"The salary of the staff, plus some miscellaneous expenses of the crew and the layout of the scene, add up to 2 million, which is not much, but it is acceptable!"

Nodding slightly, he was quite satisfied with the budget given by Zhao Dong, even if it was calculated according to the relatively high budget of 20%, it was not much money, and Menjie was quite acceptable.

"After that...... The budget for some props and equipment is in 2 million?! ”

Immediately afterwards, Menjie saw the next column, mainly consumables such as film, as well as some props, such as cosmetics, cameras and other more professional props, all the budget prices together, about 2 million.

At such a price, to be honest, it is relatively cheap, after all, most of the money is spent on film.

The film used by the crew of the TV series "Wulin Gaiden" is a 35mm model, and the price on the market in 2005 was about 1000 yuan, and you can buy enough film for 5 minutes of shooting, but this is only the retail price, if it is wholesale, Menjie can buy it at a price of 800 yuan.

In other words, an average of 800 yuan can shoot the TV series "Wulin Gaiden" for five minutes, which is indeed a bit expensive, but this is an indispensable thing for shooting any film and television work, so the cost is a bit high, and Menjie can only endure it.

According to the judgment of the God of Wealth, the time of each episode in the TV series "Wulin Gaiden" is about 46 to 47 minutes, and then the director Shang Jing estimated it, counting the situation of filming scrap and NG, probably the film used in each episode will be at least 60 minutes, a full hour, more than a time. It may even reach 80 minutes, which is very scary.

However, on average, if it is not particularly smooth, the film required for each episode is about 65 minutes, in other words, basically every time an episode of the TV series "Wulin Gaiden" is filmed, just the film, Menjie will spend more than 10,000 soft girl coins!

Moreover, this is in 2005. After a few years, according to Menjie's estimates, the price of film will increase by at least 30%, and then it will be time. The budget for shooting a film and television work will be greatly increased again. Of course. Menjie estimates that at that time, the profits that TV series and movies can bring to investors will also be greatly improved, which is relative.

On average, each episode costs more than 10,000 yuan on film, plus some bits and pieces, such as food expenses for all cast and crew, maintenance fees for filming equipment, rental fees, and rental fees for relatively large venues. And so on, all of which are very expensive to consume, full of calculations, and the budget in terms of filming costs, each episode also costs. At least more than 20,000 yuan, after 80 episodes, the budget is 1.6 million!

Moreover, this is just the budget, at least eighty percent of the real filming process, the budget is insufficient, and in the end, the investor continues to invest money in this bottomless pit.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Menjie gave a budget of 2 million, even if the progress slowed down, these funds were enough for the crew of the TV series "Wulin Gaiden".

Up to now, all the investment in the configuration of the entire TV series "Wulin Gaiden", plus the salaries of all the staff except the director Shang Jing and the screenwriter Za Caishen, are about 4 million, which is really not very high for an 80-episode TV series.

And after calculating all the other expenses, Menjie's eyes were placed on the most expensive part of the TV series "Wulin Gaiden" - the actor's salary!

In fact, for a more orthodox TV series, most of the expenses are on the layout and investment of the scene, and the actor's salary cannot become the most expensive part of the TV series.

However, most TV series are only thirty or forty episodes, just like Su Youpeng's version of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" that Menjie once filmed, such a huge production is only 40 episodes.

But the number of episodes of the TV series "Wulin Gaiden" has a full eighty episodes!

And these 80 episodes of the TV series still take place in a background that has been built from the first episode, and the entire 80 episodes of the TV series all take place in the 'Tongfu Inn'.

Therefore, the amount of money spent on the scene layout of the TV series "Wulin Gaiden" can be said to be very small, and it is precisely because of this that most of the investment in the TV series also falls on the actors' salaries!

At this time, the detailed list given by Zhao Dong has been written about each actor in the TV series "Wulin Gaiden", and the salary given by the crew has been written in detail on it, from the five protagonists like Menjie to a small supporting role that has only appeared one or two sides in the TV series, all of which are written in great detail on Zhao Dong's table.

Although compared with other costume TV series, the characters in the TV series "Wulin Gaiden" are far less than them, but as a TV series with 80 episodes, counting all the trumpet supporting roles, large supporting roles, or leading actors, it has also reached a full 100 people, which is very much, looking at the names on the form that Zhao Dong handed over to him, Menjie even had a feeling of dizziness.

However, on the table that Zhao Dong gave himself, most of the inconsequential supporting roles were divided into a table, and he agreed to give the same price, as well as a total price.

As a supporting role of a trumpet, there is basically no very outstanding acting skills, of course, there will be no too bad actors, not counting the tricks of soy sauce, but all supporting roles with lines and shots, the worst also has D+-level acting skills, of course, the highest, it is just D+-level acting skills!

According to the market price, stars with only D+ acting skills should be paid about 2,000 yuan when filming TV series, but there is still a problem that if the actor is a newcomer, then his salary will be doubled!

It's like when filming "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", as a newcomer who only has D+-level acting skills, the initial salary was 1,000 yuan per episode, which is completely the price of a cabbage, if it weren't for some accidents later, the salary would not have been increased to 3,000 yuan per episode.

On the table listed by Zhao Dong, there are about 80 actors, all of them are like this, only small supporting roles with D+-level acting skills, on average, the number of appearances per person is about three episodes, new actors and old actors are interspersed with each other, on average, about everyone's salary is only 1600 yuan.

All added together, the salaries of these supporting actors, after 80 episodes, will also cost Men Jie a full 400,000 yuan, not counting some large supporting roles, as well as a kind of main actors, just the supporting roles and dragon sets cost 400,000 yuan, which shows how huge the expenses of actors are!

After these small supporting roles and tricks, it is the turn of a group of large supporting roles, main actors and leading actors, the number of which is not very large, but the funds spent are several times that of the former!

has appeared a lot of times, but I have to say that it is completely a big role, a beggar disciple who has been staying at the door of the 'Tongfu Inn' to beg, the actor of Xiaomi, has more than 40 episodes of scenes, even if the acting skills are only D+, after the full set, Menjie has to pay him a salary of 80,000 yuan!

Among the people who have more roles after this, I am afraid that only Wang Shasha with poor acting skills, only D-level acting skills, and Yang Mi with D+-level acting skills, the price is relatively low, the former has about 70 episodes of scenes, and the latter has about 40 episodes of scenes, and after the whole set, they will take away a salary of 70,000 to 80,000 yuan from Menjie.

Just these three people together will basically cost Menjie 250,000 yuan, which shows how much money is burned for the roles with heavier roles!

Of course, this is not the bulk of the film's spending, the real big head is still on the other actors!

In the third echelon of the entire film's salary, there are only two people, who have just auditioned successfully, Shen Qiu who plays Lu Qinghou, and Yao Chen, who plays Guo Furong, although they have C-level acting skills, they are a pair of new actors, in line with the principle of halving the salary, they can only get a salary of 2500 yuan per episode, but these two are one of the five leading actors, together, there are about 140 episodes, and if you calculate it, it will cost Menjie 350,000 yuan, which is not a small amount!

Up to now, not counting the salaries of some of the most money-burning actors, just the salaries of newcomers, supporting actors, and extras, Menjie has to pay a full 1 million yuan, and the budget of the entire film has reached 5 million, far exceeding the accumulation of Menjie's own wealth, if it weren't for Menjie getting 1500 yuan of soft sister coins from Wan Tongtong's father, it would be absolutely impossible to pull such a crew.

Then, it came to the most money-burning part of the entire TV series "Wulin Gaiden".

The actor Jiang Chao who plays Li Dazui, Fan Ming who plays Xing Zhutou, and Xiao Jian, the actor who plays Yan Xiaoliu, all have C-level acting skills, and they are all veteran actors, according to the market price, their own salary is about 5,000 yuan per episode, and each person has more than 60 episodes on average, which is 200 episodes if they are added together.

5,000 yuan per episode, a total of 200 episodes, that is to say, just these three people, Menjie will spend a full 1 million as their salary, which shows how little money they have as the main actors!

Although in the next five months, the three of them will be isolated from the world and have an intense filming life, but in five months, even the first-line TV drama stars with relatively weak backgrounds, each of them can earn more than 300,000 yuan, which is definitely not a small amount.

But no matter what, as of now, the salaries of Menjie and Jia Jingwen, as well as the salaries of screenwriter Zhan Caishen and director Shang Jing, the budget of the entire TV series "Wulin Gaiden" has only reached 6 million, which is not a lot, let alone Menjie, even many ordinary film and television companies can afford it. (To be continued.) )