"Leaving so soon?"
Yuan Hai asked in surprise.
He thought to himself, Huang Tianlin had nothing to say now.
Chen Siqi said: "There are still a lot of jobs in the country, so I can't stay long."
"Then -" Yuan Hai suddenly realized something. Today and tomorrow, Lu Yanhe's notice They are all full, and there are shooting tasks from morning to night. "How about I ask them to adjust it, Yan He, I will give you a day off tomorrow and shoot other scenes first."
Before Lu Yanhe could speak, Chen Siqi immediately said: "Producer Yuan, you don't need to give him a day off because of me, and I don't need him to accompany me. I'm too lazy to go anywhere. It's quite interesting to watch him act on the set. I haven't seen him live for a long time." He's acting."
Hearing this, Yuan Hai looked at Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Yuan Hai: "Okay, if you need anything, just tell me. Don't be polite to me."
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi looked at each other and said to Yuan Hai nodded.
Yuan Hai helped them tear up the chicken and put it on the small table. He did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he took off his disposable plastic gloves and said to Chen Siqi: "Siqi, when I am free in the afternoon, I will I want to talk to you, is that convenient? ”< br>
Chen Siqi nodded, "Of course it's convenient. I'll be on the set all afternoon. Producer Yuan, just come to me when you have time."
As soon as Yuan Hai left, Chen Siqi immediately told Lu Yanhe : "This General Manager Yuan is in charge It's quite authentic. I came here temporarily. There are no restaurants in this remote countryside, and he was able to get a local roast chicken for us to add to our meal. "
Lu Yanhe laughed and said: "Generally a person of interest Producers are quite capable. Directors can be willful when it comes to dealing with people. It’s really rare for a producer to be someone who is not very good at dancing.”
“You said he wanted to follow me. What should I talk about?" Chen Siqi asked curiously.
In Chen Siqi's view, Yuan Hai, as a producer in Malaysia, currently has nothing to talk to her about alone.
Lu Yanhe shook his head, "I don't know either."
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Chen Siqi never thought that Yuan Hai came to see her about dancing in the theater.
Yuan Hai himself has a production company in Malaysia, and the only director who signed the contract is Huang Tianlin.
However, the local market in Malaysia is too small. The investment Yuan Hai can obtain every year is limited, and the film projects he can produce are even more limited. Many people can only take on some small shooting projects for local TV stations locally, or simply go out to take on some private work during their idle period.
Yuan Hai wants to participate in the Jump Up project.
“I heard that you are also recruiting directors on a large scale and forming a production team.” He said, “I don’t know if there are any suitable projects. If so, let’s see if they are handed over to us. Is it possible to take the photo? "
Chen Siqi looked at Yuan Hai in surprise and did not recover for a long time.
Seeing that she hadn’t spoken for a long time, Yuan Hai thought she was in embarrassment, and immediately said: "It doesn’t matter if you don’t need it. I’m used to it. I try to take on more projects from outside. There are many people in the company, and so is the production team. , it’s a lot of pressure to support the team, please forgive me.”
"Ah, no." Chen Siqi shook his head, "I was just inspired. Before you told me, I had never thought that you could find a filming team from abroad to do a jump-up theater scene."
Now, one of the biggest problems facing Jump Theater is production pressure.
In the entertainment industry, for a period of time, there are only so many directors who have the talent, time, and ideas to shoot jump theaters, including those who have been discovered, and those who have not been discovered, it is impossible Like the crucian carp crossing the river, you can take your pick.
Now that Jump Up Theater has just started, the reserve of directors and production team members can still support the filming of so many dramas. However, as the good directors found before are used up, it will become more and more difficult to find production in the future. The team goes to shoot suitable projects.
After all, she can’t ask those directors who have already succeeded in jumping theater to use their remuneration from the first jumping theater film to shoot the second and third films. The model of Jump Up Theater is also doomed. Even if the production budget will increase as advertising fees increase later, no matter what, it will not be able to increase to the point where people can pay the market price.
This is only the most basic difficulty.
The Jump Theater model must rely on the emergence of a steady stream of new directors and other creators to form an effective cycle, so that it can continue to be filmed based on such a production.
Chen Siqi had known before that Lu Yanhe’s Linghe Company was actually looking for suitable young directors in Southeast Asian countries and regions for cooperation in the film field. However, probably because there is a lot of international cooperation in the film itself, in the Chinese film crew, there are actually many technical personnel from abroad, including many well-known directors, who actually carry out a lot of international cooperation. Therefore, Chen Siqi never thought However, Jump Up Theater can also find production teams from overseas.
On the one hand, this is because in the field of TV dramas, there has almost never been such a precedent. Everyone also takes it for granted that if you hire a director from abroad to shoot a TV drama, it will not work well. After all, dramas are more down-to-earth than movies to a certain extent, and they need someone who truly understands Chinese culture in order to create a story that the audience will like more.
On the other hand, Chen Siqi himself also felt that even the more famous domestic directors could not afford to hire a director from abroad for a play with such a low budget. How could he afford a foreign director?
As soon as Yuan Hai opened his mouth, Chen Siqi suddenly realized that not all foreign directors are expensive.
China’s film and television drama market is already the largest market in the world. This has also led to an increase in the salaries of film and television production staff. However, in places like Malaysia and Thailand, their markets are not that big, and their film and television drama production talents are not that high either.
Two to three million yuan to shoot a two- to three-episode TV series may be a very low cost for the Chinese market, but it may not be a low cost for Malaysia. budget.
The question is, can people here in Malaysia be able to take pictures? Good shot?
Regarding this issue, if someone else took the initiative to ask for help, Chen Siqi might have to investigate more and find out more about the other party's origins. But this person is Yuan Hai. He has a serious production company and has done many film and television projects. Moreover, the most important thing is that he is a Chinese himself and speaks Chinese very well. His own cultural background is Connected.
What Jump Theater is filming is not a historical or serious drama.
Chen Siqi said: "Mr. Yuan, I am very interested in this proposal. I want to know more about your production company. By the way, you should know that we jump up the theater and produce every play. The funding is basically only about 600,000 US dollars, right?"
Yuan Hai nodded: "I heard about it."
"That's good, I'll be honest, though. The production cost of Jump Theater will increase a bit in the future, but it will definitely not increase significantly. It will not be like the American dramas, British dramas and even Korean dramas we know, with a production cost of tens of millions of dollars. "Chen Siqi. Said, "If your production company is really interested in jumping theater, then we can give one or two projects a try first."
Yuan Hai nodded.
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After Lu Yanhe learned about Yuan Hai's idea of finding Chen Siqi, he was quite surprised and did not expect it.
However, if you think about it more seriously, it is actually not difficult to understand.
Lu Yanhe owns a film and television drama production company and knows how stressful it is to run a company.
A company does nothing, and the labor costs plus some fixed expenses such as company rent are eight figures.
The film production company Yuan Hai runs is a high-risk industry. Not to mention that in Malaysia, the local market is too small and the competition in the Asian market is too fierce, not to mention the European and American markets. They can almost only survive in a small pool.
Investment is difficult to find, and the influence of film and television dramas is not enough. Without a well-known and influential creator, Huang Tianlin has become the most representative figure in Malaysian cinema in recent years - and he has only made one movie, which was presented to everyone at the Toronto Film Festival. I've met and the reputation is pretty good.
You can imagine how much pressure Yuan Hai is under.
To be honest, if a Chinese-language drama with a normal scale worth tens of millions of dollars is handed over to Yuan Hai's company, not to mention whether any company dares to hand it over to them, they themselves would not dare to do it. catch. Because the company is not that big, it cannot handle such large projects.
Jump Up Theater happens to be a "small project" theater.
A drama, two or three episodes in length, and a production budget of about US$600,000 is exactly what Yuan Hai and his production company can afford.
Chen Siqi asked: "In the past few days you have been in contact with him, do you think he is a person who can cooperate?"
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded without hesitation, "Actually, I am not only I have only been in contact with him for the past few days. From the very beginning of this movie, Zi and I Sister Yan has been in contact with him for half a year, especially Sister Ziyan, who has been in contact more and more frequently. Sister Ziyan thinks very highly of him."
Chen Siqi: "Then I have to change. Signed, I want to visit his company and meet his production team.”
After Chen Siqi has been the editor-in-chief of "Jump Up" for so many years, when deciding whether to cooperate with someone, it becomes more and more necessary for him to meet and chat with the person in person. Of course, if he can meet and chat with the person more often, A chat is better. When it comes to cooperation in the field of content creation like hers, most of the time it’s not how beautiful the plan is, but how reliable the person is.
So, she wanted to meet other people in Yuan Hai's company and see their production team. Having been doing Jump Theater for so long, Chen Siqi also has a standard for what qualities a good producer and a good production team should have and what they should not have.
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Yes, but Mr. Yuan, does he have time to take you there? I think he has been on the set basically every day in the past two days and has never left."
"It doesn't matter, it's better if he's not here. He can let others receive me." Chen Siqi said.
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"As long as you have an idea."
"Do you know what I'm thinking about? I think I'm a bit exaggerated, maybe I'm a bit crazy." Chen Siqi said suddenly.
“Huh?” Lu Yanhe asked, “What’s wrong?”
“I’m thinking that if the Jump Theater model can be replicated, maybe in the future our Jump Theater can go to places all over the world. Recruiting production talent is more than just working with us , shoot the novels in our "Jump Up" magazine, you can also find local scripts and shoot local stories, Jump Up Malaysia branch theater, India branch theater, Singapore branch theater..."
"I thought of this Later, I suddenly thought, why "Jump" The overseas version of "Jump Up" has not been promoted effectively. In addition to the fact that physical books are already in a slump, there is another point that I also forgot. Even though the overseas version of "Jump Up" is no longer a magazine, but a theme book, there is one thing on it. The authors and articles are all from China. It’s too unfamiliar to local readers. I’m thinking that when I make an overseas edition later, I want to invite local writers to make a themed book and invite some of the more influential local writers. Writers come to write articles around this topic.”
Lu Yanhe was inspired by Chen Siqi's suggestion.
“This sounds like it’s worth trying.”
Before, they had always thought about making “Jump Up” “go out”, so they forgot that many times, The premise of "going out" also requires them to better "go in".
This method has actually been used too many times in the film and television drama industry. Whichever overseas market you value, just find an actor from that country to participate.
Behind the so-called international lineup are actually the simplest business considerations.
However, their previous idea of making the overseas version of "Jump Up" was limited by the fact that they already had a lot of good works published. They preconceptionally believed that the problem with the overseas version of "Jump Up" was that there was not enough publicity, and it was the entity. The reason why the publishing industry is in recession is because the connection between a good book and the market has not been done well.
In fact, what they think is good may not be so good to local readers.
Just like many acclaimed overseas works, they were met with indifference when they came to China.
Cultural backgrounds are different, and aesthetics are also different.
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Whenever she talks about work, Chen Siqi's eyes are bright and shining.
Lu Yanhe felt like she wanted to fly back to China the next second to discuss this matter with her team.
When Lu Yanhe went to take a shower and came out, Chen Siqi was holding the laptop and typing furiously on the keyboard with his fingertips, typing very fast.
Lu Yanhe went over and saw that she was writing ideas for the next step of promoting the overseas version.
The page is already densely packed with words, and ideas are pouring out like spring water.
In addition to what I just said, Chen Siqi also wrote above that he could refer to the "star effect" that the domestic "Jump Up" exerted when it was first produced, and invite directors, screenwriters and actors who are very famous locally and even internationally to write columns. . Rather than inviting celebrities to shoot the cover and attract a wave of fans to buy the book, it is better to use this method to create the impression of "Jump Up" as a literary masterpiece.
Physical books, in this era, are destined to be unavailable to the masses, so we should follow the niche track and maximize the attributes of "Jump Up" on this track.
There are so many people, no matter how niche the track is, as long as you walk well, you will definitely get flowers and applause.
Lu Yanhe sat down next to Chen Siqi, put his arm around her waist, and watched her typing without speaking to disturb her.
I don’t know how long it took, but Chen Siqi suddenly felt a weight on his shoulders.
When she turned her head, she realized that Lu Yanhe fell asleep while watching.
Chen Siqi came to his senses, closed the laptop, put it aside, and patted Lu Yanhe's thigh.
Lu Yanhe opened his eyes, feeling a little apprehensive.
He saw that Chen Siqi had turned off the computer and asked: "Is it finished?"
"Yes, it's finished." Chen Siqi nodded, "Go to sleep."
Lu Yanhe yawned and said, "Let's go."
As a result, as soon as he got to bed, Lu Yanhe became energetic and no longer had to yawn.
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