Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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Lin Meng was standing by the window, watching the crew outside the window being busy, filming with great enthusiasm, holding the script in her hand, her eyes were confused.
She couldn’t figure it out. Why did things suddenly develop like this?
“Ms. Lin, do you need to call the insurance company?” Ning Qi just entered the room and asked hesitantly, “Otherwise it is a little uninsured.”
Ning Qi was in his early forties, not thin, and had a kind face.
Lin Meng asked, “What is it?” The doubt in her eyes was not false.
Ning Qi sighed. He was lucky. He met a good boss with a high salary who did not impose discounts on various inputs. On the other hand, he was also really worried about meeting such a big boss.
The location where the crew of “Love You Before Tomorrow” was filming now was one of the lake view villas in the suburbs under Lin Meng’s name. Even the clothes and accessories worn by men and women at the moment and the luxury cars parked outside were provided by Lin Meng.
Ning Qi brought a lot of entertainer fashion resources before, he knew a little about it, and after roughly calculating the price of these things, he couldn’t help but talk.
“No, it’s okay if it’s broken. There’s a lot at home.”
It was quite a lot, and Ning Qi still remembered how he and He Fangming, the stylist of the crew, the props division and others who opened the door of the villa that was used as Lin Meng’s warehouse had looked at each other.
They were almost blinded by “money”.
If it weren’t for Lin Meng’s toughness, they had all planned to close the door and turn around, taking these to shoot a web drama that had no prospects. Were they crazy, or was the world going crazy?
Ning Qi was very helpless with his self-willed boss, and had to start a new topic: “Boss Lin, Wu Yuedi’s liquidated damages have been credited to the account, and the cost of the crew will be paid from the inside, if there is a surplus…”
Lin Meng turned her head and looked at Ning Qi’s expression of resentment finally.
She really found it too difficult.
Who would have guessed that Wu Yuedi was chosen for the No. 3 female lead in a Hollywood blockbuster on the day before the crew signed the contract, that was, the day she signed the contract, and she had to enter the group training in advance. After filming the remaining less than half a month of filming, she took the initiative to ask for cancellation of contract. Not only was the film fee refunded, but also a high penalty fee was paid, which was a total of 12 million.
Ning Qi didn’t know Lin Meng’s inner thoughts. He thought it was Lin Meng showing unhappiness, so he comforted her: “Ms. Lin, it is okay, we now have the No. 1 female lead. Although the acting is average, she looks good and she can bring traffic.”
He racked his brains for consolation.
The house was about to seemingly collapse under the endless rain.
The male lead in Xingyuan’s company had a lot of opinions on the increase in shooting time. As soon as he heard the female starring speech, he proposed an exquisite packaging plan.
They sent Song Jiao, a popular member of the company’s well-known girl group, who signed the contract at a low price.
Among them, Ning Qi also analyzed for Lin Meng. Although Song Jiao studied at the Film Academy, she had not received any decent TV series resources. The company was resolute and would not allow their own artist to play a supporting role for the band. This web drama had instead become a good opportunity for personal customization.
“I know.” Lin Meng sighed quietly, and she was annoyed thinking when could the money be spent.
She would receive the financial statements from Ning Qi, the part-time supervisor every day, and she was slashed by the shrinking expenses. Song Jiao and Yu Xingyuan were both trainees. They had only been popular for a few years. The company tightly regulated them, so they had few requirements.
Previously, Wu Yuedi also asked to live in the presidential suite, for a dining car service, plus her own staff provided by the company, half of the daily expenses of the crew were thus spent on her. Now that she was gone, this expense was also gone.
Ning Qi also said, “He Dao asked me to ask you if you have any comments on the script.” Wu Yuedi left, and the script was changed back to the original version-to be more precise, a refined version of the cooperation between He Fangming and the screenwriter, all the show of abusing expenditures was changed into an indoor show by him as much as possible, which saved money to the extreme.
“Yes, who asked He Dao to be so stingy. I remember there were clips like flying in helicopters in the previous script? Why delete it?” When talking like this, Lin Meng took it seriously, “If we have to do it, make it big, and add racing, too.”
“… Okay.” Ning Qi nodded his head, crossed out the stupid money that quickly came out of his heart, and changed it to excellence. Ms. Lin pursued perfection, he understood.
“But even if we add these, we should be able to finish the shoot in half a month.”
Lin Meng: “So fast?”
Ning Qi nodded. He didn’t say everything to Lin Meng. When choosing a post-production company, Lin Meng disagreed and, with the persuasion of He Fangming, he persistently selected a company with a high reputation in the industry. Of course, they made fine products.
But the problem was… Generally, those who were willing to spend this money were investing hundreds of millions on masterpieces, or those with special effects. They were an urban love drama, and 80% of it was to be shot indoor.
Overspending here, they had to save from other places, He Fangming and Ning Qi said, the materials that they used before could be used as much as possible, and it would work. The strongest post-production company in the industry also had a great cut-out.
“And the next is the publicity work. In the previous plan of Zhonghe Entertainment, the investment for publicity was 200,000.” Ning Qi saw this number and knew that Zhonghe Entertainment had no intention of doing this drama. This number could only buy cheap reports, leaving aside hot search and marketing numbers.
As soon as Lin Meng heard, she realised that the opportunity to spend money had come again: “This is too little, no, go according to the highest standards. I’ll take a look at your budget. Find more companies. The money should be spent.”
Was this money to pay, boss? Ning Qi shouted silently in his heart.
Lin Meng added: “This is the first drama I have invested in. No matter what the outcome is, I hope we don’t be perfunctory in the process. I don’t want that the first drama I invested in to leave a bad reputation.”
She found that she was very satisfied with this reason.
“I see.” Ning Qi sighed and thought that following a generous boss was better than following a stingy boss. In short, his gold medal agent was not a foolish one, and he would help to get the job done and try to make his boss get a more profitable pay.
The director outside the window just shouted cut—
Yu Xingyuan was like a zombie, he straightened his hand, and remained motionless.
The stylist and props rushing up with the box as fast as possible didn’t look at the little fresh meat, and carefully picked off the watch on Xingyuan’s hand.
Song Jiao on the other end received the same treatment. The necklace she had just taken off was placed in the box intact, and there was already a staff member dedicated to jewellery care. She brought tools and was ready. She wiped the part of the necklace that had touched the cosmetics.
“… Is this what?” Although not the first time watching, Lin Meng was shocked by the crew’s operation.
He Dao took care of her things to the extreme. When she drove her Lamborghini with diamonds back last time, she also saw He Dao and her staff check back and forth on the ground, for fear of losing any diamond.
“Of course.” Ning Qi nodded, knowing that the price of the few pieces just taken off was about four or five million. He was also nervous.
This was probably the first crew in history where the total price of a single product being used by an actor is higher than the cost of the actor’s acting, right?
Idols like Yu Xingyuan and Song Jiao were still very popular online.
In the past two days, Song Jiao officially rescued the fire and appeared in the news of “Love You Before Tomorrow”.
Let’s talk about a drama of fifty cents. Have you ever seen the magical operation of a female idol rescuing the fire?
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