In Fan Zhe's plan, Du Zhengde is basically the first candidate for the director of "Master of Martial Arts: War".

They are almost as famous as they are old, they have cooperated with each other, and they know each other well...

After all, Du Zhengde is really good.

Of course, people are now in a state of pride, which is different from when they encountered a career trough, so the pay is definitely completely different.

However, it doesn't matter, as long as you don't go too far, Dimension Entertainment doesn't mind making money.

After breakfast, Fan Zhe and Ye Jiayi drove to the company together.

In the car, Fan Zhe said: "Director Du has had some initial contact and the feedback is pretty good. With enough money, they have basically confirmed the movie project "Master of Martial Arts: War". Of course, the specific treatment issues, contract negotiations, etc. must be discussed in detail later. At present, they are only in the stage of confirming their intentions."

"That's fine, when can the people on my side start to enter the negotiations?"

"It shouldn't be too long. I made an appointment with Du Zhengde this afternoon to talk about the content of the movie. If it's smoother, the formal negotiations will start in the next two days."

Vanzer paused and continued: "If Du Zhengde is sure to take over the work, then the crew can start to form in the past two days. Even now, our script has been completed."

"Okay, as long as the movie can be completed after the next part of "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts" is broadcast next year, and then it can be prepared to go online, that's fine."

“The problem shouldn’t be big.”

...

Fan Zhe worked hard in the company for a while in the morning, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, he met Du Zhengde in a teahouse.

"I thought you would come to me for a drink." Fan Zhe said. He still remembered that Du Zhengde was an alcoholic.

"Haha, but you don't like to drink much. You still have to consider the boss's attitude."

Although the two are quite a bit older, their personal relationship is not bad, and there are no major obstacles to chatting.

First, I talked about other things, and then talked about the main things.

During the previous many telephone conversations, Du Zhengde has basically agreed to accept the directorship duties of "Master of Martial Arts: War".

This is quite normal.

For Du Zhengde, first of all, he was able to get up so quickly when his career was in a trough period. Weidu Entertainment reached out to pull him and let him film "Fantasy Three Kingdoms", which must have played a crucial role.

This kind of favor will definitely be paid if you owe it in the circle.

What's more, that cooperation was quite pleasant, and after that, he also formed a good relationship with Fan Zhe.

This is a sensory factor, but the most important thing is the project itself.

Even if he owe a huge favor, Du Zhengde will definitely not shoot such garbage films or movies that are not suitable for him - he doesn't want to encounter another Waterloo when he is almost about to climb into the ranks of front-line directors.

In fact, with the success of "Fantasy Three Kingdoms" and "The Legend of Dragon and Tiger", he became very cautious when filming movies later, so in two or three years, he made a movie called "The Return of the Dragon", which is a crime action film with a modern background. His grades were not particularly outstanding, but at least it was normal. He failed to take him further, but it did not make his status fall any further.

If he can maintain this state and keep making some movies, as long as his level is acceptable and he can have a stable and good box office, then as he experiences more and more success, his status in the director circle will also increase with his qualifications and eventually enter the ranks of real front-line directors.

However, Du Zhengde, who has always been quite ambitious, doesn't like this slow pace.

If there is no other choice, then going step by step may be the kingly path. But if there are any choices, why don’t he directly direct a movie that has a big box office hit?

At present, "Master of Martial Arts: War" is a very high-quality choice.

First of all, the type of film is action film, which is the type Du Zhengde is good at; secondly, the investment amount of "Master of Martial Arts: War" is guaranteed to be more than 700 million yuan, which is almost equivalent to more than 100 million US dollars. This can be considered a big production when thrown into Hollywood; thirdly, this is a project of Dimension Entertainment. Du Zhengde must be well aware of their visual technology capabilities.

Moreover, this movie was derived from the IP "Master of Martial Arts". The original work itself is a relatively popular novel with a large reader foundation. After it was developed into a TV series, it was even more popular TV series this year, with a huge audience base.

These factors add up to the fact that the chance of failure of this movie is very small, and it can almost be considered a success.

The difference is just how successful it is.

To be honest, if Du Zhengde doesn’t take such a project, he is a fool.

Even if the pay is less, it must be followed. As long as the work is successful and the success is greater, he may be able to repay it with the power of this movie and get to the next level, at least gain a foothold in the ranks of front-line directors.

Today, when he met Fan Zhe, he was struggling with it not whether to take on this project, but to talk to the investor, boss, chief producer and chief artist about the work itself.

After drinking a round of tea, Du Zhengde said: "I have read the script, but I still think we have to talk about the specific content carefully."

"Yes." Fan Zhe put down the tea cup, but he couldn't drink this thing. Although it was very comfortable to drink the tea, he really couldn't drink the quality of the tea.

"You watched the drama "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts"?"

"I have read it, how could I not read your works? Even if I don't use them for learning, it's great to just look at them as a personal hobby, and I enjoy it."

"It's too much." Fan Zhe humbled and continued: "The story of the movie is told in the original work, but part of the movie was deleted in the TV script. Because this part is not particularly related to the main plot, and the shooting cost according to the original work is relatively high, we gave up when filming the drama. However, it's good to take it out alone and make a movie."

"The world of "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts" itself is a modern background, but there is a prosperous martial arts. Historical and political economy have been vaguely processed, telling the battle between martial artists."

"Under this world structure, in addition to a stable and harmonious society based on the domestic environment, there are also some war-torn environments abroad."

"The content of the movie is set in Southeast Asia, where there are warlords, the power of the unified government is insufficient, there is the power of warlords, and the market is war breaking out. This environment is also something that many warriors like. They rely on their own strength to gain benefits from it, and even some people, just to hone themselves, will come to such places for adventure."
Chapter completed!