Chapter 143 Don’t Get Excited (Please Subscribe! Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket!)
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Bai Ge hesitated for a long time before sitting down with his men.
After everyone was seated, Xu Kai said with a smile: "I don't know you all, so I'll call out your names first so that we can work together in the future."
Without waiting for others to agree, Xu Kai pointed out neatly, "Chief Production Officer Qian Rongsheng."
A capable middle-aged man in his forties from Pegasus Film and Television Culture Company who was sitting below Chen Ruoxi raised his hand.
Xu Kai nodded to indicate that he saw it.
"Executive Director Bai Ge."
Bai Ge raised his hand with a bad look on his face.
In the crew, the person with the highest status is the producer - Xu Kai is not only the director, screenwriter and composer, but also one of the largest shareholders and one of the producers. However, in order to make it easier for Chen Ruoxi to carry out her work and so that he can have less work, Xu Kai did not reveal his identity as one of the producers.
Then comes the screenwriter and director - if there is a producer, he is almost on the same level as the director.
Then comes the role of executive director.
The production director should be ranked after the executive director.
If the cinematographer, art director, and composer in the crew are big names, the production director will have to be ranked lower down.
But Xu Kai first called the name of production director Qian Rongsheng, and then the name of executive director Bai Ge.
Bai Ge thought: "What does Yu Qingyun mean by this? Is it targeting me?"
Xu Kai didn't even bother to look at Bai Ge's expression. He then called out the name, "Finance Yu Qinqin."
A thirty-something woman wearing glasses from Zhu Bing's studio raised her hand.
"Gunsmith Ding Hanhai."
Ding Ergou, Xu Kai's friend and one of his bodyguards, raised his hand lazily.
"Post-production director Li Yuxin."
As Xu Kai continued to call the roll, everyone realized that Xu Kai was not calling the names according to status or fame, but according to the list that Chen Ruoxi had given him.
The production team includes the production director, on-site producer, life producer, external producer, finance, production management and logistics support personnel.
The director team includes the director, executive director (i.e. assistant director), casting director, action director, stunt director, script supervisor, assistant director, etc.
The photography team consists of a photographer, assistant photographer, photography assistant, mechanic, lighting technician, and lighting assistant.
The art group includes the chief artist, art design, and costume, prop, makeup and other groups.
For post-production, only one post-production director has been arranged so far, and the voice actors, special effects personnel, etc. have not yet been determined, but they have all been selected.
It can be said that the crew of "Shiliyangchang" has all the personnel that other crews have, and the crew of "Shiliyangchang" has also arranged all the personnel that other crews do not have.
In addition to being the producer - Producer Xu Kai did not let Chen Ruoxi set up the position, but asked Chen Ruoxi to take on the role concurrently to get the situation underway.
This is the foundation of Zhu Bing's group of best friends, and it is also the main reason why Xu Kai, who has nothing at the moment, is unwilling to work alone and is willing to cooperate with Zhu Bing's group of best friends.
but--
There are many people, many troubles, and even more people who are greedy for money and want to steal money.
For example, something like this happened a few days ago.
The external producer who was in charge of finding location scenes wanted 10,000 yuan a day, but he asked for 20,000 yuan and wanted to earn 10,000 yuan himself.
It’s a pity that the external producer challenged the wrong person.
Chen Ruoxi just glanced at the bill submitted by the external producer and asked the external producer to renegotiate all the projects he had drawn up.
When the external producer saw the projects drawn by Chen Ruoxi, cold sweat immediately covered his forehead.
Chen Ruoxi did not hold the external producer against her will, nor did she do anything like the three major changes that a new official makes upon taking office. She just asked the external producer to renegotiate the matter as soon as possible and tell her the result quickly.
With just this one incident, Chen Ruoxi was able to gain a foothold in the crew of "Ten Miles of Foreign Lands".
This is the crew. If you don’t have the skills, others can harm you to death.
The most typical example is Pan Xiaowei.
His movie "My Youth Is All About You" has not started filming yet, but he has already spent most of the 15 million yuan that Pan Xulong invested in it.
Even so, it was because Pan Xulong sent a producer to Pan Xiaowei to help Pan Xiaowei steer the ship. Otherwise, even if Pan Xulong invested 150 million yuan in Pan Xiaowei, those scoundrels who had been hanging around in the crew for years would have been fooled by Pan Xiaowei.
Therefore, the blacksmith must be strong himself.
Xu Kai's style of doing things is very similar to Chen Ruoxi's.
Moreover, Xu Kai was very willing to delegate power. He gave all the work related to the producer to Chen Ruoxi, even though he was a major shareholder and one of the producers.
And it involves Xu Kai's own work.
Xu Kai just dealt with the matter at hand and checked the completion status of the work he had previously sent out through Chen Ruoxi one by one.
Xu Kai would point out on the spot whether they completed their work well or not, and would give further instructions or corrections based on the situation.
Then Xu Kai assigned tasks to those who had no tasks.
In short, Xu Kai does things in an organized and efficient manner.
Gradually, everyone discovered that Xu Kai's work efficiency was very high, and the instructions and corrections Xu Kai made were all just right, and the tasks he arranged were all appropriate, leaving no one able to refute.
Whenever someone deliberately made things difficult for him, Xu Kai could always silence the other person with just a few words, no matter how professional the question was.
The key is that Xu Kai only catches the big ones and not the small ones. He turns a blind eye to the unspoken rules in the industry. It can be said that as long as it does not affect the normal operation of the crew and as long as it does not go too far, he will not pay any attention.
Soon, everyone confirmed that Xu Kai was not a novice at all. If he had not been in the crew for twenty years, he would never have been able to reach such a level.
Others don't know Xu Kai's background and just think that he is a fierce dragon from somewhere.
But Chen Ruoxi knew clearly that Xu Kai was just filming a movie or a TV series, and he was only working as an actor, and had never been involved in behind-the-scenes work.
"Where on earth did you learn how to manage a crew?"
Chen Ruoxi became more and more curious about Xu Kai.
In just over two hours, Xu's meeting was mostly done.
At this time, Xu Kai announced: "In order to increase the speed of filming, I decided to split the filming into two groups. One group will shoot indoor scenes in Hengdian, and the other group will go to the Chedun Film and Television Base in Shanghai to shoot outdoor scenes."
Then Xu Kai looked at the assistant director Du Zhuangzhuang: "You graduated from Beijing Film Academy? Have you directed a 30-minute short film independently? And have you been the assistant director of three low-budget films?"
Hearing Xu Kai's question, Du Zhuangzhuang's breathing became rapid.
Du Zhuangzhuang didn't want to show it either.
But he had no choice.
Because Xu Kai might want to appoint him as the executive director of Group B.
This is a godsend for Du Zhuangzhuang, who has been sitting on the bench for many years at Pegasus Film and Television Culture Company.
Du Zhuangzhuang quickly stood up and said, "Yes, Director, it has been twelve years since I graduated. I have been making movies all these years, and I am familiar with all the processes of making movies."
Xu Kai pressed his hand down and said, "Don't get excited. I'll give you two days. Write me a shooting plan for Group B first."
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(End of this chapter)
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