Mao Yi looked at the budget table behind him and fell into deep thought.

Budget 50 million.

This number......

Too little.

Yes, too little.

Not to mention the original Leizhou and other well-known scenes in the series, they are just game special effects, and the key is that the model of the "Lock Demon Tower", which is one of the main battlefields, although there are physical projects in the plan, but ......

The total investment is only 500,000.

So what can be done?

Build a tower that is shorter than a man?

Of course, these are the cases of a past life.

Logically speaking, as a Xianxia drama, it is really impossible to really restore reality one-to-one according to the scenes in the game.

After all, there are so many scenes in the game.

If it's all based on entities, no one can afford that money.

There are even so many scenes that if they were all restored one-to-one, this drama would not be sold at all!

Now is not the time for future generations to invest more than 100 million at every turn.

In this era, investing more than 100 million yuan in movies is something worth boasting about.

What's more, it's a TV series?

The cost of 50 million is already remarkable in itself.

And it is impossible for this drama to return to its original cost directly in the first round of broadcasting, I am afraid that it can only be done in the second or third round.

And the "Fairy Sword" series is only this one "Fairy Sword III", and the follow-up "Fairy Sword V" has hit the streets.

Not to mention the "Immortal Six", which was criticized for its game optimization in the early days of release.

And because of the huge accusation of "Fairy Six", the filming of "Fairy Sword IV" in preparation was directly stopped indefinitely.

I have to say that the later parts of "Fairy Sword" are all a deep pit!

And it's interesting to note that......

It seems that the Sword and Fairy series all have a spell.

That is, the male protagonist will become a single dog.

This can also be seen from Han Dongjun, the actor of Fairy Sword Five.

By the way, the name Han Dongjun may be too unfamiliar, but the actor Wuxin in "Wuxin Mage", I believe many people ......

Haven't heard of it.

cough, the main popular thing in that drama is the "disgusting couple" composed of the second male Zhang Ruoyun and the second female Chen Yao.

Among them, the reputation of this drama is higher, and it is the second female "Yue Qiluo" Chen Yao.

It has become the favorite of the major Lalang and UP people at Station B.

All kinds of love combinations are used, and both men and women are killed.

But that girl has a small problem.

She's 94 and still ......

Junior high school.

Sighing, Mao Yi didn't think about anything more.

Back to business.

Even if you are not satisfied with the budget, in this era, you still have to consider the production cost and the selling price.

Mao Yi can certainly increase the budget.

Find some good special effects companies, customize the restored costumes, and then build the scene more realistically.

These are all places where money is spent.

But here's the problem......

How to get back to the cost?

Mao Yi fell into deep thought.

Thinking about it, suddenly, a spiritual light appeared in Mao Yi's mind!

Mao Yi wrote out his opinion and handed it to Cai Yinong's secretary.

"Ask Director Cai to re-write a budget based on what I added. ”

"Yes. The secretary did not dare to delay, and hurriedly said goodbye and left.

After Cai Yinong took it, the whole person was obviously stunned.

Far from being less, the budget is filling in a lot.

With Cai Yinong's insight, I am afraid that this new budget will be quadrupled.

Naturally, his face became strange.

Four times as much as fifty million?

That's not 200 million?

Can 200 million TV series?

Even for today's Bilibili, it can be called a big move, right?

Waiting until the next morning, the secretary came with a strange look but a form.

"How much?"

"Two hundred million. The secretary said in a trance.

Cai Yinong took a deep breath and nodded.

Picked up the budget sheet and went directly to Mao Yi's office.

"Boss. ”

"The budget is out?"

"It's out. ”

"How much?"

"Two hundred million. ”

"Not a salary?"

"Yes. ”

"En......" Mao Yi was not surprised.

Needless to say, the budget has been quadrupled!

But the effect is just to look more realistic.

I remember that in my previous life, the scene of "Xiansan" was played in animation mode.

Then I found a street in Hengdian casually and tossed back and forth.

Speaking of which, Mao Yi was also a little ashamed.

"Fairy Sword One" is because the plot is completely magical, and I didn't watch it at all.

But the reason why "Sword and Fairy III" can't stand it is because of the introduction of the character that makes people speechless.

Can't you make a floating white character text introduction?

I had to make a "Duang!" look like a very low-looking character headframe, and make it look like a game brief.

I'm afraid that others won't know that you're a game adaptation, right?

Coupled with a lot of plots of magic changes, Mao Yi naturally won't want to watch it.

Even if this drama has his favorite "Three Beauties of Fairy Sword".

By the way, it should actually count Brother Hu and Huo.

That is, the "five beauties".

However, Brother Hu is still a "beauty", but Huo ......

Anyway, Mao Yi doesn't understand, why is a manly guy called a beauty?

Maybe......

Who knows.

Nowadays, it is natural to avoid unnecessary special effects.

In the special effects column before, it was specifically noted that when a new character appears, only the name and identity can be added, and it must be displayed with white floating text.

In short, it should not affect the viewing experience.

Even so, there is a lot of money for special effects.

In fact, to put it bluntly, special effects are to burn money.

Especially after Mao Yi wants to reproduce those classic scenes and plots in the game, the investment will be even greater.

200 million ......

Not much.

Yes, not much.

Although the special effects of this era are also very expensive, the special effects that this drama actually needs are also very simple.

In fact, the special effects of Xianxia dramas have always been a mystery.

It's not that it's difficult, but because the special effects of Xianxia dramas are not easy to do.

It's really speechless.

For example, there is a trick where the stars fall for nine days, how do you get it?

The weapon was thrown up, and then it was dark as ink, and countless stars fell to the ground?

But here's the problem.

How do you get the weapon back?

A game is a game, and naturally there is a way to explain it.

But......

You're a TV series!

Is it good to obey the Basic Law?

How could a guy who is not very proficient in weapons casually recall his own weapons?

Does the weapon still have the function of automatic recycling?

Such special effects, if they are really made, will cost at least fifty or sixty thousand in China!

Or the price in ten years!

Now, doubling or tripling is pediatric.

Don't worry, it's a move.

Why does a battle take two or three rounds, right?

That's at least five or six hundred thousand!

In the game, there are ten combined skills of the protagonist team! That is, all of them are made, and it costs 1.2 million!

Not to mention what wide-sleeved flowing fairy skirts, what nine yin dome light clothes and the like, it's just a human life!

A drama, especially a TV series adapted from a game, basically has to change the main scenes, and the weapons will be restored......

Even if it is all a one-to-one model made of hard plastic, the big million cannot be less.

So 200 million is really not much.