Chapter 735: Change Director?
A classmate here mentioned "Yue Prison", in fact, it ended its first season on July 30th.
From the very beginning, the ratings of "Yue Prison" in China were not very good, and it can be said that it is much worse than "Huanzhu Gege".
Because after its first episode was broadcast, the number of viewers declined all the way, and many viewers felt that it was too boring to watch and the pace was too slow.
But in foreign countries, including Europe, America, Japan and South Korea, the number of viewers of "Yue Prison" is rising.
By the time we reached the final episode of the first season, the total number of simultaneous online viewers of these foreign versions reached an average of 340 million, which is shocking!
The number of viewers of the final episode of "Yue Prison" in China has only risen to 80 million, but it has soared to 260 million abroad!
At the time of the 23 episodes, the number of overseas viewers was only 160 million, and the number of people watching the 7 episodes skyrocketed by 100 million.
Countless foreign fans applauded "Yue Prison" wildly.
Many foreign TV stations have called to ask how to buy the rights to the rebroadcast.
For this reason, Shanhai.com spent 300 million yuan to completely buy the copyright of the first season of "Yue Prison".
Then they took the copyright and sold it to more than 30 foreign developed countries, and then half sold it and half to more than 30 developing countries.
Shanhai.com's income as a result reached 100 million US dollars, although it was necessary to remove taxes and so on, but compared to the buyout cost of 300 million yuan, they still earned more than 200 million yuan.
Not to mention that they still retain the copyright in China, as long as everyone wants to watch "Yue Prison", they can only come to Shanhai.com to watch it.
The full version of Chinese can only be seen by VIP users of Shanhai.com.
In any respect, the operation of Shanhai.com was a success.
Of course, the more successful is Fengxiang Film and Television.
After "Huanzhu Gege", Fengxiang Film and Television produced a very sophisticated and very profitable series of TV series.
Fengxiang Film and Television has a total income of 600 million yuan.
Because Shanhai.com provided the real scene of the prison built for free, the total cost of the 30 episodes of "Yue Prison" was only 60 million, which means that Shen Huan earned 540 million before tax in this TV series!!
The production cost is so low, there must be Mr. Chu Liuxiang's face in this.
The more than 20 actors from Beihua are cheap and skilled, and their acting skills are very good, which drives the plot very much, resulting in even a small supporting role in the whole play is very outstanding.
Even the actors who played the three leading roles, Li Yingzhi, Yan Yu and Zhou Lexiang, received very low salaries.
They are all eager to make a breakthrough in acting and fame, not just to make money.
Now the first season of "Yue Prison" has become popular all over the world, and more than 1 billion TV fans around the world know the three of them, and the commercial value of the three has soared.
For example, Zhou Lexiang has already received an international lipstick advertisement in August, and the price has reached 8 figures, setting a record for her.
Li Yingzhi and Yan Yu also have their own circumstances, and they are full of praise for the benefits that "Yue Prison" has brought to them.
An actor, after getting money, craves glory.
Lee Young-ji and Yan Yu originally hoped that they could become a new generation of actors, so good movies and roles that can adjust their acting skills are what they are most willing to pursue.
Especially Lee Young-ji.
He almost wrote a thank you letter to Ji Bin.
If it weren't for Ji Bin's reluctance to shave his head, so he gave up the role, he wouldn't have been able to play it at all.
And Ji Bin was also lamented by many people because he missed this role, saying that if he came to play, he could really go further in his career, and he would definitely not let Lee Young-ji take advantage.
But there aren't so many ifs.
Even at the beginning of August, Ji Bin's agent called Xin Changkong and asked if there was a suitable role in the second season, but Xin Changkong rejected it.
Offended our boss, you still want to play the role, can it be so simple?
Not to mention "Yue Prison", in the future, Mr. Chu Liuxiang's works should not have anything to do with him Chi Bin.
The current three male and female protagonists have signed contracts for three seasons, and they will definitely cooperate in the next two seasons, which is to reassure fans, including fans abroad.
Although the second season of "Yue Prison" has not yet started filming, it has been confirmed that Chu Liuxiang will still write the script, Xin Changkong will supervise and direct, all the main actors and main supporting roles will remain unchanged, and newcomers will be added.
Therefore, Shanhai.com has been actively communicating with Shen Huan, hoping to buy out all the copyrights of the second season with a sky-high price of 800 million.
According to the popularity of the first season, Shanhai.com will not suffer at the price of the second season, and Fengxiang Film and Television will definitely make a lot of money, but Shen Huan did not agree for the time being.
Now I am thinking about the second part of "Huanzhu Gege", which will be talked about after this one is filmed.
In addition, Shen Huan himself watched the first season of "Yue Prison" and found that there was still a bit of a gap with the "Yue Prison" in his memory.
It's not that Xin Changkong didn't shoot well.
It's just that kind of cold style, which is shown in the TV series, is a little deliberate, and it is not as natural as the first season of the original book.
This is also because Xin Changkong was born in comedy, and he is not very good at dark and dignified themes.
Especially the details, that kind of eyes, that kind of action, can a director who makes a comedy and an action movie behave the same?
Shen Huan himself felt that if he wanted to shoot the second season, he would definitely have to make more progress and do better, otherwise he would rather wait.
Teenagers are never people who can make a lot of compromises for money.
Especially with the system of a good master, where is Shen Huan afraid that he will have no way out in the future?
Therefore, Xin Changkong himself suggested to Shen Huan that he could sign another director with a suitable style to do the "Yue Prison" series.
For example, director Li Zhuo, who is very good at making dark action movies in China, is very compatible with "Yue Prison".
Li Zhuo does not have many works, and since his debut 12 years ago, he has only made 7 works, all of which are movies, with an average of about one every two years.
And his movies are not high at the box office, and occasionally there are losses, but there are many die-hard fans, and he has a group of loyal audiences in Japan and South Korea.
As a result, the foreign copyright of Li Zhuo's film sold well, which also allowed him to remain in the second-grade director echelon.
It's just that Xin Changkong is not sure whether Li Zhuo is willing to deign to make a TV series.
After all, there are not many such works, and directors who strive for perfection have always been very picky and thoughtful.
Shen Huan was simpler than Xin Changkong thought.
Okay, don't you know if you have a chance to talk to Li Zhuo?
If you always speculate and imagine here, you will never get a result.