Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2285 Still want to invite celebrities?
Taking advantage of the years ago, Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei hurriedly invited Xu Guanying out to talk about "The Ghost Office".

As long as Xu Guanying can be dealt with, the remaining supporting roles will be much easier.

"Two directors, what good business do you need to find me?"

When Xu Guanying received a call from Liu Zhenwei asking him to drink tea, he readily agreed.

In a tea restaurant, Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei met Xu Guanying.

"Brother Ying, I'm really sorry to bother you when it's almost Chinese New Year."

Zhang Xueyou and Chen Ziqiang can cheat, but Xu Guanying has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, it is obviously impossible to cheat him.

And Xu Guanying's salary is not high, compared with others, his salary is already very cheap.

So Lau Chun Wai and Wong Kar Wai didn't think about trying to lower his salary.

"The two directors don't need to be so polite. Everyone is making a living in this industry. It's not like I haven't encountered it before filming during the Chinese New Year. I wonder if the two of you are looking for me to come out?"

Xu Guanying shook his hand, in fact, he didn't know Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei well.

Especially Wong Kar Wai, he had never even heard of the other party's name.

As for Liu Zhenwei, Xu Guanying had heard about it before, and he seemed to be appreciated by Lin Daoqiu.

But because Lin Daoqiu gave him the "Sacred Gambler" filming before, he is now working as a director at Dongshi.

I didn't expect this kid to come to me suddenly. Could it be that he is looking for me to make a TV series?

Xu Guanying has never taken over a TV series before, and he has no plans to make a TV series.

It is true that Xu Guanying never filmed any TV series in her previous life, but the specific reason is unknown.

Because Xu Guanying himself is very low-key, and rarely appears in front of the public when he is not making movies, which is very similar to Lin Daoqiu.

"It's actually like this. We have a movie we want to invite Brother Ying to act in. I don't know if Brother Ying is interested."

When Xu Guanying heard it, it turned out that he was not looking for him to make a TV series but a movie, so of course there is no problem.

"No problem. It's my honor for you two to see me. I wonder what kind of drama this is?"

"This is a supernatural and funny movie."

When Xu Guanying heard the other party say this, he immediately thought of "Mr. Zombie".

"Is it a zombie movie?"

Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei looked at each other, and then nodded.

Because there are indeed zombie scenes in "Haunted Police Station", which they have nothing to deny.

Xu Guanying didn't think there was anything strange about it, because as long as he was asked to make supernatural films, almost all of them were zombie films.

"Then I'm fine, I just don't know when this movie is going to be filmed?"

Although Xu Guanying is not a popular star, he also has his own schedule, and it is impossible to have time to cooperate with them all year round.

"The filming will be done after the new year, and it will be done in about two months."

In Liu Zhenwei's view, if everything goes well, the filming of "Haunted Police Station" can be finished in two months.

Xu Guanying thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.

"No problem, then this matter is settled like this. As for my salary, there shouldn't be any problem, right?"

Before coming here, Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei already knew how much Xu Guanying's salary was.

His price is 60, and it has not been raised much, so it can be said that this price is very reasonable to invite Xu Guanying, especially in this era.

"No problem, no problem, just pay according to the previous salary."

Seeing that the other party was so forthright, Xu Guanying didn't think much of anything, and then the two sides shook hands, and Xu Guanying's role in "The Ghost Office" was finalized.

Before the movie was shot, it cost 120 million just to hire the two leading actors, leaving only 80 yuan, and some supporting roles were also hired.

And these supporting roles can't be too bad, they can't be the kind of people that the audience can't recognize.

"You don't want to invite some celebrities, do you?"

Back at the residence, Wang Jiawei suddenly heard Liu Zhenwei sigh.

Having known Liu Zhenwei for so long, Wong Kar Wai can more or less guess what he is thinking now.

"Jacky Cheung and Xu Guanying are definitely not enough. We also need a few famous supporting actors."

Hearing what Liu Zhenwei said, Wang Jiawei shook his head directly.

It's not that he doesn't want to hire better actors, but the problem is that 200 million of the 120 million budget has already been spent, leaving only 80.

If a few more famous stars are invited, then there will be no money for filming at all.

"I think the only way now is to go to Mr. Lin for an additional 100 million budget, otherwise the movie won't be able to be filmed."

Regarding Wang Jiawei's suggestion, Xu Guanying directly shook his head and refused.

Telling him to go to Lin Daoqiu to add money, isn't that telling him to go to death?This is something Liu Zhenwei can't do anyway.

In front of Lin Daoqiu, he was under too much pressure, and he couldn't ask the other party to increase the money at all.

Although 100 million is nothing to Lin Daoqiu, Liu Zhenwei still dare not.

"If you don't have time, save some money, and you can shoot the trick if you save some money."

Liu Zhenwei also felt very helpless, but under the current situation, he could only split a penny and spend it in half.

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"They invited Jacky Cheung and Xu Guanying to star in "The Ghost in the Police Station"?"

It didn't take long for Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei to hand over the cast list to New Oriental, and then got the budget for filming.

When Lin Daoqiu learned that Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei dared to find Jacky Cheung and Xu Guanying to film this movie with a budget of 200 million yuan, he didn't know what to say.

Jacky Cheung's salary is 120 million, while Hui Guanying is less, but still 60.

In addition to the salaries of these two people, there are other supporting roles that also cost money. It is impossible to hire these actors with just 200 million yuan.

"Go and call Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei and ask them to come over."

The next day will be New Year's Eve, but Lin Daoqiu thinks it's better to settle this matter before the end of the year.

But when he learned about this, Lin Daoqiu also felt that the budget he gave them was too low.

It can be said that it is very difficult for Xiangjiang to make a high-quality movie with 200 million yuan.

Unless all the leading actors are newcomers, and then spend some money to invite famous Luye to play supporting roles and guest appearances, that kind of price can be lowered, but it is too risky to do so.

If results can be guaranteed under such circumstances, except for Lin Daoqiu, basically no one would have such confidence.

So Lin Daoqiu put himself in his shoes and thought about it, and felt that the conditions he had offered them before were a bit too harsh.

At this time, he was ready to give Liu Zhenwei and the others an additional budget of 100 million yuan to help them shoot this "Haunted Police Station".

(End of this chapter)