It seemed that he felt that his tone was a bit harsh. At this time, Li Yu shrugged and said: "Barbara, I know that you are used to the Hollywood style. How much money the crew should invest is all
If you have a certain budget, you can't make a penny wrong, but this is not Hollywood, this is China. China has Chinese rules. If you don't have any special requirements, then these six million are enough, but
It is obviously said that the footage is qualified in terms of quality and style, but you must re-shoot it."
At this time, Barbara opened her mouth to say something, but Li Yu waved her hand and said: "Don't tell me that those losers in Colombia said the lens is not up to standard. I am also a member of the Directors Guild. What kind of lens is qualified?
I know better than you that it is unqualified, and I know better than those idiots who have nothing in their minds except box office. You are the ones who want to re-shoot these scenes, so you must pay for this part of the loss. Three hundred thousand dollars, this is
The most basic compensation, otherwise, even if I don’t reshoot, the Directors Guild will naturally support me. I don’t believe that the people from the Directors Guild will stand by you if I hand over the material.”
The Directors Guild is a pretty big organization. Even Columbia is not willing to face the Directors Guild's lawyer's letter easily. Barbara is also very clear that the person standing in front of her is Li Yu, who is familiar with the rules of Hollywood.
For a director, therefore, intimidation is of no use to him. At the moment, he can only compromise and say: "Li, you have to understand that this is the meaning of the above, I am just a middleman. Three hundred thousand, three hundred thousand. That is the bottom line."
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Li Yu was also very clear about the deal. If he could get an extra three hundred thousand from the Columbia Company, it would be a very good result. Greedy people never end well.
At this time, Barbara showed a sly smile and said: "No, no, no. Dear Li, you seem to have misunderstood me. I said I would give you 300,000, only after you filmed it.
We are satisfied with everyone's shots, otherwise it would be impossible to give you the money." At this time, Li Yu frowned and said: "If you are satisfied with the shots, Barbara, you have to give me a standard for this, otherwise, then you can say what you want.
I’m not satisfied, there’s no way I can get these 300,000 yuan, and I have no way to make a deal with the crew.”
Barbara said very simply: "I want classics, this is my mission, just like the classic Chinese Kung Fu shots like Bruce Lee, so that Westerners can enjoy Chinese Kung Fu. In fact.
Li, do you know why the people above would make such a request? In fact, the people above have seen the footage of the sword fight in the bamboo sea and think that it is the real classic. It is free, elegant, beautiful and mysterious. The Chinese Kung Fu makes
People become intoxicated with it, and this is the effect the people above want.
It’s not that we are making things difficult for you, but that you took a set of very classic shots yourself. Compared with the sword fight in the bamboo sea, these shots you shot on the grassland are simply garbage and have no characteristics at all. I don’t care about anything else.
Yes, I want classics, and the most classic ones belong to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". As mentioned above, if the scene on the grassland can be made into a shocking classic, the crew will be rewarded with 200,000 yuan.
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Two hundred thousand is almost the money given to the crew. Columbia Pictures is quite stingy. At this time, Li Eucalyptus said with some disbelief: "It's really unbelievable that those people above Grandet would be so generous.
ah."
What is the higher-level department of Columbia? It is the Sony Consortium. As Japanese, they have always been very careful with their budgets. This habit has also been passed on to Columbia Pictures.
Barbara was very sure, and knocked on the table and said: "Don't doubt Colombia's sincerity. In your Chinese words, a thousand dollars buys horse bones. Colombia wants to promote this movie internationally and become a benchmark for Chinese Kung Fu."
. Therefore, it is natural to say that a heavy reward will be given."
It turned out that he shot himself in the foot. Thinking of such a result, Li Yu was a little helpless. He also wanted to shoot the classic scene of sword fighting in the bamboo sea, but on the grassland, if
It means that if you want to show that kind of cool and elegant beautiful shot, it is almost impossible.
Therefore, Li Yu frowned helplessly and said: "Well, okay, I'll do my best, but I can't guarantee it."
Barbara didn't say anything else, she just said: "What I want to see is your sincerity."
Sincerity, well, Li Yu had nothing to do. During dinner in the evening, he summoned a group of people from the crew to talk about something like this while eating. He told Barbara what he said, and then Li Yu looked at it.
Everyone said: "I would like to express my personal opinion first. If someone solves such a problem, it will be 200,000 yuan. The crew will not pay a penny. The bonus will belong to the individual."
At this time, Yuan Heping was a little moved. He had never expected to receive such a bonus. Therefore, at this time, Yuan Heping subconsciously rubbed his hands together. In his opinion, this was simply saying
The reservation for him is the same, because he is a martial arts instructor, so this is like a reward given to him by name.
At that moment, Yuan Heping's subordinate said: "In fact, I have been thinking about this issue for the past two days. How to shoot and what actions to use to achieve the effect of sword fighting in the bamboo sea. In fact, we have also pondered some actions. We can do it tomorrow.
Let the stand-ins perform first, and if Ms. Barbara is satisfied, then we can say anything else."
Li Yu glanced at Ye Ming, and then said, "Do you want to try a trick with Ye Ming?"
After all, when it comes time to actually appear on camera, it’s still up to Ye Ming. From Li Yu’s point of view, Ye Ming should at least be mentally prepared.
Yuan Heping also glanced at Ye Ming, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Ye's kung fu is much better than that of my disciples. If my people can do it, Mr. Ye will definitely do it better.
Actually, what I mean is just to let my group of people play a role in inspiring others. We just need to work together to make the movie a good one."
Although Yuan Heping said that Ye Ming's kung fu was good, everyone could see that Yuan Heping was actually very confident in his own people. Seeing Yuan Heping's statement made Li Yu very satisfied.
In fact, what he wants is Yuan Heping's words. As long as Yuan Heping, the martial arts instructor, can't let go, there won't be any other big problems.
Even at this time, Yuan Heping did not ask Ye Ming whether he could perform these actions. Anyway, judging from his appearance and clothes, he was full of confidence, and he would definitely be able to intimidate Barbara, a foreigner.
Of course, Yuan Heping also knew about Ye Ming's kung fu. There was no reason why Ye Ming couldn't do the moves that his men could do. If it was about Zhou Runfa's moves, then he would have said it at least half a month in advance.
Yue and Zhou Runfa have learned a lot. As for Ye Ming, there is no need at all.
Even after they dispersed, Yuan Heping stopped Ye Ming and said: "Mr. Ye, I admire your skills very much. Tomorrow, if my group of disciples say that they did something wrong, you
There is no need to oppress them; just show some mercy and reprimand them directly."
Although Yuan Heping said this, Ye Ming would never understand it like this. What Yuan Heping really meant was that if there is any problem, please take care of it for a while, don't let me
The disciple was embarrassed in front of foreigners.
With this kind of rhetoric, Ye Ming would naturally give face to Yuan Heping, who was a very dedicated martial arts instructor. The next day, everything was ready, the wind was light and the clouds were light, and the gentle breeze blew slowly across the green grassland.
, waves of undulating green grass, endless and endless as far as the eye can see.
Everything is ready to start filming the scene where Luo Xiaohu snatches Yu Jiaolong. This is also the highlight of the trip to the grassland. The highlight of the show of Chinese Kung Fu is here. At this time, even the representative of Colombia, Barbara and his party
The three of them actually appeared on the set early. She wanted to see with her own eyes how Li Yu created miracles.
At this time, Yuan Heping confidently came over with his disciples and said: "Director, the new set of actions we have designed are all difficult and difficult horseback movements. They are the horseback confrontation between the protagonists Yu Jiaolong and Luo Xiaohu.
Now I will let my subordinates perform it for you, the director, to see."
It is said that it was performed for the director, but in fact it means that it was performed for Barbara. If Barbara would be satisfied after watching it, then in a situation like this, it would naturally mean that she was not satisfied with the two hundred thousand yuan.
Then just modify it.
After learning yesterday that there was a bonus of 200,000 yuan, a group of Yuan Heping's disciples were as energetic as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood, and they were working hard to perform at their best.
Sure enough, Luo Xiaohu held a machete and Yu Jiaolong held a spear, and they immediately clashed. The action was thrilling and exciting. If this shot was filmed, the series of long shots would also be quite brilliant.
Even Li Yu felt very satisfied. He thought to himself, this money is indeed different. It is all a performance. This time, Yuan Heping's group of men obviously did a very good job. It was better than last time.
Much stronger.
Seeing this scene, Ye Ming understood in his heart that it was a bit vulgar. However, because of Yuan Heping's instructions yesterday, Ye Ming naturally did not need to offend anyone at this moment, but he was sure that Barbara would not be satisfied.
Sure enough, at this time, Barbara took a look, frowned, with a somewhat unsatisfied expression, and a hint of disappointment in her eyes, and said: "This, although it is said to be thrilling and exciting,
However, it is impossible to say that it is a classic. Many Chinese Kung Fu movies have similar scenes of fighting immediately. Classics, why are they called classics, that is to say, unique and iconic actions or words, such as in The Terminator,
Shots of Schwarzenegger driving a motorcycle with one hand and firing a shotgun with the other, such as the shot of Zhou Runfa firing a gun with both hands in A Better Tomorrow. These are classics that are difficult to copy. What I want is a classic, not a bad one.
Action. This set of actions is thrilling enough, but it is too vulgar and bad. There are even similar scenes in some Western movies."