Geng Yunhe only said that Shang Yunyan wanted a script for a martial arts sitcom, but did not say how many episodes he wanted.

Zhou Lin also didn't say how many episodes he planned to write.

After there was a little problem in the communication between the two sides, a big joke was made.

Shang Yunyan ambitiously gave Zhou Lin a very high price in the industry, which became 12 million after multiplying it by eighty episodes!

This figure is a little exaggerated, not to mention Shang Yunyan, even the big companies in the industry can't afford it.

After listening to Zhou Lin talk about his writing plan, Geng Yunhe was also numb, and hurriedly asked, "Can't you write a few fewer episodes?"

"The overall framework is already in place, and the plot is also in the chest, which is really indispensable. Actually, I originally planned to write 160 episodes, and these 80 episodes are just the upper ......," Zhou Lin said.

Geng Yunhe almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, he only mentioned the matter of writing the script yesterday, and he conceived a plot of one hundred and sixty episodes in one night, ...... You're an alien, right?

"I can't do this thing, I'll tell Lao Shang and let him contact you. Geng Yunhe made such a fuss, and found that the work of communicating in the center was not so easy, so he hurriedly said.

"Okay, I'll talk to him in detail. ”

hung up the phone, Zhou Lin was also a little crying and laughing.

When I chose "Wulin Gaiden", I ignored its length, the length of eighty episodes was also a huge giant in the previous life in 2006, and in 1999, the length of the TV series in this life is basically twenty or thirty episodes, although it looks very enjoyable, it takes a long time and great financial resources to film.

In his previous life, if it weren't for the director Shang Jing's courage, ability and popularity, if it weren't for the fact that "Wulin Gaiden" was a sitcom with a low cost, and if it weren't for the fact that those actors were not famous back then, the cost of 80 episodes would probably be an astronomical amount.

The filming of TV dramas in this life is similar to that in the previous life, they are all filmed in one go and then broadcast, and I don't know if Shang Yunyan's studio can bear such a big consumption.

Zhou Lin suddenly thought of the production process of TV dramas in the United States in his previous life, no matter how many episodes of TV series they have, they will be broadcast seasonally.

The first season will be filmed first, ranging from six to thirteen episodes, and the TV station will purchase it and decide whether to renew it according to the ratings of the broadcast.

If the ratings are high, the contract will be renewed, and there will be a second, third, and even Nth season.

If the ratings do not meet the requirements, they will not be renewed, and they will disappear after the first season.

In the American dramas of the previous life, there were both long-lived dramas that lasted for ten or even twenty seasons, as well as short-lived dramas that were cut in half after one season, in short, everything was based on ratings as a reference factor.

Although the United States also exists, the cultural industry is very barren, although there is also a Hollywood film industry, and there are various television stations, but the industrial model is not much different from that of China.

"If Shang Yunyan thinks that "Wulin Gaiden" is too long, you can consider the practice of American dramas in the previous life. Zhou Lin thought to himself.

As he pondered, the phone rang again, and it was an unfamiliar number from the deep city.

When I asked, it was Shang Yunyan.

Because of Geng Yunhe, a mutual friend and an understanding before, the two got to the point after a few greetings.

Shang Yunyan said: "Mr. Zhu, I'm really sorry. I didn't know your plan was so grandiose, there were eighty episodes. If it was such a long-form production, my small studio probably wouldn't be able to afford such a huge salary and shooting cycle. ”

He paused and said, "I don't know if you can think about it and shorten the length a bit." If I could shrink it to forty episodes, I could barely bear it. ”

Zhou Lin waited for him to finish before saying: "First of all, thank you Mr. Shang for valuing me, I am honored to be able to give me such a high price of 150,000 episodes for such a young man who has no fame and no background in the film and television industry." As for the plot of this play, I have already designed it, and the length of 80 episodes should not be changed. ”

Shang Yunyan was a little disappointed: "If I can't shorten it, I'm afraid I can only give up." ”

"Don't give up in a hurry, in fact, I have a suggestion, I don't know if Mr. Shang would like to listen to it. Zhou Lin said.

"What suggestions?" Shang Yunyan didn't expect to hear any constructive opinions from Zhou Lin's mouth, he just hoped that he could try his best to persuade him to change his mind, so he asked politely.

Zhou Lin talked about the filming process of the American drama in his previous life, and finally said: "...... We can divide a "Wulin Gaiden" into four seasons, with twenty episodes in each season. Sell according to ratings, the ratings in the first season are high, the price in the second season will rise, the ratings in the first season are low, and we may not shoot the second season. In this way, we can not only enlarge our profit margins, but also save costs and avoid risks. ”

Shang Yunyan didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after listening to a few words, he was stunned.

That's a wonderful solution!

Now the film and television drama market is also talking about "receiving is king", but what is "king" has not been determined.

This method in Zhou Lin's mouth just increased the ratings to a decisive position.

The ratings are high, just keep filming, if the audience likes to watch it, let alone 80 episodes, you have the ability to shoot 800 episodes!

The ratings are not high, so I'm sorry I didn't sign up. If the audience doesn't like it, don't bother people by showing it on TV.

Shang Yunyan didn't know that the American drama model also had drawbacks, Zhou Lin didn't say that he couldn't think of so much for the time being, but he just felt that this novel model was very interesting, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became.

"Mr. Chai is a very good method, I'm willing to give it a try. Shang Yunyan said, "If you agree, I will go to Songjiang to meet you in a few days to negotiate a contract for the first twenty episodes of the first season." ”

After the monk Yunyan made an appointment to meet, he hung up the phone, and Zhou Lin searched for Shang Yunyan's previous works on the Internet and fell into deep thought.

It was Zhou's mother's knock on the door that interrupted his train of thought.

"What's the matter?" asked Zhou Lin when he opened the door.

Zhou's mother waved a letter in her hand and said happily: "The admission letter of Songjiang University is here!"

"Oh!" Zhou Lin hurriedly opened the letter.

Zhou Lin:

After review, you meet the enrollment requirements of the college, and with the approval of the superior admissions department, you are now officially admitted as a four-year undergraduate freshman majoring in marketing of the college, please take this notice to report to the School of Management of Songjiang University from August 31 to September 1......

The following is the School of Management of Songjiang University.

Although he knew for a long time that he would definitely be able to go to Songjiang University, it was not until he actually got the admission letter that Zhou Lin accurately and clearly felt the difference between his past life and his present life.

He will enter a new environment completely different from his previous life, meet new teachers and classmates, and experience a new and unknown life.

It's like a game you've beaten and you've read a save file and started over somewhere you need to choose.

What a taste!