China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 531: Advanced On-Demand Mode
Huang Xiaoming's aggrieved expression and the tone of his voice caused laughter from the people around him.

After Li Yu guided the topic in this way, no one wanted to delve into the matter of "My Love from the Star" and Huang Xiaoming anymore.

In addition, with the endorsement of director Li Yu, people will probably gradually forget about Huang Xiaoming's refusal to act in "My Love from the Star".

Because Li Yu said in person that it was not Huang Xiaoming who refused to play the role, but he felt that Huang Xiaoming was not suitable to play Professor Qiao.

His words will gradually spread because of the people present.

Huang Xiaoming, a person with such high emotional intelligence, could naturally see Li Yu's good intentions, and he was deeply touched.

If there weren't so many people here, he would have just called him godfather.

During the filming of "The Disguiser", Huang Xiaoming, Hu Ge and Zhang Yi gradually discovered that Li Yu was just trying to scare people.

Li Yu did not give more scenes to anyone because of their good performance, nor did he remove scenes from anyone because of their poor performance.

The roles played by the three of them are not much different, they are all male protagonists, and there is no situation where one of them is demoted from the protagonist to the supporting role as the show progresses.

Of course, the fact that there were no cuts in scenes doesn’t mean they can be careless.

Each of them is still acting very hard.

Because even if the roles are similar, there will always be one that stands out the most.

A good actor can make an originally unlikable supporting role outstanding, even overshadowing the main character.

For this point, you can refer to "Name".

In the original version of "In the Name", which supporting actor's acting skills are not better than the main character?

Even Mr. Hou, who didn't have many roles, outshined the protagonist with his famous scenes such as learning foreign languages ​​and acting as deputy director.

There are many famous scenes that were added by the actors themselves with their excellent acting skills and strong on-the-spot performance.

For example, Mr. Hou said, "You have done a good job of connecting the dots."

This sentence was not in the script. Mr. Hou had a flash of inspiration while acting and added a sentence for himself on the spot.

If Huang Xiaoming, Hu Ge and Zhang Yi have this ability, they can also add more scenes to themselves in this way. Director Li Yu will definitely support them wholeheartedly.

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Before "Tian Khan" was officially broadcast, Li Yu secretly did something big. He met with the senior management of Kiwi Video.

"How come Director Li has the time to meet with us? He didn't call us here just to have a cup of coffee, did he?"

Kiwi Fruit attached great importance to Li Yu and sent more than one senior executive to talk to Li Yu.

They are all people who have a say within Kiwi.

In fact, the top management of Kiwifruit couldn’t understand why Li Yu approached them.

If Li Yu was just an ordinary director, or just an ordinary film and television company owner, and there was a need to sell films to them, there would be nothing wrong with contacting them and making friends with them.

This is where the problem lies. Li Yu is the boss of Station A, the most powerful online video platform in China with the largest number of users.

Logically speaking, Li Yu and they are competitors and mortal enemies.

Anyway, Kiwifruit considers Li Yu's Station A as its biggest competitor.

Their internal goal is to defeat Li Yu's A Station and then dominate the online video field.

But... the result was embarrassing. They had been shouting the slogan of surpassing A-Station internally for so many years, but there was no sign of catching up with A-Station at all.

The reason is that Station A’s moat is too strong.

As one of the best film and television production companies in the industry, Hualiu Company produces several excellent film and television dramas every year, and these film and television dramas are exclusive to Station A.

Kiwi has also followed the example of Hualiu Company and invested in and produced some TV series and then broadcast them exclusively on the Kiwi platform. It's true that they have produced some good dramas.

But it is just a good result, and there is still a huge gap compared with the film and television dramas produced by Chinese companies.

"I heard that within your Kiwifruit, you've made it your goal to destroy our A-station?"

Li Yu went straight to the point.

It is common for a company to designate another company as a rival to be surpassed.

However, being pointed out by their 'opponent' in person, several senior executives of Kiwi Fruit felt somewhat embarrassed.

Then, Li Yu continued, "I'm going to give you a suggestion to increase the traffic on your platform. Are you interested?"

The other people looked at each other.

Is there really such a good thing as pie falling from the sky?
Li Yu is their competitor.

Why don't they believe that their competitors, who are eager to drain the traffic from their platforms, would be so kind as to provide them with suggestions on how to increase traffic?
But since I'm here, I might as well listen to what Li Yu has to say.

They were able to expand the kiwifruit business, so they are no ordinary people.

If Li Yu wants to trick them, it won't be that easy.

“I want to sell you the single exclusive broadcast rights of the network of “Tian Khan”.”

Li Yu's words were shocking.

The other party were all stunned.

Isn't "Tian Khan" Li Yu's latest film and television work? Li Yu's second film in the Game of Thrones universe.

Judging from the current popularity of "Tian Khan" on the Internet, it will surely be a hit as long as it is exclusively broadcast on A Station, and A Station can make a fortune.

Is Li Yu mentally ill? Why would he give such overwhelming wealth to them?
Is there a pitfall in Li Yu's "Tian Khan"?
Li Yu deliberately made a bad drama to cheat them? This doesn't make sense.

Li Yu is a director whose works have guaranteed quality. There is no need for Li Yu to ruin his reputation in order to cheat them.

Only a fool would do such a shameless thing as throwing away the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds.

Also, even if Li Yu wanted them to buy "Tian Khan", they would have to see the quality of the work first.

If it's really bad, they won't buy it.

To sum up, they believe that "Tian Khan" cannot be a bad drama.

This is very strange. If it’s not a bad drama, why should they get a bargain?
The answer is actually very simple. Li Yu needs them to help do something that Li Yu and Station A are not convenient to do.

“Isn’t it strange? Even a little unbelievable? There is no such thing as a free lunch.

I sold "Tian Khan" to you on the condition that you turn on the advanced on-demand mode when broadcasting this drama."

Li Yu answered their regrets.

That’s right, Li Yu wanted to use the work "Tian Khan" to start the advanced on-demand mode, so that the subsequent works exclusively broadcast by Hualiu Company on Station A can maximize the profits.

However, Station A must not do such a thing that will attract criticism. It needs to find a shield to stand in front of it and block all the arrows.

With the first video platform providing advance on-demand streaming, Station A can follow up after the audience gets used to this model, and it will be perfect.

Li Yu spent half an hour explaining to Kiwi executives what the advanced on-demand mode is.

After listening to Li Yu's explanation, they exclaimed, "Wow!"

Isn't this a VIP among VIPs? How come they couldn't think of such a good and unscrupulous idea?
(End of this chapter)