China Entertainment: Starting from 07 Kuainan

Chapter 183 Finishing and Starting the First Year of Idol Drama
9 month 30 number.

"I announce that the production of Cohabitation in Time and Space has been completed!"

As soon as director Ning Hao finished speaking, there was a burst of cheers from the audience.

From the launch on August 8th to today, it took 10 days to shoot all the shots of "Cohabitation in Time and Space".

During this period, Lu Yuan and Zeng Li also went to Malaysia to attend the wedding of Hu Jing and her lover.

It takes 51 days to shoot a movie. This progress is neither too fast nor too slow.

After all, "Cohabitation in Time and Space" is just an urban drama without a lot of complicated sets. The only complicated scene is where the male and female protagonists live together.

And this set was built simultaneously before filming started.

Other companies are also continuing to advance in an orderly manner.

Therefore, "Cohabitation in Time and Space" could be shot so quickly. For this, Lu Yuan drew on the crew management experience of later generations.

Regarding crew management, Ning Hao has the most profound experience.

Although Star Media is a start-up company, it is extremely mature and professional in terms of crew management.

This play is also the most relaxing one he has directed.

In the evening, a closing banquet was held as usual.

During the dinner, Lu Yuan and Ning Hao briefly discussed the post-production of the film. Boss Lu really did not have time to follow the post-production work.

Next, his schedule is still very tight. The day after tomorrow, he has to fly to America and will probably stay there for about half a month.

During this period, he needed to participate in several music festivals and seven or eight variety shows.

Boss Lu really didn’t have time, but he sent Lu Yang, the director of Star Media, to follow.

With one of his own here, he didn't worry about Ning Hao cutting randomly.

……

The next day.

Lu Yuan arrived at the company early in the morning. The overseas copyright price of "Star You" has basically been negotiated. Today he came here mainly to formally sign the contract.

The ratings for the premiere of "Star You" exceeded 4, which attracted a large number of overseas drama purchasers.

KBS and SBS from Xiaobangzi, Fuji TV and NHK from Xiaotian have all joined the rush to buy.

Boss Lu’s influence in these two countries is not small. As of today, Lu Yuan’s English album still ranks first in Xiaobangzi’s annual album sales list.

In Xiaoli, although it is not number one, it is still in the top five.

of course.

The important reason why they join the rush to buy is the quality of "Star You".

Novel settings, interlocking plots, super-popular stars, high-investment special effects, keen sense of fashion, etc. are also the reasons why they purchased "Star You".

After several rounds of negotiations, Fuji TV and SBS successfully won.

Fuji TV is offering US$13/episode to buy out the full copyright of Little Days Market, including DVD, TV broadcast rights, streaming media broadcast rights, remake rights, etc.

SBS's offer is slightly lower, with a maximum price of only US$8 per episode, which is also to buy out the entire copyright of Xiaobangzi Market.

13 + 8 = US$21/episode.

The total copyright fee for Xiaobangzi and Xiaolizi is US$609 million, which is about 4200 million RMB.

What is the concept of $609 million?
The box office of "House of Flying Daggers" in North America was more than 900 million U.S. dollars, "The Golden Armor" was only more than 700 million U.S. dollars, and "The Promise" was less than 70 U.S. dollars.

The total investment of "The City of Gold" is more than 3 million, and the total box office in North America is only more than 700 million US dollars. If the share is deducted, the revenue is not as good as "Star You".

At the same time, the price of a single episode of US$21/episode has also broken the ceiling of overseas copyright transaction prices for domestic TV series.

The overseas purchase price of a mainland TV series usually does not exceed US$1.5 per episode. For the popular TV drama "The Golden Age", some overseas purchasers even offered an episode of several hundred US dollars.Up to now, the highest price for a single episode of a domestic film and television drama is "Sleeping on the Salary" starring Chen Daomin and Hu Jun.

The purchase price of Xiaobangzi is US$4 per episode.

In addition to the two big players, Xiaori and Xiaobangzi, all copyrights in Southeast Asia were also sold. However, the prices in Southeast Asia were not high.

Several countries plus one, the total price is only 6 US dollars per episode.

After signing the contract, Lu Yuan also settled the account.

The copyright of "Star You" in Asia has a total sales amount of 870 million US dollars, about 6000 million.

To be fair, Boss Lu is quite satisfied with the price.

It was not until 2018 that the price of a single episode of overseas copyrights for domestic dramas exceeded US$10.

Therefore, the overseas copyright price of "Star You" will still be at the top level even if it is more than ten years later.

the next day.

Xingchen Media bought an announcement and officially announced the results of "Star You" going overseas.

Once the copyright price for a single episode of US$27 (Little Bangzi + Little Days + Southeast Asia) was revealed, it was like a blockbuster, hitting the film and television industry hard.

Especially those film and television production companies, they are almost crying.

How can you sell it so well?
"Star You" has been studied over and over again by them countless times, just holding a magnifying glass and studying it frame by frame.

This month, more than a dozen scripts following the trend of "Star You" have entered the project approval stage.

Are you an alien + a big star?
What a coincidence, I am Superman + a big star!
Do you have super powers?
Hey, you say it's a coincidence, so do I!
In short, there are all the scripts for "Star You" and all the new projects.

Although I can't copy the plot one-to-one, similar ideas are always fine.

After all, ideas are not protected by copyright law.

The popularity of "Star You" also detonated the mainland idol drama market in advance.

Previously, the idol drama market in the mainland was always in a tepid state. "Red Apple Paradise" and "Star Dream" were relatively popular for a while, and there were also a few follow-up dramas.

But there has never been a big hit.

But now, the landscape of the idol drama market has completely changed.

The ratings of "Star You" exceeded 27, and the overseas copyright special episode sold for a sky-high price of US$[-], which directly caused those investors and film and television companies who were preparing to invest in costume dramas and urban dramas to start investing in idol dramas.

shoot!
Shoot as soon as possible!
They don't want to be like "Star You", which has a ratings of over [-].

That's not realistic.

"Star You" has a ratings rating of over [-], which is difficult to replicate. They only need half of it, and that's enough.

With ratings exceeding 2, it is already a hit drama.

As for overseas copyrights, the investors don't insist on it. They are very satisfied with a fraction of "Star You".

A single episode costs US$7, and shooting thirty episodes is still US$210 million, or 1470 million RMB.

More than 1000 million yuan, a province saved, is enough to cover the cost of filming.

Among the investors who followed the trend of filming, Huace and Xiangnan Satellite TV were the most generous and had the most formal teams.

"The Invincible" produced by Shonan Satellite TV was originally a test of urban drama. Originally, they were planning to remake Meteor Garden by the end of the year or next year.

But now, they have given up the remake plan and are preparing to follow the trend and make an idol drama similar to "Star You".

Huace released news that it is expected to invest 3000 million to officially enter the idol drama market.

(End of this chapter)