Island Tycoon

Chapter 78 The Big Budget

In the morning of the vertical day, Zheng Wenya rushed into the office.

"Ah Cheng, the crew's budget is not enough, I hope you can approve more funds."

Now the main person in charge of the crew is Zhang Jianting. He called Zheng Wenya just now to tell Zheng Wenya about the incident. After listening to the call, Zheng Wenya came in to report.

"Not enough money?" Hearing the news, Ye Jingcheng instantly became impatient.

Originally, Zhang Jianting's work efficiency was poor. In the few days after he left, the crew's affairs were unexpectedly delayed due to a character problem, which directly caused the crew to be unable to start up.

Now that this matter has not been resolved, I started to ask him for a budget again.You must know that when Ye Jingcheng left, he had already handed over 200 million for him to operate.Coupled with the sponsorship fee received some time ago, the funds included in the budget are at least 300 million.

Now that the crew has not officially started filming, this Zhang Jianting has already come to him to ask for money, and one can imagine the subsequent expenses.It seems that he can't do it if he doesn't intervene in the drama, but he wants to ask the other party how the money is spent.

"Ah Cheng, take a look at this first." Zheng Wenya handed over a financial statement.

After Ye Jingcheng took it, he glanced at it roughly. This report included all the expenses of the crew.Most of the expenses are relatively normal, except for the remuneration of the actors, the budget is as high as 220 million.

In this movie, there are only five or six more important roles.Among them, Hong Jinbao has the highest salary, but his salary has been handed over before, so it is not included in this budget.

Next, Hu Yinmeng, Ren Dahua, and Zheng Shishi, the salary of these three people is only about [-] yuan. In addition, He Jiajin, De Wei, Qian Xiaohao, etc., their cameo salary is only a few thousand yuan each.

With the addition of dozens of people who are playing tricks and going through the motions, the cost will not exceed 100 million. How can Zhang Jianting come up with a budget of more than 200 million?Even if he wanted to be greedy for money, he wouldn't use such a stupid method.

Facing Ye Jingcheng's question, Zheng Wenya replied: "I asked this question before, it seems that there is an English boxing champion in this movie, so Zhang Jianting specially asked people to go there."

"what!"

Ye Jingcheng's slender flesh trembled forcefully, why is your mother teasing him?His leading role is not paid and posted.Zhang Jianting actually went to England to find a boxing champion for a boxing champion in a movie?Is this brain filled with grass or pig manure?

"Where is that street boy now?" Ye Jingcheng asked.

Zhang Jianting is obviously unable to take on the big responsibility now, Ye Jingcheng has decided to intervene in the crew's affairs, or change to a more suitable person in charge.

"It should be in the Ye Family Martial Arts Hall, and the scene is being arranged over there."

Because the venue of the Ye Family Martial Arts Hall is spacious enough, its advantage was taken advantage of.Many scenes in the movie are set there, such as the indoor room where Ip Man and Hong Zhennan sparred, and the scene of the fight with boxing champion Tornado.

Ye Jingcheng nodded to show he knew, kissed Zheng Wenya wetly, picked up the car keys and left the company.

However, before going to the Ye Family Martial Arts Hall, Ye Jingcheng drove to Repulse Bay and the Mid-Levels area, and made a few laps at places where foreigners often come and go.

Huang Tian paid off, after wandering around for more than half an hour, he finally found a target.It was a group of white-skinned athletes who had just finished playing football and were preparing to go home.

Ye Jingcheng honked the horn twice, deliberately attracting the attention of the group.Then he poked his head out of the window, pointed to the strongest one, and said in slightly broken English: "Hey, man. Do you want to have a part-time job that is easy and profitable?"

The white-skinned athlete stopped playing, and the person accused came over and first took a look at the car.Then said: "My name is Jimmy, I think you are calling me. To be precise, I need such a job."

"Get in the car." Ye Jingcheng opened the door, waved to Jimmy, and said, "I guarantee that your decision is correct."

The reason why Ye Jingcheng stopped him was very simple, because this Jimmy was very similar to the original boxing champion Tornado.Of course, we look at each other through the eyes of our Chinese people.

Just like the Chinese people in the eyes of Westerners, they will think that we all look the same.Actually it is not, but it is enough to reach this point. Ye Jingcheng needs this kind of substitute. To play the role of boxing champion Tornado well, all he needs is a good body.

After hesitating for a while, Jimmy said goodbye to his friend and got into Ye Jingcheng's car.

After getting into the car, he even gave a special warning, saying, "I hope you didn't lie to me, otherwise Jimmy's fist will land on your head, and it won't feel so bad, buddy."

……

Ye Jingcheng walked into the set that was being set up, and the crew greeted him after seeing him.Ye Jingcheng nodded in response, and began to look for Zhang Jianting.

Not long after, Ye Jingcheng's attention shifted to the corner, where there were two groups of people standing, one was his behind-the-scenes host, and Zhang Jianting was among them.There are several black and white ghosts in one group, one of them is particularly strong.

It seems that the two parties are conducting a series of discussions and bargaining due to certain issues.

"Zhang Jianting." Ye Jingcheng's call immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Ye Sheng, you came just in time." Zhang Jianting walked up in two or three steps, pointed to the burly nigger, and said, "That is the English boxing champion I found, but his asking price is too high. I said 120 million and he said no, it must be 150 million."

"Is there something wrong with your head?" Ye Jingcheng didn't give the other party a good face, and sprayed directly.

"You took a total budget of 300 million from me, and now you plan to embezzle half of the funds for the so-called English boxing champion? I think I have time to listen to your explanation and see how you plan."

Take 150 million to hire a ghost, and he can't even be called a supporting role.Ye Jingcheng really wanted to ask Zhang Jianting, is he the protagonist or the other party now?

"Ah!" Zhang Jianting felt that the scolding this time was completely for no reason.After reacting, he explained: "Ye Sheng, the question is about the boxing champion in your movie..."

"Do you still know that he is the boxing champion in the movie?" Ye Jingcheng poked the opponent's heart with his finger, and said aggressively: "Remember that the tornado in the movie is the boxing champion, but it doesn't mean that the ghost who plays him must also be the boxing champion .”

"I just think this will be more perfect." Zhang Jianting lowered his head, his eyes flickering.

"Perfect?" Ye Jingcheng snorted and waved to Jimmy.Jimmy, who was looking around not far away, immediately walked up after receiving the signal.

Ye Jingcheng pointed to Jimmy and said, "I spent half an hour looking for this guy, and then spent 2 minutes persuading him. Now do you think it's suitable for him to play the boxing champion, or is it suitable for the real boxing champion to play the role?"

The English boxing champion invited by Zhang Jianting was at best a lightweight boxer.And Jimmy, who was discovered by Ye Jingcheng, is already a super heavyweight in terms of size alone.

The tornado in the movie must bring an oppressive sense of sight to the audience.The role of Ip Man must make people feel that he has no chance of winning in front of the opponent, and Jimmy is completely satisfied with this.

On the other hand, the English boxing champion was half a head shorter than Ye Jingcheng, and his body was strong but not burly enough. The confrontation between the two gave the audience a completely reversed sense of sight.It would be better for the other party to play Ye Wen and Ye Jingcheng to play the tornado.

"Hey, you two..." The translator brought by Yingji came up and interrupted the embarrassing silence between the two.Said: "Mr. Lloyd Hornigan is very busy. If you still can't make up your mind, please be angry that we don't have time to accompany you."

Ye Jingcheng turned his head, gave him a vicious look, and said, "Tell him to eat shit."

"You!" The translator turned to Zhang Jianting and said, "Zhang, can this person speak for you? If that's the case, then don't expect me to speak nice words for you."

Zhang Jianting fell silent and just nodded.He suddenly felt that this incident was not due to his poor performance, but was mixed with other reasons.

He felt that Ye Jingcheng was deliberately making things difficult for him now, probably because the last time he confessed his love to Zheng Wenya, and then this matter got to Ye Jingcheng's ears, and now the other party was looking for shoes for him to wear.

However, Ye Jingcheng didn't know about this matter at all. On the one hand, Zheng Wenya thought this matter was meaningless, and there was no need to tell Ye Jingcheng about it.On the other hand, Ye Jingcheng's attention was completely focused on futures trading during this period, and he didn't have the spare time to listen to it.

"Zhang, I'm very disappointed in your incompetence." The translator left behind this sentence, and took the champion away angrily.

"Unconvinced?" Seeing Zhang Jianting's subconsciously clenched fists, Ye Jingcheng suddenly felt that he had relaxed the group of people too much.Whether it's a screenwriter or an actor, each of them hasn't learned much, but their temper has been on the rise.

Ye Jingcheng patted Jimmy's strong arm and asked, "Jimmy, tell me. How much do you need for the film? To be willing to play the role of a boxing champion."

"Are you asking me to make a movie?" Jimmy patted his forehead and said in disbelief: "Oh, MyGod! Am I going to be a star? Dude, I take back what I said to you when I got in the car , even if you don’t give me money, I’m willing to help you.”

"Did you hear me? I haven't seen you make money for me yet. But you made a useless decision, but I have to pay double the cost. I think you haven't figured out the responsibilities of a director. You should study for a while before you come back." Take on this responsibility."

Ignoring Zhang Jianting's changing expression, Ye Jingcheng shouted to Ye Jiaban not far away: "Li Yingjiu, you will take over the affairs of the crew."

Ye Jingcheng decided the other party's life and death with one word. Compared with these brats, Li Ying, who had been a producer a few years earlier, was far superior to the other party in every aspect.If Ye Jingcheng had recruited him early in the morning, Zhang Jianting would have nothing to do with it.

(End of this chapter)