Start telling crosstalk from Tingyunxuan

Yang Yunsheng originally thought that domestic science fiction film crews wouldn't hire people from his own company to do special effects.

He later realized he was wrong.

Because there are genuinely people who want to make good science fiction movies.

For example, the cast and crew of "The Fortress of Shanghai"!
Many people might be wondering, this production team really wants to make a good movie, are they kidding?
In fact, what can you do if someone really wants to make a good movie but the screenwriter, director, actors, and even the original work are all unsuitable?
As for saying the original work is bad, that's no joke!
If it weren't for its huge reputation, would anyone actually adapt it into a science fiction movie?

To be honest, if the root cause is not addressed, no matter how hard you try afterward, it will be in vain.

However, Yang Yunsheng has to admit that there are still some directors in China who have huge science fiction dreams.

Unfortunately, they weren't capable enough!
So please, don't think they are laundering money.

On the contrary, they didn't launder money; they just couldn't make good science fiction movies.

Yang Yunsheng naturally met with the director of "The Fortress of Shanghai".

By now, he no longer cared about his identity being exposed.

Because he has decided not to stay at Tingyunxuan to perform crosstalk anymore.

When the director of "The Fortress of Shanghai" met Yang Yunsheng, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

He quickly came to terms with it.

Not everyone knows that Yang Yunsheng is Liu Ying's boyfriend.

So it's not surprising that this film and television company was founded by Yang Yunsheng.

Since it was Yang Yunsheng, he said very directly, "Mr. Yang, I want to use your company's special effects to help me shoot this science fiction movie. I believe that with the help of special effects, 'Fortress of Shanghai' can be a box office hit like 'The Wandering Earth'!"

Yang Yunsheng glanced at the director of the film, Director Teng, and his assistant.

How could he possibly believe that the movie "The Fortress of Shanghai" would be a box office hit?

Yang Yunsheng then said, "If you want to use my company's special effects team, I will naturally agree. After all, there's no reason not to accept money that's offered to us. But may I ask how much your film's budget is?"

Director Teng was somewhat puzzled, wondering what Yang Yunsheng meant by asking how much investment was involved.
Could it be that he also thinks highly of this movie and plans to invest in it?
If that were the case, he would be more than happy to have it.

Director Teng then said to Yang Yunsheng, "Mr. Yang, although our film 'Fortress of Shanghai' can't match the investment of 'The Wandering Earth,' it's not far off. Our current investment has reached 360 million yuan. I believe that the return will definitely be more than ten times."

Yang Yunsheng found it somewhat amusing; where did he get his confidence from?
Shanghai Fortress, let's compete with The Wandering Earth at the box office.

It seems that the success of that top influencer and The Wandering Earth made him feel that he could do it too!

In fact, is it really so?
In fact, it's simply impossible!
The success of The Wandering Earth is due to everyone's hard work and the seriousness with which the film was made.

Based on Yang Yunsheng's perspective from his previous life, he would absolutely not believe that the film's budget was 360 million yuan.

Yang Yunsheng said, "Director Teng, since you're going to use our company's special effects team, may I ask how much you plan to spend on creating the special effects for this movie?"

Director Teng replied, "Regarding the special effects, we definitely want to do our best. So my idea is around ten million."

Yang Yunsheng's eyes widened in disbelief!

"How much?" Looking at Yang Yunsheng's expression, Director Teng confirmed, "Around ten million!"

After hearing this, Yang Yunsheng was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

He said to Director Teng, "Director Teng, are you kidding me? You only spent ten million on special effects for a sci-fi movie? Do you know that if you're doing special effects, every second costs tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands? Your sci-fi movie is almost two hours long, right? Even if it's not two hours, it's at least an hour and fifty minutes!"

"For a feature-length sci-fi film like this, with ten million yuan spent on special effects, I wonder if Director Teng used the rest of the money to hire actors?"

Although Director Teng disliked Yang Yunsheng's tone, he did indeed spend more money on the actors, with their salaries reaching over 200 million yuan.

In addition, with things like costumes and props involved, we really couldn't afford to spend more money on these special effects.

But he also believes that even without excessive special effects or a great story, he can make money back from the fans of the two actors he hired.

If they can't earn it back, then it's because the fans of those two actors are incompetent, and it has nothing to do with him.

Can we blame the director for not being able to direct?
Director Teng said, "I think ten million for special effects is enough to cover the budget of this movie. Besides, look at Love Apartment, it only cost five million for special effects and it turned out like this. So I think that if I spend twice the budget, I will definitely make it even better."

Having said all that, what else could Yang Yunsheng say?

When the entertainment industry sees companies that disregard the plot and the quality of the production, only seeking to exploit the fan economy and deceive the public, it signifies that the film and television industry is truly on a downward spiral.

The good thing is that I'm still here.

As long as I'm still here, I don't need to worry about them causing any trouble.

In short, I will not allow the film and television industry to experience a downturn.

Yang Yunsheng stood up and said, "Since that's the case, I won't say anything more! I hope Director Teng won't regret the decision we made today. Director Teng can go and sign a contract with us now."

Before leaving, Director Teng looked at Yang Yunsheng and couldn't help but ask a question.

"Mr. Yang, I wonder how much the special effects cost when your girlfriend was filming The Wandering Earth, or rather, when director Liu Ying was filming The Wandering Earth?"

Yang Yunsheng replied with a smile, "When we were filming The Wandering Planet, the special effects cost 120 million yuan. Later, because it wasn't enough, we added another 60 million yuan, so the total cost for the special effects was 180 million yuan."

"And what about the actors' fees?"

"Less than thirty million!"

When he heard that it was less than 30 million, Director Teng's eyes widened, and then he seemed somewhat dejected.

"I understand, thank you, Mr. Yang!"

With Director Teng gone, it's already quite obvious what will become of his "Fortress of Shanghai".

As for the final box office, Yang Yunsheng could guess that it wouldn't be much different from his previous life.

Because of its own special effects company, no matter how hard it tried, it was impossible to save the movie; from the very beginning, the movie was off track.

Therefore, saving this movie is now impossible. (End of Chapter)