After returning to the hotel after work, Du Qifeng first convened the team leaders of each group to hold a meeting. After arranging the work the next day, he left behind Zhao Junkai, who was in charge of finance and Wang Juan, the head of finance.

After recounting Xu Rong's promise this afternoon, Du Qifeng smiled and said, "Plan Zhao, Xiao Wang, can you provide me with the average daily fee for the crew last month."

When Zhao Junkai heard the two of them’s bet, he thought to himself that the cost of the crew was too great. If Xu Rong really fulfilled his promise, he would not be able to fight 20 million!

Wang Juan is just a working person. Since the second boss agreed, there was no room for her to refute. As Zhao Junkai and Du Qifeng looked over at the same time, she lowered her head and flipped through the notebook and said, "Do you want to share the actor's pay?"

"Need not."

"There were not many outdoor scenes last month. Because the interior scenes did not need to pay the venue rent and the extras, the cost of each cost was about 120,000 yuan per day. For the exterior scenes, it was about 300,000 yuan. The average average daily cost was about 200,000 yuan. However, because the crew had just been established, many expenses were purchased for the shooting, clothing, equipment and other materials needed for shooting. The standards will definitely drop to a certain amount during the shooting process. According to today's expenses, the average daily cost of outdoor scenes is 280,000 yuan, and the interior scenes should be controlled within 100,000 yuan."

Du Qifeng frowned slowly because half of the remaining scenes were outdoor scenes, which means that according to the existing standards, it is basically impossible to have a budget surplus.

He looked at Wang Juan and said, "In this way, take the account details and I'll take a look."

"good."

By listening to the numbers intuitively, Du Qifeng felt that saving costs on the basis of 200,000 yuan was almost impossible, but after looking at the detailed account of the account, he suddenly found that every transaction actually had room to save.

For example, when the meal fee was free a few days ago, he also went around in Tianjin and found that the consumption level was unimaginable compared to Hong Kong. According to his observations, at least half of the current price is water!

The second is the procurement of various consumables and venues. Compared with the consumption standards of food, he always feels that there is probably half of the moisture in it.

As a mainlander, Zhao Junkai is very familiar with the customs and customs of the mainland and is more clear about the unspoken rules of each department. Everyone knows how much each person can get and how much they should get.

After Du Qifeng just repeated Xu Rong's words, he predicted a lot in his mind that there are still two and a half months before the Spring Festival. If the filming was completed before the New Year, if Du Qifeng could squeeze out the water for various expenses, Hairun would have to make up at least 80 million.

Because the pay, which should have occupied the budget, didn't spend much money, the 80 million yuan cost is twice the total investment of "Drug War"!

Du Qifeng pulled Zhao Junkai, even the name became intimate, and said, "Old Zhao, let's play together and see how much we can have."

Although Zhao Junkai was unhappy, he still retained a hint of gratitude in his heart. Du Qifeng used to dominate the crew as a director, while Xu Rong was used to being an actor and representative of the capital. The difference in perspective of the two people was destined to have a limit on the horizon. He believed that Xu Rong, who was used to representing the capital, would not do business at a loss.

The two of them each held calculators, books, and pens, and compared the account details, and passed through them one by one.

Du Qifeng looked at the details and said, "The first item is about salary, wait, two tea workers, is it really necessary?"

Wang Juan glanced and said, "Their monthly salary is 15,000 yuan. If they can save it, according to Teacher Xu's standards, they can have an additional budget of 150,000 yuan per month."

"Ahem."

Zhao Junkai saw Du Qifeng look embarrassed and suddenly came over. It turned out that Xu Rong was waiting for Du Qifeng here.

This move is so ruthless.

As long as he has money to support him, Du Qifeng can shoot according to his own ideas, such as traveling all over the country to shoot, and polishing every shot with patience comparable to Wang Jiawei.

But every amount of money is a vested interest person. Not to mention those gray incomes, tea workers with a monthly salary of 7,000 yuan are not something that ordinary people can do.

These people have some common characteristics, first of all, they are young.

Another typical feature is that there are people behind it, such as Li Geng, who once worked in tea, and Chen Yuewei and Yang Le, who have been confirmed to be in tea in "Beiping".

Unfortunately, as far as Zhao Junkai knows, Li Geng is not doing well. The tea worker only looks like he is a job of serving tea and pouring water, but the complexity of his work content is not something that ordinary people can do.

The cost-saving plan encountered huge obstacles as soon as it started!

Du Qifeng also found some fun. It seems that all expenditures have room to save, but if you do not offend others, you can't save a penny!

At this point, he fully understood half of Xu Rong's plan.

The other half was a little confused. If Xu Rong saved ten yuan to increase his capital by one, he would definitely not do it, but if he saved one yuan to increase his capital by ten yuan, he could not take advantage of loopholes by extending the period when the construction period was set, the ratio of one to ten was really tempting.

Du Qifeng thought about it for a while, and seemed to have made up some determination and said, "What kind of tea worker do you want? Free up his salary."

Zhao Junkai looked at Du Qifeng's decision after hesitation and vaguely guessed his idea. As long as "Drug War" can succeed in the mainland, those people Du Qifeng offended will still hold him and respect him. However, once he shows that he is not accommodating to this emerging market, those who originally had expectations and expectations for him will leave him without hesitation.

"The second part is the production team."

Du Qifeng took Zhao Junkai and Wang Juan to spend two and a half hours to roughly play all the fees. Looking at the three words "800" that were finally displayed on the calculator, the three of them were a little unbelievable for a moment.

Some of these expenses are non-essential expenses, but the majority is silent costs, which is the cost loss that everyone knows, but does not point out.

Du Qifeng took the calculator and pressed his finger lightly: "Eighty or zero times one zero, equals eighty or zero."

Du Qifeng raised his head, looked at Zhao Junkai in confusion, and asked, "Old Zhao, 80 million, how can I spend all this?"

Zhao Junkai laughed dryly and said, "Director Du, you have to know that there are more than 7 million here, all of which have to be picked out from other people's mouths."

"Yes, it's not easy to do." Du Qifeng put his pen on the table and said loudly, "It's because it's not easy to do that, that's why you have to do it!"

Zhao Junkai listened to Du Qifeng's tone and felt an extremely familiar feeling in his heart. At this moment, Du Qifeng actually gave him the illusion of "Xu Rong possession".

When I first met Xu Rong, I had almost no impression of Xu Rong. At best, I was just a pretty young man.

But since 2007, he gradually discovered something unique about Xu Rong. The chairman always said that Xu Rong was wise and foolish, but in his opinion, the most difficult thing about Xu Rong is that this guy has no timidity at all.

As for ordinary people, before doing something, they always pray or not to have one or another accidents, but this guy is obviously an alien. He never fears the worst expectations, and is even extremely keen to face the troubles caused by people and things.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this "preparation ahead" that he can always "predict the enemy's initiative" and always avoid most troubles or difficulties. I don't know whether he is happy or unhappy.

At this moment, Du Qifeng suddenly gave him a similar feeling, but it just flashed away, rather than the firmness that had never been missing from Xu Rong.

Zhao Junkai did not persuade him again, because he was more willing to believe in Xu Rong who was "persistent" than Du Qifeng, who was "a flash of inspiration".

"See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

After filming the six-line script in three days, Xu Rong felt a little unsure. He was not afraid of investing in capital, but Du Qifeng's way of spending money that was not used as money made him feel a little scared.

The progress is too slow, and often only ten seconds after the materials for a day are cut out.

During the fourth day's adjustment interval, Xu Rong walked to Du Qifeng and said, "Old Du, just this page of script, do you think how long will it take to film?"

Du Qifeng thought for a while and said a little conservatively: "Not twenty or twenty days apart, right?"

Xu Rong listened to Du Qifeng's uncertain voice and understood his true plans for at least one month!

However, the initial planned filming period of this scene was three days.

"Don't worry, the budget is definitely fine."

Xu Rong looked at Du Qifeng's very confident smile and felt more uneasy. Du Qifeng dared to grind so carefully. He could see that the shooting progress was like a snail, and what he could not see was the flowing money like a flowing water.

When the crew's budget is already tight, Du Qifeng still dares to do this, and he must have 100% confidence in asking him to pay the remaining costs.

Zhao Junkai looked at the money in the account every day as he spent less and less, but the script had not yet been unfolded, and he became an ant on the hot pan. After a quick moment, he pulled Xu Rong aside and said, "Du Qifeng is crazy!"

Xu Rong looked at him in surprise and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Junkai shook his neck toward the entire set and said, "So many changes, haven't you noticed it?"

"I discovered a little bit. I saw that there was only one left in two teas."

Zhao Junkai said: "Not only that, even the life production has been replaced."

Xu Rong suddenly realized that no wonder the crew's food came.

The purchase price of a box lunch is twenty yuan. Du Qifeng, he, Sun Honglei, Zhong Hanliang, Li Fengjie and others are big names as front-line actors. In theory, the food should be specially made, but he is timid and afraid of death. He eats whatever others eat. Therefore, each meal theoretically saves at least six or seven hundred yuan, but in essence, the cost of box lunches is often five or six yuan, and the rest of the food is all in the pocket of life producers.

Each person has a kickback of 15 per meal, and three meals in the morning and lunch. Even if there is no 45, it is almost 35. Nearly 100 people in the whole group can get a net loss of 3,500 in a day, and it will be over 100,000 in a month. According to the estimate of two and a half months of shooting, Du Qifengguang started from the food ratio, and he had already earned 2.5 million yuan from the 1-to-10 ratio.

"This guy has saved more than 400,000 in terms of budget expenditure this month."

Xu Rong blurted out and asked, "How come it is so fast?"

Zhao Junkai smiled bitterly and said, "This guy doesn't recognize his relatives now. For example, when each group goes to purchase things, even if you buy a needle, you have to have an invoice from a large supermarket!"

Xu Rong understood that the supermarket’s things are indeed more expensive than those in small shops and markets, but because the crew’s procurement scale is not large, it also eliminates the space for kickbacks to the greatest extent.

He had no intention of stopping it, because he had seen all the results of shooting every day, and it was a little slower, but the level of precision did indeed increase.

He thought about it and asked, "How much do you think you can save?"

"If we follow this posture, 3 million will definitely be fine, but the problem is not this. If you continue to shoot this page, you will not be able to finish filming the script, and the budget will be less than a few dollars left!"

Xu Rong nodded, called Liu Yanming's phone number and said, "Hey, Lao Liu, it's me, Xu Rong, I'll make money."

"Oh, not much, 30 million."

Xu Rong hung up the phone, looked at Zhao Junkai who was stunned opposite him, and said, "Okay, the problem is solved now."

Zhao Junkai was a little confused. When did the chairman be so generous?

That's 30 million, don't you ask the reason?

Du Qifeng came over at some point and asked suddenly: "Xu Rong, Lao Zhao, do you have any trouble tonight?"

The two were startled by Du Qifeng who came quietly and asked, "What's wrong?"

“Go to do something important.”

On a certain floor of Hairun Building, Liu Yanming temporarily suspended the meeting and said to the financial director of the group: "After the meeting, I will send 30 million yuan to the account of the "Drug War" crew, and then make up the process."

Suddenly, a sound of gasping in the conference room was breathing. The head of finance was a middle-aged woman with a delicate face and a thin figure. When she heard Liu Yanming's words, she was stunned and asked: "Chairman, if she remitted another 30 million, the total investment in "Drug War" would reach 70 million, would it be?"

Liu Yanming explained patiently as usual: "Do you know what the price of the exclusive pre-order broadcast rights for "Beiping"?"

"I heard it's 500 million, but no TV station has taken action yet."

Liu Yanming sighed and said, "I not only underestimated Xu Rong's influence, but also underestimated the degree of crazyness of the TV station. If there is no accident, the exclusive broadcasting rights of "Beiping" will be taken away by Southern TV."

"Southern TV Station?" The entire conference room fell into a strange tranquility, because everyone thought that "Beiping" would eventually fall on CCTV or Beijing TV, because such serious dramas are the most suitable to play on these two platforms, and Xu Rong and the two platforms are also the closest.
To be continued...