Start by trimming cow hooves

Money can make the world go round.

Netflix Entertainment currently has sufficient funds, and preparations for "The Walking Dead" are progressing smoothly.

The chief director of the entire drama is David Lynch, who has won the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival.

This director has shot the sci-fi action movie "Dune" and also directed and starred in the crime suspense TV series "Twin Peaks". The number of works can be listed on a piece of paper. He has been dealing with film and television dramas almost all his life.

Because he is 62 years old, David Lynch has long lost the attention of Hollywood investors, and now he can only make short films with little impact.

As the first drama of Netflix Entertainment.

Rather than looking for some young directors, Suri felt it was better to play it safe.

Veterans like David Lynch are more stable, their works are realistic and delicate, and they easily create a sense of immersion.

The most important thing is that such an old director is used to big storms and is not like many ambitious middle-aged people who are easily tempted and fall into traps.

Considering that changing the chief director may have a serious negative impact on the entire "The Walking Dead" series.

Su Rui has no doubt that those film and television media giants dare to pry corners and hollow out his own team.

Therefore, whether in terms of actors or production team, for some key positions, Suri mostly uses very capable but almost expired candidates.

They have succeeded and they have failed.

Compared with some people who are ambitious, they understand that opportunities are hard to come by and will not choose to change jobs easily.

certainly.

Rather than gambling on people's hearts, Suri is more willing to believe in huge liquidated damages.

For example, director David Lynch, if the first "The Walking Dead" is a success, he will shoot three more seasons, and his salary increase for each season is set at 12%. If he chooses to resign, the "breakup fee" will be very high...

The day before Thanksgiving.

In the office of Netflix's film and television production department, Su Ruigang, David Lynch and others completed a meeting and set the filming date for December 1st.

After the meeting, director David Lynch smoked a cigar with Suri and told:

"The first season is planned to shoot 20 episodes, with a total budget of 40 million US dollars. On average, the production cost per episode is 2 million US dollars. If we use less special effects, we should have more money. The main reason is that the extras, makeup, and venue decoration are too expensive. Especially for some big scenes, hundreds of extras are needed to clear several streets.”

Suri smoked a cigar and replied:

"Save where you should save, and special effects are also very important, such as some shocking shots that capture the desolation of the city, and scenes of the army trying to control the spread of the crisis and blowing up the city in the early stages of the crisis. The main audience of "The Walking Dead" They are young people, and it is very important to create a doomsday background that will help the audience immerse themselves in it. If it is really not enough, I can add another budget, but it is best not to use it."

Director David Lynch has not yet fully understood Suri's temper, and the two sides are in the running-in stage.

After listening to this, I keenly discovered that Suri belongs to the type of financier who values ​​the quality of film and television dramas more than the expenses, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, it is a large-scale production. If he is too stingy with expenditures, he really has no chance of successfully filming the show, and the final product will easily look like a petty film.

Open windows to ventilate and disperse odors. Director Lynch continued:

"Miss Daddario's salary is US$100,000 per episode. Ashton Kutcher is also willing to lower his salary and star in US$150,000 per episode. The total salary of the other actors together is about US$150,000. US dollars, which is equivalent to 20% of the production budget in terms of salary. I plan to spend another 20% as special effects expenses, totaling about 4 million US dollars, to depict the world under the apocalypse. In this way, when filming the second season, It will be a lot easier.”

After hearing this, Su Rui said:

"You have more experience than me. I don't intend to interfere with your work. The studio that creates the script is in Hawaii. I will arrange for the screenwriter to follow the crew and communicate with you. When the filming starts, I will add some issues of human reflection, but the end of the world You must value survival first, and don’t make the audience hate you just to be a good person.”

Director Lynch replied:

"Of course, the end of the world lacks order, and being a good person can easily kill your companions. I think we should be more wary of living people than zombies."

Suri arranged the screenwriter's studio in Lanai to firmly control the direction of the plot.

Although he can't make TV series or write scripts, it's not difficult to tell whether a story is good or bad.

Until now, the writing team of "The Walking Dead" still imagines the branch plot of each episode in advance, and only after sending an email to Suri to make a choice, they will actually start writing.

Since this time.

With Suri wandering around, the writers have already written six episodes, enough to film until February next year.

American dramas tend to like to write while filming and make decisions based on the ratings.

Suri is very confident about the theme of "The Walking Dead", and the writers are idle, so he plans to write as much as he can before Christmas, so that Director Lynch can control the subsequent plot.

…

Hoshino Yuko has been out of work recently.

I was shopping in a nearby mall, waiting for Suri to end the meeting.

She had never been to Los Angeles before. This time she treated it as a trip and visited many scenic spots. She felt that the place was more interesting than Hawaii.

When meeting Suri.

Yuko Hoshino was trying on clothes in a Dior store and told:

"Are the pickup techniques of men in Los Angeles so old-fashioned? Just now there was a sloppy white man who said he was a talent scout and asked for my contact information."

Suri had already walked the red carpet with her at the surprise party after the Victoria's Secret show.

When I first arrived in Miami, I was in the same car with Daddario and was photographed by the media, so now I am not worried about being seen when I appear in public.

Suri smiled and said:

"You know that their pick-up techniques are old-fashioned, and they themselves know it too, but countless girls come to Hollywood and dream of suddenly becoming a star, and there will always be stupid women who fall for it. Even if they succeed once or twice out of ten times, these bad guys You will also be very lucky, there are too many liars on the street."

Hoshino Yuko continued: "There are really many women who are stupid enough to be fooled?"

"Don't overestimate the IQ of many people. Some silly girls even think that going to New Mexico is going abroad. What else can I say?"

"Damn it, do I look so stupid that I am regarded as a stupid girl who is easy to attack?"

Hoshino Yuko was arranging her clothes. She was wearing a floral dress with a price tag of more than three thousand dollars.

The price is relatively cheap.

The starting price of a Dior haute couture dress is 30,000 euros, while the entry price of a Chanel haute couture dress is as high as 50,000 euros.

Every time they walk on the red carpet, actresses compete for beauty, not only for their financial resources, but also for their connections and power.

Suri replied with a smile on her face:

"Maybe it's really a talent scout? But if you want to act, just come to me directly. I can customize a cool role for you, such as a female agent, a female researcher, etc."

Before, Hoshino Yuko would probably refuse.

However, this trip to Miami made her experience the feeling of being looked down upon. The media and celebrities did not recognize her, and there was no news about the Victoria's Secret talent show.

therefore.

Hoshino Yuko said:

"Okay, it's better to arrange a role, let me be Daddario's opponent, and then beat her into panda eyes."

Su Rui didn't dare to continue, and forcefully changed the topic and said:

"Which clothes have you noticed? Swipe my card today. The album sales have exceeded two million copies. Let me celebrate with you..."