Entertainment: I just want to be a small screenwriter

"So much? 90 episodes?" Zhao Liying didn't expect it to be so long.

"That's right, 90 episodes. According to your current salary, if you pay 60 an episode, if you find this drama, it will be 5400 million. It's expensive!!!!" Di Li looked like he couldn't afford you. pay emoji.

"Didn't you just say that you are rich?" Zhao Liying turned to look at Di Li.

"It's true that I'm rich, but if you think about it, your female lead is worth 5400 million, and the male lead doesn't count as me. If you look for someone like Zhang Yunlong, at least they have 40 to [-] per episode. "

"If it's 40, that's 3600 million, and the male and female lead's salary is 9000 million."

"After that, there are also the remuneration for the second female lead, the second male lead, and the remuneration of other actors."

"Just for the salary alone, I have to spend nearly 1.5 million in salary. 1.1"

"This does not include the cost of post-production. If this is the case, if this 90-episode TV series does not exceed 4 million yuan, it will not be able to produce the level I want. Unless it is 3 cents for special effects, the production cost It can be controlled within [-] million."

I know it's a live broadcast, but Di Li is not afraid that everyone will find out.

"Invest 3 million yuan. As you said, if you buy the copyright at that time, you can sell it for more than a billion yuan, right?" Zhao Liying is not in a hurry, so let's chat with him first.

"Who can tell for sure, no one knows if the film will be successful or not in the end."

"If it can become popular, of course it can be exported to dozens of countries and sold for a copyright fee of more than one billion yuan."

"But if it doesn't become popular, won't my 3 million be in vain?"

"Is this the truth, what do you think?" Di Li asked Zhao Liying if she said so. .

Chapter 716 Not as Simple as You Think

It makes sense for Di Li to say this. After all, investing in the production of film and television dramas is also risky.

If the drama is popular, it will definitely make money, but if it is not popular, it will lose money.

At this time, the fans who watched the live broadcast also understood that any investment is risky, and no one can guarantee that any investment can be successful and rewarding.

The risks of these things are borne by producers and investors.

3 million, this is not 300 yuan. If you say that you are losing money, you will lose money, so you don't need to worry about it.

"For 90 episodes, is the production cost of 3 million yuan enough?" This is also what Zhao Liying is worried about.

"Yeah, you don't know enough."

"Let's calculate an account, and calculate according to the market."

Di Li and Zhao Liying calculated the production cost of a TV series live.

Zhao Liying's current market price has reached 60 per episode, and 90 episodes is 5400 million.

As for this drama, the original male protagonist Lin Gengxin was cast, and his market price was 3290 million per episode, 2700 million.

The 90-episode series is expected to take 9 months to shoot.

Let’s count 300 people in the crew, and the average salary of each person is 5000 yuan. If one person works in this drama for 9 months, that is 4 yuan; the total salary of 5000 people for nine months is 300 million yuan.

The lunch box costs 10 yuan per meal, and two meals cost 20 yuan per person. That is 6000 yuan per day, 18 yuan a month, and 162 million yuan for nine months.

The cost of accommodation is 150 yuan for a double standard room, 150 rooms, 22500 for a day, 67 for a month, and more than 5000 million for 9 months.

"Look, the total remuneration for the leading actors and actresses is 8000 million, plus the crew's 9-month salary of 1350 million, 9-month food expenses of 162 million, and 9-month accommodation of 600 million."

"Just these things alone, have already exceeded [-] million?" Di Li and Zhao Liying calculated the account.

"Indeed." Looking at the budget on the paper, it was indeed over [-] million.

"I haven't counted the other role actors, the male lead, the female lead, and a lot of supporting roles and extras."

"I don't think it's too much. All of these come down, 5000 million, right?" Di Li asked Zhao Liying.

Zhao Liying nodded silently, the second male lead and the second female lead played so many roles, the combined salary of the two of them alone would cost at least 2000 million, not to mention the salaries of so many supporting roles and the salaries of the extras.

"That's right, the remuneration of all the actors and extras, plus the salaries of the staff and the accommodation expenses of the crew, it's already 1.5 million; I also need to calculate the director's remuneration, I don't think it's too much, after all, the director is 90 If you want to find a better director in the industry, the salary for this drama should be at least 2000 million, right?"

"That's 1.7 million, plus the props of the crew and the venue leased by the crew, now it's packaged up, and it's 3000 million. That's [-] million, right?"

If it wasn't for Di Li's calculations, the audience watching the live broadcast would not even know.

It turns out that to shoot a film, the initial investment is so large, and all aspects require money.

"The 3 million yuan is just the crew's expenses and the actors' remuneration. This has not included the cost of post-production and costumes."

"In this script, there are 20 costumes for your character alone, and the male lead has more than a dozen costumes."

"Each set of costumes needs to be customized, and the costumes of other actors also need to be customized."

"The costumes of the costume drama, how much is the cost of the costumes for the 90-episode TV series? Not too much, the costumes of all the important actors in the whole drama add up, at least 120 sets, plus the costumes of the group performances, and there are In war scenes, the costumes of soldiers performing in the group can be rented instead of customized."

"But even if this is the case, if the clothing fee is settled, if it is not 1000 million, it will not be settled at all."

"Look, another 1000 million was spent on clothing, so that's 3.1 million."

"Even if there are fewer special effects in post-production, it's better, but the salary of the post-production team, special effects fees, and publicity fees are added together. 9000 million is not too much, right?"

"That's exactly 4 million, sister, how would you feel if you were asked to invest 4 million in a TV series?"

Di Li lightly pinched Zhao Liying's fragrant shoulders, massaged her, and let her think about it.

"There's a lot of pressure." The filming hadn't started yet, but just hearing the budget, she felt a lot of pressure.