my crew is not human

Chapter 121

After finishing the Chaoying script, Li Xianyun has to go back and prepare for Doomsday Spree.

The experience of this decisive battle with the crew in Sky City made Li Xianyun deeply aware of the difficulty of crew management.

The bigger the crew, the more celebrities there are, and the more weird things there are, and the complexity is high.

The reason why I didn't encounter so many things before was largely due to his lack of self-confidence, and he only looked for obedient ones. In addition, the small crew has few people and is really easy to manage.

This mentality directly led to another change in the cooperation between Doomsday Blossoms.

At the end of March, the script of Doomsday Blossom was fully completed.

On the other side of the ghost city, under Jiang Zheng's fast-paced construction, the doomsday town has also been initially successfully built.

The next step is to discuss the details of resources according to the cooperation plan set before.

Because everyone is an industry insider, the disputes in this area have gradually become less serious, so the pricing of basic resources and their respective needs will be completed quickly.

But when it came to the actors, there was another problem.

The actors produced by Yisheng Media are mainly Qin Yujian, Bai Xiaoxian, Lin Xiaoyu, and two special actors, but these people are not famous enough to stand up to the theaters, so the main actors have to watch Huayou.

This time, Huayou arranged for two second-tiers and three third-tiers, which can be regarded as quite famous.

The most famous of them are the two second-tier actors. The actor is named Pan Wei and the actress is Yu Jiao.

But speaking of it, the first-tier and second-tier entertainment circles are actually nonsense, just like the masters of the Internet literature circle, there has never been a unified standard.

As long as you are shameless enough, even Qin Yu and Bai Xiaoxian can make you a front line.

Some people are dissatisfied because of this, and feel that the first-line is not enough to show their status, so the terms top-line, super-first-line and so on were born again.

Anyway, casinos are just exaggerated, if you don't know how to brag, you are not qualified to play in this circle.

But this bragging, others may not believe it, the actors themselves often believe it.

Another sign that goes along with this confidence: These actors have their own agents, assistants, and more than one.

What makes it even more troublesome is that they usually have some special conditions.

For example, the number one male Pan Wei, his requirements include that it must be a five-star hotel, and there must be an accompanying nanny car with air conditioning; One, eight bodyguards and four assistants will also live in rooms of the same level, and the film crew will be responsible for the expenses during the period...

The number one female, Yu Jiao, also has similar requirements, not to mention the car, house, and entourage. In addition, there must be lilies in her room every day. Five lilies, one more or one less will not work. ;The daily shooting time cannot exceed eight hours...

Li Xianyun held the agreement and looked at it for a long time, thinking that I invited two uncles over here?

Whether they have the strength and reputation of the second-tier is hard to measure, this air is definitely there.

Thinking about what I saw in the decisive battle against Sky City...

Fuck!
He directly picked up the phone and called Yang Yuan: "The conditions of these two people, as well as the special conditions of the three third-tier ones, don't agree to any of them. If you like to do it, don't go away."

Hearing this, Yang Yuan also had a headache.

He now understands Li Xianyun better.

This man is very controlling!
But the problem is that he is not a famous director!

The actor's attitude is also based on the producer, especially the director.

The more famous the director, the smaller the actor's airs, and vice versa.

Li Xianyun's specialty lies in his special effects to save costs. The films he makes can make money, but this has nothing to do with blockbusters.

Film and television companies like such people, it doesn't matter whether they are popular or not, the key is to make stable money, so they must do everything possible to cooperate.

But the actors don't like it!

What they want is a famous director. It doesn't matter if the film loses money or not, the key is to improve their fame and status.

Of course, I also recognize that you are rich and you are a big boss.

But this recognition is on the dining table, on the bed, in the shopping mall, and you can bring me more and better resources.

As for Li Xianyun, I'm sorry, you are not a big boss yet, you have neither the temptation of shopping malls, nor the face of big productions by famous directors. Actors don't like this.

As for ghost towns?Hehe, it's just a big construction site now.

So Yang Yuan said: "As long as it is above the second line, there will basically be such requirements, but the directions are different. So even if I change it for you, it will not be able to change to the second line without the requirements."

Li Xianyun said: "Then don't need the second line, and don't want the third line."

Fuck me!

You don't want the second line, we want it!
You must know that the two second-tier and three third-tier companies are included in the resources paid by Huayou, and they are still the bulk.

Second-line actors are very expensive, although there is a wide range, from 300 million to 1000 million, but anyway, there are not a few million that cannot be lowered.

Among them, Pan Wei 400 million, Yu Jiao 400 million, three third-line 300 million, a total of 100 million, and the rest of the money is used for publicity, and this is also an internal price. The film and television companies cooperate with each other and know each other well. Netizens can't make much money from this aspect-their core is still external valuation.

If Li Xianyun withdraws in one sentence, what about the resources?
Yang Yuan immediately felt a headache: "Brother, you make it difficult for me to do this."

Li Xianyun said directly: "You know that I am a practical person, people like us are more willing to spend money on those visible aspects."

Yang Yuan nodded again and again: "I understand! I understand! Many directors are like you, but capital operation is not."

Huayou, the five big-name actors, offered Yisheng Media 100 million yuan, and the price they offered was 3000 million yuan!
Now without these actors, what do you sell them for?

The meaning of an actor's existence is not only acting skills, fame, fans, but the most important point is capital operation.

The capital operation is also divided into two parts.

One is to attract investment, and the other is to sell equity.

To put it bluntly, to attract 4000 million investment, spend 2000 million to shoot, and then sell the equity for [-] million, this is the common operation mode of many film and television companies that cheat.

What about a film and television company that is not intimidating?
It is to attract 4000 million investment, and actually spend 4000 million, but part of it is spent on its own resources, and then the part is returned to its own hands. This is a legal and legitimate profit-like a broker, who earns the difference It is a matter of course, the internal operation of the enterprise also needs to make profits.

As for selling shares at a price of [-] million, that depends on the ability, and it is not a scam, it is just a scam.You have the ability to cheat out, it's your ability.

So it can be understood this way: a conscientious film and television company earns money from resource money and project income.Unconscionable film and television companies make money from resource money, project income, and black money...all kinds of black money.

It's that simple.

Generally speaking, as long as the resource profit of film and television companies is controlled within 30.00%, it is basically acceptable.

All those who say that my resources do not make money are just nonsense. Film and television companies rely on resources to make a living. For the same artist, if they quote 100 million to the outside world, the film and television company may arrange 70. This 30 is their legitimate profit.Even if you know this is the case, if you talk to the owner with a price difference of 30 yuan, no one will pay any attention to you.

But things like Li Xianyun looking for Lin Xiaoyu are not violations of the rules, because Lin Xiaoyu didn't have a broker who bought out the contract at the time, and some were just cooperative brokers.

If he has exclusive rights, he will breach the contract if he accepts the job without authorization.

Artists with brains basically don’t do this, but there are still a lot of people without brains. There was once a female artist who borrowed her agent to sleep with a rich man. She connected several plays under the arrangement of the other party and skipped all of them. people.Later, the rich man got tired of playing and dumped her, and a few trash movies didn't make her famous, so when he went back to find the original agent, how could the agent still want her?Not only did she not want it, but she even spread rumors all over the circle that this girl was unreliable, so she had to leave the industry and find a good man to marry.

Far away.

In short, in this model, famous actors are the key link in the capital operation chain, the key to attracting investment, the signboard to attract audiences, and the core of selling equity!
It's the same for publicity.

You have to have a name in order to publicize it, right?
People use famous actors, and when the announcement was made, they shouted "our film is played by so-and-so".

If you are a person with solid basic skills, when you announce the release, you shout "How much did we spend on the art of this scene? How much artistic content is there?"

At that time, even if the public does not have cigars, they will wave their hands collectively: "I don't think it will cost that much money."

How can I attract investment without famous actors?How to do the announcement?How to sell shares?
How do you convince people it's a "blockbuster"?
Only Li Xianyun, who is an outlier who relies on opening and investing his own investment, will focus on the quality of the finished product.

However, film and television companies will always focus on capital operations.

Essentially different, destined to be hugely different from each other.

This matter suddenly became a huge gap between Yisheng Media and Huayou.

It is impossible for Huayou to give up these actors. They can be replaced, but the coffee position cannot be changed, and there must be special conditions.

And Li Xianyun was also very persistent in this matter, even if Yang Yuan proposed that Huayou should satisfy those special conditions, Li Xianyun did not agree.

Among other things, he couldn't accept just shooting for eight hours a day.

He also wants to understand now.

My current boss is not big, and the director's position is even smaller. If these actors come over, they probably won't accept him. Things like Li Xingyuanwei Xiaoxiao will definitely happen again.

Therefore, it is normal to have problems, but it is rare to have no problems.

Isn't business all about low risk?
Li Xianyun regained the theory of risk control, the company can be heavily in debt, and the crew must have zero risk.

Nonsense theory, bullshit operation!
Yang Yuan was also drunk.

He said helplessly: "You are like this, this cooperation cannot continue."

Li Xianyun didn't care either: "I can't do anything about it."

This is the way of doing business. No matter how hard you prepare for many things in the early stage, you will often fail in the end due to various reasons.

For this theater chain, both parties have spent a lot of energy, including the script, overall planning, and planning, and even the ghost town base and the setting artist have started to work, but now they have to stop because of this problem.

Yang Yuan said helplessly: "Well, let me tell the boss and see what he means. I hope this will not affect the friendship between you and me."

"Of course not." Li Xianyun solemnly promised: "By the way, if he disagrees, sell the script to me."

"Huh?" Yang Yuan was taken aback: "You want to take pictures yourself?"

"I have put in so much effort, and I don't want to waste it. I just happen to have some money in hand."

Yang Yuan thought for a while, and said earnestly: "Brother, you must know how to play with capital in film and television, otherwise you won't go far."

Li Xianyun said lightly: "But those who can really stand out are those who have worked hard to master the basic skills. If there is no bitter cold, how can plum blossoms bloom?"

All right, so far, Yang Yuan has nothing to say, so he can only repay the boss.

Sure enough, Shi Jun, the boss of Huayou, became angry on the spot when he heard this.

Not only that, but he was not even willing to sell the script to Li Xianyun.

Hearing this news, Li Xianyun was also happy.

If you don't sell me the script, can't I do it myself?
The plot cannot be plagiarized, but routines can be used.

A lot of things can still be used by changing the face and changing the skin.

If you don't sell it, I'll save the script fee.

The more Li Xianyun thought about it, the happier he became, making Yang Yuan speechless.

However, just when everyone felt that the cooperation had failed and was about to start the machine alone, things turned around again.

The turning point comes from Legend of the Dragon Tomb.

(End of this chapter)