My idol is myself

Chapter 162 Generosity 【Ask for a monthly ticket】

Under the pure night sky, the small courtyard of the Mushroom House is very lively. Everyone is eating barbecue and singing songs, enjoying themselves happily, but the happy time is always short, and the night gradually deepens.

The next day, Xu Wenruo woke up from Qiao Shan's thunderous snoring. He didn't know when he fell asleep, and he didn't know when he woke up. There was thunder.

Xu Wenruo could only helplessly get up, before he could wake up Zhang Yi and Peng Peng, the two of them sat up slowly as if they had heard the movement.

The three of them looked at each other for a second, and then they laughed in agreement, because everyone had big dark circles under their eyes, it seemed that they didn't have a good rest yesterday.

After getting up and washing up, everyone gathered in the open space of the small courtyard in a tacit understanding. Even though Xu Wenruo was about to leave, he still did not forget the habit of doing Tai Chi together in the morning.

But this morning, besides Xu Wenruo, Yang Zi also got up early with Zifeng. After seeing everyone practicing Tai Chi, she also showed a very interested look, so she followed Zifeng's sister and learned every move. So, it seems that Mushroom House is about to become a Tai Chi training base.

Originally, the morning in the Mushroom House was very quiet, but it was different with the addition of Yang Zi. Her mouth could not stop chattering, which made the originally deserted morning lively.

After Xu Wenruo had Teacher Huang's farewell breakfast, he left the Mushroom House. He had to travel two hours to reach Jiangcheng, and then set off from Jiangcheng to Langya. It would take seven or eight hours until Xu Wenruo arrived at Langya. By that time, it was already dark.

Xu Wenruo met Qi Yue, whom she had not seen for a long time, at the film and television base. After sending Xu Wenruo to the mushroom house after the New Year, she quickly came to Langya and urged the film and television base to build quickly so as not to delay the filming progress of Xu Wenruo's next drama.

"You are really a workaholic, you don't give me any rest time."

The first thing Xu Wenruo said when she saw Qi Yue was to complain, but Qi Yue, who knew Xu Wenruo well, had a disapproving expression. She knew that no matter how Xu Wenruo complained, as long as it was a job assigned to Xu Wenruo, then Xu Wenruo would definitely complete it with heart.

Fortunately, Teacher Huang didn't know much about this, otherwise Xu Wenruo's life in Mushroom House would have been difficult. Qi Yue led the way, and Xu Wenruo followed.

Due to frequent filming in film and television bases, Xu Wenruo also bought some real estate in the previous villa area, and bought it very early. At that time, the film and television base here had not yet been developed. Xu Wenruo originally just bought it to live in. Unexpectedly After the passenger flow of the film and television base exploded, Xu Wenruo made a fortune in the villa he bought.

The life of the rich is indeed so unpretentious and boring.

"Hey, go and rest for the night first, and go to the set tomorrow, don't say I've been abusing you."

After sending Xu Wenruo into a villa, Qi Yue looked at Xu Wenruo with a smile on her face. Even though her face was full of smiles, Xu Wenruo could see a trace of unhappiness in her eyes.

Obviously Xu Wenruo's complaint just now made her angry, but Qi Yue is a woman with superb acting skills. She is very talented. No matter her expression and tone are impeccable, she even speaks with a gun.

"Then I can thank you."

But Xu Wenruo is not a good quarrel either, so he chooses to reply directly. Xu Da Onmyoji hasn't been provoked like this for a long time, woman, I hope you don't regret it!
"You're welcome, this is what I should do. After all, workaholics have to rest, don't they?"

After not seeing each other for a few days, Xu Wenruo didn't expect that Qi Yue was good at skills. It seemed that she had accumulated a lot of anger recently in dealing with interpersonal interactions in Fengqi Studio, otherwise she wouldn't be so angry.

Hearing what Qi Yue said, Xu Wenruo felt that he had used his trump card, and he opened the door of the villa, pretending to be an invitation.

"Should the workaholic come in and rest?"

If Xu Wenruo used this trick before, Qi Yue would definitely be defeated in an instant, but this time it was a bit unexpected, Qi Yue actually made an abnormal move.

"Okay!"

Qi Yue agreed wholeheartedly, and then walked into the villa, leaving Xu Wenruo at the door with a dumbfounded look, something was wrong, why didn't he play his cards according to the routine.

Xu Wenruo closed the door, walked to Qi Yue who was sitting on the sofa in the living room, and then chose to sit down. Xu Wenruo looked at Qi Yue in surprise.

"What are you looking at, don't you recognize me?"

"Are you really Qi Yue? You're not possessed by anyone else, are you?"

Qi Yue rolled her eyes, glared at Xu Wenruo, then leaned back and chose to lie down on the sofa, looking a little tired.

Seeing Qi Yue's appearance, Xu Wenruo was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood why Qi Yue's words were so angry.

"Don't be so anxious, the work is endless, now is not the time to race against time."

"I don't know why, but I'm just very anxious. Even though the last movie has achieved such great results, I still don't know what to do."

Qi Yue still had her eyes closed, but Xu Wenruo could tell from her demeanor what she was afraid of. It might be that the shadow of her childhood had deeply traumatized her psychologically, which affected her current emotions.

Even though Xu Wenruo and Qi Yue had defeated Hua Yi and her mother head-on, in Qi Yue's heart, the image of that woman was still very strong, which made Qi Yue unable to stop at all, not only to urge With Xu Wenruo working, even she herself is too busy all day long.

In this regard, Xu Wenruo really didn't know how to comfort her. Perhaps continuous victories are the most useful medicine. After repeated successes give Qi Yue confidence, all problems will be solved easily.

But before Xu Wenruo opened his mouth, Qi Yue seemed to fall asleep again. I don't know if it was because he was more at ease by Xu Wenruo's side. Qi Yue slept very soundly, but the weather in early spring was still very cold. If he slept on the sofa in the living room , Qi Yue was appointed to go to the hospital the next day.

So Xu Wenruo shook Qi Yue's shoulders and forced her to wake up. Qi Yue who opened his eyes was still in a daze. Xu Wenruo could only support her with one hand and sent Qi Yue into the guest room.

Early the next morning, Xu Wenruo, who had developed good habits, got up at the same time. After he finished washing and exercising, he saw Qi Yue coming out of the guest room. Compared with yesterday, Qi Yue this morning seemed to be Feeling a little embarrassed, I simply greeted Xu Wenruo, and then entered the guest room again.

Seeing this, Xu Wenruo smiled and didn't say anything. Instead, he went back to the room and took out the computer, and began to perfect the script of the movie that he had written before. In fact, Xu Wenruo had already started preparing for the next movie.

When recording a variety show before, Xu Wenruo had the idea of ​​filming "Westward Journey". However, Xu Wenruo didn't know if he had the ability at that time. Secondly, he had no foundation in the film industry at the time, so he chose to film "The Tricky Expert" first. Test the waters.

Let's see if the current audience can accept this kind of nonsensical movie. If it is possible, start filming "A Chinese Journey to the West". You must know that in the original world, this movie did not achieve the corresponding box office due to publicity problems. As a result, it was only later that it aroused great repercussions on the Internet, and it became a classic movie.

Of course Xu Wenruo didn't want to repeat the same mistakes, so he chose to shoot a movie first to ask for directions, but obviously, the effect of "The Tricky Expert" is very good, so Xu Wenruo can also be confident and bold to shoot this time.

"A Chinese Journey to the West" is different from the low-budget "Tricky Expert". This is a large-scale costume drama. If you want to ensure the quality, whether it is the service or the post-production special effects, the cost is not small. number.

In addition, Xu Wenruo has to invite many well-known actors to participate in the performance this time, which is also a considerable expense. For example, Meng Da, who has already been confirmed to participate in the performance, Xu Wenruo cannot treat him badly.

Even if Xu Wenruo had favored him for promotion before, but as far as the matter is concerned, Xu Wenruo has to pay the appearance fee according to the rules. Xu Wenruo's rule is to pay 20.00% higher than the market price. After all, Xu Wenruo's filming method is different from others. The main actors must be required to stay in the crew at all times, which can be regarded as compensation for them.

What's more, the plot of "Westward Journey" is very long, lasting nearly four hours, which is very scary. Under normal circumstances, the length of a movie will not exceed one and a half hours, and a two-hour movie is very long. From this you can imagine how terrifying it is to be close to four hours.

Moreover, it is not easy for the audience to stay in the movie theater for four hours. From [-] am to [-] am and from [-] pm to [-] pm, it takes half a day to watch a movie. A large number of audiences, even Xu Wenruo's die-hard fans, may hesitate when facing a movie that is nearly four hours long.

Therefore, it is very necessary to split it into two films and release it. Therefore, when Xu Wenruo pays the actors' remuneration at that time, he must also pay double. If he can't come out, he is a person with principles and bottom lines.

For example, when filming "Tomb Raiders", although it was filmed in one go, Xu Wenruo did not have enough funds to repay the actors at the time, so he chose to delay the repayment. When "Tomb Raiders" was released for one season, Xu Wenruo repaid the actors. Send a portion of the salary and a red envelope along with it.

Therefore, these actors still make money, so the actors who have worked with Xu Wenruo are full of praise for Xu Wenruo. How can such a generous director not be popular.

Xu Wenruo is not a stingy person, everyone earns money together, and sharing it is actually a kind of happiness, so Xu Wenruo gave double remuneration to the reason for filming "A Chinese Journey to the West", plus a 20.00% premium, this is also considered a sum Not a small number.

Xu Wenruo roughly estimated that the total investment in filming was about 5000 million. Xu Wenruo had very high standards for this film, whether it was service or special effects, they all required top-notch, so the cost was very high.

This is not counting the cost of publicity and release after the film. If you include that part of the budget, it is estimated that the total investment will exceed [-] million. This is a very large investment, and even Star News Films is hesitant. Not to follow up.

Although they made a lot of money with Xu Wenruo in the last movie, they are still a little hesitant to let them take risks with Xu Wenruo this time. After all, if they fail this time, almost all the money they earned before will be lost. Profit-seeking, don't like loss-making business, if you want to let capital risk, unless there is a very attractive income for them.

In fact, the main reason is that Xingxun Films is not very optimistic about Xu Wenruo's plan this time. After all, Xu Wenruo has made such a big step, and he will shoot two films together. The film market has never played like this before.

The normal operation is to shoot the first part of the movie and see how the audience responds. If the box office and response are good, then go to the second half. It will be cut off, so that part of the loss can be avoided.

It's just that under normal circumstances, due to various factors, the second half of the movie will fall far short of the expectations of the previous one, forming a situation where the end of the game will continue, and there is no coherence like a movie that is shot in one go.

This is also the reason why Xu Wenruo chose to film all five seasons of "Tomb Raiders Notes" at one time, in order to maintain the continuity of the series and allow the audience to sink into it better.

Just last year, after the third season of "Tomb Robbers" was released, this online drama was well received by many viewers because the plot, characters and even the style of the painting were completely inherited from the previous season, maintaining the quality of the series and allowing the audience to You can enter the pit with peace of mind and watch with confidence.

The success of "Tomb Raiders" made Xu Wenruo more firm in his ideas. Therefore, after hearing the news from Xingxun Pictures, Xu Wenruo decisively rejected their plan to make a film first and insisted on filming it in one go. After finishing all the plots, choose to show.

Xu Wenruo's resolute attitude and confidence made Star News Pictures very hesitant, and some people even bluntly said at the meeting that Xu Wenruo was drifting away, and did not recognize his own strength at all. His eyes were blinded by pride, and he did not consider the actual situation. If he chooses to act rashly, Xingxun Pictures will never go crazy with Xu Wenruo.

Faced with the opinions of the people below, Mr. Wang cannot deny that he has cooperated with Xu Wenruo before. Truly a talented man.

However, people who have actually met Xu Wenruo may be surprised. Xu Wenruo in life seems a little silent and low-key. Mr. Wang, who has read countless people, understands that under Xu Wenruo's silent appearance is an extremely proud heart, which is faintly revealed. A taste of the otherworldly.

(End of this chapter)