Chapter 613: Six short dramas start filming at the same time!
Even if "33 Days of Broken Love" is approved, it will have to wait for a month at the earliest, and Xu Jing will focus all her energy on the video platform and begin to vigorously solicit contributions from the whole network.
The news of the call for papers first spread from the circle, and he made many people advertise for him through various channels, calling on people with lofty ideals, that is, screenwriters who think they have the ability to submit to his company.
And specifically responsible for collecting scripts, he recruited 4 people from outside, these 4 people are all newcomers engaged in related industries, have a certain amount of training, and have a little bit of an eye for picking scripts, but they are not as keen as veterans.
Therefore, the three people in the copyright department of the company not only have to pick the script, but also be responsible for bringing new people.
Fortunately, newcomers are more clever and quick to get started, and a lot of work can be arranged for newcomers to do, but the elderly are a little easier.
Xu Jin was not satisfied after soliciting manuscripts from the circle, and began to vigorously solicit manuscripts on the Weibo platform, calling on many people with screenwriting talents to send the manuscript to his company mailbox.
In this open call for papers on the Internet, he did not specify which aspect of the manuscript was required, which is equivalent to a full-range selection, but later there was a note that the short play manuscript is better.
Many netizens who don't know why are a little curious and puzzled when they hear the short play.
[Squat, although I don't have screenwriting talent, and I don't know a few big characters, it seems that the film and television dramas broadcast on the market are mainly long dramas, right? ] 】
[Now film and television dramas have more than 20 episodes, isn't this a long drama? ] 】
[I think so too, if it's a short drama, wouldn't it be done in a dozen episodes?] 】
[It also depends on the broadcast duration, if you play an episode for an hour and a half, in fact, a short drama of 12 episodes is equivalent to a long drama of 24 episodes, right? ] Now you have to watch commercials to watch TV, and you have to advertise once in half an hour]
[What TV series are you watching upstairs?] It only takes half an hour to advertise, and that's so happy...... Aren't all TV dramas advertised every 20 minutes now? I have to advertise 4 times in an episode, and I desperately stuff you with ads, I can't wait you can't see it! 】
[Many people say that film and television dramas make money from advertising, but Xu Jing wants to collect short dramas, I'm thinking, the advertisements for his short dramas are obviously not as profitable as those long TV series, isn't that a loss? ] 】
[It's impossible to lose a loss, I think he has other ideas, right? 】
Not only netizens are puzzled, but many people in the circle are puzzled, and they have a good relationship with Xu Jin, and they all asked him one after another, why did he suddenly collect so many short dramas?
Xu Jin said that it was useful to the outside world, and as for what he wanted to do, he couldn't tell him about the business secrets.
This short drama collection operation was vigorous, attracting many excellent short plays to come and submit.
After a month and a half of screening, the time came to the National Day period in October, and Xu Jin also determined several short dramas to be filmed.
The first few short dramas were all 12 episodes long, but how short was it?
Some scripts are so short that an episode can only be filmed for 10~20 minutes, while some dramas are filmed for about 30 minutes, and some of the more excellent ones are filmed for 40~60 minutes.
Among them, there are "Buzz Love", "What Should I Do If I Like My Boss", and "Office Romance", these three focus on the love in the social workplace, including sweet short films, as well as slightly complex and tortuous love, and even focus on works that extend from a love affair to the current contradictions in society.
These three films are all about the social workplace, but they are all about three different workplace loves, sweetness, secret love, love and so on, all of which are all in one place.
In addition to making efforts from workplace love, there are also the low-cost suspense drama "Mr. Zombie", the micro-innovative "My Life with His Majesty the Emperor in Modern Times", and the light fantasy "My Cat".
The first two are intertwined with love lines, and the latter one uses cats as a medium, not only filming the daily life of sucking cats, but also getting a short drama of love because of cats, focusing on cute pets and warm hearts.
In addition, Xu Jin also made efforts to more themes, continued to solicit manuscripts, and encouraged diversified creations, whether it was a realistic theme, a youth campus story, or an adult love game, he did not refuse to come.
The call for submissions is still continuing, and for the six dramas that are scheduled to be filmed, Xu Jin is banging gongs and drums to find directors who can shoot.
Not only is he recruiting directors on Weibo, but he is also committed to discovering more talented and talented directors on campus, and of course, if someone has the courage to recommend himself in front of him, Xu Jing will also give him a chance.
filmed six films at the same time, and Xu Jin's originally abundant funds became stretched.
At this time, he did not hesitate to call Luo Shaocheng and pull him into the investment.
It's one thing for the two to have a good personal relationship, but investing in this kind of thing still has to be clearly stated in advance, this is not borrowing money from others, if it is borrowing money from Luo Shaocheng, make a phone call.
This is to pull people to invest together, investment is risky, and losses need to be borne by themselves, so Xu Jin came to Luo Shaocheng with an investment plan.
It was rare to see Xu Jin so cautious, Luo Shaocheng was a little surprised, and looked at Xu Jin's investment plan.
Although he was a halfway monk in the entertainment industry, because of his experience in the real estate circle, he quickly started his career in the entertainment industry investment after turning to it.
Just after reading the investment plan, Luo Shaocheng concluded that this was a very high-risk investment.
If the investment is successful, the return brought to him cannot be calculated, but if the investment fails, it is the kind that cannot return half of the cost, and it is very likely that the foundation is gone.
Luo Shaocheng took a deep breath, but what he valued more than investment was that if this model could be successfully operated, it would inject a different vitality into the entertainment industry.
There are both long dramas and short dramas that focus on high-quality products, as well as ultra-short dramas for new directors to test the waters.
And this is the whole process of broadcasting on the Internet, without going through the TV station star, the review process will be relatively simple, and the steps will be more brief, which greatly compresses the cycle from production to release.
As long as the new drama appears fast enough, maybe it can really bring this plate to life.
Luo Shaocheng glanced at Xu Jin meaningfully: "At that time, you said that you had built a video platform and wanted to play TV series on it to impact more traffic and more members to pay." ”
"At that time, I thought you were going through the collection of works, after all, as long as there are enough works, all of them are genuine, and the audience is willing to support them.
Now look at the results, good guys! As soon as you play, you have to play big, not only to collect works, but also to start from the source to make your own works, refuse to monopolize, and don't play with those big production companies. ”
Xu Jin was noncommittal, "How about it, are you interested in coming over?" ”
Luo Shaocheng nodded: "Yes, very much, I like to do new things, the fresher I am, the more I am willing to invest, you are very fresh, I see the future situation opportunities." ”
After negotiating the share quota given, Xu Jin received a very large capital injection.
This injection can not only solve Xu Jin's urgent needs, but also provide support for the subsequent second and third batches of works to shoot.
But Xu Jin didn't start the second and third batches of filming and production so quickly, and now the most important thing is to get the first batch of works.
In addition, he did not forget to pull his good brother and called Bao Qian to ask if he wanted to do investment projects with him.
Xu Jin said: "This investment project is not guaranteed to make money, but if you make money, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money, but it is also very likely to lose money, and there is no bottom loss." ”
Bao Qian asked: "Are you also investing in this project?" ”
Xu Jin raised his eyebrows: "Of course, if I'm not investing, why am I pulling you in?" ”
Bao Qian said: "How much are you going to invest?" ”
Xu Jin said solemnly: "In addition to the villa where my parents live, I plan to invest all my net worth, and the real estate I currently own will also be mortgaged by the bank and invested in it all!" ”
Wang Baoqiao was stunned for a long time before he said: "You are too risky like this, once you make a mistake in investment, you will ......."
Xu Jin said lightly: "If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, since you have decided to do it, then I want to find it to revitalize it." ”
Wang Baoqiao thought for a while and said: "It's okay, you are still young, if you fail to invest, you will fail, and you can make money again if the money is gone, but if you lose this opportunity and sharpness, I am afraid it will be really gone." ”
He said: "Since you have made up your mind to do this, then I will also strongly support it, vote!" ”
Wang Baoqiao said a number, Xu Jin was a little surprised, "When did you save so much money, it's not much worse than me." ”
Wang Baoqiao smiled, "This is also my full net worth, except for the house I bought, I can mortgage the other houses to the bank and lend you money." ”
Xu Jin: "That's not necessary, you better keep a little more money out, this is my investment in entrepreneurship and not your investment in entrepreneurship, why do you follow me to smash it all in?" ”
Wang Baoqiao: "I was moved by the investment plan you said, and I was very empathetic, as if I was also starting a business." It's just that I thought about it carefully, you pull me to make an investment, aren't I also starting a business? ”
"I invested in it and chose to invest because I was optimistic about your project, but I paid here, and you not only gave money there but also planned it all, in contrast, in fact, I was quite easy here, just a money, in case I succeeded in the future, I just properly lie down and win to become a big boss!"
Wang Baoqiao said with a smile: "Thinking about it this way, I don't want to be stingy with my investment amount, I want to invest more money in it, occupy more shares, and get more dividends in the future!" ”
Xu Jin: "Are you sure, don't say that my brother I hurt you when the investment fails." ”
Wang Baoqiao: "Hey, that won't, I can only say that I don't have this luck, I'm still in the boom, this career looks like it can be done for another five years, this investment failed, it's a big deal not to touch it next time, all the money saved in the next five years will be used as deposits." ”
Seeing him say this, Xu Jin stopped persuading, "Okay, when the time comes, I'll sign the contract, and I'll hang up first." ”
Luo Shaocheng hadn't signed the contract yet, and the funds came in first.
Xu Jin didn't move, urging the lawyer to sign the contract in the past before he dared to use this batch of funds.
With Luo Shaocheng's capital investment, it was originally very reluctant to shoot six dramas, but now they are greatly encouraged.
A week later, Bao Qiao's contract was signed, and his first funds were transferred to the company.
On this day in November, Xu Jin gathered the manpower and officially launched the filming plan for six short dramas!
And also on this day, "Love Apartment 2" continued to be released on Huayu Satellite TV, continuing the humorous and funny style of the first part, and the ratings were even more gratifying than the first part.
Just on the first day of release, it rushed to the first place in the ratings of all TV stations in the same period!
Compared with the first part, which climbed up with great difficulty, this second part is simply the arrival of the king, and the audience's comments on the Internet said that it was very good, the response was very good, and the reputation was also very good.
It's only been released for half a month, and the director has once again made a plan to shoot the third part, and Xu Jin is also investing here as always.
"Love Apartment 2" was a great success, and the benefits he obtained increased more than ten times, with this fund, it also greatly relieved Xu Jin's financial pressure, not only to invest some of the investment in "Love Apartment 3", but also to transfer it to the company's account as the second batch of video shooting funds.
Starting a business is risky, and investment needs to be cautious, so he didn't tell his parents about this process, and his parents only knew that he was tinkering with a video platform.
Liu Yifei knew, but Xu Jin never mentioned pulling her to invest in the gang, for fear that if she really lost, he would still dare to see his brother, but Yifei ......
It may be that every man doesn't want his women to see his failure, so he'd rather be silent and suffer than let Yifei join.
The good news came one by one, "33 Days of Broken Love" has finally passed the review after more than two months of review!
Xu Jin has already sent people to follow the filming of the six dramas, and "33 Days of Broken Love" still needs him to visit the theaters one by one to operate.
As Director Wu said, the cinema chain is very welcome to Xu Jin joining the investment community to invest in films.
Because Xu Jin's reputation is guaranteed, his eyes are vicious, and it can be seen from the drama "Love Apartment" that not only the drama he took over is good, but also the vision of the drama he invests in.
When "Love Apartment" came out, many people in the industry were ridiculing Xu Jin and were not optimistic about this drama, but what was the result?
That's a slap in the face!
Now that "Love Apartment 2" has come out, the ratings have become a hit, and it firmly occupied the first place in the ratings as soon as it started broadcasting, and it has never come down, and the ratings record is constantly said to be refreshed.
Originally, the first place was already very powerful, but its ratings can still be refreshed and hit a higher peak.
In view of this, the theater chain is interested in the works that Xu Jin is holding in hand.
But it was also said by Director Wu, although he welcomed Xu Jin, but the theater chain also wanted to take the shelf to see if he could press Xu Jin and get more profit sharing.