Liu Xie continued: "The salaries of the cast and crew, the cost of venue rental, the cost of props consumption, and some shots need to be reshot many times, and every time the film is scrapped, all of these all require money. The most ordinary movie, excluding the film copy, also requires a minimum of 1,000 taels of silver as the base.

And to each copy was a thousand taels of silver. Let's take the film we just watched, the production cost is 1,000 taels, a total of 20 copies have been issued, and the total cost of all of them is more than 20,000 taels of silver! ”

The purchasing power of 20,000 taels of silver at that time was equivalent to 4 million RMB.

As soon as this account was settled, Althea was stunned.

Liu Xie said again: "Do you think this movie should sell tickets? ”

Aithea nodded and said, "Yes, but it's so expensive, I believe that even in the Han Dynasty, there will be many people who look down on it, right?" ”

Liu Xie said: "In my Dahan, ordinary people can still afford to watch it, and many enterprises and departments will rent copies to go back and screen them for free, of course, the rental fee will be very expensive, so ordinary people in Dahan can afford to watch movies." However, we only started to promote the movie in Baicheng, and the tickets can be appropriately lowered, for example, the tickets for tomorrow night are tentatively set at 50 Wen. ”

In the currency of the Han Dynasty, one tael of silver is equal to 1,000 copper coins, so the purchasing power of one wen is equivalent to the current 02 yuan RMB, and the 50 wen is equivalent to the current 10 yuan RMB, and the ticket price is half of Luoyang.

Althea nodded in agreement.

Liu Xie said: "And with the development of the film industry, the cost of film production in the future will be higher and higher. ”

"It's getting higher and higher," said Althea in surprise, "will the cost be recovered?" ”

Liu Xie said: "Of course you can, this requires the construction of more theaters!" ”

"Cinema?"

"Yes, open-air screenings are not a matter after all, and you have to go to the theater to watch movies in the future." Liu Xie said, "Athea, the production cost of these 20,000 taels of silver is really not much, and with a big production in the future, the production cost of 200,000 taels or 2 million taels is possible." ”

"Oh my God," exclaimed Althea, "how much food is going to have to be bought for such a high price." ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "Don't just look at the immediate interests, I tell you that the film industry can drive the development of a large number of industries." If you watch such a good movie, don't you want to make a few movies of your own? ”

"Yes, I miss it so much!" Aithia said, "Oh, Your Majesty, why didn't you come earlier, if you had come earlier, there would have been a hundred times movie by now!" ”

Hearing what she said, Liu Xie couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay, Concubine Ai, take your time, I won't bother you." ”

But I was thinking in my heart: It seems that this movie diplomacy will be a good means in the future, thinking of this, I called Xiao Luozi and said: "You hurry up and help me draft a telegram now and send it to Yan'er." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, what do you want to send?" Xiao Luozi asked, and at the same time took out a pen and paper and began to record.

Liu Xie said: "The general content is to let Yan Er contact Cai Yan and other people in the cultural department in China, and from now on, vigorously develop the film industry!" Let's do our best to prepare for the output of the movie! There is also the need for people in the film development department to develop color film as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xiao Luozi agreed, and wrote them down one by one.

Liu Xie said again: "Send a message to Cai Yan again, let her prepare, see if she can contact the actors of the movie Changle Weiyang and several other movies, prevent a special visit, visit Baicheng, and let these actors meet with the people of Baicheng." ”

Xiao Luozi looked at Liu Xie suspiciously: "Your Majesty, this ......"

Liu Xie said: "What I mean is to establish some heroic images, so that these characters can penetrate into the minds of the people, this is the so-called star effect!" ”

Liu Xie's ideas came entirely from the modern world before his rebirth, and the Han Dynasty developed too fast, directly from the era of cold weapons to the era of hot weapons, and directly from the era of telephone, movies, cars and airplanes, so many new ideas that followed did not follow.

And these new ideas, Liu Xie knows, so he wants to let these new ideas be born along with the new technology!

After explaining, Liu Xie asked, "Do you understand?" ”

Xiao Luozi nodded and said, "The minions all understand, Your Majesty." ”

Liu Xie said: "Well, that's roughly what it means, you organize the language yourself, and then send the message back immediately!" ”

"Is there such a hurry, Your Majesty?" Xiao Luozi asked.

"You don't know my temper yet?" Liu Xie said, "I said that I was in a hurry, then I must be in a hurry, go and do it quickly, if it is a long time, I am afraid that you will forget!" ”

"Yes, yes," said Xiao Luozi, "the minion will do it." ”

With that, he trotted all the way away.

The three movies were finally finished, and the time was almost a little midnight, King Wei Dai stood up and said: "It's too late, all of you who want to rest hurry up and take a break, there are still things to do tomorrow, and those on duty will continue to be on duty!" ”

Everyone also dispersed quickly, and those who should rest hurriedly rested, and if it was any later, I was afraid that I would not be able to get up tomorrow morning.

Althea stretched her waist and said, "Oh my God, Your Majesty, it's so enjoyable, thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xie looked at the squeamish Aithea and said with a smile: "As long as you are happy." ”

It is worth it to be able to smile at the beauty. "So can you rest now?" Liu Xie asked.

"I'm not sleepy yet."

"Huh?"

"Okay, okay, the concubine promised you to rest," Althea said, "Then does Your Majesty want the concubine to sleep tonight?" ”

"That's a must."

Back in the dormitory, that is, in Princess Aithea's boudoir, when the two took a shower and went to bed, who knew that this Aithea was extremely excited because she watched three movies in a row, pestering Liu Xie to say the story in the movie, how is it not sleepy, Liu Xie was already sleepy, she tossed twice, and fell asleep with her head next to the pillow.

The next morning, Liu Xie did not sleep too late, and after getting up, he began to arrange his entourage, and notified King Wei Dai to let the people of the Baicheng Palace come together to start building a simple theater in the square of the palace money.

At the same time as the reconstruction, advertisements will be posted throughout the city of Impu, and a movie will be shown in the square in front of the palace in the evening, and those who want to watch it will need to bring their own stools and pay a ticket of 50 copper coins.

And the advertisement is also attached to the movie poster that will be screened tonight, in order to attract people to watch, and the advertisement shows that half an hour before the screening will enter, the advanced can choose the front row position.

Since it is an open-air theater, there are definitely no seats, so you can only bring your own stools. Liu Xie specially sent people to investigate the reaction of the people, and the result was that most of the people were still in a wait-and-see attitude, and only a few people came to buy tickets.