Chapter 281 Xu Ji, the hope for the recovery of Hong Kong films
After Long Zewei finished speaking, although it sounded a bit unhuman.
But the other three people present did not find it surprising or problematic.
The reason why Wu Zihao and Wei Yifa have known each other for a long time is that they already know Long Zewei’s character very well.
He is such a person.
Especially regarding the script, there is almost no room for negotiation.
Except for some special periods in the past, when I had no choice but to act in some dramas that I didn’t like.
But after his status rose, he basically never compromised.
Even guest roles must be carefully considered, let alone starring roles.
As for Xu Ji, he is naturally confident in the script in his hand.
The main reason why Wei Yifa set up this game was just to have a chance to get in touch with Long Zewei.
"Teacher Long Zewei, I have brought the script."
"And Teacher Wu, please take a look and give me some advice."
Xu Ji maintained the demeanor of a junior from beginning to end.
This made Wei Yifa feel relieved, but he was afraid that Xu Ji would be arrogant and the situation would end badly, and he, the middleman, would become a little embarrassed.
Long Zewei and Wu Zihao are certainly not stupid people to reach their current status.
Although Xu Ji said just now that he would feel free to raise any questions or comments he had, many directors are quite conceited and would never agree to actors changing scripts.
But you still have to read the script.
Long Zewei has already decided that if the script doesn't work, he will just find an excuse to reject it.
It’s not particularly difficult.
Taking the script from Xu Ji's hand, Long Zewei secretly glanced at Wei Yifa who was standing aside.
He found that the other person's expression made him feel a little baffled.
It seems like...he wrote this script, looking confident.
Turning to the first page of the script, Long Zewei first saw the title of the play.
""Infernal Affairs"?"
He was stunned for a moment, but he didn't understand what the name meant. Naturally, he couldn't figure out what the theme of this drama was.
But soon he saw the first line of the show's home page.
"The highest of the eight hells is called the endless hell, which means suffering great suffering without interruption, hence the name."
Long Zewei suddenly remembered that he had heard this name somewhere.
It is the "Nirvana Sutra" quoted.
Soon, Long Zewei completely devoted his attention to this story called "Infernal Affairs".
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Time passed minute by minute, but Xu Ji and Wei Yifa were not in a hurry, nor did they speak loudly to disturb the two people reading the script.
Wei Yifa actually read the script a while ago, so he already knew how good this script was.
Even if it is Long Zewei who is the most difficult to deal with, Wei Yifa does not believe that the other party can refuse such a script.
Because the owner of this store and Wei Yifa actually know each other, this private room was reserved exclusively for Wei Yifa.
Wei Yifa usually only brings friends with whom he has good relationships.
During this period, no one bothered me except when the food was being served.
Although they had almost eaten, no one came to remind them before they left.
In this way, about an hour passed.
Wu Zihao read the script first, but found that Long Zewei beside him was still watching it seriously and did not speak.
But he has almost made a decision in his heart that he must act in this drama.
Even if Xu Ji's salary was lower than his net worth, he would still act.
A drama like this might give him one more masterpiece in his career as an actor.
Not long after, about ten minutes, Long Zewei also 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. What's more important is that this work, which obviously required a lot of effort from the screenwriter, was actually produced by Xu Ji, who looked to be in his twenties. p>
The man in front of me is exactly what Wei Yifa said, he is definitely a genius.
"I acted in this play!"
Now that Long Zewei had read the script, he changed his previous hesitant behavior and answered directly.
On the contrary, Wu Zihao was obviously stunned. He originally read it first, but now it was Long Zewei who expressed his opinion first.
"I have no objection to that either."
"The remuneration can be discussed easily, but I have to go back to work on my schedule these days."
When Wu Zihao agreed, he added another sentence.
Although there is some scheming, this is also the behavior that best shows that you value Xu Ji.
I have specially made time for this drama.
Of course, Wu Zihao was very smart and did not directly say what kind of drama he promoted.
It feels like you are being appreciated, which is not a problem, but it can easily make people bored.
Mentioning it casually and pretending not to care is actually the best way.
As for Long Zewei, he is much more pure and doesn't pay much attention to these things.
It is true that he has not acted during this period. The reason why he agreed has little to do with Wei Yifa. It is mainly because he wants to act in this script.
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Things progressed much more smoothly than Xu Lu had imagined.
After reading the script, the two best actors, Long Zewei and Wu Zihao, almost immediately agreed.
We didn't even talk about remuneration or anything like that.
Wu Zihao values the cooperation with Xu Ji and the quality of this drama more, so it doesn’t matter if the salary is slightly lower.
Long Zewei doesn't attach much importance to remuneration. Although his remuneration is definitely the first among actors in Hong Kong, many times because he likes it, the remuneration he receives is not very high.
For example, the investment cost of the movie that won him the Best Actor Award was actually relatively small.
The salary given to him did not even exceed 10 million.
In fact, the filming of the movie "Infernal Affairs" was also the result of Xu Ji's careful consideration.
First of all, the quality of this movie cannot be overemphasized. Secondly, it has a cooperative relationship with Wei Yifa, and it is indeed possible to have access to actors with very good acting skills in Hong Kong City.
There are actually some actors in the Mainland who are good at acting, but many of them are from the three major companies, and their pay is even more exaggerated than the last one.
Regardless of whether the cooperation can be discussed in Chengdu, Xu Ji feels that the investment in salary is somewhat unnecessary.
Because there are better choices.
Although many actors in Hong Kong City have high status, because many of them have not entered the mainland for development, their salary is actually relatively normal compared to those in the mainland.
Many actors in Hong Kong City don't even have suitable scenes to film.
The mainland's actor resources are sufficient. Except for actor Wu Zihao with relatively high emotional intelligence who can get along smoothly, people like Wei Yifa have not cooperated with the three major companies in the mainland many times.
And with the actor resources in Hong Kong City, it is natural to choose a movie that can make these actors show off their acting skills.
"Infernal Affairs" is obviously a good choice.
However, Xu Ji was also afraid that his filming would be ruined, especially because of the actors’ acting skills.
Although the plot of this drama is very exciting, what is also very important is the famous scenes in which the movie stars compete with each other.
So even though the two movie stars agreed, Xu Ji didn't say much 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's performance is not right, it is time to replace him. Even if it offends the actor, Xu Ji will still replace him.
However, neither of the two movie stars resisted Xu Ji's request to audition.
This seems to them to be a common thing, although it is indeed a test for the two protagonists of this drama to perform well.
But the two of them are movie kings after all, and they are not random movie kings. 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 get familiar with the character and study the script.
Xu Ji was not in a hurry. After confirming the main actors, he said goodbye to Wei Yifa and left the port city.
There are actually two main tasks for him to come here this time.
One is to find the right actors, and now it seems that the process is smoother than Xu Ji imagined.
"Infernal Affairs" has a little more scenes, and the more important roles have all been decided, and it's basically all veteran actors from Hong Kong.
Most of them have known each other for many years, and they are obviously happy to be able to get together this time.
Wei Yifa even took the initiative to form a group and invited Xu Ji into it.
As for another purpose, it is the issue of choosing a filming location.
In addition to Xu Ji, there are also many crew members coming with us this time.
The filming of "Infernal Affairs" is actually not difficult, but in order to restore the original flavor of the film, Xu Ji set the time relatively far back.
For some props and buildings with a sense of age, we still need to find suitable shooting locations.
If you really can’t find it, you can only set up the scene and shoot it yourself.
However, these are normal steps, and so far there are no difficulties that cannot be solved.
It is worth mentioning that the day before Xu Ji left, Wei Yifa came specifically to find Xu Ji, the kind who brought wine with him.
I chatted a lot with Xu Ji.
Xu Ji's drinking capacity was not good. Although Wei Yifa drank alone most of the time, Xu Ji still felt dizzy in the end.
After it was over, I could only vaguely remember a few words.
In short, Wei Yifa felt that Xu Ji could bring Hong Kong films back to glory.
It's a bit unbelievable to say that Xu Ji is from the mainland and has only been to Hong Kong City three times so far.
This film was also invested by Xu Ji's company. Although more actors from Hong Kong were used, strictly speaking, it cannot be said to be a Hong Kong film.
But Wei Yifa was very keenly aware that Xu Ji's previous "Wu Shuang" and this time's "Infernal Affairs" have a strong style and flavor of traditional Hong Kong films.
Although Wei Yifa didn't know why Xu Ji, a mainlander, could write such a script.
It can only be attributed to what Xu Ji said, because he watched too many Hong Kong movies from the last century when he was a child, so he was deeply affected.
But in any case, Wei Yifa also regards Xu Ji as the hope for the revival of Hong Kong films.
The previous "Wu Shuang" proved that Hong Kong films can still adapt to the market.
It’s just that Hong Kong City is now a bit out of touch with directors and screenwriters.
The appearance of Xu Ji gave Wei Yifa hope.
In fact, he also hopes that there will be more people like Xuji.
If you have the ability and are willing to use actors from Hong Kong City, you won’t let the actors here in Hong Kong City look down on you.
It’s not like some of his old friends don’t even have a decent job now.
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At this time in the Mainland, September is almost over, and the upcoming National Day period of the film market is full of competition, and all parties are gearing up to prepare.
The three major companies basically have their own large-scale productions that will be released on October 1st.
Although "Famous" has officially entered the filming stage for some time now, judging from Pang Er's personal directing habits, the National Day schedule is obviously not up to date.
Even Xu Ji felt that it would be embarrassing if the other party could 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 for movies is indeed relatively long and the risks are high.
This is the disadvantage of high returns.
Especially the larger the production, the longer the cycle will be.
Unlike some online dramas, it can even go from project establishment to launch in more than a month.
As for TV dramas and online dramas, "White Night" still takes the lead.
The G station on the Internet is winning. The three major video platforms have no good dramas in September, and their traffic is almost completely robbed.
As for the TV stations, two of the three major TV stations, Red Square and Orange Blossom, have obtained the rights to broadcast.
Both dramas were aired at the same time, and they were basically the first and second most watched shows in the same period.
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The combined ratings of the two TV stations have even exceeded 5%.
Although it is not as good as the previous "Soldier Assault", it is safe to say that this jealous ratings champion is not gone.
At this time in Chengdu, Youman received a message from Song Lili.
The royalties from "My Leader, My Group" have been obtained.
Because of this incident, Xu Ji finally didn’t hear the other party say anything about the company’s excessive expenses when he came back this time.
Speaking of which, Xu Ji really doesn't feel comfortable spending money, especially on the crew, where almost everyone can use the best without any compromise.
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In Youman's view, a lot of money can actually be saved.
And just like Xu Ji, the directors and crew members of the company also have the same habits.
As long as it can be used well, I will never worry about money.
Anyway, if it were Director Xu, he would probably make the same decision.
When you think about it this way, there is no burden at all.
For example, in the previous "Chess Soul", the main investment was actually in the remuneration of Ji Yiyang and Ran Bai.
As long as the cost of shooting is low, it can actually be done with a small-cost investment.
But in the end, the whole drama was filmed, and it completely exceeded Youman's expectations.
Although there is still a gap of several hundred thousand between the upper limit of the budget proposed by Xu Ji, but in Youman's opinion, it is still a waste of money.
Although he finally made his money back, Youman still felt a little distressed.
It's not that Youman doesn't know about other crews in the entertainment industry. If you ask around, the crew of Tongji Entertainment are definitely treated the best.
No matter it’s salary, food or accommodation.
However, there are also gains and losses. For this reason, the crew of Tongji Entertainment is indeed more attractive than others.
Even when we were recruiting extras, when we heard that it was a drama produced by Tongji Entertainment, the number of people who signed up was twice as many as that of nearby crews.
Youman has now gradually become clear about his position. In the final analysis, these two bosses are the hands-off shopkeepers.
She said she was the general manager, but in the final analysis she was the housekeeper.
What troubled her the most was that there were many rules and regulations that she thought were good, and no one objected to them. But when someone violated them, she discovered that the leader was actually the boss Xu Ji.
Thinking of this, Xu Ji was scolded inexplicably again.
He didn't dare to say much. Although he was the boss, he had been scolded by Youman in private so many times that he couldn't count.
Just two days after Xu Ji returned to Chengdu, he suddenly received a surprising piece of news.
A movie that Xu Ji himself had forgotten about had already been filmed.