Chapter 106 Five TV Series
Cai Yinong has not yet had the confidence and strength to enter the film market, but Wu Yuan has already coveted the TV drama market and wants to get in.
It is not impossible for him to prepare the crew, write the script, invest, shoot, get the version number, and distribute on satellite TV, but this requires the establishment of a TV drama production company with at least hundreds of employees, and many connections must be opened.
Now is not the era of online dramas, and anyone can prepare to shoot a TV series.
It is no joke that different trades are like different mountains. TV dramas and movies are two different markets. Even if Wu Yuan is a top film director, it is very troublesome to cross the trade to make TV dramas in this era.
It is really better to pick up a ready-made bargain.
"Mr. Cai, I am very optimistic about the future development of Tangren. Why don't you sell me 30% of Tangren's shares? Let's make Tangren bigger and stronger together and create more glory!" Wu Yuan stared at Cai Yinong with a smile.
Cai Yinong didn't expect Wu Yuan to actually want to buy Tangren's shares, and he asked for 30% at the first word!
She frowned and refused without hesitation: "Director Wu, Tangren is the hard work of Director Li Guoli and I. Thank you for your support for Tangren Films, but this share is really not for sale."
Tangren's current equity division is very clear, with Li Guoli and Cai Yinong each holding half.
This equity distribution did not change until 2014, when Tangren could no longer hold on and had to go to the New Third Board to reap some profits and absorb some external capital into Tangren.
It was also at this time that important artists under Tangren enjoyed the treatment of star shares, eight years later than Huayi next door.
It can be seen that unless Tangren is at the point where it will not survive and go bankrupt without attracting external capital, Cai Yinong and Li Guoli will not sell their shares.
Tangren is now in a rising period. Although it does not have much money, it is not tight, and it is even more impossible to sell shares.
Even if the buyer is Wu Yuan, it will not work.
Cai Yinong refused very firmly, and Wu Yuan was not surprised at all.
He didn't come for Tangren's shares.
Tangren's shares are really worthless and will never be worthless in the future. Only Cai Yinong and Li Guoli regard them as treasures.
The reason for mentioning this is to pave the way for the next condition.
In negotiations, no one gives a bottom line right at the beginning. They always give a condition that the other party cannot agree to first, and then give a lower condition, grinding out the bottom line bit by bit.
As soon as Cai Yinong refused, Wu Yuan deliberately made a somewhat dissatisfied expression on his face: "Mr. Cai, I really want to cooperate with you."
"It's just 30% of the shares. Even if you sell it to me, you and Director Li will still be in charge of Tangren."
"Introducing me as an external shareholder can help Tangren develop better!"
Cai Yinong's face showed some hesitation.
Indeed, for Tangren, introducing shareholders like Wu Yuan can bring Tangren a lot of resources and connections in the film field.
But 30% of the shares.
Wu Yuan, who saw Cai Yinong's expression, sighed and said, "Forget it, since Mr. Cai doesn't want to, I won't force you to have any shares."
"How about this. Wu Yuan touched his chin and thought for a while, and said seriously: "Change the way of cooperation."
"In the next 7 years, Guangying Times and Tangren Film and Television will jointly invest and produce at least 5 TV series."
"Both parties will invest 50% each and jointly produce."
"In exchange, in the next seven years, at least five main supporting roles in the movies produced by Guangying Times will be played by actors under Tangren. "
Cai Yinong was stunned.
She was relieved that Wu Yuan gave up his demand for Tangren shares.
Cai Yinong didn't want to offend Wu Yuan, nor did she want to sell her Tangren shares.
Wu Yuan proposed another cooperation plan, which made her very interested.
Although Tangren has successfully produced five TV series with high reputation and ratings, Tangren currently does not have sufficient liquidity, only 50 or 60 million.
It seems a lot, but it is only enough to produce 2-3 TV series.
If one or two fail, Tangren will immediately stand on the edge of bankruptcy.
This is why Cai Yinong dare not try to make movies again. Tangren really can't afford it at this stage.
It would be a good thing if there was a wealthy sponsor who could share some risks for Tangren.
But when she heard Wu Yuan say that the exchange condition was only to give Tangren ten movie supporting roles, she felt a little dissatisfied.
"Director Wu, since it is a cooperation, Tangren can also invest in the production of movies with Light and Shadow Times. "We are not as strong as you, but we can still afford 10% or 20% of the production costs." Cai Yinong looked at Wu Yuan with some expectation, but what caught his eye was Wu Yuan's playful expression. "Mr. Cai, our Light and Shadow Era movies really have no shortage of investment." "Let alone our company's capital chain itself is very healthy. Even if we need to introduce external investment, believe it or not, as long as the news spreads, our company's door will be trampled by various investors." "Such conditions are not equal." Light and Shadow Era is different from Tangren. Although Tangren has made five successful TV series, its influence in the circle is just average, and it has not yet reached the point where investors are rushing to invest in them.
Light and Shadow Times is different. As long as Wu Yuan's name is attached, whether it is a director, screenwriter or producer, there are people rushing to give money.
Light and Shadow Times and Tangren jointly invest in the production of TV series. At least for now, Tangren is taking advantage. They can reduce their investment risks and obtain a more long-term and stable company operating environment.
It is already very generous to give Tangren ten more supporting roles in Light and Shadow Times movies.
Cai Yinong smiled awkwardly and looked at Wu Yuan.
Looking at his calm eyes, Cai Yinong thought about his previous rejection of Wu Yuan's investment. If he refused this cooperation again, he would really offend Wu Yuan.
After thinking about it, Cai Yinong, who felt that he did not suffer any loss from this cooperation, but rather that he had made a profit, nodded: "I think it's okay. We are very eager to cooperate with Director Wu."
"But the specific matters need to wait until I go back and talk to Lao Li before I can give Director Wu a definite answer."
"I personally support it and hope to promote this cooperation."
Although letting Light and Shadow Times intervene in Tangren's subsequent film and television drama production will make Tangren less profitable, it will also reduce a lot of risks.
No one dares to bet that the TV series produced by their company will sell well. In fact, most of the TV series produced every year are loss-making.
Coincidentally, Wu Yuan is the special case.
When Cai Yinong said this, it was basically equivalent to agreeing to cooperate.
Wu Yuan laughed happily in his heart.
What TV series will Tangren produce in the next seven years?
"The Legend of Sword and Fairy", "New Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", "Fairy from the Sky", "Young Generals of the Yang Family", "Don't Love Me", "Strange Women from a Chinese Studio", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of Sword and Fairy III"
Wouldn't Wu Yuan make a lot of money if he chose five of these to invest in?
This cooperation agreement is actually a low-profile version of the famous cooperation agreement reached between Legendary and Warner.
In 2005, Legendary Pictures signed a 7-year cooperation agreement with Warner Bros., which stipulated that the two parties would jointly invest and produce 40 film and television works in the next 7 years.
Those who understand will understand that Warner forced Legendary to sign this agreement just to assign some high-risk and high-loss projects to Legendary to undertake.
In fact, two-thirds of these 40 films did lose money.
In comparison, Wu Yuan is still more greedy and just wants to make money with Tangren.
So don't think it's strange to reach such a cooperation. In fact, it's quite normal. From Tangren's perspective, when it is not known whether the TV series produced in the future can make money, such cooperation is a good thing. At least, whether it makes money or not, the risk is reduced by half.