China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 447 Let Fatty Wang Film "Celebrating Yu Nian"

"Director Li, I'm not you. Every TV series you shoot can be premiered in the shortest possible time.

It's different for me. There are too many TV dramas in stock in mainland China now.

The powerful TV stations bought a lot of TV series, but only a small part of them can be broadcast. "

Wang Jing said helplessly.

Li Yu nodded twice. As an old man in the circle, he knew very well that what Wang Jing said was real.

Television stations will give priority to broadcasting TV series starring popular actors or TV series that they think have great potential to become hits.

Some wealthy TV drama companies even do this: they buy TV dramas at low prices and then don’t broadcast them, but just leave them alone.

When one day one of the actors in this TV series becomes famous, they will broadcast this TV series again.

Don’t think that such operations are outrageous, they absolutely exist.

Zhao Xiaodao is a very popular actress recently. After she became famous, her TV series that had been shelved for several years was immediately aired.

It is precisely because of such operations that a certain actor or actress becomes popular, and several TV series starring him are broadcast intensively during that period of time.

Wang Jing is the king of bad movies and a native of Hong Kong Island. He doesn't have much presence on mainland TV stations.

It cannot be said that his worries were unnecessary.

Li Yu is different.

Every TV series starring Li Yu has been a huge success.

Many TV stations are vying to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights to Li Yu's TV series.

Li Yu's TV series must be the first choice for broadcast by TV stations.

It’s just that Li Yu doesn’t really want to play with the TV station anymore, because he can get more benefits by playing on his own.

Li Yu put the TV series he directed on Station A for broadcast, and the income from membership fees, advertising fees, etc. alone was enough to make back the investment.

Not to mention that his TV series being exclusively broadcast on Station A can boost Station A's stock price, which can make more money.

Wang Jing has been staying in Hong Kong Island for many years, and he may not know how strong A站 is currently in the mainland.

"We should be more open-minded. Why do we only focus on TV stations? TV stations are already on the decline and will only get worse year by year. Why not consider online broadcasting? Online dramas are the general trend of the future."

Li Yu suggested sincerely.

"Web drama? Isn't web drama a synonym for shoddy production? Who would broadcast it online if it can be shown on TV?"

Wang Jing looked confused.

It is not difficult to see from Wang Jing's answer that his view of the TV series is still stuck on the old version.

“You spend most of the year in Hong Kong Island, and the situation there is indeed as you described.

Times have changed in the mainland. You can check out Da Tiantian's "Sito", a web drama exclusively broadcast on Station A."

Li Yu explained patiently.

Not to mention Wang Jing, who has been staying in Hong Kong Island for many years, even many people in the mainland circle couldn't change their thinking for a while.

They have deep prejudices against online dramas, a rapidly rising new force, but within a few years, they will slap themselves in the face and exclaim that they are really great.

Wang Jing searched the Internet with his laptop for information about the exclusive broadcast of "Sito" on Station A with doubts.

"Sito" is one of the most popular dramas in recent years, and the information and data are very easy to find.

It took Wang Jing less than ten minutes to understand the situation of "Sito".

He was greatly surprised, and felt as if he had discovered a new world: "It's amazing, right? During its premiere on Station A, Sito actually outperformed all TV series broadcast during the same period, including those on major TV stations."

Wang Jing did not expect that the web dramas broadcast on the online video platform could actually beat the TV dramas broadcast on TV stations.

After learning about "Sito", he felt that many of his stereotypes about the television industry had been overturned. "The Chinese version of "Game of Thrones" that I am planning will not be broadcast on any TV station. I plan to broadcast "Game of Thrones" exclusively on the station, just like Da Tiantian's "Sito."

Li Yu continued.

Wang Jing was stunned for several seconds. The TV series directed by Li Yu, one of the top directors in the country, is actually broadcast online?
It seems that the television industry in the mainland is really completely different from what he imagined, and the changes are earth-shaking.

"Director Wang, if you want to make money, I think you can make TV series.

I don't have time to help you write "Detective Chinatown 2", but our company owns the rights to the novel for film and television adaptation.

There is a novel called "Joy of Life" which is particularly suitable for adaptation into a web drama.

You can check it out. If you are interested, you can be the director and we can invest in the film together and broadcast it exclusively on Station A. "

Now that things have come to this, Li Yu directly expressed his true thoughts.

That’s right, he wanted to get Wang Jing to film a TV series.

Wang Jing is capable. If he makes a good movie like "Joy of Life", he can make more money than if he makes ten or twenty bad movies.

"Joy of Life" is considered to be the most suitable work among male-oriented online novels to be adapted into a TV series.

Li Yu started planning a long time ago. While the value of online literature IP had not skyrocketed, he bought the film and television rights to a number of novels such as Mou Dian and Mou Jiang a few years ago.

"Joy of Life" is one of them.

The works that these Chinese companies hold the copyright to can be filmed at any time.

Li Yu himself certainly doesn't have the time to shoot film and television works adapted from these online novels, but he can seek external help.

Wang Jing pondered for a long time, but ultimately made no decision.

The amount of information he received from Li Yu today was too huge, and he had to digest it carefully after returning.

"Give me some time to think about it, and let me learn more about the "Celebrating Yu Nian" you mentioned."

Wang Jing said before leaving.

His old way of thinking, which had not yet been completely changed, told him that a TV series adapted from an online novel was unreliable no matter how you looked at it.

But Li Yu is recognized as the person with the sharpest eyesight in the Chinese entertainment industry.

He didn't believe that someone as smart as Li Yu would do a losing business.

He decided to play it safe and go back to find out the situation first.

If "Joy of Life" is really promising, he can consider making a TV series to test the waters.

Anyway, for a quick shooter like him, shooting a TV series takes only a few months at most, and more than half a year including post-production.

Station A is Li Yu’s video platform. As long as it passes the review, it can be broadcast at any time. Even if it fails, only a year or two will be wasted.

What's more, Li Yu clearly stated that he was willing to invest with him.

With Li Yu's help in sharing the investment pressure, we can prepare for the worst and not lose too much money if the business fails.

Li Yu was not in a hurry to get Wang Jing to express his position.

It takes some time for Wang Jing to change his mindset.

If Wang Jing goes back and thinks about it for a while but still can't figure it out, then a forced melon is not sweet, and Li Yu will not force it.

Wang Jing is just a better option, not the only option.

There are alternative candidates on Li Yu's list. If Wang Jing doesn't want to do the job, he will just let someone else do it.

It’s just possible that the finished product handed over to others may be slightly worse than Wang Jing’s.

(End of this chapter)