Chapter 723: My Hands Are Not Good Enough
Compared to the buzz on the internet, Blue Whale Entertainment did not respond at all, as if it were an outsider.
Everyone in the industry knows that, judging from the trailers for the two movies released so far, if the other scenes are half as big as this, the investment would definitely be huge.
Look at the pay of the leading actors in the two films, including an Oscar winner. At least hundreds of millions or even more than 200 million were spent on each film. Is it really the case that 200 million was spent on hiring the leading actors and 300 million on making the movie?
It seems that special effects of this scale would cost millions of dollars per minute.
If we really let a foreign special effects company do it, the entire movie cannot be made without 50 or 60 million US dollars.
What's more, Blue Whale Entertainment, which owns a domestic high-end special effects company, did not receive any relevant information at all.
Perhaps the most exciting part is in the trailer.
"That's right, didn't Blue Whale cooperate with the great director Li Donglai? Why is there no news about him?"
"That's right, is Blue Whale scared?"
"That's right, you gave up too quickly."
"Why do the higher-ups care so much? Just watch these two movies."
"Support "Battle of the Demon City" and defeat "Defending the Earth."
“‘Guardians of the Earth’ is the best, unrivalled.”
"I want to buy ten tickets for "Battle of the Demon City."
Some people wanted to lead the trend and say that Blue Whale Entertainment was scared, but they were drowned in the tide of praise for the two films and could not make any waves.
On the Internet, everyone was praising the trailers of the two movies, and no one paid attention to Blue Whale Entertainment, which was once in the limelight.
"Your strategy of spending money to promote them is brilliant. Even if they want to bring negative influence to us, they can't do it. No one cares. The more they hype it up now, the worse their reputation will be if the movie is not satisfactory when it is released..."
Sitting in the general manager's office, Feng Jiming held his mobile phone, smiled and complimented the major shareholder, and also derived the deeper meaning behind a series of operations.
As a senior industry insider, Feng Jiming naturally got some information and knew that the two trailers were made by top foreign special effects teams specially commissioned by both parties.
Moreover, those two films have not been completed at all, and the progress is not even half of their "The Martian". I heard that one of them even had an actor strike due to status issues, and the news was covered up.
With such an opponent, there is no competitiveness at all.
When it comes to making movies, Blue Whale Entertainment is still the conscience.
If they say the investment is 300 million, then it is 300 million, it can only be more, not less, and the actors’ pay is less than 20%. The quality of the film is completely incomparable to its domestic counterparts.
However, as an insider, Feng Jiming would not do anything to expose his opponents. After all, that would affect more than just one or two people.
Only by making Blue Whale Entertainment the strongest in the country, or even the world, will they have the opportunity to make the rules.
“Routine operation.”
After listening to General Manager Feng talk about the "deeper" reasons that he had never thought of, Zhou Anan had no words to refute and could only respond with the most concise and plain words to maintain her demeanor as a major shareholder.
Who knows how General Manager Feng came up with these profound ideas?
"The scripts for several web dramas are almost complete. When are you free to review them? Please give us any suggestions for revisions. Tomorrow Video is pushing us to finish them."
"Send me a message."
“Will this not leak?”
“…”
Zhou Anan, who had one main subject exam left, had no intention of reviewing at all. She opened the folder sent to her and started reading a novel.
No, to be more precise, I should be studying the script.
Being a salted fish and working are completely different in nature, and this must be distinguished.
The two scripts previously selected from the company's script library plus the two scripts he conceived and then hired someone to write were adapted by several popular online writers and unknown screenwriters. The plot is quite ups and downs, and each episode has many highlights.
However, Zhou Anan, who has watched many online dramas, feels that the plot is not tight enough.
What makes online dramas attractive, apart from the various elements that cannot be presented on satellite TV, is the fast-paced and compact plot that keeps the audience tense and eager to continue watching.
Anyway, Tomorrow Video just gave a total purchase amount, and there is no standard for how much each episode costs. There is no need to drag out the plot just to make up the number of episodes.
Therefore, many unnecessary plots can be deleted to streamline the plot and enhance the sense of compactness.
Of course, those famous love scenes cannot be deleted, and some must be added. It is not good for the audience to be nervous all the time, and they need a break.
However, after reading four scripts, Zhou Anan always felt that something was missing.
As for the plot, it can be modified and it will be fine; as for the actors, there is basically no problem, the company has many artists, especially female artists; as for the director, it needs to be adjusted, but it is not a big problem.
Well, it seems that the investment in several dramas is not very large, and there are no special effects. The most expensive one may be the costume drama, but it should not cost too much money.
Two hundred million yuan to purchase the online copyright of four TV series seems a bit too high.
They, Blue Whale Entertainment, are also shareholders of Tomorrow Video. They can't make so much money, which is a bit unreasonable.
A female artist in the company flashed through Zhou Anan's mind, and she created a new Word document and started typing.
In that case, let's add another drama.
He is truly a conscientious entrepreneur as he managed to keep the profit of that fund within 100 million yuan.
Ultimately, it still requires him, the major shareholder, to take action personally.
"Ann, what are you writing?"
Shi Mingxia, who had just returned from the school study room, saw her boyfriend working seriously in front of his laptop. She went over, hugged his neck, and whispered in his ear playfully.
"Write a love letter."
Zhou Anan held his girlfriend in his arms, lifted her chin and answered with a smile.
“Then I’ll write one for you too.”
"good."
Before meeting his girlfriend Wen Chun, Zhou Anan did not forget to save the document of several thousand words he had written previously.
"My hands are not so good anymore."
It took two days, and before the final exam, Zhou Anan sent a 20,000-word outline and revision suggestions for four scripts to General Manager Feng.
As a veteran novel fan with foresight and many years of experience in watching TV dramas, Zhou Anan feels that her opinion is more important.
According to the investment scale of these five web dramas, there is not much special effects cost, so Blue Whale Entertainment can earn at least more than half of the 200 million yuan.
Of course, if the video gets good reviews after being broadcast online and a TV station takes a fancy to it, Tomorrow Video will take half of the copyright fees.
This can be regarded as one of the first customized online dramas in this era.
"It's holiday time."
After the last exam was over, a few boys cheered as usual, but the others seemed very calm.
After spending a long time in college, people will look forward to holidays less.
The truth is, our daily life is too comfortable.
Of course, those students from the strict double first-class universities may be looking forward to the holiday feeling more.
Compared with ordinary primary and secondary school students, Haizhou University’s vacation time is more than a week earlier, so many part-time students will stay until the primary and secondary schools are on vacation.
"Hello"
Just after walking out of the examination room with his girlfriend, Zhou Anan looked at the number displayed on the mobile phone screen and picked up the call in confusion.
"Zhou Anan, I'm sorry, I accidentally hit your car again."
Qi Baoying was sitting in the parking lot in front of the administrative building, standing next to the car and looking at the scratched parts of the two cars, holding her mobile phone and apologizing with an embarrassed look on her face.
“.”
(End of this chapter)
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