Xu Shangchu came back to his senses, slapped it heavily on the table, and said excitedly: "Wangqiu, your idea is very good, we sometimes need to set up locations when making movies, such as "Ao Lei Yilan" that we are going to shoot next year, this movie will build a lot of exterior locations, if these scenes can be retained, similar movies can be used again and again in the future, and a lot of money can be saved!" But he immediately asked: "But what about the problem of unemployed youth, you haven't said anything about the problem of unemployed youth!"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "Director Xu, what about us repairing that street, do you see?"

"You stinky boy, are you trying to blackmail me?" Xu Shangchu glared at Xu Wangqiu fiercely and said with a smile, "If you can really come up with an effective solution, I agree with you to build this street, but the budget cannot exceed 700,000, this is our bottom line." Now you're satisfied, hurry up and tell me what you think!"

Sun Wangquan also stared at Xu Wangqiu nervously, wondering what the idea was. His son was unemployed at home, and in order to solve this problem, he found someone to trust him, and tried his best to find a job turning sand. It's not a problem to have a meager income and hard work, but the key is that there is no future!

Xu Wangqiu said slowly: "This problem is easy to solve, the Magic Shadow Factory can set up a subordinate service company, recruit all the unemployed young people in the factory into this company, and specialize in film and television bases or film and television parks." ”

Xu Shangchu was disappointed when he heard Xu Wangqiu say this, and felt that although Xu Wangqiu had some knowledge, he was just a child after all, and he thought about things too simply, and said speechlessly: "Do you think that if you build this street, people will come to visit, don't you? How many people do you think will come to see this street? You, think things are too simple!"

Sun Wangquan was also very disappointed, he heard Xu Wangqiu say the truth just now, and he thought that he could have any good ideas! I didn't expect it to be such an idea, not to mention that no one would come to visit this street when it was built, and even if there were, how many unemployed young people could be placed?

Xu Wangqiu's expression was indifferent, he looked at Xu Shangchu, and said unhurriedly: "Director Xu, can you listen to me finish speaking, I haven't finished talking about what are you anxious about? Since I dare to come up with an idea, it naturally makes sense." ”

When Xu Shangchu heard Xu Wangqiu say this, he said angrily: "Okay, okay, if you continue, I don't believe you can tell the flowers!"

Xu Wangqiu chuckled: "Our film and television base is divided into two parts, one part is the building used for filming, such as the Republic of China building, or the Qin and Han Dynasty buildings. If there is no crew filming, tourists can be allowed to visit. If there is a crew filming, let the crew film and not let tourists enter. The second part is dedicated to amusement parks. I went to Huangpu Park two days ago and saw that there were haha mirrors inside, and many people lined up to play there. There are so many people playing with all the mirrors, what if we introduce a little bit of amusement equipment, such as bumper cars, such as merry-go-rounds, such as roller coasters. It doesn't take much, just five or six items, and there will definitely be an endless stream of people coming to play when the time comes. We charge two cents for tickets, one cent for each individual project, 2,000 visitors a day, 1,400 yuan a day, 300 days a year, 420,000. I still count the number of tourists at a low rate, as long as the business is good, it is completely possible to earn millions a year. ”

It's 1978, there are no amusement parks in the country, and they won't appear until the mid-80s. Xu Shangchu and Sun Wangquan were shocked when they heard that the amusement park had an annual income of millions just by selling tickets!

Xu Wangqiu continued: "In order to attract tourists to the amusement park, we can also build some imitation foreign buildings in the amusement park, such as pyramids, such as triumphal arches or something. The people of our country do not have the opportunity to go abroad, but everyone must want to go to a foreign country to see, to play in our amusement park, to take a picture in front of our pyramid, that can be regarded as a fulfillment of everyone's dream of going abroad, isn't it? If these buildings are repaired, then the ticket can be appropriately high, and it is completely possible to charge four or five cents. Come to our amusement park and get hungry at noon, do you want to have a meal? We can open a restaurant in the amusement park, provide meals, we can also open a shop, sell water and sell tourist souvenirs. As long as our film and television park is done and made into a one-stop shop for eating, drinking and having fun, not to mention placing 100 people, it is no problem to resettle 3 or 400 people!"

Xu Shangchu was completely stupid after listening to Xu Wangqiu's idea. Others may not know about amusement parks, but he does. A few days ago, he went to Xiangjiang for inspection, and the boss of Centaline Pictures took him to visit the Kai Tak Playground. At that time, he thought it was very interesting, and adults and children had a lot of fun. But he didn't think much about it, he was the director of the film studio, and this thing had nothing to do with him.

Now that Xu Wangqiu listened to the idea, Xu Shangchu realized that this thing was really going to be started, not only solved the problem of hundreds of unemployed young people in the Magic Shadow Factory, but also the Magic Shadow Factory had an extra golden doll in its hands from now on, and it could earn a lot more every year!

Xu Shangchu almost wanted to pounce and open Xu Wangqiu's head to see what was inside, how could he come up with such a subtle idea! He turned his head to look at Zhang Ke and said in an incredulous tone: "Old Zhang, is this kid Wangqiu really taught by your school, how did you teach such a little monster?" How do you say his head grows?"

Hearing the student being praised in this way, Zhang Ke's face undoubtedly brightened, but he was a modest person, smiled and waved his hand: "Wangqiu has only been enrolled for two months, what can we teach him? This kid is a genius, and genius is not taught." ”

Xu Shangchu felt that Xu Wangqiu was a real talent, and he was a great talent, and said very seriously: "Wangqiu, you are also a descendant taught by our magic film system, do you think that Chinese films should learn from Hollywood, and our magic movies started from Hollywood, we are the most suitable for you." How about coming to our Shadow Studio after graduation?"

Xu Wangqiu smiled and waved his hand: "I have promised Master, and Zhang Xiaoping from Xiuying Studio, I will return to Xiuying Studio after graduation." Let's get down to business, Director Xu, are you satisfied now?

Xu Shangchu saw Xu Wangqiu refuse his invitation, knowing that this matter was not in a hurry, and there would be an opportunity to win over in the future, as for Xu Wangqiu's idea of repairing a street, he really couldn't refuse: "You want to build a street, I don't object, but the budget still can't exceed 700,000, and we can't do loss-making business." "Hoe Rape" must make money, even if it is a little money. Let you shoot "Hoe Rape", some people in our factory have opinions, if you lose money again, then you can't explain it. ”

Xu Wangqiu stared at Xu Shangchu and said, "Director Xu, you see that we have come up with such a good idea for you and solved such a big trouble for you! Can we be exempted from the equipment and staff fees for the film?"

The studio has its own cast and crew, and has its own equipment, but these are not free to use. The film studio has to pay for the use of the staff and equipment in the studio to make movies. For example, when using a camera in the Shadow Studio, the cost is 60 yuan a day, 10 yuan for the zoom lens, and 3 yuan for the telephoto lens, for example, the recording engineer is 9 yuan a day, and 25 and a half days a month, which is 229 yuan5, and the recording assistant is 6 yuan a day, and 163 yuan a month.

If this money can be saved, it is not difficult to achieve a budget of less than 700,000 yuan.

However, Xu Shangchu refused without hesitation: "This is impossible, this is the system of the factory, if I loosen my mouth to you, then every movie will let the factory loosen up for various reasons in the future, and the rules and regulations will be useless." If you think of any other way, this money will not be able to give you less. ”

In the following day, Xu Wangqiu and the others had various discussions on the budget, trying to cut the budget, such as cutting the cost of that street from 240,000 to 180,000, and Xu Wangqiu They decided to use as little equipment as possible from the Magic Shadow Factory, but used Nortel's own equipment, and finally cut the budget to 740,000. By this time, everything that should be cut has been cut, and all the water that can be squeezed has been squeezed out, but the budget is still not below 700,000.

Xu Wangqiu's egg was extremely painful, and he wanted to say to Xu Shangchu that when the country would adjust the purchase price of the film in August next year, from 700,000 to 900,000, the 740,000 shooting of "Hoe Rape" would not only not lose, but also earn 160,000, but unfortunately this could not be said.

Sun Wangquan muttered: "There is really no place to save money, I think it is better to save the cost of that street, and let the art team reduce the cost to less than 140,000 yuan, so that the budget problem will be solved." ”

Xu Wangqiu communicated with the people in the art department that it would cost at least 180,000, and if it was cut down, it would only sacrifice the quality and safety of the building. In his last life, he was planted in safety, and he absolutely did not want the tragedy to happen again, nor did he want his crew to have a safety accident, so he flatly refused: "No! Absolutely not! This money cannot be saved!"

Sun Wangquan glared at Xu Wangqiu and said, "Then what do you say?"

Xu Wangqiu remembered that his teacher said that when they first made "Sakura", the initial budget was 550,000 yuan, but in the end it was completed with 180,000 yuan; If the film is made according to the normal film, there is a charge for the use of school equipment, and there are corresponding standards for the accommodation of the crew and various subsidies; In order to shoot "Sakura", in order to save money, all the school teachers put on bunks and went to the army to borrow barracks to live. The head of the army couldn't bear to see Nortel's teachers eating pickles every day, so he gave them 1 Mao 7 every day to make up for them, so that they could eat better. In the end, Nortel's teachers only used 170,000 yuan to make the movie.

Now I really can't find a place to cut the budget, so I can only start from the food and housing of Nortel people.

Xu Wangqiu turned his head to look at Xie Fei, then at Zhang Ke, and said: "There is no other way now, in order to ensure the quality of the movie, in order to save money, we can only try to use our Nortel teachers and students, we Nortel people participate in this movie is considered teaching practice, there is no subsidy, and there will be no hotel for everyone, everyone will bring their own bedding rolls, and when the time comes, we will find the army to borrow barracks to live." Save money on accommodation and daily meals, and the budget for the movie should be enough. ”

Xie Fei felt that this was a solution: "There is no other way now but this." ”

Zhang Ke also nodded slightly: "That's it, I'll tell the school when the time comes." ”

When Xu Shangchu heard that Xu Wangqiu and they would rather go to the army camp to borrow it by themselves than save the production cost, he was very moved, and felt that this was a group of people who really loved movies and regarded movies as their lives, so he said: "In this way, the budget will be 690,000 yuan." When the movie is finished, if there is any money left, then give the remaining money to everyone as a subsidy for accommodation and meals. ”

Two days later, the production team made the latest budget plan, and the budget for the whole film was 690,000. If the film can be successfully filmed and passed the review of the Film Bureau, the Magic Film Studio will not lose money, and can make at least 10,000 yuan.