I Won a Prize of 100 Million at the Beginning, and I Became a Capital Boss

Chapter 325 Pan Yueming's Ghost Blowing Lamp! (fever has subsided)
After visiting Mr. Zheng, Zheng Wentong took Xu Ru to visit Youku and iQiyi respectively. The former president of Youku was under investigation by Yanjing police for alleged economic crimes.

Last year, Baixiaolu Studio collaborated with Youku on "White Night Chasing the Murder" and iQiyi on "Undocumented Crime", both of which were last year's blockbuster online dramas.

Zheng Wentong came here this time to continue discussing cooperation. The script of "White Night Chasing Murder 2" has not yet come out, and the producer has no way to make a sequel.

However, Zheng Wentong is unwilling to give up Pan Yueming's enthusiasm, so he wants to join forces with Youku to win the copyright of "Ghost Blowing Lantern" and remake the Ghost Blowing Lantern series.

Fan Luyuan, the current president of Youku, is also the CEO of Ahri Films. He just took over the Youku business, and he just wanted to be safe, so he decided to shirk, and only said to do some more research.

Seeing that Fan Luyuan had no intention of cooperating, Zheng Wentong took Xu Ru away from Youku headquarters.Xu Ru was a little puzzled: "We also have Qin Hao's "The Hidden Corner" this year. This drama is also the focus of our marketing. Why don't we promote this drama? Instead, we persuade Youku to co-produce "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". The copyright itself is very complicated and belongs to different companies."

"You are right. Because of the complexity of copyright, it is necessary for a big platform like Youku to purchase copyright with us, so as to eliminate the resistance. Because you don't care which company made "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", you have to find Is it broadcast on the platform?"

""The Hidden Corner" will definitely be a hit drama in 18. As for whether it will be aired on iQiyi or Youku, it doesn't really matter. I mainly want to see if Youku has any plans to cooperate with us for a long time." Zheng Wentong Say.

"If Youku is willing to invest and co-produce "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" with us, then "The Hidden Corner" will definitely be broadcast on Youku. If iQiyi is willing to invest together, it will be broadcast on iQiyi." Zheng Wentong said of himself plan.

Gong Yu, CEO of iQIYI, received Zheng Wentong and his party.Zheng Wentong congratulated Gong Yu for winning the 2017 Top Ten Economic Person of the Year Award. The top ten economic figures of the year in 17 can be described as star-studded, such as Rebs from Xiaomi, Zhou Jiaozhu from 360, and the chairman of Taikang Life Insurance.

Although iQiyi is considered to be of the Qiandu category, Youku is different from Penguin Video. As the founder of iQiyi, Gong Yu has absolute say in iQiyi, and Qiandu is more like a financial investor.Therefore, among the three major video sites, iQiyi is the most willing to spend on purchasing dramas, and suffers the most serious losses.

Both iQiyi and Bilibili went public this year, and iQiyi almost fell into the situation of bloody listing.Although the capital market is optimistic about iQiyi's long-term development, in fact, iQiyi has been losing money until 2022 before realizing its first quarterly profit.

When Xiepo started to get involved in the film and television industry, someone in the company persuaded Zheng Wentong to invest in iQiyi, but Zheng Wentong decisively refused.Investors invest money in, but see no profit, only lose money, and have to continue to invest more. After one year of listing, they can start selling stocks to make a profit. He is not interested in doing such high investment and low return things.

After the successful listing of Bilibili this year, as soon as the stock lock-up period ends next year, Zheng Wentong plans to gradually reduce his holdings of Bilibili stocks and sell them all in the first half of 2020.

In addition to selling Bilibili shares, Zheng Wentong is also planning to sell Himalaya and Xiaohongshu shares.The valuation of these two companies has become like a game of drumming and passing flowers. The valuation is getting higher and higher, and it is getting more and more difficult to go public, and no new profit growth point can be found.There is not much value for the slope group to continue to hold their shares.

However, before transferring Himalaya and Xiaohongshu, Zheng Wentong needs to help Yu Jianjun and Qu Fang find a new concept that can further inflate the valuation of these two companies.In the end, Zheng Wentong used the excuse of the lack of funds for the ramp group's car manufacturing plan to further withdraw funds and reluctantly sold the stocks.

Gong Yu was quite interested in Zheng Wentong's "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" co-production plan, because Zheng Wentong not only suggested Pan Yueming to play Hu Bayi, but also specially prepared to invite Jiang Wu to play Wang Fatty and Zhang Yuqi to play Shirley Yang.
Gong Yu obviously did his homework. Before Noon Sunshine had filmed "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Exquisite Ancient City", the ratings and word-of-mouth were good when it was broadcast on iQiyi.Jin Dong, Zhao Da and Chen Qiaoen collaborated for the first time and contributed a conscience web drama with a score of 8 or more on Douban.

Jiang Wu's image fits well with Fatty Wang. In the original novel, Fatty Wang and Hu Bayi are both children of the military branch.Jiang Wu's family background determines that he can grasp the essence of Fatty Wang's role well.

In contrast, although Jiang Chao's version of Hu Bayi is very funny and fits well in appearance, his acting skills are lacking in meaning.Fatty Wang is the second character in the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series, and also an indispensable main character.Jiang Chao's version of Fatty Wang was overshadowed by Pan Yueming's Hu Bayi. It was more than funny, but the acting skills were not interesting.

Gong Yu said with a smile: "Since Zheng Dong intends to continue filming "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", why not continue to use the crew of Noon Sunshine, but choose to start a new one, this is not the left hand hitting the right hand, it is superfluous?"

Zheng Wentong explained: "There is a bad phenomenon in domestic TV dramas. When the TV series became popular, they began to prepare for the sequel. As soon as the sequel was prepared, the actors began to change. The three "Youth Bao Qingtian" actually changed three leading actors. I am also convinced. Friends After filming ten seasons, it's still a complete sixsome."

"So this time, for Ghost Blowing the Lantern, I want to learn from the filming methods of American dramas and prepare the actors to sign long-term contracts. This time I plan to shoot "Angry Qingxi Xiangxi", "Longling Miku", "Yunnan Insect Valley", "South China Sea Return to the Market" " and " Kunlun Shrine ". Produce one and broadcast one every year, so as to ensure that the book fans and drama fans of Ghost Clow the Lantern have a continuous viewing experience." Zheng Wentong said his plan.

Of course Gong Yu knows the pros and cons of this production model, "If this is the case, our producer will undoubtedly have to bear more risks. Director Zheng, I certainly believe in your investment in the film and television industry. In this way, we will jointly produce Let's test the waters with "Nuqing Xiangxi", as long as the data fed back by our platform is acceptable, we will sign five long-term contracts with the three leading actors this year, okay?"

Zheng Wentong also agreed to the cooperation plan proposed by Gong Yu, and at the same time promised that Gong Yu will premiere "The Hidden Corner" on iQiyi. iQiyi intends to create a reasoning universe of Zijin Chen.

On the plane back to Puhai, Xu Ru and Zheng Wentong talked about the difference between Fan Luyuan and Gong Yu. "Boss Fan likes to go around in circles when he speaks. He neither affirms nor denies. Only in the end can you hear the meaning of his voice."

"Mr. Gong is different. He speaks more clearly. If you can do it, you can do it. If you can't do it, you can't do it." Xu Ru compared.

Zheng Wentong asked Xu Ru: "If you choose, would you like to cooperate with Mr. Gong or Mr. Fan?"

Xu Ru thought about it, "I don't have any biased views on the two video sites. From my personal point of view, it saves time to deal with Mr. Gong. After all, for a company of our size, time costs Also more expensive."

Zheng Wentong said: "Ari has only two permanent partners, Boss Ma and Boss Cai, and the other partners are all fictitious. No matter how high the position of Fan Luyuan is, some things cannot be decided after all. Of course it is different for Gong Yu to be his own boss. If the two of them change their situation, Gong Yu will be cautious, and Fan Luyuan will act resolutely."

"By the way, station A will start preparing for the first self-produced TV series next year. The script has already been selected, and it's called "Si Teng". The female lead is Jing Tian, ​​and the male lead is Liu Yuning."

"This drama is station A, and slope film and television jointly invested and shot it. Besides us, you can contact Mr. Xiong from IDG and ask him to help you figure out a way. I'm paying and working hard now, he can't do nothing." Zheng Wentong confessed Xu Ru.

　The fever has subsided today, update a chapter first, and try to resume normal updates tomorrow, thank you for your support.In the winter flu season, Omicron is coming again fiercely. Everyone pay more attention to your health and drink more hot water.See you tomorrow, bow!
　　
　
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