Sixty million is not enough, do you need to add more?
Everyone in the office looked at Li Youwei with shocked expressions.
Especially those colleagues in the film and television department.
They really want to ask, where will we get the money to add more?
The headquarters only approved 50 million for them, and Li Youwei paid for the extra 10 million. Any more would be gone...
On the other hand, it was Chen Ming who rubbed his chin thoughtfully and thought for a moment.
“Really need more!”
Really?
In an instant, everyone's eyes turned from Li Youwei to Chen Ming. This is 60 million yuan, not 6,000 yuan. Even for filming a TV series, it should be enough.
At this moment, Zheng Rong felt that he should say something.
Immediately, Zheng Rong coughed a few times and asked softly: "Chen Ming, how many episodes of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy One" do you plan to shoot?"
Chen Ming didn't hesitate at all: "It's expected to be 34 episodes."
To be honest, Chen Ming wanted to change the tragic ending of Xian Jianyi, but after thinking for a long time, he found that his imagination was limited and he could not think of a better ending, so he simply did not change it and decided to use the ending of the original play.
Hearing this, Zheng Rong thought for a while and said: "If we shoot 34 episodes in one hour, we probably won't need 60 million in funds."
Zheng Rong has not had much contact with the film and television industry, so he doesn't know much about the costs involved.
Seeing this, Li Youwei started to explain: "The scene layout and actors' remuneration for each episode are calculated separately. They have to be settled once after filming an episode. And for this kind of fairy tale drama, basically every episode will be paid."
When it comes to special effects rendering, we don’t have many special effects teams here in Zhongzhou, so we need to hire them from Dongzhou, which is not cheap.”
Among the people present, only Li Youwei and his colleagues from the film and television department knew roughly how much money each episode would cost.
Frankly speaking,
Scene decoration accounts for the lowest proportion of funds.
The actors' remuneration and the rendering of special effects are the most expensive aspects of this fairy tale drama.
Especially,
Chen Ming plans to hire some relatively big-name stars this time. As a result, the salaries of these actors will definitely not be low.
Li Youwei also thought of this and asked if he wanted more money.
If it is an ordinary urban TV series, then 60 million is definitely enough, and you can even get a lot richer.
But costume fantasy and costume fairy tales are definitely not enough!
After reading the script,
Li Youwei had no intention of changing the script.
Just from the plot of the first ten episodes, it can be seen that Chen Ming is laying out an extremely large world of fairy tales, and once this world is structured, it can be followed by a sequel.
The first part is just the beginning!
In this world,
The growth path of each character can be taken separately and photographed in detail.
No wonder!
No wonder Chen Ming planned to make it into a TV series from the beginning.
It turned out that he had already made plans in his mind.
Li Youwei looked at Chen Ming: "My suggestion is to try shooting internally first to see the effect. Chen Ming, what do you mean?"
In the first ten episodes of Fairy Sword One, most of the important characters of Fairy Sword One have appeared. In the first four episodes, Li Xiaoyao and Ling'er have full scenes.
In the second episode, Anu appears and Jiujianxian appears.
In the fourth episode, I met the number one scholar, Liu Jinyuan.
In the fifth episode, Lin Yueru, an important female supporting character, appears.
In the sixth episode, Elder Shi appears.
In the seventh episode, Tang Yu Xiaobao appears.
So far,
Basically all the positive characters in the play have appeared. Of course, there is another one who is most impressive in "Sword of Sword One", and that is our "scientist", the Moon Worshiping Leader.
In other words, in the first ten episodes written by Chen Ming, preparations for character negotiations can basically begin.
Chen Ming nodded: "The trial shooting is no problem. Once the role is confirmed, we can start."
"You are the screenwriter. Do you have any thoughts on the selection of the characters?"
Li Youwei asked.
for a moment,
Many people present were staring directly at Chen Ming.
Both Xiao Xuan and Xiao Fan came to this TV series, and they definitely hope to play some substantial roles in it.
There are not many female characters in the play.
at least,
At present, it seems that there are only three female characters, Ling'er, Lin Yueru and Anu.
Chen Ming thought for a moment and looked at Jia Mi: "Come and try the role of Anu."
At first,
When Chen Ming saw Jia Mi for the first time, this thought flashed through his mind.
Jia Mi and Anu are so similar!
originally,
In Chen Ming's plan, the filming of Immortal Sword One was to be done later, but after meeting Jia Mi, Chen Ming began to try to advance the filming of Immortal Sword One.
Hearing this, Jia Mi nodded excitedly.
This is the affirmation from Chen Ming!
"Both Xiao Xuan and Xiao Fan are suitable for the role of Lin Yueru. I can't decide. You two can discuss it with Minister Li then."
Xiao Xuan's external image is better than Xiao Fan.
But Xiao Fan's character is very similar to Lin Yueru.
Audiences who prefer good looks prefer Xiao Xuan; audiences who prefer the original novel prefer Xiao Fan.
certainly,
There is no original work of Xian Jianyi in this world, so without reference samples, Chen Ming is actually more inclined to choose Xiao Xuan.
As for Sun Qingxuan, Chen Ming reserved a role for her.
That is Ling'er's mother, the previous descendant of Nuwa.
There is also a female snake demon character in the middle and late stages.
then,
Jiang Ming, the most talented disciple of Shushan Sword Sect, fell in love with a fox demon during a training trip down the mountain and brought the fox demon back to Shushan.
A different path for shemales!
What's more, Jiang Ming assumes the position of future leader of Shushan and has the hope of becoming an immortal.
In desperation,
Jiang Ming took the fox demon and hid in the Demon Locking Tower.
This plot is very shocking. Chen Ming understands this plot very clearly and does not need to think about it in detail at all.
Let’s see who between Xiao Xuan and Xiao Fan finally gets the role of Lin Yueru.
For the remaining one, let her try out the role of the snake demon.
The roles of Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru are naturally played by Chen Ming and Su Rou.
If nothing else,
The acting skills of Chen Ming and Su Rou are worthy of recognition.
Chen Ming has no ideas for other roles at the moment.
As for the casting, it was left to Li Youwei.
Li Youwei nodded: "Okay, I will shortlist the list of suitable actors. If you don't have time to interview, I will be responsible for the whole process."
Chen Ming has no comments.
at last,
A group of people chatted about the filming again, and Chen Ming left Xingyu Entertainment alone first.
tomorrow,
Chen Ming will also participate in the "Show Your Voice" competition.
so,
Just let others worry about the rest. He needs to take care of the variety show in front of him first.
If nothing else goes wrong, the test shooting of Sword and Sword One will begin in August.
At that time,
The "Show Your Singing Voice" competition should also be coming to an end.