Chapter 459 It's Rare to See Fang Minghua Being Ridiculous

The next morning, Zhao Hongjun was still fast asleep on the soft Simmons bed. The phone on the bedside woke him up, and he reluctantly picked up the phone.

"Mr. Zhao, I am Zheng Xiaolong." Zheng Xiaolong's enthusiastic voice sounded from the other side of the microphone.

"Director Zheng, is it so early? Have you finished reading the script?"

"I've finished reading it. It's well written. I'd like to talk to you about specific cooperation matters," Zheng Xiaolong said.

Zhao Hongjun was not surprised by Zheng Xiaolong's attitude and lazily said:

"Now?"

"Yes, now."

Zhao Hongjun really didn't want to part with the warm bed, but thinking of getting down to business, he had no choice but to say, "Okay, I'll come over."

"OK, bye."

Zhao Hongjun hung up the phone, got up slowly, and appeared in Zheng Xiaolong's office an hour later.

"Mr. Zhao, please sit down." Zheng Xiaolong's attitude was more enthusiastic than yesterday.

"Mr. Zhao, can you represent China?" Zheng Xiaolong asked the first question first.

"Of course, Minghua and I are close buddies, and here is a letter of authorization written by him." Zhao Hongjun said and took out another piece of paper from his bag and handed it to the other party.

Zheng Xiaolong looked at it carefully and then felt relieved.

There are so many scammers these days.

"Mr. Zhao, I read the script and it's good. We want to buy it. Minghua is a great writer. How about I pay 500 yuan per episode?"

Zhao Hongjun knew that the price given by Zheng Xiaolong was not low.

According to relevant national policies and regulations, the remuneration for each episode of TV drama scripts is generally between 300-500. It can be said that Zheng Xiaolong is very sincere.

But Zhao Hongjun didn’t come here to sell scripts!

So he smiled and said: "Director Zheng, I said yesterday that we are cooperating, not simply selling scripts."

"How to cooperate?"

"It's very simple. We are responsible for the investment and you are responsible for the production. When the time comes, we will sell it to your TV station. How about we share the profit after deducting the cost 50/50?" Zhao Hongjun replied.

"How much money are you prepared to invest?"

"1-1.2 million."

Zheng Xiaolong thought about it.

The average per episode is just over 20,000 points, not much.

However, this TV series doesn't have many outdoor scenes, and there are no special effects shots. The main investment is the actors' salary, props and daily consumption, so the savings can barely be made.

but

"Is it that simple?" Zheng Xiaolong was a little skeptical.

"Director Zheng, how complicated do you think it is?" Zhao Hongjun asked.

"Mr. Zhao, I have to say one more thing. Making TV is not as easy as publishing books. You also know that there is no charge for viewers to watch TV series."

Zheng Xiaolong said it very cryptically.

In fact, he knew it.

Are there any benefits after deducting costs?

fart!

Definitely a loss.

I have only been busy for more than half a year, filming a drama, and saving a sum of money for the TV station.

As for this TV series, based on past experience, the TV station can at most spend about 600,000 yuan to purchase it.

With an investment of 1.2 million, the radio station purchased it for 600,000, which is equivalent to saving the television station 600,000. Why not?

But what does Zhao Hongjun want? !

After hearing Zheng Xiaolong's question, Zhao Hongjun laughed: "I understand that making TV is not profitable. The acquisition price of your TV station is not high, and it is impossible to protect the capital."

"Then why are you still filming?"

"Promote patriotism and provide excellent spiritual food for the masses, so what if we lose money?" Zhao Hongjun said so impassionedly that Zheng Xiaolong almost spit out the tea he just drank.

Who are you kidding?

Provide excellent spiritual food to the masses?

Then why does your publishing company not print serious novels, but instead publish one after another such as "The Housekeeper" and "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp"?

However, since the other party said this, Zheng Xiaolong stopped asking about it and said that I personally agreed, but such a major matter must be studied and approved by the main leaders in Taili.

"Then please hurry up. I'm going to Guangdong Province and Hainan in a few days." Zhao Hongjun stood up.

Zheng Xiaolong seemed to understand the meaning, smiled and asked tentatively: "What? Mr. Zhao, are you going to find the TV stations in these two provinces?"

Zhao Hongjun looked at him and then answered.

"When I went to Guangdong Province and Hainan, my main job was to see how the business of my company there was going."

The main work?

That's when you have to work?

We are all smart people, so just keep it in mind.

The leaders of Yanjing TV did not delay and gave a reply three days later in the afternoon: In principle, they agreed to Shengshi Film and Television Company's request, and the specific content of the contract would be discussed in detail the next morning.

It was Zheng Xiaolong who called Zhao Hongjun.

After Zhao Hongjun received the call, he immediately called Fang Minghua in Xijing.

At this time, Fang Minghua was in his office, discussing with Bai Miao and others the works that would participate in this year's short and medium novel selection.

At the end of 1987, due to various reasons, the Writers Association suspended the selection of outstanding national short and medium-sized novels in the previous year, and restarted it this year. The selection scope was the novellas published by major newspapers and magazines in the two years from 1987 to 1988. According to the usual practice It is still recommended by major magazines themselves.

Since each magazine has a limited number of places to recommend, and "Yanhe" magazine has published numerous famous articles in the past two years, it has become a very difficult task to decide which novels to recommend for selection.

The three editors discussed and considered repeatedly, and finally decided to recommend Chi Li's "Troublesome Life", Fang Minghua's "Qiu Ju Goes to Court", Su Tong's "Wives and Concubines", Yu Hua's "A Kind of Reality", Shi Tiesheng's "Poison" and other ten novels for the selection.

Today we are going to finalize it, and then send the ten novels to the jury in the name of the magazine.

"If everyone has no objection, it's decided, and the meeting is adjourned."

As soon as a few people left, the phone on Fang Minghua's desk rang.

He picked up the microphone and heard a familiar voice coming from the microphone.

"Minghua, this is Hongjun. The leaders of Yanjing TV Station agreed to our request and asked me to go there tomorrow morning to discuss in detail."

"It's expected." Fang Minghua smiled and said, "You can talk to them tomorrow, and everything else will be easy to say. The director and the main actors must be selected according to our requirements."

"I know, but do you think Yanjing TV Station will agree?" Zhao Hongjun was a little skeptical.

"Don't forget, we are the investors!" Fang Minghua said lightly.

"Well, I'll try my best."

"Hongjun, now it's time to show off your eloquence!" Fang Minghua joked.

"Stop. Stop flattering me! I need to get ready. I'm hanging up."

Zhao Hongjun hung up the phone without much joy, but felt a little absurd.

It turned out that before Yanjing, Fang Minghua had given him a list with the names of the director and several main actors of "Desire".

He said that once the other party was willing to cooperate with us, we would find the people on the list to shoot!

It's absurd, so be it.

It's rare to see Fang Minghua being absurd.

Zhao Hongjun took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and blew out a smoke ring in a very chic way.