Still there, Cao Xuan saw Li Yuan and Qian Yanqiu again.
In fact, before that, Cao Xuan roughly knew the bottom line of Qin Xingtai through Qian Yanqiu.
In principle, Qin Xingtai is willing to sell this project, but it would be best if it can retain a certain share.
In this way, you don't need to invest too much, and it doesn't matter if you lose. If it becomes popular, even if you don't make any money, it's Qin Shengtai's achievement.
Seeing this, Cao Xuan simply came up with a cooperation plan acceptable to both parties.
Fanxing contributed all the investment, occupying more than 80% of "Journey to the West" and the absolute dominance of the crew.
Qin Provincial TV does not need to pay a penny, but it needs to provide some professional behind-the-scenes personnel, venues and various channels. Qin Provincial TV is also responsible for liaison, accounting for 20% of the share.
To put it bluntly, Cao Xuan paid for it, Qin Shengtai provided resources, and "Journey to the West" made money, and the two families split the accounts.
? Qin Provincial TV must have made money, it just borrowed the resources of the TV station, and Fanxing was responsible for the related expenses, taking 20% ??of the profit for nothing.
Cao Xuan is not at a disadvantage. If he is allowed to handle these channels by himself, the money will not be less, and the effect may not be good. It is better to cooperate directly with Qin Xingtai.
Not to mention, if we can take this opportunity to make good friends with Qin Province and Taiwan, it will also benefit Fanxing's future development.
Cao Xuan's proposal has won the approval of Qin Shengtai, and relevant leaders will be specially sent to the capital to sign the contract at that time.
Li Yuan and Qian Yanqiu were even more delighted.
The former is happy that his director has been retained. Although he has to hand over the power, he has not spent so long with this project for nothing. The latter is excited that, according to the previous agreement, after Fan Xing leads the crew, he can take over.
Cao Xuan also kept his previous promise.
After the negotiations, Cao Xuan, who basically won the leading role in "Journey to the West", immediately promoted Qian Yanqiu to the position of director.
In addition, Cao Xuan added another director, namely his queen MV director Chen Hanzhu.
Although Lao Chen has not signed a contract with Fanxing, he has been with Cao Xuan for so long, and he is considered half of his own. Cao Xuan still trusts him.
Most of the crew of "Journey to the West Continued" are guaranteed to be from Qin Xingtai, Fan Xing must send someone to watch.
Cao Xuan himself is not free, and Jiang Yue is not familiar with film and television production. Generally speaking, Chen Hanzhu is the most suitable person in Cao Xuan's hands.
Moreover, with Chen Hanzhu as the director, it is also convenient for Cao Xuan to remotely control "Journey to the West" at any time.
Don't get me wrong, Cao Xuan is not Chang's principal, and he has no intention of displaying micro-manipulation skills, so he won't easily intervene in the director's specific shooting, but he can't just sit idly by.
For example, what kind of ghosts and beasts, shaking the camera to shoot these weird routines, avoid them if you can, and just shoot in the normal mode honestly.
The script is 20 episodes, Cao Xuan personally hopes to write more, this is not difficult for the screenwriter.
Qian Yanqiu was in the original time and space, so he put "Journey to the West" under the skin of Shi Gandang, and directly filmed 45 episodes.
Cao Xuan does not ask for more writing, after all, too much water is poured, which slows down the rhythm of the plot, but properly enriching some details has little effect on the overall quality, and even has a beneficial effect.
The number of major TV series is too small, not to mention that they cannot be sold at a high price. The key point is that many TV stations are unwilling to accept it.
Therefore, Cao Xuan would rather pay more for this, and also hoped that Qian Yanqiu would expand the script, not to mention the original 30 episodes, at least 25 episodes.
In this way, the high-level team of "Journey to the West" has been set up.
Cao Xuan and the relevant leaders of Qin Shengtai are the producers, and Cao Xuan also serves as the producer.
The producer is mainly a name, and Cao Xuan doesn't have much time to talk to the crew. Again, as long as the crew's shooting does not exceed his expectations, he will not easily intervene.
In addition, Li Yuan serves as the chief director, the two co-directors are screenwriters Qian Yanqiu and Chen Hanzhu, and Jiang Yue, the deputy general manager of Fanxing, is temporarily named as the producer.
During this period, Cao Xuan tried to see if he could find a professional counterpart. If he couldn't find it, he asked Li Yuan and Chen Hanzhu to act as producers jointly.
The producer also reminded Cao Xuan of this incident.
If Fanxing wants to enter the film and television industry, the two creative cores of director and screenwriter are really important, but it is also key to be familiar with the entire film and television production process and lead the behind-the-scenes core producers from pre-production to post-release.
Afterwards, Fanxing really had to find a way to recruit or train some producers who could act on their own.
Cao Xuan, who held the leading role in the crew, called Chen Hanzhu, and everyone held a meeting for the crew of "Journey to the West".
Chen Hanzhu had received the letter before,When I got the call, I rushed over without stopping.
I briefly met with Li Yuan and Qian Yanqiu, exchanged some pleasantries with Jiang Yue, and then sat on the right side of Cao Xuan, assuming that I was loyal to Boss Cao.
After all the people arrived, Cao Xuan briefly talked about the preparations for the crew.
Qian Yanqiu was in charge of the script creation, and rushed out the 25-episode script as soon as possible, and Li Principle was in charge of the crew's framework and scene selection.
In fact, the crew of "Journey to the West" had already started this part of the work before, and the shooting locations were all in Qin Province.
Now that Cao Xuan has taken over, there is no intention of changing it. After all, there is a relationship between Qin Province and Taiwan, so it is not in vain.
As for the last Chen Hanzhu, he is mainly responsible for the casting of the crew of "Journey to the West".
Of course, the other two directors also have the right to suggest and recommend casting, and Chen Hanzhu's work for the other two directors is also the same.
Playing is a multi-party check and balance.
There are advantages and disadvantages to doing this, but considering Fanxing's current foundation is too weak, and his foundation in the circle is not deep, Cao Xuan personally thinks this method is safer.
Cao Xuan didn't know much about crew building and location selection, so he didn't direct, but he still had a say in the script and casting.
Especially the latter, with the original version poking there, Cao Xuan's vision of casting roles is definitely more accurate than Chen Hanzhu's in finding a needle in a haystack.
Cao Xuan didn't care too much, and only paid attention to a few important characters.
In the play, the first protagonist fights against the Buddha Sun Wukong, without Cao Rong, he will focus on the sixth teacher.
Cao Xuan has no feelings for the sixth teacher, but he is really the best in the industry when he plays the monkey.
More importantly, the sixth teacher was recruited to play the fight against the Buddha. There was a hit publicity, and the TV station was willing to buy it.
The difficulty lies in the fact that the crew had invited Mr. Six before, and the discussion was good, but the other party later refused to act, saying that his wife disagreed.
What Cao Xuan meant was to add a certain amount of remuneration to see if Teacher Six could bloom once again.
If it still doesn't work, use plan b, and ask the sixth teacher's stand-in in "Journey to the West", who is also the actor of the six-eared macaque, Ding Jian.
Ding Jian was born as a Peking opera actor and was good at monkey plays. It is said that when "Journey to the West Continued" was filmed, director Yang Jie once wanted to use him to replace the sixth teacher.
However, Mr. Six's acting was too classic and famous, many people disagreed, and finally gave up.
Ding Jian later played Monkey King in "Lotus Lantern" and "Magic Phone", and his performance was also recognized by the industry and the audience. He is the best-known Monkey King actor besides the sixth teacher.
?In terms of performance, the two are not too different, the sixth teacher's performance skills are better, and Ding Jiansheng can play at a young age.
However, the sixth teacher is famous and can help "Journey to the West" sell for a higher price. For this alone, Ding Jian's priority will be ranked behind.
The big villain Wutian, this Cao Xuan almost did not hesitate, so he decided on the original version of Heizi.
Heizi almost brought the fictional character of Wutian to life, so many people thought that there really was such a god in mythology.
With good quality and high cost performance, Cao Xuan will naturally not change.
For the role of Tang Seng, if possible, Cao Xuan would like to invite Zhao Wenzhuo to engage in a wave of powerful Tianlong Tang Sanbu.
However, Zhao Wenzhuo is very popular now, and he can get along well in the Hong Kong circle. The salary is not usually expensive, so he can only settle for the next best thing.
The original version of Huang Haibin and his old friend Ren Quan are both good choices, even packaged directly, one Tang Seng and one Qiao Linger.
Ren Quan is not expensive right now, but after "Young Bao Qingtian" is broadcast, his fame will rise sharply, and "Journey to the West" will be able to increase the price accordingly.
Boss Cao feels that he is becoming more and more like a profiteer.
The other roles are all supporting roles, so Cao Xuan doesn't need to worry about it. At most, he will leave a role for Fanxing's first sister, Hu Jing, and Zeng Li can also make a guest appearance, playing a Guanyin or something.
When the time comes, let her take the costume home Amitabha, sin, sin! </div>