"Here comes Xiao Shao."

Wang Zhongjun was struggling with a mountain of papers in his office when he heard a knock on the door and let someone outside in.

The moment Shao Yingying walked into the office, he found that Wang Zhongjun's face was a little abnormal, and he was good at remembering various expressions, and he could see that this expression should be an expression of regret.

"Xiao Shao, do you think your budget ......?"

When Shao Yingying heard this, he took advantage of Wang Zhongjun's long thoughts and asked, "Mr. Wang, is there any problem?" ”

"There's a problem, but it's a minor one." Wang Zhongjun said: "For the first time, I started to prepare for a drama from the production budget, and it was inevitable that something would go wrong. Stretching out his hand and pointing at Shao Yingying, he smiled, and he didn't say what was wrong with it.

Shao Yingying completely recalled the entire production process and didn't figure out what was wrong, and frowned when he waited for Wang Zhongjun to reply.

"That's right." Wang Zhongjun explained: "The budget you made is 16 million, and you used every penny of the whole drama to the cutting edge, and even the food of everyone in the crew was carefully calculated...... But the budget is not so calculated, if it is according to your budget, I have to invest at least 20 million in you. ”

Shao Yingying understood, but Wang Zhongjun's words also came out: "You can guarantee that all those big scenes are all over at once?" All the shots with blasts don't have to be reshot? If you make a slight mistake here, you'll have to increase your budget, right? Also, the wear and tear of props, the injuries of actors, the purchase of explosives, costumes, makeup, where is there no need for money? ”

"When the time comes, you have calculated every amount of money, if there is a real accident, where will you find the money? If a crew doesn't intercept the flow, spending money and asking for money will become a habit, and it will become a bottomless pit, and we Huayi can't afford to raise the king of sunglasses. ”

Shao Yingying smiled, he still had too little experience, and he wanted to shoot "Bright Sword" well with all his heart, but in the end he ignored something.

"That's what I think, you go back and change the budget, change it to invest 10 million in the early stage, and leave 6 million in reserve, if there is really a need for money, I can settle it for you, right?"

Hearing Wang Zhongjun's words, Shao Yingying felt that it made sense for people to be able to mix well and even become giants in this industry, and the head of the house had to be careful and comprehensive.

"Also, on the credits, what do you mean by leaving the director's position vacant for me?"

Hearing this, Shao Yingying instantly showed his astonishment on his face: "Mr. Wang, it's not the company's ......"

"What a division!"

"I don't know about your little bit of caution?"

Wang Zhongjun saw through everything and said: "I've been busy lately, but I'm not blind. Okay, from the assistant director to the editor, from the camera to the makeup, the crew is on the list you set, and even the cast list is short of soldier A, B, C, and D who didn't fill in which extra it is, such a document is on my desk, who do you want me to find as a director? Isn't this bullying? Even if the male protagonist's feet are determined by the investment company, you can leave a second male and second female role**, who doesn't want to make two actors who are handy? ”

Shao Yingying smiled, and the stunned look on his face turned into an embarrassed smile.

"Admit it?" Wang Zhongjun stretched out his hand and knocked on the table twice, and said, "Since you are embarrassed to write your own name, then I have decided this matter." ”

Finding Shao Yingying's budget from a pile of documents, Wang Zhongjun took out a pen and wrote 'Shao Yingying' in the director's column, threw the folder and said: "Get out, come back and get the money after reducing the budget to 10 million." ”

The folder flew directly into Shao Yingying's arms, and Shao Yingying immediately stood up and saluted under excitement: "Yes!" ”

At this time, the sun shone in, just imprinted on Shao Yingying's face, Wang Zhongjun's eyes he didn't know how much darkened: "You really didn't work hard, you can be black to this point in just a few days, you must have suffered a lot, Xiao Shao, I like your efforts, so I trust you, I hope you will always remember why you are today." ”

Shao Yingying was a little confused, he was touched by Wang Zhongjun's trust, such a boss is rare in this circle.

Leaving Huayi, Shao Yingying returned to the hotel-style apartment, and the entire budget began to be completely reduced, and in those days, there were more people in the apartment again, and the main creators of the crew ran to Shao Yingying's house day and night, and several people would have great disagreements every time they discussed where to reduce expenses, after all, no one wanted their department's capital flow to become smaller.

In the end, Shao Yingying took the idea that the funds for the explosion could not be less, as for the rest, all of them were reduced by one grade, and in the end, there was still a difference of 1.3 million, which is not counting Shao Yingying's salary for directing this play.

When Shao Yingying really had no choice, he called Wang Zhongjun again, this time Wang Zhongjun was very happy, the investment in the whole drama was set at 11.3 million, and Shao Yingying's directing fee Wang Zhongjun didn't mention a word.

Shao Yingying has no heart to ask, his heart has flown to Jinzhong, this is the TV series that really belongs to him Shao Yingying since he got the computer.

Three days later, the whole crew gathered in the capital, Song Jia and Che Xiao, who had just graduated from the Whampoa Drama Academy, joined the group one after another, Wu Xiubo never left, some of the other actors needed one day and some needed two days, in short, when Shao Yingying entered Jinzhong, the crew would be completely complete within three days.

The whole crew chartered two carriages and set off, if they hadn't reduced their investment, they would have flown to Jinzhong, no one would have thought that Shao Yingying would have kicked off in such a situation for the first time.

When he arrived in Jinzhong, Shao Yingying arranged for the crew to rest, and the fatigue on the train made everyone in the crew begin to become spiritless. I took Zhao Mingyuan to select the scene according to the information in the computer, and when Zhao Mingyuan looked at Shao Yingying's tireless back, he understood why Shao Yingying climbed so fast in the crew of "Conquest"!

In recent years, the cold weather in Guan has made people's backs cold, and in this case, Zhao Mingyuan was driven by Shao Yingying's enthusiasm, the assistant director carried the camera to record all the scenes that were about to be filmed, and his hands wearing gloves were shivering.

Back at the hotel, the "Bright Sword" crew held the last meeting in accordance with the habits of the "Conquest" crew, at which the filmed materials were played, Niu Wa provided advice on how to place the camera, Du Liang told the entire crew that the plot flaws in the script had been completely rectified, and almost every department was waiting for Shao Yingying's order to set off immediately.

The next day, the three main actors Yu Rongguang, Zhang Guoqiang, and Duan Yihong were in place, and no one complained about why this drama couldn't be filmed after the New Year, and they followed all the arrangements of the crew with great professional ethics.

Shao Yingying is very lucky, the whole crew is a newcomer except for Yu Rongguang, and there are no thorns to deal with.

Shao Yingying, who was unwilling to waste time, changed the shooting plan, replaced the exterior war scenes with indoor scenes, and filmed the first scene Zhao Gang went to the headquarters after receiving the order.