Chapter 154: Sir Shao's Calculation (Ask for Collection, Ask for Recommendation)
Time back to July, in July in Xiangjiang, although there was a box office battle between "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" and "Jianghu Big Brother", what really attracted the interest of Xiangjiang citizens was the 'July Offensive' launched by Jiashi!
The 'July Offensive' is a plan launched by six people, including Zhou Liang Shuyi, who jumped to Jiashi, in order to save Jiashi's low ratings, during which large-scale publicity was carried out in Hong Kong, advertisements were placed in major newspapers for many days, and audio tapes were distributed at Tsim Sha Tsui Pier, as well as new programs were promoted!
The 'July Offensive' launched by Jiashi was huge, shocking the entire Xiangjiang for a while, and everyone thought that Jiashi was going to rise, but everything often did not follow people's wishes, and the huge 'July Offensive' did not bring high ratings to Jiashi's TV program, but became the last straw that crushed Jiashi!
On 22 August, Jiashi, which had been brilliant for a while, was in high debt and did not escape the fate of closing the station, becoming the shortest-lived television station in the history of Hong Kong.
Of course, it has not yet entered August, and Jiashi is still blooming its last glory.
However, the scenery in front of the people, the desolation behind the people, at this time, Jiashi's cost investment in TV dramas is the largest among the three major TV stations, but it is this kind of cost investment that makes Jiashi, which has been operating poorly, lose money year after year, at this time, in addition to Jiashi's largest shareholder He Zuozhi still has the last glimmer of hope, and the rest, including He Hongyi, have lost confidence in Jiashi, after all, no one likes a business that can't see returns, but is investing.
At this time, in the wireless TVB building, in the test film room!
Lin Cixiang, the manager of the wireless management and production department, accompanied Sir Shao, Sir Shao's confidante Fang Yihua sat in the center, and Wang Tianlin and others sat next to him.
What they watched was the TV series "Chu Liuxiang" filmed by Wang Tianlin as the producer and director, and the two episodes were not long, and it was over in more than an hour.
After Lin Ci watched it in detail, he looked a little excited, he is a martial arts fan himself, and he naturally has a soft spot for this kind of martial arts drama, and the filming of "Chu Liuxiang" in the previous life was decided by him, and then reported to Sir Shao.
In this life, "Chu Liuxiang" was advanced, but it did not delay his appreciation of this TV series.
"Sir Shao, this film is very good!"
"Yes, I watch this film is quite ordinary, not as attractive as Jin Yong's drama!" Fang Yihua's brows furrowed, and said, she recognized Lin Cixiang's ability, but Fang Yihua didn't like her subordinates to make decisions for themselves, she was considering Sir Shao's status.
Sir Shao didn't know if it was okay, and said: "The male protagonist is handsome, the heroine is beautiful, and the fight is also wonderful, Tianlin, how much does the boy prepare for an episode in this film?"
Wang Tianlin knew that Sir Shao was a little tempted, and hurriedly said: "Although Rong Le didn't say it explicitly in terms of price, I think he has a lot of confidence in this TV series, and his investment in Xiangjiang is also the top." ”
Fang Yihua said with some dissatisfaction: "Can TV dramas have ratings if they have a large investment?
At the beginning of July, when Jiashi just launched the 'July Offensive', it really scared wireless and ATV, but as time progressed, everyone knew that Jiashi was just a dog that could bark, and it was scary.......
And the confidence to promote Jiashi to launch the 'July Offensive' is to invest heavily in high-quality TV series, but these high-quality TV series can only be relied on in terms of ratings.......
This is also the reason why Fang Yihua said this, with the laissez-faire of the Lych family's indulgence of wireless, Sir Shao has already controlled wireless, and Fang Yihua has always shown his status in wireless as a hostess......
Sir Shao also nodded with some approval, and said: "The film looks really good, but can it stand the approval of the audience, then let's talk about it, so let's talk to him, 50,000 yuan per episode, we want it wirelessly!"
Wang Tianlin was a little confused, before the shooting, Sir Shao didn't say that, why does he look down on it now?
No, Sir Shao doesn't look down on this TV series, but he looks down on it too much, now the production cost of an ordinary TV series in Xiangjiang is only 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the high-quality TV series can reach about 50,000, and the cost of each episode of Rongle in order to produce this TV series has reached 70,000, such a price has never appeared in the entire Xiangjiang, and Sir Shao will not underestimate this TV series on this basis alone.
It is precisely in this way that Sir Shao opened his mouth for 50,000 yuan per episode, which is to treat the TV series "Chu Liuxiang" as a TV series produced by TVB.
But in this way, Rongle loses at least 20,000 yuan per episode, how could he agree!
"This, I'm afraid Rong Le won't agree......." In the end, Wang Tianlin still expressed his worries.
"Hmph, what if you don't worry, the front and back of this film are our wireless people, if he doesn't agree, let everyone strike directly. Fang Yihua preached with some disdain, a person who didn't know where to jump out of the street, if he could get wireless appreciation, he should burn high incense, and dare to talk about it?
"Manager Fang, the film has been fully produced, and the people from our TV station have already gone to other jobs!" Wang Tianlin really didn't want to talk more about this low-eyed woman, but now she is Sir Shao's pillow person, and Sir Shao was able to force away Zou Wenhuai, the hero of the Shaw Brothers, for her, and his own weight was not enough.
Fang Yihua's expression was stunned, and he scolded: "This hit the street, I have already made a calculation!"
As a tycoon like Sir Shao, he naturally won't be angry and angry because of this, but there must be some unhappiness in his heart, not only for Rong Le, but also for his old subordinate Wang Tianlin, who should have told him in advance about this kind of thing, but now he is a little caught off guard.
However, Sir Shao will not criticize Wang Tianlin for this matter, Sir Shao is actually very contradictory, sometimes he can ban any actor in the station for the majesty of the TV station, but sometimes he will allow those stars to put forward all kinds of rude conditions for the sake of interests.
At that time, in order to win over a well-known actress in Xiangjiang, she was drenched in wine in her villa, and she didn't get angry, which shows that nothing is important for Sir Shao.
Wang Tianlin, as the first producer of wireless, Sir Shao is still tolerant of him.
"That boy....... That's right, Rong Le, it's quite smart!, let's go and tell him, sixty thousand episodes, this is the highest price that wireless can give!" Sir Shao smiled, a confident look.
Although Wang Tianlin didn't know why Sir Shao was so confident that Rong Le would definitely agree, he also knew that this was Sir Shao's bottom line, so he nodded and said that he knew.
After Wang Tianlin, Lin Cishen and the others left, Fang Yihua said with a dissatisfied face: "Sixth brother, that street is obviously calculating us, why do you want to increase the price for him!"
Sir Shao smiled: "This boy is a smart man, he can think that I will use the people in front of and behind the scenes to blackmail him, so I finished filming all the episodes before taking it out, such a city is rare among boys, and I look at this film really well, worth the price." ”
Fang Yihua: "But 60,000, I'm afraid of that hitting the street, I don't know how thick the sky is, I won't agree!"
Sir Shao smiled confidently: "As I said just now, he is a smart man, and now Jiashi is worried about internal and external troubles, those shareholders have already planned to withdraw their shares, and they are willing to take money out to buy outside TV series, as for Li, those ghosts just use him as a tool to make money, and they will not spend so much money to buy this TV series." So in the whole Xiangjiang except for our wireless, he can't find any other buyers!"
Fang Yihua was stunned, and then said with some unwillingness: "Since this is the case, then he shouldn't raise the price again, just 50,000, anyway, he can only grit his teeth and accept it!"
Sir Shao laughed and said: "Don't forget, he also helped us cultivate a star, that Chu Liuxiang's actor Rong Ren is his eldest brother, if this TV series can really become popular, Rong Ren will naturally become famous because of it......."
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ps: Special thanks to the book list of "A Green Pine Tree" for being included in the book "Feast of the Wealthy"!