"The Battle of Red Cliffs" Mopu PS version. John Woo spent two years, raising 75 million US dollars (equivalent to 600 million yuan) to direct "The Battle of Red Cliffs", which set a new record for the highest investment in Chinese films. Tony Leung's salary was 78 million yuan according to Hollywood-style pay scale, Takeshi Kaneshiro's was 8 million, Zhang Zhen's 1.5 million, Zhang Fengyi's 1 million, Zhao Wei's 0.8 million, Hu Jun's 0.8 million, and Lin Zhiling's 0.5 million. Adding other actors' salaries, the total remuneration for the entire cast approached 1 billion yuan.