"And what about this competition?"

Hearing Guan Mingyuan say this, Zhang Yang also had a headache.

If not.

The agreement between him and Guan Mingyuan was naturally nullified.

There are definitely no foreign channels, and Guan Mingyuan will definitely not be willing to support these funds, resources, and personnel.

At that time, he will not only have to scrape together 3 billion by himself, but he will also have to spend money to buy other things, which may not be able to be bought.

Filming a fantasy movie in the next drama is something he has planned for a long time.

The filming of "Covering the Sky" will definitely be filmed, but without the support of shaking sound, it will be a bit difficult.

"Let's take a look first."

Guan Mingyuan was quite melancholy.

"You go back to Xuanyu and wait for news first, I'll investigate, and it won't be long before there should be results."

"Understood."

Zhang Yang nodded.

......

......

Two days later.

The plane landed in Haihua.

Zhang Yang took Lin Xiaohan back to Xuanyu.

"Xiaohan, go and inform the directors of each department, and the meeting will start in 20 minutes."

Back at the company, Zhang Yang prepared to start the preparatory work for "Covering the Sky" immediately.

When he was in the imperial capital, he had already paid a high price to buy the rights to film and TV series adaptations from the author of "Covering the Sky", the unknown red-haired monster in his later years.

Not only that, but all the other works in the hands of the red-haired monster, he also took them all with a wave of his hand.

This matter cost him tens of millions, and I heard that it aroused the envy of many people in the author group of a certain station.

"Okay, Director Zhang."

On the plane, Lin Xiaohan already knew his thoughts.

Even if Guan Mingyuan stopped shooting, Zhang Yang still decided to shoot, and the investment amount was still 3 billion.

So instead of waiting for news, let's start taking action first.

If Xuanyu wants to finish filming "Covering the Sky", it still needs a lot of work, start one day earlier, and enter the filming one day earlier.

......

20 minutes later.

Large conference room.

The oval conference table was already filled with more than a dozen directors of various departments of Xuanyu.

"Everyone is here, right?"

"Yes."

Lin Xiaohan responded in a low voice.

Zhang Yang sat on the top, Wang Fei sat next to him, and Lin Xiaohan sat on his right.

"Alright, let's have a meeting."

He knocked on the conference table twice, and his eyes scanned the audience, and the needle drop in the conference room could be heard.

"Dragon Snake 2 is about to reach the finale, but the company has not yet made a new shooting plan this year."

He is the only director in Xuanyu who is eligible to apply for funds to shoot works for the time being.

Because the establishment time is too short, and the funds he needs to shoot alone are enough to hollow out the company, he has not set up a director department for the time being, and he has not recruited other new directors.

"This time, I went to the imperial capital to negotiate a new round of cooperation with Watermelon Video, and next, the company will make every effort to tackle the next new project.

Movie - "Covering the Sky".

The film is tentatively expected to be released on the 5.1 schedule.

So time is very tight, everyone cheer up and listen carefully to my arrangement. ”

Xuanyu was founded less than a year ago, but after several rounds of continuous expansion, it has become a behemoth in the film and television industry of Haihua City.

There are also a lot of talents within the company.

Last year, Xuanyu's performance exploded, and everyone had a good year.

This year, everyone is already gearing up, waiting for Zhang Yang to announce new projects.

Now that I hear that the new project is a movie, everyone is very excited.

"Is the company ready to make a movie?"

"Our Xuanyu is developing so well now, and we can't just rely on TV dramas to walk on one leg, movies should really intervene."

"The previous investment in the Dragon and Snake series was so large, and the company had a lot of liquidity, so I don't know how much the movie is going to invest."

"Mr. Zhang has always advocated large-scale production, and it must not be low."

......

Executives are talking.

"Ahem, be quiet."

Wang Fei clenched his fist to his mouth and coughed lightly.

It turned out that he was following Zhang Yang as an assistant director.

However, Zhang Yang has been filming with the crew in the field, and no one in the company suppressed him, so later Zhang Yang simply put him in the company to manage large and small affairs.

The relationship between the two is very good, Wang Fei has dividends, and the Dragon and Snake series is a big seller, and a large sum of money is shared at the end of the year.

is affectionate and beneficial, and Zhang Yang is very relieved of him.

Although Wang Fei is young, he has a high position and ability, and the people below are very convinced.

Now, as soon as he coughed slightly, everyone fell silent in an instant.

Zhang Yang was very satisfied and continued: "For the "Covering the Sky" project, it was originally planned that Xuan Entertainment and Watermelon would jointly invest 3 billion yuan for filming, but there may be some changes on the watermelon side, in case they withdraw their investment, we Xuan Entertainment will be responsible for all the funds. ”

As soon as the words fell, the director of the finance department immediately said that he wanted to speak.

"Say it."

Zhang Yang looked at her and nodded, signaling that it was time to start talking.

The director of the finance department is called Chang Fang, a strong woman in her 40s, who used to work in other companies and was recruited by Zhang Yang from headhunters.

Originally, it was best to leave the financial work to someone close to the boss.

But Zhang Yang really doesn't have this talent around him.

At the same time, money is not the most important part for him, and Chang Fang's work ability is very strong, and her character is well-known, and the previous company bosses were still reluctant to her when she poached people, so Zhang Yang felt that it was still feasible to hand it over to this strong woman.

As it turned out, Chang Fang lived up to his expectations.

Since joining the company, the relevant work has been handy, everything is very reliable, and there has been no omission in the past six months.

"Mr. Zhang, the company doesn't have so much money in its account." Chang Fang stood up and said, "The funds sold by Dragon Snake 2 before are not so much after this period of time. ”

Dragon Snake 2 actually got around 3.2 billion, but Xuanyu issued a large amount of year-end bonuses a year ago, personnel salaries, equipment updates, personnel expansion, signing a few first-season actors, plus some other bits and pieces of expenses, which cost a lot of money.

Although there is still a lot of money in the account, it is indeed close to 3 billion.

Zhang Yang also knows in his heart.

However, the progress bar of the system from level 2 to level 3 has risen a lot, and it looks like it is about to end.

When the time comes, the funds given by the system will definitely be enough.

"I'll solve the problem of funding, don't worry."

Zhang Yang thought for a moment and said: "Leave 200 million yuan in the account to meet the company's expenses, and invest all the rest in "Covering the Sky". ”

"Understood."

Zhang Yang's impression of employees in the company is that he is very rich, so Chang Fang is not surprised to hear that he will take out money from other places.

"Xiaoqiang, the script of the sky can be prepared, this time it is different from filming a TV series, I contacted a few movie screenwriters for you, and you brought the staff of the screenwriting department to learn. However, you learn to learn, don't learn those bad things. Still the same as before, being faithful to the original is my biggest requirement for you. ”

"Got it, Director Zhang."

Li Xiaoqiang nodded

He is much more lively and cheerful now than when we first met.

With the rise of the position, the shy and shy appearance at first sight has become a thing of the past.

And now he has become the director of the screenwriting department of Xuanyu, and his income has also risen, which is better than many of his classmates.

Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang is especially grateful to Zhang Yang, and his request for Zhang Yang can be said to be obedient.

"Covering the sky, your music department can start preparing."

"Got it, Mr. Zhang."

The director of the music department said that it was received.

"This time, I ask your music department to make a few episodes that cover the sky, and as for the theme song, I still go to Hu Tianwang."

Hu Tianwang has created several songs for Dragon and Snake before with beautiful melodies, and the lyrics are in line with the theme, and they are still very popular, and they have been hanging in the top ten of the major music platform lists.

There are no great talents in the Xuanyu music department, and it's okay to be responsible for some of the episodes, but it's not up to that level to create a theme song for a movie.

It's better to find an outside singer to buy songs.

Not only does it have its own traffic, but the level of creation is also there.

The melody of the episode of "Covering the Sky" is ready to be handed over to the music department to train them, and Zhang Yang will also allocate a sum of money to allow them to ask for foreign help.

"The art department can already start preparing."

""Covering the Sky" is a movie adapted from a fantasy novel, and the scenes, costumes, props, and characters fighting in it are different from the national art of the dragon and snake, your art department should carefully study it, learn from the ancient characteristics of the Dragon Kingdom, and draw conceptual sketches of the characters and scenes that appear in it, and you have to draw several more schemes, at least three or more as alternatives, you know?"

The director of the art department is in his 50s and is close to 60 years old, and he used to be a teacher at an art academy in China, with a very high level and many awards in art.

Later, there was an accident at home, and he needed a lot of money, and he always wanted to mention the professor but didn't mention it, so Zhang Yang inquired about the situation, helped him solve the problem, and recruited Xuanyu to serve as the director of the art department.

But.

The art department has relatively few people, and he has less than fifty people, so he can still cope with the art work of the Dragon and Snake series before.

Now that "Covering the Sky" is a special effects blockbuster, I don't know the tens of thousands of concept drawings that need to be drawn, and the boss Zhang Yang also asked for more than three plans, and the director's face collapsed instantly.

In addition, in addition to the concept drawings, I also had to help the director team led by Zhang Yang draw the storyboard manuscripts used in the shooting......

With such a large amount of work, even if he took 50 people to work 24 hours a day, he couldn't complete it!

Mr. Zhang...... This is a task that the art department can't do. ”

The director of the art department has a sad face, a 5.60-year-old person, looking at Zhang Yang and looking very pitiful.

"Don't worry, I understand your difficulties, in terms of manpower, you can make a report to me and sign it, and then hand it to the personnel department to continue to expand. In addition, I remember you said that you had a student named Liang Bing, who used to have very good grades and was good at painting fantasy-style works, right? ”

As soon as I heard the name Liang Bing, the director of the art department was very impressed.

This student has excellent grades and he likes it very much.

Moreover, when Liang Bing was studying, he was obsessed with fantasy novels, and integrated this liking into his own works, and often painted things that were mysterious and magnificent, majestic, and full of fairy spirit, depicting some scenes, characters, and battle scenes in fantasy novels, with a unique art style.

Because of this, many of Liang Bing's paintings have been bought by some physical book publishers as illustrations.

Zhang Yang heard from the director of the art department that Liang Ping now works as an illustrator for a mobile game company, and he has an account on Dousheng and has published some works, attracting hundreds of thousands of fans.

Zhang Yang deliberately went to look up his account, read some of them, and thought it was very good.

Thinking back to his experience, I think this person can be poached and become a team leader in the art department.

Xuanyu's future works will definitely be fantasy dramas, and Liang Bing's style is very suitable.

In addition, the director is his teacher, and he has been practicing for a few years, as long as there are no problems, it is not impossible to take over the art department.

"You contact him, are you interested in working in the art department of Xuanyu and being the art director of "Covering the Sky"."

"At the same time, give him a position as a team leader in the company's art department, and if the painting is to my liking, let him be your deputy."

"In addition, about the expansion of the art department, you will recruit more first, at least 100, how about it?"

The art team of 150 people is enough for most works, but for blockbuster-level movies like "Covering the Sky", it is still far from enough, and many special effects blockbuster art crews often have 4.5 hundred people.

However, many of the people in those crews were gathered together by various companies, plus some temporary workers.

Xuanyu maintains an art team of more than 100 people all year round, which is enough to cope with most of the art work, but it's really not good, and it's not a big problem to subcontract some unimportant ones.

"Okay, I'll call him later."

The art director was very happy.

He is a bit old, and he will be close to the legal retirement age for a few more years.

I used to be a teacher in school, and my job was relatively easy.

But after being dug up by Zhang Yang to Xuanyu, the intensity of work has risen gradually, where is there still the previous leisure time.

Now when I heard Zhang Yang say this, I immediately became happy.

The art department has more people, and he can have his own proud disciples to listen to him, and the work feels much easier.

"Mr. Wang, how is the special effects department doing during this time?"

After arranging the work of the art department, Zhang Yang turned his head to look at Wang Fei.

There are no talents in the special effects department of Xuanyu, and the Dragon and Snake series has just been established after filming.

Wang Fei is now temporarily serving as the director of the special effects department.

In the past, the special effects department took over some special effects work for low-cost online dramas and online movies under Zhang Yang's arrangement, but I don't know if my ability has improved now.

If he could, he was going to divide the special effects work of "Covering the Sky" into some less difficult parts and hand them over to the special effects department.

"It's okay, there are a few online dramas that have been said to be good after watching the finished film, and the audience's feedback is also good after the release."

"That's okay, you have to catch up with the special effects department, and when the time comes, I will arrange some tasks with lower difficulty for the special effects department in "Covering the Sky", in addition, you have to contact a few more special effects companies, the workload of "Covering the Sky" is very huge, Rhea can't eat it, and it will definitely take several to do it together to complete."

"Yes, I understand."

Wang Fei nodded.

The two are not only superiors and subordinates, but also brothers.

And they all have the same ideals, so Zhang Yang is very relieved of him.

Seeing that he should come down, Zhang Yang didn't say anything more, and asked Lin Xiaohan instead.

"The film company invested 3 billion yuan, and the casting work is also a major focus, and this part of the training department must be grasped."

The training department has also just been established.

Mainly responsible for training, contracting, talent scouting and other work.

This task is very important for a well-rounded film and television company like Xuanyu, so Zhang Yang handed him over to Lin Xiaohan to be responsible.

Lin Xiaohan is not only the leader of all the secretaries, but also the director of the training department.

She is very familiar with the affairs of the training department.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, as soon as the script of the screenwriting department comes out, I will start casting work immediately."

"In addition, I will send a notice to the company's contracted actors later, so that they can prepare for auditions."

The training department now has a group of trainees, and has also signed a lot of actors who have acting skills but are not famous, plus Dragon Snake 1.

There are about 100 actors, agents, and training teachers, which are one of the departments with a large number of people.

Lin Xiaohan's training department now has a group of professionals in charge of casting auditions, and Xuanyu has also become very famous with the hit Dragon Snake series.

In the filming of "Covering the Sky", unless there are specific circumstances, there is no longer any need to advertise and audition the whole network to find amateur actors like when he first started.

……

The relevant preparatory meeting lasted for several hours, and at the end of the meeting, Zhang Yang remembered another one when he was about to end the meeting.

He patted the table, attracted everyone's attention, and said solemnly: "Finally, I especially emphasize that everyone in the company must quickly read the novel of Shatian after the meeting, so that they can do a good job in their hands." ”

"Got it?"

Everyone: "Roger!" ”

Fa Cai: "Wang! ”

"Adjournment!"