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In the conference room, the atmosphere is a little solemn.

Liu Meng's expression was very serious, his palm swept over the stubble on his cheek, and he didn't look at Cao Fang at the moment, but looked at the ceiling slightly distractedly, with an almost dramatic tone of compassion: "I can't attract other investors." ”

"Huh?" This answer was a bit unexpected, and Cao Fang thought about it for a while and found that it was also reasonable.

Zhao Ye took over the conversation: "I evaluated it, if this spy war drama wants to shoot the texture, the investment must be at least more than 30 million, and if you want to ensure a certain rating, for the sake of safety, there must be one or two popular artists to star, spy war films pay attention to the atmosphere, especially with the fineness of your script, the supporting roles are sometimes more difficult to interpret than the protagonist, so it is difficult for other supporting roles to use third- and fourth-tier artists to make up, and they can afford to use many old actors, so the cost will be greater." ”

Liu Meng said: "In the end, the two of us combined, if we want to shoot well, not counting the publicity costs, the basic investment will reach 30 million, and the artist's salary may account for more than 50 percent, or even 60 percent, including the cost of post-production and drama publicity, the total investment will be at least 70 million, and the slightest carelessness will exceed the budget." ”

Cao Yifang doesn't know much about film and television investment, but he is also an insider, he has never eaten pork and watched too many pigs, he smiled: "The current TV series production costs, a slightly larger investment has exceeded 100 million, so it shouldn't be a problem of investment, or the script is not suitable, right?"

Liu Meng stretched out his hands, as if he was dragging something, and he looked at his left hand: "Script problem." He looked at his right hand again: "The amount invested." ”

Then he put his hands together: "This is actually a problem. ”

Cao Fang frowned: "Solve." When he first wrote the script, he didn't think too much about it, but he also wrote it with the intention of making it popular, the successful repertoire of his previous life, plus his own rationalization and revision, he thought that he was calm and quiet in this regard.

In fact, Cao Fang has a lot of self-confidence in his heart that he didn't realize, and from the beginning of his pen, he didn't think about whether he could shoot at all, he thought about whether he could be popular.

As a result, the reality slapped you in the face, and your boss directly told you that this script could not be filmed at all, and no one invested.

"Let me explain. Zhao Ye took a sip of the orange-colored drink in the thermos cup, and said with a smile: "Seriously, this script is still promoted by Liu Meng, and I am trying to promote it, so I will contact and communicate with other film and television companies...... Why is this a problem, because the number of investors, the size of the investment amount, and the script must be a positively related issue, the current gold medal screenwriter in the industry, uh......"

He turned his head to look at Liu Meng and hesitated: "I don't have much contact with spy war dramas, and the market is not particularly clear now...... But in terms of costume dramas and family dramas, the manuscript fees of several gold medal screenwriters are close to those of first-line stars, that is, 500,000 to 700,000 yuan per episode, screenwriters like this are held in the palm of the hands of producers and investors, after all, everyone has to make money, these screenwriters have long proven their ability to attract money, and the market has verified their level, so the scripts they wrote, various film and television companies, including some laymen who want to reach out to the film and television industry, are more likely to eat them, but this industry is very differentiated, and the screenwriters at the top of the pyramid are naturally not afraid of writing out and not being able to sell, but the new screenwriters are different……”

"I kind of get it. Cao Fang smiled: "My fame is useless in this industry, in the field of screenwriting, I am a novice, and novices are not worthy of the trust of investors." ”

"Alas, words are not ......"

That's what it means. ”

As soon as Zhao Ye wanted to be polite and implicitly appease Cao Fang's injured heart, Liu Meng directly threw a summary statement.

Liu Meng said: "I like this drama very much, I have read the script three times, and I am willing to invest if I can, but the studio can't come up with that much money, and to be honest, it is very risky." ”

Zhao Ye didn't continue to talk about this topic, he looked at the silent Cao Fangfang, his eyes were full of appreciation, and said with a smile: "I have to say that when I first saw this script, I was very surprised, especially knowing that this script was written by the most popular brother in our studio, this feeling is even more shocking." ”

Cao Fang was in a bad mood, but seeing that although Zhao Ye had a sense of appeasement, at least he praised sincerely, he still ate the sycophants, and replied with a smile: "It's not strange......, right?

"But if you're an actor and a star, it's commendable. Zhao Ye said: "I have seen a lot of versatile artists, but there are only a few people who can write a decent script, and the level is quite average...... Everyone knows that it was all nominal, and the script was not written by them at all. ”

Cao Fang spread his hands: "It's useless, isn't it?"

The studio's film and television investment is obviously within Zhao Ye's jurisdiction, he glanced at Liu Meng with some apologies, the latter looked helpless, protected his hands, and signaled that he would not express his opinion, so Zhao Ye had to continue: "Actually, I think so, first of all, the vast majority of people can achieve certain achievements in a profession, which is already very remarkable. On the one hand, your fame is at its loudest now, whether it is a senior or a partner in the studio, I suggest that you concentrate on being a good actor first, and we have carefully studied your positioning......"

"Scarcity is expensive, and the industry can now say that there is no actor like you at all. ”

"Young people now want to look good, and the advantage of image no longer needs me to repeat it. There are special actors with characteristics, and there are also those who can be popular, but this is a matter of probability, a probability of 1 in 10,000, and a probability of 1 in 10,000. You have very good external conditions, which is a huge advantage, don't be embarrassed. ”

"Due to the needs of the market, the circle is now full of small fresh meat with no characteristics, but they are destined to be short-lived, and at the moment, they do not have enough differentiated characteristics, and the competition is also very difficult and fierce, and they are stepped on the shoulders of younger juniors if they are not careful......"

"But you're different. Zhao Ye's expression became unprecedentedly serious: "Not only do you have a good external image, but you also have almost top acting skills in the industry, which is unanimously recognized by me and Liu Meng, and both of us have a good eye." ”

"We all know how incredible it is. ”

Speaking of this, he smiled: "Of course, you are not fully understood by all insiders and most audiences like the older generation of actors, but that's because you have another advantage......"

"Because you're young. ”

"Good looks, good acting skills, young enough......" Zhao Ye's face suddenly burst into laughter: "It's not one plus one equals two, this is a chemical reaction, there are many outstanding talents in the entertainment industry, but I can't find a handsome guy like you, there are handsome guys who are close to your acting skills, and you are at least ten years old." It can be seen that your advantages are so great that you are extremely rare among actors. ”

"There are many good-looking young people, not to mention the major film and television schools that are professional, and even the roads in the city center are also grasping a lot of them, but acting skills not only need talent, but also time to condense...... I've never seen someone as young as you who can play an old character to the point. ”

"It's like having a plug-in. ”

"So...... You'd better concentrate on acting now, our studio's resources will tilt a lot towards you, and we're going to package you as a real superstar. ”