Bu Tao knew Fengxiang Film and Television's determination this time.
The total budget of the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy reached an astonishing 500 million.
This has created a super record in the history of Chinese films.
Not to mention ordinary police and gangster movies, even some movies that claim to have hired Hollywood to produce special effects, the investment cost is not that much.
Of course, 500 million is for three movies, not one.
But for such a plot-based movie, each one costs almost 170 million, which is still very high.
The main expenditure must be on the actors' salary.
Except for the first film, which only has three actor-level actors, the other two films feature five actor-level actors.
Even if there are protagonists and supporting actors among them, the salary will definitely not be just a few million.
Generally speaking, the actors who play Han Chen and Superintendent Huang will appear in the three films of the two best actors. Although many of them are acted in the form of memories, as long as they act, they have to be paid.
After three movies, at least the two of them will get 30 million.
The two most important movie kings, Chen Yongren and Liu Jianming, played the roles of teenagers in the first film. About 5 million was enough, but for the second film, they had to pay at least 20 million, and for the third film, they had to pay 10 million.
In addition, there are Ni Yongxiao and Mary from the first part, Yang Xin'er and Mary from the second and third parts, and Yang Jinrong from the third part... Which one of these is less than 10 million
When an actor's salary for a movie can reach an astonishing 70, 80, or even hundreds of millions, the pressure on a director can be imagined.
Generally speaking, when actors are paid more, there will be less funds for the production of movies and TV series, which will greatly affect the quality of movies and TV series and turn them into bad movies.
But if you don't have big stars joining in, the audience won't even be interested in going to the cinema.
So it's a dilemma.
Now Fengxiang Film and Television has not put Bu Tao in trouble.
The total budget of 500 million is enough for him to make any combination and selection without making the film's cost exceed the standard.
Moreover, the two teachers, Lu Xiaofeng and Chu Liuxiang, did not have any restrictions on the box office of the movie. They just asked him to make a good script and make it exciting.
Bu Tao is really grateful to meet such a boss.
So he read the script at home for two months before finally starting to form a crew and inviting actors to audition.
In order to prevent him from suppressing the situation, Shen Huan even came over in person.
How much support is this
Bu Tao secretly vowed that he must make this movie well, not for anything else, but for their trust in him. He must be serious and serious, even if he offends those actor-level actors, he will not hesitate.
"Director, Teacher Lu, the first teacher Fei Qingyang is here!" There was a knock on the door, and an assistant announced.
"Okay, come right away."
Bu Tao stood up and smiled at Shen Huan: "Obviously I'm auditioning for someone else, why do I feel like I'm in an examination room?"
"That's because you value this movie very much and don't want it to be poorly done." Shen Huan also stood up and walked outside, "Fei Qingyang is a very good actor, let's take a look at his performance first!"
"good!"
Bu Tao took a deep breath and went to a nearby room with Shen Huan.
The room is about 20 square meters in size. In addition to a few chairs, there is also a camera working.
This is in preparation for the extras.
If an actor is not selected, these scenes about him will be deleted.
Standing in the room is the tall and handsome actor Fei Qingyang, who is also Shen Huan's friend. Shen Huan even wrote a song "Thank you for your love" for him before, and it is now ranked No. 1 on all single sales charts. One of them!
Seeing the two people coming in, Fei Qingyang smiled and said, "Hello, Director Bu, hello, Teacher Lu!"
"Teacher Fei, you're welcome."
Bu Tao shook hands with him and sat down. "Your assistant only gave him half an hour. How about we start?"
"Don't worry about them, these people are so arrogant all day long." Fei Qingyang waved his hand, "If it doesn't work for half an hour, then one hour, if one hour doesn't work, then two hours. Anyway, I'm going to spend my time here today, let the two Until you are satisfied!”
His slightly rogue words made Shen Huan couldn't help but smile, "Brother Yang, don't say harsh words yet. If you go out in ten minutes, I'll see what you will do!"
"Tch, is that possible?" Fei Qingyang glanced at Shen Huan.
Immediately, the assistant next to him handed him a script with lines.
Buto Tao explained while he was watching: "Teacher Fei, please perform this scene. If you don't understand anything, you can ask us."
"good!"
Fei Qingyang sat down and started reading seriously.
The lines in the script given to him by his assistant also included a description of Senior Inspector Liu Jianming's character traits and his true identity.
Although there are less than 100 words in total, Fei Qingyang read it very carefully.
He closed his eyes as he watched.
Then he opened his eyes again and continued looking.
After about ten minutes, he stood up.
Fei Qingyang first walked around the room twice, and then started walking seriously. In this way, his whole momentum came out.
When he stood at attention, Fei Qingyang began to perform.
Before he spoke, there was a hint of haze, a hint of desire and a hint of fear in his eyes.
"Give me a chance!" Fei Qingyang looked into the air with a trembling voice: "I want to be a good person."
As he spoke, Fei Qingyang held his hands tightly, as if he wanted to seize the slightest opportunity.
If you look carefully, you can also see that Fei Qingyang's eyes are slightly red, which is obviously a sign of emotion.
It took a full minute for his tense state to completely relax.
"good!"
Bu Tao couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "Teacher Fei, you performed very well!"
Fei Qingyang smiled, "What do you think, Teacher Lu?"
Shen Huan kept recalling the performances of Hua Tsai and Fei Qingyang in his heart, and found that he couldn't tell who was better.
However, Andy's acting skills have never been the best. This also shows that Fei Qingyang is indeed the weakest among the six movie kings.
But he and Hua Tsai have another thing in common, that is, they are both very handsome. At first glance, they look like positive characters, upright and awe-inspiring, which is much better than a villain like Ma Xing.
It’s not like Ma Xing never played bad guys when he was young. It stands to reason that he can still handle the role of Han Chen.
The reason why Ma Xing was not invited this time is because of his face. Nowadays, audiences across the country want to laugh when they see it, so there is no way to let him play the role of Han Chen.
On the contrary, a person with a fierce face like Yan Yu is very suitable to play Han Chen.
So even though Yan Yu was still filming "Yue Yu 2", Shen Huan borrowed him for a day.
Take your thoughts back.
Shen Huan also gave Fei Qingyang a thumbs up, "I also think your performance is very good, Brother Yang, and you fit the character very well!"
For the role of Liu Jianming, it would be better to find a better actor, but if you really can't find one, then Fei Qingyang is more than enough.
At least Fei Qingyang's performance was quite satisfactory, definitely not bad.
This is equivalent to giving Liu Jianming a guarantee.
Fei Qingyang was very happy after hearing Shen Huan's praise.
Because Shen Huan's approval usually represents Teacher Chu Liuxiang's approval.
Although Fei Qingyang has not seen the complete script, it may be that Mr. Chu Liuxiang chose the actors with such a big fanfare. Is it a mistake
It must be a big movie!
When he was happy, he chatted with Shen Huan for a few more words and then left.
There are still many movie stars waiting outside to prepare for auditions, so he can't take up too much time.
Fei Qingyang is well-known in the circle for being a good person. Of course he understands these details!