According to Director Zhao, the assistant director and liaison producer of the crew have already gone to make preliminary preparations in advance with several drama affairs.

The life producer also went with him before.

They will do a good job of renting venues, arranging accommodation, recruiting group performers, etc. in advance.

Several of the leading actors had cars, and they all drove there in advance.

Those who didn't have a car also hitched a ride away.

No wonder Zhou Yi didn't see them here.

The rest of the staff can take the company's bus. Zhou Yi had already seen the two buses parked at the scene, each of which could carry about forty or fifty people, and the two buses were completely sufficient.

There are not so many small crews.

These two buses are fixed assets of the company, and there is no need to rent a car. can usually be used for filming, and the former boss bought two more cars for the company, and he was really willing to spend money. Regardless of whether it is often used or not, it is only two cars, and if you buy it, you can buy it, and there is no problem.

Now these things are cheaper Zhou Yi.

After chatting with Director Zhao for a while, Zhou Yi learned some information, and the crew should have arrived at this time.

After counting the number of people, everyone got on the bus, and the driver was already in place, ready to drive to Huairou Film and Television City.

It's only a distance of dozens of kilometers, even if you drive slowly, even if you encounter a traffic jam, it will take more than an hour to arrive.

The convoy started slowly, drove out of the art district, and went straight to the film and television city.

Zhou Yi and the directors were in the same car, talking and laughing, and enjoying themselves.

In less than an hour, the bus rushed to Huairou Film and Television City, and under the arrangement of the crew's early staff, the bus first stopped in front of a Xinghui hotel in the living area to check in.

When you come to film and television city to shoot, you must not finish filming in one day, and you must find hotel accommodation.

In order to attract tourists, the venue is generally free to rent, but staying in a hotel will definitely cost money. Because it is a low-cost production, it is necessary to reduce the cost as much as possible, and the crew will definitely not go to a high-star hotel, and the cost can be saved.

The hotel that the early staff found was quite reasonable.

The company used to shoot small-cost dramas, and often came to this hotel, which is considered a related household and is very familiar.

The director introduced these things to Zhou Yi so that he could understand the situation.

This is a two-star hotel, but looking at the configuration, it is close to a three-star hotel.

The standard room starts at 200 yuan, no matter how low it is, it is too shabby, and no matter how high it is, it is not cost-effective, after all, it is a small crew. Such a price is acceptable to the crew, and Manager Zheng will definitely have some discounts when they talk about the price.

Zhou Yi didn't want to worry about these things.

The crew rented a total of more than 30 rooms here, which is more than enough. High-level and leading actors can arrange suites, and ordinary employees can live in standard rooms or triple rooms, which is no problem at all, as for luxury suites, there is no need at all.

It is estimated that Zhuo Qinglian will not approve such an expense as a luxury suite at all.

Unless Zhou Yi pays for it himself, he can only live in an ordinary suite.

Standard rooms are generally double rooms, the condition is very good, the room TV, telephone, Wi-Fi and central air conditioning are readily available, hot water all day. The hotel has all kinds of facilities, such as conference rooms, business center, lobby bar, gymnasium, sauna, chess and card room, and Internet café.

In addition to the fatigue of filming, the crew members also have a place for recreation.

According to the filming plan formulated by the crew, this drama is estimated to be filmed in a week or two, and no matter how long it is, it will not be filmed for a month.

In this way, the crew didn't spend much money on room and board in the hotel.

In terms of controlling costs, the crew has done the extreme, and it is basically impossible to be better.

After Director Zhao's previous introduction, Zhou Yi has a lot of understanding of the company and the crew, has a clear understanding of the shooting cost, and has added a lot of experience. He knows that he is young and knowledgeable, and he pays attention to learning and increasing his knowledge.

Generally speaking, the crew budget is divided into online expenses and offline expenses.

Online costs include hiring producers, directors, screenwriters, and starring actors, which are usually fixed. Offline fees are all other expenses, including the cost of using group performances, technical personnel, equipment, etc.

The crew is tightly controlled on both fronts.

Even if Zhou Yi is the boss of the company, there is no preferential treatment in personal treatment.

The total investment of the whole drama is only about 5 million, which is definitely a low-cost film. Normally, online costs account for one-third and offline costs account for two-thirds. According to common sense, the script must account for five percent, at least 250,000, but Zhou Yi is a newcomer, and the crew only gives a price of 50,000.

The boss belongs to the boss, and the screenwriter belongs to the screenwriter, these are two different things.

Even if the company is yours, the screenwriting fee is not high.

If Zhou Yi is not the boss, I'm afraid the price will be lower.

And Zhou Yi has no way to deal with his own company.

Director Zhao failed to direct a blockbuster in the past, the director's fee is not high, and the salary has to be reduced for shooting small-budget films, and the current price is the same as Zhuo Qinglian, a newcomer, with 100,000 yuan for the producer, 100,000 yuan for the director, and other assistant directors or something, and the cost is reduced according to the level, which is not much in total.

Zhuo Qinglian asked for leave and didn't come, even if she was a senior executive of the company, the crew still had to deduct her money.

However, if the film is a big hit, it will definitely give the director a red envelope, and the director can participate in the film's dividends.

In this way, the director's directing fee is not important, in fact, it is only a symbolic remuneration.

The crew is even more ruthless in lowering the price of the actors.

A pure newcomer like Zhou Yi, even if he is the boss of the company, is only paid 500 yuan.

It's 500 yuan, but it's not 5 million!

Zhou Yi wondered: This is outrageous, only 500 yuan? The cost of writing a few hundred words is higher than that!

But he can only admit it, can he not act?

If you think the manuscript fee is high, you can just write a book! Why do you want to make a movie?

Bosses take the lead in strikes, or take the lead in demanding wages? Isn't that a red flag against a red flag? No kidding.

It is estimated that the crew knows this and gives him this kind of price.

Actors will inevitably encounter this kind of thing on the road to fame, and when they become famous, the situation will naturally be fine.

Zhou Yi is his own boss, of course, he doesn't care about salary and treatment.

Like Cheng Dakui, who was born as a martial artist, he played one of the leading roles this time, but it was only a salary of 5,000 yuan.

On the surface, it is 10 times that of Zhou Yi, but it is not much.

Of course, people like them have a fixed salary in the company every month, and the salary is extra.

Otherwise, people would have stopped doing it a long time ago.

There is An Dehai again, he is also a newcomer, not to mention that you are a disciple of the Philippine stick king, it is useless for you to be the head of Shaolin, you are a newcomer in the film and television industry, you are not famous, it is good to give you filming, what else do you need? Now you are in the stage of accumulating fame.

However, An Dehai is an artist from other companies, his appearance is good, and he has an agent, which is not comparable to ordinary martial artists like Cheng Dakui.

Even so, it's just a salary of 10,000 Chinese yuan.

No matter how much the broker bargains, he can't negotiate it.

If you have the ability, you don't shoot!

How is that possible? It's good to have filming now. Although the agent was very dissatisfied, An Dehai still wanted to shoot. Even if there was no bet, even if he didn't give money, he would shoot it. Now it's time to fight for the position!

The main remuneration of the crew is focused on the other three leading actors, after all, they are all somewhat famous.

Because it is a small-cost production, of course, it is impossible to give money according to the value of a large production, and the price must be reduced, and it is reduced very hard. The most expensive Wu Yuanshen is only 350,000, Gao Song 300,000, Zheng Zilong 250,000, adding up to 900,000.

It's still the same sentence, you can really not shoot if it's too little!

are all second-tier actors, how can they be so picky?

In these years, there is no shortage of such kung fu actors, you don't act, some people want to act.

Even if you want to act, it depends on your acting skills! Unless you're a company owner.

There is no shortage of such actors in the film and television industry.

Top kung fu superstars are indeed hard to find, but there are many ordinary kung fu actors. Don't look at the price of those top kung fu superstars, the price is extremely high, but in fact, the price of kung fu actors at the bottom is very low, and it is too easy to find.

is like Jackie Chan and Lu Huiguang who filmed the last fight scene of "Drunken Fist 2" in their previous life, how exciting that fight scene was, but the value of Jackie Chan and Lu Huiguang may be countless times different. How much money can Lu Huiguang get for that scene? Didn't he play well? It looks even more beautiful than Jackie Chan!

But that's the way it is in the circle, the winner takes all!

All in all, the combined salaries of these leading actors are less than 1 million, less than 20% of the total investment.

Like Zhou Yi's salary, it is negligible.

It can be seen how hard the crew's salary is pressed!

However, from the boss's point of view, this situation is beneficial to Zhou Yi, and of course he will not object.

Helping the military commander launder money does not mean that he has to spend money lavishly.

If necessary, let him spend tens of millions of dollars to buy box office money laundering, but there is no need, every penny must be saved.

That's what low-cost production requires.

Of course, if the film is a big hit, it will definitely give red envelopes to the leading actors according to the specific situation.

That's another thing, it's a company reward, and it has nothing to do with the cost of the crew.

As for offline fees, they are more tightly controlled. Equipment companies have it, naturally save a sum, the relevant personnel basically have a fixed salary, the expenditure is not very large, tax insurance and emergency expenses are fixed.

In general, no matter what the budget is, the cost of offline personnel generally accounts for 10 to 15 percent, the low can be up to 8 percent, and the high can be up to 25 percent. In this regard, the crew can be controlled within 10 percent.

The cost saved is mainly used for post-production special effects, as well as for pre-studio sets.

In particular, the set is delicate and the cost is large, which is unavoidable.

Overall, the offline cost of the crew is definitely not high.

The money saved will certainly not be spent on hotel stays.

This is the basic situation of the current crew, and Zhou Yi understands it.