Entertainment: The opening and the official announcement of the national goddess

Chapter 881 Ready to start filming, Zhang Xiao's management style

Half an hour later, the press conference was over.

The news that Zhang Xiao became the boss of Disney soon spread all over the world.

After hearing the news, the movie fans in Huaguo were all overjoyed.

"Xiao Shen is mighty."

"Disney's surname is Zhang Li, Xiao Shen is so beautiful."

"I really didn't expect that the famous Disney has now become a Huaguo company."

"Even Disney can handle it, Xiao Shen is the No.1 movie!"

"I really want to know what else Xiao Shen can't handle right now?"

"I'm not interested in Disney, but I'm interested in The Avengers."

"Xiao Shen personally directed the last two parts of "The Avengers", and they are definitely more than ten times more exciting than before."

"Based on Xiao Shen's consistent urgency, the budget of the two "Avengers" should be at least 20 billion US dollars."

"I think Xiao Shen is likely to break his movie box office record."

"Now I really want to know whether the Marvel hero movie should be from the Lighthouse Kingdom or the Hua Kingdom."

"The subject matter is from the Lighthouse Kingdom, and the box office is Xiao Shen's. There's nothing wrong with it."

"···"

After returning to the manor, Zhang Xiao received a call from Yang Mi.

"Husband, you can do it. You won the Disney film company without making a sound. Now the netizens in the whole Huaguo are going crazy."

Zhang Xiao said calmly: "No matter how famous Disney is, it's just a film company. It's nothing special to buy it."

Yang Mi said: "You can't say that. Disney has always been a symbol of the culture of the Beacon Country. You become its owner, which is equivalent to a victory for Chinese filmmakers. Reba, Xiaoying and the others will come to celebrate at home tonight. "

Zhang Xiao nodded and said, "Okay, then you guys celebrate well! By the way, how is your son?"

Yang Mi said: "Eat and sleep, sleep and eat, it's no different from a pig."

Zhang Xiao laughed loudly and said: "Xiao Xinxin was like this back then, secret, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back during this time, thank you for your hard work."

Yang Mi said: "You can film with peace of mind, to be honest, I am looking forward to "The Avengers"!"

In fact, after the news that the last two films of "The Avengers" were to be filmed, Marvel fans all over the world were very worried, for fear that the director would ruin the series of films.

But when everyone heard that Zhang Xiao would be the director of these two films, the hundreds of millions of Marvel fans were relieved.

No way, in terms of trust, Zhang Xiao is still the most trustworthy film No.1 in the world.

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After the matter of the Disney company was settled, Zhang Xiao led the "Avengers" team to inspect the set.

Sci-fi movies like this don't use many real scenes, and most of them are shot in high-tech green screens.

After Zhang Xiao looked around, he frowned and said, "The shooting site needs at least more than 100 studios. It seems that there are only more than 20?"

The assistant director Kadi replied with a wry smile: "Director Zhang, our shooting cycle is very long. If we rent all these studios, the financial pressure will be very heavy."

Zhang Xiao waved his hand when he heard the words, and said: "But any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem, Kadi, you should immediately contact the person in charge of the film and television city, try to set up the studio, and, again Find three top special effects companies for me, and arrange the set according to the requirements, relying on our own special effects company alone, the efficiency is too slow."

Kadi wrote down Zhang Xiao's instructions in his notebook, and said, "No problem, I'll do it right away, as long as the money is in place, I can do anything."

Zhang Xiao turned to look at Kevin, and said with a smile: "Kevin, you told me to find more assistant directors for me, right?"

Before Kevin could speak, Cady's expression changed, and he said, "Director Zhang, is there anything I dissatisfy you with?"

"No!" Zhang Xiao waved his hand and said, "I need to divide the crew into four filming groups, with each of the four assistant directors in charge of a place, shooting separately, and I only do the final overall control."

"In this way, our schedule can be shortened by at least half."

Cardi said with surprise on his face: "Great, do I have a chance to shoot too?"

Zhang Xiao said lightly: "Whether you have a chance depends on whether your level can meet my shooting requirements. As long as you have the ability, I will definitely give you a stage to show yourself."

Cardi quickly expressed his thanks: "Thank you Director Zhang."

Zhang Xiao looked at Kevin and said, "Kevin, you haven't answered my question yet, where are the directors?"

Kevin touched his nose and said, "We have found more than a dozen directors with independent directing ability and experience, and they are all willing to be your assistant directors. We are carefully selecting them."

Zhang Xiaodao: "Their ability is not important, what matters is whether they can obey my arrangement, in a word, I don't need a director with personality, what I want is an obedient director."

Kevin nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

Zhang Xiao continued: "Then let them come here as soon as possible, Kadi, and let the heads of various departments gather in the hotel conference room at [-]:[-] pm. I have a meeting to arrange work."

"Okay!" Cardi quickly responded.

After Zhang Xiao finished speaking, he left. Seeing his leaving back, everyone in the crew couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

The leader of the paper group, Lami Palmera, patted his chest and said, "Shen Xiao's aura is really too strong, I didn't even dare to breathe just now."

Cardi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and echoed, "I'm pretty scared too!"

Kevin said: "Kady, Karami, tell those thorns in the crew to be more honest. Mr. Zhang is not an ordinary director. Anyone who dares to cause trouble for him will die."

Karami and Kadi both nodded.

Kevin said: "But you don't have to worry too much. Mr. Zhang has a good temper and basically doesn't get angry very much."

That night, Zhang Xiao sat down with the heads of the production team, photography team, special effects team, make-up team, action design team and other departments and held a meeting.

He gave a general overview of his requirements for filming, and then asked the heads of various departments to speak in turn.

Everyone was not polite, and put all the troubles and problems they encountered on the table.

The most common problem is the lack of personnel and equipment. The main reason is that Zhang Xiao wants to divide the crew into four groups to shoot at the same time, which requires four sets of people and four sets of equipment, which they simply cannot meet.

Zhang Xiao told everyone that they don't need to worry about personnel and equipment, and they will definitely prepare for them by then.

For the other 20 or so problems, Zhang Xiao also solved them one by one.

"If you still have any difficulties, tell them quickly. We will try our best to solve them before the filming starts." Zhang Xiao glanced around and asked.

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, they all shook their heads and said, "No more."

"Okay!" Zhang Xiao said: "Then I will announce one thing now. I value efficiency in filming, but any staff member who can steal, rape and play tricks, I will immediately let him get out of the crew."

"And those who work hard and diligently, I will not be stingy, and will reward them."

"How about this, everyone's salary will be doubled, and all staff who are unwilling to work overtime during the filming process will leave, and those who are willing to work overtime will stay."

"The maximum overtime hours will not exceed three hours, and the salary received is the usual day's salary."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.

You must know that the heads of departments like them are paid about [-] US dollars a day. According to Zhang Xiao, once they work overtime, they will be paid [-] US dollars.

To them, this is simply a good thing that can't be better. If they don't agree, what difference is there from a fool?

Everyone said in unison without hesitation: "Okay, director."

After the meeting, the heads of various departments summoned their subordinates to convey Zhang Xiao's intentions.

When everyone heard the salary increase, everyone was so happy that they almost danced.

Three times the salary, this is simply a piece of cake from the sky!

After Kevin heard about this incident, he immediately found Zhang Xiao and asked, "Mr. Zhang, I'm afraid your doing so will increase our film production costs!"

Zhang Xiao waved his hand and said: "I still say the same thing, but any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. Yes, I did increase their salary, but it also fully mobilized their enthusiasm. Next They definitely take their work seriously and responsibly.”

"In this way, we can greatly shorten the completion time of "The Avengers". Every day we advance it, we can save at least 100 million US dollars. What if we want to advance it one month or two months?"

Kevin was silent for a moment, and asked, "Mr. Zhang, is this how you used to film?"

"That's right!" Zhang Xiao laughed loudly, and said, "The salaries of the crew members I used to get were the highest in both the Lighthouse Country and the Hua Country."

"And the result is that the movies can be completed ahead of schedule, and the slowest one is half a month earlier than I expected. Can you imagine, how much production funds can be saved for me by the time of these grandpas?"

Kevin, there is a saying in our Hua country, that is, you can only gain if you give up. If you don’t give up a little, how can you get more? "

Kevin said with admiration: "I understand."

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Since Zhang Xiao needs to use four filming groups to shoot, so on the second day, various departments began to find people.

At the same time, the news that Zhang Xiao increased the salary of the crew also spread throughout Hollywood.

All those company personnel from various departments who think they are capable and talented have submitted their personal proposals to the crew, hoping to get this rare opportunity.

Soon, all special effects personnel and staff were recruited.

Zhang Xiao let them get into work as soon as possible.

We must know that special effects shooting is very troublesome. In addition to setting up the set, we also need the cooperation of special effects artists.

Kevin hired [-] high-tech green screen studios at a super high price, which met Zhang Xiao's pre-shooting requirements.

After these studios are used up, Zhang Xiao can ask the crew to rearrange the studio.

After a busy week, Zhang Xiao led the main creators of the next two parts of "The Avengers" to the launch conference.

These two Mane movies can be said to be the two movies that Marvel fans around the world are most looking forward to, so once the news of the press conference was announced, it attracted the attention of hundreds of media reporters.

The conference room of the five-star hotel is almost overcrowded, even the windows are full of reporters.

They were afraid of missing any news about The Avengers.

After the host briefly introduced the relevant situation of the two films, it was time for the crew to accept media interviews.

"Mr. Zhang, we heard that you doubled or tripled the salaries of the crew members of the Avengers. Is this true?" A reporter asked first.

"Fake!" Zhang Xiao said, "I just doubled it for them. The other double is to see if there is any overtime. If overtime is required, their daily income is indeed three times that of other crews."

"Mr. Zhang, don't you think this will increase your production costs?"

Zhang Xiao replied: "Kevin also asked me this question, and my answer is no, I used to do this when I was filming, because I have always been very strict about renting. It's not an easy task for them to complete the task I assigned."

"And as long as they can complete it, my films will basically be completed ahead of schedule. I can make up for the difference in salary just for the fee for the early completion."

"Moreover, I can tell you that the salary is not a big deal. After the movie is over, if the box office can be a big hit, the red envelopes they get may even exceed all their salary."

"I, Zhang Xiao, have never been a stingy person. As long as they work hard for the crew, I will definitely give them a satisfactory reward."

Hearing this, the media reporters at the scene were in an uproar.

"Wow, this is too happy!"

"My God, if I were a staff member of the crew, I would definitely come to the crew of "Avengers"."

"Xiao Shen deserves to be the richest man in the world."

"When it comes to generosity, it still depends on God Xiao!"

"···"

After a brief round, another reporter asked: "Shen Xiao, how many people are there on the Avengers crew? I heard that you have recruited a lot of staff recently."

Zhang Xiao replied: "The crew of "The Avengers" will be divided into four filming groups, so our crew has three times more people than the average crew, about 1000 people."

"I hope to finish the last two parts of "The Avengers" in the fastest time, and then meet the fans as soon as possible."

"Mr. Zhang, many movie fans have speculated that the box office of "The Avengers" will surpass your previous movies. What do you think about this?"

Zhang Xiao laughed and said, "The so-called box office records are meant to be broken. I certainly hope that the box office of the next two Avengers films will be as high as possible."

"Xiao Shen, can you predict the box office of these two movies?"

Zhang Xiao thought for a while, and said, "My investment cost is about 20 billion US dollars. If I want to make a profit, the box office must reach 50 billion US dollars, which means that the box office of each movie must exceed 25 billion US dollars."

"My requirements are not high, as long as the total box office of the two films reaches 100 billion U.S. dollars."

Everyone was speechless when they heard his words.

A movie with a box office of 50 billion U.S. dollars, isn't that too demanding? It's just killing people, okay?

But when I think of the new year of Marvel movies around the world, and the influence of Zhang Xiao, the No.1 movie in the world, the two feel homesick.

A box office of 50 billion US dollars for a single film is not too difficult. It depends on whether these two films can break Zhang Xiao's previous box office record.

Afterwards, the reporter asked Zhang Xiao more than a dozen questions. Zhang Xiao's answers were all very domineering, and he didn't hide it at all. It can be regarded as bringing a lot of news materials to this group of reporters.

After asking Zhang Xiao, everyone turned to Robert Downey Jr. again.

With the role of Iron Man, this guy has become popular all over the world, and he is the most popular among all Marvel heroes.

A reporter asked: "Mr. Downey, may I ask how much you paid for the two films? Someone said it was more than [-] million US dollars. Is this true?"

(End of this chapter)