So of the money collected now, Zhang Hong used 800,000 to support the running costs of the studio.
Then the remaining sum totals 23.5 million.
But this is still far short of the predicted budget of 100 million.
Zhang Hong raised his hand and knocked on the table: "Then the next question is how to reduce expenditures."
Then Lin Muqing sent everyone what he wrote yesterday.
"Let's brainstorm and see how to deal with this problem."
Luo Jun was happy: "This is easy to handle, Brother Hong, let me be the male lead! The female lead is Xue Ye! We don't need much money."
Bai Xueye also nodded in agreement.
It doesn't matter if you have money or not, the main thing is to become famous by following Brother Hong!
This has become the male and female protagonist of Brother Hong's TV series again, how can he be so cool!
You know how many actors out there are trying to get in touch with Hungola and play a major role in his drama, but unfortunately they can't get in touch.
Zhang Hong looked at the two of them and shook his head decisively: "Not good."
First of all, they are relatively well-known now, so it would be inappropriate for them to continue to be exploited as tools.
And the most important point is that these two people don't have the same appearance and temperament.
Luo Jun is very beautiful, but it's not good for her to play such a role.
He is still suitable for that kind of beauty, or it is in great contrast with his image.
This role is inappropriate.
Not to mention Bai Xueye.
Nearly 1.8 meters tall and handsome in appearance.
Although her figure is a bit apologetic, but...is this the fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl in the play who is so naive and innocent that she is a little dependent on others?
She is more suitable to play roles such as nobles or noble lords.
Or a strong woman like an empress.
If it were another film, that would be fine, but in this film... Zhang Hong has a bottom line.
"What should we do?" Lin Chuan changed from black and white to color, "How about I join? I think I have the talent to be an actor, and I'm not ugly either."
The meaning of this sentence has several connotations.
On the first level, you can continue to be an undercover agent and attack from the inside.
The second level is to give up undercover, act seriously, and work hard to make money on your own in order not to become a rich second generation in the future.
On the third level, he really feels that his acting skills are good...
After all, he is a man dancing on three eggs.
But Zhang Hong directly rejected him: "Ah Chuan, it's not that you can't do it, the main reason is that if you can do it, then why don't I take action myself? At least I have acted for a few days."
Lin Muqing's eyes lit up: "Then why don't you do it yourself? You don't have to pay for it."
Zhang Hong smiled casually: "Me? I..."
He originally wanted to say "I can't".
But then I thought about it... maybe it's actually possible?
And he also expanded his thinking.
If you can...then maybe you can find more actors this way!
And other things can be solved too!
"Okay, let's put this aside for now." Zhang Hong looked at Miss Lin, "Mu Qing, if I can get the venue and personnel, including explosives, for free, how much can the cost be reduced?"
"If venues, explosives, group performances, and all these can be free..." Lin Mu settled the account, "It can be done within 30 million. If you work hard, it may be less than 20 million."
Less than 15 million, but the premise is that the main actors’ salary will not be too high.”
Zhang Hong frowned and his brain was working hard.
After a while, he made a final decision: "Okay! Let's go according to this budget first! I'll figure out the rest in between!"
He already has an idea.
............
Zhang Hong once again set foot on the land of the capital.
This time it was still Sun Zheng who came to pick him up.
Taking Zhang Hong with them, they rushed to the roast duck restaurant.
Of course, it's not that brand.
When we arrived at the private room, Liu Yishou had indeed been waiting here for a long time.
As soon as Zhang Honggang arrived, he asked him to have two drinks first before talking: "Last time I didn't drink in Sichuan because I had something to do, so today I have to have two drinks for everything!"
Two pieces?
One is a wine bottle. Is this a Shibali bottle?
Zhang Hong's scalp was numb, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "Uncle Liu, please spare me, I haven't touched wine in many years."
He has never drank alcohol since he bought vw in his previous life.
But I didn't expect that I didn't end up in a restaurant, but ended up in the west because of fatigue driving.
"That's not possible. At most, we won't drink for free." Liu Yishou did not regard Zhang Hong as an outsider, "Xiaohong, you have to give Uncle Liu some face, right?"
Zhang Hong smiled bitterly.
Although I argue with people on the Internet every day, saying who asked me to drink, if I don’t drink, I won’t give you face, so what kind of face will I give you!
But when it came down to it, he couldn't refuse.
Maybe this is the difference between keyboard and reality.
Seeing Zhang Hong's acquiescence, Liu Yishou was overjoyed. He lowered his body and picked something up from under the table: "Let's open six bottles first!"
Zhang Hong looked at those glass bottles and was stunned: "Uncle Liu, this..."
Liu Yishou winked: "Why, fruit beer is not beer? Although there is no alcohol in it, but since it has beer in the name, just treat it as beer. I won't drink and drive."
Only then did Zhang Hong feel relieved and calm down.
After three rounds of "wine", all the ducks were eaten, and the three of them started talking about TV series.
"Xiaohong, your ratings are pretty good. Four episodes have been aired now, and the average ratings are almost 7."
Zhang Hong curled his lips and said, "That's not possible. It's not even 7. I thought the worst it could be was 10."
He had seen a lot in his previous life.
In entertainment, it’s no big deal if you make a TV show with less than 10 ratings.
The worst has to be 10, right?
As for Fuso, he had seen what he had said on Japanese entertainment in his previous life, and the popular dramas there were considered failures if their ratings did not reach 20.
Of course, this may also be the reason why the ones he read were from earlier eras.
But this also led to him being really dissatisfied after knowing the ratings of "Mobile Suit".
Think about it, Liu Yishou's "Blood Youth" invested 100 million and had an average ratings of 4.7.
Then my investment in "Mobile Suit" is ten times that of his, and I haven't even calculated the promotion and actors' remuneration. Even if the ratings are not ten times, why is it less than 7?
This is obviously unacceptable!
However, his very unprofessional words deeply hurt the two old comrades.
Liu Yishou was silent with the cup in his hand.
It was obvious that he was severely choked.
After a while, he asked quietly: "Old Sun, do you still remember the last time your ratings exceeded 7?"
Sun Zheng smiled bitterly: "Eighteen years ago."
"Yes, eighteen years ago, before the Internet exploded, the last time my ratings exceeded 7 was sixteen years ago." Liu Yishou put down his cup, "The only time my ratings exceeded 10, and the one I had was 23
Years ago.”
He looked at Zhang Hong with an expressionless expression: "Xiao Hong, can you be less pretentious when eating with us brothers? I'm a petty person, so be careful if I put on small shoes for you."
Zhang Hong: "Ah? No way. I thought it would be quite easy for a newcomer like me to achieve the ratings by just taking pictures."
He was overjoyed.
Then it seems that I, Zhang, am really talented.
This was stamped by Director Liu and Director Sun together!
Liu Yishou couldn't even drink the fruit beer.
He felt that his teeth were sore.
Look, is this really human language?
"Xiaohong, Uncle Liu, the soles of my feet are a little itchy. Can you massage my feet with your face?"
Zhang Hong also reacted and laughed endlessly.
But... I feel happy inside.
Sure enough, showing off is an innate and indispensable pursuit of human beings.
After smacking his lips, Sun Zheng calmed down and asked: "Xiaohong, can you tell me about the plot trend behind "Mobile Suit"?"
This is the mentality of a director.
This profession is just like writing. If you don't work hard to make progress, you will not stop moving forward, but will regress.
So when you see good works, you should work hard to learn the essence.
They can look at the graphics, special effects, editing, music, rhythm, etc. by themselves, but the plot is certainly not without merit.
Otherwise, why would so many Hollywood special effects blockbusters hit the streets every year?
Moreover, the two of them saw it from a director's perspective and didn't care about spoilers.
Zhang Hong thought for a while: "Actually, it's epoch-making special effects, and it also has a sense of pride and empathy."
He began to briefly talk about the plot behind it.
To put it simply, in Universal Era 0079, the World Freedom Alliance launched an undeclared war against the community of a shared future for mankind on Earth.
Among them, the commander of the vanguard team, the masked man driving the red Yousan, is named Xia Ya, who is the role played by Luo Yun.
In Zhang Hong's setting, he is the prince of the Great Empire.
But because the colonial satellite where Da Ying was located was annexed by the United States when he was young, he fled to other satellites.
There, he met Luo Ren, an extraterrestrial Chinese living there.
Well, it’s the protagonist played by Wang Chen.
Later, because of the call of the motherland, extraterrestrial Chinese scientists returned to the country one after another to serve the motherland.
This is how Luo Ren's father returned.
Luo Ren separated from Xia Ya here.
After that, Char lurked back to the American colonial satellite and joined the army under the pseudonym Char.
His ultimate goal is to overthrow the American Empire and take revenge.
So a few years later, it was the seventy-ninth year of the Universal Era.
When they invaded the Earth, two former comrades met on the guardian satellite in Earth's orbit.
But they didn't recognize each other.
Then the "Unicorn" piloted by Luo Ren, the carrier of the so-called long-legged "Archangel", fled to the earth.
The fleet of the World Free Alliance pursued and intercepted him.
After that, the war became more and more fierce, and the American commander became so ruthless that he directly smashed Australia's colonial satellite into the earth.
However, due to the desperate resistance of the Earth's military outside the atmosphere, the satellite deviated from its orbit and crashed directly into the Australian city on Earth that started with "西".
Later, the "Community of a Shared Future for Mankind" was defeated because of new weapons such as mobile suits and "Tianwen Particles".
The general who commanded the battle was also captured.
Because of limited resources, the World Freedom Alliance wants to force the Earth to sign an unequal treaty.
After that, the Archangel successfully landed on the earth, and the Unicorn also completed the show's first solo breakthrough of the atmosphere.
They brought the stable Tianwen particle controller back to the community of human destiny.
At the same time, the captured general also escaped back to Earth and gave a famous speech: "The World Freedom Alliance has no more soldiers to fight"!
As a result, the negotiations broke down and the two sides turned into a tug of war.
At the same time, the Community of Shared Future for Mankind, headed by China, also quickly developed more powerful mass-produced mobile suits to join the battlefield.
A few months later, the WLA was defeated.
Both sides entered into peace.
In the final battle, Luo Ren and Xia Ya both recognized each other, and then both sides crippled the other.
Char activated the self-destruction system, and the two machines disappeared into the universe together.
The two protagonists also disappeared together.
This is the main plot of the show.
Zhang Hong analyzed: "It's probably a sense of substitution and pride. On the Earth side, China is the leader, and their behavior is the same as ours. The World Free Alliance... understands everything. Then we fight
If you win, everyone will naturally feel happy."
Coupled with the special effects that are beyond the times, excellent music, editing, big scenes, and a not bad plot, it is normal to have such ratings in Zhang Hong's opinion.
Liu and Sun were thoughtful.
Indeed, it is a royal TV series.
The so-called kingly way means to crush everything head on.
Everything about me is better than yours, so I will naturally be stronger.
They have to go back and digest it, and then watch the TV series carefully.
"Xiaohong, what ratings are you satisfied with?"
"Maybe 10." Zhang Hong said with a smile, "If the ratings can't even reach 10 points, wouldn't it mean that I spent so much money on this drama in vain? And there is also a set of prime time bonuses from CCTV."
Liu Yishou, Sun Zheng: "..."
The average ratings of the second-placed TV series during the same period was 1.8%, and it also had a climax near the end.
In the end, you said you weren’t satisfied if it didn’t reach 10?
Seeing that the expressions of the two of them were not very good, Zhang Hong said aggrievedly: "You just told me when you asked me. I didn't want to say it in the first place. It doesn't matter."
Liu Yishou felt his head hurt.
He could hardly control his urge to hit someone.
Sun Zheng calmed down and then changed the subject: "Xiaohong, what do you want to do with us?"
It means that if nothing happens, you can get out.
Zhang Hong scratched his cheek.
The next moment, his expression returned to seriousness, and he looked at the two directors with burning eyes: "Uncle Liu, Uncle Sun, I need your help!"