Chapter 429: Taking the initiative to give up, someone needs this award more than Xu Ji
Here in Penguin Video, Wang Xinyuan was completely speechless this time. Obviously, in the week after the broadcast, the various announcements of "Rainbow Miracle" on their platform were vigorous, and the popularity seemed to be very high.
However, the data of the number of broadcasts has not improved much. It's as if these viewers are saying: "No matter how you announce it, I just won't watch it anyway, and you can't do anything about it." "It's so wrong.
He originally thought that he already knew enough about the industry before he took over Penguin Video.
In addition to getting the copyright of some popular dramas, the final data of big-production, big-publicized dramas should not be too bad.
How did he get here, and he was able to lose so much! The production cost of this "Rainbow Miracle" was close to 300 million, and the subsequent publicity and distribution of this period of time smashed another 50 or 60 million.
Now converted into revenue, the small poor number of paid membership growth and playback, piercing his heart all the time.
This situation is estimated to continue, and this time Wang Xinyuan finally admitted it and no longer thought about struggling with something.
"Mr. Wang, the phone from the headquarters." Wang Xinyuan's assistant suddenly walked in at this time. What should come is still coming.
Wang Xinyuan was not surprised that the headquarters came to talk to him. This time, he has only taken over Penguin Video for less than a month, and he has caused such a big loss, it is impossible not to be held accountable.
And because the senior management of Penguin Video cleared up the relationship early, he couldn't find a subordinate who took the blame.
He is probably going to have to bear the whole thing alone. ...... the data of "Rainbow Miracle" is miserable, and it is losing money.
However, although "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Longling Grotto" on the G station was a big hit, the entire film and television department did not celebrate, but seemed a little low.
The person in charge, Chi Jiang, did not look good during this time. The main reason is not a secret, that is, the contract between G station and Tongji Entertainment is about to expire.
And the news has now been revealed. The three major video platforms also learned the news.
Penguin Video is now too busy to take care of itself, but it doesn't pay much attention to it. But on the Kiwi and Potato side, it is said that they have begun to send people to contact Tongji Entertainment.
This point made the original initiative of station G suddenly become very passive.
"Mr. Chi, I didn't meet them over there."
"It seems that the contract will expire next year, and I am not considering talking about cooperation for the time being." Hearing the assistant's news, Chi Jiang finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
What he had been worried about before was that Tongji really reached a cooperation agreement with Kiwi or Tudou Video.
In this case, according to the provisions of the original contract, in fact, you only need to provide three dramas to Station G at most a year.
According to the term of the original contract, in fact, this agreement has already been reached. In other words, the follow-up new drama can choose not to be broadcast on station G.
At most, when the contract expires in April next year, it will be broadcast on the new platform.
Other film and television companies may not be able to afford it, but for Tongji Entertainment, which has quite abundant cash flow, less than half a year is not a big problem at all.
Fortunately, Tongji Entertainment finally took into account the relationship with Station G over the years, and did not agree to meet with the other two platforms.
"Then are we going to Rongcheng?" The assistant asked. After all, now that Kiwi and Potato Video are in action, they'd better take the initiative.
But at this time, Chi Jiang shook his head.
"No, you don't."
"Tongji said that he didn't plan to talk about it, so he really didn't plan to talk about it."
"It's useless for us to go now, but to lower the impression score of them." The person in charge of Tongji Entertainment is You Man, who is Chi Jiang's former subordinate.
He still has some understanding of You Man's style of acting. Although in the eyes of the outside world, the core of Tongji Entertainment is the two bosses Xu Ji and Sha Yetong.
But after working with them for so long, Chi Jiang knew that most of the company's affairs were decided by You Man.
Xu Ji's trust in You Man is quite high. Chi Jiang actually didn't know why. After all, You Man was still a person from Station G at that time, and finally jumped ship.
As a result, he directly became the general manager of Tongji, except for the two bosses Xu Ji and Sha Yetong, the most powerful person.
Of course, it's normal for Chi Jiang not to understand this. Because he didn't know that in fact, when You Man was still an employee of Station G, he had already started to work for Xu Ji as a day job.
Responsible for most of the work of the entire Tongji Entertainment, and the kind that doesn't get paid. Or it can be said that it is the salary that the G station helps to open.
After all, Chi Jiang's original words at that time were to use all means to establish a good relationship with Tongji, which of course included helping Tongji work.
However, Chi Jiang at that time probably didn't expect that when he sent You Man to Rongcheng, he really couldn't come back.
...... Both station G and Penguin Video have their own troubles, but in the final analysis, as a large website company with more than 100 million users, they have a rich family background, and these things basically can't shake their foundation.
But Huahui is different, they invested more than 200 million yuan in "Peach Blossoms" this time, and the loss was real money, not like Penguin at all, and there is still a headquarters to cover it.
In such a situation, Mr. Qin, who was the person in charge of this project, was unsurprisingly held accountable. In fact, he was already planning for the worst, and he was just fired anyway.
Once your resume is ready, it's time to look for a job again. The most important thing is Huahui's boss, and when he heard the news, he was going to be angry.
When the sharing contract was signed, Mr. Qin promised him that he would definitely be able to recover the cost. As a result, now, the pants that the whole show directly lost are gone.
Even if Huahui is not that kind of small film and television company, but this loss of 200 million yuan is also a big loss of vitality.
To Mr. Qin's surprise, although the boss scolded him, he didn't want to dismiss him.
He attributed the main problem to kiwifruit. After all, no one knew that Tongji Entertainment's "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" would suddenly announce that it would be broadcast in November.
It's all kiwi that doesn't allow the broadcast date to be changed, which makes this "Peach Blossom" lose so much.
Because of this incident, Huahui's boss directly sent a lawyer's letter to Kiwi, intending to sue the other party and fight a lawsuit with him.
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"Just let him go and let the company's legal department handle it." When Congzhu heard the news of Huahui's lawsuit, he didn't care at all.
In the final analysis, even if it is a real lawsuit, the probability of winning the case in the end is still greater.
After all, including the sharing contract of the drama and the time of broadcasting, it is all written in the contract. There's not much fault on the kiwi side.
At most, the drama postponed by Huahui is not allowed to be postponed, which cannot be used as the main reason for "Peach Blossom" to lose money.
That is, the pot can't shake the head of the kiwifruit. Of course, Huahui's thoughts are actually known from Zhu.
There is a high probability that the other party does not really want to sue, but just wants to get some compensation from the kiwi fruit to reduce the loss of his company.
If it was Hu Lei at the beginning, he might have agreed, after all, he felt that there was no need to be so stiff with a film and television company like Huahui, which was not small.
And it's not good for the reputation of kiwi fruit to spread out. But unlike Congzhu, she has always been known for being strong.
It is impossible to give in to such a thing. In fact, she let "Peach Blossom Lane" be broadcast as scheduled, and she also wanted to see if Tongji Entertainment was really so invincible.
As it turns out, it is true that there should be no chance mentality. Fighting with Tongji Entertainment's drama is still too risky.
"Continue to send a message to Tongji Entertainment to make an appointment."
"Until next year, when the contract at Station G expires, I don't believe that Xu Ji will not want to meet us once." Congzhu personally went to Rongcheng this time.
It's no wonder that she attaches so much importance to it, after all, it is an opportunity to cooperate with Tongji Entertainment. For the current kiwifruit, if it can be combined with Tongji Entertainment, it is equivalent to adding wings to the tiger.
Basically, other video platforms are likely to be kept at the bottom. But it's a pity that even if it is from bamboo, it has arrived at the door of Rongcheng, Tongji Entertainment's company.
The other party is still reluctant to talk about cooperation, saying that the contract with Station G has not expired. I didn't even see the boss Xu Ji.
Congzhu is not discouraged, anyway, for Tongji Entertainment, she has patience and is willing to give her time and energy.
As for whether it can be done, although Congzhu does not have much confidence. But what she can be sure of is that as long as it is the price of G and the terms of cooperation, she will also be able to convince the board of directors of Kiwifruit.
Even better conditions for cooperation are given. After all, Tongji Entertainment also deserves such treatment. ...... Rongcheng, during this time, Xu Ji has also finished writing the script of the new movie.
However, for the time being, filming is not ready to start, and it is one thing that casting takes time, and the other is that with the arrival of the end of the year, various things have begun to increase.
Especially in a series of award ceremonies, Xu Ji rejected most of them, but there are some awards with relatively high gold content, and the organizer is still official, so it is difficult to refuse.
For example, the golden note of one of the two major music awards in China is about to come. Xu Ji was shortlisted for not many awards this time, but only the best lyrics and best composition.
Best Singer was not shortlisted, after all, his identity as a Faceling has not yet been revealed. Although it is only two awards, six of the eight songs shortlisted are songs by Xu Ji.
It can only be said that the whole process is fought by yourself and by yourself, and basically the probability is stable. Of course, several of the Faceling's songs on The Masked Singer are actually able to be shortlisted, and obviously the quality and dissemination of the songs are also qualified.
But in the end, Xu Ji gave up on his own. It was Mo Jianwen and Wang Jiangyu who called and asked Xu Ji's opinion.
The official side of the golden note actually knew that the Faceling was Xu Ji. It's just that only a small number of people know about it, and they won't expose it.
The reason why Mo Jianwen and Wang Jiangyu contacted Xu Ji was because this time the Facelings could also be shortlisted for Best Lyrics and Best Composition.
Even the best male singer representing the singer qualification certificate can be shortlisted, and there is a high probability that he will be able to win the award.
However, because the rules of the golden note require singers to participate in the real-name system before they can be shortlisted for the award, only the identity of the Faceling will be announced by itself.
Xu Ji was able to rely on the songs of the Facelings to make it to the shortlist. ...... If it was another situation, Mo Jianwen and Wang Jiangyu were actually very resolute.
That is, no matter what, the true identity of the Faceling, that is, Xu Ji, cannot be exposed.
But this time is different, this is a golden note, and it is definitely the highest honor for domestic songwriters and singers.
Some singers can't even be shortlisted for Best Singer in their lifetime, let alone win an award. So they didn't dare to make this decision for Xu Ji, so they could only explain the situation truthfully and let Xu Ji decide for himself.
Surprisingly, Xu Ji refused without the slightest hesitation when he heard the news.
Since they promised Mo Jianwen that they would keep their identities secret until the finals, there was no need to announce it at this time.
For others, the golden note is the highest temple in the Chinese music scene, and it is impossible to lose such an opportunity.
But for Xu Ji, it is actually not that important. Best Composition and Best Lyrics, he won both the Golden Note and the Moonlit Night Sonata.
He is currently one of the Grand Slam winners, the highest award for Chinese songwriters. And this time, as Xu Ji, he still shortlisted most of the songs, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has rounded up the shortlisted songs for the two awards.
So there's no need to care about whether the Facelings will be shortlisted or not, and at most they will fight with themselves.
As for the so-called best singer, if it were the past, Xu Ji might still care. But now I basically don't pay attention to it.
His identity as a singer is actually not used very often. I don't have much desire to win this best male singer.
Anyway, when the identity of the finals is announced, a few new songs will be released, and this singer will not be too difficult for him.
In addition, there is also a reason, which is Xu Qi's own selfishness. Xu Ji felt that there were people who needed this award more than him.
There are actually only a few male singers who can be shortlisted for Golden Note this time, including Li Fenghua, who is now under Tongji Entertainment.
This award is not so important to him, but to Li Fenghua, it is actually quite important. He has been the first person under the king of singers for so many years, and has accompanied so many major music awards.
This is the most promising year to win the award, although it seems that every year is the most promising. But compared to winning the award himself, in fact, Xu Ji hopes that Li Fenghua will win the award.
Li Fenghua should also get the honor of this singer, and the other party deserves it. Of course, Li Fenghua himself actually didn't know that Xu Ji was a faceling.
The singers under the company also know Yu Feifei. So when he saw the shortlist of this year's Golden Note was announced, he, like many netizens, wondered why the Facelings weren't shortlisted.
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