Chapter 273 It’s hard to explain in one word

Chapter 273 It’s hard to explain in one word

Chapter 273 It’s hard to explain in one word
The crews of "Lost on Journey" and "The Lonely and Great God" are still filming.

the other side.

The long-awaited "Time Trap" crew has also officially launched the project.

The whole story still has the original framework, but the content has been greatly changed by Fan Wumian, making it more exciting and interesting.

The director chose the Hang Son Doong Cave in Vietnam as the filming location. This natural cave is very large and has beautiful scenery, which can save the cost of set design.

As the storyline is relatively simple, it is estimated to only take about a month, with a total budget of HK$300 million.

According to Fan Wumian's idea, it would be better if the film could be shown in theaters. If that is not possible, he could make money by distributing DVDs overseas, or simply package and sell the copyright.

As for another low-budget movie "This Man From Earth", it is even more difficult to be released in theaters. The total shooting budget is only 100 million Hong Kong dollars. It is planned to send it to the film festival first to try its luck.

Here in Shanghai.

Fan Wumian spent four days making a guest appearance on the set of "Mission Impossible 3" and then returned to the Villa Mahler Hotel to continue acting with Zhuang Muxi.

In the cafe.

The sunlight shines on the two of them, making the picture particularly beautiful.

There was an extra who played the proprietress who had a breakdown while tutoring the kids. Zhuang Muxi wanted to step forward to help but was stopped by Fan Wumian.

He shook his head and laughed:
"There are three kinds of the dumbest birds in the world. One is the stupid bird that flies first, the other is the stupid bird that doesn't fly at all, and the last kind is the one that gives birth to chicks and then lets them fly."

"If you ask me what I have learned over the past few hundred years, one of them is that not everyone is suitable for taking exams. Some things are useless even if you force them, and will only make you more troubled. I once had a servant who took the imperial examinations more than a dozen times, but he was still only a scholar."

"If you teach others how to raise children, it's easy to get in trouble and end up being disliked for nothing."

This is just a small interlude to make up the plot.

There is no big villain in the whole script, and it is not possible to talk about love from beginning to end, so many types of small stories are arranged.

Zhuang Muxi drank his coffee slowly and suddenly smiled:
"I really envy her. If I could have my mother tutor me one more time, I would rather live three years less. Where do you think people go after they die? Has my mother been reincarnated? And what kind of family would she be born into?"

Fan Wumian just smiled without saying anything, and changed the subject and asked:

"I think I left some things here at the beginning of the last century. Will you accompany me to get them back?"

"OK."

The Bund's international architectural complex.

The street scene was arranged in advance to facilitate the crew's filming. After filming on the street, they entered the Jardine Matheson Building, pried open a prop wall, and took out an oil paper bag from it.

When he opened the oil paper package, inside was an old memorial. Fan Wumian waved his hand and used his magic power to keep it intact. He said that the memorial was a thousand years old and was going to be given to his servant, the grandfather of the character played by Liu Shishi, as a gift.

He also mentioned that he had mentioned it decades ago, and the other party would ask about it every year afterwards, and he finally had the time to take it back.

After opening the memorial, Zhuang Muxi did not find anything unusual at first. Later he realized that the seal on it actually had eight seal characters written on it: "Received the Mandate from Heaven, May You Live Long and Prosper".

This is also a short story modified by Fan Wumian.

In a joking tone, he told Zhuang Muxi that he had never seen the imperial seal, but he happened to have kept this memorial during his lifetime and had never thrown it away for hundreds of years.

Zhuang Muxi's eyes sparkled at first, and then she said unhappily:

"It's too new. Even if we send it to an expert for appraisal, it will probably be considered a fake. No one will believe it's a thousand years old."

Fan Wumian said coolly:
"It's enough for me to know it myself. There's no need to get other people's approval. I have a gift for you."

Zhuang Muxi was looking forward to it at first, but then she received a pile of high school mock exercise books, which made her so angry that she gritted her teeth.

The profession of actor is actually quite interesting.

If you role-play on the street, you may be regarded as a fool, but if the actor does a good job, he can make money and gain praise from others.

All he had to do was to perform the script carefully, which was quite relaxing and relieving for Fan Wumian, and it felt like he was playing some games.

of course.

This is mainly because he is the boss himself, so if he wants the crew to take a holiday, he can let the crew take a holiday, and he will not be scolded by the director or producer to the point of doubting his life.

After putting together an episode of content.

Fan Wumian finished work early and took a break. He accompanied Zhuang Muxi on the Bund terrace and had a French meal which was expensive but not very tasty.

The next morning.

The entire crew set off again and headed north to Yanjing to continue filming.

The two-story courtyard house on the northern edge of Houhai has been specially decorated, with many fake items rented from Panjiayuan for decoration to create a feeling of "profound heritage".

Today's TV dramas are still mainly period dramas and martial arts dramas, and the "playing the pig to eat the tiger" and "domineering president" plots are very popular.

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The second day after returning to Yanjing.

Fan Wumian also saw news on the Internet that a seriously ill and dying old wealthy Singaporean also spent about 60 US dollars to pre-order a brocade Dharani Sutra quilt, intending to cover himself with it during his funeral.

The reporter teased Fan Wumian between the lines, saying that he was still a little naive after all, and that he did not discover the business opportunity, which led to others taking advantage of him. During breakfast.

Fan Wumian said unhappily:

"My goodness, a good brocade Dharani Sutra quilt is almost turning into a 'Ten Thousand Souls Banner'. If it continues like this, it will be difficult to increase its value in the future."

Zhuang Muxi came over to read it and said in amazement, "I didn't expect so many people would believe this."

"Why doesn't anyone believe it? There are hundreds of elderly people doing morning exercises at my Wanghailou Club every morning. The construction team didn't let them in, and they got angry."

Fan Wumian had a headache and said helplessly:
"I should have built it into a nursing home so that those old men and women who want to absorb the dragon's energy to prolong their lives can live there from morning to night, and then open a counter for high-priced health products."

"Master Li Mingfo, you know, it seems that the appearance fee has risen to one million Hong Kong dollars. Just talking a few words in front of the employer can make more than my film salary."

"This track is still very lucrative as long as it is done well. If this trend continues, Master Li will soon be able to buy a mansion on the top of the mountain."

Zhuang Muxi smiled and said, "Then you are adding fuel to the fire and looking for a carver to make a dragon ball?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Fan Wumian replied:
"I just go with the flow. Everyone thinks I have great luck, and it will be much easier for me to make movies or do business because they think I can succeed. Besides, there are so many handsome, talented and worldly-wise stars, which makes me look special."

Needless to say, the effect is remarkable.

He made a name for himself by relying on metaphysics, and he has been in the phenomenal news one after another. Many uncles and aunts may not know Stephen Chow and Chow Yun-fat, but they have more or less heard of Fan Wumian's story.

Let’s look at it from an intuitive point of view.

The average price of a courtyard house in other places in Yanjing is only 12,000 to 13,000 yuan, but the feng shui of this area along the northern edge of Houhai is particularly good because it is said that "dragon energy is rising".

Recently, a dilapidated house of more than 500 square meters was sold for more than 19000 yuan per square meter, just considering the land price. It was bought directly by a businessman from Fujian Province on the day it was listed.

It is said that he did not even inspect the house physically, but only looked at a few photos and asked how far it was from Fan Wumian's yard.

There is also his nanmu garage door, which is often touched by elderly people passing by. It is almost patinated, saving the cost of varnishing and maintenance.

There are endless trivial matters, and I am mainly busy filming TV series recently.

Just last night, "Wulin Waijia" premiered on Shanghai Satellite TV, with the first broadcast rights for each episode priced at 95000 yuan.

According to the feedback this morning, countless young people stayed in front of the TV last night, waiting for "Wulin Waijia" to be broadcast.

The evaluation is a bit hard to describe.

The newspaper editor seemed not very optimistic and only wrote

——"This is a very special ancient martial arts sitcom. Different from other TV series, the protagonists speak in dialect and the performance style is very bold and unrestrained."

The Shanghai Satellite TV has not yet announced its audience ratings, probably because it is worried about being embarrassment. However, no media outlet has openly criticized it.

Since there are many young netizens, the online reviews are quite good.

Some netizens left messages saying that they finished watching both episodes very quickly.

Another netizen mentioned that since his parents were at home, he could only hide in a small shop at the entrance of the village to watch TV. The shop owner was watching and laughing, but because she kept her head up, she didn't see a mouse coming to her feet and happened to step on it.

Fan Wumian has watched the previous episodes over and over again.

He only cares about the ratings now, which are directly related to the pricing and sales of replay rights.

There are 40 episodes in total for the first season, which means that if the price of the rebroadcast rights for each episode is reduced by 1 yuan, the profit will be reduced by 40 yuan.

In the previous life, I was only responsible for assisting in filming in the crew.

This time, as he invested in the TV series and sold it externally, Fan Wumian was half a layman.

The worst thing in doing business is pretending to know something you don't and trying to be smart.

So he found a lot of knowledgeable people to help him and set up a special operations and sales department. Most of the employees were poached from major satellite TV stations with high salaries.

The income of TV dramas varies greatly, with polarization being very serious.

For example, "My Fair Princess" once set a record of being broadcast repeatedly on a certain satellite TV station for 13 times within a year. A fee had to be paid to the producer every time it was broadcast, which was a huge profit.

There is also the recently aired "Drawing Sword", which has quite good ratings.

As a result, several TV stations under CCTV are broadcasting "Drawing Sword" together, so the audience does not need to worry about accidentally missing some plots because of being busy with other things, they can continue watching by changing the channel.

Some TV series cannot even find a TV station willing to buy them after they are filmed, so they end up being left unfinished, and the initial investment is completely wasted.

Let’s look at “Wulin Waijia” instead.

The resources of Shanghai Satellite TV are so-so, and most of the viewers who waited for the premiere last night were fans of Fan Wumian.

He was confident about this blockbuster sitcom, but the problem was that it didn't have a big-name cast and it wasn't created by Fan Wumian, so it lacked ratings appeal.

For its part, Bandit King Media does not plan to sell the rebroadcast rights at a low price, and major TV stations are still waiting and watching, waiting for Shanghai TV to announce the premiere data.

Only three TV stations, Hubei Radio and Television, Guangdong East Satellite TV and Huizhou Satellite TV, took the lead in agreeing to buy the second round of rebroadcast rights at a price of RMB 6 to 7 per episode.

As for many small local TV stations, they just hope that the prices will drop as soon as possible so that they can catch up with the major TV stations and reap the benefits.

(End of this chapter)