Investor: “…”
Xu Man, who was still struggling with the question "This scenery is really nice", "But it really costs too much", "But the scenery is really nice", said: "..."
She looked ahead at the vast expanse of land that stretched as far as the eye could see: "...What are these?"
Yu Xiangwan continued to smile: "Yes, Director Xu also knows that Director Sheng attaches great importance to "The Cultivator" and will probably come to the crew more often in the future. However, she is very busy, and it would be too troublesome if the location was chosen in another city."
He turned sideways and motioned for everyone to look at the construction site ahead: "So after knowing that the crew had not yet decided on a location, President Sheng bought this piece of land."
Xu Man: “…”
Investors: “…”
So because Sheng Quan didn't want to fly around, she bought a piece of land to build the scenery for "The Cultivator"? A piece of land.
This is a piece of land in the Magic City.
Even though it is not in the city center, or even very close to it, the land price here is not cheap. They feel it is painful to even rent it, but Sheng Quan actually bought it directly.
Moreover, buying land is not something you can do just like that. When a piece of land is for sale, there will always be many people competing for it. The fact that Sheng Quan was able to buy such a large piece of land means that she defeated countless competitors.
The group of people who had been trying to say a few words whenever they found an opportunity along the way fell silent.
Yu Xiangwan just looked at them and said, "Don't worry, this money is from Mr. Sheng's personal contribution, and it did not use the crew's budget."
Them: ...You say that as if the crew’s budget is enough to buy this land.
Yu Xiangwan continued, "As for the construction cost of the Ten Immortal Palaces, this was of course also funded by Director Sheng personally, but Director Sheng is both the investor and a good friend of Director Xu, so after it was built, it was given to the crew for free."
Xu Man was immediately surprised and delighted when she was named. She never expected Sheng Quan to be so nice to her:
"I was wondering why she was being so mysterious these days. She was just saying she wanted to give me a surprise gift. This is it."
The investors looked at the bustling construction site ahead: ...building ten immortal palaces as gifts, what an experience.
Is it too late to make friends with Sheng Quan now? Investors can easily figure out that this piece of land will naturally not be wasted. After the construction of the Ten Immortal Palaces, they will not be demolished and can be used for many purposes.
You can build an amusement park, open a shopping street, build a hotel, use it as a film and television base, or even do a series of them. If the movie becomes a hit, it will be even more amazing, and you will definitely make a lot of money.
Everyone understands the principle, but the problem is that even if this land is not used to build the Ten Immortal Palaces, one can still make a lot of money, or even more, if used for other purposes.
But Sheng Quan would not use it for anything else. She wanted to build the set for the crew on such a vast piece of land in the Magic City, where every inch of land is valuable.
Hao.
So luxurious.
The investors who had originally wanted to fight for some more benefits suddenly lost their desire to find fault. They gathered together, making demands here and finding fault there. Wasn't it just to have more say in the crew? Shengquan was indeed the largest investor, but when it came to movies, they were all veterans.
In front of young people, seniors always feel that they can strive for something.
And now, look up.
This place.
This device.
The scale of this building.
Everyone: “…”
At this moment, they all slowly came to their senses.
The skeleton has been mostly built, and the land must have been there for some time. Yu Xiangwan, who is in charge of site selection, has remained silent in order to secure Sheng Quan's greatest voice.
The information will be announced after they enter the venue. After seeing the shocking skeleton of the Asgard, even those with the most subtle thoughts will understand what they should and should not do.
This is an open conspiracy, but it works very well in this situation.
Sheng Quan is indeed young, but he doesn't seem to be the kind of rookie who only knows how to spend money.
After everyone figured it out, they exchanged glances and instantly became more friendly towards Yu Xiangwan than before: "It would have been fine if Director Sheng didn't make a move, but when he did, it was amazing. I'm convinced."
"We can rest assured that Cultivator has Director Sheng as our trump card."
"Yes, yes, yes. We should just follow Director Sheng. Director Sheng will eat the meat and we will drink the soup. Hahahahaha."
In front of the huge skeleton of the Asgard, everyone was kind and friendly, and they praised Sheng Quan, the younger generation in the film industry, with endless words, and the atmosphere was peaceful.
As for fighting for the right to speak in the crew?
Hahahaha, the film industry is still dominated by young people after all.
**** Shengquan is indeed intending to demonstrate its strength.
But it wasn't as exaggerated as Yu Xiangwan said. How could she have the money to buy the land? The land was won in a lottery after Yan Hui's career degree reached 50.
It is true that the higher the career level is, the harder it is to increase it. Yan Hui's career level has been stuck at 49 for a long time. If "Road of Life" had not started to release the behind-the-scenes footage, and Yuan Zixin had not carefully selected an interview for him that would attract a lot of fans, it is unknown when he would be able to break through the 50 mark.
The system's lottery draws are arranged randomly, but it is obvious that except for the first novice benefit, the higher the career level, the higher the value of the prizes in subsequent draws.
For example, prizes at the level of "recharge 50 million to Aihe Hospital" may sound impressive, but when it is recharged in a private hospital, it is not very effective.
In her next two draws, she won a luxury car worth tens of millions, and in another draw, she won the right to rent a large shop opposite the Huaxing Building for ten years (which she has now converted into a company cafeteria).
Once Yan Hui was over fifty years old, the prizes in the lucky draw were obviously of a higher grade.
Millions of luxury cars, rented shops, and directly jumped to various plots of land, big and small.
Although he didn't win the biggest one, and even got only a medium-sized one, Sheng Quan was already very satisfied.
At this moment, she was watching the auditions while chatting with 006: [Now that those people have been shocked, there is a group of people to help bear the funds for "The Cultivator". In about three months or four months, we can find new funding targets. ]
006 immediately raised its hands and feet to show its support, even though it didn't have any hands or feet.
The life span of Sheng Quan now depends entirely on the cashback from Yan Hui and Jinjiu, but the speed of its career is rising more and more slowly. According to its and Sheng Quan's speculation, it is 100% possible that it will have to achieve the level of global fame.
In other words, Sheng Quan's current life income is almost a drop in the bucket. What's more, the current beneficiary Xu Man is a director by profession. If he wants to see the results, he must wait until the film is released. 006 almost has to wait until the movie is released, and Sheng Quan's life income cannot support the future.
The host himself is not anxious, but it is almost dying of anxiety.
[It is time to find a new sponsor. I know the host wants to save a lot of lifespans at once, but what if the lifespans run out before then? ]
Sheng Quan comforted him in a familiar way: [Don't worry, I have a backup plan for this as well.]
[I can promote Yan Hui, who has nothing, so why can't I promote Xu Man, who already has several works? ]
006 thought so too, and felt relieved for a moment, but soon became worried again: [But the host only has one month left to live, so in order to avoid any accidents, it is better to let the sponsored person's career level increase now. ]
Sheng Quan also had the same idea.
To be precise, from the moment she got the land, she had already thought about what to do next.
[Wait a little longer. Once the Ten Immortal Palaces are completed, it will be time for us to take action.]
Question: How quickly can we build ten lifelike fairy palaces and arrange the surrounding scenery?
Answer: As long as there is enough funding, we can do it as fast as possible.
And obviously, they have enough funds.
In the following time, the construction site looked different almost every day. The actual number of workers was more than what Xu Man and the investors saw, because they were divided into two shifts and worked day and night.
Of course, it is the kind that has been approved by the government.
China's infrastructure capabilities are truly amazing.
The representative sent by the foreign investor in the crew couldn't help but praise it for several days, and every time he came to the crew, he ran to the construction site of the Ten Immortal Palaces as if he was seeing something new.
Of course, it's not just her. Other investors, even director Xu Man, are all working very hard.
Mainly, it’s just too true.
Just because Sheng Quan said "I want to see the fairy palace described in the script", Yu Xiangwan really followed the script 100%.
Not to mention the huge appearance of the Fairy Palace, there are also the stairs made to look like jade (he insisted that they were called spiritual stones) and the tall pillars. He even asked someone to design all the details of the Fairy Palace described in the script.
Those small mechanical designs should have been done by a special effects team, because it is indeed difficult to make the real thing just by looking at the text description, but Yu Xiangwan insisted on hiring a super hard-to-hire design team.
Until now, Xu Man has been full of praise for the producer in front of Sheng Quan and said all kinds of good things about him because he was the one who invited him.
She has filmed several movies, but for this movie, before the filming even started, she already felt what it was like to be a director to the extreme.
The most difficult part of filming is paying attention to details, because to put it bluntly, when making TV series and movies, you use fake things to present a real world to the audience, but fake is fake, and there will always be mistakes.
If there are too many mistakes, it will distract the audience.
For example, the detailed design of "The Road of Life" that has been praised by the audience again and again was the result of the hard work of Director Wan and the entire crew. Even the pen caps on the table were the result of their hard work.
And what about this play? Xu Man led a group of people to stand in front of the Ten Immortal Palaces that had just been announced to be completed.
Feel the momentum of the huge fairy palaces rushing towards them, look at the clean "white jade tiles" on the ground, and then look at the dragon slowly moving upwards on the pillar in front of them. Every scale is so real, and the eyeballs seem to be really staring at them.
she:"……"
Everyone in the crew: "..."
Sheng Quan was also a little shocked. She stepped forward to take a look at the workmanship of the dragon's tail, then turned to look at Yu Xiangwan, patted his shoulder, and couldn't hide her amazement: "You did a great job."
"I knew you could do it, but I didn't expect you to do it so well. It's like you really moved the Asgard down here."
It is no exaggeration to say that after being praised by Sheng Quan, Yu Xiangwan became more energetic.
He slowly, slowly gave Sheng Quan a happy and pure smile:
"As long as you like."
The props team boss who had been disciplined by Yu Xiangwan shuddered and whispered to the people around him:
"Whenever I see him smile, my hair stands on end."
"Brother, Producer Yu didn't seem to smile like this last time."
The prop boss thought about it carefully and said, "It seems so. He seemed to smile at us like a queen of flowers. Now his smile is almost like a peony. Tsk, this boy is so good-looking. I'm jealous."
The prop boy also nodded in agreement: "Producer Yu is really hypocritical, he treats us like that, but smiles so beautifully to Director Sheng."
"That's right! And why is he, a grown man, smiling so beautifully?"
"Brother, what are you doing? Your face is twitching."
The prop boss rubbed his face and said, "Oh, I'll practice. Director Sheng might come over. It's not like he's the only one who can laugh."
"Look at me, I'll smile like a chrysanthemum to Mr. Sheng in a moment."
(End of this chapter)