Chapter 424 What is Daji in the entertainment industry! (asking for monthly ticket)
Li Youzhi's previous works were all based on the principle of low investment and high output, focusing on short, flat and fast shots.
But just like if you like to suppress lolita, don't delay being ridden by the royal sister; Brother Zhi has always made small-budget movies before, but it doesn't mean that Brother Zhi can't do big projects!
And in Li Youzhi's opinion, a project like "The Wandering Earth" is actually better than a film and television project with an investment of 50 to 60 million yuan.
Why?
Just like cars are to the manufacturing industry, science fiction movies are the pearl of the film industry. Currently, more than half of the top ten movies at the box office are science fiction themes.
This subject covers too many industrial sectors;
In the absence of sky-high-priced actors, most of the project's resources will flow into the entire film industry.
It doesn't involve money laundering and raising young fresh meat. What is the concept of a project in which Zhenzhen'er has invested hundreds of millions of real money?
Taking the current size of Rongdian Film and Television City as an example, a project like "The Wandering Earth" requires the use of more than 20 digital studios, dozens or hundreds of props, special effects, and scenery studios, as well as a large amount of technology. and performers.
According to Li Youzhi's idea, this wave should directly account for more than half of the film and television production in Rongdian Film and Television City!
Article 15 of "Principles of Survival in the Workplace": When you want to accomplish something and you can't do it yourself, either turn it into a small thing within your ability, or turn it into a major event.
For example, if the section chief asks you to find a way to solve the leakage in the lobby of your unit during the rainy season, you can put a basin at the leakage point and write a reminder "Beware of slippery floors" next to it. You can also pick a sunny day and kick a few big holes in the ceiling in the name of surveying the situation...
In this way, there is a high probability that our unit will feel a flood of water on a rainy day, leaving behind a few photos of the main leaders rolling up their trouser legs to cordially receive the masses. "There are not thousands of buildings, but the people are all happy." Finally, find a construction team to rebuild the roof.
As long as the hole is big enough and the sunk cost is high enough, someone will definitely wipe your ass even if things don’t work out!
Tongchen Club activity room.
After sending the script and shooting preparation plan to a group of friends, and arranging specific tasks such as contacting the film studio, props, scenery, and casting, Li Youzhi announced that the meeting was adjourned.
After He Guang Tongchen and a group of friends left chattering, Li Youzhi glanced at his phone.
Seeing that it was only after nine o'clock in the evening, which was a suitable time for communication in the dead of night, he clicked on the WeChat messages of several close friends in his circle;
"Brother Liu, I want to make a science fiction project now. I will invest 120 million myself, and Yuewen Group will invest 100 million. Shunfeng, Rice Technology, Warwick will sponsor heavily, and Xinhai Film and Television will jointly produce it. The project is too big for me to do on my own I can’t handle it, if you have time, come over and be my supervisor?”
"Sister Yaru, I am working on a science fiction project. Heguang Culture is the main investor, Yuewen Group is a follow-up investor, Liu Yun is the producer, and Liu Dehua stars. The current crew is too big. Come over and hook me up with a joint production and help me. Can you straighten out the production process?"
"Brother Hua... a science fiction blockbuster worth over RMB 400 million, co-produced by Heguang Culture, Yuewen Group, Xinhai Culture, Qiangsheng Film and Television... If you have time, can you give me a guest role?"
Using Liu Yun and Zhao Yaru, two friends in the circle, to create a montage, Li Youzhi once again opened the "Party A" group of the WeChat address book.
The script of "The Wandering Earth" was sent to Shunfeng Miao Zheng, Lou Zhiguang of Dami Technology, and Gong Yinian of Warwick;
"Brother, the science fiction project "The Wandering Earth" has now entered the preparatory stage... It is jointly produced by Heguang, Qiangsheng, and Xinhai, starring and directed by myself, produced by Liu Yun, and starring Liu Dehua. The investment is expected to reach 500 million. This project will definitely It will be a milestone in Chinese science fiction. When I was writing the script, I specially made customized content for Dungeon Express/Moss/Future Communicator for your company, and I will implant this piece of content into the future!"
Send out three messages that are not exactly the same, but 90% of the content is copied and pasted. After a while, Li Youzhi chuckled and picked up his phone while looking at several WeChat avatars flashing crazily in the WeChat list.
Look...this hot pot meal, isn't it?
In this science fiction blockbuster, don’t they all come together!
What is Daji in the entertainment industry?
＜()Tactics Akimbo!
Jingle Bell……
Just as Li Youzhi was secretly feeling inflated, the cell phone he had just put down rang again.
Seeing that it was a call from Yue Wen's editorial department, he raised his eyebrows and picked up the call.
"Good evening, Xiaozhi, I am Liu Dongchuan, the editor-in-chief of Yuewen Chinese website. Well... I saw the updates you posted with shaking hands. I think our copyright department has already contacted you. Take a look at our " What about the signing of "The Three-Body Problem"?"
Li Youzhi chuckled when he heard the flattering voice on the other end of the phone.
"Mr. Liu, hello, hello! It's a signing, no problem! Send me the signing link later, and I'll get it for you right away."
Li Youzhi readily agreed, which obviously made Liu Dongchuan on the other side of the phone relieved.
"Okay, okay, now I'll ask our editor to send you a link. That classmate Xiaozhi, please take a look at the update of the second part of "The Three-Body Problem"..."
"More! You don't have to wait for the contract to be signed, update it now!"
After looking at the time, Li Youzhi slapped his forehead when he saw that it was already ten o'clock in the evening.
There are so many things to prepare for the filming of "The Wandering Earth" that I have actually forgotten about "The Three-Body Problem"!
After hanging up the phone from Liu Dongchuan and filling out the contract information sent by the website's backend editor, Li Youzhi turned on the computer and his fingers were flying.
The other end.
Shanghai, Yuewen Chinese website editorial department.
Looking at the editing backstage, "The Three-Body Problem" had shown the status of "Signing Completed", Liu Dongchuan let out a long sigh of relief.
Mom,
It’s not easy, but finally... finally this book has been signed into the hands of our Yue Wen!
Silently closing his eyes and clenching his fists, Liu Dongchuan took a deep breath.
"Go, immediately arrange for the recommendation of "Three-Body" on and off the site. This month, I want you to focus all your high-quality resources on this book, and use this book as the face of our Yuewen Chinese website to give I’m calling all over the internet!”
"Okay, Mr. Liu, let's make arrangements right now! Huh?"
Behind the office, Liu Dongchuan frowned when he heard the editor in charge of signing contracts sigh.
"What's wrong?"
"Classmate Xiaozhi has updated..."
"Isn't that great? There are now nearly 600,000 readers on the platform, all waiting for him to release the second part of The Three-Body Problem."
"But Mr. Liu...he just updated it by 3,000 words!"
ah?
Hearing the editor-in-chief's complaints, Liu Dongchuan quickly looked at his computer.
Li Youzhi's diabetes-like update volume and update speed have become a legend on the Yuewen Chinese website in the past two days.
Even Liu Dongchuan has already thought about making the update volume of 100,000 words per day a key point in the recommendation of "Three Body".
Now, Liu Dongchuan was stunned when he saw the latest update of Li Youzhi's Three-Body Problem, which was stuck at exactly 3,000 words, and even the last sentence had not been completed.
What does this feel like?
If I have to give an example, it is almost equivalent to a girl who has become accustomed to her sports boyfriend once a day, one day at a time.
For this bravery, the girl married her boyfriend.
However, on the night of the bridal chamber on the wedding day, he passed away...
What a fucking contrast, Hun Dan!
Silently picking up his phone, Liu Dongchuan clicked on Li Youzhi's WeChat message that he had just added less than ten minutes ago.
"Hello? Xiaozhi...will there be any updates today?"
"Gone."
"Huh? No... you have just signed a contract, so you don't need to renew it for another 100,000, but at least... it needs to be over 10,000, so we can make recommendations for arrangements..."
"The money has not arrived, and there is no motivation."
"..."
Looking at the cold string of characters on the chat interface, Liu Dongchuan took a deep breath.
Immediately, he dialed Tu Lisong's phone number.
"Hey, Lao Tu, when will you transfer the investment to Li Youzhi? Next month? Why don't you say in the next life?!!!"
Beep!
Received an amazing value of 33 points from Tu Lisong with the added extreme [Resentment]!
In the dormitory, Li Youzhi, who had already got into bed, raised his eyebrows when he heard the system's amazing value entry prompt coming from his ear.
Hiss
Brother Zhi breaks the watch, Tu Lisong resents.
Brother Zhi is young, Tu Lisong is resentful...
Although I don’t know what the connection is between Xinxin and Tu Lisong, how transparent is Brother Zhi?
According to Article 1 of the "Programmer Code": As long as the program can run, there is no need to dig into the running logic of the program or change bugs!
It seems that we should take advantage of this condition of updating in the future to regulate the big boss of Yuewen Copyright Department.
"Broken sleep!"
Secretly writing down an effective path to success, Li Youzhi got into bed directly.
After a while, a gentle snoring sounded.
…
In the following days, Li Youzhi became busy.
The "Wandering Earth" project was established, and more than 300 employees of Heguang Culture became busy in an instant.
It only took a week to get the studio needed for the shooting, and allocate the props, scenery, and special effects to Party B's company studio.
In one week, more than 80 million yuan had been spent on the deposit and advance payment alone... This battle directly frightened the Film and Television Academy.
After learning that Li Youzhi was taking the lead in investing more than RMB 100 million in science fiction projects, Chen Delu took the initiative to go to Tongchen Society.
Seeing dozens of Party B company representatives in Tongchen Club who came to discuss projects, Chen Delu urgently vacated the first-floor teaching and research building of the Performance Department of the Film and Television School and established a "Wandering Earth" project headquarters.
Not only the Nong Film Group was excited by Li Youzhi's sudden project, but even Rongdian Film and Television City was shocked by such a big battle!
Originally, according to Li Youzhi's idea, he wanted to select supporting actors for "The Wandering Earth" through Xinghai Casting Studio.
But after hearing about the super lineup of "The Wandering Earth" and the investment in the project, the threshold for rural films was instantly broken by actors from the film and television city.
Many actors who had never seen Li Youzhi even made connections with the teachers of Agricultural University. For a while... the Film and Television School of Agricultural University almost became the second film and television city in Rongdian.
With such a huge momentum, "The Wandering Earth" has naturally entered the attention of entertainment reporters.
"The largest investment of the year! The domestic science fiction film "The Wandering Earth" was launched in Rongdian."
"Heguang Culture led the investment, with participation from many film and television companies, the participation of movie stars, and sponsorship from many parties. The science fiction film with the largest investment in history has been officially launched recently!"
As the momentum created by Li Youzhi grew stronger, news about the wandering earth also appeared on the hot searches one after another.
In such a blink of an eye, twenty days have passed since the project of "The Wandering Earth" was established.
Rongdian Film and Television City, 888 Digital Studio.
Noon, half past eleven.
With his hands on his hips, Liu Yun, who rushed over from Shanghai after receiving the news that Li Youzhi had started filming, couldn't help but admire the interior of the space station that had been decorated;
"Good guy, you can handle such a big battle! I have been working in film and television for 20 years, and I have never handled a project worth more than 100 million! If this job is successful, I can't call you Xiaozhi when I see you in the future. Now, I have to call you Mr. Zhi!"
Hearing Liu Yun's praise from the side, Zhao Yaru, who was dressed in an OL outfit with bulging front and back, and exquisite makeup, pursed her lips and looked at Li Youzhi.
"Xiao Zhi, what on earth did you think about embarking on such a project? When you asked me about the value of science fiction IP before, I had a hunch that you were going to cause trouble. I didn't expect you to cause such a big thing. Don't blame me for speaking badly. . This project has just completed the preparation work, and it has already spent 100 million. You don’t even have a hedging project. If "Wandering" fails, you will probably lose all your money."
So isn’t this a big complaint against you two... little friends?
Faced with Zhao Yaru's warning, Li Youzhi grinned and pulled the two of them to his side.
He picked up his phone and clicked a photo with the scenery behind him, and he uploaded it directly to the shaking hand feed;
[All preparatory work for "The Wandering Earth" has been completed according to the suggestions of friends. Thanks to Director Liu Yun of Qiangsheng Film and Television and Mr. Zhao Yaru of Xinhai Film and Television for their strong support! The filming will start tomorrow! Asking for advice from all-powerful netizens online, what should be done next to make a science fiction blockbuster that will leave a name in film history? 】
These days, Li Youzhi has been busy with preparations. He is shaking his hands and hitting the back of his head. He only has 3,000 words per day for "The Three-Body Problem" and has almost no interaction with netizens.
During this period of time, most of the people in his trembling comment section came to urge updates on "The Three-Body Problem".
As soon as this news was released, the comment area immediately became excited when seeing the two familiar faces Liu Yun and Liu Dehua, as well as the almost fake interior of the space station in the background of the photo!
"Damn it, when I saw the setting pictures released by this guy, I thought the preparation work would take at least two months. Has it been completed so quickly? I originally came here to denounce the recent updates of "Three-Body". When I saw this set, I Decide to forgive!”
"! I don't understand how Qing Shi left his name, but after you finish filming the movie, put the props in the live broadcast room and draw one for me. I will definitely set up a longevity tablet for you!"
"Hahaha, you can ask this kind of question, brother. If we knew how to make movies and TV shows, why would we be kneeling on the ground and looking at our phones now?"
"It's too easy to leave a name in film history! Little brother, you listen to me, do this, do that, do that, then make the film and release it, earn billions at the box office, win a roomful of awards, and finally sell it overseas It has sold tens of millions of dollars at the box office and has left its mark in film history!"
Beep!
Received amazing points, 1801212 points!
Li Youzhi smacked his lips while looking at the comments on the screen.
So like this, like that, and like this again... what about?
You guys who have fun, do you really need to add mosaics when typing?
It’s nothing… you can’t count on it at all!
In the end, it’s Brother Zhi who has to bear everything...
With a faint sigh, Li Youzhi looked at his watch.
Seeing that the time was just half past eleven, a tall figure had already walked over pushing a dining cart at the door of the studio. He waved to Zhao Yaru and Liu Yun.
"Brother Liu, Sister Yaru, it's dinner time, let's go out and find a place to have a meal, and then we'll study about starting the machine tomorrow."
Although both Liu Yun and Zhao Yaru are employers, they both have film and television backgrounds, so it is normal for them to have work meals on the set.
Seeing the crew placing food, Liu Yunhe waved his hand directly.
"Why are you so polite? Why are you going out to eat with the crew?"
With that said, Liu Yun took the lead in walking to the dining car and lifted the gauze covering the dining car.
The moment the gauze was lifted, the smile on Liu Yun's face froze.
There were dozens of box lunches in the dining car, and a layer of mist hung on the transparent plastic lunch boxes.
It can be seen that it has just been made and is still warm.
But...this fucking lunch box doesn't even have any vegetables, just white rice and pickle sticks. What the hell is that? !
"No...did the delivery person forget to provide side dishes today?"
Pointing at the lunch box, Liu Yun frowned. On the side, Zhao Yaru also frowned.
This crew lunch box...Zhou Papi Zhang's spoon, right?
"It's not..."
Li Youzhi took out two lunch boxes and his eyes turned resentful.
"These days, I have rented a studio, decorated the scenery, customized costumes and props, and booked a special effects studio... The 120 million I prepared have been spent. Yuewen's 100 million investment, Shunfeng, Dami Technology, and Warwick totaled 40 million The sponsorship will not arrive until next month. Now there is only a little over 120,000 left in the project team's account. There is no other way... we can only save some money from various aspects of life..."
()()
Looking at Li Youzhi, who was holding a lunch box in his hand with a look of resentment on his face, he looked around at the students who seemed to have become accustomed to it. They each took their lunch boxes and squatted in the corner to eat white rice with pickles...
Liu Yun and Zhao Yaru were stunned.
"No, 120 million, twenty days, all spent?"
"Then how much money will you get from completing this project?"
After looking away from the two of them, Li Youzhi sighed quietly when Zhao Liu was speechless.
"Including Xuanfa, the investment is estimated to be 400 million..."
"Oh my God! 400 million?!" "That means that if you want to release this film, you still lack half of the budget?!"
Amid the exclamations, Li Youzhi nodded aggrievedly when he noticed the timidity on their faces.
"I didn't know it was so difficult... I originally wanted to hide it from you two. I'll figure it out on my own later. Brother Liu... Sister Yaru, if you think the project's prospects are worrying... If you don't help me, I will quit the crew now." I will never blame you..."
()()
Looking at Li Youzhi's pitiful look, and then seeing the photos of the cast and crew that had just been sent out on the phone he was clutching... Liu Yun and Zhao Yaru were shattered.
You've already set up a fight between the two of us!
What the hell are you lacking in producers and producers... You are clearly in need of a money-giving boy!
Blanch!
"Wow, the effect of setting up the interior is NICE! Oh! I was scolded when I acted in "Future Police" more than ten years ago. I didn't dare to do science fiction themes for so many years. Now the production of science fiction movies has been upgraded to Is it good enough? Wow! Let’s put some food on, you must be so lucky. You just caught up with lunch when you arrived, can you share it with me?”
Just when Liu Yun and Zhao Yaru broke their teeth and swallowed, a figure wearing a blue shirt, cuffs rolled up high, and a mouthful of Hong Kong language appeared at the door of the studio.
"Hey? Director Liu, why are you shaking your head?"
Looking at Liu Yun standing on the set, shaking his head crazily at him, Andy Lau blinked.
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