Chapter 505: Dispute
In the sequel to "I Am a Special Soldier", Yang Ming is neither the starring actor nor the director, this news seems to be a blow to Director Liu of the army and Director Hao of the National Television Station, which is very scared.
Why is it that now the top leaders of the military, who are in charge of propaganda, pay so much attention to the filming of a sequel to a TV series?
Why did the national television station obviously have little to do with them, so they had to send a director over to follow up on the sequel shooting?
Why?
Because the first part of "I Am Special Forces" is really popular, with a rating of 30%!
If this rating was put 10 years ago, it would definitely not attract so much attention from the military's top brass, and it would not have made the national TV station so worried, because the ratings of TV dramas at that time were everywhere that broke 20% of the ratings every year, and even if it was a TV series with a rating of 30%, there would be one or two TV dramas every year.
But the era of the golden age of TV dramas like the past is gone forever.
Moreover, the influence of a TV series with a rating of more than 30% is too powerful.
Once there is a TV series with a rating of more than 30%, then for the people, there is only one situation, and that is the empty alley.
Obviously, this is the case with the TV series "I Am Special Forces", whether it is influence or economic benefits, it kills other TV series of the same schedule.
It's no wonder that the national TV station surrendered its identity and sent a director to personally follow up the filming of the sequel to the TV series "I Am Special Forces".
In the time period during which this TV series was broadcast, the advertising revenue of national TV during this time period directly quadrupled!
With such a huge income, national TV naturally has to keep an eye on the sequel.
It's a pity that Yang Ming is not shocking, and he slowly continued: "Director Liu, I hope that the sequel will be broadcast on Phoenix TV when the time comes!"
As soon as these words came out, Director Hao's face of the national television station turned black in an instant.
"How is this possible? The army's main theme TV series has always been broadcast on our national television station, and this is a legal document!" Director Hao anxiously preemptively stated that if the sequel to "I Am Special Forces" premieres and the national television station does not get it, he is sure that as long as he returns to the station, he will definitely be beaten down by the leadership.
After finishing speaking, Director Hao still felt uneasy, and immediately said loudly to Director Liu, who was a little dumbfounded on the side: "Lao Liu, there is an agreement between our Taiwan and your army art troupe, this is clearly stipulated and cannot be doubted!"
"This?" Director Liu's thinking had not yet recovered from the news that Yang Ming was no longer the leading actor and director of the sequel just now, and when he heard Director Hao's words again, his whole head was like a mess.
Seeing that Director Liu didn't react at all, Director Hao couldn't help but be anxious, stood up, patted the table, and said to Director Liu, who was righteous and stern: "Old Liu, at this time, you must not give me a sloppy look, if you don't give me an explanation, I will go to your leader." ”
Hearing that Director Hao was looking for a leader, Director Liu was clever, suddenly came back to his senses, raised his hand to comfort Director Hao, who was full of black lines, and said, "Don't worry, Old Hao, you sit down first and speak slowly if you have something to say." ”
"Anyway, Lao Liu, if you don't give me an explanation, I will immediately go to your leader. Director Hao still said anxiously.
At this time, Director Liu also slowly figured out the whole thing, before Yang Ming said that he was neither the starring actor nor the director in the sequel, this news was put aside first, but he didn't expect Yang Ming to say that he would put the sequel of "I Am Special Forces" on Phoenix TV for premiere, and Director Hao suddenly jumped up like a cat that had been stepped on its tail.
It seems that Yang Ming's words poked Director Hao's sensitive nerves.
Thinking of this, Director Liu suddenly felt awkward in his heart, he looked at Director Hao who was drinking water and deflating his breath with a strange expression, and even felt a little happy in his heart.
In fact, in the past few years, the army art troupe has been under the white eyes of national television.
In recent years, the main theme TV series filmed by the army art troupe has been broadcast on national television, and the ratings have been declining all the way, which is miserable, and it fell below the passing line of 2% last year.
Therefore, the people of the art troupe were not only criticized by the leaders, but also the people of the national television station, and they did not have a good face for them.
It can be said that in the past few years, the life of the art troupe has been very difficult.
In fact, the people of the national television station are also bitter, although they are state-owned enterprises, but they basically have no administrative allocation, and they have to rely on themselves to support themselves, so advertising revenue is naturally the largest source of income for the national television station.
However, every year the army has issued an administrative order at the government level, and it is necessary to broadcast a TV series with the main theme of the army's system, even if no one watches it, it will still be broadcast.
If the ratings are passable, then it's okay, but the ratings of the TV series sent by the army in the past few days are simply miserable.
No one can help it!
Although there are sufferings on both sides, Director Liu now sees that Director Hao wants justice for himself and must play the posture of the army's main theme TV series, his heart is like eating ice cream in summer, it is very refreshing!
"Yang Ming, what's going on?" Director Liu didn't want to do too much, after all, in previous years, the national television station was indeed a lot of black pots for the army, so he turned his head to Yang Ming and asked politely.
Hearing Director Liu's question, Yang Ming spread his hands helplessly, and said to Director Liu with a bitter face: "It's really too little for us to buy the copyright from the national TV station!"
It is indeed a little, the purchase fee for a single episode given by the national TV station was only 800,000 single episodes, Yang Ming also asked whether it was settled according to the ratings, but he didn't expect that the people of the national TV station at that time ignored Yang Ming's request at all.
That's why Yang Ming thinks about it, the reason why he made this TV series is not to make money, but to achieve cooperation with the military, and to pave the way for him to use military equipment when filming large-scale zuò in the future.
So, he endured it at the time.
In the TV series "I Am Special Forces", Yang Ming modified part of the plot and filmed a total of 30 episodes, which means that he only took 24 million copyright fees from the national TV station, which is only a small profit, compared with the income from his previous TV series, it is simply 108,000 miles away.
Fortunately, in this TV series, many venues and facilities are provided by the army, otherwise the 24 million is estimated to be only enough for the filming cost.
In the first part, because of the agreement, Yang Ming had no right to speak at that time, just pinch his nose.
Now that he wants to make a sequel, he naturally can't forget it like this, what's wrong with the national TV, if he doesn't give money, he still won't give the premiere rights to the national TV.
"Well, is 800,000 less?" Director Liu is a little unclear about the purchase market of TV dramas, in the past, their agreement with the national television station was 800,000 yuan to purchase the copyright of a single episode, and the cost of the general main theme TV series is mainly the cost of personnel recruitment and equipment scenes, which are basically equivalent to free for the army's art troupe.
Therefore, for the army, the price of a single episode of 800,000 is generally at least 50% profitable, and Director Liu used to have low ratings for TV dramas on his side, and he could still take so much money from the national TV station, so he was a little unhappy.
Yang Ming noticed Director Liu's somewhat confused look, so he had to popularize knowledge for Director Liu and said: "Director Liu, I used to have a premiere rights purchase agreement with Yanjing TV, if the TV series I shoot has a rating of more than 10%, then Yanjing TV will have to pay me at least 2 million for a single episode!"
"2 million!" Director Liu gasped, he was really shocked this time.
Director Hao sat on the side and heard this number, the corners of his eyes jumped, and the black line on his head became thicker, Director Liu, as a military officer, may not pay attention to these, how could he not know?
Moreover, Yanjing TV and National TV are both in Yanjing and have an inextricable relationship, and Director Hao basically knows about the things between Yanjing TV and Yang Ming.
With 10% of the ratings, the purchase price of a single episode is 2 million, and according to this algorithm, then with 30% of the ratings, the purchase price of a single episode is not 6 million?
If you really buy it at this price, then the national TV station will work for nothing, and it is estimated that the leader will spray him to death when he goes back!
No, it can't be like this, Director Hao thought of this, immediately raised his eyes, and said to Yang Ming unceremoniously: "Director Yang Ming, there is an agreement between our national TV station and the army, yes, the ratings of your film "I Am Special Forces" are very high, but you didn't see the ratings of the TV series sent by the army to broadcast before. ”
After finishing speaking, Director Hao still did not stop, but turned his head to Director Liu and sneered: "Can't you cross the river and tear down the bridge now that your art troupe has made a little achievement?"
Director Liu's face was a little embarrassed when he heard this, he was hesitant, and he didn't know what to say for a while, if he really did this, the army was indeed suspected of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.
It's really a bit inauthentic to think about it, especially for the military, it's even more inappropriate.
After listening to Director Hao's righteous and stern words, Yang Ming smiled slightly, knocked on the table, and said lightly: "Director Hao, first of all, you have to make one thing clear, we are Oriental Dreamworks, not the army's art troupe, our relationship with the military is just cooperation, our company is commissioned by the military to produce a main theme TV series, and in fact, we have completed this task perfectly, as for the sequel is an additional task, we have the right to conduct a public tender for the premiere rights!"
After he finished speaking, he thought for a while, and added: "I'll just make an analogy, our Oriental DreamWorks is like foreign aid, now help the military do this single job, we can withdraw, as for where we go next, it should be our own business, as for the next thing you and the military, just find their original team." ”
Director Hao was stunned, although Yang Ming didn't make it clear, he knew what Yang Ming meant very well.