Actors have no vacation

Chapter 177
In layman's terms, the producer is the person who organizes the plot, the worker who gathers all elements of the film to ensure that the project can be carried out.

Zhang Jingsheng told Guan Chen that a producer can be compared to a project manager, or a conductor of an orchestra. This job requires not only certain contacts, but also certain leadership skills, otherwise the things produced will be messy and accidents will occur frequently. send.

Guan Chen felt that the metaphor of a project manager was still too profound. Using a more simple and easy-to-understand analogy, it was like a criminal sharpening his knife and eager to make a big deal, but he couldn't handle it alone. He had to organize people and recruit talents. Nashi, get together a gang, one is responsible for collecting intelligence, the other is responsible for hands-on, whoever is responsible for driving and running, the division of labor is clear, and each performs its duties.As an organizer and leader, you must be familiar with the entire plan, and kill all possible arrests. During your actions, you must not only ensure efficiency, but also prevent internal strife and mutiny.Afterwards, it is necessary to find a channel to sell the stolen goods and negotiate the price.

It's a hundred times easier to get a group of people to make a movie than to cause trouble with unruly criminals.

Guan Chen is good at drawing inferences from one instance, and quickly pulled together a team to shoot short films.Some were conscripted from Wedding Row, and others, such as recording and lighting, which could not be done halfway, had to be found in pamphlets.

The function of his booklet is similar to that of Pokemon's illustrated book. It records nearly a hundred crew members with different prices, and the combat value is equal to the hourly salary.

Guan Chen didn't know what the domestic film and television industry was like in his previous life, but in this life, Huaxia, in terms of the salary standard in the Shanghai area, working in the film crew can still earn quite a lot of money.

Even on the set of a cannon fodder movie like "Black Dragon 2", the hourly salary of most crew members ranges from 8 to 8, and some department heads get even more.The various associations here have fought for a lot of rights and interests for the migrant workers, such as fines for not eating on time, for example, the normal working hours of the day are stipulated to be 1.5 hours, overtime hours are overtime, and the hourly wages for overtime work are increased by 12 times, exceeding 2 hours Hourly wages doubled.The crews of "Police Story" and "The Key to Destiny" that Guan Chen worked in had higher hourly wages. They worked almost 12 hours a day, filming for five days and taking two days off. The salary was much higher than that of Guan Chen.

The custom-made short film "Mango" is an advertisement and a sample. The studio pays for it. It takes five days and the budget is [-]. Zero three hundred, the odds were erased, and rounded up, it became twenty thousand.

Guan Chen argued for more, thinking that a mere [-] yuan could produce something, and it wasn't enough for the crew to eat a few meals.

Of course, Manager Qian never let go of his mouth, and he said the truth: "Don't think that spending money is easy, in fact it is more difficult to spend money than to make money, because you don't know how much return you can get from the money you spend." Before Chen learned to spend money efficiently, [-] was the most.

Guan Chen didn't have time to talk nonsense with Manager Qian, he planned to approve his plan to increase the budget by himself as a senior executive of the studio.

Manager Qian screamed, his voice sounded like he had been scalded by boiling water.He put the official seal in his pocket, and then held it tightly, telling Guan Chen to use his own money to invest if he had the ability.

Guan Chen can indeed use his own money to subsidize the budget and increase investment, but he is too smart to be fooled by this.He shoots short films to promote new businesses, not to earn box office by showing them. If a film costs [-] to [-] yuan to shoot, then this new business is over. If the price is not affordable, no customers will buy it.So investing is pointless.Even the price of [-] is considered expensive for customers.

Thinking of this, Guan Chen couldn't help but stop the naked twisting, feeling a little wrong to blame Manager Qian.

"Okay, twenty thousand is twenty thousand."

Guan Chen wanted to try to see if he could shoot something good with a budget of [-] yuan.

Each of the two young directors held a budget sheet with frowning faces, saying that the 2 yuan was enough to shoot a group assignment, and they still had to prepare.

"Don't prepare." Guan Chen told them to start shooting quickly, "Preparation is never complete. Every creation is a practice for a better creation next time."

After pouring down a sip of chicken soup, the young director finally stopped grumbling.

From the brochure, Guan Chen picked out a few apprentices with [combat power (hourly salary)] around 40 to 50, and he was looking for foreign students or international students. Because of their skin color or nationality, the room for advancement of these people is usually suppressed. The real combat power can be about 10 to 20 yuan higher, and you can earn it if you invite it.

The film crew needed transportation to travel. Renting a bus was too expensive, and renting a bicycle was too slow. Guan Chen expropriated the cars of the neighbors in the neighborhood, and returned them with a full tank of gas every time they were used up.

When filming outside requires group performances, Guan Chen will transfer people from [Xing Yan Performance Class]. If it is filming in a university, Guan Chen is very willing to give the drama club and film research club a chance to practice.

Guan Chen also bribed the guards of several studios. Once the filming of some large crews is completed and the set is ready to be dismantled the next day, he can sneak over with the crew and use other people's sets...

Guan Chen did a lot of big things with a small amount of money, and he was successfully regarded as an excellent producer.

Especially for filming, he didn't interfere at all.

The two directors are very grateful for this.

It's a pity that the two leading actors, Jia Li Jia Qi, almost drove the director crazy.

The two leading actors are both clients and screenwriters. Originally, they just attacked each other with videos and told stories in the script, and neither of them could convince the other.Later, it was Guan Chen who woke them up, "You don't need to convince each other, what you really want to convince is the people who watch the short film." After hearing this, the two of them were enlightened, and not only began to optimize and refine the script, but even began to hone their acting skills. , hoping to arouse empathy from the audience, and then canvass votes.

The two directors wanted to let go of themselves a little bit, and wanted to show some literary style, but they were immediately stopped by the male and female leading actors.No matter what the director said about "symbols", "metaphors" and "symbols", they just couldn't convince them. The kite string was pulled in the hand, and it would be pulled back as soon as it flew away, and it would be pulled back as soon as it flew away.

Guan Chen observed from the sidelines, often feeling that he had learned a lot.

"Don't be late for an appointment." Guan Chen seriously wrote down this lesson in the pamphlet, hoping that one day, he would end up like the couple in front of him.

Putting away the booklet, Guan Chen looked around, then looked at his watch, grabbed a crew member beside him, and asked, "The little bear hasn't come yet?"

The person who was questioned couldn't find Xiong Yu, and felt strange: "I should have come back long ago."

Guan Chen nodded, "Wait a little longer."

They are still shooting the last scene at the school where the male and female stars are starring. Although it is past ten o'clock in the evening, the possibility of encountering danger should not be high.

Xiao Xiong is a compound talent hired by Guan Chen.For two or three salaries, you can get comedians who are good at makeup, cooking, carpentry, music, tailoring, dessert making, underwater shooting, great strength, and extras if necessary.

Xiao Xiong works part-time to experience life, and then integrate life experience into acting. Now that he has such an opportunity, he can not only get a high salary, but also get in touch with the set and perform in actual combat. Of course, Guan Chen has to take care of Xiao Xiong.

Of course, hiring Cubs is not just giving money away.In the past few years, Xiaoxiong has learned a lot of useful and useless skills, and his learning ability is still very strong. He is a universal brick on the set and can be used in any position.

Even the supper for the crew is in charge of Xiaoxiong. In her words, she can remember everyone's taste and appetite.

Guan Chen waited for a while, and soon found that the little bear in the distance was slowly walking over with a supper bag.

Every morning when I start work, others yawn and get out of the car, but she is the only one who jumps out of the car, always full of energy.

However, it was just such a little bear, who looked absent-minded now.

Everyone didn't notice the little bear's face, they happily took the supper from the little bear's hand, ready to eat.

"Hey, I bought the wrong one."

"One, two, three, four... I missed one of my baked rice cakes, please help me find it, is it stored somewhere else?"

"I have an extra bunch here, but it's just leeks, hahaha."

Others don't think so, just smile and pass.However, Guan Chen knew that misremembering the list was a serious mistake for Xiao Xiong, who is proficient in order service.

"What's the matter with you?" Guan Chen called Xiao Xiong to stop him.

"My sister..." Little Bear hesitated whether to say it or not.

From Xiaoxiong's hesitation to speak, Guan Chen understood that it was a private matter related to Xiong Yu's sister, Xiong Ruojin.

As an outsider, it is inconvenient for him to know.

Guan Chen looked at the tear stains in the corners of Little Bear's eyes, and thought that there might be something wrong with that private matter.

　Two days ago, I got food poisoning, and my condition was very bad. Even I couldn’t bear to read what I wrote. I had to change a sentence almost seven or eight times. I’m very sorry.

　　
　
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