This star is wrong

"This matter is under the control of the copyright department of the company. I don't know how to sign it. Mr. Li can ask the copyright department."

In fact, the price of copyrights for old dramas is not high individually, and they are usually packaged and sold together.

Fang Xing really would not personally intervene in this matter.

As for the price of the copyright package and the number of years, these need to be discussed again.

Li Xueying really wants to renew her contract as soon as possible, and her main goal is "Wulin Gaiden".

However, the copyright of "Wulin Gaiden" will expire in one year, so it is a little early to talk about it now.

After drinking coffee, Li Xueying went back to continue attending the movie viewing party.

The movie group watched a few more episodes. After Li Xueying returned, she chatted with the person in charge of the movie group:

"how do you feel?"

"The filming of this drama is very simple, and the acting skills of the actors are too solid. If there are any shortcomings, the plot makes people feel a little uncomfortable watching it, especially the heroine, but combined with the background of the story, it makes people feel that the plot is Very reasonable." The person in charge of the viewing group commented.

"What's the rating for the episodes I've watched now?" Li Xueying asked again.

After watching the film every day, the film viewing group will conduct a rating, and then combine everyone's ratings to draw a conclusion.

However, I haven’t finished reading today’s volume yet, so I haven’t rated it yet.

The person in charge of the movie viewing group has rich experience in participating in movie viewing meetings and has a relatively accurate vision. She gestured with a number and said: "It should be able to score 9 points. The quality of this drama is very high, and the upper and lower limits are very high."

Li Xueying nodded slowly and chatted with several other members of the film viewing group, and she basically had an idea.

……

Similar situations occur not only in the movie viewing groups of Penguin Video, but also in the movie viewing groups of other TV stations and video websites.

The competition among video websites is not bad. The major websites are mainly worried that Wandou Video will spend money to obtain exclusive broadcast rights. Otherwise, the drama will most likely be broadcast on multiple platforms.

Competition among TV stations is fierce.

Due to the different TV carriers, competition between TV stations is highly exclusive.

Wei Shurong, deputy director of Donghai Satellite TV, usually does not attend a movie viewing party once a year. After all, the TV station’s movie viewing group is professional.

Even if Wei Shurong attended the movie screening in person, he would ultimately listen to the results of the movie group's discussion.

However, he would attend every Ark Culture movie viewing party.

Because the competition is too fierce.

Xiangjiang Satellite TV, Jiangnan Satellite TV, Kyoto Satellite TV, and the top ten provincial satellite TVs basically all came to participate in the movie viewing party.

Under such circumstances, Wei Shurong wouldn't dare to say that he could win the show unless he came over personally.

Five p.m.

Today's movie viewing party is over. Starting in the morning, movie viewing groups from major TV stations and video websites have finished watching the first ten episodes of "Mountains and Seas".

And this drama only has 23 episodes, which means that I have already watched half of the drama.

The story has unfolded and the basic context is clear. Even if the following thirteen episodes have not been watched, based on the experience of watching the film group, preliminary conclusions can already be drawn.

"TV, this drama is very in line with the appetite of TV viewers. Although it is a bit bitter, the plot tugs at people's hearts and makes them want to keep watching. The emotional expression is very restrained, but the force is just right. This drama can be broadcast, and the next ten As long as there are no major quality problems in the three episodes, the ratings will not be low." Donghai TV's film selection director Liu Renfu gave high praise.

During the movie viewing session, Wei Shurong had to answer phone calls from time to time, so he watched the show intermittently, but he also watched most of the plot and was very optimistic about the show.

Wei Shurong thought about it and asked, "Do you think it is worth broadcasting alone?"

Liu Renfu thought for a moment and replied: "It would be great if it could be broadcast exclusively, and the ratings would definitely not be low. But I'm afraid the price would be too high."

Donghai Satellite TV wants to broadcast it exclusively, and other TV stations must also think so.

The result of fierce competition is that prices are rising higher and higher, eventually exceeding the affordability of all TV stations.

This is the inevitable result of a hit drama.

Unless a satellite TV station is particularly courageous and pays a sky-high price, it will be very difficult to broadcast it exclusively.

usually.

TV stations usually purchase exclusive broadcast rights from small film and television companies.

When a TV station purchases the right to premiere a TV series, in addition to the quality of the series, it will also look at the strength of the director, film and television company, and crew.

If the director is a well-known director and the leading actors are also popular actors, the major TV stations will definitely rush for it.

However, if the director is relatively new and has no famous works, most of the actors will be newcomers or first-rate actors.

This kind of TV series is not very popular.

The price of the series is not too high either.

At this time, if the TV station has a unique vision and sees the potential of this drama, it can directly buy the first broadcast rights with a little money.

However, apart from "The Pretender", every one of Ark Culture's dramas is a hit, and the competition is very fierce.

It's almost impossible to get exclusive broadcast rights without asking a sky-high price.

Wei Shurong is very satisfied with "Mountains and Seas", but the plot of this drama is actually a bit bitter.

He now hopes that other TV stations will have a lower evaluation of "Mountains and Seas" so that he can have the opportunity to broadcast it exclusively.

……

At [-]:[-], after discussing the contents of the first ten episodes of "Mountains and Seas".

Wei Shurong called Fang Xing and wanted to make an appointment.

"TV, I haven't watched the entire episode yet, don't be so anxious." Fang Xing replied on the phone.

"Let's meet first. We have something serious to talk about." Wei Shurong insisted on meeting.

"I'm in the company office now, but it's not very convenient right now." Fang Xing replied.

Wei Shurong didn't care about all that. After leaving the film screening room, he entered the Ark Culture Headquarters building and took the elevator to the top floor.

As soon as he reached the top floor, Wei Shurong knew what Fang Xing meant by the inconvenience.

Through the glass wall of the office, I saw Jiang Minghe, the deputy director of Xiangjiang Satellite TV, sitting on the sofa in the office, drinking tea with Fang Xing.

Wei Shurong secretly yelled that it was not good, but Xiangjiang Satellite TV was the first to get in.

He didn't care about Fang's inconvenience, just opened the door and went in, saying hello: "It turns out that Brother Fang has an honored guest, Director Jiang, long time no see."

"Weitai is here too. Brother Fang and I are drinking tea. Weitai is here to try the new Pu'er this year?" Jiang Minghe greeted generously.

Wei Shurong was not polite and sat down on the couch.

Fang Xing opened a purple clay pot tea cup and poured him a cup himself: "We are usually busy people, but today we all got together."

The TV station executives I met today include several vice presidents of video websites.

Jiang Minghe said cheerfully: "Well, Brother Fang's new drama is out, and everyone wants it."

Wei Shurong looked at Jiang Minghe and asked, "Xiangjiang Satellite TV has decided so quickly? Why don't you wait until you watch the complete episode before we talk?"

Jiang Minghe smiled and said, "I just came to have tea with Brother Fang, nothing else."

A smile appeared on Fang Xing's face, but he didn't expose what he said.

In fact.

Before Wei Shurong came, Jiang Minghe had been talking about the star status of "Mountains and Seas".

Moreover, according to Jiang Minghe, Xiangjiang TV's viewing group has already watched the entire episode of "Mountains and Seas".Theoretically speaking, even if the viewing group starts in the morning, it is already too much time to watch ten episodes in one day.

However, no one stipulates that viewing groups must start watching the first episode.

You can completely divide the viewing group into two groups, and the second group will start watching episode No. 11.

If it's not enough, you can even divide it into three groups.

In short, as long as you plan well, you can watch all 23 episodes in one day.

Due to the proximity of Donghai Satellite TV, several of Fang Xing's previous dramas were broadcast on Donghai Satellite TV.

Several Xiangjiang Satellite TV programs failed to get syndicated broadcasts, leading to a decline in ratings for two consecutive years.

Therefore, in this competition for "Mountains and Seas", Xiangjiang Satellite TV was under greater pressure. It immediately divided the viewing group into two groups and watched all 23 episodes on the first day.

Then, discuss the results comprehensively.

Both groups of the movie viewing group gave scores of 9 or above for the first ten episodes and the last thirteen episodes.

This score is very high.

The television viewing groups are all professional and experienced, and there are very few mistakes in viewing.

Therefore, as soon as Jiang Minghe got the ratings from the film viewing group, he ran over to Fang Xing to "drink tea" and talk about the premiere of the film on the star.

However, as soon as the conversation started, Wei Shurong came over.

Now that the deputy directors of the two major TV stations are here, it is hard to continue talking about the premiere rights of "Mountains and Seas". It has really turned into a tea party.

Just then, the three of them were drinking tea and chatting.

Another person went up to the top floor.

This person is surprisingly Cao Sanchun, the film selection director of Jiangnan Satellite TV.

Back then, when "Nirvana in Fire" started airing.

Cao Sanchun bought "Warm Spring Evening in the Furong Tent" and "Nirvana in Fire" to compete in the arena, but he lost with a bruised nose and a swollen face.

Originally, Cao Sanchun had a chance to be promoted more than two years ago, but his promotion progress was hampered by the failure of "Spring Night in the Lotus Tent".

This time, Ark Culture released a new drama, and he quickly brought people over to attend the viewing party.

You can't capsize twice in the same ditch, so Cao Sanchun followed his good example and divided into two groups to watch the entire episode of "Mountains and Seas" just like Xiangjiang Satellite TV, and then hurried over to find the top executives of Ark Culture.

The first person he found was Qiao Yinghong, but Qiao Yinghong was not responsible for this matter.

Qiao Yinghong suggested that he go to the top floor to chat with Fang Xing.

in fact.

Qiao Yinghong knew that Wei Shurong and Jiang Minghe were both on the top floor, and if they sent Jiangnan TV's film selection director up there, they could get together a table of mahjong.

If it is a business negotiation, we certainly cannot put so many TV stations together.

However, the right to premiere a drama cannot be decided by high-level executives after a short meeting.

Qiao Yinghong put Cao Sanchun on the top floor for a simple purpose: to let the top executives of various major TV stations meet and let everyone fully understand how popular this new drama is.

The fiercer the competition, the higher the price of the series will naturally be.

Therefore, Cao Sanchun originally went up to the top floor with full confidence, planning to win "The Love of Mountains and Seas" no matter what method he used after meeting Fang Xing.

However, when he went up to the top floor and saw Wei Shurong and Jiang Minghe in the office through the glass wall, he was stunned.

Donghai Satellite TV and Xiangjiang Satellite TV directly sent their deputy directors.

But he was just a film selection director, and the gap was immediately apparent.

in fact.

Jiangnan TV is one of the top five provincial TV stations in China, and its film selection director has considerable power.

What dramas Jiangnan TV wants to broadcast and what TV programs to buy are basically discussions between the film selection director and the team in the chief editing office.

If it is a program worth hundreds of millions, it will have to be discussed at a high-level meeting.

However, TV station leaders rarely select films themselves, so in the end the selection director has the final say.

Therefore, Cao Sanchun is usually a figure that all major film and television companies want to fawn over.

However, now that Wei Shurong and Jiang Minghe were both here, he was the film selection director, and his momentum suddenly weakened.

But everything has gone up, and we can't let it go down like this.

He had no choice but to walk up, knock on the door, and then go in to say hello.

When Wei Shurong saw that people from Jiangnan Satellite TV were also here, he sighed and said, "It's really lively today, enough to hold a mahjong show."

Fang Xing and Cao Sanchun have met several times. They are not defeated, but they can still recognize their names.

"Director Cao, sit down and have a cup of tea. The Pu'er brought by Director Jiang."

The status gap is there.

Wei Shurong and Jiang Minghe did not stand up to greet Cao Sanchun. They still sat on the sofa and joked casually: "Does Jiangnan TV also want to broadcast "Mountains and Seas"?"

Cao Sanchun looked embarrassed and replied: "This is not the end of the film viewing party. I'll come over and report the situation to Director Fang."

It's all about this.

The competition is destined to be fierce, and Wei Shurong also took the risk and said directly: "This time Donghai Satellite TV wants to broadcast it exclusively, why don't you all quit."

I had been drinking tea just now and didn't talk about the premiere of "Mountains and Seas" when Wei Shurong suddenly said this.

Jiang Minghe laughed and said, "Weitai is so courageous."

As he spoke, he looked at Cao Sanchun and asked: "You Jiangnan TV doesn't have a director, so you shouldn't think much of "Mountains and Seas", right? I think Jiangnan TV should quit first."

Now the two of them have made up their mind to persuade each one to withdraw first, and then bid for those who cannot be persuaded to withdraw.

Cao Sanchun is very embarrassed now.

The two deputy directors of David TV were obviously making fun of him, but he could only laugh along.

After hurriedly understanding the situation, Cao Sanchun left the tobacco, wine and tea he brought, and then said goodbye and left.

As soon as he left the headquarters building of Ark Culture, he started calling Gong Changlin, the deputy director of Jiangnan Satellite TV, to complain:

“Gong Tai, the competition for this job is very high.

"I just met Wei Shurong and Jiang Minghe in Fang Xing's office. Both East China Sea TV and Xiangjiang TV want to broadcast "Mountains and Seas" exclusively.

"It's very difficult to win this show."

On the other end of the phone, Gong Changlin asked: "Have you finished watching "Mountains and Seas"? What are the ratings of the film group?"

Cao Sanchun: "Basically above 9 points."

When Gong Changlin heard this score, he pondered for a moment and said: "In this case, I will personally go to the East China Sea in two days to talk to the top management of Ark Culture. After the viewing meeting of "Mountains and Seas" is over, you can go to Fanfan Entertainment to watch Watch Liu Shiying's "Spring River Water Warm"."

The post-production of Fenfan Entertainment's "Spring River Plumbing" is basically completed. The first cut will be released in a few days, and a viewing session will also be held.

Although Donghai TV, Xiangjiang TV, Jiangnan TV and other provincial satellite TVs are now competing for "Mountains and Seas", it does not mean that they will let "Spring River Plumbing" go.

After all, it is the new drama of Liu Shiying, the new star of Gladiolus. In addition, the director and crew are all top-notch in the country, and there is also the new top star Zhu Yiting. The popularity of this drama is also very high.

Therefore, while competing for "Mountains and Seas", various major TV stations also sent film viewing groups to Fanfan Entertainment to participate in the viewing party of "Spring River Plumbing".