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Pushing open the door of the company, a stream of cool air blew on Lu Ze's face. Lu Ze, who had been tortured by the high temperature, was instantly shaken. He felt that every pore was opened and began to release heat.

"Brother Lu is here? Director Han is already waiting for you in the conference room."

"I know, thank you, Xiaomei, I'll go over right away, wait a minute... My eyebrows are painted beautifully today."

Han Chen called him at noon today and asked him to come to the company. He was the only director contracted by Sega and the one who had interviewed Lu Ze.

Lu Ze was confused and didn't know what Han Chen wanted to do with him. After all, the two of them were in the company and had no other interactions except meeting during the interview. However, this also showed that he really had something to do. Hurry up. I went downstairs, took a taxi, and ran over as fast as I could.

After arriving at the conference room, Lu Ze found that not only Han Chen was sitting there, but also Gao Jian, the Minister of Commerce. His role was to negotiate with other companies or individuals to reach business cooperation. He also had nothing to do with Lu Ze. touch.

Knocking on the glass, Han Chen turned his head and saw Lu Ze outside. He smiled and waved to Lu Ze. After Lu Ze opened the door and entered, he quickly let Lu Ze sit down.

"I'm sorry, Director Han. I live a little far away. I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for me for so long, Minister Gao."

"It's okay, we didn't wait long, hey? Where do you live now?"

Han Chen's attitude was very good. After all, he and Lu Ze were both contractors of Qian Sega and were our own people. There was no need to put on any airs or show off.

"I live over there in Huangpu and just moved there two days ago."

"Ah, I came to you this time because Mr. Hu gave me the quota. Minister Gao and the others negotiated a contract and just spent a small amount of four million, and then asked for a book."

Lu Ze suddenly had an idea in his mind, and many things connected together. The business secrets Gao Wanzhi mentioned, the script bought by Mr. Gao, Director Han approached him, it was simple, he had a movie to shoot.

"What do you mean?"

Han Chen took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Gao Jian and Lu Ze. After Lu Ze stood up and lit it for the two of them, he waited for Han Chen's next words.

"That's right, you are starring, and your company is investing in the filming. If you don't give it to your own actors, who else can you give it to? But don't think too much, the investment is not big, just test the water, I will direct, and you will be the male lead. It's as simple as that."

Han Chen smiled happily. He didn't expect that he would be assigned to play a role so quickly after signing a contract with Sega. Although the investment was smaller, he didn't choose! He really didn't choose!

And he only gave himself Lu Ze as the male lead. Lu Ze's acting skills are very good, and he also matches the protagonist's setting. It just solves his problem of casting the leading role. What can Han Chen be dissatisfied with?

But Lu Ze was a little confused. A script cost four million, how could the investment be so small? Five or six years ago, the cost of scripts accounted for about 5% of the total expenditure. In the era of booming traffic, the price of scripts However, it has not increased, or the increase is not large, accounting for about two to three percent of the total expenditure.

"Then who wrote this script? Can it be sold at such a high price?"

Han Chen and Gao Jian both laughed, leaving Lu Zeyun confused and confused as to what was going on. Han Chen was the first to stop smiling and suddenly changed his face, looking very serious.

"Who told you I bought a script?"

"Hmm? Didn't you say that Minister Gao bought a notebook? It's not a script, how can it be a book?"

Lu Ze was quite relaxed. After all, he was one of his own, and he was not too old, so he made a joke that the two of them might not understand. Who knew that Han Chen actually knew it, and Lu Ze choked and coughed.

"Ahem! I'll tell you what nonsense, novels, IPs, web dramas, do you understand?"

Only then did Lu Ze realize, what about web dramas? Who hasn’t watched a few web dramas in the past few years?

Lu Ze had already paid attention to online dramas five or six years ago, but at that time, online dramas were just synonymous with shoddy production. Lu Ze also watched dramas that sell meat. After all, young people always like to watch in Internet cafes after working. Some messy stuff...

Until four years ago, a popular drama appeared. That drama was adapted from the novel. It also took the lead and set off a wave of remakes of novels. It was an IP that everyone knew about.

Lu Ze didn't think there was anything bad about Qian Sega's first investment targeting the online drama market. Instead, he felt that it was the right move. After all, Rongchuang Group didn't have internet companies under its umbrella. Instead, it had Wandou Video, which was just not very popular. Huo is not a mainstream video website.

Wandou Video’s current main traffic support is sports content, real-time broadcasts of football, basketball, boxing, fighting, rugby, and ice hockey. Many of them are sports that ordinary people don’t know how to play. This also limits the development of the website and is destined to not be popular. .

"So Hu always wants you to film a web series and then broadcast it on Wandou?"

"Yes, after all, we are a brother company, and we can be considered Sega's older brother, but everything is still profit-oriented. The first one must make money."

Lu Ze nodded thoughtfully, and the topic got back on track again: "Which novel is it adapted from?"

Han Chen put out the cigarette butt, took out a book from a folder, and threw it in front of Lu Ze with a bang.

"The Eleventh Finger? Suspenseful?"

"That's right, take the book back and read it. We are going to start writing a biography. Although the investment has been made, but excluding post-production publicity, we only have a budget of 10 million, which is not much."

Lu Ze flipped through the book and didn't pay too much attention to it. Ten million to shoot an online drama, what's missing? It's already a lot, okay?

"Ten million is too much. It depends on Director Han how many episodes you plan to shoot."

"It is estimated that there will be twenty episodes. I did some research and found that this number of episodes is okay."

Lu Ze made an estimate and found that there are ways to spend money with small investments. Ten million and twenty episodes would be enough for sure.

"It should be about the same. If you spend less on other places, there should be no problem."

"But I have already spent four million to buy the copyright of the novel."

"ah?"

Lu Ze suddenly raised his head and saw the shock on Han Chen's face. This bastard must be too courageous! Six million to shoot twenty episodes? How much does one episode cost? Three hundred thousand! Including actors' fees and daily expenses. Sales, including equipment, salaries of behind-the-scenes staff, and venue costs, three hundred thousand per episode? Is it possible? Han Chen, Han Chen, you are only over thirty years old and you are already tired of living?

Han Chen was also helpless. After all, it was published physically, and it was well-known. Four million dollars was considered a normal price. If he didn't make this movie, he wouldn't have the confidence to make other IP adaptations.

"I carefully calculated that two cameras are enough for this movie, so there are two photographers and three starring actors. Recently, the company is going to interview a group of new actors. I'll see if I can find them there. Others I will find special types to act. You are sent by the company, so you can’t charge a high price, right? The venues are not in downtown areas. Many scenes are in the wilderness, so you don’t have to pay rent, like Indoor courts are easy to deal with, apartments rented out for one day..."

Lu Ze discovered that directors really have all kinds of personalities. Guo Mingde has a hot temper and is harsh in his scenes. Cheng Yuan is smooth and good at scheduling. But what about Han Chen? He is shameless and skinless.

Listening to him calculating trivial accounts, Lu Ze covered his face. He really didn't want to hear it. His head really hurt. But what he was talking about was how much money could he ask for for his company's investment? And he was now It's not even big enough, let alone asking for more.

Han Chen seemed to be fighting with Lu Ze, but in fact he was threatening Lu Ze, but Lu Ze still had to do this. No wonder he came to talk to Lu Ze instead of Shen Jinghan, because he also knew that he could not take down Shen Jinghan. Han could only eat Lu Ze to death.

Rubbing his face, Lu Ze sighed: "Okay, Director Han, Mr. Hu's investment is in your hands. You are the director. If I guessed correctly, Minister Gao is the producer, right? You can spend the money however you want. , I accept the company’s arrangement.”

"Well, the contract is not ready yet. Just wait a few days to sign it. The crew is not big, and the preparations will be completed soon. I will also try my best to attract sponsorships. After all, modern dramas can have a lot of advertisements. , If this money can be obtained, it will not be small. Now we have started to modify the script. There are not many episodes. According to the original work, it will be released soon. As for the title of the drama, I have already thought about it."

"what is it call?"

"Forensic Doctor Qin Ming."