Chapter 282 Shock! Are They Going to Start a Film and Television Major?

When the other party spoke.

What he said was exactly what Ye Chen guessed.

"Mr. Ye, whether it is animation or comics, the audience is not as good as the live-action drama after all."

"The Sleeping Immortal series created by your side amazed me."

"I think such excellent works deserve better commercial results and popularity."

"So on behalf of Yuewen Company, I hope to reach a deeper cooperation with you and jointly launch the TV series and live-action version of the Sleeping Immortal series."

"I believe that if we can reach a cooperation, the Sleeping Immortal series will definitely become more popular."

President Yuewen said sincerely.

After listening politely, Ye Chen smiled and shook his head: "We have no plans to launch a live-action version for the time being."

Hearing Ye Chen's refusal, President Yuewen was reluctant to give up.

After all, Yuewen's performance in the past two years is not very good.

And the Sleeping Immortal series in front of him gave him hope for a Chinese version of Marvel.

If he can participate in it.

Then Yuewen will completely follow this east wind and become a true world-class entertainment giant.

So President Yuewen continued to speak without giving up: "Mr. Ye, we Yuewen have a complete film and television production industry chain, and at the same time, we have the support of Xunteng and have extremely strong publicity and promotion power."

"As long as we reach a cooperation, we can get a lot of traffic support from the parent company."

"This is of great benefit to the promotion of the Sleeping Immortal."

"And the Xingchen Academy can fully participate in the entire film and television production process, and the financial aspects are also checked at any time."

"We Yuewen are absolutely sincere in cooperating with you."

"All matters in the entire cooperation process will be discussed with Xingchen Company. Those sneaky methods in the film and television industry will never appear in our cooperation."

President Yuewen tried hard to persuade Ye Chen, his eyes full of sincerity.

And Ye Chen couldn't help but smile when he heard the other party's words.

Ye Chen could see that the other party really wanted to cooperate.

And the proposed cooperation method was also very attractive.

Not to mention anything else, the promotion of Xunteng alone is hard to come by.

After all, Xunteng's communication software really covers all citizens.

Don't be too strong in promotion ability.

Ye Chen also roughly knew what the other party meant by honest cooperation and no tricks.

The water of film and television investment has always been deep.

There are too many kinds of pig-killing schemes.

Some investors are so happy to see that the box office of the movies they invested in is a big hit that they are ready to share dividends and usher in financial freedom.

In the end, the film and television company announced that the movie was losing money, and the investors lost all their money.

This is because the film and television production company outsourced the post-production, dubbing, scenery, publicity and distribution, etc. to third-party companies at a very high premium during the production process.

These third-party companies are actually the holding subsidiaries of the film and television companies.

The money is actually still in the hands of the film and television company, it just went around.

But in this way, the money has nothing to do with the movie itself.

Even if the box office of the movie is twice as high, it will still be a loss in the end.

But the film and television companies are actually making a lot of money.

This is why the publicity and distribution costs of many film projects are often outrageous hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions of RMB.

It's just a transfer of funds. .

The other party can say all this openly, allowing Xingchen Academy to review and supervise the entire process.

It can be regarded as expressing sincerity.

However, Ye Chen still smiled and shook his head: "Sorry, Mr. Cheng..."

In the other party's somewhat regretful eyes, Ye Chen also explained.

"Xingchen College will open a film and television major next year."

"If there is no accident, a film and television company controlled by Xingchen College will be established at that time to provide internships for students."

"And the live-action version of the Sleeping Immortal project should also be used for students to practice."

"So..."

"It is indeed impossible to cooperate with your company for the time being."

When Ye Chen's voice fell.

President Yuewen's eyes widened directly.

Xingchen College is going to open a film and television major?

And the Sleeping Immortal project will be used for students to practice in the future?

These two pieces of news are more explosive than the other.

So far, Xingchen College has demonstrated its talent training capabilities in various fields, which is truly amazing.

The strength of Xingchen College has been recognized by most people.

Now it is about to open a film and television major.

President Yuewen naturally does not think that the other party is overestimating his own capabilities.

On the contrary, the president believes that the other party can cultivate a large number of high-quality film and television related talents.

It is very likely to be stronger than Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Although the Sleeping Immortal project has only produced the finished product of the first episode and the script of the first season.

But the potential has been revealed.

In the future, it is very likely to be on par with the world's top IPs such as Marvel.

Such a big IP is used for students to practice.

Only Xingchen Academy can have such courage.

If it were other companies, they would definitely treat the copyright as a treasure.

However, with the strength of Xingchen Academy, there is no need to worry about the level of film and television students cultivated.

This is probably because Principal Xingchen is willing to leave the copyright to students.

But in any case.

His family is definitely not destined to be with the Sleeping Immortal.

However, President Yuewen did not care about the regret in his heart at this moment.

He asked extremely seriously: "Principal, I know that your school offers a film and television major."

"Are we going to train talents from all industries? Or are we only going to train behind-the-scenes talents? Will we train actors directly?"

Hearing this, Ye Chen didn't hide it either.

"The Xingchen Film and Television Major will cultivate talents from all industries and will also open actor classes."

"However, the number of students in each acting class will not be too many."

Ye Chen said slowly.

There won’t be many actor students.

Of course, not too little.

After all, unlike e-sports players, actors have more jobs.

Because in a drama, there are not only protagonists, but also various supporting roles.

And because now we have entered the era of entertainment.

The audience for film and television dramas is countless times higher than the audience for e-sports.

This market is extremely large.

Can accommodate large numbers of actors.

One line, two lines, three lines, too many to count.

As for the fact that there is no shortage of actors in China now?

There is no shortage of jokes.

There is a huge shortage of professional actors with excellent acting skills in China today.

No matter how much we cultivate, the supply will definitely exceed the demand.

You can also squeeze out those traffic stars who are not good enough and rely solely on marketing, so as to save your eyes from being polluted.

After President Yuewen got the answer, he thanked Ye Chen seriously.

Then the two sides exchanged a few words about the adaptation of the online novel.

Wait for Ye Chen to leave.

President Yuewen frowned and stood there looking thoughtful.

This year, Yuewen Group plans to expand and has already planned to sign a large number of young actors.

At the same time, Xiao Zhan, the former leading male star, is also facing a public opinion crisis.

The company has been considering whether to protect the other party to the death.

After all, it is not easy to cultivate such a famous male star. If you give up, it will be difficult to immediately introduce a replacement.

It has a huge impact on Yuewen’s stock price.

Previously, President Yuewen agreed to guarantee Xiao Zhan to death and signed a group of celebrities.

If you can promote a few more, you will make a lot of money.

But now, listening to Principal Ye's words, I learned that Xingchen College will open a film and television major.

He hesitated...

The teaching ability of Star Academy is obvious to all.

So even though the Xingchen Film and Television Major has not yet been officially opened.

But he has begun to worry about the impact that actors trained by Star Academy will have on the entire industry after entering the market.

If all students have strong professional abilities.

The original artists must have been greatly affected.

Especially those young stars who have no acting skills will be the hardest hit.

Both net worth and commercial value will plummet.

After all, no matter how big the market is, it has its limits.

When more powerful opponents come in, your share of the cake will naturally become smaller.

It’s like the eSports world.

Many professional players who used to be able to earn a living by playing games have been forced to retire due to the entry of Xingchen students.

And if we sign those male stars now.

Then there will definitely be blood loss.

Of course, in the film and television industry, it’s not just acting skills, but professional ability that will make you popular.

Opportunities are also needed.

Otherwise, male stars like Qin Hao and Zhang Songwen.

It’s not like he finally became popular at such an old age.

But this does not seem to be a problem for Star Academy.

Because when the time comes, Star Academy will not only train stars.

It will also cultivate talents for the entire film and television industry chain.

The meaning expressed by Xingchen Principal Ye Chen is also very obvious.

That is when the time comes, Star Academy will make its own movies and TV series.

Star Academy has the Sleeping Immortal, a big IP that has a high chance of becoming popular.

There is also the ability to continuously create IP.

It is definitely not too difficult to use your works to promote actors trained in your own academy.

so.

President Yuewen made up his mind completely at this moment.

That is, from now on, our own company Yuewen will temporarily stop signing new artists.

Especially those young celebrities who only have a reliable face and no other talents, absolutely do not want it.

And if the contracts of old artists expire, only those actors who are popular with the audience, have their own style and are difficult to replace will be retained.

As for Xiao Zhan?

President Yuewen decided not to be insured.

After all, even if it costs a lot to keep it.

At that time, it may also be eliminated by Xingchen Academy and no one will care about it.

In this case, it is better not to protect it.

In short, President Yuewen’s courage is amazing.

If it were other film and television company giants, it would definitely not be just Ye Chen who said he wanted to open a new major.

Just make such a huge adaptation to the established development route of a listed company.

But President Yuewen did just that.

there are many reasons.

But the most important thing is the animation episode I just watched.

The quality is really too high.

The animation company of Star Academy can produce such excellent animation.

Let him believe that the Star Film and Television Company established by then will definitely be able to produce top-notch films and television.

President Yuewen decided that in the past two years, Yuewen Company would develop steadily and not make any big moves.

Let’s wait and see what happens after Star Academy officially enters the hall.

But when the Xingchen Film and Television Major opens, you can also contact the students of the Xingchen Film and Television Major in advance.

Wrap up a group of talents and absorb them into the company when the time comes.

…

Ye Chen didn't know his simple words.

It has had such a huge impact on domestic entertainment giants.

It made the other person think so much.

Of course, even if Ye Chen knew about it, he wouldn't care.

In the next few days, Xingchen Animation Company quickly reached intention cooperation agreements with various partner companies.

Because it's the first season.

And after all, it is a manga anime, not a live-action TV series.

Therefore, the rights to the first season of animation in various regions around the world were sold for 2 million yuan per episode.

Among them, China's Xunteng Company and Europe and America's Netflix Company have contributed the most money.

For Japan and South Korea, online streaming prices in the island countries are slightly higher.

South Korea is slightly lower.

The copyrights in Southeast Asia were also packaged away at cabbage prices.

Because the total revenue of an episode of two million is enough to ensure profitability.

Ye Chen's expectations for the first season are mainly to increase his popularity.

So I don’t care about too many gains and losses.

Pay more attention to the wide spread of communication.

Small markets like Southeast Asia don't offer much money, so Ye Chen doesn't pay much attention here.

The comics for the first season of Lu Dongbin were also produced simultaneously.

The income of comics is much lower than that of animation.

Even the global distribution rights are sold.

The price of one episode is only five hundred thousand.

But the comics team has relatively fewer staff.

So it's not a big problem.

at the same time.

Ye Chen's connections at CCTV actually showed his interest in Lu Dongbin.

However, Sleeping Immortal is not a children's animation, and the content is not suitable for children's animation.

Anime is played at other times, but it doesn’t seem serious enough.

And there’s no guarantee of ratings.

After all, compared to movies and TV series, the number of people watching anime is still relatively small.

Not to mention that most of the people who still watch TV today are middle-aged and elderly people.

Their acceptance of anime is indeed a bit low.

Therefore, in the end, no cooperation was reached with CCTV.

This actually made Ye Chen a little regretful.

CCTV’s status in the country is unusual.

If only Lu Dongbin could be like Kitten Porridge and appear on CCTV's premiere.

The influence of the entire Sleeping Immortal series can be greatly improved.

It can only be said to be a pity.

Maybe after the live-action version is filmed, it can be on the central stage.

But after thinking about it, Ye Chen still decided to forget it.

Given the strictness of CCTV's review, even if the live-action version of Sleeping Immortal can be released, it will be changed beyond recognition.

So it’s okay not to go up.

It's okay to be an online drama.

However, after a few days, the approximate profit of Sleeping Immortal has been almost determined.

Twelve episodes of the first season.

An episode of animation costs 2 million, so that’s 24 million.

An episode of comics only costs 500,000.

That's six million.

Total income is 30 million.

Excluding the initial investment, the net income would be around 20 million, which is pretty good.

And it’s just like kitten porridge.

This 30 million is also not the entire income.

After all, as long as Lu Dongbin's work becomes popular, IP cooperation will definitely come to your doorstep.

Although Lu Dongbin’s IP income may not be as good as that of Mao Mao Porridge.

After all, kitten porridge is cuter and more popular with children and women.

But Lu Dongbin shouldn't be too bad either.

After all, he looks handsome and enjoys a lot of food now.

Anyway, as long as it is popular, there will definitely be a lot of derivative income.

But everything has to wait until the students finish the follow-up content.

Because there is no need to go to the central station, this cooperation does not need to be completed before going online.

You can update as you go.

But you have to have inventory, that is, create at least three episodes, before you can start updating the first episode.

In this case, even if something unexpected happens to the production team, there will still be inventory that can be updated.