Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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Mr. Xu, look...can you...could you also sponsor some of our filming locations like sponsoring Director Xie and the others?

Hearing Wang Fulin's request, Xu Cun's mind was neutral, and he flashed through the experience of traveling to Hebei, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Hubei and other provinces to shoot scenes with a film crew of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life.

That's right, Xu Cun had dealt with the film crew of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms in his last life—but at that time, he was just a handyman against equipment.

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Although Xu Cun was almost at the bottom of the crew at that time, he also witnessed the hardships of the filming process of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms-Wang Fulin and others wanted to put The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a well-known classical literary masterpiece, on the screen. I have gone through untold hardships. In order to make films, many people did not even go home for a year or two. A Singaporean director once inspected the crew of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and said with emotion: You are really filming for the Chinese nation!

When the Singaporean director said this, Xu Cun was not far behind him.

Soon after that, Xu Cun left the crew of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Although he didn't follow the crew of Romance of the Three Kingdoms for five years from beginning to end, Xu Cun still paid close attention to the crew he had been with for more than a year.

It is precisely because of this, coupled with Wang Fulin's extraordinary status, that Xu Cuncai even temporarily put aside the career of picking up girls that he has always valued, and came directly to the banquet when Wang Fulin invited him.

It is also precisely because of this that Xu Cuncai has a very good understanding of the filming process of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, knowing that what Wang Fulin said is true.

In the previous life, the total investment of Romance of the Three Kingdoms was 170 million yuan, nearly 100 million yuan was used to build a shooting base, and about 70 million yuan was directly invested in filming.

If this amount of money was spent on Xu Cun's rebirth, it would be enough to pay two or three protagonists, and it would not be enough for the production cost of a major drama. For a historical drama that started from scratch, this amount of money is also stretched.

Therefore, although the actors and staff of Romance of the Three Kingdoms received meager remuneration, the producers of Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ren Dahui, Zhou Ming, Zhang Jizhong and others still had to ask for money everywhere, so that the shooting time of Romance of the Three Kingdoms lasted It lasted for five years, which led to this version of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms leaving a lot of regrets!

Because the shooting time is so long, some characters in the play are even important characters, and the actors have been changed several times, which seriously affects the emotions of the audience. Zhao Yun is one of the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, but three actors are used to play it in the TV series, and the second actor is younger than the first actor. Many viewers often wonder if this is Zhao Yun. Soochow Lu Su was originally a loyal elder. The first actor was actually very successful in acting, but because it took too long and an accident occurred, he had to change another actor to play Lu Su. As a result, it was difficult for the audience to recognize the two Lu Su. Su connected. The same is true for characters such as Wei Yan and Jiang Wei-the later actors may not be inferior to the former, but once they are replaced, the audience's impression of the characters will become blurred.

In addition, because of insufficient funds, many scenes and props, especially war scenes that cost a lot of money, became more manageable in the later stages of filming.

Naturally, these were not the mistakes of Wang Fulin and other people with a rigorous work attitude, but were really forced by funds!

Even putting aside personal feelings, it is already Xu Cun's dream to have someone with a rigorous work attitude such as Wang Fulin help him expand the Hengdian film and television base, let alone Xu Cun's feelings.

So, after listening to Wang Fulin's pleading, Xu Cun tapped on the table and thought for a while, then said: Old Wang, can you see if this works? This Romance of the Three Kingdoms is my cooperation with the Chinese TV Drama Production Center and the Central Committee. It is co-produced by TV stations. China TV Drama Production Center and China Central Television send you people. The production fee, including the salaries of your behind-the-scenes personnel and actors, is all included in my account. What is needed for the TV series Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I will be in Hengdian Film and Television What to build in the base, I don’t set the production cost to go online. In addition, I will build the world’s largest and most advanced studio in Hengdian Film and Television Base, which is bigger and more advanced than my studio in Xiangjiang. This TV series was shot into From now on, the copyright will be owned by me, and I will give China Central Television ten years of use copyright, and China TV drama production center ten years of domestic sales rights. How about it?

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After hearing Xu Cun's proposal, Wang Fulin and others looked at each other in blank dismay - they didn't know how to answer Xu Cun's words!

In other words, Xu Cun's conditions are indeed generous enough - ten years of use of copyright and ten years of domestic sales rights, enough to impress the Chinese TV drama production center and China Central Television, two units that only pay a few people and don't even have to pay wages up. After all, the broadcast life of most TV series is not ten years.

What attracted Wang Fulin and others the most was that Xu Cun did not set an upper limit on the production cost of the TV series Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but also built them the largest and most advanced studio in the world, allowing them to play Romance of the Three Kingdoms to their heart's content Create a historical drama that can truly withstand the precipitation of history.

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In this way, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms cannot be regarded as a TV series produced by China TV Drama Production Center and CCTV, but should be regarded as a TV series produced by Xu Cun.

How can Wang Fulin and the others decide such a major event?

Therefore, after Zhang Shaolin, who was the first to react, whispered a few words in Wang Fulin's ear, Wang Fulin looked at Xu Cun and said, Mr. We have to go back and ask the superiors for instructions before we can give you an answer.

After hesitating for a while, Wang Fulin asked again: Well...Mr. Xu, if things really develop in the direction you said, you...who are you going to send to manage us?

Xu Cun smiled and said: If you want to say that no one will be sent, then it is impossible to designate. I have to send a few people in charge of finance and Hengdian Film and Television Base to cooperate with you. As for the others, unless you need them, otherwise I won't send it... The reason why I want to take over this TV series is not that I want to get anything from it, and it can't give me anything. I just like Romance of the Three Kingdoms and want to leave a legacy for the Chinese nation. A show that will stand the test of time.

Hearing Xu Cun's words, while Wang Fulin and the others felt relieved, they couldn't help admiring Xu Cun's fist-fighting heart!

Wang Fulin said solemnly: Mr. Xu, don't worry, we will ask the relevant leaders for instructions on this matter when we go back, and try our best to facilitate this matter!

Speaking of this, Wang Fulin hesitated for a moment, and said again: Mr. Xu...Since you like The Romance of the Three Kingdoms so much, I think you should play the role of Zhou Gongjin...

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