Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 31 Double happiness! (Please read~)

Time flies and August comes in a blink of an eye.

Chen Shiping only felt that the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and his heart became more and more irritable.

Tian Chongbang's shooting progress was not slow, but it was a waste of film. One shot had to be shot an average of twenty times!

This is pain that Chen Shiping cannot bear! It’s all money that’s burned!

Originally, 800,000 yuan was enough, but now that prices have soared and shooting costs have also increased rapidly, Chen Shiping really can't bear it anymore.

If he continued shooting like this, Chen Shiping felt like he was going to sell his blood, and he had to drain all the blood from his body before he could fill this hole.

Striving for excellence is a good thing, and Chen Shiping supports it with both hands, but you can’t be so striving for perfection!

Chen Shiping would be squeezed dry if he kept begging like this. He hadn't eaten ribs as much as he wanted for a long time, and Hachigong had lost weight.

On the set of the crew, Chen Shiping found Tian Cangchang who was lecturing He Qing.

"Director Tian, ​​are you busy?" Chen Shiping asked with a smile.

Tian Chongbang, who was just halfway through the play, paused and said to He Qing: "Go and figure it out first, and I'll talk to you later."

"Okay." He Qing nodded to Chen Shiping and turned around to leave.

After Chen Shiping and He Qing left, he said: "Director Tian, ​​we can't continue filming like this."

"What's wrong? I didn't change the script." Tian Chongchuang has been feeling extremely depressed recently. The director is simply a tool.

Chen Shiping sighed and said: "Too much film is wasted. If we keep shooting like this, we will have no money."

"Shouldn't you solve the funding problem? I'm only responsible for taking good pictures." Tian said with a frown.

I already regretted becoming this director, but now I have to control the number of shots. Isn’t this like putting on shackles and adding handcuffs!

"You are right, but what the producer wants is to control costs." Chen Shiping said seriously: "In the future, a shot can only be shot fifteen times at most. If you can't get a satisfactory shot within fifteen times, then you can use these shots." Pick from the camera.”

Tian Cangchang suddenly said unhappily: "How can that be done? Various problems will arise during shooting. If the shooting is not good all the time, then it will be a fool?"

"This is your problem. You are the director and you are responsible for the quality. All I can provide is the cost of fifteen mistakes."

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Tian Cangbang was speechless. The producer Chen Shiping was very good at kicking the ball, so he kicked the question back to him.

However, Tian Bangchang made careful calculations and found that some unimportant shots could be shot in one or two shots, which could reduce the error tolerance rate.

Chen Shiping said earnestly: "I don't want to hold you back, but you have to understand the crew's financial situation."

Tian Chuangchuang felt the difficulty of making films outside the system, and in the end he could only nod in agreement.

Chen Shiping felt that next time he asked Tian Chongchang to be his director, he would not agree.

Next time I'll have to change the director to be the tool man. Fortunately, there are enough directors at Beijing Film Studio to keep Chen Shiping busy for a while.

It's just that investors are not easy to find, so you still have to be polite to investor Chen Shiping. It's really rare to be able to spend hundreds of thousands to make a movie these days.

But no matter how polite Chen Shiping was, he still had to go to Liu Xiaoqing, a rich woman, to get some gold coins.

When I found Liu Xiaoqing, she was whispering with Jiang Wen, smiling happily.

Seeing Chen Shiping coming over, Liu Xiaoqing took away his hand from Jiang Wen and asked with a smile: "Shi Ping, are you looking for me?"

Chen Shiping nodded, glanced at Jiang Wen and said, "Sister Qing and I will have a few words."

Jiang Wen heard the meaning of Chen Shiping's words, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he glanced at Liu Xiaoqing.

Liu Xiaoqing smiled and said, "Shi Ping, just tell me if you have anything to do."

I really care about my little boyfriend.

Chen Shiping stopped beating around the bush and directly talked about the lack of funds, hoping that Liu Xiaoqing would be more supportive.

Liu Xiaoqing couldn't help but frown after hearing this. She had already invested 700,000 yuan, and if she added more money, it would become an investment of 800,000 yuan.

Jiang Wen saw that Liu Xiaoqing was not very happy, so he took the initiative to talk: "The investment of Chen Da's production cannot be all attributed to one person."

Chen Shiping rolled his eyes at Jiang Wen and said, "Additional investment means sharing the share. Naturally, I have to ask Sister Qing, the largest investor. I've told you this a long time ago. You are an actor. If you don't understand, don't say that. Duo, let’s wait until you become a producer one day.”

Jiang Wen: "." Why do these words sound so familiar?

Liu Xiaoqing also knew this, but he really didn't want to spend the money, so he looked at Chen Shiping and said, "Shiping, why don't you stop thinking about it?"

"Okay, but it may take me some time to find investors again. If the crew can't keep up with the funds, it may have to stop for a while."

Chen Shiping smiled and comforted Liu Xiaoqing and said, "Sister Qing, don't worry, I will never let your money go down the drain."

Even after using double affirmation, Liu Xiaoqing still couldn't understand the meaning of Chen Shiping's words, and his literary routine was no worse than that of business people!

Seeing Chen Shiping's "sincere" look, Liu Xiaoqing said helplessly: "Okay, I've convinced you, tell me how much more is left."

"I've calculated that I'm still short of about 80,000 yuan. I gritted my teeth and got 40,000 yuan, and the remaining 40,000 yuan."

Liu Xiaoqing immediately answered: "I will pay for the remaining 40,000! I was scared to death. I thought how much it would cost."

Chen Shiping flattered her and said, "Sister Qing is so heroic! She deserves to be the most popular star in the film industry. She is so courageous!"

Liu Xiaoqing now also regrets joining Chen Shiping's pirate ship. He took such a big risk just for a role and no idea of ​​how much reward he could get.

I will never listen to Chen Shiping’s lies next time!

Chen Shiping is not worried that Liu Xiaoqing will not cooperate with him in the future. As long as the movie is successfully completed and money is made, Liu Xiaoqing will definitely forget all these unpleasantnesses.

Who can refuse the real benefits?

After controlling the shooting costs and making money, Chen Shiping also kept an eye on the subsequent shooting progress, which sped up the overall process a lot.

At the end of August, the project was about to be officially finalized. Chen Shiping looked at the 10,000 yuan left on his books and felt that his ability to control costs was pretty good.

This ten thousand yuan is enough for editing and printing, and it can also make a lot of money to treat everyone to a meal.

After filming the scene of Xu Sanguan crying on the street as if no one else was watching, Tian Chongcang shouted the sentence "Finish!"

Before Tian Cangcang finished speaking, the crew started cheering.

It takes two months to shoot a movie. This speed is impossible to achieve in a film studio. The crew has never encountered a producer as devilish as Chen Shiping.

It is simply treating men as beasts, and women are also treated as beasts!

It’s also about equality between men and women!

Chen Shiping looked at the cheering crowd and shouted loudly: "Pack your things and go back to the factory. I'll treat you tonight!"

"Okay! Producer Chen is so generous!"

"Everyone eat more tonight and seize the opportunity to kill Producer Chen once!"

"Haha, there is no such store after passing this village. We must seize the opportunity!"

With the idea of ​​​​killing Chen Shiping once and for all, everyone packed up their things very quickly, and it didn't take more than a while to pack everything up.

When everyone got off the bus and returned to the factory, they saw Xiao Bing from the Literature Department trotting over from a distance.

"Shi Ping, your notice, you have been admitted to Lu Xun College of Literature!"

Xiao Bing ran over with a letter in his hand and congratulated Chen Shiping with a smile, his tone full of envy.

As a graduate student, you still go to school with a group of writers. This notice is your ticket to enter the literary pyramid!

Everyone in the crew was surprised when they heard that Chen Shiping was admitted to Lu Xun College of Literature. They didn't expect that while Chen Shiping was squeezing them, he also secretly admitted a graduate student!

You are a beast, why are you exploiting yourself?

With the blessing of a graduate degree, Chen Shiping will be really great in the future!

There are not many graduate students in the entire film studio!

In addition, I have just finished filming the movie. If I win an award, Chen Shiping’s rise will really be unstoppable!

Everyone, who felt the same as Ming Jing, gathered around to congratulate Chen Shiping.

"Congratulations to Producer Chen, what a double blessing!"

"Yes, as a graduate student from the Normal University, your future is limitless!"

This is to establish a good relationship with the leaders in the factory in advance. Eat less tonight and save some money for the leaders!

In the future, whoever dares to say that Production Chen is exploiting me or who is anxious is called good leadership! This is efficiency!

(End of this chapter)