The launch conference, which was originally expected to last three hours, lasted nearly five hours in such an atmosphere.
Just answering reporters' questions made Lu Hao's mouth dry and his throat felt like it was smoking.
The launch conference started at 6 pm and ended at 12 am.
As expected, the next day, various media and fans on site gave unparalleled high praise to this unique press conference.
On various online media, "The Swordsman" has become very popular even before the filming officially started.
For these...
In fact, Lu Hao doesn’t pay that much attention now.
Being popular before it is aired and being popular before it is filmed are the treatments I deserve, after all, my popularity is there.
April 1st.
"The Swordsman" officially started filming.
Although it was a slightly strange day, it did not affect the filming of the film itself.
Of course, there were inevitably some people on the Internet who made jokes using various April Fools' Day jokes, but it was harmless. Lu Hao had already completely entered the working state.
The cast of this film still follows Lu Hao's usual casting style, with veteran actors being the main cast. Almost all the characters in the film are actors with both virtue and talent.
However, for all the roles with more important scenes, Lu Hao is rare and has signed long-term contracts of more than ten years.
After all, this is a series of movies, and every aspect of the work must be considered in detail from the very beginning.
The characters in a series of movies can appear repeatedly. It can even be said that the popularity of subsequent movies is largely supported by these characters.
In order to avoid future conflicts, a ten-year contract is a necessary restriction.
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Shooting scene.
The two key scenes, the Ark Laboratory and the Dimensional Space, have been preliminarily built. Of course, most of the scenes are props and posters, but they are fully sufficient for the early shooting.
Immersed in the movie, the days passed by unknowingly.
Lu Hao's unit of time changed from days to months.
The difficulty of shooting this movie is actually quite high. It’s not a problem of acting, but the combination of pictures and special effects is very troublesome.
With the special effects team that DreamWorks currently has, although the quality can meet the needs of the film's post-production, the quantity is far from enough.
So Lu Hao successively acquired two special effects teams and outsourced some shots that were not very technically difficult in batches.
As April passed, the film's progress was only about 10% complete.
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"This won't work. Shouldn't we lower the budget a bit? At this rate, the film will conservatively cost over 2 billion by the end."
Chu Wen has always been in charge of cost budgeting.
She is an expert and apart from occasionally traveling abroad, she basically has nothing else to do.
After all, the behind-the-scenes support work involved in this movie was extremely heavy, and Lu Hao simply couldn't handle it.
At the end of April, Chu Wen finally felt a little overwhelmed. After repeated calculations, she went to Lu Hao to discuss the matter in detail.
When making movies in the past, we hardly considered the cost.
After all, DreamWorks has extremely abundant cash flow, and it doesn't cost much to make a movie. An investment of several hundred million is no problem at all.
Of course, those movies weren’t produced on such a large scale.
And now…
Chu Wen was really a little nervous.
"I know what's going on."
Lu Hao said in a deep voice while smoking a cigarette.
Cash flow is indeed a bit tight now.
The box office revenue of the previous two years has accumulated extremely strong financial strength for DreamWorks, with more than 3 billion in cash available on the books.
However, with all the big investments I've made since the beginning of this year, I'm starting to feel a bit tight.
In the middle of the month, DreamWorks and Xu Real Estate Group won a piece of land for the construction of a new headquarters building through a joint bid.
The first phase of cash payment for this project was nearly 1.2 billion yuan.
During the course of the project, Lu Hao actually obtained credit lines from various banks, but after repeated consideration, he temporarily rejected them all.
Nothing else.
I just don't think it's necessary.
After all, bank loans must be repaid, and high interest rates must be paid. The larger the amount, the higher the interest rate.
Especially for high-quality projects like real estate, banks are eager to lend you money.
But, do you need it?
"It's not a matter of whether or not to count. Have you ever considered that if something goes wrong with this movie, the company's funding chain might collapse?"
Chu Wen is a complete pessimist. When it comes to specific matters, her values are reflected in the fact that she always considers everything from the worst perspective.
There's nothing wrong with that.
After all, the business world is full of twists and turns. How can there be eternal winners?
If you are not careful, the ship may be destroyed and people may die.
"It can't be broken!"
"Hey, you're so annoying."
Lu Hao sighed and took a deep puff of his cigarette. The pressure of filming was already great, and now there was the hassle of money.
Is that something you need to consider?
"I……!"
"you……!"
"You said I was annoying?"
Chu Wen took a deep breath to calm her slightly irritable emotions, but her eyes became inexplicably gentle.
"Okay, I won't bother you anymore. You can shoot however you want and spend as much money as you want. I believe in you anyway. Even if you really go wrong, you can make a comeback. When that happens, Xiao Meng and I will eat coarse food with you."
Lu Hao has this stubborn temper and no one can get along with him. Chu Wen has figured it out long ago.
If you can’t explain it logically, then appeal to their emotions.
Lu Hao: ...
I can't help but smile bitterly.
"How can it be so exaggerated?"
"Can you go bankrupt by making a movie?"
She said this quite speechlessly, but Lu Hao could understand her worries. After thinking about it, he chuckled and said, "Well, how about you go make another movie to make money?"
"I'll give you the script."
"Hurry up and make money to support me."
In Lu Hao's memory, there are too many movies that can make money.
Those classic movies on the box office charts are like ATMs, and it’s impossible to make them all.
In fact, the company now has several films that have been approved, but the skills of other directors are still a little inferior to Chu Wen.
Not only is the quality of the video bad, but the speed is also bad.
A movie that could have been completed in half a year may often take them more than half a year, which invisibly lengthens the profit cycle.
"What script?"
Sure enough, when Chu Wen heard Lu Hao's words, her eyes lit up slightly.
"Uh... let me think about it. If I'm going to make money, I'd rather do comedy. The filming schedule is faster and the money is higher."
As he spoke, Lu Hao scribbled five words on the paper.
"Charlotte's Troubles".
"This is the title of the film. I'll give you the script in three days. Take it and leave immediately. Don't bother me anymore."
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