China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 72 Selling Movies
At the end of January, He Hua began to officially write the adaptation of the TV series "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an":
"In the third year of Tianbao, on the fourteenth day of the first month, it was Zhengzheng.

Chang'an, Chang'an County, West City

"

The creation this time is a huge challenge for He Hua. He has to ponder every word and think about how to better capture the magnificence and prosperity of Chang'an during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty.

It is also necessary to quietly integrate the setting of the original book into the story, so that readers can accept and understand this setting unconsciously.

In order to better understand and create the story, He Hua also made a special map of Chang'an Square City, and marked it while looking at it.

Even though he had done so much work beforehand, He Hua's writing speed was surprisingly slow this time. From the start of writing on January 1 to the Chinese opera's winter vacation on February 27, in 2 days, he only wrote about 7 words.

But He Hua doesn't care anymore, he writes slowly, anyway, his main job now has shifted to the field of TV dramas, for him, writing novels just doesn't want to disappoint his readers and fans.

This year's winter vacation, He Hua is still not ready to go home, because He's father and mother brought his grandma to BJ for the Chinese New Year.

He Hua found a hotel with good conditions near where he lived, and booked a room for his grandma. He originally wanted to book a room for He's father and mother, but they were unwilling to live in the hut rented by He Hua.

He Hua couldn't beat them, so he had no choice but to agree.

This time they came here not only to avoid the messy relatives at home, but also not to let those people trouble their son.

In addition, the house that He Hua bought before will be closed after the end of the year. They want to find a better decoration team to decorate the new house.

It made He Hua dumbfounded, and kept saying that it would not be possible, and that it would be fine to find a better master to check and accept it, but was rejected by his parents as 'young' and 'what do you know'.

He Hua had no choice but to let them toss.

He Hua thought that he would not have a job a year ago, so he could rest assured that he could spend time with his family at BJ. Unexpectedly, on the second day after his family came, Zhang Jing called to inform him that "Latent" had passed the review.

"Sister Jing, what are you going to do?"

"This time is just right. In a few days, I will invite people from David TV to watch the film in the name of paying homage to the early years. You will also come over then."

He Hua understands that Zhang Jing is using himself to raise the psychological expectations of various David TVs, but who makes himself an investor? The higher the price of the series, the more he earns, so he simply replied:

"sure, no problem."

Zhang Jing was very satisfied: "Okay, that's it, I will notify you then! Hang up."

On February 2, He Hua followed Zhang Jing to participate in the screening of "Latent" held by Dongyang Qingyu.

The TV series produced by Dongyang Qingyu in recent years are still very good. In addition to the well-known "Don't Talk to Strangers", there are also dramas such as "Level One Fear" and "Absolute Control".

The word-of-mouth of the producer is there, and the subject matter is the spy war theme that audiences have loved to see in the past two years, so the various David TVs are still very optimistic about the drama "Latent", and have sent capable officers to participate in this screening.

The viewing session starts from Pu Yi. When Yu Zecheng, played by Xin Baiqing, appears on the screen, everyone's attention is drawn into the tense plot:

Who is he spying on?
Suddenly a gunshot rang out, which aroused Yu Zecheng's vigilance. He quietly opened the window to observe and found people running around in the street, but he didn't pay much attention and continued his monitoring work.

From here, the director showed this turbulent era: gunshots are no longer a rare occurrence.

Then the handover staff was shot, and left behind the words "Li Haifeng defected" before dying, leading to the next suspense:
Who is Li Haifeng?Why did he defect?How could he defect at this time?
These suspenseful settings firmly attract everyone's attention, making people unable to feel the passage of time.

There are also some golden sentences and workplace humor in the TV series that made everyone present smile knowingly:
"Allegiance to the party and the country must first be allegiance to the chief"

"Emei Peak, still alone"

"Tian Tian Sha makes people think that you are capable"

So at the end of the day, many satellite TVs approached Zhang Jing to ask the price, and Zhang Jing also made it clear: because the drama "Latent" is full of suspense, it will not be broadcast on the terrestrial channel, but will be broadcast directly on the stars.

The subconscious meaning of these words is understood by those satellite TV people who want a high price for the show.

Soon someone tentatively offered a price, 7 per episode, which is already a pretty good price now, but Zhang Jing refused without even thinking about it.

Soon, some people wanted to lower Zhang Jing's psychological price on the grounds that there were no big-name stars in this show, but Zhang Jing immediately pulled out He Hua who was standing aside, and told them:
"He Hua will cooperate with the promotion of the TV series at that time. This is his debut script, and he will also promote it on his blog before the broadcast. Everyone should know the influence of He Hua's blog."

This sentence really dispelled the worries of many satellite TVs. As one of the "three popular writers born in the 80s", He Hua's sales of "W Two Worlds" officially exceeded one million a while ago, and its popularity is at its peak.

However, He Hua has received very few interviews since his debut, and he has rejected many program invitations. Now that he buys the TV series and can still get the opportunity to interview him, it is a good deal.

Thinking of this, someone raised the price to 9 an episode, but Zhang Jing still didn't nod.

This made a lot of satellite TV feel drummed in their hearts. Even if this doesn't work, how much does she want?
In the next few days, some people saw that Zhang Jing's price was too high, so they gave up immediately; some people negotiated with Zhang Jing on the price, while connecting together, and wanted to jointly win the premiere rights of "Latent" or even buy it out.

But Zhang Jing would not agree, she made it clear that she would only sell the premiere rights for this round.

Just when David TV and Zhang Jing were caught in a price tug-of-war, CCTV [-] also sent people to negotiate, and seemed to want to win "Latent".

However, the price given by CCTV was really too low, and Zhang Jing would definitely not agree to it, and she did not share the first broadcast rights with other satellite TVs. However, she deliberately kept the people from CCTV and used them to fuel the fire of the people from Satellite TV.

Sure enough, the people from Satellite TV were also anxious when they saw CCTV intervene.

These days, their acquaintances have also communicated with each other's views on "Latent", and they are more optimistic that this drama can increase the ratings, so they don't want CCTV to take it away.

Soon, after a lot of verbal battles, BJ, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Chongqing Satellite TV jointly won the premiere rights for "Latent" at a price ranging from 10 to 15.

The average price of one episode has reached 52. Calculated in this way, the premiere rights of [-] episodes of "Latent" will be able to pay back, and even make a small profit.

Both Zhang Jing and He Hua are satisfied with this price, and the remaining two and three rounds include advertising fees, audio-visual copyright fees, digital TV copyrights, etc., and the sale is a net profit.

As for how much you can earn, it depends on the ratings of the four satellite TVs in the first round.

He Hua felt excited, and finally saw the return on investment.

(End of this chapter)