The filming of "Painted Skin" took a total of four and a half months, from the end of 06 to the beginning of March 07.

But most of it is in post-production, which takes at least a whole year.

So it's all right, how can it get 08 years before it can be released.

The later stage of this film was produced by the Xingrong Special Effects Studio, a joint venture between Mu Rong and Zhou Xingchi.

Since its establishment, this studio has basically not received a few big orders.

Most of the time, it's outsourcing.

As of now, the only work that Xingrong Studio can get hold of is the promotional animation short film of the meteor smashing into the big banyan tree.

In fact, from a technical point of view, the strength of Xingrong Studio is still not weak.

Mu Rong and Zhou Xingchi were very willing to spend money, and they smashed more than 100 million yuan into it, dug up many technical masters from the United States, and also purchased tens of millions of equipment.

It's just that because of the popularity, this studio has not yet been recognized by the market.

Therefore, Mu Rong handed over this "Painted Skin" to Xingrong Studio to do it, and he also wanted to help Xingrong Studio gain popularity.

When "Painted Skin" is finished, Xingrong Studio will have representative works, and it will be much easier to take orders later.

After filming "Painted Skin", Mu Rong did not immediately enter the crew of "The King of Kung Fu".

Because he wasn't too happy with the script of the film.

The script of this movie was written by Han Shanping with a screenwriter from Haolaiwu.

The content of the movie's story is about a cowardly and timid boy who has been bullied, who traveled to ancient China and met kung fu masters Lu Yan, Jin Yanzi and Mo Seng, and finally the four defeated the evil forces such as the Yujiang God of War and completed the mission of saving the Monkey King.

Although this story is not bad, it is really not much better, and it is a bit too old-fashioned.

Its story mode is obviously borrowed from "The Lord of the Rings", and the main story line is that the protagonist and his party carry a golden rod to save the Monkey King.

This main line seems to be very consistent with the main line of Tang monks and apprentices going to the west to learn scriptures in "Journey to the West".

But when it comes to the script, the core of its story has become a process of youthful growth.

There are many movies with this theme, such as "Game of the Brave", "The Chronicles of Narnia", etc., all of which are a routine.

And these stories are essentially born from the story mode of "Alice in Wonderland".

In other words, the story was filmed for children.

In Mu Rong's opinion, this kind of story is indeed a bit naïve.

However, this is what Han Shanping wants.

What he wants to make is a movie that audiences all over the world can accept and understand.

According to the film classification system of the United States, all movies are divided into five grades.

G-rated is mass-rated and can be watched by all ages.

The PG level is the tutoring level, which means that some content in the movie may not be suitable for children to watch.

PG-13 is a special tutoring level and is recommended for children over 13 years old.

R level stands for Restricted Grade and is recommended for viewers over 17 years old.

Class NC-17 is a special restricted class, and viewers under the age of 17 are prohibited from viewing.

It can be seen from the level that the lower the level of the movie, the wider the audience.

The higher the level, the smaller the number of viewers who can watch it.

If you want to get to a lower level, then the story content of the movie should not be too esoteric, and it should be easy for the audience to understand.

And the martial arts fighting scenes in the movie can't be too bloody and violent.

This is more difficult to grasp, Han Shanping intends to control the movie level at PG-13 level as much as possible, so he deliberately suppresses the depth of the story.

The action design of the movie, he also plans to hand it over to Fang Long to be responsible.

Because of Mu Rong, Fang Long, and Li Lianjie

Among the three people, Fang Long's movies are the lowest-level, so his box office in overseas markets is also the highest.

His "Rush Hour" series, "Plan A" series, and "Who Am I" and other movies are all PG-13 in the United States.

And Li Lianjie only has one "Huo Yuanjia" that is PG-13 grade, and the other "Fang Shiyu" series, "Huang Feihong" series, and "Shaolin Temple" of that year, are all rated R, that is, restricted.

Mu Rong released two movies in the United States, "Slaying the Wolf" and "Mythology".

But these two are R-rated restricted grades, the same as Bruce Lee's "Menglong Crossing the River", "Game of Death", and "Jingwumen".

However, it was precisely because he relied on the restricted-level "Myth" to defeat Li Lianjie's PG-13 "Huo Yuanjia" at the box office that the market raised its expectations for him.

If it weren't for this, Li Lianjie wouldn't have honestly admitted defeat if he said anything.

If there is a difference of one grade, the box office of the movie will be much worse.

This "King of Kung Fu" is the first fire that Han Shanping burned after taking office, and it is also the film he is going to use to present the Olympics, and the investment cost is very high.

Not to mention anything else, Fang Long's salary alone is already as high as 20 million US dollars.

Although Li Lianjie's salary dropped a little because he lost to Mu Rong at the box office, he still had 10 million US dollars.

Mu Rong relied on the resume of the two movies "Slaying the Wolf" and "Myth", and he was also worth five million US dollars.

The current ratio of Chinese dollars to US dollars is 7.6:1, so just asking the three of them to make a movie will cost 266 million.

This is not counting the salaries of other actors, as well as shooting costs, post-production costs, distribution costs, and publicity costs.

Han Shanping made a preliminary budget, and the cost of this movie is estimated to be 100 million US dollars smaller.

This is also the production cost of a super blockbuster in Hollywood.

Even if the budget is kept as low as possible, the cost of this movie will be 70 or 80 million US dollars, to say the least.

If it is converted into Chinese dollars, it will be five or six hundred million!

Therefore, when he saw the budget report, Han Shanping's heart was trembling.

He knows very well that unless a movie is made that is comparable to "Hero", the possibility of the film losing money is very high.

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Lowering the level of the movie is also a compromise he had to make for the sake of the box office.

No way, the big pot of rice is not easy to make!

After all, children between the ages of 13 and 17 are the age group with the most curiosity, and they are also one of the main contributors to the box office.

With this wave of audiences, there is also a lot of improvement in the box office of the movie.

But Mu Rong did not agree with Han Shanping's point of view.

If he wants to make such a child-oriented slapstick movie, then he would rather not make it.

Since he came up with the gimmick of "The King of Kung Fu", and invited Fang Long, Li Lianjie and him over, he actually acted in a story of escorting a foreign stupid boy to give a golden hoop stick, isn't this selling dog meat with a sheep's head?

Mu Rong believes that since he has prepared to lose money, it is better not to worry about the box office and make a serious movie.

It doesn't matter what the restricted level is or not, as long as the story is exciting and good-looking, even if you go back and sell the DVD copyright and sell the follow-up broadcast rights, you can slowly recover the cost.

If a playful children's movie comes out and the audience doesn't buy it, then even the way to return the follow-up copyright will be blocked.

Han Shanping was also a little moved by Mu Rong's proposal, but he didn't dare to make a decision easily, and he was still entangled.

Mu Rongcai didn't care whether he was entangled or not, he directly contacted Liu Heping, a well-known screenwriter in China, and planned to rewrite the script of "The King of Kung Fu".

A real "King of Kung Fu".