China Entertainment: Gao Yanei wants to be the best actor

Chapter 357 Making Money Silently 【6K Chapter】

Whether it is a good fate or a bad fate.

Today, how the relationship between Liu Yifei and Gao Fei will develop is beyond Liu Xiaoli's control.

So after the green banquet, Gao Fei often looked at Liu Xiaoli.

But in the face of his complaints, even Han Li was indifferent.

Even from Han Li's point of view, Liu Xiaoli is restrained enough. If any little bastard dares to do this to her daughter in the future, Han Li will definitely not be so civilized!

Of course, slander belongs to slander, after the crew of "Zhu Xian" returned to the capital, they soon had no time to care about their children's affairs.

……

The next day.

Beijing.

Zhouyi Film and Television Headquarters.

In the office, I saw Han Li reporting in an orderly manner:
""Embroidered Spring Knife" has successfully passed the review, and it has not been cut. The joint publicity team of Optical Fiber, Shanghai Film Group, and China Film Group has started to publicize step by step since the beginning of the year."

Having said that, Han Li suddenly said with a speechless face:

"Boss, you don't know how fierce this year's Lunar New Year is."

"In December alone, 12 films were released. As for blockbusters such as "Let the Bullets Fly", "The Orphan of Zhao", "Laughing Jianghu" and "If You Are the One 35", this year is even tougher than the other."

"I heard that Director Han has come forward to mediate, but none of these companies are willing to switch gears, and each of them is confident in the competition, and they insist on not retreating a step."

Hearing this, Gao Fei couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Although film is said to be the seventh art, it is also a business after all.

According to the Lunar New Year market in previous years, there can only be at most two blockbuster movies a month.

Even if the domestic film market develops faster this year, it is estimated that it can only accommodate three blockbuster films at most.

Is it a disease of the brain to be aggressive and willful in this kind of thing?It's no wonder that China Film Group has come forward to mediate.

After all, the size of the box office is directly related to Han Dong's achievements!

Thinking of this, Gao Fei suddenly raised his eyebrows and asked:
""Embroidered Spring Knife" is scheduled to be released on January 1 after the next year. It should be Han Dong's suggestion, right?"

Hearing this, Han Li couldn't help but feel slightly depressed.

She wanted to say no, but in fact it was Han Sanpin who proposed it.

Therefore, even though she was worried that Gao Fei would do something irrational in his youth, Han Li still nodded slightly.

Just looking at Han Li's worried face, Gao Fei suddenly smiled.

"Don't worry, I'm not that sensitive!"

Gao Fei would not rush in to join in the fun just because of the actions of those producers, fantasizing about a showdown or something like that.

In his opinion, since it is a commercial film, the box office is more important than anything else.

As long as it is beneficial to the final box office, then schedule, face, etc. can be negotiated!
Anyway, he didn't have such a burden in his heart.

There is an old saying: "Listen to people's advice and eat enough."

Gao Fei has always felt that this statement is very reasonable.

After seeing Gao Fei's statement, Han Li was relieved.

Then in order to ease the atmosphere, she deliberately joked:

"Boss, it's a good thing we didn't take over the "Let the Bullets Fly" last year, otherwise we would be enemies now!"

Seeing what she said, Gao Fei couldn't help being happy even thinking about it, don't say it, it's true.

It is said that last year after Gao Fei finished his filming from the crew of "Strange Man and Yizhimei", Uncle Ge urged Jiang Wen to invite Gao Fei to participate in "Let the Bullets Fly".

Seeing that Uncle Ge had such a high opinion of Gao Fei, Jiang Wen also became interested.

Immediately after watching Gao Fei's movie, this guy sent Gao Fei an invitation without saying a word.

It's just that Gao Fei was busy buying Zhouyi at that time, so he didn't have the heart to take on any dramas, so he declined without even reading the script, using the excuse of lack of schedule.

But he didn't want Jiang Wen to be watching him.

The director of Jiang University later wrote him a letter, which was half written and half written, which was quite interesting to read.

Therefore, for the sake of his sincerity, Gao Fei read the script to some extent.

But after reading it, Gao Fei refused more decisively this time.

Nothing else, he had no objection to Brother Fa, and even less to Jiang Wen and Uncle Ge.

These are all top actors in his heart.

It's just that no matter how senior these guys are and how senior their qualifications are, Gao Fei doesn't think it's necessary for him to be ashamed to join them.

To be honest, who doesn't want to play the leading role as an actor?
It's fine if others don't have that condition. Since he has this ability, why does he let his own "Embroidered Spring Knife" lead actor not act, but rushes to act as a supporting role in "Let the Bullets Fly"?

Anyway, they won't give him a share of the money they make, so why bother!
Even if this "Let the Bullets Fly" explodes in the end, the audience will always only care about who the leading actor and director are.

As for the male supporting role?

Ha~ Well, maybe film artists will care about this!

However, special cases like "The Founding of a Country" are exceptions.

Because the key to that kind of film is not the actors, so it doesn't really matter whether it is the protagonist or the supporting role.

And when Gao Fei refused again, Jiang Wen couldn't help being stunned after hearing Han Li's euphemistic statement.

You must know that since the establishment of his "Let the Bullets Fly" project, many young actors in the circle have rushed to participate.

During this period of time, he didn't know how many requests from old friends he declined.

If Gao Fei hadn't really caught his fancy, he wouldn't have paid any attention at all.

After all, a title like Berlin Best Actor might be useful in front of other directors, but to Jiang Wen, it's really nothing.

Who told him to hold out a Venetian actor back then.

If he really cared about this thing, why would he bother to find Gao Fei, and just call Xia Yu over?
As for being popular, he didn't care even more, otherwise Huang Xiaoming would have been looking for relationships in various ways.

It's just that Jiang Wen never expected that Gao Fei would be so ungrateful...and so pissed!
Thinking of this, he was suddenly happy.

When Uncle Ge saw this, he thought he was out of temper, and immediately advised him not to give young people common sense.

But he didn't want Jiang Wen to appreciate it with a free and easy smile and said:

"Not bad! This kid is arrogant enough to be angry with me!"

We must know that when Jiang Wen was young, he was also a proud master.

Whether it is the great director Xie Jin of the older generation, or the old Mouzi of the younger generation, Jiang Wen has hardly been subdued under their hands.

He never thinks that he is much worse than these people, so every time he shoots a film, he always has a fight with the director first, and he is so scared that no director in the circle dares to ask him to film again.

Now that Feng Shui is changing, and meeting Gao Fei who is even more arrogant than him, Jiang Wen suddenly feels that the film and television industry seems to have become interesting again.

Of course, appreciation is appreciation.

Since Gao Fei really didn't want to act, Jiang Wen naturally wouldn't beg him, so he soon found Chen Kun to fill Gao Fei's vacancy.

It's just that there have never been any secrets in the entertainment industry, and it didn't take long for the news of Gao Fei's refusal to act.

Although Jiang Wen didn't care, Chen Kun did, and the company behind him cared even more.

As a result, various rumors of Gao Fei's arrogance, disrespect for his predecessors, and playing big names soon appeared in the circle.

If it wasn't for the news that "Gao Fei spent 3.2 million yuan to acquire Zhou Yi", Han Li might have to go to great lengths to block the black water.

However, the news of Gao Fei's acquisition of Zhou Yi was too explosive at that time. Whether it was inside or outside the circle, Gao Fei's operation almost refreshed his cognition.

So before this undercurrent started, it was automatically suppressed by Gao Fei.

Even though similar drafts could be seen on the Internet later, almost no netizens took it seriously, and some even thought it was normal for Gao Fei to do so.

After all, it's not good for the actor Gao Fei to be arrogant, but it's normal for Gao Fei, the boss of the film and television company, to be a little arrogant!
……

But then again, fortunately, Gao Fei didn't accept the drama "Let the Bullets Fly", otherwise he would really be shooting himself in the foot right now.

Because the schedules of the two films are too close, it is estimated that "Embroidered Spring Knife" will have to be released before "Let the Bullets Fly" is offline.

Of course, even if they met Gao Fei head-on, it would be worthwhile.

But in business, it is a little bit more to earn a little bit, why bother with money!

Seeing Gao Fei see so clearly, Han Li didn't know what to say for a while.

To be honest, she doubted whether Gao Fei had schizophrenia.

When the waves are rougher than anyone else, but sometimes they are as stable as an old dog, not like a young man at all, but she can only slander a few words in her heart.

After confirming that the schedule of "Embroidered Spring Knife" was okay, Han Li immediately talked about the announcement.

Just when it comes to movie announcements, you have to mention "Weird Hero Yizhimei".

Because the two projects are bound together long before the boot.

Originally, relying on Gao Fei's super popularity and good reputation in the field of TV dramas, "Weird Man Yizhimei" has attracted the attention of many TV stations after the project was established.

Now with the addition of popular gimmicks such as "Zhouyi and Tang Ren teaming up" and "movie and TV drama linkage", the show's appearance is even more sufficient.

Therefore, when "Weird Man Yizhimei" was still in post-production, many TV stations had already made inquiries.

Some even want to take a gamble and sign the contract directly.

But this time, not only the TV station has confidence in this drama, but Tang Ren and Zhou Yi also have confidence in this drama.

Therefore, Tang Ren and Zhou Yi did not start selling TV series until after the production was completed.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Han Li couldn't help but look excited.

Although Gao Fei acquired Zhou Yi, Han Li was often disliked by Cai Yinong in the project of "Strange Hero Yizhimei", but she also learned a lot.

And this is also the original intention of Gao Fei and Tang Ren to co-produce this drama.

I saw Han Li said with a smile on her brows and eyes:

"Actually, the post-production of "Weird Man Yizhimei" was almost completed in July, and the rest is basically wrangling with major TV stations."

Speaking of this, Han Li was also a little speechless despite being happy.

"I've seen it this time, some old guys are really shameless."

"Obviously we've talked about everything, but the good things we want are not to be missed at all."

At first, Han Li thought that as long as the show was good, everything would be fine. Thinking that they are now a family with several daughters, the TV station should be the one who is anxious.

But Cai Yinong's approach made Han Li realize what it means to "distinguish between public and private"!
What does that mean?

Hehe, it's very simple to say.

That is, the TV station's interests belong to the TV station, and one's own interests belong to oneself. The two should not be confused at all.

If there is a conflict between the two, the latter must prevail.

That's why, when Tang Ren sells dramas, he never engages in anything that goes to the highest bidder.

Do you really think they don't want to play like this?
It's not because of "man-made"!
You must know that there are always more people who do bad things on TV than those who make things happen.

So this time, although Beijing Satellite TV bid a little higher than Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, Cai Yinong finally chose Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV.

The reason for this is entirely because Cai Yinong knows that the final payment of Beijing Satellite TV is the most difficult to collect.And their film purchasing director also has the worst reputation in the industry.

Although Gao Fei had never heard of these inside stories before, he was not too surprised after hearing Han Li's words.

How should I put it, unexpected and reasonable!
After all, there are too many people like this in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, whether it is the court or the local government, there are too many people who occupy their positions and do not work.

Even those local officials not only did not work, but also stopped others from doing things.

If you want to do something, you can do it, take the money!

What he did was said to be an official ordered by the court, but in fact it was no different from the grass bandits who blocked the road and robbed.

Therefore, for these local officials, the official positions below their buttocks are actually similar to those of the mountain kings, and they are all positions for making money.

It was precisely because the court was filled with such a group of people that the Song Dynasty, with a population of over [-] million, called for the Northern Expedition for more than a hundred years, but failed to regain Yanyun after all.

Thinking of this, Gao Fei suddenly sighed helplessly, and didn't bother to think about these things anymore.

Not in his place and not in his own affairs.

He is working hard to make money now!
……

Of course, Han Li complained about it, but she couldn't hide her excitement at the end.

Because besides Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, Mango Satellite TV and Shanghai Satellite TV are also very interested in this drama.

Among the many TV stations, these are the most generous.

So after some bargaining, the three companies finally won the first-round broadcast rights of "Weird Man Yizhimei" at a price of 80 yuan per episode.

In this way, a TV station is 2880 million.

Adding up the three companies, the producer of "Weird Man Yizhimei" can receive 8640 million in the first round alone this time.

You must know that the total investment of this drama is only 5200 million.

In other words, just a first-round Gao Fei and others have already recovered the cost and made a small profit.

The most important thing is that besides the first round, there are two or three rounds waiting for Gao Fei and others.But in the future, the price will definitely drop compared to the first round, and it may not be able to be sold.

Unless a TV series was not favored at the beginning, but later became a dark horse and exploded, there are very few TV series whose second-round price will be higher than the first-round price.

Of course, even if the prices decrease sequentially, as long as the TV series become more popular, even the second and third rounds can be sold at a good price.

And compared to the first round, because the price is lower, the buyers of the second and third rounds often increase significantly.

It is hardly a problem for a popular drama to sell to seven or eight companies in the second round.

As for the three rounds, it is even simpler. At this time, the producer can almost call it a big sale.

As long as the price is not too outrageous, you can basically take it away.

Therefore, according to Cai Yinong's speculation, if the remaining two and three rounds of broadcasting rights are added up, it is estimated that it will not be a problem for "Weird Man Yizhimei" to sell another 2000 million.

In this way, Gao Fei and others can earn 5000 to [-] million while recovering the cost of broadcasting rights alone.

This number does not seem to be as high as Goofy's earning on movies.

But in the current domestic TV drama market, broadcasting rights are not the only way to make money.

For example, in addition to selling dramas in the mainland, Gao Fei and others can also wait for the TV dramas to become popular in the mainland, and then sell them in Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas.

However, this aspect is time-consuming and labor-intensive, so it is difficult to give a clear estimated profit for a while.

And in addition to the above channels, TV drama producers usually have three ways to make money.

The first one, of course, is the DVD copyright.

But now domestic piracy is rampant, so the DVD copyright fee is actually better than nothing, and can only be sold for a cabbage price.

And the second type, of course, is to attract sponsorship and earn advertising fees.

Don't think that there is no way to get sponsors for costume dramas. You must know that there are pre-roll advertisements in the opening and ending parts of TV dramas.

And this kind of advertising space is a magic weapon used by TV series producers to attract sponsorship.

Some TV drama production companies can even rely on this trick to directly recoup their costs.

This kind of method seems a bit disgraceful, but there is no way, if the producer does not use this position, the TV station will sell it.

However, this set has only been available for the past two years. Gao Fei heard the wind, and it is said that the higher authorities are planning to ban the existence of this kind of pre-roll ads.

So, taking advantage of the fact that he can still make money right now, this time Tang Ren can be said to have mobilized his connections to use all the advertising spots.

As for the last profit channel, it has actually only appeared in recent years.

Because before the emergence of Internet video sites, there was no network copyright fee.

It's just that this time Sohu Video itself is the investor of "Weird Man Yizhimei", so the online copyright naturally belongs to it.

However, Souhu did not go too far. The reason for this priority is to prevent others from maliciously raising prices.

Therefore, after some internal negotiations between the three investors, Souhu Video finally won the online exclusive broadcasting rights of "Weird Man Yizhimei" at a price of 50 yuan per episode.

In this way, it is another 1800 million.

……

In the office, after listening to Han Li finish the data, Gao Fei immediately closed his eyes and thought about it.

After a while, he finally realized why the gross profit of Huayi Brothers' film business was only 6800 million last year, but the gross profit of TV drama business was as high as 2.37 million.

It turns out that filming TV series is really about making money!

Don't look at Gao Fei who seems to have earned more than [-] million yuan in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" easily, but that is just a special case.

You must know that movies have always been a high-risk, high-reward commodity.

In China's film market, there are only a few such films a year.

And the apportionment to domestic film and television companies is even rarer.

In contrast, the TV drama business is much safer.

Even if the TV series are not popular, as long as the quality is guaranteed, most of them will not lose money, and finally adopt the method of slow and long flow to make profits slowly.

Of course, any business is risky.The so-called security of the TV drama business is only relative to movies.

But compared to movies, the TV drama business has one of the biggest advantages.

That is, the seller it faces directly is the TV station, not the countless uncontrollable audiences in the movie theater.

In this way, in fact, as long as the TV series production company has settled the TV station, they can directly realize the TV series in their hands.

Compared with the more than [-] TV stations across the country, the audience in the movie theater is obviously more elusive.

Thinking of this, Gao Fei finally opened his eyes.

Looking at Han Li's smiling face, Gao Fei couldn't help laughing and said with emotion:
"It seems that we have made a lot of money by buying Zhouyi's move!"

Hearing this, the smile on Han Li's face suddenly became stronger.

Jiang Hong on the side couldn't help admiring the words:

"Boss, if the company can maintain the current level of content in movies and TV series, I think it is absolutely possible to go public within five years!"

You must know that the requirements for domestic companies to log on to the ChiNext Board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange are mainly two points:
First, the company needs to be profitable for 2 years, and the cumulative amount of net profit is not less than 1000 million yuan;

Second, the company's operating income in the most recent year is not less than 5000 million yuan, and the growth rate of operating income in the last two years is not less than 30%.

Of course, if you really want to log on to the GEM and be listed successfully, it will naturally not be that simple.

But at least judging from the current strength of Zhouyi Film and Television, listing is still very possible.

After listening to Jiang Hong's words, after Gao Fei and Han Li looked at each other, they couldn't help but smile happily.

But after the music was over, the few people got busy quickly.

After all, although their future is very bright, they still need to be down-to-earth to realize it.

If you lie in bed and fall asleep after seeing hope, then hope will become a luxury after all.

……

I don't know if it's because of the magic of money, or because I was stimulated by the listing.

After returning to the capital this time, Gao Fei did not start the vacation mode as usual, but chose to continue the business.

However, with his current status, although advertising endorsements don't have much influence, it's really not suitable for commercial performances.

Therefore, in the following days of business, Gao Fei is mainly busy with the promotion of "Weird Man Yizhimei".

Uh... that doesn't seem right.

To be precise, Gao Fei was working hard on the publicity and distribution activities of "Weird Man Yizhimei" just now in order to promote "Embroidered Spring Knife".

Because there is still a while before the release of "Embroidered Spring Knife", but "Strange Hero Yizhimei" will start broadcasting soon.

As for the power of the linkage announcement, I just shivered at the sight.

If the effect is good, this set of publicity cases is enough for business school textbooks.

In the future, the major film and television companies in the industry will probably have to imitate the cat and the tiger once.

Although Zhouyi Film and Television will not have any substantial benefits at that time, the increase in word-of-mouth and goodwill is probably indispensable.

(End of this chapter)