Chapter 216: The Development of Starship
After Lin Yi left the hospital with his sister, he came directly to Starship Entertainment, and happened to meet Kim Sang-woo, the vice president in charge of the film and television department, at the elevator?
"Vice President Kim, I'll be in my office in ten minutes, and I have something I want to talk to you about."
"Yes, President."
After Lin finished speaking, he took Zhang Yuanying to the girls' practice room and handed her over to the practice teacher here.
Now Zhang Yuanying is actually a registered trainee of Starship, the youngest trainee, and the most special trainee.
A few minutes later, Kim Sang-woo came to Lin Yi's office, and he was also confused that Lin Yi suddenly looked for him, and he couldn't think of what was the reason at all.
Lin Yi was already waiting in the reception area of the office, and there was a very beautiful tea set on the table in front of him, which was worth a lot of money at first glance.
Lin Yi pointed to the chair opposite him and motioned for Kim Sang-woo to sit, then poured two cups of bright orange tea from the teapot and placed one in front of him.
"Vice President Jin, try the Huaxia Da Hong Robe I specially bought."
"Thank you, President."
Kim Sang-woo picked up the teacup, the fresh tea fragrance came to his nose, smelling the surging floral fragrance, the tea entrance was warm and sweet, and he could feel an obvious floral fragrance, which made him become obsessed with this taste after being used to drinking coffee.
After tasting a few sips of tea, Kim Sang-woo asked:
"President, what is the reason why you came to me this time?"
"Well, there's something I want to ask you."
"Speak, President."
"When will the filming of the TV series "The Heirs" be completed, and which TV station will it be broadcast?"
"The filming of this drama will be completed around the 15th of this month, and we will also speed up the post-production work, and we will take over the broadcast of SBS TV drama in mid-June, and we will broadcast one episode on Wednesday and Thursday every week."
"SBS TV? How much do they pay for an episode of a TV series?"
Lin Yi also specially learned about SBS TV, which is one of the three major wireless stations in South Korea and the most well-known private TV station in South Korea.
Since its name change in 2000, SBS has produced a large number of variety shows and dramas that are popular with young people, and it is also the station with the largest number of young viewers among the three major TV stations in Korea.
SBS TV also has few shareholders, with the top two shareholders, Tairong Real Estate Construction and Roselami Boiler, with a combined 43.2% stake, while the other shareholders hold less than 10% of the shares.
Lin Yi also thought about acquiring some SBS shares at the beginning, but this is a bit difficult, and none of the companies that hold SBS shares now want to sell this high-quality asset.
Therefore, Lin Yi also targeted some other cable TV stations, such as C and so on, and the share composition of these TV stations is much more complicated, and the difficulty of acquisition is much simpler than that of SBS.
Lin Yi has also put his investment company in the United States up and running.
Hearing Lin Yi's question, Kim Sang-woo also began to explain:
"President, the drama "The Heirs" should have 20 episodes at the end, and SBS will buy it for 200 million won per episode, and if the average rating can reach more than 15% at the end, there will be a reward of 500 million won."
"200 million won per episode? So little?"
Lin Yi remembered that the production cost of this TV series was 7 or 8 billion won, which was only half of the cost.
And this is also due to the low salary of the actors who participated in this TV series. The salary of the biggest male and female protagonists in the play is only about 10 million won, and most of the other main actors are between 10,000 won, and these actors don't have every episode, many of them only have 7 or 8 episodes, and some are even less.
"President, there are some young actors in our TV series, and there are no actors who can carry the ratings, so SBS TV is also more cautious, and this price should be considered a more reasonable price. In addition, we can sell the copyright of this TV series, and now
There are TV stations in China and Southeast Asia that want to introduce our TV series."
"Okay, I see."
Lin nodded clearly, since there are already foreign TV stations to be introduced, then this TV series can be profitable, as for how much profit it makes, it depends on the repercussions caused by the TV series after it is broadcast.
"President, the company is now preparing for a second TV series, and we are waiting for the filming of the TV series "The Heirs" to start after filming, and this time we want to adopt the method of filming and broadcasting."
"Well, this is also what I want to ask you today, what is the situation of this TV series, the director and actors have been selected?"
"The director has been decided, and the script has been written for the first 6 episodes, but the actors have not yet been decided, I originally planned to use the actors from our company, but after the interview, the director and the screenwriter were not very satisfied, and I always felt that it was a little bit uninteresting, so I still had to send audition notices to other actors."
For Starship to be able to produce two TV series at the same time, in addition to Starship's deep pockets, the main reason is that Lin Yi does not interfere with Kim Sang-woo's work, which also allows him to show his strength without worries.
"Well, since there are no suitable actors in the company, it is understandable to use actors from other companies, but some less important roles can also be exercised by our new actors."
"Yes, I understand, it's just that there aren't many actors in the company at present, and I have arranged everything I can."
"There are still a lot of idols in the company, and I remember that several of them have studied acting."
"Well, okay, I'll communicate with President Choi."
"Is there an actor named Lee Jong Suk who you sent the audition notice this time?" Lin Yi then asked.
"Lee Jong Suk? Did you participate in the "Secret Garden" written by Kim Eun-sook before? We don't seem to have sent him an invitation this time, so do you know this actor?"
"I don't know, but you still send an audition notice to the actor, everything is according to the process, and you don't have to take special care of it."
"Okay, I see."
Kim Sang-woo understood that someone should have asked Lin Yiyi.
And it just sends an audition notice, which doesn't affect anything, if it is really selected, it is also the actor's own strength.
After communicating with Kim Sang-woo about the TV series, Lin Yi focused on chatting with him about variety shows and movies, and also asked him to seize the time to set up relevant departments and recruit talents.
The other is the training mechanism of actors, including the recruitment of actor trainees, the works of new actors, and the poaching of some big-name actors.
Throughout the afternoon, Lin Yi and Kim Sang-woo chatted a lot, and promised to allocate funds to the film and television department again.
Lin Yi has invested a lot of money in the establishment of this Starship Entertainment Company, including the acquisition of other companies, new company office buildings, dormitories for trainees and employees, and funds for the daily operation of the company, and the total amount of zero has almost invested about 150 billion won.
And so far, Starship Company has not brought Lin Yi any financial returns.
However, the investment in the early stage regardless of the cost has also laid a solid foundation for Starship Entertainment, as long as it develops steadily for a few more years, it will definitely become a famous entertainment brokerage company in South Korea and the world, and at that time, it will be the harvest season.
After talking to Kim Sang-woo, it was quite late, Lin Yi picked up his sister and went home, and Bae Joo-hyun was going to come over tonight, so he also planned to make something delicious to treat her.
On the way home, the brother and sister also went to the supermarket to buy a lot of ingredients and snacks. Lin Yi also specially bought several cans of Coke for Pei Zhuhyun.
After returning home, Zhang Yuanying sat on the sofa in the living room and watched TV, and Lin Yi began to prepare dinner.
Just when Lin Yi just wanted to call and ask when Pei Zhuhyun would come over, he saw Mingjing Nan open the door and come in angrily, and returned to her room directly without saying hello.
Lin Yi didn't take it seriously, he still knew the character of Mingjing Nan quite well, this should be someone to mess with, and he would be fine after a while, she didn't have an overnight feud.
After making the call, I determined when Bae Joo-hyun came
Suddenly, Lin Yi began to cook dinner.
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