Chapter 230 New Movies and TV Series
Django likes to read comments from netizens, and read good and bad, because he can see the evaluations of himself and his works by three groups: trolls, fans and passers-by.
Among them, there are many industry insiders' analysis, but consistent with the views of most netizens, saying that "Detective Chinatown" is scheduled to be released on the National Day holiday, and they are skeptical about the choice of horror movies for the new movie.
Django did not respond and let them discuss.
Now, he is talking to Wang Peng, marketing manager of Xigua Video, at ByteDance Building.
Originally, Wang Peng was going to Bangkok to meet him, but because he received an invitation from CCTV, he would return to China and go to Yanjing after the May Day holiday, so he told Wang Peng not to come.
"Mr. Jiang, are you still satisfied with the price?" Wang Peng was quite confident. This time the company spent a lot of money and gave a sky-high price.
Of course, it is what they think is sky-high price.
Django smiled and said, "It's a heart-warming price."
This price shows your company's sincerity, but the cooperation model is not what he wants. It has been a long time since ten years and there is a lot of room for improvement. How could it be possible to sell the online communication rights of ten years of movies and TV series at this time?
When Wang Peng heard this, a joyful smile appeared on his face. Just as he was about to speak, Django said first: "However, I plan to sell one work at a time."
Wang Peng: “…”
You were so happy that you were so breathless.
After pausing for two seconds, he hurriedly said, "Mr. Jiang, if there is something unsatisfactory, we can talk about it."
Django said frankly: "First of all, I am very grateful to your company for its long-term trust and for giving such a good cooperation contract, but I have my own operating model, and I hope Manager Wang can understand it."
His attitude was very clear and determined. Wang Peng opened his mouth and finally gave up the plan to purchase the online communication rights of film and television dramas within ten years, and said, "Then, Mr. Jiang, please be sure to sell us the next new movies and TV dramas."
When Django heard this, he said truthfully: "This...the new movie is probably a horror movie."
As a marketing manager of a video website, Wang Peng will definitely not miss the news every day. He naturally knows that he wants to adapt the story in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and said: "What type of movie does not matter, as long as it is a script created by Director Jiang."
Perhaps Mo Lan really said that Xigua Video wanted to use his movies and TV series to attract traffic, attract more users, and thus squeeze into first-line video websites.
Since the rise of the Internet video platform, the distribution channels of film and television companies have no longer focused on TV stations alone. In order to obtain the online dissemination rights of film and television dramas, video platforms have fought a "copyright war" to obtain user traffic. In order to sell copyright dramas at a good price, or to cooperate with the platform, film and television companies have also been forced to participate in this war.
The same is true on earth. Before 2006, the online communication rights of the 80 episodes of the popular "Wulin Waizai" were sold for only 100,000 yuan, and a single episode was sold for only 1,250 yuan. In 2016, the copyright fee for the single episode of "Miyue" was as high as 10 million yuan, an increase of 8,000 times.
After chatting for a while, the two sides reached a cooperation, and Django sold the online communication rights of the movie "Painted Skin" to Xigua Video.
After finishing his trip to Yanjing, he did not fly directly to Bangkok, but returned to Hangzhou.
Detective Tang has filmed several key scenes, and it doesn’t matter whether he goes with the team or not, Huang Tao can handle it.
Through the relationship network, Mo Lan found a special effects company that she wanted to sell, called "Li Film and Television", which ranks among the top five in China.
Django first found a third-party appraisal agency to conduct asset evaluations on Li Film and Television, and then sat down to negotiate the price after obtaining the estimated overall value.
After a while, half a month later, Li Film and Television's industry officially belonged to Huafeng Media.
"Mr. Jiang, let's change the name." Jiao Dacheng was the special effects director of the special effects team of Li Film and Television, and has now been appointed as the manager of the special effects department of Huafeng Media.
As for the boss of Li Film and Television, he took the money from selling the company and went there.
He felt that since he came to Huafeng Media, it would be not good to use the original name.
"I have to change my name..." Django nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "If you don't have any fancy things, you will change it to 'Huafeng Vision'."
Jiao Dacheng naturally had no objection.
Immediately, Django asked a question he was concerned about: "I watched the special effects you made before. "The Fairy Moon" is quite good. Why do the special effects of the TV series in the following movies are the same as those of five cents?"
Jiao Dacheng sighed and told the truth: "We became famous because of "Xianyue" and came to many film and television dramas to place orders. They thought they would live a good life, but the boss asked for money and offered higher prices than foreign special effects companies. As a result, all the big orders left, and they received those small orders, and they also kept our production funds very low. How could we do if we wanted the horse to run and the horse not to eat grass..."
It turns out that this is the reason for poor management.
"When I arrived here, the grass pipes were enough. The best special effects were, the best. Whether it was a bad person or a bad production fund, just give me a report." Django said, smiling restrainedly and said, "But the premise is that every penny has to be valuable. I am ugly in the front. If you are given one dollar and the special effects are made of 50 cents, then you can leave."
"Don't worry, we will do our best and live up to your expectations!" Jiao Dacheng was a little excited. He followed a master who was not short of money and was willing to spend money. What a lucky and happy thing for the special effects team.
Django does not want the special effects in the TV series "Fighting the Sky" and the movie "Shanghai Fortress" in his previous film and television dramas. Money needs to be made, but it depends on high-quality works to make money. This is the bottom line.
Then, he took out a folder and handed it over, saying, "This is the special effect needed for the next movie and TV series. It's just the first draft. You can get familiar with it first."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Jiao Dacheng is very enthusiastic and is ready to do a big fight, saying: "Okay."
This time Django is preparing to go in parallel with two lines, Zhu Ping is responsible for the new movie "Painted Skin". Huang Tao is responsible for the new TV series after filming the filming of Detective Tang Dynasty after returning from vacation.
The TV series has not been confirmed what to shoot. Since the second season of "White Night Chasing" was not released before time travel, it cannot be redeemed in the system and can only write it by yourself.
As for Django, he is confident in writing "The Law Enforcer of Dark Night" and "The Police Affairs of Tianjin and Hong Kong" that are one level short of the level, but "The Chase of the White Night" is very important, and it is related to the future of the White Night Universe. It cannot collapse in the second season, so he wants to wait for the [elite director knowledge] to upgrade before writing, but he is still 30% short of experience.
Then let's put it aside and choose another drama to shoot.
Django was not in a hurry and first analyzed the current market in detail. For investors, only by understanding the many dramas in the market and the popularity of the dramas can they make the most suitable choice.
He found that major brokerage companies were not stupid, and he also saw that the "traffic" era was about to turn into the "new traffic" era, and they all took their own traffic stars back and recreated them.
The actors go to the actor training class, and the singers go to ask the vocal teacher to teach. During this period, the business of major art schools is surprisingly good.
That's interesting, Django smiled at the corner of his mouth.
He hopes that Huafeng artists will collide with artists from other companies, because competition will promote progress, competition will create topics, and competition will be more conducive to development.
When the opponent becomes stronger, it means that there are more highlights of the collision, and the higher the profits the winner gets.
Django thought about it for a long time and decided to make a big deal!
He wants to redeem a complete TV series, including the original film, script, soundtrack, star cards for directors, and star cards for starring.
There is only one purpose, so that Xu Chenyi can firmly be the number one new traffic star.
The money you earn now can steadily repay the debts owed by the old man. Django is going to start a star-making plan. It is time for a real "superstar" to appear in the WeChat group.
What is the significance of top-tier stars? They have a large number of fans, and can respond to them all, have strong traffic attractiveness and great real business value. They can not only enhance the company's position in the industry, increase the company's resources in the industry, but also drive the development of other artists.
This is a relatively important part of Huafeng's future development.
The TV series Django chose was "Legend of Sword and Fairy 1".
This drama is adapted from a single-player game of the same name by Daewoo Information, directed by Li Guoli, and starring Hu Ge, Liu Yifei, An Yixuan, Liu Pinyan, Peng Yuyan and others.
It tells the story of the love and hatred between Li Xiaoyao, a waiter in the fishing village, Zhao Linger, a descendant of Nuwa, and Lin Jiabao’s eldest daughter Lin Yueru and others, and join forces to eliminate the Moon Worship Sect to save the people.
Perhaps, many young people don’t know how classic the TV series “Legend of Sword and Fairy” is.
Since its launch in 2005, the Douban score has reached 9.0, with over 230,000 ratings. It is the highest-rated fairy tale drama on Douban. Of course, it is also the pioneering work of the Chinese fairy tale drama.
The ratings of the first round of broadcasts reached 10.78%, while the ratings of the big IP "Little Fish and Flowers" which started broadcasting in the same year were 8.8%, and the ratings of "The World's No. 1" were 8.4%, both of which were inferior.
Moreover, the popularity of online broadcasts is second only to "Dae Jang Geum" and "Jing Hua Smoke Cloud". The Korean drama "Dae Jang Geum" is a phenomenal one, while "Beijing Hua Smoke Cloud" has big-name stars such as Zhao Wei, Pan Yueming, and Chen Baoguo. In contrast, the biggest name for Fairy Sword is Xu Jinjiang, who plays the leader of the Moon Worshiping Sect. The key is that this year, there are also a number of popular dramas such as "Bright Sword", "Bao Lotus Lantern", and "Supreme Beauty".
Even sixteen years later, on March 17, 2021, Daewoo Information, which owns the copyright of mainland China, sold the TV series adaptation rights to Penguin Film and Television, and the reading volume of the topic ["Legend of Sword and Fairy 1" 1" remake] reached an astonishing 810 million.
Netizens often say that so many years have passed, the fairy sword is still the pinnacle of domestic fairy tale dramas.
All of the above are enough to prove the wide influence of "Legend of Sword and Fairy 1".
In short, there is nothing wrong with choosing this TV series.
"Chenyi, Chenyi, you have to act well, otherwise how can you be worthy of the [superstar value] I spent."
Django has never been indifferent, so he will exchange it if he makes up his mind.
There are more artists bound, and the [Superstar Value] increases very quickly, but it still hurts to use so much at once.
Next, the most important thing is to finish the script, exchange it quickly and complete it in minutes. The key is to polish and improve it.
Before going into seclusion, Django called Chen Qian and asked him to have dinner together in the afternoon.
"I forgot my brother with a girlfriend. Django really has you!" In West Lake Love, Chen Qian's first sentence when he saw Django was to complain.
"Don't I remember this?" Django smiled apologetically. He was indeed too busy after the New Year.
"Where is Ling Wei?"
"I've returned to the Demon City, she has a class to attend."
"With Mr. Zhou's financial resources and your strength, what other class will she go to the TV station?"
"Look at what you said, aren't you working in your dad's company? I'm also working, everyone has their own hobbies."
"Hmm? Isn't your hobby a prodigal son?"
"That's a property to lose, right?"
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The two of them chatted for a while, and when the dishes were served, they would cook first.
After almost the meal was over, Chen Qian asked, "By the way, are you sure the new movie is going to be a horror movie?"
Django nodded and said, "Well, the script is almost out."
Chen Qian believed in his abilities and had a friendship relationship. He would invest even if he lost money. He asked casually: "What is the estimated cost?"
Django thought about it and according to the redeemed script information, the production and distribution cost of "Painted Skin" was 80 million at that time, which was a lot in 2008, so he said: "It will cost about 300 million yuan, and it will cost a lot of money for a piece of special effects."
When Chen Gan heard that it was a big production, he became more and more interested and said, "When I have time, I will come to you to read the script. Also, I will transfer 200 million to you later. It is my investment funds, my dad and my second uncle."
"Yeah." Django nodded and asked instead: "I will continue to do diversified investment for you?"
Chen Gan said indifferently: "You make arrangements freely."
Then, remembering something, he said, "Did Qian Song send you WeChat?"
Django shook his head and said, "No, what's wrong?"
Chen Gan explained: "He probably saw you say in the interview that the new movie is a horror movie, not a movie of the Speed Universe, and it is hard to ask you directly, so he wanted to take a look at me."
Django smiled and said, "If he asks you again, you tell him that the second movie in the Speed Universe will start filming next year."
Qian Song likes racing himself. After watching "Initial D", he fell in love with racing movies. Making money is secondly, mainly to meet the needs of the spiritual world.
There are many racing movies on Earth, but they have good reputations and not many box offices. "Fast and Furious" is a relatively successful series, but the story of 123 movies is relatively early, and if copied, it is likely to fail. If there is no plot of the previous work, it will appear abrupt from the middle, so you have to find a suitable entry point.
Django is considering these things.
At this time, Chen Gan remembered something again and asked: "Have you read the celebrity influence list released on Weibo yesterday?"
Chapter completed!