Reborn Tycoon Rise

Yuan Heping started out as a handyman and has been working as the first director. He can do all the work that has been done by others on the set and knows how to do it, and it is a very cost-effective method. Xu Zhi issued a death order and the cost must be controlled within 250,000.

In addition to renting equipment and space, as well as building a mud house, the other cost that needs to be controlled most is film.

So Yuan Heping thought of the simplest method. Before shooting, everyone rehearsed several times. Fortunately, all the plots were basically locked by Xu Zhi, and there was no room for people present to express themselves as they pleased. As long as you rehearse a few times before shooting, there's basically no big problem.

Some small details may not be as originally planned, but as long as the problems are not major, they will not be reshot. This is the consensus of Hong Kong's small-budget movies. If you make a mistake, you will make a mistake.

Lin Siqi took on the role of finance, and all major expenditures had to go through her. Then she had to sort out the expenditure items before leaving get off work every day, and then hand them over to Xu Zhi for review the next day.

Xu Zhi found He Guanchang and found a place to build an earth house in the mountains behind the Jiahe studio.

Jiahe didn't lose at all, he just agreed to Xu Zhi building the house, but it must be owned by Jiahe after it is used up. As long as the house is there, there will always be a crew who will need it in the future.

Faced with such overbearing terms, Xu Zhi could only agree in pain, because otherwise, he would have to go to the Hong Kong government to go through the procedures to get a piece of land through normal means. However, if that is the case, it is estimated that it will not be completed by 2019.

Of course, you can also build illegally secretly, as long as you don't get caught.

Don't think about finding a construction company to build this kind of small house. You can just find a few workers in the building materials market and just pull them over to do the work.

In Xiangjiang, as long as you have money, you can build villas and high-rise buildings, because reinforced concrete and cement are easy to buy, but the stones and soil required for earthen houses are almost annoying.

Fortunately, one of the workers came from the mainland and had experience in this field. He went to the Hung Hom Cement Factory, collected some cement residue stones, and added them with soil from the mountains, and then slowly built the house.

On the other hand, the crew also started further filming.

Anyone who has watched Drunken Master knows that in fact, this movie has no plot at all. The joke at the beginning is to deal with the sycophants together and create some misunderstandings.

Then the protagonist "accidentally" flirted with a girl, and then was beaten up by the girl's mother - very embarrassing.

After being beaten violently, he encountered a rich second generation bullying a small street vendor, and then punished the evil and promoted the good and beat the other person.

Then the protagonist, the uncle, is introduced and slowly enters the main plot.

These shootings are actually very simple. Once these are completed, the mud house in the back mountain will be almost completed.

In order to save costs, Yuan Heping decided to follow traditional methods and removed the temple where Chen Long and the assassin met in the script.

In the original play, they met in a temple, had a conflict, and then started fighting.

But the reality is that the only temple on the Jiahe set is very popular. People from all walks of life want to shoot in it. It is not only a matter of money, but also a matter of waiting in line.

After Yuan Heping and Xu Zhi discussed it, they decided to shoot in a wild area near the cabin. The background was that Jackie Chan was having a barbecue in the wild and met the assassin.

Chen Long is also a hard-working Saburo. Every time he fights with the opponent, he requires real fighting. In order to experience the reality, kicking and clapping with real force are required. Xu Zhi was basically on the set, and every day, Chen Long had to suffer minor injuries. Xu Zhi was terrified every time. Working with such a person, it was really hard to work with your head in the air.

"Bang!" Chen Long was kicked so hard that a section of the bench was broken. Of course there was a problem with the bench before, but the force of the fall was still very strong.

The photographer seemed very satisfied with this scene. In fact, he couldn't see any effect. He just judged based on experience that the fight should be shot well, especially Chen Long's injured expression - it was not staged at all, it was real. pain!

The "click" sound had been made for a while, but Chen Long was still lying on the ground and slowly moving his body. Seeing that the situation was not good, the assistant immediately ran over and helped him up. Soon the accompanying doctor came over and made a diagnosis.

Ordinary film crews would not have a doctor following them. After all, getting injured is a very rare event. Who would have a doctor by their side for nothing?

However, Xu Zhi insisted on spending money to invite one. There is an important trick in business management in later generations—to use controllable costs to resist low-probability uncontrollable costs.

Chen Long was so dedicated that in history, his life was almost in danger several times while filming movies. In order to do some extreme work, he even refused to use safety measures, forcing insurance companies not to accept his business.

The risk level of drunken boxing is actually not high, but it is safer to hire a doctor.

The doctor invited was not a member of a big hospital, but a charlatan who often treated bruises and sprains. The level is not high, but the general injuries can still be judged.

The doctor touched a few of Chen Long's bones and said, "It's nothing serious. It's just a fall. Just take a good rest."

With the support of everyone, Chen Long was sent to the room. The main character is injured, so the main storyline will definitely not be filmed, but the supporting characters also have roles to play, and another story will be filmed outside.

Xu Zhi looked at Chen Long who was touching his buttocks and moaning softly, and said with a headache: "Aaron, can't you be more stable? The slap is too hard, and it won't be worth it if you get hurt."

Chen Long put on a face that said "I'm in pain" and said with a smile: "Azhi, after taking your money, of course I have to take a good picture! If we don't really fight, how can we take a real picture!"

Xu Zhi shook his head. In this era, there was no computer technology. If you wanted to take good pictures, you could only take countless shots and slowly find a suitable one. As for this kind of martial arts film, if the fight is fake, the audience will not be able to pass that level.

So starting from Li Xiaolong, to Chen Long, Jet Li, Yuan Biao, etc., unless they are particularly dangerous, many of them are real fights. This is not acting, because it has nothing to do with "acting".

Chen Long is even more exaggerated. Others only fight for real when they fight, but he is different. He jumps from a building, hangs a helicopter, and jumps from outside the wall (without protection, against the air conditioner, pipes and wall edges on the outer wall). Climb up the building or go downstairs), there are only things you can't think of, and there is nothing he dares to play.

Xu Zhidao: "There is really no need for you to work so hard. From my point of view, if you are really injured, my movie will have to stop filming. And for you, being injured may have an impact on your career." "

Chen Long said: "Back then, Li Xiaolong also fought for real. How could he succeed if he didn't fight hard! Aren't you the same, Azhi, who used all his money to invest in this movie. The difference is that I fight with my body, and you fight with your wealth. That’s all!”

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Yes, it's all hard work, but if I lose, I can make the money back in the future. If you lose, then..."

Chen Long nodded and said: "That's the truth, but I don't think the same as you. I have made many movies over the years, and the supporting roles have generally done well at the box office. But once I become the protagonist, they are basically all on the street. Not only did I not make much money, but I almost pushed the company to bankruptcy. If I don’t work hard now, I’m afraid I’ll have to go back to being a chef.”

Chen Long was a chef before making movies. Even after entering the film industry, due to several failures, he ran to Australia in despair and became a Chinese cook. Later, Luo Wei chased after him and spent a lot of effort. Only then did he persuade him to come back.

Xu Zhi had nothing to say. You must know that even though Chen Long was later worth tens of millions, he was still working so hard to make movies. Trying to persuade him at this moment is simply a fool's errand.

Xu Zhi asked himself that he could not do this. If you are so poor that you have nowhere to go, there are many people who are willing to work hard, but they are worth tens of millions and take risks repeatedly for the sake of movies. This kind of behavior is really incomprehensible.

Seeing that Chen Long had recovered somewhat, Xu Zhi also sat down and asked: "Along, what is your biggest wish now?"

Chen Long thought for a while and said, "I hope this movie will really become a hit."

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "This is my wish!"

Chen Long shook his head and said: "No, if the movie becomes popular, my fame will also increase. And since I made this movie, I found it very smooth and I really like it. I think the style of this movie is particularly suitable for me. If Movies can really make people like them, and this should be my path in the future."

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, actually you are you, and Li Xiaolong is Li Xiaolong. In recent years, action movies in Hong Kong have begun to decline. The most fundamental reason is that everyone only knows how to imitate Li Xiaolong. The routines are exactly the same, and the scenes are also simple. There are duels in the wilderness, a play is 90 minutes, and the fight can last an hour. The audience is tired of these routines."

Chen Long said: "Yes, but these are all speculations. Action movies are becoming less and less popular nowadays. I hope this one will be popular!"

Xu Zhidao: "Besides movies, don't you have any desire to go into other fields?"

Chen Long thought for a while and sighed: "My wish should be everyone's wish. I want to buy a house of my own in Xiangjiang."

Now Chen Long's income basically comes from movies. In the past, he took supporting roles, so the money was naturally not much. In the past two years, he has taken on many leading roles in movies, but each one became more popular than the other, and his income from acting has also increased from five to five. The price dropped from 60,000 to 10,000 to 20,000, and no one dared to invite him. The financial backer, Luo Wei, was almost forced to sell his house.

Xu Zhi asked: "Where do you live now? In a rented house?"

Chen Long said: "No, I live in the company's warehouse. Except it's a little hotter and there are more mosquitoes, it's much better than a rented house."

After hearing this, Xu Zhi was silent for a while, stood up and said, "You have a good rest first, I'll go out for a while."

After coming out, Xu Zhi immediately found Yuan Heping and asked directly: "Director Yuan, how much more money do we need to spend on this film?"

Yuan Heping didn't understand it, but he still replied: "We are already halfway through the filming. The biggest part is the leasing at the front, which costs about 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. It mainly includes the post-production cutting, the settlement of employee wages and The film cost and other expenses are not much. This is just the cost of filming. You still need to do advertising when it is released. These are calculated separately."

I have already spent almost 100,000 yuan before, but this is still the result of desperate savings. To be more safe, I will spend another 100,000 yuan for the subsequent plot. Zou Wenhuai agreed to be responsible for the distribution, but he estimated that he would have to pay for the advertising costs himself. If he kept another 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, he should still have half of his 500,000 yuan remaining, almost 250,000 yuan.

After Xu Zhi finished the calculation, he smiled happily and said, "Thank you very much!"