I really don't want to be in the entertainment industry.

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After the filming of "Farewell My Concubine" officially started, Xu Kai showed everyone that he not only knows how to make commercial films, but also has a professional side in making literary films.

but--

Making this kind of literary film is not only tested on Xu Kai's directing ability, but the performance of the actors and the level of other staff members also affect the quality of the film.

Fortunately, Xu Kai found great actors, especially the first protagonist Zhang Chen, who really gave Xu Kai too many surprises.

Zhang Chen is an extremely hard-working person. Before the filming of "Farewell My Concubine", he had already been selected as the protagonist, and he lived in Kyoto for several months. During that time, he had been concentrating on studying drama.

In the film, Cheng Dieyi, played by Zhang Chen, twists his figure, talks delicately, smiles sourly, and gestures like a well-trained old actor.The crew members admired Zhang Chen's acting skills very much, and joked privately: "You are really a fairy."

In Dieyi Quitting Smoking, Xu Kai said it was okay after the first filming.But Zhang Chen was dissatisfied and wanted to do it again.Later, after several consecutive shots, Zhang Chen smashed the glass so hard that he chopped off a piece of flesh from his finger.Everyone was very nervous, Zhang Chen smiled and said it was okay, this time the filming was finally done.

When filming, Zhang Chen insisted not to hire a substitute if he caught up with the sound of footsteps, arms, legs, etc. - he believes that every part of the body is connected and has feelings, and some shots also have some kind of emotion.

Zhang Chen was so involved in the play that Diao Li, the stand-in actor Xu Kai prepared for him, never came in handy.

Zhu Bing also worked extremely hard.

Zhu Bing has never acted as a prostitute in that special period.

Therefore, when she first joined the crew, Zhu Bing still couldn't find the feeling of playing Juxian, even if Xu Kai gave her a lot of small troubles in private, it didn't help.

Later, in order to support Zhu Bing, Xu Kai found a large number of books for Zhu Bing that recorded prostitutes in that special period. Zhu Bing was like a treasure, and he studied hard every day by lighting a lamp and cooking oil, and only then did he grasp the essence of playing the role of Ju Xian.

There is another story here, that is, when shooting the scene where Juxian and Duan Xiaolou are hugging each other, Zhu Bing doesn't let others touch her, and Xu Kai doesn't want other men to touch his woman, so he can only talk to Zhang Yi. Xu Kai, who is about the same size, serves as Zhang Yi's stand-in, while Zhang Yi embraces Zhu Bing's stand-in.

This may be the only place where Zhu Bing was unprofessional during the filming of "Farewell My Concubine".

Zhang Yi is also very hardworking. There is a scene in the play where he plays Duan Xiaolou, although he is an adult, but because of whoring and gambling offended his master, he still obediently lies on the bench like when he was a child, and let the master slap his buttocks.

In this scene, Zhang Yi didn't mention the matter of finding Guo Replace at all, but consciously completed it himself.

Uncle Ge's performance is also above the standard.

——The only pity is that Uncle Ge is better at acting in comedies. For him, such dramas somewhat limit his talent.

As for the supporting roles in "Farewell My Concubine", under Xu Kai's strict requirements, they also performed extremely well, even if they only had one or two lines and one or two shots.

In a word, Xu Kai's version of "Farewell My Concubine" is also a peak collision of Chinese filmmakers.

The filming of "Farewell My Concubine" started at the end of June, and the filming didn't finish until nearly October. It took more than three months and nearly a hundred days.

For "Quick Gunner" Xu Kai, it was the first time he took such a long time to make a movie.

Moreover, during this period of time, Xu Kai almost put aside all other things and concentrated on filming "Farewell My Concubine".

From this we can see how much thought Xu Kai put into "Farewell My Concubine".

After the movie was finished, Xu Kai didn't rush to edit and do post-production work, but started the movie "Detective Chinatown 2" in a hurry.

There are actually many reasons why Xu Kai put halfway through "Farewell My Concubine" and suddenly put it down to work on "Detective Chinatown 2".

First of all, the first reason is that because "Farewell My Concubine" involves the history of that special period, the relevant departments suddenly imposed a complete ban on "Farewell My Concubine", and even banned its promotion.

This not only caught Xu Kai by surprise, who was preparing to release "Farewell My Concubine" this year, but also caught the publisher of "Farewell My Concubine", Aina Company, Brothers Company, other joint distribution companies, and major theaters by surprise. .

You know, because "Farewell My Concubine" is the film work of the most popular director Xu Kai, even if it is just a literary film, it has also won the honor of being screened across the board.

In other words, the majority of film companies have already reserved the best schedule for "Farewell My Concubine", and they are all eagerly waiting for "Farewell My Concubine" to land in this year's Lunar New Year.

In this way, the delayed tickets of "Farewell My Concubine" will definitely bring huge losses to these film producers. After all, not everyone has such a strong box office appeal as Xu Kai, who can withstand the biggest schedule of the Lunar New Year file box office market.

So those film dealers approached Xu Kai one after another and said, "Master Qing, what a mess, we have left you the best schedule. If "Farewell My Concubine" can't be released, what should we do?"

Movies are a business that absolutely cannot be high-profile, and must be supported by everyone.

You know, not all good movies can sell high box office - without the support of the vast number of film companies in the number of films, no matter how good the movie is, it will be difficult to break out of the encirclement and complete a magnificent box office counterattack.

Of course, at Xu Kai's level, there are people who want to rely on Xu Kai to make money, so he doesn't have to consider the ideas of these film companies.

But if everyone gets along well, it's better than face-to-face and heart-to-heart separation, right?
Only harmony can make money.

Moreover, in the final analysis, the subject matter of Xu Kai's "Farewell My Concubine" was too sensitive, which caused such an unexpected situation.

Therefore, Xu Kai is duty-bound.

So Xu Kai said very responsibly to the filmmakers: "Don't worry, a month or so is enough for me to make another movie, um... If it doesn't work, I'll just make "Detective Chinatown 2". "

When they heard that Xu Kai was willing to replace "Farewell My Concubine", a literary film that might hit the market, with "Detective Chinatown 2", which was sure to be a hit, those film producers immediately turned their sorrow into joy, and then they said to Xu Kai: "Master Qing, it would be great if you could appear on "Detective Chinatown 2" to resolve this crisis. In this way, each of us can discuss the same, and give you 10% of the film production, how about it?"

To be honest, the main reason why these film producers are so happy to cooperate with Xu Kai is because Xu Kai is a really capable person. Not to mention that all the films he makes can be sold quickly, and the production is high. He can shoot three films every year. It's a movie that sells well at the box office, and it's not counting the movies that Xu Kai starred in and starred in.

In addition, Xu Kai is also responsible. After something happened, he was really resistant and responsible.

To put it bluntly, they are relieved to cooperate with Xu Kai.

It is precisely because of this that these film dealers who followed Xu Kai and made a lot of money willingly called Xu Kai "Master Qing" and worshiped Xu Kai as the God of Wealth.

As for "Farewell My Concubine" not being screened at present, Xu Kai is actually not too worried, because this kind of thing also happened in the previous life. Later, "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or in Cannes and was allowed to be screened.

Xu Kai is also planning to take this route.

Taking a step back, even if "Farewell My Concubine" cannot be released in China, if it can win some foreign awards, even if it is released abroad, it will definitely make Xu Kai a lot of money.

In addition to making up for the gap caused by "Farewell My Concubine", Xu Kai launched "Detective Chinatown 2" for several reasons:
The first reason is that Xingyun Express and Xu Capital, which are developing faster and faster, are like a bottomless pit that cannot be filled. Funds must continue to be injected into it, so Xu Kai has to make money from the film market.

The second reason is that Xu Kai's recent work has changed a lot, which is suitable for him to shoot "Detective Chinatown 2".

Since "Manhunt 3" sold well at the overseas box office, Lin Da and Tang Jiping finally made up their minds to go to Hollywood and conquer the world together with Xu Kai.

Of course, this is also because Xu Kai won the runner-up in the famous sports variety show "Titan Warrior" in the beautiful country.

(Actually, with Xu Kai's strength, he will definitely win the championship, but this kind of competition, you know, it is definitely impossible for Xu Kai, a yellow-skinned foreigner, to win the championship. Therefore, after the organizer's "discussion" and Under the hint, Xu Kai cooperated very well to "mistake" at the critical moment of the finals, won the runner-up, and gave up the championship to a white man).

——Although Xu Kai only won one runner-up, as long as he is not a fool, he can definitely see that Xu Kai's strength is N times stronger than that so-called champion. Xu Kai's loss is not due to strength, but to lose In terms of integrity, this also allowed Xu Kai to get a lot of sympathy points.

More importantly, the five songs ("Thriller", "Hotel California", "Right Here Waiting", "Unchained Melody" and "The Sound of Silence") in the album "Thriller" released by Xu Kai set off a sensation in the beautiful country. There was a monstrous huge wave, and now these songs by Xu Kai are being played everywhere in the beautiful country.

That's right.

Xu Kai became popular in the beautiful country, and even in the world.

Whether it is Lin Da, Tang Jiping, or Xu Kai, they all feel that the time is ripe for Xu Kai to conquer Hollywood and conquer the world.

So Xu Kai, together with Lin Da and Tang Jiping, planned a new movie - "Rush Hour".

In order for Xu Kai to be a hit in Hollywood and around the world, Tang Jiping suggested that "Rush Hour" be co-produced by Happy Wheat, Daping Film Company (Linda and Tang Jiping's film company) and New Line Film Company.

New Line Films is an independent production and distribution company in the beautiful country established very early. It used to distribute European and local low-cost horror films to American colleges and universities.

As early as the 90s, New Line Films bought and distributed Chinese-produced films with great success, and then it became a widely influential independent film distribution company.

Later, New Line was acquired by film giant Warner, and Interner held Time Warner, so New Line was immediately merged into Time Warner Group.

However, Shay, the former president of New Line, still held a major stake in New Line when it was acquired by Turner, and enjoyed the company's independent management rights.

Therefore, although New Line belongs to the Time Warner Group, its film business has nothing to do with other film companies within the group.

Since they have made a lot of money working with the Chinese, New Line Films is one of the few film companies in Hollywood that is willing to cooperate with the Chinese.

And New Line Films has the huge resources and channels of the film giant Warner.

Taken together, New Line Films is undoubtedly the best partner for Xu Kai and the others.

Moreover, the most rare thing is that New Line Films has also noticed Xu Kai, a rising international star who swept the film market in China, so he is very willing to cooperate with Xu Kai and others.

It can be said that several parties hit it off.

Therefore, the three parties each bear one-third of the production cost of "Rush Hour" to produce "Rush Hour", and each takes one-third of the shares of "Rush Hour".

In addition, New Line Films will serve as the distributor of "Rush Hour".

By the way, after discussion among the three parties, Xu Kai's salary was set at 1500 million nifty gold, Lin Da's director's salary was 500 million nifty gold, and director Brett Ratner, who was recommended by New Line Films and co-directed with Linda, was paid It is also 1500 million pretty gold, and the action director Tang Jiping's salary is only 100 million pretty gold. In addition, Chris Tucker, who plays Xu Kai's partner Carter, is a well-known language and humor master in Hollywood, and his salary is also 1500 million pretty gold.

Plus the pay of other supporting actors.

The total film remuneration of "Rush Hour" is as high as more than 7000 million beautiful gold, which is converted into Chinese currency, which is nearly more than [-] million.

Including other costs, the production cost of "Rush Hour" must have exceeded 1 million beautiful gold, and the production cost of nearly one billion Chinese coins.

This is a solid blockbuster.

Moreover, during this period of time, Xu Kai not only wanted to shoot "Rush Hour", but also "The Grandmaster: The Lion of the Western Regions".

——Yuan Xiaoliang and Xu Wenguang also took a fancy to Xu Kai's influence in the beautiful country and the world, and planned to join forces with Xu Kai to venture into the beautiful country, so Yuan Xiaoliang and Xu Wenguang planned this "The Grandmaster 4".

To be honest, Xu Kai is not optimistic about the originality of Yuan Xiaoliang and Xu Wenguang, because it is similar to the last "Huang Feihong" filmed by Tsui Hark and Jet Li in the previous life, so the possibility of its success should not be great.

But we have been friends for so many years and have made so much money together, so Xu Kai can't stop playing with Yuan Xiaoliang and Xu Wenguang just because he doesn't like their ideas.

On the contrary, although Xu Kai was not very interested, Xu Kai still followed the previous method, no salary, and invested another 50 million Chinese coins, accounting for [-]% of the producer's shares of "The Grandmaster: The Lion of the Western Regions".

In addition, because Xu Kai has become popular in the European and American markets, a director named Claude Binoduo from Romantic Country approached Xu Kai.

Through repeated communication between the two parties, Xu Kai learned from Yang Xinchun that Claude Binodeau bought the autobiographical novel "Lover's First Kiss" by a well-known writer in Romance, and plans to adapt it into a movie.

The book tells the bleak and moving love story between a girl from a romantic country and Kuo Shao from Hua Guo in Annan, so a Chinese actor is needed as the leading role.

After many comparisons, Claude Binoduo chose Xu Kai who he thought was the most suitable.

Although this story happened in Annan, Annan is obviously not a suitable place for filming.

Claude Binodo then planned to find a place in the beautiful country to shoot this movie, so that "Lover's First Kiss" can be released in China, North America, and Europe.

Xu Kai, who has made too many fight scenes, also wants to try making a romantic literary film to see what it feels like.

The key point is that this is a good opportunity for Xu Kai to enter the European market.

The key point is that the heroine chosen by Claude Binodeau is only 17-year-old Sophie March, fresh, sweet, and a French rose that people are fascinated by. She has a pair of clear and melancholy brown-green charming eyes, which are extremely beautiful. A handsome face and a slender and sexy body.

So Xu Kai accepted "Lover's First Kiss".

"Rush Hour", "The Grandmaster: The Lion of the Western Regions", and "Lover's First Kiss" will all be filmed in the beautiful country, and Xu Kai's next stage of work will definitely focus on the beautiful country.

In this way, Xu Kai simply filmed "Detective Chinatown 2" in the beautiful country.

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(End of this chapter)