"Brother, the budget expenditure of Wolf Warrior 2 is exceeded, and it is very likely that 100 million funds will not be enough." Wu Jing revealed when he was drinking with Chen Zhibin.

"We've been working together for so long, just say it, Brother Jing, how much is it missing?" Chen Zhibin asked straight to the point.

He was not surprised at all about this matter, if the 100 million capital budget invested at the beginning was enough, then I am afraid it would not be Wu Jing, and he should also be worried about whether the movie can be made with the same quality as in his previous life.

In the previous life, after "Wolf Warrior 2" was released in theaters, in just one and a half months, it frantically harvested 5.6 billion box office.

Many netizens feel that more than half of the movie box office comes from Leng Feng, Zhuo Yifan, He Jianguo and others holding high the national flag, making the truce between the two sides pass through the crossfire area.

Chen Zhibin also has this feeling, I believe that all Chinese people have this feeling, this is the biggest climax in the film.

Although there are indeed reasons for this, it is undeniable that the overall quality of the film is still very good.

Whether it is the scene of sending the ashes of his comrades-in-arms home, being threatened by the demolition captain, taking off his gun and taking off his military hat and kicking him away for the safety of his comrades-in-arms' families, or the part where Ding Haifeng's eyes are red and his eyes are cracking, and finally he shouts "fire" hoarsely, it is a very wonderful climax.

Some people say that just in the first six minutes of the underwater fight, Wu Jing brought the audience an unprecedented fight scene in film and television.

Six minutes is worth the ticket price, and the rest of the highlights are earned, although this statement is a slight exaggeration, but it also proves the charm of the film itself.

If the box office of 5.6 billion yuan is divided and the red flag is held high and the box office is worth 2 billion at the box office, then the sections of "The Murder of Pirates Caught Underwater" and "Kicking the Demolition Captain in Anger" are at least worth 1 billion.

In addition, there are various gun scenes, drag racing, and hand-to-hand combat clips such as "Street Blocking Rockets", "One-armed Flying Car", "Drone Night Play", "Tank Playing Drift", "Ultimate BOOS Battle", etc., which are also thrilling and explosive.

Therefore, even if the success of "Wolf Warrior 2" has a certain amount of luck, it must be said in the past in terms of the quality of the film.

Chen Zhibin has a deep understanding of this, because he is directly involved in many of the plots, and compared with other directors, Wu Jing does have to work harder to film.

For example, if the full score is 100 points, if only 99 points are shot the first time, then Wu Jing will definitely ask to do it again.

This is also why, the budget for the early preparation of "Wolf Warrior 2" has a total of 100 million, but it is not enough to actually start filming.

is like this speed comparable to burning money, that is, Chen Zhibin knows its final box office, otherwise he may not be so relieved to invest in it.

Now that the film budget is insufficient, Wu Jing was the first to find Chen Zhibin, in fact, other investors do have concerns in this regard.

Because of the investment cost of 100 million yuan, it takes 250 million, and the box office of nearly 300 million is almost able to return to the cost, and now on this basis, if you continue to increase investment, the degree of risk you need to bear will naturally be greater.

After all, the current war movies are indeed not very sluggish, and the upper limit is only a few hundred million box office, and it will definitely be difficult to recover the cost if the cost is high.

"To tell you the truth, in the current situation, at least this number is needed." Wu took a sip of beer and then stretched out the palm of his left hand.

When Wu Jing spoke, Chen Zhibin originally thought that it was 100 million, so the total investment fund was just enough for 200 million, the same as in his previous life.

Therefore, Chen Zhibin subconsciously changed the unit of measurement to 100 million, and his attention at the moment was almost all on Wu Jing's half-cut thumb, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he blurted out: "Five hundred million? ”

Compared with normal people, Wu Jing's left thumb is missing one section, because he accidentally broke it when he was playing with a cart when he was a child, and he didn't pick it up in time.

In his previous life, he watched a martial arts movie starring Wu Jing, Chen Zhibin really didn't notice this, and he only found out about it later when he talked about it in an interview show.

"Ahem...... Not so much, fifty million. ”

Hearing Chen Zhibin's words, Wu Jing almost didn't spit out the beer he had just drunk in his mouth, and coughed several times before it gradually calmed down.

He knew that Chen Zhibin was very wealthy, but he didn't expect to be so inhumane in private, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was in hundreds of millions, which was simply heartbreaking.

In fact, of course, Chen Zhibin couldn't really vote so much, he just noticed Wu Jing's half-cut thumb just now, and he was not a little distracted.

"Are you sure, fifty million?" Chen Zhibin confirmed again.

If he remembers correctly, the total investment cost of "Wolf Warrior 2" in the previous life should be 200 million, and now with the 50 million, it is only 150 million, so where does the remaining 50 million yuan come from, it can't be that the budget is not enough to wait for the next pat, and then go back and find him to pay in installments!

"Fifty million is enough, and I'll let them pay for the rest." Wu smiled and responded, obviously he didn't expect it to be so easy, so he specially invited Chen Zhibin to drink alone, just to make it easier to talk.

It's not that he doesn't want to take advantage of this opportunity to make the budget more relaxed, mainly because he has to get the consent of other investors.

In this regard, Wu Jing naturally has to communicate with other investors, otherwise even if Chen Zhibin takes out the money, it will be just empty talk.

After all, the investor is not himself, and now with additional investment, the proportion of all investments, including Chen Zhibin, will definitely shrink.

According to the total investment cost of 200 million yuan, Chen Zhibin injected a total of 80 million yuan, which now accounts for 40 percent of the investment.

According to the current filming progress, additional investment budgets are inevitable, and if an investor chooses to withdraw because of this, Wu Jing can only pull other new investors in, or take the money himself.

After all, if you want to present the movie completely according to the original idea, the investment budget of 100 million yuan in the early stage is definitely not enough.

However, even if someone really chooses to withdraw their investment, Chen Zhibin will definitely not continue to make up for it, because his current investment proportion is high enough, and he still has to learn to stop in moderation.

For the rest, let Wu Jing find a way to go by himself, even if he didn't join in his previous life, the other party still brought an investment budget of 200 million.

Now that Chen Zhibin is there, the rest will definitely not be a problem.

"Come, Boss Chen, Brother Chen, there's nothing to say, everything is in the wine, I'll respect you." Wu Jing poured it for Chen Zhibin, then filled the wine in his cup, and served it to him very solemnly.

"No, it's the other way around, Brother Jing, I should call you brother." Chen Zhibin joked: "I didn't drink much, why are you drunk!" ”

"No, no, you are my eldest brother, isn't this a thank you for your great support for our movie!" Wu Jing didn't take it to heart, isn't it just a title, Chen Zhibin spent 80 million to play with him, not to mention just calling a big brother, even if he called an uncle, he had nothing to hesitate.

"It's said that it's our movie, one is prosperous, one is lost, what are you and me." Chen Zhibin's purpose in investing in this movie is very simple, that is, to bring capital into the group and get a piece of the pie, of course, it is quite good to be able to climb Wu Jing's relationship by the way.

After all, since "Wolf Warrior 2", Wu Jing has starred in many popular movies such as "The Wandering Earth" and "Changjin Lake", with a cumulative total box office of 30 billion yuan, and his achievements in the film industry are undoubted.

Also with this honor is Shen Teng, who became popular with "Charlotte's Troubles" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City", both of whom are actors in the first echelon in the film industry, as long as the movies starring the two of them, almost every one of them is a hit, even Huang Bo and Xu Shanzheng and others are slightly inferior.

However, Shen Teng is an artist under Happy Twist, and Chen Zhibin, as one of the shareholders, can also be regarded as his boss.

In addition, because they have worked together on "Charlotte's Troubles", the relationship between the two in private is quite harmonious.

"Yes, let's go." Wu Jing nodded, quite agreeing with what Chen Zhibin said just now, so the two of them took a cup and drank one again.

Due to Chen Zhibin's limited amount of alcohol and the fact that he had to get up the next morning to film, the two didn't drink too long, so they rode back early.

Because I was planning to drink when I first came, the two of them swept a shared bicycle and rode all the way over.

Now when they go back, the two of them also swept a shared bicycle by themselves.

In this regard, Wu Jing has always kept in mind the teachings, even if ten years have passed now, he still remembers that he was drinking outside, but he was arrested by the traffic police just because he blocked someone else's car and moved a few meters.

Later, Wu Jing was punished to work as a health volunteer in a community, and he also won a small award for his excellent performance and good attitude of admitting mistakes.

In 2020, he filmed "The Wandering Earth", and this stalk was also used in the script, "There are thousands of roads, safety first, irregular driving, and two lines of tears for relatives", this sentence became the hottest advertising slogan at that time.

is also drunk driving, Wu Jing's behavior and attitude of admitting mistakes, compared to dragging the traffic police after drinking and causing permanent disability, even when he was interrogated, Zhang Han, who was still making nonsense, can be said to be a heaven and an underground.

Regarding the replacement of Zhang Han as the "bear child" Zhuo Yifan, Chen Zhibin not only felt a little guilty, but felt that he was eliminating harm for the people.

Zhang Han's oiliness is from the inside out, and it is not as simple as the evil smile of the domineering president on TV, and sticking out his tongue and pretending to be cute.

"How about Abin, do you want to compare and see who goes back to the hotel first." Wu Jing rode for a distance, and when he saw that there were few people on the road, he couldn't help but say.

Men's happiness is sometimes as simple as whomever is stronger, who is stronger than breaking wrists, who is farther to the toilet than who pees, and who is faster than riding a bicycle......

"Not so good." Chen Zhibin hesitated.

"You're not afraid of losing to me, are you?" Wu was shocked and provoked.

"That's not true, but Brother Jing, you are so old, if I win, I'm really afraid that you will say that I won't win." Chen Zhibin responded with a smile.

"Come less, you'd better win first, I'll talk about it!" Although Wu Jing's age is nearly 20 years older than Chen Zhibin, because of his perennial martial arts, his physical fitness is still quite good, and he will naturally not admit defeat at this point.

"Okay, let's give it a try." Chen Zhibin happily agreed.

Drag racing after drinking is even more immoral than drunk driving, but Chen Zhibin may refuse to ride an electric car.

But fortunately, he and Wu Jing both pedaled bicycles, and this section of the road was relatively remote, and there were almost no vehicles passing by after night, let alone pedestrians who walked here in the middle of the night, so there was no big problem.

"One, two, three, start." As Wu screamed, the two people under the street lamp started to accelerate at the same time, pedaling their bicycles towards the hotel.

The journey ahead of Wu Jing was okay, almost the same level as Chen Zhibin, but when he got to the back, he was obviously a little physically exhausted.

Three minutes later, Chen Zhibin was the first to arrive at the hotel where the crew was stationed, and Wu Jing behind him was only a few seconds slower than him.

"How is Brother Surprise?" Chen Zhibin joked with a smile.

"It's good to be young!" Wu Jing sighed after parking the car.

"Sure enough, I still used this set of rhetoric!" Chen Zhibin knew that Wu Jing would definitely talk about young people, of course, he didn't really take it to heart, after all, there was really nothing to be proud of, just to pass the time.

The most important thing is that Chen Zhibin and Wu Jing didn't drink much, but they were almost sober when they came back from this ride.

Back in the room, Lu Jingshan hadn't slept yet, she was reading the script carefully with the script in her hand, and she didn't know if she was really thinking about the tone of the lines, or if she was lying on the bed alone and couldn't sleep, just waiting for him to come back.

Usually on the set, in addition to the scenes to be filmed that day, most actors will also choose to familiarize themselves with the lines in the next two days in advance.

Chen Zhibin and Lu Jingshan took advantage of this point to the extreme, so they could have so much time to be together at night.

"You're back, what did you and Brother Jing do just now?" Lu Jingshan closed the script and immediately couldn't help asking.

It's not a question, it can only be said to be more concerned.

"Had a meal." Chen Zhibin responded lightly.

"You two went out to eat secretly, and you didn't even bring us along!" Lu Jingshan thought that Wu Jing and Chen Zhibin had gone out to talk about things.

"I lost 50 million yuan for one meal." Chen Zhibin said.

"What kind of rice can be so expensive!" Lu Jingshan obviously didn't believe it.

"Stupid, you think it's really just a simple meal!" Chen Zhibin gently knocked on Lu Jingshan's little head and sighed.

"What else could you do? After the two of you finish eating, you shouldn't be going out to have fun together! ”

As soon as she thought of this, Lu Jingshan immediately leaned on Chen Zhibin's clothes and smelled it to see if there was any smell of perfume.

Of course, it's more about having fun directly in the crew, after all, it's better to use local materials, which greatly reduces the danger.

(End of chapter)