Budget 15 million per episode!

This is still a preliminary budget.

The investment in this kind of magical series is huge.

The first is the venue and clothing.

If it is a modern drama, then there is no problem. It is no problem to rent an office building, or even an office building, or even shoot inside Enron's own company.

Like "Growing Pains", the entire film was shot in An Ran's house. How much did it cost?

You don’t have to think too much about clothing, as long as it suits the actor, just buy it.

Basically no need to redesign.

But magic dramas are different. First of all, the story does not take place in the same era or time and space.

Ancient costume, this is a great investment.

Then there is scene restoration.

Isa took a look at Enron's script. If we really follow Enron's description, it would have cost at least 50 million just to set up the scene.

Including costumes and props, it’s almost 80 million.

The rest includes the actor's remuneration.

With so many families, big and small, there must be more than a hundred main actors who have left the country.

After all, it is an extra group performance, and it is estimated that there will be thousands of people in total, which is not a small expense.

Since it’s magic, you’re indispensable for post-production.

Damn it, even 150 million is not enough.

The big ones are scene costumes, post-production and labor.

In comparison, the props are all small.

Issa pondered for a long time before saying: "Teacher An Ran, since it is a fantasy drama, first of all, the number of actors we invite should not be too small. I think they should be at least first-tier. But now, the number of first-tier TV actors is almost one million."

One episode."

"This drama of yours has a lot of protagonists, plus the money for the extras! My God, 150 million for 10 episodes is probably not enough."

"If this is the case, then this is the drama series with the largest investment in Xizhou."

Before this, there was Naifei's "Iron Current", which was also a fantasy drama. Each episode cost as much as 10 million to produce, which has already made people exclaim that the production cost is so high that it is unbearable.

The budget of this drama is 15 million per episode, and Issa is a little doubtful whether it can make back the money.

You must know that if the first season is produced and is very popular, the production cost of the second season can be appropriately reduced.

Because there is no need to invest too much in setting and venue.

Just add more if needed, the basics have been set up.

And what if it’s not good?

If you stop cooking in the first part, you will make a lot of money.

Isa spread his hands and said: "My opinion, don't take this risk. The script is very good, but the risk is too big."

An Ran smiled and said: "The risk is worth taking, after all, we are not short of money now."

Isa was speechless.

And indeed it is.

Enron relied on "Growing Pains" to harvest tens of millions of users. As long as the series is not too unflattering, it can stabilize these people, and in a year, it will be able to compete with the three major TV stations.

And "Growing Pains" made a lot of money.

Isa is actually a little moved. The production of TV series has always had stricter cost control than that of movies.

Because TV dramas are a long-term process, maybe one episode is not very good and it is easy to lose viewers.

The movie only lasts an hour or two, and I was deceived into it, and I couldn’t regret it.

Moreover, the production cycle of TV series is long.

It is a cost for people to eat horse chews.

Issa has always believed that TV series can actually be as exciting as movies.

But due to cost constraints, it’s almost impossible.

Now since Enron doesn't care about the cost, he also wants to build a big one with Enron.

An Ran said: "The initial budget is 15 million per episode, but if necessary, I can continue to increase it, even if it is 20 million per episode, it will be no problem."

Isa showed an eager expression, "Then I will start contacting the actors now?"

An Ran nodded.

He thought about it carefully and realized that at the beginning of the filming of "Game of Thrones", all the actors were not very well-known.

There are only three or four famous ones, but they are the kind of actors.

His acting skills are very good and he often appears in movies and TV series, but he is not very popular.

It looks familiar to you, but you can’t pronounce it by name.

But here in Xizhou, this time he plans to hire well-known actors as soon as it comes out.

At least it's a front-line job, and it has to be someone with good acting skills.

The role of Dragon Mother has been reserved for Joyner.

As for the other characters, Isa has to decide.

He told Issa that the role of "Dragon Mother" would be handed over to Joyner, and left Issa to do her work.

Isa returned to the office excitedly and asked his assistant to print dozens of copies of the script.

After the photocopying was completed, he began to look for actors in person.

Regardless of whether it's a movie or a TV series, if you want to find a good actor in your mind, you must bring a script.

Especially those with acting skills, what many people value is the quality of the series.

Whether a drama is good or not depends mostly on the script.

The rest is up to the actor.

However, on the cover of this script, under Issa's instruction, the four characters "An Ran's Works" were written.

This is quality assurance.

Isa excitedly held the script and looked at the list he had made.

These are all actors who are popular and have good acting skills in his mind.

The first is Isaac.

This actor shined in "Bloodline" two years ago and became a front-line actor in dramas. He is very popular.

And his acting skills are nothing to say.

Isa made a phone call first.

He and Isaac know each other, but their relationship is not particularly good, it’s just that we are in the same circle.

He is a director and Isaac is an actor. They just have work exchanges with each other.

"Hey Isaac, are you busy? If you have time, I have a good script and I think we can talk about it."

Now Issa's fame in the industry has reached a new level because of "Growing Pains".

Isaac listened and said: "No problem, Mr. Issa, if the script is good, I think we can cooperate."

Isa laughed: "Okay, I'll go find you now."

"Okay..."

After he finished, he gave the address.

Isa took the script and went out with his assistant.

An Ran watched Isa leave happily at this time and shook his head.

Isa...

You put yourself too low.

For this kind of thing, we should let these actors come to them after the news is released.

It seems that casting is not very popular here in Xizhou.

There is already a script, and then the crew looks for actors.

Habitual problems.

Producers should have absolute control.

Soon, Issa met Isaac.

Isaac is even more handsome in person than in the camera. Although he is middle-aged, he looks more mature and steady.

Issa shook hands with Isaac and said, "Isaac, you will definitely be interested in reading this script. I bet you that this is definitely a very exciting TV series..."

Isaac and his agent laughed together.
Chapter completed!