"The total investment in this drama is one million, and you will be given a salary of 100,000, how about it? If there is no problem, just sign the contract!"

This is what the other party, Zhang Chen, told Li at that time.

As for Li You, after being silent for a while, he quickly agreed.

He was already crazy about poverty, and for him, a salary of RMB 100,000 was like a dead tree blooming, and he couldn't refuse it.

But he knew very well in his heart that this online drama called "Prince Concubine's Promotion" would basically not be successful. This made him somewhat psychologically burdened.

After all, speaking personally, he considers himself a good person.

If he took someone 100,000 yuan for no reason, he would always feel a little embarrassed.

However, what I didn't expect was that Zhang Chen said after knowing his thoughts at that time, "What do you think so much about? Just follow the script and film the whole drama seriously and that's it!"

"Don't worry, 99% of online dramas will fail. Even if they do fail, I won't blame them."

He was "forced" to the point where he had no choice but to do anything! So, he could only say this.

Because, if he hadn't said this, Li You would still have seemed hesitant. He was very worried about whether Li You would be able to film the drama successfully in such a state.

And after he said this, the effect was immediate.

Because Li You, who was originally very hesitant and even had no confidence, immediately looked much better.

He was thinking at the time, "That's right! Internet dramas are indeed basically impossible to succeed. Well, now that you know this fact, you can't blame me if it fails in the future."

As a result, the two talents successfully signed the contract.

According to the details of the contract, almost all preparations for the filming of this drama need to be fully controlled by Li You alone.

This made Li You feel like crying.

It's not that he really can't do it. The main reason is that the budget given by Zhang Chen is too small!

The total investment for the entire drama was one million, but as a result, his own script already cost one hundred thousand!

That is to say, there are only 900,000 left. But, what can these 900,000 do? For a more traditional TV series, this kind of money can't even hire a third- or fourth-tier actor, right?

Fortunately, Zhang Chen also told him that he didn't need any well-known actors, as long as he was a newcomer with good acting skills and a good image. In addition, he already had a candidate for the female lead, so he didn't need one at all.

Li Youlai was worried.

After hearing this, Li You felt a little calmer. Because, isn't the most important, or in other words, the most important role in this drama the female lead?

As long as the problem of the lead actress is solved, there won't really be any big problems with the other actors.

After all, in this film and television city, there are so many unknown actors. In order to have films to film, many new actors, or those who can only work as extras, really do not ask for much remuneration.

But what Li You didn't expect was that Zhang Chen actually wanted to save money on props.

Moreover, it is not an ordinary saving, it is the kind of saving to the extreme.

No, this is obviously a costume drama, but unexpectedly, Zhang Chen actually requested that the actors' clothes do not need to be bought or rented, but can be sewed with the bed curtains and altered.

As for the shoes, that's even weirder. Zhang Chen just requested that a pair of sandals be given to each of them!

Li You: "..."

When he heard Zhang Chen's request, he was speechless and confused!

Do you want to be such a childish person?

He was thinking in his heart.

Although he already knew in his heart that the probability of the success of this drama was probably less than one percent. However, as a director, as the second work he directed, from the bottom of his heart, he

I still hope that I can take a good picture seriously. But I just didn’t expect that Zhang Chen, as an investor, would be able to save it like this.

How else can I take pictures in this situation?

This was really something that Li You couldn't figure out at the beginning. However, when he knew the real candidate for the female lead, he probably understood in his heart why Zhang Chen would

Such a saving.

"Su Mi? It's actually Su Mi?"

"Oh my God! Is this really possible?"

When Li You learned the news, his first reaction was that he simply couldn't believe such a fact.

Because, although Su Mi's popularity is now much lower than before, although she is now called a first- and second-tier actor, it is basically a bit untrue.

However, this does not change the fact that she was once a first-line queen!

And now, the former A-list queen has become the heroine of their internet drama?

No matter how Li You thought about it, he felt that this thing was too magical.

"You don't have to worry about that much. Anyway, just shoot how I ask you to. You don't have to worry about anything else."

Precisely because of Zhang Chen's words, Li You became a bit "self-defeating". Yes, what does he care about so much? Just do his job well.

If you don’t have money to buy clothes, what’s the point of renting them?

He can design it by himself? Didn't Zhang Chen say that? He can sew the curtains and make some changes. After the changes were made, the effect turned out to be quite good.

In addition, what does it matter if you don’t have suitable shoes to wear? According to what Zhang Chen said, give them a pair of sandals each, or just let the actors go barefoot, so what?

There are also certain scenes that require more people, but what if we can’t afford extras?

It’s also very simple, just take photos of the leading actors!

Even for the interludes in the play, no other singers can be invited to sing? Aren't there several other leading actors? Especially Su Mi, if she is asked to sing, there will be absolutely no problem.

"Yeah. Okay, good, good. This is the right way to shoot. Remember, poverty is a characteristic of our crew. We want to be the poorest crew in history! Do you understand?"

"Remembering this, our drama is half successful. Do you understand?"

Li You never expected that his "self-destruction" would fall into Zhang Chen's eyes and turn into a representative of outstanding work.

In this case, what else can he say?
Chapter completed!