Chapter 190 Filming License
In the project "Full-time Expert", it is hard to say what impact will happen if Weidu Entertainment and Lewen Group no longer cooperate.
But no matter what, they should be troubled by this matter. Weidu Entertainment has withdrawn from this project and will definitely not meddle in other people's business anymore.
Time flies to May, and the playback of "Full Time" is coming to an end.
At this time, the filming permit for "Hell Apartment" was finally obtained.
A mysterious money was transferred to the account of Weidu Entertainment, with an amount of three million. This money came from an investment from a newly established film and television company, Tang Zhiqi. They will obtain a 10% profit share of the movie "Hell Apartment" at the cost of three million investment.
Weidu Entertainment is not short of money, but this investment has to be accepted.
Otherwise, how could the shooting license be so easy?
In any case, Fan Zhe was very excited to hear the news from Tang Zhiqi.
The things that the project team has prepared for a long time can finally be used.
Ye Jiayi has already made the investment budget for "Hell Apartment".
The total investment scale will reach 30 million RMB, of which 3 million come from others.
This investment scale is not high in the current domestic film market and can be summarized into small-cost production.
But 30 million is not particularly small.
Among them, 25 million will be included in the account of "dimensional technology" and is an investment in technology and art.
The money actually paid to the crew was only five million.
This scale is just a small investment, and even a relatively famous star cannot be invited.
Fan Zhe didn't plan to ask for it either.
Weidu Entertainment is not without money. Even though the company is getting bigger and bigger now, the expenses for maintaining the company's operations have become much more expensive. At the same time, "Taiwu Painting 2" involves a considerable amount of funds for Weidu Entertainment.
However, the money they earned in their previous work, "Fantasy Three Kingdoms". From the copyright of online playback, from the copyright of TV station playback, from overseas copyright, Weidu Entertainment earned nearly one billion. At the same time, the development of derivative copyrights in the surrounding areas is also another income.
This money is enough.
Anyway, Fan Zhe is the boss, and it would be impossible for him to spend a lot of money on "Hell Apartment".
However, this matter is unstable.
"Hell Apartment" is a horror thriller, and the audience cannot be like comedy, emotional, fantasy and magical themes. Many people, when they see movies such as horror, supernatural, and thriller, will not consider watching them no matter how good the reviews are.
For example, Fan Zhe himself is such a person, so he is so scared that he is dying.
But horror movies also have the benefits of horror movies.
It has accurate positioning, has certain enthusiasts, is highly loyal, has a low level of market competition, and is very easy to fight against the big ones with small ones.
Fan Zhe valued the last feature more.
Anyway, it's just a five million investment, which is an irrelevant small amount of money for the current Weidu Entertainment.
If the movie fails, then it will be lost, five million, sprinkling water. What's more, three million of them are voted by others.
As far as he thinks about this movie, he wants to make it himself.
The first movie has no prior experience and is very risky to fail.
If you are practicing, there is no need to spend too much money.
The real investment is about 5 million, and now that I have obtained the license and filing, the movie will be released in the next round, and I will earn a round of box office in theaters and earn five million. The problem will not be big - as long as I get tens of millions of box office, it is not difficult in the current booming film market.
What's more, there are later copyright operations, such as online playback of movies.
In short, it is very difficult to recover the cost.
Haven't you seen that such movies as "Bixian" and "Dician" are so poorly filmed that it is difficult to even get four points on Douban scores. They can be released, make money, and shoot sequels again and again. Why can't "Hell Apartment" work?
Since the filming license has been obtained, the next thing is to set up the crew.
In addition to Ye Jiayi and the administrative representatives sent by her, Fan Zhe, who needs to be prepared to be a director himself, also needs to do this with many things.
The first thing is to find a reliable assistant director.
Fan Zhe’s own time is very tight, and it may not even be guaranteed to be on the crew at all times. Even if the courses at Shenghai Drama Academy can take leave when something happens, but if it is other important work in the company, he may have to temporarily withdraw from the crew.
This requires a reliable assistant director who can maintain the crew while he is away.
At the same time, when Fan Zhe’s own experience is not that rich, it is also very meaningful to find a famous assistant director who doesn’t have to be too famous, but an experienced assistant director is there.
Fan Zhe communicated directly with the person in charge of the "Dimensional Brokerage", that is, Dai Weidong.
He has a wide connection in the circle, so it is still okay to bring in a more reliable assistant director.
Of course, the final decision is still in Fan Zhe's hands.
Lao Dai took out a stack of resumes, and Fan Zhe looked at the screening wave, then invited the part that stayed, Fan Zhe talked to them one by one, and then saw if they had the intention to take on the responsibility of the deputy director.
Fan Zhe finally found two deputy directors as his deputy.
After the two experienced deputy directors were in place, Fan Zhe specially pulled them, as well as Ke Changxin, an executive producer sent by Ye Jiayi, and Wei Pingzhi, the screenwriter of the film, held a meeting together.
Ke Changxin is an experienced administrative manager. Although he is known as a producer, it is obvious that he cannot have power over the director in the crew - the director is the boss.
His main responsibility will be to produce the crew's budget, cooperate with the two deputy directors to build the crew, maintain the entire logistics of the crew's operations, and also include being responsible for equipment, venue rental and other work.
In short, do miscellaneous work.
This is not a derogatory view, but in fact, these tasks are quite important.
In addition, Ke Changxin has another responsibility, which is to supervise it a little, or to remind Director Fan to control the shooting time and budget usage.
The main content of their discussion this time is how to set up the crew.
Chapter completed!