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They want to increase the budget by 40 million?

Upon hearing the request from Blue Whale, Cai Ziyi raised her head and looked at her general manager in surprise.

Did she hear it wrong, not 40 million, but 4 million?

Yes, they said that Blue Whale's standard for producing film and television dramas is that the actors' remuneration should not exceed 25% of the total investment. If the actors' remuneration cannot be reduced, it will only increase the overall production cost. And they have special effects requirements for this fairy tale drama. We must achieve the best domestic technology at present, and Blue Whale’s Jiying Special Effects can produce the special effects of Sword and Sword III at cost price.”

As the general manager of Tang Ren Film and Television, it was the first time that Cheng Yimei encountered a film and television company that was so willing to spend money on special effects, and she couldn't help but be impressed.

They, Tang Ren, are relatively conscientious in the industry. At least half of their funds are invested in the actual production of film and television dramas, unlike some companies where less than one third is invested.

Who would have thought that Blue Whale Entertainment was even more ruthless? It simply doubled its backhand and invested more than three-quarters of the actual production costs.

Subconsciously, she felt the strong pressure from this young entertainment company.

“How much did they cost to do the special effects?”

Cai Ziyi temporarily put down the documents in her hands and asked subconsciously before she could recover.

45 million.

How many?

Unable to help but take a deep breath, Cai Ziyi, who had just turned 30 and controlled a film and television company worth hundreds of millions of dollars, repeated in shock.

They said they wanted to highly restore the plot and special effects of Sword and Sword III, and 45 million is just the cost price.

Cheng Yimei herself didn't believe it when she told this figure. She was also a little unbelievable when she heard this quotation for the first time.

The cost price is 45 million, so the friendship price has to go up to 60 million. This is just a special effect.

Even domestic blockbusters do not have such high special effects production costs.

This is no longer a fairy tale drama. This is a large-scale fairy tale special effects movie series.

Are you kidding? With such a high production cost, can you still make money?

Confirming that what she heard was not an extra zero, Cai Ziyi subconsciously rejected such a production cost.

The filming of Fairy Sword Yi produced by their company three years ago cost 15 million, which was considered a big deal back then, and the returns were generous, earning their company nearly twice the income.

Now, with the rising prices of TV series and the popularity of the Fairy Sword series, their company has incurred a production cost of 35 million.

This amount is already considered a large cost, and there is a lot of floating space reserved. The real production cost may not even be 30 million.

The other party actually asked to increase the budget by 40 million yuan, a total investment of 75 million yuan. Even if it is made into a movie, it will not be able to make up for it, let alone a fairy tale drama with a limited audience.

Is the boss of Blue Whale Entertainment out of his mind?

What Blue Whale means is that if we don't agree to the production cost, then they won't cooperate with us.

If we don't cooperate, we won't cooperate. Why don't we ask them for a project that is obviously making money?

Cai Ziyi became extremely angry when she thought that she had good intentions to make money with the other party, but was targeted in this way.

At this cost, their company can invest on its own, so why force others to follow suit and make money.

The reason for cooperating with the other party on this project is simply to make use of the other party's film resources.

According to Secretary Chi, if our cooperation fails, Blue Whale will develop its own fairy tale drama. The investment is expected to be 60 million, and the fairy tale drama produced will be popular at the same time as ours.

After the CEO's boss had lost his temper, Cheng Yimei said another meaning conveyed by Blue Whale.

This time, they were targeted by a tiger.

What do you mean? Threatening us? We, the Three Immortals of Swords, are afraid of fighting with others. It's a joke.

Unexpectedly, Cai Ziyi couldn't help shouting because she didn't expect the other party to say anything else.

How come this Blue Whale Entertainment doesn't play according to the routine at all, and starts to threaten if cooperation fails.

She, Cai Ziyi, founded Tangren Film and Television at the age of 24 and has never accepted threats from others.

Not before, not now, not ever again.

Blue Whale Entertainment has just collaborated with director Li Donglai on a 300-million-dollar movie. Coupled with the Jiying special effects they previously acquired, maybe their fairy tale drama will be very suitable for the tastes of today's young audiences.

At this point, Cheng Yimei, as the general manager, calmly analyzed the opponent's advantages.

The Fairy Sword series does have a large audience base, but if a fairy tale drama with explosive special effects appears in the same period, it will definitely not be good news for their company, which has invested a lot of money in Fairy Sword 3.

Nowadays, the income of many TV series is linked to the ratings. Those with high ratings can also share advertising revenue with the TV station, which is not a small amount.

In this regard, Blue Whale Entertainment, which has been booming in the past two years, has grown rapidly through this, becoming an existence that their predecessors like Tang Ren Film and Television look up to.

Once the Fairy Sword III produced by their company is sniped, the subsequent series of related fairy tale dramas will be shelved, and the loss will not only be tens of millions of production costs.

Are we still afraid of them?

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Seeing that her right-hand assistant was silent, Cai Ziyi calmed down and asked, What suggestions do you have?

Actually, an investment of 75 million is not unacceptable. In a few days, after the Internet Copyright Association is established and relevant policies are issued, major video websites will definitely spend money on the copyrights of various film and television dramas. By then, the network of high-quality TV dramas will The copyright income is not a small number, I think Blue Whale also has this idea. After all, the variety show The Voice they previously produced sold 20 million in network copyright fees for a single season.

After careful consideration, Cheng Yimei felt that she still had to accept the other party's opinion.

Nowadays, Blue Whale Entertainment has begun to develop into the big screen and is very successful. If Tang Ren, who lacks resources in this area, joins the other party's boat, he may not be able to make achievements in movies.

You want me to agree and accept their threats?

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Not knowing that General Manager Feng turned around and gave Tang Ren an unacceptably high production fee. Zhou Anan, who had already gone to the station to pick up his girlfriend, was carrying another plump oil bottle in Yushan. Having lunch in a shopping mall restaurant.

Well, I've only had a few days' rest, and I feel a little tired thinking about going back to teach those little brats tomorrow.

After a sumptuous lunch, Wang Min sighed helplessly as he leaned on his seat and drank milk tea.

You don't have to go. The training department should be able to arrange for a substitute teacher.

In this regard, Zhou Anan, who was disturbed in their world, suggested.

Nowadays, Zhuangyuan Education has abundant part-time teacher resources. Occasionally, if a few part-time teachers take leave, other part-time teachers can be arranged to fill in at any time.

Especially for primary school courses, basically all part-time teachers are qualified.

If I don't go to class, where will the money come from? You have to support me.

Knowing the sarcasm in this best friend's boyfriend's words, Wang Min pretended not to understand and retorted.

To be honest, she still wants someone to support her, like her good friend Shi Mingxia, how nice it would be.

The price of pork is a bit low now, so we can't afford it.

After looking at the visual effect of the other party's head held high, Zhou Anan couldn't help but shake his head.

Xiao Xia, you don't care about your boyfriend. It's so annoying. If you let him out like this, he will be easily beaten by other girls. You have to watch carefully.

After being stunned for a moment, Wang Min, who understood the meaning of the other party's words, was furious and immediately warned his friends and besties next to him.

I can't control it, and I don't want to.

Listening to the scene of his friend getting angry with his boyfriend every day, Shi Mingxia, who was used to it, drank milk tea, shook his head and replied.

It's over, it's over, you have been brainwashed by the evil organization.

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After lunch, he accompanied his girlfriend to a shopping mall and happily spent hundreds of dollars. Zhou Anan rushed back to Lucheng with the two girls.

No. 1, pay attention to the car coming from the right ahead.

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No. 1, pay attention to the eight o'clock truck behind you.

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No. 1, big truck ahead on the left, dangerous, dangerous.

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As they were about to enter a national highway traffic light intersection in Lucheng, a white Liuzhou Wuling van made a 360-degree flick.

In the middle of the traffic light intersection, the passenger side of the van was hit hard by a large truck heading into the city. The window glass was instantly shattered, and the airbag on the driver's side also popped out.

After that, Liuzhou Wuling was hit by the inertia of the big truck and moved forward quickly. The speed weakened slightly, but it continued to drive forward quickly, as if the brakes of the big truck failed, and the van with a slightly twisted body made a harsh friction sound.

At this time, Zhou Anan, who had just passed the right turn lane and entered the through lane at a steady speed, heard the noise, glanced at the rearview mirror and reflector, and couldn't help shaking his hands.

He saw a large truck with a van on top, rushing through the traffic light intersection at an extremely fast speed and crashing into his rear.