There is a garden villa area near the Red Garden, the winding path is deep, and the environment is not bad.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ren Zhi came over with two investors.

One man and one woman.

The man is a fat man in his forties and fifties who looks a little honest, named Wu Bao, who drives a KTV, and the woman he follows is not his wife, but a friend of his shopping mall.

In recent years, the KTV business has not been easy to do, many bosses are seeking transformation, the film and television industry has high returns and benefits, and the key is that KTV has something in common - the sister is connected, there are several garbage actors in this broken film who are the sisters under Boss Wu, and they are all interested in making their own family popular, and they also stabbed the news to their own bosses.

It's a pity that the idea is beautiful, and the reality is skinny.

At this moment, he came to a villa with red tiles and white walls, Liu Qingzhi looked at the villa in surprise and said in surprise: "Is your friend financially good?" ”

Ren Zhi smiled helplessly.

He knows Li Xianyun, although he is a somewhat famous writer, but he is also well-off, when will he be able to afford a villa?

But because of this, he didn't dare to talk, so he could only go up and ring the doorbell.

The door opened, Li Xianyun had already appeared at the door, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, Mr. Liu, please come in." ”

Everyone was an adult, and they politely entered the living room.

While leading everyone into the door, Li Xianyun said: "This is not my place, I rented it, the scenery here is good, the code words are here, the heart is happy, and the efficiency is also high." ”

Quietly pretending.

Although I can't afford it, I can rent a villa codeword, and it is also a compelling writer.

Wu Bao said with a smile: "Writer Li is right, a good working environment can indeed stimulate work efficiency. Oh yes, your pen name is Jiangcheng Prodigal, right? I've read your work online, and you're really talented. ”

The sedan chair carries people, anyway, it is a commercial blow to each other.

Whether Wu Bao has seen his works or not, Li Xianyun doesn't know, and it doesn't matter.

At this moment, beckoning the three of them to sit down, Li Xianyun waved his hand: "Tea." ”

I saw a tea tray holding a set of tea sets, and no one lifted it, and automatically flew to the coffee table in front of the four people.

This scene directly shocked the three of them.

What's going on?

Li Xianyun smiled: "Magic, don't be surprised. There is a magnetic restraint device in the tea tray, and I won't tell you the specific situation, a trade secret. ”

Everyone immediately realized.

Liu Qingzhi said with a smile: "I can't imagine that Writer Li is still a lover of magic. ”

Li Xianyun shook his head: "No, I'm just more interested." Speaking of which, movies are actually magic, visual magic. Through visual images, things that cannot exist in reality are created, which gives birth to imagination and creates a variety of bizarre worlds. ”

The two bosses seem to understand it or not, but whether they understand it or not, this one must be ordered.

At this moment, Li Xianyun had taken out his mobile phone, opened a video, and handed it to the two of them.

The three of them didn't understand what medicine was sold in Li Xianyun's gourd, and when they watched the video together, they saw a female ghost floating in it, suddenly flew into the air, fell to the ground, flew up and down, and suddenly exploded into a cloud of smoke and dissipated, and when they reappeared, they condensed into a ball, appeared directly next to Li Xianyun, and took a photo with Li Xianyun, which looked quite interesting.

Then a male ghost appeared, sucking at a pot of food, and the food quickly decayed, with amazing results.

End of video.

The three of them were stunned by this scene.

Ren Zhi was even more confused, why did this male ghost look so much like that dead man?

He doesn't remember ghosts, but he still remembers Jin Gui's dead face.

A face began to twitch wildly, and the facial features walked wildly on the face.

Li Xianyun smiled: "I specially made it according to Jin Gui's template." ”

I rubbed it!

You're too nasty, aren't you?

Wu Bao looked at Li Xianyun strangely: "This is ......"

"I did." Li Xianyun lied, his face was not red or breathless, and he turned to Ren Zhi and said: "Old Ren, you are an expert in this area, tell me how much this special effect costs." ”

Ren Zhi calmed down, he didn't know why Li Xianyun could do special effects, but he at least knew that he couldn't dismantle Li Xianyun's platform.

picked up the mobile phone and watched the video again, shaking his head again and again like an Indian: "It's too real, although this male and female ghost is a little simple, but the sense of reality is very strong, and the special effects of this level are not millions, I'm afraid they can't be launched." ”

There is sincerity, and there is exaggeration.

The production of a ghost doesn't cost so much money, but a ghost is not just a ghost, there are all kinds of bells and whistles, a series of continuous shots, and they are worth a lot of money when they are piled up.

The most important thing is the "realism" of the ghost, every hair is clear, and even the facial expressions are so realistic.

With such high-quality special effects, the money will definitely not be spent, and if you really calculate it, one or two million may not be done.

As for his so-called simplicity, it is naturally because people are really ghosts, they are not good at makeup, and they don't have gorgeous clothes - Zhang Yan Jingui is not unable to wear people's clothes, but they can't change their clothes themselves, and the effect of wearing clothes is not good.

So compared to the real special effects, it is not as gorgeous as it, and the real awesome thing is the realism.

Li Xianyun took out a few Huazi from the cigarette case and handed them to the other party, and Liu Qingzhi also took them.

Li Xianyun said: "The investment of 1.5 million yuan is a small production, don't expect any decent special effects." ”

Wu Baoliu Qingzhi nodded together, no matter how layman they are, this is also understood.

"But I can add it! That's the level...... Top! Li Xianyun threw a bombshell when he came up, and the three of them were stunned.

Ren Zhi looked at Li Xianyun in disbelief, what do you want to do with this thing?

His face was crooked, and he was in his position for a while.

"One and a half million miles plus this?" Liu Qingzhi looked at Li Xianyun in surprise.

Li Xianyun shook his head: "One and a half million is yours, and it has nothing to do with me." But fortunately, I wrote the script for this film, and now that something is wrong, I don't want my hard work to be in vain. But if I want to join, I won't make small productions, I will definitely make high-grade productions, and I will make high-quality products if I want to do it. ”

The three of them understood what he meant.

Wu Bao asked: "Do you want to use special effects to convert the cost?" ”

Resources are cost, and the film and television industry is normal.

"Hmm." Li Xianyun nodded: "The original plate is too small, I want to expand it to four million, and the actual investment is 300,000, and I will replace the rest with resources." ”

I rub!

You're darker than my heart.

Ren Zhi almost jumped up.

The plate was expanded to four million, and even if the investment of Wu Bao and the three of them was still calculated at one and a half million, the share would drop to one-third.

It is equivalent to Li Xianyun becoming a major shareholder.

The key is that he only gave out 300,000 cash.

Liu Qingzhi was also happy: "That's it? Just two million? ”

"Of course not." Li Xianyun said: "First of all, the script must be changed. The original book didn't have ghosts.,I'm going to change it into a ghost movie.。 ”

Huaguo does not have a rule that it is not allowed to become a fine after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it is no problem to make ghost movies.

Li Xianyun continued: "Secondly, I will take over as producer, director, executive producer and outreach. These are also my contributions, and I don't want a penny. ”

Ren Zhi was dizzy when he heard this, boss, you are trying to overhead me!

Needless to say, the producer is equivalent to the general manager, and the entire team is built by the producer. The director is equivalent to the chief engineer, responsible for the actual shooting, the producer is mainly on behalf of the investor, equivalent to the supervision, there is generally no producer for small-budget films, and there is no producer abroad, this is a specialty of China, but no matter what the specialty is, as long as there is this position, the power is often greater than the director - depending on the different crews, some of the crew producers are just a decoration, and some crews are the producers who have the final say.

As for the external production, it is specifically responsible for external relations affairs, especially the venue, which is an errand that costs money, and those who spend money are all fat shortages.

Many people in the film and television industry dream promotion channel is outreach, and then up is the producer.

And people like Ren Zhi, external producers, production directors or something, as long as it is related to money, he will catch it, so that he can work together to make black money.

Li Xianyun kept saying that this is my pay, but is it paying?

This is a big power and a small power!

Even Wu Bao couldn't help but say, "Do you know how to direct?" ”

This is the layman's remark, in the eyes of the layman, the director always comes first.

But the truth is that a good movie first needs a good operation team, and the operation team is built by the producer, and there are a series of other related things.

Making a movie is a team effort, not something that can be held up by one person.

As for the director, this type of work is actually very similar to that of a writer, and it belongs to the question of whether anyone can do it well or not.

If you run to a website and publish an article, you can say that you are a writer; Pull up a set of teams, you don't need to understand the language of the camera, you can shoot blindly and randomly, that is also the director.

A really good director needs to be a miscellaneous person who understands the script, photography, lighting, post-production, and even art, makeup, props, and publicity.

But because it's a miscellaneous family, the degree of ambiguity is high.

And if the degree of ambiguity is high, anyone can be a director - in the original world, Li Xianyun has seen a secondary school culture, filmed one or two young photographers of the Internet University, fooled investors and became a director himself, and in turn pulled a professional director who has cooperated for many years to be a photographer for himself.

That's right, that professional director is Rong Dasheng.

So the status thing, isn't it all about blowing?

What are the spectators still stunned for? Pick up your phone and shoot a short video for a minute, and you'll all be directors!

As for Li Xianyun, although he has taught himself to direct for six and a half years, he has never actually operated it, and he is a weak chicken operated by the king of theory, so he urgently needs an opportunity to practice.

Hearing the other party's question at this moment, Li Xianyun unhurriedly took out his notebook and handed it over: "This is the storyboard I draw." ”