"When I was in the magic capital, I saw a situation where some families didn't have a TV, but if they went to the neighbor's house to watch TV, it was okay. In some alleys www.biquge.info there are even families who deliberately move out the TV set and gather everyone to watch it together, just like watching an open-air movie. Li Xu said to the director.

He even pulled in the form of a wooden man sitting next to him, who didn't say a word from beginning to end: "You know, my secretary grew up in the magic capital, and he knows a little bit about the popularity of television. So, just imagine, every year in the Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone crowds in front of the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala of the Central Channel, conveying a message that the government and the people celebrate the Spring Festival together, which is very close to the people. ”

Director Wang was a little stunned when he heard this, and only nodded uncertainly after a while: "This...... I can react to the above. ”

Li Xu laughed, didn't speak again, turned his head and twitched the corners of his mouth, almost getting into a goof, pretending to be 13 is also risky.

Skipping this topic, I visited all the way over, and as soon as I arrived at the production department, I saw Director Dai coming out of it.

"Yo, Director Dai!" Li Xu took the lead in greeting.

"Mr. Li?" the other party paused, then walked over with a smile, and waved his hand again and again, "I'm not the director now, Lao Wang is, I'm the director of the production department now." ”

As he spoke, he also said hello to Director Wang.

"Where is it, Director Dai is an old-timer, and he still needs more advice. "Director Wang seems very modest.

"What TV series have you been planning recently?" Li Xu immediately made a curious look, "Have you considered making a "Journey to the West"?"

Director Dai paused, and then looked at Director Wang, who also paused, not knowing what to say.

"Why, it looks like you really have this in mind. Li Xu then put on a surprised look again.

"Mr. Li is so interested in "Journey to the West"?" Director Dai couldn't help but ask.

"Of course, among the four famous novels, except for "Dream of Red Mansions", which I can't understand a bit, I chewed it a few times intermittently before I finished reading it, and the other three have been turned over many times. When I was a child, I lived in Japan most of the time, and the Japanese people's favorite ones were the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West, so I watched it very early. Li Xu said with a serious face, "If you really want to shoot "Journey to the West", I can sponsor one or two." ”

As soon as they heard this, Director Dai and Director Wang were not calm, and the two quickly exchanged glances, and Director Dai smiled: "That's it, Mr. Li, come and sit in my office first." ”

"Okay. Li Xu nodded, and immediately took Li Wei and entered Director Dai's office with Director Wang.

As soon as he entered, he raised his eyebrows, because there was a middle-aged woman who looked to be fifty or sixty years old sitting in the office, dressed very plainly like people of this age, but with a lean momentum between her eyebrows.

She was about to say something immediately after seeing Director Dai, but she quickly noticed Director Wang and Li Xu who was following him, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"O Young, let me introduce you to Mr. Edward, Pilpont Lee, an American, also a Japanese. Director Dai introduced with a smile, "That, Mr. Li, this is Yang Jie, one of the few female directors of our Central Channel, who is better than many male directors professionally." ”

"Hello, Director Yang. Li Xu's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward and stretched out his hand in a few steps, "My Chinese name is Li Xu, Muzi Li, Jiuri Xu." ”

Yang Jie was stunned again, obviously he didn't expect the foreigner in front of him to speak Chinese so well, and after getting up and holding his hand, he became a little stammered: "You...... Hello, that ...... That ......"

Even if the other party had just introduced her, she still forgot the words and had to look at Director Dai, who reminded with a wry smile: "Mr. Li." ”

"Hello, Mr. Li. She hurriedly said, and then looked at Director Dai, quite unwillingly: "Since you have something, then I'll leave first, Director Dai, but I'll come back tomorrow." ”

"Hey, don't worry, Xiao Yang" Director Dai greeted with a smile, "You don't want to shoot "Journey to the West", Mr. Li is very interested in this." ”

"Huh?" Yang Jie's eyes widened, looking at Li Xu, and then at Director Dai, looking confused.

"Sit down, sit down and talk. Director Dai beckoned them to the chairs and sofas next to them, poured a few glasses of water, and then said to Li Xu: "Mr. Li, didn't you just ask me if I was planning to shoot "Journey to the West", I will tell you the bottom here, what about this Xiao Yang, I have been grinding hard here for the past two months, and I want to prepare for the crew of "Journey to the West". ”

"Really?" Li Xu could completely and completely show a look of surprise at this time, "Teacher Yang, do you have a plan book?"

"Yes, yes!" Yang Jie also came back to her senses at this time, and Li Xu's "Teacher Yang" also made her feel uplifted, and immediately took out a boss's file bag from the bag she was carrying.

"Heh, this preparation is really solid," Li Xu took it and smiled, "I'm sorry, give me a few minutes first, and take a rough look." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, just watch. Yang Jie said busily.

Then Li Xu opened the folder and looked at it, he saw it quickly, and kept flipping through it, and the paper made a rattling sound in his hand, which once made Yang Jie show a worried look, and Director Dai and Director Wang were also a little nervous.

But Li Xu quickly closed his eyes, shook his head slightly, and quickly flipped through it again a few minutes later.

This process was repeated at least three times, and then Li Xu let out a long breath and looked at Yang Jie: "Teacher Yang, every 45-minute episode, you plan to shoot 30 episodes, how much money do you need?"

"Hmm......" Yang Jie hesitated and looked at Director Dai and Director Wang, "I estimated before, it will take about 3 million to 4 million." ”

Director Wang frowned immediately, and Director Dai also subconsciously shook his head, but before he could speak, he saw Li Xu wave his hand: "How is 4 million enough, I'll write a check for 5 million US dollars." ”

Suddenly, a loud inhalation sound sounded in the office, and whether it was Director Dai, Director Wang, or Director Yang, they couldn't help but widen their eyes, thinking that they had auditory hallucinations.

Li ...... Plum...... Mr. Lee, you mean...... You mean $5 million?!" Director Wang not only forgot to use "you", but even his lips were a little unfavorable.

"yes, $5 million. Li Xu nodded, "Oh, by the way, the official exchange rate seems to be 1.7 to 1, I simply calculate a whole number, 5.8 million US dollars, which is almost 10 million RMB." ”

There was another inhalation, and the three of them opened their eyes wider, so that Li, who played the role of a puppeteer very well, couldn't help but cover his mouth.

Li ...... Mr. Li, what you said is true?" asked Director Dai immediately.

"Of course," Li Xu flipped through the information in his hand, "Mr. Yang said that if you want to shoot on the spot, just the cost of various accommodations is a considerable expense. ”

"We can ...... this," Yang Jie wanted to defend a few words.

"Mr. Yang, your filming location may be a lot of wilderness, which is a lot of pressure on logistics," Li Xu immediately said, "If the crew can't rest well, how can they spend so much energy on filming?"

Then he raised his hand before she could speak: "Also, Mr. Yang, do you know how blueprint keying works?"

"Blueprint keying?" Yang froze.

"That's right, in film and television shooting, some difficult scenes, such as soaring clouds and fog, are impossible to actually shoot. So you have to shoot the scenery first, then have the actors perform in front of a blue or green curtain, and then composite it together in post-production. Li Xu said.

"Oh, I've heard that said. Yang Jie showed a sudden look.

"However, this requires a special camera, a special control software, and the person who uses it must also be able to operate, otherwise it is easy to turn the composite character into a paper man. Li Xu explained, "I think so, Mr. Yang, I will sponsor you to go to the United States to see how those people in Hollywood cut out the post-production stage, and then send two people to study seriously." ”

Then he flipped through the information in his hand again: "In addition, you must also use the technology of lifting steel wires, and I can also send a Hong Kong team over." ”

"We can also send people to learn from them. Yang Jie said subconsciously.

"There's no need, Hong Kong people are stingy, you send people to learn, they will only give you the skin, and then hide the core things from you. Li Xu laughed, "Don't worry, Mr. Yang, I don't have enough money, I still have it." ”

The three people in the center of the room were a little numb, what the hell...... That's not how money is spent!

"It seems that Mr. Li really likes "Journey to the West". Yang Jie said after rubbing his temples.

"Yes, I really like it, I have always hoped to see the classic work of "Journey to the West" on TV or movies, but unfortunately whether it is a Hong Kong movie or a Japanese TV series, there is not even a percent taste of the original book," Li Xu said and shook his head, "The two Hong Kong movies, the sets are too simple, and people can't bring them in at all, I might as well watch shadow puppetry, as for Japanese TV dramas, ......."

He laughed, faintly disdainful: "I remember you seem to have introduced it, right?"

"Yes," Yang Jie nodded, "It was stopped after two episodes, and the audience was very disgusted that Tang Seng was a woman." ”

"That's right! That's it!" Li Xu immediately slapped his thigh, "Your uncle's, I don't know what these people are thinking, and they actually found an actress to play Tang Seng!"

Director Wang and Director Dai, who were already a little overwhelmed, were even more messy by the wind at the moment, knowing that you are good at Chinese, but "your uncle" has come out, what kind of trouble is this?!

"That...... Miss Leigh: Right? "Director Wang secretly leaned in front of the puppet-like Liwei," Mr. Li has always been ...... Is it so passionate?"

"This ......," Li Wei twitched the corner of his mouth, "The boss ...... a lot of times They are all temperamental people. ”

She looked serious and spoke in a positive tone, as if she had seen him like this often.