The day I got married with a big star

Chapter 754 Too greedy!
Xu Jie and Boss Jiang stayed in the satellite TV program center for more than ten minutes before waiting for deputy editor-in-chief Lu to come back.

"Lao Jiang, I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Lu Hong saw Jiang Hai and Xu Jie sitting in the corridor, so he couldn't help but quicken his pace.

"You are the deputy editor-in-chief of our station. You have so many things to take care of. How can you be as busy as us? Besides, we have just arrived, and we haven't waited long." Jiang Hai waved his hands indifferently after hearing this.

Although Lao Lu is not the only one who decides the price of the program today, Lao Lu, as the director of the satellite TV program center, still has a considerable say. Therefore, whether the program can sell for [-] million or even [-] million in the end depends on him and Xu Jie. It still depends on Lao Lu's face.

Most importantly, he also counted on Lao Lu to help persuade other Taiwanese leaders.

Lu Hong smiled, looked at Xu Jie who was standing beside Lao Jiang and said, "Xiao Xu, you are here too."

"Hello, Editor-in-Chief Lu, let me report on the production progress of the third season of "Crossover Actors"," Xu Jie said.

As for the business, nothing was mentioned.

Because he believes that as long as the content of the report satisfies the Taiwan leaders, it is natural for the price to increase.

Lu Hong nodded, and opened the door of the office and said, "Don't be outside, come in and sit down, there is a business promotion meeting to be held this afternoon, so a temporary meeting was held internally, otherwise we wouldn't have made an appointment so early let's come."

"That's a big thing, ours are all small things." Jiang Hai said with a smile.

Xu Jie was taken aback, "China Merchants Association?"Then fell into deep thought

Lu Hong sat down, and after seeing Jiang Hai's polite look, he suddenly felt that something was wrong with the other party. Based on his understanding of this person, the other party should be "arrogant" today.

There must be a demon in everything that happens.

There must be something.

"Lao Jiang, Deputy Director Wang still has something to do. Let's go to the small conference room later. Tell me first how much you plan to sell the show for?" Lu Hong asked.

The purpose of letting Lao Jiang come to Taiwan today was to buy a variety show, so his intuition told him that the other party's anomaly must be related to this matter.

"Not much, just [-] million." Jiang Hai said lightly, but his eyes kept staring at Lao Lu, obviously a little uncertain.

"what?"

Lu Hong opened his eyes wide in surprise, wondering if he had heard it wrong, but after seeing the calm expressions of Lao Jiang and Xu Jie, he was finally sure that he had heard it right.

He swallowed involuntarily, then looked at Jiang Hai and said, "Lao Jiang, are you crazy about money? I know that after you went to Jingshi Culture, you are very eager to make achievements, but you can't talk like a lion, right?" ? It will be very difficult for me to ask for such a high price. "

He is the deputy editor-in-chief of the TV station and also the director of the satellite TV program center, so the revenue of the satellite TV channel is closely related to him.

It is impossible for him to spend more than expected to buy a program, not to mention that the copyright of this program is still in the station.

I know, he outsourced the show to JingTV Culture, but I don't know, I thought he had some unknown affair with Jiang Hai.

"It's not difficult, it's not difficult. I have a detailed expense list here." Jiang Hai put the documents he had prepared in front of Lao Lu.

Lu Hong opened the file and looked at it page by page. He has also directed variety shows, so he is very clear about the cost of variety shows.

What is the biggest expense of a variety show?
Naturally, it is the labor fee for inviting stars.

Under normal circumstances, star labor costs will account for two-thirds or more of the entire program cost. After all, stars are the guarantee for the ratings of variety shows. It will also slam down.

And for competitive variety shows like "Crossover Actors", the star's labor fee is calculated according to the number of appearances, that is to say, the more games that are promoted, the more labor fee will be received.

Of course, the labor fees of first-tier stars and second-tier stars are also different.

"Old Lu, you also know that the labor costs of celebrities nowadays are very high. In order to ensure the ratings of the show, many first-line singers were invited to participate in the third season this time, so the budget for star labor costs is so much higher than in previous years. Some..." Jiang Hai kept explaining, for fear that Lao Lu would have objections to the fee.

Lu Hong nodded while watching. The labor fees of celebrities are all public, so there is no way to fake it in this respect. What's more, Jingshi Culture is a subsidiary company of Jingcheng TV Station. If you give Lao Jiang a little courage, the other party will not dare to lie lead.

However, when he saw the production fee for the show, he frowned involuntarily, looked up at Lu Hong and asked, "Why is the production fee for this season so high?"

As the chief director of the first and second seasons, although he didn't direct much of the program, he was very clear about the expenditure of the program, which is why he assuredly outsourced the program to JingTV Culture.

But in the cost list in his hand, the production cost has increased by almost half compared with last year, which is a bit abnormal.

When Jiang Hai heard Lao Lu's question, his heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, he shouldn't have poured so much water. No, it was obvious right away.

"Editor Lu, I am responsible for the statistics of the production cost. The main reason is that "Crossover Actor" has been aired for two seasons. Everyone is too familiar with this stage and may experience visual fatigue. A brand-new upgrade has been carried out in all aspects, especially the supporting services of the short drama, such as props and so on, and this is also to bring a better impression to the audience." Xu Jie said without changing his expression.

"Oh."

Lu Hong nodded understandingly. Since Xiao Xu proposed it, this request can still be met.

Besides, this is the first time he is the chief director, so he will definitely want to surpass the first and second seasons, and it is normal to spend more money.

Thinking of this, Lu Hong was relieved a lot.

Because Xiao Xu needs so much production fees, it shows that he is very concerned about the variety show "Crossover Actor", which is exactly what he wants.

He is not afraid that the other party will ask for money, but he is afraid that the other party will not take it seriously.

As long as the program is well done, do you still worry about not earning the money back?

Not long after, Lu Hong finished reading the detailed list.

"Old Jiang, it says that all expenses are estimated to cost 3.5 million yuan. Isn't it enough to sell [-] million yuan, and it costs [-] million yuan?" Lu Hong returned the list to Jiang Hai.

"Old Lu, you said that this is an estimate. Of course, you need a little more in case of emergencies. Otherwise, the last [-] million will not be enough. Who do you want me to find? Our Jingshi Culture is not like your TV station. So rich..." Jiang Hai said after hearing this.

"Is [-] million not enough? This is [-] million. Which domestic variety show can cost [-] million? You have already broken the record." Lu Hong said with emotion.

"If the spending breaks the record, the ratings can break the record, right?" Jiang Hai knew that Lao Lu attached great importance to the ratings, so he mentioned the ratings.

Lu Hong looked at Jiang Hai. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the ratings of "Crossover Actor" were getting higher every season, he would have turned the expense list on the table into waste paper and thrown it into the trash can. .

"No, 1.5 million is definitely not enough. Even if you exceed the budget, it is impossible for you to exceed the budget of [-] million. To put it bluntly, you can do another variety show." Lu Hong shook his head and said: "I It doesn’t work here, let alone Deputy Director Wang’s, I’ve never seen a show that exceeds this much budget.”

"Exceeding the budget is only one aspect, why don't you let us Jingshi Culture earn a few dollars? The company has invested so much, you can't just let us earn hard work?" Jiang Hai said with a wry smile.

"You're not earning a few dollars." Lu Hong said with a serious expression.

Using Beijing Satellite TV's advertising revenue to buy Beijing TV's cultural programs is equivalent to cutting his flesh and giving it to Jiang Hai. If it is less, it will not hurt, but if it is more, it will be very painful.

"Editor-in-Chief Lu, you have to understand that this year, Beijing TV Culture only has such a big project as "Crossover Actor". If we can't sell this project at a good price, our company's annual revenue will be very ugly." Jiang Hai said .

Lu Hong didn't speak, thinking: Your Jingshi Culture's revenue is good, but our Beijing Satellite TV's revenue is ugly.

Jiang Hai saw that Lao Lu's attitude had not changed, so he turned to look at Xu Jie beside him, as if to ask again: Do you want to lower it?
Xu Jie understood Boss Jiang's meaning, but shook his head.

Money can drop.

But he feels that now is not the time.

If he was demoted on the side of deputy editor-in-chief Lu, will he also be demoted later when facing other leaders in the stage?
If it drops to [-] million, wouldn't he be in vain today?

All the way from Beijing TV Culture to Beijing TV Station has no gas money.

He was also born in a merchant family, and he was determined not to do business at a loss.

Seeing that Xiao Xu's attitude was even tougher than that of Lao Lu, Jiang Hai felt so bitter.

He glanced back and forth between Xiao Xu and Lao Lu, and felt that Xiao Xu was more important to him in the current situation, so he suddenly sighed deeply, making himself look helpless .

"Old Lu, you should be very clear about the situation of Jingshi Culture. The only person who can drive the company's performance now is Xiao Xu, but the two programs "Crossover Actor" and "Ordinary Courage" directly put Xiao Xu's The schedule is full, and there is no free time to do a new program. Otherwise, you can find someone else to take charge of "Ordinary Courage". I will ask Xiao Xu to make a new program to sell money. How about I give you a cost price of [-] million?"

When Lu Hong heard this, he couldn't sit still.

"Old Jiang, aren't you cheating? We agreed at the beginning that Xiao Xu took over "Crossover Actor" and "Ordinary Courage", and I handed over "Crossover Actor" to you JingTV Culture. What are you doing now? Can you go back on your word?"

Lu Hong frowned tightly, and his voice was full of dissatisfaction. At the same time, his face was a little more nervous. He was nervous that Lao Jiang would not let Xiao Xu direct "Ordinary Courage".

We must know that the program "Ordinary Courage" is not weaker than "Crossover Actor" in terms of ratings and topicality. The most important thing is that the theme of "Ordinary Courage" is to promote positive energy. Dayu "Crossover Actor".

He didn't dare to take the risk.

"But I didn't expect you to be so stingy at the beginning. If I had known this, I would never have let Xiao Xu be in charge of these two variety shows." Jiang Hai said.

Lu Hong thought to himself: If I had known that you would talk like a lion, I would not have agreed to transfer Xiao Xu to Jingshi Culture.

"It's okay to have more budget, but there must be a limit, right? How can there be such a wild price like you?"

Lu Hong looked at Xiao Xu, the other party is currently in Beijing TV Culture, which also means that Beijing Satellite TV and Beijing TV Culture will cooperate more and more in variety shows in the future, so don't be too unfeeling. It does no one any good.

And as far as he knew, Huaxia TV station seemed to have asked Xiao Xu about joining during the Spring Festival. Although it was not clear why Xiao Xu refused in the end, it sounded the alarm for Beijing TV station.

Someone is robbing Xiao Xu!

And as Xiao Xu's current employer, naturally he couldn't let Xiao Xu leave so easily.

Of course, if Huaxia TV insisted on letting Xiao Xu go, Beijing TV could not stop him, so there was only one way to keep Xiao Xu.

Improve the treatment of the other party, meet the requirements of the other party, and make the other party feel that they are very satisfied with their work in Jingshi Culture and Beijing TV Station, and they do not want to work in other units.

"[-] million is too much, if it can be lowered..." Lu Hong decided to bargain.

"How much do you want to drop?" Jiang Hai couldn't help asking.

Xu Jie couldn't help crying, so he quickly kicked Boss Jiang beside him.

Anxious.

Jiang Hai also realized that he was a little anxious. After all, bargaining is such a matter that one must not show any anxious emotions. Whoever is anxious will lose.

This is not grocery shopping.

Pretend to leave when buying vegetables, the boss must be really anxious.

However, between Beijing TV Station and Beijing Television Culture, one is the contracting party and the other is the contractor. As the contractor, JingTV Culture itself is in a passive position.

At this moment, the phone on the desk rang suddenly.

Lu Hong looked at the incoming call, and then connected the call.

"Master Wang...Okay, I'll go over right away."

Lu Hong put down the phone, looked at Jiang Hai and Xu Jie, and said, "Deputy Director Wang is done, let's go to the conference room to discuss the program purchase."

Jiang Hai stood up, and said, "Old Lu, wait a moment in front of Deputy Director Wang, you can't be as stingy as you were just now, or I won't cooperate with you next year."

When Lu Hong heard this, his eyes widened instantly, "Lao Jiang, are you threatening me?"

"Haha, look at what you said, how dare I threaten you? I also want to cooperate with you, let's help each other, hello, hello, everyone." Jiang Hai said with a smile.

Lu Hong rolled his eyes directly, wishing to rub Lao Jiang on the ground, and even threatened him because of Xiao Xu, is this a human thing?Too doggy.

"No matter what, the budget exceeds 1.5 million for sure, and the station will not agree to it. Let's cut it and get 500 million. If you agree, I'll talk to Deputy Director Wang later." Lu Hong Seriously.

"Ah? You have cut too much with this knife, right?"

Although Jiang Hai's mouth was full of resentment, he was very excited in his heart, because 500 million yuan had exceeded his expectations.

He turned his head slightly and cast a questioning look at Xiao Xu. If it is less than [-] million, he has the final say, if it is more than [-] million, Xiao Xu has the final say.

Xu Jie noticed Boss Jiang, but turned his gaze away calmly. What is the extra 500 million for?Even a decent first-line star cannot be invited, at least one first-line star must be invited, so that the TV series can be guaranteed.

Jiang Hai was startled, such a long time of tacit understanding made him understand Xiao Xu's meaning in an instant.

No?

None of this works?

Sure enough, it is a child of a rich family, and more than 2000 million people don't like it.

"A little more, this year is my first year in Jingshi Culture, so the performance should be better, right? With such a transitional period, maybe next year even if you want to increase the money, I won't have to." Jiang Haiyong Said in a negotiating tone.

Another meaning of this sentence is: If you ignore me this year, be careful that I will make you unable to climb next year.

Lu Hong hesitated for a moment, and then said: "For Xiao Xu's sake, 4.5, no more."

Jiang Hai swallowed a mouthful of spit, thinking that Xiao Xu's face is really great, and he suddenly gained 500 million.

When he looked at Xiao Xu, he found that Xiao Xu still didn't look over, and he was a little confused.

Can it exceed 5000 million?

Didn't you agree to discuss it?
Negotiation requires bargaining, and Lao Lu has already offered the price, but you should pay back the price.

Jiang Hai no longer knows how to play.

But I didn't receive any signal from Xiao Xu, that is to say, I couldn't let go, so I could only say with a firm tone: "Xiao Xu's face is worth this little money? Forget it, let's see what Deputy Director Wang means, and say Maybe Deputy Director Wang will feel that Xiao Xu's face is worth more."

He really didn't know what to say to Lao Lu, so he could only press the pause button on this topic.

In fact, apart from helplessness, there was more doubt in his heart.

Puzzled why Xiao Xu didn't speak.

When the other party came, he said he would bargain, but after sitting with Lao Lu for such a long time, he only said a few words in total. Instead, he was the one who bargained with Lao Lu while watching the other party's face.

By the way, who is the boss?Who is the general manager of Jingshi Culture?
Jiang Hai couldn't help looking at Xu Jie a few more times, thinking: Is Xiao Xu holding back some big moves?But, you're throwing it away, what's the use of holding it back?This has all been discussed.

After thinking wildly for a while, he could only sigh secretly in his heart.

Who made the other party his right-hand man?
There is no way, sometimes in order to protect the arm, I can only use my head to iron the old Lu head once.

Lu Hong frowned, and was extremely dissatisfied with Lao Jiang's words. Isn't this trying to provoke the relationship between him and Xiao Xu?

Besides, I am still not satisfied after so much increase, isn't Lao Jiang too greedy?
Yes!

After meeting Deputy Director Wang, the other party will know how easy he is to talk to.

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(End of this chapter)