Chapter 906 What about next time?
Li Zhibai's words were truly insightful.
Indeed, this is something that requires preparation.
Lu Yanhe fell into thought.
Li Zhibai raised his hand and waved it in front of him.
"Don't think about this right now, I'm right in front of you," Li Zhibai reminded him.
Lu Yanhe smiled.
Li Zhibai: "When will you finish filming 'Men in Black'?"
“My filming will continue until the end of May.” Lu Yanhe shrugged. “Although the filming efficiency here is very high, due to some union regulations, the time available for work each day is limited. For example, I even have time to come out and have a meal and chat with you. Of course, today is my day off, and I didn’t have any scenes scheduled for me.”
“That’s really rare,” Li Zhibai said. “It’s incredible that a lead actor can have a day off during filming.”
Lu Yanhe: "More than that, Xi Ke only provides eight hours of filming time per day, and every ten days of filming, he also needs to be given one day of rest. Anyway, many things here are different from those in China. When I was filming 'Mist 2', I did not face such strict requirements."
Li Zhibai: "Why is this? Is it targeting your 'Men in Black' film crew specifically?"
"No, it seems to be because of the movie 'The Mist 2.' Since the director is Moken, and his production company is the main producer of the film, the movie wasn't considered an American production during the production stage. D19 was just an investor, just like with 'The Mist 1.' So most people can bypass some regulations and aren't affected," Lu Yanhe said. "But for Hollywood, these regulations have become part of the industry, and everyone needs to follow the rules, except for some independent films, especially independent films shot overseas... However, speaking of which, you know, in our movie, there's a scene at the end where the main villain has a lot of cockroaches coming out of his body. There are also some scenes with animal actors in the earlier parts of the movie. Scenes with them even need to be supervised on set by animal protection associations."
Li Zhibai: "How do we do this?"
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"Do they do this with every movie?"
“Of course not, how could they possibly supervise it all? In fact, it’s usually only movies like ‘Men in Black,’ which attract a lot of attention from the very beginning of filming, that get their attention.” Lu Yanhe shrugged. “But in my opinion, it’s essentially about making money. Luckily, I’m not in charge of production management, otherwise, I really think that some of the regulations are just four words: unnecessary.”
Li Zhibai: "So what will you do if you want to make movies in Hollywood in the future?"
“Let’s find people who are very adaptable to the local filming rules and requirements to work with.” Lu Yanhe shrugged. “Besides, Wan Qingqing and Song Jiang were arranged to work here, actually to develop their careers here. They have gradually established themselves here.”
Li Zhi nodded a hundred times.
“You’re moving much faster than many others,” Li Zhibai said. “The path that these people are now chasing and imitating is one that you took several years ago.”
“That’s because they didn’t have the same opportunity as me.” After saying that, Lu Yanhe thought of someone who had once had such an opportunity to try to take a step forward, and added, “Of course, some people have encountered it, but they don’t dare to seize it.”
Li Zhibai said, "Yan Liang and I, from the production company in China, haven't quite figured it out yet."
Lu Yanhe asked, "How's your family's production company doing now?"
"We did two projects, one with a larger investment and the other with a smaller investment. We did them ourselves, with a total production cost of about 150 million yuan. Of course, we also found outside partners to invest in the production, so it wasn't a sole proprietorship," Li Zhibai said. "We haven't finished them yet. When we communicated with the platforms, they said that the annual quota and funds they allocate for purchasing copyrighted dramas are getting less and less. For a new company like mine that didn't have any connections with platforms or TV stations before, without strong relationships, they won't say they won't buy. They'll just keep us hanging on and wait to see the finished product."
"No deposit required?"
Even for licensed dramas, in the current market, they usually get pre-orders and deposits from the main creative team before filming officially begins.
Of course, sometimes the platform that was originally planned to broadcast the show is different from the platform that will ultimately broadcast it – for example, the show is sold from platform A to platform B.
Li Zhibai shook his head. "There really aren't any platforms willing to pre-purchase these two dramas. It's not that there aren't any, but the offers are too low, and my company certainly wouldn't be happy to accept them. However, as you know, neither of these dramas has invited any of the kind of actors who can guarantee the show's approval—each platform has a list of such actors. So, my company doesn't have the bargaining chips, which puts us in a very passive position."
“This is really…” Lu Yanhe hesitated for a moment and said, “Then do you want me to go and talk to the Northern Lights or the Icefield, at least let them give these two shows a proper evaluation?”
"No need. If I need to make an appointment, I'll go myself," Li Zhibai said. "I feel my family's company is a bit too confident. Let them hit a wall. At worst, they'll lose money. Entering a new industry, you have to pay tuition. This time I made an appointment and helped them sell the show through personal connections. What about next time?"
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My body is still not fully recovered; I've been feeling very unwell these past two days.
I'll just do a short update now; I'm really feeling groggy and need to sleep.
I'll try to wake up naturally around 4 or 5 a.m. so I can write an update before going to work.
(End of this chapter)
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