Entertainment from Charlotte's Troubles

Chapter 127 Founding a Film and Television Company
"One mind, united will, united as one, very good."

At the front desk, Yang Siwei was very satisfied looking at the large characters Yixin Film and Television on the wall.

Behind him are the company's artists Yuan Hua and Li Yifeng.

"Okay, let's have a meeting." Yuan Hua in a suit and leather shoes said.

Yang Siwei came back to his senses: "Have you bought the copyright?

During this period of time, the two divided the work, she was in charge of handling the affairs of Orange Blossom, and Yuan Hua was in charge of selecting the company's location, decoration, and recruiting people.

Even Li Yifeng was pulled over as a supervisor for a month.

In addition to these small things, Yuan Hua is also in charge of another big project, buying copyrights for filming.

After eating the benefits of being in Journey once, he wanted to be the protagonist and make his own film and television.

"Are you kidding? Is there anything I can't handle?" Yuan Hua glanced at the handbag. The contract he had just signed was hot.

"Should I notify all departments?"

"No, just call a few people in charge."

It is said that it is a film and television company, but in fact, the scale of Yixin is about the same as that of an ordinary studio, with an office area of ​​about [-] square meters, and his and Yang Siwei's office occupies [-] square meters.

There are more than ten employees, including team leaders, finance, assistants, legal affairs, public relations, and publicity. Often there are only one or two people in each department.

Fortunately, the company mainly serves him, and it will be more than enough to add Li Yifeng in the future.

"Why are you standing there, come here!" Yuan Hua took a few steps and told Li Yifeng to follow.

"Me?" Li Yifeng pointed to his nose.

He is not the leader of the company, but just a small artist, and he has nothing to do with discussing film and television projects.

"Anyway, I will tell you afterwards, so as not to waste your tongue, you don't need to speak after you go in, just listen in."

"Oh well."

With a silly smile, Li Yifeng followed.

Being able to have a meeting with the big leader, it doesn't matter whether he talks or not, at least it proves that he has weight in Yuan Hua's heart.

In the conference room, including Li Yifeng, there are six people in total.

Yuan Hua opened his handbag and took out the novel copyright contract he had just signed: "The two projects, Ghost Blowing Lamp and Tomb Raiding Notes, are both popular tomb-robbing novels on the market, and the film and television copyrights were each purchased for ten years."

"Ghost Blowing Lantern is 150 million yuan, and Tomb Raider Notes is 80 yuan. The former has a single story chain, but has a lot of content, and is suitable for the movie route. The latter has many episodes, and each story tells a different story, so it is suitable for the TV drama route."

"The reason why Tomb Raider Notes is cheaper than Ghost Blowing Lamp is because I promised to start it up within two years, and the author is eager to see the adaptation of the work before agreeing to sell it at a lower price."

Internet literature has been developed for almost ten years, and it can be said to be prosperous. Top writers make as much money as celebrities.

The authors of Ghost Blowing Lanterns and Tomb Raiders Notes that he has come into contact with are all masters of physical book sales, earning 600 million a year.

I heard that the most popular author of Fights Break the Sphere earned tens of millions of dollars from his books, so he stopped studying in college and just buried himself in typing.

In his previous life about 14 years ago, Yuan Hua watched an issue of Everyday Upward, and invited Internet writers, including Tudou, Tang San, and Tomato.

Several people pay tens of millions of taxes a year for writing novels, and the most fierce one is Tang San, breaking through [-] million. One can imagine how much money they made.

That is to say, there are few adaptations of online novels now, and the copyright will be fired to tens of millions in a few years, and Yuan Hua can't afford to buy it if he wants to.

"Next, we will focus on the Tomb Raider's Notes. We will first adapt the Seven Stars Lu Palace Chapter, and hand over to Yang Siwei to find a screenwriter to write the script. I will see the script within two months."

"Xiao Zhang then participated in the adaptation of the script. Your focus is on the scene. Let them draw you what shooting location you need."

Adaptation is not original, just follow the script, it can save a lot of effort, at least the script is very fast, some lines do not need to be changed, just use the original text.

Yang Siwei raised his hand: "When will the filming team be in place?"

"Soon, I should be here anytime." Yuan Hua planned to ask Jing Tian for help.

Anyway, it's still a long time, and the script hasn't come out yet. Even if Jing Tian can't do anything, he still has plenty of time to find the director and filming team.

"For investment, do you need capital intervention?"

"unnecessary."

The involvement of capital means that the right to choose roles is not in his hands, at least some roles are not up to him.

It's fine if the investor recommends talented actors, and if they send some little threes and fours over, wouldn't it be a rat droppings that ruined a pot of soup?

"Then how much money can we give?" Yang Siwei asked a very critical question, and everyone focused on Yuan Hua.

Filming is burning money, tens of millions less, tens of millions more, no investors, can Yuan Hua carry so much money by himself?

"600 million." This is Yuan Hua's careful calculation.

Yang Siwei hesitated to speak: "Is this your salary?"

The remuneration is 600 million, it is conceivable that the investment is indispensable, no matter what, it will cost 4000 to [-] million.

Yuan Hua: "..."

"Fart's salary, this is the production fee."

"Ah, is that enough?"

With a production fee of 600 million, what about playing house?Once the actor's salary is paid, the group performers can't afford the boxed lunch.

"Enough is enough. The Seven Star Lu Palace is not long. It has been adapted into about ten episodes. The production cost of one episode is 60 yuan, which is also a big production."

Yang Simin's head was full of black lines: "Actors don't need to be paid, and they are all voluntary?"

Yuan Hua looked at Li Yifeng: "He and I have a male lead and a male second. His salary has already been paid, and I don't need to pay it. But you can't say that to the outside world. Just say that my salary is 200 million and his 30."

"In addition, the heroine asked Jing Tian to act, and she didn't need to pay, and she claimed to be paid 80 yuan."

"600 million plus 200 million, plus 30, plus 80, plus 80 for buying copyright, 90 million, forget it, make up a whole number, and declare an investment of 1000 million."

"Restrain the script and make it into ten episodes. In this way, we will be a high-quality crew with a production cost of over one million for a single episode."

Old iron, nothing wrong!

Those present wanted to give Yuan Hua a thumbs up.

Just a second ago, he was a three-no drama crew with a total investment of 600 million, a small-budget TV series, and after his lip service, it turned into a large drama crew with an investment of tens of millions and a production cost of over one million for a single episode.

Brother Hua, you are too good to be an actor, you should do real estate development.

After Yuan Hua explained, Yang Siwei didn't let go of his frown. After he finished speaking, he said, "A ten-episode TV series, are you kidding me?"

Which TV station broadcasts ten episodes of TV series?
At least you have to complete twenty or thirty episodes.

"Did I say it was a TV show?"

"what is that?"

"Have you heard of web dramas?"

Yuan Hua is not stupid, spending so much money to get a ten-episode TV series, even ten years of cerebral thrombosis would not be able to do such a thing.

Like online dramas, the current online dramas are becoming more and more mature. The four major players, iQi Video, Youku Video, LeTV, and Tencent, occupy the market.

The most powerful are Aiqi and Youku. At the beginning of last year, Youku Video was successfully listed.

According to incomplete statistics, there are 4.57 million domestic netizens and 2.84 million domestic online video users, and more than half of them have the habit of watching videos.

For the ten episodes of Notes on Tomb Raiders, the most suitable broadcast platform is the Internet.

"You mean the kind that college students take with their mobile phones?" After thinking for a long time, Yang Siwei spit out a sentence, and the rest of them looked at each other in blank dismay.

It's not that there are no TV dramas broadcasting online. The myth is that 500 million broadcasts a week broke the record for online broadcasts, and now the number of broadcasts is 3000 to [-] million.

But it was a webcast just to take care of the audience after the TV series was over.

"I know a little bit about this." A team leader said, "Last year Youku Video bought the potential webcast rights for [-] episodes."

Lurking only sells [-] episodes, so how much can the Tomb Raiders sell?
20 episodes are only [-].

What a mess, it's not enough for the film crew to eat and live in box lunches.

Yuan Hua patiently explained: "The premiere broadcast is different from the webcast. Mythology and Lurking are broadcasted on the Internet after the TV station has finished broadcasting. The audience is greatly reduced. It is not surprising that the price is low."

"And the online market is changing with each passing day, and the price has been rising. As far as I know, the price of Shinhwa sold to iQi Video this year is 17 per episode."

In 2009, the entertainment method of most ordinary people was still watching TV, but ordinary people have watched any quality drama, and few people are willing to go to the Internet to watch it a second time.

Video sites take this into consideration, so the price is low.

He said that it is also true that the prices of webcasts are changing rapidly. In 2011 in the previous life, the drama Gong was purchased by Tencent Video at a price of 180 million per episode.

"After the script comes out, Siwei, Aiqi Video, Youku, and Tencent will get in touch to see what they think. It would be best to sign the sales contract in advance."

"it is good!"

A good meeting was held in a lifeless manner. When everyone came out of the meeting room, they were not in high spirits, and they were doing their own things step by step.

Not to mention outsiders, even they don't have much hope for Yuan Hua.

In the conference room, Yuan Hua, Yang Siwei, and Li Yifeng haven't left yet.

After lighting a cigarette, Yuan Hua said to Yang Siwei, "Aren't you going to persuade me?"

"Is it useful?" Yang Siwei was helpless.

The steps of the plan are so clearly stated, Yuan Hua obviously planned it well, if she can talk it out, there will be ghosts.

"It's too late to run now!"

Lying on the table, Yang Siwei said, "I think it's time to run away after you're completely bankrupt."

She won't give up until the last moment.

Yuan Hua looked at Li Yifeng: "What about you, do you want to leave?"

Li Yifeng's eyes widened: "Do you have to pay back the 80?"

"What do you think?" Yuan Hua scolded with a smile, "You have to pay back even if you go to sea."

Li Yifeng is handsome, has a good appearance, and is willing to work hard. What he lacks is opportunities.

In his previous life, he was one of the first batch of actors to receive traffic bonuses. His popularity skyrocketed after Gu Jian Qi Tan, Tomb Raiders Notes, and Zhu Xian Qing Yun Zhi. He was comparable to a first-line star. the presence of the target.

It's a pity that after the TV series Sparrow, he began to transform, appeared less and less, and his popularity plummeted.

Xiaoju tightened, Li Yifeng said: "I'm just joking, how could I leave, I will die here, the company is my home, I am willing to fight for the company for the rest of my life..."

"Stop it, why didn't I find out that you are funny before I recruited you." Yuan Hua raised his forehead: "Go out and get ready. I will notify you when the script arrives."

"Okay Brother Hua, I'll go first. By the way, you said we are male first and male second, who is male first?"

Yang Siwei: ..."

"Why is your face so big?"

Li Yifeng really dared to think of Yuan Hua as a second-tier artist.

Li Yifeng smiled bitterly: "Okay, let's go now."

Yang Siwei looked at Yuan Hua who was smoking leisurely: "Are you going to pay 60 for the newcomer you dug from Huanrui?"

"Recruit son, just grind it, it will be fine."

……

Yang Siwei's work is very fast, and he has produced the script in more than a month. At the same time, he has contacted Tencent several times. They are also very interested in hearing about the online drama with an investment of tens of millions.

It's just that because of the risk, I haven't decided whether to end or not.

Compared with several other video websites, Tencent has the shortest entry time, and it does not have an advantage in the competition on the same stage. It urgently needs good works to attract traffic.

But Yuan Hua's move is too scary. Ten episodes of online dramas have invested 1000 million yuan. If they want to buy it, it must be higher than 1000 million yuan, otherwise there is no need for them to do it.

But what should I do if I lose money?
1000 million real gold and platinum, no kidding.

After several rounds of discussions, Teng Xun still didn't dare to make a move, but he didn't refuse, saying that he would shoot a few episodes first to see how the film would look.

In Shanghai, Jing Tian came to see her just after she finished filming Warring States and Yuan Hua.

Jing Tian was wearing denim shorts, sitting on the sofa with his buttocks, his two long legs resting on the tea table, and he was manicuring with his head down.

Sitting opposite is Yuan Hua.

It's just that after entering the house for a while, there was no sound at all.

Looking up, this guy was staring at her legs.

Jing Tian's face was dry and hot, he put his feet away and hugged his chest, and said angrily: "I have something to say."

With a smile, Yuan Hua ran over and sat beside her: "I wrote a good script for you, tailor-made."

"real or fake?"

"You do not trust me?"

"I believe it!" After receiving Yuan Hua's flimsy script, Jing Tian looked disgusted: "Just a few pages?"

"There are only ten episodes in total, how much do you want?"

"Ten episodes?"

Jing Tian's expression was exactly the same as that of Yang Siwei and Li Yifeng.

"Don't worry, just listen to me." Yuan Hua was going to explain his shooting plan and after-sales plan.

"Then can you take your hands off my lap?"

"Sorry, I'm excited."

"Why do you have both hands up?"

Anyway, Yuan Hua finally persuaded Jing Tian to play the role of the leading actress, Aning. Originally, Jing Tian also helped him introduce the filming team, but Yuan Hua gave up when he heard the price.

The production cost was only 600 million, and the director introduced by Jing Tian was expensive, so he planned to find it himself in the market.

The last person was introduced by Huang Lei, and the price was very fair. It just so happened that the role of Wu Sansheng had not yet been decided, so Yuan Hua invited him to play.

After reading the script, Huang Lei agreed without mentioning the money.

What Yuan Hua didn't expect was that he had just confirmed the cast, and Tencent Video immediately agreed to buy the drama after learning about Huang Lei.

The asking price is 300 million.

One is Yuan Hua, one is Huang Lei, one is Zhenghong's first-tier artist, and the other is Zhengzhenghong's second-tier artist. The combined market price of the two is more than 1000 million yuan. For a web drama to have this lineup, this investment is absolutely groundbreaking.

Whether it is advertising or making a gimmick, the absolute value of this is 300 million.

"You don't sell!"

Focusing on film and television, Yang Siwei slapped the table and almost jumped up.

Tencent offered 300 million yuan to buy notes on tomb robbery, but Yuan Hua didn't sell them.

Yang Siwei looked around, planning to find a hammer to knock his brain open to see what was inside.

PS: On the third day of Hibachi, my shoulder hurts so much, please support the original version a lot, and continue to challenge Hibachi tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)