Chapter five hundred and ninety-three: I chose the ugliest Nezha
After finishing this department, director Jiaozi went to another department. From special effects to every scene, he knew everything by heart, and he opened his mouth to understand the difficult and overcoming points.
"Everyone, if you keep persisting, I will give you bonuses after the project is completed. You have survived the most difficult period. Now you are not short of money and the conditions are better. There is no reason for it to be harder than before!"
The director comforted and motivated the staff from time to time, and directly increased the money without any false talk.
The staff who worked for Shen Gongbao ran away last year. The reason was that the salary was low and they worked overtime every day. It was really unbearable. At that time, funds were tight, and everyone was really working out of love.
"Where is Director Yang busy?" Fang Jing saw that no one answered him even though he had been standing there for a long time, so he went directly to the director of Dumplings.
Dumpling is his nickname, his real name is Yang Yu. He is born in the 1980s. Like most middle-aged men, his hair is a bit bald and his hairline has dropped so much that he had to trim his hair.
"Mr. Fang, why do you have time to come here? Sit down quickly. Sit down wherever you want." It was rare to see Fang Jing, the legendary figure of the company, the dragon, but Dumpling was very enthusiastic.
Three months after joining the company, this was the first time he met Fang Jing in person.
Pulling up a chair and sitting down, Fang Jing said casually: "You are very busy here, why are there so many people?"
"This is still quite small. Counting outsourcing company personnel and post-production, the total adds up to more than 1,600 people."
"The scene is quite big, so many people are needed?"
"There is no way! We can do it just by relying on us, but it will take a long time and everyone may have emotional problems. It is better to outsource some simple tasks to other companies, and the main body is in our hands."
"It's not just simple work, right?" Fang Jing half-smiled, "I just heard that you also outsource some difficult projects."
"Haha, I really can't hide it from Fang Jing's ears."
After pouring a glass of water for Fang Jing, Yang Yu sat across from him, his smile faded, and he said in a deep voice: "Although we do Nezha, the staff are not Nezha. They don't have three heads and six arms, and they know everything."
"It saves time to outsource simple tasks to other companies, and it also saves time to outsource hard-core tasks to other companies. As long as we control the main aspects, that's fine."
"This is similar to an assembly line. Each person has a work station. Finally, it is assembled by us and it is a complete movie."
"The assembly line workers are not important, the important thing is the people who assemble it at the end."
Yang Yu simply outsourced everything to Fang Jing in one sentence. If you want you to do anything, swallow it.
"But it consumes a lot of money. I heard that your monthly minimum is 10 million. The finance department complained to me, and some department leaders were also dissatisfied."
"It's only been a few months, Mr. Fang. Do you need more than 30 million for three months?" Yang Yu jumped to his feet, spitting, "The reason why we spent less in doing this in the past was because everyone relied on dreams to support us. Many people stopped working.
I haven’t complained about my salary for several months.”
"Take me for example. At that time, I didn't go home for half a year. I slept in the studio every day. I didn't ask for a penny. I sold my house and borrowed more than 300,000 yuan in foreign debt."
"Now, thanks to you for not giving up, you bought Nezha and are willing to continue to use us, giving us a group of people a living, but there are some expenses that we really can't help..."
Hearing the loud noise here, others put down their work and looked over.
Fang Jing's head was buzzing, he picked his ears and said, "I have no objection to good steel being used on blades, but today you have to give me a number, how much it will cost, and how much time it will take to finish it."
Nezha is a good film, there is no doubt that it took three years and an investment of 70 million to complete.
Although Fang Jing has a lot of money, he is not stupid. In addition to the 70 million for the buyout, he has already spent 30 million. His mental budget is about 150 million in total.
If the number of dumplings exceeds this number, you will have to change teams.
"Not including the cost of publicity and distribution, it's still 57 million. It may be more, but the difference shouldn't be huge." After thinking for a while, Yang Yu replied to Fang Jing.
"If we have time, it can be completed before the end of this year. If Mr. Fang wants to release it on New Year's Day, everyone can work overtime to make it happen. However, I suggest that it should be placed during the Spring Festival. There is plenty of time to polish it carefully."
"Okay, I'll give you the money!" Fang Jing stood up, "If it exceeds the budget by then, you can either pay the extra money yourself or leave."
The ownership of Nezha was bought and Yang Yu was fired. If the team were to change the project, it would be released without his name.
After several years of hard work, Fang Jing believed that Yang Yu would not want to end up in that situation.
"Don't worry, Mr. Fang, the extra money will be mine. It will only be less, not more." Yang Yu's eyes were hot and he beat his chest loudly.
Every time the box office exceeds 100 million, he will be given a 1 million bonus. This is what the company promised when poaching him.
Therefore, he also wants to sell well at the box office.
"Mr. Fang, we have a problem now. I have drawn more than a hundred pictures of Nezha's character, but to no avail. Please take a look and try to decide on one."
Taking Yang Yu's picture, Fang Jing looked at it for five minutes and chose the ugliest one, Nezha, with a pair of dark circles under his eyes and sharp teeth.
This is exactly the same as in the previous life.
As soon as Fang Jing left, Yang Yuyu shouted to his assistant, "Bring back the few projects that were outsourced yesterday and we can do them ourselves!"
Considering that the Nanjing family has a huge business, his previous approach was indeed a bit rich. In fact, there were some tasks that they could do themselves, and they outsourced them for ease and convenience.
Only then did Fang Jing come to warn him.
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Fang Jing went downstairs and saw people from the actor training class lining up to get on a bus, led by Zhang Yi.
"Brother Zhang, the chicken feathers are finished? Congratulations."
If Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky had not been completed, Zhang Yi would not have appeared here.
"Fang Jing! Well, the filming was completed last week, and you didn't even say a word when you came back. Let's get together. We haven't seen each other for half a year."
"A lot of rubbish, busy!" Fang Jing smiled, looked at the group of them and said, "Where are you going?"
"If we take them to the company's film and television base to work as part-timers for a few days, they won't learn much even if they study in class every day."
"That's okay! Practice more and feel it will be beneficial in the future, so I won't delay you. See you later."
"See you later!"
Watching the bus go away, Fang Jing turned back and squinted at the company building. Fang Jing was relieved, this was his world!
In the early days, Nanjing was supported by him alone, and behind him there were backbones such as Yang Chaoyue, Wang Xiaomin, Zhang Zhijian, Li Jianyi, and Zhang Mingen.
Now the latest batch of new blood has begun to come in. In two or three years, these people will have grown up, and Nanjing will be able to survive without him.
It’s not impossible for a company to rely on one leading artist to support itself. The current Sugar Man Film and Television is supported by Hu Ge, and Yang Mi’s Jiahang is supported by her alone.
But such a company cannot last long, no one can be famous for a generation, and there will always be downturns.
Otherwise, there is no need for Fang Jing to take all the effort to bring Zhang Mingen and Yang Zi to the show and write songs for Yang Chaoyue and Wang Xiaomin to train them.
As long as the company's head artist is strong, has strong middle power and a steady stream of fresh blood, the company will last forever.