Under the pure night sky, the courtyard of the Mushroom House is very lively. Everyone is eating barbecue and singing, and they are having fun, but the joyful time is always short, and the night gradually becomes deeper.

The next day, Xu Wenruo woke up in Qiao Shan's roaring thunder. He didn't know when he fell asleep or when he woke up. He just felt thunder sounds coming from his ears all night.

Xu Wenruo had no choice but to get up helplessly. Before he could wake up Zhang Yi and Peng Peng, they seemed to hear the movement and slowly sat up.

The three of them looked at each other for a second, then smiled in a sympathetic way, because each of them had big dark circles, and it seemed that they had no rest yesterday.

After getting up and washing up, everyone gathered in the open space in the courtyard in a tacit understanding. Even though Xu Wenruo was about to leave, he still did not forget the habit of practicing Tai Chi together in the morning.

But this morning, except for Xu Wenruo and six, Yang Zi also got up early with Zifeng. After seeing everyone practicing Tai Chi, she also showed a very interested look, so she followed Zifeng's sister and learned it one by one. It seemed that Mushroom House was about to become a Tai Chi training base.

The morning in the Mushroom House was originally very quiet, but it would be different if there was one more Yang Zi. Her mouth was chattering and she couldn't stop, making the originally deserted morning lively.

After Xu Wenruo had eaten Teacher Huang's farewell breakfast, he left the Mushroom House. He had to go through two hours to reach Jiangcheng, and then set off from Jiangcheng to Langya. It took seven or eight hours during this period. By the time Xu Wenruo arrived in Langya, it was already dark.

Xu Wenruo met Qi Yue who had not seen for a long time at the film and television base. After the New Year ended, she quickly came to Langya and urged the film and television base to quickly build it so that she would not delay the shooting progress of Xu Wenruo's next drama.

"You are really a workaholic and don't give me any rest time."

The first thing Xu Wenruo said when he saw Qi Yue was to complain, but Qi Yue, who knew Xu Wenruo very well, looked disapproving. She knew that no matter how Xu Wenruo complained, as long as the work arranged for Xu Wenruo would be done with care.

Fortunately, Teacher Huang didn't know much about this, otherwise Xu Wenruo would have been sad when he was in the Mushroom House. Qi Yue led the way in front and Xu Wenruo followed behind.

Because he often filmed in film and television bases, Xu Wenruo also bought some real estate in the villa area before, and bought it very early. At that time, the film and television base here had not been developed yet. Xu Wenruo originally only bought it to live in, but unexpectedly, after the explosive increase in the customer flow of the film and television base, the villa Xu Wenruo bought made a big profit.

The life of rich people is indeed so simple and boring.

"Hey, you go and take a rest for the night first, and then go to see the set tomorrow, don't say that I've been abused you all the time."

After sending Xu Wenruo to a villa, Qi Yue looked at Xu Wenruo with a smile on her face. Even though her face was full of smiles, Xu Wenruo could see a trace of unhappiness in her eyes.

It was obvious that Xu Wenruo's complaint just now made her angry, but Qi Yue is a woman with superb acting skills. She is very talented. She has impeccable expressions and tone, and even her words are filled with guns and sticks.

"Then I'm thanking you."

But Xu Wenruo is not a good person and chooses to respond directly. Xu's Onmyoji has not been challenged like this for a long time. Woman, I hope you don't regret it!

"No thanks, this is what I should do. After all, workaholics also need to rest, right?"

After not seeing each other for a few days, Xu Wenruo did not expect Qi Yue to be good at his skills. It seems that she has accumulated a lot of anger in interpersonal communication in Fengqi Studio recently, otherwise she would not be so angry.

Hearing Qi Yue say this, Xu Wenruo feels like he takes out his killer weapon. He opens the door of the villa and looks like an invitation.

"Would the workaholic come in and rest?"

Before, as long as Xu Wenruo used this move, Qi Yue would definitely retreat in an instant, but this time it was a bit unexpected, Qi Yue actually made an abnormal move.

"OK!"

Qi Yue agreed and then walked into the villa, leaving only Xu Wenruo at the door astonished. This was not right, why didn't he play according to the routine?

Xu Wenruo closed the door, walked to Qi Yue who was sitting on the sofa in the living room, and then chose to sit down. Xu Wenruo looked at Qi Yue with surprise.

"What are you looking at? Don't know me anymore?"

"You are really Qi Yue? You are not possessed by others."

Qi Yue rolled her eyes, glared at Xu Wenruo, then leaned back and chose to lie down on the sofa, looking a little tired.

Seeing Qi Yue's appearance, Xu Wenruo was stunned and immediately understood why Qi Yue's words were so angry.

"Don't be so anxious. There is no end to work. Now is not the time to race against time."

"I don't know why, I'm very anxious. Even though the previous movie has achieved such great results, I still have no idea."

Qi Yue was still closing her eyes, but from her expression Xu Wenruo, she could see what she was afraid of. Maybe the shadow of childhood had caused her psychological trauma to her, which affected her current emotions.

Even though Xu Wenruo and Qi Yue had already defeated Huayi and her mother head-on, in Qi Yue's heart, the image of that woman was still very strong, which made Qi Yue unable to stop at all. Not only was she urging Xu Wenruo to work, but she herself was too busy all day long.

In this regard, Xu Wenruo really doesn't know how to comfort her. Perhaps continuous victory is the most useful medicine. When successes make Qi Yue feel confident, all problems will be solved.

But before Xu Wenruo could speak, Qi Yue seemed to have fallen asleep again. I wonder if it was because he was more at ease with Xu Wenruo. Qi Yue slept very sweetly, but the weather in early spring was still very cold. If she slept on the sofa in the living room, Qi Yue designated to go to the hospital the next day.

So Xu Wenruo shook Qi Yue's shoulders and forced her to wake her up. Qi Yue was still confused when she opened her eyes. Xu Wenruo could only support her with one hand and sent Qi Yue into the guest room.

Early the next morning, Xu Wenruo, who developed good habits, got up at the same time. After he finished washing and exercising, he saw Qi Yue coming out of the guest room. Compared to yesterday, Qi Yue seemed a little embarrassed this morning, and simply greeted Xu Wenruo and entered the guest room again.

Seeing this, Xu Wenruo smiled and said nothing. Instead, he went back to the room and took out his computer and began to improve the movie script he had written before. The movie Xu Wenruo was going to shoot next had actually started preparing for it.

When recording variety shows before, Xu Wenruo had the idea of ​​filming "A Chinese Odyssey", but Xu Wenruo was not sure whether he had this strength at that time. Secondly, he had no foundation in the film industry at that time, so he chose to shoot "Talk Expert" first to try it out.

Let’s see if the audience can accept such nonsensical movies. If possible, start filming "A Chinese Odyssey". You should know that in the original world, this movie did not achieve corresponding box office results due to promotional issues. It was only later that it caused a great response online, which became a classic movie.

Of course, Xu Wenruo didn't want to repeat the same mistake, so he chose to shoot a movie first to ask for directions, but it was obvious that "The Trick Expert" was very effective, so Xu Wenruo could also shoot it with confidence this time.

"A Chinese Odyssey" is different from the low-cost "Trick Expert". It is a big-produced costume drama. If you want to ensure the quality, whether it is the costumes and props or the special effects production in the later stage, the cost will be quite large.

In addition, Xu Wenruo also has to invite many well-known actors to participate this time, which is also a considerable expense. For example, Meng Da, who has been confirmed to participate, cannot treat him unfairly.

Even though Xu Wenruo had the kindness of promoting him before, Xu Wenruo had to pay the appearance fee according to the rules. Xu Wenruo's rules were 20% higher than the market price. After all, Xu Wenruo's way of shooting movies was a bit different from others, and he had to ask the main actors to stay in the crew at all times, which was also a compensation for them.

What's more, the plot of "A Chinese Odyssey" is very long, with a length of nearly four hours, which is a very scary thing. Generally speaking, the length of the movie will not exceed one and a half hours, and a two-hour movie will be very long. From this, you can imagine how scary it is to approach four hours.

Moreover, it is not easy to keep the audience in the cinema for four hours. It takes half a day to watch a movie from 8:00 to 12:00 in the morning and 1:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon, which may discourage a large number of viewers. Even if Xu Wenruo's die-hard fans face a movie that is nearly four hours, they may hesitate.

Therefore, it is very necessary to split into two movies to release them. Therefore, when Xu Wen can give the actors a double payment, he will also give the actors a double payment. If Xu Wen can't do it, he is a person with principles and bottom line.

For example, when filming "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles", although it was filmed in one go, Xu Wenruo did not have so much money to reissue the actors, so he chose to delay the reissue. When "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" was released for one season, Xu Wenruo gave the actors some reissue and sent another red envelope.

Therefore, these actors made a profit, so all the actors who worked with Xu Wenruo praised Xu Wenruo. How could such a generous director be unpopular?

If Xu Wen is not a stingy person, if you have money, it is actually a kind of happiness to share it. So Xu Wenruo will pay double the film for the reason for filming "A Chinese Odyssey", plus a 20% premium, which is a considerable number.

Xu Wenruo roughly estimated that the total investment in filming was about 150 million. Xu Wenruo had very high standards for this movie. Whether it was the costumes, props, or special effects, they all required it to be top-notch, so the overhead was very high.

This has not counted the promotion and release costs after the film. If the budget is included, the total investment will probably exceed 200 million. This is a very large investment. Even Xingxun Pictures is hesitating whether to follow up.

Although they made a lot of money with Xu Wenruo in the previous movie, they were still a little hesitant to let them take risks with Xu Wenruo this time. After all, if they failed this time, almost all the money they had made had to be lost. Capital is profit-seeking and does not like losing money. If they want to let capital take risks, unless there are returns that make them very excited.

In fact, the main reason is that Xingxun Pictures is not very optimistic about Xu Wenruo’s plan this time. After all, Xu Wenruo takes such a big step, and he still shoots the previous and next movies together. There was no such thing in the film market before.

The normal operation is to shoot the upper part of the movie first to see how the audience responds. If the box office and response are good, then shoot the second half. If the movie fails, the second half will be cut off, which can avoid some losses.

However, under normal circumstances, the movies in the second half will be far from meeting the expectations of the previous one due to various factors, forming a situation where the dog-tailed movie is repeated, and there is no such coherence as the movies that are finished at one time.

This is also why Xu Wenruo chose to finish all five seasons of "Grave Robbers" at one time, in order to maintain the consistency of the series and allow the audience to sink in better.

Just last year, after the third season of "Grave Robbers" was released, this online drama received praise from many viewers, because the plot, characters and even the style of the painting completely inherited the previous season, maintaining the quality of the drama, allowing the audience to get into the pit and watch with confidence.

The success of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" made Xu Wenruo more determined to his concept. Therefore, after hearing the news from Xingxun Pictures, Xu Wenruo decisively rejected their plan to shoot one first, and insisted on filming all the plots at once before choosing to release them.

Xu Wenruo's firm attitude and confidence made Xingxun Pictures very hesitant. Some people even said at the meeting that Xu Wenruo was floating, and did not recognize his strength at all. His eyes were covered by pride, and he chose to act rashly without considering the actual situation. Xingxun Pictures would never accompany Xu Wenruo to go crazy.

Faced with the opinions of the people below, Mr. Wang had cooperated with Xu Wenruo, and Mr. Wang was undeniable. He did not make up his mind whether to follow up. Mr. Wang had a deep impression of Xu Wenruo, just like the outside world's evaluation. Xu Wenruo is indeed a talented person.
Chapter completed!