Everyone in the circle knows that war scenes are not easy to film, and war scenes with many big scenes are even more difficult to film, which is why many war scenes insist on pretending to be the establishment of a company even though there are only a dozen people in the team, the key problem is that it is too troublesome to shoot war scenes, and the cost of hiring military assistance is too high.

Shao Yingying tried so hard to be an extra in person in order to avoid the high cost of hiring an army, but he didn't expect that in the end, he would still have to take this road like splashing water.

Who doesn't know that hiring an army to shoot war scenes can save a lot of trouble? Who doesn't know that hiring an army to shoot a war scene sometimes requires explosives, as long as there is a strip above the army, you don't need to report to the relevant departments, you can enter the filming to save time? Who doesn't want to go into publicity after filming is over, and when they go into the hype, they blow out the big bull of 'hiring as many troops as they want to help with the shooting'?

But is it really that simple?

If the crew doesn't hang the brands of Bayi Studio, General Political Film and Television Center, Air Administration, Maritime Affairs and other brands, how many military filming cows dare to brag? That's not, it's money!

Hai Yan, the original investor of "Bright Sword", did not hang the sign of any department when filming "Canghai" after getting the sweetness, and invited a formation of the navy to participate in the filming and cost 7 million yuan a day to go to sea!!!

Even if this number is changed from 2008 to 2001 in the computer data, from the Navy to the Armed Police, even if there are no missile cruisers 169 and 170 escorting Somalia, this cost is not what the current "Bright Sword" crew is willing to bear!

A few old comrades-in-arms from Bayi Studio can bring a group to participate in the filming with a few phone calls, and they don't have to give money, or give less money, no matter how much energy you Huayi has in the entertainment industry, it is not convenient in this matter, which is the main reason why Shao Yingying is so angry and does not deal with the army when he competes with the performance.

Now, it is impossible to deal with it without thinking, Shao Yingying can only hope that these troops have not learned to make a lot of money from the crew during this time period.

After Shao Yingying learned of these two news, he called the heads of all the departments of the crew, and the emergency meeting was held in the hotel room, and the main purpose of this meeting was how to maximize the use of the army to assist in filming as many pictures as possible.

At the meeting, editor Cheng Long came up with an idea, that is, after hiring the army, he would shoot a scene with a large number of people, whether it was fighting with a ghost ---- or charging in our army, first shoot those scenes that need to be filled with people, and the details will be added after the filming is over, and finally cut together. Although this method has no way to capture the majesty of Li Yunlong leading thousands of troops and horses, the silver saved is very considerable.

Shao Yingying calculated the money in his hand, the investment of 10 million after counting the initial investment and the scattered expenses during the filming, there are about 6 million left in his hand, and this 6 million is the cost of the next month, and Wang Zhongjun still has 6 million in case of emergency...... In fact, there is another way, that is, wait, wait until the end of the New Year, but what about the actor's schedule after the New Year? People are still waiting to enter the next group immediately after filming, who will pay the liquidated damages at that time? During the suspension of the crew, isn't it all money for people to eat horses and feed them!

Before Shao Yingying finished counting, Lao Guo spoke again at the meeting: "Director Shao, let's reduce the explosion point, right?" You have to set up 40 bombing points for a big scene, which looks beautiful and shocking, but all that blows up is money. ”

Shao Yingying didn't respond, thought for a while and quickly made a decision: "Zhao Mingyuan, you lead people to find out all the scenes that need to be used to set up the camera, and calculate how many scenes there are in total; Lao Guo, you first set up explosive points in these scenes; Lao Cheng, you integrate the footage you found, and think about how to shoot after hiring the army with Niu Wa to ensure the quality and facilitate editing. ”

Lao Guo looked at Shao Yingying and asked, "What about the explosion......

Shao Yingying responded very resolutely: "No one is missing!" ”

On the twenty-eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the stubborn Shao Yingying ran around all the military-related departments in Jinzhong alone, worshipping Buddha and burning incense from place to place, and when he disappeared accurately, it was already night.

The crew was delayed for another day, and Shao Yingying was busy all day, and the result was that the armed police did not dare to take on the scene with explosives at all, for fear of taking responsibility, so they could only find the military region for this matter. When he arrived at the military region, Shao Yingying finally got an exact price, and the six million he had in his hands was only enough to hire a battalion for ten days, of course, including the purchase of explosives, gunpowder and approvals, as well as firefighting. The response given by the military region is that the use of explosives for filming must be in the presence of firefighters, and the army only follows the normal schedule for filming.

A battalion, 300 people, and a soldier filming for a day...... Two thousand!

That's it, Shao Yingying still died hard to get a cheap meal, otherwise the food for these three hundred people is not a small number.

In the end, the schedule of the crew of "Bright Sword" was changed, and the scene in which the army assisted in filming three big scenes on the 29th day of the New Year was changed to filming six war scenes, except for the two scenes where Xizi died heroically and Li Yunlong was rescued by Monk Wei, the rest of the detailed scenes containing character dialogues were all replaced and replaced with big scenes, and more were filmed as much as possible. On the day of the Chinese New Year, the crew took a day off according to the original plan, from the beginning of the new year to the ninth day of the new year, the entire crew will devote themselves to the filming of the big scenes, Shao Yingying does not want to appear in the original play Xizi faces the scene surrounded by more than a dozen devils, if there are only these few people, it is estimated that Monk Wei will not have to escape with Li Yunlong on his back.

After arranging everything, Shao Yingying can be regarded as taking a breath, the whole person seems to have put down a thousand pounds of burden, this director is really not someone who wants to be a person, if the military region does not take over this external filming under the pretext of the New Year, your "Bright Sword" crew will be completely ruined, except for the New Year's performance and the explosives are in place, there is no way to do anything, you can only watch time slip away from you day by day.

Can......

After hiring the army to shoot the big scene, is the crew's budget still enough?

After this question appeared, Shao Yingying's first thought was not to be embarrassed, but to be blind, and the bright light was the color of the banknote!

It's better not enough!!

Don't !!

Taking out the phone, Shao Yingying dialed Wang Zhongjun's phone number at one o'clock in the morning on the twenty-ninth day of the Lunar New Year.

"Mr. Wang, I'm Shao Yingying."

The other side didn't speak for a long time, and only after a long time did he respond: "Hmm...... Uh, you wait a minute. ”

The voice was a bit like the helplessness of being woken up in a sleep, and then the sound of slippers rubbing against the ground came from the phone, and after a while: "Say it." ”

"Mr. Wang, most of the performance is gone before the Chinese New Year, and I can only hire the army to assist in filming......"

"Hmm." Wang Zhongjun reluctantly agreed.

"No, Mr. Wang." Shao Yingying gritted his teeth and said: "I mean, the cost of hiring an army for ten days plus the cost of buying explosives and gunpowder will cost six million, even if the reserved six million are called, it can only last for a month at most, and there is no funding for half a month of filming time." Mr. Wang, I mean, can you ......?"

Wang Zhongjun responded quickly this time, and resolutely did not allow this to happen: "No! ”

"Shao Yingying." Wang Zhongjun didn't call him 'Xiao Shao' affectionately, but said by his name: "I told you when the crew was preparing that Huayi can't afford to raise the king of sunglasses, and even if he can afford it, he will definitely not raise it." ”

Shao Yingying did not answer immediately, but chose to pause, he felt that Wang Zhongjun's attitude towards him was a little wrong. There are not many sponsorships that can be attracted for a drama like "Bright Sword", except for the end credits acknowledgments, it is difficult to create an advertising effect for sponsors, in this case, Huayi's lack of additional investment is equivalent to forcing the entire crew to pornography. If the filming is not finished at the end of the day, the other actors will not care what the reason for your crew is, pat their butts and leave immediately.

Can Wang Zhongjun understand these truths? No way.

Shao Yingying didn't think about Wang Zhongjun's thoughts, and said, "Mr. Wang, do you mean that I can find money by myself?" ”

"Yes." This time, Wang Zhongjun replied very happily.

Shao Yingying continued to ask tentatively: "If I find the money, the investor will ask for capital injection in the form of shares......

"I promise."

Wang Zhongjun didn't even think about it.

He knows that it is impossible for anyone to invest in "Bright Sword" during this period, what he wants is to knock and knock Shao Yingying, and dare to spend 10 million before it is a month, how big of a production must it be? So what about it? What did you say before? We must pay attention to the budget and pay attention to the investment, Wang Zhongjun is afraid that Shao Yingying will be extravagant and even leave a way back, but now? Counting the back road, the money is not enough, can he not be popular?

Now this kid not only doesn't admit his mistakes, but even offers to find money by himself, his wings are really hard, okay! If you have the ability, go find your own money and see who will invest in the crew who has spent the budget half a month in advance halfway through the filming, and no one in the circle knows that the opening of budget overruns cannot be opened, once this opening is opened, it will be a bottomless pit in the future!

Shao Yingying took the phone and smiled: "Then it's no problem, Mr. Wang, my salary in "Bright Sword" is 80,000 per episode, I will smash all the salary into it, 30 episodes is 2.4 million, I am contributing 1.6 million A total investment of 4 million, when the time comes, I will share one-fifth of the total income of the drama "Bright Sword". ”

Wang Zhongjun almost couldn't get up in one breath and went into shock!!

I'm afraid that whoever changes this matter will have to ask grandpa to tell grandma to say soft words, even if you don't understand what it means, you can't throw your money into the crew, after all, this is just a film that hasn't tested the water and doesn't know how the market response will be. It's like a workshop director can never smash his money on the production line to invest in a product that doesn't know how the market responds, no one's money comes for nothing, why did Shao Yingying, a guy with a dog temper, suddenly come to such a hand?

Wang Zhongjun didn't know how to face this situation with the phone, he, the boss, had never encountered this kind of thing, and the only one in Huayi who could take away the income of the film was Feng Xiaogang.

"You put money?"

Wang Zhongjun didn't believe it and asked again.

"That's right, I'll vote."

"Good!"

Wang Zhongjun raised the bar and said: "I will fax the contract over tomorrow, and we will make up the agreement!" ”

He didn't believe it, a Shao hero could stump him! He is Huayi's boss, not to mention that Shao Yingying is willing to pay out of his own pocket, as long as he is willing, he can let Shao Yingying pay for bankruptcy !!

How much money Shao Yingying has, he Wang Zhongjun has a spectrum in his heart!

Don't you know what you've done wrong? As long as you delay a few days and call the six million that the company has withheld, you Shao Yingying will not be able to find a sound when you cry, see if you dare to spend money so lavishly.