crew's door? ”

Wu Jing was shocked for a while, and finally stood up directly, and then He Jianguo saw movement at the gate of the factory.

Walking to the gate, Director Zuo of Jing'an Culture, Mr. Huang of Tiantian Entertainment and Mr. Zhang of lark Entertainment came over together.

Among these three parties, the first two are the current investors of Wolf Warrior, and the lark entertainment in the back is an interested investor, but the lion opened his mouth.

As the saying goes, the good ones don't come, and the ones who come are not good!

The three of them came together, which should be to put pressure on Wu Jing.

Although he was a little angry in his heart, Wu Jing still cleaned up his temper and put on a smiling face to greet him.

After some greetings, Wu Jing asked the assistant director to arrange other tasks for filming first, and the part about him was postponed.

After making arrangements, Wu Jing entertained Zuo An'an, Mr. Zhang and others.

"Director Wu, I'm really sorry that I didn't greet you in advance and delayed your shooting plan."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhang Heng of lark entertainment said apologetically.

However, Wu Jing didn't dare to underestimate it, and cheered up to deal with it.

After a brief understanding of the current filming progress of the crew, Zuo An'an of Jing'an Culture and Huang Lina of Tiantian Entertainment stopped talking, but Zhang Heng spoke:

"Director Wu, I don't know if your crew has sufficient funds at present? I don't know how you thought about the condition we talked about last time? “

One sentence made Wu Jing's heart sink and secretly exclaimed.

Last time, the other party just wanted to force him Wu Jing to give up 30% of the box office profit income, which almost compressed his share of Dengfeng International to the extreme.

However, the box office income of Jing'an Culture and several other companies did not give an inch, indicating that the investment overrun was not their problem, but should be borne by Wu Jing's side.

This nonsense is indeed quite in line with the style of Zuo Anan and Huang Lina, which makes Wu Jing almost vomit blood.

Working with women is trouble!

Of course, Wu Jing couldn't get rid of Zuo An'an and them, after all, the first part was filmed with their help, otherwise, the wolf warrior would just be the manuscript paper at the bottom of the box.

Now that Zhang Heng has come here, and the negotiations have just begun, he has put pressure on him, how can Wu Jing not be annoyed?

It's just that annoyance is annoyance, this is business, and he is not a teenager, so he can't just lift the table and play by himself.

Negotiation negotiation, as long as you are willing to talk, there will always be a day when a consensus will be reached.

Taking a deep breath, Wu Jing said sincerely:

"Mr. Zhang, the crew's funds are indeed not abundant, everyone knows this. However, Mr. Zhang, we really can't agree to your request last time.

It's impossible to exchange 80 million yuan for 30 percent of the box office profits, but 20 percent is no problem on our side....."

When Zhang Heng heard this, his body leaned forward slightly, causing a sense of persecution.

With an elegant smile, he stared at Wu Jing's eyes and said:

"Director Wu, the current situation, I think you know better than anyone else, it's already mid-July, and soon it's August, according to the plan, you need to complete the shooting task before November this year.....

But looking at the current situation, I'm afraid it can only last until the end of August, right?

It's not that our store is bullying customers, but you are really burning your eyebrows now, and now only we lark entertainment are willing to take 80 million.....

So, I suggest you think about our suggestion and make a fortune together, wouldn't it be great? ”

Wu Jing's face was pale and he didn't say a word, while Zuo An'an and Huang Lina were gentle and persuaded by the side.

"That's right, Brother Jing, everything is the most important thing in the movie, not to mention that what Mr. Zhang said is right, you should have found a lot of investors yourself, right?

I guess other people are more demanding, right?

Otherwise, the movie wouldn't be so procrastinating, wouldn't it be nice to finish filming early, release it early, and get the money early? ”

The two women almost wore a pair of pants with Zhang Heng, and what they said meant the same thing.

Being generous to others is so justifiable.

Just when Wu Jing was in a dilemma, someone came from the gate of the factory again, this time it was Su Ming.

The crew is no stranger to Su Ming, and the last time Su Ming came, it was a lot of convenience for everyone.

Therefore, this time Su Ming came over, and he was directly released.

When Su Ming and Mo Weiyu walked into the factory, they saw that the atmosphere here was a little weird, and they couldn't help but be surprised:

"Oh, Brother Jing, do you have a guest here? I'm really sorry to bother you, you guys talk first. ”

PS: This chapter is a tribute to Uncle Da, may Uncle Da go all the way, and may there be no illness in heaven! The memory of accompanying a generation is finally goodbye! Grieved!