Chapter 300: Squeezing Out Surplus Value

In an office building in the distant capital, Mingshou was having a meeting with the main creative staff and investors of the film crew.

On the table in the conference room, there was a lot of information spread out, all of which were all kinds of data that you could never imagine in this episode.

The number of clicks, number of fans, and likes have all far exceeded records. The number of fans on Weibo has exceeded 8 million, completely breaking all the current records for a single episode of online dramas. Even just this episode's data is much higher than the entire seasons of many online dramas combined.

"So I feel that now is the best time to invest in the filming of an unexpectedly big movie. Strike while the iron is hot, and take advantage of the current enthusiasm of fans to shoot as soon as possible, and it can be broadcast in the summer." Mingshou said with confidence. .

There were two groups of people sitting opposite each other on both sides of the conference table. Mingshou and the crew sat on one side, and on the opposite side were representatives of the three investors.

After hearing the topic of investing in movies, the three representatives exchanged glances with each other. The middle-aged female representative sitting in the middle said: "Welcome to the beast, we appreciate your passion. But after discussion, we Investors still believe that it is safer to continue to work on the online drama "Beat Death Unexpectedly".

The beast's expression suddenly condensed, and he asked in disbelief: "Why?"

He had received news from other channels before the meeting. The investors were likely to discuss the shooting of a big movie at the meeting by killing an unexpected fire. Therefore, before the meeting, Mingshou did a lot of preparations and preliminary work, discussed the investment details of the shooting in detail with the investor representatives, and even roped in a well-known friend in the industry to help out.

He didn't expect that the investors didn't even think about it and refused him without even giving him any room to bargain.

The female representative looked at the dumbfounded Ming Beast and said calmly: "Ming Beast, your energy is limited. We hope that you can devote yourself to the production of the online drama "Beat Death Unexpectedly" and focus on doing one thing well. "

Mingshou said without hesitation: "I can spare enough energy to take care of both aspects of production."

Several investors looked at each other again, and it was the female representative who spoke: "Of course we believe in your ability. But we also hope you can understand that none of us are sure whether making a big movie can make money. On the contrary, we will kill you." I didn’t expect that online dramas are so popular right now. As long as we continue to work hard and ensure that the quality does not decline, we will definitely make money. Faced with an uncertainty and a certain result, we prefer the former.”

"Then..." Without investors, Weird Beast had no passion and could not do anything. Since the investors insisted, Weird Beast had to give in and asked in a negotiating tone: "Then, after this season is completed, before the end of the year, What about shooting a big movie?”

The investor representative hesitated for a moment and said: "What we mean is to do at least one more season..."

Sitting next to the barking beast was a thin young man with a stubble and a young age. He always had an inexplicable faint smile on his face and folded his arms. He is not a member of the crew, he just has a good personal relationship with the beast, and sometimes he helps revise the scripts. Today, he was dragged to the stage by the beast, so from the beginning of the meeting to the present, he has been listening quietly without speaking.

It wasn't until he heard what the investor representative said that he raised his eyebrows and interjected: "I don't quite understand what you are thinking about. I never thought that this kind of online drama has a limited life cycle. Call it a beast, you Don’t mind, I’ll tell you the truth, no matter how hard you try, you will only be famous for three to four years at most. If you don’t invest in making a movie while it’s hot right now, will you have to wait until the fans start to lose?”

Although this skinny young man had never had any sense of presence, the people present seemed to attach great importance to his words. As soon as he spoke, almost everyone put down the information at hand and looked at him.

After hearing this, the investor representative on the opposite side smiled and explained: "What you said makes sense and is basically consistent with our thoughts. But there is one thing you didn't seem to take into account. We feel that it is unthinkable to kill us now, and it has not reached its peak yet." There will definitely be a lot of room for improvement in the future.”

As she spoke, she tapped the information on the table with her finger, "The results this time are indeed beyond everyone's expectations, so why are there such results?"

There is no need to answer this question at all. Everyone knows that it is definitely not because the beast suddenly became smarter and more handsome, but because it took advantage of the Yangchuan City Zoo.

Without the participating animals and the Great Sage Winery, this episode wouldn't be much better than it originally was.

"Yes, that's what we think too." The representative of the production side turned his attention to Calling the Beast and said: "Since we are connected with the Yangchuan City Animal Eyes, and the audience loves to watch animal performances, we can't imagine what will happen next, so we might as well join in As for the animal elements, we will give them whatever they like. If you can take the production team to the zoo and add animal elements to the next few episodes of the web series, then we can increase investment. "

Mingshou finally understood. This time, the hit "Da Die Unexpected" did not make investors willing to spend money to make movies as he imagined. Instead, it caused the investors to continue to squeeze the value of "Da Die Unexpected" web drama.

The current domestic film and television entertainment industry is very similar to the golden age of entertainment in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s. When they find that a subject can make money and become popular, capital will flock to it and shoot without restraint, until the subject is photographed on the streets, squeezing out all the value and making the audience disgusted.

For investors, the first to enter the market will definitely make a profit. But for the subject itself, it is a devastating blow.

If you keep shooting online dramas about animals, the audience's reaction will gradually change from the initial novelty and enthusiasm to rationality and indifference, and even boredom in the end.

By then, the investors will make money, pat their butts and leave, and then invest in other subjects. But the mess and infamy left behind will be left to the crew and the zoo to bear.

Evil capital, from the moment it came into the world, every pore is filled with blood! Jiaoshou cursed in his heart, it seems that the filming of the movie will not work in the short term.

He felt like his dream was shattered, and muttered: "Then what about my movie..."

"Haha, there will be a movie, and we can discuss it after we shoot one or two seasons of the online drama." The words of the representative of the investor were obviously a bit perfunctory.

It is obvious that if we shoot one or two more seasons and it can still be a big hit, the investor will definitely ask to continue filming until the value of the online drama is squeezed out. On the contrary, if it doesn't become popular, then investing in a big movie is risky, and it will be even more difficult to find investors to ask for money.

The meeting ended quickly. Today, the investors came mainly to convey the spirit of the instructions: let Jiaoshou continue to make online dramas with animal themes. As for the big movie, it was just Jiaoshou's wishful thinking.

Jiaoshou sat on the chair, looking depressed and lowering his head, very lonely.

Jiaoshou wants to make money, but he is also a literary youth. Like all idiots, literary youths have their own dreams in their hearts. The reason why Jiaoshou gave up his stable job and came to the capital alone, working hard day and night, is because there is always a dream buried deep in his heart.

Ihavea dream!

The online drama is just a stepping stone for Jiaoshou. Jiaoshou's real dream is to become a real director and make movies!

Although he had a dream before, he never had a chance. At this time, one living opportunity after another slipped away from him.

The cruelest thing in the world is not the absence of hope, but giving you hope, but taking it away again.

The conference room was empty, with only Jiaoshou and the young man he invited to the stage.

The young man walked over, patted Jiaoshou on the shoulder, and advised: "Everyone has dreams, but sometimes dreams are also a heavy burden. Put it down for a while, maybe you can live a little easier."

Jiaoshou raised his head and said a little confusedly: "Do you think I am deceiving myself? Maybe my dream is not to make a movie, but I have always told myself that this is my dream, so I take it seriously."

The young man shrugged indifferently: "Does it matter?"

"Is it not important?"

"It doesn't matter whether it is important or not." The young man said: "The environment of Yangchuan Zoo is very good. I think you can live in the zoo for a while. You can take pictures and rest by the way. Just take it as a vacation."

Then he grinned: "I also happened to be blessed by you to go and play for a few days."

"You are going too?" Jiaoshou was slightly stunned.

…

At the zoo, Shen Yan's company developed the software system for the live streaming platform in just one week. The speed was so fast that even Su Ming was surprised.

He had some basic understanding of software development. A project had to go through a lot of processes such as project establishment, requirements, modeling, programming, and testing. Each step took a lot of time and energy.

"I heard that you were in a hurry, so I took several people from the company's project team to work overtime. I lived and ate in the company for a week and finally rushed it out." Shen Yan looked tired.

Su Ming mentioned to Shen Yan that day that he hoped to do it as soon as possible. He had already stood up Nangong twice. As long as the platform was developed and launched, he would temporarily put aside his work at the zoo and go to Hong Kong with Nangong for a while, and then come back to operate the platform live. I didn't expect that Shen Yan would take my words to heart.

"Thank you for your hard work! After the acceptance is passed, I will ask the accountant to transfer the money to you as soon as possible." Su Ming patted Shen Yan on the shoulder.

Shen Yan took the technical staff to deploy the software on the server. After the zoo conducted internal acceptance of the online live broadcast platform and confirmed that it met the requirements, Su Ming prepared to post a notice on Weibo to open the online platform. Even if it was a conclusion, the subsequent publicity and promotion work would be done after returning from Hong Kong.

Before Shen Yan finished the deployment, his cell phone rang. It was Jiaoshou calling.

"Huh? Ah?! Oh my! Are you at the door?!"