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Chapter 56 Zhou Hai's Web Drama

While Han Yu was recording "The Second Season of Flowers and Boys", Zhou Hai from iQiyi was worried.

The current iQiyi is no longer the video website when it was first established, and now it has become the top three video website traffic.

However, the current video websites, the competition is becoming more and more fierce, and there are stations A and B competing.Therefore, along with the fierce competition, video sites began to subdivide their routes.

For example, Youku Tudou mainly focuses on videos uploaded by netizens themselves.Among them, game videos and various self-media funny videos still have a lot of traffic on this website.

Sohu Video, on the other hand, focuses on foreign American dramas.The American dramas it launched are all popular American dramas. Not only are there a large number of American dramas, but there are also many exclusive American dramas, such as "Friends".More importantly, the subtitles of its English translation of American dramas are the best, and they are also presented in both English and Chinese.

This point is also more popular with those who watch American dramas and learn English.

As for iQiyi, its support for self-made film and television is relatively strong.It is also the first person to eat crabs in self-made videos.For example, "Psychological Crime" and "Soul Ferry", these two self-made TVs can be said to have greatly enhanced iQiyi's traffic.

Zhou Hai is the general manager of iQiyi's self-produced dramas.

With the influx of capital into the entertainment industry, many people have started to make low-cost movies.Then sell it to iQiyi, although it may not make much money.However, at least I have accumulated experience for myself.

However, as one of the heads of iQiyi.Zhou Hai naturally wouldn't put all his treasures on buying low-cost movies and TV shows.

He will also invest and shoot excellent film and television. "Psychological Crime" was led and invested by him, and it was well shot, and this web drama was shot with the requirements of making a big-screen movie.

In the end, "Psychological Crime" did not live up to his request, bringing 3000 million members to iQiyi.A member at least [-] yuan will bring [-] million yuan to iQiyi.

Therefore, Zhou Hai, who has tasted the sweetness, is ready to invest again.

However, investing is not that simple.Find the right script and the right person.Finding the right script, Zhou Hai is very simple, that is to buy the copyright of the novel and adapt it.This is less risky, after all, there is support from fans.

However, what kind of novel to choose is also tricky. After "Psychological Crime" was born, everyone in the film and television industry discovered that crime dramas were very popular with audiences, so a series of crime drama projects were established.

Successively, "Detective Chinatown" was released, the web drama "Forensic Qingming" was broadcast, and "The Murderer" was released.And "The Kidnapper", which will be released soon, is also of this type.

Therefore, Zhou Hai planned to find another way this time, and he chose a youth novel.

Well, the word youth is used badly, and the movies and TV shows with this word are not good in the eyes of the audience, it is almost equal to bad movies and misappropriating money.

The development of the plot can never escape the development of blood and vulgarity, such as breaking up, studying abroad, abortion, etc., it seems that young people's youth cannot be separated from these.

However, the youth novel Zhou Hai selected this time does not have such a plot.It is a happy ending, a novel about the beauty of youth.

After finding the right script, the next thing is to find someone.

The production investment must be iQiyi, but directors and actors must be found.This point is a bit hard to find.

A director with a slightly bigger name can't watch online dramas.However, Zhou Hai looked down on a younger director, after all, what he wanted was high-quality goods, not rough-made things.

The movies released can make money to make bad movies, after all, they are there to make money.However, as an enterprise, it is impossible to make money by making bad movies.

Once this is done, iQiyi's brand will be rotten.Other video sites are eager to encounter such a good opportunity, after a lot of trouble, stepping on iQiyi's reputation to rise to the top.

Therefore, the choice of director must be cautious.

Fortunately, Zhou Hai has some contacts in the film and television industry. After being introduced by acquaintances, he finally got a director.A female director, Xie Caibing.

The director has been found, but the actor is stuck.As for handing over the choice of actors to the director, Zhou Hai had long since rejected it.

This is an unspoken rule, ah bah, this is a good opportunity to get in touch with the entertainment industry and show affection, how could he give up this opportunity to the director.

Being able to sit in one of iQiyi's top executives, Zhou Hai is obviously not that stupid.

"Actors can't be too famous. Now the popular little fresh meat must be excluded. There is not that much budget. After hiring a small fresh meat, the whole fund will be insufficient."

"However, you can't be famous, otherwise, you won't be able to attract audiences at all."

Although the actors of "Psychological Crime" were not well-known before, Qiang Zai's plot has suspense and is very exciting.

But, youth drama, suspense, are you kidding?

Youth dramas only use stars to attract the attention of fans.Youth movies are all like this. If it weren't for the fans paying for the movies, the investors would have lost their underwear.

After a week of careful consideration, Zhou Hai decided on the heroine.And the other party also agreed to play the role.When he handed over the heroine to the director, the director also agreed with his casting.

The appearance of the characters is similar to the heroine in the novel.So, the hostess is determined.After the female lead was confirmed, the second male lead was also quickly confirmed. He is a very handsome actor, but he has not debuted for long.

However, the male lead has not made any progress, Zhou Hai is worried about this!

Suddenly, Zhou Hai remembered that his company had already bought the new version of "Shooting the Condors" which is the exclusive right to broadcast on the Internet.

"Guo Jing's actor, Li Xu," Zhou Hai rolled his eyes, "Maybe he can."

It's not that he didn't think about Han Yu, but when Zhou Hai thought of Han Yu's current popularity and Huayi Company's vigorous training of him, he gave up.

This is obviously a popular spicy chicken, not something he can afford for a self-made web drama.It is estimated that if Han Yu is invited, the other departments will have to drink the Northwest Wind.

Thinking of Li Xu, Zhou Hai called his superiors and asked for the number of the director of "Shooting the Condors".Why is it the director's call, because the director knows the actors' acting skills best.

Not only in terms of image, Zhou Hai also wants to find an actor with acting skills.

"Li Xu? He is an actor with good acting skills, and he is very good. Moreover, his acting skills have improved a lot during the shooting of the Condor Shooting." The director of the Condor Shooting gave Zhou Hai good news, and at the same time pushed Han Yu said, "It's not just Li Xu, Fang Wenjun and Han Yu also performed very well, they are good enough to be leading actors in web dramas."

After receiving such a return, Zhou Hai hung up the phone very happily.Then I contacted Li Xu's agent, but got bad news.

Li Xu has already taken over another drama, and there is no schedule at all.

(End of this chapter)