The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 66 Happy Cooperation
At ten o'clock in the morning on February 2001, 2, the sky in Yanjing was not covered with the sun, the wind was howling, and there were very few pedestrians on the street.

In a teahouse in DC, two middle-aged men sat on one side and a young man sat on the other.

The two middle-aged men are nothing special, with ordinary looks and ordinary figures.

The young man was tall and handsome, with a calm demeanor. This man was Li Shengyao.

The two people opposite him were Jiang Chunming and Zhong Dahui.

This time the two came together, one was to get in touch with Li Shengyao, and the other was to inquire about the situation of Li Shengyao's next drama.

To express their sincerity, Chunming gave two catties of Pu'er, and Zhong Dahui gave Li Shengyao a three-dimensional vinyl phonograph.

"Director Li, I wonder what kind of film and television drama your next drama will be?"

"It's a romantic drama."

Looking at Chunming and Zhong Dahui, both of them saw the joy in each other's eyes.

This time "Funny Family" performed very well, and now it has stabilized its ratings at around four points.

Still in the case of "Deep Love and Rain" in the same period, it can be said that it far exceeded the expectations of all the two TV stations.

Given that "Funny Family" has 140 episodes, it can be played for three months.

The title sponsorship of Shanghai Satellite TV's TV series was sold at a price of 1000 to [-] million yuan.

And Gusu Satellite TV also sold the price of 1000 million.

It can be said that the 700 million broadcasting rights fees spent before were easily recovered.

The leaders and staff of the two TV stations are very happy.

However, because it is a simulcast, the ratings are divided, and there will be CCTV's "Big Mansion Gate" in April, so I am afraid that the follow-up ratings will not have a big increase.

Of course, the two channels maintained a [-]% ratings, which is already a big profit.

They then turned their attention to Lee Seung Yew's third drama.

Lee Sing Yew's first romantic drama was "Love Hotel", which had almost no publicity and had the highest ratings of seven points.

Will this second part be higher if the two channels promote it together?

"Director Li, can you tell us about the plot of this romantic drama?"

"of course."

Li Shengyao then pulled out the outline of the story of "Winter Sonata" he wrote earlier.

Jiang Chunming took the paper with both hands, and read it together with Zhong Dahui.

In just over 1000 words, it tells the story of "Winter Sonata". The hero and heroine met when they were young, fell in love, and then started a sadomasochistic relationship.

Among them are love triangles, square loves, encountering ex-boyfriends at the engagement scene, amnesia, terminal illness, blindness, car accidents, and the hero and heroine are brothers, fleeing for love, the hero and the heroine are suspected to be brothers and sisters, the previous generation triangle Love, the next generation is still a love triangle.

It can be said that this love has gathered all the misfortunes, and it is more complicated than Qiong Yao's drama.

Jiang Chunming was very excited, he thought it was a TV series similar to the modern version of "Deep Love and Rain", "Okay, okay, okay, this story is good."

Zhong Dahui nodded, "That's right, Director Li, I really admire you. You are the only one in our country who can come up with such a wonderful story."

Li Shengyao smiled.

The Korean version of "Winter Sonata" looks very bloody, but the details are amazing and there are many foreshadowings.

When watching TV dramas, I don't feel awkward at all, and I don't feel such bloody disgusting.

As far as script creation is concerned, the script of this drama is definitely of the highest standard.

In just [-] episodes, so many elements have been integrated, and it is not chaotic, and the plot is smooth and natural.

Lee Seung Yew didn't need to make major changes, he only changed two places, the Korean version of the hero and heroine met and fell in love in high school.

Puppy love is not allowed in the mainland, so naturally it can't be set like this, so he changed it to freshman.

In addition, the Korean version of the school system is strict, and the hero and heroine are reprimanded by the dean.

Li Shengyao had to deal with the inspection of the Education Bureau in those days when he changed to a school, and the management was stricter.

Other than that, he doesn't need to change.

In fact, the success of this drama is not only good script, good actors, but also important point is that the photography is too beautiful.

The soundtrack of this play is permeated with a touch of sadness from beginning to end, and every episode of the happy plot of the hero and heroine can see pure white snow, giving people a pure and fragile beauty.

Island countries like this tune, so it is so popular.

"Love Hotel" has been remade in many countries, but there is no producer to remake "Winter Sonata".

One is that the pearls and jades are in front, this drama is so beautiful.

The second is that this drama is too bloody, and if it is not filmed well, the audience will scold it to death.

No one dares to remake.

(There is a drama in China called "The Opposite of the Door", which is said to be a remake of "Winter Sonata", but the plot is nothing like it. The director bought the rights to the remake, but made a few changes. I don't know why he wasted it. money)

Zhong Dahui then took a sip of tea, "Director Li, how many episodes do you plan to shoot for this story?"

"Thirty episodes." (Korean version of twenty episodes, I remembered wrongly before, it was written as twenty episodes, after a book friend reminded, it should be thirty episodes when converted into domestic time)
"So short?"

Looking at the outline of the story, there are many elements in it.

Zhong Dahui thought that forty or fifty episodes would be filmed, but he didn't expect it to be so short.

There are two episodes a day on weekdays, and one episode a day on weekends, and it can be finished in less than three weeks.

Li Shengyao smiled, "Yes, it's okay."

"What is Director Li's production budget?"

"Two million."

Jiang Chunming looked over in confusion, "Is there so many?"

"Huan Zhu Ge Ge 2" invested only a little over 1000 million.

"Well, the filming of this drama is very beautiful. Although the number of episodes is small, the requirements for costumes, props, and scenery are very high."

The male and female protagonists of the Korean version must wear a woolen coat when they go out, except when they are indoors. The clothes are very textured and very expensive.

Not to mention the snow scene that falls at every turn.

As well as the makeup of the hero and heroine, it is really beautiful all the time.

At that time, Li Shengyao will provide the hero and heroine with good-looking and high-end clothes, and hire the best stylist for them, as well as snowflakes that can fly at any time.

These all require money.

Jiang Chunming nodded, and then asked, "Is the main investor this time your own company, or Dafu Film and Television Company?"

"My own company."

Li Dafu approached Li Shengyao and wanted to continue to cooperate, but Li Shengyao refused.

Dafu Film and Television Company wants nothing but money, so there is no need to continue to cooperate.

What's more important is that his company has been established, so naturally he is the main investor, so it can be regarded as a representative work.

Looking at Chunming and Zhong Dahui, he tentatively asked, "Director Li, if our two families want to invest, what is the certainty?"

Li Shengyao thought for a while, and then said: "Overseas broadcasting rights, all copyrights belong to me. If you invest 100 million, I can give the two domestic broadcasting rights a 15.00% dividend."

In the past, Dafu Film and Television Company was the main company, giving up [-]% of the dividends.

At that time, Li Shengyao's reputation was not as good as it is now.

Logically speaking, Lee Sheng Yew didn't need to give up more than [-]% of the dividend.

However, the number of episodes of "Winter Sonata" is too small, only thirty episodes.

Calculated at a cost of 800 million, as far as the domestic broadcasting rights are concerned, it may take three or four rounds of sales to recover the cost.

The cost recovery time is too long.

If there are 12 episodes, based on his previous ratings, he can sell 13 or [-] episodes, and the cost will be recovered in those two rounds.

The number of episodes is too small, and it is too difficult to recover the cost.

He is willing to give up some more dividends. Of course, Gusu Satellite TV and Shanghai City Satellite TV will also help him solve some problems.

In fact, Li Shengyao doesn't even care about the domestic money. He is satisfied if he can get back 500 million for the domestic broadcasting rights.

His goal is to launch a male and female protagonist. After Bae Yong Joon acted in this drama, he won the first place in the Korean circle for two consecutive years, with 04 million in 8000 and 05 million in 51. (Chapter 05 introduces the achievements of "Winter Sonata", which became popular in Asia and sold dozens of broadcasting rights to Guo Jia. Bae Yong-joon made a movie in 5000. In other times, he accepted advertisements all over the world and earned two [-] million)

If Zhao Yang can become as popular as Bae Yong Joon, or half as much, Lee Seung Yew's company can earn hundreds of millions.

Hearing Chunming and Zhong Dahui's words, he thought about it, and then said he wanted to ask for instructions.

After 15 minutes, the two laughed and agreed.

In their opinion, although "Winter Sonata" has a small number of episodes, it can definitely recover the cost.

After all, the mainland is so big and there are so many TV stations, even if it sells like five rounds, it just takes longer.

But as long as the relationship with Li Shengyao is maintained and this good drama can be won, it will be worth it.

"Director Li, happy cooperation."

Li Shengyao was also happy. He needed some strong partners. Dafu Film and Television Company could not do it, but Gusu Satellite TV and Shanghai City Satellite TV could.

"Pleasant to work with."

Thanks to Meihua Sannong Meihuazui for the reward. It has been four years, and another book friend has rewarded my novel.

I was at the starting point a few years ago, and I started writing books at the outer station in 19 years. I wrote 1200 million words of historical texts in four years, and I was about to vomit.

This year I decided to go back to the beginning.

Today I have a reward, and my cousin has a housewarming ceremony, so I should add another chapter.

However, all the previous manuscripts have set the time. I will change the update time of one chapter, and all the rest will be changed. I am afraid of making mistakes.

I will add another chapter the day before it goes on the shelves.

I'm actually not sure if this writing rhythm is right, I've been away from the starting point for too long.

This book is currently receiving a good ratio, six to one should be there.

Thanks again for Meihua Sannong Meihuazui.

thanks for your support.

(End of this chapter)