After Wen Zheng sent Boss Lin away, he sat in the office and smoked a cigarette.
Regarding the promotional video, although he couldn't bear it and patted his chest to assure Boss Lin, in fact he didn't have a clue.
The promotional video and songs for the military training variety show are easy to talk about, but the video material of just a few minutes is a problem.
If it relies on editing like the short film "Dislocated in Time and Space", he has asked Li Nan, the copyright fee for the film and television material required may be as high as one million, which is completely outweighing the gain.
This made him realize once again that he was no longer part of Blue Star, and he couldn't help but lament that the price he had previously sold for the song copyright was still too low.
Obviously, editing and piecing together this path will not work.
"Damn! If it doesn't work, just shoot it as a song MV. Although it will feel a bit nondescript, it's better than handing in a blank test."
Wen Zheng felt relieved and immediately called Zhao Qiuxing.
"Brother, I want to make a music video. I didn't know our company has this aspect..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhao Qiuxing exclaimed: "You want to shoot a song MV?"
"I'm afraid the company can't give you much help at the moment. You may not know that our production team has to go out of town to prepare for a new variety show. First of all, there is a problem in terms of personnel."
"..."
Wen Zheng was speechless for a moment.
Zhao Qiuxing smacked his lips and advised: "Why don't you slow down? If it doesn't work, I will find an outside team for you, but the price will be very high, and the guaranteed cost will be tens to millions."
Wen Zheng said in disbelief: "One million? That's too exaggerated."
Zhao Qiuxing said categorically: "Don't you know that labor costs in the film and television industry are sky-high now? The reputation of the entertainment industry in the past two years is not very good, and ordinary people also have money in their pockets. Except for people who want to be famous, there are really
No one is willing to do this job despite being scolded. Ordinary extras’ prices have skyrocketed due to the lack of people, let alone those who control the equipment.”
"So you see, when new songs are released now, who is going to produce an album? If you want to do it well, the cost is too high..."
Wen Zheng has no intention of worrying too much about social issues, but there is no doubt that the song MV plan went bankrupt again.
He can spend millions of dollars, even without Boss Lin, but if he spends the money and can only get a nondescript promotional video, he might as well save the trouble and directly buy the film and television material for editing.
When it comes to editing, the problem is back to the original point, and the gains outweigh the losses.
This is an endless cycle.
It’s no wonder that Boss Lin threw this problem to him. In the final analysis, Yueyin Records was already in dire straits, otherwise it wouldn’t be struggling with such a small matter.
Wen Zheng hung up the phone and found that it was already past the end of the day.
He went downstairs to look at his company, learned about the progress of the Yuanlang Learning Network project, and then looked at the balance in his card.
Ever since.
On the way back, a plan that seemed almost crazy to outsiders was quietly brewing in his mind.
"What! You want to make a movie!"
Wang Sisi's voice was enough to shock the entire community, "You don't know what the film industry is like now? How much money do you have, and you dare to make movies? Are you crazy?"
Wen Zheng pulled her to sit down again and patiently told her the whole story.
Wang Sisi still said with a cold face: "The boss just asked you to shoot a promotional video. The focus is on the song, and there is no hope that the video content will have any highlights. Who are you showing off to?"
Wen Zheng said helplessly: "Now that the company has a problem, Boss Lin is just waiting for this variety show to turn around. Even if I make a good song, I still have to spend money on the promotional video. Instead of making it nondescript, I might as well spend more money."
For snacks, just make it the best it can be. Think about it, how effective is it for a movie if it only takes a few minutes to shoot a promotional video? This is how it is done in novels!"
When Wang Sisi saw that he was so convincing, she became very angry.
She asked: "Excuse me, how much money do you have in your pocket now? Are you sure that if you shoot the movie in a month, it will not be a counter-promotion for this variety show? Also, where does the script come from? Who does the actor look for? Who should be hired to be the director?
"
Wen Zheng hurriedly raised his hands to beg for mercy: "I still have less than 10 million in my card, but I have to leave most of it for Yuanlang Learning Network. I will write the script and the director will be tentative. Anyway, I have a rough idea."
"Oh, the investment is less than 5 million? Can the filming be completed in one month?"
Wang Sisi sneered, "It would be great if the theater can arrange movies for you. Let me tell you, the investment in movies now is tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, and they are too embarrassed to promote them. I advise you to stop it and don't waste your money.
, you are not a philanthropist."
Wen Zheng said with a grimace: "There's nothing I can do about it. Now that things have come to this point, it's the most cost-effective way to make your own movie."
"I think this is the best solution."
After that, he added another sentence confidently.
Wang Sisi rubbed her eyebrows and waved her hands: "Forget it, you can figure it out yourself. In order to support you in writing the script, you will sleep in the living room tonight. Don't say I didn't support you."
"Ah? That's...ok."
Wen Zheng looked disappointed.
He originally thought Wang Sisi would support him, but he didn't expect it would be such a result. If he had known it, he would have done it secretly.
"System! Help!"
Wen Zheng wailed in his heart and opened the system mall.
The biggest reason why he dares to choose to play such a big game is the system. This is his unique secret method to control costs and ensure quality!
With the support of secondary authority, he successfully entered the film and television download area.
Acting skills, line skills, character templates, photography proficiency, scripts and other various things almost dazzled him.
It’s all good stuff!
Take another glance to increase the adoration value.
Well, that’s right, it’s already over 300 million, which is completely enough!
Soon, he chose a movie called "Out of the Amazon."
He had seen this movie when he was a child, and some of the scenes are still fresh in his memory, such as the macho training, the rattling of machine guns, the decision to give up after ringing the bell, etc. They are all classics!
The film mainly tells the story of a series of incidents that occurred between two special forces soldiers in a devil training camp abroad.
First of all, the scene setting fits the theme of "military training" very well.
Secondly, the reason why the singer competition temporarily added the military training item is because it wants the singers to strengthen their beliefs as Longguo people.
This is basically consistent with the main theme conveyed by the film.
Based on these two points alone, it is perfect for Wen Zheng to choose this movie to promote this unprecedented military training program.
"Scripts, lines... these are all packaged and downloaded!"
"Ding! The system has detected that you are about to deviate from the current main task. In order to ensure the host's energy to participate in the singer competition, the system has automatically locked download items other than music. After completing the singer competition, it will be automatically unlocked."
"???"
Wen Zheng watched the system interface automatically jump to the music category, and couldn't help but look confused.
"Hey, that's not right. When I spent more than 100 million admiration points to buy the Water Margin system package, you were not like this."
"You are already a mature host. It's time to learn how to prioritize things. Warm reminder, the singer competition is very important. Please correct your attitude towards the competition and don't use your mind elsewhere. This system is a national idol system, designed to help you become...
…”
Wen Zheng ruthlessly exited the system interface.
Can you teach me about Little System?
Do you really think that without you, my promotional video plan will go bankrupt again?
Innocent!
Let you see what is the limit of human power!
I think back to when I was writing that nightmarish 800-word review. During the time afterward, I couldn’t even dream of escaping from the movie.