I can't be rushing

"The one million?"

Seeing that Wu Sheng didn't respond, Chen Sicheng cautiously asked for the number, which was still within Chen Sicheng's budget, and a good script is usually hard to find.

"Coffee Detective" written by Wu Sheng is so good, he has not seen many of them. If he doesn't buy him, other directors will definitely buy this work, and the price will not be low at that time up.

His contract is still a buyout system, unlike the sharing system offered by other directors, which is more effective. He conservatively estimates that if this "Coffee Detective" is made into a TV series, Wu Sheng's income will be at least tens of millions.

So he was also quite worried that Wu Shengzi would open his mouth. The cases in "Coffee Detective" are basically never seen by the audience. These new cases alone can attract countless detective fans. This is one of the selling points he thought of. one.

"Mr. Wu, why don't you tell me what price you expect, so we can discuss it before making a decision."

Seeing Wu Sheng's lack of response, Chen Sicheng thought that Wu Sheng was not interested in the price he offered at all, otherwise he wouldn't even look at him.

In fact, it’s not that Wu Sheng didn’t dare to be interested, but he was already shocked. He wanted to agree to it when he was 500 million before. After all, it’s rare to have the opportunity to cooperate with a big director like Chen Sicheng, especially since Chen Sicheng has already released To the price of 500 million.

This made Wu Sheng, who originally thought that his novel was only worth a few hundred thousand, was instantly confused. When he was about to agree, Chen Sicheng offered him another price of 700 million, which made Wu Sheng even more stupid. up.

Naturally, he is also a person who has seen great storms, but he is a little excited now. It is like the excitement after signing a novel contract for the first time, and the surprise of having fans for the first time, now they are all merged together.

"No, Director Chen, please let me calm down for a while. It's also the first time I've been adapted a novel and I'm a little at a loss. Tell me to wash my face before answering you!"

Wu Sheng knew that he urgently needed to calm down now. If he couldn't calm down, if he made a wrong decision and rejected Chen Sicheng, he would probably regret it for the rest of his life.

He looked at himself in the mirror, touched the star pendant on his chest, entered the dimensional space, and told all his current achievements to the dark night sky. It was true that these words were for the boss.

Five minutes later, Wu Sheng came out of the bathroom. He finally calmed down. He thought about whether he wanted money or connections. It would be a pity not to make friends with Director Chen Sicheng if he asked for money. On the other hand, connections are I made a little less money, but the rest was at least okay.

"I decided to sell the copyright of "Coffee Detective" to Director Chen for 500 million yuan, and we will all be friends."

In the end, Wu Sheng chose the road of networking. He felt that if he became stronger with someone like Chen Siceng, he would not be afraid that his novels would no longer be wanted. If he made a friend, he would get a bunch of adaptations of his novels later in exchange. Opportunity.

"I was a little surprised by this decision, and I don't want to hide it from you. Your "Coffee Detective" is still more than enough to get 1000 million. I think you can think about it."

Chen Sicheng was also a little surprised to see that Wu Sheng lowered the price on his own initiative. Who would dislike his own money, and he knew that Wu Sheng's previous novels were not very good, but this novel was slightly better.

It stands to reason that it is no exaggeration to say that Wu Sheng should be talking like a lion now. After all, no one knows that his next novel will have the same level as this novel, so smart people will choose to make a fortune and leave.

Of course, there are also very few who are more confident and choose the road of networking, but the final results are not good. After a novel is written, it will inevitably expand, so it leads to poor writing.

"It's okay. I think I will have the opportunity to write the best novel in the future. I am very grateful to Director Chen for his appreciation of this novel. I believe we will have the opportunity to work together!"

Wu Sheng didn't have much to say, and just stretched out his right hand. He didn't care if it was 500 million or 1000 million, as long as there was a chance to make him famous.

"Let's do this! For the sake of brother, we also sincerely invite you to join Tang Tansi's producer. You can come and check the crew's status if you have nothing to do."

Chen Sicheng saw that Wu Sheng was so sincere, so he might as well give Wu Sheng a nominal position. By then, he would be able to let Wu Sheng appear in his own movies in disguise, and it would be very simple to become famous later on.

"Then thank Director Chen!" Wu Sheng didn't expect that Chen Sicheng would give him such a big benefit. Even if he didn't come every day, his name would still be there when the movie was released. When the time came, he would say Maybe it's going to be crazy.

To become the kind of writer that everyone envies, there are two famous writers he knows, one is Xiao Si and the other is Zhang Jiajia. Both of them are well-known and successfully transformed authors. Wu Sheng He also thought about developing towards that position, but unfortunately, the problem of burning money has been bothering him.

He also searched the Internet for the idea of ​​making a movie. He mainly wanted to write a novel and adapt it himself. He learned about it from the Internet.

A low-cost movie is currently around 3000 million.For example, the drama/comedy "Donkey Gets Water" was released in October 2016. The cost was less than 10 million, the box office was 1000 million, and the return rate was as high as 1.72%+, making it the movie with the highest yield in 600 years.

Mainly focus on drama and comedy movies.Such movies are easy to hit in the domestic market.

There are also some successful cases: the romance/comedy/fantasy "Cohabitation in Time and Space" was released in May 2018, with a cost of 5 million, a box office of 6000 million, and a high return rate of 8.99%.
In August 2018, the comedy/fantasy "Take My Brother Away" was released, with a cost of 8 million, and the box office was 3000 million, with a return rate of 3.75%. The box office was 430 million, and the rate of return was as high as 2018%
In December 2018, the drama/comedy "Incoming Calls" was released, with a cost of 12 million, a box office of 5000 million, and a return rate as high as 6.4%. Looking at these numbers listed one by one, Wu Sheng was undoubtedly quite excited.

But these are some good-looking data. If you really want to make a movie, you have to understand a difficult problem.

First of all, he needs to understand what is needed to shoot a movie. In terms of shooting equipment, cameras and microphones for recording, these cannot be escaped. In terms of crew members, directors, screenwriters, and post-production, these all require people to come, not to mention Let’s not mention field control, lighting and various personnel for the time being, but in terms of actors, leading actors and supporting roles are indispensable.

Secondly, the actor's salary is definitely the bulk of the production cost of a film. It is basically impossible for big-name stars to afford it. However, there is also a way, which is to let the actor become a friendly star, but the premise is that the script he provides is suitable. In the case of the actor's mind.

This point is undoubtedly the most difficult point. He doesn't even know a single actor or celebrity now, and he probably won't know a few in the future, so he has to spend a lot of money to hire actors.

In the end, it’s the post-production. In terms of post-production, when Wu Sheng can come in person, just eat a little PR and other special effects software. Of course, this is not the big head, the real big head is the post-production equipment, he can do it without exaggeration In other words, if you want to do post-production, then a machine worth [-] won’t be able to run it, and it’s only capable of running post-production software.

All of these are superimposed together, Wu Sheng did a calculation, and roughly speaking, it will cost millions of dollars. So, it can be seen that the production cost of a small-budget movie is so many millions. , If you think about how expensive it is to make a movie, it is definitely not something ordinary people like them can afford. They just go to the movie honestly now.

Of course, Wu Sheng is not an ordinary person, and he still has a family property of over [-] million yuan, but if he is asked to spend his own money to make movies, and he is the one who loses money in the end, then he cannot accept it.

Wu Sheng checked the work of the producer on the Internet. He used to think that these positions are not very important. The director is the real core of a movie. But after he checked the information on the Internet, he realized that the producer is unknown in the film industry. They are responsible for the daily operation and planning of the film.

The importance of a TV series is equivalent to that of a director in a movie.As for the role of supervisor, some people say that "he usually represents the producer or the legal person of the production company, and he is responsible for the total expenditure budget of the film crew and the specific shooting schedule of the film, and supervises the artistic creation and expenditure of the director on behalf of the producer." , At the same time, it also assists the director in arranging specific daily affairs.

In the film crew, the producer and the director are often in conflict. They often confront each other, insist on their own opinions, and refuse to give in to each other. Only after the filming is finished, they shake hands and make peace.

After learning about this, Wu Sheng felt that he should resign from this job. He never thought that the producer was such an important position. He thought that it would be enough to just watch them make movies on the spot every day.

However, he checked again and found out that Tang Tansi's crew had more than one producer, and basically all of them were listed as supervisors. Obviously, Wu Sheng was also of that category.

However, Wu Sheng suddenly felt relieved. If he was really allowed to be the producer, he would probably be scolded by Chen Sicheng. The scene undoubtedly frightened him.

However, he also knew that if Chen Sicheng hadn't been so strict, he wouldn't have been able to make so many famous films, so he was still able to accept Chen Sicheng's strictness on this point.