This actor wants to pay more

Chapter 240 Want to Be a Director
"Then you might as well be the director yourself." The outspoken Wang Baoqiang said after Wu Jing finished speaking.

It is very difficult for an actor to have the right to speak in the crew, unless you are a first-line actor, or super-first-line actor, otherwise you are a part-time job.

The director doesn't care about you and the investors don't care about you.

Casting, script, shooting, framing, which turn is up to you?
Just a few more words, and the director scolds you, but a word of minding your own affairs can make you so miserable that you can't even utter a word.

So if Wu Jing wants the right to speak, he can only be the director, or he is the biggest investor, otherwise who will listen to him?
"What Bao Qiang said makes sense." Ding Xiu said, "If you're so unwilling, then direct it yourself."

Wu Jing hesitated for a few seconds, then smiled bitterly: "I don't have directing experience, I don't understand many things, and I can't shoot."

Ding Xiu chuckled lightly and said, "Isn't it modest? It's not like you don't know what kind of director is now. If it's not that I'm not interested, I can be myself."

It is true that a good actor is also half a director sometimes.

Filming has been going on for a long time, and the crew knows a little bit about every aspect of the crew. Take Ding Xiu as an example, he knows a little about lighting, camera, makeup, and props. question.

The job of a director is indeed not easy, but there are different types of directors.

It is difficult for Zhang Yimou to take care of everything.

But it’s just an ordinary director. In fact, the threshold is not that high, because many things can be handed over to the people below.

You only need to come up with a story and a general direction. For the rest of the filming, there is a camera, the crew has an assistant director, the martial arts has a martial arts instructor, and the script has a screenwriter.

Huang Bodao: "It's true. After a long time in the industry, there will always be some scenes where I feel that the director is not as good as me."

"Take a film crew I joined last year as an example. The director didn't understand anything, even simple shooting, and he didn't know what a script was. After watching me, he wanted to scold others. At that time, I thought, it's not as good as me. up."

"I've also met this kind of director." Wang Baoqiang said enthusiastically, "After a few days of playing videography, he was about to switch careers. In the end, he didn't understand anything, and he didn't care about the poor performance of the actors. He failed every one of them. It's too bad."

"The most unlucky thing was being cheated by the assistant director. A broken prop sword was quoted at 880, and a hat was [-]. The crew dared to pay thousands of dollars for the vehicle and gas. In the end, the crew was disbanded less than a month after its establishment. The director It's all upside down."

This is the disadvantage of crossing the line easily, knowing nothing, being tricked so much that your own father can't recognize it.

If you have worked as an actor before, this kind of thing will never happen, because you have been in the industry for a long time, and everyone is more or less familiar with these things.

Even if you don't understand, you can ask your peers for advice.

A prop sword 880, Zhang Yimou has to call Dad when he comes.

This thing is too expensive at 18 yuan.

Of course, this kind of film crew is cheated by directors who don’t understand, or by investors who cheat their fathers. Coal bosses are stupid and have a lot of money, and some of them want to invest in projects when they see them.

They are not very demanding, they just chat and eat with the actresses of the crew.

Some people on the road went to clubs to find women as actors, rented a few machines at random, and bought a bad script to fool the coal boss.

The daily gas money, lunch money, stage management, group performances, and overtime pay are all doubled, and the assistant director's pockets are full.

"Forget it, forget it, I have no money, so I can't do it." Wu Jing waved his hand unmoved, but the distress on his face had disappeared and turned into a smiling face, as if he had made some decision.

Seeing him like this, Ding Xiu knew that his heart was moved, maybe he was already thinking about what script to come up with.

The current market of the film and television industry is very good, and the prospects are bright. To be honest, if it is not too tiring, Ding Xiu would like to be a director himself.

After drinking for more than two hours, several people were excited and ready to go home.

At the entrance of the bar, Ding Xiu saw Wu Jing take out the car keys and said, "Don't drive while drinking, call a valet."

"I'm not stupid. How many probes and traffic policemen have gone out this way?" Wu Jing took out his mobile phone and made a call, ordering someone to drive.

It's just that he has the car keys in his hand, and he has to wait for someone to come to hand over the keys, otherwise he will definitely leave with Ding Xiu and the others.

After Ding Xiu and the others left, the security guards at the bar came out and said they wanted Wu Jing's car to move because it was blocking the road and other cars couldn't get through.

Wu Jing spread his hands together: "Dude, I'm drinking, why don't you drive it."

"Handsome guy, don't embarrass me. I don't dare to drive your car. I can't afford to pay for it if it is scratched. You should move it yourself. Just move it. It's a matter of taking a few steps forward."

With a salary of 800 yuan a month, how could the security guard drive Wu Jingliu's 70 yuan car, besides, he can't drive and doesn't have a driver's license.

"Okay, I'll drive away."

Wu Jing was helpless, took out the car keys, got in the car, turned on the ignition, started it, and drove forward a few meters, so as not to die, two traffic policemen came towards him.

"Hello, turn off the engine and get out of the car."

"Cooperate with the alcohol test."

"Comrade, I called a valet driver. It was the security guard who asked me to move the car, so I only moved five meters."

"So you've been drinking?"

"I drank it, but I didn't want to drive. It was the security guard who asked me to move."

"You're drunk driving even if you're halfway down."

"I called a valet driver. If you don't believe me, you can read my call records."

"ID card, driver's license..."

The screening of Black Fist started at twelve o'clock in the evening. Wu Jing originally wanted to guard it for a while, but this night he directly guarded it in the detention center.

It also alarmed the media reporters.

So, [-] words of self-criticism, [-] points deducted, [-] fines fell on the head.

When Ding Xiu saw Wu Jing the next afternoon, he was riding a lady's bicycle.

"This car is good, environmentally friendly, safe, and there is no traffic jam."

"Don't blame me. I didn't sleep well yesterday. I still dealt with media reporters in the morning. I have encountered all the bad things."

"If I hadn't promised you a private treat, I wouldn't even want to go out today."

When a person is unlucky, drinking cold water will stick his teeth. Because of the box office, he was in a bad mood, but he went out drunk and drove, attracting reporters.

In the afternoon when he was still sleeping, Ding Xiu called and reminded him about the booking, and he remembered that he agreed to invite everyone to watch the movie.

Because the road is not far away, I came here on the bicycle of the aunt who cooks at home.

Ding Xiu laughed: "You are really unlucky, park your car and enter the arena, Baoqiang and the others have already arrived."

The broken bicycle didn't need to be locked, so Wu Jing parked directly against the wall and entered the movie theater with Ding Xiu.

The reason for the reservation is that they just sat in the first row chatting and eating melon seeds.

After the movie started, several people shut up.

The story told by Black Boxing is very simple. Gao Gang, the national martial arts champion, joined the Beijing Opera Troupe and came to Hong Kong Island for a short-term performance.

Because of his excellent skills, he was valued by the underground boxing company and invited him to fight. At first he was reluctant, and his sister advised his brother not to fight.

Gao Gang likes a girl named Xiaotian in the group, and Xiaotian also likes him. When eating hot pot together, he was unhappy because of the checkout problem. Therefore, Xiaotian persuaded Gao Gang to go to a boxing match, saying that he could make a lot of money.

In order to make Oda happy and live a good life, Gao Gang went and won one game after another... In the end he wanted to stop, but the company refused. He arrested his sister and asked him to finish the last game.

The finale is perfect. The hero won the game, rescued his sister, and sat under the starry sky with his girlfriend Oda, telling each other about their past.

After watching the 80-minute movie, Wu Jing said, "Don't be stingy, brothers, give me some advice, so that I will have room to grow in the future. The movie is like this, and I'm not afraid of your bad words."

"The story is too old-fashioned." Ding Xiu was the first to speak: "I want to doze off watching it. The total box office of over 60 on Hong Kong Island is not without reason."

It is a miracle that this kind of old-fashioned story is still filmed, and the box office of more than 60 is high.

Huang Bo was not as ruthless as Ding Xiu said, but said in a serious manner: "The martial arts movements are nothing to say, they are very realistic, the actors are also good at acting, the rhythm is very stable, but there is a problem with logic."

"The hero's mother was sick and needed money, so he didn't even go to the boxing match, because he went after having hot pot with his girlfriend. It doesn't make sense."

"I like the martial arts in this movie very much." Wang Baoqiang said, waving his fists: "Fist to the flesh, the movements are smooth, there are many difficult movements, and a lot of hard work behind it."

With his hands folded in front of his chest, Wu Jing responded to their opinions: "Martial arts took me a lot of effort. It was winter when I was filming, and my shirt was wet after filming every day, and I suffered countless injuries. Face, legs, etc. , hands, waist, all injured."

"In order to be realistic, many of the actions were performed by real people. I am most satisfied with the martial arts in this drama, so I think Baoqiang has a good vision."

"As for Brother Xiu and Brother Bo's opinions, I can't help it, because the version you are watching now is different from the version released on Hong Kong Island."

"This version is 87 minutes, and the Hong Kong version is 6 minutes. There are some differences in the plot. For example, the hero Gao Gang has no sister."

"Xiaotian and Gao Gang didn't really love each other. Xiaotian has always been a member of the company. She deliberately let Gao Gang play the game. In addition, she even gave the male lead a cuckold."

"People from the company wanted the male protagonist to play a match-fixing match, so they threatened Xiaotian's life. In order to save Xiaotian, the male protagonist intentionally broke his leg during the match."

"In the hospital, Oda asked the hero what he liked about him. The hero confessed his true feelings and revealed his heart. Xiaotian, who couldn't bear his conscience, committed suicide by jumping off the building."

"The angry male protagonist ran to seek revenge from the company, and finally died at the gunpoint of Tiaozi..."

Wu Jing told this story in a very melancholy way. In fact, some of the encounters between Oda and the hero were based on his own experience.

Due to scale reasons, the mainland version deleted many things, and even brought out a sick old mother and younger sister, all for the sake of passing the review.

The Hong Kong Island version is the essence.

However, it is useless to say these things now. Before the deletion, Hong Kong Island only had a box office of more than 60. Now that there are so many deletions, the story line is incomplete. As Huang Bo said, there is a problem with the logic.

As you can imagine, the box office in the mainland is not much higher.

Anyway, this wave is desperate.

"Damn, why don't you tell me if there are uncensored ones." Ding Xiu got up and said, "Do you have any resources? Let's have a look."

Wu Jing rolled his eyes: "Where can I get resources?"

Wang Baoqiang raised his hand: "I should have."

Half an hour later, at Ding Xiu's house, several people watched Wang Baoqiang take out a CD.

Wu Jing's forehead was throbbing with blue veins, and he couldn't say what he wanted to say.

It's all like this, and there are still people making pirated CDs. He doesn't know whether to be happy or cry.

"Huh!"

"Is this the uncensored version? It really didn't disappoint me. This martial arts is bloody enough."

"Good guy, it's no wonder the box office is not high. The heroine has been manipulated like this. I'm so angry when I see it."

"Is it black like this? I'm a little pessimistic. After reading it, I feel blocked."

"The theme is not good. Apart from being sad, it is still sad. Only martial arts is a highlight, and nothing else is good."

The uncut version is much darker than what Wu Jing said, astringent, bloody, and overall rather depressing. The male protagonist has always been passive, arranged and designed by others.

In order to save his girlfriend, he broke his own leg and it hurts to watch.

The result is all bureaus.

Regarding the heroine, there are also many shots, including the scene of being taken advantage of by others, but any man can't be substituted.

The finale was also pitifully sad, the protagonist was hit by a peanut and fell into a pool of blood.

Ding Xiu made a pot of tea, poured himself a cup, crossed his legs and said, "Comedy movies are very popular these days. You can learn from Ning Hao. General martial arts won't work anymore. It's tiring and hard, and the audience doesn't like to watch it." .”

"Most of the people who go to the cinema are young people. If you only take care of the emotions of male audiences, then a large number of female audiences will be lost. Comedies are different, and they kill both men, women, and children."

Picking up the glass on the table, Wu Jing refills it himself, and at the same time fills it up for Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang.

"Brother Xiu, if you say that, I have a different opinion. It's not that the audience doesn't like martial arts movies, it's just that they don't like bad martial arts movies."

"I admit that I made a mistake this time. The tone is indeed a bit dark. I won't be like this next time."

Ding Xiu sneered: "Next time, when do you want it next time?"

"Next year." Wu Jing said seriously: "I went back and thought about what you said last night. It's not unreasonable. I want to be a director and direct a movie myself. I will prepare it in the second half of this year and it will be released next year."

"Don't you have no money?"

"Yeah, I don't have one, but you do!"

"Cough, cough, cough!" Ding Xiu was choked by the tea, and he said speechlessly, "You have made good calculations, whether you want money or life, you can decide for yourself."

Few can get money from him.

He was always the one asking for money.

"Brother Xiu, have you seen someone else? Don't worry, I'll be the big head of this show. You only need to support me with three to five million yuan."

Ding Xiu put down his teacup: "After watching the movie, everyone go to bed early, and I'm a little tired too."

Three to five million, thanks to Wu Jing being able to speak, isn't this killing him?
The filming of New Shanghai Bund just finished is the highest-paid film he has ever paid since he was a filmmaker, and it was only more than 200 million yuan.

The ones that were shot in the past were less than a dozen or 20 and as high as one million or 80. Wu Jing's mouth was his annual income, which was more painful than him cutting him with a knife.

"Brother Xiu, 300 million, 300 million is okay?"

"Don't push me, 250 million, hey, hey, why are you still doing it?"

"Baoqiang, Baoqiang, don't run away, Brother Bo, do you have money?"

(End of this chapter)