Chapter 395: Discussion
The book of "Love Through Time and Space" has now been copied into five copies and placed on the table in the conference room.
A group of executives from Maverick Film and Television have been sitting in since the morning, and now they have had lunch, which can be regarded as a preliminary understanding of this story.
Because the script is a very important thing, Wen Fan didn't dare to let them take it home to read it, otherwise if it was leaked, it would be very offensive.
"Love Through Time and Space" must be registered, but the creativity of the TV series is really copied all over the world, you copy mine, I copy yours, and you can make a story and TV series by putting it together.
Just change the setting or characters a little bit, and you can avoid the registered script.
If you want to find fault, it will pay a lot of price, and you may not be able to do so.
Therefore, the better the script, the more attention is paid to it before the start of filming, and it will not be sent to the actors at all.
Maverick Film is a very well-established company, so its production team is divided into several.
Among them, there are two gold medals, one is in the hands of Qi Shoujian, and the other is controlled by Wen Fan himself.
On weekdays, everyone cooperates and competes with each other, which also stimulates a lot of work motivation, which is considered a very good model for TV drama production companies.
Sitting in Wen Fan's office now are the henchmen of the gold medal production team under him.
A middle-aged man with a square face in glasses at the head is Zha Houxin, one of the top producers in the field of TV dramas.
Opposite him is the gold medal director Wei Minggong, who is as famous as Zhou Pu, and is also good at costume dramas.
Then there are the publicity manager Shi Siwen, the financial manager Diao Bo and the artist manager Zhu Tao, these five people are Wen Fan's main team in Maverick Film and Television.
If a person is a boss and there are few people under him who can use it, then his days as a boss are numbered.
Wen Fan's control in Maverick Film and Television is second only to Qi Shoujian, and he is not inferior to this entrepreneurial boss, thanks to a group of elites he has recruited.
And the five people in front of them are the best.
Finance manager Diao Bo and artist manager Zhu Tao are both from professional classes, but over the years, they have become accustomed to figuring out and evaluating scripts, and putting forward their own suggestions, and they are completely diverse talents.
Wen Fan, who ate a boxed lunch and drank coffee, said, "Since you have seen almost everything, let's talk about it!"
"It's a good story. Wei Minggong first said, "There is a gimmick of crossing, and there is also a gimmick of a police inspector and a thief crossing together, plus the two of them like Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di, the famous emperors of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is conflict or effect, they all come out......
In particular, it is rare to make a comedy, which is in line with the preferences of audiences of many ages! I watched Zhu Yuanzhang eat roast duck made by a little play, and I would laugh, let alone the audience. ”
"Can the ratings break 3?" Wen Fan asked directly.
"With the name of Teacher Chu Liuxiang and the joining of Buyiyi, breaking 3 is not a problem at all. Wei Minggong said, "If the performance of "Young Di Renjie" is unsatisfactory, I dare to compete for the ratings championship next year." ”
"I understand!" Wen Fan said, "Then you mean that our TV series must be done according to the best standards?"
"Of course. ”
Wei Minggong said, "Otherwise, it will be a waste of 30 million script fees and 10 million Buyiyi's salary." ”
"This time it's really too big, the entire TV series is only 28 episodes, but it costs almost 100 million. Financial manager Diao Bo sighed and said: "We are not Shanhai.com, we can't often do such TV series!"
The market value of Maverick Film and Television is less than 3 billion US dollars, about more than 20 billion plates, and it generally has to produce 5 TV series and 2 movies at the same time.
They can produce about 20 TV series and about 6 movies a year, and the cost of these alone is as high as 2 billion yuan.
Among them, the consumption of movies is the largest, basically each of them is a total cost of 100 million to 150 million.
After all, Maverick Film and Television has been the king and dominate the TV drama industry for many years, and if you want to develop new projects and work hard in the direction of movies, this money must be spent.
Even so, in the past few years, Maverick Film and Television still does not have much opportunity under the pressure of several major film groups, and there are only a handful of movies that have made both word-of-mouth and box office hits.
That is, their TV series continue to make money to subsidize the film department, otherwise the film department would have been sluggish because of losses.
But if you don't do this, you can't do it, the film industry has always been the most profitable and the most limelight, otherwise why would Weibao Film and Television, Daqi Entertainment and Yanhuang Pictures be worth billions, so much higher than their Maverick Film and Television market value?
In terms of making money, in terms of the stability of making money, Maverick Film and Television's TV series are not much worse than them at all.
Wen Fan is well aware of this.
So he didn't care about Diao Bo's reminder, "What we Maverick Film and Television need is not only to make money, but also to influence within the industry." Once "Young Di Renjie" succeeds, and our "Love Through Time and Space" will follow, it will definitely get more attention!"
"The most important thing is that with this fate, can't we continue to cooperate with Mr. Chu in the next step?" gold medal producer Zha Houxin continued, ""The Story of Little Eight is definitely another good theme, whether it is a movie or a TV series, there is room for manipulation!"
"Hehe, you don't have to think about it. Wen Fan shook his head, "Can you still find Buyiyi next time? Can you still contact Teacher Lu Xiaofeng? Teacher Chu even signed the contract this time, and went directly to Buyiyi's account, making it clear that he didn't want to have more contact with us." ”
"Whatever, compared to others, don't we also have a little more advantage?
"That's a good point!" Wen Fan agreed with a smile.
For this kind of big writer with a strange temper and doesn't like to contact with the outside world, Maverick Film and Television can't wait all the time.
There are more talented writers, no matter how good Teacher Chu Liuxiang's "The Gift of Room No. 7" is, can his output and quality be better than five or six, seven or eight playwrights?
Not necessarily!
Besides, who doesn't know that Mr. Chu Liuxiang's favorite is the big production, when the "Love Letter" was announced, Shanhai.com's generosity was very appreciated by him, so he handed over "The Gift of Room No. 7" to Shanhai.com Production.
I heard that his condition is that he must be the best.
So it is said that Shanhai.com spent a total of almost 1 billion yuan for "The Gift of Room No. 7".
Although the world's awards account for most of the awards, such a high production cost has never happened in the history of Chinese films.
The main reason why Wen Fan doesn't pay much attention to the follow-up cooperation with Chu Liuxiang is also this.
At least now, Maverick Film and Television is not qualified to compete with giants like Shanhai.com, and if you want to cooperate with Teacher Chu Liuxiang, at least it will be many years later.
What will the environment be like at that time, and whether Mr. Chu Liuxiang can still write a best-selling and sensational movie script, it is a question mark.
Of course, as far as this "Love Through Time and Space" is concerned, Wen Fan is very satisfied.
The field of TV dramas is the foundation of Maverick Film and Television.
can get a masterpiece of Chu Liuxiang, even if the price paid is a little bigger, it is very useful, and it can stabilize the hegemony of Maverick Film and Television in the TV circle.
"But there is one thing to be aware of. Zhu Tao, the artist manager who had not spoken next to him, frowned and said, "This old man is getting more and more disagreeable, he relied on Bu Yiyi and Chu Liuxiang and gave me a list of actors, from the male protagonist to the supporting role, except for the policewoman. ”
"Hmph, this man is notoriously domineering and likes to eat and wipe clean. Zha Houxin said, "I have produced several TV series, because I have found his artists, but I am fed up with his gagsai. ”
"What should I do this time? I can't give it all to him, right?" Wei Ming said unhappily: "Our own people still want to praise it! Not to mention anything else, Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen, aren't our own male actors good? It's rare to have such a TV series that can praise people!"
Wen Fan didn't have much interest in Lai Haijin.
A mere broker, even if you are one of the top 10 brokers, what is it in front of me?
Now that I heard that he was so excessive, I just got the script, and before the rest of the eight characters were skimmed, he began to intervene on a large scale, this dare I pay for you to train new people, and you have the benefits alone?
This will not work!
Thinking of this, Wen Fan said: "Reject him! Except for Bu Yiyi, we don't want any of us! There is a kind of him who asks Bu Yiyi not to act!"
Everyone laughed.
How could Lai Haijin be willing to give up this opportunity for Buyiyi to star in Teacher Chu Liuxiang's script?
There is also a reward of 10 million, but he can raise a lot!
"But don't be so stiff in your speech, just say that we have made arrangements, and we look forward to working together in the next play. Zha Houxin said to Zhu Tao.
He is the person who Wen Fan has followed since the beginning of his business, and he has strong ability, so he can naturally take care of more.
"Good!"
Zhu Tao also understood.
After all, Lai Haijin not only has Buyiyi in his hands, but also a lot of good actors, and everyone has a lot of cooperation on weekdays.
If it stiffens all of a sudden, I'm afraid it will have a bad impact.
Wen Fan didn't say much about it, he turned to say: "For "Love Through Time and Space", we must hurry up while producing it, and strive to follow it after the Spring Festival, that is, after "Young Di Renjie". On the other hand......"
He turned to Shi Siwen, "Your publicity must also keep up, and you can slowly hype it up from now on." ”
"Now hype, in fact, we can also borrow the east wind of the mountain and sea network" Shi Siwen said with a smile, "They are carrying out large-scale publicity for "Young Di Renjie", we have Bu Yiyi here, and we also have Teacher Chu Liuxiang here, don't we just climb up and save some effort?"
After Shanhai.com won and shining, it became more and more powerful.
"The Gift of Room No. 7" continues to conquer the city, and the box office and word-of-mouth continue to rise rapidly, and they also focus on promoting the upcoming "Young Di Renjie".
Basically everyone knows that there is such a blockbuster drama to be released before the Spring Festival in January, and there are countless TV fans waiting for the release of this TV series.
It is said that the annual VIP users of Shanhai.com have increased significantly.
The people next to him were laughing.
But Wen Fan also frowned without a trace.
This kind of day when his own strength is not enough, and he can only watch other people's majesty, he really doesn't want to live a day.
But what can be done about it?
Shanhai Net is so strong!
Wen Fan can only look forward to his continuous progress, and one day he will be able to truly gain a firm foothold in the film industry, so as to become a real film and television tycoon!
Only in this way can we live up to his serious efforts for so many years.