Chapter 231 0230: New Movies and New TV Series
Jiang Ge likes to read comments from netizens, both good and bad, because he can see the evaluations of himself and his works by three groups: trolls, fans, and passers-by.
Among them, there are many analyses from outsiders, but they are consistent with the views of most netizens. They think that it is not a big problem for "Detective Chinatown" to be released during the National Day, but they are skeptical about the choice of horror movies for new movies.
Jiang Ge did not respond and let them discuss.
At that time, he was in the ByteDance building, talking to Wang Peng, the marketing manager of Xigua Video.
Originally, Wang Peng asked to go to Bangkok to meet him, but because he received an invitation from CCTV for a program, he would return to China after the May Day holiday and go to Yanjing, so Wang Peng did not ask to come.
"Mr. Jiang, are you satisfied with the price?" Wang Peng was quite confident. This time the company invested a lot of money and gave a sky-high price.
Of course, it was not what they thought was a sky-high price.
Jiang Ge smiled and said, "It's a heart-warming price."
The price does show your company's sincerity, but the cooperation model is not what he wants. Ten years is a long time, and there is a lot of room for improvement. How can you sell the network broadcasting rights of ten years of movies and TV series in that time?
When Wang Peng heard this, his face was instantly covered with a happy smile. Just as he opened his mouth, Jiang Ge said, "Bu Luo, he plans to sell one work at a time."
Wang Peng: "..."
I was so happy that I gasped.
After a two-second pause, he hurried over and said, "Mr. Jiang, if there is anything they are not satisfied with, they can talk about it."
Jiang Ge said frankly, "First of all, I am very grateful for the company's long-term trust and for giving such a good cooperation contract, but he has his own operating model, and I hope Manager Wang can understand."
His attitude was very clear and resolute. Wang Peng opened his mouth and refused to give up the plan to buy the network broadcasting rights of the film and television dramas for ten years. Instead, he said, "Then, Mr. Jiang, please sell the new movies and TV series coming from the east to them."
Jiang Ge heard this and said truthfully, "That... the new movie is most likely a horror movie."
As a marketing manager of a video website, Wang Peng would not miss the news every day. Naturally, he knew that he wanted to adapt the story in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and said, "It doesn't matter what type of movie it is, just the script created by Mr. Jiang."
Perhaps what Mo Lan said was right. Xigua Video wanted to use his movies and TV series to attract more users and squeeze into the first-tier video websites.
Since the rise of Internet video platforms, the distribution channels of film and television companies are no longer focused on TV stations alone. Video platforms have fought a "copyright war" to obtain the network transmission rights of film and television dramas and obtain user traffic, and film and television companies have been forced to participate in the war to sell the copyrighted dramas at a good price or cooperate with the platform.
It is also the case on Earth. Before 2006, the network transmission rights of 80 episodes of the popular word-of-mouth drama "Wulin Wai Zhuan" were sold for only 100,000 yuan, and each episode was sold for only 1,250 yuan. By 2016, the copyright fee for a single episode of "Legend of Miyue" was as high as 10 million yuan, an increase of 8,000 times.
After chatting for a while, the two sides reached a cooperation, and Jiang Ge sold the network transmission rights of the movie "Painted Skin" to Xigua Video.
After finishing his trip to Yanjing, he did not fly directly to Bangkok, but returned to Hangzhou.
Several key scenes of Tang Detective have been shot. It is not necessary for him to go with the crew. Huang Tao can handle it.
Through his network, Mo Lan found a special effects company that wanted to sell, named "Li Film and Television", which ranked among the top five in the world.
Jiang Ge first found a third-party evaluation agency to evaluate the assets of Li Film and Television, and then came to negotiate the price after getting the estimated overall value.
After a few rounds, half a month later, Li Film and Television officially belonged to Huafeng Media.
"Mr. Jiang, let's change the name." Jiao Dacheng was the special effects director of the special effects team of Li Film and Television, and now he is appointed as the manager of the special effects department of Huafeng Media.
As for the boss of Li Film and Television, he took the money from the sale of the company and went away.
He felt that since he had come to Huafeng Media, it was not good to use the original name.
"We have to change the name..." Jiang Ge nodded, pondered for a moment, and said: "Don't do anything fancy, just change it to 'Huafeng Vision'."
Jiao Dacheng naturally had no objection.
Immediately, Jiang Ge asked a question that he was concerned about: "He saw our special effects before, and "Xian Yue" was quite good. Why are the special effects of the following movies and TV series the same as those of five-cent ones?"
Jiao Dacheng sighed and told the truth: "At the beginning, they became famous because of "Xian Yue", and many orders for film and television dramas came in. I thought they had made a good fortune, but the boss was so eager to make money that he offered a higher price than foreign special effects companies. All the big orders were gone, and only those small orders were received, and their production budget was very low. How can you ask the horse to run and not eat grass..."
It turned out that the poor management was the reason.
"When we get there, we can do as much special effects as we can. If they don't need people or production funds, we can just report to them." Jiang Ge said, restraining his smile, "But the premise is that every penny must be spent worthily. He said it in advance, if he gives us less than one dollar and produces less than fifty cents of special effects, then I will pack up and leave."
"Don't worry, they will go all out and will definitely live up to your expectations!" Jiao Dacheng was a little excited. Following a boss who is not short of money and willing to spend money, it is such a lucky and happy thing for the special effects team.
Jiang Ge does not want to see the special effects of the previous life Earth in the TV series "Fighting in the Sky" and the movie "The Fortress at Sea" in his own film and television series. Money is not for profit, but it is for high-quality works. That is the bottom line.
Then, he took out a folder and handed it over, saying: "The special effects required by Eastern movies and TV series are the first draft. Let's get familiar with it first."
Jiao Dacheng was enthusiastic and ready to do a big job, saying: "Okay."
That time Jiang Ge prepared to work on two lines in parallel. Zhu Ping was responsible for the new movie "Painted Skin", and Huang Tao was responsible for the new TV series after returning from the holiday after filming Tang Detective.
The TV series was not sure what to shoot. Since the second season of "Red Night Chase" was not released before the time travel, it could not be exchanged in the system, so I could write it myself.
As for Jiang Ge, he was confident in writing the works of "Night Enforcer" and "Tianjin-Hong Kong Police Story", which were of a lower level, but "Red Night Chase" was very important and related to the future of the Red Night universe. It could not fail in the second season, so he wanted to wait until [Elite Level·Director Knowledge] was upgraded to start writing. Now he was short of 30% of experience.
So he put it aside for now and picked another drama to shoot.
Jiang Ge was not in a hurry. He first carefully analyzed the current market of Yidong. For investors, he had a clear understanding of what dramas were popular in the market and what dramas were popular, so he could make the most appropriate choice.
He found that the major brokerage companies were not stupid. They also saw that the "traffic" era had turned over and entered the "new traffic" era, and they took their own traffic stars back to the furnace for retraining.
Actors went to actor training classes, and singers asked vocal teachers to teach them. During that period, the business of major art schools was surprisingly good.
That was interesting, Jiang Ge smiled.
He hopes that Huafeng's artists will collide with artists from other companies, because competition will promote progress, competition can create topics, and competition is more conducive to development.
The stronger the opponent, the more interesting the collision will be, and the higher the benefits the winner will get.
Jiang Ge thought about it for a long time and decided to do a big one!
He asked to exchange for a complete version of the TV series, including the original film, script, soundtrack, director's star card, and starring star card.
There is only one purpose, to let Xu Chenyi take the first place in the new traffic star.
The money Dong earned can steadily repay the debt owed by the old man to Dong. Jiang Ge asked to start the star-making plan, and a real "superstar" should appear in the [Superstar] WeChat group.
What is the meaning of the top stream? They have a large number of fans, can call a hundred responses, have a strong traffic attraction and great real commercial value, which can not only enhance the company's position in the industry, increase the company's resources in the industry, but also drive the development of other artists.
Is this a more important link in the future development of Huafeng?
The TV series chosen by Jiang Ge is "Legend of Sword and Fairy 1".
This drama is adapted from the single-player game of the same name by Gloria Entertainment, directed by Li Guoli, and co-starred by Hu Ge, Liu Yifei, Ady An, Pin-Yan Liu, Eddie Peng and others.
It tells the story of the love and hatred between Li Xiaoyao, a waiter in a fishing village, Zhao Linger, a descendant of Nuwa, and Lin Yueru, the eldest lady of Lin Family Castle, and their joint efforts to eliminate the Moon Worship Sect and save the people.
Perhaps many young people don't know how classic the TV series "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is.
Since its premiere in 2005, it has scored 9.0 on Douban, with more than 230,000 people rating it. It is the highest-rated TV series on Douban, and of course, it is also the pioneering work of Chinese TV series.
The ratings of the first round of TV broadcasts reached 10.78%, while the ratings of the big IP "Little Fish and Flower" launched in the same year were 8.8%, and the ratings of "The First in Tiandong" were 8.4%, which were not inferior.
Moreover, the popularity of online broadcasts is second only to "Da Changming" and "Moment in Peking". The Korean drama "Da Changming" is a phenomenon, and "Moment in Peking" has big stars such as Zhao Wei, Pan Yueming, and Chen Baoguo. On the other hand, the biggest star of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is Xu Jinjiang, who plays the Moon Worshiper. The key is that in that year, there were many popular dramas such as "Bright Sword", "Lotus Lantern", and "Supreme Beauty".
Even sixteen years later, on March 17, 2021, Dahua Information, which owns the mainland copyright, sold the TV adaptation rights to Penguin Pictures, and the reading volume of the topic [Remake of "Legend of Sword and Fairy 1"] reached an astonishing 810 million.
Netizens often say that after so many years, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is still the pinnacle of domestic dramas.
All these are enough to prove the wide influence of "Legend of Sword and Fairy 1".
In short, there is nothing wrong with choosing this TV series.
"Chen Yi, Chen Yi, I have to act well, otherwise how can I miss the [Superstar Value] he spent."
Jiang Ge never hesitates, and redeems it when he makes up his mind.
With more artists bound, the [Superstar Value] increases very quickly. If you use so much at one time, it may be a bit painful.
Next, the most important thing is to get the script done. The redemption is very fast and can be completed in minutes. The key is to polish and perfect it.
Before the retreat, Jiang Ge called Chen Gan and asked him to have dinner together in the afternoon.
"You forget your brothers when you have a girlfriend. You are really my Jiang Ge!" At West Lake Love, Chen Gan complained about Jiang Ge as soon as he saw him.
"Didn't he remember that?" Jiang Ge smiled apologetically, it was too late after the New Year.
"Where's Ling Wei?"
"She went back to Shanghai, she has a job."
"With Mr. Zhou's financial resources and my strength, why would she work at the TV station?"
"Look at what I said, I also work in my father's company, he also works, everyone has his own hobbies."
"Well? My hobbies are not to be a spendthrift."
"You have to have a fortune to spend, yes or no."
...
The two chatted for a while, and when the dishes were ready, they ate first.
After they had almost finished eating, Chen Gan asked, "Oh, I'm sure the new movie is going to be a horror movie?"
Jiang Ge nodded and said, "Well, the script is almost out."
Chen Gan believed in his Ke Li and had a friendship with him. He would invest even if he lost money. He asked casually, "What is the estimated cost?"
Jiang Ge thought about it. According to the script information, the production and distribution cost of "Painted Skin" was 80 million at that time, which was a lot in 2008. So he said, "About 300 million. Special effects will cost a lot of money."
When Chen Gan heard that it was a big production, he became more interested and said, "One day when he is free, come to me to see the script. It's very good. Transfer 200 million to me later. It is the investment funds of him, his father and his second uncle."
"Yeah." Jiang Ge nodded and asked, "Will he continue to diversify my investments?"
Chen Gan said indifferently, "I'll arrange it freely."
Then, remembering something, he asked, "Did Qian Song send me a WeChat message?"
Jiang Ge shook his head and said, "No, what's wrong?"
Chen Gan explained, "He must have seen that I said in the interview that the new movie is a horror movie, but not a movie in the Fast and Furious universe. He couldn't ask me directly, so he wanted to test his brain."
Jiang Ge smiled and said, "If he asks me again, I will tell him that the second movie in the Fast and Furious universe will start shooting next year."
Qian Song likes racing himself, and after watching "Initial D", he likes racing movies again. Making money is secondary, and the main thing is to satisfy the needs of the spiritual world.
There are many racing movies on Earth, but not many have good reputations and box office. "Fast and Furious" is a relatively successful series, but the story background of 123 is relatively early. If it is copied, it will probably fail. If there is no interesting plot, it will be very abrupt to start from the middle, so it is necessary to find a suitable entry point.
Did Jiang Ge think about those things?
At that time, Chen Gan remembered something else and asked, "Did I see the celebrity influence list released by Weibo yesterday?"
Jiang Ge shook his head and said, "New?"