That year, Andy Lau launched the "Asian New Star Director" program, selecting 6 young directors throughout Asia and investing money to make movies for them.
Andy Lau's partner found Ning Hao and said that he would invest 5 million yuan and play freely if he wanted to shoot anything.
At that time, Ning Hao had two other choices in his hands, one was that Jiao Xiongping of Taiwan wanted to cooperate with him, and the other was that a fund project in France wanted to find him to make a film.
Among the three choices, Andy Lau gave the least money, but the highest degree of freedom, and Ning Hao chose Andy Lau for this.
Later, the news came from the investor side that to cut the investment, only 3 million films could be made, and Ning Hao quickly signed a contract and rushed to Chongqing to start up.
Huang Bo graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, and because of his excellent performance, the school gave him a rare place to stay in school.
At the same time, Ning Hao sent an invitation to Huang Bo to give him a "male number five", filmed in Chongqing. After huang Bo inquired about it, he learned that the director was an unknown newcomer.
After reading the script, Huang Bo chose to make a movie, and did not talk about any conditions, and immediately left.
Ning Hao once wanted to invite Xiao Tao Hong to play Brother Dao's girlfriend, so he sent her an email invitation.
At that time, Xiao Taohong shared a mailbox with Xu Zheng, she did not read the script, Xu Zheng read it, this book made Xu Zheng's eyes light up, and he introduced himself to Ning Haomao.
At this time, the protagonists have been decided, and there are some supporting roles left, but Xu Zheng still insists on wanting to star, so he rushes to this story.
When Wang Xun returned home after the performance, it was already 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and when he went to the toilet, he received a call from the head of the troupe, saying that a movie invested by Andy Lau had seen him and would go to the interview tomorrow.
At that time, Wang Xun was still quite puzzled, Andy Lau's investment could look at himself, and he went with suspicion.
When it came to the interview, Wang Xun was stunned, the place was particularly small, there were more than a dozen people inside, the director looked very young, holding a very small DV in his hand: to start the audition.
Seeing this face, Wang Xun was somewhat dissatisfied, and then auditioned with an irritable face. What I didn't expect was that this just fit the character, so I fixed Wang Xun.
When it came time to officially shoot the scene, Ning Hao said: "Teacher Wang, don't add any performance, just the best state of the last audition." ”
Director Ning Hao's male protagonist for "Crazy Stone" is Guo Tao, and when he was ready to sign a contract, the producer informed Sun Honglei that he wanted to act, and Sun Honglei was very famous at that time.
Ning Hao and Guo Tao could not open their mouths on this matter, and the producer went to say it. Guo Tao was not angry, even if it was, there was a chance to cooperate again.
Sun Honglei told Ning Hao here, money does not need to be discussed, you definitely have no money here, I am here to help you, there is only one request, you wait for me for two months.
Ning Hao couldn't wait so long, everything was ready, just wait for the actors to join the group and start shooting.
Ning Hao told Sun Honglei that he could not wait for the opportunity to cooperate again in the future, and then called Guo Tao, the ticket was booked, you come to perform.
Three days before the start, the lead actor Guo Tao was the last to enter the group.
After Liu Hua got the script, he liked the story too much, read it again in one breath, immediately started from the first word, and read it again.
Liu Hua and Ning Hao admired him very much after cooperating, although Ning Hao was young, but he had a lot of ideas, looking for actors must find actors who don't look like actors (those who have watched the movie should understand).
All actors must enter the group in advance, set the shape, sit together collectively and read the script, talk about one scene after another, talk about one line after another, read it a second time, and finish the second time after reading it.
Between shooting, Ning Hao let the three brothers of "Dao Brother", "Black Skin" and "Xiao Jun" walk around in costumes, and the three really became good brothers.
The investment of 3 million yuan is very tight, and the actor's remuneration is pitiful.
The male protagonist Guo Tao is 100,000, the "Dao Brother" Liu Hua is 25,000, and the "black skin" Huang Bo is 10,000.
Xu Zheng did not ask for money.
Ning Hao's own directorial salary of 100,000 yuan was also put into the film.
Remember the scene where the van crashed into a BMW?
Because the crew was poor, that scene had to be passed on one side, and there was no chance to shoot a second time.
At first, he found an old Mercedes-Benz, and Ning Hao felt that it was too old to match the plot, and later went to the repair shop to rent this BMW.
Fortunately, the scene has been repeated.
When the car was returned, the owner of the repair shop was not happy, saying that the car had been hit too hard to add money.
In the preparatory stage, the script was first sent to the host Wang Han, because the filming location of the film was in Chongqing, and Wang Han's Chongqing dialect was very authentic.
Unfortunately, he was going to host "Super Girl" at that time, and he had to broadcast it live every week, and there were some other programs to host, and he couldn't leave at all.
When the crew found Lin Yilun, there was only one role undecided, that is, "International Thief Mike".
Do you know why Yilun Lin did not participate?