Chapter 11: Impressions of a Ghost Town (Part II)

To the west is a ghost town, to the north is a costume fairy, to the east is a natural scenery, farm homestay, to the south is a commercial area, and in the middle is a studio area.

The business district is adjacent to the county seat, which is the original plan of Lanyuan Group.

There are only more than 1,000 acres of land here, but the planning investment is the largest, including a 32-story hotel, two 20-story shopping malls, and some large supermarkets.

As for now, only the southernmost entrance has a small ordinary store.

It was originally used as a souvenir shop, but considering that there would not be too many tourists in the early stage, it was temporarily rented to others as a supermarket, mainly for customers in the county, and then it would be taken back when the business was good, or the price would increase.

The inevitable routine of every black-hearted owner.

In addition, the first phase of the project will give priority to building two five-story small buildings near the commercial area, one is used for Yisheng Media as office space, and the other is used for the crew to live, but this part will be completed in the second half of the first phase, and this time the shooting is not expected.

As for the central part, it is also a studio area with huge investment.

There are many scenes needed for film and television, and the exterior location alone is not enough to meet the needs, and the studio is the core area suitable for various needs.

There are more than 10 large-scale scenic spots in the Zhudian Film and Television Base, and there are nearly 2,000 scenic spots, and there are 1,200 studios alone.

So now the development of the whole ghost town is actually a middle line from west to east.

The second phase of the project is the expansion of the ghost town and the start of the ancient costume fairy area, as for the development of the most expensive commercial area, it is estimated that it will not be until after the third phase.

I don't know if I'll be able to make it to that point.

For this, Li Xianyun and the others also proposed to the Zexian government to build a road to make it easier to enter and exit.

The county government said that it supports the vigorous development of private enterprises, but there is no money to build roads.

In desperation, Li Xianyun and the others could only find a way to build a simple stone road that stretched from the south to the west.

Now the main entrance and exit of the ghost town is from the western ghost town scenic spot.

As for all the others, even the small supermarket in the commercial area is not allowed to enter and exit, anyway, this place is not doing ghost town business now, so let's use it as an ordinary supermarket first.

Although Li Xianyun himself was sighing, the shock in Han Xinyu's hearts was incomprehensible.

A young man just relied on his own strength to take such a large piece of land, and was saddled with hundreds of millions of debts to establish a huge ghost town base.

It only took a year!

In any case, this courage, this ability and means, is enough to shock them.

Now no one underestimates Li Xianyun's small broken company in the house.

The most important thing is that with the company's special effects, these extremely real ghosts, although this is a movie with an investment of 50 million, the effect of the film may be comparable to a blockbuster with an investment of 200 million or 300 million.

No wonder Huayou takes it so seriously.

At this moment, Han Xinyu thought for a while and said, "The ghost town has an investment of 80 million, and there are only fifteen scenic spots, isn't it a bit inflated?" ”

Li Xianyun smiled bitterly, "This is also a matter of no choice, development is only so little, but other places can't be ignored." Everything is difficult to start, and many things have to be purchased from scratch, resulting in a large investment. For example, the fence must be built, there is a lake to shoot a boat scene on the water, a small pier must be built, the garden must have railings, there must be seats, garbage bins, small trees, some stone rockeries or something, maybe some sports equipment, these have to be prepared in advance, and they are all money. The natural area is said to be a small investment, but it still needs to be invested. In addition, there are a large number of holographic projection equipment, the appearance of the ghost town is ghosts and gods, but the essence is technology, these devices are worth a lot. Finally, there are other related supporting facilities, which are also a large investment. ”

Tourists are not afraid of being expensive, they are afraid that it is not fun.

Nowadays, tourists are also able to play and are used to seeing them.

As long as you can provide the sensory pleasure they need, it doesn't matter if you spend more.

This is the same as making a movie, everyone has limited time, so they naturally choose the best, so it is always the head profit.

Li Xianyun's cinema, the first phase is 80 million, just to achieve the ultimate quality - when the tourists come back and say, well, it's very exciting and fun, but it's a pity that there are fewer attractions, but it's only the first phase, and the second phase can go again.

Repeat customers can have it.

Because of this, Yisheng Media is firmly committed to the high-quality route, and will definitely not be shoddy in order to accommodate a large number of tourists at the beginning - which is diametrically opposed to their film and television production.

Han Xinyu asked, "But the return on investment is too disproportionate?" As such, it is not easy to recoup costs. ”

Yes, the little girl is not very old, but her knowledge is indeed higher than many girls Li Xianyun has seen, and her words and conversations exceed the knowledge she should have at her current age.

Li Xianyun was very satisfied with Han Xinyu's question, nodded and said, "You are right. However, our film and television base is not only the main crew, but also includes tourists. ”

Han Xin said, "There are too few attractions that can be provided, and there are fewer tourists that can be accommodated, and there is a contradiction between the needs of the crew and tourists." ”

"Yes." Li Xianyun talked about their plan in general.

After hearing Li Xianyun's statement, Han Xinyu frowned slightly, "Then how do you solve the problem of the crew's destruction of scenic spots?" ”

Speaking of which, this is also a problem.

Different crews have different needs.

Film and television bases are generally only for basic construction, and after the crew enters, they need to re-set the scenery and do art according to their needs, the former is like hard decoration for the house, and the latter is soft decoration.

After the movie was filmed, the crew patted their butts and walked, leaving behind a certain mess.

In particular, some movies like to play with some bells and whistles. For example, ancient buildings in different eras have different styles, and a certain crew came over and thought that we should innovate, brush, change the red wall to the blue wall, and change the roof to the colored tile - the colorful feudal society is called joy!

There are all kinds of teasing in the crew, and so is the director.

The result is that while the crew creates benefits for the film and television base, it also loses a mess from time to time.

The attractions of the ghost town want to be eerie and terrifying, and if some stupid director waves his hand, I want to be colorful, and leave after filming, leaving behind a colorful and joyful apocalyptic town with red lanterns hanging high, which is particularly embarrassing.

Therefore, there are strict restrictions in places like Zhudian and Xiangshan, if you change it to other buildings, we will endure it if it does not affect the overall style, and it is unacceptable to fool around.

But even so, it can't stand the demons - the film and television base is so big, in order to save labor costs, people will not be sent to keep an eye on the crew. So there are often crews who do it secretly and run away after filming.

If you find out in advance, you can still collect a fine, and if you find out late, you will be completely fine.

There has been more than one such thing in Xiangzhudian and other places. Because they are ancient buildings, most of them are wooden structures. As a result, some crews were blindly colored, and they didn't know what kind of paint they used, and they directly invaded the wood, and as a result, after a scene was filmed, the attraction was directly abandoned, and the vertical store was found late.

Therefore, many film and television bases will also require that they must do a good job of finishing work, for which a large amount of deposit must be charged.

But to do is to do it, "good", just hehe.

The ghost town is a little better, because it is not an ancient building, it is mostly stone, so it is convenient to mix colors.

Even so, you have to consider that the crew comes over and smashes the wall at every turn - people may think that your wall is an eyesore.

Besides, the buildings are not all stone, and there are also wooden structures.

So what do you do?

In this regard, Li Xianyun explained: "In the early stage, we will focus on it, and in the later stage, we will consider that the ghost town side will be responsible for the scenery design." ”

If it is your own set artist, then there will be no such problem, after all, it is Yisheng Media's people, and it is impossible for the crew to spoil it at will - the key is that you can't run away from your own people!

Han Xinyu shook his head, "The crew may not accept it." ”

The scenery artist spends a lot of money, and many people in the crew make money through this, how can they contract the work to the ghost town to do. Besides, what the ghost town wants to avoid is exactly what the crew wants to do.

Li Xianyun said lightly: "Yisheng Media's future plan is to do the whole industry chain. ”

In the original world, the Zhudian Film and Television Base is planning the whole industry chain, in their words, in the future, as long as you bring a script over, the Zhudian can give you everything.

However, in the current world, the erection of stores here has not yet been done.

Han Xinyu smiled lightly, lowered his head and did not speak.

But Li Xianyun can feel her thoughts, your company is not doing anything, you want the whole industry chain.

Li Xianyun smiled slightly, "Planning, the cowhide always has to be blown bigger." Besides, we are different from other film and television bases, and our main income in the early stage still comes from these special effects. Of course, we also hope to make up for the lack of traffic by increasing the ticket price, but you know that before the fame is made, it is easy to kill yourself with an exorbitant ticket price...... Pricing is also a university question. ”

Han Xinyu was very curious: "Your holographic projection special effects, the production cost should be very high, right?" Are you sure you can earn it back? ”

Li Xianyun smiled, "Fortunately, anyway, the cost is definitely lower than that of major special effects companies, and the key is to save time and convenience." ”

Special effects are actually a bottomless pit, although the vast majority of special effects companies have a clear price for the level of special effects, but they are also extremely floating.

Until it was completed, no one knew what the company's special effects would look like and whether they would be to their liking.

Even a studio that has made awesome special effects can still make garbage for you.

But ghost towns are different.

All the special effects here are pre-set, what do you ask, I will directly get it to you first, and then quote.

In other words, you never have to worry about the quality deteriorating and the fee being too expensive.

The special effects originally belonged to the later stage, and the typical ones were collected first and then done, at best, there was a problem with the final payment, and the finished product could not be seen for a period of time after the payment was made.

But when it comes to Yisheng Media, it is a pure early stage, and it has become a commodity that can be placed on the counter, you can pick and choose, if not, I won't buy it, both time and cost are greatly saved, it is convenient to shoot, don't put so many green screens.

This advantage is too great.

This is a huge benefit for many film and television companies.

Han Xinyu said with a smile: "Those companies that engage in special effects are going to be unlucky." But in that case, I don't think you should limit yourself to ghosts. ”

"Of course." Li Xianyun waved his hand casually.

I saw a small building in the distance suddenly explode, bursting out with a large amount of firelight, which frightened the assistant and Han Xinyu at the same time, Han Xinyu retreated backwards and retreated directly into Li Xianyun's arms.

It smells so good!

Sister, you have style, beauty, voice and body fragrance, you are really perfect in the world!

Han Xinyu didn't have time to pay attention to this, she looked at the small building in the distance in shock, and saw that the small building was blazing, countless ruins and broken walls fell, and dust and smoke rose up.

This building just exploded?

Wrong!

There was no explosion.

Han Xinyu suddenly woke up.

After the smoke and dust passed, Han Xinyu saw that the small building was still there.

There was no explosion.

She looked at Li Xianyun in surprise.

Li Xianyun smiled, "The explosion special effects are all illusions, and there will be no actual damage." Take a prop grenade while shooting, throw it behind you, and then walk out of the smoke-filled area in a big way...... Bang!!! The real man never looked back at the explosion. The results are absolutely fantastic! ”

Han Xinyu covered her mouth in surprise, "This is really amazing, but I am a woman." ”

"The heroine, the heroine of the Doomsday Crazy Flower, the big heroine!" Li Xianyun said seriously.

"I'm starting to look forward to this drama a little bit, if only I could add some more emotional drama." Han Xin said that she had read the script, and she couldn't understand why Li Xianyun, who was born as a screenwriter, was so weak in literary drama.

Li Xianyun replied directly: "I'm not good at emotional dramas. ”

Han Xinyu was interested: "This is what women are good at." If you don't mind an actor changing the script, I can help. ”

"Actually, I still mind a little." Li Xianyun continued to walk forward, "You know that there is such a thing as making a movie, a small change in the script, and filming is a big move. I'm not only good at writing emotional dramas, but I'm also not good at filming emotional dramas. ”

"But if you want to be a good director, you should work hard to improve yourself." Han Xinyu did not back down.

Li Xianyun listened to the footsteps when he heard this: "It seems that you have ideas in this regard?" ”

"Try it. I give you a suggestion that you can choose to decline. Han Xinyu is very good at talking, and quietly controls the direction of the conversation.

Li Xianyun was originally willing to listen to opinions, thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, anyway, there is still a month to go, and in terms of literary drama, it is not a big problem." It looks like we're going to have nothing to do with the script for the rest of the day. ”

Han Xinyu smiled: "It's just talking about the script." ”

"That's right." Li Xianyun nodded.

People are wrists, and Li Xianyun didn't expect this script to talk about anything else.

So Han Xinyu stretched his waist, "The natural scenery is nothing to see, since this is the case, let's go back to the hotel." ”

Li Xianyun smiled, "If you don't think my car is too broken, I'll send you." ”