Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Network Drama Project
"Remember, in the future, our company will not allow the use of any inferior and deceptive hype. We have to be responsible for the audience and its artists, and at the same time, the company does not need its artists to pay any price to hype. Of course, the normal publicity and promotion of activities still need to be cooperated by its artists. Li Bai said solemnly. He must take a preventive shot in advance, he doesn't want his company to have any bad hype, unspoken rules and the like in the future. Moreover, the investment in programs, movies, and TV series will definitely not be less in the future, and the stars in the company will not lack opportunities at all.
"Mr. Li, in this case, the company will be very difficult, especially for newcomers, if they can't get a better performance opportunity." Chen Rong said worriedly.
Li Bai nodded with satisfaction, appreciating Chen Rong's work attitude. Just after signing the contract, I can enter the role so quickly, and look at the problem from the perspective of the company, I deserve to be the elite of the industry, and the annual salary of one million is still relatively worthwhile. Of course, Chen Rong's concerns Li Bai had also carefully considered it before, and he didn't talk any more nonsense, he took out a script directly from his briefcase, threw it on the table, and motioned for everyone to take a look.
"Mr. Li, our company currently has no artists, so we can't shoot this drama at all. And the length of this series is too short, and the content has no theme and connotation. Isn't this a waste of money? After carefully reading the script, Chen Rong expressed her opinion. Although I feel that speaking out may make the boss unhappy, but I am already in this position, I must think about the company.
"Sister Chen, it seems that you can only stay in the brokerage department." Li Bai said with a smile that although Chen Rong has a serious work attitude, she uses her many years of work experience in the past to make judgments, and her ability to control the overall situation and accept some new things is a little worse. However, Li Bai was also a little abrupt in his heart, and he had too many requirements, Chen Rong originally came to apply for the deputy director of the brokerage department, not the director of the planning department and the operation department.
Subsequently, Li Bai didn't sell Guan Zi anymore, and said directly: "This web series, called "Hip Hop Quartet", is about some funny and interesting things in workplace life. I'm going to make it a branded series, and the airplay mode is seasonal, and the first season is planned to be eight episodes, and each episode is expected to be about 6 minutes after video editing. The first season will be cast by these three staff members from our brokerage department, and I will also participate in and direct it myself. As for everyone's concerns,......"
"Husband, my wife is calling! Husband, wife is calling! ......" Suddenly a strange mobile phone ringtone sounded in the office, interrupting Li Bai's conversation. Li Bai frowned and looked at everyone, the meeting even turned up the bell so loudly, and it was such a strange ringtone.
"Brother Bai, it seems to be your mobile phone." Ge Ying whispered to Li Bai, and the expressions of the others couldn't help but laugh.
"Uh, ahem...... Excuse me, I'll answer the phone first. Li Bai suddenly felt very embarrassed, felt very embarrassed, and his majesty was completely gone. I don't know why the phone ringtone suddenly became this? After thinking about it, only Ruoxi has this opportunity to commit the crime, it seems that this chick is getting worse and worse by herself, and she has to teach her a good lesson when she goes back.
"Xiaobai, it's up, it's up!" As soon as the phone was connected, Gu Yongjun's shout of surprise came from there.
"Old Gu, what's up, headless and brainless?" Li Bai asked suspiciously, Gu Yongjun is usually a slow person, no matter what he does, he is not impatient or impatient, and he is very calm.
"Your heart is too big, you forgot it in less than three hours, your boss is really irresponsible!" Gu Yongjun on the other end of the phone said complainingly.
"Oh, I remember!" Li Bai patted his head, and suddenly realized. I was so busy with the interview just now that I always felt like I had forgotten something. Now that Gu Yongjun mentioned this, he remembered it and asked eagerly: "How much is the show broadcast now?" ”
"It's already four million, and now it's a new record for the number of online video on demand in a single day. And it's still growing like crazy, and if nothing else, it's no problem to upload 10 million views in 24 hours. Gu Yongjun's voice trembled a little when he spoke, and he felt that he had to have a good heart to do things with Li Bai, otherwise the surprises and frightens in the day would be unbearable.
"So much? How are you doing with your membership now? Li Bai asked calmly, in fact, his heart was already happy, and the first step in his career was right.
"It's thanks to your meager publicity, at first it was just your fans' on-demand support, and then because the quality and content of the show are very exciting, the video has spread more and more. Now the number of people online at the same time has exceeded 2.3 million, the annual membership of Youdou has reached as many as 100,000, and the monthly membership has reached an astonishing 80W. Annual membership charges 188 yuan according to your pricing, and monthly membership costs 20 yuan, and these profits have reached 3500W Huaxia coins, and they are still growing. We have also been contacted by many advertisers who want to place ads on their websites. Gu Yongjun said excitedly, he didn't expect the membership system proposed by Li Bai to be so successful, the profit of three hours is more than the income of a paid on-demand video website in a quarter, and this is still without advertising.
"Old Gu, that's not how the accounts are calculated. Members are monthly and annual, and we have to invest a lot of money in operation and maintenance in the later stage, and there is not much to spread out every day. Now the first thing to do is to pay close attention to the customer service, editors, advertising department to recruit manpower, members of the after-sales service must be done well, which is related to whether our website can run well. Also, now that we have the funds, let's rent two large servers for backup first, so as not to catch us off guard when the website traffic increases. As for advertising, I'll talk about it tomorrow when I go to the company. By the way, I will send you a recruitment notice and play it before the show as an advertisement. Li Bai instructed that he was quite calm about these profits, and the majority of the video site's revenue was still in advertising, and the initial investment was just to drive traffic.
After hanging up the phone, he saw everyone looking at him in surprise, and Chen Rong was also confused.
Li Bai smiled, ignored everyone's expressions, and said directly: "Why, did you hear it?" Just now, Mr. Gu of Youdou.com called, and the first step of our Tianwang Media was a success, "Scream, Passerby" was uploaded for five hours, and the number of broadcasts has reached 4 million. Sister Chen, aren't you worried about the online market now? ”
"Mr. Li, you are amazing. I'm looking forward to online dramas even more now! Chen Rong said with a smile. The others were also excited.
"In the future, the Internet will be our main battlefield, of course, the traditional TV industry cannot be lost. The path our company has to take will also be different from other media companies, we must focus on the production of variety shows, supplemented by investment in film and television dramas. Of course, the meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and our company's next plan is to do a good job in the two online dramas, and the production of "Two Days and One Night" will also cooperate with Bashu Satellite TV.
So the first thing to do now is to recruit, director, photography, animation production, editing and other staff should be recruited as soon as possible, first set up the crew, and what equipment and materials are needed must also be procured. The personnel department, the finance department, the advertising department, the public relations department, and the planning department should also be quickly established. I'll leave these things to Sister Chen, after all, you are the only one in the company who is most familiar with them. And the three of you will follow Sister Chen first to do a good job in recruitment.
Ge Ying, you wait and contact the business department of the building, and rent the two empty office buildings next door, and connect the three together as the office area of our entire company. Li Bai directly assigned the task, Chen Rong was entrusted with an important task on the first day he came, and to be honest, Li Bai was helpless. At present, Tianwang Media is also Chen Rong, a real industry insider, and she is really responsible for recruiting this kind of thing. Of course, for the interview of the executive, it is ultimately up to Li Bai to decide, so there is nothing to worry about. What's more, there is no need to suspect people, and there is no doubt about employing people.
"Mr. Li, don't worry, leave these things to us." Chen Rong said confidently, feeling that she has become younger again, and she has regained the passion she had when she first came out to work. And Li Bai's complete trust also filled her heart with warmth.
Ge Ying looked at Chen Rong with some envy, but she was not jealous, thinking that she must work hard, and she would do Brother Bai a great favor like Chen Rong in the future. And Li Bai also took in Ge Ying's expression, but he didn't say anything to comfort him, it was actually good for the company to maintain such healthy competition.