Chapter 655: The Highest Record in the History of TV Drama Investment
Chapter 655: The Highest Record in the History of TV Drama Investment
As Monkey King went out to sea to find longevity, the first episode of "Journey to the West" finally ended. The duration of this episode reached an astonishing one hour and 23 minutes, which is worth the weight of two episodes of other TV series, so the next TV series will be based on daily Played at the speed of one episode.
With the end of the first episode.
Finally, a Journey to the West craze broke out across the entire Internet, sweeping across Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han and Wuzhou. Eight of the top ten searches were directly related to Journey to the West!
Among the many topics, the two most popular topics are the TV theme song "Yungong Xunyin" and everyone's curiosity about the production cost of this TV series!
in the first topic.
Countless musicians expressed their opinions on the tribe, and evaluated "Yun Gong Xun Yin" from different angles.
Among these musicians, there are even some famous qu fathers!
"Undoubtedly, "Yungong Xunyin" created a precedent for combining electronic music, folk music and orchestra in TV dramas. Almost unrivaled in television music."
—— Yin Dong
"I was probably one of the lucky ones who heard this song first. Zheng Jing was very shocked at the time, but judging from the plot of Journey to the West today, it seems that shocking should be used to describe it more appropriately."
—— Zheng Jing
"There should be some people who haven't watched tonight's Journey to the West. As a TV drama lover, I think this is a TV feast that Blue Star viewers can't miss. As for the theme song "Yungong Xunyin", I think this is probably a TV show that many TV dramas are good at. Musicians of the tone should dissect and study the classics."
——Ye Zhiqiu
Even Yang Zhongming expressed his views on the tribe:
"I'm not surprised that Xianyu can understand electronic music so well. I'm surprised that electronic music can be combined so perfectly with myths like Journey to the West. Such a wild and unconstrained thinking, I'm afraid I can't do it."
Some people think that this is Yang Zhongming's humble words.
But so many song fathers are full of praise for "Yungong Xunyin", and it really gives everyone a deeper understanding of the level of this song.
During this process, many musicians analyzed "Yun Gong Xun Yin" in various ways.
In the analysis of this group of people, the interludes of each instrument in "Yungong Xunyin" seem to have a unique emotional expression.
Those musical notes are actually artistic characters depicting Journey to the West.
And compared to the first topic.
The scope of the second topic seems to be even wider!
Countless people are asking under the Star Mans official microblog:
What is the cost of Journey to the West TV series?
When people praise a TV series for being well-made, they often use the description "it has a movie-like texture".
But such a description does not seem to be enough for "Journey to the West".
This TV series can be described as "beyond the texture of the movie"!
Even compared with the movie, the first episode of "Journey to the West" will never pull your hips!
At this time.
Xingmang suddenly released an interview with the title:
[Exclusive interview with Zhou Ruiming, producer of the Journey to the West TV series: The production cost of Journey to the West is the highest investment record among all TV series by Blue Star! 】
Fuck!
Highest record!
Even though everyone already had a foreknowledge in their hearts, they were still shocked at this moment, and everyone clicked into the interview for the first time.
interviewing.
The host laughed:
"The first episode of "Journey to the West" is aired tonight, and its popularity has reached a very terrifying peak. Perhaps this year's drama king has been born ahead of schedule. Here we invite Zhou Ruiming, the producer of Journey to the West, to be interviewed. First of all, I To ask a question that everyone is curious about, how much does this TV show cost?"
"The first season of Journey to the West has a total of ten episodes, with an investment of 700 million yuan. On average, the cost of each episode is 70 million yuan."
Zhou Ruiming started seriously.
The host took a deep breath: "This should be the highest record for Blue Star's TV drama production, right?"
Zhou Ruiming proudly said: "Yes, for example, Monkey King's Havoc in Heaven will be broadcast later, even if it is screened in a movie theater, it will be fine."
The host asked: "Star Mang has invested so much, are you confident in recovering the cost?"
Lao Zhou laughed loudly: "A TV series with an investment of 700 million yuan, you tell me to recover the cost?"
host:"……"
Lao Zhou paused with a smile: "This show will lose money, and it will lose blood. If it weren't for Xianyu's strong request, we estimate that the cost of filming will be set at about 100 million."
The host had a strange expression: "Is no one stopping Teacher Xianyu?"
Lao Zhou seemed to be recalling something, and suddenly became excited, foaming and dancing:
"Why didn't you stop it? I stopped it! After half a month, more than a dozen high-level executives in Xingmang took turns begging him not to play such a big game. In the end, the chairman of the company came forward in person, but he couldn't persuade Xianyu. Instead, Xianyu forced him to add another billion investment."
The host is stupid.
The amount of information in this sentence is a bit large.
Looking at Zhou Ruiming's expression, the host could almost imagine the despair that the top management of Xingmang had at that time.
"Teacher Xianyu has a great say in Xingmang." The host tried to keep his voice calm.
Lao Zhou's tone was complicated: "He is Xingmang's prince."
This statement sounds a bit dissatisfied with Xianyu at first, but if you listen carefully, the host can clearly hear a bit of pride and complacency?
This is the first time that the outside world has learned of Xianyu's status in Star Mang.
"So, Xingmang knew that he couldn't recover the cost, but he still made the film like this? Is it because of Teacher Xianyu's insistence?"
"Yes, but not only that."
Lao Zhou said: "Because Xianyu said that the follow-up development of "Journey to the West" may not only be a TV series, in the future everyone should see animations and even movies of Journey to the West. This is a grand layout. Maybe one day in the future, we can take it back. Anyway, Xianyu explained the cost of this TV series in this way—we dare not say it, and we dare not ask."
"Too much to look forward to!"
The host was a little yearning, and then said: "What interesting feelings did you have during the filming?"
Lao Zhou's eyes were empty for a moment: "I'm very desperate. Every day I open my eyes, I can smell the smell of burning money."
host:"……"
The corner of Lao Zhou's mouth twitched: "Just kidding, although it is true, it's an interesting feeling, does Xianyu insist on choosing a newcomer to play Monkey King?"
The host nodded: "This decision is risky and crazy."
Lao Zhou felt the same way: "It's really crazy, so Xianyu chose a newcomer to play the male lead of a TV series with an investment of 700 million, which also attracted opposition from the company, but judging from today's results, it seems that we were wrong. The charm of Monkey King It doesn't matter whether the actor is a star, because Sun Wukong can easily become a star."
"..."
The interview lasted half an hour.
Lao Zhou told many behind-the-scenes stories of "Journey to the West".
After the interview.
Crazy discussions on all continents!
"Master, seven hundred million!"
"Is it okay to smell burning money every day when you open your eyes?"
"An average of 70 million per episode!"
"I dare to shoot TV series that are destined to lose money!"
"As expected of Xianyu!"
"The average cost of an episode is 70 million. If it was in the early days, 70 million would be enough for Xianyu to make several movies!"
"Xianyu is the Star Mang Prince?"
"Fish daddy beef batch!"
"Hahahaha, this supervisor is so interesting. It seems that he is often tossed by Yu Daddy."
"We don't dare to say, and we don't dare to ask—please, you are a high-ranking star, why are you so humble in front of Father Yu?"
"What high-level executives? Didn't they say that the chairman politely discussed the investment with Xianyu, and Xianyu added an additional 100 million yuan in the end? It's really amazing."
"You call this the prince?"
"This is clearly the star-burdened Supreme Emperor!"
"Father Yu is the favorite of the group in the company, and the supervisor is complaining about Father Yu, but those little eyes actually care about him!"
"You thought he was making complaints about Xianyu, but in fact it was all boasting in disguise, and the art of language is six or six."
"You can guess the company's attitude by seeing how much Zheng Jing and Yang Zhongming dote on Xianyu."
"..."
Netizens are discussing crazily.
And when Honghuang's main creative team saw this interview, they almost couldn't breathe.
A total investment of 700 million?
There are ten episodes in total, and you burn 70 million for each episode?
You are doing charity!
As for it!
This is an act of breaking the rules of the industry!
Seriously brought down the market atmosphere!
You don't hesitate to spend money to kill us, do you?
How much hatred and hatred!
Honghuang is really about to be killed...
In fact, Honghuang's investment is not low, close to 200 million yuan.
But Hong Huang filmed a full fifty episodes!
There must be flooding among them, and flooding of TV dramas is the norm in the industry, and the audience has long been used to it.
If there is no Westward Journey, everyone will think it is worth watching Honghuang.
but……
It was broadcast together with Journey to the West at the same time, and the comparison came out.
After watching Journey to the West, and then looking at Honghuang, I always feel that their props have a plastic feel, and the special effects are 50 cents, which is very cheap.
But Hong Huang chose it himself!
If Hong Huang avoids Journey to the West and doesn't try his best to fight with Journey to the West, maybe they will have a good harvest.
In fact.
The shock brought by this interview is not only for the Honghuang team and netizens, but also for the entire film and television industry!
It's crazy to invest 700 million in a TV series!
Even movies don't dare to play such a big game!
If on earth.
The investment level of Westward Journey is slightly higher than that of the later seasons of "Game of Thrones".
In fact.
When Lin Yuan filmed "Journey to the West", he went for that level of drama.
But will "Journey to the West" really lose money?
Old Zhou is not stupid.
What he said was purely to win the audience's favor.
As long as this drama is popular enough, there will be no losses, because if this drama remains popular, a series of profit chains will definitely be derived in the future.
Such as games, such as movies, such as animation, such as peripherals, such as...
At that time, the company was not happy with Xianyu playing such a big game, it was purely because it had no confidence in the popularity of the show.
Attention, it's explosive!
If it has not reached the level of explosive fire, but it is just ordinary fire, it will definitely not work.
The standard of explosion is that the whole people follow the drama!
The "Game of Thrones" on the next-door earth has recovered its cost because of its explosion, and it has also made a lot of money.
It's just that the money-making cycle of Journey to the West will be longer.
But at the same time, Journey to the West will definitely make more money than Game of Thrones on Earth.
In this regard, Lin Yuan is full of confidence!
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