my crew is not human

Chapter 73 Xuandong's Reminder

What Li Xianyun told Dong Zixin was not who taught him, but what he had gradually realized from the perspective of the boss of a film and television company after being in the circle over the years.

As a boss who was born as a writer, what Li Xianyun is best at is to consider issues from the perspective of different people.

He is bound only by practical experience.

And what he said was indeed true, no boss would be interested in cultivating a disobedient artist.

No matter how awesome you are, just give you a few assistants to do your best. In front of the boss, you have to lie on your stomach if it's a dragon, and you have to coil up if it's a tiger.

this is the truth.

The legendary stories that often happen in reality are: the artist and the boss are walking on the street, and some fans know the artist and cry for an autograph.

The only way for established entertainers to escape this treatment is when their contracts expire.

When the contract expires, the reputation is still alive.

When renegotiating the contract, you have the initiative.

Only then will artists really have a chance to stand up and become masters.

So the contract period is very, very important, which is why Qin Yulin attaches great importance to the three-year contract.

Seeing that Dong Zixin was about to cry at this moment, Li Xianyun smiled and asked Jiang Zheng to arrange to check out without saying anything.

Most of the production crew disbanded yesterday, Ren Zhi and Rong Dasheng also went back early, but Li Xianyun and the others will not leave for the time being.

Jiang Zheng still needs to clean up his pile of "broken holographic imaging equipment", and Li Xianyun will stay here to discuss the direction of script revision with the screenwriter Huayou hired, and leave after completing the basic framework.

Live... Of course, I live at Qin Yulin's place.

Although Xuandong joined, he always had to go back and prepare, so Dong Zixin was the only one who really left.

The little girl was humming when she left, as if Li Xianyun had done something to offend her.

At this moment, the hotel room was withdrawn, and Xuandong came to see Li Xianyun.

He said: "I'm going back to deal with family matters, and I need to talk to Lao Chu and his wife. It will take a few days before I come over. By the way, I have to prepare money."

Li Xianyun smiled: "No rush, you are welcome anytime."

Xuan Dongdao: "Since I am also a shareholder of the company, I also have some ideas about the company's development."

"of course."

"I don't know the specific situation of Yisheng Media right now, so I can't say much at the moment, but I can help you with the film cooperation. Leave the resource allocation of Huayou to me."

Li Xianyun nodded: "Yes, you are the most suitable for this matter."

"Also, you and Old Jiang didn't get any money for this time-traveling hunt, right?"

Li Xianyun shook his head.

Xuan Dongdao: "It is fine for a short time, but not for a long time. The income from shares is income from shares, and the income from labor services is income from labor services. This distinction must be distinguished."

Li Xianyun smiled and said, "I would have thought of this even if you didn't mention it. Didn't Lao Jiang pay a lot of money at the beginning? I was also embarrassed, so I tried my best. I will discuss this matter with Lao Jiang later. , even if I am a rookie director, I still have to get the director's fee."

Xuandong said: "Old Jiang, I have already told him, he is fine. Besides, you are not a rookie director anymore, you have filmed six films, you are already an old director."

Uh, this is true, in fact, many directors may not have made six films in their lives.

The reason why Li Xianyun feels that he is a rookie is because his filming pace is too fast, and he almost completed six films within a year.

So Li Xianyun is habitually modest: "There is still a lot to improve."

Xuandong said disdainfully: "Don't think too much of the director, do you really think those other directors know everything? I have worked with too many crews, why don't you catch a lot of bastard directors, and some even shoot How about a theater chain that costs 6000 to [-] million... As a young director, you are absolutely qualified."

That's right.

Lord of the Rings director Peter Fatty had only experience in filming ghosts and people before filming Lord of the Rings. If Li Xianyun is now compared to Peter Fatty before filming Lord of the Rings, then he has more qualifications than Peter Fatty.

Li Xianyun smiled: "Should I be proud?"

"If you don't want to improve, be proud."

Li Xianyun laughed loudly: "Is there any more?"

Xuandong's face straightened: "There is one more important thing, Legend of the Dragon Tomb has invested too much."

Li Xianyun was stunned.

Xuan Dongdao: "There is always an upper limit to the size of Wangda. At present, the most popular Wangda has an income of about 4000 million. And most of the popular models are about 3000 to [-] million."

Well, yes.

Li Xianyun realized that he had made another mistake.

I traveled here six years later. During the period when I traveled here, the ceiling of the Internet has been raised, but at this stage, the ceiling of the industry is only 4000 to [-] million.

Li Xianyun instinctively stiffened his mouth: "4000 million is fine."

Xuandong shook his head: "The problem is that you can't stare at the hottest ones. As a business, the question is not that I will definitely make a hit, but that I will definitely make a product with the highest cost performance and the least risk. Yes, you have ghosts to keep costs down, but until you catch more ghosts, there's only so much they can do in a 500 million film."

Yes, Xuandong was right.

Movies are a high-risk, high-reward business.

It is for this reason that the ceiling of 4000 million yuan for big online movies means that the rate of return is reduced when the risk has not changed much, which is a cost-effective thing.

Most of the films that won a box office of 4000 million have an investment of only more than 1000 million, but films with a higher investment than them often end dismal.

At that time, Li Xianyun stubbornly believed that it was because the director was bad, the producer was bad, and the whole crew was thinking about bad money.

But along the way, Li Xianyun also gradually realized that what he can see at the stage of a small person is always only the dark part, and he blames all the failures on these dark factors.

But this is not the case.

Some bad movies are also made with painstaking efforts. The more reason for bad movies may not be because of cheating money, but because of lack of strength.

From the perspective of the company, the wrong strategic planning is the core!

Just like this time, Jian Gui Shi Lu is a wrong strategic plan from the perspective of business operation.

The same goes for Legend of the Dragon's Tomb.

It is necessary to invest 500 million yuan in Internet investment, but the ceiling is only 4000 to [-] million yuan, which itself means that the price/performance ratio is out of balance.

Film and television balances high risks with high returns.

Without high returns, only high risks remain.

Even if Li Xianyun can be confident that the films he makes will reach the ceiling, this is the thinking of the director, not the thinking of the boss.

Being a boss must consider risk and cost performance!

This is why it is said that Jian Gui Shi Lu is the success of the director, but the failure of the boss.

Because this kind of film has a large investment and a small market, it is a measure of non-commercial thinking!
To put it bluntly, it was decided by patting the head.

Of course, some people may also object - if the investment is large and the quality is high, the chances of touching the ceiling are high.

This is true, so there is a saying that the head is more stable.

But Li Xianyun is different. His investment of 500 million yuan can cover the investment of 3000 million yuan or 4000 million yuan.

Xuandong's reminder also woke up Li Xianyun, but then he said distressedly: "I promised Yuyan that she would be the heroine of a 500 million investment movie."

"Add 500 million investment for a woman?" Xuan Dong laughed.

Li Xianyun said distressedly: "I know this is not suitable, but I am not for the woman, but for the promise. I don't like to break my promise."

Xuandong disdained: "The big boss never breaks his promise. There's no need to take what you said seriously for the sake of being bold for a while."

Li Xianyun spread his hands together: "My dream is not to be a big boss, and I'm not good at business either."

Xuandong said seriously: "Who is naturally good at being a boss? The most terrifying thing is that you don't want to be responsible! The founder is the founder, even if Jiang Zheng pays a lot of money, the soul of the enterprise is still you, Li Xianyun! No You can learn slowly as a boss, but you have to be the leader in the end.”

Listening to Xuandong's words, Li Xianyun was stunned for a moment.

I thought I had taught Dong Zixin a lesson, and I was already a bit boss-minded.But now he found that he was still far from being a real boss.

He nodded seriously: "Teachable! Thank you!"

(End of this chapter)