Chapter 247: It's Good to Be Wayward
After eating the hot pot lively, taking the opportunity of the three women to clean up, Luo Cheng quietly pulled Sun Peng aside.
"What's wrong, Brother Ro?"
Sun Peng felt a little strange and asked with a smile.
First glanced at the kitchen, Luo Cheng asked with a slightly embarrassed face: "Ask you, what's going on with that Mao Xu?" ”
"Mao Xu?"
Sun Peng's brows furrowed slightly, and he immediately remembered the first movie premiere he attended.
That action movie star?
"Yes, Mao Xu!"
Taking a deep breath, Luo Cheng said with a not very good-looking face: "That guy called me before, and asked about you - of course I didn't say anything, but two days ago he made another call, saying that there is a new movie that needs a beautiful girl, and he thinks Jiajia is particularly suitable or something...... Have you dealt with it? ”
"Uh......"
Sun Peng's eyes flashed and he shook his head.
After talking about attending the premiere that time, Sun Peng said coldly: "Brother Luo, I searched on the Internet later, it seems that this Mao Xu's reputation is not so good?" ”
"Well, almost!"
Shaking his head, Luo Cheng also said helplessly.
If you only look at it on the surface, this Mao Xu is barely good, after all, as long as you are not brain-dead, do not break the law, and occasionally participate in a charity dinner to donate some money or something, a big star like Mao Xu naturally has a special team to maintain his reputation, and people who are not familiar with it will definitely not be able to say anything.
But paper can't hold the fire, and there will always be some news leaking out.
So after pondering for a while, Luo Cheng shook his head and said, "Xiaopeng, I asked someone to inquire later, and it is said that this Mao Xu is a little......"
After saying this, Luo Cheng stopped talking.
There is no need to say some things too clearly, especially when Zheng Jia is so beautiful, everyone can see it, Luo Cheng believes that Sun Peng has understood what he means.
"Well, I see!"
Sun Peng's face was gloomy, he nodded and said lightly: "Thank you, Brother Luo, for helping me inquire about this kind of thing...... Hehe, it's okay, I didn't answer their calls after that...... We won't be in touch with him anymore. ”
"Well, that's good."
After listening to Sun Peng's answer, Luo Cheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although this matter has nothing to do with Luo Cheng in essence, after all, he was one of the parties at the beginning, so he was a little uneasy after asking someone about it later. Of course, he also knows that Sun Peng's kid is not an ordinary person, and his girlfriend Zheng Jia is even more of a policeman, but a big star like Mao Xu is not a small person after all, is he?
Looking at Ouyang Zhi, who was kicked out of the kitchen by the women and came over here, the two tacitly agreed that they didn't mention this stubble again, but laughed and talked about Sun Peng's creation of a new song for Chen Feifei, but the frequent flashes of light in his eyes showed that Sun Peng's mood was definitely not very happy at this time!
Sock, what does that guy really mean?
Originally, it was just a guess of his own, even after checking Mao Xu's reputation on the Internet, Sun Peng was not sure, after all, many things were just his imagination or intuition, but now after listening to Luo Cheng's words, he no longer doubts his judgment.
"What the hell do you want to die!"
The fire in his heart was burning, and Sun Peng hadn't been so angry for a long time.
But......
After the anger, Sun Peng was very sad to find that he didn't seem to have any way to vent this anger! Let's not say that Mao Xu himself is a big star, let alone Sun Peng, even if the sub-director doesn't catch the handle of others, I'm afraid he can't do anything to him, so what else can he do besides anger?
"Hehe, just wait!"
As a member of the flaw must be reported family, Sun Peng finally pinched his finger joints vigorously, and firmly remembered the name Mao Xu in his heart......
……
As soon as he made a promise, he promised Sun Peng that he would definitely do it.
So after selecting the five songs for Chen Feifei, Sun Peng began to screen the five new songs for Luo Cheng. He didn't mean to be stingy or leave the good ones behind, so he directly chose his favorite and most impressive English songs.
Now that you have done it, you have to do your best!
So after working hard for a month, Sun Peng finally couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed: "Damn, I won't do anything like this in the future!" After making these two albums, you can toss around by yourself, buddy, don't care anymore! ”
Writing songs or something, it's the most annoying!
Sun Peng, who has a tendency to obsessive-compulsive disorder, has to restore the original version on the earth without moving, and the result is that even with the help of the traverser's plug-in, he is tired of making these songs.
After scolding, throw the song into the cabinet and talk about it after the New Year!
The most important thing for Sun Peng at the moment is the animation of "The Peerless Twins", after half a year of hard work, the first cartoon of DreamWorks has produced sixteen episodes before New Year's Day, which exceeded Sun Peng's expectations. Under the strong advice of the general manager and technical director, Sun Peng had already given up the idea of talking about it after it was all done, and he had to think about how to recover its costs......
"The first choice, of course, is to sell the premiere rights to the TV station!"
In the small conference room of DreamWorks, Chen Muchen's attitude is very clear: "Our animation investment is so large, if you calculate it carefully, almost all of the millions of dollars in an episode will be invested...... And that's not even counting the company's upfront investment! In order to recoup the investment, of course, it is necessary to maximize its profits, so it is most cost-effective to sell the first round of broadcast rights to TV stations and then put them on the Internet. ”
"I agree with Mr. Chen, this is also the most conventional approach."
Nodding vigorously, Hou Qingqing echoed casually.
In this regard, Sun Peng spread his hands and smiled to show his attitude: "Two, haven't you been doing this for a long time?" How many TV stations have you contacted? Do people want to? How much to bid? ”
"This ......"
Hou Qingqing and Chen Muchen looked at each other, embarrassed.
Sighing, Chen Muchen smiled bitterly: "The most sincere is the Beijing Animation Channel, we pass Mr. Zhao...... It's your brother-in-law who contacted you, but the conditions they gave were only 10,000 minutes, and they were the kind that bought out the right to play! ”
"Criminal Minds" was sold to Beijing Satellite TV, and it is normal for Lao Zhao to have contact with them.
However, after listening to Chen Muchen's words, Sun Peng was immediately happy: "How much?" Ten thousand minutes? Buying out the right to play? I'm not wrong with my ears, are I? ”
"No, it's 10,000 minutes!"
Hou Qingqing also smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "And in their opinion, this price is already very sincere, ordinary cartoons are four or five thousand, and some young ones are as low as one or two thousand and one minutes, and they are willing to give 10,000 yuan because our animation production is very exquisite and the investment is huge!" ”
"What about other TV stations? I mean the non-anime channel kind! ”
Taking a deep breath, Sun Peng asked seriously.
In his long memory, weren't cartoons supposed to be the regular programs of major TV stations at five or six o'clock in the afternoon when school ended? The world's major TV stations are so competitive, will they give up this prime time?
"Uh......"
Again and again they looked at each other, and they were embarrassed again.
After a while, Hou Qingqing said hesitantly: "This is also a little difficult, they only seem to be willing to ask for some films of young age, as for saying that our animation is for adults, so ...... Alas, what a headache! ”
"Haha......"
This time, Sun Peng finally couldn't help it and laughed.
Interesting, so interesting.
God knows why it's obviously two worlds, and the treatment of cartoons is so consistent, but compared to the earth, the domestic animation here is still a lot stronger after all, at least the price is higher, and there is no so-called government subsidy.
Sun Peng's smile made the two more and more embarrassed.
"Senior brothers and sisters, let's go online directly!"
Seeing the embarrassed expressions of the two, Sun Peng couldn't help but smile and waved his hand and said: "It's not interesting to sell it to a TV station at this price, not to mention that they still want permanent broadcast rights, it's even more impossible!" Go back and discuss with Golden Eagle Video, let's make the first release on the Internet! ”
"However, our cost is ......"
The two are still frowning, not very optimistic about recovering costs by relying on the Internet.
The investment in "The Peerless Twins" is too high, but it is an unpopular animation...... Or is it a type of animation that has never been seen before, if it is supported by fans of martial arts alone, how high can the revenue from advertising be shared?
Don't forget, it's just a cartoon!
If you follow the profit model of Japan and the United States and other animation countries, animation can be composed of TV broadcast income, music copyright income, disc income and peripheral income. I don't want to play TV anymore, the music copyright is the boss's own, there is no market for discs in China, and the only thing left is the peripheral income to ponder.
The problem is, DreamWorks doesn't have the ability to do that!
The only possibility is to wait for the animation to become popular, and then authorize other companies to make merchandise to generate revenue, but the premise of all this is that it can become popular!
Dead end!
The more I thought about it, the more I had a headache, Hou Qingqing couldn't help but say, "Otherwise, let's show it to the TV station first?" Of course, I mean a one-time broadcast, to earn a little fame first? ”
"Hehe, no need."
After thinking about it for a while, Sun Peng quickly waved his hand and said: "Let's use the form of online broadcasting, but this time we don't use advertising sharing, but adopt the mode of paid viewing!" ”
"Pay to watch?!"
Hearing this answer, Hou Qingqing and Chen Muchen exclaimed at the same time.
Paid viewing is now a more mature model,Many domestic boutique animations take this route,But ...... People have original works and fan bases, so do you have to do this with your original martial arts animation?
Suddenly, Chen Muchen was pleasantly surprised: "Xiaopeng, have you changed your mind?" Planning to continue updating on the web first? ”
First, that's a bit reliable!
"No, no, I'm not going to write on the web"
From the very beginning, he didn't think much about recovering his investment or anything, but Sun Peng, who wanted to play it, shook his head and smiled: "This time I want to make a new way to play, that is, to update the animation at the same time as the physical publishing...... Don't worry, everyone, I'm confident that the cost of animation will be recovered in other ways, I just want to see if making a good animation can make money! ”
It's good to be rich, just willful!