After some operation, Penguin Video invested 10 million yuan in this online drama project and won the exclusive broadcast right.

The film has not yet been started, and the advertising investment income is more than 10 million.

Together with Lu Xianger's investment of 10 million, the total investment of 30 million has been completely covered.

In other words, Fang Xing did not have to pay a penny, and became the largest investor in this project.

A film and television project like this works, that's how it works.

As long as there are powerful directors and crews, at the beginning of the preparation of the project, half of the investment can be earned.

Of course, the premise is that someone in the main creative team can carry the ratings and box office.

Fang Xing has already used a "Wulin Gaiden" to prove his ability in this regard.

Moreover, this project is only a small investment, with a total investment of only 30 million.

Even if this project hits the streets, the investor will not lose much.

Of course, if Fang Xing's project hits the street this time, then there will be no such appeal when preparing new projects in the future.

Since Fang Xing wanted to use this drama this time to alleviate the plight of Lu Xiang'er's family, the preparation was very fast.

The audition and pull crew were carried out simultaneously.

Because the book filmed this time is a suspense drama, it is not an area that He Rongchang is good at.

So He Rongchang didn't participate, but he had a lot of connections in the film and television industry, and introduced Fang Xing to a lot of experienced crew.

As soon as this suspense drama was established, Fang Xing called Yan Lan: "Sister, I have prepared a new play." ”

Yan Lan smiled heartily when she heard it: "Say, is the heroine me?" ”

"This ......"

Fang Xing smiled awkwardly and said, "The heroine is a student......"

Yan Lan pretended to be angry when she heard this: "What? Do you mean my sister is getting old? ”

"No, no, my sister is in her prime, and she is captivating the country and the city." Fang Xing hurriedly answered and joked.

"Less, when did you learn to be so flamboyant? Say, is there a role for a sister this time? Yan Lan began to dig out the role, and she was not polite at all.

"Yes, but this time the drama is shorter. There is a positive role sister who can be played, but there are not many scenes. The kind that can be filmed in two or three days together. ”

In the script prepared by Fang Xing this time, there is indeed a role Yan Lan who can play, but there are not many roles in this role, and it can also be changed to other mature actresses.

Of course, if Yan Lan wants to act, it is appropriate for her to act.

"Okay. It's time for you to make a cameo. I'll send me the script later. "Yan Lan has a very straightforward personality.

Since playing the role of Tong Xiangyu in "Wulin Gaiden", her popularity can be said to have become popular overnight, and her salary has increased more than tenfold.

Therefore, for Yan Lan, even if it is a friendship cameo, she will also star.

"You are in such a hurry to call me, you must not be looking for me to film, right? Say, what else? Yan Lan learned that this time's book did not have an important role suitable for her, and immediately guessed that Fang Xing must have other things.

"Well, my sister is still so smart and icy." Fang Xing smiled and complimented.

Although I was flamboyant when I heard this, I couldn't stand listening to it.

Yan Lan chuckled and said, "Say, what's the matter?" Sister will definitely do it. ”

"This drama needs a few old drama bones, the kind that can be fierce, cry, and perform collapse and despair." Fang Xing's scene to be filmed this time has several roles, and the requirements for acting skills are very high.

These roles can't be played by ordinary actors.

Therefore, Fang Xing hopes to find actors from the National Theater or the military arts.

"Understood, you want me to help you find an actor. No problem, when you are free, I will take you to the National Theatre to watch a performance, and introduce a few old artists to you when the time comes. Yan Lan readily agreed.

……

The old actors are arranged here, and there are also male and female protagonists.

Due to the relatively young age setting of the male and female protagonists this time, with the current market in the domestic entertainment industry, the starting price of the male and female protagonists who are a little famous is at the level of tens of millions.

For example, when preparing for the filming of "Wulin Gaiden" before, Guo Furong's original role wanted to find Song Yutong.

Song Yutong was also at the top of the third line and the level of the second line, and the starting price was 12 million at that time.

Male actors of the same level will only be more expensive than actresses.

This drama has a total investment of 30 million.

If both the male and female protagonists find actors of this level, they can directly eat two-thirds of the investment.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Fang Xing decided to play the leading role himself.

Moreover, this drama does not have high acting requirements for the male and female protagonists.

Therefore, Fang Xing's appearance, temperament and acting skills are more than enough to play the male lead.

All that's left is to find a young actress to play the heroine.

When filming "Wulin Gaiden" before, it was Lin Yingxue who played Guo Furong.

After "Wulin Gaiden" became popular, Lin Yingxue also became popular overnight, and her salary once exceeded that of Song Yutong.

These two women were originally classmates, and they had some festivals, so the competition between them was very fierce.

After Lin Yingxue became popular as "Guo Furong", the limelight has faintly overshadowed Song Yutong.

After all, Song Yutong's "Blood Rain Jianghu" hit the street very thoroughly, word-of-mouth and broadcast volume both hit the street, and the commercial value fell steadily.

This time, Fang Xing prepared for a new play and directly asked the casting director to communicate with Lin Yingxue.

Lin Yingxue has a very good attitude and wants to play the role of this new play.

However, after Lin Yingxue became popular, the salary rose, and the market price has reached 15 million.

Of course, due to the friendship of "Wulin Gaiden", Lin Yingxue took the initiative to reduce her salary by half, saying that she could star for 7 million.

Cutting the salary by half, this is actually very sincere.

However, the number of episodes of the online drama prepared by Fang Xing this time is relatively small, so the schedule required is not long.

In addition, the investment is limited, so Fang Xing is not satisfied with the price of 7 million, and hopes to negotiate a lower price.

Fang Xing didn't have time to talk about this matter in person, so he left it to the casting director to be responsible.

Because, Fang Xing still has to find a suitable director to co-direct with himself.

In terms of directing, Fang Xing is actually a little experienced.

After all, he once worked as a director of musicals.

When filming "Wulin Gaiden", he also discussed with He Rongchang.

Even He Rongchang took the initiative to propose that he and Fang Xing jointly sign the director's signature.

However, most of the director's work is still done by He Rongchang, and Fang Xing rejected this proposal.

This new drama does not have high requirements for the acting skills of the male lead, and he is comfortable in acting, so he has more energy to be responsible for the director's work.

Therefore, Fang Xing plans to find an experienced director and co-direct with himself, which is a new attempt.

Therefore, during this time, Fang Xing was introduced by someone and met many directors with experience in shooting suspense dramas, and discussed co-directing.

The second- and third-tier directors in the circle, when they heard that they could join Fang Xing's new play, were very interested at first, but when they heard that they were co-directors, the slightly famous directors were not interested.

After all, in this case, it looks like Fang Xing is looking for a famous director and taking him to the honor of co-directing.

Directors who are slightly famous don't want to be this tool man.

After all, co-directing itself has a lot of problems.

For example, two directors have different opinions, who do you listen to?

In this project, Ark Culture is the producer, and once there is a disagreement, Fang Xing must have a greater right to speak.

In this way, the hired director is like a puppet.

……

The framework of the crew is slowly being built, the director is talking, the heroine is talking, and the old drama bones are talking.

Fang Xing was very busy during this time, and he couldn't take care of many things.

Every time Lu Xiang'er met, she wanted to help, but she couldn't help anything.

Meanwhile.

Since Lu's father and mother agreed to Lu Xianger's investment this time, they also hope that this drama can help the company usher in a turnaround.

During this time, several capitals expressed their intention to wholly acquire Dachuan Audio.

Dachuan audio is the hard work of Lu's father for half his life, so as long as there is a little hope, he doesn't want to give up.

Therefore, Lu's father mortgaged the villa in Tianlan Wenyuan and continued to maintain the company.

……

The other side.

Chen Lipeng, chairman of Pengcheng Capital, is also a little anxious about this piece of fat that is about to be eaten in his mouth.

After all, it has taken three months, and depending on the meaning of the Lu family, it is necessary to resist to the end, and even mortgage the house, it will be consumed.

For capital, time is money.

The longer this acquisition drags on, the less cost-effective it becomes.

Moreover, it is not a secret that the Lu family invested in the new drama of Ark Culture.

The Chen family received the news almost immediately.

"Dad, the Lu family has invested in a drama and wants to rely on this drama to turn over." When Chen Lipeng heard the news, he went home to discuss with Chen Xingye.

"Film and television investment, the risk is so high, do you think the Lu family can rely on a drama to turn over?" When Chen Xingye heard the news, his expression was still calm.

Although the Chen family's main track is the music field, they also have investments in the film and television industry, so they know a lot about film and television investment.

There are so many film and television projects that are approved every year, and there is not one in ten that can be broadcast in the end.

There are fewer film and television projects that can make money, and it is very rare to want to make a lot of money.

Therefore, from the perspective of probability, if the Lu family wants to turn over by investing in a drama, the probability of success is very small, and the probability of success is less than one percent.

However, Chen Lipeng and Fang Xing had a hard encounter several times, and each time they were beaten to the ground.

So this time he was more cautious: "The project invested by the Lu family this time is a new drama for Fang Xing." If it really explodes like "Wulin Gaiden", it will be more troublesome. ”

Chen Xingye smiled and asked, "Do you think Fang Xing can still make a TV series as popular as "Wulin Gaiden"?" ”

Chen Lipeng shook his head and smiled: "This is impossible, "Wulin Gaiden" is a special case that cannot be copied. Even Fang Xing himself can't shoot the second "Wulin Gaiden". ”

"That's right. It is basically impossible for the Lu family to turn over. However, Fang Xing's project needs to be closely watched, and when necessary, competitive means can be used. Although Chen Xingye thinks that it is impossible for the Lu family to turn over by investing in online dramas, they must have two guarantees in doing things.

"Okay, I got it." Chen Lipeng nodded in agreement.

……

Pengcheng Capital has a layout in the film and television industry for a long time.

The major shareholder of Ruide Film and Television is Pengcheng Capital.

Since "Blood Rain" hit the streets, Red Film and Television suffered serious losses last year.

In order to make up for the loss of "Blood Rain", Ruide Film and Television has prepared a new project this year.

Since "Blood Rain" is an S-level investment, it has lost a lot.

This year, Ruide Film and Television turned to a conservative strategy, mainly investing in A-level productions, wanting to rely on the quality of dramas, with less investment, and make more money.

In terms of small and big, "Wulin Gaiden" is the best example.

Even "Wulin Gaiden" is only a B-level small production, but it has leveraged hundreds of millions of profits.

What's even more terrifying is that "Wulin Gaiden" has formed a long-term effect, staying in the first place on the comedy list, and has never come down.

Red Film and Television carried forward the character of "join if you can't beat", began to turn to small and medium-sized investment, invested in a few comedies, and made some money.

This time, Rhett Film and Television is preparing to shoot an A-level production and is choosing a script.

Since Ark Culture released the suspense drama project, Pengcheng Capital has instructed Ruide Film and Television to also shoot suspense dramas.

Rhett Film and Television is a mature film and television company, and the crew is ready-made, so the preparation of the project is progressing quickly.

Casting soon began.

Knowing that Ark Culture was talking about Lin Yingxue, Chen Lipeng asked Ruide Film and Television to also contact Lin Yingxue, and opened a big contract to find Lin Yingxue to play the heroine of the A-level new drama.

Lin Yingxue originally wanted to star in Fang Xing's new drama, but the A-level suspense drama of Red Film and Television has an investment of 70 million, which is more than twice that of Fang Xing's new drama.

Moreover, Rhett Film and Television opened a premium salary of 18 million.

No matter what Lin Yingxue's wishes are, her agency will definitely choose Rhett Film and Television, and there is no suspense about this.

On the one hand, it is a B-level small investment, and on the other hand, it is an A-level investment, and on the other hand, it has opened a salary of 18 million.

On the side of Ark Culture, it is still pressing the salary.

This simple arithmetic problem can be calculated clearly with your feet.

In the end, Lin Yingxue personally explained the situation to Fang Xing, explaining that the agency took over the new drama of Rhett Film and Television for her, and she was very sorry.

Fang Xing didn't have time to pay attention to the casting of the heroine, and kept talking about those old actors whose acting skills exploded.

Because of this play, the acting skills of the male and female protagonists are not high, but those important old characters need acting skills.

Therefore, Lin Yingxue took the initiative to apologize, and Fang Xing didn't care.

Besides, if you hire someone to film, you have to pay money.

Lin Yingxue's current market price is 15 million or more.

Even if the friendship price is not likely to drop too much.

Fang Xing was not satisfied with her salary, so if she didn't invite her, forget it.

What's more, now is no longer the time to prepare for the filming of "Wulin Gaiden", now as long as the news is released, some actresses come to audition.

As long as those old drama bones are finalized, the selection of the remaining hostesses will be much simpler.

However, Lin Yingxue was poached, which also made Fang Xing vigilant and found out that the Chen family was playing ghosts behind his back.

Judging from the actions of Pengcheng Capital and Ruide Film and Television, it is not difficult to see that the Chen family does not want the Lu family to turn over, after all, the Lu family's company is already a boiled duck, and the greed of capital does not allow this duck to fly away.

Then, the Chen family will inevitably find a way to suppress the new drama planned for filming this time.

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(End of chapter)