On the afternoon of the third day, Cai Jingsheng, who was far away in Hong Kong, flew to the imperial capital to meet Li Lin, and the place they agreed on was the box of a hot pot restaurant opened by an artist in the imperial capital.

Not luxurious, but better than private enough.

Li Lin, Luo Feng, and Qi Xiangdong sat in the box and waited for Cai Jingsheng's arrival.

Click!

The box door was pushed open, and Cai Jingsheng walked in in a black shirt, and he said with a slight apology: "I've kept you waiting." ”

"It's us early." Li Lin said with a smile: "Director Cai, we have read your script, and in principle, we agree to invest in all of them." ”

Solely! Cai Jingsheng's eyelids jumped, and he looked at Li Lin in surprise.

Discretionary investment is a heresy in the entertainment industry where joint investment occupies the mainstream, even if a large company like Huayi will pull a group of investors to take the risk when investing in film and television production, and only giants such as Sony and Warner in Hollywood dare to invest alone, but even so, only sequels like "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Harry Potter" that have already had a reputation will they invest in it.

Like other movies, they still follow the mainstream of the entertainment industry to attract a group of investors for joint investment to share the risk.

Gold Medal Records is only a medium-sized record company, and they have just transformed, and they actually have the courage to invest in TV series, and their end is either to die or starve to death.

"But we weren't happy with the script." Li Lin said: "Compared with the original book, this script has too many deletions. ”

This is a complaint point for fans of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in Li Lin's previous life.

Su Su, Du Fuwei, Tuo Fenghan, none of these people who are brilliant in the original work, Hou Xibai and Yang Xuyan are the same person. Even Concubine Xuan and Shi Qingxuan are the same person,

And at the beginning of the TV, it was not written that Shuanglong was a gangster in Yangzhou, and it lacked the plot of Kou Zhong's southern and northern battles and the hard-built young marshal army.

Even how his two brothers became talented is a generalization, and there is a lack of brotherhood with Bafenghan, Hou Xibai, and Tuli.

What's even more worth complaining about is that at the end of the story, Ssangyong actually died. made many book lovers cry out for their fathers.

Compared with the original work, the TV series "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has too many deletions and changes, and the scenes are too small, not to mention comparing it with epic masterpieces such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, even "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Dragon Babu" are not comparable, which is why "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is successful but lacks stamina.

"If you can, please also ask Director Cai to revise the script, and it is best not to delete and change the plot of the original book casually." Li Lin said.

"No ......." Cai Jingsheng smiled bitterly. "I also want to not delete it, but if I don't, it will require too much investment."

His original intention was to respect the original as much as possible, but as soon as he calculated the budget, he knew it was impossible!

He is not Zhang Jizhong. It is impossible for investors to rush to give him money, and if the plot is not deleted, investors will throw the script into the trash when they see the investment, and they will not even look at it.

"How much investment is needed?"

"At least fifty million."

Li Lin has a toothache.

Li Lin's "Legend of the Condor Heroes" in 03 years of his previous life was only an investment of 50 million. Cai Jingsheng opened his mouth to be 50 million. can be compared with Zhang Jizhong.

But who is Zhang Jizhong, he is a professional household of Jin Yong's drama, and all of them have excellent ratings, which can bring great returns to investors, so investors are flocking to him.

What kind of director is Cai Jingsheng? He is just a TV drama director with very old qualifications in the industry, and Zhang Jizhong's status is not one or two points worse than his, but he opened his mouth with an investment of 50 million, Li Lin finally understood why Cai Jingsheng wanted to delete the script - if he didn't delete the script, he wouldn't want to shoot "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in his life.

And there is no doubt about it. Although the deleted "The Legend of the Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has achieved good ratings and brought returns to investors, the reputation is not very good, and it has been criticized by fans of "The Legend of the Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". So much so that there are not many TV stations that buy replay rights.

For TV stations, the premiere ratings are important, but word-of-mouth is equally important, and TV dramas with strong premiere ratings but poor word-of-mouth don't sink too much in the second round of broadcasts.

Now Li Lin is hesitant whether to invest in the uncensored version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

There is no doubt that the deleted version of "The Legend of the Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" can make money, but the uncensored version of "The Legend of the Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has the possibility of becoming a classic.

It's like Zhang Jizhong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" brought out Li Yapeng and made Zhou Xun's career to a higher level.

"Director Cai, can we discuss?" Li Lin quickly pulled Qi Xiangdong and Luo Feng to the side after Cai Jingsheng nodded, "The full version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" may become the next "Legend of the Condor Heroes". ”

"Huang Yi's fame is not inferior to Jin Yong, and the popularity of "The Legend of the Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is not lost to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", if the investment keeps up, "The Legend of the Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is likely to become the next "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"."

"What percentage of it is likely?" Qi Xiangdong asked without hesitation, the first round of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in a few years sold 32 million, and as we all know, the majority of the income of the TV series is broadcast in the second round, and the money earned by the first round of broadcast rights is only a little more than the third round of broadcast rights.

And with the war on Li Lin's entertainment paradise, TV series have a new channel to make money, industry insiders estimate that the gold-absorbing ability of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" will absorb at least 130 million, and this 130 million is different from the movie, the movie also needs to share the account with the theater, which only needs to deduct taxes.

With such a powerful ability to absorb gold, anyone who sees it will be greedy.

"Sixty percent probability." Li Lin said: "But even if it doesn't become the next "Legend of the Condor Heroes", I am sure that "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" will recover its cost." ”

It's a big deal to recommend it on Entertainment Paradise, but he doesn't believe that the current traffic of Entertainment Paradise can't bring popularity to "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

"The most important thing is to pass the stage of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", and we can launch our own company's artists."

In addition to "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", none of the three dramas invested in are suitable as a stage for newcomers.

Not to mention "Golden Branches", this is a palace fighting drama, which has high requirements for acting skills, and newcomers entering will only drag down the whole play.

"Iron Tooth Bronze Tooth Ji Xiaolan Part 3" is a sequel, and the actors are all old actors from the first two parts, and Li Lin is powerless even if he wants to change people.

Although "Yangmen Tiger General" is suitable for newcomers, Li Lin is not very looking forward to this drama, because his ratings are not very high, and his reputation is not very outstanding.

If a company wants to support a newcomer, the first debut drama is naturally the higher the ratings, the better, and the higher the reputation, just like "The Family of Gold Powder" arranged by Chen Jinfei for Liu Yifei.

"." Qi Xiangdong said resolutely that he came to the gold medal record company for great development, even if he threw money at it, he would smash the gold medal record company out.

Luo Feng didn't say anything, she was not suitable for this kind of thing.

"Okay." Li Lin walked in front of Cai Jingsheng, "Director Cai, we have decided to invest, 50 million, we have full investment, but we need casting rights and distribution rights." ”

"You should be given the distribution rights, but the casting rights ......." Cai Jingsheng hesitated, the casting right is one of the director's rights, with the casting right, the director can choose his favorite artist as he likes, although the director will be affected by the investor in the actual manipulation process, but there is no doubt that the casting right is still a right that cannot be lost.

"I can't give it to you."

"With all due respect." Li Lin Zhengse said: "An investment of 50 million is a big risk for any company, if Director Cai is Zhang Jizhong and is filming Jin Yong's drama, then we will send money to Director Cai without casting rights." ”

"But it's a pity that Director Cai is not Zhang Jizhong!"

Cai Jingsheng smiled bitterly when he heard this, if he had Zhang Jizhong's fame and brand effect, would he still need to see Li Lin and Qi Xiangdong's faces here? Huayi and Guangguang have long rushed to invest in him.

"So in order to ensure that we can still get the maximum benefit even if the investment fails, we need to send our company's artists into this TV series." Li Lin said: "Tong guò This TV series is to support the actors of our company. ”

"To be honest, if it weren't for Li Lin's insistence, I wouldn't have agreed to invest in your drama at all." Qi Xiangdong and Li Lin are one singing in black and the other in white, "The investment of 50 million is too risky, and if you are not careful, you will not be able to recover the investment, and as far as the current domestic TV drama market is concerned, the investment of 50 million is far less than the investment of 5 10 million to get a higher rate of return." ”

Cai Jingsheng was silent, what Qi Xiangdong said is the mainstream of the current TV drama circle, because after the increase in advertising fees has decreased and a large number of TV drama fans have been taken away by the Internet, TV dramas have fallen into a strange circle of greater investment, greater risk, and smaller rate of return.

For many investors, casting a wide net and catching more fish is king.

Li Lin saw Cai Jingsheng's silence and immediately said: "Of course, we can promise you that if the actors we choose do not meet your requirements, we can remove them unconditionally." ”

Li Lin's last sentence touched Cai Jingsheng, he hesitated for a moment and still couldn't resist the temptation of 50 million investment, and agreed, "Okay, I promise you the right to issue and cast." (To be continued......)