Superstars start as villains

Chapter 210 Martial Replacement.

As Zhou Xing expected, the shooting progress of "The Great Master" was extremely slow, and it can even be described as ridiculously slow. Zhang Ziyi said that the filming period of the original contract she signed was eight months, but so far the filming Half of the cycle has passed, and less than one-tenth of the progress has just been filmed.

If this had been a different director, the agency behind the actor would have gone crazy long ago, but who made this guy the king of sunglasses, so he could only smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

It’s the same when Zhou Xing joins the shoot. Every day, King of Sunglasses holds a page of paper with about twenty lines of words, and then only three or four lines can be photographed every day. Many times, the shots that Zhou Xing thinks are no problem, Sunglasses King will always take several times, and the most terrible thing is that he doesn't tell you why he needs to retake.

Once Zhou Xing asked curiously: "Director Wang, is there any problem with this lens?"

As a result, Sunglasses King replied: "Oh, there's no problem, it's pretty good."

Zhou Xing rolled his eyes secretly. It's good, but it's not good enough. However, he told the actors what's not good enough. You have to think for yourself. Of course, for actors, it's easier to improve their acting skills with such a director, unlike many The director directly tells you what kind of expression and mentality you should have at this time. When you habitually give up thinking, your acting skills will naturally be fixed.

Fortunately, the King of Sunglasses does not prohibit actors from asking for leave. After all, even if the actor has money, the people who eat with him can't afford it. Usually, some performances, endorsements, etc. can still be accepted. Of course, filming is definitely not allowed Yes, no actor has dared to play the King of Sunglasses yet.

Zhou Xing saw that the King of Sunglasses was in such a posture that he probably couldn't finish filming for a year, and he asked for leave halfway.

Sunglasses King joked: "Didn't you never accept commercial performances?"

Zhou Xing said unhappily: "Boss, I also have a large group of people to support."

After the beginning of the new year, "Zhixing Film and Television" also started its journey in 2012. Gao Qunshu and Anli can handle general affairs, but when it comes to the company's development direction, which determines the company's destiny, Zhou Xing naturally has to make a decision.

"Mr. Zhou, the box office share from the 33-day breakup last year has already arrived in the account, and the company still has a total of 2.3 million in its accounts. Except that the finance department needs to use 3000 million of it as the company's half-year maintenance fund according to the usual practice, the rest can be used as the company's maintenance funds for this year." Investment budget." Third-party financial report.

There was a commotion in the conference room. You must know that the company’s overall budget was only 5000 million last year, which also caused some projects to fail to start. This year’s budget of [-] million means that the company will have more projects to start, and it is qualified to hold this meeting Yes, they are all project producers led by the company, and each of them is gearing up to start more projects.

"Ahem, what are you making a fuss about? Look at the way you've never seen money before. You're not ashamed to throw it away!" Gao Qunshu cleared his throat and said angrily.

They are all young people and I don’t feel too embarrassed. They burst into laughter, but their eyes are full of fighting spirit. Generally, at their age, most of them are still getting seniority, let alone leading a team to do projects alone. Hard, not even qualified to lay hands on others.

The income of the production team of "Zhixing Film and Television" is directly linked to the project. For example, last year, the income of the three projects of "Du Lala's Promotion", "Gongsuo Xinyu" and "Broken Love 33 Days" was the highest. The wages that have been paid for several years are paid in real money, so how can everyone not play with their lives?

In fact, in many cases, young people are not unwilling to work, but to see who they are working for. Some bosses just draw big cakes for others. Are you ashamed to say that young people can't bear hardships?
Zhou Xing also half-jokingly said: "You don't want to spend all the company's money at the beginning of the year. What will you do in the second half of the year? Life is not enough?"

The crowd laughed again.

Zhou Xing said sternly again: "The budget can't run there, but whether you can get it and how much budget you can get depends on your ability. Last year, the company became famous, so this year's project review will only be stricter. , since we are going to do it, we have to make a high-quality one, and everyone should have seen that the benefits brought by a high-quality drama series are incomparable to ten mediocre dramas."

Glancing at the leading producers, all of them were high-spirited and obviously confident in themselves.

Gao Qunshu said: "Then report all your projects to Mr. Zhou."

"Mr. Zhou, the first project of our team this year is the sequel of [Gongsuo Xinyu]"

"Our group's project is [Let's Get Married]."

Zhou Xing has actually seen the general situation of these projects, and secretly laughed in his heart. These guys really know that the company is rich, and they all started to make large-scale productions. [Gongsuo Xinyu] is nothing, Yuan Shanshan is a female No. [-], the company will not lose money no matter what.

[Let's get married] The project team will directly invite the two most popular TV actors at present, and the salary of these two people alone will be more than 3000 million.

Of course, this is also a normal phenomenon in the TV drama industry. Often, the remuneration of popular stars will account for half of the production cost of the entire TV series, or even more.

Four projects were approved, but Zhou Xing was actually not satisfied: "The screenwriter team has to take on the responsibility of creation, you are the source of creation, don't spend all day researching what the audience likes to watch on the market and just copy what, then the project team should What you are doing, if you really have no inspiration, you can adapt some novels, the company has purchased so many copyrights of novels, it is not to be put in the copyright library to eat ashes."

Zhou Xing's criticism of the screenwriter team is actually aggrieved, because all the company's profits are based on the project's ability to make money. Seeing that the project team is popular and hot, they will naturally think about how to cater to the market and make their own money. The script can be favored by more reliable project teams.

But after hearing what the boss said, the screenwriter team really opened up their minds. In fact, no one is willing to copy those old mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dramas. Adapting novels is indeed a good way.

After the meeting ended, Gao Qunshu did not leave, but handed a document to Zhou Xing: "Do you still have an impression of Xu Zheng?"

Zhou Xing nodded: "I had a relationship with [Crazy Stone] before." He picked up the file curiously, and saw that it was a project report with a part of the script attached.

After reading the beginning of the script, how should I put it, the script is a bit cheesy, but many jokes in it are very down-to-earth, and the project budget is only 3000 million, so this book should not be a loss.

Zhou Xing asked curiously: "How did Xu Zheng come to our place to solicit investment?"

Gao Qunshu shrugged: "He originally wanted Huayi to invest, but he felt that his book was too vulgar, and Xu Zheng wanted to be the director himself and participate in the share, so it didn't work out."

No wonder, as an actor, Xu Zheng has performed well in both TV dramas and movies so far. However, you must know that he is only 40 years old this year, and he has no experience as a movie director before. 3000 million is not considered to be Huayi. What, but which company's money is not blown by the wind.

The reason why Huayi rejected Xu Zheng was not because the script was tacky, but because they were not optimistic about Xu Zheng's ability. After all, the era of famous directors has not yet come to an end. In the perception of the Wang family brothers, not just anyone can be a director of.

"This project can be done, but Xu Zheng's personal share ratio should be kept as low as possible. Not everyone is willing to throw tens of millions to play with him." Zhou Xingdao.

Gao Qunshu nodded: "Understood, I'll talk to him right away."

After they finished talking, Anli said to Zhou Xing: "Originally, I planned to make Wang Zhi the second Michelle Yeoh, but you also know that there are too few kung fu movies now, aren't you making "The Great Master"? Are there any?" Fits her role."

Zhou Xing smiled wryly: "Sister Anli, you really think highly of me. That's where the King of Sunglasses is. My face isn't big enough to put people in his crew, right?"

"Ask, anyway, I won't lose a piece of meat."

You definitely can't call to ask about this kind of thing, it seems too disrespectful, Zhou Xing is going to go back to the production team and bring it up to the King of Sunglasses.

After dealing with the company's affairs, Zhou Xing returned home. After two months away from home, the little guy stopped kissing him. The ten-month-old little guy can already crawl around, using both hands and feet. Tong Lia, a bad woman, often The little guy threw it to the other side of the bed, and then lured him on the other side, and when the little guy finally climbed to the destination, she ran to the other side.

The little guy was so tired that his saliva was left behind, and finally wept impatiently, Zhou Xing hurriedly hugged his son in his arms to comfort him.

"Stinky boy, you know how to find a backer." Tong Lia grabbed the little guy's face.

Finally the little guy stopped crying and impatiently stayed in Zhou Xing's arms. Zhou's mother took it over with distress: "Haohao is coming to grandma soon, ignore them two big villains."

The little guy’s name is Zhou Hao, which was chosen by Zhou Xing. At the beginning, he scratched his head and thought about it for many days, but he was not satisfied in the end. In the end, he had to look in the dictionary.

In this regard, Tong Liya disliked it more than once, saying that it would be better for her to get it, and she would be "punished" by Zhou Xing every time. Naming a child is a sacred mission of a father.

After one or two months of separation, Xiao Biesheng was newlywed, and Zhou Xing suddenly understood why it was said that a woman's aunt was a stumbling block before marriage and a savior after marriage.

Exhausted, Tong Lia lay on Zhou Xing's body, panting heavily: "We may have to hire a nanny. Our mother told me to go home for a while. If it really doesn't work, I'll ask my mother to help take care of it." a period of time."

Zhou Xing thought about it too. The climate in the north is completely different from that in the south. If Zhou's mother didn't feel sorry for her grandson, she would have wanted to go back, not to mention that Zhou's father and grandson are also in Guangdong Province.

"Farewell, my dad is still taken care of by my elder brother and sister-in-law. If our mother comes, our dad can't eat the cafeteria every day alone at home, right? Don't worry, I will get it done as soon as possible."

Tong Lia was quite satisfied with Zhou Xing's answer, she rubbed against his chest like a lazy kitten, and then gradually fell asleep.

In 2012, the domestic service in Beijing has formed a certain scale, but it is not so easy to find suitable nannies. In the past, I only heard that employers choose nannies, but during the interview, I found that nannies are actually also choosing employers. Child, turn around and leave.

Of course, Tong Lia is also very picky, the nanny can't be too aggressive, her explanation for this is: looks come from the heart.

Zhou Xing rolled his eyes for a while. In fact, in TV dramas, the old actors with fierce faces are often very kind in reality. For example: Nanny Rong?
In the end, the one who is suitable for both parties is a Bashu girl. The four brothers and sisters in the family have a heavy burden. They have come to the capital to work in their teens. It has been more than ten years. They are not beautiful, but they are gentle. , the little guy didn't seem to resist her at all, and he didn't cry when he hugged her for the first time.

The little girl was very diligent, and she was busy tidying up as soon as she got home, and Zhou's mother couldn't stop her, but Lu Yao knew that Ma Ma could see people's hearts for a long time, and whether she could work for a long time would depend on her performance in the future.

Zhou's mother decided to stay at home for another month to inspect the little girl. She was afraid that she would not be able to work for a long time, and she left without her grandson, so she was worried.

After staying at home for a week, Zhou Xing went to the crew to report.

Sunglass King's efficiency is still very slow. During Zhou Xing's time, the progress of the crew is not enough for other crews to take a day or two of roles.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Sunglasses King's work is useless. On the contrary, he is very careful in filming, and has stricter requirements for cameras and actors.

Literary dramas are actually easy to handle, but it’s very troublesome when it’s the turn of martial arts. Yuan Baye has been in contact with all kinds of directors, and he is blinded when he meets the king of sunglasses. Sometimes he has no idea what kind of action he wants.

The same is true for actors, when it is inevitable to get injured in a fight scene, the king of sunglasses slapped him for a long time: "Crack." Then he directly overturned the fight scene and started again.

Zhang Ziyi has also acted in many martial arts films, but in fact she still has a certain foundation, and has practiced Baguazhang for a long time, but many movements still cannot meet the requirements of the King of Sunglasses.

Martial arts is different from Sanda, and you can see results after one or two years of practice. Martial arts is also called Kung Fu. Kung Fu is developed by time.

Zhang Ziyi was actually unwilling to use a double at first. After all, he suffered so much, but in the end his success fell short.

"Get on the substitute."

Zhou Xing suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Director Wang, I have an actor who has practiced martial arts since childhood, and her skills are pretty good. Can you give her a chance?"

Sunglasses King subconsciously looked at Yuan Baye, Yuan Baye looked at Zhou Xing, and then nodded.

"Then let her try it, but I may not be able to use it when it comes." Sunglass King said and left.

Yuan Baye patted Zhou Xing's shoulder and left without saying anything.

It was Zhou Xing's consideration for Wang Zhi to be the martial substitute. There are not many outstanding female supporting roles in "The Great Master". As a martial artist, Zhang Ziyi will be a martial artist, and if he makes his debut in the future, it will bring huge traffic.

(End of this chapter)