Chapter Seventy-Five: Selling Characters
Guangshen Satellite TV.
After Tang Lin and Mo Li got out of the car, as soon as they walked into the TV station hall, they saw Gu Zhengqin and others walking over.
"Welcome to drink!Xiao Tang, you made me wait, I've been waiting for a long time, you won't come here specifically to eat, right?" Gu Zhengqin shook hands with Tang Lin with a smile and said.
Although the number of times the two people meet is not much, the relationship is at least okay, and a little joke is acceptable.
"Uh-huh, really, Chief Gu, don't say it, I haven't eaten since last night in order to come to you for a meal, just to come and eat and drink with my belly open, by the way, can I take it out when I'm full?" Tang Lin also said with a smile.
Gu Zhengqin gave him the impression that although he was very serious on the outside, he was actually quite amiable on the inside and could stand up to jokes.
"Don't worry, I'll tell Aunt Canteen that you can bring as much as you want, even the pot can be taken away, it's not a valuable thing anyway," Gu Zhengqin also smiled and said, "But before that, let's talk about it first." ”
"Director Gu, you are really slamming the door, how much can you eat in one meal in the canteen!" Tang Lin knew that Gu Zhengqin was joking, but he still echoed and said.
A group of people came to the TV conference room on the fifth floor with a smile and a smile.
After everyone sat down, Gu Zhengqin said to Tang Lin: "Okay, everyone has arrived, in fact, this cooperation with Xiao Tang, our station has been unanimously approved before this, we plan to buy out in terms of planning, and then the price is in 100 million, this is the actual amount received, the corresponding tax, we will help you pay it, what do you think?"
The price of 100 million is now considered a very high purchase cost, and if the planning of a general variety entertainment program is successfully negotiated with the TV station, the price will generally fluctuate between 10 million and 50 million, and there are very few less than 10 million, because the TV station is not optimistic about the planning, and will not be too lazy to buy it at all.
Gu Zhengqin and the TV station are very kind, but Tang Lin doesn't want to sell all the copyrights, because he knows that the follow-up copyright is the bulk of the income, and he is not yet a saint to give up the huge profits.
"Director Gu, and everyone here, you also know that my company is engaged in entertainment, so I don't want to sell the copyright of this show, so I ......" Tang Lin said a little embarrassedly, "The price given to me by the station is very favorable, but I want to talk about the price after putting aside the copyright." ”
"Don't you sell the rights?" the rest of the room began to whisper.
"It seems that Xiao Tang, you are still very optimistic about your program planning, and the copyright matter has been thought through," Gu Zhengqin smiled, not feeling angry or unhappy because of Tang Lin's refusal.
"No, no, no, it's just to leave a way back for your company, maybe the show will be hot one day, and the company doesn't happen to have a good program to shoot, so you can take it out and fry it when the time comes," Tang Lin replied with a smile, not feeling embarrassed by his words or anything like that.
However, Gu Zhengqin didn't seem to care about these, and after looking at the others, he nodded and said, "Okay, no problem, but the price may be slightly lowered, otherwise I will be embarrassed to explain to the others in the stage." ”
Tang Lin also nodded, he can naturally understand this, 100 million is not a small amount of money, and if he deducts more than half of the goods, people will naturally not pay such a high price again.
"Well, I understand, Chief Gu," Tang Lin said.
"60 million, is there anything wrong with this price?" asked Gu Zhengqin.
Without the copyright, Gu Zhengqin still gave a price that exceeded Mo Li's expectations, which made Tang Lin a little surprised, it seems that Gu Zhengqin does not attach too much importance to the copyright of this plan, and may not expect that Tang Lin's variety show will have more income in copyright.
"It's very reasonable, it's a lot higher than the market price, thank you Taili and Director Gu for their recognition of me, of course, I believe that this plan will not disappoint you," Tang Lin quickly replied.
"Well, I believe you too, so the price has been negotiated, should we talk about some relevant content of this show, so that we can have some understanding, as for the signing of the contract, just leave it to Mr. Mo who came with you and the people in our station, we are also people who don't know much about the contract, what do you think?" Gu Zhengqin said to Tang Lin.
"Of course," Tang Lin promised.
Gu Zhengqin was able to finalize all the expenses when he didn't know any of the content of the program, which was enough to give Tang Lin face, no matter what kind of consideration Tang Lin was in at this time, he should tell this extravagant local tyrant about the general content of the program.
"Actually, my plan is about a celebrity reality outdoor show, probably the content is that the program team sets up the content of customs clearance, finds six fixed combinations of stars to form a fixed guest team, and each person's personality will have a certain range, and then in the problem set by the program team, they will show their respective abilities, of course, in this process, funny is the first," Tang Lin probably talked about.
"Will anyone like to watch such a show?" After listening to it, Gu Zhengqin was a little puzzled, there didn't seem to be much attraction in it.
"Yes, it depends on how the program team arranges it. Tang Lin nodded in confirmation.
"Can you tell us about the character design of the regular guests? If we want to shoot, we can also find stars," Gu Zhengqin asked.
Tang Lin nodded, and then said: "This show needs seven people, first of all, the first one is the captain, who requires a flexible brain, and has a very rich entertainment spirit, daring to take things out to entertain the public, such as self-blackening or something, in addition, you need to have enough control over the entire recording site, to drive the direction of the entire show, to activate the atmosphere between the members, and so on." ”
"That's about the same as the host?" Gu Zhengqin nodded and said.
"It's different, the host only needs to speak lines, but not in this show, he needs to participate in the middle of the show, and be able to control the atmosphere of the members, so as not to let the recording rhythm be caught in a very ugly situation, it can be said that he is a controller and a moderator. Tang Lin shook his head and said.
Gu Zhengqin nodded and continued to ask, "What about the second one, what kind of qualities and abilities does the second one need?"
Tang Lin saw that Gu Zhengqin seemed to understand what he meant, and quickly answered Gu Zhengqin's second question: "The second one can be called an ability, and the others have no requirements. Because the program is an outdoor program, the physical fitness required will be a little higher, and this person's physical fitness is the highest among all the characters, if the intelligence can go up a little, it will be better. ”
"Why do you have physical requirements?" asked Gu Zhengqin suspiciously.
Tang Lin explained: "Outdoor programs are not simply for a few stars to wander around and complete the following tasks, which will be designed to play between some people, as well as psychological games, and the last link is a very tragic tearing off the name brand, that is, pasting a universal name card on the back, and then tearing off the name card behind the other party with both bare hands, it is regarded as a victory. ”
"So that's the case, that is, some stars have added tricks to catch and seek each other in the show?" Gu Zhengqin confirmed to Tang Lin.
"Well, you can think of it this way, of course, not the capable will necessarily be able to win, there are still some IQ games in the show, and I will explain the details in the planning," Tang Lin said.
"You mean you wrote down the content of each episode's program planning?" Gu Zhengqin suddenly looked at Tang Lin in surprise, and the other TV station staff next to him were the same.
"yes, isn't it all like this? Is there a problem?" Tang Lin said.
"No problem, no problem, just because you are like this, it will allow the screenwriter to go home from work early for dinner, accompany the children, and warm the quilt for his wife!" Gu Zhengqin said.
"It's just some of my thoughts and suggestions, and if other planners in the station have different ideas or opinions, you can modify them," Tang Lin said.
"It's not that there are many people in the stage who are idle and have nothing to do, and in my opinion, their planning is far inferior to Xiao Tang's," Gu Zhengqin laughed, and accidentally slapped Tang Lin's ass again.
"Director Gu said with a smile, there is a lot of power in the crowd, I believe there are still a lot of capable people in the stage," Tang Lin said very modestly, although he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with the plan he wrote down based on the materials in his memory, but modesty is one of the potential traits of the Chinese people.
"Hehe, be modest!" Gu Zhengqin looked at Tang Lin with a smile, "Then what about other characters?"
Tang Lin nodded and continued to answer: "Because it is an outdoor activity, male stars are certain, and there should not be too many women, but it can't be without, so at this point, female stars can look at it and find one." Female stars do not require a strong physique, but they must have wisdom and know how to achieve their own victory when they are surrounded by men, of course, beautiful and eye-catching are definitely wanted, and the audience doesn't want to see women with acne and scum on their faces often bring very strong lethality to their eyes in the show. ”
"Do you mean to find a beautiful and intelligent female star to be a resident guest on the show?"
"Bingo!, you can imagine a woman toying with several men in the final brand tearing battle, and that kind of picture will make both male and female audiences be killed," Tang Lin said.
Gu Zhengqin pondered for a while, as if he was simulating such a picture, and then raised his head and said, "Indeed, what about other characters?"
Tang Lin quickly continued: "The fourth one needs a person with the ability to occasionally overturn the ability, it can be said that the ability is like a nerve knife, usually lazy, confused and stupid, but occasionally, personal strength and wisdom can suddenly rise to a very terrifying height, and inadvertently snatch the champion who everyone thought was the ability. ”
"An accidental accident is also a highlight," Gu Zhengqin nodded and said, these characters that Tang Lin said, in his opinion, are indeed good ratings.
"Well, if there are three more, there should be four people in front of them, so the last three abilities don't need to be too outstanding, and you don't have to be too deliberate to express yourself, you can let one of them have the attribute of timidity, one with the attribute of incompetence, and the other with the attribute that is all so bad that it can't be worse, in this way, there will be a bag of anger in the show, which can set off the other members and make the contrast more stark," Tang Lin said again.
"No celebrity would agree to this kind of personality, right?" asked Gu Zhengqin with some concern.
"Actually, it's not all like this, rabbits will bite when they're in a hurry, for example, you can properly let these three unlucky guys join forces to cheat, stab a knife in the back or something, if this kind of thing is done well, it will also be very brilliant, and it can also bring a lot of laughter to the show.
"So that's the case, I have to say, Xiao Tang, your planning and character design are really in place, I really want to know how you can have such a good experience in variety shows," Gu Zhengqin said with some sighs.
"It's just fooling, it's fooling," Tang Lin said with a smile, "In addition, we can make a little couple CP in the show, because there is a female star, and there is some ambiguity in the show, it is easy to make the character and content of the show popular." ”
"Well, that's a good idea," Gu Zhengqin nodded, expressing his appreciation for Tang Lin's suggestion, "By the way, Xiao Tang, I heard that you are also interested in participating in this show, right?"
It seems that Gu Zhengqin also watched entertainment news reports, otherwise he wouldn't have known some of the problems Tang Lin said when he was interviewed yesterday.
Tang Lin nodded and said with a smile: "It does mean this, but whether you can participate or not depends on whether you agree with the station, after all, after the show is sold to you, the guests in it are determined by you, and I can't interfere." ”
"Look at what you said, if you want to come, don't we welcome you with our hands up?" Gu Zhengqin scolded with a smile.
"Mr. Tang, there is an article in the contract, saying that in the past ten years, if this program can shoot subsequent episodes, at the same price, we want to agree to give priority to them to shoot the program, is this okay?" Mo Li, who was looking at the contract very seriously, suddenly asked Tang Lin.
"Well, yes," Tang Lin has no requirements for this, the copyright is in his hands, and there is no need to think about the competition of domestic TV stations, what he needs to care about is a big deal of business from abroad after the program is booming.