Early the next morning, as soon as he arrived at the Huahai Entertainment recording studio, Ye Zhiqiu received a call from Huang Shiguang.

"The script of "Five Elements in the Mist Mountain" is very good! But it's only three episodes?"

"Is it too short?"

Huang Shiguang wondered, the same is true for "That Rabbit". The issue that netizens complained about the most was its "shortness".

Ye Zhiqiu replied: "I have just come up with the plot of three episodes for now, and I will talk about the rest later."

Huang Shiguang nodded and said nothing more.

Fortunately, the plot of the three episodes is relatively complete, which does not affect the viewing experience.

Huang Shiguang continued: "I have estimated that the production cost of the animation "Five Elements in the Mist Mountain" is about 3.5 to 4 million, which is much higher than the production cost of ordinary 2D animation."

"The biggest difficulty lies in the ink painting style, which requires very high levels and workload of the painter."

Ye Zhiqiu did not dwell on this issue and asked: "Where is the production time?"

"About half a year."

Ye Zhiqiu nodded. Someone on the Internet in his previous life estimated that the production cost of the animation "Five Elements in the Mist Mountain" was about 500,000-600,000 per episode.

But this was the work of only 6 creative staff who spent 4 years working on it. Due to lack of funds, the "Liu Dao Wu Yu" studio only used this method of "exchanging time for money".

This animation in the previous life had some minor problems with lack of key frames in non-important shots, causing smoothness. This was also the reason why the funds did not allow it. It can be seen that the production team tried their best to design rich character movements to make up for the lag, but it still remained.

A small regret.

But the situation in "The Autumn of Gathering Light" is different. For Ye Zhiqiu, millions of dollars are not a problem, time is the most precious.

After all, he still has many works he wants to do.

Ye Zhiqiu said directly: "I'll give you 5 million, don't skimp on every step."

"Also, if you need to recruit people, hire them. They will be needed in the future."

"Okay!" Huang Shiguang said happily, "After "That Rabbit" was broadcast, many people spontaneously submitted their resumes. I thought a few of them were pretty good, so I hired them!"

With this kind of funding and sufficient staff, it feels so good to do what you love!

"With an extra 1 million dollars, I can afford to hire a well-known martial arts instructor."

"That's right." Having said this, Huang Shiguang said quickly: "Zhiqiu, I have something I need your help with."

""Five Elements of Wushan" has a lot of fighting scenes with traditional weapons. I am not professional enough in the martial arts action design part, so I need your help to find someone."

Ye Zhiqiu was stunned and subconsciously said: "Who?"

Huang Shiguang did raise a question. A large part of the success of "Five Elements in the Mist Mountain" in the previous life was the design of the extremely exciting fighting scenes.

Director Lin, the main creator, has been a martial arts fan since he was a child. He likes to watch Hong Kong martial arts movies and has a deep study of the martial arts movements in them. The most studied weapon is the spear, which is why he can design such realistic martial arts in the "Five Elements of Wushan" animation.

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But Huang Shiguang does not have this foundation, so it is really difficult for him to design martial arts movements, so it is still necessary to find a professional martial arts instructor.

But Ye Zhiqiu searched in his mind and found that he didn't seem to know such an expert?

"Tang Kui, a native of Xiangjiang, is one of the most famous martial arts instructors in China." Huang Shiguang said over there, "Didn't you write several theme songs for the movie "The Great Tang Dynasty" not long ago? He is the martial arts instructor of that movie.

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"You should be able to contact me through Director Zhao Jinglun."

Ye Zhiqiu suddenly understood and said directly: "Okay, let me ask." M.

Huang Shiguang said: "Okay, we will draw the shape in the next few days and send it to you then."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Zhiqiu directly dialed Zhao Jinglun's number.

The call was quickly connected.

"Zhiqiu?"

Zhao Jinglun's hearty laughter came, "Haha, I was just about to call you today when your call came."

Ye Zhiqiu was stunned and asked doubtfully: "Director Zhao, what do you want from me?"

"At first glance, you didn't pay attention to the box office." Zhao Jinglun said with a smile: "The cumulative box office of "The Army of the Tang Dynasty" has exceeded 2 billion. The crew is planning to hold a celebration banquet the day after tomorrow, and I would like to invite you to participate."

"The two interludes you wrote, "Going to the Raging Waves" and "My Heart Is Chang'an," are of great merit and have been widely praised."

Ye Zhiqiu suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Director Zhao, but you also know that I am preparing for a concert recently and will not go to the celebration party."

Ye Zhiqiu really hasn't paid much attention to movie box office information recently. He vaguely remembered that "The Great Tang Dynasty" was a hot search after its premiere.

In your impression, the production cost of the movie "The Army of the Tang Dynasty" was more than 500 million?

The box office and revenue of a movie are two different concepts. Generally speaking, after deducting taxes, distribution agency fees, and theater chain withdrawals from the 2 billion box office, the producer will get about 35%.

Based on this calculation, the movie "Tang Dynasty Army" should be able to earn a few hundred million. After all, the filming schedule is not over yet, and it will be online for paid viewing later, which will be another income...

No wonder Zhao Jinglun's tone is a bit high-spirited.

Although he is already one of the top four directors in China, it is still not easy to direct a movie with a box office of more than 2 billion without losing money.

Zhao Jinglun was not surprised by Ye Zhiqiu's polite refusal. Of course he knew that Ye Zhiqiu was busy with concerts recently.

But whether the other party comes is one thing, and whether the crew sends an invitation is another thing, which shows a serious attitude.

The two of them reached a tacit understanding and did not continue on this topic. Ye Zhiqiu asked: "Director Zhao, is there a master action instructor named Tang Kui in your crew? Can you recommend me to him?"

"Tang Kui?" Zhao Jinglun was stunned on the other side of the phone.

"There is this person, why are you looking for him? Is Huahai Entertainment going to make a martial arts movie?"

"No, I filmed it myself." Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile, "But it's not a martial arts movie, it's an animation."

Zhao Jinglun was even more confused, "Animation? The same model as your "Natu"?"

Ye Zhiqiu said: "Yes, because I imagine there will be more fighting scenes, I still want to ask professionals to guide me."

After understanding the whole story, Zhao Jinglun said directly: "Okay. Director Tang and I have been working together for many years. He should have a schedule after the drama "The Great Tang Dynasty" ends."

"I'll send you the number later."

Ye Zhiqiu said quickly: "Thank you, Director Zhao. I will visit you later to say thank you."

"You're welcome." Zhao Jinglun smiled, "Speaking of which, I watched your performance in the program "National Treasure" and it was pretty good."

Ye Zhiqiu thanked him humbly, and the two chatted for a few more words before hanging up the phone.

On the other side, Zhao Jinglun sighed in his heart that today's animations actually use professional martial arts guidance. They are very different from the animations he understood before, and they are becoming more and more sophisticated.
Chapter completed!