Chapter Seventy-Five: A New Play (Gone Tonight)
Pushing open the door of the company, a cool air blew on Lu Ze's face, which made Lu Ze, who was tortured by the high temperature, instantly shake his spirit, and felt that every pore opened and began to emit heat outward.
"Brother Lu is here, Director Han is already waiting for you in the conference room. ”
"I know, thank you, Xiaomei, I'll go over now, I'll wait...... The eyebrows were beautifully painted today. ”
At noon today, Han Chen called him and asked him to come to the company, which is the only contracted director of Qianshijia, Director Han who has interviewed Lu Ze.
Lu Ze was confused, and he didn't know what Han Chen was looking for him, after all, the two were in the company, and there was no other intersection except for meeting during the interview, but this also showed that he was really in trouble, so he hurriedly went downstairs to take a taxi and ran over as fast as he could.
After coming to the conference room, Lu Ze found that it was not only Han Chen sitting inside, but also Gao Jian, the minister of the Ministry of Commerce, whose role was to negotiate and reach business cooperation with other companies or individuals, and he also had no contact with Lu Ze.
Knocking on the glass, Han Chen turned his head, saw Lu Ze outside, smiled and beckoned to Lu Ze, Lu Ze pushed the door in, and hurriedly let Lu Ze sit.
"Director Han is embarrassed, I live a little far away, let you wait for me for so long, Minister Gao is embarrassed. ”
"It's okay, we didn't have to wait long, huh, where do you live now?"
Han Chen's attitude was very good, after all, he and Lu Ze were both signatories of Qianshijia, and they were their own people, so they didn't need to put on any shelf, or make any face.
"I live in Huangpu, not too far away. ”
"Ah, this time I came to you because Mr. Hu gave the index, Minister Gao and they negotiated a contract, just spent a small four million, and then got a book back. ”
Lu Ze's brain suddenly flashed, many things were connected, the trade secrets that Gao Wanzhi said, the script that Mr. Gao bought, Director Han found himself, it was very simple, he wanted to film.
"What do you mean?"
Han Chen took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Gao Jian and Lu Ze, Lu Ze got up and lit it for the two of them, and waited for Han Chen's next words.
"That's right, you starring, your own company invests in filming, who else can you give it if you don't give it to your own actors? But don't think too much, the investment is not big, test the water play, I direct, you are the first man, it's as simple as that. ”
Han Chen smiled happily, he didn't expect to be sent to play so quickly after signing Qianshijia, although the investment was a little smaller, he didn't pick it!
And only stuffed himself with Lu Ze as the male number one, Lu Ze's acting skills are very good, and he also matches the setting of the protagonist, which just solves the problem of casting his starring role, what can Han Chen not be satisfied with?
It's just that Lu Ze is a little puzzled, how can the investment be small when a script costs four million? Five or six years ago, the cost of a script accounted for about 5 percent of the total expenditure, but in the era of heavy traffic, the price of the script has not increased, or the increase is not large, about 2 or 3 percent of the total expenditure.
"So which screenwriter wrote this script, and can it be sold for such a high price?"
Han Chen and Gao Jian both laughed, making Lu Zeyun wonder what was going on, Han Chen stopped smiling first, and suddenly changed his face, very serious.
"Who told you I bought a script?"
"Hmm, didn't you say that Minister Gao bought a book? It's not a script, can it still be a **?"
Lu Ze was quite relaxed, after all, he was his own person, and his age was not too old, so he made a joke that the two of them might not understand, who knew that Han Chen really knew that he was choked by Lu Ze and coughed.
"Ahem! What a mess, let me tell you, novels, IPs, online dramas, understand?"
Lu Ze reacted at this time, online dramas, who doesn't know? Who hasn't watched a few online dramas in the past few years?
Lu Ze had been paying attention to online dramas five or six years ago, but at that time, online dramas were only synonymous with shoddy production, and Lu Ze also watched dramas that sold meat, after all, young people always like to watch some messy things in Internet cafes after part-time work......
It wasn't until four years ago that a popular drama appeared, and that drama was adapted from a novel, and it also took the lead, setting off a wave of remakes of novels, that is, the IP era that old men and old ladies know.
For Qianshijia's first investment in the online drama market, Lu Ze didn't think there was anything wrong, but felt that it was right, after all, Rongchuang Group is not without an Internet company, but there is a pea video, but it is not very popular, not a mainstream video website.
The main traffic support of Pea Video now is sports content, football, basketball real-time broadcast, boxing, fighting, rugby, ice hockey, many of which are sports that ordinary people don't know how to play, which also limits the discovery of the website and is destined to be unpopular.
"So Hu always wants you to shoot an online drama and then broadcast it on Pea?"
"Yes, after all, it's a brother company, and it's also the brother of Qianshijia, but everything is still profit-oriented, and the first part must make money. ”
Lu Ze nodded thoughtfully, and the topic returned to the right track again: "Which novel is that adapted from?"
Han Chen snuffed out the cigarette butt, took out a book from a file folder, and threw it in front of Lu Ze with a bang.
"Is 'Eleventh Finger' suspenseful?"
"That's right, you can take the book back and take a look, and I'm ready to start writing a short biography, although the investment has been put in place, but after removing the later publicity, we only have a budget of 10 million, which is not much. ”
Lu Ze flipped through the book, he didn't care too much, 10 million online dramas, what is missing?
"10 million is a lot, it depends on how many episodes Director Han plans to film. ”
"I expected to shoot twenty episodes, I researched it, and this number of episodes is okay. ”
Lu Ze estimated that there is a small investment in the flower method of small investment, 10 million, 20 episodes, which is enough safely.
"It should be about the same, and there should be no problem with spending less in other places. ”
"But I've already spent four million dollars on the rights to the novel. ”
"Huh?"
Lu Ze raised his head violently and looked at Han Chen's shocked face, this grandson is too bold, isn't it! 6 million to shoot 20 episodes? How much is an episode? 300,000 yuan! Counting the actors' expenses, counting the daily expenses, counting the equipment, counting the salaries of the behind-the-scenes personnel, counting the venue fees, 300,000 yuan per episode? Is it possible? Han Chen, Han Chen, you are only over 30 years old, and you are tired of being crooked?
Han Chen is also very helpless, after all, it is a physical publication, and his reputation is not small, selling four million is actually a normal price, if he doesn't make this drama, he doesn't have the confidence to shoot other IP adaptations well.
"I calculated carefully, two cameras for this drama are enough, I plan to have three photographer......s, three leading actors, recently the company is going to interview a group of new actors, I will see if I can find them there, and I will find a special type to play the others, you can't ask for a high price if you are sent by the company, right?
Lu Ze discovered that the director really has a person with any personality, Guo Mingde is hot-tempered and harsh on the play, Cheng Yuan is sleek in accidents and good at scheduling, and Han Chen has no face and no skin.
Listening to him calculate the trivial accounts, Lu Ze's face was covered, he really didn't want to listen, his head really hurt, but what he said was also that he could ask for a lot of money for his company's investment play?
Han Chen seemed to be selling miserably to Lu Ze, but in fact, he was also threatening Lu Ze, but Lu Ze still had to eat this set, no wonder he asked Lu Ze to talk instead of Shen Jinghan, because he also knew that he couldn't take Shen Jinghan, so he could only eat Lu Ze to death.
Rubbing his face, Lu Ze sighed: "Okay, Director Han, the investment approved by Mr. Hu is in your hands, you are the director, if I guess correctly, Minister Gao is the producer, right? You can spend the money as you want, I accept the company's arrangement." ”
"That's good, the contract is not ready yet, just wait a few days to sign the contract, the crew is not big, the preparatory work will end soon, and I will try my best to pull sponsorship, after all, modern dramas can insert a lot of advertisements, this money can actually be reached, and it will not be less, and now I have started to change the script, the number of episodes is not much, according to the original book, it will come down soon, as for the title of the play, I have already thought about it. ”
"What's it called?"
"Forensic doctor Qin Ming. ”