After Long Zewei's words were finished, although it sounded a little unkind.

But none of the other three people present were surprised or problematic.

Wu Zihao and Wei Yifa are because they have known each other for a long time, and they already know Long Zewei's character very well.

He's such a person.

Especially on the issue of the script, there is almost no room for negotiation.

Except for some special periods at the beginning, I had no choice but to act in some plays I didn't like.

But after his status came up, he basically never compromised.

Even the cameo role has to be carefully considered, let alone the starring role.

As for Xu Ji, he is naturally confident in the script in his hand.

The main reason for Wei Yifa to form this game is just to have the opportunity to contact Long Zewei.

"Teacher Long Zewei, I have already brought the script."

"And Mr. Wu, you can also take a look and give me advice."

Xu Ji has maintained the demeanor of his junior from beginning to end.

This made Wei Yifa also breathe a sigh of relief, for fear that Xu Xianxin would be arrogant, and when the time came, the bureau would break up unhappily, and he, the middleman, would become a little embarrassed.

Long Zewei and Wu Zihao have been able to get to where they are today, and they are naturally not stupid people.

Although Xu Ji just said that he can casually mention any questions and opinions, many directors are more conceited, and it is impossible for them to agree to actors changing scripts and the like.

But the script still has to be read.

Long Zewei has already determined that if the script doesn't work, he will find an excuse to refuse.

It's not that difficult.

Taking over the script from Xu Ji's hand, Long Zewei secretly glanced at Wei Yifa on the side.

found that the other party's expression made him feel a little inexplicable.

It seems to be ...... This script is the same as he wrote, with a confident look.

Turning the first page of the script, Long Zewei saw the name of the play first.

"Infernal Affairs?"

He was stunned for a moment, but he didn't understand what the name meant, and naturally he couldn't guess what kind of drama this drama was.

But soon he saw the first line of the homepage of this drama.

"The most important of the eight hells, called the Infernal Hell, means to suffer great suffering without interruption, hence this name."

Long Zewei suddenly remembered where he had heard this name.

It is the Nirvana Sutra that is quoted.

Soon, Long Zewei completely devoted his attention to this story called "Infernal Affairs".

......

As time passed, Xu Ji and Wei Yifa were not in a hurry, and they did not speak loudly to disturb the two people reading the script.

Wei Yifa had actually read the script before, so he already knew how divine this script was.

Even Long Zewei, who was the most difficult to handle, Wei Yifa didn't believe that the other party could refuse such a script.

Because the owner of this shop and Wei Yifa actually know each other, this private room is also specially reserved for Wei Yifa by the other party.

Wei Yifa usually only brings friends who have a good relationship with him.

During this period, except when the food was served, no one bothered me again.

Although a few people ate about the same, no one came to urge them before they left.

In this way, about an hour passed.

Wu Zihao read the script first, but found that Long Zewei next to him was still watching seriously and did not speak.

But he has almost made a decision in his heart, he must act in this drama.

Even if Xu Ji's salary is lower than his worth, he has to act.

Such a drama may be able to make his actor career another masterpiece quite handy.

It didn't take long, about ten minutes, for Long Zewei to put down the script.

His mood at this time can only be described as shocking.

He didn't expect that he would be able to see such an interesting drama, and more importantly, this work, which obviously required a lot of effort from the screenwriter, was actually taken out by Xu Ji, who looked like he was only in his twenties.

The person in front of him is really the same as Wei Yifa said, he is definitely a genius.

"I've played this drama!"

Since Long Zewei finished reading the script, he changed his previous hesitant performance and replied directly.

On the contrary, Wu Zihao was obviously stunned for a moment, he originally read it first, but now it was replaced by Long Zewei who made a statement first.

"I'm okay with that."

"It's easy to negotiate the salary or something, but I have to go back to vacate the schedule in the next few days."

Wu Zihao agreed to come down and added.

Although there is some scheming, this is also the behavior that can best show that he attaches importance to Xu Ji.

I made a special schedule for this drama.

Of course, Wu Zihao is very smart, and he didn't directly say what kind of drama he pushed.

It feels like a confession, so that while there will be no problems, it can easily be annoying.

It's the best way to take a casual sip and pretend not to care.

As for Long Zewei, he is much more pure, and he doesn't like these things very much.

He really didn't act during this time, and the reason why he agreed didn't have much to do with Wei Yifa was mainly because he wanted to act in this script.

......

Things went much smoother than Xu Qian thought.

Long Zewei and Wu Zihao, the two actors, almost agreed directly after reading the script.

Didn't even talk about pay or anything like that.

Wu Zihao is because he values the cooperation with Xu Ji more and the quality of this drama, and it is actually nothing if the salary is a little less.

Long Zewei doesn't pay much attention to the salary, although his salary is definitely the first among the actors in Hong Kong City, but many times because he likes it, the salary he receives is not very high.

is like the movie that made him the actor before, but in fact, the investment cost is relatively small.

The salary given to him did not even exceed 10 million.

In fact, the filming of the movie "Infernal Affairs" is also the result of Xu Ji's careful consideration.

First of all, the quality level of this movie is not to be said, and secondly, it has a cooperative relationship with Wei Yifa, and it is indeed able to get in touch with these actors in Hong Kong City who have quite good acting skills.

In fact, there is no shortage of actors in the mainland who have good acting skills, but many of them are from the three major companies, and the salary is more exaggerated than the other.

Let's not talk about whether the cooperation can be talked about in Chengdu, just the investment in remuneration, Xu Ji feels that it is a little unnecessary.

Because there are better options.

Although many actors in Hong Kong City are not low, because many of them have not entered the mainland for development, the salary is actually relatively normal compared to those in the mainland.

Many of the actors in Port City don't even have a suitable scene to film.

There are enough actor resources in the mainland, except for actors with high emotional intelligence like Wu Zihao, who can mix smoothly, people like Wei Yifa have not cooperated with the three major companies in the mainland many times.

And with the actor resources here in Hong Kong City, it is natural to choose a movie that can make these actors show their acting skills.

Infernal Affairs is clearly a great choice.

However, Xu Ji is also afraid that he will ruin the filming, especially the actor's acting skills.

Although the plot of this drama is very exciting, it is also very important to see the famous scenes of the actors in it playing with each other.

So although the two actors agreed, Xu Ji didn't say anything at this time.

But there are still some necessary audition processes.

If it is found that Long Zewei is not suitable to play Chen Yongren in it, or Wu Zihao's Liu Jianming has the wrong taste, it should be replaced, even if it offends the actor, Xu Ji will still be replaced.

However, for Xu Ji's request to try out the play, the two actors did not resist.

This seems to them to be a sparse and ordinary thing, although it is indeed a test for the two protagonists of this drama to play well.

But the two of them are actors, and they are not mixed actors, and they are still confident in their acting skills.

After Long Zewei got the script, he directly told Xu Ji that he would give him half a month to a month to familiarize himself with the characters and study the script.

Xu Ji was not in a hurry, and after determining the main actors, he said goodbye to Wei Yifa and left Hong Kong City.

In fact, there are two main tasks for him this time.

One is to find the right actor, and now it seems that the process is smoother than Xu Ji imagined.

There are a little more scenes in "Infernal Affairs", and the more important roles have been decided, and there are basically a lot of old actors in Hong Kong City.

Most of them have known each other for many years, and I am obviously happy to be able to get together this time.

Even Wei Yifa took the initiative to pull a group and invited Xu Ji in.

As for the other purpose, it is the question of choosing the location of the filming.

In addition to Xu Ji, there are also a lot of crew members who came with him this time.

The framing of "Infernal Affairs" is actually not difficult, but in order to restore the original flavor of this movie, Xu Ji is also relatively long in terms of time setting.

Some of the props and buildings with a sense of age in it, you still need to find a suitable shooting location.

If you really can't find it, you can only shoot it yourself.

However, these are normal steps, and there are no unsolvable difficulties at the moment.

It is worth mentioning that the day before Xu Ji left, Wei Yifa came to find Xu Ji, or the kind with wine.

chattered a lot with Xu Ji.

Xu Ji's alcohol consumption is not good, although most of the time Wei Yifa drinks alone, but Xu Ji still feels dizzy in the end.

After the end, I only vaguely remembered a few words.

In short, Wei Yifa feels that Xu Ji can bring Hong Kong films back to glory.

It's a bit incredible to say, Xu Ji himself is a mainlander, and he has only been to Hong Kong City three times so far.

This movie is also invested by Xu Ji's company, although there are more actors in Hong Kong City, but it is not strictly a Hong Kong film.

But Wei Yifa can be very keenly aware that Xu Ji's previous "Wushuang", as well as this "Infernal Affairs", have a very heavy style and taste of traditional Hong Kong films.

Although Wei Yifa didn't know why Xu Ji, a mainlander, could write such a script.

can only be as Xu Ji said, thanks to the fact that he watched too many Hong Kong films of the last century when he was a child, so he was deeply affected.

But in any case, Wei Yifa also sees Xu Ji as the hope of the revival of Hong Kong films.

The previous "Wushuang" proved that Hong Kong films can still adapt to the market.

It's just that the current port city is a little green and yellow in terms of directors and screenwriters.

The appearance of Xu Ji made Wei Yifa see hope.

In fact, he also hopes to have more people like this.

The actors who are capable and willing to use the port city will not let the actors on the port city look down on them.

Some of his old friends don't even have a decent job now.

......

At this time, in the mainland, September is almost over, and the upcoming National Day file of the film market is fighting again, and all parties are gearing up to prepare.

The three major companies basically have their own big productions that will be released on October 1st.

Although "Rise to Fame" has officially entered the filming stage for a while now, in terms of Pang Er's personal directing habits, the National Day file obviously can't catch up.

Even Xu Ji felt that it was enough for the other party to be released within this year.

It is estimated that his "Infernal Affairs" will even be filmed in front of the other party.

However, the investment cycle of the film is indeed relatively long, and the risk is also large.

This is where the disadvantages of high returns come in.

In particular, the larger the production, the longer the cycle will be.

is not like some online dramas, and it can even go from project approval to launch in more than a month.

As for TV series and online dramas, it is still "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" that dominates.

On the Internet side, Station G has won, and the three major video platforms have no dramas that can be used in September, and the traffic has almost been robbed.

As for the TV station, the two TV stations of Red Square and Orange Blossom, among the three major TV stations, got the simulcast rights.

Both dramas were broadcast at the same time, and they were basically the first and second in the ratings of the same period.

Combined, the ratings of the two TV stations have even exceeded 5%.

Although it is not as good as the previous "Soldier Assault", it is also appropriate that this jealous ratings champion has not run.

At this time in Rongcheng, You Man received a message from Song Ideal.

The royalty share of "My Leader, My Group" has been obtained.

Because of this incident, Xu Ji finally didn't hear the other party say anything about the company's too much expense when he came back this time.

Speaking of which, Xu Ji really doesn't feel much about spending money, especially in the crew, almost all of them can use the best without the slightest compromise.

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A lot of money can actually be saved in You Man's opinion.

And like Xu Ji, these directors and crew members under the company also have the same habits.

As long as it can be used well, it will never feel sorry for money.

Anyway, if it was Director Xu, it is estimated that he would make the same decision.

When you think about it this way, you don't have the slightest burden.

is like the previous "Chess Soul", in fact, the main investment is in the salaries of Ji Yiyang and Ran Bai.

As long as the cost of shooting, in fact, a small cost investment can be done.

But in the end, the whole drama was filmed, which completely exceeded You Man's expectations.

Although there is still a gap of hundreds of thousands from the budget ceiling proposed by Xu Ji, it is also a waste of money in You Man's opinion.

Although he finally earned it back, You Man still felt a little distressed.

You Man is not ignorant of other crews in the entertainment industry, go and ask around, the treatment of the crew of Tongji Entertainment is definitely the best.

It doesn't matter if it's salary, food and housing.

However, there are also losses and gains, because of this reason, the crew of Tongji Entertainment is indeed more attractive than others.

Even recruiting extras, when I heard that it was a drama produced by Tongji Entertainment, the number of people who signed up was one or two times more than that of nearby crews.

You Man is now slowly clarifying his positioning, in the final analysis, these two bosses are the shopkeepers.

She said she was the general manager, but at the end of the day she was the housekeeper.

What gave her the most headache was that there were many regulations that she thought were good, and no one objected to what was proposed, but when she found out that someone had violated it, she found out that it was Xu Ji, the boss, who took the lead.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji was scolded again inexplicably.

He didn't dare to talk much, although he was the boss, the number of times he was scolded by You Man in private was really uncountable.

Just two days after Xu Ji returned to Rongcheng, he suddenly received a surprising news.

A movie that Xu Ji himself has forgotten has already been filmed at this time.

Even the post-production is almost done.

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