Chapter 635: Plans Layered on Top of Each Other
"With 35 million in pre-investment funds, we need 15 million in salary. The actual production cost is too low. A fairy tale drama shot like this will easily damage our company's reputation."
Pointing at the budget reported on the document, Zhou Anan couldn't help but shook his head.
According to the standards he had set previously at a company meeting, the actors' pay in the company's film and television dramas must not exceed 25% of the production cost to ensure quality and quantity.
The budget for "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" went against his original intention. You have to know that their company spent 30 million to shoot a palace fighting drama without any special effects. How could a fairy tale drama that relies on special effects have such a small investment?
After The Legend of Sword and Fairy III was aired, it was rumored online that the investment was over 100 million yuan and Hu Ge's salary was tens of millions yuan. I didn't expect that the actual figures were so different.
Of the total investment of 35 million, about half of the funds went to the actors. How good a fantasy drama could be made with the remaining money, and how much could be spent on special effects?
No wonder he saw few special effects in "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" in his previous life, and many images were distorted.
There are only two scenes in the entire fairyland, one is an indoor place where the Emperor of Heaven and his ministers argue with each other, and the other is a tree under the moon and flowers with a girl. It seems that not much money was spent on special effects.
You know, fairy tale dramas rely heavily on special effects. It can even be said that special effects determine the reputation and quality of a fairy tale drama.
The company acquired Jiying Special Effects. Zhou Anan, who paid a little attention to it, knew how much money it would cost to make the special effects of a movie or TV series meet the standards.
It’s not that China can’t produce good fantasy dramas, it’s just that people are reluctant to spend money on special effects production.
"I'll talk to them and ask them to increase the budget by 20 million?"
Feng Jiming naturally would not object to the major shareholder's demand for continuous improvement.
"Increase 30 million. The special effects must be done well. If the other party disagrees, then we can start filming a fairy tale drama ourselves and meet the other party."
Anyway, the money spent on special effects is all earned by the subsidiary Jiying Special Effects, and Zhou Anan is not stingy at all as he transfers money from his left pocket to his right pocket.
Nowadays, actors' pay is still within a relatively reasonable range, not as exaggerated as it was many years ago. It is impossible for Zhou Anan to reduce the expenditure on actors' pay without reason, and he can only increase the production budget in terms of total investment.
If the other party does not agree, he will not force it. At worst, he can start filming a fantasy drama to compete with the other party.
As long as the plot is not stupid, even if you rely on special effects, you can defeat the opponent.
There is no benchmark for fairy-tale dramas in China right now. Many people regard "Legend of Sword and Fairy" as the pinnacle of fairy-tale dramas, and it is not a wishful thinking to crush it.
"Why, do you have any good projects? If our company can do it ourselves, why cooperate with others? Just do it ourselves."
Feng Jiming, who was ambitious to be at the top of the industry, said with shining eyes after hearing the second half of the major shareholder's words.
Since they have good projects of their own, why should they bring others to play together?
Even if the conditions offered by Tang Ren were very good, they could not compare to the profits made by their own company.
In terms of urban dramas and palace fighting dramas, Blue Whale Entertainment has already reached the top, and costume dramas are also being filmed in full swing, so reaching the top may be just around the corner.
If the fantasy drama can also produce a satellite and beat the popular Legend of Sword and Fairy III at the same time, then he will be very proud to go out and meet with colleagues from other companies.
"Let's wait for Tang Ren's reply. I don't have a suitable script right now."
Knowing that General Manager Feng was ambitious, Zhou Anan pressed her brows speechlessly and did not give him too high expectations.
If a few years later, when online novel adaptations become popular, he can find a lot of excellent adapted scripts, such as The Journey of Flower, Eternal Love, and Fragrant Honey.
But at this point in time, there are too few choices, and the special effects companies need to improve their technology.
Furthermore, being able to collaborate with Tang Ren on The Legend of Sword and Fairy III would be very beneficial for making the company's female stars famous.
After all, the beautiful celebrities in the company who have talked to him about life must always be given more opportunities for development.
"Okay, I'll have someone communicate with Tang Ren first."
Seeing that the major shareholder didn't say anything, Feng Jiming didn't ask any more questions, but he subconsciously expected Tang Ren to refuse.
If their own company's fantasy drama is released at the same time and beats Tang Ren's "Legend of Sword and Fairy", which has a ratings myth, then it will show their Blue Whale's production capabilities and can also be regarded as lighting up the pinnacle achievement of fantasy dramas.
Others believe that if they are going to do something, they should do it to the best of their ability. General Manager Feng’s ambition is to do it to the best of his ability.
"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."
Zhou Anan, who felt dizzy from reading the script, needed to go back to her office and have a massage from her beautiful secretary to relieve the pain.
It would be easier to shoot TV series adapted from online novels in the future. As long as he has time to check the rankings on novel websites and select novels that can be made into hit TV series, he can let the company's people do the rest.
This aspect still needs time to settle down.
As for asking him to write novels himself, don't be ridiculous. Can novels make as much money as he does by buying houses and stocks?
"Do you want to go and see the joint online copyright conference held by several capital websites and major film and television companies?"
Speaking of the previously mentioned meeting on the formalization of online copyright, Feng Jiming asked the major shareholder.
"I'm not going."
Shaking his head, Zhou Anan, who had no interest in bragging to those capital tycoons, felt that chatting with girls was a better way to waste time.
Life is short, so don’t waste time if you can avoid wasting it.
"Okay, if you have any questions, I'll contact you in time."
Feng Jiming was not surprised to get the expected answer.
He knew that the major shareholder did not like such lively social occasions, but the other party's unwillingness to go was one thing, and whether to ask or not was another.
At the same time, in a seven-star hotel in Dubai, which has a four-hour time difference with China, a Chinese man and woman are finishing a relatively evenly matched morning exercise competition.
"Have you arranged the matter for that boy?"
After morning exercise, the young beauty leaned lazily on the head of the bed, smoking a cigarette and slowly exhaled a smoke ring, with a unique charm.
"It's all arranged. You just need to make a phone call and tell him to die on a certain day. He won't be able to see the King of Hell until the next day."
Smelling the rather light scent of women's cigarettes, Ruan Chenghai frowned at an angle where the other party couldn't see, then quickly relaxed and said something with a smile.
If the other party was not a descendant of the Yu family, he would not be interested in traveling thousands of miles to chat about life with him.
By the way, it would not be a loss to use the other party's hand to get rid of the strongest competitor.
"Oh, then call me today. I don't want to wait any longer."
After hearing what the other party said, Yu Hong felt extremely angry when he thought about being threatened by that bitch Yu Xian'er to be exiled abroad, and the ferocious expression on his face was not concealed at all.
She had no way to take revenge on Yu Xian'er, but could she not deal with the boy that the other party had his eyes on?
Of course, Ruan Chenghai asked her to make that call. Yu Hong, who was not stupid, didn't want to be used as a knife.
She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and she just doesn't want to spend energy on scheming. It doesn't mean she is crazy.
If that bitch Yu Xian'er continues to pursue him afterwards, he can let her take the blame and perfectly distance himself from the matter.
All she gave was a few sports exchanges with the other party.
She was satisfied with the other party's abilities, and she would not suffer any loss no matter how she looked at it.
"OK."
As if he had expected it, Ruan Chenghai dialed a number and said calmly, "Let's do it today."
After finishing the call, Ruan Chenghai pulled the other person into his arms and started a new round of exercise, but he was sneering in his heart.
What this so-called Miss Yu didn't know was that the call she just made was only to a foreign intermediary, who would use a unique voice-changing tool to give orders to the people in China in the voice of Miss Yu.
If we investigate further, we will only find out that it is Miss Yu.
However, Ruan Chenghai, who was cautious by nature, had another layer that he did not say clearly. It happened that the Lei family in Haizhou had some minor conflicts with the other party. The person above him who gave the order to the person who finally took action was a person in the Lei family who was responsible for handling matters in the dark.
What ordinary police would find out would only be the middle-level managers under the Lei family.
And the senior member of the Lei family will also be arranged to leave the country after giving orders to the final perpetrator.
After the other party leaves the country, the foreign agency will be responsible for handling the matter.
Everything is going as planned.
A new week, calling for votes...
(End of this chapter)
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