As a director, no one will dislike low investment, and Wu Jing is no exception.

But the premise is that you don't invest money.

Unfortunately, he had to bear half of the eight million this time.

It's enough to press the villa in, but it's impossible to go bankrupt just to direct a play, it's not cost-effective. He bears the lion's share of the four million, and the rest still has to find a few big injustices to share the risk together.

Not only him, but Qin Gang's side also had almost the same idea.

It is true that there are more people and less income, but the relative risk is also less, although there will be less money to be paid for when the time comes, and the corresponding loss will be less.

No one wants to, or wants to direct, star in a movie that hits the streets, but it's business, and there are some things that have to be considered. Ding Xiu nodded and said, "Also, the budget of five million is too small, and I can't shoot anything."

"By the way, is this filming on the mainland or Hong Kong Island?" "Hong Kong Island." Wu Jing replied without thinking.

Ding Xiu pondered: "Actually, it's not bad to set the scene in the mainland, why do you have to go all the way to Hong Kong Island."

"Although it is set for 8 million, it is still a small and medium-budget movie, I can save a little bit, the actors over there are cheap, and I can get all the supporting roles for 1 million."

The group performances on Hong Kong Island are much more expensive than those on the mainland, with a group performance in the mainland costing thirty or forty yuan a day, and one or two hundred a day on Hong Kong Island. But the supporting roles over there are cheap, which is not comparable to the mainland.

TVB has a large number of people, and they are almost unable to raise it, and they usually allow its artists to do other jobs, and when the company is not playing, you can go to deliver takeaways, wash cars, cut hair, and be security guards.

Of course, you can also take out outside work to film, and the company will not take your commission.

Hong Kong Island's third- and fourth-tier veteran actors, you can even give them part-time jobs, with daily salaries, and thousands of dollars a day, which is very convenient.

"The main thing is that the script has been reviewed." Wu Jing's voice changed and said: "You know better than me what the review system is on the mainland, Hong Kong Island is much more relaxed, if you put the framing here, you have to report it first, and then review it above, it's too troublesome."

That's why he chose Hong Kong Island as the main location. The review there is relatively less rigorous.

Although Wolf Tooth is not a banned film, some of the content is still a bit bloody, who knows what the character of the person reviewed above is, people will beat you back with a stick, let you change, and there is no place to cry.

It's all experience.

This is the case with the black boxing that has just been released, at first the mainland could not pass the trial, saying that boxers could not play black boxing. In the end, an old mother was seriously ill before the trial was passed.

Anyway, the wolf's tooth will bloom on both Hong Kong Island and the mainland sooner or later, and putting the filming location on Hong Kong Island is equivalent to putting an egg in the basket first, and in the end, even if the mainland cannot pass the trial, the Hong Kong Island side will not delay the screening.

"Understood, understood, understood." Ding Xiu couldn't help but sigh.

Wu Jing's statement reminded him of Baoqiang's world-free thieves, and this film could not pass the trial at the beginning, saying that it could not whitewash thieves. invested tens of millions, Liu Dehua invited, Uncle Ge invited, and in the end, he couldn't pass the trial, Feng Xiaogang almost died of crying in the toilet. In the end, someone gave him a trick to make the heroine pregnant, and the male protagonist was going to be a father, so he changed his mind, and only then did he pass the trial. "Finally, I have a question, many of the supporting roles in this play are Hong Kong Island actors, does my style match them?"

Ding Xiu knows that the difference between the styles of mainland actors and Hong Kong Island actors is still quite big, no, they can't be said to be big, they are simply two different styles. Just look at the sequel to Infernal Affairs, even if you put Chen Daoming between Liang Chaowei, Liu Dehua, and Zeng Zhiwei, it is still out of place and a little awkward.

It's not about acting, it's just that the style is too different.

Ding Xiu is now a little worried that he will not match the Hong Kong Island actors in the play.

Wu grinned in surprise: "Brother Xiu, do you know the difference between Hong Kong Island actors and mainland actors?"

After thinking about it carefully, Ding Xiu said: "Their performances are more life-oriented, and the performances of mainland actors are more systematic."

Few of the Hong Kong Island actors who are still active are graduates of professional classes, Liu Dehua, Liang Chaowei, Zhou Xingchi, Wu Mengda, Zhou Runfa..... he

Before we entered the industry, some of us sold electrical appliances, some cut hair, some washed cars, and some were confused.

After taking the TVB exam by chance, I followed the training class for two months and hurriedly went to the set to film. Today, I rely on my own acting skills, talent and hard work, and draw materials from life.

This is a bit similar to Wang Baoqiang, Jianghu faction.

People who are born in the wild road, what is not good is really not good, and what is bullish is really bad.

Mainland actors are different, 80% of them are graduates of major film schools, and there are teachers in their freshman year who teach film history, rehearsal sketches, and acting skills.

One of the obvious characteristics of the academic school is that the performance is routine.

Of course, whether it is an academic school or a life school, it is good acting skills to go to the top, and in the final analysis, they will go the same way.

"That's half right." Wu Jing smiled slightly: "Seriously, I have really studied this, in fact, the biggest difference between Hong Kong Island actors and mainland actors is the charisma."

"The return of Jiuqi over there, what was it like before Jiuqi, you should know a little more or less from Hong Kong films, Zheng Yijian's Crazy Boy has seen it, it's not an exaggeration at all, the real situation is even more cruel than that."

"The current batch of artists are all from that era, and for environmental reasons, basically all of them are Jianghu people."

"In the past, some young actors were on the set during the day, and they would go to work at night with watermelon knives, wash their hands when they were done, and then return to work on the set."

"The director is the same, while filming, he prevents being smashed, and at a critical time, he has to carry a stick to confront the company that collects the land fee, negotiate, shake people, and if the negotiation collapses, he has to take the lead and rush up."

"Huang Jinbao, Cheng Long, Liu Dehua, they were filming back then, and they encountered too many such things, that's true."

"The rivers and lakes have never been said to be muddy and unstained, and those artists who are still active now are not full of rivers and lakes."

"Then there is the fact that the artists over there are really mixed meals when filming, and if they are not filming, they will buy insurance, be sales, and open a rental, as long as they can make money, it is a good career."

Wu Jing smiled bitterly: "It's like us, actors are in the high-level literary and artistic industry, earn a lot, and belong to a high-end profession, which greatly affects our mentality, and we feel that we are engaged in the art industry and want to create artistic value."

Seeing Ding Xiu's strange face, Wu laughed in surprise: "It's far away, let's continue to talk about the spirit of the rivers and lakes, there is a spirit of the rivers and lakes behind the actors on Hong Kong Island, which exudes from the bones."

"Brother Xiu, you are worried that you don't match them, this is completely superfluous, in my opinion, your Jianghu Qi is much heavier than theirs, really, I'm not exaggerating at all."

"I have seen you play the deceased martial arts before, the rivers and lakes are so heavy that you don't speak, you are a walking Jianghu person between words and deeds, and no one will say that you are from the mainland when you dub it in Hong Kong films."

Mainland actors are all college students, some are still graduate students, masters, doctors, all of them are literary, and there is really a big difference between them and Hong Kong Island actors.

The style is different.

Ding Xiu is different, his cultural level is not high, his speech is not elegant, he has his own ruffian, he has strong fighting ability, and he has a temperament that no one is satisfied with. In fact, Wu Jing has always felt that Ding Xiu is most suitable for playing roles like Big Brother Underworld.

If he plays Chen Haonan, he will definitely be more popular than Zheng Yijian.

With an over-the-shoulder dragon on his body, his eyes glared at each other, and he opened his mouth to say, "What are you looking at, there is a kind of single-handedness.....

With his back falling back, Ding Xiu crossed Erlang's legs and said, "You have a deep misunderstanding of me, people who know me say that I am amiable, where do you come from, don't talk nonsense."

"Hahaha, I've heard of the name of your Beijing Film Studio, back then, when you chased dozens of people to chop a watermelon, no boss dared to owe you money when you ran a commercial show outside."

Speaking of this, Wu was shocked and thought about it, as if he hadn't heard that Ding Xiu's commercial performance had encountered trouble.

Generally do their business, the opening of the bar in the early days, and the owner's birthday singing, are all common things.

There are a lot of people in contact, sometimes people force you to drink, you can't drink it, watermelon knife holder on your neck, that

Don't talk about the performance fee, it's good to be alive.

As far as Wu Jing knows, among the people he knows, basically all of them have been relied on for performance fees, but Ding Xiu has never heard of being relied upon. "It's as mysterious as you say, and there are people who owe me money, but most of them have been settled through legal procedures."

The company's legal counsel, what do you do with such a high salary every month, that is, to fight a lawsuit.

In a civilized society, if you can use legal means to solve problems, you should try to solve them by legal means, which is the purpose that Ding Xiu and Lao Qin have always practiced. Wu Jing noticed that Ding Xiu said that most of the legal procedures were followed, indicating that a small part was solved by himself.

It can only be said that this guy is really strong.

But when I thought of his strong combat power, I was relieved. If Ding Xiu knew what Wu Jing was thinking, he would definitely not be able to cry or laugh.

When I first entered the industry, I did encounter a lot of people who had to pay off their debts, and I did it with people a few times, and the boss's dogleg scimitar was snatched by him, and when it was put on the boss's neck, the appearance fee was very good, and the other party was so angry.

But later, as the fame grew, this kind of thing became less and less.

Someone asks him for a commercial performance, how much to pay first, how much is the specific amount, how many songs to sing, how many minutes to perform, whether to drink or not, all of which are clearly stipulated in the contract.

If there is any objection, everyone will go through the legal process, and everything will be resolved by the law.

After all, it is a person with status, and Ding Xiu rarely ends up in person, which is too low. "Brother Jing drinks tea." Zhao Liying came over with two cups of tea and put them in front of the two.

After drinking at Qin Gang's place in the morning, Wu Jing took a symbolic sip of tea in his stomach, and said, "I have long wanted to say that you have a good eye for choosing an assistant, and the little girl looks very cute."

The eighteenth year of the female college has changed, Zhao Liying is nineteen years old, and she will soon be twenty, which is the age of flowers, and she is not badly dressed, so she still has a bit of a look.

It's just that her beauty is relatively not so distinctive, just an ordinary girl. is not as sexy as Fan Binbin, and Liu Yifei is not so dusty.

Zhao Liying smiled embarrassedly, took a few steps back and went out, and closed the door. Then he took out the mirror from his pocket and looked left and right at his face.

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In the next time, Wu Jing ran to Qin Dynasty Entertainment every three or five times, and with the establishment of one project after another, the courage on his shoulders became heavier and heavier.

During this time, Ding Xiu spent most of his time at home, occasionally attending some events, such as the Hundred Flowers Award for Popular Films, where Huang Bo was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, but unfortunately did not win the award.

At the Golden Eagle Award, Liu Yifei appeared as the first Golden Eagle Goddess, and she was glamorous. At the age of nineteen, she has been a mess this year, and she has no opponent in her generation.

In September, Apple applied for a mainland release, but unsurprisingly, it was rejected.

was also scolded by the optoelectronic boss, saying that the content had bad guidance for teenagers, and the director's face was green. Helpless, the director can only set his sights on the international film festival.

In October, with Ding Xiu, Fan Binbin, and a group of people went to the Berlin Film Festival.

"Wow, I'm going abroad." Before the plane took off, Zhao Liying lay in front of the porthole, looking outside excitedly. Stained with Ding Xiu's light, she went abroad for the first time.

"Don't be like a dirt bun, it's a shame for me." Ding Xiu pushed his sunglasses and reminded Zhao Liying softly. "It's the first time, it's normal, maybe you're not as good as her when you go abroad for the first time."

A crisp female voice sounded in his ears, and Ding Xiu wanted to see who was so nosy, turning his head, big waves, big lips, a little familiar. After thinking about it for a few seconds, I remembered, Shu Qi.

Ding Xiu got up, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Sister Shu Qi, I am actor Ding Xiu, I am fortunate to meet you." Shu Qi shook hands, but smiled but did not smile: "I know you."

When the deceased martial arts participated in the Cannes Film Festival, she met Ding Xiu on the plane, this kid is called an angry person. Later, I almost forgot about this person, and one day I saw him again on TV, and he was very popular.

In the past few years, Ding Xiu's development has been getting better and better every year, and it is difficult to forget it. "I know you too, Teacher Xu Jingjiang and I are good ......"

"Ahem, ahem." Fan Binbin coughed frantically, interrupting the second half of Ding Xiu's words, I have known Ding Xiu for so long, Ding Xiu

With a leg crossed, she knew what he was thinking.

I really have to wait for Ding Xiu to say it, I'm afraid I'm going to be cold here today.

"Sister Shu Qi, I haven't seen you for a long time, your clothes today are so beautiful, they match your hairstyle very well." "Yes Binbin, are you going to Berlin this time?"

"Yes, luckily, a movie was shortlisted, I heard that Sister Shu Qi is a judge of this year, take care of me."

Fan Binbin has done much more preparation than Ding Xiu, how many judges there are this year, and who are in China, she has done her homework in advance. Shu Qi is one of them.

Everyone is Chinese, and with this relationship, if nothing else, they will vote for Apple. However, listening to the chat between Shu Qi and Ding Xiu, I am afraid that this time it is a little hanging.

"It's easy to say, I'll help if I can."

After a few polite words, Shu Qi found his place and sat down, without asking their movie names the whole time, Fan Binbin felt cold in his heart, and stared at Ding Xiu with big eyes and complaint.

"Brother Xiu, Sister Shu Qi is a judge, do you two have any grievances?" "No, I'm an old acquaintance."

"Really?"

"Not really, if you don't believe me, I'll talk to her and prove it to you."

"Well, don't go, I don't think she has a good impression of you."