The project of "Do You Know or Not, It Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin" was launched, and the crew framework was pulled up and preliminary preparations began.

There is a lot of work to be done in the preliminary preparations, forming the crew, finalizing the investment, contacting the Fuhuadao team, and contacting the actors, which is very cumbersome.

Moreover, at every stage, it is necessary to meet and discuss to find out the best solution.

The investment in this drama is responsible for Qiao Yinghong and the Film and Television Investment Department of Ark Culture, but the specific figures need to give Fang Xing a general direction.

"Boss, how much do you plan to invest in this new drama?" Qiao Yinghong actually has an approximate number in her heart, but this time it was not Fang Xing who took the guide tube in person, but handed it over to Zhang Yigao and Wang Yutao to shoot, whether the investment needs to be cautious is a question.

Fang Xing thought for a moment and replied: "It is estimated that 200 million will be invested, and if the cost cannot be controlled in the later stage, an additional 50 million can be added." ”

When Qiao Yinghong heard this number, even though she was prepared, she still raised her eyebrows.

If this drama really invests 200 million, it will be the second highest investment in the TV series of Ark Culture.

There are already many popular TV series of Ark Culture, if someone counts the investment table of Ark Culture's popular dramas, they will find that there are so many popular dramas, and most of them are not high.

The highest investment is "Hurricane", with an investment of 300 million.

Next is the new drama "Do You Know It, It Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin", and it is currently planned to invest 200 million.

One of the reasons why "Do You Know or Not, Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin" has such a high investment is that it is preparing to shoot 73 episodes.

The same quality, the same way of shooting, the more episodes, the higher the cost of shooting.

Without 200 million, it is really difficult to shoot.

Qiao Yinghong got the approximate number, and then asked: "This new drama, is it our main investment?" Or is it Dora Pictures Investment? ”

For a TV series, there are often many investors.

Even film and television companies that often produce blockbuster dramas will invest as much as possible, so as to diversify risks.

At the same time, resources can also be exchanged from investors.

During the filming process, you can ask the investor to help contact the actors.

After the TV series is produced, the investor will help publicize it and help pass the review.

Fang Xing thought for a moment and replied, "Ensure that our investment amount is higher than 60%, and you can decide the rest." ”

"Okay, I'll ask the film and television investment department to work overtime for a few days to calculate the investment budget." Qiao Yinghong asked the general direction clearly, and the next step was the work of the company's film and television investment department.

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Once the investment budget is out, the next step is to move forward with the project.

Different budgets and the size of the crews formed are different.

With an investment of 200 million, when calculating the budget, the actors' salaries were set aside first, and then the budget that needed to be reserved for the filming of 73 episodes, followed by the choice of teams such as Fuhuadao.

A TV series, how much each link will cost, and how much the total investment, will have an approximate figure.

Then, according to the budget figures, go to the best team in the price range.

There is a huge difference between the effect of the service with a budget of 30 million and the effect of the service with a budget of 10 million.

After the budget table was made, Qiao Yinghong saw the numbers in the budget table, so she went to contact the service team that had previously cooperated with "Langya Bang".

For specific details, Wang Yutao will communicate with the team of Kifu Huadao.

With the recommendation of the preliminary preparation.

Fang Xing handed over the complete script to the company's screenwriting team for further grinding, and the general direction was not changed, mainly polishing the details.

Zhang Yigao and Wang Yutao were busy reading the script, and then discussing the storyboard script.

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Qiao Yinghong's investment has not yet been negotiated, and the project is about to advance to casting.

The reason for this is mainly because Ark Culture invests in its own dramas, which basically account for the majority.

If there is no film and television investment company willing to follow the investment, then it is no problem for the company to be wholly owned.

The news about the launch of the new project of Ark Culture spread in the industry, and the phone call of the film and television investment department did not stop.

Although this time it was not directed by Fang Xing himself, but directed by Zhang Yigao and Wang Yutao, film and television investment companies in the industry are still flocking to it.

In fact.

Now even if Fang Xing doesn't participate, Zhang Yigao's name is enough to attract a big investment.

In the film and television industry, Ark Culture's projects have always been high-quality projects.

Moreover, not everyone can vote for the project of Ark Culture.

As soon as the news was released, all David TV, major video websites, and entertainment giants all wanted to invest.

In the end, after the competition, a large company can get an investment amount of 10 million.

When Fang Xing was still typing the script, he successively received dinner invitations from Wei Shurong, Jiang Minghe, Gong Jianbin, Zhang Changfeng, Li Xueying, Tong Fei, and a large number of film and television industry presidents and TV station directors.

Some want to invest, some want to recommend actors, and some want to broadcast new dramas alone.

The fiercest competition is Gong Jianbin and Li Xueying.

One is the president and chairman of Pea Video, and the other is the president of Penguin Video.

Since Li Xueying was promoted to president of Penguin Video, her first strategic direction is to strengthen cooperation with Ark Culture.

Even in the two years when Fang Xing rested, the cooperation was very close.

Gong Jianbin relied on the advantage that Fang Xing is the second largest shareholder of Pea Video, and he has defeated Penguin Video several times, and the competition between the video platforms of the two websites has become white-hot.

Every time Penguin Video spends money on popular dramas and wants to stabilize the status of the first brother, Pea Video can always produce one or two dramas to narrow the gap.

At the beginning of this year, "Darkling 2" once made the number of VIP active users of Pea Video exceed that of Penguin Video.

Now, Fang Xing is going to have a new drama, and he is coming back to make a TV series with the huge success of the big screen.

Although this new drama "Know or Not, It Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin" is not directed by Fang Xing himself, but Zhang Yigao and Wang Yutao teamed up.

However, on the investment plan, Fang Xing's position in the new drama project is producer.

If it is a producer, he is basically only responsible for managing the money, but the producer is different, and he will also play a role in controlling the content of the series.

On Earth, there are also examples of producers controlling the filming of TV dramas.

For example, Zhang Dabeard filmed martial arts dramas, in fact, he basically served as a producer and producer, and found a director to shoot it, but he participated in the filming work a lot, and the TV series was filmed, which was basically his work, and he also led the crew to the program to promote it when it was promoted.

If it is the golden age of Xiangjiang, most of the TV series are supervised and responsible.

Therefore, although Fang Xing is not the director of "Know It or Not, It Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin", for film and television investment companies, there is not much difference between it and Fang Xing's personal directing.

This makes Ark Culture do not need to pull investment at all, and the investment is automatically sent to the door.

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After the investment was finalized, Ark Culture announced the plan for the new drama "Know It or Not, It Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin", and publicly released an audition invitation.

For a while, the resumes of actors from major entertainment companies and brokerage companies floated like snowflakes, filling the crew's offices.

Moreover, this time not only TV drama actors submitted resumes, but even many movie actors submitted resumes.

Even though this project is a TV series, this is a good opportunity to meet Fang Xing.

Now Fang Xing is not just a TV drama director, he has successfully conquered the big screen, become a film director, and won the box office championship this summer.

"Crazy Stone" has an investment of 80 million, a little-known starring role, a box office of 2.4 billion, and a box office / investment ratio of 30 times.

This is a miracle for the film industry.

This kind of dazzling box office results, even the long-famous director Li Kexin must sincerely say his admiration.

Now, Fang Xing's new drama has begun to prepare.

For movie actors, if they can rely on this drama to know Fang Xing and get Fang Xing's approval, maybe they will have the opportunity to act in Fang Xing's movies.

This kind of opportunity may not be available for a lifetime.

Therefore, this time, Fang Xing obviously did not take charge of the director, but there were more actors who wanted to act in this drama.

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Because there are too many resumes of actors, the director team of the crew has to screen it first before handing it to Fang Xing.

The casting officially began, and Qiao Yinghong was born as an agent, so she took great care of her own artists.

Every time a new drama is cast, Qiao Yinghong gives priority to giving her artist's resume to Fang Xing first.

"Boss, look at the artists in our group, which one is suitable, I will let the brokerage team vacate the schedule first."

The brokerage work of the company's artists, Fang Xing has long been out of business.

In the two years before the break, the company also signed some actors one after another.

Therefore, except for the well-known ones, Fang Xing didn't know which actors were in the company.

However, what Qiao Yinghong showed to Fang Xing were basically the better actors in the company.

If you are a newcomer, you are going to arrange to play a small role in the play, and you don't need to talk to Fang Xing, just give it to the casting director for audition.

Therefore, Fang Xing did not have many resumes, only seven.

Fang Xing slowly flipped through it, and turned to an actor he had worked with, and was a little surprised: "Has Wang Zhenglong already signed it?" I thought about it and saw if there was a suitable role for him. ”

Qiao Yinghong flipped out another resume and said: "Wang Kai's previous play has been completed, and he is picking a new script, should he arrange it in the new drama?" ”

Wang Kai is now a first-line actor, and his momentum is very strong.

Qiao Yinghong added: "Wang Kai is very popular now, but there have been a lot of idol dramas in the past two years, and there needs to be a word-of-mouth drama to stabilize it." ”

Wang Kai is an artist of Huahuo Media, and Fang Xing acquired 90% of the shares of Huahuo Media.

Therefore, Wang Kai is indeed an artist of Ark Culture.

Fang Xing nodded and said, "Wang Kai can, invest him to participate in the audition and see if he can play the male lead." ”

Qiao Yinghong then asked: "Lin Yingxue chatted with me a few days ago and asked me if I had a chance to cooperate in the new drama, but I haven't given an answer yet. ”

Fang Xing thought for a moment and said, "If she wants to act, the heroine can let her try." However, I had to audition for her myself. ”

"In that case, I'll give her a breath first and see what she thinks." Qiao Yinghong said.

Lin Yingxue is now one of the four major actresses of domestic entertainment, and this time she played a cameo role in "Crazy Stone", and is even trying to develop on the big screen.

If she can successfully gain a foothold in the film industry, she will be the first actress to soar from the Four Great Stars to a movie café.

However, Fang Xing is actually not optimistic about her transformation into the big screen.

After all, she is still very young, and her acting skills have not yet reached the height of being able to carry the box office.

Of course, if it's just a vase pendant in the movie, it's actually enough.

One of the reasons why movies have a higher status than TV series is that movies are harder to succeed.

Even after winning the TV series field, the actress who has become popular wants to transform into the big screen, and the probability of success is not high.

It can even be said that the domestic actresses who can carry the box office can be counted on one hand.

The film industry mainly relies on male actors to carry the box office.

If there is an actress who can carry the box office, then the actress can directly reach the top in the entertainment industry.

Of course, if Lin Yingxue just wants to be a vase pendant in the movie, she is actually qualified.

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Fang Xing continued to flip through his resume, and then saw an acquaintance: "An Xiaoran...... Huh! She's a good fit. ”

As soon as Qiao Yinghong heard this, she knew that the actor's appearance conditions just matched the director's expectations for a certain role, so she asked, "Then arrange a role for her?" ”

Fang Xing nodded and said: "She is very suitable for playing Rulan, her appearance and personality are very suitable in all aspects." ”

"Sheng Rulan" is the sister of the heroine "Sheng Minglan" in "Do You Know", and the two are of the same age.

If you look at the personality, many times "Sheng Rulan" is more like a sister.

"Sheng Rulan" is a character without a city, innocent, and kind-hearted in the play.

Fang Xing really felt that An Xiaoran was very suitable to play this role, and immediately confirmed: "This role will be set for her, and her schedule will be vacated." ”

The role of "Sheng Rulan" does not have particularly high requirements for acting skills, as long as it can perform an innocent and kind-hearted appearance, it is enough.

Therefore, even if there is no audition, Fang Xing can be directly finalized.

Of course, there will still be a make-up audition later.

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When preparing for "Do You Know", "Crazy Stone" had to promote the upcoming online release, so every creative member had to record a video as a preview of the online release.

This video doesn't need to be professionally recorded, so it can be recorded in the company.

After Guo Shi recorded the promotional video, he came to Fang Xing's office to say hello: "Director Fang is good, Director Fang is good." ”

"Sit, sit down." Fang Xing beckoned him to sit down and drink tea.

"I came to record the promotional video released on the Internet today, and I just finished recording, and I heard that Director Fang was in the company, so I came over to say hello." Guo Shi was very polite.

He was originally just a little actor who was not famous, but he became an instant hit with "Crazy Stone" this summer, so he was very grateful to Fang Xing in his heart.

"Recently, you've become a busy person, right?" Fang Xing teased him.

"What's the matter, I'm not a handsome guy, and I don't have many endorsements." Guo Shi smiled innocently.

"How's your work going?" Fang Xing asked.

"Didn't I just want to ask, is there a suitable role for me in the new drama? It's okay to make a cameo, but you don't need to be paid. Guo Shi wants to hug Fang Xing's big thick leg now.

Fang Xing looked at his appearance and said, "Yes, yes." The heroine's father, do you want to try? ”

Now that Guo Shi has made a name for himself in the film industry, Fang Xing is not sure if he is willing to play a supporting role in a TV series.

Guo Shi didn't pick at all, and immediately agreed: "No problem, as long as Director Fang thinks I'm suitable, then I'll act." ”

(End of chapter)