Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2282
"With a budget of 200 million, who do you ask for the shoot?"

Lin Daoqiu passed the script of "Haunted Police Station", but the evaluation he gave was completely bad.

So even though the script passed, Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei were not happy.

But now they have no choice, Liu Zhenwei wants to prove to Lin Daoqiu that at least he can't make a good movie.

And Liu Zhenwei also believes that Lin Daoqiu should not have too much expectation of himself, after all, the script is indeed the same as what Lin Daoqiu said, and it is indeed not very good.

But the problem is, it is naturally impossible to invite big names to participate in the performance with a budget of 200 million.

If this movie can find Lin Zhengying to play the leading role, Liu Zhenwei thinks that it will be able to make at least 2000 million at the box office.

But it is a pity that the budget of 200 million is not enough for Lin Zhengying's film salary, it is estimated that it is not even enough for the production cost.

Lin Zhengying's film and television circle has long been known for how serious it is to film and television dramas.

If you want to find him to make a movie or act as a leading actor, even if you can't come up with a good script, the budget of the movie must not be small.

If Lin Zhengying was to shoot "The Ghost in the Police Station", at least a budget of around 1000 million would be needed.

But now Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei only have a budget of 200 million yuan, and it is impossible to hire Lin Zhengying, so this idea was quickly ruled out by them.

"It's very simple. Big-name celebrities definitely can't afford it, so we can only find small-name or newcomers to shoot, but..."

Wong Kar Wai stopped suddenly when he said this.

If some unknown celebrities are invited to shoot, then the audience may not even buy tickets to enter the venue, and the box office will definitely be very ugly.

"Let's see it this way. Find some well-known but not so expensive ones. Keep the salary at 120 million and leave 80 for filming. I think it will work."

"80 to make a film? Do you think it's ten years ago?"

Wang Jiawei looked at Liu Zhenwei in surprise, he felt that the other party's idea was too naive.

We must know that if it was placed ten years ago, it would definitely be a big production to spend 200 million yuan to make a movie.

But at this time, if you spend 200 million yuan to make a movie, you can only make some low-cost comedies.

"But you just said, looking for some famous but inexpensive actors, I think of a type of people..."

Wang Jiawei was originally refuting Liu Zhenwei's words, but at this moment, based on what Liu Zhenwei said just now, he thought of a star who was cheap and could attract the audience.

"You don't want to find a singer to shoot, do you?"

Liu Zhenwei asked nervously.

Wang Jiawei nodded with a smile, he really had such an idea.

We must know that there are many singers in the film circle of Xiangjiang who have crossed over from the music world to film movies, and it can even be said that there are almost no singers who do not cross borders to make film and television dramas.

Among these people, Xu Guanjie and Leslie Cheung are definitely the most representative figures, and Alan Tam and Zhong Zhentao are also among them.

But they absolutely couldn't afford to invite these four people, even if it was a cameo, it would be very difficult to invite them.

Because Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei don't have that much face at all, and they can invite each other to play a cameo role.

Since those big names couldn't be hired, Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei could only look down a little.

"Jacky Cheung, what do you think?"

"You want to invite Jacky Cheung?"

Wang Jiawei looked at Liu Zhenwei in surprise, and after receiving an affirmative answer from the other party, he couldn't help showing suspicion.

Jacky Cheung is a new star in the Hong Kong music scene. He has been filming for three years since he started filming three years ago.

In the last year alone, he participated in the shooting of nine films.

If Jacky Cheung was invited three years ago, his salary would be less than 10 yuan.

But Jacky Cheung's salary at this time has reached 100 million for a play.

Compared with the remuneration of those big names that cost several million a movie, Jacky Cheung can be said to be very cheap.

"I can't afford it. If you invite him, you have to invite others, which is not enough at all."

Wang Jiawei shook his head, if Jacky Cheung was invited, it would be equivalent to spending half of the budget on him.

If there is only 20 left to hire other supporting actors, this money is not enough at all.

"If 60 can invite him to shoot, what do you think?"

"If the price of 60 can invite Jacky Cheung, then I think this method is feasible, but the problem is that he has already raised the price. Can you convince him to accept the price of 60?"

Wong Kar Wai didn't believe that Lau Chun Wai had such a great ability, one must know that this was a full [-]% less salary.

Moreover, the two of them are not well-known big directors, and the other party has no reason to lower the price to make their movies.

In addition, their movie is not a good movie. Unless Jacky Cheung and his agent are blind, Wang Jiawei feels that the other party is unlikely to accept their request for a price cut.

"I have a solution, don't worry."

Liu Zhenwei looked confident, which made Wang Jiawei very curious.

"Since you're sure, then give it a try, but I'll state in advance that you can't pay a penny more than the 60 yuan."

Wong Kar Wai's attitude is very firm, the script is already bad enough, if the production fee is spent on the salary, then the possibility of their drama hitting the market will be greatly increased.

If this is the case, he would rather find a group of newcomers to shoot and spend the production fee on the movie than to spend a lot of money to find stars and take up the cost of making the movie.

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"You want to find Xueyou to film? Of course, no problem. I'll go there now."

Chen Ziqiang is Jacky Cheung's manager. After receiving a call from Liu Zhenwei asking him to drink coffee, Chen Ziqiang didn't think much about it, and drove directly to the coffee shop he had made an appointment with.

After entering the coffee shop, Chen Ziqiang found that besides Liu Zhenwei, there was another guy wearing sunglasses sitting beside him.

"This is director Wong Kar Wai, and this is Xueyou's manager Chen Ziqiang, Mr. Chen."

Liu Zhenwei briefly introduced their identities to both parties.

After exchanging a few simple greetings, the three of them sat down.

"This time Mr. Chen is invited over because we are preparing to shoot a new film, and we plan to invite Xueyou to be the leading actor in this film."

When Chen Ziqiang heard what Liu Zhenwei said, he naturally nodded happily.

"Thank you both for your attention. Xueyou is a very serious and eager to learn young man. The directors who worked with him all commented on him in this way. It is definitely the right choice for you to hire him for filming."

Chen Ziqiang has not noticed the true intentions of Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei.

But before that, he had to figure out what kind of movie Liu Zhenwei and the others were looking for Jacky Cheung to make, because it had a lot to do with the salary.

(End of this chapter)