Homecoming of Rebirth

"It's too early to say this now, isn't it?"

Spreading your hands, "We haven't seen the script yet, and we don't know exactly how many action scenes need to be conceived."

"Moreover, we have different quotations for different quality requirements."

Hearing that, Haimo, what are you talking about?Of course we want the best!Why is the quality different?

"How is this going?"

Qi Lei, "Oh, you guys don't know much about China's action production process."

Explained: "Under normal circumstances, that is, ordinary movies, after we get the script and the director's opinion, we will conduct action design and preview in a professional venue."

"In this case, you only need to pay for the design fee, the martial arts actor's fee, and a little site usage fee."

"Not expensive, very cheap."

Haimo was fascinated by listening, the professional ones are different, this kind of ordinary ones can't be achieved in Hollywood!

Can't help being curious, "What about the unusual one?"

Qi Lei grinned, "That will be troublesome! We will provide a full range of motion tracking services."

Haimer and Cordiaz were puzzled, "All-around?"

Qi Lei, "That's right! It includes the training of actors. Most of your actors have no experience in action performances, right? In some shots where martial arts can't be used, the actors always have to perform in person. But you also saw it just now, without professional training. Actors, many actions are not up to the requirements."

"In order to pursue the ultimate performance, it is necessary to train the actors in advance."

Haimo nodded. In that case, it is indeed necessary.

Qi Lei, "Also, in order to truly restore the scenes of the movie, we also have to reproduce your scenes on the American set one by one."

"Including green screen studio and real scene, so that in the process of preview, 100% restore the real situation of the set."

"This..." Haimo and Kodiaz were a little speechless.

This is a bit too wasteful, right?To do what you do, you have to build a medieval castle?street view?

All kinds of pirate ships have to be built?Doesn't that mean that all props and studios in the Caribbean must be multiplied by 2?

You know, the Caribbean has to invest tens of millions of dollars in props and live-action construction, multiplied by 2?Disney can't afford it anyway.

The two suddenly lost interest.However, I am also curious, how much money do you have to spend for such a big effort?

Haimer asked: "If you want to reproduce multiple medieval blocks, or even castles, you also need to reproduce pirate ships, plus actor training, Qi, how much do you estimate the cost?"

Qi Lei was startled, and practiced hard with frowning brows, "How big a medieval block do you need?"

Haimo thought for a while, "It needs at least a thousand square meters to meet the shooting requirements."

He added, "There must be city walls and piers!"

Qi Lei, "That's a lot of money, right?"

Highmore, "How much?"

Qi Lei pondered for a while, "Eight... million?"

When Haimo heard it, it was over, 8000 million, one-third of...

He raised his head suddenly, "eighty minllion? (8000 million?)"

"Or...eight million million (800 million)?"

Qi Lei pouted, "Of course it's 800 million! 8000 million, I can really build you a city!"

"..."

"..."

Haimer and Kodiaz were dumbfounded, only, only 800 million?

Qi Lei explained: "You don't understand, the cost is much lower than in the US."

The two were speechless. Of course they knew it was much lower, but they never thought it would be so much lower, right?

Qi Lei continued: "According to your requirements, the temporary set and other actor training costs are 800 million RMB, which is enough."

"what!?"

Haimo immediately jumped up, "RMB?"

He thought it was dollars?

Qi Lei looked dull, "That's right! It's only 800 million yuan, right?"

"..."

"..."

The two of them are going crazy, the cheap one is a bit too much! ?

Haimo suddenly realized a problem and asked tentatively, "Qi, how much does it cost to build a [-]-square-meter green screen studio in China?"

Qi Lei acted as if he didn't know what he was asking, "Wait, I'll ask you!"

While talking, he called Hong Jinbao out, "Uncle Hong, you have experience in this, please tell me!"

Hong Jinbao, "How much money can I use? In Hong Kong, a few million can be settled, and the mainland is even cheaper!"

Highmore, "..."

He suddenly looked at Kodiyaz, and Kodiyaz could understand the thought in his eyes at a glance.

Let's put the filming location in China!

Cordia said heartily, it's easy, I don't need to persuade you anymore.

Just let China go!

What is this concept?

Caribbean had a budget of $5000 million for props, green screen booths, and exteriors.

But in China, using Qi Lei's action service to copy the studio one by one, it's only 800 million.

Add a green screen studio, and it will cost 1000 million yuan, and it's still RMB!

How much money do you save?

On the way here, they all watched it. Hainan, where they are located, can fully meet the shooting requirements.

The two of them had actually made up their minds, but they were not stupid enough to show it right away.

Coincidentally, these few days, Qi Lei reads the script and calculates the specific action costs, they can observe it again and think about it.

As for Qi Lei, he had no idea what the two of them were planning.

You can't neglect the guests these days, right?Let the yacht show Hymer and Kodíaz around.

For example, the surrounding islands are suitable for shooting!The deep blue eyes of Yongle Island!

The more the two watched, the more excited they were, and it was here!When God comes, he will not change it!

No way, he was too cheap.

I can't stand it.

Chapter 400 We

The archipelagoes in the South China Sea are all undeveloped, and there are all kinds of islands, which just goes along with all the shooting requirements of the Caribbean.

Cordialz and Highmore calculated an account and set the filming location in the South China Sea, which not only saved more than 4000 million US dollars in set and venue costs, but also saved half of the operating costs of the crew in China than in the United States above.

A crew of hundreds of people, eating and drinking in the United States for more than half a year, is not a small fee.

However, China is different, after all, it is a low-consumption country.

Among other things, Qi Lei rented this small luxury yacht for a month with them to have fun all over the world, and it was only 1 RMB, which is more than [-] US dollars. In the United States, it would be several times more .

In addition to these, what about the production of props?

Needless to say, mass-produced costumes and props, China has an absolute advantage in this regard.

In fact, after designing the costumes, the prop and costume designers of many Hollywood production crews hand over the orders to Chinese companies.

After the production is completed, it is exported to the United States in order to save costs.

But now there is no need to think about this step at all. According to the Zhongchuan staff who accompanied them, there are several cities in Guangdong Province, which is only adjacent to Hainan. As long as you show the design drawings, they can make anything, and the price is very low. .

Haimer estimates that just costumes and props, as well as daily expenses, the crew can save another nearly 2000 million US dollars in expenses.

The only disadvantage is that this is China, there is a lack of western faces, and it is difficult to find extras.

If it doesn't work out, they will have to bring people over from the United States, which will add a lot of travel expenses.

However, compared with the money saved, it is not worth mentioning.

In short, under such a premise, how could the two of them be indifferent?I really want to set the shooting location in China.

So the question is, in the past, or in the original time and space, why didn't Hollywood prefer to come to China to save costs?

The main reason is actually opportunity cost.

Not only the filming of movies, everything is an opportunity.

This is like, in China, pancakes cost five yuan a set, but in New York, they sell for fifteen dollars.Why don't all the pancake sellers go to New York?

In the past, the entire Western stereotype of China was not good, and there was no way to come to China.

In fact, there are many cases where Hollywood films are filmed overseas in order to save costs, but they have never been to China.

And this time, the use of motion effects opened a door for Haimo and the others, which can be regarded as a coincidence.

So, the question now is how to communicate with Zhongchuan.

After all, Haimo and the others are well aware that there are many restrictions on citizens outside of China in the South China Sea.

In their view, this is the biggest difficulty.

At this time, Qi Lei, Zou Chengbin, and the leaders of the South China Sea government were also discussing this issue.

Zou Chengbin is very confused now. After getting the script, several martial arts directors immediately evaluated the budget, plus other expenses, the conclusion is:

800 million is less!

No matter how cheap we are, shall we?It's not even that cheap.

Zou Chengbin, "Combined with the setting, 800 million may be able to guarantee the cost, and we have no profit at all."

Frowning and looking at Qi Lei, "During the formal negotiation, can we increase the price a bit?"

"Even though it's the first time we're working together, we can't give others work in vain, right?"

Manager Wen was next door, so I didn't know what Qi Lei was thinking, they talked about things these days, and they didn't shy away from him at all, which made Manager Wen, who was left here, feel transparent.

Now, after hearing Zou Chengbin's complaint, he couldn't help but sneer, "Will that stone be a disadvantage? My opponent is very clear, why can't you see through it?"

Spit, "You idiot! This is a big deal!"

Maybe... now the person who is closest to Qi Lei's inner thoughts is Pietwen.

Well, first treat Manager Wen as a transparent person.

Here Zou Chengbin finished speaking, before Qi Lei could speak, it was indeed the leader of the Hainan government who spoke.

His surname is Wu, and Qi Lei and the others call him Director Wu.

At this time, Director Wu said: "Well, it's always bad to change your mind and increase the price temporarily, right?"

Zou Chengbin stared, "There is no formal price negotiation, it's just an estimate, why is it not good?"

Director Wu sneered, "Tai Zou, don't worry, we're just discussing!"

"I mean, after all, it's the first time we're working together, so we can give you a certain discount. Besides, isn't this movie a series?"

"Can we increase the price for the second and third filming? Let's keep the people first!"

Zou Chengbin was speechless, "Director Wu, you may not be very clear about Hollywood's operating model. They have a second and third part in their plan."

"However, Hollywood is a purely commercial film management concept. Whether there is really a second or third film depends on the box office of the first film. Don't look at their current fanfare, but once they lose money, they will immediately cut off follow-up plans. That’s all a matter of nothing!”

"Who can guarantee that the box office will be a hit?"