China Entertainment's whatever you want

Chapter 151

After posting on Weibo, Gu Wei didn't care about the comments on the Internet, and packed up and went to the company.

Since June, several Hollywood blockbusters have been released one after another in the domestic film market. [Edge of Tomorrow], which was released on the 6th, is an action sci-fi blockbuster starring Tom Cruise. Released, the box office gradually approached 1.6 million.

On the 13th, there was a Hollywood monster movie [Godzilla] released, which achieved a good score of 2.3 million in the first week, and it is estimated that the landing point will be within 5 million.

Gu Wei checked, and [The Breakup Master] will be released on the 26th, followed by [Transformers 4: Age of Extinction]. You must know that [Transformers 11], which was released in 3, won 10 billion domestically. At the box office, it became the second blockbuster film in Chinese film history with a box office of over 10 billion, the first being "Avatar".

[Transformers] This IP is still very influential in China. Deng Chao made his first film compete with this Hollywood blockbuster. I have to admire his courage.

"Mr. Gu, the clip of [Yu Zui] has been released, do you want to go over and have a look?"

Gu Wei was still swiping his phone in the office, Zhao Mingcheng knocked on the door and came in to tell him the news.

He was shocked when he heard it, and got up and walked outside.

"Is Director Zhang Rui in the company?"

While walking, Gu Wei asked Zhao Mingcheng beside him.

"Now, after returning to Beijing after finishing filming, director Zhang Rui spent every day in the editing room working with the editor to do post-production."

Gu Wei listened and nodded.

[Remnant Sin] The shooting cost of this TV series is 3000 million, which doesn't seem very high, but you must know that the two seasons of this TV show add up to only 24 episodes, which means that the shooting cost of each episode is more than 100 million.

This is considered well-made in a web drama.

Yuan Shikong [Yu Sin] gained a lot of fame, but later it didn't make as much money as people imagined.

After all, not long after the show went live, it was ordered to rectify it, and then it was quickly taken offline.Therefore, the income is far less than expected, and it can only be said that it is not losing money.

But it's different now, the filming of "Remaining Sins" in the previous life can be said to be not well-known at all, there is no star in the whole show except Zhang Yishan, and even Zhang Yishan himself is just a child actor who has been out of fashion.

It is already very rare to be able to sell the film in the end and guarantee not to lose money.

And now Gu Wei's company has [Princess Concubine] Zhuyu in the front, and now [Yu Sin] has added Zhang Tianai, Li Xian and others to the crew. From the perspective of online dramas, it can be called a luxurious lineup.

It was created by the original team of [Princess Concubine] again, and every video site has high expectations for [Yu Sin].

Now that the production of TV dramas is about to be completed, it depends on who they sell to and how much they sell for.

It is impossible to get the share like [Prince Princess], the video site is not a fool, knowing that the TV series will be a big hit, it will definitely use the buyout method, Gu Wei is also worried that it will be rectified in the future, and will sell it at an opening price.

Gu Wei took Zhao Mingcheng to the company's small screening room, where the director Zhang Rui was already waiting.

"Director Zhang, you've worked hard!"

Gu Wei stretched out his hand to shake Zhang Rui, looked at his tired expression and said.

"It's nothing, I just did what a director should do, it's all for the TV series."

Without too much nonsense, a few people sat down and started watching the film.

After watching several episodes in a row, Gu Wei signaled that there is no need to play any more.

The style of this version of [Remaining Sin] has not changed, and the quality is higher than the original version.

Gu Wei's heart was in his stomach.

The "Yu Sin" played by Zhang Yishan in the TV series is of course the absolute protagonist. The characteristics of this character are very suitable for Zhang Yishan.

What is even better than the original version is that the other characters in the play, the heroine "Lin Yujing" played by Zhang Tianai, "Jie Bing" played by Li Xian, and "Shen Jiawen" played by Yang Caiyu, are all better than the original version.

Others watch TV dramas and just think that the actors in the drama are all good. Only Gu Wei, he has a comparison in his heart, so he can discover the wonderfulness of their performances.

The same role played by different actors can vary greatly.

[Remaining Sin] After the production was completed, Gu Wei didn't waste time, and immediately organized people from several major video platforms to attend the internal viewing meeting.

Several video platforms are also very positive about this web drama they have coveted for a long time.

The company's deputy general managers in charge of film purchases were dispatched one after another.

It is said that there are several major video sites, but in fact there are only Kiwi, Tengxun Video, Youku Video and the recently rising LeTV Video.

The three major video sites are established players, and LeTV Video is a rising star backed by the LeTV Group.

However, LeTV purchased a batch of online copyrights for TV and movies very early on, and now that LeTV is in full swing, Boss Jia wants to create a closed-loop ecosystem for the LeTV series, and the video platform is one of them, so there are a lot of them. Sprinkling the money is a bit of an imposing manner that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

Mrs. Gan, the proprietress of LeTV, came in person.

From the perspective of these 4 platforms, Fujixun Video is the most powerful. It is backed by Fujixun Group. In the past few months, it has attracted a large number of members because of the hit broadcast of "Princess Concubine's Promotion", and it has also made money in advertising. I paid a lot of money and got the benefit of cooperating with Gu Wei, so this time I was also very positive.

Although the strength of LeTV Video is a bit weaker than that of Tengxun, he is the most daring to spend money. Following the strategy of Accounting Jia’s rapid development and large distribution of coins, the people of LeTV are willing to spend a lot of money to achieve their goals. After all, this money is financed. , They don't feel bad at all.

Compared with the two of them, Youku and Kiwi are inferior in terms of strength and courage.

Gu Wei was also a little surprised by the final deal. Mrs. Gan, on behalf of LeTV Video, beat Fuji Xun Video's offer of 300 million yuan for a single episode with a price of 260 million yuan, and bought the exclusive network broadcast rights of "Yu Sin".

[Remaining Sin] There are 24 episodes in total in the two seasons, and a total of 7200 million online exclusive rights have been sold.

The cost of the TV series is 3000 million, the revenue from embedded advertising is 1500 million, and the total profit is 5700 million.

The production time of a web drama is less than half a year, and the profit is more than half a billion. Gu Wei is very happy that he has the money for a big villa.

But there is another very important point. After signing the contract with LeTV, we must urge them to make payment immediately.

After all, it is well known that the former Time and Space LeTV defaulted on the supplier's payment.

Fortunately, that was 17 years later, and LeEco is still in a thriving stage.

The right to broadcast the online drama this time was also a one-shot deal, and they had no reason to default on the payment. They paid [Wei Mingxia] soon after signing the contract.

After the deal was concluded, Sun Zhonghuai, the boss of Fujixun Video, specially called Gu Wei to explain why he didn't buy [Remaining Sins].

"Mr. Gu, after I got back, I specifically talked to Vice President Zhang who went to buy the film.

His explanation to me was that [Yu Sin] is definitely a good show that can be a big hit, but the scale is a bit too big. If the price is increased with LeTV, the risk of going online in the later stage is too high.

Vice President Zhang used to be the director of the film selection department of the provincial radio station. I still have great trust in his ability.

It's just a pity that I couldn't continue to cooperate with Mr. Gu this time. "

"Mr. Sun, you are too polite. We had such a good cooperation before, and we will have opportunities in the future."

Sun Zhonghuai explained to Gu Wei why he didn't buy it, and his attitude was very sincere.

He attaches great importance to Gu Wei's company and himself.

Because relying on the "Prince Concubine's Promotion" bought at Gu Wei's, the three major video sites that were originally on the same level suddenly became the leader of Fujixun Video, no matter in terms of number of members, video clicks, or even advertisements. In terms of profit, they are better than the other two.

But this matter changed at the beginning of this month, and Youku Video followed closely behind. The reason is that Youku bought another TV series starring Gu Wei [Gu Jian Qi Tan]. With an unstoppable momentum, it broke all TV series webcast records.

It will be a matter of time before the momentum surpasses [Princess Concubine], which attracts a lot of traffic to Youku, and earns a lot of advertising fees.

Sun Zhonghuai was not surprised. "Princess Concubine" became popular because of its novel subject matter, and "Gu Jian Qi Tan" was entirely because of its high quality. How can a small web drama be compared with a big fairy tale drama with an investment of hundreds of millions.

There are two consecutive TV series that are popular on the Internet, one is produced by Gu Wei Company, and the other is starring him.This made Sun Zhonghuai pay more attention to the cooperation with Gu Wei, so this cooperation failed, so he hurriedly called to explain to avoid affecting the relationship between the two.

After hanging up the phone, Gu Wei couldn't help sighing, the professional's vision is unique, and even the problem of scale has been taken into consideration, it is worthy of coming from a TV station.

LeTV Group, Boss Jia is watching the online drama [Remaining Sin] with Mrs. Gan.

After a few episodes, Boss Jia said to Mrs. Gan next to her, "My wife, your vision is really good. I think this drama will definitely be a hit, and it won't be inferior to the previous [Princess Concubine's Promotion].

Your 7200 million is a big profit for LeTV Video. "

Mrs. Gan's pretty face flashed a hint of complacency, "I had the idea of ​​shooting a self-made web drama, but I never had the chance to start it, especially the [Prince Princess], I really like it."

Boss Jia smiled when he heard this.

"It's not too late now, we can invest in shooting our own online dramas on our platform.

But Gu Wei also needs to maintain a good relationship. This person is an absolute talent based on his resume, and there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future. "

(End of this chapter)