Above China Entertainment

Chapter 31
The filming of "The Beginning" has been completed, but post-production made Wang Kun so busy that he couldn't even put his feet on the ground.

"Post-production is much more tiring than filming. Once I have money and establish a post-production department, I can leave all these things to the people below."

Wang Kun has been filming for more than a month. Not only has he not lost weight, he has also gained two pounds.

But after half a month of post-production, Wang Kun weighed himself on the scale and found that he had lost a full seven kilograms and was only 375 kilograms.

On the one hand, Wang Kun did not deliberately lose weight and ate a lot.

On the other hand, Wang Kun also wanted to squeeze out the system and deliberately control his weight.

After all, the system only says that you can get a reward for every ten pounds you lose.

But the system didn't say it couldn't be repeated.

If you weigh more than 300 kilograms, it is easier to lose ten kilograms than if you weigh one hundred kilograms.

Wang Kun came to iQiyi with the finished film.

It’s still that viewing room.

This time, iQiyi attaches great importance to Wang Kun.

In addition to Aiqi Gong Mingxi, there were many people accompanying him.

After watching the finished film, Gong Mingxi began to discuss with Wang Kun the distribution method of the drama "The Beginning".

"Director Wang, we Love Strange are willing to buy this drama for 300 million per episode."

Gong Mingxi gave a high price. For Wang Kun, who only had one TV series, this price was already very sincere.

If Aiqiyi hadn't wanted to befriend Wang Kun, and the drama "The Beginning" only had fifteen episodes in total, Aiqiyi would never have offered this price.

The price of an episode is 300 million. According to the investment contract signed by Wang Kun and iQiyi, Wang Kun can get 700 million before tax.

Wang Kun did not agree or refuse, but asked an unrelated question, "Mr. Gong, has iQiyi entered the final stage of listing?"

Gong Mingxi was a little confused when Wang Kun suddenly asked this question, but he still replied, "Yes, if nothing else happens, iQiyi will be launched in the first half of next year."

Wang Kun mused, "The stronger the profitability of iQiyi before listing, the better the performance of iQiyi after listing. iQiyi will be listed in the first half of next year, and you don't have much time left."

Now the three major video platforms are losing money and making money, and the money they burn every year is astronomical.

Penguin Video has the backing of Penguin Group, its wealthy father, but it can still resist.

But the two stepmothers, Youku and Aiqi, can't.

Investors can't bear such a burning method.

So Youku was listed last year, which gave investors a huge boost.

iQiyi is now in the final stages of listing.

Once listed, the pressure on investors will be much less. If iQiyi performs well after listing, the money invested over the years can be doubled and earned back.

Just because the company keeps losing money doesn't mean that investors and major shareholders can't make money!

As for the risk, it is passed on to the investors. Anyway, the investors will not forget to eat, but they will not be able to finish the harvest at all!
And all this requires iQiyi to perform well in the stock market after its listing in order to attract Leeks.

Therefore, at this stage before listing, iQiyi needs to prepare paper data to give the stock market some confidence.

Among them, profitability is undoubtedly the most exciting!

Gong Mingxi was confused and said bluntly: "If Director Wang has something to say, you might as well say it directly."

Wang Kun showed a harmless smile, "I have a method that can greatly increase iQiyi's profitability in a short period of time."

Gong Mingxi's eyes lit up and he asked eagerly, "Director Wang, are you sure you're not joking?!"

As the vice president of iQiyi, Gong Mingxi owns the original shares of iQiyi. The better the performance of iQiyi in the stock market, the higher the value of the shares held by Gong Mingxi!
It is related to his vital interests, so it is no wonder that Gong Mingxi is excited.

Wang Kun said slowly, "I never lie, but I have a condition."

Gong Mingxi frowned, and before he said the method, he negotiated the terms. Gong Mingxi didn't say a word, waiting for Wang Kun's next words.Wang Kun showed his fangs, "In order to keep the price of 300 million per episode, I want an additional [-]%!"

Gong Mingxi refused without thinking, "It's impossible. The price of 300 million per episode is the highest price we can give for Love Strange!"

"Nothing is impossible, Mr. Gong, have you ever heard of advance on-demand?"

iQiFang finally agreed to Wang Kun’s conditions. There was no other way but the advanced on-demand broadcast was so delicious!
The two parties have re-signed the contract, and Wang Kun will not only get the first 700 million yuan in film purchase fees, but also [-]% of the proceeds from the advance on-demand broadcast of the drama "The Beginning"!
As for the pilot project "The Beginning", iQiyi attaches great importance to it.

They also want to see how the advance on-demand program proposed by Wang Kun works.

Under such circumstances, iQiyi’s investment in promotional resources for “The Beginning” has more than doubled than before.

As Aiqiyi gained momentum, Chen Zhiyuan and Li Mozhi appeared on major interviews and variety shows.

"The Beginning" has been frequently searched on Vblog.

Wang Kun didn't show up, no matter what, he was afraid of being scolded.

After all, it's really a bit inappropriate when it comes to 'advance on-demand'.

Although Aiqiyi was behind the scenes, the crew of "The Beginning" was inevitably criticized.

Outside of iQiyi, Wang Kun would not admit that he came up with "advanced on-demand".

As a viewer, Wang Kun also hates advanced on-demand broadcasts.

But as a director and investor, all Wang Kun can think about now is how to take the money from the audience's pockets and put it into his own pocket.

end of october.

Amid much anticipation, "The Beginning" is officially launched.

Five episodes will be updated on the first day. Non-members can watch the first two episodes, and members can watch the first three episodes.

You have to pay more for the remaining two episodes!
At first, netizens did not realize the seriousness of the problem and watched it with gusto.

There are even a large number of non-members who can’t wait to become members after watching the first two episodes.

At this time, everyone's evaluations of the drama "The Beginning" are still mostly positive.

What are the best of the year, must-see dramas of the year, novel themes, actors’ acting skills online, etc.

Until the fourth episode, a group of simple netizens were confused.

Wu Yang is a college student who does not have much living expenses. Some time ago, the incident between Teacher Bai and Wang Kun caused a stir on the Internet, and Wu Yang also noticed the drama "The Beginning".

As the crew releases clips from time to time, Wu Yang feels that the drama "The Beginning" is worth watching.

After the launch of "The Beginning", Wu Yang decided to play it safe first and did not rush to sign up for iQiyi membership.

After all, there are too many dramas these days that are trying to seduce others.

But when he saw it, Wu Yang was fascinated.

"This is a good drama, worth watching!"

After watching the first two episodes, Wu Yang had an idea. In order to watch the subsequent plot, Wu Yang reluctantly opened an iQiyi membership.

The third episode ended unknowingly. Wu Yang didn't wait for the ending song to finish and clicked on the next episode.

At this point, something went wrong!

A pop-up window popped up.

It says, do you want to spend three yuan to watch the latest episodes in advance?
Wu Yang was dumbfounded.

asshole!

I'm a distinguished iQiyi member, and you actually want me to pay?
Is there any king law?
Is there still a law? !

(End of this chapter)