Chapter 6 Free Broadcast Rights
The contact with the TV station was extremely smooth.
As a native of Jiangchuan, the first TV station Meng Lang found was the local children's channel in Jiangchuan.
Although the children's channel is not as famous as the comprehensive channel and news channel, there are not many loyal viewers in Jiangchuan, a first-tier city with tens of millions of people.
In initial contact, the other party's intention to buy the film was not strong.
"Special effects? This is not suitable for the children's channel, and parents will not be relieved when they see such a dangerous toy as a yo-yo......" Director Tao, who was in charge of receiving Meng Lang, shook his head.
Not surprisingly, it is no longer possible for this film to be broadcast on the stars through procurement channels.
Meng Lang is not stupid, he can see from Director Tao's eyes that he is suspicious of bad movies and distrusts "Fire Boy King".
"We're sorry! we don't have any ...... to spare at the moment."
Before Director Tao's words fell, Meng Lang, who was sitting opposite him, already understood that this was about to refuse.
Expected reaction!
He didn't have the slightest nervousness, and threw out his big killer weapon without hurrying: "Director Tao, listen to me first! Let's not talk about the quality of "Fire Boy King" for the time being, what do you personally think is the value of the first round of exclusive broadcast rights of this film?"
"This ......"
Director Tao can be regarded as a TV person who has seen strong winds and waves, but he has never seen a producer like Meng Lang who talks about cooperation.
Isn't it true that the producer should quote, the TV station has an objection to the price, and the two sides negotiate like buying vegetables in the vegetable market and bargaining, and finally come up with a perfect plan?
It's a joke to get the TV station to bid, and if it could, the TV station would like to get the broadcast rights for free.
But this kind of thing can be known with your ass, and the producer will definitely not agree.
Although he verbally rejected "Fire Boy King", this is a conclusion based on the normal purchase cost of the film. If you can buy the broadcast rights at a low price, then Director Tao will naturally not turn away "Fire Boy King".
So, very cautiously, he held up a finger!
"100,000 for a single episode?"
"No! 10,000!"
Meng Lang: "......"
Although I knew that this film was terrible, the production cost was five million. Meng Lang is ready to license it for free, but he still wants to know how much this film can sell if it takes the normal broadcast rights sales route.
Unexpectedly, there were only 10,000 ...... a single episode
The 40-episode "Fire Boy King", if it is sold at this price, it will not be a loss?
Even if there is still the income of the second round of broadcasting rights and the exclusive broadcasting rights of the network, it will not be able to return to the original!
Sure enough, it is an unrealistic idea to sell broadcast rights to make money.
Director Tao probably saw that Meng Lang belonged to an outsider and didn't understand the market, so he explained to him: "Xiao Meng!
"No, Director Tao, you have something to say!"
"I'll tell you the bottom, your "Fire Boy King" is honestly too rough in production, although we are a children's channel, but the requirements for buying films are not low. The premium must not be sold, and the normal price is about 10,000. Director Tao said bitterly, but Meng Lang shook his head when he heard it.
Is this really fooling him as a layman?
It's still a normal price, is it really a joke when he filmed so many divine dramas in his previous life?
Meng Lang has learned about the development of film and television in this time and space, and the path is basically the same, perhaps because of the fight against piracy, the film and television industry in this world has developed slightly better.
Both have the same timeline and are both in the original world around 2014.
It's 2014!
Whether it is this time and space or the original time and space, how can there be such a "normal price"?
Not to mention, according to the information that Meng Lang learned. In 2012, the hit "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was broadcast on the stars, and the TV station sold an astonishing single episode at a sky-high price of 1.9 million in the first round! The online exclusive broadcast rights also sold a single episode at a price of 300,000.
The 14-year-old hit "The Legend of Wu Meiniang", with 2.5 million episodes of the first round of broadcast rights on TV stations and 1 million episodes of online exclusive broadcast rights!
Of course, "Firepower Boy King" is not comparable to these hits. There are no big names, no publicity, and even a sophisticated production standard.
But when the broadcast rights were sold, who knew that it was a hit? Everyone was just optimistic about the ratings prospects of this show.
It's all about betting on ratings, why did "Fire Boy King" have to shrink by 200 times?
Call!
Taking a deep breath, Meng Lang suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and said happily: "What if I authorize "Fire Boy King" to you to play for free?"
"What?!"
Director Tao was stunned, and even suspected that he had auditory hallucinations at one point.
Did you hear that right?
Is this something that the producers can do?
Why do you invest so much money in making a TV series, just to give it away for free and not expect to get it back?
"Yes! You heard it right!
Seeing that the old fox was finally suppressed by him, a smile appeared on Meng Lang's face: "The first round of broadcast rights! Free! But not the exclusive broadcast rights! You don't have an opinion on this, Director Tao, right?"
"No, no, no!" Director Tao shook his head again and again, and asked in a daze as if he was in the middle of an evil spirit: "It's easy to say that exclusive is not exclusive, I just can't figure it out, what are you trying to do?"
How can pie fall from the sky?
If it's either poisonous, it's a "trial version" of pie shops that put a long line to catch big fish.
Director Tao was eager to know what plans Meng Lang had in his head.
If it's really unconditionally free, it's fine, but if there are any additional conditions attached, then it's better to get out of it as soon as possible.
For so many years, Director Tao has not seen a shrewd producer, under the banner of broadcasting rights and no money, wanting to take away a year's golden advertising space from their channel.
After a long illness, Director Tao now has immunity to the word "free", although shocked, he will not lose his temper.
Selling toys, of course!
Meng Lang saw that Director Tao hadn't understood yet, so he had to cough and say, "What's that...... Director Tao, have you watched "The Fire Boy King"?"
"I've seen a little bit...... You didn't have time to read it before you could finish it. Director Tao nodded.
"Then you should understand that this show is mainly to promote yo-yos, right?"
"Yoyos, oh yes!
Director Tao slapped his head and suddenly said, "I understand! Your film is mainly to sell derivatives to make a profit!"
"Yes! It's a derivative!"
Selling the right to play or something, how can there be a profiteering from selling yo-yos.
A box with bells and whistles, the yo-yo of the same name used by Li Fei, the protagonist of "The Fire Boy King", how much do you say the price is appropriate?
10 pieces?
That's the cost price!
Yo-yos like this, in the case of patents, and there are no pirated fakes, why do you have to sell them for fifty or sixty, right?
Too expensive?
It's too expensive!
People who are too expensive generally spend their own money, and this kind of person is not Meng Lang's target customer at first glance.
Who are his target customers?
Of course, it's those children who don't spend their own money and don't feel distressed!
For children, is there a difference between fifty dollars and five dollars? Anyway, parents pay for it.