Chapter 49 Shooting
"If you want to see it, of course I will satisfy you!" Xie Changhua said with a smile.
"Sheng Xie, the accounts have been settled clearly. Except for Nanyang's box office share, the buyout fees from other places have been received. After deducting the 5 million that Shaw Brothers advanced for us, they still owe us 1.3 million. We can get it within three days."
The account has been received. In addition, we are a newly established company and can not pay taxes for 20 months. The company recently spent more than 2 million on purchasing equipment.
The expenditure on props for filming also needs to be followed up in a timely manner. We can turn these into negative accounts to avoid taxes reasonably. In addition, the company's total funds still have more than 12 million yuan left on the surface." At this time, Teddy Luo Bing came with professional finance
The staff came over to report on the work, "By the way, Mr. Xie, as expected, Miss Fang rejected our suggestion of sharing the box office in Europe and the United States."
"Haha, it's expected. Don't worry about it. I want you to propose this just because I want her to spend more money to buy it out." Xie Changhua smiled. He was also interested in the European and American markets, but he didn't even sit down in the local market to confirm.
Don't think about that.
"Just follow the proper procedures for tax avoidance. Don't let others get caught. In addition, help me transfer the proceeds from this film to my private clothing company and video company. If there are future transactions, a formal contract will be signed."
The tax rate for Hong Kong companies is not based on turnover but on profits, so many companies will conduct reasonable tax avoidance. In addition, it rarely limits the scope of business. If you want to engage in real estate, you can open a department under the company's name to engage in tourism.
It is possible to open a tourism department, but for the sake of future independence, Xie Changhua still plans to set up a company on his own outside.
"No problem." The financial staff left after reporting their work.
"Wow, I didn't expect that starting a company and making movies would be so profitable!" Wang Jing said enviously from the side.
Teddy Luo Bing glanced at him and said to the side: "You have to think about it, it is very easy to lose money. Losing a big cast also loses people, so Shaw Brothers only plays small productions!"
"I'm just saying it!"
"Sheng Xie, the fireworks and explosives are ready. There will definitely be no problems this time." Luo Lixian came over. This future explosion special effects maniac, as soon as he saw the high-paying special recruitment information in the newspaper, he immediately came for an interview.
He easily won with no one available, but for the sake of safety, Xie Changhua decided to be more cautious and asked him to buy a dummy and rehearse several times.
"Okay, let's go and give it a try first!" Xie Changhua nodded and let him lead the way.
"Wow, you can do martial arts scenes with explosives. I want to see what you do." Wang Jing said immediately.
"Just watch it, watch it, don't praise me after you finish it."
"I'll praise you to death."
Half an hour later, after adjusting the position of the wires and setting up the camera, the rehearsal began. Akiguan and Yasuaki Kurata were fighting with swords half a meter above the ground, using wires to pull them over a distance of more than five meters.
They swung their swords in the air 11 times in a row. Wherever they passed, the two men's sword energy caused dust to fly around, rocks to shatter, and bamboo and wood to break. In order to be fair on the surface, both male stars had to do it again.
Before the shooting, he discussed with the two actors, the photographer, Wu Zhi, and the explosion team for a long time, focusing on explaining the process, the timing of the explosion, and the scene that the photographer wanted to capture, and finally started shooting.
"attention!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the person holding the wire started to move. The two of them flew in the air at a certain speed according to the rehearsed movements. Luo Lixian was on the side beating time to record the time. The dragon and tiger martial artist took some and packed them away.
Simple props, bamboo wood that has been cut and fixed with fishing line
After working together at opposite ends, the two took turns four or five times, the crew finally had some tacit understanding. After some exchanges, they organized the props and started the test shoot. First, they shot a short clip to let the two partners understand the style.
Let them keep their minds at ease so that they don’t have to come to the studio to urge them.
Finally it was the official turn to start filming. All the people who had no assignments gathered together and stood behind Xie Changhua to watch curiously. Xie Changhua looked left and right without saying anything, and just asked them to be quiet.
"Action!" With the command, the crew started running.
bom, bom!
As the explosion sounded, the two of them were like dragons. They clicked their feet a few times as if they were performing Qing Kung Fu and flew into the air. Dust flew up from both sides, and the bamboo was broken into two pieces. The bamboo leaves that had been prepared fell from the air, causing grass and trees to fall apart.
To create a flying effect, Xie Changhua also deliberately planted some grass in the first half meter of the road section without explosives, sprinkled some powder, and took a close-up of the contact between the two. Two photographers followed the track on a high-altitude machine.
Moving and taking pictures.
"Ka." After seeing the flying out of the shooting distance, Xie Changhua shouted to stop. Qiuguan and Kurata got off the ground, handed the sword to the staff on the side, relaxed their waists, and dusted off their clothes. Wang Jing couldn't help but
He nodded and suddenly didn't want to say a word.
"Axian, the big problem is gone, but do you feel that the dust is flying a little higher? Should we adjust the ratio of the explosives again? We can use smoke to replace the dust effect." Seeing their actions, Xie Changhua raised the question
Opinion.
"No problem, I'll change it again." Seeing that their clothes were a little yellow, Luo Lixian nodded.
Xie Changhua led him to the two leading actors and asked: "Qiu Guan, how are you, are you okay?"
"Oh, it's not a big problem, some small things can be overcome!" He smiled, and Kurata Yasuaki also smiled and nodded.
"That's good, you guys have a rest, we will go to the next place to shoot right away." Xie Changhua patted his waist and said, hanging wire is a big burden on the waist.
"Don't worry, Mr. Xie, I've already taught them what to do!" Cheng Xiaodong said from the side.
"That's good, by the way, the next scene is to hang from the air to fight with swords. This time there are fewer explosions. There are just small explosions on the ground like throwing firecrackers, and bamboo and wood break from high places.
I've tried it several times and it doesn't hurt at all.
Yes, but when the tip of the sword collides with the tip of the knife, there will be a big explosion around it. Liu Sheng, please prepare yourself. You will go first later. After the shooting, we will transition. When the place is cleaned up, you can reshoot this.
Scene!" Xie Changhua said softly.
"No problem, I understand." After he responded, he took advantage of the time when everyone was cleaning up to exchange shooting experiences with the two actors, talking about the scene he just saw, thinking about how to do the actions, and how to capture the scene.
It was even better. Xie Changhua benefited a lot from listening to their conversation. He felt that these old actors were really weird sometimes. They were obviously scheming in private to grab roles, and they would steal the camera during filming, but there would be some problems during the filming process.
Quantitative business.
"Hey, why do I feel that Qiu Guan and I are so bad? I feel so guilty!" After listening for a while, Xie Changhua and Wang Jing walked toward the bamboo forest alone, leaving Teddy Luo Bing to control the scene.
"Don't say that. This kind of thing happens too often. You just put your hand on your heart and it will be over immediately. If you really can't get over it, at worst, you can change the scene and let him act in a scene, or ask him to shoot the next scene.
Directors sometimes adjust conflicts like this, and the most important thing is to make yourself feel at ease." Wang Jing demonstrated.
"I have no choice but to do this. I am still a good person in essence." Xie Changhua sighed.
Chapter completed!