Why don't you cooperate?

Shen Xudong said succinctly: "Because making movies is not profitable!" ”

"Oh..."

Chen Hao nodded, signaling that he knew...

Hong Kong cinema began to decline from its peak in 1992;

The mainland film market has been at a low point since 1993, with a total annual box office of only 1.3 billion yuan, and the lowest in 1999 was only 850 million.

And because of the strong impact of piracy, this trough period lasted for more than ten years, and many film studios that were not strong and large enough closed down or stopped production one after another during this period.

The kind of township-level cinemas that once spread all over the country, including those in factories and mines, have almost all disappeared, and in some places there are no cinemas even in county seats.

Under this premise, making a movie is throwing money...

Cheng Xiaodong suddenly said: "Xudong, which TV series do you think the martial arts effect of "No. 1 in the World" should be benchmarked?" ”

Shen Xudong thought for a while and said, "... Exaggerate as much as you can... If you want to benchmark it, I think you can benchmark "Undefeated in the East"... Duan Tianya's phantom sword, I actually refer to the Hattori Qianjun in "The East is Undefeated", but I magnify him a little..."

Feng Baiyuan was very curious: "Aren't you inclined to realism?" ”

Shen Xudong shook his head: "Realistic scoring theme, martial arts... Can't be too realistic, it's fiction in itself... Many viewers watch martial arts, and what they watch is fighting..."

Cheng Xiaodong was stunned for a moment: "So, in the martial arts ranking of "No. 1 in the World", Duan Tianya can be ranked in the top three?" ”

“… He can't beat Cao Zhengchun..."

"Do you know the specific ranking?"

"Yes, Zhu Ignorance, Gu Santong, Cheng Right and Wrong, Master of Closure, Xiangxi Four Ghosts, Cao Zhengchun, and then Karasuma, Duan Tianya, Guihai Yidao... Shangguan Haitang is a little worse..."

"Well, I'll go back and think about it..."

"No. 1 in the World" is a martial arts film, and the most important thing in martial arts is, of course, the play!

Therefore, Cheng Xiaodong's role is not under the director of Feng Baiyuan...

Tang Yan bowed her head to eat the whole time...

On this occasion, there is no part for her to intervene, after all, she is a newcomer!

In fact, Zhuang Liqi was already very good to her, and introduced it in person, which was to tell the directors present that this is our own people...

If you change "The First in the World" to a work invested by another company, and then throw Tang Yan over by herself, then it's okay, just wait to accompany the bar.

Although I didn't speak, I listened the whole time...

Everyone speaks Mandarin, and she understands it.

Yes, most Hong Kong filmmakers born in the fifties had a good level of Chinese, because at that time, whether it was Shaw Brothers or TVB, they all spoke Chinese!

I didn't drink much alcohol on the spot, but it will start tomorrow, and everyone will stop trying...

Huang Weiming drank half a glass of wine and began to chat with Shen Xudong: "The Hong Kong TV industry is like a factory, with assembly operations, a lot of scenes filmed in a year, and a lot of genres, but in fact, it is a fixed mode of alternating studio scenes and real scenes, and it is difficult to have any more challenges... I remember the first time I went to the mainland to shoot "Book of Swords and Enmity", when I was in the scene, I was scared stupid! ”

"How?"

"It turns out that the venue construction of mainland costume dramas is so good! The place is so big and the conditions are very good. It turns out that the outside world is quite big, but I haven't been in contact with it..."

"Haha... The mainland is very large... There are also a lot of film and television bases..."

……

After eating, they chatted for about half an hour and left.

Zhuang Liqi specially told Shen Xudong: "This gang of people in Hong Kong is very efficient..."

"Uh-huh..."

Hong Kong TV dramas follow the Shaw Brothers' factory-style production method, which is fast-paced and highly commercialized; Shooting alternately between studio scenes and exterior locations, a drama can be completed in a few months...

"Supreme Red Face" and "The Legend of Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" started filming in the first half of the year, and they were broadcast directly in the second half of the year!

In addition, the production method of Hong Kong TV dramas is that the producer grasps the theme, creativity and general direction, the director is responsible for the production, and various departments are pieced together into a professional assembly line, and a work can be completed in a short time.

Shen Xudong is the chief screenwriter, and to some extent, he fits the work of some producers, so these directors are willing to talk to him!

Zhuang Liqi obviously knows this, so... In addition to being a screenwriter, Shen Xudong is also the deputy director of the production center...

"If the crew has something and can't solve it, just call me..."

"Hmm..."

"What did you recommend Chen Xi do, it's pretty good..."

"Thank you Producer Zhuang for giving her the opportunity..."

Chen Xi?

Tang Yan was a little surprised, is it the Chen Xi I know?

She also has a relationship with Shen Xudong?

Is it also an artistic relationship similar to Cao Xiwen?

……

Chen Xi joined the group as early as a month ago, and was arranged under the hands of production director Sun Yan...

The crew of "No. 1 in the World" has a complex composition, but the production team is all hot in Orange Sky, or Zhuang Liqi's people!

The production team has a very heavy task, that is, to manage the money...

But how to spend money, this thing is a science!

Broadly speaking, the production team is to prepare the production plan and budget, and lead the production department to effectively manage the work of the film crew.

It includes the overall grasp and review of various expenses, strict implementation of the financial system, and responsibility for the cost accounting of the film and the summary of the production work on behalf of the producer.

Strictly implement the financial system...

This one is very difficult, the preparation period of the crew is good, mainly equipment rental, costume rental, props rental and buying, and contact location...

But it's also very cumbersome!

"There are a lot of things involved here, not that whoever has good quality will use whom..."

"Look at the relationship?"

"That's right..."

In Shen Xudong's room, Chen Xi chatted with him about the harvest during this time...

saw a variety of methods to get the crew's wool: "As long as you are not a big-name actor, you have to rely on the management of life production." Because in the crew, all the cast and crew have to take money from the life producer for their daily life, food, drink, housing and transportation! ”

"The most common phenomenon is to eat kickbacks. A crew, with thousands of people at most and hundreds of people at least, have to live in hotels, eat, and take cars when filming outside. These are all handled by the life producer, and some units that contract the crew's food, housing, and transportation will naturally give the life producer a kickback..."

“… Who is the life producer of our crew? ”

"Brother Sun Yan, I'm a life production assistant... At first, Brother Yan avoided me, but later they thought I was a good person, so they were accepted as their own people! ”

"Why are you being treated like your own?"

"I talked about the location, eight hundred and one days, and I told Brother Yan that we reported two thousand one days..."

"And then?"

Hearing Shen Xudong's question, Chen Xi's expression was a little crying and laughing: "... Brother Yan said that I was too conservative, so I changed it to eight thousand a day..."

Or are you making money!

Chen Xi continued: "Brother Yan is already very good, I heard them say that Brother Yan's reputation is obvious to all!" ”

"That's not bad?"

"At least he didn't make a fuss about food and housing!"

The average cast and crew has a room fee of 200 yuan per person per day, so the life producer can compress this 200 yuan to 90 yuan, and the remaining 110 yuan per person is his 'black' money.

Even, he can ask the hotel for an extra bed in a room that could only accommodate two people, and accommodate three or four people.

Imagine that an actor is 110 yuan, hundreds or thousands of people, and there will be more money in the production of films.

Some people can buy an ordinary Audi car after producing a film, which is even higher than the salary of a first-line actor!

(End of chapter)