Chapter 1270 Ancient Building
“Long time no see, Miss Lu.” Zhou Zhi said with a smile: “Your Mandarin has reached the announcer level, which is really not easy for Hong Kong actors.”
< br>“Thanks "I received Mr. Zhou's advice." Lu Siyi said shyly, "I'm really sorry about what happened in the boiling water room."
"It's okay. To be honest, I forgot about it, Miss Lu." Sit down." Zhou Zhi said again. Jesse Cheng stretched out his hand and said hello: "Hello Jesse, this is the first time I've met a real person. I'm so glad to meet you."
"I'm sitting here, too." Jesse Cheng is very approachable, but he is very approachable. The energy is also really strong, and Zhou Zhi When shaking hands, Zhou Zhi's palms were a little sore, and then he pulled him and sat down: "I have wanted to meet you for a long time to see who is the genius who can conceive those shots. I finally met you today!"
"I admit that some of the shots were designed a little ahead of the times, such as the scene where you grab the transport plane and take off..."
"That scene was actually pretty good." Jesse Cheng fell into deep thought: "Just put on the goggles and it will be solved. Big problem, but are you a flying wing suit or a pulley suit? How did you come up with it..."
"Speaking of which, you guys have great energy!" Zhou Zhi couldn't help but marveled: "You can borrow the wind tunnel of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it's amazing!"
"This film is awesome! It uses too much energy," Jesse Cheng said with a smile. : "It also involves locations in Oros, Turqi, India, and Egypt. If it weren't for the Li family, it wouldn't be possible."
In Zhou Zhi's story, criminals used nuclear submarines to transport precious Cultural relics at an abandoned scientific research station in the Arctic A transaction was made, and Jesse went to cut off Hu; there was also a plot where he found Tocharian scriptures at the ruins of the Devil's City on the sandbank in northern Xinjiang, and then went to India to find Xuanzang's ruins based on the clues, and obtained the copper formula for the purple gold alms bowl, which he used during theft. Confirm the plot of the true and false zodiac bronze heads.
In short, Zhou Zhi made the plot complex and compact. Jesse Cheng's movies are usually "not enough plot, just make up for the action", but this movie takes into account both storytelling and enjoyment. Needless to say, the Li family, Jesse Cheng attaches great importance to it. , which was created as the foundation work for him to become an international star.
But the expenses were gone. Jesse asked Zhou Zhi: "Zhou Sheng, money is a bit tight now. I want to give you these courtyards in the capital."
" Why are you so short of money again?" Zhou Zhi felt strange: "Didn't AXA Fund invest $7 million? Are you playing with money?”
“Shouldn’t I blame you?” The film initially plans to invest US$15 million, of which the Li family will invest US$7 million, and strategic partner AXA Fund will invest US$600. Ten thousand US dollars, and Hollywood Paramount Pictures also invested two million US dollars, while providing theater guarantees for release in the Americas.
And Jesse Cheng takes the basic salary as an investment, that is, he will only give one million US dollars in salary as a guaranteed income, and the rest will be divided according to the box office income, and all will be paid after the film is released.
This investment is already very scary in the Chinese-language film industry. Last year, a few Hong Kong martial arts movies and comedy movies such as "The Deer and the Cauldron" made a box office of less than 80 million, making them really popular.
So at the beginning of this year, there was a fight between gods and gods. The fat director attracted an investment of 50 million Hong Kong dollars and prepared to continue to create Jin Yong's big IP "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword".
The pressure is on Jesse Cheng. He has to prove his worth among Hong Kong stars, just in time for this "Twelve Zodiac" which is almost tailor-made for him, as well as the Li family and The two major investors, AXA, have to work hard.
After all, this is a blockbuster film with extremely high production costs, with external claims of investment of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. The production is indeed too big.
Even though Jesse Cheng is now in his prime, the salary for a typical movie is only about HK$5 million, and his salary will basically account for half of the overall production cost of Hong Kong Island movies.
But in this movie, it's not even drizzle.
What is even more exaggerated is that even so, there is still a shortage of funds,
Because of nuclear submarines, large transport aircraft, military bases, etc., that is real rent; the Pyramids, the Louvre, Hagia Sophia, etc. , Taj Mahal, and the Forbidden City were all shot on location using connections. All the props that needed to be smashed were hired to be reproduced one-to-one by skilled craftsmen according to the precious cultural relics.
There are also many scenes that reflect ancient copper mining, copper smelting, casting and other crafts, as well as the ancient cities on the Silk Road, the prosperous scenes of Chang'an and Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty, all of which need to be restored.
The state directly built a "Datang Film and Television City" on the outskirts of Xi'an to meet filming needs.
Zhou Zhi also arranged the ancient restoration scenes of the mausoleums of the Han Dynasty and the wealthy area under the Five Tombs, and the transition shots of modern fields of grain and wheat, as well as the imperial palace of the powerful Han Dynasty with golden horses and bronze camels and the towering palace of Mingtang Paradise in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Luoyang.
To achieve the effect that Zhou Zhi had in mind, this shot could only be completed by Pixar Animation through computer special effects. In just over 20 seconds, three hundred thousand US dollars were burned.
So Jesse Cheng is now complaining about Zhou Zhi, using this excuse to want Zhou Zhi to sell off the "bad assets" that he bought in a fit of enthusiasm. Zhou Zhi is really speechless.
"How many yards did you build at that time? How much money are you prepared to pay? Have you approached all the big guys in Beijing?" Zhou Zhi asked.
"When the reporter interviewed me, I said I only bought six units." Jesse smiled playfully, but he looked like he was under financial pressure. It was clear that he was not optimistic about the real estate market in the capital: "Actually, ten units."
" Those friends of yours kept their wallets closed when the economy went down."
"Didn't you tell them that the lottery and entertainment industries are the best businesses?" Zhou Zhi asked: "Besides these two, there is nothing good to invest in. ”
“What?” Jesse Cheng himself didn’t believe what Zhou Zhi said: “Just tell Mr. Li, I’m just a hard worker.”
< br>"Huh? Hahahaha..." Zhou Zhi laughed It's too late: "Jesse, what you said is a bit unscrupulous. Your salary for one movie is enough... Forget it, if your yards really don't want it, then just transfer it to me, you see. How much is appropriate? ”
"I don't make any money either. How about I give you a flat in and a flat out? I bought a set of 500,000 yuan at that time, a total of 5 million, but I need Hong Kong dollars."
The current exchange rate between RMB and Hong Kong dollars Almost equivalent, almost one Hong Kong dollar and one point two yuan. Zhou Zhi then smiled and said: "Then let's count it as five million Hong Kong dollars."
This actually allowed Jesse Cheng to earn a 20% premium, but Zhou Zhi continued: "But you You have to tell me what are you going to do with the money? I don’t believe you will be short of money. You are on the set and you don’t have much to spend money on, right? It’s just for emergencies and it’s inconvenient to exchange money.”
“That’s right, a friend told me that there is one in Huizhou. Four old houses are for sale and they were photographed for me. I am very satisfied with the photos. I am going to buy a piece of land in the new island, and then buy the four houses and move them to the new island to restore them and support my parents in their old age."
Zhou Zhi suddenly became wary: "Architecture. ?Ancient architecture of Hui style? ”
(End of this chapter)