my crew is not human

Chapter 36
Today, as usual, Li Xianyun is typing in the office.

Jiang Zheng came over and saw that he was still working hard, shook his head and smiled wryly: "You are the boss now, not a writer, at least you should do something to the company."

He invested so much money, even if the big boss cheated, he would still feel guilty if he didn't work hard.

Li Xianyun hurriedly said: "Don't get me wrong, it's almost the end of the book, I just want to get this matter done. Besides, I'm not idle about the company. Here."

Speaking of which, Li Xianyun took out five notebooks from the drawer and handed them to Jiang Zheng: "The next filming plans have all been approved and filed."

Jiang Zheng took over the script: "Five books? Do you choose one?"

"No, all shots." Li Xianyun said.

"I'll go, aren't you?" Jiang Zheng was startled.

"Don't get me wrong, there is a difference." Li Xianyun explained to him with a smile.

Pointing to the first book called Road to the Wild Zombie, he said, "This is a zombie movie with an investment cost of 1 yuan."

"1 yuan?" Jiang Zheng was confused.

This is too small cost, right?

Li Xianyun nodded: "There are two reasons, one is to train me."

Hearing what Li Xianyun said, Jiang Zheng understood.

Yes, although Li Xianyun has already made a movie, Li Xianyun is still a newcomer in a sense, so he still needs opportunities to continue to hone his skills.

Jiang Zheng laughed: "Then there is no need to save costs like 1 yuan, right?"

"The second one is for a gimmick." Li Xianyun said.

Li Xianyun had come into contact with such a thing when he was in the original world. A big platform launched a big online movie, claiming that the production cost was 1 yuan.

Of course, a production cost of 1 yuan will not produce any good movies. The key is that as a gimmick, it can really attract people.

Many people will want to see what a movie made with 1 yuan looks like.

And what Li Xianyun used this time was the 1 yuan notebook.

Speaking of which, rebirth-style time travel is not bad, in addition to copying your own novels, you can also copy movies.

But don’t even think about big productions, like the Marvel series, the Fast and Furious series, the core is not the script, but the director, the investment, the big special effects, the big picture and the big-name actors.Besides, there are similar movies here, and they are copied for nothing.

But the big aspect of the Internet is different. Small productions depend on the plot.

The script of this 1 yuan investment movie is not bad, the most important thing is that it conforms to the aesthetics of the platform - since the platform has selected this movie, it naturally meets their needs.

There is no need for Li Xianyun to change it, he just needs to make it more refined - for Li Xianyun, this is his real practice!
After listening to Li Xianyun's explanation, Jiang Zheng understood: "Will the platform be willing to push it?"

Li Xianyun spread his hands: "Then I don't know."

In the original world, this 1 yuan movie would have to wait a year before it was released. Li Xianyun is giving it away now, and he doesn't know if the platform recognizes it or not.

So he said, "Try it, it's only 1 yuan anyway."

"That's right." Jiang Zheng said with a smile, "Even a C-level earns thirty to fifty thousand."

That being said, the lowest rating given by the platform is C grade, no matter how you sell it, you can sell it for [-], as long as you have the ability to shoot below this cost, you will really make a steady profit.

It's just that for most people, 5 yuan can't even set up a team.

The investment of 1 yuan is not worth discussing, Li Xianyun said: "Then there is a series of haunted houses, called Jian Ghost Records, a three-part series."

"Triple continuous shooting?" Jiang Zheng didn't understand again, what kind of operation is this?
"It's a set shot." Li Xianyun explained.

There are various ways in the film and television industry to cheat investors’ money. Directly greedy for money is the lowest level.

To put it bluntly, use the money of one movie to make two movies, and use your money to make my movie.

However, the sets in this situation are generally bad films, which belong to how much money is earned.

Li Xianyun is a set shoot of the same theme series, so this situation does not exist, and it can greatly save resources.

First of all, the price of personnel and equipment is cheaper. Basically, two films are paid for one and a half, and time can also be saved.

Especially for setting art and so on, the same setting does not need to be redone.

The reason why Li Xianyun decided to set up these three films is because he had done these three films in the original world, and to put it bluntly, he still copied them.

He wrote the script himself, participated in the filming of the crew, watched how the director made the film, and watched them go online, so he knew what was good and what was bad.

The biggest advantage of re-editing the script into a trilogy is that Li Xianyun has mature experience and can do better.

After listening to Li Xianyun's explanation, knowing that he did not slack off, Jiang Zheng was also very satisfied, and asked directly: "How much is the planned investment for these three plans?"

"A total of 800 million. I plan to go to A-level!" Li Xianyun replied.

According to Li Xianyun's plan, the 800 million is the production fee plus publicity fee, but does not include ghost special effects, post-production, script, director, producer, etc., and this part is also a major expenditure, but it belongs to its own resources. Great cost savings.

Therefore, his 800 million production investment, plus those self-owned resources, was calculated by dividing it into three parts. It is not too much to say that the production cost of one part is 1000 million.

As long as Wangda’s works can be rated A, 1000 million box office is not a big problem, but for a seriously produced movie, 500 million investment has great hope of getting an A rating. How about the huge profits in this business?

100% return ah.

But the problem lies in the word "serious".

Sometimes the simpler the request, the harder it is!
If the investment of 500 million yuan is turned into shit, and the final rating is B, it will probably lose money.

At this moment Jiang is looking at the final script: "What about this one?"

"Hunting against time, ghosts and immortals in ancient costumes." Li Xianyun replied.

What Li Xianyun was talking about was the time reincarnation drama of the ancient costume fairy tale version that I talked with Sun Shi last time, and that was also Li Xianyun's favorite book.

It is about an inn waiter named Jiang Xiangsheng, who coincides with the arrest of the robber Guan Jiushan in the city, and Guan Jiushan finds that Jiang Xiangsheng is similar to himself, so he arrests Jiang Xiangsheng as a substitute and sends him to death, resulting in Jiang Xiangsheng's death.Then Jiang Xiangsheng woke up and found that he had entered the reincarnation of time. He experienced being arrested by gangsters again and again. Finally, with the help of the female head catcher Qi Mingyue, he killed the man behind the scenes, Qi Mingyue's adoptive father and the local guardian envoy. Finally, there is a reversal, which is basically the triple boss of the thief, the guardian envoy and the hidden behind-the-scenes black hand.

This book failed the review in the original world, but this time it was re-reviewed in this world, and it passed.

Jiang Zhengdao: "In ancient costumes, the picture is even more exquisite. Besides, aren't two ghosts enough?"

After Jiang Zheng read the script, he felt that the story was indeed more exciting, and because of the reincarnation of time, the scene was relatively fixed, and the investment in the venue did not need to be too large.

But ancient costumes have relatively high requirements for art, and Li Xianyun set up a decisive battle in the later stage, with a large number of ghosts participating, and Jingui and Zhang Yan are not enough.

"Yes, the number is a little less." Li Xianyun said sadly: "Xu Liangshan and Yaoying are not suitable to play ghosts, they can only play props."

There is an important prop about the reincarnation of time in the script, which is a small piece of broken jade called Kunlun jade.

As long as the ghost shadow is placed on a piece of jade pendant and flies around, the corresponding light and shadow effect will be there, and it will also save money for important props and corresponding special effects.

In addition, the influence of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood is also very effective in shaping the scene of the invasion of fierce ghosts.

It's a pity that there is only so little use.

It would have been nice if it hadn't been shot so small.

Li Xianyun once tried to see if he could be photographed by taking pictures of Yaoying from the soles of his feet. Yaoying said: Boss, don't bother me, if you shoot again, it will really disappear.

"And me!" Jiang Mengmeng waved and shouted.

"You can't, you can't appear on camera." Jiang Zheng hurriedly patted his daughter's hand.

You're already on the news, so you can't cause an uproar if you appear on the screen again?
The key shape-changing spell allows you to only gain strength without changing your face!
Li Xianyun said: "Ghosts and fairy arts are not very easy to do. I'm afraid we need to use real special effects for this part."

Jiang Zheng nodded: "That's fine, but we can't have no special effects at all. It's appropriate to release some special effects."

"The problem is that in this way, the proportion of special effects will be small." Li Xianyun muttered.

The route Jiang Zheng designed for him was to make money from special effects, and for this reason he also tried not to accept external investment.

But by chasing this film against time, the cost that Xu Liangshan and Yaoying can save is only about 100 million.

When the overall effect increases, the local effect decreases accordingly. Even if the special effects of your few ghosts cost 5000 million to make, they can only reflect the value of 100 million in this film.

At best, when the audience watched it, they shouted: Oh shit, these ghosts are so real.

Such a cost advantage is not a figure that is sure to be profitable for rookie director Li Xianyun and boss Li.

The rookie director is always a little unreliable, so I put it in the last one.

"Oh, it would be great if another director died." Li Xianyun blurted out.

Jiang Zheng: "..."

Li Xianyun laughed: "Let's wait until the filming of the other four films is finished before making specific plans. By then, the ghost battle in the secret room will also be launched. It's time to review and learn."

(End of this chapter)