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In this case, let's start discussing what to do next that day.

"Substitute people and reshoot. This is the general direction." Since Jiang Zhigang has taken over this responsibility, he has taken it upon himself. He concluded at the beginning by saying, "Keep the shots that can be kept, and the ones that can't be used."

We can only reshoot it to completely erase the traces of the surname Ke."

When I said my surname was Ke, I gritted my teeth and hated it so much.

"Now that it has been reshot, some flaws in the filming and some ideas in the plot can also be corrected." Director Xu Chengyi doesn't speak Mandarin very well, but he is still working hard.

Everyone is well aware of the flaws he mentioned.

If the actor's acting skills are not good, the flaws must exist, and they can be made up for after reshoots.

It can be said that the remade version is several levels higher in quality than the original version.

After all, Lin Dong's acting skills are obvious to all. His works in the past two years, especially this year's "Peace of the North", have completely confirmed Lin Dong's identity as an acting school.

The buzzword "little fresh meat" has nothing to do with Lin Dong.

That's a perfectly derogatory term.

If Lin Dong is a little fresh meat, how can you let those little fresh meat live?

"Teacher Lin Dong, what do you think about the remuneration?" Jiang Zhigang asked.

When Shi Shanshan and Lin Dong first came here, he said that he would let Lin Dong participate in the audition, but of course it is impossible to do that now.

Firstly, Kleist became the financial backer, and secondly, Lin Dong himself was Kleist’s boss.

Oh, right.

Now he is also his boss. He has just been appointed as the producer of this film and has given him a salary of 3 million.

There is no one more suitable than him to coordinate the project as a producer.

"Ah?" Lin Dong was still a little confused at this time. Why did the discussion come to me accepting this drama? I didn't say I would accept this drama.

However, it seems that there is a salary to be paid.

After filming "The Strongest Rival", he was indeed a little decadent. Fun Pictures needed money, and StarV also needed money. He really had to earn more money of his own.

"I took a look, and the person named Ke got a salary of 20 million yuan. It can't be lower than him." Shi Shanshan spoke at this time.

Lin Dong almost rushed up to hug her and gave her a kiss.

Sister, you are my biological sister!

In fact, Lin Dong's normal salary for a movie now should be around 8 million to 12 million. If the film is of good quality, it can be as low as 8 million. If the film is of average quality, it can be higher.

This is the price that increased after his "Northern Peace" became a hit.

The film "The Strongest Rival" did not overwhelm his salary, and only gave him five million.

Now, it has suddenly increased to 20 million, which is like pie in the sky.

The director, producer, and screenwriter thought about it and didn't object, although they felt that 20 million was indeed a bit high.

If someone named Ke doesn't want Bilian, we can't learn from him.

But what does it matter?

After all, it was their family who spent their own money to make this movie. No matter how high the remuneration is, aren’t they the ones who paid for it themselves?

As a result, Lin Dong's salary was finalized.

The record was broken by 20 million.

"I plan to invite a few people to make guest appearances and add some selling points to the play. These are all ideas I had in the past. Now that we are reshooting, can we add them in?" The screenwriter took out a few names and looked at Shi Shanshan expectantly.

Before the change, although Jiang Zhigang was considered a big shot in the industry, the people he wanted to invite might not really give him face.

After all, it's too easy to find a reason to decline.

Now that the producer has been replaced by Kleist, things are immediately different.

For example, he wanted to invite Tang Wei.

No matter how hard I try, I don’t know how to ask someone to come over and play a supporting role.

Now that Kleist is the producer, if you just say a word, people will immediately come over and be at your disposal.

The reason is very simple. Tang Wei starred in two films of "Beautiful Destiny" produced by Kleist, which made up for her lack of box office appeal.

If the workload is not heavy, you can guest star for free.

However, people have to be replaced, characters have to be added, and special effects have to be redone.

After this calculation, the budget will increase again.

And it also includes publicity.

With such a huge amount of money spent, it is impossible not to include Xuanfa.

That's why Jiang Zhi would reluctantly give up on this project just now. This is a bottomless pit. If he keeps going like this, the probability of recovering the cost will get closer and closer to zero.

"Our rule at Crest is that we will never pursue any project, so you'd better make a sufficient budget." After discussing the plan to resume work, Queen Shi finally reminded the creators.

This director Xu Chengyi can take a movie from the initial budget of 100 million to the last 200 million. He is obviously not a person who can control costs.

That's why she started talking ugly.

After following Lin Dong for so long, I have never seen Lin Dong pursuing any projects.

So she gave a very considerate reminder.

It’s time to calculate the money!

Several creatives were shocked and began to calculate and discuss carefully.

In fact, one version of the movie has already been shot, and it is clear where the money was spent, so there cannot be any big discrepancies in the cost accounting.

However, the rich man faced him.

Why not strive for excellence and achieve the best in what can be done better.

The final figure reached 400 million.

From 200 million to 400 million, it is indeed a doubling of growth.

Jiang Zhigang had already escaped from the trap and was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

A project that was originally planned to be completed with a cost of 100 million has soared to such an extent. It can only be said that it is too bumpy.

If the cost is 400 million, the box office must be at least 1.2 billion to start making money.

is it possible?

No one knows, and everyone has no idea.

Shi Shanshan also hesitated. She turned to look at Boss Lin sitting next to her.

Boss Lin nodded slightly.

"We have invested in this project, but the funds have been a bit difficult to turn over recently. The final signing date may have to wait until October." When Shi Shanshan arrived, Lin Dong had already introduced the situation.

This investment needs to wait for the funds from the variety show to come down.

The variety show will not default on the payment, after all, Penguin is very wealthy, and this is not the first time that Kleist has cooperated with them.

If you really need money urgently, it's not impossible to ask them to settle the bill in advance.

Anyway, the second season of "Tucao Show" will be aired this week.

"This..." Xu Chengyi was a little anxious. After working on it for a long time, it turns out that you have no money.

Although Jiang Zhigang was told in advance that he would have to wait a month before the handover could be completed, he did not expect that it was because the other party had no money.

At this moment, everyone's thoughts began to become subtle.

"We will get the payment from Penguin Video for the second season of "Tucao Show" in October. October shouldn't be too late, right?" Queen Shi's aura is not weak at all, and she does not have any guilty conscience.

"It turns out it's a complaint show, so it'll be fine."

As soon as they heard it was a complaint show, everyone immediately cleared their worries. Whether it was Jiang Zhigang or Xu Chengyi, who had just returned to China and could hardly even listen to Mandarin, they were all very familiar with the complaint show.

It is one of the most popular online variety shows in the past two years.

With the income from this program as a backing, there is no need to worry about money.

But Xu Chengyi secretly thought in his heart

Alas, if I had known earlier, I would have made the cost 500 million.

You get what you pay for, and the quality of something made with 500 million yuan is certainly better than that with 400 million yuan...