China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 380 378. "Game of Thrones" broadcast rights
"Mom, Brother Cao Yu and I will go abroad for a few days and we will be back in a while."

"Then you all pay attention to safety."

Liu Xiaoli listened to her daughter's voice full of happiness, and she felt a little disappointed as she was alone at home.

"Mom, take care of yourself, I'm getting on the plane."

After Liu Yifei finished speaking, she hung up the phone, shook her happy ponytail, and boarded the plane, looking forward to her honeymoon trip with Cao Yu.

"You can do whatever you want with the company's annual meeting this year. I won't attend."

Cao Yu was also making phone calls on the plane, arranging work before the Spring Festival holiday: "Also, let Baimei and the others complete the script of "Myth" as soon as possible. Remember, don't write Susu to death."

In the original version of "The Myth", Lu Su's death was a heartache for many people. Therefore, Cao Yu did not want to write this kind and beautiful woman to death.

"Send an email to the American branch. I will arrive tomorrow and let them arrange the car and people."

After arranging their work, the two started this sweet trip.

The first stop for the two of them was the United States. While Cao Yu took Liu Yifei for a walk, he also acquired the digital field.

Since it had been negotiated before, the signing of the contract was extremely smooth. Not only did Feiyu Entertainment fully control the special effects company, it also invested an additional tens of millions of dollars and recruited all the previous employees back.

"Cao, you have solved my biggest problem."

After completing the deal, James said gratefully: "I can now guarantee that Avatar will be released in the middle of next year at the latest."

Cao Yu calculated the time and found that the middle of the year was not bad, half a year earlier than before.

"Thanks a lot."

After winning the digital field, Cao Yu flew to New York and came to HBO under the introduction of the boss of Marvel.

HBO is a cable TV network media company in the United States. It is well-known in Miguo. The company's "Brothers" was even introduced by Yangma.

"Hello, Mr. Casey, hello!"

When he came to HBO, Cao Yu saw the chairman and CEO of HBO who single-handedly created "Game of Thrones". He really wanted to shout "Winter is coming"!
"Hello Hua Xia Cao, I was listening to your song "Gangnam STYLE" yesterday. I didn't expect to meet you today. I'm so lucky."

Casey Bloys held Cao Yu's hand with great enthusiasm.

Cao Yu's current reputation is well-known in both the Chinese and American entertainment circles.

This Chinese man is not only a famous screenwriter, but also a powerful investor. I even heard that he entered the top ten in the ranking of China's richest people last year.

More importantly, he is only 26 years old and his future is limitless.

"So my husband's song is so popular? Even the boss of HBO knows about it?"

Liu Yifei, who came with her, looked at her man again. The love and admiration in her eyes could not be concealed at all.

Everyone sat down separately, and after a few words of greetings, Cao Yu got straight to the point: "Mr. Casey, I heard that you are going to make an epic fantasy TV series. I don't know that in terms of post-production special effects, a company has been found to cooperate. ?"

"We are still improving the script and confirming the characters. The official shooting should start next year or the year after that. The post-production special effects have not yet been determined."

Casey originally thought that this Chinese Cao was here to buy American TV series, but he didn't expect that the other party would ask about the special effects first.

"That's right, I just acquired a special effects company. If possible, your company can give us a try in the later stage of this drama."

"Which company is it?"

"It's called the digital realm, and that's what they're doing for the special effects in the movie "Avatar."

"If our requirements are met, we can consider it."

Casey didn't agree immediately, but he didn't refuse either.

"Thank you in advance then."

Cao Yu also understood that this matter would take several years, so he just mentioned it now.

When the "Avatar" movie is released and they see the effect, they will probably come to discuss cooperation in person.

After saying this, Cao Yu continued: "Mr. Casey, I really like the few films you have made before. I want to introduce them to our Fei Ge Video and broadcast them around the world. I don't know if that's possible."

"Yes, of course!"

This is big business, and Casey was immediately interested: "What films do you want to introduce?"

"'Band of Brothers' can be played in China, and others can be played on overseas websites. Moreover, some of our Feiyu films can also be played on your HBO TV station."

After Cao Yu explained his plan, he then asked: "I don't know, Mr. Casey, how much do you plan to give me for one episode?"

"Since Mr. Cao said so, how about [-] US dollars per episode?"

"Yes, Mr. Casey is really happy." For this price, Cao Yu did not counteroffer, but asked: "Then the "Game of Thrones" you are preparing is also at this price?"

When Casey heard this question, the smile on his face immediately disappeared, and he immediately shook his head: "NO, NO, NO! Thirty thousand US dollars was the price of previous TV series. The price of "Game of Thrones" has not yet been determined, and the price cannot be like this. Low!"

"Ha ha."

Cao Yu knew very well that he could not deceive the other party, so he was not frustrated, so he proposed another plan: "Well, it's better than this. You have also seen the current development of our Fei'e Video. I will select some of your previous films and you can pay [-] US dollars." You can buy an episode of Knife, and as for Game of Thrones, we can share it with you in proportion to the number of views, what do you think?"

"This"

Casey didn't expect that this Chinese man would come up with such a tempting plan.

Although if you buy the copyright directly, the income may be stable, but as a pay TV station, he knows better that those who charge on-demand will get more returns.

After a moment of silence, he asked: "Mr. Cao, what is the proportion?"

"When the time comes, it will be available to play on Fei'e Video's platforms in all languages. It will be played [-] million times and we will share it with you in the amount of US$[-]."

"let me consider it."

Hearing this ratio, Casey's brain's CPU ran wildly.

"One hundred million views is not difficult for a global website like Fei'e Video. It is expected that one episode of "Game of Thrones" will have around one billion views, so one episode will cost US$30."

"Although thirty US dollars an episode is not too much, but this is a global scale, the price seems a bit low, I will raise it again!"

"However, the Huaxia Market is a huge cake, so don't make it too big, otherwise"

After thinking about it for a while, Casey finally said: "Cao, if the share for every [-] million views is US$[-], I will sign a contract with you immediately!"

Cao Yu shook his head: "Thirty-five thousand!"

Casey shook his head: "Forty-five thousand!"

"The fixed price is [-], and we will also give you a discount on Feiyu's films when the time comes!"

Cao Yu can also settle accounts. Although the share of [-] US dollars seems to be a lot, he is too aware of the popularity of "Game of Thrones".

Even if one episode is viewed over one billion dollars and they are given 40 US dollars, compared with some domestic films ten years later, which can easily cost millions or tens of millions per episode, the price is actually not bad, and the risk is small. .

Casey was also very satisfied with the price of [-] US dollars and extended his hand: "Deal!"

"Thank you!"

The two shook hands, and Cao Yu then smiled and said: "It's a pleasant experience to discuss business with you, but I have a small request, that is, can the contract be signed for ten years?"

"Five years!"

"At least nine years!"

"Six years!"

"My friend, you are the owner of this place. I just made a concession on the price. Nine years is my bottom line."

"Mr. Cao, for our friendship and long-term cooperation, nine years."

"For friendship, haha"

Cao Yu was also very happy that things were going so smoothly.

In nine years, Game of Thrones has been broadcast until at least the seventh season. As for the eighth season, when the reputation collapses, HBO will probably beg itself to broadcast it.

And now that he has "Game of Thrones", a global hit TV series, let's see how he still fights with himself on YouTube!

On the same day, the two parties came to Time Warner Group, the parent company of HBO, and signed a nine-year contract.

At the same time, Cao Yu also bought the online broadcast rights of Warner's "Harry Potter Series", "Superman Series", "Batman Series", "Shawshank Redemption" and other films.

After finishing these things, Cao Yu asked people from Fei'e's US branch to discuss the film and television broadcast rights of other film and television companies.

Online broadcasting has just emerged in the United States, and Fei'e Video has also gained a certain reputation. As long as it has good content, there is no need to worry about not having members or advertising.

Even in Europe and the United States, Fei'e Video's monthly membership fee is eight US dollars, which is more than five times that of China. As long as the website has 1000 million paid members, you can make money while sitting down.

After finishing the work, Cao Yu accompanied Liu Yifei to visit Yellowstone Park, Niagara Falls and other places for a few days, and then flew to Brazil.

After experiencing the passion of Samba, I went to Egypt again, and then took my little girl to Europe for skiing.

Over the past ten days, almost half of the world has left traces of their happiness.

Cao Yu knew very well that it would be difficult for him to give the little girl a marriage, so he could only use his own way to make up for her.

(End of this chapter)