Chapter 422 Preheating
"School drama?"
"Didn't you hear that it was a robot fight? Why is it a school drama again?"
"I don't understand, it's a campus robot fighting drama... To be honest, if the screenwriter had been replaced by another person, I would have classified it as a bad movie."
"Anyway, I believe Teacher Jing Yu. He has been innovating and never stopped... There is nothing to say. He cannot create bad dramas. But it just depends on how good the works are."
"But seriously, do the looks of celebrities remain the same? I remember that when I was 24 years old, Teacher Jing Yu collaborated with Yu Youqing on the work Tomorrow. Now they are both 28, and their looks are better.
There are no changes. Tomorrow I was playing a college student, and now I play a middle school student, and there is no sense of dissonance at all."
"Maybe the makeup artist is awesome!"
"It's not all the fault of the makeup artist. I saw Mr. Jing Yu during his three-month fan meeting in Imperial City. He basically didn't wear makeup and went out without makeup. He is so handsome and looks so young...
.It can only be said that God not only gave him talent and good looks, but also gave him a face that will not be eroded by time."
"I'm envious... I'm different. After staying up all night and getting up the next morning, my skin will look like I'm ten years older..."
"And Xia Yining, she is really great at playing such a cold and beautiful girl, her temperament is perfect!"
"It has been two or three years since these three people appeared in the same drama again. The last time was probably in Initial D."
"Forget it, none of these three people played lovers in Initial D. And when it comes to Initial D, I still can't let go of Natsuki. It's my nightmare. After watching that drama, I no longer believe in love."
"I hope Teacher Jing Yu can work on it quickly. What is this drama called Neon Genesis Evangelion? It has been rumored in the film and television circles for several weeks. So far, the names and costume photos of the three protagonists have been revealed to us viewers.
...I can’t accept it!”
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After Blue Star Film and Television Culture Company opened the Neon Genesis Evangelion work page on its official website, it also launched the first wave of publicity for this work.
According to estimates, the special effects production cost of Neon Genesis Evangelion alone may be over 200 million. Of course, such initial estimates generally do not include figures, and the special effects are not very profound.
In Jing Yu's previous life, a movie like Avatar could cost more than a billion for special effects, but a typical Hollywood blockbuster might cost only a few hundred million. Even some movies that everyone thinks have good visuals actually only cost one or two million for special effects.
This mainly depends on your pursuit of details and quality. To put it bluntly, it depends on whether the creator has obsessive-compulsive disorder. You want to deduct some details that the audience cannot see at all. Only you, as a director, can see the details.
.....The cost will naturally be high.
But even so, judging from the experience of making Fate Zero, it will definitely be super super in the later stage.
In terms of actors' remuneration, Jing Yu, Xia Yining and Yu Youqing are themselves shareholders of Blue Star Film and Television Culture Company. The only difference is that the other two only have one or two percentage points of shares. In order not to cause too much confusion, they should be based on the market price.
The pay was offered, although to Jing Yu, it was nothing more than the difference between his left hand and his right hand.
And in this regard...the three of them only received less than 40 million yuan in salary. Jing Yu alone paid more than 20 million yuan, and Yu Youqing and Xia Yining each paid 8 to 9 million yuan. It can be said that they are quite similar.
Compared to the current reputations of the three of them, this is already a very low price.
Then add in the crew's other expenses for filming...
Why is it said that the total investment of this drama is more than 300 million, and it will most likely exceed 400 million.
As a TV series with only a dozen episodes, it can be said that its production specifications are definitely based on the standards of high-profile movies in the film industry.
After all, those movies claim to have an investment of 100 million, but in fact 30 to 40% of the cost is used for personnel expenses, and the remaining 50 to 60% of the investment is for post-production special effects, equipment, and venue rental costs.
When Jing Yu produced this drama, he controlled the cost of the leading actors to less than 20%. It seems that the relationship between the total duration of the drama and the amount of investment is average, but in fact... the money is basically spent on
On the blade.
Of course, it is relevant, but once the investment budget was revealed to the industry, it naturally shocked a lot of people in the industry.
In the past few days, the entire industry has been discussing this work.
"This is the self-confidence of a genius screenwriter! It's impossible for me to invest anyway, so what's a few hundred million? Just invest in it."
"I think the greater confidence comes from the fact that even if he pounces, it doesn't matter... Look how long it took him to go from becoming famous in Lan Province to becoming one of the top screenwriters in the country today. It only took five years.
Time, five years, more than ten or twenty works, I am afraid the money earned has exceeded ten figures... Even if it is a total loss, there is no choice but to spend another five years slowly accumulating wealth... He just
It’s less than twenty-nine, what are you worried about?”
"Yes, we are different. We work as screenwriters on a TV station and will probably earn less than 20 million in a lifetime. How can we be like him, who can make whatever drama he wants."
"So what I'm most angry about are the viewers in Dazhou, who always mock our TV station writers for not being innovative. I want to be innovative. Do you think the TV station executives will give it to me? Two years ago, I created a drama with a dog as the protagonist, and I just wrote it.
I was killed by the senior management and asked to write a script for a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law drama... Sigh."
"In the entire Da Zhou screenwriting industry, I feel like there is really no one who is more chic than Jing Yu. He started his own company and attacked the six major TV stations... I feel that he is just too young. If he is already a
An old man in his 70s or 80s has enough qualifications. I’m afraid no one would dare to compete with him as the number one living screenwriter in the world of Da Zhou..."
"But people don't care about those false reputations... Otherwise, if his dramas are broadcast on the three major TV stations and set the ratings record in the TV drama industry, it would be just a joke. You see, he has been cooperating with Yunteng, although
The ratings have always been held back by Yunteng TV, but it makes so much money! Yunteng has worked hard to earn fame and ratings, and the commercial profits generated by his dramas are all in the hands of his own company."
"I have a feeling that if his Neon Genesis Evangelion grows so much this time, I'm afraid its final influence in the industry will be no less than that of Fate Zero!"
"To be honest, Destiny Zero is already an exaggeration. It exceeds Destiny Zero... I can't imagine..."
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In late April, the focus of industry insiders and audiences was focused on Neon Genesis Evangelion. At the same time, the broadcast of Winner is Justice gradually stabilized.
By the beginning of May, the ratings for Winner is Justice had risen to 8.7% and basically stopped growing.
As for Natsume's Book of Friends, it ushered in a second wave of discussion after the release of the sixth episode.
After all, it has been updated to the sixth episode, which can be regarded as having a certain length and capacity. At this time, it is easiest to attract passerby viewers.
Then by the time the sixth episode of Natsume's Book of Friends was released, the average paid views of this work on Qingyun.com exceeded 10 million.
Qingyun.com also contacted Jingyu specifically for this purpose and organized a series of activities to allow free viewing for a limited time.
After all, the reason why many people didn’t get into Natsume was just because the dramas were charged, but after Qingyun.com made a wave of single-day limited-time free...
Once again, it attracted a lot of passersby to follow the drama, so the time has arrived in late May....
In terms of the popularity index of film and television dramas compiled by major websites during the Great Week...
For the first time, Natsume's Book of Friends overtook Winner is Justice and ranked first in the popularity of the entire summer film and television series.
Chapter completed!