Chapter 908 1008. Envy
Just when the girls were about to visit Ma Dong, Ma Dong had already talked with Nie Wei for almost an hour.
Nie Wei came to the company before eight in the morning, because he had made an appointment with Ma Dong a few days ago to further discuss the content of "Where Are We Going, Dad?", but Nie Wei had no free time for a few days, so he kept dragging it until today when he finally had time.
Ma Dong came earlier than Nie Wei. After confirming that Nie Wei would come to the company before eight o'clock, Ma Dong was already waiting in his office at around seven twenty, and even had breakfast in his office.
So when Nie Wei entered Ma Dong's office, he smelled a smell of fried dough sticks and bean juice.
"Don't open the window to let the smell out." Nie Wei subconsciously fanned it. It was not that he couldn't stand the smell, but talking about things in this greasy smell made his thinking slow, which really made Nie Wei feel uncomfortable.
"Sorry, sorry." Ma Dong also hurriedly apologized, and opened all the windows in the office with Nie Wei.
When all the windows were opened and the morning breeze blew in, the greasy smell dissipated a lot, and Nie Wei and Ma Dong began to talk.
"First of all, there is the issue of production funds. At present, the surveyors sent by the company have reported back about 50 county-level and township-level filming locations with cultural heritage across the country. If we take into account the characteristics of all corners of the country as you requested before, plus the number of episodes in the first quarter of the program, we may have to choose six to eight filming locations."
"Here, I have pre-selected a few, why don't you take a look first."
Nie Wei took the photo album handed over by Ma Dong and opened it. The first page was a very familiar scene. Nie Wei thought about it for a while and recalled that this was Lingshui Village in the suburbs of Beijing, where the first season of "Where Are We Going, Dad?" was filmed in the original time and space.
The photographer was obviously very attentive. Not only did he shoot all the famous scenery in Lingshui Village, but also some distinctive ancient trees and various ancient temples were also recorded one by one. There was even a detailed introduction of the scenery and cultural heritage of the village with thousands of words attached.
Then Nie Wei also saw Minchengtan Island, which had appeared in the later seasons of the show. It was close to the blue sea, with a beach, stone houses, and fishing boats for sea fishing.
There was also Xingyi Village in Yunnan and Guizhou, where there was a natural tiankeng. The village had been established for hundreds of years and preserved many buildings over a hundred years old, as well as pristine farmland and fruit fields.
There were many similar places. Nie Wei flipped through the album and almost twenty minutes had passed.
"They are all good." Nie Wei exchanged the album with Ma Dong and did not raise any objections to these filming locations. The locations that Ma Dong showed him already included the local customs and customs of all parts of the world, and the ones he chose were all ancient towns and villages that were not known to many people.
Since there was no duplication in the content and features, Nie Wei would naturally not nitpick and pick out one or two unsatisfactory ones. Perhaps some bosses would do this to show their presence, but Nie Wei was not so bored.
"Let's select eight filming locations for the first quarter, and edit two to three episodes for each location. I have a requirement that one of these eight locations must be abroad, whether in Asia or Europe and the United States. As the end of the first quarter, remember to tell the guests you want to invite about this."
"I was just about to tell you, but I didn't expect you to speak first. Don't worry, I'm ready." Ma Dong smiled.
"What I want to talk about now is the cost issue." Ma Dong soon brought up the issue of money, which was also the main purpose of his finding Nie Wei today.
"There will be about 20 episodes in the first season, and five groups of guests are scheduled to be invited. Although the protagonist is a child, it would not be good if the father is not famous, so including the child's performance fee, we can budget 20 million for the guests."
"As for the shooting costs in various places, we are discussing subsidies with the local authorities, but even in the best case, we have to reserve about 20 million for shooting costs. The program team needs to be equipped with an accompanying rescue team, vehicles and even tutors..."
Ma Dong told Nie Wei about every expense item in detail, and finally told Nie Wei that the production cost of 20 episodes of this program may be more than 80 million.
Hearing this number, Nie Wei felt that it was really cheap.
This money is mainly saved on the guest fees. The original time and space program only spent a terrible amount of money on the performance fees of the guests, but in this time and space, domestic variety shows, led by Fanxing, have not yet reached that abnormal level.
Especially the variety shows of Fanxing, which have always been based on variety shows and supplemented by guests. Unlike the original time and space, the variety shows have not been established yet, and they have to start confirming the guests first, and they must be big names. Then the program team will use the confirmed guests to attract sponsors, and those sponsors only look at the fame of the guests and rarely look at the content of the variety show.
It is precisely because of this that the fees for those variety show guests in the original time and space are getting higher and higher, all because of the program team. So in this life, Nie Wei is ready to curb this unhealthy trend from the beginning. Nie Wei can't control other companies, but the fees of variety shows produced by his own company are all based on the healthy standards set by Nie Wei.
This even leads the pricing standards of the entire industry. After all, no one wants to be a sucker.
So by controlling the performance fee, the overall production cost of the program has dropped significantly, but the quality has not dropped, but has become better. After all, Nie Wei has never been stingy in the program group's own expenses.
In Nie Wei's opinion, only the most professional team can make the best program.
Therefore, the accompanying rescue team, which will never appear in other program groups, is basically a standard in the outdoor variety show of Fanxing, just to deal with some emergencies in the first time and ensure the life and health of the people participating in the performance.
Although more than 95% of these rescue teams are idle, as long as they can play a role in the 5% of the time, Nie Wei thinks that the money is worth spending.
"I can temporarily approve an amount of 80 million for you. If there is anything else that needs to be spent during the filming, we will talk about it then." Nie Wei nodded and approved Ma Dong's expense application report.
The two sides have already had a tacit understanding in their cooperation over the years. Since Ma Dong has given 80 million production fees, Nie Wei believes that he can use it all in the program and make the desired effect.
Then the two discussed the issue of guests.
Both agreed that Huang Lei and his daughter Duoduo must be confirmed. First of all, Huang Lei showed an extraordinary variety show level in "Longing for Life", and his cooking skills are also necessary. With these two points, Huang Lei is almost the unquestionable candidate for the guest of this program.
"In addition to Huang Lei, there are also people like Jiang Wen's son who are of the right age, and Xie Tingfeng's children are also OK. By the way, Zhong Lei's children are also old enough. When the time comes, I will help you ask him if he is willing to bring his children to participate in this program."
The two were talking when Ma Dong's office door was suddenly knocked.
"Mr. Nie, Mr. Ma." It was Ma Dong's assistant who came in. He was obviously a little surprised when he saw Nie Wei, but he quickly came back to his senses and hurriedly greeted him.
After greeting, he told the reason why he came.
"Mr. Ma, there is still a program recording this morning. The time is almost up. Why don't you go downstairs to put on makeup and change clothes, and I will ask the program team to prepare."
"Okay." Ma Dong nodded and asked the assistant to go downstairs to make arrangements.
Seeing this, Nie Wei also stood up and prepared to leave, but just as he was about to leave, he remembered something and asked Ma Dong: "What program are you going to record?"
"Super Heart." Ma Dong said with a smile. Hearing Nie Wei suddenly asking about the program, he thought he was interested, and immediately took the opportunity to invite him: "Would you like to guest star?"
"Hehe." Nie Wei smiled and was not prepared to answer Ma Dong's question.
However, when "Super Heart" was mentioned, Nie Wei remembered that it seemed that the first variety show that the company's pre-selected debut trainees would go on was this, but he didn't know whether it was arranged for the boys or the girls today.
"It's your new girl group called Red." Ma Dong replied. This kind of variety show has a script, and the guests to be invited must also be rehearsed in advance, so Ma Dong basically remembers which one to invite, not to mention that it is a new girl group launched by Huayi Company.
So when Nie Wei asked him, he gave an answer without thinking.
"Then I'll go down with you." Nie Wei thought about it and said.
After all, Nie Wei already knew that the girl group of his company was coming to record the show. There was no reason for him to avoid these girls. Going down to meet them and saying a few nice words to them was the easiest thing for Nie Wei, but it would make the girls have a smoother time in the show.
Ma Dong obviously guessed Nie Wei's thoughts, and his evaluation of this new girl group was raised.
It was obvious that this girl group was valued by Nie Wei, otherwise Nie Wei would not have stopped for a while to cheer up these girls. You know, Nie Wei's time is very precious.
After going downstairs, Nie Wei followed Ma Dong to his exclusive lounge, where makeup artists and costume designers had been waiting for a long time.
Ma Dong's clothes were basically custom-made, after all, he had a special figure. After entering the room, the costume stylist had already selected three sets of clothes for Ma Dong. Ma Dong randomly pointed to one set and sat down in front of the dressing table, letting the makeup artist touch his face.
Nie Wei refused the service of Ma Dong's assistant and walked to the sofa beside him and sat down.
With Nie Wei's presence, the atmosphere in the lounge was obviously a little tense. Whether it was the stylist who was sorting clothes, the makeup artist who was helping Ma Dong with makeup, or even Ma Dong's assistant, they all looked at Nie Wei intentionally or unintentionally.
Suddenly, Nie Wei stood up. Except for Ma Dong, the rest of the people at the scene stopped what they were doing at the same time and looked at Nie Wei. Everyone thought that Nie Wei was going to leave or have some instructions, but they saw Nie Wei looking at everyone strangely, then walked to the refrigerator in the corner and took out a bottle of mineral water.
"Be busy with your things, I'll leave in a while." Nie Wei looked at these people with a smile. Is this necessary? His appearance seemed to make these people nervous.
Ma Dong heard what Nie Wei said, and understood the reaction of these people, and couldn't help laughing.
Ma Dong's laughter made everyone feel awkward, but fortunately the stiff atmosphere dissipated a lot. Seeing that Nie Wei really didn't care about them, everyone could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Of course, they didn't dare to relax like they usually did, and they still had to pay attention to their behavior.
Just as Nie Wei took a sip of water and before he could tighten the bottle cap, he heard a knock on the door.
"Hello, we are Red from Huayi Entertainment, I am the captain Song... Hey!?" The people who came in were Song Qian and her friends. The first person they saw after entering the room was Ma Dong sitting in front of the dressing table, so under the introduction of Zhang Dianfei, they hurriedly bowed and greeted with a few friends.
But just after introducing the group name together, Song Qian was about to start introducing herself as originally planned, but suddenly found a very familiar person sitting on the sofa in the corner of the lounge. After taking a closer look, she was immediately startled!
"Teacher!" Song Qian was so surprised that she forgot that she was introducing herself to Ma Dong, and called out directly, which scared a few people who had not noticed Nie Wei yet.
Xu Jie had a terrible headache, thinking that Song Qian was too unreliable. She was the captain selected by the company, but why was she not steady at all? What teacher...Xu Jie resisted the urge to scold, but found that Song Qian's eyes were no longer on Ma Dong, but looked at the other side of the lounge.
Following Song Qian's gaze, Xu Jie was also stunned.
In fact, it only took a few seconds for everyone to find Nie Wei sitting on the sofa in the corner. Seeing Nie Wei stand up and walk over, everyone also understood the reason why Song Qian lost her composure.
"First, introduce yourself to Teacher Ma." Nie Wei came over and said the first sentence to Song Qian, with a somewhat harsh tone.
But in the eyes of others, this was not a scolding at all, but a defense of Song Qian.
If Nie Wei hadn't said this, then Song Qian's loss of composure just now was disrespect for the senior, no matter what the reason was. If someone had said it, with Ma Dong's good reputation in and out of the circle, I'm afraid Song Qian would be criticized a lot.
But Nie Wei's words redefined the relationship between the girl and Ma Dong, and the tolerance between teachers and students was much higher. This not only helped the girl group to get closer to Ma Dong, but also made up for the previous gaffe.
For a moment, everyone in the room looked at the three girls standing there with envy.
Thanks to Fantasy Paradise for the generous reward.