Winning the new financial era

Chapter 495 Chang'an Twelve Hours
After obtaining LeTV's copyright authorization and reaching a cooperation with Sony Pictures, Rocket Video's long-form video business has finally embarked on the fast track.

Today, Rocket Video, which has reached 7000 million daily active users, has not only successfully completed the goal of 5000 million daily active users promised to Canxing Culture President Tian Ming, but even exceeded it by a large margin.

Tian Ming was a little worried that the influence of the rocket video was not enough, but now he has nothing to say.

Last year, he made an agreement with Zhang Yida that Rocket Video would reach 5000 million daily active users on the show, and this variety show would be exclusively broadcast by Rocket Video.

It is understandable that he did so.He knew that Zhonghe Group invested so much in order to start the long-term video business.

But Canxing Culture does not have this responsibility and business to play with Zhonghe. After all, besides Zhonghe, there are other majority shareholders behind Canxing.

Now he also realizes the power of Zhonghe Traffic Empire, and has great expectations for "Rocket Girl 101", which will be released on Rocket Video soon.

Douvision, Kuaishou, Bilibili, Toutiao and other short video and graphic platforms under the control of Zhonghe Group have brought massive traffic exposure to this girl group selection variety show.

It's a hit before it's broadcast!
On April 4, the online video platforms of Rocket Video in Mainland China, NowTV in Hong Kong, Singtel in Singapore, and UnifiTV in Malaysia conducted simultaneous live broadcasts.

101 overseas Chinese, ethnic Chinese, and Chinese girls from Wanwan, the Mainland, Hong Kong, Thailand, Spain, Australia and other countries and regions made a collective appearance.

The age span of these girls is a bit large, and their birth dates range from 1990 to 2002. They can be regarded as post-90s and post-00s competing on the same stage.

The brokerage companies they come from are also varied, there are dozens of them.

Douvision, Kuaishou, and Bilibili also popped up windows at this time, showing that the variety show was being broadcast live, attracting users to Rocket Video.

The rocket video also generated a lot of barrage, and I don't know if I came to appreciate the talent or to see the beautiful women.

After the show ended, the Rocket Video data statistics department reported that the first day the program aired, it brought more than 1000 million new registered users to Rocket Video.

On DouTV and Kuaishou, short videos about program editing are also spread everywhere, and the influence of the program is expanding day by day.

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"The United States has American dramas, Britain has British dramas, South Korea has Korean dramas, and Japan has Japanese dramas. Why do we call it super dramas and online dramas in China?

I think we in China should build our own Chinese dramas into a brand that is striding forward with the rest of the world. "

A middle-aged man with green stubble shaved was talking eloquently in front of Zhang Yida.

His name is Cao Dun, he is a director and a major shareholder of Sanren Film and Television.

He has directed such popular TV series as "The Era of Naked Marriage" and "The Story of Herding Clouds on the Sea".

Zhang Yida smiled and said, "I love what you say, Director Cao. The name "Chinese Opera" is good, and it sounds more comfortable."

Seeing Zhang Yida's appreciative expression, the fat young man beside him interjected, "I heard that Zhang always studied history. I guess he must be deeply in love with traditional culture."

This man is Liang Chao, Cao Dun's partner and the producer of "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an".

Zhang Yida smiled faintly, "Mr. Liang's guess is very accurate. I really like traditional culture."

Liang Chao waved his hands again and again, "Mr. Zhang, you can call me Liang Chao, or Xiao Liang. Calling Mr. Liang seems too unusual!"

Liang Chao is in his thirties, has been in the entertainment industry for more than ten years, and his face is no longer thick-skinned.

"Okay, I'll just call you Lao Liang."

Liang Chao was very happy. Being able to be called Lao Liang by the newly promoted richest man would increase his face a bit.

However, he did not forget the more important thing today. Seeing that the heat was almost ready, he began to say: "The drama "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an". , try to restore it as much as possible, so that everyone can appreciate the beauty of that culture and the self-confidence, bravery, justice, and persistence of people."

While talking, Liang Chao glanced at Zhang Yida's face seemingly casually.

According to some information he has learned, Zhang Yida should like historical dramas very much, otherwise he would not have reached a big cooperation with Lao Mouzi.

But Zhang Yida's expression was normal, he couldn't tell from his face whether he was interested or not.

Cao Dun was also a little apprehensive. Originally, the TV series was filming well, but who knew that Youku's personnel earthquake would affect the crew.

Zhang Yida's face remained normal, and after a while he asked with a smile, "Didn't "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" be sold to Youku? Why, did something happen?"

Zhang Yida's sharp eyes seemed to see through everything, but Liang Chao didn't dare to hide anything, so he gritted his teeth and told the truth.

Zhang Yida didn't expect such big news, but he wasn't too surprised.

In the film and television industry, a little financial scandal can't be more normal.

"If such a big event happened, if other investors don't come, just the two of you?"

Liang Chao smiled wryly, "They have some contact with Yang Weidong, and it's not very convenient for them to show up, so we had to let us show up."

Zhang Yida looked pensive, Liang Chao just revealed a bit too much information.

Yang Weidong is the president of Youku, the one who made Zhang Yida's life difficult for many years. He was investigated by Ahri and found out about financial problems. The police have already intervened, but the news has not been announced to the public.

Zhang Yida was thinking, Ahri's face should be hurting right now?Especially the legal department, what the hell sent a lawyer's letter to Zhonghe.

After all, paper can't contain fire, and when the matter is made public, Zhonghe must teach Ari how to be a man.

"Ari asked for the money back, otherwise the lid will be lifted."

Fearing that Zhang Yida might misunderstand, Liang Chao explained: "This kind of thing is very normal in the entertainment industry. Investors who want to sell online copyrights at a high price naturally have to establish good relations with real power figures on the video broadcasting platform.

In fact, Lao Cao and I were completely unaware of this matter. "

Cao Dun nodded, "Yes, we are all focused on the filming of the TV series, how can we have time for these fancy moves?

1220 million per episode, a total of 60 episodes, this price is actually the normal market price.

"The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" has invested a total of 6 million yuan, and the network copyright can barely recover the cost.

These are all in contact with Liubai Film and Television, Weiying and Yang Weidong. When they finished talking, we signed a signature together, that's all. "

Under the avalanche, no snowflake is innocent.

Zhang Yida didn't believe that these two people were not involved at all, but these were not important, what was important was Ahri's attitude.

Judging from the opinions of the two, Ah Li seems to have no intention of expanding the incident, or the crew, producer, and investors of "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" are not deeply involved.

Ahri just wanted to recoup the high royalties he paid, and that was the end of it.

Seeing Zhang Yida's face was heavy, Liang Chao thought it was because he was afraid of getting dirty, so he explained: "I don't know the specifics, but Yang Weidong's big problem should be in variety shows, "This! Is Street Dance", "This! Is "Iron Armor" and so on."

Zhang Yida understood what he meant, and it was nothing more than saying that their problems were minor, and Ari was willing to let them go, but only if they got their money back.

"With a copyright fee of more than 7 million yuan, a start-up company like ours cannot afford such a good thing."

Zhang Yida sighed, looking troubled.The stuff is good, it would be even better if it could be a little cheaper.

Liang Chao and Cao Dun looked at each other, and the latter said, "We think 60 episodes is too long, and we can edit it to 55 episodes, so that the plot will be more compact."

6000 million was lost in one breath, but Zhang Yida still felt unsatisfied.

"Let's cut it to 40 episodes. The story is short and the climaxes come and go, making it more enjoyable."

Liang Chao was a little bit annoyed, feeling that Zhang Yida's appetite was too big, and he was going to cut off more than 2 million yuan at once.

Patiently explained the whole process to Zhang Yida, and introduced all aspects of the cost, as well as how wonderful the TV series are, and have a chance to be a big hit.

He also vaguely revealed that Penguin is willing to pay 6 million yuan to take away the exclusive copyright of the Internet.

Zhang Yida didn't like this, he got up to see off the guests.

Liang Chao and Cao Dun are in a hurry now, and Youku's return will inevitably affect other platforms' evaluation of this drama.

The two of them were not satisfied with the price offered by iQiyi and Penguin, so they approached Zhang Yida.

"5.5 million, Mr. Zhang, this is our last concession!"

Zhang Yida glanced at Liang Chao indifferently, and two words popped out from the corner of his mouth: "Deal!"

　It's a little bit Calvin, so there are only two chapters today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)