In short, the crew has unlimited ways to cheat money, some are easy to check, some are difficult to check, and financial supervision is extremely difficult, so you must make compromises if necessary!

When Li Xianyun was filming the ghost battle in the secret room, the film basically didn’t consume much material, so there was no point in making money. When it came to the actual ghost recording, it was different. The budget of 8 million yuan was high, the material cost was high, so there was room for making money.

Especially the producers usually look for the bosses of each group, and the people below are responsible for the bosses of each group, so each is a bunch of them, so it is easy to cause troubles inside.

An excellent team leader can make you feel very worry-free, and a garbage team leader is the mainstay of the crew's paralysis.

An excellent producer must ensure that there is no problem with the technical and financial leaders of each group in both directions, and a garbage producer must ensure that he can make money in all directions.

Li Xianyun has been focusing on directors but not on production for this period, which has caused him to be trashed in this regard. Unexpectedly, the boss of the group below actually implicated himself.

But he is different from others - because he has experienced this film in the original world, and he wandered as a screenwriter at that time, and others were not so wary of him, so he knew very well the real cost of many materials this time.

At this moment, Li Xianyun became unhappy when he looked at the quote above.

Zhao Yunyang saw that his face was not good-looking and said, "Forget it, the crew is like this, don't worry about it."

"Is this the crew right?" Li Xianyun snorted.

After thinking about it, he picked up the phone: "Mi'er, there is a problem with the quotation from the art team on the garden, and some materials are too high."

The person in charge of the art team was introduced by Jiang Meier, so he directly asked Jiang Meier to talk to him.

Jiang Mei'er was stunned for a moment, then understood: "I understand, I'll go and tell them. But Director Li, there are rules for the industry, and the price you give them is not high..."

Li Xianyun understood what she meant.

Even the clothing and cosmetics given to him by Jiang Mei'er also have inflated ingredients. The clothing cost and cosmetics are priced at 30,000 yuan, and the actual cost is not that much.

But after three consecutive films, the cost has been extremely low, and it is not considered bad at all. After all, Li Xianyun only gave six people to the costumes and chemical teams 120,000 yuan. He worked for 45 days, fourteen or five hours a day. The wages are indeed cheap, so he just pointed to making some money on the materials. The crew's employment is project cooperation and cannot be calculated based on the salary standard.

This is a contracting worker and material, so this money cannot be considered bad, it is a legitimate profit.

The art designers in the scenery are similar. Their wages are not high, so they must also make some money from the materials.

Some people may ask, why do you have to make money from materials and not from work?

There are two reasons.

First, if the crew gives you enough money, it doesn’t mean you will definitely not make money from the information. Being greedy for money is instinct, and price reduction is also instinct. How much you make on the information depends on my ability to supervise, it has nothing to do with wages, so you have to suppress it.

Second, the money is basically made by the boss. The bosses of each group have to lead people. They tell the people below that it is not easy to find work these days, so this time it is cheaper. Look, the crew will give them a total of these, I am 25,000, and you are 15,000, which is not an exaggeration?

It's not an exaggeration.

But the money in the materials is basically the bosses of each group!

So you must have some fun things on the material, otherwise what kind of boss is the boss?

Furthermore, they can also explain this approach - it is my ability to get a low price.

As for whether this is a skill or a market price, to put it bluntly, it depends on the individual? Maybe you really want to get it yourself, and the price may be even more expensive. Then, it is not too much to give others some profits with such a different price difference.

The producers need to eat the resource fee, and the people below can also eat the resource fee.

So there is only the problem of whether you look good or not, and there is no problem of whether you eat or not!

The producer wants to eat investors, this is to eat inside and make box office profits, this is to eat outside; the bosses of each group want to make money from the crew, this is to eat outside and make money from the casino, this is to eat inside.

Everyone takes it both inside and outside!

Therefore, there are boundaries for cheating money.

The default rule in the industry is there. The labor fee you give is low, so people must make some money on materials. The key issue is degree!

This is the hardest to measure and is also a point that is easy to argue - otherwise, in the original world, it is difficult to do 200,000 yuan invested in the crew?

Li Xianyun is still staring at him, and it is even more conceivable if he doesn't stare at him - it can be said that 80% of the loss-making movies are all lost like this.

By controlling the cost, the high risk of the movie can be reduced to medium risk, while Li Xianyun's little devil reduces it to low risk or even zero risk, and there is only high reward left.

At this moment, Li Xianyun took a deep breath and said, "I have a quotation from the garden here, and 30,000 yuan can be handled. Their quotation is 50,000 yuan. You tell them, just these things, 35,000 yuan will be handled by me. Everyone hug me a little, don't go too far."

"Okay." Jiang Mei'er also understood that this matter should be moderate.

The 30,000 yuan of materials in the garden alone is 50,000 yuan. Are you satisfied if you want to make hundreds of thousands of yuan on the materials?

I was also angry, and my friend was a little embarrassed.

Immediately went over to talk to a friend.

The guys in the art team were not convinced and shouted with red necks that it was 50,000 yuan.

After Li Xianyun found out, he was not polite and directly marked the price of each item and asked Jiang Mei'er to send it to the other party.

The boss of the art team was shocked when he saw the specific price list.

I'll wipe it!

You may be guessing 30,000 yuan, but the specific price of each item is so accurate, so this is not a random guess.

Have you asked in advance? But wouldn’t it be better if you have the energy to buy it yourself?

I was muttering, but my tone suddenly became soft and I was whispering haha: "It turns out there are cheap places. Thank you Director Li for pointing out that I haven't contacted these places before, so I'll contact you now."

But in this way, the five thousand yuan of profits that people were willing to give you could not get - the material list clearly stated, how can you make it?

Didn’t this do it yourself?

Hold!

The boss of the art team wailed in his heart.

Why are you stubborn if you have nothing to do?

But two consecutive events also aroused Li Xianyun's contemplation.

This time he knows the cost of the material, what about the next time?

The process of being a director is not only a process of artistic creation, but also a process of management.

Most of the people in the crew are old-fashioned people. If you are soft, he will be tough, and if you are weak, he will be bullied.

They will not think that your low-key and kindness are humility and politeness, they will only think that the director is weak and does not take you seriously from the bottom of his heart. It is reflected in his actions, which is negative, slackness and big corruption.

The way Li Xianyun helped investors solve problems in the original world is not feasible here.

Because of the original world, it would be devastated without Li Xianyun's intervention. It would be great if the investor spent 1 million to recover 100,000. So in a sense, Li Xianyun is not afraid of being a loser - I will be back for 500,000, and I am afraid that the crew will be paralyzed later?

But in this world, an investment of eight million yuan is not full. If Li Xianyun puts a crew for a little money, he would be spending his own job.

Therefore, the way to call the police to coerce and induce people is definitely not possible in your own crew.

In addition to keeping a close eye on this problem, the way to solve this problem is to keep up with management - a decent film and television company is also responsible for the materials, which can control costs to the greatest extent.

After realizing this, Li Xianyun's next filming style began to become tougher.

He no longer mingles with the people below, became a little serious and insisted on his own opinions in many things.

Of course, considering that his professional level is still limited, most of the time, he is only responsible for posting tasks, allowing everyone to perform, and then watch silently by himself.

This process is not only a growth process of director level, but also a growth process of management level.

Because of high requirements, strict management and close attention, Li Xianyun gradually established prestige in the crew.

Nowadays, few people can cheat on him anymore, and various departments have a bottom line to make money, so they dare not go too far.

Whether it is necessary or not, Li Xianyun will also discuss management experience with Jiang Zheng. In this regard, Jiang Zheng is indeed a better teacher.

I was taking pictures today, and suddenly my phone vibrated.

Li Xianyun glanced at it and it was Sun Shi.

Turn off the phone and finish filming the show first, Li Xianyun called back: "What's the matter? I was filming just now."

Sun Shi nodded: "I guessed it, I've found it here."

Li Xianyun raised his eyebrows: "Can you be sure?"

"almost."

"I'm on the set, I can't go now."

“When will it end?”

"It's time to open a big night today, probably until two o'clock in the morning."

"So late?"

Li Xianyun had no choice but to say: "My aunt, this is how it is to shoot movies. It's normal to work for more than ten hours a day. Why don't you go to tomorrow morning? I will turn on the computer at 9 o'clock and I will get to you at 7 o'clock."

"Is it too late?"

"Confirm whether there is anything, if you can win in one second, you can win in one minute."

"Okay, you can go directly to this place at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, and we will meet here." Sun Shi said and gave Li Xianyun an address.
Chapter completed!