On September 1, 2010, on the 17th floor of Yinke Building, No. 38 Haidian Street, BJ, in the reception room of Tengxun Video Headquarters, Li Xiuping was wearing a white shirt, black trousers and blue leather shoes, smiling and sitting on an office chair.

"Whoa...... Wow...... "It's the sound ......of pages turning."

Opposite Li Xiuping sat a chubby middle-aged man with glasses, this person was Liu Shengli, the operations director of Tengxun Video, he was dressed in a formal suit, and he was looking at the "Crime in the Heart" information given by Li Xiuping with his head down, he watched it quickly, and turned the next page in less than a minute.

Li Xiuping took a sip of coffee, it felt very flat after entering the mouth, when the coffee flowed into his throat, he could feel a slightly bitter aroma similar to chocolate, he couldn't help but take another sip, this time he immediately felt a strong mellow aroma, which made him refreshed and smooth, Li Xiuping couldn't help but take another sip.

"It's worthy of the coffee at the headquarters of Tengxun, which is much better than what I bought in the supermarket. I also bought some when I had the opportunity to entertain guests. ”

When Li Xiuping was thinking nonsense in his heart, Liu Shengli had already finished reading the evaluation materials of "Crime in the Heart", he thought about it, and then nodded to Li Xiuping, "Director Li is really young and promising, talented, and the future is limitless!"

Li Xiuping smiled, "Thank you for the compliment." ”

Liu Shengli narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Xiuping, "The "Sin in the Heart" you brought is really surprising, I think the plot creativity is very good, how did you come up with such a theme at that time." ”

"I've been more interested in watching reasoning movies and TV series since I was a child, and I've always wanted to make a reasoning drama after I had a director's dream, but I couldn't write it with a limited level of my own, until one day I happened to see "Guilty in the Heart", and I thought this novel was very interesting, especially suitable for adaptation into a TV series. Li Xiuping was full of nonsense, but his expression was quite sincere.

"It seems that you have a good relationship with "Sin in the Heart". ”

"Good luck. ”

"Wanwan filmed so well, why don't you continue to shoot the second season? It won't be that Youdong won't let you, right?" Liu Shengli suddenly changed the topic.

Li Xiuping shook his head, "At that time, they wanted me to continue directing the second season of Wanwan, but at that time, I felt that there was no challenge and I couldn't learn more shooting experience, so I pushed it, but I recommended two friends to Youguo, and the second season of Wanwan was directed by my two friends." ”

"It seems that you did pay a lot for the filming of "Sin in the Heart". ”

"Well, I've been busy for almost three months, and now it's finally done. ”

Liu Shengli said with a smile: "God rewards hard work, now it's time for you to harvest the fruits, although I haven't watched the finished film of "Guilty in the Heart", but looking at your planning book and investigation report, I think this will be a good drama." ”

"And what do you think?"

"Personally, I approve of this drama, but I still need to discuss it with other departments before I can decide. We will vigorously develop in the past few years, not only to introduce NBA American dramas, but also to introduce a large number of excellent domestic dramas, we also have our own plans to shoot online dramas, now is the rising period of Tengxun video, as long as it is a good work, we will not refuse, so your online drama, I believe we will not miss it. ”

"Okay, I'll wait for your news. ”

"There must be news in two days. ”

Li Xiuping left the Tengxun video headquarters, and then went to the headquarters of Youguo, still receiving Li Xiuping in the high-definition mountain, but this time he talked in the spacious and bright reception room, "Brother Li, I really miss you, every time I meet, I give me benefits, I can't wait to see you, I have already calculated the time, and I estimate that you will come to BJ in the next few days, so I am looking forward to you every day." ”

Li Xiuping handed the information of "Crime in the Heart" to Gao Gaoshan, "Mr. Gao, this is a summary of my new work "Crime in the Heart", as well as my personal views on the market reaction of "Crime in the Heart", as well as the advantages of "Crime in the Heart" gimmick. ”

Gao Gao Shan took the information, and then looked at it, he looked very carefully, looked very slowly, and thought while watching.

Ten minutes later, Gao Gaoshan finished reading the information of "Sin in the Heart" and asked slowly: "Brother Li, what do you think "Sin in the Heart" relies on to attract the audience. ”

"In the early stage, it is professional and mysterious, and in the later stage, it depends on word of mouth. There are very few suspense crime dramas in China, and there are still some at the beginning of the new century, and I don't seem to have heard of them in the market in recent years, but the audience in our country actually likes this kind of TV series very much, I remember that the very rough production of "Red Spider" has good ratings, like "The Six Ancestors of Serious Cases" is almost the memory of a generation. Now that the domestic drama is in a blank period, my drama should be able to attract some viewers who are looking for dramas, and when they click in, they will find that the first episode of "Guilty in the Heart" will enter the plot of reasoning and chasing the murderer, and I just want to catch the audience's attention with professionalism in the first episode. ”

Gao Gaoshan nodded, "You said here that this drama is very compact, some like American dramas, focusing on solving cases, supplemented by feelings, why do you deal with it like this?"

"Attract the audience, "Crime in the Heart" is an online drama, and it must be people who are on the Internet to watch it, mostly young audiences, young people nowadays have too much entertainment, and they rarely love a drama. Taking American dramas as a reference, the reason why it has a group of die-hard fans is because it is interlocking, the plot is tense, and there is suspense all the time, almost giving the audience time to think. "Guilty in the Heart" is actually not mature enough in terms of plot setting, at least I think there is a big gap compared with some famous American dramas, but compared with domestic dramas, I think the plot is definitely exciting, fascinating, and very attractive to young audiences. ”

"Have you ever wondered how much this show can sell?"

"I hope it's about 18 million. ”

"Okay, Brother Li, we need to discuss it, you wait for my news, and I'll give you an answer within five days. ”

"Good. ”

Li Xiuping didn't look for other video sites, because as far as he knows, pox rarely buys new dramas, and the website's strategy is to share, relying on netizens to upload videos to make blood. Sohu is mainly based on American dramas and British dramas, as for Aiqiyi and LeTV, they have not found the owner at this time, and they have no money.

Tengxun and Yougu are different, Tengxun is the richest and most willing to spend money among the major video websites, and Yougu is the most daring and willing to invest in new projects, these two are the most reliable.

A day later, Liu Shengli contacted Li Xiuping, Li Xiuping rushed to the video headquarters of Tengxun again, Liu Shengli affirmed his appreciation of "Sins in the Heart", and said that Tengxun was willing to invest 13 million to buy the exclusive broadcast rights of the first season of "Sins in the Heart".

Teng Xun is rich, of course Li Xiuping will not agree immediately, he said that his psychological price is 18 million.

Liu Shengli said that "Crime in the Heart" is the first suspense web drama, and the market acceptance needs to be considered, and Tengxun needs to consider it carefully.

Li Xiuping also needs time, so both sides said to think about it carefully.

Two days later, Gao Gaoshan contacted Li Xiuping, he said that the price given by Youguo was 12 million, Li Xiuping said it was too low, and after some bargaining between the two sides, it was determined that it was 14 million, Li Xiuping did not sign a contract, and he had to wait for news from Teng Xun.

Another day passed, Liu Shengli contacted Li Xiuping again, and the two discussed again, and the final result was that Tengxun bid 12 million to buy "Crime in the Heart", in addition to additional terms, "Crime in the Heart" has been broadcast more than 200 million in 10 years, so it will add 5 million, more than 300 million plus 8 million, and more than 400 million plus 10 million.

The excellent cave is 14 million, and it is bought and sold with a hammer, and the rattan news is less than 12 million and more than 22 million. Li Xiuping felt that he needed to think about it, so he didn't agree immediately, but said that he would reply in two days.