Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Investing in TV Series

Lu Jiao said happily: "This is not a big deal, I have confidence."

Chen Jin: "... a long time ago, I was as confident as you in my investment," he looked up at the ceiling, "and then I lost almost everything."

Lu Jiao laughed, and seeing that Chen Jin didn't believe it, he didn't say anything more. The public will judge right and wrong, and we will talk about it after the results come out.

After Qin Yi finished filming a scene, he received a notice that his role needed two more scenes. Out of a sense of professional responsibility, although he wanted to go to dinner with the original body, it seemed that he could only talk about it later.

When Chen Jin was communicating with Lu Jiao, he also knew who Lu Jiao came with. After seeing Qin Yi, he looked at Lu Jiao with a teasing look. He didn't believe that Lu Jiao transferred his shares because of his star-chasing, or that few people in the company's senior management believed it. After all, those who can reach a high position have brains, but he didn't know the specific reason.

Moreover, Lu Jiao came here with a handsome guy to film today, which made him more determined. After all, the love-brained man he knew wanted to break up with his opposite-sex friends. At five in the morning, what a good relationship must be for him to come and accompany him to film.

He yawned. He was a little sleepy after staying up all night. He waved to Lu Jiao and told her to come to him anytime if she needed help. Then he went home to catch up on some sleep.

Lu Jiao continued to read novels in the corner, but compared to the previous situation when no one paid attention to him, now some people paid attention to him but no one dared to come over.

Qin Yi finally finished filming the scenes that were added on the spur of the moment and had lunch with the original body as he wished.

-Wang

Chang had not thought about being a director for a long time.

Ever since he lost all his money in his last high-investment TV series, profit-seeking capitalists have bypassed him when looking for new dramas and invested their money in directors who make more stable money.

It was as if after failing in a play, all the directorial achievements and awards he had worked so hard for for thirty years were no longer counted. The scripts that came to him were not good either. It had been three years since he last directed a play.

Until three days ago, he received a novel.

To be honest, the writing style of this novel, "Mountain River Breaks Dawn", is not the best type, and the plot seems to be dragged out if it is written as an online novel. However, Wang Chang, who has shot many scripts himself, can clearly see that as long as some bloated plots are deleted, this novel will definitely be a hit if it is made into a TV series!

But he is still hesitant. Although he thinks the loss of the previous drama is not his responsibility, and most of it is due to the actors' random additions and the investors' ignorant instructions, he has not filmed a movie for a while after all. Can he make this drama well? What is the character of the investor? Will he mess up?

His wife saw that he had been reading the book for the past three days. The old couple understood his hesitation. She pulled out the email that sent him the message at that time and pointed to the phone number on it: "Didn't they send you the phone number? Isn't it difficult for you to call and find out the details?!"

With hesitation, Wang Chang called the unfamiliar number and asked the first question: "Can you tell me who the investor of the crew is?"

The young girl on the other end of the phone exclaimed in surprise, and said with a smile: "I am the investor."

Wang Chang: "Ah?"

Aren't it the investors who hand over the information to the producers, and the producers then train the directors to set up the crew?

Lu Jiao continued, "When I saw this novel, the first person I thought of was you. I think you are very suitable for filming this TV series. I have seen your "The Great Emperor" and I really like the historical shooting and the use of camera language. You are my first choice for this script, no one else."

Wang Chang, who felt deeply appreciated after listening to the affirmative words from the other party, almost impulsively agreed to film. It was his wife who was eavesdropping and pinched him that made him regain his sanity. He cleared his throat and asked rationally about the crew's configuration.

The current investment amount is 50 million. It will increase moderately depending on the cash flow received by Ms. Lu, but the amount of increase is uncertain. Therefore, we have to hold the idea that the total investment amount may always be 50 million to shoot the TV series. The investor will not give instructions on the progress of the shooting, and invited the author of the original novel to follow the group and write the script. Regarding the role of the second male general in the novel, she recommended an actor she thought was suitable, and asked him to audition with Wang Chang. If there is no problem with the acting suitability, it will be confirmed that he is the one.

After hearing this amount and related requirements, Wang Chang finally calmed down.

The original novel itself is mostly about court intrigues. If it is to be made into a TV series, it can only be filmed as a large-scale historical intrigue drama. The words "large-scale" and "historical" have caused the investment required for this TV series to soar.

50 million is considered a high amount in other TV series, but in historical dramas that pay attention to the quality of props and knowledge reserves, this amount of money is considered small.

In the worst case scenario, if there is only 50 million investment from beginning to end, this TV series can be filmed in a very frugal way without affecting the quality.

He told the investor to consider it, and called her back when it was confirmed.

After Lu Jiao hung up the phone, she also knew what Director Wang was concerned about. The first wave of dividends from "Next Stop Idol" came, but because it had only been broadcast for a few episodes, although it was very popular, most of the dividends were still withheld by Tianhe. She could only get all the dividends after all the episodes were broadcast. This money was saved by her from the system settlement funds and dividends, and now she couldn't pay a penny.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but fall into deep doubts: "It was said that after owning the system, I would be able to reach the peak of my life. It was okay in my previous life, but why am I still so poor in this life?"

The system didn't say anything, but silently showed the system panel, and the less than 10% of the total achievement on it blinded her eyes.

Lu Jiao: "..."

Lu Jiao immediately changed the topic: "Now I am waiting for Director Wang to call me. Although 50 million is not a lot of money, it can be filmed with hard work. It depends on whether Director Wang can make up his mind."

But if Director Wang refused, she really couldn't think of who could shoot this novel. After all, this novel called "Mountain River Breaks Dawn" was made popular by Director Wang

in the previous life. But this TV series seemed to have a bad fate in the previous life.

Director Wang saw this novel when he was shooting it a year later.

But unlike this life, Lu Jiao negotiated the copyright of this novel first. In the previous life, this novel was bought as a bonus by an entertainment company. They took a fancy to other novels on the novel website and packed ten copies. Seeing their generosity, the novel website gave them the book "Mountain River Dawn" which did not perform well at a discount.

After receiving the book, the entertainment company did not pay much attention to it and never thought of selling it. It was not

until two years later that Wang Chang found this book on the Internet. He was amazed at it and felt that it would be very exciting if this book was adapted into a TV series.

So he asked an entertainment company for the copyright of the book and found investors to build the basic team for the novel. However, because he had not filmed for a long time, the investors did not have much confidence, and the investment amount did not even reach Lu Jiao's 50 million.

Wang Chang gritted his teeth and continued to shoot, and he was able to shoot smoothly while saving money. But things did not go as he wished. After shooting most of the plot, Wang Chang collapsed due to fatigue from the continuous rotation. He insisted on going on, but he still couldn't hold on. He had no choice but to pass away after leaving behind the remaining one-third of the plot.

The investors naturally did not want to lose money. After preparing for Wang's funeral, they could only find a director to continue shooting, but this director obviously did not have the skills of Wang.

After the show was aired, the excitement of the first part of the show was so great that it became a hot topic online and offline. The TV station that was responsible for the show received the highest ratings. However, after the last third of the show, the show turned into a rant, saying that the quality of the first and last parts was too different.

After learning that this was caused by Director Wang's death, many people expressed their grief that if Director Wang could finish filming this TV series, it would definitely be a masterpiece in the history of filming.

Therefore, when giving Qin Yi the opportunity, Lu Jiao thought of this TV series first, as she was also a fan of the show. So after negotiating the copyright with the novel website, she quickly found Wang Chang and sent him the original novel.

Qin Yi sat beside her and flipped through the book: "What do you think the probability is that Director Wang will agree?"

Lu Jiao thought for a moment: "About 70% probability. This script is very suitable for Director Wang. When I talked to him just now, he liked the script very much. If he disagrees, the reason can only be because of the investment amount. It shouldn't be a big problem if I polish it a little more."

As it turned out, Wang Chang really liked the script very much, so he called Lu Jiao the next day and agreed to be the director of the novel.

Lu Jiao hung up the phone and looked at Qin Yi: "Now you just need to pass the test in front of Director Wang, and my wish to invest in this TV series will be almost fulfilled."

Qin Yi smiled, "Don't worry, I won't let you down."

Regardless of whether Qin Yi would let him down, Lu Jiao finally received the news that the 3D big screen had been put on. Unlike ordinary screens that are just simple projections, the 3D big screen consumes more energy. Lu Jiao casually clicked on the most popular video on Weibo. At

the beginning of the screen, the first thing you see is the many people at the scene holding their mobile phones to take pictures.

A piece of transparent glass first appeared on the big screen, and the figures inside could be vaguely seen.

Accompanied by the low screams of the crowd around, the glass shattered from the center. The first thing that appeared was a hand with distinct joints and a half-finger glove on it. The glass gradually shattered and fell, revealing half of the person on the screen. The person on the screen wore a mask on her face, and her sexy outfit highlighted her good figure.

Lu Jiao could hear the suppressed screams of the girl who was recording the video. As the big hands pulled off the mask, the screams around him kept getting louder.

Qi Xing looked down from above, took a half step out with his Martin boots, and stretched out his hand slightly.

Then the picture became blurry, because the girl who was filming couldn't help but cover her mouth and scream, and kept shouting "so handsome, so handsome", and the screams that were no longer suppressed were also heard around him.

Lu Jiao was very satisfied with the result. Originally, the animation company was reluctant to accept urgent orders. It took a while to complete the character modeling alone. It was not until Lu Jiao sent the modeling that took him ten hours to complete that he sent it to them.

The person in charge first sent a string of ellipsis, then urgently withdrew it and happily accepted the order.

Judging from the effect of the comment area, even if he was regarded as a pervert by the animation company, it was worth it.