Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 40 No Hope
Liu Shishi was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Why don't you let me go find Lao K?"

Shen Yan was puzzled: "Who is Lao K?"

"Cai Yinong, my boss!"

“…Oh, I know her!”

"Today I was bitten by a dog".

He is a ruthless person. In order to promote his own drama, he directly dragged down Yu Zheng, Yang Mi and "Palace"...

But this woman has no vision...

"Scarlet Heart" has been in my hands for three years before I thought of filming it. I have also held the adaptation rights of "Eternal Love" for five years without any action!
And stuck in the old ways...

Anyway, Shen Yan doesn't want to deal with her...

"I have a very good relationship with Old K," Liu Shishi said proudly. "How about I recommend the novel to Old K?"

“…Forget it,” Shen Yan shook his head: “Your boss will definitely not like the novel I wrote!”

"…How do you know?"

"…Feel…"

Hu Ge’s fans recommended Nirvana in Fire in various ways, and then Shanying won the project!

Could it be that...Brother Hu’s fans don’t know to recommend this project to Tangren?

Definitely recommend!
Cai Yinong is a very confident woman. She never even thought about buying Nirvana in Fire and then starting filming...

Not to mention "Lotus Tower"!

Liu Shishi was curious: "Why do you feel this way? You don't even know Lao K!"

"...but your company's scripts are basically written by screenwriters from Hong Kong and Taiwan. She would definitely look down on what I write..." After a pause, Shen Yan added: "If you don't believe me, you can ask."

"…What if Director Li isn't interested either? What are you going to do?"

Shen Yan glanced at her and said, "I'm not in a hurry... maybe one day when I have enough money, I can just shoot it myself!"

"Your own photos?"

"Do you know what's the most important thing about TV dramas?"

"What is it? A script?"

"No...it's a star!"

Liu Shishi was surprised: "A star?"

"How can something like a TV series be profitable? It has to be sold to TV stations, and the film purchasing departments of TV stations only care about celebrities... Even if the script is a piece of crap, as long as you find a big star to star in it, the TV station will pay for it!" After a pause, Shen Yan said, "Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to go and look for Teacher Cheng Peipei to act in a scene..."

Liu Shishi seemed to be lost in thought...

……

Well, actually what Shen Yan said is right, but when it comes to stars who are paid by TV stations, they choose the scripts!

At least he has to be a top TV star.

You have to make sure that the project you choose is worthy of your status...

They won't take on projects that are too bad.

Unless you throw money at...

Chu Yunfei, no, it was Zhang Guangbei who starred in a bunch of anti-Japanese dramas, such as "Legend of the Gun God", "Legend of Eight Directions", "Student Soldiers", "Coming in with Fierce Force", and "Let's Fight the Devils Together". There are too many of them. Rumor has it that wherever Zhang Guangbei is, there will be anti-Japanese dramas!

There is also a “Operation Sirius”, and his character’s name is “Chu Tianfei”. It is said that he laughed when he saw the character’s name, but he still insisted on taking more photos of his head skin.

He has filmed "Bright Sword". Doesn't he know that this kind of drama is nonsense?

Later, he himself said, "The success of "Drawing Sword" is based on reality, while "anti-Japanese war dramas" are just random fabrications!"

Ahem...

However, the adaptation of "Lotus Tower"... he just mentioned it casually.

Li Guoli probably has no interest.

Even if you are interested, you still have to queue up, after all, "The Strange Hero Yizhimei" and "Scarlet Heart" are both in the queue!

Let’s look at Ji Xiang’s side!

Oh, Ji Xiang thinks "Lotus Tower" has adaptation value - after all, the character relationships are inherited from "The Sentimental Swordsman", and the plot is developed in a unit suspense detective style...

In fact, with his connections, developing a TV series isn't difficult. The only difficulty is... how to get Shen Yan to play the male lead!
After all, Shen Yan is a newcomer...

No matter how you calculate it, the investment in Lotus House can’t be less than 3000 million...

Oh, these days, anything over 2000 million is considered a big production – in 2007, Fan Bingbing produced his first TV series, Rouge Snow, with a total investment of 2800 million yuan. He strived for perfection in every detail, showcasing the utmost in luxury production…

Yes, 2800 million is already a high investment!

Of course, "Rouge Snow" is a drama set in the Republic of China. It doesn't have any big scenes and basically focuses on the family fights, so some effort was put into the costumes and styling.

This was the price two years ago, and now... it has increased by at least 50%...

By the time it came to "Golden Lady", the cost was close to 3500 million!

Martial arts dramas are different. They require scenes and characters...

You can look at other dramas of the same type. Back then, Li Yapeng's version of "Swordsman" cost as much as 4200 million yuan, and Zhang Jizhong's "The Return of the Condor Heroes" cost nearly 3000 million yuan...

Oh, the cost of "The Sword of Royal Blood and Valour" is 2000 million!
Again, this was the price two years ago.

By the time of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, the cost was close to 3500 million...

Hu Ge's version of "The Myth" cost over 4000 million...

It’s still quite expensive!
Spending so much money to support a newcomer...

It doesn’t make sense!

Why not shoot it yourself?
You're overthinking it. These days, the highest salary for TV actors is only six figures - Hu Ge gets 12 per episode, Huang Xiaoming only 15, and Zhang Guoli also 12...

After Huayi went public, actors saw their salaries rise. Then, with the crackdown on piracy and the scramble for market share among online video platforms, actors' salaries skyrocketed again, with eight-figure salaries becoming the norm.

……

"Click! Pass!"

Director Li Huizhu took off her headphones, wiped the sweat off her face, and then said, "Everyone, take a break!"

"Ugh…"

The actors were not as excited as usual, but scattered around listlessly, each looking for shade.

It’s already July, the hottest time of the year…

The temperature is rising madly.

The most feared thing when filming is being too hot or too cold. It's the people who are hot and the equipment that is cold. If either of them goes wrong, the progress will be delayed.

If it’s too hot, it’s easy to sweat and ruin your makeup.

It’s too cold… Actually, the actors are also uncomfortable, but the equipment is even more uncomfortable, and it’s easy to crash…

As usual, Shen Yan took the towel handed to him by his assistant, wiped his sweat quickly, then took off his coat... and blew hard in front of the fan for a while...

Finally recovered a little bit of vitality...

This is too hot!
“I really don’t want to drink…”

Looking at the Huoxiang Zhengqi water that Chen Xu brought, Shen Yan said with a bitter face: "Do you have any watermelon?"

“…Yes, I’ll get you a few!”

"Another bottle of cold Coke with ice..."

"Row!"

Shen Yan stood in front of the electric fan and splashed some water on it...it was useless, the fan still blew out hot air!

I need some ice...

In the middle of summer, I took ice cubes directly from the bucket, wrapped them in gauze, covered my head and face with them, and then stood in front of the fan to blow...

Don't be too cool!

"Shen Yan," Shi Shi came closer and saw his actions: "...What are you doing?"

"...It's okay, I just wanted to cool down... Is the meal ready?"

Shen Yan turned around... with a look of disappointment: "Why don't you help me get the lunch box?"

"You only know how to eat!" Shi Shi was speechless: "...Director Li is looking for you... Come here quickly!"

"...Director Li? Director Li Guoli? Did you show him 'Lotus Tower'?"

(End of this chapter)