Chapter 535: After drinking some wine, I had no choice but to sacrifice myself
If we talk about which domestic director is most familiar with green screen shooting of movies, Wang Shu is the first to bear the brunt.
In the past life, due to the maturity of film and television production technology, green screens were a piece of shit.
Usually, green screens are used in cheap film and television productions.
Hao Heng’s film works, shot in real scenes.
For example, Marvel's superhero movies are all completed with green screens, and have been criticized for being cheap.
Of course, this is after the green screen technology sucked.
At this stage, the use of green screens can create special effects blockbusters.
Ten years from now, when the green screen is mentioned, the air of cheapness will come to mind.
Because Wang Shu is familiar with green screen shooting, the filming of "Life of Pi" progressed very quickly.
Under normal circumstances, it would take at least three months to finalize.
Under his guidance, it can be completed in more than a month.
In comparison, it saves half the time.
Producer Gill and Elizabeth from the Fox Production Department were quite surprised by this, and there were endless voices of exclamation.
"Shu, if there is a script in the future, I would like to cooperate with you." Gil handed Wang Shu a cup of coffee and said sincerely.
Wang Shu doesn't like drinking coffee very much, but Europe and the United States are used to drinking this stuff.
Both Jill and Elizabeth are essential every day.
He took the coffee, took a symbolic sip, and said with a smile: "It depends on your script and whether I have any schedule."
Gill laughed, He said: "Don't worry about this. If the script is not good, I will definitely not contact you."
Actually, what he said was not what he was thinking in his heart.
As a director, Wang Shu is not only powerful, but also a "fast shooter". Not only can he save a lot of expenses and cycle time, but the works he produces are also very good.
If you work closely with Wang Shu, with Wang Shu’s speed in making movies, you can shoot many movies in a short period of time.
When the time comes, you will make a lot of money.
For example, when working with other directors, Wang Shu can make two movies in the same time period as one movie.
Elizabeth was also on the side, listening to the conversation between the two, and said with a smile: "Shu, Fox also wants to continue to cooperate with you in the future."
"If possible, Fox hopes to sign a contract with you."
The signing of the contract refers to Wang Shu helping Fox make movies.
If it is a small director, it is usually invited as a contracted director.
Wang Shu, a great Oscar-winning director, did not mean this by Elizabeth’s words.
Rather, a contract director.
To put it simply, this kind of contract means that Fox will pay tens of millions of dollars in signing fees to Wang Shu, and then Wang Shu will need to help Fox shoot three to five movies within three to five years.
The signing fee of tens of millions of dollars is not the director's compensation, but the agreement that Wang Shu will give Fox a reward for making three or five films.
The director's remuneration for setting up the crew after the filming of the film is calculated separately.
And, apart from the agreement that Fox needs to make a few movies within three to five years, there are no other restrictions.
Wang Shu can also shoot films invested by other film companies.
Take Shanghai Film Group, for example. As the most profitable film company in China, Shanghai Film Group has always wanted to make big moves, but it just has nowhere to go.
Then, I found Director Chen Kaige and spent tens of millions to sign a contract with Director Chen.
The content of the contract is that Chen Kaige will help direct several films for Shanghai Film in four to five years.
There is no need for Chen Kaige to produce a script, Shanghai Film will provide everything, and Director Chen is only responsible for directing.
Wang Shu heard this, smiled and declined politely: "Yili, thank you for your kindness, but just sign the contract."
If it were any other director, if the terms offered by a film company were generous enough, nine times out of ten they would agree.
After all, just by agreeing to make a few movies for him, he will be paid extremely generously.
Then I get the director's remuneration, which is another good income.
However, Wang Shu did not want to be restricted.
Signing this kind of contract means that he will need to spend a lot of time filming movies produced by Fox within a few years.
If you spend your time here, you won't have enough time to shoot other film projects.
This is not in his current interests. No matter how high the price offered by Fox is, he will not agree.
Not to mention, this kind of agreement has a price tag of 10 to 20 million US dollars.
Elizabeth was not surprised when she heard this, and smiled and said again: "Shu, if you think the price is too low, you can talk again, Fox will definitely give you a satisfactory price."
For Fox, working with a "fast shooter" director like Wang Shu can save a lot of money on the crew.
Signing a contract with Wang Shu is nothing more than transferring the savings made by the crew to him.
Use this indispensable expense to cooperate with other directors in exchange for shortening the production cycle of the film and making a small profit without losing any money.
In other words, Fox is cooperating with other directors. Since the shooting cycle is not short, the crew expenses and investment are indispensable.
But if you cooperate with Wang Shu, Wang Shu's movies can be shot quickly, which shortens the shooting cycle, thereby saving the crew's expenses and investment.
In this case, it is better to transfer the saved money to Wang Shu and seek long-term cooperation with Wang Shu.
"Yili, this is not a matter of price, but I really have no such plans." Wang Shu continued to decline politely.
When Gil heard that Wang Shu kept refusing, the smile on his face did not diminish.
He is an independent producer, and Fox is his investor.
And he is not affiliated with Fox.
Therefore, if Wang Shu agrees to cooperate with Fox, then Wang Shu will spend most of his time in the future filming movies produced by Fox.
In this way, if he has a script and gets investment to cooperate with Wang Shu, Wang Shu will basically have no time to cooperate with him.
From his standpoint, of course he does not want Wang Shu to sign a contract with Fox.
"Shu, when you make other movies in Hollywood, you have to make movies after all. Cooperating with Fox not only gives you a director's salary, but also a huge signing fee. Why not cooperate with Fox? "Elizabeth was confused and couldn't understand.
It is undeniable that the truth is this.
It’s just that Wang Shu didn’t want to be welded to death by Fox for this little beauty.
Although you get money when you sign a contract, there are no restrictions.
But there was no guarantee that Fox would hand out some crappy scripts for him to direct. If the scripts were too far-fetched, even he would have no choice but to throw in the towel.
For Wang Shu, there is absolutely no need to weld himself to death for such a small amount of money.
"Yili, what you said makes sense, but I have no plans yet." Wang Shu still declined.
Elizabeth answered in surprise: "Shu, did you know? Many well-known directors in Hollywood have signed this kind of contract."
"To put it bluntly, this kind of thing is just like the film company giving free money to the director."
Wang Shu smiled and answered: "I know this, I may consider it in the future."
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"Okay." Elizabeth just expressed Fox Company's thoughts to Wang Shu. Since Wang Shu has never been interested, there is no need to say more. advise.
Gill then said with a smile: "Ellie, since Shu doesn't want to sign the contract, there's no need for you to force it."
"It's better not to sign a contract. If you don't sign a contract, Wang Shuke will have too many choices." "But if I sign a contract with Fox, I can only make your Fox movies for most of the year, and basically have no time to make other movies."< br>
“If the script you Fox gave to Shu is good, then it’s okay. If the script is bad, Shu will feel uncomfortable.”
Elizabeth heard After saying this, he looked at Jill and said angrily: "Jill, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute."
"Haha." Jill laughed when he heard this.
The two are very good friends and would not be offended by this.
Jill looked at Wang Shu and said with a smile: "Shu, it's better to cooperate with independent producers like us. This way we have more choices."
Elizabeth heard this and Bai He glanced at me and complained: "There are indeed many choices when working with independent producers."
"But will you pay me?"
This is a killer statement.
After a few days of filming, the crew entered vacation time again.
This is the Hollywood crew. When it’s time to take a break, you have to take a break.
Although the actors in the crew are Indian artists, you can completely pretend that these do not exist.
However, many of the crew members are from Fox, and they have to require the crew to operate in accordance with the rules and regulations.
Punch in and clock out every day, and you must also take a break on rest days.
Therefore, even if the actors and Wang Shu of the crew did not take a break and other staff members of the crew took a break, filming would still not be possible.
In comparison, domestic film and television crews have no such thing as clocking in and out and taking rest days.
"Shu, the Yangtze River in your country looks much cleaner than the Ganges River in our country." Tabu looked at the turbulent river water, turned back to Wang Shu and said with a smile.
During the break, Tabu asked Wang Shu to have lunch together. After the meal, Tabu asked Wang Shu to take her out for a walk. Wang Shu then led her for a walk on the greenway beside the Yangtze River.
In order to avoid being recognized and causing trouble, the two of them did not go to crowded places, but to areas with few people.
This is not because I am worried that someone will speculate on something, but because I am worried about being recognized and blocked.
It would not be good to attract onlookers when the time comes.
Wang Shu smiled when he heard this and said: "I was going to be polite to you and tell you that the water of the Ganges River is also very clean."
"But when the words came to my mouth, I really couldn't speak. "
Tabu felt happy when he heard this, and said deliberately: "Actually, the water in the Ganges is quite clean. "
"Tabu, are you serious?" Wang Shu was speechless.
The Ganges River water is known as the periodic table of elements, and there are everything in it.
That is to say, Indians can take a bath and even drink water in it without any care.
Any normal person would be disgusted and intolerable.
“Haha.” Tabu laughed happily when he saw this.
After finishing laughing, he added: "The water in your Yangtze River is indeed cleaner than the water in the Ganges."
In fact, the water in the Yangtze River in the Jiangcheng area is very turbid, and inland cities will discharge dirty water into the river. , not clean either.
It can only be said that there is no harm without comparison.
Compared with the Ganges River in India, the water of the Yangtze River in the Jiangcheng section is naturally hundreds of times cleaner.
It is undeniable that Jiangcheng has a sewage purification plant. The sewage will be filtered before being discharged into the Yangtze River.
It's just that in theory, but in practice there are a lot of secret rows and other rows.
In addition, the sewage from the surrounding small cities basically flows directly into the tributaries and into the Yangtze River, so there is a lot of dirt in it.
If nothing else, in cities like Shenzhen City, there are many factories that secretly discharge industrial sewage into rivers at night, let alone inland cities like Jiangcheng.
For example, Venice, a foreign water city, clearly has a sewage treatment system built into the city.
As a result, some people still illegally discharged water, turning the water city into a smelly city.
Wang Shu asked curiously: "Tabu, I heard that many people in your country have drank Ganges water? Have you drank it?"
"No." Tabu answered after hearing this question.
Seeing that Wang Shu was still curious, he then added, "I don't know if others drink, but I don't drink anyway."
"In daily life, I usually drink It’s imported pure water.”
Wang Shu nodded when he heard this.
He knew that poor people in India drank Ganges water.
Furthermore, poor people in India generally do not have the right to be cremated by the Ganges River after death, and because of their beliefs, they will throw the dead into the Ganges water and then drink the Ganges water.
Faith is important, and so is the holy water of the Ganges.
Want them all.
As for the rich people in India, these people are highly educated and it is impossible not to know that the Ganges water is the periodic table of elements.
What Wang Shu is curious about is whether rich people in India would want to taste the Ganges water because of their faith, even though they know that it is part of the periodic table of elements.
Now it seems that rich people are more concerned about their own health problems and do not drink Ganges water.
He also knows a thing or two about the fact that rich Indians drink imported purified water.
Therefore, Tabu said that she drinks imported pure water, not to show off, but to tell the truth.
After Tabu finished speaking, he then said with a smile: "Shu, do you want to drink Ganges water?"
"If you want, next time you go to India, I will take you there to fill the bottle with water."
"No!" Wang Shu said with a look of resistance.
He is a normal person, he will not abuse himself or eat without suffering.
If you are shooting videos and generating traffic, take a sip for this.
But he doesn’t have to. He doesn’t have to eat hard.
"Haha." Tabu laughed happily when he saw Wang Shu's resistance.
In the blink of an eye, the afternoon was over and the two of them had dinner together again.
During dinner, Tabu drank some wine.
Then
Wang Shu has been rejecting the other party righteously, but Tabu is too proactive.
In addition, when he came to China, he was the host and Tabu was the guest.
As a host, you can never neglect your guests.
In desperation, I can only sacrifice myself.
Actually, Wang Shu knew in his heart that Tabu took such initiative simply because he was the youngest Oscar-winning director in history, and because he had a good impression of him after getting along with him, he took the initiative.
No matter how you say it, Tabu is a well-known first-line actress in India. Even if Wang Shu is the youngest Oscar-winning director in history, she will not take the initiative if the relationship is average.
And if they are familiar with each other, have a good impression, and think that if the relationship goes further, they will be favored by Wang Shu, etc.
Several factors add up to take the initiative.
Big-name actors all have status and status, and they usually maintain a posture.
Only third- and fourth-tier young actors would stick to a big director without saying a word.
Big-name actors need to see the benefits before they take action.
(End of this chapter)