A Joyful Boy: From Meeting the Drunk Song Qian

More than a month has passed.

1107: Guo Fan: I'm out of money.

They've only filmed a little over half of the movie.

Guo Fan looked at Su Chen with some embarrassment: "Actually, there's something I want to tell you, but I'm a little embarrassed to say it."

Su Chen said, "Go ahead and speak, it's alright."

"Actually, it's quite simple. We're out of money for this film right now. Could we ask Mr. Yang to invest some more?" Guo Fan said apologetically.

Su Chen: "One hundred million? You've already spent it all in just over a month?"

I don't feel like I spent much money this month.

How did the money just disappear?

"You can't say that. I've spent the money wisely. Look at the exoskeletons, trucks, and heavy machinery we've rented recently—these are all things I negotiated with those factories."

And then there are these simultaneous translation headsets, which I specifically ordered. They were all free gifts from the manufacturers; they didn't even ask for money, but the money still isn't enough.

Guo Fan wasn't joking.

They currently have as many as five or six hundred extras.

This is when there are relatively few people; sometimes the number can even reach thousands.

The daily cost of boxed meals alone can reach several thousand yuan.

And this is still the group purchase price.

a lot of things.

The boss didn't ask for any money, so even so, the 100 million would be gone very quickly.

They haven't done the special effects yet.

There will be further promotion and marketing later.

Everything costs money.

"Actually, you don't need to explain so much to me. I understand. Filming science fiction movies is very expensive. So how much money do you think we need? I'll try to raise it." Of course, Su Chen couldn't take on everything himself.

He couldn't let Guo Fan think that money came too easily. Once that thought took hold, it could easily lead to laziness, which was not the outcome he wanted.

Guo Fan smiled.

"If that's the case, that would be great. Could you ask Mr. Yang to invest another 100 million in us?"

"Another hundred million?"

Upon hearing Su Chen's words, Guo Fan assumed the matter was extremely difficult and quickly replied, "It doesn't have to be 100 million. If you can raise 60 million for me, that's fine too."

"Sixty million." Su Chen smiled and patted his shoulder: "Not bad."

Seeing that Su Chen agreed so readily, Guo Fan did not leave immediately, but asked again, "Can we discuss one more thing?"

Su Chen asked helplessly, "What are we discussing?"

Guo Fan: "So, could you please forgo your salary? You need to understand that this film has a very high budget..."

Su Chen immediately raised his hand to stop him: "You've already said it once, so you don't need to repeat yourself. Just say it directly: you don't expect me to let all the people I called here go without paying, do you?"

"May I?"

Guo Fan actually widened his eyes and asked a question.

Su Chen rubbed his head.

"I can't make this decision for them. Let's call them over and ask them."

Su Chen didn't come here with any intention of asking for money.

A salary of 100,000 yuan.

This was no big deal for him.

It might just be gone after a few meals. The money I spent on buying bags for Fan Shengmei and the others last time was 4.0, which is several times that amount.

But he couldn't say what other people's salaries were.

After all, so many students traveled thousands of miles to film the movie; it's impossible to just feed them a boxed lunch every day.

Fang Yifan and the others were quickly summoned by Su Chen.

Upon hearing Director Guo Fan's question.

They happily expressed that they were willing to forgo any payment.

This made Guo Fan very happy and touched.

1108: Making empty promises to the special effects team

Although each person only earns a few hundred yuan a day, this is for filming for one or two months in a row.

It would add up to tens of thousands.

With the money saved, we might be able to rent a better camera to film the movie.

There's a possibility of increasing the budget for special effects later.

In general, every little bit saved counts.

Two days later.

Su Chen brought over the 60 million investment.

Guo Fan took the money and happily said that he had already thought about everything else.

As long as we film according to the plan.

There will absolutely be no problem.

All he needs to do is go out and find a special effects company.

The first team we approached was a foreign special effects team.

Compared to foreign countries with more mature film industries.

China's special effects industry started far too late.

The difference between the two is quite large, but Guo Fan discussed the special effects with the foreign special effects team.

The price they offered was simply unacceptable.

The special effects he wanted alone would cost 50 million.

He had just gotten 60 million from Su Chen.

That leaves only ten million.

There's still a lot to do.

Everything will stop.

How could I possibly agree?

no way.

We can only turn our attention to domestic special effects companies.

Guo Fan's concerns were valid.

The effect he wanted was something that few domestic special effects companies could achieve, and even fewer were willing to give it a try.

Having no other choice, Guo Fan eventually found a new special effects team.

Everything they have is still in its early stages.

They desperately need someone to invest in them.

"Mr. Guo, I heard that you are very interested in our special effects team and want to invest in our team. I am very grateful for your attention to the special effects industry. Your investment will definitely be reflected in the special effects in China in the future."

Guo Fan smiled happily.

"I have complete faith in you all, because I'm about to make a science fiction film."

"What? You're going to make a sci-fi movie?"

The other party was completely bewildered: "Didn't you say you wanted to register our company? How did this turn into a science fiction movie?"

They immediately felt cheated.

"I'm not lying to you. I really am thinking of investing. Think about it. What you lack right now is money, and what I lack is a great special effects team. As long as you can create the effects I want, you can make a lot of money."

Guo Fan excitedly described their future: "You can upgrade your current system to your heart's content, buy equipment, and at the end, we'll even add your special effects company's name to the end of our movie."

"Does this count as advertising?"

"Furthermore, we have plans for a second and third installment, which would be of great benefit to you all."

Guo Fan sat there, freely criticizing them and expressing his vision for the future.

He spoke with great excitement, his eyebrows dancing with enthusiasm.