The matter of sponsoring Chen Peisi's film has just been concluded.
But because Chen Xiaoer was not strict with his words, the matter was leaked.
Soon, someone from another film crew came to Ning Weimin's door again, and a big boss came.
Which crew?
TV series "Journey to the West"!
People decades from now should have some idea of how difficult the filming process was for the 25-episode domestic "Journey to the West" that was inspired by Japan's poorly revised version of "Journey to the West."
With one cameraman and one camera, the shooting started in 1982 and was completed in 1988. The shooting took six years and cost 6 million.
During the filming period, director Yang Jie had been suffering from slow progress, casting controversy and financial constraints.
The crew was even reported to have used the company for personal gain, traveled around the country, and had their financial expenses scrutinized by their superiors.
But the crew really didn't spend a penny. After checking the accounts, even the people who checked the accounts were moved.
In fact, every expenditure made by the crew of "Journey to the West" during the filming period was well documented.
The entire crew, including the director and main actors, has been living a rough life of traveling and traveling through mountains and rivers.
Because the standard fee for each meal per person is only 50 cents, I often rely on steamed buns and pickles as my working meal.
Most of the money is spent on costumes and props.
For example, there are no drones these days, and the most difficult things to photograph are the sky and clouds.
For some key shots, in order to achieve a sense of realism, you have to ask the Air Force to use an aircraft to shoot them. What you want to shoot must be discussed with the aircraft pilot in advance.
It's fine if it's sunny, but if it's cloudy and it rains, wouldn't it be a waste?
Therefore, when the crew was at its lowest point, it was once faced with the situation of disbanding due to the break in the financial chain for filming.
We had no choice but to rely on donations from the audience to keep filming going.
In the end, although the difficulty was overcome with a temporary loan from the Eleventh Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Railways, in the end, five episodes had to be deleted before it was finally finished.
Speaking of which, the crew really felt like they had gone to the West to obtain a Buddhist scripture, having gone through ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships.
But then again, slow work will lead to careful work.
In this era that emphasizes artistic dedication and has not yet been fully commercialized, the quality of this drama is really high.
The best proof is that when the top ten domestic TV series with the most replays were selected in the Internet era, "Journey to the West" became the top domestic TV series with a number of rebroadcasts of up to 3,000 times.
And even decades later, this TV series with crude technology and rudimentary props is still hailed as a classic.
In the hearts of the majority of viewers, it is recognized as more beautiful than any version of "Journey to the West".
What does this mean?
It shows that the performance and sincerity of actors can defeat the advancement of technology.
It shows that the hard work of the entire "Journey to the West" crew was not in vain, and the audience saw it in their eyes and felt it in their hearts.
It shows that film and television dramas that rely solely on three-dimensional special effects and the support of popular stars cannot fool the audience, so it is nonsense.
But it was such a good and popular TV series that attracted so many people, it just posed a problem for Ning Weimin. It was really hard for him to give him the money.
Yes, this TV series is really good and really popular.
However, the huge social impact and social attention it has caused are difficult to realize.
why?
Because this is a costume fantasy drama, which is completely different from Chen Peisi's urban comedy, there is no way to insert advertisements.
We can't have advertisements inserted into the film like future web dramas will do.
Let Monk Tang put on a suit and organize many gods, masters and disciples to have a dinner at Maxim's Restaurant?
If such an illegal advertisement is to be aired, Pierre Cardin Company should stop doing it. The audience will curse it to death.
So this is the reason why Director Yang Jie has been asking the crew members to initiate relationships and seek favors from various large companies, but they always fall for the weak and gain very little.
What's more, this era is not an era where business operations can be conducted rationally.
I won’t talk about the relevant restrictions of the policy. The key is the lack of copyright awareness and lack of protection methods.
It stands to reason that our four major masterpieces are ready-made four major IPs.
Although everyone can adapt famous works at will, TV series also have their own production copyrights.
Unfortunately, even the producers and producers didn't realize that this thing existed, and they allowed the TV series' theme songs to be sung and played as they pleased.
The crew truly believed that they were promoting traditional culture and it should be free for everyone.
Even if Ning Weimin is more capable, what is the practical significance of his willingness to sign an exclusive commercial cooperation agreement with the crew? No one cares about his rights at all.
Once something he does becomes popular, people are guaranteed to follow suit, but he hasn't been able to sue them yet.
Let’s not talk about whether it is useful or not. If he dares to assert his rights, he will be spitted to death by the common people.
"Journey to the West" is the cultural heritage of the whole nation, why does it belong to you alone? You are crazy about money!
Scum!HE,legs!......
No way, this is a limitation of the times and an ideological issue.
So how can I provide this sponsorship?
Whatever you give is what you throw away. Merely beating a dog with meat buns has no benefit at all.
After much deliberation, Ning Weimin could only make some sacrifices to contribute to this classic TV series.
He said he would give it 80,000 yuan and ask for acknowledgment at the end of the TV series.
But the deputy production director of the "Journey to the West" crew is still a bit pedantic, and it's hard to get rid of him.
He insisted on comparing "Journey to the West" with Chen Peisi's urban comedy, and talked about the differences in the difficulty and artistry of filming the two film and television dramas. He asked Ning Weimin to follow his love for the culture of "Journey to the West" and try his best to support the film and television adaptation of famous works and do more
Make a contribution.
He also told Ning Weimin about the original intention of filming this film, which is directly related to the issues of national, national and cultural dignity.
The height immediately rose, and Ning Weimin could not catch it.
I had to find an excuse to hide out, leaving the deputy director who was about to give a lecture in front of me.
The result was good. Although he hid at that time, he still provoked a foolish old man in this world.
This deputy director actually comes and waits every day, smiling every day, not afraid of showing off his face, and wishes he could follow him even when he goes to the toilet and squats.
It's just like what Liu Baorui said in his cross talk, Shanxi people want to settle accounts and then follow.
Ning Weimin was truly convinced from the bottom of his heart.
He looked at this person again. He was over forty years old and a dignified deputy production director.
It was really hard for him to beg for help to this extent.
As the old saying goes, it's convenient for you to deal with others, but you'll still have trouble dealing with them in the future.
Yes, as soon as his compassion moved, he opened a way for the other party to go.
"I said, Director, I admire your spirit. So I blame you all, I can give you another hundred thousand yuan. But this money is not paid by our company, but by me personally. We understand
He said, this drama of yours cannot be compared with others. Because the subject matter is special, for our company, investing money is really not helpful in publicity. After all, I am holding the company's bowl, and my responsibility is to consider the interests of the company.
.You can’t let the company take advantage of you just to help you..."
When I first heard that I was rich, the deputy director was a little embarrassed and was happy, and he said yes.
But when I heard the end, I couldn't help but be stunned.
With that surprised expression, it was obvious that he was a bit unable to react.
Probably thinking, if you don’t let your company be taken advantage of, why would you invest money yourself?
Ning Weimin did not allow him to ask questions and took the initiative to explain the following.
"Of course I don't give you this money for free. You have to sign a commercial licensing contract with me without time limit, and you have to agree that I can personally earn some money and use the various characters in the TV series in various fields.
It is for commercial purposes. And this contract cannot be trivial. It must be signed and sealed by the chief director of your crew and the leaders of the station."
This is what Ning Weimin thought in his heart.
Even if you accumulate virtue and do good deeds, you can't do business at a loss.
I have to hunt rabbits, so I need something, right?
Although there are no copyright and royalties issues now, they will be there in 20 to 30 years.
In view of the long-term validity of this drama, if this money is invested, some dividends will be recovered when the time comes, so it should be considered a good investment.
The only thing that needs to be warned is that the director seems to have a problem with keeping his word, so don't turn around and deny it.
Therefore, the contract must be signed more rigorously and be double insured.
The deputy director's knowledge was limited and he couldn't figure out Ning Weimin's thoughts, so he listened to someone who only half understood and half didn't understand.
But when you sign a contract, you get money. The total of 180,000 "alms" is enough to cover the cost of filming one episode. This is undoubtedly clear.
It is understandable that people sign contracts to make some money.
What's more, the situation is stronger than the person, and others are not interested in it.
So he was naturally full of promises, but there was something a bit difficult for the leaders in Taili to sign, but Director Yang was not around and was in Japan, so he might have to wait another week.
Ning Weimin was surprised. This seemed to be different from what he knew.
He asked, "Hey, is your crew short of funds? Why didn't Director Yang make a TV series and went to Japan? Are you really doing it for personal gain, as rumored by the outside world?"
The deputy director quickly explained, "No, you misunderstood. This is a political mission. Director Yang took several episodes of the film to Japan to participate in the 'Second International Television Art Exchange Exhibition'. Let the Japanese colleagues see what we use
"Journey to the West" produced under backward conditions is hundreds of times better than the one they had with abundant funds and advanced technology..."
Then, the deputy director started talking about the 1978 version of "Journey to the West" that was banned by national television in Japan. This meant that Director Yang was setting things right this time and using facts and results to rectify our traditional culture.
However, Ning Weimin was not very inspired. This was either because he had the attribute of being a Japanese or because he was completely indifferent to Japan's tampering with "Journey to the West".
On the contrary, the main reason is that he seemed to be touched in some way, as if he had grasped a line of thinking that could largely solve the funding problem of the "Journey to the West" crew.
He had no time to worry about anything else.
"Exhibition...exhibition...will..."
After murmuring to himself, suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and gained complete understanding.
Then he interrupted the deputy director's nagging and put forward a new cooperation proposal that the deputy director had never dreamed of.
"Hey, director, do you still have the props from the first few episodes? Are there any costumes that you can't use?"
"Yes, yes..." The deputy director was stunned, with a question mark almost popping up on his bald forehead.
"When you were filming, did you take any specific photos, did you leave any information or anything like that?"
"Yes, yes. Director Yang has notes, which are all difficulties that need to be solved during filming. Many actors also have the habit of writing diaries. Especially when they are in the wilderness, when actors have nothing to do, they will take photos as souvenirs."
"That's it. Do you think so, okay? Your crew will provide these things to me. On behalf of Pierre Cardin Company and the Temple of Heaven Park, I will sign a contract with you and we will jointly organize a themed exhibition for the crew of "Journey to the West".
Don't worry about funding, advertising, venues, personnel, how it works, just concentrate on shooting. That's all between me and the Temple of Heaven. Anyway, we charge extra tickets, and then the three companies will share the money. This may be able to solve part of your funds.
Question, it can also let the public know about your hard work and dedication. It can reduce the unreasonable suspicion from the outside world. If you are in a hurry to use money, we can even advance you 200,000..."
What a guy!
The deputy director was much more shocked than when he saw the woman playing Tang Monk in the Japanese "Journey to the West"!
But I have to say, it’s great!
How can you calm down your excitement?
So that night, Director Yang Jie, who had just electrocuted his Japanese colleague at the exchange meeting, received a long-distance call from the deputy director in China!
I was also shocked and experienced the electric shock addiction! It was absolutely refreshing.
It made her happy, so she told the deputy director on the phone at that time.
"You've done a great job with this. What I didn't say, I agree! Put away the props and costumes, prepare more information, and I'll sign the contract when I get back!"