"I will choose Qicheng Pictures first, and I have discussed this with Director Liu and Director Hou. Both of them believe that Qicheng Pictures made a major mistake by withdrawing investment from "The Legend of Wei and Jin". Everyone knows that Qicheng Pictures is holding back its energy. I want to find an opportunity to make amends. I approached this time. Even if Qicheng Pictures won't agree immediately, they will probably consider it carefully and won't refuse so easily. Moreover, I have read the script to Director Hou and Director Liu. .”
"The two of them are also very interested, saying that if this drama can be filmed, it might be included in the milestone of domestic TV dramas." Tan Jinqi said, "Director Liu said that no matter what, he would have to watch it live. Even if I can't be there every day when I'm filming, I'll still visit from time to time, and the same goes for Director Hou. With the two of them here, Qi Cheng Pictures will probably give it some serious consideration."
Tan Mo nodded, this made sense.
So, the next day, Tan Mo specifically asked for leave.
Tan Jinqi came to Beijing University to pick up Tan Mo, and they went to Qicheng Pictures together.
Tan Mo can only be considered indirectly related to Qicheng Pictures.
Previously, it was because during the filming of "The Legend of Wei and Jin", it was reported that the screenwriter and consultant of "The Legend of Wei and Jin" were the same person and were very unprofessional.
As a result, Qicheng Pictures asked Director Liu to fire Tan Mo, otherwise they would withdraw funding.
This can be regarded as a small unpleasantness caused by Tan Mo in the distance.
Even though "The Biography of Wei and Jin" later achieved great success, Tan Mo appeared at the Tulip Award Ceremony and let everyone know that she was the screenwriter and consultant of "The Biography of Wei and Jin".
Qicheng Pictures has never said anything about this matter.
This was Tan Mo's first formal and direct contact with people from Qicheng Pictures.
She was a little curious about the attitude of Qicheng Pictures.
Mr. Yao from Qicheng Pictures also personally participated in this meeting.
He only told half of the story after talking about chess, so it was naturally impossible to tell them the entire outline of the story.
I only picked up the key points and the stories of the first two episodes, and then talked about the return on investment ratio of my investment in this drama.
"Wait a minute." Mr. Yao interrupted Tan Jinqi.
"Director Tan, you are asking for at least 600 million, which is a bit too much." Mr. Yao said with a half-smile, "Now there are explicit limits on actors' remuneration, and most of the remuneration goes to the male and female protagonists, so just think of it as 40 episodes For a TV series, it is calculated as 500,000 yuan per episode. The male and female protagonists should be considered as 500,000 yuan per episode. A total of one million. For a TV series with 40 episodes, it is 40 million. Plus the salaries of other actors, the total price I'll give you 70 million. Are you going to use the remaining 500 million to make TV series?"
"This is a fairy tale theme, which requires a lot of special effects." Tan Jinqi said.
Mr. Yao waved his hand, "I know that. It's not like we haven't filmed similar themes before. Now the market is very mature, and the price of special effects production is not as high as it was at the beginning. The price now is still very cheap."
"The price you mentioned is not as high as 50 cents for special effects, but the effect is still not very good." Tan Jinqi also made full preparations and took out the information he compiled and displayed it on the projection, "So far, I have shot For TV series that require special effects, the special effects are still relatively superficial. It can be seen at a glance that it is too fake and has no visual experience. Netizens have never stopped complaining."
"It's not that we don't have the ability to produce good special effects. As you said, the market and technology are now very mature. What we lack is the funds invested in special effects production. If we can reduce the remuneration for actors by part, Move it to special effects production. Those movies and TV series in the past were not so criticized by netizens."
"The 500,000 yuan per episode you mentioned can be regarded as the salary of a first-tier actor. I have no intention of looking for a first-tier actor. It is not difficult to find actors who are well-known but whose price is not that high. And it is not difficult. And , even if we are looking for first-tier actors, with Director Hou and Director Liu around, I think they will be willing to give a discount on the pay."
"In addition, forty episodes is too many." Tan Jinqi added, "I haven't finished talking about it before. My plan is to broadcast this drama in seasons. Each season is tentatively scheduled to have 20 episodes."
"This is not a serious historical drama like "The Legend of Wei and Jin Dynasty". The number of episodes shot is too small, so it is impossible to explain those historical events clearly. The fairy tale drama focuses on the plot and special effects. The number of episodes shot is too many, so it is difficult to tell the historical events clearly. It depends on water injection. How can the audience have so much patience? It is better to reduce the number of episodes, tell the story well, and film the drama well. Moreover, we can also see the response of the first season. If it is good, we can continue filming. second season."
"Also, because the entire worldview is too vast, the first season only tells a part of the story of one of the continents. How can 40 episodes be enough to tell all the stories of three continents?"
"Eighty episodes are not enough." Tan Jinqi said, "Let the audience watch more than a hundred episodes at once, which is also embarrassing for them."
"That is to say, there are only 20 episodes, but you want to spend 600 million. And you don't know whether the response of the first season is good?" Manager Zhang next to Mr. Yao had some joking on his face, thinking that talking about chess was purely a joke. I was thinking about something good, "Are you trying to follow the model of an American TV series?"
How could Tan Jinqi fail to see their attitude
But he still nodded, "I know, I am a new director, and you think my plan is ridiculous."
Sure enough, the people from Qicheng Pictures present also laughed without concealment, which was regarded as an affirmation of Tan Jinqi's words.
"Since I'm learning the American drama model, I can also learn their pilot episode model. I'll shoot an episode first, and you guys will watch it. If it's good, I'll continue to cast it. If it's not good, I'll give Qi Cheng the money I spent on that episode." Qi said in a deep voice.
Everyone looked at each other, no matter how they looked at it, they would not suffer any loss when they set off.
"As expected of the eldest son of Tan Yue Family, he speaks with such confidence." Mr. Yao said sarcastically, "I do have a question. Since he is the eldest son of Tan Yue Family, when he first set out to withdraw investment from "The Biography of Wei and Jin Dynasties", Tan Yue said The more direct you are, the more direct you are. So this time, if you talk to us directly about investment, you are your own family. You can invest as much as you want, so why come to us?"
Tan Jinqi said in a deep voice: "Of course Tan Yue will invest, and he can even take the majority share. What I need is a professional company that will handle the follow-up professionally from the time the drama is submitted for review."
"Then you can find any small film and television company and they can do it for you." Manager Zhang curled his lips, "You might as well say it directly, because you are afraid of losing money and don't want to involve Tan Yue."
"You might as well just tell me that you didn't want to invest from the beginning." Tan Mo pursed his lips.
You can tell by looking at the attitude of people like Mr. Yao from the beginning.