The most popular king in the world

Chapter 126 Digging a Pit
Walking out of the hotel gate, Shao Yang found that the weather today was pretty good.Compared with Jinghua, the sky here is bluer and the air is much fresher.

After reaching out to hail a taxi, Shao Yang went straight to the headquarters of Yixin Film and Television.Without talking all the way, Shao Yang soon came to Yixin Film and Television Company.Tang Xi had already notified the receptionist at the front desk, telling them that Shao Yang would visit the company today, so when he walked into Yixin Film and Television, someone immediately greeted him.

"Hello, Mr. Shao, welcome to Yixin Film and Television. Ms. Tang has told you to take the elevator directly to the 15th floor after you come. I wish you a happy mood today!" The very cute little dimple left a deep impression on Shao Yang.

Follow the young lady's prompt to enter the elevator, press the button for the corresponding floor, and the elevator door slowly closes and goes up.When the elevator stopped and opened the door, Tang Xi was already smiling and standing at the door waiting for Shao Yang. He must have received a call from the lady at the front desk.

"Sister Xi, long time no see! You're getting more and more beautiful!" Although it's been a while since we saw each other, Shao Yang didn't recognize his birth at all, and gave Tang Xi a warm hug as soon as he went up.Of course, he was still very measured, and he didn't hug too much.

Tang Xi didn't expect that Shao Yang would take the initiative to hug him, and after a moment of daze, he laughed and scolded: "Stinky boy, Dong Li didn't follow you, you are going to heaven, even dare to eat my sister's tofu? Hurry up and let me go. What about the company?"

Shao Yang didn't care about Tang Xi's poking at his sore spots, and obediently let go of Tang Xi's arms: "Who made my sister Xi a beautiful woman, and I don't know who will be cheaper in the future."

Seeing Shao Yang's funny face, Tang Xi couldn't help but raised his hand and tapped Shao Yang's head: "I think it's because you ate too much good food during the Chinese New Year, and you actually became glib. Dong Li makes a phone call and asks her to fix you properly."

Although Tang Xi didn't have much contact with Shao Yang, but for some reason, she, Shao Yang and Dong Li had a special affinity for each other.After the two laughed and chatted for a few words, the relationship between them was drawn closer invisibly.

"Let's go, don't make Mr. Yu wait too long. She's not in a good mood recently. No matter what you want to talk to Mr. Yu, be careful what you say." Tang Xi whispered something in Shao Yang's ear , and then turned around and led Shao Yang towards Mr. Yu's office.

Gently knocked on the door of the president's office, and after getting permission, Tang Xicai opened the door and walked in: "Mr. Yu, Shao Yang is here."

"Ask him to come in, Xiaoxi, make a cup of tea for Shao Yang." Yu Tingting sat behind the desk and didn't get up, but just ordered casually.

Walking into the office, Shao Yang found that Yu Tingting was wearing Baodilong's casual clothes today. The loose clothes concealed her proud figure, and a ponytail was tied on her head casually. It seemed that she had put on light makeup on her face , the whole person looked youthful and looked like she was in her early twenties, she didn't look like a 36-year-old woman at all.However, is it really appropriate for her to dress like this in the company?

"Hello Mr. Yu! I haven't seen you for a while, but you are still radiant." Sitting down at the desk, Shao Yang first greeted him politely, and then couldn't help but praise him from the bottom of his heart.

Hearing Shao Yang compliment her, Yu Tingting secretly felt funny.She knew that this little slicker must have something to ask of her when she came to the door. As long as she waited patiently, he would definitely not be able to help but speak to her first.

However, that is not Yu Tingting's style of doing things. She has been in this business for so long, and she has long been used to taking the initiative when doing things, and has never liked to wait passively.Therefore, she didn't mean to chat with Shao Yang about old times at all, and she went straight to the topic as soon as she opened her mouth.

"Shao Yang, why don't you explain clearly why you came here? I think you must have something very important to do when you came all the way from Jinghua to Hengdian. Didn't you tell Tang Xi earlier that you wanted to cooperate with Yixin? I want to hear what you mean by cooperation."

After saying this, Yu Tingting looked sideways at Shao Yang, with intriguing smiles on the corners of her eyes and brows.She was indeed very curious, and wanted to know why this young man whom she admired from the bottom of her heart found her head this time.

After hearing Yu Tingting's words, Shao Yang breathed a sigh of relief.Speaking of which, Shao Yang is really not good for business talks. This time he came to contact Yu Tingting, but he also came here bravely.

Shao Yang thought it would be easier to kill him if he was asked to greet people politely.Now President Yu opens his mouth and goes straight to the point, which is actually what Shao Yang wants to see.

"Mr. Yu, since you are so straightforward, then I have nothing to say. I came here this time to discuss cooperation with Yixin on behalf of Lishao Studio."

When it comes to this matter, Shao Yang is still very confident. This is different from building relationships and friendship. The reason why Shao Yang has confidence in his heart is entirely because he has confidence in what he has presented.

Having said that, if he didn't even have this bit of confidence, then there was no need for him to travel all the way to Hengdian.

"Oh?" Yu Tingting was not surprised by this, she nodded to Shao Yang to continue talking, and wanted to hear what Shao Yang meant by cooperation.

Shao Yang sorted out his thoughts for a while, and then said: "Mr. Yu, our studio wants to invest in shooting a large-scale fairy tale TV series this year, but Li Shao has no distribution channels and no professional production team, so I found Come to the door and ask Mr. Yu for help, the two of us will invest together and jointly produce."

"Li Shao provides the script and actors, and is responsible for the music, special effects, post-production and publicity of the show. Yixin is responsible for the filming procedures and approval of the script, and provides the relevant team and distribution work required for filming. In terms of funds, if Yixin is willing It’s okay to invest a part of it, or Li Shao’s sole proprietorship, as for the final share ratio, we can discuss it in detail later.”

In fact, Shao Yang is not a qualified negotiator. If this matter is handed over to Zhong Xinzhi, I believe it will be more suitable than Shao Yang. But the reason why Aunt Xin agreed to Shao Yang to come to negotiate with Yixin alone is probably because of her intentions. Exercise his mind.

After listening to Shao Yang's words, Yu Tingting was not in a hurry to express her opinion.She took the tea from Tang Xi, looked at Shao Yang with interest, and wanted to see what else he planned to say next.

"Thank you, Sister Xi." Shao Yang thanked Tang Xi, and took the teacup from her hand.

Seeing that the boss didn't intend to answer, Tang Xi said: "Shao Yang, you also know that Yixin's opening drama this year is "Passionate". Now that the preparations have been completed, the filming will start soon. Xin's work focus in the first half of the year."

After Yu Tingting picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea, she took over Tang Xi's words: "Tang Xi is right, but there is one more thing she didn't say."

Seeing the puzzled expression on Shao Yang's face, Yu Tingting patiently explained: "Except for "Passionate", which is about to start, in fact, the focus of Yixin's recent work has been on the external bidding of variety shows on Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV. .”

"External bidding for variety shows?" Shao Yang heard Yu Tingting's words, and some thoughts suddenly flashed in his mind, but he couldn't grasp it for a while.

Hearing Mr. Yu bring up this topic, Tang Xi dared to talk about it with Shao Yang: "That's right! The situation of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV has not been very good in the past two years. Not only was it suppressed by Mango TV, but now Jiangsu Satellite TV also has To catch up from behind is to get rid of the trend of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.”

"Jiangsu TV's music talent show last year at [-] o'clock on Friday nights had poor ratings. It was only this year that it announced the tender. It plans to subcontract this schedule. Yixin's main work during this time is "Passionate" and this."

Shao Yang really understood what Tang Xi said.In today's China, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV are the first batch of TV stations to go on the stars, and their influence and ratings are still quite strong at the beginning.

It's just that in recent years, Mango Satellite TV has sprung up suddenly, relying on variety shows to win over many loyal viewers, and cooperating with several film and television companies to launch a large number of idol dramas that hit the screen. It has also gained the popularity of countless boys and girls, and the ratings have skyrocketed across the board, completely killing the big brother of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Moreover, the ratings of Mango TV’s music talent shows have been gratifying in the past few years. Jiangsu and Zhejiang TV naturally refused to let Mango Channel be better than the previous ones, so they also invested a lot of money last year to create a large-scale music talent show, intending to break up with Mango TV. Arm wrestling to grab back part of the audience.

As a result, the sky does not follow people's wishes. The ratings of this program have been soaring since it was broadcast. It is said that the average ratings have not even reached 1%. Over [-] million funds have been invested, and almost all of them are in vain. This makes Jiangsu and Zhejiang The situation in the station was even worse, and even the vice-director got sick and retired two months in advance.

This year, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Taiwan have learned from the painful experience and still do not intend to give up the struggle, but they continue to toss like last year, and they really don't have the confidence.With a few hundred million more, the director will have to retire early, money is second, the key is that it is really embarrassing.

The leaders in Taiwan decided to pass on the risk and find someone to take over the business. That's why there was this external bidding.In fact, in the TV industry, outsourcing is not new. After all, the production of TV dramas is almost like this now.However, it is the first time that a variety show is open for bidding and the sale period is clearly marked in China.

Yixin has always had great ambitions. Since Yu Tingting has the intention to make Yixin bigger and stronger, it is difficult to do it just by exporting high-quality TV series.Then it is quite necessary to expand Yixin's business scope, establish a good relationship with well-known TV stations, and reach a long-term and stable cooperation.

After all, strategic partnerships are not just a show, especially for satellite TVs like Jiangsu and Zhejiang. If they really form a solid and stable cooperative relationship, it will be a strong alliance, and the effect will be far greater than 1+1.And she also has a last resort, even if she knows that Jiangsu-Zhejiang Taiwan's bidding is a trap and will cost Yixin a lot of money, she still has to take over.

"Shao Yang, what Tang Xi said is right. Yixin really can't spare any time now. The entire creative team of Yixin put most of their energy into the filming of "Passionate". Busy with Jiangsu and Zhejiang's bidding for variety shows, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to cooperate this time."

In the end, Yu Tingting still spoke up. Although she admired the talent of Shao Yang, a young man, Yu Tingting was not very interested in Shao Yang's plan to cast a large-scale fairy tale drama.

Yixin has been in the film and television industry for so many years, Yu Tingting, as the helm, of course knows the filming process of film and television dramas well.It is also because of this that Yu Tingting does not believe that Li Shao, a small studio, is capable of investing in the kind of large-scale fairy drama that Shao Yang said.

You know, Xianxia dramas are not urban dramas or martial arts dramas, which require a lot of special effects to support them.As for the special effects, it burns money every second.

That's right, it's a burnt word.The charging standard of a top special effects company is enough to discourage all the big names in the domestic film and television industry.It's not that I can't afford the money, but that it's necessary to spend it.

Li Shao's studio is just a private studio established less than a year ago. Even if this studio has the talented Shao Yang and the former queen Zhong Xinzhi, it doesn't mean that Li Shao is capable of playing fairy tales.

Perhaps, what Shao Yang is holding in his hand is indeed a good script, but so what?

No matter how good the script is, it needs money to support it to make it into a film, otherwise, it is just a script.

To put it bluntly, there are so many people who wander outside Yixin's door with a script every day, looking for investment in Yixin. It is already very interesting for Yu Tingting to meet Shao Yang in person.

Of course, Yu Tingting was not very interested in rejecting Shao Yang's proposal.After all, the focus of Yixin's recent work has been clarified, and she doesn't want to invest too much resources in an unsure thing.

Being rejected by Yu Tingting, Shao Yang was not discouraged, he had thought of this possibility before coming.Although he is very confident in the IP of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", but unlike Shao Yang, others understand what this name represents, so it is normal to be rejected.

"Mr. Yu, listen to me, we are not going to start filming this movie right away. Li Shao is very confident in this movie, and the planning is also very meticulous. Of course, if Yixin really can't spare a shot right now, I don’t intend to participate in the filming of this movie, and I completely understand it. But this movie must be filmed, but Li Shao does not have distribution channels and a formal filming team.”

After a pause, Shao Yang continued: "Can I ask Yixin to give us some help in these two aspects? Yixin must be familiar with the approval procedures, and I also want to rent some equipment from Yixin. , and borrow director Hu Zhiguang. Of course, the cost is negotiable. Yixin can consider our needs after finishing the filming of "Passionate" and the affairs of Jiangsu and Zhejiang TV."

Yu Tingting glanced at Shao Yang indiscriminately, and saw that his face was not impatient because of her rejection. Instead, after saying these words, she held a teacup and sipped tea with a smile, waiting patiently for her reply.

'It seems that Shao Yang is determined to engage in this fairy tale drama. Yu Tingting was a little puzzled, she didn't know where Shao Yang's confidence came from.

"Yixin can help you with the filming approval and script review. It's not a problem for this movie to be released under Yixin's name. Then all I can say is sorry."

In business talk business, it is impossible for Yu Tingting to act without considering the consequences just because she admires Shao Yang.To put it bluntly, she is still a businessman at heart, and a very shrewd businessman at that.

When she said this, she was actually vaccinating Shao Yang in advance, because from the bottom of her heart, Yu Tingting did not believe that Li Shao Studio was capable of making the large-scale fairy tale drama that Shao Yang talked about.

So she didn't even ask to read the script, so she rejected Shao Yang's cooperation intention.Saying the ugly things first is also for future consideration.In case Shao Yang insisted on going his own way and spent money to make a bad movie, Yu Tingting would not have to find another excuse.

Moreover, Yu Tingting's decision was actually digging a hole for Shao Yang. All along, she never gave up the idea of ​​getting Shao Yang to Yixin.Now Shao Yang doesn't know what's wrong with making such a decision. In Yu Tingting's view, this is Yixin's opportunity.

She wished that Shao Yang's shooting would fail and he would fall into this quagmire and couldn't get out of it. That's why she readily agreed to help Li Shao with the shooting procedures in the name of Yixin.

For Yu Tingting, this matter is beneficial to Yixin and has no harm. What Yixin has to do is to give Li Shao as much convenience as possible so that she can start shooting as soon as possible. The more she invests, the more Yixin will benefit later. bigger.

Of course, if Li Shao's film is really good, Yu Tingting will not make small moves behind her back. After all, even if she likes Shao Yang, she has nothing to do with money. Xin's pursuit of Shao Yang can be put on the back burner.

"As for Director Hu Zhiguang, he is currently working as an executive director on the crew of "Passionate". You can borrow him if you want, but you will have to wait until "Passionate" is finished." After careful consideration, Yu Tingting agreed to Shao Yang's offer. proposal.

Although she didn't think Shao Yang's so-called Xianxia drama would be successful, it didn't mean she was unwilling to rent out personnel and equipment when the company had no filming tasks.Businessmen are all profit-only.

"No problem, I understand what Mr. Yu said, so let's make a deal. After Mr. Yu calculates the specific details and expenses, you can report them directly to Li Shao. In addition, I have I don’t know if Mr. Yu is interested in this proposal?” Shao Yang is already quite satisfied with the results in front of him, as for other things, he can only find another way after going back, anyway, the filming of "Sword" is not in a hurry .

Yu Tingting raised frivolous eyebrows, leaned back slightly, and leaned on the back of the chair. After adjusting her posture, she calmly asked, "What suggestion?"

Seeing Yu Tingting's interested expression, Shao Yang sorted out his thoughts before he said: "It's a little opinion about the external bidding of Jiangsu and Zhejiang TV variety shows. If I say, I have an idea that can guarantee the average ratings of the show." The rate exceeds 5%, I wonder if Mr. Yu will be interested?"

After listening to Shao Yang's words, Yu Tingting's phoenix eyes lightened slightly, and an invisible sense of oppression surged towards Shao Yang.Variety shows with an average rating of more than 5%?Even Mango TV's most popular talent show in the past few years, "The Good Man of China", has an average rating of only 4%. Does he know what he is talking about?
Yu Tingting admitted that she admired Shao Yang very much, but now it seems that this young man seems to have become a little floating after gaining some fame!

Maybe... I should teach him a good lesson!
(End of this chapter)