Chapter 716: Filming for the Chinese Nation (Part II)
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"Mr. Xiao Xu, look...... Can you ...... Can you sponsor some of our filming locations in the same way as they sponsor Director Xie?"
After listening to Wang Fulin's request, Xu Cun's mind flashed back to the previous life when he followed a film crew from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to Hebei, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Hubei and other provinces to film. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
That's right, Xu Cun had dealt with the film crew of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in his previous life - but at that time, he was just a handyman who resisted equipment.
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Although Xu Cun was almost the lowest level of the crew at that time, he also witnessed the hardships of the filming process of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" - Wang Fulin and others went through a lot of hardships in order to put "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", a well-known classic literary masterpiece on the screen. In order to make a film, many people did not even return home for a year or two. A Singaporean director once inspected the crew of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and said with emotion: "You are really filming for the Chinese nation!"
When the Singaporean director said this, Xu Cun was not far behind him.
Soon after that, Xu Cun left the crew of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Although he has not followed the crew of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" for five years from beginning to end, Xu Cun is still very concerned about the crew he has been in for more than a year.
It is precisely because of this, coupled with Wang Fulin's extraordinary identity, that Wang Fulin invited Xu Cun to temporarily put down the career of pickling girls that he has always attached importance to and came directly to the banquet.
It is also because of this that Xu Cuncai knows the filming process of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" very well and knows that what Wang Fulin said is true.
In the last life, the total investment of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was 170 million yuan, nearly 100 million yuan was used to build a filming base, and about 70 million were directly put into filming.
If this money is placed in Xu Cun's rebirth, it will be enough for the salary of two or three protagonists, and it is not enough for the production cost of a big drama at all, even in this period when prices have not yet swelled, for a historical drama starting from scratch, this money is also stretched.
Therefore, although the actors and crew of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are paid a small salary, the producers of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Ren Dahui, Zhou Ming, Zhang Ji and others still have to make friends everywhere, so that the filming time of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" lasted for five years, which led to this version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" leaving a lot of regrets!
Because the filming time is too long, some characters in the play are even important roles, and the actors have been changed several times, which seriously affects the audience's emotions. Zhao Yun is one of the five tiger generals of Shu Han, but three actors are used in the TV series, and the second actor is younger than the first actor, many viewers often wonder if this is Zhao Yun. Dongwu Lu Su was originally a loyal elder, and the first actor actually acted very successfully, but because it took too long, there was an accident, and then he had to change an actor to play Lu Su, and as a result, it was difficult for the audience to connect the two Lu Su. There are also roles such as Wei Yan and Jiang Wei, which are also the same - the later actors may not be inferior to the former, but once they are replaced, the audience's impression of the characters will become blurred.
In addition, it is also because of insufficient funds, many scenes and props, especially the expensive war scenes, become more coping in the later stage of filming.
These are naturally not the mistakes made by people with a rigorous attitude such as Wang Fulin and other work, but they are really forced by funds!
Even putting aside personal feelings, it is already something that Xu Cun can't ask for just Wang Fulin and other people with a strict work attitude to help him expand the Hengdian Film and Television Base, not to mention that there are still Xu Cun's feelings.
Therefore, after listening to Wang Fulin's request, Xu Cun gently knocked on the table and thought for a while, and said: "Elder Wang, do you think this will work, this "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is jointly produced by me and the China TV Drama Production Center and CCTV, and the China TV Drama Production Center and CCTV are all out of you, and the production fee, including the salaries and salaries of your behind-the-scenes personnel and actors, is all mine, what is needed for the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", I will build it in the Hengdian Film and Television Base, and I will not set up the production fee. In addition, I built the world's largest and most advanced studio in the Hengdian Film and Television Base, which is bigger and more advanced than the one I had in Xiangjiang. After the filming of this TV series, the copyright belongs to me, and I gave CCTV ten years of use rights, and China TV Drama Production Center ten years of domestic sales rights. How?"
"This ......"
After listening to Xu Cun's proposal, Wang Fulin and the others looked at each other - they didn't know how to answer Xu Cun's words!
To say that Xu Cun's conditions are indeed generous enough -- ten years of copyright use and ten years of domestic film sales rights are enough to impress the China TV Drama Production Center and CCTV, two units that only produce people and don't even need to pay salaries. After all, the vast majority of TV series do not have a ten-year broadcast lifespan.
And what attracted Wang Fulin and others the most was that Xu Cun did not set the upper limit of the production fee of the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but also built them the largest and most advanced studio in the world, so that they could indulge in making "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" a historical drama that can truly withstand the precipitation of history.
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In this way, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" cannot be regarded as a TV series produced by the China TV Drama Production Center and CCTV, but should be regarded as a TV series produced by Xu Cun.
How could such a major event be decided by Wang Fulin and a few of them?
Therefore, after Zhang Shaolin, who was the first to react, whispered a few words in Wang Fulin's ear, Wang Fulin looked at Xu Cun and said: "Mr. Xiao Xu, this matter is too big and too sudden, it is not for a few of us to call the shots, we have to go back and ask the superior leaders for instructions before we can give you an answer." ”
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Fulin asked again, "That...... Mr. Xu, if things really go in the direction you said you said, you ...... Who are you going to send to manage us?"
Xu Cun smiled and said: "If you want to say that no one will be sent, then it is impossible to designate, I have to send a few people in charge of finance and Hengdian Film and Television Base to cooperate with you, as for others, unless you need it, I won't send it...... The reason why I want to take over this TV series is not because I want to get anything from it, and it can't give me anything, I just like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and want to leave a good drama for the Chinese nation that can stand the test of time. ”
As soon as they heard Xu Cun's words, Wang Fulin and the others felt relieved, and at the same time, they couldn't help but admire Xu Cun's fist!
Wang Fulin said solemnly: "Mr. Xiao Xu, don't worry, we will ask the relevant leaders for instructions on this matter when we go back, and try our best to promote this matter!"
Speaking of this, Wang Fulin hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Mr. Xiao Xu...... Since you like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" so much, I think you should play the role of Zhou Gongjin......"
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