Chapter 115: Changing Patterns [Part 15]
"Nuna, tell me well, where is the funding gap?"
Park Jung-hyuk remembers very well that for the sake of this You from the Star, KPTF has clearly prepared a sufficient budget. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Even if you spend more money in the early preparations, you won't start worrying about the funding now.
But Kim Tae-hee did encounter a problem, sighed quietly, and slowly told it.
It turned out that there would be financial problems, or because of the relationship between SBS TV station.
Don't look at You from the Stars is just a TV series, but the money spent is no worse than the movie.
In addition to the investment in special effects, more costs are spent on the periphery.
You are a fashion drama from the stars, and beautiful pictures and characters must be pursued. So just the costumes of the actors in the play are sky-high.
Not to mention other related peripheral expenses, which add up to more than 25% of the total cost.
As a result, the budget was reported to SBS TV, but it was stuck.
No matter how many times SBS's TV drama production bureau tried, the top management just didn't give it approval.
The reason is simple, previous TV series didn't do this.
Even the actors' salaries have to be deducted and deducted, how can SBS be willing to invest in the surrounding fields?
SBS's budget has not come down, and it all depends on the funds of KPTF, and it is obviously impossible to make the crew operate.
The S headquarters responded that if the ratings of this drama cannot exceed 20%, it will be difficult to recover the cost. But they are not sure, and they are guaranteed to complete the benefits. ā
After hearing this, Park Jung-hyuk understood what was going on.
Speaking from the heart, SBS's concerns are not unfounded. You from the stars have a lot of subversives in the production process.
Because there are many differences from previous TV dramas, no one can ensure that such a change will be acceptable to the audience?
Not all innovations will have good results, and TV stations have broadcast many popular TV series over the years, but there are also a lot of them hitting the streets.
In the past two years, SBS has finally kept its signboard through TV dramas in the decline of its artistic capabilities, so it is naturally more cautious in this regard.
They don't want their hard-earned reputation to be ruined so easily.
Not everyone is Park Jung-hyuk, and without the adventure of rebirth, how can you know how popular you will be from the stars?
It's understandable, you still have to shoot from the stars.
This night, Park Jung-hyuk pondered and finally found an emergency solution.
Together with Kim Tae-hee, he made an appointment to meet with Park Jong-sung, the head of the SBS drama production headquarters.
"Minister Park, I understand that your company has concerns about the production of this play?" As soon as they met, Park Jung-hyuk got straight to the point.
Interestingly, Park Jong-sung is a minister, and he is also a minister.
As a result, when it comes to "Minister Park", Park Jung-hyuk always feels like he is calling himself.
No, Kim Tae-hee, who was sitting next to him, was also smiling and accepting incompetence in this situation.
Park Jong-sung has been a minister for a long time than Park Jung-hyuk, and he is used to being called, but he has not noticed anything strange.
"I'm sorry, but the old guys up there are too conservative. Let us wear out our tongues, but they just don't agree with such a budget. In today's workplace, it's so hard to do something. ā
When he spoke, Park Jong-sung was very sorry.
He knew that just because the above refused to approve, SBS would make a lot less money on this drama.
If it were Park Jung-hyuk in the past, he would definitely be furious at such a backsliding.
But now that he is in a high position, he pays attention to the transfer of qi and the cultivation of the body, and he can look at some troubles calmly.
What's more, he has already found a way to deal with it, so there is no need to be angry, and he is inseparable from the chaos on the ground.
"In that case, I have to regret to say that I am afraid that the mode of cooperation between us will have to be changed."
As it should be, Park Jong-sung is not easy to say.
In the original agreement, SBS was required to invest so much. But now that he can't come up with the money, he definitely can't occupy that many shares.
"Minister Park, I want to ask, will this drama still be broadcast in our S headquarters?"
Although the shares can't be kept, Park Jong-sung really has a vision and has seen that this drama has the potential to become a divine drama.
If this is out of SBS's platform and broadcast to the other two broadcasters, it will definitely be a heavy blow to them.
Park Jung-hyuk thought about it carefully, and still felt that at this time, the qualifications of the three above-ground Bori SBBs were better.
In the past two years, when it comes to TV series, it is SBS.
The brand has been hit, and it is easy to gather enough audiences.
"Then that's good, although the joint venture production can't be realized, then we will sign the production and broadcasting contract. What about the terms of the normal production and broadcast agreement? ā
Park Jung-hyuk changed his strategy and kicked SBS out of the position of investor and turned it into a mere broadcast platform.
With such a change, Park Jung-hyuk is too late to be happy. The SBS high-level who eat the ancients will definitely regret their conservatism in the future.
Until the new agreement was signed, Park Jung-hyuk did not reveal his new financing plan to Park Jong-sung.
Now that he is no longer a shareholder, Park Jong-sung, although it is a pity, also abides by professional norms and does not ask about it.
But there is one person who has no such concerns, and when he is alone, he can't wait to ask.
"I said you wouldn't hide it from me, would you? Tell me, what tricks do you have to raise the missing funds? ā
Kim Tae-hee's eyes are burning and he wants to witness Park Jung-hyuk's skills again.
It's just that Park Jung-hyuk could have a wonderful move so quickly for a while, all he can have is the experience of others in his previous life.
"Haha, Nuna, you forgot, it doesn't matter if we don't have money, our neighbors, but we don't know how to spend it if we have a lot of money."
"Neighbors?"
Kim Tae-hee thought about it for a long time, until he saw Park Jung-hyuk's hand pointing to the west, and he understood that he was talking about China.
Park Jung-hyuk's trick is not magical to say.
In the previous life, since the beginning of China's variety show cooperation, the cooperation between the two sides in the field of pop entertainment culture has gradually deepened. Even under the influence of the THAAD affair, this trend has slowly expanded.
At that time, the cooperation between China and South Korea had gradually developed from simple copyright purchases, cross-border productions and bilateral performances to the level of mutual financing.
Especially later, many well-known Korean dramas were simply invested and filmed by Chinese capital.
The method that Park Jung-hyuk came up with is not an unusual trick.
At present, China has strengthened the investigation and punishment of film and television copyrights, and major cultural producers have begun to pay attention to copyrights.
As a result, the price of high-quality film and television rights has been rising, but it still attracts fierce competition from various broadcast platforms.
You from the stars has a strong lineup and is well-made, and it is still in the preparation stage, and it has already attracted continuous attention in Korea.
Park Jung-hyuk didn't believe that no one in China was interested in the drama.
Not to mention anything else, just by relying on the lineup of this show, it is easy to pull enough investment.
Director Zhang Taiyun, although he is still relatively young and has not been directing independently for a long time, but every one of his works is not simple.
"The War of Money", "The Painter of the Wind", and "The Tree with Deep Roots" are all some of the best works in Korean dramas, and they have also made him a dazzling star in the Korean director industry today.
Although the heroine Kim Tae-hee used to be just a vase, she has continued to be prolific in the past two years, winning the recognition of the audience through many works and beginning to become a ratings guarantee.
The actor Kim so-hyun is a rising star in the Korean entertainment industry, and his rise is jaw-dropping.
But with the blessing of one good work after another, Kim so-hyun has already gained a considerable status, and all major broadcasters are willing to pay a high price for being able to invite him to star.
Even the female No. 2 Liu Renna is also an outstanding performer. "Queen Inhyun's Man" became famous in one fell swoop, and they all have the potential to become the first woman.
The second male lead is an actor like Park Hae-jin who attaches equal importance to appearance and strength, and it is no exaggeration to say that even if there is no Kim so-hyun and Kim Tae-hee, Park Hae-jin and Yoo In-na alone can partner in a TV series.
Imagine such a lineup, coupled with the work of ace screenwriter Minister Park Jung-hyuk, how can such a drama not be popular?
Even JTBC is very jealous internally, and Son Seok-hee has nagged Park Jung-hyuk more than once, why don't you put this drama on JTBC to produce and broadcast it?
They are not bad at all, and they are willing and willing to invest.
However, the characteristics of your drama from the stars are limited, and it is really not suitable for broadcast on the comprehensive channel.
Fortunately, Park Jung-hyuk explained in every possible way, and Sun Shixi also understood the reason, so he could only let it go unwillingly. But it also forced Park Jung-hyuk to quickly come up with a sequel to fill in after the end of 1997.
So while he was busy looking for new investors for you from the stars, Park Jung-hyuk had already started to devote himself to writing the answer to 1994.
Looking for a suitable investor in China, Park Jung-hyuk set his sights on the broadcast platform.
Those broadcast platforms in China are now very popular, with a very good click-through rate, and they also have the intention to strengthen their presence in the field of film and television production.
For example, iQiyi, Tengxun, Letv, Sohu, etc., will not only buy the copyright of film and television works, but also actively invest in works and produce their own.
Perhaps because of the emerging model, these online platforms are very aggressive.
While Chinese TV stations are still busy with the acquisition of variety shows, they have already used their advantages to start attacking the copyright of Korean film and television works.
It is under such circumstances that the person in charge of KPTF's China office began to send cooperation invitations to major online broadcast platforms.
For a while, China's film and television broadcast market was stirred.
Each of these online platforms is not slow, and after judging you from Xingxing based on the data, they also sent their own teams to South Korea to negotiate with the producers on the spot.
KPTF, which has been a little quiet recently, has been busy all of a sudden.
However, when business comes to the door, everyone is also excited. (To be continued.) )