Chapter 1270 - Sky-high premiere rights
Yang Ming took a bottle of mineral water for Wu Yuanzhi, looked at the other party with a wry smile and said, "Sister Wu, are you still afraid that the premiere copyright of "The Legend of the New White Lady" will fly?"
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Therefore, now the finances of the two companies have long been separated, and Phoenix TV wants to buy TV dramas from Oriental DreamWorks to broadcast, but they are all paid according to market conditions.
If the group wants to develop, all aspects must be formalized.
Wu Yuanzhi heard Yang Ming's words, gave him a roll of his eyes, took a sip of water and said: "That guy Liu Xinsheng shows off the price offered by foreign copyright dealers in front of me every day, and I have been forced into a corner! Who let this be a TV series made by you, and if someone else is replaced, I won't come to Yanjing in person at all." ”
Yang Ming laughed heartily when he heard this, Liu Xinsheng and Wu Yuanzhi are also colleagues, and there is a certain amount of competition.
is financially independent and separated, and for the sake of their respective performance, one of them will definitely keep raising the price of the TV series copyright, and the other will definitely use their best efforts to lower the price.
If it is replaced by a TV series made by an ordinary director, the price reduction between the two may not be so intense.
Both of them usually have a business-like attitude at work, whether it is Wu Yuanzhi or Liu Xinsheng, they don't want each other to be the only partners in their respective business areas.
Therefore, in addition to Phoenix TV, Liu Xinsheng is also constantly looking for a stable cooperation channel with other TV stations.
Wu Yuanzhi is no exception, and is also actively cooperating with other film and television companies to find other film sources.
Neither side will always pin their hopes on a single partner.
Yang Ming's plan for the two to develop the company, as long as there is no problem in the general direction, he will basically not interfere in any affairs.
It's just that now, whether it is a domestic TV station or a foreign copyright owner, the price of a single episode of the premiere right has exceeded Wu Yuanzhi's imagination, so she has to go to Yang Ming to complain.
He thought for a while before he said: "I've been filming here for a while, and I don't know what the situation is in the outside market!
When Wu Yuanzhi heard this, her face became slightly bitter, but she still replied seriously: "A Japanese TV station abroad has the highest price, and the premiere right is 3.2 million yuan per episode!"
"The highest bidder on the domestic TV station side is Modu TV, and the price they give is 4.1 million yuan for a single episode, but I estimate that the price given by Lion City TV will not be lower than that of Modu TV!"
The premiere rights of a single episode are 4.1 million Chinese yuan, which is definitely the highest single episode price in the history of Chinese TV dramas, and there is no one.
Even if it is calculated according to 4 million Chinese dollars, a total of 50 episodes of "The Legend of the New White Lady" will be sold at an unprecedented price of 200 million Chinese dollars, if you add the income from the premiere rights of other countries in East Asia, "The Legend of the New White Lady" only relies on the income of the first round of premiere rights, and there is no pressure to exceed 1 billion Chinese dollars.
It's horrible.
Wu Yuanzhi is also an industry insider, with nearly 20 years of experience in TV stations, it is the first time she has seen such a best-selling TV series!
Moreover, this is also the benefit of the first round of premiere rights.
After the premiere, there will be a second and third rounds, and then there will be the income from the copyright of video products.
It can be said that Yang Ming is now filming a TV series, which is a cash cow at all.
used a price of more than 200 million yuan to buy the premiere rights of a TV series, in the past, Wu Yuanzhi would definitely think it was crazy.
And if this situation continues, the price of a single episode of the local premiere rights will definitely not be limited to 4.1 million Chinese yuan!
But if this TV series is filmed by Yang Ming, it will be different.
No one knows Yang Ming's ability to turn stones into gold better than Wu Yuanzhi.
Although she has made a lot of efforts in the establishment of Phoenix TV, every one of the TV stations now amazes the industry and makes countless viewers like most of the program ideas come from Yang Ming alone.
With such a person, can the TV series filmed be worse?
4,100,000 Huayuan, 3,200,000 Huayuan!
Yang Ming heard these two prices and nodded, it's okay.
This price is much higher than the Chinese TV drama market in the same period in the previous life, but if combined with the situation in the current world, this price does not make him feel incredible.
In the previous life, not to mention TV series with 4 million yuan in a single episode with the premiere rights, TV series with 5 million yuan in a single episode abounded.
Especially with the prosperity of online video websites, after joining the ranks of rushing to buy the premiere rights of TV dramas, the price of a single episode of a high-quality TV series will only go all the way up, not decrease.
Just when Yang Ming thought of this, Wu Yuanzhi said again: "Ma Yun said that he would also buy the premiere rights of your TV series, saying that as long as you agree, don't say 4 million Chinese yuan, even if it is 5 million Chinese yuan for a single episode, he will take it out, is this a mess?"
Yang Ming couldn't help but laugh when he heard Wu Yuanzhi's complaint.
He suddenly remembered that a while ago, Liu Xinsheng asked him if he wanted to give the premiere rights of "The Legend of the New White Lady" to Popcorn.com, and Yang Ming didn't even think about refusing it.
If it were changed to other TV series, he might have agreed.
But "The Legend of the New White Lady" is different.
No one knows better than him the unparalleled popularity of this TV series, what kind of status this TV series will have in the history of Chinese TV dramas as long as it is successful, perhaps because of the difference in the times, this life may not necessarily achieve such brilliant success as in the previous life.
But it's not too bad.
In this case, Yang Ming will only choose a TV station with a wider range of channels, rather than online video.
Even, if it weren't for the fact that Phoenix TV is his own industry, and Phoenix TV has acquired Fuzhou TV to make up for the last shortcoming, otherwise he would definitely broadcast this TV series to other first-line TV stations.
However, Yang Ming can understand Wu Yuanzhi's pressure.
Now at the critical time when he is preparing to build a group, the finances of all his industries have been separated, and in this case, it takes a lot of courage to let Wu Yuanzhi pay a sky-high price of more than 200 million yuan to buy the premiere rights of a TV series.
Even if she has confidence in Yang Ming, the figure of more than 200 million yuan does make people feel a lot of pressure.
"Sister Wu, if I say that I have great expectations for "The Legend of the New White Lady", can you believe it?" Yang Ming said softly.
Expectation?
Hearing this word, Wu Yuanzhi glanced up at Yang Ming, wanting to see something through Yang Ming's bright eyes, what kind of expectations can make Yang Ming look forward to it so much, you must know that with Yang Ming's current status in the film industry, it is almost impossible to go back and direct and shoot a TV series, what kind of expectations can make Yang Ming make this decision?
"Don't scare me, don't sell it, what kind of expectation is it?" Wu Yuanzhi deliberately patted his chest, pretending to be scared, and looked at Yang Ming.
Yang Ming raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "I think this will be a TV series that creates myths in the history of Chinese film and television!"
- Huh?
If it was a joke just now, but now Wu Yuanzhi was really intimidated by Yang Ming's words.
Before he could react, Yang Ming said again: "A single episode is 5 million yuan, go back and sign a contract with Mr. Liu, I want to set a benchmark!"
――5,000,000 Chinese dollars!
Wu Yuanzhi was stunned when he heard this price, but he quickly recovered.
She understood what Yang Ming meant.
After all, Yang Ming is the boss of Phoenix TV, and since he is now asking Wu Yuanzhi to buy the premiere rights of "The Legend of the New White Lady" at this price, there is no doubt that he must have his intentions in it.
The big boss has spoken, and she naturally has no other opinions.
"It is estimated that when this news spreads, there will definitely be people who say that you are disrupting the market!" Wu Yuanzhi's voice trembled slightly.
Yang Ming smiled freely when he heard this, shrugged his shoulders and said: "For a long time, those news comments against me have never stopped. ”
The matter was settled, Yang Ming immediately took out the phone and made a call to Liu Xinsheng to tell him about the situation, and then turned to Wu Yuanzhi and said, "You don't have to go to Yanjing, Mr. Liu will come to the crew tomorrow." ”
Wu Yuanzhi nodded, pondered there for a while, and said, "Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity and let us have a signing ceremony?"
After all, she has worked in TV for more than ten years, and she is easy to use this kind of propaganda method, so she naturally will not miss such a good publicity opportunity.
Even if it was Yang Ming's decision, the money was spent from Phoenix TV, and at this time, she naturally wanted to maximize her interests.
A single episode is 5 million Chinese dollars, so the 50 episodes of "The Legend of the New White Lady", the premiere rights will be sold for a sky-high price of 250 million Chinese yuan.
This is definitely the most expensive price ever paid for a Chinese-language TV series.
Not one of them.
Spent so much money, it is not advertised now, and when will it be promoted.
After a while, Wu Yuanzhi said hello to Yang Ming and left, since she was going to wait for Liu Xinsheng to come here, she still had to find the hotel to arrange a room for her.
After Wu Yuanzhi walked out, Yang Ming walked to the window and couldn't help but fall into deep thought, thinking about his decision to make a single episode of 5 million, is it a bit Meng Lang?
But he thought about it seriously, and it was still necessary to do so.
Compared with others, Yang Ming's biggest concern is whether "The Legend of the New White Lady" can replicate the glorious success of his previous life!
Therefore, before the TV series started filming, he began to arrange for people to carry out various promotions for "The Legend of the New White Lady", and even went to great lengths, from makeup photos to the theme song of the TV series, constantly exposing and revealing the confidence of the crew bit by bit, and maintaining the influence of the TV series.
You must know that before the release of this TV series in the previous life, there was no such vigorous publicity at all.
Now the premiere rights of TV series are priced at 5 million Chinese yuan for a single episode, which is undoubtedly earth-shattering news for the Chinese film and television industry.
Even in the eyes of many people, Oriental DreamWorks and Phoenix TV wear the same pants and are indistinguishable from each other, but it can't prevent the fact that "The Legend of the New White Lady" has broken a historical record before it has even started.
In this case, the influence and popularity of "The Legend of the New White Lady" in the minds of the people will naturally increase.
Just think about the phrase 'the most expensive TV series of all time' in entertainment news, and it will surely attract the attention of countless people.
This is already worth it for Yang Ming.
In addition, there was another reason why he made such a decision, that is, he was a little worried about the current situation of the Chinese film and television industry.
After decades of development, although the current TV drama market is not saturated, it has gradually shown signs of oversupply, although the current price of ordinary dramas can also rise along with the overall trend of the industry, but its overall increase will be far behind the relatively scarce boutique drama resources.
Therefore, Yang Ming wants to set a price benchmark for high-quality dramas through this sky-high price, and he wants to use facts to tell everyone that as long as they make a good TV series with their hearts, they will definitely be able to sell at a good price, on the contrary, those shoddy film and television dramas will definitely be eliminated by the market.
Even if Yang Ming knew that everything he did personally would not have much effect on the entire industry.
Especially with the rise of major video websites, in order to flood the film library to attract traffic, it will definitely expand the acquisition of all film and television works, in this case, everything Yang Ming has done has had little effect.
He can only set an example to tell everyone to settle down and shoot, and if he produces a good TV series, he will not be buried.
Since Wu Yuanzhi is here, Yang Ming did not continue to do the crew's affairs in the evening, but brought Su Su, Hua Xiaoyue, Huang Xiaofeng, and Yan Fengying together to invite everyone to have a meal and get together!
However, before he left, he also asked the drama to arrange for all the other members of the crew to simply have a meal at the hotel where they lived.
The high pace was busy for more than a week, and it also made everyone relax a little.
During the meal, Wu Yuanzhi also took the opportunity to briefly report the matter of the TV station to Yang Ming.
Among them, what makes Yang Ming happy is that "Run, Brother" has become a variety show sought after by countless people after a few episodes, and now it is a big hit, and the ratings of the show have risen to the top of the ratings of all local variety shows this year.
Listening to Wu Yuanzhi, now that the recording of this variety show, the director team may still be racking their brains about choosing which city to shoot what scene and event, but now there is no need to worry about it.
Many cities and well-known entertainment venues in China have sent invitations to cooperate with the director team, as long as they can put the recording of the new issue of "Run, Brother" to them, no matter what the conditions are.
This variety show has become a fragrant bun, and everyone is rushing to cooperate.
Whether it is advertising investment or celebrity guests, they are all looking forward to joining this variety show through various ways, and the director team no longer invites some well-known star singers like they used to ask grandpa and grandma, and offers various conditions to make each other agree to become guest stars.
Now it's all the other way around.
As "Run, Brother" becomes more and more popular, especially in addition to the already popular ones, the positions of other fixed celebrity guests have almost been upgraded to a notch.
Some have directly improved several notches, and they seem to be as popular as superstars.
This shows the influence of this variety show.
Yang Ming listened to Wu Yuanzhi's words, although he had expected it in his heart, he was also slightly relieved.
This celebrity reality show, which was popular in the previous life, finally shines as it should have in this life.
The next day, before Liu Xinsheng arrived at the Dongyang Film and Television Base, Oriental DreamWorks released the news that the local premiere rights of Yang Ming's new drama had been sold, and the price of a single episode was as high as 5 million yuan.
After this news came out, it immediately caused an uproar.
Everyone's eyes were once again drawn to the TV series "The Legend of the New White Lady".