People in China Entertainment, bring capital into the group at the beginning

Chapter 151 There are thousands of roads, safety first;
"Brother, the budget for Wolf Warrior 2 is overrun, and [-] million is probably not enough." Wu Jing revealed while drinking with Chen Zhibin.

"We've been working together for such a long time, so just tell me, Brother Jing, how far is it?" Chen Zhibin asked straight to the point.

He wasn't surprised by this matter at all. If the budget of [-] million invested at the beginning was enough, then he probably wouldn't be Wu Jing, and he should also be worried about whether the film can produce the quality of his previous life.

In the previous life, after "Wolf Warrior 2" was released in theaters, in just one and a half months, it raked in a box office of 56 billion.

Many netizens felt that more than half of the film's box office came from the scene where Leng Feng, Zhuo Yifan, He Jianguo and others raised the national flag, causing the two sides to cease fighting and cross the fire zone.

Chen Zhibin also has this feeling, and I believe that all Chinese people have this feeling. This is the biggest climax in the film.

Although there are indeed reasons for this, it is undeniable that the overall quality of the film is still very good.

Whether it is the scene of sending the ashes of a comrade-in-arms home, being threatened by the demolition captain, for the safety of his comrade-in-arms family, he unloaded his gun, took off his military cap and kicked him away, or the scene where Ding Haifeng endured so much that his eyes were red and he was about to tear apart, and finally he screamed hoarsely. The part of shouting "fire" is a very exciting climax.

Some people say that just in the first 6 minutes of the underwater fight, Wu Jing brought the audience an unprecedented fighting scene in film and television.

6 minutes is worth the fare, and the rest of the exciting content is earned. Although this rhetoric is a bit exaggerated, it also proves the charm of the film itself.

If the 56 billion box office is divided, and the red flag crossing the war zone is worth 20 billion at the box office, then the "Long Mirror of Catching Pirates Underwater" and "Kicking the Captain of the Demolition in Anger" are worth at least ten. [-] million.

In addition, there are various gun scenes, drag racing, and hand-to-hand combat clips such as "Street Blocking Rockets", "Single Arm Hanging Speeding Car", "Drone Night Scene", "Tank Drifting", "Ultimate BOOS Battle", etc. The same thrilling explosion.

So, even if the success of "Wolf Warrior 2" has a certain amount of luck, the quality of the film must be justified.

Chen Zhibin has a deep understanding of this, because he is directly involved in many of the plots. Compared with other directors, Wu Jing really has to work harder in filming.

For example, for a shot with a full score of 99, if the first shot only scored [-], then Wu Jing would definitely ask to do it all over again.

This is also the reason why the pre-production budget for "Wolf Warrior 2" is [-] million yuan, but it is not enough to start filming.

Such a speed comparable to burning money means that Chen Zhibin knows its final box office, otherwise, he might not be so relieved to invest in it.

Now that the film budget is insufficient, the first person Wu Jing approached was Chen Zhibin. In fact, other investors did have concerns in this regard.

Because if the investment cost is 1 million yuan, it needs 2.5 million, and nearly [-] million at the box office to pay back the cost. Now if we continue to increase investment on this basis, the degree of risk we need to bear will naturally be greater.

After all, the current war movies are indeed not doing well, and the upper limit is only a few hundred million at the box office. It must be difficult to pay back the cost if the cost is high.

"To tell you the truth, according to the current situation, at least this number is needed." Wu Jing took a sip of beer, and then stretched out the palm of his left hand.

When Wu Jing opened his mouth, Chen Zhibin originally thought it was [-] million yuan, so the total investment funds were just enough to make up [-] million yuan, just like in his previous life.

Therefore, Chen Zhibin subconsciously changed the unit of measurement to [-] million. In addition, his attention was almost entirely on Wu Jing's half thumb at the moment. Before he had time to think about it, he blurted out: "[-] million?"

Compared with normal people, Wu Jing's left thumb is missing a section, because it was accidentally broken while playing with a push scooter when he was a child, and he didn't connect it in time.

Chen Zhibin really didn't notice this when he watched the martial arts movie starring Wu Jing in his previous life, and he only found out later when he talked about it in an interview program.

"Ahem... not that much, 5000 million."

Hearing Chen Zhibin's words, Wu Jing almost spit out the beer he just drank, and coughed several times before gradually calming down.

He knew that Chen Zhibin was rich, but he didn't expect him to be so inhumane in private, and the unit of hundreds of millions was the first thing he said, which was frantic.

In fact, of course, Chen Zhibin couldn't really vote that much. He just noticed Wu Jing's half thumb just now and was distracted.

"Are you sure, 5000 million?" Chen Zhibin confirmed again.

If he remembers correctly, the total investment cost of "Wolf Warrior 2" in the previous life should be around 5000 million yuan, and now adding the 1.5 million yuan is only 5000 million yuan, so where did the remaining [-] million yuan come from? It can't be that the budget is not enough after the next filming, and you can find him to pay in installments later!
"5000 million is fine, and I'll ask them to pay for the rest." Wu Jing smiled and replied, obviously he didn't expect it to be so easy, so he specially invited Chen Zhibin to have a drink alone, just for the convenience of talking .

It's not that he doesn't want to take this opportunity to loosen the budget, mainly because he needs to obtain the consent of other investors.

In this regard, Wu Jing naturally had to communicate with other investors, otherwise, even if Chen Zhibin took out the money, it would be just empty talk.

After all, the investor is not himself. Now that he invests more, the proportion of all investments, including Chen Zhibin, will definitely shrink accordingly.

According to the total investment cost of 8000 million yuan, Chen Zhibin injected a total of 40.00 million yuan, which now accounts for [-]% of the investment.

According to the current shooting progress, it is inevitable to increase the investment budget. If an investor chooses to withdraw because of this, Wu Jing can only bring in other new investors, or take the money himself.

After all, if you want to present the film in its entirety according to the original idea, the investment budget of [-] million in the early stage is definitely not enough.

But even if someone really chooses to withdraw the investment, Chen Zhibin will definitely not continue to invest more to make up for it, because his current investment ratio is already high enough, and he still has to learn to stop when he is too greedy.

For the rest, let Wu Jing figure out his own way. Even without his joining in the previous life, the other party still brought in an investment budget of [-] million yuan.

Now with Chen Zhibin, the rest will definitely not be a problem.

"Come on, Boss Chen, brother Chen, there's nothing to say, everything is in the wine, I offer you one." Wu Jing poured it for Chen Zhibin, then filled his own glass with wine, and served one very solemnly.

"No, brother Jing, I should call you brother." Chen Zhibin joked: "I didn't drink much, why did I get drunk!"

"No, no, you are my big brother. Isn't this a thank you for your great support for our movie!" Wu Jing didn't take it to heart, isn't it just a title, Chen Zhibin spent 8000 million to play with him, let alone just calling him It's big brother, even if he calls uncle, he doesn't have any hesitation.

"It's said to be our movie. We all prosper, and we all lose. What else do we share." Chen Zhibin's purpose of investing in this movie is very simple, that is to bring capital into the group, and of course he can climb up to Wu Jing by the way. This relationship is pretty good.

After all, since "Wolf Warrior 2", Wu Jing has starred in many blockbuster movies such as "The Wandering Earth" and "Changjin Lake", and his personal cumulative box office has reached 300 billion yuan. His achievements in the film industry are unquestionable .

Also having this honor is Shen Teng, who became popular with "Charlotte's Annoyance" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City". Both of them belong to the first echelon of actors in the film circle. , almost every one is a blockbuster, even Huang Bo and Xu Shanzheng are slightly inferior.

However, Shen Teng is an artist under Happy Twist, and Chen Zhibin, one of the shareholders, is also his boss.

In addition, because they have worked together on "Charlotte Annoyance", the relationship between the two in private is quite harmonious.

"That's right, let's go." Wu Jing nodded, agreeing with what Chen Zhibin said just now, so the two picked up the cups and drank one more.

Due to Chen Zhibin's limited drinking capacity and the fact that he had to get up the next morning to film, the two didn't drink for too long, so they rode back early.

Because they planned to drink when they first came, so when they came, the two of them swept a shared bicycle and rode all the way.

Going back now, the two also swept a shared bicycle alone.

In this regard, Wu Jing has always kept his teachings in mind. Even though ten years have passed, he still remembers that when he was drinking outside, he was arrested by the traffic police just because he blocked someone else's car and moved a few meters away.

Later, Wu Jing was fined to work as a health volunteer in a community. He also received a small certificate for his excellent performance and good attitude of admitting mistakes.

In the filming of "The Wandering Earth" in 2020, this stalk was also used in the script, "There are tens of thousands of roads, safety first, irregular driving, and two lines of tears from relatives", this sentence became the hottest advertising slogan at that time.

The same is drunk driving, Wu Jing's behavior and attitude of admitting his mistakes, compared with the permanent disability caused by dragging the traffic police after drinking, Zhang Han, who was still talking nonsense even when he was interrogated, can be said to be a heaven and an underground.

Not only did Chen Zhibin not feel guilty about replacing Zhang Han in the role of Zhuo Yifan, the "bear kid", but he felt that he was doing harm for the people.

Zhang Han's greasiness comes from the inside out, how can it be as simple as sticking out his tongue and pretending to be cute when he smiles like a domineering president on TV.

"How about it, Abin, do you want to compare and see who returns to the hotel first." Wu Jing rode for a certain distance and couldn't help but said when he saw few people on the road.

A man's happiness is sometimes as simple as that, who is stronger than whoever wrestles his wrists, who pees farther than whoever goes to the toilet, who rides a bicycle faster than whoever...

"Not too good." Chen Zhibin hesitated.

"You're not afraid of losing to me!" Wu Jing challenged.

"That's not true, but brother Jing, you are so old, if I win, I'm really afraid that you will say that I won't win by force." Chen Zhibin responded with a smile.

"Come on, I'll tell you after you win first!" Although Wu Jing is nearly 20 years older than Chen Zhibin, his physical fitness is quite good due to years of martial arts practice, so naturally he will not admit defeat on this point .

"Okay, let's have a competition." Chen Zhibin readily agreed.

Racing after drinking is even more immoral than drunk driving, but Chen Zhibin may refuse to ride an electric car.

Fortunately, he and Wu Jing both rode bicycles, and this section of the road was relatively remote, and there were almost no vehicles passing by after night, let alone pedestrians who came here in the middle of the night, so there was no big problem.

"One, two, three, let's go." Accompanied by Wu's exclamation, the two people under the streetlight started to accelerate at the same time, pedaling their bicycles towards the hotel.

Wu Jing was okay for the journey ahead, almost at the same level as Chen Zhibin, but after the end, he was obviously exhausted.

Three minutes later, Chen Zhibin was the first to arrive at the hotel where the crew stayed, and Wu Jing behind him was only a few seconds behind him.

"How about Jing Ge?" Chen Zhibin joked with a smile.

"It's good to be young!" Wu Jing sighed after parking the car.

"Sure enough, I still used this set of rhetoric!" Chen Zhibin knew that Wu Jing would definitely make an issue of being young, and of course he didn't really take it to heart, after all, there was really nothing to be proud of, it was just passing the time.

The most important thing is that Chen Zhibin and Wu Jing didn't drink much at first, and they almost became sober after riding back to enjoy the wind.

Back in the room, Lu Jingshan hadn't slept yet, she was studying the script carefully with her hand in her hand, and she didn't know if she was really pondering the tone of her lines, or if she was lying on the bed alone and couldn't sleep, just waiting for him to come back.

Usually on the set, in addition to the scenes to be filmed that day, most actors will also choose to familiarize themselves with the lines for the next two days in advance.

Chen Zhibin and Lu Jingshan took advantage of this to the extreme, so they could spend so much time together at night.

"You're back, what did you and brother Jing do just now?" Lu Jingshan couldn't help asking immediately after closing the script.

It's not really a question, it's just a matter of concern.

"We had a meal." Chen Zhibin responded lightly.

"You two went out to eat secretly, and you didn't bring us with you!" Lu Jingshan thought that Wu Jing and Chen Zhibin had gone out to talk about something.

"One meal cost 5000 million yuan." Chen Zhibin said.

"How can food be so expensive!" Lu Jingshan obviously didn't believe it.

"Idiot, you think it's really just eating!" Chen Zhibin patted Lu Jingshan's little head lightly and sighed.

"Otherwise, what else can you do? After the two of you have finished eating, shouldn't you go out to have fun together!"

Thinking of this, Lu Jingshan immediately sniffed Chen Zhibin's clothes to see if there was any smell of perfume. If the relationship between the director and the actors was good during filming, it is not uncommon for them to go out to have fun together.

Of course, it is more fun to directly find fun in the crew. After all, it is better to use local materials, which greatly reduces the danger.

(End of this chapter)