While Li Xiaole was waiting for news from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television for the opening ceremony, Black Pearl Company did not stop its own development.

In fact, as soon as he returned from the United States, Lei Ting took over the work of developing the film and television base, and as soon as Li Xiaole determined the location of the base, he instructed Lei Ting to start organizing the construction of the film and television base.

Up to now, Lei Ting has found a number of construction companies to bid, and recruited craftsmen of weapons and armor all over the country, and even went to Taiwan to find the Huang family of "Thunderbolt Puppet Play", and hired several modeling masters of ancient costumes and blades from their team to participate in the production of props for "The Legend of the Great Sage".

As time passed, Lei Ting seemed to be in a hurry to wait, because under the premise of not any guarantee, the money for the acquisition of building raw materials by Black Pearl Company had been approved, and everything was in full swing, and the only problem was ...... The land has not yet been approved......

In fact, Lei Ting has already handed the project development book to the Sichuan Provincial Government, from an economic point of view, so many hundreds of millions of large investment, the provincial government's senior management is also very hopeful that the project can be launched as soon as possible, but the film and television base is built near the scenic spot of Mount Emei, which was originally a tourist area, which can bring tens of millions of income every year......

And more importantly, will the project bring more economic income to the province? This is still a big question mark, after all, Li Xiaole's project will take at least one year, if it is not completed halfway, or if the construction does not achieve the expected results, then the losses caused will be irreparable......

It is important to know that since the 90s of the last century, there have been more than 110 film and television cities approved in China, of which only 82 have been built after the completion of the project, and in the end, only about 10% can operate benignly, and most of the others are operating at a loss......

These film and television bases not only can't recruit crews, but also can't attract tourists, all of them have become the burden of the local government, and the government can only take over the operation, and the mess of film and television bases like this abounds in various regions, which is also the reason why the provincial government is not interested in the film and television base of the Black Pearl Company.

Lei Ting personally visited a deputy director of the Sichuan Provincial Tourism Bureau in charge of this matter, and expressed the hope that they could approve the policy document as soon as possible.

As a result, the chubby deputy director beat her on the spot.

"I know that Hengdian can be built on a barren hill, and there is hundreds of millions of tourism income every year, so you people are eager to try." Zhu Guoqiang, the deputy director of the tourism bureau, who has the power to develop the project, rubbed his hands and taught Lei Ting a lesson:

"But Hengdian Group used to build a film and television city in the midst of opposition inside and outside, and now everyone is building a film and television city in a sound of optimism, and many of you underestimate the difficulties.

We have to receive film and television companies from all over the country every day, everyone says that they want to build a film and television city, and everyone takes a fancy to our treasure land of Emei Mountain."

Have you ever thought about it, it's all mountainous here, no matter how well you build it, are there any other crews willing to shoot here? ”

"Miss Lei, you must be forward-looking in the film and television base." The chubby Zhu Guoqiang said very seriously: "The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has an approval plan every year, and the number of orders received by the base is limited. And the site selection is very important, Hengdian base can be developed to the present, one is the mountain water resources of Taihu Lake, and the other is on the Shanghai-Nanjing line, with convenient transportation~~

Miss Lei, do you know what Ludao Film and Television City relies on to maintain its operation? ”

"Hmm." Lei Ting nodded impatiently: "One is the rental fee charged by the reception crew for filming, the service fee for providing props and coordinating extras; The other is the entrance fee charged for film and television tours. ”

Zhu Guoqiang had a "teachable" expression, nodded and said: "You know the way, the rental fee charged by the reception crew for filming actually only accounts for one percent of the income, and the real tourism income is the majority, like the Hengdian base has been exempted from the rental fee from the beginning of construction, mainly developing film and television tourism~~."

So you can't rent the venue, otherwise other crews won't come~~ To make money, you rely on the crew to film in the film and television city to attract tourists, which is sustainable development.

The Hengdian base started in 1997 and became profitable in 2001...... You should be prepared to fight a protracted war, and I advise your company to think carefully and not be too anxious, which is beneficial to both of us. ”

Lei Ting came to this deputy director Zhu Guoqiang every day for a whole month, just to let him relax, but the result was that the fat chairman who fell in love with economics classes was tortured to the point of madness.

In the past few days, she finally couldn't help but call Li Xiaole to complain: "I can't help it, the land of this film and television base really can't be approved, I don't think it's ......possible at all unless I sleep with the people from this tourism bureau."

"Don't, Sister Tingting, a small film and television base, I can't make you sacrifice yourself, I'm not willing." Li Xiaole said with a smile on the phone.

"Although I know that you are just sweet in your mouth, I have to admit that compared to that Director Zhu, I still like to be brainwashed by you." Lei Ting sighed slightly, shook her head and reminded Li Xiaole:

"It's not okay to go on like this, we have all found it, the construction company has also been contacted, and now we can't let others wait, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid we will be in trouble, and we are spending money every day."

"Don't worry, Sister Tingting, I already have a way, you can wait for two more days." After Li Xiaole patted his chest and assured Lei Ting, he hung up the phone.

Lying on the bed, Li Xiaole lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling in a daze, he knew that Lei Ting was very tired, she had tried her best, but no matter how smart she was, no matter how good the intelligence investigation was, there was no way, the domestic environment was like this.

However, this situation was expected by him, and this was also why he had to rely on the power of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, because for people in government departments, these celebrities in the entertainment industry are bullshit at all, and only the resolution of the leadership has a substantive effect......

Now all he can do is wait...... Although he knew that the matter was within his control, he was still a little anxious in his heart.

Li Xiaole did not wait long, and the next morning, he finally waited for news from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and at the afternoon interim meeting, Director Liu asked him if he would like to officially take over the upgrade of the opening ceremony.

For this proposal, of course, Li Xiaole readily agreed, and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television hoped that he Xian could provide a detailed plan, how to improve the program in detail, to reach the level of the theme of "Nature", and then voted by several relevant departments after the most.

Li Xiaole agreed to take over, and the most excited were the actors who participated in the opening ceremony, they all saw Li Lianjie's performance that day, and they couldn't help but be very excited, can they have such an opportunity? 3D technology is still the plot of a science fiction film in the eyes of people today, but Li Xiaole, the Oscar-winning director, has done it, and everyone is eager to participate in this high-tech ~~

But after the excitement, everyone began to consider the practical problems, the upgrade of the technique brought a huge increase in cost, and Li Xiaole's plan was directly handed over to the opening ceremony crew for discussion, which frightened everyone.

The original cost of this opening ceremony was 6.8 billion yuan, and everyone knew that Li Xiaole would upgrade the specifications of this opening ceremony, but no one expected that this upgrade would be one billion...... The cost figure for the plan became 1.7 billion ......

Li Xiaole took the production cost evaluation document of Apple's R&D department and discussed it in the crew, Zhang Yimou, Wang Chaoge and others finally believed that if they wanted to achieve Li Xiaole's expected effect, they would have to spend so much money...... Not a penny less.

Director Li...... I'm afraid you've got a problem with those leaders this time. Zhang Yimou sighed, although Li Xiaole's style of acting is usually unexpected, but this time no one expected him to make such a big move.

"Director Zhang, do you still have any questions about our plan, do you think there is still room for improvement?" Li Xiaole looked at him strangely and asked.

"No, this plan is very good, much better than the previous one......" Zhang Yimou sighed and shook his head again and again: "Especially the ignition ceremony, the form is very imposing...... It's just that I'm worried that the cost is too high, and the leaders of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the Sports Bureau can't accept it......"

"Director Zhang is right... After all, those old leaders are not engaged in art, they are more sensitive to numbers. Wang Chaoge also nodded worriedly, and persuaded Li Xiaole:

"Director Li, it's better to reduce the area of the Bird's Nest circular 3D screen by half, so that we can control the cost within 1 billion......"

"No, it's absolutely not going to work." Li Xiaole shook his head resolutely, this time he not only wants to do a good job in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, but also to let more people in the world understand 3D visual technology, and subtly influence them, so that the theater will start to carry out a revolution and slowly start to buy 3D playback equipment, otherwise when "The Legend of the Great Sage" is released 2 years later, there will not be enough 3D screen support, it will be really sad......

At that time, many industry insiders knew that "Avatar" actually had more market potential, but because there were no 3D theaters in many places, many people could not experience the essence of this movie, thinking that this movie was very ordinary, otherwise the total box office would probably break through the global $3 billion mark.

While an opening ceremony won't be enough to impact theaters around the world, it will also be the beginning of a change in people's mindset that the notion that 3D is just a gimmick is simply wrong.