Chapter 617 A huge filming and production team

Zhou Shaoming smiled and said: "I never fight an uncertain battle. At least this cartoon will not lose money."

Tesla took a deep breath, Zhou Shaoming was still so confident! When he was still Zhou Shaoming's follower, under Zhou Shaoming's guidance, he became another high-ranking director in the company. After several years of filming, he also

He has created many famous works!

Tesla, who thought he was far away from Zhou Shaoming, sighed and shook his head. He didn't expect that there was always a big gap between himself and Zhou Shaoming. If it were him, he would not have the confidence to shoot such a huge cartoon!

Zhou Shaoming asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Tesla came back to his senses and responded: "Nothing, okay, you can discuss it with our company's stunt team!"

The result was what Zhou Shaoming expected. After all, the team members in the company seemed to lack confidence in film production. This was what Zhou Shaoming thought of, and he just wanted to know what they could achieve!

However, I was very disappointed. For such a huge production, it seemed that these people under my command lacked confidence! Zhou Shaoming took a deep breath, forced a smile on his face, and left the film and television base!

The next day, Zhou Shaoming came to the company on time. George saw Zhou Shaoming in the corridor and asked in surprise: "Zhou, do you have any plans today?"

Zhou Shaoming patted George on the shoulder and said, "I'm here to work."

On the spot, Zhou Shaoming called Benjamin into the office, "Ben, help me start gathering animation production masters from all over the world and gather them all in Los Angeles. We are going to produce the most attractive animated film in Hollywood this year here!"

Benjamin took a deep breath and looked at Zhou Shaoming, who seemed to be full of energy! But all of a sudden a lot of things came together, and Benjamin really felt a little overwhelmed!

Not only do we have to help the Kung Fu Panda movie find more than 200,000 oil painting masters, we have to negotiate with Hollywood's outstanding film stunt teams, and now we have to find people around the world to make animations!

At this time, Benjamin had the urge to commit suicide. How could he finish so many things at once?

Zhou Shaoming was not busy at this time and personally called Wu Jing! During the video call, Zhou Shaoming also started talking with Wu Jing to learn about Chinese martial arts!

Zhou Shaoming has never tried to shoot such a movie. Chinese martial arts are indeed world-renowned, but with the continuous impact of Hollywood blockbusters, gorgeous and shocking movies are what the audience wants now!

As for the world of martial arts, it seems that it can only be experienced in novels! After a long discussion, Zhou Shaoming hung up the phone!

At this time, Benjamin brought over a Kung Fu Panda shooting cost budget, which was based on the draft of the Kung Fu Panda script provided by Zhou Shaoming to Benjamin! After all, this script still needs improvement, but overall, it should be roughly calculated

How much did this movie cost to make!

Zhou Shaoming looked at the report brought by Benjamin and said, "The early-stage shooting costs are as much as 80 million, and the post-production music dubbing and other expenses are about 30 million. I finally estimated the expected production cost of the Kung Fu Panda movie.

As much as 110 million!”

The report details the sources and uses of these expenses! After reading it, Zhou Shaoming frowned and said, "It's still a bit conservative, but overall it's very good. At least the sources of the expenses are written in detail!"

Zhou Shaoming pondered for a moment. "Although this report states that the maximum production cost of this movie is as high as 110 million, I think it is still less! They may not have considered the production cost that we will hire a group of people from all over the world.

Experts in animation production come over, and there are also expenses for music dubbing. According to my thoughts, the 30 million music expenses in this report are considered to be the highest, but in my opinion, such expenses may be the most conservative.

It should be between 40 million and 50 million!”

Zhou Shaoming rubbed his itchy eyebrows as he said: "The publicity cost is only 50 million, and the people in the company think that the cost of this movie is only 160 million! Did what I said before affect their judgment?

He said that this movie cost at least 150 million yuan."

Benjamin listened to Zhou Shaoming's question, hesitated, and said, "Isn't it?"

Zhou Shaoming smiled and said: "Let them revise this report. In addition to the content mentioned above, the promotion of this movie is actually related to dubbing. In my estimation, I hope that in all the countries where it will be released,

Inviting well-known actors and stars to dub, of course, the cost will not be low. This is to cooperate with the publicity. The publicity cost of this film is tentatively set at hundreds of millions! What is the production cost according to the calculation I just made?"

Benjamin's eyes lit up. The Kung Fu Panda movie doesn't require so much money. No wonder Zhou Shaoming attaches so much importance to this report. If there is no such plan at the time of the meeting, I believe it will be difficult to persuade others to agree to make this movie.

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Benjamin recalled, "You just said that the production cost will increase from 80 million to 90 million budget even if you include inviting well-known animation producers from around the world. For post-production dubbing and music production, it will need to be capped at 50 million.

, the production cost of this cartoon should not be more than 140 million! Such a number, it is estimated that the production cost is really 150 million!"

Benjamin took a deep breath and continued: "You plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in publicity expenses. It is estimated that the cost of this movie has been as high as 250 million US dollars."

Zhou Shaoming nodded: "Very good, just modify it according to my wishes! I will use it for a meeting this afternoon."

When Benjamin left, he hesitated and said, "Zhou, are you really planning to invest such a huge amount of money to shoot this cartoon?"

Zhou Shaoming held his chin and asked: "What's wrong?" It seemed that Benjamin had something to say. Benjamin rarely expressed his opinions at such a moment. Zhou Shaoming also wanted to hear Benjamin's thoughts!

Benjamin said truthfully: "Although Hollywood cartoons have made good profits in the film market in recent years, after all, the box office results are limited. It is difficult to recover such a huge cost all at once. Even after a long period of hard work, this animation

If the film does not lose money, it will be difficult to achieve box office profits. Wouldn’t it be in vain?”

Zhou Shaoming smiled with satisfaction. It seems that even Benjamin can see this form. This is a manifestation of progress!: "Very good, you can think of this, I am already very happy, but people have to look forward.

The cost of investing in this cartoon may be too high, and the returns may not be as optimistic as I imagined, but I am confident enough. It will still be a hit in the film market, but I will make less money! However, after this experience, I will be more confident in my future projects.

A movie would be a big help! Just do what I want."

Benjamin was stunned for a moment. Apparently there was something in Zhou Shaoming's words. Benjamin responded: "Okay!"

Zhou Shaoming, who had been busy all morning, still took a short rest in the office after lunch. Zhou Shaoming, who woke up naturally after falling asleep, stretched out!

At this time Benjamin entered the office and brought a cup of hot tea and placed it in front of Zhou Shaoming!

After Zhou Shaoming took a sip of tea, he cheered up and asked Benjamin: "How did things go with the twenty oil painting masters that I asked you to find?" As Zhou Shaoming said, he suddenly remembered another thing.

, "By the way, there is something else I mentioned in the morning. Have you done it?"

Benjamin replied truthfully: "The matter of oil painting masters seems to be a bit difficult. So far, we are only looking for a list of a dozen people, and there is no guarantee that these dozen masters will agree! As for the search for animations around the world you told me this morning

The production staff and basic staff are all locked down and are being contacted!"

"Good." Zhou Shaoming just likes Benjamin's work efficiency! In such a short period of time, Benjamin has done so well, how could Zhou Shaoming still blame Benjamin for temporarily failing to meet his own requirements!

Zhou Shaoming knocked on the table and said: "Try to find ten outstanding oil painting masters for me first! Can you come to the work site within three days? Can you do it?"

Benjamin was stunned for a moment, and said in such a hurry, "I'll fight for it."

Zhou Shaoming nodded and said: "Okay, by the way, when will Raymond arrive?!"

Benjamin also wanted to remind Zhou Shaoming about this matter, but he didn't expect that Zhou Shaoming couldn't wait any longer! "We've already spoken on the phone and are on the way!"

Raymond Ziba is considered an upstart in Hollywood art design. When Benjamin introduced this person to Zhou Shaoming, Zhou Shaoming immediately agreed to meet him!

Zhou Shaoming is not interested in Raymond's recent popularity, but because this art designer has visited many cities in China and knows Chinese culture well!

Although they are both Chinese, Zhou Shaoming is not as professional as Raymond. He has been able to travel in many cities in China. I feel a little ashamed when I think about it!

At 2:30 p.m., Raymond came to Zhou Shaoming's office on time! Hearing Raymond's arrival, Zhou Shaoming quickly stood up to greet the art director who had been chosen by him!

Raymond was a little surprised, "Hello, Director Smith Zhou!"

"Hello, Raymond." Zhou Shaoming shook hands with Raymond and said, "Please sit down."

After Raymond did this, Zhou Shaoming said straight to the point: "I believe you have heard the reason why we came to you. I don't know what you think about it."

Raymond said seriously: "If I didn't have the will, I wouldn't be here to talk to you about this matter! Indeed, when I heard that you were going to make a cartoon full of Chinese culture, I was surprised.

But I am very excited because I have always been interested in Chinese culture and have been studying it."

Zhou Shaoming drank a cup of tea and said: "This is the most important reason why we invited you here. I hope that under your guidance, our cartoon will become a popular movie in Hollywood and even around the world."

Raymond smiled and said: "I believe it is not very difficult for a director with box office appeal like Director Smith Zhou to do it. Of course, the film itself must be exciting enough! I have read about this

Regarding the movie information, I think there is only one thing now. As long as it is settled, the contract between us can be signed immediately!"

Zhou Shaoming asked in confusion: "What happened?"

Raymond said: "As for my salary this time, I think if I have to work for such a blockbuster, if the salary is not less than 1 million, I think I will accept it."

Zhou Shaoming hesitated. At first, Benjamin’s offer to Raymond was 800,000. Of course, there was an area of ​​relaxation. As long as the other party asked for a salary increase, and it hovered around 1 million, he would basically be able to accept it!

Raymond said confidently: "I think I'm worth this price. If it's any less, I really can't accept it! You can consider it."

Zhou Shaoming saw Raymond trying to get up and quickly stopped him: "No, don't get me wrong, I'm just thinking. If you do a good job, should I be able to give you more salary?"

When Raymond heard that Zhou Shaoming agreed to his request, he couldn't help but jokingly said: "Is there such a good thing? I can't ask for it."

After Benjamin went out, he brought the contract! Raymond signed it on the spot!

After the art director was finished, Zhou Shaoming breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, this afternoon, Zhou Shaoming also attended a meeting to discuss the filming of this cartoon!

Indeed, before the filming of this cartoon, Zhou Shaoming did a lot of work this time, especially discussing with senior executives and important personnel at meetings!

The movies I have shot in the past have not been of such a large scale, and as a director, Zhou Shaoming has always been trying to earn the maximum profit for the company!

The filming of Iron Man has never encountered such huge obstacles, mainly because the Iron Man movie was highly anticipated by everyone in the company before it was shot!

But this Kung Fu Panda is a little different. It also costs more than 200 million. However, many people questioned it on the spot, and in time Kung Fu Panda passed the filming plan after Zhou Shaoming’s strong persuasion! However, some people still had reservations.

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This is not important anymore. Zhou Shaoming has successfully passed this proposal at the meeting. The next question is how to make this movie!

In fact, what Zhou Shaoming was holding in his hands was just a plan similar to a financial statement that Benjamin asked the company's employees to do well. It was just to convince more people so that the Kung Fu Panda movie could be filmed as early as possible.

On progress!

Zhou Shaoming also has an even bigger plan in his mind! That is the shooting and production plan, which is not as rough as the report in hand!

How much does it cost to make a movie, how much does it cost to promote, and where is the money spent? Even so, can a good movie really be made?

If money could solve all problems, then everyone could become a famous gold medal director in the world today!

In Zhou Shaoming's mind, he has already begun to formulate a shooting plan for this movie!
To be continued...