Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 241 Zidan, shall we practice again?
The film "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" was made on a very low budget.

Not just the past life.

It's the same in this life.

The one with the highest cost is Chen Cheng.

But Chen Cheng's high ability is only in directing.

As the No. 1 male lead, Chen Cheng also received the same price as the No. 1 new male lead.

Even though he has played the leading male role before.

In Love Call Transfer, Chen Cheng is the male No. 1.

But the film was withdrawn halfway through its release.

Therefore, Chen Cheng’s value as an actor is not high.

of course.

Not many people would have thought that Chen Cheng would become an actor.

As one of the top directors in the country.

Even if he becomes an actor, it will only be a cameo role.

More importantly, he cares about the entire film.

So Chen Cheng played the leading male role and just regarded it as a friendly performance.

Even the salary for being a director is very low.

Based on Chen Cheng’s market price as a director, the starting price would be at least 2000 million.

If Chen Cheng really took 2000 million.

Then don’t make this film, and give all the director’s fees to Chen Cheng.

but.

Although the story of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" is good.

But it is also a huge challenge for the No. 1 male actor to act.

Although Chen Guilin in the play is a killer in the underworld.

But he is not hated by the audience.

instead.

After watching this movie, many people still have a good impression of Chen Guilin.

This good feeling.

Except for the plot of this film.

more.

Chen Guilin still looks silly and cute.

But even if it looks like this.

Once he kills someone, he does it without blushing or getting nervous. He has a huge heart.

He killed the Hong Kong guy first.

Then he killed the Venerable.

But after killing the Venerable, Chen Guilin returned.

Because he felt that killing the Venerable was useless.

These believers are like idiots, they have been completely brainwashed.

So he came back again.

He told everyone.

I count to 10 and everyone leaves.

If you don't leave.

Then end everyone's life.

Chen Guilin does what he says.

He shot them one by one.

No mercy.

Even if it was the girl who was very good at singing, he shot her right between the eyebrows.

As for everyone else.

Chen Guilin was just going around in a circle.

Dozens of shots were fired.

Give up the new heart to everyone, all of them are ta-ta-ta...

boom.

boom.

boom……

Although there was no gunfire during the filming.

But Chen Cheng's murderous look shocked everyone.

Yes.

It's just shocking.

Rather than being scared.

Because from beginning to end, Chen Guilin, played by Chen Cheng, was not a devil.

Or.

He is actually a demon.

But he is actually a devil with a conscience.

Are demons with consciences scary?
This is certainly not terrible.

then.

This film is about a top underworld killer's journey to find his conscience.

The ending is different from the ancient story "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils".

After Zhou Chu got rid of the three evils, he turned over a new leaf and became a high-ranking official. He was also granted a title of nobility after his death.

But Chen Guilin.

Even if you want to change completely, it's impossible.

Once a person has committed an unforgivable mistake, there is no such thing as laying down the butcher knife and becoming a Buddha instantly.

But Chen Guilin is liked by everyone.

That's it.

I know that the crime I committed is punishable by death.

Even if I repent, I will not shirk my responsibility and I am willing to accept the punishment.

The story ends here.

Chen Cheng shouted loudly, my name is Chen Jialin.

This seems to be telling everyone his story.

Or even more.

He wanted to tell everyone that I didn't want to come into this world in obscurity.

But no matter what.

finally.

Chen Guilin still died.

Fortunately, Chen Cheng has more than 80 points of acting talent.

He also has over 80 points of directing talent.

This is why he was able to grasp the role of Chen Guilin so well.

……

Zhou Chu eliminated three evils.

Chen Cheng spent a month filming in Taiwan and finished the filming very quickly.

And it’s been one month.

Chen Cheng was extremely excited and checked the real-time box office.

at this time.

Because it was released half a month earlier than "Chinese Partners".

"The Day After Tomorrow" and "Transformers 2" have both been removed from the shelves.

The good news is.

The final box office of the two films did not exceed 5 million.

"The Day After Tomorrow" grossed 4.6 million.

"Transformers 2" is 4.5 million.

Obviously.

The two films were affected by the later released "Chinese Partners".

And then look at the box office of Chinese Partners.

Chen Cheng half-closed his eyes.

He was extremely looking forward to it, but was somewhat afraid to watch it.

until.

When he saw that the first number was 5, Chen Cheng's nerves, which had been tense for a month, finally relaxed.

5 million.

Chinese partners achieved a box office achievement of 5 million.

However, Chen Cheng also had some surprises.

How did he get this box office figure of 5 million?

To know.

According to Chen Cheng's previous prediction, he thought it would be impossible to reach 5 million.

After all, the schedule is not particularly good.

In addition, it was released at the last minute.

immediately.

Chen Cheng looked at the box office figures for 30 days in a month.

The box office performance in the previous week was pretty good.

The box office numbers for "Chinese Partners" are pretty good.

The box office reached 2 million in just one week.

But in the second week, the box office dropped a lot, to only 1 million.

The total is 3 million.

Last two weeks.

According to this trend.

Chinese Partner had the highest box office, but it was only comparable to "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Transformers 2".

But I didn't expect it.

In the third week and the fourth week, the box office revenue reached 2 million in just two weeks.

This made Chen Cheng a little unbelievable.

Search for news.

soon.

Chen Cheng knew the reason.

original.

【Chinese Partners】At the beginning of the 3rd week.

However, New Oriental founder Yu Minghong personally brought his New Oriental colleagues to watch Chinese Partners together.

If it was just Yu Minghong, it wouldn't have caused any impact.

After Yu Minghong.

Pony Ma, Jack Ma, Robin Li, Wang Shi, Ding Sanshi, Feng Lun, Zhang Chaoyang, Li Guoqing... and other big names.

They also went to the cinema to watch Chinese Partners.

Under the influence of this.

The box office of Chinese Partners, which had been gradually calming down, has seen another wave of growth.

finally.

With the support of a large number of fans, bigwigs in the circle... and so on.

The final box office of "Chinese Partners" only broke 5 million yuan.

……

"Director Han, this time it's all thanks to you."

"If you hadn't invited so many big guys to come and watch our Chinese partners, this battle would have been lost."

At the celebration banquet.

Chen Cheng was the first to toast Han Sanping.

Although this battle was at the invitation of Han Sanping, Han Sanping did play a huge role in Chen Cheng's distribution and publicity.

Especially when these big guys come.

Chen Cheng was the only one who took action.

Although it’s not impossible to invite.

But we can’t invite so many big guys to come together.

"Haha, I have to thank you too. If you hadn't made such a great inspirational film, we wouldn't have been able to break 5 million at the box office."

"Besides, this film is also very well made, and it shows the inspiring story of the struggles of young people. These bigwigs also saw the shadow of their past in this film, so they agreed to promote it for you."

but.

Everyone was happy at the celebration banquet.

But Han Sanping still frowned.

"Chen Cheng, it's the end of the year, and there's something I need you to do."

"what's up?"

"Hong Kong directors are raising their prices."

"Oh."

Chen Cheng nodded.

Chen Cheng was no stranger to this matter.

When Painted Skin 2 was released.

Hong Kong director Chen Jiashang proposed a price increase.

But Chen Cheng directly changed the director.

However, Chen Cheng's change of director does not mean that other producers or managers have such courage.

even.

The situation of Hong Kong directors raising their salaries has spread to Hong Kong actors.

Han Sanping, the head of China Film Corporation, is also very concerned about this.

Originally, things like director's pay and actor's pay were commercial activities.

Generally, China Film Corporation doesn’t care much about it.

However, such price increases once affected the cooperation between the two parties.

Simultaneously.

This also affected the rise of the domestic film market.

"Director Han, have you met with some directors' representatives or actors' representatives?"

Chen Cheng asked.

Chen Sanping said: "I have made appointments with a few, but the results are not very obvious. At most, they promised me that they would lower the price for China Film Group's films. But the reduction is not big, and the price with other film producers is still the original price."

“What is the extent of this price increase?”

“More than 5%.”

"So fierce."

"Some have even raised their prices more drastically. For example, Liang Chaowei, Jin Chengwu... Even our mainland actors have a tendency to raise their prices."

“What did the management say?”

"They are against it. If they didn't object, what else would I say?"

"Director Han, what do you think?"

"I went to a meeting last time, and the higher-ups also suggested that we at China Film Group Corporation should come forward and rationally plan the ratio of directors and actors' salaries to the total production cost. We have done some research, and the initial plan is that the total salary of actors should not account for 4% of the total production cost. The salary of the main actors should not exceed 7% of the total salary of the actors."

"Where's the director?"

"The director's salary has not been decided yet. But in my opinion, as long as the actors' salaries are lowered, the director's salary can definitely be lowered."

"I think so too."

Chen Cheng also nodded.

The actors are in front of the camera.

He is the one who best embodies its influence.

If the actors' pay can be kept down, the director's pay will not be able to go up.

The director really wants to make money.

What's the point of relying on film pay?

If you want to make big money, rely on profit sharing.

Correct.

Either you invest yourself or you bet against the investors.

of course.

Some people may say.

Isn’t this a market economy? Just follow the market’s adjustments and there is no need for intervention at all.

Good directors and good actors will naturally be paid high.

A bad director and an actor who performs poorly will get low pay.

But if we really follow the market, it will easily form an extremely distorted market.

Just like in the previous life.

A young actor gets paid hundreds of millions for a film.

Then the remaining production cost is less than half of the young actor's salary.

What kind of box office can be generated in such a market?
If in a mature film market.

It's nothing.

But now.

Domestic films are just emerging.

The entire market is not yet mature.

There are still many people who don’t quite understand this market.

There are even some various messy investors entering this market.

Such as coal bosses.

Such as Internet tycoons.

They don’t care whether your movie has a market or not.

They have plenty of money.

Their ideas are different from yours.

I'm really going to be hit by them.

have to.

The entire market will die.

It will be very difficult to turn things around again when the time comes.

"Next week, I will gather some directors and actor representatives in Hong Kong. You will go with me."

Han Sanping said.

Chen Cheng replied, "Director Han, call Director Yimou, Director Kai."

"We asked them to go last month, but the results were not very good."

"Well, two top directors are already there, what's the point of me going there?"

"You are young, aren't you?"

"I am young...but you are not asking me to fight."

"Hahaha, let's go fight. This time, let's see if you have what it takes to take on 1 people alone."

"Forget it, I don't have the ability to do that."

……

of course.

Chen Cheng said this, but he still went to Hong Kong with Han Sanping.

The head of China Film Group came to Hong Kong again.

The Hong Kong filmmakers are still very respectful.

Director side.

Chen Jiashang, Wu Yusen, Tsui Hark, Chen Kexin, Huang Baiming, Wong Jing, Stephen Chow, Ching Xiaodong, Hong Jinbao... all came.

Actors.

Cheng Yi, Jet Li, Andy Lau, Jin Chengwu, Chow Yun-fat, Lai Man, Leung Chiu-wai, Zhen Zaidan, Tse Ting-fung, Koo Tim-lok... also participated.

"Chen Cheng, what do you think of these people?"

Handing the list to Chen Cheng, Han Sanping asked.

Chen Cheng looked at the list and replied, "I know quite a few of them, but I don't know whether they will give me face or not."

"Just do your best."

"Row."

Chen Cheng nodded.

"Let's go."

Looked at the time.

There is still half an hour before the meeting starts.

In no mood.

As soon as the two of them went out, they met the famous Hong Kong actor Zhen Zaidan.

"Brother Cheng."

"Director Han."

Saw Chen Cheng and the other person.

Zhen Zaidan took the initiative to greet.

Chen Cheng was happy.

I really have a connection with Zhen Zaidan: "Zaidan, how are you doing recently? I heard that you have taken on a lot of films. Jin Yiwei, Wuxia, Guan Yu…"

Yes.

After Zhen Zaidan finished playing Ip Man, Zhen Zaidan's career reached its peak.

Many film investors have personally chosen Zhen Zaidan for many films.

The reason is also very simple.

Today, Cheng Yi and Jet Li left Hong Kong to develop their careers in Hollywood.

In Xiangjiang.

Only Zhen Zaidan is somewhat capable of fighting.

If Zhen Zaidan was only good at fighting, he might not have such good resources.

The key reason is still Ip Man.

The box office of Ip Man 1 exceeded million yuan, which brought a huge wave of traffic to Zhen Zaidan.

In this.

The person who made the greatest contribution to Zhen Zaidan was undoubtedly Chen Cheng.

and so.

Even though Zhen Zaidan is doing well now, he still calls Chen Cheng "Brother Cheng" when he sees him: "It's all thanks to Brother Cheng's care. If it weren't for Brother Cheng, I wouldn't have so many opportunities."

"You can't say that. You should work harder. By the way, where are you going?"

"Meeting, didn't Director Han invite us to a meeting?"

"Zai Dan, this is a very complicated situation. Come here and I will tell you something."

talking.

Chen Cheng called Zhen Zaidan aside.

Ichiban talked for several minutes.

Zhen Zaidan said, "Brother Cheng, are you saying that there might be a fight this time?"

"What do you think? It concerns the interests of so many people."

"Will you help?"

"I don't want to take action, but I still have to do it at the critical moment."

"This……"

"Zai Dan, don't worry. We are old acquaintances. Although I represent the mainland, I will not hit you. However, fists have no eyes. Let's do this, you go back first. I will tell you if there is any situation later."

"go back?"

"Yeah. Look, there are so many actors participating. One more or one less won't make a difference. Why would you want to join in? Besides, you're the only little brother among them. If a fight breaks out, everyone else will ask you to join in. Do you want to PK with me again?"

"Brother Cheng, how dare I? You must beat me to death."

"Since you don't dare, then go back first."

"Okay, okay."

I was frightened by Chen Cheng.

Although he felt a little bad, Zhen Zaidan thought about it and decided to return the same way.

(End of this chapter)