Capital.

As the capital of Huaguo, it is not only the political center of Huaguo, but also the cultural center.

Two of the three best art schools in China are here.

Almost all of the large media companies, including production, publicity, post-production, etc., are gathered here, all the talents in the film and television industry are gathered here, and a large number of actors are also gathered here.

walked into the area where the film and television companies were gathered, and when I came to the street, there were handsome men and beautiful women everywhere I looked. If you look for a café, you can hear someone discussing the script, and if you find a hotel, you may live next door to the producer, director, and screenwriter.

In contrast, Jiangcheng's film and television base is so small that it can't be smaller, and it can be ignored.

Because of the special scenes, costume films often build ancient scenes by themselves, and the famous Zhudian Film and Television Base in Lin'an is specially designed for costume films.

After the arrival of the cold winter of film and television, the once crowded vertical shop film and television base has suddenly become crowded, until now there are tens of thousands of relevant practitioners waiting to be fed there, and the vertical store, which has always been arrogant, has also dropped again and again.

However, this time Li Xianyun and they did not go to the vertical store to shoot, but used Huayou's own film and television town.

As a well-known film and television media group in China, Huayou Company has produced many popular film and television dramas in China, and its market value was even as high as nearly 100 billion yuan at its peak.

It has a large number of artists, and it has also built a film and television town outside the capital, of course, it is much worse than famous scenic spots such as Zhudian and Xiangshan, but it is enough to make up for it.

Huayou Company used resources to pay off its debts, so it was naturally impossible to use the site of the vertical store, so it gave its own studio to Li Xianyun.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Xianyun and Jiang Zheng, Ren Zhi, Rong Dasheng, Zhao Yunyang and Dong Zixin came to Huayou.

They were met by an executive of Huayou, named Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan is a middle-aged man, wearing a pair of gold-wire glasses, looking polite and polite, with the temperament of a scholar.

At this moment, there was not much nonsense when I saw it, and after a few polite words, I took Li Xianyun and them to the venue they had chosen before.

When you come to the venue, you will see an antique long street, surrounded by antique buildings with a strong historical atmosphere.

Yang Yuan pointed to the long street: "This is the No. 2 antique street." I've read your script, and it doesn't have much to ask for the venue, mainly an inn, a casino, a town guard's house, and the rest are streets, jungles, cemeteries, etc. ”

"There should be a small bridge in the street." Li Xianyun said.

"The small bridge is a bit difficult, mainly because there is water under the bridge, and this is a studio, so I'm afraid I have to find another venue." Yang Yuan said: "There are ready-made ones here in the inn, you can take a look." ”

He gestured to the inn road next to him.

Li Xianyun looked up, it was an antique building, and there were four big characters on the door of the inn.

Ruyun Inn.

It's different from the name in the script, but it's not a problem, and if you change the name, there's no need to change the plaque to increase the cost.

Above the finger: "Gotta build a bird's nest on top of this." ”

Dong Zixin began to record.

Entering the inn, Li Xianyun looked around, walked inside, and then frowned: "This inn doesn't have a backyard?" ”

"Hmm. The yard has to be found separately. Come and see here. Yang Yuan led them to another building, where there was a courtyard.

Li Xianyun immediately shook his head: "No, there is no well." ”

Yang Yuan's beautiful female assistant asked, "Do you have to have a well?" ”

Dong Zixin next to him: "There must be, the well is a secret passage to the town guard's mansion." ”

The assistant asked, "Can you change the script?" ”

Depend on!

Everyone was collectively speechless.

Yang Yuan glared at the ignorant assistant: "Change the script for everything, then it's still a fart?" ”

It is difficult to restore the exact same scene according to the script, so the scene is a compromise between the script and reality.

Directors with artistic pursuits will require the producer to meet the shooting needs no matter what, like famous directors such as Zhang, Feng, Chen and other famous directors, as long as it is written in the script that there is a courtyard behind the inn, then there must be. If you dare to give him an inn without a backyard, they can just scold you for being a bloody squirt.

Because it meant that he couldn't film a cutscene where an actor walked from the front hall of the inn to the backyard.

Although even if this cutscene is filmed, it may be cut in the later stage, but a good director will never lower his requirements because of this.

In their words: I can shoot it without it, but you can't make me shoot it without it.

They are not necessarily satisfied with this: the wall of this backyard is not right, the size is wrong, the space is wrong, and the architectural layout is wrong...... A series of wrongs are thrown at you, so like some big directors, they often set up the scenes themselves.

Li Xianyun is not such a big name, the inn is almost usable, and the backyard can also be filmed in two places, there is no cutscene, but you even have to shoot the well in the yard separately, why can't I even give a panoramic view of the yard?

It's even more nonsense to change the script for the sake of a well, you can't complete such a simple request, what else can you do later?

Sometimes rookie directors shoot worse than big directors, in addition to their own poor level, another important reason is that they are not famous and will be shackled too much by reality.

But fortunately, Li Xianyun is here to collect debts, and they have the qualifications to be tough.

At this moment, Li Xianyun said lightly: "There must be a courtyard with a well, and it must be close to the back wall." In addition, there must be two rooms next to the backyard, and no less than one is enough. If you really don't have a room, you can open a window and install a door for me! Find another place to shoot the scene in the room. ”

Yang Yuan thought for a while and nodded: "I'll go to other companies to show you." ”

As long as film and television companies are not bitter rivals, it is extremely common for them to share resources with each other.

After looking at the inn, the next thing is to look at the casino, look at the street, look at the town guard's house, look at the city gate, look at the house and so on.

Looking at it all the way, Dong Zixin was also taking notes carefully beside her, her big eyes showing excitement.

As a student of the directing department, this is indeed a rare experience for her.

At the end of the day, several main scenes of the anti-time hunt were basically determined, and Yang Yuan also found a yard with a well elsewhere, and after seeing it, Li Xianyun said that it could barely be used.

But that's not the end, now it's just the interior and the street scene, and the exterior scene, and there are four outfield scenes in the script, and these places have to be found and finalized.

So then everyone ran non-stop for two days in a row to determine all the venues, and then there was the problem of costume props art.

Costume props are easy to solve, Huayou Company has made so many films, and has already accumulated a large number of costume props.

The production cost of these costumes and props is calculated when the film is filmed, and after the filming is completed, it is the net income of the company, and the next time it is filmed and reused, it is the net profit - when the film and television company negotiates the cost with the investor, these are all used as part of the cost accounting.

And because it was for the sake of repaying debts, Li Xianyun and they directly chose the best.

Then there's the art.

If the scenery is the frame, the art is the drawing on the frame, which is an important expression of the exquisite scene.

The art of domestic costume films, especially high-quality online movies, is mostly colorful, and any wall is painted with all kinds of beautiful patterns, and the beams are also carved with dragons and phoenixes, which are beautiful.

But that's not the case with the real top art.

Taking Inception as an example, Xiao Lizi's opening dream is in a Japanese-style villa, and there are no gorgeous furnishings in the room, but every detail is done perfectly, concise and exquisite, and the so-called road to simplicity is like this.

As for hunting against time...... Forget it, even Huayou's 200 million big production can't do it to this extent, Li Xianyun doesn't have to think about it, it's mainly gorgeous.

After getting the foundation of the scene props and so on, it is the choice of the crew.

This is the most troublesome!

Although Huayou has set a price tag for the level of its various technical personnel, who knows how good their level is?

An ordinary photography group, the cheap one pays about one thousand a day, the better one is three or four thousand a day, and then the famous photographer in the industry can be invited for 10,000 a day.

The question is how the fuck do you know how skilled these people are and how much they're worth?

There is no clear level, and it is unreliable to have it - if you dare to have a level in these years, others will dare to buy the level.

There is nothing in this circle that will not blow, believe it or not, Yang Yuan can pull a photography apprentice over at any time and tell you that this is a big name in the industry, worth 30,000 a day, and the price of friends is discounted, count you 12,000.

How else to say that connections in the film and television industry are very important?

Because it's not just a matter of understanding, but more importantly, you also need to know how much strength the other party has and what price it deserves! You even have to know the other party's schedule - the price is high when the schedule is full, and the price is cheap when the schedule is empty, and the price is up and down for the same person, and the gap is very large.

In the original world, Li Xianyun filmed a short video and pulled an actor, three hundred and one days, the same actor, went to the crew, three thousand days.

The same person, ten times the difference!

And on this issue, even Ren Zhirong Dasheng can't help - there are tens of millions of practitioners in the film and television industry, who can know everything?

This afternoon, Li Xianyun took the list, listened to Yang Yuan's flickering, and heard that his head was swollen.

Each crew member has his own glorious resume, and he has made a lot of money on the PPT, according to Yang Yuan's tone, the people here are all at the theater level, just use one, and you will make a lot of money.

Li Xianyun didn't dare to believe him, but he couldn't find anything wrong, and he was a little helpless for a while.

After thinking about it at this moment, he said, "There is too much information, I have to discuss it with Mr. Jiang." Give me twenty minutes. ”

Yang Yuan is a smart person, and he knows the meaning when he hears the string song: "That's okay, you discuss it first, and I'll go put some water." ”

gave his assistant a look and left with his assistant.

Walking out of the room, Yang Yuan came to a corner, took out a cigarette, took a puff, and muttered, "It's not easy to do." ”

"What's wrong?" His assistant asked him with a wink of wide, watery eyes.

"This Li Xianyun is a bit of a headache."

"I don't think he's anything remarkable." The little assistant said casually: "His focus is still on the value of resources, and he didn't even think of loss." ”

"Normal, after all, there is still a lack of experience." Yang Yuan didn't care and said: "Loss is actually a trivial matter, and the key is people." I'm a little curious, why is Lu Bin so interested in this company? Do you have to send his people over? ”

"It's free anyway." The assistant didn't care.

Yang Yuan shook his head: "Lu Bin is not a fortune boy, but no matter what, You Yong and Zhang Zhao are indeed talents, and we can be regarded as making a fortune." Alas, I really didn't expect that even this little money would have to work hard, and Huayou was not like this back then. ”

"Ups and downs, life is normal, let's just live ourselves." The little assistant said and leaned into Yang Yuan's arms, and his fingers drew circles on his chest: "By the way, my cousin, you can talk about it again." ”

"People don't use it, it's not for me to have the final say, I've tried my best to say good things, but the choice is in their hands."

"By the way, I talked to Xuandong yesterday, but he still refuses to renew the contract."

Yang Yuan's face sank: "There are still two months left before the contract expires." Talk to him again. ”

The little assistant said helplessly: "I have talked about everything I can talk about, and I can't help it if I insist on leaving." ”

"Did he say where he was going?"

"He said he wanted to take a break and travel and take a year off."

"! If I guessed correctly, he must have hooked up with Zhang Zili and wanted to go to their side. Yang Yuan threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it fiercely.

"What happened last time made him sad."

"He's sad about my, damn, I'll take the blame for the decision above!" Yang Yuan scolded angrily, and then added: "But he can't go." ”

"How?" The assistant asked.

"The boss just reached an intention to cooperate with Lianchuang a few days ago, and it will be announced in two days that Zhang Zili should not do anything to destroy friendship for Xuandong."