This opportunity really made Ning Yuan wait.

Zhao Baogang brought the producer of this drama, that is, Liu Yanming, the boss of Hairun, and Lin Kai, director of the Beijing Satellite TV Drama Center, over, and helplessly pointed to Haiyan next to him:

"His story is very unrealistic, I can't help it, I can only try to use real mountains and rivers to make it seem believable, but this money ...... The flowers are like dripping water, and they are almost at the bottom. ”

In Ningyuan's previous life, there were great rivers and mountains such as Longmen Grottoes and Guilin landscapes in the TV series, as well as landmarks in the capital such as Brilliant Nightclubs and Jingda Weiming Lake, and even the western border of China.

Because Hai Yan wrote in the script that Ouyang Tian and they fled to the west, Xiao Tong also followed.

In that year, this drama traveled to more than 20 cities across the country, and it is estimated that only Journey to the West can compare with this kind of record.

The reason is similar, the CCTV TV Drama Center only gave the Journey to the West crew three million, even in the eighties, such a big drama is simply not enough.

In order to save money, Sun Wukong, who has the most scenes, only has 80 yuan in one episode, and Sha Seng has 60 yuan, but Wang Bozhao, who plays the little white dragon, gets a total of 1500.

There is no money to do special effects, so I can only make up for it in real scenes, and Director Yang Jie ran sixty or seventy scenic spots before finally deciding on the route.

For example, Aolai Country was selected in Beidaihe, Lingtai Fangcun Mountain was selected in Qingcheng Mountain, Baigu Cave was selected in Zhangjiajie, Daughter Country was in Humble Administrator's Garden, Flame Mountain was in Turpan, and Bajiao Cave in the same episode ran to Guilin Qixingyan.

Despite this, he was also accused of "taking the crew members to the mountains and rivers", so CCTV also sent a monitoring team, saying that it was to see how they filmed, but in fact, they came to investigate.

As a result, after they came over, it was too hard to watch the crew, and they went back to report and ask for a little more funds.

Of course, the funds were not approved later, but Mr. Li Hongchang, who played the centipede essence in the episode of Pansi Cave, pulled 3 million funds from the 11th Bureau of Huatie, otherwise there would be no money after filming 11 episodes, and he was asked by the director to end.

And now, it has been more than ten years after Journey to the West, although "Never Look Away" is an urban drama and the cost is much smaller than that of Journey to the West, the first six million has been spent, and according to the plan, there is still one-third of the content that has not been filmed, not to mention the post-production costs.

This made Zhao Baogang bitter.

Haiyan smiled and said, "Then you still shoot?"

Zhao Baogang glanced at him: "It is rare to encounter a heart-warming drama in life, "Never Look Away" is a case plus emotion, which is right in my arms. ”

Haiyan laughed.

He is only a small shareholder of Hairun, and he has earned a lot of royalties over the years, and he attaches more importance to the quality of his works than shareholder shares, and he is very satisfied with the finished product now.

He didn't care, but Liu Yanming and Lin Kai were different, and he felt a deep headache.

Liu Yanming, the boss of Hairun, looked at Lin Kai next to him and asked, "Director Lin, what do you mean?"

Lin Kai flicked the cigarette ash and smacked his lips: "Director Zhao, you make me embarrassed to explain." ”

After adjusting his sitting posture, Lin Kai sighed:

"You also know that although I am the director of the TV center, there are still people above me, but I am not the only one who has the final say, the key is you...... You said that you are expected to have a total of 27 episodes of TV series, and you have only roughly filmed less than 20 episodes, and you have spent all 6 million, not to mention that you will go to the west later, and there will be a later stage. ”

Liu Yanming only then continued: "Yes, this investment is not small, as far as I know, when the second part of the pearl is returned, the total cost is more than 10 million, but people have a total of 48 episodes of feature films, or costume dramas, and the average episode is about 250,000, and ours has only finished filming 19 episodes of material, and the average episode costs nearly 300,000, not to mention the feature film, there must be more...... This money is spent...... It's a bit much, indeed. ”

Zhao Baogang pointed to Ning Yuan, who was writing something not far away:

"At the beginning, he, even including Qian Wei, how much was their salary, but now, this kid's salary alone is worth Qian Wei and Wang Ru. ”

Liu Yanming shook his head and said: "The current Ning Yuan is indeed worth this price, you didn't see him just casually say that at the opening ceremony, it caused heated discussions among the media and the audience, with him there, it is definitely a guarantee for ratings." ”

Lin Kai, on the other hand, was not so polite, and said:

"Ning Yuan's salary is only 10,000 episodes, even if the salary of other actors is included, it is less than one-tenth of the cost of an episode, which is not the main reason at all. ”

Zhao Baogang said depressedly: "Yes, the main reason is not this, but it is good in all aspects, which is unbearable, and the two of us should also be able to see the quality of our out, the so-called penny price and pie goods, this can be seen." ”

Liu Yanming finally said in a deep voice at this time: "Lao Zhao, we have been in a relationship for so many years, plus I believe in your ability, so I invested so much at once this time, but anything is valuable, we make TV series, not only for art, but also for profit, otherwise we will lose money, and this industry will end sooner or later." ”

Lin Kai pointed at Liu Yanming: "Mr. Liu's words are reasonable. ”

Even if Zhao Baogang is guaranteed and they believe it, they also have a bottom line in their hearts, so now they are very dissatisfied.

And Zhao Bao just didn't open his mouth when he saw the two of them, and he began to cheat: "Now there are hundreds of thousands left in the account, and there are more than eight episodes of scenes, so you can't let me conjure it." ”

Lin Kai extinguished the cigarette butt, and the remaining smoke curled, and behind the smoke was his frowning depression:

"Lao Zhao, you're not right, the previous boy Bao Qingtian was popular enough, and it was a combination of Ning Yuan and Zhuo Jie, and Chen Daoming joined, which is stronger than our drama lineup, but if it is sold to Suzhou Provincial Satellite TV, it will only cost 400,000 yuan per episode, how much do you think our drama can sell?"

Zhao Baogang stopped talking, in fact, he didn't know the bottom in his heart, and he really believed that this drama would definitely be popular, and Ning Yuan was the only one.

However, it is not that he does not believe that he can be popular, but whether he can make a profit in the end.

What Lin Kai said is the truth, even if this drama can sell more than 400,000 yuan per episode, and the cost of one episode is nearly 300,000 yuan now, not to mention that there is a later stage, they can't make much money at all.

What's more, can it be sold for 400,000?

Liu Yanming and Lin Kai didn't let go today, and when they left, Lin Kai said:

"Lao Zhao, we really can't invest any more money, but the drama still has to be filmed, and the missing part, you, as the director, have to figure it out by yourself. ”

What can Zhao Baogang think of, if he pulls investment at the beginning, there will definitely be countless people who are willing to invest, but now even his two most ironclad parties dare not add it, let alone others.

Of course, Liu Yanming and the others just used this way to ring the alarm bell for Zhao Baogang, and at the same time expressed their dissatisfaction, if Zhao Baogang really consumed, they should definitely win the investment, even if they lose money, they have to vote with their noses, otherwise the loss will be even greater.

Ning Yuan wouldn't wait until this time, he had been listening with his ears pricked up, and after they left, Ning Yuan came over with a smile: "Director Zhao, are you busy?"