Unscientific Movie King

Chapter 77 Launch Conference, Million Budget

"Go back and get a tan."

"Your hair should be this length, don't cut it."

"Set aside some time for yourself. Don't take on other roles during this time. Memorize the script well."

During Qin Chuan's costume fitting, Zhou Xingchi gave the newcomer some advice, reminding him of the character's image and schedule management.

Qin Chuan nodded repeatedly: "Understood."

Many people in the circle say that Zhou Xingchi is difficult to get along with. Although we don’t have much contact with him, it seems that he is not as difficult to deal with as the legend says.

As long as you complete the work according to his requirements, he is actually quite kind and not scary at all.

A few days later, Qin Chuan left.

He left the Magic City and returned to Peking with Jinlian.

In the rental house, Qin Chuan took Brother Chen's script and studied it carefully, taking notes from time to time.

The biography he wrote before was just an outline and not detailed.

Now with the support of the script, Qin Chuan is confident that he can make this character more full-bodied.

"Knock knock knock, brother, are you there?"

Baoqiang knocked on the door, interrupting Qin Chuan's thoughts. Qin Chuan frowned and got up to open the door.

He opened the door and without waiting for him to speak, Bao Qiang said, "Let's go wash your feet. It's my treat."

Qin Chuan's brows relaxed. That was right. "Wait a minute. Let me change my clothes."

Qin Chuan returned to the house, took his coat, locked the door and left, saying as he walked: "Have you made a fortune recently?"

Bao Qiang chuckled: "I made a little money. I won the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer. Now I don't have to wait in line to get a job at the Beijing Film Studio. Many directors want me to act in movies and play minor roles."

Qin Chuan nodded: "That's right."

Baoqiang's inspirational life has never lacked topics, he just contributed a little to add fuel to the fire.

Now everyone knows that Beijing Film Studio produced Wang Baoqiang, a grassroots actor and idol of countless people who have moved to Beijing.

It's not justifiable if he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer but was an extra.

"The main reason is that I don't have much time left." Baoqiang sighed.

Qin Chuan smiled and said, "Why, your medical examination report is out too?"

"That's not the case. It's because Blind Well has won too many awards. I have to travel to several countries to receive awards. I will be a celebrity in the future, so it will be inconvenient for me to wash my feet."

Baoqiang never thought that one day he would have the same troubles as Qin Chuan.

In fact, he already had this kind of worry after winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer, but it was not a big deal because only a limited number of people knew him.

But I may receive too many awards in the future, so it is not suitable for me to wash my feet every day. I have to set a role model for young people.

Qin Chuan sighed: "My feet, now is the time to wash them less and less, so I should cherish the few peaceful days ahead."

If he remembered correctly, Baoqiang not only won the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer for Blind Shaft, but also the Best Actor Award at the Deauville Film Festival and the Best Actor Award at the Bangkok Film Festival, which means the Best Actor Award.

Although these two awards are only third-rate awards, they are at least the best actor awards.

Baoqiang has finally made his debut.

After winning the trophy, Baoqiang was spotted by Feng Xiaogang and signed with China's largest film company Huayi. He collaborated with superstar Andy Lau and played the role of Sha Gen in A World Without Thieves. He also recognized a superstar sister, Liu Ruoying.

Bathing music in the Qin Dynasty.

Qin Chuan and Bao Qiang came again.

Qiangzi came up and stayed up all night.

The manager came forward to greet the two people with a smile and carefully served them tea.

In the box, seven or eight technicians stood in a row.

Qiangzi waved his hand and said, "What a mess! Change some of them."

……

The next day, Qin Chuan and Bao Qiang had breakfast at a roadside stall.

Bao Qiang chewed on a dough stick and said, "Brother Huang Bo can't come, what a pity."

Lao Huang is different from the other two. He has a girlfriend.

So Baoqiang never asked Huang Bo to wash his feet.

Qin Chuan asked: "Are you feeling sorry for him or for you not being able to come in the future?"

"Both." Baoqiang said to Qin Chuan, "Brother, this is probably the last time for us. Don't reveal that I washed my feet in front of the media in the future." Qin Chuan laughed and scolded, "Fuck, I was afraid that you would expose me."

With a turn of his eyes, Qin Chuan said, "You will definitely become famous next. It would be bad if the media spread rumors that you wash your feet every now and then. Your career will be over if they say that you wash your feet."

Bao Qiang scratched his head: "It can't really be considered a rumor."

"But if you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who would know? There's no camera in the box, and if someone else reveals it, we don't have any evidence. We just have to deny it."

Qin Chuan nodded in agreement, patted Bao Qiang on the shoulder and said, "Indeed, it's fine if we don't tell each other, but Qiangzi, I will eat your secret for the rest of my life."

"Ah!" Baoqiang was stunned.

"Hahaha, I'm kidding."

"Brother, you scared me to death. But if you become more famous than me in the future, I might have to keep this secret for the rest of my life. After all, you don't want people to know that you've washed your feet, right?"

Qin Chuan: "..."

"Well, you have finished your apprenticeship."

Wang Baoqiang went abroad to receive the award.

Qin Chuan's life returned to normal again. Every day he would sing Peking opera, do the big top dance, and dance to exercise his body's flexibility.

More time is spent studying the script.

After more than half a month of hard work, the second edition of Brother Chen’s biography is out.

This version is different from the previous ones, as the focus is on Kung Fu movies, which is the movie that Qin Chuan will act in after joining the crew.

eight pm.

After taking a shower, Qin Chuan changed into pajamas, lay on the bed, picked up the Nuo tools, covered his face with them, and fell asleep.

In the dream, Brother Chen’s wonderful life began.

In reality, Qin Chuan's wonderful life is gradually beginning.

In May, the Kung Fu crew held a press conference for the start of filming.

Hundreds of media outlets took photos at the scene.

Qin Chuan in the corner was also photographed dozens of times.

Reporters rushed to ask Zhou Xingchi: "Master Xing, is it true that this movie cost over 100 million yuan?"

Zhou Xingchi said calmly: "Yes, our budget is 160 million, it will only be more, not less."

A budget of 160 million is extremely exaggerated in this era when a movie worth more than 40 million is considered a big production.

Even Qin Chuan's heart was shaken.

This was 2003.

Qin Chuan stuck his head out and looked at the actors on the scene. The current lineup was basically finalized.

The male supporting roles include the landlord Gong Yuanhua, the Fire Cloud Evil God Liang Xiaolong, and the golden supporting actor Fei Xue.

The rest, including Lin Zi Chong, Qin Chuan, landlady Yuan Qiu, Huang Shengyi, Jiang Bao and others, are just unknown and not very famous.

With this cast, leaving aside Zhou Xingchi, everyone can be taken away for less than 10 million.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a movie with a budget of 160 million.

"Oh, Mr. Xing, where did you spend the money? On hiring actors?"

The reporter asked the question everyone had.

"Of course not. Our actors' salaries are not high. We spend more money on production. For example, we built a residential complex for this drama."

"There will be a lot of special effects shots in the later stages, and we have hired a first-class special effects team."

"In addition, this film has been invested by several foreign film companies and is positioned for global release. It will be released in many countries, and the publicity and promotion will cost a considerable amount of money..."

Qin Chuan understood, it was mainly about publicity and promotion.

That is, publicity and distribution, these are two big holes.

Including many movies in later generations, there are many cases where the publicity and promotion costs exceed the production costs of the film.

Some people make 100 million yuan to shoot a movie, but the publicity and promotion costs are more than 100 million yuan, which adds up to more than 200 million yuan.

Qin Chuan estimated that the budget of the movie "Kung Fu" was 160 million yuan, and the money spent on production should not exceed 100 million yuan, and this is the result after taking into account the salary of Zhou Xingchi, who earned the most.

This big shot is not cheap. His salary for a film exceeded 10 million ten years ago.

It's rare to come across such a big production, and I will definitely not treat myself badly in terms of pay this time.

(End of this chapter)