Director: The special effects are too expensive, so I had to make real shots

Chapter 294 Director Xu and Guan Ju haven’t appeared together in a long time

After returning from the last joint meeting with the Science and Technology Administration and the Space Administration in Yancheng, Xu Nuo had already started mentally planning to shoot his next movie "The Wandering Earth".

It’s just that we haven’t gathered the crew to put it into practice yet.

You have to plan it yourself first. After planning, you can start gathering your own crew and then start the preliminary preparations.

The crew of the film and crew are still on "vacation", after all, the last movie "Spider-Man" is still being released worldwide.

So Xu Nuo thought about letting the crew rest for a while before convening the crew to start the next stage of work.

Xu Nuo has been thinking about filming "The Wandering Earth" during this time. In terms of funding, it is estimated that several hundred million will definitely be unavailable.

So when assistant Wen Ruohan asked if five or six small targets were enough to film "The Wandering Earth", Xu Nuo shook his head directly.

"Prepare one billion in funds for the filming of "The Wandering Earth"."

Xu Nuo thought about it for a while, and decided that it would be safer to invest one billion in filming funds, because the movie "The Wandering Earth" requires personnel scheduling, massive props, special scenes, etc., which are too expensive.

Originally, in the previous life on Earth, the filming of this movie required a lot of staff, including talents from various film industries. It can be regarded as perfecting the industrialization process of domestic films.

And this is despite the fact that it requires a lot of special effects. "The Wandering Earth" that Xu Nuo is going to shoot will have a lot of real shots!
For example, the matter of going to the moon for filming has been decided, and Xu Nuo has already ordered his real Aerospace and Science and Technology Agency and Space Administration to coordinate and prepare.

"One billion? Wow, boss, the cost of filming a movie has gone up to a higher level this time."

Wen Ruohan was slightly surprised when he heard this.

Then I thought to myself that this time "The Wandering Earth" seems to be a not simple movie. The initial estimated cost alone is one billion.

A double-digit budget in the billions is rare for the boss to shoot a movie, because before, whether it was filming "Transformers" or "Iron Man", or "Oppenheimer", "Spider-Man" 》, it can all be done with just a few hundred million.

This time, "The Wandering Earth" starts with one billion!
In addition, Real Group's next huge space engineering project, the space elevator, is also related to the movie "The Wandering Earth" that the boss is going to shoot. You don't need to guess, you know that "The Wandering Earth" will definitely be an unimaginable movie. A super science fiction blockbuster.

"As a director, after you get rich, you have to shoot something better."

Xu Nuo smiled and said very calmly.

Naturally, most of the one billion budget funds will be used for actual filming. As for the actors' remuneration, they will only account for a very small part.

If it were another director or film and television production company, it is estimated that two to three billion out of one billion would be the remuneration for inviting star actors.

Then about [-] million are the funds for the promotion and distribution of the film, and the remaining two to three billion are the money used for filming.

If Xu Nuo spends the billion, at most [-] million will be spent on the salaries of a large number of actors, and the remaining [-] million will be used on the filming of the film.

As for Xuanfa, Xu Nuo now has his own complete platform and sufficient popularity, so Xuanfa basically does not need to use another amount of money from the budget as a cost.

"Boss, netizens now want to know what you are planning to shoot in your next movie. I see some netizens even speculated that you will shoot a movie about the 80-meter sea monster. Boss, should we reveal some information or something in advance? Warm it up?"

Assistant Wen Ruohan also found out about her boss's previous promotion of "Spider-Man", so she asked her boss in advance if he wanted to pre-heat the new movie.

After all, whether domestic or overseas, there are many netizens paying attention to topics such as when Director Xu's next movie will start filming and what it will be about.

Ding!
Suddenly, just as assistant Wen Ruohan finished speaking, a familiar system prompt sounded in Xu Nuo's mind.

What triggers this?
[Congratulations on successfully starting your next film project "The Wandering Earth". Please complete the film tasks: [Film Investment] + [Film First Announcement]. 】

Sure enough, the new "The Wandering Earth" movie project and the first round of small movie tasks were triggered.

Regarding the real shooting of the movie "The Wandering Earth", Xu Nuo obtained the system's real shooting permission after he figured out the quantum computer.

Now the task process can be considered started.

Although the crew has not been formally formed and the actors have not been decided, this does not hinder the process of film tasks, such as the initial film investment and the first announcement of the film.

The task of film investment is included in every movie of Xu Nuo. It can be said to be a fixed small task in movies.

And this task is very simple for Xu Nuo to complete now. It is nothing more than a movie of his own. In terms of the funding structure, he still needs other investors.

In fact, Xu Nuo is not short of money now. He can use all the funds by himself as the budget cost of the cinema. But after all, he has to complete the task, so he still uses a small part to let other people invest, usually also It’s just a percentage, and it won’t affect the profitability of Xu Nuo’s movies.

The reason why this task is easy to complete is because Xu Nuo is not looking for investment for Xu Nuo's movies now, but people are eager to get involved and want to give Xu Nuo money.

Xu Nuo doesn't want anyone's money.

Because Xu Nuo’s film investments usually have fixed partners.

Zhou Kun, Zhao Huojie and He Feiyang are all the best film investment partners. From the very beginning to the present, their presence is indispensable in every film of Xu Nuo.

Based on his relationship with Zhou Youqing, it was natural for Zhou Kun to invest a fortune.

As for Zhao Huojie, sometimes he will invest and sometimes not, depending on the amount of funds Zhao Huojie has on hand.

As for his little friend He Feiyang, needless to say, in addition to other businesses of his real group, if he can make money in filmmaking, he must bring this little friend who has been supporting him all the way. Partner.

He Feiyang is a good friend. When Xu Nuo needed him to shoot other films or TV series for his real media, he went straight to it without saying a word.

When Xu Nuo needed him to "help" during the filming of his movie, he would come over without hesitation to help Xu Nuo complete the filming of the movie.

No matter what decision Xu Nuo made, he would be the first to support it.

All in all, Xu Nuo only needs to let Zhou Kun and He Feiyang invest a little bit, and he can easily complete the task of movie investment.

Then comes the movie’s first announcement!

As the name suggests, this is the first publicity for the movie. Assistant Wen Ruohan just said, do you want to respond to Xu Nuo's next movie? Maybe you can respond. This should be regarded as the first publicity. Bar?
Small tasks in movies that start like this are usually not difficult.

Xu Nuo can basically just let things take their own course. The more difficult task is to have a numerical target, such as how many people should expect this movie, and how many box office targets this movie needs to achieve.

Because even Xu Nuo himself was not absolutely sure that he could handle this kind of task, so he felt somewhat uneasy when doing it. "Xiao Wen, you are right. So many netizens support me as a director. It's time to reveal some information about "The Wandering Earth" to netizens."

After Xu Nuo triggered the system's movie task, he smiled and said to his assistant Wen Ruohan.

"Boss, how should we respond? Do you want Real Media to write some copywriting?"

Wen Ruohan immediately became interested in working and wanted to arrange a series of procedures for her boss immediately.

"It's not that troublesome. It's been a long time since I brought Guan Ju along for a live broadcast. I'll just broadcast it casually this time. Firstly, I would like to thank everyone for supporting "Spider-Man" and secondly, by the way, I can reveal some details about what's next. Please read the information about the filming of "The Wandering Earth"."

Xu Nuo thought for a while, and the best way to contact netizens was undoubtedly live broadcast.

"The live broadcast is good, but boss, how should we arrange the content of our live broadcast? If it is too empty, it will be very boring."

Wen Ruohan asked quickly.

"In this way, I came up with a good idea. Didn't Li Wei cause trouble in our last live broadcast room? We are preparing a batch of IP peripheral products that are in short supply. I will bring the goods during the live broadcast. Of course, the main thing is to see if I can sell the science fiction novel "The Wandering Earth"."

Xu Nuo had an idea. Since he was going to have a live broadcast, there had to be a theme or something.

It just so happens that the last Li Wei incident is a good starting point.

Then the purpose of this live broadcast is to tell netizens that he is planning to shoot "The Wandering Earth" for his next movie, so Xu Nuo will take the opportunity to bring the physical book of the science fiction novel "The Wandering Earth".

Because the popularity of "The Wandering Earth" is still much lower than that of the global hit "Three-Body Problem", Xu Nuo needs to increase the popularity of the original novel "The Wandering Earth" so that he can follow up with the filming of "The Wandering Earth" It will be easier to accumulate popularity over time.

"Hehehehe, boss, this is a good idea. I will arrange it right away. When are you going to do the live broadcast, boss?"

After hearing what his boss said, Wen Ruohan suddenly realized something and was ready to quickly arrange some preparations for the live broadcast.

"We can start after we return to Nanshan."

Xu Nuo thought for a while and decided to leave the matter of asking Zhou Kun and He Feiyang to invest in the movie later. As he was in a good mood today, Xu Nuo planned to start broadcasting it after returning from his real group building.

"Okay, then I'll prepare the samples."

After that, Wen Ruohan went to work.

Xu Nuo asked his AI Guan Ju to post a post about the live broadcast on his AI entertainment platform to warm up the situation. This way, when Xu Nuo starts broadcasting, more people will come to the live broadcast room, which will make it more It's convenient for Xu Nuo to promote his next movie "The Wandering Earth", and take a look at how many physical books of the science fiction novel "The Wandering Earth" can be sold.

Soon, assistant Wen Ruohan was ready at the company. The company's staff packed two large boxes of things and loaded them into the car, and then transported them to Xu Nuo's Nanshan smart villa.

Xu Nuo also left the Real Group Building with his assistant and returned to Nanshan Smart Villa.

"Sir, your upcoming live broadcast has attracted the attention of netizens and has become a hot topic on the AI ​​entertainment platform."

As soon as he returned to Nanshan Smart Villa, AI Guanju reported to Xu Nuo the relevant information about the live broadcast warm-up.

Netizens also never expected that Director Xu would actually do a live broadcast this time. You must know that it has been a long time since Director Xu has seen a live broadcast.

The most important thing is that Director Xu will bring Guan Ju along with him during this live broadcast.

Guan Ju is a popular AI queen in the global entertainment industry. Her music works, dances, and AI bionic images are all popular around the world and she has countless fans.

Therefore, Xu Nuo's live broadcast, and Guan Ju's participation, even if there is no content broadcast, if you go there, countless netizens will probably come to watch.

"Holy shit, what a surprise today, Director Xu is going to do a live broadcast?"

"Finally I can see my wife Guan Ju again."

"Don't you have a wife yourself? Why do you call my wife Guanju wife?"

"What are you planning to do live today?"

"Could it be a live broadcast related to the last Li Wei incident?"

"Didn't Director Xu already respond to that matter on live broadcast? He spent [-] million to make up for the difference."

“I always feel like something big will happen today.”

"Whatever, I haven't seen Director Xu and Guan Ju live together for a long time."

Netizens are looking forward to today's live broadcast between Xu Nuo and Guan Ju. The live broadcast room has not yet opened, but tens of thousands of viewers have already come in and are waiting online for the broadcast to start.

"Sir, there are already more than [-] viewers in the live broadcast room."

Guan Ju reported the data to Xu Nuo in real time.

"So many people have already come before the show starts? Xiaowen, put the book here, yes, yes, right here."

Xu Nuo said in surprise.

It seems that I and Guan Ju are still so popular.

At the same time, Xu Nuo guided his assistant Wen Ruohan to arrange the table used for the live broadcast, and the things Xu Nuo wanted to bring this time were placed on the table.

There are collector's edition figures of Iron Man, the best-selling car of Transformers, and the Spider anniversary products released this time to coincide with the movie "Spider-Man", as well as that book with countless planetary engines pushing the earth on the cover. A physical book of the former science fiction novel "The Wandering Earth".

Xu Nuo feels that the cover illustration of this physical book is well designed, and there is no problem if it can be used directly as a promotional poster for a movie.

"Boss, everything is ready."

After Wen Ruohan arranged the table, she looked at Guan Ju and asked, "Sister Guan Ju, are you ready?"

(End of this chapter)