Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 183 Chapter 193 [Zhang Manyu’s sacrifice, the weather is hot and people are very dry]

"Uncle San, you are going to the Beijing Film Studio to be the director this time. Do you want me to help you?"

Li Yishu smiled and said, "It just so happens that I will be working with Cheng Long on a movie next year, and then Beijing Film Studio can also participate in it."

"Cooperate with Cheng Long?!"

Han Sanping's eyes lit up. Jackie Chan can be said to be one of the most familiar Hong Kong and Taiwan stars to domestic audiences. If this could be combined with the investment in Jackie Chan's movie and Li Yishu as the director, the box office would definitely not be low. This could be considered a good start for Han Sanping as the director of Beijing Film Studio.

He quickly asked, "How much is the investment? Is it an action movie?"

"It's an action film, and the main filming location is in the United States, so the budget should be very high. The budget hasn't come out yet, but I estimate it won't be less than this."

Li Yishu held up a finger.

Han Sanping exclaimed: "1 million RMB?"

Li Yishu shook her head: "Hong Kong dollars."

"That would be 9000 million RMB."

韩三坪脸色微变，现在人民币兑换港币的汇率是1港元=1.1225元人民币。（只查1994年的，之后平均在1:1左右）

"There's nothing we can do about it. Cheng Long's actor pay is still relatively high."

Li Yishu was embarrassed to say that his director's salary was also very high. His current director's salary is quoted to the outside world as 800 million US dollars + % of the total box office share + % of the peripheral share.

This is the latest quote after Amy discussed with the head of the American branch.

The director's salary is already quite high, but after starring in several films, Lee Yi-su is indeed worthy of the salary.

Not to mention the total box office, just the three commercial films "Love Letter", "Sword Rain" and "The Sixth Sense" have all successfully exceeded 100 million US dollars.

"The Sixth Sense" is currently heading towards $400 million worldwide, so this offer is absolutely reasonable.

Of course, the quotation is just a quotation. The final director’s salary must be negotiated.

Moreover, Lee Yi-shu is not short of money now. Just from the huge sales of "The Sixth Sense", she can get at least 40 to 50 million US dollars, and there will be share of the copyright of the videotape later.

These are huge incomes. Compared with the 1000 million US dollars that Li Yishu invested in the early stage + his personal director's salary, it is already a big profit.

Therefore, if Lee Ye-su is invited to be the director, no matter how big the project is, he must have a share of the box office revenue, otherwise there is no need to shoot the film.

After all, it is better to make more art films by yourself to make money than to let others make them, or take out one or two million dollars to make a few low-cost horror movies that later became famous in the United States. Regardless of whether you can get the original box office now, at least it is definitely a sure profit.

The first "Saw" can be said to be a classic among classics. The moment when "Jigsaw", who was lying dead on the ground, stood up was almost the most exciting shot in the entire movie, which was extremely shocking.

The cost of this film is very low. After Lee Yi-su filmed "The Sixth Sense" in the United States, she had a general understanding of the budget and corresponding expenses there.

If you were to shoot "Saw", the cost wouldn't even be one million dollars. You could cut costs and shoot it with just $50. To put it simply, it only requires a few actors + locations + costumes and props + photography.

"But it won't cost 9000 million RMB, right?"

Han Sanping had a headache. He didn't know the current financial situation of Beijing Film Studio, but referring to Emei Studio, it was probably not much more than Emei Studio.

At the beginning of this year, Beijing Film Studio started to reform itself to be responsible for its own profits and losses. A large part of the money earned before, in addition to the money handed over to the government, was given to the experienced directors in the studio to squander as much as they wanted. Then, the studio gave benefits and bonuses to the employees...

After all, state-owned enterprises are still living a very comfortable life nowadays. Apart from a portion of the factory's profits being handed over, the rest can be used for the factory's development and welfare.

However, most of it was spent on eating and drinking, and the workers were just given some towels, washbasins, and bonuses to muddle through.

"Uncle San, don't think too much about it. You can probably only get 10% of the shares of this movie at most."

Li Yishu shook his head and said, "This time, Golden Harvest took 2%, Cheng Long took 1%, and an American film company took 2%. Beijing Film Studio got 1%, but I gave it up."

This film was initiated by Li Yishu, so naturally he should take the lion's share.

As an old Hong Kong film company that has been developing for more than 20 years, Golden Harvest Films has produced internationally renowned Kung Fu superstars such as Bruce Lee. Therefore, it still has quite powerful distribution channels and personal networks in East Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, Europe and other countries.

Especially in North America, Golden Harvest has a close relationship with New Line Cinema. In 1989, Golden Harvest's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was bought by New Line Cinema, which became a huge success and grossed $2.01 million worldwide.

It is said that "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3" will be released this year. The investment cost of this series is not high, but it has made a lot of money for Golden Harvest and New Line Cinema.

Later, Cheng Long's "Rush Hour" series was also invested by New Line Cinema.

As expected, New Line Cinema will definitely have a part in the investment in "Rumble in the Bronx".

After all, art film companies have limited influence in North America today and do not have their own distribution channels.

And cooperating with Columbia Pictures is definitely not as good as cooperating with a medium-sized film company like New Line.

Li Yishu holds 5% of the shares, so he basically does not need to pay a penny, because his director's salary will definitely be included in the production cost.

Han Sanping said, "1% is not a small amount, but it's something I can afford." This 1% is about 900 million RMB, how many art films can it make? Fortunately, the director is Li Yishu, and I believe the people at the Beijing Film Studio will definitely agree to it.

Following Li Yishu, Beijing Film Studio has received two waves of benefits.

After chatting for more than half an hour, Han Sanping hurriedly left after visiting the crew. He would be going to the Beijing Film Studio in a few months, and now he had to hand over the work on hand.

The only pity is that we didn't get to wait until "Nobody" went abroad to participate in film festivals. If it had won an award, Han Sanping, as the leader, would definitely have a big share of the credit in terms of political achievements.

a few days later.

After filming a few side stories, it was time to start the story about Zhang Manyu suffering from urinary incontinence.

Originally, Li Yishu had someone arrange a prop, a yellow liquid wrapped in a transparent film, which was put into the crotch of Zhang Manyu who was sitting in a wheelchair, but the effect was not very good.

After shooting several times in a row, although Zhang Manyu tried very hard to portray the social embarrassment, shame and shame of urinary incontinence, the feeling she gave to Lee Yi-su was always a little bit lacking.

"I'm sorry Director Li."

After Zhang Manyu changed into a pair of pants, she said awkwardly, "I... I don't know why, I don't have that feeling. I've been preparing for it for a long time."

Zhang Manyu had indeed been planning for this scene for a long time. In the eyes of others, her acting was great, but Li Yishu felt that her performance was not as good as Ren Suxi's.

It may also be the difference in appearance.
Li Yishu smiled and said, "Don't worry, just shoot this scene a few more times."

"or."

Zhang Manyu glanced around and saw several crew members busy cleaning up the water stains on the ground. She lowered her head and said, "I'm going to drink more water and hold it in for a while... when we start filming..."

"Isn't this not good?"

Although this is realistic, Lee Yi-su is not the kind of director who requires actors to torture themselves in various ways just for the sake of filming.

"actually…"

Zhang Manyu blushed and said, "When you told me about it before, I tried it myself in bed. That feeling was quite... quite embarrassing, and it was very difficult to act out."

Hearing this, Li Yishu blinked his eyes. When he first told Zhang Manyu about this, he clearly only told her that she would have to play a person lying in bed, paralyzed from the neck down, who couldn't even control his peeing and pooping. He didn't let her try it herself.

"Okay, wait a minute until I clear the place and I'll take the photo myself."

Li Yishu touched his nose. Zhang Manyu had taken the initiative to propose it, so he didn't say much. He just hoped that this movie could win the Best Actress Award, at least to be worthy of Zhang Manyu's efforts.

In fact, many people think that this kind of thing doesn’t matter, it’s just peeing without taking off pants.

But Zhang Manyu is a big star in Hong Kong after all. She was once Miss Hong Kong. She is young and beautiful. Because she is an actress, no matter how low her sense of shame is, it is probably difficult for her to accept it in front of outsiders, especially men.
Thirty minutes later.

The house was cleaned up again, and Li Yishu took over the camera and asked people to clear the room. The only people left at the scene were him, Zhang Manyu, Liu Deyi, and Lei Han.

Li Yishu held the camera and said, "Tell me when Manyu is ready."

"Okay, Director Li."

Zhang Manyu's face turned a little red, but it quickly disappeared. She was trying her best to control her emotions while making sure not to blush due to shyness, which would cause problems with the camera.

She is going to play a paralyzed person with urinary incontinence. He cannot feel that he has urinated, so naturally he will not blush.

Lei Han and Liu Deyi didn't know what was going on and thought that it was Director Li who asked Zhang Manyu to prepare, so they stood by and waited, while also thinking about how to act next.

"Yes, it's ok~~"

"start!"

Li Yishu hurriedly started filming.

Lei Han and Liu Deyi immediately started to play around on the ground.
Zhang Manyu was watching the fun one second ago, and the next second water stains began to appear under her wheelchair, and soon water was flowing out.

After Liu Deyi pressed Lei Han to the ground, he soon noticed that he had urinated. He was stunned for a moment, then hurried to get a large adult diaper.

"What are you doing, what are you doing, don't come over here, don't come over here, I'm going to fuck your mother, bah bah..."

Too many expressions appeared on Zhang Manyu's face, from anxiety, helplessness, to despair.

It perfectly depicts how a person's dignity is lost step by step.

"Okay, both of you go out first."

After the filming, Li Yishu waved and asked Lei Han and Liu Deyi to leave first.

As soon as the person left, Zhang Manyu hurriedly got up from the wheelchair and ran to the bathroom. Li Yishu also put the camera aside, picked up the mop next to her and started cleaning.

Hot weather, dryness, strong smell~
(End of this chapter)