This director needs to apologize

Chapter 303: Intervene in advance

Among the four people here, Da Zhuang actually only knows a little bit about movies. He is good at dealing with all parties in the industry, and he is only half-experienced in internal production work.

Lao Qi is an old dandy, and he is better at appreciating actresses. A kid from a rich family like him is almost insulated from civilian entertainment. After all, money is available 24 hours a day. Watching movies is too "luxury" for Young Master Qi.

Only Xiao Qi has a first glimpse of the field of film and television appreciation, but her current level is not enough for her to identify the quality of embryos. She just passively lets it go out of awe of Chen Yiming.

After Chen Yiming briefly explained a few words, he realized that he was talking to a cow, so he stopped wasting his efforts and said directly to Xiao Qi, "Your scene will be filmed in about two months. Remember to make time when the time comes. The shooting time will not exceed half a month.”

Xiao Qi thought for a while and asked, "Director Chen, can I go to Tailan with the crew? When I was in the drama club, no matter how many roles we played, we acted as a collective."

Chen Yiming raised his eyebrows, a little surprised by this request, "There is no role for you in Tailan. If you stay on set for the whole time, the crew will not give you special care. You may have to live with the makeup artist. Can you get used to it?"

Xiao Qi nodded without hesitation, "No problem. I also lived in a dormitory when I was studying abroad. I can be a handyman. I started by carrying props in the drama club.

It's just that I want to observe more performances of other teachers, and hope that I can be assigned a job on the set. "

Chen Yiming nodded "pleasedly" and agreed. The girl's attitude is very healthy and deserves encouragement.

After all, actors' remuneration is calculated according to the schedule. Actors who actively stay on the crew beyond the schedule are purely voluntary labor and can enjoy a few box lunches for free at most.

However, after a comprehensive evaluation, Chen Yiming believed that it was worthwhile. The number of personnel increased, but the efficiency improved, and there was a lot less wrangling and internal friction.

Now that Chen Yiming has taken over all the power, he immediately changed the rules.

This system was officially implemented during the filming of "Mulan" and worked well in the complex environment of a large number of outdoor shootings. Several investors behind the scenes expressed their appreciation for this, which greatly improved the credibility of Chen Yiming and Bo Jue. Lift.

In areas where departments overlap, such as photography and lighting, only guidance and assistance are left during comprehensive adjustments, and assistants only come in when work is being done.

In this way, the effect of phased "clearance" is achieved, and management disorder is eliminated from the source.

In fact, there are not so many chores to do. Bo Jue's crew is not a grass-stage crew.

As a veteran, Chen Yiming naturally knows the shortcomings of this approach. The lack of professionalism is only secondary. The key is the lack of separation of power and responsibility and the bottom-level taking the blame, which greatly harms the efficiency of the crew and the internal atmosphere.

In the Bojue system, each assistant belongs exclusively to a single department, is directly responsible for department guidance, and only participates in the affairs of his or her own department.

Of course Chen Yiming's promise to Xiao Qi was not to fool her. Among the many members of the crew, the actors were the only exception. They could stay on the crew as long as they wanted, and the director was actually eager to do so.

Chef Luo has extraordinary skills. Several classic Huaiyang dishes are not only pure in taste and shape, but also innovative. Mr. Qi commented on them as treasures.

Of course, the result of turning assistants into full-time employees is the phenomenon of redundancy. The studio is cleaner, but outside the studio there are many more "idle" people waiting for work.

The narrow and cramped studio is full of equipment and personnel. If you are not careful, it will affect the shooting or cause accidents. Therefore, streamlining the personnel as much as possible while ensuring normal operation is the only way to cure the symptoms and the root cause.

Traditional theater crews like to use generalists with one specialty and multiple abilities to achieve the goal of changing jobs without changing people. In his previous life, Chen Yiming started as a stage clerk, that is, a handyman, and climbed up the pyramid step by step with the help of various part-time jobs by chance. Top director position.

From now on, Bo Jue's genre films will all operate according to this system, so it is impossible for Xiao Qi to stay on the set from beginning to end as an assistant. When Bo Jue's camera starts rolling, there will be no handymen on the set. .

Film projects have their own special characteristics. Compared with the labor costs that can be traced to the naked eye and have a limited amount, the time costs that exceed the plan and the cost of setting up scenes that come and go without a trace are the main culprits of the project getting out of control.

Under Xiaomei's supervision, the Bojue system has already formulated a system of dedicated personnel and posts. Each behind-the-scenes department has a corresponding producer for overall management, and a number of full-time assistants are also arranged within the department.

Chen Yiming was willing to give "extra" preferential treatment to his friend and sister, and Xiao Qi also paid for his travel expenses.

Before the shooting starts, each department does not work in its own way, but enters the scene in sequence and arranges it accordingly according to the shooting plan.

The matter of meeting Lao Qi was finally settled. Lao Qi was satisfied and began to devote himself to eating and drinking.

"Yiming, try this stewed lion's head with scallops. It's suitable for the season. Lao Luo's secret recipe is to add prunes, which has a good taste and relieves greasiness."

The food portion of the entire banquet was not large, and they were all well-known classic Huaiyang dishes. Even Chen Yiming couldn't eat a lot of them if they were not authentic, but they were undoubtedly delicious.

After chatting for a while after the meal, Chen Yiming said goodbye to Da Zhuang. Before leaving, Chen Yiming said to Lao Qi, "Don't worry, brother, I will take good care of Xiao Qi."

Hop on a big and strong Mazda and let the driver drive you around the streets of Shanghai.

This is the best season of the year in Magic City. The weather is neither cold nor hot, neither wind nor rain, so it is very suitable for driving.

The two brothers happened to have nothing to do, so Dazhuang simply drove on to the intercity elevated highway in the suburbs, taking advantage of this rare opportunity to be alone.

"Speaking of which, the last time we chatted together, I think we were in Xiangcheng when we were filming "Mulan". It's been almost half a year in the blink of an eye." Da Zhuang said with emotion. A prosperous career does not come without a price. The two of them used to get along day and night. , Nowadays, the intersection between each other is getting less and less.

Chen Yiming also suddenly said, "It's true, life flies by so fast."

Then he changed the topic and said jokingly, "It sounds like he has a lot of feelings. This is not our Chairman Ma's style. Missing me is fake, but missing the proprietress of the snack shop is real, right?"

Da Zhuang laughed, not only not ashamed but also quite proud and said, "The past is like smoke, not worth mentioning."

Chen Yiming nodded in agreement, "Well, if you think about it, Mr. Ma and Mr. Yao have seen countless beauties every day for three days now, and they are both young and beautiful young ladies. Naturally, the old lady from before will not keep it in mind."

Da Zhuang retorted confidently, "How could you not remember? I have to go to Xiangcheng in two days. Yiming, don't forget, we still have a balance to settle with the Tangcheng Management Committee."

Chen Yiming gave a thumbs up to express his sincerity. Da Zhuang is like the new and never tires of the old. Friends are all over China, and in the future, he will spread his military power all over the world.

The success of "Mulan" has naturally made Tangcheng popular. The project cooperation between the two parties has been progressing smoothly. According to the previous agreement, Tangcheng will "return" the original construction funds invested by the crew in batches, totaling nearly 2,000 yuan. Thousands of dollars.

In fact, it doesn't matter if it is not returned. The Tangcheng Scenic Area will definitely make a lot of profits if it continues to operate. The project company can also recover its investment by relying on the dividends from the shares, but it will take a longer time.

Perhaps this successful investment touched Da Zhuang's mind, and he sighed in a confused manner, "During this time, when I wake up in the morning and lie in bed, I don't know what I am doing.

I obviously promised to focus on film and television, but look at me now, ticketing platforms, variety show projects, brokerage business, investment companies, and film and television are 88 feet away. Sometimes I wonder how I got to this situation step by step. "

Chen Yiming said disapprovingly, "If you don't like it, just let it go, or spin off the business, open a new company to house it, and then hire a professional manager, wouldn't you be free?
I definitely don’t need to remind you of this. To put it bluntly, you should enjoy it yourself. "

Da Zhuang was silent for a long time before murmuring, "It seems that this is really the case. Yiming, Brother You, my reputation for being kind and charitable has spread throughout the devil's capital."

A few days ago, another person came to the door asking for money. The boss of the ticketing platform contacted him and said that he was an entrepreneurial team looking for a successor.

You help me give advice. "

Chen Yiming smiled and said, "You say you are a taker, but you have already been labeled as the one who took advantage of you. Do you still need my advice?"

Da Zhuang pretended to be serious and said, "Seriously, we are a team that makes a 15-second short video sharing platform.

I don’t know if you have heard of Kuipai. In March of this year, it was acquired by Inspur Weibo with a huge sum of money and it caused a sensation. The business model of this company is similar, but the luck is not as good as Kuipai. If you become the wrong godfather, you will soon be It's time to stop cooking.

Because of the matter of preparing for the trainee draft, I was contacting Yao Laosan about the video platform. I don’t know how the media analyzed it, but there were rumors that Bojue invested in the video website.

I don't even bother to refute the rumors, and I don't even think about how money-burning behemoths like video websites can be manipulated by Bo Jue with small arms and legs.

But thanks to this wave of rumors, Lexiang wouldn't have come to visit him otherwise. "

Chen Yiming asked, "Lexiang? Is the software finished?"

Da Zhuang replied, "It has only been online for a few days, and I have no money to promote it, so I am just living."

Chen Yiming took out his mobile phone and turned on the data download and installation.

Sure enough, it was similar to the Douyin Kuaishou I had used in my previous life. It only had simple editing functions for taking 15-second short videos, and none of the fancy filters and special effects.

Even the front logo and watermark of the APP are not added, which makes people burst into tears.

The interface has an obvious style of long video platform, which can be summed up in one sentence as rubbish.

The number of videos above is so small that there is no need to categorize them. All together, they only amount to a pitiful 5 pages.

From the perspective of those who have experienced it, this investment can be cut off. It is difficult to imagine that this kind of creativity can survive until the short video industry becomes popular one day.

Until then, this project will be a bottomless pit, and the maintenance and promotion fees will not be less than eight figures. What’s wrong with doing something with this money?

But then again, in the Internet field, the only track that Chen Yiming can look forward to in the future and understand is short video. Moreover, the short video ecology is strongly related to the film and television industry, so early layout is indeed necessary.

Chen Yiming was also a little undecided for a moment. Should he intervene in advance?

If you join in now, you will only burn millions of spare cash. In two years, you won’t be able to join in. Then you will still have to pay the short video giant. The toll is higher and more unreasonable than Weibo.

(End of this chapter)