Chapter 3: The Heroine
"Brother Wen is right, if you want to make a qualified effect, three or four million won't run!" Tang An nodded and said.
In fact, compared with animals such as lions and tigers, the cost of sharks produced by special effects is relatively low.
After all, the shark has a smooth body, no hair, no limbs, and the most important thing is the teeth, mouth, and eyes.
As long as you do these three things well, even if the movements are a little stiff, you can cope with the past.
"Then where are you going to get these three or four million?" Xu Jingfei became more and more curious about Tang An's plans and asked.
"Looking for Zhongying!" Tang An said with a smile.
Xu Jinglei was a little disappointed, she didn't expect Tang An's idea to be this, she persuaded, "You'd better be mentally prepared, although China Film is supporting domestic directors, but you are not from major studios, nor are you from a professional background, the most important thing is that you are too young, and no director of the production department of China Film will hand over three or four million funds to you!"
Tang An shook his head, "I didn't say to go now, I plan to finish the film, cut it out into a film, and then go to China Film, if they have vision, it shouldn't be difficult." โ
"And I didn't ask for cash, I just asked China Film to help me do special effects, and the money still fell into their pockets, and then converted into a certain investment ratio!"
Xu Jing's eyes lit up, "This is also a way, which is equivalent to using this investment to pay wages to the special effects department!"
Although this will greatly dilute Tang An's share ratio, after all, the difference between 30,000 and 3 million is too big, but the entire crew is Tang An, how much it costs, how many people are hired, and the loss of equipment is not up to him.
Make an account and report 500,000, and China Film will not be too suspicious.
After all, no one would have thought that 30,000 yuan could make a movie.
Besides, his movie was not originally for money, but for fame, and being famous in the entertainment industry has everything.
This fame is not the popularity of those so-called traffic stars later, the popularity can only be maintained for a while, I don't know how many traffic stars quickly became popular and then quickly disappeared from the audience's sight.
Later, Ning Hao is a typical example, filming "Crazy Stone" began to become famous, and this fame directly made "Crazy Racing" break 100 million at the box office.
To put it bigger, Zhang Yimou is the most famous, and "Three Guns" and "Thirteen Hairpins" were scolded as S... , the box office is still a big hit.
No matter how bad Liu Dehua's "Future Police" and "Fuchun Mountain Residence" are, they still have a box office of two or three hundred million.
With fame, countless investors come to the door waving checks, and countless actors begging you to go to the play!
"Alas, by the way, can you lend me one of the crew's vans too, otherwise these tools won't be able to pull over!" Tang An said again.
"No problem, the crew has to stay in Hengdian for a month to do post-production, I'm afraid that there are any shots that need to be reshot, and they will come back within a month!"
"Thank you!" Tang An said sincerely.
"There's nothing to thank, Huayijia has a big business, and I don't care about this thing, you just broke it, it's okay if I report it damaged, just let them update the equipment!" Xu Jingyan smiled and didn't care.
"By the way, has the heroine been chosen, do you want me to go to the Chinese opera to help you find a few?"
"No, I can't afford to be a student of Chinese opera, don't forget that it's more than 20,000 yuan in total. I found a little girl in Hengdian who was very good, filming "The Pink Family" with Tong Dawei and Sun Li, signed by Rong Xinda. โ
In fact, there is no way to change the heroine's character to an 18-year-old girl, a slightly older female star is not so easy to fool, and she has some qualifications, it is basically impossible to spend three or four thousand yuan, and there are not many suitable female stars who are young and have a good figure (after all, they have to wear swimsuits).
And a beautiful young girl in a bikini is trapped alone at sea, surrounded by sharks, how can it not arouse the desire of those men to protect.
"Li Shaohong and Li Xiaowan have dealt with each other a few times, so let's do it, I'll go with you when the time comes!" Xu Jinglei thought for a while and said.
"Okay, I'm sorry for you!" "It's not time to be hypocritical, Yang Mi got so many resources at such a young age, Rong Xinda made it clear that he wanted to praise him, and Xu Xu Jingfei was a little bigger!
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Early the next morning, Tang An and Xu Jingfei rushed to the crew of "The Pink Family" and made an appointment to meet Li Xiaowan.
"Li Xiaowan also became a director step by step from scene notes back then, which is very similar to your experience, you can talk more about it later, maybe it will have an effect!" Xu Jingyu kept telling on the road.
"She is a businessman now, and the only thing that can impress her is interests, and the others are just incidental!" Tang An shook his head, which one of the people who can come up from the bottom is simple, relying on feelings does not work at all, he only has one chip.
Absolute heroine of the movie!
For an 18-year-old actor, this is more seductive than anything.
"You really don't want to apply for a film shooting permit?" Xu Jinglei said another key thing.
"There's no way, individuals can't apply for a shooting permit, it must be in the name of the company, and the review cycle will take 20 days at the slowest pace, I don't have so much time, I'd better leave it to China Film to do it, it's okay to shoot first and then apply for a permit!" Tang An said helplessly.
Although various certificates are required for filming film and television dramas, the state is not strict in this regard, and even the film shooting permit will be cancelled in a few years, and individuals can also make movies.
"Then what if China Film doesn't invest?"
"Then go to another company to try, if no one invests, keep it, and then talk about it when you have money, go find a job first!" Tang An spread his hands, youth is the capital, he can wait completely.
If this is another five or six years, the domestic film market is maturing, the cake is getting bigger and bigger, and a lot of capital is waving its value and pouring in, Tang An can fool a few wronged bosses, even if it is to praise his own Xiaomi, there are many local tyrants.
Later, Tang An's first independent film was funded by a large amount of money from a small star.
But now where do you go to find a local tyrant, the current domestic films are not an exaggeration to describe as a barrenness, and discerning people know that except for a few large companies with overseas channels, most of the films are loss-making, and some can't even earn back the copy fee.
"It's not bad to find a company, it's best to go to a costume production crew to be an assistant director, blockbusters and small and medium-cost movies are different after all, accumulate a little more experience and qualifications. And where is Jiang Wen, if his new film will not be banned, it is also a good place to go. Xu Jingfei analyzed for Tang An.
"You don't have to think so much, not to mention that I may not be able to succeed!" Tang An waved his hand and smiled.
"It's good to have faith, but it's better to get the heroine first."
PA: Da Mi Mi's figure is still good, refer to Kojima Horror (โโกโ)