A day ago, Huaxia TV, the TV drama production center.

Li Qian parked the car downstairs, and then called Feng Yumin, and then went to the security check at the door, and got Feng Yumin's call first, of course he went in easily, and when he took the elevator to the floor where the TV series production center was located, Feng Yumin's secretary was already waiting at the exit of the elevator.

When asked if it was Li Qian, the secretary politely took Li Qian straight to Feng Yumin's office.

On the side of Huaxia TV, Liao Liao has been here many times, but she has always gone to the No. 1 studio hall, while Qi Jie is more familiar with this side, she has been to the TV drama production center no less than ten times, but Li Qian is the first time to come.

To some extent, this is also the first time he has come to the relevant "yamen".

Feng Yumin, as the helmsman of Huaxia TV drama production center, can be imagined to be very busy, except for the occasional big drama in which he personally goes down as a producer or director, there are at least several dramas that start filming at the same time all year round, and he is responsible for the producer, producer and other positions, and in addition, the other dramas in the TV drama production center, although he is only the leader, but the final film, must be his nod, in order to be officially qualified.

The secretary knocked on the door, pushed the door in after getting permission, Feng Yumin was on the phone, and when he looked up and saw Li Qian behind the secretary, he beckoned directly, motioned for Li Qian to sit down, and said a word to the phone, and then deliberately covered the microphone, pointed to the bookshelf in the office, and said to the secretary: "Xiao He, go and take out my jar of Biluochun and flush the tea." ”

Secretary Xiao He was stunned for a moment when he heard this, quickly agreed, took the tea leaves, and when he looked at Li Qian again, his smiling face suddenly became more and more sincere - Feng Yumin loves tea. Especially Biluochun, even in the office, he refuses to compromise, but he usually entertains guests, and he has tea specially approved by the TV station, like his own treasured Biluochun. It's not something that just any guest can drink.

Two minutes later, after the phone call was made, when Feng Yumin hung up the phone, the secretary Xiao He had just washed the tea, Feng Yumin got up and walked over, sat down on the sofa in the hospitality area, and said to him: "I'll come, someone is looking for me outside, you can help me block the car!" Don't take it in yet, just say I'm going to review the film. ”

Secretary Xiao He agreed, straightened up, and nodded at Li Qian with a smile before leaving.

When he left, Feng Yumin didn't speak, just continued to make tea, and when the tea was ready, he divided the lamp. He saw that Li Qian was looking around, so he got up and opened the drawer and took out the script. He smiled and said, "My office was the standard of many years ago, and it was quite particular at that time, but now...... It's not like your office, shabby!"

Li Qian smiled, and only said after a while: "But it's such a shabby office, I don't know how many people can't come in if they want to come in and sit for a while!" I'd like to fall in touch with you!"

Feng Yumin laughed, and said as he sat down: "I really didn't expect that you would also be a sycophant!"

Li Qian smiled, picked up the teacup and sniffed it lightly, and then took a sip. put down the teacup and said: "Speaking of which, you are still very particular, my dad likes to drink tea, and I also learned from him, and I love to drink tea, but I can't drink your kung fu." ”

Feng Yumin smiled again, and was not busy tasting tea, but took the notebook in his hand, patted it, and said seriously: "I have seen it, I have watched it three times...... Good book!" After a pause, he put down the script, took a sip of the teacup, and said: "The actor is right, the director is right, this film can't be wrong!"

When Li Qian heard this, he smiled but did not say a word.

When he sent someone to send the script over, he explained on the phone that he wanted to make a film, and the meaning was very clear: he wanted to produce and direct it himself.

Therefore, Feng Yumin obviously has something to say.

Seeing that Li Qian didn't pick up, Feng Yumin sighed, raised his hand and rubbed the top of his head, and said: "Qian'er, I know that you are studying photography, and you are an actor, I have seen it, but if this drama is going to be filmed, do you know how much investment it takes?"

Li Qian responded: "I haven't found anyone to estimate it seriously, I will close it myself, save a little money, more than 20 million, about 30 million, I will definitely be able to win." ”

Feng Yumin looked up at Li Qian in surprise when he heard this, thought for a while, and then said: "Let me tell you this! I do this all year round, and I should have more say in the domestic TV series." Do you know how many TV dramas are produced in China every year? More than 18,000 episodes! This is last year's data! So, what is the average investment? On average, each episode is about a little more than 230,000. ”

After a pause, he said, " Of course, among the more than 18,000 episodes of TV dramas, the ones that can be broadcast on TV stations above the provincial level in the end must be limited, and those shoddy films must have little investment, which lowers the average, but even if you can get the films above the provincial level, including the films broadcast by our Huaxia TV, the approximate average data, the cost of one episode is about less than 400,000, your play, the script is 32 episodes, that is to say, its cost must be controlled between 12 million and 15 million, which is more reasonable。 If you pick a little bit to shoot, about 10 million, you can take it. ”

"But ......" paused, he said: "Don't say anything about fifteen million, and don't say your 30 million, I don't know how you plan to shoot, why you have such a high budget, let's just say 10 million...... Qian'er, that's 10 million! It's not like you making an album, you can write lyrics and songs, and you can arrange music yourself, even if you rent a recording studio, record it for a month, and make an album, that's a limited amount of money, not counting the cost of lyrics and songs, hundreds of thousands of records, it's completely fine, even if you lose money, it's not worth anything, but this, it's 10 million!"

"I know you are not short of money, Liao Liao, He Runqing, and your four beauty bands, they are all big sellers, you still write lyrics and songs for others, sell songs, and you also receive film and television soundtracks, of course, don't say 10 million, it is estimated that you can pay out 30 or 50 million now, but, if this money is smashed, do you really think you can return to your capital?"

After a pause, he refilled the tea for Li Qian and himself, took a sip, and then said: "I know, you learn this, love this, and want to make films independently, this mood is understandable, this dream is also worth supporting, but the investment in this drama is too big, the costumes are already expensive, and you still have a lot ......of martial arts stunt shots here, which is even more expensive! Besides, the key is that you have no experience before!

After thinking about it, he said: "Let's put it this way, if you suddenly tell me that you are going to spend 10 million to make an album, then I tell you, not only me, but everyone who knows you will not worry at all, although the cost of your album is ten times more expensive than others making albums, or even twenty times, but as long as you do it, everyone will believe that you must have your reasons, and must believe that you can spend this 10 million well, and then earn back more money! Make a movie, let me tell you, don't say 10 million, 30 million, it's 5 million, I'm worried that you will lose it!"

From the very beginning, Li Qian just listened carefully while drinking tea, and didn't interrupt a word, hearing this, he couldn't help but smile, looked up at Feng Yumin, and said with a smile: "Then what do you mean?"

Feng Yumin looked at him seriously when he heard this, and said sincerely: "What I want to say is actually just one sentence: The pool of water in the TV series is very deep!"

Li Qian smiled and nodded slowly.

In fact, Feng Yumin said these words, he could guess the general meaning of the other party.

To invest such a large amount of money to film this film, of course Li Qian did his homework in advance, and he had already read the relevant information in advance of the data Feng Yumin said. Even because he deliberately went to see and understand, when it comes to data, he remembers it more solidly than Feng Yumin.

In 1997, a total of 18,583 episodes of TV dramas were produced in China, with a total investment of more than 4.3 billion. Of course, this data does not include "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", that is calculated in the data of 1996, and the data of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is included, which also directly increases the average single episode data in 1996.

Of course, as Feng Yumin said, about one-third of such a large output every year cannot be sold after being filmed, and the better ones can still recover a little bit of the cost by issuing VCDs and videotapes, and the worse ones don't even have the opportunity to release VCDs, and they are locked directly into the warehouse after they are filmed.

Although not all of these dramas are low-cost investments, and some of them invest millions of dollars, and in the end they lose all their money, but most of them are still shoddy productions that cost around 100,000 or even 58,000 episodes.

But even if this part of the drama is eliminated, only to say that the TV series that are qualified to be broadcast on major provincial satellite TV and even on Huaxia TV, their production cost is probably only between 250,000 and 400,000 per episode, and the cost of a single episode is more than 500,000, which is a great investment - domestic TV dramas are generally between 20 and 40 episodes, and a single episode is more than 500,000, which means that the cost of this drama is at least eight figures!

Now that the media is developed, even if the production of TV dramas is often carried out after the project is established, a lot of false propaganda soon began to flood, and many crews claimed to have invested 15 million, 20 million, or even 30 million, and the slogan of "big production" did not want money, as if the money invested was not enough, and the drama would definitely not be good...... But in fact, their real production costs are often significantly lower than this figure.

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