Huo Dong quickly made a phone call and contacted the relevant partners. Since he was about to continue filming, he had to notify them in time. After finishing this, Huo Dong notified all the crew members to get together in the evening.

Although he was ready to be crazy, Huo Dong also considered feasibility.

If you can find a new director and start the filming around the 15th on time, it will be nothing more than spending money. The pay should be between 500,000 and 1 million yuan, and the total shooting cost can be controlled within 9 million yuan.

Such art films can earn at least 1 million yuan even if they travel to the theater for three days. After all, they are the original cast of "Martial Arts Dream", as well as Tao Xue and his box office appeal, Liu Shi's last works, etc. If the distribution company doesn't even hype these, then they can jump directly into the river, and what are the faces to continue to do the promotion and distribution industry?

In addition, the movie channel is still around one million, and the online broadcasting rights should be hundreds of thousands. If you count these alone, the loss will not exceed 5 million.

The goal this time is quite low. Even if you lose 5 million, Huo Dong is going to subsidize the difference himself. Then the publicity will be a little more - the film's box office will recover the investment! Then the main creator of the crew will not damage his reputation and will even gain a certain reputation.

The director is gone, and it’s still an art film. You can get back the investment in this way. What else do you want? Doesn’t this prove that Liu Shi’s script is excellent? Are our prince and Hu Niu’s acting skills explosive?

To be honest, if the difference is really only a few million, Huo Dong would do it even if he bought the box office himself!

This has not been considered yet. If it was not a three-day theater tour in the end, but a two-week or a month later, the box office results might have been almost the same.

But to do this, the key is to start shooting on time!

If the shooting is delayed, it will be greatly overspending, and the final cost cannot be stopped by the gods. Huo Dong is indeed willing to subsidize some, but he can't continue to subsidize endlessly, right? It's a little bit to save, and no one's money is blown by the strong wind.

To achieve this, one is the site and equipment. This problem is easy to solve. The contract has been signed and the rent deposit has been paid, which is nothing more than continuing to perform the contract. Those partners are eager to do so. They are also afraid of termination of the contract, so after Huo Dong contacted, they all cooperated very well.

The other is the human problem. But in Huo Dong's eyes, this problem is not big. It's just a change of director, and there is no change in other words. These people still leave with a paycheck, that is, there is no deduction and no default, which is nothing more than a problem of stabilizing people's hearts.

But then again, the only thing Huo Dong is worried about is this problem. People’s hearts will never be reliable!

...

The one who agreed to meet was a restaurant. When Huo Dong arrived, the people had basically arrived. This place basically included all the main members of the crew, and they had already filled this large box with four round tables.

The atmosphere in the private room was almost solidified. Liu Shi passed away unexpectedly, and everyone was in a heavy mood.

Looking at the uneasy people, Huo Dong smiled slightly and turned around and instructed the waitress at the door: "Each table is 3,000 yuan, no wine is included. Other dishes are served by your restaurant, but there must be tofu rice. Thank you."

After the waitress closed the door of the private room, Huo Dong sat down in the empty seat: "Brother Shitou's family is unwilling to hold the ceremony. This meal means our wishes! Please inform us that the original plan will not change, and work will start on time on the 15th!"

"Ah?" Everyone was shocked. Everyone had different expressions.

Tao Xue, who was beside her, blinked her big eyes in a daze, "Stinky winter melon, you..."

Huo Dong quietly pinched Tao Xue's thigh under the table. Fortunately, she was not stupid enough, so she closed her mouth in time, but her chest kept rising and falling, as if she was feeling uncomfortable. Huo Dong looked at everyone's reaction, but nothing else was, just afraid that a few thorns would jump out to disrupt the situation. Most people follow herd mentality. If they were not dealt with in time, it would only make people panic.

Sure enough, someone asked: "Brother Dong, there is no problem starting work, but who are you going to find?"

"I'm going to find someone else to save the situation. Don't worry, I'm ready for the director's pay. In this circle, you can always find someone if you have money. And I can also guarantee that I must be a qualified director."

"Brother Dong, it's not that I don't believe you. It's only three days away from the plane now. Is it time for you to find a new director?"

"Don't worry, you can delay it by one or two days at most. If the original schedule is finally postponed, I promise you that it will settle at 150% of the original salary. If you believe me, we will make an agreement today; if you don't believe it, you can sign a supplementary agreement together."

"So Brother Dong, you haven't started looking for it yet, right?"

"How come I have time? I have to take time, right? But don't worry, no one will cheat you. The pay will not be less, and the schedule will never be extended. You just need to make this movie with peace of mind."

“…”

Huo Dong had already been mentally prepared for these issues. There was no question of whether he was angry or not. Liu Shi's body was not cold, so moral kidnapping was meaningless.

These people all need to make money to support their families, so they are definitely unwilling to fall into the pit. Moreover, the crew has always been breaking up and getting back together, and they usually have very ordinary working relationships. If Liu Shi is still there, these people may not be able to erase their original friendship, but they have no contact with them at all, they have no knowledge of their character, they cannot talk about trust, let alone sell face.

Since this is the case, it is better to talk clearly in advance.

Most people were relieved about Huo Dong's answer. At least on the surface, these people were relieved. What if they were not at ease? In fact, these people were helpless. Even though they knew that this was a pit, they could only jump down. Huo Dong had already agreed, and he still patted his butt and left. In the future, he would still have to stay in the circle, and do you still have a reputation in the circle?

Anyway, it’s nothing. At most, half of the filming will break up. At least half of the filming will be paid, so the remaining half will not be too big. It’s just a waste of months.

According to the rules in the film and television industry, after signing a film contract, pay half of the pay, and after all the filming is completed, pay the remaining half. This is a guarantee for the crew and individuals. No matter how many days have been filmed, or in this case, the contract has been signed but has not started filming yet, half of the pay needs to be paid. You should understand this principle. At least others have arranged the schedule, so you can't put the white pigeon, right? Compensation needs to be given.

Of course, those pay has already been transferred to everyone's account here. Liu Shi never thought of cheating people, so he was very law-abiding in this regard.
Chapter completed!