Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 12 Reward
ps: After watching the magic modification, I suddenly realized that Pingce is really a talent.

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[Reward: Opportunity to purchase an entertainment work: Mile Station]

Zhou Mo looked at the name of the reward with a confused look in his eyes.

Lizhan, if he remembered correctly, this should be the video website with many famous scenes in his impression.

Specific famous scenes, for example:
Avatar 1: What you love is your life.

Avatar 2: NMSMSHS.

"System, are video websites also considered entertainment works?"

【Are there any problems with works related to entertainment works? 】

"No."

Zhou Mo rethought the system standards. Lizhan is a backup website made by users of the two-dimensional video website A for A.

From this perspective, it really is an entertaining work.

After solving his doubts, Zhou Mo felt ecstasy in his mind.

The video site is good.

He is a man who has seen history and knows clearly that in the near future, the status of major satellite TV stations in the film and television industry will become increasingly lower, and they will be replaced by online video platforms.

The development of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video is in full swing, and they have snatched countless audiences from major satellite TV stations.

But that was later.

Now, iQiyi has just been established and Tencent Video will not be established until next year.

The ones who really occupy the market are a pair of rivals, Tudou Video and Youku Video, both of whom are still exploring profit models.

In other words, they are all losing money.

From the perspective of future generations, the current video website market is in a completely barbaric state.

"In this case, the station will definitely have a chance to get a piece of the pie."

Zhou Mo never thought of just being a big director.

In his previous life, the experience of being bullied by his aunt made him realize that no matter whether it is a director or an actor, they are all inferior in front of the real big boss.

The director can decide the life or death of an actor, but only within the crew.

Outside of the crew, he is truly at the top of the food chain.

It also has to be a financial sponsor.

Among all the financial sponsors, the most prominent one is the owner of the platform.

After all, the platform holds the power to decide whether a drama can be broadcast, which directly determines the life or death of a drama.

Someone once said this in the past:

Why is the market full of those young handsome guys who are not good at anything?

Because the film purchasing directors of major platforms are all aunties who like this style.

The power of the platform is evident from this.

After careful consideration, Zhou Mo felt that he should seize this opportunity.

"The only problem is that the video website has been losing money all the time, and it was still burning money until I traveled through time."

But on second thought, the website losing money does not mean the boss losing money.

Take Lizhan for example. Lizhan was still losing money until Zhou Mo traveled through time, but Uncle Chen, who never degenerates, is worth hundreds of billions.

With the example of his uncle, Zhou Mo felt that he couldn't do any worse.

"Besides, if it really doesn't work, we can learn from the business model of Douyin and Kuaishou, open up the short video market, and directly promote products in one step."

I can take Zhang Yimou instead.

After making up his mind, Zhou Mo began to search for news about the station online.

After searching, he found that the station was worse than he had imagined.

In the first half of this year, Station A was sold to Chen Shaojie of Seafood for only four million yuan, while Lizhan, a resource backup for Station A, is being sought for investors by its founder Xu Yi.

It’s a pity that no one is interested.

Zhou Mo hammered his palm: "What a good opportunity to buy at the bottom."

The reward opportunity was used immediately.

The next second, the phone rang.

"Hey."

……

Xu Yi hasn't had an easy time recently.

Some time ago, due to the series of chaos at A Station, many A Station members flocked to Li Station.

However, the increase in users did not bring any actual benefits to Xu Yi. On the contrary, he received a lot of criticism due to server congestion and website lag.

"They cursed so harshly..." Xu Yi felt grief and anger in his heart.

Plus the maintenance costs of over 100,000 yuan per month.

Under tremendous pressure, Xu Yi, a rich second-generation, came up with the idea of ​​giving up the management of the station and returning home to inherit the family property.

"I could be a happy rich second generation, why do I have to put up with this shit?"

In his previous life, Xu Yi was able to keep Lizhan going because he failed to find any investors during his trip to the north. He had no choice but to support this money-burning Lizhan with more than 11 yuan a month. He persisted until the end of , when his uncle showed up and things turned around.

The situation is very similar to that of ordinary families.

This time, things changed.

When Xu Yi met Zhou Mo, he was quite excited.

Unlike his previous life, when Xu Yi met Uncle Chen, he had never heard of each other's name and even thought Uncle Chen was a liar.

Zhou Mo's reputation as a director with a box office of 400 million yuan has been very popular recently.

Xu Yi is an old entertainer who knows a lot about the entertainment industry and knows that Zhou Mo has money.

Therefore, when Zhou Mo, the "takeover hero", proposed the acquisition, Xu Yi happily agreed to the acquisition plan.

"Director Zhou, then you'll pay two million?"

"NO, I'll pay 12 million. The more I pay, the more I earn. I want to have absolute control over the station."

Zhou Mo's goal from the beginning was to gain absolute control. He didn't want to argue with others over control issues in the future.

Twelve million is not cheap for Mile Station, but for Zhou Mo it is just the result of a system transfer.

For his future plans, the video website must be obtained.

After a brief consideration, Xu Yi reluctantly agreed to Zhou Mo's request.

He originally wanted to introduce angel investment, but the control of the station was still in his own hands.

But Zhou Mo gave too much.

After signing the contract, Xu Yi looked at the numbers in the account and shed tears of satisfaction.

Finally I can go back and inherit the family property.

Zhou Mo was also very satisfied, but he had more ideas than that: "Mr. Xu, are you interested in continuing to run the station?"

"You want to hire me as a manager?"

"Yes, the price and everything are negotiable."

Xu Yi should have been happy to hear the news, but for some reason, he couldn't be happy.

First they bought my products and then asked me to run the business.

He seemed to smell the scent of cattle.

Xu Yi finally agreed with Zhou Mo's suggestion. Although the method of making a bet is direct, it is always useful.

With the support of Lizhan, Zhou Mo can finally start to make some arrangements.

"Don't give up on the two-dimensional stuff, and start with entertainment news. I will promote paid videos later."

Live your life again, except looking for a rich woman.

You still have to do something.

Zhou Mo set a small goal for himself, to dominate the entertainment industry once within five years.

Just when Zhou Mo was immersed in his beautiful dream, Da Tiantian pushed the door open and came out:

"Zhou Mo, you bought a video website?"

"Correct."

“Why buy a video site?”

Da Tiantian was confused by Zhou Mo's actions.

"Why not buy it?"

Zhou Mo was even more confused about Da Tiantian's question.

"Now video websites are all losing money. Tudou and Youku can't fill the gap with so many advertisements. Did you buy the video website because you have too much money and have nowhere to spend it?"

Da Tiantian thought Zhou Mo was investing.

There are quite a lot of celebrities in the entertainment industry who are engaged in investment, but most of the results are not very good.

First, Zhang Weijian went bankrupt after buying a house, and then Li Dapeng called to beg for mercy.

Da Tiantian was kindhearted and reminded him, "If you really want to invest, I suggest you buy a house. There is no harm in buying a house at this time."

Zhou Mo's heart moved slightly, knowing that Da Tiantian really cared about him.

Given her background, being willing to give the news is almost like treating her as one of our own.

He explained: "I didn't set up a video website for investment... Actually, it is an investment, but more importantly, it is for the future of the entertainment industry. The future entertainment industry will definitely be dominated by online platforms."

Da Tiantian blinked: "Really? I don't believe it."

Zhou Mo: ...

"Just trust me that I won't lose money. Have I made any mistakes in my judgment over the past few years?"

"That's true."

Zhou Mo thought for a while and said, "Tiantian, are you willing to invest some money?"

There are actually many opportunities to make money in the world, but most of them are out of reach for ordinary people.

In his previous life, Zhou Mo did not understand this principle, so he was covered in bruises.

He plans to find a backer for himself.

Da Tiantian shook her head: "How much money can a video website make? Love Is Not Blind has already made me nine figures."

What Da Tiantian said is correct.

The investment of "Lost in Love" was split 40% between Zhou Mo and Tian Tian. After the results came out, the box office alone was 400 million yuan. With other miscellaneous advertisements, the total score was close to 500 million yuan.

Da Tiantian made a fortune just from this movie, which was higher than her income in the past four years.

Zhou Mo quietly turned on his phone and started recording: "Tiantian, trust my judgment and invest money in it. I'm sure you'll make more money in the future than you can from a single movie."

Da Tiantian said disdainfully: "Even if it's as you said, I will have more than one movie in the future, so you can have fun on your own."

Zhou Mo finished the recording, feeling satisfied.

Don’t blame him for not trying his best, he really can’t lead the team.

Even if Da Tiantian regrets it in the future, he will have something to say.

"By the way, Tiantian, what are you doing here?"

Da Tiantian slapped her head and said, "It's all your fault for investing. I forgot to talk about business. I want to have a celebration party."

"Celebration banquet, what are you celebrating?"

"Of course, to celebrate our movie's 400 million box office."

Zhou Mo was aware of this tradition in the industry. After many films achieved good results, a banquet would be held. This was not only to showcase the achievements, but also to give people in the industry an opportunity to communicate, cooperate with each other, and call for resources.

Zhou Mo was not uninterested: "It's not necessary..."

Da Tiantian disagreed: "No, we have to open it. This is my first time making a movie and it's going to gross 400 million right off the bat. I want everyone to know that I, Da Tiantian, am the heroine of this 400 million box office!"

(End of this chapter)