This office area is about 200 square meters, with three cubicles.
Overflowing sunlight pours in from the windows on one side of the wall, making the whole room bright, warm and comfortable.
The air-conditioning from the central air conditioner is wafting and refreshing.
Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Zhao Jian, Huang Lei and others were sitting on opposite sides of a large desk in the hall. Liu Yi took out a stack of printed scripts from the safe and was sorting them out.
"Out of the total investment of 55 million yuan, your company invested 18 million yuan. How many shares does it hold?" Huang Lei asked.
"50%." Chu Xuan looked at him to the right and said.
Liu Yifei was stunned for a moment, and after a moment of mental calculation, she couldn't help but curiously asked: "Isn't 50% 27.5 million?"
Wu Qingyuan, who was sitting opposite, explained with a smile: "The introduced investors only contribute capital but not resources and channels, and the shareholding ratio cannot be calculated according to normal rules."
Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows and turned her head to look at Chu Xuan.
Chu Xuan nodded and said: "Brilliant Era does not need external channels and resources in terms of television."
Huang Lei smiled. This sounded arrogant, but it was also true.
Chu Xuan looked to the left at Liu Yifei and said: "For example, the company has publicity, marketing, public relations, TV production, TV channels, nationwide including Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia copyright sales and other channels, so there is no need for external resources and channels."
"But based on the star effect of our company, many investors are optimistic about our project and want to get a share of the pie. Firstly, Sister Hua wants to reduce risks and costs, and secondly, to make good deals with some big capital, so she needs to bring in some investors, but
We don’t need their resources and channels, so we need to reduce their shareholding.”
Liu Yifei nodded, ruffled the hair on her right ear, and said: "In other words, investment not only requires money, but also things that are conducive to the smooth development of the project. If these things are not paid or the company does not need them, they will occupy
The stock price must go down, otherwise don’t invest.”
"Yes." Huang Lei nodded.
"Your company's current TV projects are not short of investment. There are many people who want to invest. It can be said that you are very confident in this regard." He grinned.
Liu Yifei pursed her lips and smiled lightly.
"Mango Taiwan holds a normal proportion of shares, right? There's no overflow?" Huang Lei asked again.
"Normal ratio, 10 million invested." Chu Xuan nodded.
After hearing their conversation, Zhao Jian intervened at the right time: "Mango Channel has been trying to introduce our "The Condor" for a few months, but Sister Hua and Brother Zhang decided to let "The Condor" be on CCTV."
"At that time, the script of "Zhu Xian" began to be coordinated. Sister Hua happened to introduce "Zhu Xian" to the film purchasing director of Mango Channel. It had the lowest ratings of the similar TV series "Sword of Immortality" and also had a super marketing event of "The Condor"
Now, also out of trust in the company, in order to win the premiere rights of "Zhu Xian", Mango Channel directly invested 10 million after the "Zhu Xian" project was established some time ago."
Huang Lei and Wu Qingyuan were delighted when they heard this. Huang Lei said: "Mango Channel is not short of money, and the director of the channel is also very discerning. He discovered a good friend of mine, He Jiong, and strongly supported He Jiong to do "Happy".
Base Camp", now after so many years, it has become a trump card."
Zhang Jizhong walked to the window, opened it, lit a cigarette, and said: "The market positioning of "Zhu Xian" is for young people, and it is most suitable to be broadcast on Mango Channel."
Hearing this, Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Huang Lei and the others nodded slightly.
Zhang Jizhong added: "55 million, according to Jinhua's wishes, 35 million of which will be used for special effects."
Fumino stared, 35 million yuan for special effects? This seems a bit awesome. Big companies and big crews are different. Most TV series on the market don't cost that high.
Wu Qingyuan raised his eyebrows and raised the corners of his mouth, "Sister Hua told me this on the phone at that time, and I immediately agreed to be the assistant director of "Zhu Xian". The special effects of "Sword of Immortal" only cost over 10 million yuan, and the 35 million yuan
I’m looking forward to the final result of the special effects.”
Huang Lei glanced at Chu Xuan and said: ""Zhu Xian" has a lot of real-life shooting. Is the shooting cost of 20 million enough? Is your advertising sponsorship sufficient?"
"Advertising sponsorship?" Liu Yifei tilted her head to look at Chu Xuan, slightly curious and confused.
Chu Xuan looked at her and said: "The advertisements on the walls around the launch conference, the water and milk we drank on the set, the hotels we stayed in every place we stayed in, and the clothes we wore in public places were all...
Do you know?"
Liu Yifei nodded, "I know, it's all free."
Chu Xuan raised his lips slightly and said: "Not only is it free, they also have to pay the crew."
Liu Yifei glared and said in surprise: "Free drinks, free clothes, free accommodation, and you still want to give us money?"
Zhang Jizhong took a puff of cigarette, narrowed his eyes and smiled and said: "Because we helped them promote it, the greater the reputation of the crew, the higher the visibility, the higher the sponsorship fee. The total investment of "The Condor" is 50 million, and it has a popular nationwide marketing in the early stage.
The result is. If you include the sponsorship fees along the way, the total investment is 62 million, of which 12 million in sponsorship fees are used for daily expenses, covering the cost."
"It's still like this!" Liu Yifei seemed to have discovered a new world, she was surprised and smiling.
Chu Xuan, Zhao Jian, Huang Lei and others were slightly amused, and Liu Yi, who was sorting out the script, also felt some fun.
Zhang Jizhong grinned and said: "The marketing effect of "The Condor" is so good that it has such a high sponsorship fee. Sissi, do you know the benefits of early marketing of film and television dramas?"
Liu Yifei’s eyebrows were curved and she nodded repeatedly.
"It's enough for you to understand clearly. With Sister Hua here, we don't need to worry about this. We just need to do our own things." Chu Xuan said with a smile.
Liu Yifei tilted her head to look at him, nodded and said, "Yes."
Zhang Jizhong echoed: "Indeed, the easiest thing for me after joining Bright Times is that I don't have to worry about marketing and publicity. I used to think that my marketing ability was pretty good, but now I find that ten of me can't compare to Wang Jinhua alone."
Hearing this, everyone was delighted.
Huang Lei looked at Chu Xuan, tapped his forehead and said: "Then your sponsorship is quite impressive. You can get 12 million yuan in sponsorship, and you can eat, drink, live and travel for free all the way. This is awesome."
Chu Xuan smiled.
Zhang Jizhong pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray and came over and said: "It's Mr. Meng, the shareholder of the company. Jinhua has brought in a great person. He has not only domestic sponsorship resources, but also sponsorship resources in Southeast Asia. Whenever a crew accepts a
He gets a commission from every sponsorship through his channels, and Mr. Meng is just making money on his own."
Zhao Jian looked at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei and said: "Although there is sponsorship, the two producers, please lower the actors' remuneration and give me more filming funds. As the old saying goes, a bulging wallet means a heart.
There is a bottom."
Liu Yifei bit her lower lip and blinked cutely.
Chu Xuan made a warm expression on his face, and looked at her with mutual amusement.
Huang Lei and Wu Qingyuan felt interesting and glanced at them.
"Here, get the script." Liu Yi compiled eight sets of scripts and looked at everyone with a smile.
Nominal producer Zhang Jizhong, executive producers Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, chief director and executive director Zhao Jian, producer and performance director Huang Lei, on-site assistant director Wu Qingyuan, assistant director Wen Muye, plus himself as the chief screenwriter, the directing team
The main members are almost complete.
"I started coordinating the project in February this year and finished the script at the end of May. It took me four months and I am currently in the final step." Liu Yi said while handing out the script.
"When the company's project department was finalizing the first draft, they suggested to Sister Hua that "Zhu Xian" should be filmed in two parts. The first part will film Zhang Xiaofan's stage until Baguio's death, and the second film will film Gui Li. The first part has 50 episodes, and the second part will film Gui Li.
Part 2, 30 episodes." Liu Yidao.
"Why should a novel be shot like this?" Huang Lei took over the script.
"It's making money. Wouldn't it be possible to make more money by filming two parts?" Zhang Jizhong said.
"As for the project department, it's normal to make profits for the company, but as a TV person, filming like this will ruin the show." Zhao Jian shook his head.
"Absolutely!" Huang Lei nodded and agreed: "The complete story is divided into two parts, and the ending of the first part is not included. Isn't this a disease? The basic three-act structure has not been achieved, and it will be
The audience cursed me to death."
Liu Yifei blinked, approached Chu Xuan and asked in a low voice: "The beginning, process and ending are the basic components of the three-act structure. Don't the people in the company's project department know this?"
Chu Xuan smiled softly, "Maybe I know, maybe I don't know, but the people in the project department definitely know how to make money."
Liu Yifei pursed her lips and smiled, then straightened up and took the three categories of scripts Liu Yi gave her.
Hearing Huang Lei's complaints, Liu Yi said: "Sister Hua and I disagreed, and decided to film all of them in one episode, with a total of 65 episodes. But the current script situation is 75 episodes, and 10 episodes need to be deleted."
Everyone nodded.
Zhang Jizhong picked up the script and stood up and walked out, saying: "Then let's read the script first these days, try to come to the company every day, discuss with each other if we have ideas, and contact us by phone at any time. I'll go to Yu Min's place to take a look, you can do whatever you want. Old Liu, we
I haven’t even read the script, so go talk to our two producers and teachers about it.”
Hearing Zhang Jizhong's joke, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei raised their lips slightly.
With a smile in his eyes, Liu Yi walked over to Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei and guided: "You just need to read literary scripts for now. The shooting script and the storyboard are the director's workbooks. Leave them to Lao Zhao. Whether it is the shooting script
The storyboard scripts are all based on literary scripts. If there are changes to the literary scripts, the shooting script and storyboards will also need to be changed."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded.
A literary script is a complete story, equivalent to a simplified version of a novel, but divided into episodes, and the plot is divided into scenes according to the order and scene changes.
The individual character plot scripts that the literary script is finally divided into are also for the actors to read, and are also the prototype and basis for the final film and television drama.
Liu Yi opened the literary script of "Zhu Xian" and opened the story structure framework file for reference.
"You read the script based on the story structure and think about a question at the same time."
"From the beginning of Caomiao Village to the explosive point of Pu Zhi becoming possessed and killing Caomiao Village, is the rhythm of the plot tight? Should the rhythm of the plot after the explosive point be slowed down? Is there any unnecessary plot to fill it in? If you think there is, then delete it.
If you think you can add original plot to make this explosive point even more explosive, then add it."
"Similar problems continue, from the end of the first explosive point to the second explosive point of the Seven Meridians Contest, whether the plot rhythm is tight and whether it needs to be relaxed, etc. If you want to be a top producer, you must learn to control it quickly.
The tight and slow rhythm of the script can improve the quality of the script."
"If you think there is something wrong with the rhythm, after discussing with Lao Zhao and you have reached a consensus, then bring it up to me and I will hand it over to the screenwriter to correct it. This is a work process."
"Of course, you have to read the entire script before making any additions, deletions or changes. Otherwise, if you change the first part before you read the second part, the plot will not go smoothly."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded, and Wen Muye also listened carefully.
Zhao Jian, Huang Lei, and Wu Qingyuan looked at them and smiled slightly.
Huang Lei supported his head with his right hand and said: "This matter sounds simple, but it is not simple. Everyone's rhythm is different, and TV series are market-oriented. How to make the majority of the audience adapt to your rhythm?
It takes some work.”
"It won't work if the pace is too fast, and it won't work if the pace is too slow. But you are all actors who have filmed several costume dramas and have read literary scripts many times. You must have a basic literary rhythm of your own now.
"
Zhao Jian, Wu Qingyuan and Liu Yi nodded slightly.
Whether it's "Dragon" or "Sword of Immortal" or "The Condor", no matter how the filming is, the quality of the script is definitely up to standard.
As long as Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are familiar with the scripts of these three dramas, then they must have a foundation in their hearts and are not completely new producers.
"Don't worry, we'll be watching," Liu Yidao said.
Chu Xuan raised his eyebrows and said: "As Teacher Liu said, if I don't like the plot, I won't be polite. If I want to add something, I will just add it."
Liu Yifei covered her mouth and laughed, and everyone laughed dumbly.
Huang Lei patted Chu Xuan on the shoulder and said: "You are producers, don't be polite. Otherwise, if you are polite, maybe a good idea will be dusted, and the script will lack a shining point."
"That's the truth." Zhao Jian, Liu Yi, and Wu Qingyuan nodded in agreement.
Huang Lei squeezed Chu Xuan's arm, looked at Liu Yifei again, and said: "Not only do you have to think about the rhythm issue, but you also need to figure out one thing clearly, that is, for this type of drama, what are your thoughts and ideas?
What to express? Although TV series are made for the audience, but the TV series is about the inner world of the producer and director. If they present their inner world to the audience, and the audience still applauds, then this is art."
Wu Qingyuan clapped his hands, and Huang Lei's words made him happy. He said: "Teacher Huang's words deeply touched my heart."
Chu Xuan smiled and said, "You also won my heart."
Liu Yifei held her chin in her hands, "I am the same as Chu Xuan."
Liu Yi put his hands on the table, "I am the same as Sissi."
Zhao Jian crossed his arms and stood up, "I am the same as Lao Liu."
Huang Lei was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but smile, "What are you doing?"
Everyone burst into laughter, and the sudden burst of fun filled the atmosphere with joy.
Zhao Jian took a sip of water from the cup, looked at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei and said: "What is the immortal, what is the chivalrous person, and what is the immortal warrior in your hearts? You should read the script several times before talking about it. Then we will discuss these core issues.
"
"Okay." Liu Yifei shook her head and said playfully.
Chu Xuan nodded and started reading the script with Liu Yifei.
After the small talk, the office area gradually fell into silence. Under the sunshine and the air-conditioning blowing, there was only the rustling sound of turning pages.
The original work of "Zhu Xian" has more than one million words, and the scripts for the current 75 episodes have a lot of words, nearly 900,000 words, and each episode has about 15,000 words.
I want to read the script once, but it will take some time.
When you are immersed in the story world, time often passes quickly.
Time passed by an unknown amount, and Liu Yifei turned the pages for an unknown amount of time.
When she turned another page, her eyes were slightly dazed. When she looked up, she saw that the sun was about to set, and the sunlight slowly dissipated from the office area, making it a little dark.
"Brother Xuan, where are the teachers?" She took a look and saw that there was no one in the office except Chu Xuan and her.
"I left early." Chu Xuan closed the script.
"Go home." Chu Xuan stood up and walked to the door. After sitting there all afternoon, he still felt a little tired.
As he walked, he stretched and stretched his body.
The next moment, I heard from behind: "The Nine Heavens Mysterious Temple has turned into divine thunder, and the brilliant power of heaven has been drawn with the sword!"
He was poked in the back.
Chu Xuan couldn't help but laugh, and didn't look back. He shook his head in confusion.
"Witch."
Liu Yifei frowned, pursed her lips and smiled, then jumped on Chu Xuan's back and let him carry him for a while, and did not come down until she reached the door.
After opening the door, the two of them stepped out and walked home.