What should I do if the system forces me to copy books?

In the early stage of the script, the producer usually selects a suitable script, then evaluates the script, and then takes the script to find an investor, also called a producer.

After the two sides discussed the division of labor, responsibilities, and profit distribution, the producer began to find someone to shoot.

The first is the director team. Qualified directors will have their own crew, and at least they can find most of the main staff to start work.At the same time, because the producer cannot stay on the crew all the time, a supervisor is needed to help supervise the film's progress and various budgetary expenses.

Generally, during the shooting process, the director will rough cut while shooting, so that the post-editing will be much easier.

After the film production is completed, it should be sent to the radio and television for review. After the review is passed, it can be played on a cooperative video website.

Of course, if you don't plan to play it externally, you don't need to send it for review.

There are too many bad films that cannot be played after being shot in China, and many of them cannot even be played online, and they are erased during the review process.

Li Chungang is naturally rushing to make money.

Based on "The Silent Truth", a web drama with a cost of only 1000 million, and the explosive reputation of "exploding high", as long as the quality of the filming is passed and the acting skills of the actors are online, then he believes that both income and word of mouth can be reaped at the same time. full.

The most important thing is that this web drama with only 12 episodes can accumulate an extremely valuable experience for Vance Springs.

With the experience of this first production and distribution, no matter whether you continue to shoot web dramas in the future, or set your sights on shooting TV dramas, movies, etc., you will get twice the result with half the effort!

Chapter 651 Charlotte Worries

"Is there anything else you want to ask about the first two things?"

Li Chungang also felt that his behavior was a bit abrupt, so he deliberately gave Lin Meng some buffer time to weigh the pros and cons, and he also wanted to hear the other party's opinion.

After all, he is right to do it as soon as he thinks about it, but it doesn't mean he can't listen to other people's opinions, and he is not a dictatorial tyrant.

If it is not conducive to the development of the company, it is no problem to suspend or reject these plans!

"I think it's doable. But I'm going to have to have a professional look at the script and make a careful budget report before I can make a final decision."

Lin Meng felt that Li Chungang's idea of ​​wanting the company to shoot a drama by himself was not only not a problem at all, but also a bit in her favor. Even if he didn't come to the office to mention it this time, she would take the initiative to bring it up after a while Yes, the only difference may be that the script is not written by Li Chungang.

If you want to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry, even a work or achievement that can be achieved is absolutely unjustifiable.

For example, when you talk about cooperation with other companies and invite actors to act in cooperation, when the other party asks what works your company has produced, don’t you tell them that there is no one for the time being with a face of embarrassment?

Believe it or not, if you dare to answer like that, the other party will dare to shake your face and leave on the spot.

If you want to talk about it, "Sword Come" is not bad, "Cohabitation Life with a Stewardess" is not bad, "Why Shengxiaomo" is not bad, but in fact these works are strictly investors in their company , not the producer.

Taking a step back——

As the big boss of the company, Li Chungang can be hot-headed, he can think whatever he wants, and he doesn't care about the loss of 2000 million yuan if he has a strong net worth, but as the general manager of Wensi Quanyong Company, Lin Meng is unwilling and hopes to see the company suffer losses. , so it is impossible for her to give a definite answer now, she can only say that it needs to be considered comprehensively to finally determine whether it is feasible.

"Actually, I have a more daring idea, one that keeps doing one thing."

Say it.

Li Chungang took out the third and last document prepared today and put it on the desk in front of Lin Meng. On the top of the cover of this document, there were nine words "script of the movie "Charlotte Annoyance"" that were deliberately bolded. big font.

hiss--

Lin Meng, who had already been overwhelmed by Li Chungang's successive thoughts, finally couldn't hold back his breath this time, staring at the man in front of him with strange eyes, wanting to see through this 22-year-old man completely. How did the man do it? Unfortunately, like countless times in the past, he couldn't see through it. This man seemed to always have countless "inspirations" in his mind.

Other people's retreat may be to lock yourself in one place and meditate for a few days to complete a little progress, but Li Chungang's retreat is completely different.

If anyone in this world is really cheating, then Lin Meng believes that it must be Li Chungang without a doubt.

Otherwise, it would only be a week of retreat, and three scripts could be completed in one go! ?

No, there must be a script of a series of movies, which means that there are five scripts in total. Is this still a human being?

Except for the script of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which was promised to Universal Pictures, the other scripts of "The Silent Truth" and "Charlotte's Annoyance", a web drama and a movie, were written by Li Chungang from the system. After careful consideration and careful selection.

They seem to be different, but they have common characteristics:

Low cost, high return and low shooting difficulty!

As for the cast, the cast does not need to be too gorgeous, the shooting and framing is simple, and the post-editing is easy, etc. can all be attributed to the low-cost category, which is very suitable for a company like Vance Springs that has never had production experience before. A work of water.

"Is the web drama filmed together with the movie? Will it be too big a step? And how much do you plan to invest in this "Charlotte Annoyance"?"

【Kid, do you have a lot of question marks.Jpg】The expression was written on Lin Meng's face at this time.

"This movie is also a small budget. I plan to invest about 3000 million yuan. In this way, the total investment of the online drama will not exceed 5000 million yuan. Anyway, it is only my one-month manuscript fee. Even if I lose all my money, it will be for me It’s not a serious matter, so senior sister, you don’t need to have so much pressure.” Li Chungang slowly expressed his thoughts, and added at the end, “What’s more, senior sister, you have to be kind to me. Confidence, these two scripts are my masterpieces!"

His confidence is not completely aimless!

The main reason is that their achievements in another plane gave him this confidence!

According to what Li Chungang learned from the system——

The production cost of "Charlotte Annoyance" is only 2000 million, plus other various expenses including publicity and distribution costs, the total investment is about 5000 million, and the final box office harvest is 14.41 billion.

Of course, "Charlotte Annoyance" can achieve such a good result, which is related to the screening rate of theaters at that time.

"Charlotte Annoyance" will be released on September 9. People across the country are basically enjoying the holiday during the National Day holiday. The number of people watching the movie will naturally increase. Coupled with the high enough screening rate of theaters, this low-profile film The movie miracle of cost counterattack.

But that's 15 years from another plane.

In Earth Star, in China, there has been seven years of development, and the number of movie theaters in the country has sprung up like mushrooms. The number of theaters between the two is not at the same level at all, not to mention the huge gap in the number of citizens.

If it is screened now, the box office will definitely explode!

The premise is that Li Chungang can find a good film distribution company.

If it is an ordinary small distribution company, it will certainly not be able to get such a high screening rate in theaters.

The relatively well-known large-scale film distribution companies in China include China Film, Huaxia, Huayi, Xingmei, Guangguang, Bona and so on.

China Film and Huaxia have national backgrounds, and their working methods are quite satisfactory, but they have a relatively large influence in domestic theaters.

Huayi Optical adopts a distribution matrix model, that is, there are distribution managers from these two companies in N cities. When the film is released, the distribution personnel will communicate with the local studios and be responsible for the premiere and roadshows, etc. Work.

SMI and Bona are large mainland private companies, and their working methods are similar to those of China Film Huaxia, but they do not have the right to distribute imported films.

Some people may not understand the relationship. To put it simply, the distribution company is the channel provider. The producer Li Chungang needs to hand over the produced products (movies) to the distribution company (channel provider) and sell them in theaters (malls). , and then according to the box office (sales), deduct the cost of each link, and finally get your own profit.

For example, for a box office of 100 yuan, 5% of the national special fund for film development and 3.3% of business tax need to be deducted first, and 50% of the theater chain will be divided. (In 09, the policy issued by a certain power station, referring to international regulations, requires that the share of cinema chains should not exceed 50%)

In other words, I don't know where the 5% of the film special fund is used every year. We dare not ask, and we dare to say...

In addition, distribution companies generally account for 5%-15. It depends on the specific quality of the film. If the quality is good, the share may be less. On the contrary, if the quality is poor, the share will be higher. It may not be a waste of time to issue it for you.

Large-scale distribution companies must charge higher prices, because this is related to the issue of the screening rate of theaters.

Generally speaking, for a box office of 100 yuan, the producer can get about 30-40 yuan in the end, which is proportional to the range of 30%-40%, and basically will not exceed 40%.

Therefore, the industry will say that for a movie, the box office must be at least three times the cost to guarantee no compensation.

For example, a total of 1000 million production + publicity costs, at least 3000 million box office to pay back.

Therefore, even if many movies are released, if the quality is not good enough, they will still be a mess.

Having said so much, it is actually nonsense.

Before that, they had to shoot the finished movie first, otherwise, no matter how much they said or thought about, it would be a waste of effort!

Lin Meng was very dissatisfied and helpless with his behavior of throwing away the shopkeeper of "the leader opened his mouth, and the bottom ran to break his leg", but he had no choice but to let him be the boss.

The crux of the problem is that Li Chungang has already solved the matter of the script, which is equivalent to saying that the "start" has been made for this matter, and the rest of the process and ending are her labor-intensive work.

"Okay, I'll try my best. But this web drama... well, I mean, is the subject matter of "The Silent Truth" a bit too sensitive? Our first web drama filmed such a sensitive subject matter, Isn't it a little too challenging?"

"The Silent Truth" has only 12 episodes in total, which is considered to be a very short category for low-cost online dramas, but it is short, and the problems reflected in the content are still very sensitive.

Lin Meng casually flipped through the script of "The Silent Truth" in her hand. She has roughly read the script of twelve episodes in total. Now her only thought is to feel that Li Chungang's head is somehow long. How can there be so many strange ideas? Wonderful ideas and a steady stream of inspiration.

If others want a good script, they have to spend at least a year and a half to find and choose slowly. Fortunately, he writes any script, and it can make people's eyes shine after reading it.

Li Chungang said directly: "It is precisely because the content is a little sensitive that I wrote the script of "Charlotte Annoyance". If it fails to pass the review in the end, we will shoot the latter wholeheartedly. If it can be successful, we will go hand in hand."

At this time and at that time, no matter how similar the cultural background between the earth and the stars is, he dare not guarantee that "The Silent Truth" will pass the trial.

Therefore, "Charlotte Annoyance" was born as an alternative.

If low-cost online dramas want to counterattack, the most important thing is to be able to produce "famous scenes". For example, "Love Apartment", one of the classics of low-cost film and television dramas, has a lot of famous scenes, so there is no need to worry about no market.

The same is true for many producers when selecting scripts. They only select scripts that can produce "famous scenes" before they can find someone to evaluate the script.

Li Chungang is naturally not worried about the script.

"The Silent Truth" itself is positioned as a suspense drama. What I really want the audience to see is the deep meaning and social phenomena that the drama wants to express. As for some people who think that the filming is poor or the plot is too depressing, Li Chungang thinks it doesn't matter.

Turnip greens, all have love.

No matter what product, some people think it is good, and some people think it is not good. This is true for novels, animations, games, and film and television works.

Li Chungang always feels that his works are for those who like them. If you don’t like them, it means that you are not my target audience. Please turn left and go elsewhere. Thank you.

As for the question of whether the placement of advertisements will be scolded...

If you scold, just scold.

Advertisements will definitely be placed, otherwise how to make money?

No one will do anything for free, and no one is willing to do it. If you want to survive, you must place advertisements.What else?

TOLL?

Soliciting donations from fans?

If so, the lost audience will definitely be more.

So Li Chungang decided that "The Silent Truth" will definitely place advertisements. Of course, the method must be a soft placement that is more acceptable to the audience. The shameless hard placement of advertising for the sake of advertisements that is too conflicting with the plot will still be rejected. !

Lin Meng suddenly felt that the boss was unreliable.

But it is just such an unreliable boss who has led the company for more than a year, bumping it up until now, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger. Although it is not a giant in the industry, it still has a certain reputation inside and outside the circle .

Lin Meng now goes out to deal with people, and when he mentions the name of his company, others may not know it, but when he mentions "Zhi Chun Zhi Gang" and "Li Chun Gang", the other party will definitely change his attitude 180 degrees.

She is looking forward to whether Li Chungang can continue to create miracles in the screenwriting industry...

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However, just two days after Li Chungang clearly rejected Bright Star's invitation and prepared to speed up the development of IP, a piece of news hit the entire Internet circle.

"Shenzhou Mutual Entertainment has reached a preliminary agreement with the three top platinum gods of Internet literature, Bright Stars, I Eat Tomato Sauce, and Monk Shangqinglou. maximize economic value."

Seeing this news, Li Chungang could only smile wryly: "It seems that I have chosen a difficult mode path for myself."

At the beginning of the six people, apart from Li Chungang, Lao Ying and Xiao Langjun did not join, and the three of them chose to join, Bright Star, Tomato Sauce, and Monk.

Li Chungang didn't join, because he didn't want to share his rich IP resources with others, and because he was confident enough to fight alone.

The Eagles did not join, probably because of their personality.

He still has a very accurate positioning of himself. Most of his works are fast-paced and refreshing. The development value of the real round IP is really not as good as that of the other great gods, and he also has a bit of contented and happy personality in it.

What's more, everyone has a small calculation in their hearts. Instead of joining the Bright Stars and the others who don't even know the identity information of the big boss behind them, it's better to hug Li Chungang, who he is more familiar with, knows more about, and trusts more. .

This is the truest thought that Eagle has pondered for a long time after returning home. When it is really necessary, he can simply throw himself into Li Chungang's arms and join Wensi Quanyong Company!

Mr. Xiao Lang is simply not optimistic about this cooperation model, nor is he interested.

Chapter 652

"Will the company have a lot of pressure on personnel if two projects are carried out at the same time? I don't seem to have seen our company's recruitment plan for this year's graduation season."

"According to the company's annual plan, the company really has no external recruitment plan this year. But..." Lin Meng couldn't help but rolled his eyes and continued angrily, "You must have not included the entire company's annual plan. After reading it, although there is no external recruitment plan, the company has a direct recruitment plan in cooperation with universities."

"Direct recruitment from colleges!? Is it the kind that recruits directly to the campus every year during the graduation season? Which schools are currently cooperating with?"

In this way, Li Chungang became interested.

The so-called "campus direct recruitment" actually depends on which universities you cooperate with. If you say it is a second or third college, then it is just so-so; In this category, it is really quite remarkable.

You must know that companies who want to enter the annual on-campus job fairs held by these famous schools are basically those big domestic companies with surnames. The entry threshold alone can scare away more than 90.00% of domestic companies and companies.

It's not that there are no talents in the second or third colleges, but that compared with the level where prestigious schools randomly grab a lot of talents, they need to choose from so many fresh graduates like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Currently the only three colleges that have been discussed are Fudan, Shanghai Opera, and China Communications!"

hiss--

Regardless of the fact that there are only three universities that have reached cooperation, the status of these three universities in the country is not low at all, and they are even better than Tsinghua University and Yanda University in some aspects or fields. Thinking about him, he can understand why the company can reach cooperation with these three universities and can recruit directly from the school.