Zuo Le did not complain too much to Gao Xinjian about the hardships of live shooting, and the two quickly got down to business.
"The Story of the Health Team" has been completed, and Xue Jun is keeping an eye on it in the later stages. Gao Xinjian is free to spare time, and Zuo Le plans to launch the second part of "Family with Children".
The script for the second part has been written, and it is still 50 episodes. However, unlike the first part, Zuo Le has almost no involvement in the specific creation of the script except for the initial outline of the setting. The entire script is completely written by Shang Qian.
I led the editorial department to complete it independently in the afternoon.
Of course, in order to attract the audience and reassure the platform, Zuo Le's name was still added to the screenwriter team who signed the script, but it was just not at the top of the list like in the first film.
This does not count as Zuo Le stealing the rights of his screenwriters. After all, it was Zuo Le who proposed the outline of "Family with Children".
Since the sequel script follows Zuo Le's outline, it is only natural that he should be signed by the screenwriter team.
In addition to being signed as a screenwriter, Zuo Le also had the title of producer in the second part of "Family with Children". The reason was not only similar to the screenwriter's signature, but also to help Gao Xinjian pressure the situation.
This time, in the second part of "A Family with Children", the starring cast is still the same as the original cast, and two more main characters have been added, namely the Dai family's father and daughter, the Xia family's new neighbors.
The daughter Dai Mingming is played by Shui Miaomiao. This girl is a newcomer and is not from a professional background. Her acting skills are somewhat lacking in practice. Zuo Le plans to let her do more dramas to gain experience.
Zuo Le originally planned to let Fan Min play the role of his father Dai Tiangao, but after thinking about the future project arrangements, he was afraid that Fan Min's schedule would not be available, so Zuo Le asked his old friend Bao Xiaoyong (shopkeeper Sun) to play the role.
In addition, there are some newly added permanent characters, such as Mouse's parents, Teacher Liu Xing, Liu Mei's colleagues, relatives, etc. Since there are not many roles, Zuo Le left it to Gao Xinjian to arrange them.
Afterwards, the two discussed the preliminary preparations for the second part of "Family with Children" in the office, as well as subsequent filming plans.
After all, it was Gao Xinjian's first time directing independently, and Zuo Le was still a little worried, so he gave more instructions. When Gao Xinjian gets more training in the future, he won't need to worry so much.
Except for some important matters in "Family with Children", Gao Xinjian is directly responsible for all other matters. Zuo Le only needs to look at the results of future works.
Good results, reward!
The emphasis on projects has increased, and the company has increased its resources.
If your grades are bad, you will be punished!
Reduce resources and see if there is room for recovery in the project. If not, cut the loss in half immediately.
Although Zuo Le has not been a boss for a long time, he has been involved in the system at Dongshantai Production Center for several years and has accumulated some experience in film and television production.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is still the same old way of doing business.
If the product is profitable, then invest more to make it bigger and stronger. If the product makes less profit or even loses money, then stop working and develop other projects.
Realistic and simple.
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Gao Xinjian went to work on the second part of "Family with Children", while Zuo Le focused on the post-production of "Seven Swords".
The post-production of "Seven Swords" currently focuses on three aspects: editing, soundtrack, and special effects production.
Let’s talk about editing first. In the past, Zuo Le filmed sitcoms. Because the scenes were simple, the editing requirements were not very high. As long as it basically conformed to the script and plot, post-production was easy.
But this time "Seven Swords" is different. There are a lot of fighting scenes and real-life shooting, the plot is complex, and there are many camera changes. If the post-editing cannot keep up, the quality will definitely be compromised.
In order to ensure quality, Zuo Le invited a man who won the Golden Dragon Award for Best Editing to sit in. He himself often stayed in the editing room to discuss editing with the editor.
In terms of soundtrack, Zuo Le still uses the original "Life is Only a Hundred Years" and "I'm Still Thinking of Him" for the opening and ending songs.
Therefore, the work of the soundtrack for "Seven Swords" is mainly to coordinate with the plot, arrange background music, enhance emotions, and enhance the atmosphere.
Like editing, martial arts, and photography, Zuo Le also found a big shot in the industry and won the Golden Dragon and Golden Phoenix Best Music Grand Slam.
For this reason, a few people who know the inside story are still lamenting that the cast of "Seven Swords" is not very strong. The most talented one is the veteran actor Zhang Ruijin who plays the big villain. The rest are either starring in the cooking class, or they are nothing.
Famous newcomer.
However, the team behind "Seven Swords" is top-notch luxurious and composed of industry tycoons, and they are not far behind many of the top domestic big-budget movies.
But Zuo Le is very modest about this. What kind of luxurious behind-the-scenes is this? In the future, when the best costume design, best styling design, and best art from the Golden Dragon and Golden Phoenix Awards are all added together in one film, that will be the real thing.
Fully luxurious behind-the-scenes team.
After editing and scoring, the streamer team is responsible for the special effects production, which is what Zuo Le is most worried about.
It’s not because the special effects are not good, the streamer team is known as the top in the country, and they even dare to compete with world-class special effects companies without any objection from their peers, which shows that the streamer is really capable.
The special effects of "Seven Swords" they are responsible for are lifelike, exquisite and smooth, no less than those special effects blockbusters. No matter how picky the audience is, they will praise the crew for their hard work.
However, the disadvantage is that it is too expensive!!!
Zuo Le can understand why the 50-cent special effects are so popular in domestic film and television dramas. Good special effects cost too much money. They are like a black hole. Thousands of dollars are spent on them, and they can barely make a splash.
Zuo Le now doesn't dare to look at the report of the crew's daily investment in special effects. He's afraid that he won't be able to stand it alone and will directly develop high blood pressure.
It feels like a sea of wasted money has left me, and that feeling is really uncomfortable...
Fortunately, Shanhe made a lot of money from "Family with Children", otherwise it would not have been able to survive.
By the time "Seven Swords" was almost finished in the later stages, Shanhe didn't have much money left in its account.
Even if Zuo Le hadn't contacted Dongshan Station and temporarily advanced part of the copyright fees for "Seven Swords", I'm afraid it would have been difficult to raise the funds for the second part of "Family with Children".
So, Zuo Le, who was eager to regain his blood, immediately contacted several online platforms to organize a viewing party for "Seven Swords" and prepared to sell the drama to regain his blood.
Yes, this time Zuo Le did not directly sell "Seven Swords" to his old friend Coin Station. It was not because the Coin Station paid less, nor was it a breakup between the two parties.
The main reason is that Zuo Le feels that compared to the three major video websites, the influence of the currency station on film and television fans is slightly lower.
In the past, Zuo Le favored YibiZhan because he valued the active barrage culture of BiZhan and believed that it complemented sitcoms and could bring a good drama-watching experience to the audience.
In addition, Coin Station also gave Zuo Le's works a very high proportion of publicity resources, and the two parties had a happy cooperation.
This time, his new drama "Seven Swords" is more serious drama. The demand for barrage culture is not as high as that of sitcoms. Instead, it relies more on the massive film and television users of the three major websites.
At the same time, because Zuo Le's reputation is getting higher and higher now, his works are stationed on online platforms, and they can almost directly get the highest proportion of publicity resources.
In addition, there is a very critical point. After all, Zuo Le is the boss of a film and television company. Even for the sake of the future development of Shanhe, it is impossible to tie up with the currency station.
Of course, Zuo Le and BiZhan have cooperated for so long, and their relationship is still very deep. If BiZhan can spend a lot of money, it will surpass the others.
Even though it might have an impact on the performance of "Seven Swords", Zuo Le went all out to sell "Seven Swords" to the currency exchange.
