The Crown Prince of Huayu!

Chapter 217 Betrayal
Upper shadow.

After successfully completing the acquisition of a special effects company and integrating it into a new department of the company, Ren Zhonglun encountered problems again.

His original plan was to set the new department level at the department level so that Han Jiadong could take over later.

But during the acquisition process, the company paid too much. The acquisition price alone exceeded 300 million.

There was no other way, since he planned to use Han Jiadong's connections to send relevant technical talents from the new department to Hollywood to study.

Then his goal is not only to be the top in the country, but also to be on par with Hollywood.

With this goal in mind, not to mention the small and medium-sized domestic special effects companies, even those large special effects companies may not be able to meet the needs of SIPG in terms of basic equipment and technical talents.

So in the end, after some consideration, Shanghai Film directly acquired a special effects company that ranked among the top ten in the country.

After spending such a large price, we will definitely have to continue to invest in equipment and talent training. If it is only at the department level, it will be too luxurious.

After all, many domestic state-owned enterprises with the same administrative level as Shanghai Film Industry have a total market value of less than 300 million.

Domestic film and television companies, not to mention state-owned enterprises, are private companies. Currently, no company has the awareness to develop special effects technology.

In the short term, it is indeed a better choice to find a special effects company outside.

Ren Zhonglun asked Han Jiadong for his opinion.

In the future, the cost of special effects will only become more and more expensive. For example, when Cameron made "Titanic", he spent only one million dollars on special effects. By the time of "Avatar", this number had increased to 1.5 million U.S. dollars!

It is difficult for domestic films to spend as much on special effects as "Avatar" did. However, as the appetite of domestic audiences is being fed by Hollywood's special effects blockbusters, if domestic films want to develop special effects blockbusters, they can only improve the level of special effects as much as possible.

One is that there are few opportunities to use it, and there is no need to work hard on special effects. When you need to use it, you can just spend money to find an outside company.

What's the difference between that and using a knife to cut flesh on Shang Ying's body?
So after some negotiation, the new department gave him administrative-level treatment at the division level.

Office of the Chairman.

But Shanghai Film has spent so much money, how could it agree to this plan?

Only Shangying has a lot of money, so it dares to play such a big game.

Han Jiadong naturally supports the company's efforts to develop special effects technology.

It’s the hottest movie season of the year, and the box office champion is a movie with no special effects or big scenes.

Do not!
Not only is it a waste of money, it may even become a burden to the company.

Domestic movies have developed to that point...

After all, both domestic movies and domestic special effects technology are still in a very backward situation.

In order to control risks, domestic film companies will subconsciously reduce the shooting of special effects blockbusters.

After all, nine out of ten companies in the special effects industry are losing money now. Especially domestic movies that have certain requirements for special effects will go to foreign companies, which is even more unfriendly to domestic special effects companies.

But state-owned enterprises are not private enterprises, and they can do whatever they want.

"The company will just take care of the arrangements. My main focus now will be on filming and programs."

After all, it costs hundreds of millions!
It's just that 80% to 90% of the cost is spent on actors' remuneration and marketing.

It’s no big deal that small-budget movies like “If You Are the One” are dominating the Spring Festival schedule right now.

If the new department, which was established at such a high cost, cannot be given a reasonable arrangement, it will be impossible to pass it.

The expenditure on time effects can range from tens of millions to hundreds of millions.

Han Jiadong did not show any dissatisfaction.

Ren Zhonglun felt relieved: "As for going to Hollywood to study..."

"Lao Cheng will retire in a few years. I'm going to let him take charge of this department temporarily. What do you think?"

Another thing is that doing special effects nowadays is indeed a thankless task.

At that time, the more than 300 million will be wasted.

When Shanghai Film Group first filed its application, the higher-ups even considered spinning off this new department and establishing a new company.

The increase in costs will lead to greater risks.

This is undoubtedly not a good sign.

And this is obviously not what Han Jiadong, who has just started working, can achieve in a short period of time.

We really have to pay attention to Han Jiadong's opinions. A big reason for the establishment of this department is to better retain Han Jiadong.

During the entire Spring Festival, the most visually impactful movies turned out to be cartoons.

Whether it is the acquisition plan or the subsequent establishment of a new department, it needs to be submitted for approval.

If Shanghai Film Studio were to forcefully give this department to Han Jiadong, some people would have objections.

But if more than ten years later, some small-budget movies like The Original Space and Time dominate the Spring Festival screen...

But in the long run, this is obviously not conducive to the development of the industry.

If Han Jiadong is dissatisfied with this arrangement, Han Jiadong may change jobs. Without Han Jiadong's matchmaking, Shanghai Film's plan to let the new department go to Hollywood to study will also come to nothing.

No, it can’t be said to be a low-budget movie.

"You have someone contact Xu Qin and she will make arrangements."

Even the word "development" needs to be examined. After all, it is hard to say whether it is "development" or "regression."

And if film and television companies develop special effects technology themselves, they will naturally want to make more use of special effects technology.

That would undoubtedly be better than just putting it all together and using low-budget movies to win prizes.

Or it would be better to spend a lot of money to invite some stars with guaranteed box office appeal, and then spend a lot of money to market it, but actually make some low-cost movies.

Of course, this does not mean that we must pursue big scenes and special effects.

But at least if you compare the movies made ten years later with the movies made twenty years ago, you can see your development and progress over the years.

Instead of making people feel at first glance that you are inferior to the movies from twenty years ago in every aspect.

After coming out of the company, Han Jiadong accepted the invitation again and went to Tang Ren.

"Legend of Sword and Fairy III" has been broadcast on Suzhou during the winter vacation.

A few days after it was broadcast, the ratings stabilized at above 2.

It doesn't seem to be high, and it can't be compared with the previous ratings of 89 or 9.

But this is the data after the ratings statistics method was revised!

Also after this year's revision, so far, it is the only TV series whose ratings have exceeded 2.

Even except for "Legend of Sword and Fairy III", so far, there is not even a TV series with a ratings of more than 1.5.

The ratings of "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" in the original space were only 1.36 in the first round of the show. At that time, this data was able to stabilize the first place in its time period.

It was precisely because of this TV series that Yang Mi became famous and became famous since she was a child. She was named one of the new "Four Little Actresses" that year along with Liu Yifei, Wang Luodan, and Huang Shengyi.

Hu Ge also came out of the slump after the car accident and became popular again.

Liu Sisi and Tang Yan also started to gain a certain reputation from being unknown little transparents, and have since established themselves in the entertainment industry.

Compared with the original time and space, the male protagonist Hu Ge escaped a car accident. In recent years, his reputation has steadily increased, and he has even established a firm foothold in the film industry.

Yang Mi and Tang Yan have become popular stars.

Therefore, when "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" was aired, the attention it received undoubtedly far exceeded that of the original time and space.

As for how to improve the ratings statistics method, simply put it is to make it more comprehensive and accurate. The main methods used to be diary cards and set-top boxes.

The diary card is a questionnaire sent to a fixed group of people. Users need to fill in which programs they watched at what time, and then staff will come to collect them every week, and then take them back to the company for statistics.

This method not only cannot penetrate into rural areas where the main TV users are located, but if local TV stations know which users are those specific users and provide some benefits, they can even increase the ratings of their own programs.

The set-top box will automatically record and upload the ratings data of sample households.

Also not all households have it, only users with certain characteristics have it.

I don’t know whether these specific users are representative or not.

However, compared to random sampling surveys on the street in the early years, this method is much more accurate.

The ratings of early TV series such as "Water Margin" (78%), "Dream of Red Mansions" (90%), "Desire" (98%), and "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" (99%) were all based on random interviews or interviews on the streets. Obtained by filling out the questionnaire.

Most of them are just asked by random people on the streets of the capital.

Such data obviously cannot represent the entire country.

The ratings after the revision were also mainly based on set-top boxes.

But instead of fixing certain groups as before, they are installed randomly on the TV.

Manufacturers don't know who will buy these special TVs, and users don't know whether their own TVs are installed.

At the same time, the number of samples is also larger.

After such a revision, it is normal for the ratings data to shrink significantly.

In the past, a TV series with a ratings of over 2 was nothing, but now it can be regarded as a phenomenal hit.

The ratings of later phenomenal dramas such as "Bu Bu Jing Xin", "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "The Story of Ancient Swords" and "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" are even less than 2.

Because of the popularity of "Legend of Sword and Fairy III", Liu Sisi, who played Long Kui in it, finally became famous.

When Cai Yinong arranged to send Han Jiadong away, he put on sunglasses on his face and a hat on his head.

After going out, he hesitated for a moment, then took off his hat and put it on Han Jiadong's head.

"Ok?"

After adjusting the hat on his head, Han Jiadong looked at Liu Sisi in confusion.

Liu Sisi said: "You can wear it. I don't want to be reported and have people guess who the girl in sunglasses walking next to Director Han Jiadong is."

Han Jiadong is not too worried about what Liu Sisi said happening again.

Again clarifying the report, and then firing... I believe that other paparazzi will have to think carefully when they report their own news in the future.

Although I am not afraid to report on myself at all, the kind of news that "starts with a picture and relies entirely on editing" will basically never happen again.

However, Han Jiadong did not take off his hat and let it stay on his head.

Walked for a while.

"Tangtang hasn't ignored me lately."

Liu Sisi suddenly said distressed.

Originally she wanted to say "It's all your fault, Tangtang doesn't care about me anymore", but the relationship between the two didn't seem to be good enough to joke around casually, so saying it this way sounded a bit like being cheap and being nice, so she omitted it. The first half of the sentence.

Han Jiadong said casually: "What's wrong?"

"Tangtang heard that I was going to star in your movie, and thought I had the same kind of relationship with you."

"Wouldn't it be better if you explained this to her clearly?"

"Can I tell you?"

Liu Sisi was surprised. Because Han Jiadong said he wanted to keep it secret and others misunderstood, she had always acquiesced.

When Tang Yan asked her about it, she didn't deny it.

Then when Tang Yan was promoting "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" later, she didn't pay much attention to herself.

However, Yang Mi, who seemed stronger, did not change her attitude much after learning about it.

Han Jiadong hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "It's okay, just tell me."

But after thinking about it, Liu Sisi shook her head: "Forget it."

She didn't explain it to Tang Yan, partly out of confidentiality.

On the other hand, even if she told the truth, wouldn't Tang Yan have any ideas?
She was able to get Han Jiadong's movie heroine without giving anything. What would Tang Yan think when she found out?
Isn't there an imbalance in her heart?

Maybe they will go to Han Jiadong to make trouble then.

Han Jiadong helped him, how could he cause trouble for him for his own sake?

Han Jiadong didn't ask any more questions. The three heroines of "Sword and Sword III" in the original time and space separated and reunited. For more than ten years, they staged a drama comparable to the eight o'clock emotional drama.

Now, depending on the situation, it is still inevitable!

The crew of "The Lost Road".

The crew was set up years ago.

Taking advantage of the Chinese New Year, the photography team led by Lule also shot a lot of material about the Spring Festival travel season.

When Han Jiadong joined the group, other actors had already joined the group.

Wang Baoqiang, Shen Teng, Huang Bo, Tang Yan, Zhang Jiani, Yan Ni...

"I heard, director, that you have a girlfriend. Is it true? Tell us quickly."

Others were still looking at Han Jiadong with gossipy eyes, but Yan Ni had already started asking questions.

She also has her special accent and tone when she speaks, which doesn't make people offended, but makes people feel inexplicably friendly.

Tang Yan also looked at Han Jiadong with a hesitant expression.

It's not because of Han Jiadong's scandal.

Not to mention that she has seen the clarification report of the scandal, even if the scandal is true, she will not take it to heart.

What she cared about was actually Liu Sisi, whom she had just met with Han Jiadong not long ago.

The "Four Famous Catchers" project was launched years ago.

The male protagonist Hu Ge and the female protagonist Liu Sisi.

When she first learned about this, Tang Yan was still happy for her good sisters!

But I soon realized something was wrong.

I tried asking about the relationship between Liu Sisi and Han Jiadong, but Liu Sisi didn't deny it!

Of course, she was not angry because Liu Sisi and Han Jiadong were together.

Instead, Liu Sisi did one thing in front of her and another behind her back!
Not long ago, he obviously planned to take the initiative to help Liu Sisi get together with Han Jiadong, and then form an alliance with him!

As a result, before she could say anything, Liu Sisi categorically expressed her determination not to be with Han Jiadong.

But now?

In addition, when the two became good friends, Tang Yan was already more popular than Liu Sisi, which made Tang Yan have to wonder if Liu Sisi had an impure purpose in approaching her from the beginning.

(End of this chapter)