Zou Wenhuai agreed to Ye Jin's request.

On the one hand, being a producer can control the shooting cost of "The Legend of the Condor".

Although Zou Wenhuai personally promised Ye Jin that he had a budget of HK$3 million for filming. However, the lower the cost of filming, the better. The cheaper the price, the better the price. It is the wish of every boss.

On the one hand, being a producer can also control the rhythm of filming.

With Jiahe's current situation, the earlier the drama "The Gods' Beat" is released, the better. If Ye Jin learned from Hu Jinyi when filming, a movie would be filmed for one or two years, then Jiahe would be in a miserable state.

"Mr. Zou, this time I cooperate with you, you should teach me more." Ye Jin said to Zou Wenhuai with a smile.

"Of course there is no problem." Zou Wenhuai nodded.

...

After confirming that he would be a producer with Zou Wenhuai, Ye Jin then talked to him about the budget for "The Legend of the Slayer".

The budget for a movie is usually divided into actor pay, behind-the-scenes pay, equipment cost, film cost, landscape cost, props and clothing cost, post-production cost, etc.

How many actors, photographers, lighting artists, makeup artists, films, props, and costumes are needed for a movie... These can be estimated in advance.

Just like building a building, there will be budgeters estimating the cost of a house.

Of course, the estimate is not 100% accurate. For example, when "Titanic" started filming, James Cameron repeatedly asked Fox to add additional funds, forcing Fox's boss to almost jump off the building.

Michael Simino, who has directed "The Deer Hunter" and won the Oscar for Best Director, directed the western film "Gate of Heaven". The original budget was 7.5 million US dollars, but one-third of the shot was filmed, and the budget was already spent.

Lianmei had to add budgets. After layers of additional funds, the final cost of the movie was as high as 35 million US dollars. After its release, the box office was only 4 million US dollars, which made Lianmei lose and declared bankruptcy directly and was acquired by MGM.

After this crushing defeat, major Hollywood film companies have strengthened restrictions on director's power and canceled the final editing rights of most directors.

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"Mr. Ye, your salary is tentatively set at 700,000 Hong Kong dollars, how about it?" Zou Wenhuai smiled at Ye Jin.

Now with the box office of "Drunk Boxing" exceeding HK$5 million, Ye Jin's pay has also risen again, and now it has reached HK$700,000. This number is higher than the shooting cost of most movies in Hong Kong.

But Ye Jin is worth this price. If he can really ask him, he will spend another 500,000 yuan to make a movie. As long as the box office exceeds 3 million Hong Kong dollars, the film merchants will make a profit. If it exceeds 5 million Hong Kong dollars, the film merchants will make a profit.

Therefore, even for HK$700,000, these film merchants are flocking to him.

"No need to do this, my salary is set at 600,000 Hong Kong dollars." Ye Jin waved his hand and smiled, "But I hope Qingxia's salary can be increased to 100,000 Hong Kong dollars."

Lin Qingxia's actual pay is basically around HK$30,000. This is a popular star at Xiaoshi Pictures. For example, Shi Wei, Jing Li, Hu Feng, etc., it is basically at this price.

Now Ye Jin wants to help her raise 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is really very high. Mao Mom, Miao Keyan, and Shangguan Lingfeng, who are the leading actresses of Jiahe, do not have such a high salary.

However, Ye Jin sacrificed his own interests to help Lin Qingxia win.

After thinking a little, Zou Wenhuai nodded, "Yes."

"I don't think I have to play the role of Master. Just find an actor who knows kung fu and can film movies." Ye Jin suggested again.

Because Yuan Xiaowei starred in "The Snake-shaped Hand" and "Drunk Fist" achieved extremely high box office, so her pay is also soaring now.

Before filming "The Snake Shame", his salary was only 30,000 Hong Kong dollars. After filming "The Snake Shame Shame", it rose to 80,000 Hong Kong dollars. Now the box office of "Drunk Boxing" has exceeded 5 million Hong Kong dollars, and his salary has also risen to 200,000 Hong Kong dollars.

This pay is what the old man deserves, and Ye Jin has nothing to say about it. However, the role of [Master] in "The Gods' Beat" is not very important. It would be a bit of a waste of money to ask Yuan Xiaowei to film it for 200,000 Hong Kong dollars.

As one of the film producers, Ye Jin also needs to control costs.

"What do you think of Lin Xue, who plays Huang Qiying in "Drunk Fist", when Zou Wenhuai heard this, nodded, and then recommended.

"I think it's OK." Ye Jin nodded.

Lin Xue is one of the most popular stars in the Cantonese film era. Like the Singapore-Master Shizui, Guan Dexing and others, she is also an opera actor and has good kung fu. She once tried to make somersaults and landed in the four-story high, which caused a sensation in the industry.

In the 1950s, he started making movies. When he was the most popular, he made more than 50 movies a year. After the decline of Cantonese films, he began to turn to supporting roles. Because of his superb acting skills, he played many small characters.

Ye Jin and he played the role of father and son in "Drunk Fist". Although they haven't worked together for a long time, Ye Jin still thinks he is very good, his acting skills are vivid and natural, and he also cares about the younger generation.

"Bully and the three main killers..." Ye Jin pondered for a moment, "Mr. Zou, do you have the right person?"

"How about the bully played by Fan Meisheng?" Zou Wenhuai recommended, "The three killers will be played by Feng Ke'an, Lin Zhengying and Hong Jin-bo."

Fan Meisheng debuted in filming in the 1960s and had a very high qualification. Unfortunately, because he was born with a bad person, he did not have the fate of being the protagonist. He mostly played roles such as reckless men and evil people.

However, Fan Meisheng has been practicing martial arts since he was a child and has a lot of kung fu, so he is highly valued by Bruce Lee and regards him as his younger brother. The two have a very close relationship.

Ye Jin thought for a moment and nodded, "I think the martial arts coach will be the one who will be the director."

"Sanmao's style doesn't seem to be very similar to Yuan Heping's. Can he do it?" Zou Wenhuai asked worriedly when he heard this.

The reason why Ye Jin's movies are so popular is that the humorous and humorous martial arts scenes is the most important selling point. This is also Yuan Heping's action design style.

Sammo Hung's action design style has always been hard bridge and hard horse real kung fu, and I'm afraid it's not suitable for the film "The Legend of the Condor".

"It should be possible." Ye Jin smiled and said, "The reason why my brother can integrate funny into martial arts is because he had studied opera for a while in the opera school, so he learned from the martial arts chou in opera.

As far as I know, Mr. Hong Jin-Bing has also been in the opera school and should be familiar with the martial arts industry. And I have also gained some experience. We two can compete with each other and make up for our weaknesses. "

"Okay." Zou Wenhuai nodded after hearing this.

If Sammo Hung can learn the design concept of Kung Fu, it will be a good thing for the company.
Chapter completed!