my crew is not human

Chapter 17 Negotiations

There is a garden villa area near the Red Garden, with deep winding paths and a pretty good environment.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ren Zhi brought two investors over.

One male and one female.

The man is an obese man in his 50s and [-]s who looks a bit simple and honest. His name is Wu Bao. He runs a KTV. The woman who follows him is not his wife, but a friend of his in the mall. The most beautiful one is Liu Qingzhi.

These years KTV business is not easy to do, many bosses are looking for transformation, the film and television industry has high returns and great benefits, the key is similar to KTV - the girls are the same, there are a few rubbish actors in this crap movie who are the girls of Boss Wu's subordinates, They were all focused on making their family popular, and it was they who broke the news to their boss.

It's a pity that the idea is beautiful, and the reality is very skinny.

At this moment, when he came to a villa with red tiles and white walls, Liu Qingzhi looked at the villa in surprise, and asked in surprise, "Is your friend financially good?"

Ren Zhi smiled helplessly.

He knew about Li Xianyun. Although he was a well-known writer, he was well off. When would he be able to afford a villa?

But because of this, he didn't dare to talk to him, so he could only go up and ring the doorbell.

The door opened, and Li Xianyun appeared at the door, smiling: "Mr. Wu, Mr. Liu, please come in."

Everyone is an adult, and entered the living room after some politeness.

While leading everyone in, Li Xianyun said: "This is not my place, I rented it. The scenery here is beautiful, and I can code here. I feel happy and efficient."

Calmly pretending.

Although I can't afford it, but being able to rent a villa and code words is also a writer with a strong sense of style.

Wu Bao said with a smile: "Writer Li Da is right. A good working environment can indeed stimulate work efficiency. Oh yes, your pen name is Jiangcheng Prodigal Son, right? I have read your works online, and you are indeed talented."

The bridal sedan chairs are carried by people, anyway, it is a business exchange first when they come up.

Whether Wu Bao has read his works, Li Xianyun doesn't know, and it doesn't matter.

At this moment, he asked the three of them to sit down, and Li Xianyun waved his hand: "Here comes the tea."

I saw a tea tray holding a set of tea sets, no one lifted it down, and it automatically flew to the tea table in front of the four of them.

This scene directly shocked the three of them.

What's the situation?
Li Xianyun smiled and said: "Magic, don't be surprised. There is a magnetic restraint device in the tea tray. I won't tell you the specifics. It's a commercial secret."

Everyone suddenly realized.

Liu Qingzhi said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, writer Li Da is also a magic lover."

Li Xianyun shook his head: "Not really, I'm just interested. Speaking of it, movies are actually magic, visual magic. Through visual images, things that can't exist in reality are created, thus giving birth to imagination and creating all kinds of bizarre worlds. .”

The two bosses seem to understand, but whether they understand or not, this end must be pointed.

At this moment, Li Xianyun took out his mobile phone, opened a video, and handed it to the two of them.

The three of them didn't know what kind of medicine Li Xianyun sold in the gourd. Watching the video together, they saw a female ghost floating past, suddenly flew into the air, fell to the ground, flew up and down, and suddenly exploded into a cloud of smoke and dissipated. , when it reappeared, it condensed into a ball and appeared directly next to Li Xianyun, and took a photo with Li Xianyun, which looked quite interesting.

Then a male ghost appeared and sucked on a pot of food. The food quickly rotted, and the effect was astonishing.

The video ends.

Seeing this scene, the three of them were dumbfounded.

Ren Zhi was even more confused, why does this male ghost look so much like that dead man?
He doesn't remember ghosts, but he still remembers Jingui's dead face.

A face began to twitch wildly, and the facial features moved wildly on it.

Li Xianyun smiled: "I specially made it according to Jingui's template."

I rubbed it!

Are you too nasty?

Wu Bao looked at Li Xianyun strangely: "This is..."

"I did it." Li Xianyun lied without blushing or panting, turned to Ren Zhi and said, "Old Ren, you are an expert in this field, tell me how much this special effect costs."

Ren Zhi calmed down, he didn't know why Li Xianyun could do special effects, but at least he knew that he couldn't take down Li Xianyun's stage.

Picking up the phone and re-watching the video, he shook his head repeatedly like an Indian and praised: "It's too real. Although the male and female ghosts are a bit simple, they have a very strong sense of reality. I'm afraid they won't be able to do this without millions of special effects. .”

There is sincerity and there is exaggeration.

It doesn’t take that much money to make a ghost, but ghosts are not just ghosts, but also all kinds of fancy movements, a series of continuous shots, and they are worth a lot of money.

The most important thing is the "authenticity" of ghosts. Every strand of hair is clear, and even the facial expressions are so realistic.

For such a high-quality special effect, the money will definitely not be less. After all, one or two million yuan may not be able to produce it.

As for his so-called simplicity, it is naturally because people are really ghosts, they don’t wear makeup well, and they don’t have fancy clothes—it’s not that Zhang Yanjingui can’t wear human clothes, but they can’t change clothes by themselves, so the effect of wearing clothes is not good .

So compared to the real special effects, it is not as gorgeous in terms of gorgeousness. What is really awesome is the authenticity.

Li Xianyun took out a few Huazi from the cigarette case and handed them to the other party, and Liu Qingzhi also took them.

Li Xianyun then said: "150 million investment is a small production, don't expect any decent special effects."

Wu Bao and Liu Qingzhi nodded together, no matter how amateur they were, they understood this.

"But I can add it! It's this level... the top!" Li Xianyun threw a heavy bomb when he came up, and the three of them fainted directly.

Ren Zhi looked at Li Xianyun in disbelief, what does this guy want to do?
His face was distorted in shock, and he turned around for a moment.

"150 million Riga?" Liu Qingzhi looked at Li Xianyun in surprise.

Li Xianyun shook his head: "The 150 million is yours and has nothing to do with me. But anyway, I wrote the script of this film. Now that something is wrong, I don't want to waste my hard work. But if I want to join, I will not make a small production. It must be high-grade production, and if it is to be done, it must be a high-quality product."

The three understood what he meant.

Wu Bao asked: "Do you want to use special effects to convert the cost?"

Resources count as cost, which is the norm in the film and television industry.

"En." Li Xianyun nodded: "The original plate is too small, I want to expand it to 400 million, the actual investment is 30, and I will replace the rest with resources."

I rub!

You are darker than me.

Ren Zhi almost jumped up.

If the plate is expanded to 400 million, even if the investment of the three of Wu Bao is calculated at 150 million, the share will drop to one-third.

It is equivalent to Li Xianyun becoming a major shareholder.

The key is that he only paid 30 in cash.

Liu Qingzhi was also happy: "That's it? Is it worth 200 million?"

"Of course not." Li Xianyun said: "First of all, the script must be changed. The original book has no ghosts, so I plan to change it into a ghost movie."

There is no rule in Huaguo that prohibits adulthood after the founding of the country, so there is no problem in making ghost movies.

Li Xianyun continued: "Secondly, I will take over as producer, director, producer and outreach. These are all my contributions, and I don't want a penny."

Ren Zhi was dizzy when he heard this, Boss, you are trying to empty me out!

Not to mention the producer, he is equivalent to the general manager, and the entire team is built by the producer.The director is equivalent to the chief engineer and is responsible for the actual shooting. The producer mainly represents the investor, which is equivalent to a supervisor. Generally, low-cost movies do not have a supervisor, and there are no supervisors in foreign countries. The power is often greater than that of the director—depending on the different crews, for some crews, the producer is just a decoration, and for some crews, the producer has the final say. Power is a matter of people, and even a sweeping aunt can be the boss.

As for outreach producers, they are responsible for outreach affairs, especially venues. They are money-consuming errands, and those who spend money are fat vacancies.

The dream promotion channel of many people in the film and television industry is wailian, and the next step is to be a producer.

And people like Ren Zhi, the outreach producer, the production director, etc., as long as it has something to do with money, he is the one who catches them, so that he can make money together.

Li Xianyun keeps saying that this is my contribution, but is this my contribution?

This is a big power and a small power!
Even Wu Bao couldn't help asking, "Can you direct?"

This is what laymen say. In the eyes of laymen, the director is always the first.

But the fact is that a good movie first needs a good operating team, and the operating team is built by the producer, in addition to a series of other related.

Making a movie is a team job, not something that can be done by one person.

As for directing, this type of work is actually very similar to that of a writer. Anyone can do it, and whether it works well is another matter.

If you publish an article on a website, you can say that you are a writer; if you pull up a team, you don’t need to understand the language of the camera, and you can make random shots, that’s also a director.

A truly excellent director needs to be a miscellaneous expert who understands scripts, photography, lighting, post-production, and even art, makeup, props, and publicity. Except for the specialization of lens language, everything else needs to be ordinary, because there are professionals. people are responsible.

But precisely because it is a miscellaneous family, the degree of ambiguity is high.

And if the degree of ambiguity is high, anyone can be a director - in the original world, Li Xianyun has personally seen a young photographer with a technical secondary school culture, who has shot one or two online movies, and then became a director by himself after fooling investors , and in turn brought over the professional director who has worked with him for many years to be a photographer for himself.

That's right, that professional director is Rong Dasheng.

So status is all about bragging, isn't it?

What are the spectators still doing?Pick up your mobile phones to shoot a 1-minute short video, and then you will all be directors!

As for Li Xianyun, although he has taught himself to direct for six and a half years, he has never actually operated it. He is a theoretical king and weak chicken, so he urgently needs a chance to practice.

Hearing the other party's question at this moment, Li Xianyun unhurriedly took out the notebook and handed it over: "This is the storyboard I drew."

(End of this chapter)