Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 395 Good News

After visiting two theaters, it was almost [-]pm when I returned to the hotel where I was staying.

As soon as she entered the room, Zhao Luoyao was busy packing her luggage, taking out clean clothes, towels, toiletries, etc., as well as her own kettle, various cups for drinking water, making tea, brushing teeth, etc. Use an alcohol spray bottle to disinfect the remote controls and switches in the room, as well as the faucets, sinks, bathtubs and toilets in the bathroom.

To be honest, Li Tang found it troublesome at first to bring so many things with him every time he went out. Besides when filming, sometimes he might not be able to stay in a hotel due to the constraints of conditions. Normally, he usually travels to hotels with four stars or above, and the sanitary conditions are very good. not bad.

But after Xiao Zhao's popular science, he said that the person who wiped the toilet and wiped the cups might have used a towel. When something indescribable was cooked in the kettle, Li Tang had goosebumps all over his body. From now on, I will not use any hotel kettles, towels, or bathtubs.

"Teacher Li, would you like to make you a cup of tea?"

"No, I'll do it myself later. You've worked hard today, so go back to your room and rest early."

Zhao Luoyao has been with him for a while, and he is very satisfied with this assistant in all aspects.However, he still pays attention to maintaining a certain distance between men and women.

For example, he would never go shirtless in front of Xiao Zhao, and every time he took a shower, he would wait for Xiao Zhao to go out before entering the bathroom, etc.Although Xiao Zhao looks average, as the saying goes: There is no ugly girl in the eighteenth century.Xiao Zhao is only in his early twenties, and his skin is very good, white and tender, even the chubby one is envious of it.

You said that there is just such a fair and tender girl poking in front of you every day. If everyone usually behaves casually, maybe one day the gun will go off. What do you think you should do?
So in many cases it is always right to take precautions before they happen.

Before taking a bath, he made himself a cup of tea, with three or two tea leaves floating on it. It should be lighter and have a slight tea flavor, so as not to be unable to sleep at night.

After taking a shower, I came out of the bathroom and was about to drink tea and watch TV for a while when my cell phone rang.

At midnight, he thought it was Xiaopang's call. This girl often called and harassed her when she couldn't sleep at night, and then sent messages from afar.

Today's call was from Zeng Jia.

"Jia Jia!"

"Brother, "Conquest" is a hit! The last two episodes will be aired tonight. What do you think the ratings are?"

"How many?"

"21.4%! Ranked among the top three in Blue Whale Channel's annual ratings." Zeng Jia said excitedly on the phone.

Although this rating is only that of Blue Whale, this result is quite eye-catching.

"Is it that tall?"

Li Tang also found it a bit incredible. He originally thought that the drama "Conquest" would attract more male viewers, but the 21.4% ratings clearly meant that it was suitable for both men and women of all ages!
"Of course. After "Conquer" finished at [-] o'clock tonight, Director Jiang from Blue Whale Channel immediately called to tell me the good news. He even joked with me that I owed him a favor, but I didn't expect that it would turn out to be He owes me a favor."

Director Jiang of Blue Whale Channel, Li Tang had heard Zeng Jia say before that he had a good relationship with her. Thanks to his help this time, he not only bought the drama "Conquer", but also arranged a relatively good time slot for it to be broadcast. out.

"You can't say that. It's thanks to someone's help this time. By the way, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so what should be done must be in place."

Li Tang was also very happy. Director Taijiang of Blue Whale personally called, which proved that the news was reliable.

"I see, uh..."

Zeng Jia on the other end of the phone was at a loss for words. During the past few days when "Conquest" was broadcast, Director Jiang had a close relationship with her, almost calling her once a day.

Zeng Jia has been traveling around the world for many years, and this is not the first time she has encountered this situation. She can tell that the other person is interested in her from the few words he casually said.

She was really speechless. Although Director Jiang had a failed marriage before, he was not very old. He was in his 30s and less than 40 years old. He was pretty decent, especially since he was living in a deputy province at such a young age. For the important position of channel director of a first-level city radio and television group, it should be said that the future is limitless.

However, no matter how good Director Jiang's conditions were, she didn't care.Because her mind is not on this at all now, she is only thinking about making the company bigger and stronger.Even if this thought occasionally came up in the dead of night, there was always a shadow of a person in her mind.

Party A's father can never be offended. Even if Zeng Jia knows it well, he can only pretend to be stupid. After a long time, he hopes that the other party will retreat.

She had encountered this situation several times before and had always dealt with it this way.Fortunately, the other parties were all smart and decent people, and there was never a shortage of high-quality women around them, so nothing unpleasant happened.She didn't want to tell Li Tang this kind of thing, so she paused for a moment before changing the topic and said: "Actually, the highest ratings two days ago were 18.7%. At that time, a provincial satellite TV station contacted us and wanted to buy the copyright. The price is not too high, so I want to wait. In addition, there are several audio and video products that are in contact with us, and the price is being negotiated."

"Just take care of these."

Li Tang had full trust in Zeng Jia regarding the company's management.Of course, the most important thing is that even if he does it himself, he may not be able to do better than Zeng Jia. It is better to let Zeng Jia do the work, so that he can be free and do what he likes wholeheartedly.

The main source of revenue from TV series is selling to various TV stations. Now that "Conquest" is popular, it is completely possible to cooperate with major TV stations by paying how much money is spent in the first round and how much is paid in the second round.

As for the copyright income of audio and video products, it has become less than before with the proliferation of pirated optical discs. For example, the audio and video product copyright auction before the premiere of "Hero" was finally jointly taken by two audio and video publishing houses in Guangzhou and pocketed the amount. But only 1780 million.

Specific to TV series, "Swordsman" sold an episode for a high price of 20 yuan in the past two years, but now "The Condor" only sells for 15 yuan an episode. This is even when the acquirer itself is the investor, Literary Arts and Video Publishing House. If In a public auction, this number may be even lower.

For "Conquest", it would be a blessing if the audiovisual product rights could sell for [-] to [-] per episode.This is why Gao Qunshu didn't sell the rights to audio-visual products after filming "Conquer" because "Conquer" couldn't sell for a high price at that time. It is estimated that an episode of [-] to [-] would be good.Only with the popularity of "Conquest" will those who once looked down on documentary TV series flock to it.

……

On January [-], [-], after the New Year's Day holiday and the first weekend of the New Year, the box office of "Hero" finally exceeded the [-] million mark.Director Zhang finally created the highest box office revenue in the history of domestic films.

The sad news is that a high-definition pirated version is finally on the market.In fact, there were already signs. Although New Picture Company teamed up with film distribution companies in the following provinces to strictly monitor the film copies, and even used local police to carry out armed escorts, there were still cases of copies being stolen. Even if the police intervened in time, it would not be possible. As more than a dozen people involved in the chain were arrested, and a cinema staff member committed suicide, the copies were still not recovered.

Not long after, high-definition pirated discs indeed entered the market, and with the continuous flow, the box office inevitably dropped sharply. From the previous 800 to 300 million per day on weekdays, and over [-] million on weekends, the box office dropped sharply to only [-] per day. The box office of [-] yuan was more than cut in half.

Fortunately, "Hero" still relies on occupying a large number of films in the schedule, and it still stands out among the movies released at the same time.It is estimated that the future box office is likely to exceed [-] million.Of course, there is obviously no hope of surpassing "Big Ship".

In fact, in the final analysis, it was piracy that was to blame. After all, in [-], VCDs and DVDs were far less popular than they are now, and even the number of screens was not what it was back then.

There is no way the national situation is like this, and it cannot be solved overnight.Unless VCD and DVD completely withdraw from the stage of history with the rise of online video in the future, the country will be able to take heavy measures to rectify the piracy market.

Otherwise, it would be clear at a glance which of the many VCD and DVD manufacturers in China, with millions of industrial workers, and the domestic movie box office market, which is less than one billion, is more important.

……

"Xiao Li, hard work! Hard work!"

When the publicity and road show team returned to the capital, Mr. Zhang of the new picture came to the capital in person to greet them, especially holding Li Tang's hand, which seemed extremely sincere and enthusiastic.

"Mr. Zhang, you're welcome. These are what I should do. And the director works harder than me," Li Tang said.

Li Tang's impression of Mr. Zhang was neither good nor bad, but he just felt that the investor was a bit stingy.Not to mention that I worked hard for more than 20 days and only had nice words, but no actual actions at all.

The only thing that shocked him was that he and the director were having dinner and chatting together a few days ago, and they happened to talk about the box office.At that time, Li Tang also joked that the director's share of the box office would definitely be indispensable this time.

As a result, the director's answer was that he had no such contract with New Picture at all. In other words, "Hero" had such a high box office and had no legal relationship with the director at all.

Although the director later laughed and said that he and Mr. Zhang were friends in times of need and good friends, the most taboo thing in this business is favors.

Business is business, and favor is favor.This is an eternal truth.

Of course, after running for more than 20 days this time, he gained nothing. At least his relationship with the director improved by leaps and bounds, and it can be said that he has reached the level of friends.

Despite the fact that the director always looks bitter and hateful, in private he is actually quite cheerful and sincere in his conduct.

The only shortcoming is that he is a bit cowardly and would rather suffer a loss than say anything.This may also be the sequelae of the unspeakable era that the director experienced throughout his youth.

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