Yuan Heping started out as a handyman and has been working as the first director. He can do all the work that has been done by others on the set and knows how to do it, and it is a very cost-effective method. Xu Zhi gave the death order, and the cost must be

Control it within 250,000.

In addition to renting equipment and space, and building a mud house, the other cost that needs to be controlled most is film.

So Yuan Heping thought of the simplest method. Before shooting, everyone rehearsed several times. Fortunately, all the plots were basically locked by Xu Zhi, and there was no room for people present to express themselves as they pleased. As long as they rehearsed a few times, basically

There won't be any big problem if I take pictures again.

Some small details may not be as originally planned, but as long as the problem is not major, they will not be reshot. This is the consensus of Hong Kong's small-budget movies, and if something is wrong, it will be wrong.

Lin Siqi assumed the role of finance, and all major expenditures had to go through her. Then she had to sort out the expenditure items before leaving get off work every day, and then hand them over to Xu Zhi for review the next day.

Xu Zhi found He Guanchang and found a place to build an earth house in the mountains behind the Jiahe studio.

Jiahe was not at a loss at all, he just agreed to Xu Zhi building the house, but it must be owned by Jiahe after it is used up. As long as the house is left there, there will always be a crew who will need it in the future.

Faced with such overbearing terms, Xu Zhi could only agree in pain, because otherwise, he would have to go to the Hong Kong government to go through the procedures to get a piece of land through normal means. However, if that is the case, it is estimated that it will not be completed by 2019.

Of course, you can also build illegally secretly, as long as you don't get caught.

Don't think about finding a construction company to build this kind of small house. You can just find a few workers in the building materials market and just pull them over to do the work.

In Xiangjiang, as long as you have money, you can build villas and high-rise buildings, because reinforced concrete and cement are easy to buy, but the stones and soil required for earthen houses are almost annoying.

Fortunately, one of the workers came from the mainland and had experience in this field. He went to the Hung Hom Cement Factory and collected some residual stones for making cement. He added them with soil from the mountains and slowly built the house.

On the other hand, the crew also started further filming.

Anyone who has watched Drunken Master knows that in fact, this movie has no plot at all. The main point of laughter at the beginning is to deal with the sycophants together and create some misunderstandings.

Then the protagonist "accidentally" molested a girl, and then was beaten up by the girl's mother - very embarrassing.

After being severely beaten, he encountered a rich second generation bullying a small street vendor, and then punished the evil and promoted the good and beat the other person.

Then the protagonist, the uncle, is introduced and slowly enters the main plot.

These shootings are actually very simple. Once these are completed, the earthen house in the back mountain will be almost completed.

In order to save costs, Yuan Heping decided to follow traditional methods and removed the temple where Chen Long and the assassin met in the script.

In the original play, they met in a temple, had a conflict, and then started fighting.

But the reality is that the only temple on the Jiahe set is very popular, and people from all walks of life want to shoot in it. Not only is it a matter of money, but also they have to wait in line.

After Yuan Heping and Xu Zhi discussed it, they decided to shoot in a wild area near the cabin. The background was that Jackie Chan was having a barbecue in the wild and met the assassin.

Chen Long is also a hard-working Saburo. Every time he fights with the opponent, he requires real fighting. In order to experience the reality, kicking and hand shooting are all done with real strength. Xu Zhi is basically on the set, and every day, Chen Long

Longdu had to suffer some minor injuries, and Xu Zhi was terrified every time. Working with such a person, he was really working with his head in the air.

"Bang!" Chen Long was kicked hard, breaking a section of the bench. Of course, the bench had problems before, but the force of the fall was still very strong.

The photographer seemed very satisfied with this scene. In fact, he couldn't see any effect. He just judged based on experience that the fight should be shot well, especially Chen Long's injured expression - it was not staged at all, it was real.

pain!

The "click" sound had been said for a while, but Chen Long was still lying on the ground and moving his body slowly. Seeing that the situation was not good, the assistant immediately ran over and helped him up. Soon the accompanying doctor also came to diagnose

Down.

Ordinary film crews do not have doctors accompanying them. After all, injuries are a very rare event, so who would have a doctor by their side for nothing?

However, Xu Zhi just spent money to hire one. There is an important trick in later generations of business management - using controllable costs to resist low-probability uncontrollable costs.

Chen Long was so dedicated that in history, his life was almost in danger several times while filming movies. In order to do some extreme work, he even refused to use safety measures, which forced insurance companies not to accept his business.

The risk level of drunken boxing is actually not high, but it is safer to hire a doctor.

The doctor invited was not a member of a big hospital, but a quack doctor who often treated bruises and sprains. His skills were not high, but he could still judge the condition of ordinary injuries.

The doctor touched a few of Chen Long's bones and said, "It's nothing serious. It's just a fall. Just take a good rest."

With the support of everyone, Chen Long was sent to the room. The protagonist was injured, so the main plot would definitely not be filmed, but the supporting role also had roles, and another story would be filmed outside.

Xu Zhi looked at Chen Long who was touching his buttocks and moaning softly. He had a headache and said, "Aaron, can't you be more stable? If you hit him too hard, it won't be worth it if you get hurt."

Chen Long put on a face that said "I'm in pain" and said with a smile: "Azhi, after taking your money, of course I have to take a good picture! If the fight doesn't really happen, how can I make it real?"

Xu Zhi shook his head. In this era, there was no computer technology. If you wanted to shoot well, you had to do it countless times and slowly find a suitable one. And in this kind of martial arts film, if the fight is fake, the audience will not be able to pass the level.

So starting from Li Xiaolong, to Chen Long, Jet Li, Yuan Biao, etc., unless there are particularly dangerous places, many of them are real fights. This is not acting, because it has nothing to do with "acting".

Chen Long is even more exaggerated. Others only fight for real when they fight, but he is different. He jumps from a building, hangs a helicopter, and jumps off walls (without protection, relying on air conditioners, pipes and wall edges on the exterior wall).

Climb up the building or go downstairs), there is nothing you can't think of, and there is nothing he dares to play.

Xu Zhidao: "There is really no need for you to work so hard. From my point of view, if you are really injured, my movie will have to stop filming. And for you, being injured may have an impact on your career."

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Chen Long said: "Back then, Li Xiaolong also fought for real. How could he succeed if he didn't fight hard? Aren't you the same, Azhi, who used all his money to invest in this movie. The difference is that I fight with my body, and you fight with your wealth.

That’s all!”

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Yes, it's all hard work, but if I lose, I can make back the money in the future. If you lose, then..."

Chen Long nodded and said: "That's the truth, but what I think is different from yours. I have made many movies over the years, and the ones I played in supporting roles generally did well at the box office. But once I became the protagonist, they basically all turned out.

Not only did I not make much money, I even dragged the company to the point of almost bankruptcy. If I don’t work hard now, I’m afraid I’ll have to go back to being a chef.”

Chen Long was a chef before making movies. Even after entering the film industry, due to several failures, he went to Australia to become a Chinese cook in despair. Later, Luo Wei chased after him and spent a lot of effort.

Only then did he persuade him to come back.

Xu Zhi had nothing to say. You must know that even though Chen Long was later worth tens of millions, he was still working so hard to make movies. Trying to persuade him now is simply a fool's errand.

Xu Zhi asked himself that he couldn't do this. If you are so poor that you have no way out, there are many people who will fight for their lives, but they are worth tens of millions and take risks repeatedly for the sake of movies. This kind of behavior is really embarrassing.

People can't figure it out.

Seeing that Chen Long had recovered somewhat, Xu Zhi also sat down and asked: "Along, what is your biggest wish now?"

Chen Long thought for a while and said: "I hope this movie will really become a hit."

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "This is my wish!"

Chen Long shook his head and said: "No, if the movie becomes popular, my fame will also increase. And since I made this movie, I found that it went very smoothly and I really like it. I think the style of this movie is particularly suitable for me. If

Movies can really make people like them, and this should be my path from now on."

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, actually you are you, and Li Xiaolong is Li Xiaolong. In recent years, Hong Kong action movies have begun to decline. The most fundamental reason is that everyone only knows how to imitate Li Xiaolong. The routines are exactly the same, and the scenes are also simple.

There are duels in the wilderness. A play is 90 minutes long, and the fight can last for an hour. The audience is tired of these routines."

Chen Long said: "Yes, but these are all speculations. Action movies are becoming less and less popular nowadays. I hope this one will be popular!"

Xu Zhidao: "Besides movies, don't you have any desire to do anything else?"

Chen Long thought for a while and sighed: "My wish should be everyone's wish. I want to buy a house of my own in Xiangjiang."

Now Chen Long's income basically comes from movies. In the past, he took supporting roles, so the money was naturally not much. In the past two years, he has taken on many leading roles in movies, but each one became more popular than the other, and his income from acting has also increased from five to five.

The price dropped from 60,000 to 10,000 to 20,000, and no one dared to ask for it. The financial backer, Luo Wei, was almost forced to sell his house.

Xu Zhi asked: "Where do you live now? In a rented house?"

Chen Long said: "No, I live in the company's warehouse. Except that it's a little hotter and there are more mosquitoes, it's much better than a rented house."

After Xu Zhi listened, he was silent for a while, stood up and said, "You have a good rest first, I'll go out for a while."

After coming out, Xu Zhi immediately found Yuan Heping and asked directly: "Director Yuan, how much more do we need to spend on this film?"

Yuan Heping didn't understand it, but still replied: "We are halfway through the filming now. The biggest part is the leasing at the front, which costs about 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. It mainly includes the post-production cutting, the settlement of employee wages and

Film costs and other expenses are not much. This is just for filming. You still need to do advertising when it is released. These are calculated separately."

I have already spent almost 100,000 yuan before. This is the result of desperate savings. To be more safe, I will release another 100,000 yuan for the subsequent plot. Zou Wenhuai agreed to be responsible for the distribution, but I guess he will have to pay for the advertising costs himself, leaving another 40 to 50 yuan.

Ten thousand, then I should still have half of my 500,000 capital left, almost 250,000.
Chapter completed!