This host is too professional

Chapter 362 "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" film and television
"Director Zhao Hongye of the TV drama channel is looking for me?"

Ye Luo was in his office thinking about these recent books, when his secretary told him such unexpected news.

"Yes, Director Ye." The secretary nodded and said, "I have been here several times before, but you have never been here. You are here again today."

"Director Zhao came directly?" Ye Luo asked.

The secretary nodded, "Director Zhao has come in person these times."

"Okay, I see."

Ye Luo said: "Where is Director Zhao now?"

"Where's the reception room."

"Yes." Ye Luo said, "You go and make arrangements first. I'll be there soon."

To be honest, Ye Luo was a little confused.

The relationship between the TV drama channel and their music channel is simply incompatible.

Not only are there no business connections, there is also no interaction within the system.

Because although the TV drama channel also belongs to China Television, it also directly accepts the leadership of the Central Propaganda Department.

In addition to its TV drama channels and television stations, it also has a national-level TV drama production center.From the internal level of China Television, it is half a level higher than the music channel and can reach the same level as the comprehensive channel.

But on the other hand, departments such as TV drama channels, movie channels, military channels, and agricultural channels all belong to a dual-track leadership system. Although their levels are slightly higher, they are not direct descendants of China Television.

Therefore, these direct channels of China Television rarely interact with them.

Ye Luo thought for a moment, but couldn't think of a reason. After all, they had little contact with the TV drama channel.

After a while, Ye Luo arrived.

"Director Ye, I have long admired your name."

"Director Zhao, I'm really sorry to keep you waiting for so long."

Zhao Hongye kept his posture very low. When he saw Ye Luo entering the door, he took the initiative to greet Ye Luo. The two of them shook hands in a familiar manner.

The two of them had actually met several times before, but they had never spoken to each other.

Ye Luo looked at the chief director of the TV drama channel. He knew that among the main channels of China Television, there were only two female chief directors.

Zhao Hongye is one of them.

Wearing professional attire, he looks neat and tidy.He must be around 40 years old, but he is well maintained and looks like he is in his early thirties.

Although she is not as beautiful as Tang Rou, Director Zhao's appearance is definitely outstanding.

At the same time, Director Zhao Hongye was also secretly sizing up Ye Luo.

Compared with Ye Luo, she only met her a few times, but she knew Ye Luo very well.After all, no one at CTV understands Ye Luo.

From the director of the station to the cleaning staff, who doesn’t know Director Ye Luoye of the music channel?
"Director Ye, this unsolicited visit did not disturb your work, right?"

Zhao Hongye had something to ask for, so he lowered his attitude and spoke first.

Ye Luo smiled and waved, "Director Zhao is too polite. Let's sit down and chat."

The two of them sat down on the sofa one after another. Ye Luo was not arrogant, "Director Zhao probably doesn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. Is there any place where we can use our music channel?"

Seeing Ye Luo getting straight to the point, Zhao Hongye breathed a sigh of relief, "Director Ye, you are half right. I am indeed here to ask for your help this time, but it has nothing to do with the music channel."

"Oh?"

Ye Luo motioned for her to continue.

Director Zhao smiled bitterly and continued: "Director Ye, you also know that the Wenzhen Group has launched four national-level cultural projects."

Ye Luo nodded. He had experienced this personally, so he knew it very well.

"As China Television's main official media, we must play an active role in such a national project. Our TV drama channel is responsible for the construction of the 'Five One Project', to be precise, we are responsible for the TV drama production part of it."

Zhao Hongye spoke eloquently and explained the ins and outs to Ye Luo.

As she said, TV drama channels need to produce high-quality TV dramas that meet the requirements of the "Five One Project".

But as a national-level cultural project, how can it be so easy to achieve?

The TV drama channel convened many well-known screenwriters and directors in the industry to sit together, discuss it for a long time, and tried to write multiple projects, but in the end they were not satisfactory.

Seeing other people in the project team working on it in full swing, the TV drama channel was naturally secretly anxious.Finally, with no other choice, they came up with the idea of ​​adapting the classic novel.

After three searches and two searches, I finally found the head of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

After being reviewed by well-known screenwriters and directors in the industry on TV drama channels, in the end they always believed that filming "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has great potential!
This is not only in line with the spirit of "promoting Chinese culture and inheriting Chinese classics" proposed by the Wen Zhen Group, but the storytelling of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" itself has also been tested by the market.

Once it is adapted into a TV series, there is no need to worry about the ratings and the content of the program. This is definitely the best film and television script!

As soon as Director Zhao Hongye heard the analysis of his subordinates, he immediately made the decision to start filming "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

However, what they never expected was that this first step would directly block them.

The copyright cannot be bought!

The Classical Literature Association is in trouble!

It’s not that I won’t sell it to them, but the price is too high!

Three hundred million!
For the copyright of a TV series, the Classical Literature Association directly offered a sky-high price of [-] million!

When he heard the price, Director Zhao Hongye almost cursed!

This is either to directly buy all the copyrights of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in a package, or to buy the rights to a TV series!

It doesn’t even count the copyright of the movie!
The Ancient Literature Association directly asked for [-] million yuan!

The investment in most TV series does not reach [-] million!
What's even more outrageous is that the Ancient Literature Association doesn't really want to sell it yet.

Zhao Hongye and the others just wanted to haggle over the price, but as a result, the people from the Classical Literature Association immediately turned their backs - they wouldn’t sell it!Whoever you love, we won’t sell it.

At this time, the people on the TV drama channel were completely numb.

There was really no other way, so Director Zhao Hongye personally came forward to talk directly to the real owner, Ye Luo.

"Director Ye, we sincerely want to film "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Look at your side, can you give me some convenience?" Director Zhao Hongye looked at Ye Luo with a sincere face.

Ye Luo finally understood what was going on, but was not in a hurry to answer directly.

"Director Zhao, you should also know that the ancient literature association is basically responsible for the copyright of my books." Ye Luo said, "Well, let me call them first to ask about the situation. What do you think? Sample?"

"Yeah, that's right." Zhao Hongye couldn't say anything else and could only nod.

Ye Luo got up, went outside, and called Professor Liu Ying.

I learned more about it from her.What happened was basically the same as what Zhao Hongye said.

At the end of the day, Professor Liu Ying also said: "Teacher Ye, don't worry about any unit. We don't have to worry about selling the copyright of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". I don't know how many companies have come to us before, and the price is set here. Let them decide whether to buy it or not." Professor Liu Ying was afraid that Ye Luo would be soft-hearted and sell "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" at a low price.

Ye Luo smiled, "I know."

Ye Luo knew very well the value of the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

At the same time, he is also quite satisfied with this approach of the Ancient Literature Association.They regard copyright as their lifeblood and never sell it easily.For such a long time, none of Ye Luo's books and important related copyrights have been sold.Even if someone came looking for me with a lot of money, the Literary Society would rarely let go.

When Ye Luo returned to the reception room, Director Zhao Hongye was obviously looking forward to it.

She knew that the Classical Literature Association could not be its final home.The final decision was made by Director Ye in front of me.

Ye Luo pondered for a moment and said, "Director Zhao, I just communicated with the Classical Literature Association. The TV series adaptation rights of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are very popular. To be honest, after the book was released, the industry has Many companies have mentioned this idea. But in the end, due to some reasons, the negotiations failed. Of course, there must be a price factor."

"So, if you really want to buy it, you can't move on the price."

Ye Luo said it categorically, leaving no room for maneuver.

Although we are all colleagues and may not look up at each other in normal times, what we are talking about now are business matters and there is no need to mix in any personal feelings.What's more, there is no personal relationship between him and Zhao Hongye in front of him.

If Director Tang from the literary channel or Director Sun from the sports channel came, it might be a different story.

"Three hundred million?" Zhao Hongye twitched the corner of his mouth.

Ye Luo nodded, "The price given by the Classical Literature Association is fairly reasonable."

Is this price fair?
What's the difference between this and stealing money?
Zhao Hongye didn't know how to complain in her heart, but she didn't show it at all on her face, "Director Ye, to be honest, your price is too high. Our TV drama channel is not as good as your music channel. How can we have so much money? The copyright fee of [-] million is really beyond our means."

Zhao Hongye had a wry smile on his face. It would cost [-] million just to buy the copyright. After that, the scenery, actors, and filming would all be added. The budget shouldn't go straight to [-] million, right?
This is really too much pressure for TV drama channels.

Ye Luo leaned on the sofa and looked at Zhao Hongye silently, seeming to be thinking about something.

Zhao Hongye did not continue to speak, and just waited.

After a while, Ye Luo said slowly, "Director Zhao, considering that we are both in China Television, it is not a bad idea to be cheaper. After all, we are all from China Television, and I am not that close. Humane."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hongye suddenly felt happy.But she also knew that Ye Luo must have other conditions.

Sure enough, Ye Luo said again: "But, I have a condition, I don't know if you can agree to it."

"Tell me about it." Zhao Hongye is not a fledgling girl.

Ye Luo said: "I want to participate."

"Ok?"

Zhao Hongye was stunned, as if he didn't understand what Ye Luo meant.

Ye Luo added: "When you are filming "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", I will participate in the whole process, and I have the right to final review. If I am not satisfied, then reshoot."

"This is my condition."

"Director Zhao, if you can agree, I will give you a discount of [-] million in copyright fees."

A hundred million cheaper.

That's quite a lot.

Although the copyright fee of [-] million is still sky-high.But Zhao Hongye also knew that this concession was not a big one.

However, she still hesitated about the conditions proposed by Ye Luo.

"Director Ye, can you elaborate?"

There is definitely nothing wrong with letting Ye Luo participate in the filming process.After all, Ye Luo is the original author, and they are simply hoping for some advice.But if Ye Luo has the final right to review and make decisions, the meaning will be different.

This means that the entire filming of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" needs to be dominated by Ye Luo's will.

Their TV drama channel has contributed money and efforts, but in the end, they don’t even have the final review power, which is really unsafe.

Ye Luo said, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the few books I have written that has a strong story. Therefore, I value the film and television adaptation rights of this book very much. Moreover, this is my first book so far. A work that will be adapted for film and television." Ye Luo's tone was very calm, and he looked at Zhao Hongye and said, "So, Director Zhao, I have to be cautious."

The conditions, Ye Luo have already been placed here.As for whether Zhao Hongye agrees or not, that is her own business.

In fact, Ye Luo doesn't really want to sell the film and television adaptation rights to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

He also thinks about directing it himself one day, but at present, such a chance is unlikely.

Of course, the reason why Ye Luo decided to sell "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to the TV drama channel was after some consideration.

First of all, the TV drama channel, as an official channel, definitely does not need to worry too much about filming, and there is basically no possibility of magic modification.

The second and most important reason is.Ye Luo had always wanted to film a TV series on a music channel, and he even got the script.But their music channel really didn't know anything about filming TV series, and Ye Luo also wanted to take this opportunity to learn a lot.

It is best to have an in-depth understanding of the current TV drama market.

The reason why he wanted to participate in the filming of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was also due to this consideration.

It paves the way for the future.

"Director Ye, can I go back and discuss it?" Zhao Hongye did not give a direct answer. After all, it involved the flow of [-] million funds.

Ye Luo also understood, "Okay."

……

Three days later, Zhao Hongye came to visit Ye Luo again with the written contract and the legal affairs of their department.

"Teacher Ye, we agree to your conditions." Zhao Hongye said, "We can sign the contract today." After saying that, the legal officer handed the contract to Ye Luo.

Ye Luo opened it and looked at it. In addition to normal matters, Ye Luo's requirements were indeed included.

"Okay, then I wish us a happy cooperation!" Ye Luo smiled and shook hands with Zhao Hongye.

"This...don't you need to check with the legal affairs department?" Zhao Hongye reminded kindly.

Ye Luo smiled and shook his head, "No need."

Legal affairs?

Ye Luo didn't even know that the music channel had a legal department!
Zhao Hongye probably forgot that the Ye Luo in front of him once challenged the entire legal world!
……

With the signing of the TV drama channel and Ye Luo, the preparation of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" crew has been put on the agenda.

Directors, screenwriters, etc. are all handled by people from TV drama channels.

However, what makes everyone a little strange is that their crew actually has the position of "general person in charge"!

To be honest, everyone is an old man in the film and television industry.There are countless crews that I have joined, but this is the first time for them all to see such a position!

(End of this chapter)