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In mid-June, the film crew of Takushima came to the capital. > net

According to their shooting plan, they only had one month in the mainland, mainly to shoot exterior locations.

In late July, I will return to Treasure Island, and the basic itinerary is to go to Hangzhou to photograph the West Lake, then go to Jinling to photograph Leifeng Pagoda, then go to Zhenjiang to photograph Jinshan Temple, and finally photograph various ancient buildings in Gusu.

The reason why they went to Jinling to shoot the Leifeng Pagoda was because the Leifeng Pagoda in Hangzhou had fallen and had not been rebuilt.

There is a medicine pagoda in Jinling Jiming Temple, which can be replaced, and the audience can't see it anyway.

This "Legend of the New White Lady" was reported to the senior management of Taiwan Television in February, and Taiwan Television decided to establish the project after discussion.

In April, the director and crew members were confirmed, and in May, the script was written and the actors were searched.

At the same time, it sent people to the mainland to find suitable location locations, and submitted it to the Mainland's State Administration of Film, Television and Broadcasting for approval in June.

They wrote the script according to the outline provided by Lin Zixuan.

Lin Zixuan gave these people a lot of advice, such as not to write Fahai so badly, this involves the issue of Buddhism, if it is too aimed at Buddhism, or there are insulting plots to Buddhism, it is not easy to pass the examination time.

There is also a play to promote truth, goodness and beauty, and don't write about the love triangle between Xu Xian, the White Lady and Xiaoqing.

In the romance dramas of Treasure Island, there will always be such vulgar plots, but in the mainland, this is still a relatively sensitive topic.

Moreover, the immortals in this drama must be righteous, only some goblins are evil, and good and evil must be distinguished.

This is easy to understand, the leaders above are all good, and the evil ones are the people below, even Fahai must be given a chance, and he can't be killed with a stick, after all, people also have a background.

Only by fully comprehending these inner spirits can we follow the examination of the passage of lì.

For this reason, Baodao's film and television production company gave Lin Zixuan a remuneration of 50,000 yuan, one is the remuneration of the outline, and the other is the cost of these constructions, according to their ideas, this is the cost of dredging the relationship.

Lin Zixuan finally looked through the script and helped them submit it, taking the formal route and taking no cost.

In fact, the mainland's censorship of co-productions is now less strict, after all, the cultural environment of Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland is different, as long as there are no political problems, other details can be let go.

However, if it is broadcast in the mainland, it still needs to be re-censored.

50,000 yuan is a large amount for Lin Zixuan, but for this drama that has invested 1o million yuan, it is only a small part, taking the actor's salary as an example.

The salary of Zhao Yazhi, the star of this drama, is 40,000 Hong Kong dollars per episode, and the total salary for filming this drama is more than 150,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Ye Tong, who plays Xu Xian, is paid 30,000 Hong Kong dollars per episode, and the salary of all actors alone accounts for a quarter of the total investment.

This is unimaginable in the mainland film and television industry, and the remuneration of TV drama actors in the mainland accounts for one-twentieth of the total investment.

It can be seen that the commercial value of mainland stars has not yet been opened.

Lin Zixuan looked at the shooting plan submitted by Baodao, and in order to save money, they tried to shorten the filming time in the mainland as much as possible.

In addition to the actors' salaries, Baodao's film and television companies also spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a special effects machine from the United States, which is specially used for post-production special effects processing, which is extremely rare in the mainland.

Lin Zixuan could only sigh that these people were willing to spend money, if he had a special effects machine, he could also make a mythological drama.

But at the moment he can only make zuò sitcoms.

This is the first project he and Feng Xiaogang decided to shoot when the new company was established after discussion, and the sitcom has low investment and high return, and the risk is very small, so they are better at it.

Of course, it can't be a satirical and realistic theme like "Seahorse Cabaret", it must be positive.

The first project is to make money and accumulate funds, you can't talk too much about artistic pursuits, you can only talk about pursuits when you have money, otherwise you can only go hungry.

Lin Zixuan gave Chen Changle in Huacheng the idea to shoot a sitcom, and he himself planned to do so.

A small film and television company like this can only rely on sitcoms to earn the first pot of gold first, and then develop towards films, step by step.

With the 50,000 yuan provided by the people of Baodao, as well as Zhang Yimou's money, plus the 60,000 Hong Kong dollars in "Sunny Days", Lin Zixuan has a net worth of more than 100,000 yuan.

It's just that some money can't be obtained for the time being, and he currently has 60,000 or 70,000 deposits.

In the new company, Lin Zixuan can take out 50,000 yuan, Ge You will give 40,000 yuan, and Feng Xiaogang will take 10,000 yuan to make up 100,000 yuan, which is the start-up capital, and the money earned in the future will be divided according to this.

This is the prototype of a joint-stock company.

At present, their company is still paying lip service, and they have to negotiate the first project first.

Lin Zixuan proposed several directions, one is to imitate "I Love My Family", move the plot to the Northeast, and shoot "A Family in the Northeast", which tells a funny story of a family.

The second is to shoot the affairs of the army, all kinds of trivial anecdotes in a cooking class.

The third is also about family life, but the focus is on children, telling stories about how parents and children get along, how to educate children, and how children are born.

He feels that as long as these three sitcoms are filmed well, there should be no problem in making money.

As the person in charge of the art center, Lin Zixuan writes a synopsis of the story and provides creativity, and the specific content is naturally completed by the following screenwriters, which is also the best way to promote his strengths and avoid weaknesses, his life experience is not enough, and brainstorming is the best way.

The daily work of the creative team is to chat and save books, and Lin Zixuan is responsible for the final review.

The two need to choose a book from it, and the remaining two books are left for the art center, which is a part of Lin Zixuan's heart.

"The Northeast is not good, the regionality is too strong, and it is not easy to sell as a TV series. Feng Xiaogang analyzed, "Besides, let's get some jokes in the capital, like this kind of life-like book can only be written by screenwriters in the Northeast." ”

"What about this book about family education?" Lin Zixuan asked.

"Children's scenes are too difficult to film, we can't shoot children's scenes if we want to have quick results, and the children will be delayed after crying for half a day. Feng Xiaogang shook his head and said, "The theme of this army is good, the characters in it are all over the country, there are no geographical restrictions, it will definitely sell well, and we can find the propaganda department of the army to attract investment." ”

"Is it good to attract investment in the army?" Lin Zixuan was puzzled.

"There are also TV units in the army, but they are all military-themed dramas, such as the Air Politics Television Art Center, which was originally a drama troupe, specializing in dramas, and later filmed a lot of TV series. Feng Xiaogang explained, "Let's take the book and cooperate with them, try it first, and then find those big bosses to invest." (To be continued.) )8