This star’s style is wrong

The project "Know or Not, It Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin" was launched, the crew framework was put together, and preliminary preparations began.

There is a lot of work to be done in the early preparations. It is very tedious to form a crew, finalize investment, contact the Fuhua Road team, and contact actors.

Moreover, every link requires meetings and discussions to find the best solution.

The investment in this drama is handled by Qiao Yinghong and Ark Culture’s film and television investment department, but the specific figures require Fang Xing to give a general direction.

"Boss, how much do you plan to invest in this new drama?" Qiao Yinghong actually has a rough figure in mind, but this time it is not Fang Xing who will take the guide himself, but Zhang Yigao and Wang Yutao. Whether the investment needs to be cautious is a question.

Fang Xing thought for a moment and replied: "It is estimated that the investment will be 200 million. If the cost cannot be controlled later, an additional 50 million can be added."

When Qiao Yinghong heard this number, even though she was prepared, she still raised her eyebrows.

If this drama really invests 200 million, it will be the TV drama with the second highest investment from Ark Culture.

Ark Culture already has many popular TV dramas. If someone compiles the investment list of Ark Culture’s hit dramas, they will find that most of the TV dramas with so many hits are not high in investment.

The one with the highest investment is "Cyclonus", with an investment of 300 million.

Next up is the new drama "Do you know, it should be green, fat, red and thin". Currently, it is planned to invest 200 million.

One of the reasons why the investment in "Do You Know, It Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin" is so high is that it plans to shoot 73 episodes.

The same quality, the same shooting method, the more episodes, the higher the shooting cost.

Without 200 million, it would be really difficult to take pictures.

Qiao Yinghong got the approximate figure and then asked: "In this new drama, will we be the main investor? Or will Dora Film and Television Company invest?"

A TV series often has many investors.

Even film and television companies that often produce hit dramas will invest as much as possible to spread risks.

At the same time, resources can also be replaced from investors.

During the filming process, investors can be asked to help contact the actors.

After the TV series is produced, investors will help promote it and help it pass the review process.

Fang Xing thought for a moment and replied: "Make sure our investment amount is higher than 60%, and you can decide the rest."

"Okay, I'll ask the film and television investment department to work overtime for a few days to calculate the investment budget." Qiao Yinghong asked for the general direction. The next step is the work of the company's film and television investment department.

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After the investment budget is available, the project can be advanced.

Different budgets require different sizes of crews.

With an investment of 200 million, when calculating the budget, the actors' remuneration is set aside first, then the budget required for the filming of 73 episodes, and then the choice of the team such as Fu Huadao.

For a TV series, there will be a rough figure for how much each link costs and how much it accounts for in the total investment.

Then based on the budget numbers, go find the best team within the price range.

There is a huge difference between the effect of a service with a budget of 30 million and the effect of a service with a budget of 10 million.

After the budget table was made, Qiao Yinghong saw the numbers in the budget table and contacted the Fuhua Dao team who had worked with "Nirvana in Fire" before.

The specific details will be communicated by Wang Yutao to the Fu Huadao team.

With the recommendation of preliminary preparation.

Fang Xing handed the complete script to the company's screenwriting team for further polishing. The general direction was not changed, but the details were mainly polished.

Zhang Yigao and Wang Yutao were busy reading the script and then discussing the splitting script.

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The investment from Qiao Yinghong has not yet been negotiated, and the project is about to advance to casting.

The reason for this is mainly because Ark Culture invests in its own dramas and basically takes the majority.

If no film and television investment company is willing to invest, then there is no problem in being a sole proprietorship of your own company.

As soon as the news about Ark Culture launching a new project spread in the industry, the calls from the film and television investment department never stopped.

Although this time it is not directed by Fang Xing himself but by Zhang Yigao and Wang Yutao, film and television investment companies in the industry are still flocking to it.

In fact.

Now even if Fang Xing doesn't participate, Zhang Yigao's name is enough to attract big investment.

In the film and television industry, Ark Culture’s projects have always been high-quality projects.

Moreover, not everyone can invest in the Ark Culture project.

As soon as the news was released, major TV stations, major video websites, and entertainment giants all wanted to invest.

In the end, after the competition, a large company could get an investment quota of 10 million, which was considered a lot.

While Fang Xing was still typing up the script, he successively received dinner invitations from Wei Shurong, Jiang Minghe, Gong Jianbin, Zhang Changfeng, Li Xueying, Tong Fei, and a large number of film and television industry presidents and TV station directors.

Some want to invest, some want to recommend actors, and some want to broadcast new dramas exclusively.

The most fierce competition is undoubtedly Gong Jianbin and Li Xueying.

One is the president and chairman of Wandou Video, and the other is the president of Penguin Video.

Since Li Xueying was promoted to president of Penguin Video, her first strategic direction is to strengthen cooperation with Ark Culture.

Even during the two years when Fang Xing took a break, the cooperation was very close.

Gong Jianbin relied on Fang Xing's advantage as the second largest shareholder of Wandou Video to defeat Penguin Video several times. The competition between the two websites' video platform Yi Ge has become fierce.

Every time Penguin Video spends money to buy popular dramas and wants to stabilize its position as the top brother, Wandou Video can always produce one or two dramas to close the gap.

At the beginning of this year, "Dark One 2" once allowed the number of active VIP users of Wandou Video to exceed that of Penguin Video.

Now, Fang Xing is about to star in a new drama, and he is back to produce a TV series after achieving great success on the big screen.

Although this new drama "Know or Not, It Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin" was not directed by Fang Xing himself, but by Zhang Yigao and Wang Yutao.

However, according to the investment plan, Fang Xing's position in the new drama project is supervisory producer.

If you are a producer, you are basically only responsible for managing money, but a supervisor is different and also plays a role in controlling the content of the series.

On Earth, there are also examples of producers controlling the filming of TV series.

For example, in the martial arts dramas shot by Zhang Dabeard, he actually served as the producer and supervisor, and he hired a director to film them. However, he participated in the filming more. When the TV series is filmed, it is basically his work, and he is also the one who promotes it. Bring the crew to promote the show.

If it was the golden age of Hong Kong, most TV dramas would be produced by supervisors.

Therefore, although Fang Xing is not the director of "You Know or Not, It Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin", to the film and television investment company, there is not much difference from Fang Xing directing it himself.

This means that Ark Culture does not need to attract investment at all, and the investment will automatically come to your door.

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After the investment was finalized, Ark Culture announced the plan for the new drama "You know it, it should be green, fat, red and thin" and publicly released an audition invitation.

All of a sudden, actor resumes from major entertainment companies and brokerage companies came in like snowflakes, filling the crew office with a pile of stuff.

Moreover, this time it was not just TV actors and actresses who submitted their resumes, but also many movie actors.

Even though this project is a TV series, this is a good opportunity to get to know Fang Xing.

Now Fang Xing is not just a TV series director, he has successfully conquered the big screen, become a movie director, and won the box office championship this summer.

"Crazy Stone" has an investment of 80 million yuan, an unknown starring role, a box office of 2.4 billion, and a box office/investment ratio of 30 times.

This is a miracle for the film industry.

This kind of dazzling box office performance, even the long-famous director Li Kexin, has to sincerely admire it.

Now, preparations for Fang Xing's new drama have begun.

For movie actors, if they can rely on this drama to get to know Fang Xing and get Fang Xing's approval, they might have the opportunity to star in Fang Xing's movie.

This kind of opportunity may be something you will never get in your lifetime.

Therefore, this time Fang Xing obviously did not take the lead in directing, but there were more actors who wanted to star in this drama.

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Since there are so many resumes for actors, the director team of the production team has to screen them first before passing them to Fang Xing.

Casting officially began. Qiao Yinghong was an agent, so she took great care of her artists.

Every time a new drama is cast, Qiao Yinghong gives priority to showing the resumes of her own artists to Fang Xing first.

"Boss, if you look at the artists in our group, which one is suitable? I'll ask the management team to free up their schedule first."

Fang Xing had long ago given up on managing the company's artists.

During the previous two years of rest, the company also signed some actors one after another.

Therefore, except for the well-known ones, Fang Xing didn't know which actors were in the company.

However, what Qiao Yinghong showed to Fang Xing were basically the better actors in the company.

If you are a newcomer and plan to play a small role in a drama, you don't need to tell Fang Xing, just give it to the casting director for an audition.

Therefore, the resumes that Fang Xing received were not many, only seven.

Fang Xing flipped through the pages slowly and found an actor he had worked with. He was a little surprised: "Has Wang Zhenglong signed it? I'll consider it and see if there are any suitable roles for him."

Qiao Yinghong pulled out another resume and said: "Wang Kai's previous drama has been completed and we are selecting a new script. Do you want to arrange it in the new drama?"

Wang Kai is now a first-line actor and has great momentum.

Qiao Yinghong added: "Wang Kai is very popular now, but he has acted in too many idol dramas in the past two years. He needs a word-of-mouth drama to stabilize him."

Wang Kai is an artist of Huahuo Media, and Fang Xing acquired 90% of the shares of Huahuo Media.

Therefore, Wang Kai is indeed an artist of Ark Culture.

Fang Xing nodded and said, "Wang Kai can, invest in him to audition and see if he can play the male lead."

Qiao Yinghong then asked: "Lin Yingxue chatted with me a few days ago and asked me if there was any chance of cooperation in a new drama. I haven't given a reply yet."

Fang Xing thought for a moment and said, "If she wants to act, the heroine can let her try. However, I have to audition her myself."

"In this case, I'll give her a break first and see what she thinks." Qiao Yinghong said.

Lin Yingxue is now one of the top four domestic entertainment stars. This time she has a guest role in "Crazy Stone" and is even trying to develop into the big screen.

If she can successfully establish a foothold in the film industry, she will be the first actress to rise from one of the four major stars to a film celebrity.

However, Fang Xing is actually not optimistic about her transition to the big screen.

After all, she is still very young and her acting skills are not yet high enough to carry the box office.

Of course, if it is just used as a vase pendant in the movie, it is actually enough.

One of the reasons why movies have a higher status than TV series is that movies are more difficult to succeed.

Even for actresses who have won TV dramas and are very popular, if they want to transition to the big screen, the probability of success is not high.

It can even be said that the number of domestic actresses who can carry the box office can be counted on one hand.

The film industry mainly relies on male actors to carry the box office.

If there is an actress who can carry the box office, then this actress can directly reach the top of the entertainment industry.

Of course, if Lin Yingxue just wants to be a vase pendant in the movie, she is actually qualified.

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Fang Xing continued to look through his resume, and then he saw another acquaintance: "An Xiaoran...ah! She is quite suitable."

As soon as Qiao Yinghong heard this, she knew that the actor's appearance was exactly in line with the director's expectation for a certain role, so she asked: "Then arrange a role for her?"

Fang Xing nodded and said, "She is very suitable to play Ru Lan. Her appearance and personality are very suitable."

"Sheng Rulan" is the sister of the heroine "Sheng Minglan" in "Do You Know", and the two are similar in age.

If you look at the personality, "Sheng Rulan" is often more like a younger sister.

"Sheng Rulan" in the play is a character who is innocent, innocent and kind-hearted.

Fang Xing really felt that An Xiaoran was very suitable for this role, and immediately confirmed: "This role is reserved for her, and her schedule will be freed up."

The role of "Sheng Rulan" does not require particularly high acting skills. As long as she can act innocent and kind-hearted, it is enough.

Therefore, even if there is no audition, Fang Xing can directly finalize the job.

Of course, there will still be additional auditions later.

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When preparing for "Do You Know", "Crazy Stone" had to promote its upcoming online release, so every creative member had to record a video as a preview for the online release.

This video does not need to be recorded professionally, so it can be recorded in the company.

After Guo Shi finished recording the promotional video, he came to Fang Xing's office to say hello: "Hello, Director Fang, Hello, Director Fang."

"Sit down, sit down quickly." Fang Xing asked him to sit down and drink tea.

"I came here today to record a promotional video for online release. I just finished recording it. I heard that Director Fang was in the company, so I came over to say hello." Guo Shi was very polite.

He was originally just a little-known actor, but he became famous with "Crazy Stone" this summer, so he was very grateful to Fang Xing.

"With the recent surge in popularity, you have become a very busy person, right?" Fang Xing teased him.

"No way, I'm not a handsome guy, and I don't have many endorsements." Guo Shi smiled innocently.

"How is work lately?" Fang Xing asked.

"I just want to ask if there is a suitable role for me in the new drama? I can also make a guest appearance, and I don't need any salary." Guo Shi wanted to hug Fang Xing's thick leg now.

Fang Xing looked at his appearance and said, "Yes, yes. Father of the heroine, do you want to give it a try?"

Now that Guo Shi has made a name for himself in the film industry, Fang Xing is not sure whether he is willing to play a supporting role in a TV series.

Guo Shi was not picky at all and immediately agreed: "No problem, as long as Director Fang thinks I am suitable, then I will act."