After visiting Mr. Zheng, Zheng Wentong took Xu Ru to visit Youku and iQiyi respectively, and the former president of Youku was investigated by the Yanjing police on suspicion of economic crimes.

Bai Xiaolu Studio cooperated with Youku last year with a "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" and iQiyi with a "Undocumented Crime", both of which were popular online dramas last year.

Zheng Wentong came over this time and continued to talk about cooperation. The script of "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night 2" has not yet come out, and the producers have no way to make a sequel.

However, Zheng Wentong is unwilling to give up Pan Yueming's popularity, so he wants to join Youku to win the copyright of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and re-shoot the Ghost Blowing Lantern series.

The current president of Youku, Fan Luyuan, is also the CEO of Ahri Pictures, he just took over Youku, and he just wanted to seek stability, so he had the intention of shirking, and only said that he would study and study again.

Zheng Wentong saw that Fan Luyuan had no intention of cooperating, so he left Youku's headquarters with Xu Ru. Xu Ru was a little puzzled: "We also have a Qin Hao's "Hidden Corner" this year, this drama is also the focus of our marketing, why don't we promote this drama, but persuade Youku to co-produce "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" together, and the copyright of the Ghost Blowing Lantern itself is very complicated and belongs to different companies." ”

"You're right, it's precisely because of the complexity of copyright that we need a big platform like Youku to work with us to acquire copyrights in order to eliminate the resistance. Because you don't care about the company's "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", you have to find a platform to broadcast it, right? ”

""The Hidden Corner" will definitely be a hit drama in 18 years, as for whether it will be broadcast on iQiyi or Youku, it doesn't matter, I mainly want to try if Youku has any plans to cooperate with us for a long time." Zheng Wentong said.

"If Youku is willing to invest in the co-production of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" with us, then the broadcast platform of "The Hidden Corner" will definitely be Youku. If iQIYI is willing to invest together, it will be broadcast on iQIYI. Zheng Wentong said his plan.

iQIYI's CEO Gong Yu received Zheng Wentong and his party. Zheng Wentong congratulated Gong Yu in advance on winning the 2017 Top Ten Economic Person of the Year Award. The top ten economic figures of the year in 17 years can be described as star-studded, Xiaomi's Rebus, 360's Zhou Sect Master, and the chairman of Taikang Life Insurance.

Although iQiyi is considered a Qiandu system, Youku is different from Penguin Video, Gong Yu, as the founder of iQiyi, has the absolute right to speak on iQiyi, and Qiandu is more like a financial investor. Therefore, among the three major video websites, iQiyi is the most willing to spend money in buying dramas, and the losses are also the most serious.

iQIYI and Station B are both listed this year, and iQIYI almost fell into a bloody listing. Although the capital market is optimistic about iQIYI's long-term development, in fact, iQIYI has been losing money until 2022 before achieving its first quarterly profit.

When the slope department began to get involved in the film and television industry, someone in the company persuaded Zheng Wentong to invest in iQiyi, but Zheng Wentong decisively refused. Investors invest money in, but they don't see returns, they only lose money, and they have to continue to make additional investments, and they can only start selling stocks to make profits after a year of listing.

After the successful listing of station B this year, as soon as the stock lock-up period ends next year, Zheng Wentong is ready to gradually reduce the shares of station B and sell them all in the first half of 2020.

In addition to selling the shares of Station B, Zheng Wentong is also preparing to sell the shares of Himalaya and Xiaohongshu. The valuations of these two companies have become like a game of drumming and passing flowers, with valuations getting higher and higher, listing becoming more and more difficult, and no new profit growth points can be found. Slope Group also doesn't have much value in continuing to hold their shares.

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However, before the transfer of Himalaya and Xiaohongshu, Zheng Wentong needed to help Yu Jianjun and Qu Fang find a new concept that could further inflate the valuations of the two companies. In the end, Zheng Wentong further recouped the funds on the grounds that the slope group's car-making plan was short of money, and reluctantly sold the shares.

Gong Yu was very interested in Zheng Wentong's co-production plan of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", because Zheng Wentong not only proposed that Pan Yueming play Hu Bayi, but also specially prepared to invite Jiang Wulai to play Wang Fatzi and Zhang Yuqi to play Shirley Yang.

Gong Yu has obviously done his homework, and he has filmed "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" at Noon Sunshine before, and the ratings and reputation are good when it is broadcast on iQiyi. Jin Dong, Zhao Da and Chen Qiaoen contributed a conscience web drama with a Douban score of more than 8 points in their first cooperation.

Jiang Wu's image is more consistent with Wang Fatzi, and in the original book, Wang Fatzi and Hu Bayi are both soldiers. Divide. The big courtyard of the district. Jiang Wu's family background determines that he can grasp the essence of the role of Wang Fatzi very well.

In contrast, although Jiang Chao's version of Hu Bayi is very funny and the appearance is also very suitable, it is short in terms of acting skills. Wang Fatzi is the number two character in the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series, and he is also an indispensable main character. Jiang Chao's version of Wang Fatzi was covered by Pan Yueming's Hu Bayi with too much light, which is more than funny, and the acting skills are a little bit uninteresting.

Gong Yu said with a smile: "Since Zheng Dong intends to continue filming "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", why don't you continue to use the team of Noon Sunshine, but choose to start anew, this is not a left-handed right-handed, this is an extra move?" ”

Zheng Wentong explained: "There is a bad phenomenon in domestic TV dramas, the TV series is popular, and then start preparing for the sequel, and as soon as the sequel is prepared, the actors will be changed. The three "Youth Bao Qingtian" actually changed three leading actors, and I am also convinced. Friends has been filmed for ten seasons, and it is still a complete six-person line. ”

"So this time the ghost blows the lantern, I want to learn from the filming method of American dramas, and prepare the actors to sign long-term contracts. This time, I am preparing to shoot "Nuqing Xiangxi", "Longling Grotto", "Yunnan Worm Valley", "Return to the Ruins of the South China Sea" and "Kunlun Shrine". One film is produced and one is broadcast every year, which can ensure that the fans of the book and the drama have a continuous viewing experience. Zheng Wentong said his plan.

Of course, Gong Yu knows the pros and cons of this production model, "If this is the case, we producers will undoubtedly have to take more risks." Zheng Dong, of course I believe in your investment in the film and television industry, in this way, let's first co-produce a "Angry Qing Xiangxi" to test the water, as long as the data fed back by our platform is okay, we will sign five long-term contracts with the three leading actors this year, okay? ”

Zheng Wentong also agreed to Gong Yu's cooperation plan, and also promised that Gong Yu would premiere "The Hidden Corner" on iQiyi, and iQiyi intends to create a Zijin Chen's reasoning universe.

On the plane back to Puhai, Xu Ru and Zheng Wentong talked about the difference between Fan Luyuan and Gong Yu. "Mr. Fan likes to speak in circles, neither affirming nor denying, and finally you can hear the meaning of his voice."

"Mr. Gong is different, he speaks more clearly, yes is yes, no yes is no." Xu Ru contrast.

Zheng Wentong asked Xu Ru: "If it were you who chose, would you be willing to cooperate with Mr. Gong or Mr. Fan?" ”

Xu Ru thought about it for a while, "I don't have any biased views on the two video sites, if from my personal point of view, it is more time-saving to deal with Mr. Gong, after all, for a company of our size, the time cost is also relatively expensive." ”

Zheng Wentong said: "Ahri only has two permanent partners, Boss Ma and Boss Cai, and the other partners are all virtual. No matter how high Fan Luyuan's position is, there are some things that cannot be decided after all. Gong Yu is his own boss, of course it is different. If the two of them change their situation, Gong Yu will also be cautious, and Fan Luyuan will also be resolute. ”

"By the way, next year Station A will start preparing for the first self-made TV series, and the script has already been chosen, called "Sito". The female lead is Jing Tian, and the male lead is Liu Yuning. ”

"This drama is a station, and Slope Film and Television co-invested and filmed. In addition to us, you can contact Mr. Xiong of IDG and ask him to help think of a way. Now I contribute money and effort, and he can't do nothing. Zheng Wentong confessed to Xu Ru.