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Chapter 461 Overrun Budget (Earth)

For Dwayne Johnson, Nicolas Cage and Matt Bomer, the shooting intensity of "Blood War" is still very high, but the newly built film and television base is not far from Manila. The tense shooting pace, compared to the remote towns in mainland China when "Blood Battle on the Eagle Peak" was filmed, can be called "pleasant".

In terms of the plot, a few big stars from Hollywood and a group of traffic niches from the Mainland get along well. The big stars are in charge of acting and traffic, and the niches are in charge of traffic and traffic. Although the audiences are different, the whole filming process Among them, it is undoubtedly full of news highlights.

Because Lu Linlang and Lin Yuhang focused their efforts on opposing Mango Channel, they insisted on destroying Mango Channel's "pirated" "Official Shooting", and by the way, the ace host Wang Jian and even the higher-level leaders in charge of this project were removed from the stage together. So they focused on inviting traffic artists who are under the care of this variety show on Mango Channel.

There are men and women among these artists, and behind the traffic are powerful brokerage companies or capital tycoons. There are more than a dozen of them. Fortunately, the role capacity of a movie is large enough, and Truman and Feng Zikai's control over the script is also strong. Strong, specially created its exclusive lens for these dozens of traffic niches, which is enough to meet its news positioning of "an important supporting role in an international production".

In a movie, if an actor's acting skills are good, he can naturally support the sky. Even if his acting skills are poor, he can still act deeply in the hearts of the people when he meets a director who can train him. For example, Huang Shengyi in "Kung Fu" does not need any acting skills. With the plot, you can get a "most beautiful" title.

But Lin Yuner in "Mermaid" is much worse, which shows that Master Xing's creative ability is indeed declining.

In short, such a studio full of traffic has naturally attracted the attention of the media. The Hollywood media has Netflix to invite them, while the mainland media has their own traffic and capital. From time to time, the media will come to visit the set. Press releases, this "Blood Battle in Jinling", which may not be released in the mainland, has more press releases in China than anyone else.

The set is also like a star-chasing scene. When the shooting stars catch Dwayne Johnson, Nicolas Cage or Truman, they will take a group photo and use it as news material.

The Philippine government also dispatched a large number of troops to assist in the filming, and the whole scene was lively and smooth. In December, after being reminded by Netflix, the Fish Eating crew realized a problem.

"No money? How is it possible?" Truman was surprised, "Don't we have 4 million US dollars?"

"It's not that there is no money, it's overspending. The construction budget of the film and television city has been overrun, the military assistance costs sent by the Philippines have also been overrun, and the actors' remuneration has also been overrun." Lin Yuhang said with great chagrin. Speaking of these overspends, It's all his fault.

"It costs money to hire an army..." Lu Linlang sighed. She was in China and didn't come to the Philippines. She was used to the People's Army serving the people for free, but she didn't know that hiring troops abroad also cost money.

"The salary level here is low, and the army's expenses are not overrun by much, but the actors' remuneration is indeed overrun." Lin Yuhang said, "We hired too many domestic traffic artists."

The remuneration for domestic traffic has always been very high, and after the salary limit order, it is still at a high level. Although they all lowered their salaries for the international production of the great director Truman, even if they break a bone, a dozen of them add up to the top. It's time to get a Hollywood A cafe.

Coupled with Dwayne Johnson's salary of 2800 million (this WWE champion is the hottest Hollywood A coffee), Nicolas Cage's salary of 2000 million (although he is 'old and decrepit', he must not fall out of the 2000 million club), Ma Te Bomer is a B-star, and his salary is less than 1000 million. Adding the salary of Truman and Feng Zikai, all the salary together has exceeded 1.2 million US dollars.

The Jinling Film and Television City, which was originally planned to be built at 8000 million yuan, is the biggest overrun. It has already spent 1.2 million yuan and is expected to cost another 5000 million US dollars.

This is a huge overrun.

If it goes on, post-production may become a big problem, so Netflix reminded and warned at this time.

"Why is it so much more?" Lu Linlang felt strange. The Philippine government has given policies, and a mainland construction company undertook the construction. Why is it more than double the budget?
The total investment in Hengdian is only 30 billion RMB. Now the construction cost of Jinling Film and Television City is almost 10 billion, and it will cost 15 billion RMB in the end. Is it a bit exaggerated?

"Because of Truman..." Lin Yuhang said, he originally only wanted to reproduce the core area of ​​Jinling 1:1, but later the area to be built became larger and larger, and now it almost reached Yuhua Terrace. "Because there are more and more characters." Truman explained, "We must give each character a reasonable performance space. If the plot is linked with other characters, especially the protagonist, the scene will inevitably increase..."

When making a movie, Truman's theory is impeccable and irrefutable, because God guided him, so the film will be a hit.

So, because there are more roles, not only the salary cost will increase, but also the construction cost of the film and television base will also increase. In the end, hundreds of millions of yuan will be spent, just to compete with Mango TV?

Is it worth it?

Converting this money into RMB would kill both Mango TV executives and Wang Jian.

The more Lu Linlang thought about it, the more panicked she became, and she said, "It's my problem..."

But no one is asking whose problem it is. Everyone is studying how to solve the funding problem. At least 1 million US dollars is needed. Netflix will never invest again. 2 million US dollars is its limit.

"My ancestral grave..." Lin Yuhang raised his hand.

"Let the elderly take a break." Xing Shuwen spoke, he has a lot of experience in raising funds, "Since we have found so many traffic artists, and each artist has a big boss or funds behind them, why not use them?"

"Master Xing is right." Lin Yuhang nodded, "Arrange a car tomorrow to take all these traffic artists away, and then extort ransom, 1 million U.S. dollars should be no problem."

"Then we have to arrange a group portrait scene." Feng Zikai said, "I'll change it temporarily."

"...Hey! It's against the law!" Lu Linlang hurriedly reminded.

"Don't we have a good relationship with high-ranking officials in the Philippines...and not in China...haha, it's just a joke." Lin Yuhang said, "Sister Linlang, I think you're too nervous, just kidding."

It is indeed a joke.

What Xing Shuwen said about making use of these resources does not mean tying meat tickets.

Xing Shuwen means that selling film directors can customize the roles, lines and film lengths in movies for these traffic niches. As long as they bring funds into the group, the more money they bring, the more movie time they can get , as long as the money is enough, it is not a problem to play a supporting role next to the protagonist.

"Is this okay..." Lu Linlang hesitated.

(End of this chapter)