The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 72

""Funny Family" was sold to Wanwan for 400 million, and Fenghua Film and Television Company became famous in one fell swoop."

"The price is unbelievable. There has never been a film and television series sold so expensive in the mainland."

"It makes more money than making movies. Lee Sing Yew has become the most popular director in the Mainland."

""Love Hotel" and "Funny Family" radiate outward, and internal entertainment has found a new development path."

"It's a lot of money. Li Shengyao is worth more than Lao Mouzi."

"21-year-old young director, he's hitting his stride."

"Will "Winter Sonata" sell for a high price? Let's wait and see."

"Funny Family" was sold to Wanwan, the mainland media didn't know it at first, but it was Chai Zhiping who broke the news on his own initiative.

"I have a very good personal relationship with Director Li. I appreciate his talent very much. We will have more cooperation in the future."

When Sister Chai said this, she was actually using Li Shengyao to increase her social status.

In the future, Li Shengyao will have a good drama, and the people over there will not know about it, so they may ask her to buy it.

Li Shengyao didn't explain anything, anyway, he doesn't suffer from this kind of thing, it has nothing to do with Chai Zhiping's wool on the TV station at Wanwan.

However, this news broke out to the mainland media, making Li Shengyao a prominent figure in domestic entertainment.

Most of the TV dramas at this time are losing money.

Youku Tudou has not been established.

Your TV series can only be sold to TV stations, but except for those popular dramas, most TV series cannot get stars.

It costs much less to broadcast on local stations.

Those satellite TV stations would rather broadcast classic old dramas than easily broadcast new ones.

And some major dramas have too much investment, which can only be digested internally, and cannot be paid back at all.

For example, the CCTV drama "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", which had the highest ratings last year, had an investment of 500 million.

With such a high investment, how many rounds does it have to sell to get back the cost?

In this era when most TV dramas are losing money, Li Shengyao made 400 million in one fell swoop, he is as bright as a searchlight in the dark night.

If "Love Hotel" was also sold in Wanwan before, and sold in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Peninsula, and island countries, that is luck.

Then the second part is a sitcom, and it is not easy to sell it.

This means that the dramas produced by Lee Sheng Yew can not only make money in the country, but also make money from Wanwan and foreigners.

This is so rare.

Not to mention TV dramas, even ordinary mainland movies can't do it.

Now the movies that can sell money in foreign countries are all the kind of literary movies.

These films mainly focus on the dark side, satisfying the curiosity and sympathy of foreigners.

Domestic audiences didn't like it.

The domestic economy is booming, and the living standards of ordinary people have been greatly improved.

Foreigners don't like to be optimistic about the positive aspects, they just think that the Chinese people will live a hard life forever.

The big guys are naturally dissatisfied.

Regardless of whether it is "Love Hotel" or "Funny Family", the pictures are very beautiful and the atmosphere is very sunny, showing the better side of this era.

Even the official media praised it.

It can be said that Li Shengyao has shown his strength, he doesn't need to be miserable, and he talks about the good side of the mainland, and people will still watch it.

All of a sudden, many film and television companies came to their door, wanting to cooperate with Fenghua Film and Television Company. These guys were out of their minds and wanted the overseas copyright and dividends of "Winter Sonata".

Some people just want to fool around with their mouths, while others want to threaten.

Li Shengyao ignored all these.

There are also more down-to-earth people, some give money, some give women, and some want to sell...P...G.

Li Shengyao naturally refused.

These film and television companies can't provide anything except money and women.

And Lee Shengyao is not short of money now.

The 400 million sent by Wanwan made him feel much more comfortable.

Not only can he prepare for "Winter Sonata" calmly.

He still has money for other plans. He plans to ask his assistants to recruit people and screenwriters in the literature departments of various universities. He will write "Full House", "You Who Came from the Stars", "Stairway to Heaven" and so on. Wait for the story outline of classic Korean dramas, and let the company's screenwriters fill in the content.

These Korean dramas were filmed by other directors of the company.

He doesn't have the relevant directing talent yet, but don't worry, look for it slowly.

As for the women, the quality was not good, which made Li Shengyao a little disappointed.

In addition, there are some people who want to fool him into investing, saying that their scripts can also be sold in Wanwan and abroad.

Li Shengyao flipped through the script and then refused.

It can only be said that it is taken for granted. It does not mean that copying the structure of "Love Hotel" can be sold abroad.

Someone came over again today, Li Shengyao originally wanted to refuse to meet, but when he heard the identity of the visitor, he walked over quickly.

"Director Li, I've looked up to you for a long time."

"Director Huang is polite."

The person who came here this time is Huang Biao, the director of the TV series of Blackwater Satellite TV.

Huang Biao is in his early fifties, tall, with big eyes, big face, big mouth, broad shoulders, he should have been a soldier, and has a strong aura.

Old Huang was straight-tempered, and said straight to the point: "Director Li, our Black Water Satellite TV wants to invest in "Winter Sonata", and the requirements are not high, just like Gusu Satellite TV."

"no problem."

As long as we don't talk about overseas copyright and broadcasting rights, we are good brothers.

"Winter Sonata" only has 800 episodes. At the current price of a single episode of a TV series, the investment of [-] million yuan does not know how many rounds it will take to pay back the investment in the Mainland. (I misremembered before. After a book friend reminded me, the mainland version can have [-] episodes)

Li Shengyao didn't count on this little money at all.

He is happier with one more person to share the production costs.

However, Li Shengyao naturally would not agree to those crazy people who wanted overseas copyright broadcast rights.

And Blackwater Satellite TV came over, so refreshing.

Li Shengyao vaguely understood what was going on.

People from Blackwater Satellite TV must know that Li Shengyao will be filming in Harbin. When the TV series is promoted in Harbin, it will be sold in Wanwan, Peninsula, and island countries. This is all merit.

Blackwater Satellite TV has no reason to miss this opportunity.

Anyway, with the company of Gusu Satellite TV and Shanghai Satellite TV, even if they lose money, they will not be ridiculed by the crowd.

But in case it is really sold at a high price and sold to many countries and regions, this cultural export, shouldn't it be rewritten?

Li Shengyao asked someone to bring the contract and chatted with Huang Biao at the same time.

"Director Huang, we will be filming in Harbin. Harbin is very beautiful, and many places have exotic customs, but we are not familiar with the place after all. If we encounter trouble then, I hope Blackwater Satellite TV can help."

Huang Biao laughed, "It's a small matter, don't worry, I'll go back and say hello to the city, take good photos, and no one will disturb you."

This is what Li Shengyao was waiting for.

After signing the contract, Li Shengyao invited Huang Biao to have a meal, and then returned to the company satisfied.

He stood in front of the glass window, condescending, looking at the city of Yanjing in the distance, and he couldn't help feeling a sense of pride in his heart. Naturally, he wanted to share such a good deed with someone.

He took out his cell phone.

"What are you doing?"

"Let's go to class."

"Go home at night, let you have a good time."

"cut."

(End of this chapter)