China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 236 Who Said Sima Yi Can't Blow Zhuge Liang
Cao Xuan came to the crew of "Li Wei as an Official", on the one hand, as a producer to visit the crew, and on the other hand, he was preparing to release this drama with Zhou Yi.

From the perspective of creation, Zhou Yiqiang is slightly better than Fanxing in terms of personal connections.

Although it has not been finalized yet, Fanxing has already brought in two TV stations, Anhui TV Station and Jinmen TV Station.

Jingcheng TV and Lu Sheng TV, which have the best relationship with Cao Xuan, won "Love Through Time and Space" and "Swallow Shuangying" respectively, and they haven't made a move yet.

This is also because Fanxing is consciously expanding the scope of cooperative TV stations, and does not want to be completely tied up with the Jinglu two, so as not to be passive in the event of an accident.

In addition, Beijing TV and Lu TV have Beijing TV Center and Shanying respectively, which produce a certain number of self-produced dramas every year, and there are a large number of companies that rely on these two TV stations for food.

Cao Xuan has connections, but he doesn't eat dry food, so it is impossible for him to eat alone.

Therefore, in fact, the two TV stations can eat limited new dramas every year.

There are not many channels for Fanxing to open up, and it is barely okay now. In the future, the company will expand and the output will increase, and many projects will have to be scheduled.

How many film and television companies died on this, the project could not be sold, the funds were not returned in time, and they had to bite the bullet and start new dramas for the company's development. Once the capital chain was broken, they could only wait for death.

So at this stage, many film and television companies that mainly focus on TV dramas, how many dramas they release every year does not depend on how much money you have in hand, but on how much you can sell after filming.

The premise is that the show can be sold, if not, everything is useless...

Compared with other film and television companies, Fanxing's biggest advantage is that there is a superstar Cao Xuan, which can be used by every TV station, and can establish relationships and make contacts.

As long as you can get on the line, do what you want to do, and take care of all aspects, the show will be easy to sell.

If the performance of the company's dramas has been particularly good, even this aspect can be omitted in the future, and the TV stations will rush to buy the dramas, so that the company will save trouble, and the price can still be sold at a good price.

"Li Wei as an Official" still has a lot of gimmicks. The original cast of "Yongzheng Dynasty" also has Xu Zheng, a popular pig. This is why Fanxing easily found two TV stations.

After preliminary negotiations, Jinmen offered 450 million yuan, Huizhou province offered 420 million yuan, and Zhou Yi also contacted a local wireless TV station in Qiong province, which sold more than 100 million yuan, and the total amount was almost 1000 million yuan.

Fanxing is in charge of the pre-roll ads, which pulled in a total of almost 300 million ads.

It is worth mentioning that since the advertising fee is dominated by Fanxing, a 10% commission is charged, which means that the two dramas sell [-]-[-] and the advertising fee is [-]-[-].

Zhouyi agrees. After all, they are not as good as Fanxing in this aspect. If they come by themselves, the advertising profit will probably be less than half.

"Li Wei as an Official" invested more than 500 million yuan, and recorded nearly 1400 million yuan, Fanxing 740 million yuan, Zhouyi 660 million yuan, and the profit doubled the investment.

I was able to earn so much, mainly because of the popularity of the sister chapters of the popular drama. If it sold cheaply, I would be sorry for "Yongzheng Dynasty".

Cao Xuan's family has a big business, and although they are happy to have made millions, they are not moved. Zhouyi's development is relatively slow, which is not a small reward for them. Jiang Xuerou has a sincere smile on her face.

"Sister Jiang, hold your breath, there are still two rounds left."

"Mr. Cao, do you think our drama will be popular?"

"It must be hot."

For the vast majority of TV dramas, there is rarely a second round. The first round is basically all income. If it is higher than the cost, it is earned, and if it is lower, it is lost.

Therefore, except for a small number of high-quality dramas, most film and television companies default that the first round of income is all the profits of the drama.

Because of Cao Xuan's golden finger, most of the time, the profit from watching a drama is not only focused on the first round, but also includes the second and third rounds and other copyrights.

"The quality of this drama is not a problem, the platform for the first broadcast is also good, and the gimmicks are enough. The chance of becoming popular is not small. I am more optimistic about the profits of the second and third rounds. Maybe the total revenue can reach 2000 million."

"Then accept Mr. Cao's auspicious words."

Jiang Xuerou will definitely not dislike the lack of money, the hotter she is, the happier she is. Seeing this, Cao Xuan pretended to ask casually.

"I heard that you guys want to make a sequel to "Li Wei as an Official"?"

"No."

Jiang Xuerou looked confused: "The copyright is in the hands of our two families. If we shoot, we can't know you."

"It might have been instigated by someone. I'll look it up later, but I think this drama can indeed have a sequel. Isn't this a story from the Kangxi period, and the Yongzheng period will still have the original cast."

Cao Xuan revealed his true purpose, to make the sequel "Li Wei as an Official 2" of "Li Wei as an Official".

The original time and space "Li Wei as an Official 2" and "Li Wei as an Official" seem to be in the same line as the original cast, but the producer is not produced by Zhouyi, but the partner of the first "Li Wei as an Official" Zhouyi .

The real Li Wei trilogy of the Book of Changes is "Li Wei as an Official", "Li Wei Resigns from Official", and "The Big Neighbor" which is a side story.

Cao Xuan doesn't know what differences and inside stories there are, but now the two of them hold the copyright of this drama, so there is no reason not to make money.

Cao Xuan even hoped that Zhou Yi would give up the show by himself and Fan Xing would film it himself, but obviously Jiang Xuerou was not stupid.

"To tell you the truth, when we first discussed this project, we had a plan to create a trilogy, namely Li Wei's youth, middle age, and old age, corresponding to the three emperors Kang, Yong, and Qian.

If the performance of "Li Wei as an Official" is not bad, the second and third "Li Wei as an Official" and "Li Wei's Resignation" can be written scripts. "

Hearing Jiang Xuerou's words, Cao Xuan suddenly realized, he just said, if Zhouyi made a trilogy, it would be impossible to skip Yongzheng and directly film the old Li Wei in Qianlong's time.

It is estimated that "Li Wei as an Official 2" was filmed by another company, and the ideas were also used up, so the originally planned third "Li Wei Resigned from Office" was directly filmed.

Cao Xuan is not optimistic about the third "Li Wei's Resignation". After all, the biggest attraction of this drama is the original cast of "Yongzheng Dynasty".

The Qianlong period spanned too long, and basically all roles were replaced. It was difficult to get a sequel bonus. Even if it made money, it probably wouldn't make much.

But the second "Li Wei as an Official" still has a chance to sell for a higher price.

In a few words, the two sides finalized the project of "Li Wei as an Official", but whether to shoot or not depends on the ratings of "Li Wei as an Official" early next year.

Cao Xuan was also concerned about the progress of Zhouyi's next project. If there is no money, Fanxing can invest and participate.

It's a pity that Zhouyi has two dramas, "Wulin Outer History" and "Li Wei as an Official", and there is no need for external investment for the time being.

This couple has the same problem as Cao Xuan, they like to eat alone, and many TV dramas are invested by themselves, and they bear all the profits and losses.

But Cao Xuan dared to spend money by himself because he has golden fingers, and he has other ways to make money, even if he loses, he can easily plug the hole.

But Zhou Yi and his wife don't have such a family background. Once there is a problem with the project funds, they will end up in bankruptcy and liquidation.

It cannot be said that this is the reason for the bankruptcy of the original Time and Space Zhouyi, but at least part of it.

Therefore, even if many film and television companies have hundreds of millions of cash in hand, they will not spend it on a project, but recruit people to work as partners. It seems that they are giving money to others, but in fact they are sharing risks.

Because everyone has no golden fingers and does not understand the prospects of this film and television project, they are more willing to consider compensation than earning.

Of course, after the film and television company went public on a large scale, the gameplay changed again.

Earning & losing is secondary, the stock price is the most important thing, the project is not for auction, but for speculation, everything is based on the market value of the stock price.

Therefore, Cao Xuan never had the idea of ​​listing Fanxing, maybe that would allow him to make a lot of money, but if it went public, Fanxing would not be his Fanxing.

Although he may become a member of capital in the future, it does not prevent Cao Xuan from hating capital.

Some money can be earned, but some bottom lines still have to be kept!

.........

Cao Xuan stayed in the crew of "Li Wei as an Official" for a day, and besides Jiang Xuerou and Zeng Li, he also chatted with Tang Guoqiang.

He has never forgotten his dream of the Three Kingdoms, whether he plays Sima Yi or not, Zhuge Liang and Cao Xuan don't consider other candidates at all.

Tang Guoqiang has a bit of an artist's style in private, but it's normal, as are the old artists who have made a name for themselves.

Cao Xuan's master, Li Xuejian, was no exception, but he was relatively low-key. Tang Guoqiang, Chen Daoming, and Chen Baoguo were more powerful.

Putting aside the fact that he likes to show off, his personality is still good, and he has feelings for the characters he has played. Hearing that Cao Xuan intends to ask him to be Zhuge Liang again, he was immediately moved.

The two also chatted about Zhuge Liang. Tang Guoqiang had worked hard to study it at the beginning.

Bao Guoan wrote many papers on playing Cao Cao, but Tang Guoqiang did not, but it can be seen from various interviews and essays that he has in-depth research and thinking on the character Zhuge Liang.

And Cao Xuan is an out-and-out "Crouching Dragon". The whole Three Kingdoms likes Zhuge Liang the most, and even the ancestor Cao Cao is ranked behind.

In fact, selfishly speaking, Cao Xuan admires Liu Bei a little more, but there is no way, who can't write two Cao characters in one stroke, can only become a fan of Wei Wu.

As for Sun Shiwan, do you need to say more about these three words...

Needless to say, the scene where the two Zhuge Liang fans are together is over.

Zeng Li listened to him all the time, and when he returned, he quietly asked Cao Xuan, "Didn't you say that you are shooting Sima Yi? If you praise Zhuge Liang so much, will you overwhelm the host?"

"Who said Sima Yi couldn't play Zhuge Liang when he was the protagonist."

Cao Xuan explained to her: "Sima Yi is the only one who can stop Zhuge Liang in the later period of Cao Wei. The more powerful Zhuge Liang is, the stronger the aura of Sima Yi will be invisibly. This is called fighting between dragons and tigers, a battle between masters."

"Sounds good, when will you shoot it?"

"Wait for two years. I'm going to make a big production. After I accumulate some strength, I'll let you play Sima Yi's wife."

"I thought I could play Diao Chan."

"Go back and read more history books. Diao Chan is already dead by now. If I really want to play a beauty, I can play Zhen Mi (fu) instead."

"Who is Zhen Mi?"

"Zhen Mi is Zhen Ji, Cao Pi's daughter-in-law, the one in "Luo Shen Fu", a mage in the middle road, her skills are overwhelming, and she can use black cards to play [flash]..."

(End of this chapter)