Lin Zixuan agrees that military-themed TV series should not be overly entertained. He also does not want to see the appearance of various war dramas, but appropriately adding lifelike elements will help gain the audience's sense of identity.

In fact, "The Story of the Cooking Class" also has the main theme, and the theme is still to promote positive energy, but there is more comedy.

"A TV series faces the audience, and ultimately the audience will judge. After we shoot it, we invite soldiers and ordinary audiences in the army to watch it first. If they think it damages the image of soldiers, they will not broadcast it. As for the losses caused, both of us account for half of them." Lin Zixuan suggested.

He said this to convince the leaders of the Air Affairs Center to settle the investment.

In the production plan he submitted, "The Story of the Cooking Class" invested 1.2 million yuan, shooting 30 episodes, totaling 40,000 yuan per episode.

With the current market conditions, this is a conscientious price. In 1991, a sitcom was at most 20,000 yuan. Isn’t this the market relaxed? The entry of private capital has increased the overall production cost of TV series.

The salaries of actors and behind-the-scenes personnel have increased the fastest, and prices in Beijing are also rising. It is estimated that the production costs will double in two years.

If you want to make a good TV series, you can only be at this price.

In other words, if the drama cannot be filmed and aired, Lin Zixuan will need to compensate the Air Affairs Center for 600,000 yuan.

This is to give the Air Affairs Center confidence, and he thinks the drama will be successful.

The audience is tired of the same war dramas and the characters are stereotyped. They will be interested in seeing such lifelike dramas suddenly.

Of course, if he really can't broadcast it for various reasons, he will admit it. At worst, he can only film other TV series to pay off his debts.

Lin Zixuan showed sincerity, reducing the risks of the Air Affairs Center and giving this matter a turnaround.

After discussion, the leadership of the Air Affairs Center decided to try the waters, try to transform, and invest in this new type of military-themed TV series, but they had several requirements.

One is to reduce the cost to less than 1 million and use the Air Affairs Center's own actors and behind-the-scenes personnel.

The Air Affairs Center itself has a TV series production team, but it has never filmed sitcoms and lacks experience. With the addition of Lin Zixuan and Feng Xiaogang, they can accumulate experience in filming sitcoms.

They have their own little abacus.

Once the drama is recognized by the audience and the society is well received, the Air Affairs Center will be able to do it by itself. They will not always rely on Lin Zixuan and have to rely on themselves. This is a fine tradition in the army.

Lin Zixuan is not worried about this. He filmed sitcoms just to make his first pot of gold and would not keep filming this type of thing.

Besides, the Air Affairs Center is willing to provide actors and behind-the-scenes personnel to save a lot of money, and their salaries are settled internally by the troops, which has nothing to do with this TV series.

After the preliminary intention was agreed, Lin Zixuan would provide a complete script of 30 episodes.

The Air Affairs Center must conduct a review, and there must be no plot that deliberately vilifies the image of a soldier. It must ensure that the drama is positive, educational, and promotes the new trend of the army.

To this end, Lin Zixuan had to spend time visiting the grassroots kitchen team of the Air Force and go deep into life.

Art comes from life, you cannot work behind closed doors or copy them. Many jokes are contemporary, and only the stories of this era can truly resonate.

Of course, he did not do this kind of work alone. There are many screenwriters in the Air Affairs Center who know the daily life of the troops better than him.

Like at the Beijing TV Art Center, Lin Zixuan provides an outline, what kind of stories each episode tells, and the screenwriters fill in the content, and he makes the final revisions and reviews.

The staff of the Air Affairs Center want to learn how to create sitcoms and cooperate with his arrangements very well.

Although there is still a lot of work to be done, even if the first project is completed, you have to take a little risk to gain something, and it will allow them to film this TV series more seriously.

"If we sell well, we can earn at least 500,000 in this drama." Feng Xiaogang estimated.

According to the agreement that they have agreed, "The Story of the Cooking Team" accounted for 20% of the net profit. For example, if the drama sold 3 million and the investment of 1 million is removed, the remaining 2 million is the net profit, they can get 400,000.

As long as this drama is as popular as "Enjoy the End", it will definitely be sold for this price.

Of course, this is a rough algorithm. The company also has to pay taxes and pay employees wages. There are not so many people who can get it.

The market for Chinese TV dramas is gradually booming, with many opportunities to make money and many people who lose money. If they cannot be broadcast, they will bear a debt of 500,000 yuan.

"Brother Feng, you have to work harder. If you shoot two movies in more than a year, we are millionaires." Lin Zixuan joked.

"We've really become a millionaire, so let's invest ourselves and make some movies we want to shoot." Feng Xiaogang thought.

"Don't, it's not easy for people to invest in movies abroad. They always invest everywhere. If you lose money, you won't feel sorry for it." Lin Zixuan joked, "Look at Brother Jiang, you're not anxious at all. You're still stable, just because the money is not his."

"He just did it. It would be fine if his film was successful. If it was lost, no one would invest in it in the future." Feng Xiaogang commented, "I promised to give me a role at the beginning. I have been preparing for it. I have thought about adding movies. Half a year has passed and I haven't seen it yet. I almost forgot what I want to play."

As August begins, the crew of "Sunny Days" still shows no sign of starting the filming.

Recorder Gu Changning happened to finish filming another drama and came to the crew. Seeing that Jiang Wen was still worried about the heroine, he recommended someone. He told Jiang Wen that there was a good newcomer named Ning Jing in the drama.

Ning Jing is an actor from the Shanghai Film Studio and does not belong to the Beijing entertainment industry.

How to say it, every circle has more or less xenophobia, otherwise it cannot be called a circle.

In the Beijing entertainment industry, people basically look for actors in their own circles when filming. They are familiar with each other and feel at ease when using them. They don’t have to worry about something happening in the middle, and they will look outside unless they have to.

Ning Jing himself is not in this circle and has little fame.

Since Gu Changning mentioned such a person, Jiang Wen asked Ning Jing to come for an audition.

He also called the other two alternative girls over. He knew that it would not work if the computer was turned on, so the heroine should make sure it as soon as possible.

At noon that day, Lin Zixuan came to Shancheng Hotel.

This hotel is in Chaoyang District. It opened in 1991 and has been decorated well. The crew interviews and meetings are all in this place.

He walked into the hotel and saw a girl with baby fat on her face sitting on the sofa in the lobby of the hotel. The girl's skin was not fair, and it was the wheat-like complexion, a little dark and looked very healthy.

However, from her eyes and sitting posture, she could see that she was very nervous, giving people the feeling of wanting to escape at any time. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!