Chapter 6: High-priced scripts
When Lu Chen came to the dream country, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
It's the weekend, and although the director says he's going to work, there's no one in the company.
Compared with the single-family office building of Shengying Media, the office area on the first floor of Dream Country is relatively small.
Of course, whether the business is good or not, whether the scale is large or not is not entirely related to the size of the office area, and according to Lu Chen's understanding, Dream Country is not much worse than Sheng Ying in terms of film and television dramas, but Sheng Ying's business scope is relatively extensive.
After Lu Chen came to the front desk of the Dream Country office building, he saw that someone was talking and laughing with the little girl who was receiving at the front desk, Lu Chen was embarrassed to disturb, so he stood aside and waited for a while.
The little girl at the front desk saw Lu Chen standing aside, so she asked, "Sir, who are you looking for?"
Lu Chen replied, "I'm looking for the director of your planning department. ”
Hearing his answer, the little sister at the front desk smiled slightly, raised her right hand and pointed at the man beside Lu Chen.
"This is. ”
Lu Chen and the man on the side turned their heads to look at each other at the same time, and the two sides looked at each other.
Somewhat different from Lu Chen's imagination, the director of the Planning Department of the Dream Country seemed to look relatively young, at most twenty-seven or eighteen years old.
Cheng Ming asked politely, "Are you the morning dew?"
Lu Chen replied, "Yes." ”
Hearing this answer, Cheng Ming stretched out his right hand.
"Hello, I am the director of the planning department, and my name is Cheng Ming. ”
Lu Chen stretched out his left hand and shook his hand.
"Hello. ”
"Then let's talk somewhere else. ”
Subsequently, Cheng Ming took Lu Chen to his office.
After Lu Chen entered the office, he took a look at the entire office, the office was relatively simple and ordinary, and it was completely incomparable with the office of the director of Shengying Media.
Cheng Ming picked up a water cup, walked to the water dispenser and poured a cup of warm water for Lu Chen, and then asked, "What is Mr. Chenlu's name?"
"The road of the morning, the road of the road, the morning of the morning. ”
After asking the name, Cheng Ming went straight to the point, and then said, "That's right, Mr. Lu Chen, we plan to buy the script of "The Unruly Princess". ”
Hearing that someone bought the script, Lu Chen instantly felt a lot more energetic, he doesn't care about the market now, he will accumulate a certain amount of capital before getting the money, but what about the price?
Although he was very excited, Lu Chen still calmly asked: "Basically 60% of the TV dramas on the market today are comedies, I have heard many companies say that the comedy market is basically saturated, why does your company take a fancy to the script of "The Savage Princess"? ”
Cheng Ming took a sip of water, and then replied with a smile: "It is true that as you said, the market for happy comedies is basically saturated, but there will always be a market for excellent happy comedies." ”
"In my opinion, your "Savage Princess" is an excellent joyful comedy. ”
Speaking of this, Cheng Ming looked directly at Lu Chen and asked, "In addition, Mr. Lu might as well guess, where is the place I like most about this drama?"
Lu Chen frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and replied, "Character building?"
Cheng Ming shook his head, then picked up the script in front of him and glanced at it.
"Although this is partly the reason, what I like most is the alternate world in which this story takes place. ”
"At present, the market is basically modern comedy, and people are tired of it, but if you change to an alternate world, it will bring a different look and feel to the audience. ”
Hearing this last sentence, Lu Chen instantly understood, he was worried about the culture at first, but he forgot that humans are animals with a hunting mentality.
The subject matter of this world is all filmed, and of course people want to see a different world.
In this way, there is still a large market for historical dramas on the earth.
"By the way, Mr. Lu, was this script created by you yourself?" asked Cheng Ming.
Lu Chen came back to his senses and replied with a smile, "Yes." ”
"Can I ask in advance, how many episodes are there in this show?"
"33 episodes. ”
After listening to Lu Chen's answer, Cheng Ming dragged his chin with his right hand and lowered his head to ponder for a moment, and then continued: "In this way, we will buy your script for 50,000 episodes." ”
Fifty thousand?
Hearing this price, Lu Chen was stunned, not because it was too low, but because the price was too high beyond the script of an ordinary TV series.
He inquired about the price of happy comedy before, and the scripts of happy comedies written by slightly famous screenwriters in the circle are only about 50,000, and the scripts that are usually slightly better are only 20,000 episodes, and 5,000 episodes is the norm.
Dream Country actually gave him such a high price, but in this way, they really value this script.
Seeing that Lu Chen seemed to be a little hesitant, Cheng Ming thought that the price he quoted was too low, so he said again: "Mr. Lu, 50,000 episodes is the maximum price I can give, if it is higher, I am afraid there is no way to pass the above review, you also know, the current actors' salaries are tens of millions at every turn, and we can only deduct points if we can deduct points in the script or other aspects." ”
Lu Chen thought for a while and said, "I want to think about it first." ”
Since this script is favored by so many companies, maybe its price can be increased, Lu Chen will not bargain, but he still wants to sell this script at the most expensive price.
Hearing Lu Chen's words, Cheng Ming had a hint of foreboding in his heart, because many people said this, and there was basically no follow-up.
Although he does have reservations about bidding, the company's top management will probably not agree to this kind of comedy price at a higher price, and his rights as a director are shrinking, and sometimes, no matter how good the script is, he can't buy it.
There was no way, Cheng Ming had no choice but to say politely: "This is my phone number, if you think about it, you can call me, we are welcome at any time, as for the price, if your price increase is not very high, I can apply to the above to see." ”
Lu Chen stood up and took the business card from Cheng Ming's hand.
"Okay, I'll call you then. ”
"Then I won't send it. ”
"Hmm. ”
Then Lu Chen left the dream country and returned to the place where he lived.
After he went back, he opened his mobile phone and saw that there were a lot of text messages on it, all of which were companies that wanted to buy the script of "The Savage Princess", Lu Chen thought about it, added all the contact information in those text messages, and then took the opportunity to ask the highest price given by those companies.
Seeing Lu Chen looking at his phone on the sofa and giggling, Shi Yin asked, "Where did you go in the afternoon?"
Lu Chen thought for a moment and replied, "I didn't go anywhere." ”
Although Shiyin came out of the mountains, Lu Chen admired her spirit of going out of the mountains, but looking at her dress and choosing a place to live, she knew that she was a money worshipper, and she didn't have the spending power but wanted a high-quality life.
can't let her know that the script she wrote is so valuable, in case this guy relies on himself in the future, he will be in trouble.
"By the way, are you going to Shengying tomorrow to participate in the idol audition?" Lu Chen asked.
Hearing this question, Shi Yin stroked his hair and said proudly: "Yes!"
"If you want to sign it, you have to hurry! When Miss Ben becomes famous in the future, you won't have this chance. ”
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