The first, second and third rounds of copyright of "My Love from the Star" TV station, coupled with network copyright, the cumulative price of a single episode has reached 7.2 million yuan, which is undoubtedly a bombshell for the industry.

After the news was disclosed by major media, regardless of whether it was a TV series that was in the process of establishing a project, or a TV crew that had already started or finished, or a producer who was negotiating with a TV station or video website, almost everyone shouted "I grass" in their hearts!

The first reaction of the vast majority of peers must be jealousy.

Why do we have to beg grandpa to sue grandma, we have to kneel down for people, but as a result, a good TV series still can't be sold, why can your Huashang Media's drama sell 7.2 million episodes?

Even if it is a drama made by a well-known director and a big crew, even if it is joined by a big star, it may not be able to sell a single episode for a price of 1 million, but as a result, you Huashang Media will sell 7.2 million an episode?

"If we don't rectify this seriously deformed market environment, I will see that the Chinese TV drama market will die sooner or later!"

The first reaction of the peers was probably like this, but soon everyone thanked Li Mulai from the bottom of their hearts, especially those producers who were negotiating with TV stations or video websites.

In the past, it was too difficult to ask for a single episode at a price of 1.5 million, but since the total price of the copyright transaction of "You from the Star" broke the ceiling, everyone suddenly found that it seems that the TV series suddenly sells better than before, and the drama that used to sell 1.5 million yuan, now you tentatively quoted a price of 1.7 million, and then waited for the other party to bargain, and as a result, the transaction was made? !

This is like a period when housing prices are collectively rising, the good houses in the core area have risen by 5,000, and the wasteland in the suburbs is thinking: I know I'm not as good as you, but if you rise by 5,000, I will increase by 2,000 head office, right?

As a result, a house that was previously undesirable for a client will not be able to afford it after a few months.

The original time and space "The Secret History of Princess Taiping" can increase the price of domestic TV drama network copyright from one or two million to three or four hundred thousand, and "You from the Star" can also in turn raise the drama that could not be sold in one million episodes to one million or three hundred thousand episodes in an instant!

Soon, the relevant TV series producers privately thanked Li Mu and Huashang Media under his name.

"Watching Li Mu make movies and sell TV series and create a group company Maoyan Films, you say that it is unrealistic to say that you are not jealous at all, but you have to speak of conscience, after Li Mu raised the price of a single episode of the TV series, I will at least benefit a few million!"

"In the past, no one wanted 1 million episodes of my drama, but now 1.3 million episodes are easily sold, if it weren't for Director Li being much younger than me, I would have to call him brother next time I see him!"

"Let everyone make money, let me call him uncle!"

"A single episode is 7.2 million, it's too good, and I don't know when our drama will be able to sell at such a high price!"

"Isn't that easy? When will Li Mu and his Huashang Media raise the price of a single episode of a domestic TV series to more than 10 million! When the time comes, he will be the boss, and his drama will sell more than 10 million, let's take a ride, and sell seven or eight million episodes by the way! ”

"More than 10 million in a single episode? We dare not say that it is absolutely impossible, but at least it will be five years later, and it is absolutely impossible within five years! ”

"Five years? I think it's going to take at least ten years! ”

……

On this day, Liu Siying went to Li Mu's office to report on work, during which the two mentioned the progress of several film and television dramas currently in the company's production.

"Chen Sicheng's "Beijing City Love Story" was completed a few days ago, and it is expected to be released in the middle of the year." Liu Siying said.

Li Mu said: "In this way, Tong Liya's schedule will be vacant, and the "Obstetrician" project can be launched. ”

Liu Siying nodded: ""Shanshan is Coming" is expected to be completed next month, I think several girls in the group are good, you can pick a few to arrange to the crew of "Obstetrician", and sign in to the company if you don't have a contract." ”

"You can see the arrangement yourself."

Of course, Li Mu knows that the girls in the crew of "Shanshan is Coming" are good.

The crew of "Shanshan is Coming" gathered a series of actresses such as Zhao Liying, Jiang Xin, Mao Xiaotong, Lan Yingying, Tan Songyun, etc., these are the roles he chose according to the supporting actress of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" in his memory, how could it be bad?

Referring to these people, Li Mu suddenly realized that maybe it was time for the company to start the "The Legend of Zhen Huan" project.

In other words, even if the project is launched immediately, it will be much later than the original time and space, and "The Legend of Zhen Huan" should have been released at this time.

But it doesn't matter much, the time is two years higher than the original time and space, and the price may be multiple times more expensive than the original time and space.

In recent years, the copyright price of domestic TV dramas has been one price a day, often two or three million dramas at the beginning of the year, and four or five million episodes after the year.

After Liu Siying left, Li Mu received another call from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which was the second time the association had contacted Li Mu this year, and the purpose of the other party was to invite Li Mu to participate in this year's American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is the organizer of the Golden Globe Awards, and the shortlist for this year's 69th Golden Globe Awards will be officially announced on January 15, and the awards ceremony will be held on January 16 at the Hilton Beverly Hills Hotel in Hollywood.

Li Mu estimated that the award of "The Revenant" should be stable this time, otherwise the Foreign Correspondents' Association would not have called Li Mu twice, and solemnly invited him to participate in person.

"The Revenant" won the Golden Globe Award Li Mu will not be surprised at all, the original time and space film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Feature Film, Best Actor in a Feature Film, Best Director and other three awards, but even if Li Mu knew that "The Revenant" would probably win the award this time, he still didn't want to fly to the United States in person because of this.

After all, for now, the most important thing for him is the release of "Fei Yi".

But now that the organizer has called twice in a row, and specifically emphasized that Li Mu must be present in person, it doesn't seem good if Li Mu still insists on not going.

After thinking for a while, Li Mu called his secretary Liang Bing to the office and told her to arrange air tickets for herself.

When I returned to Ziyu Villa in the evening, I was a little surprised to see Zhang Liangying also there, and after greeting the other party, Li Mu sat directly next to Liu Yifei, and reached out to wrap his hand around her shoulder and said, "You prepare tonight, and accompany me to Los Angeles tomorrow." ”

"Okay!" Liu Yifei first agreed, and then asked, "By the way, how long are we going?" Isn't "Not Embarrassment" about to be released? ”

Li Mu said: "Two or three days, let's go and go back quickly." ”

Zhang Liangying next to her couldn't help but interject at this time: "I said Director Li, this is to fly to Los Angeles not to the suburbs, a single trip is more than 10 hours, you will fly back and forth in two or three days, you are really willing to toss her, can I inquire what is so important?" If it's a trade secret, forget it. ”

Everyone is familiar with each other, so they speak a little casually.

"It's okay, I'm not afraid of tossing, besides, it's just a plane, it's much easier than filming, and I'm not a delicate lady." Before Li Mu could speak, Liu Yifei had already preemptively spoken.

Li Mu explained to the two: "The Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be held in two days, and I received an invitation from the organizer. ”

Zhang Liangying said with a smile: "It seems that Director Li of this year's Golden Globe Awards is already confident, I said, why do you have to fly to the United States together, Director Li is going to witness this very glorious moment with Yifei." ”

Li Mu hugged Liu's arm tightly, and said with a smile: "It's just the Golden Globe Award, in fact, it's not any glory, it's just a very ordinary award, and the reason why I want to take Yifei with me this time is not because I think I can definitely win the award this time, but whether it is success or setbacks, I hope to share it with Yifei." If I only take her with me in my most glorious moments, then what she will get is only me in the glorious moments, but it is not the complete me, the me who fails, and I am the one who is frustrated. ”

Saying that, Li Mu looked down at Liu Yifei: "This time your husband and I are likely to run for nothing, and we may not get any awards, so do you want to go through setbacks with me?" ”

Liu Yifei looked up at Li Mu, her eyes were full of little stars, and then she nodded violently, and then stretched out her neck and kissed Li Mu, and Li Mu immediately took a bite back like a chicken eating rice.

Zhang Liangying, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help but raise her head and roll her eyes, and said:

"I said, two, there is a big living person opposite, you are too bullying, you don't sprinkle dog food like you."

Liu Yifei got up and sat down on Zhang Liangying's side with some embarrassment, and giggled while holding her arm.

Li Mu also smiled at this time: "Dog food won't let you eat in vain, find you a job, our company has a movie theme song I want you to sing, the pay is good, and this is bound to be another popular classic song." ”

"Popular? How popular is it? Zhang Liangying really became interested.

Who in the circle doesn't know that as soon as the "amateur" songwriter Li Mu makes a casual move, the entire Chinese music industry will be shaken?

Li Mu smiled: "At least you shouldn't lose to the songs in the original soundtrack of "The Hunger Games". ”

Zhang Liangying became serious when she heard this.

Most Chinese people know that "The Hunger Games 1" swept the world and won more than 900 million US dollars at the box office, but few people know that "The Hunger Games 1" actually created a miracle of winning the North American box office and music charts at the same time, which is very rare in the entire film history.

The theme song "Safe and Unharmed" was included in the "Hunger Games" soundtrack, which sold 205,000 copies in the first week, and landed on the Billboard TOP200 album chart as an airborne position, which is rare in the world.

The only film that has won the Billboard title in recent years is 2009's Michael Jackson: That's It.

Li Mu continued: "The most important song in the movie, the company will produce 25 Chinese versions at the same time, I want to invite you to sing the Chinese version of the song, but although the movie is our Chinese movie, but its English version of the influence I estimate should be greater, the English version of the song probably has a chance to compete for the Oscar Best Original Song Award, I have already written the lyrics, the English version we have found foreigners to sing, but you can also sing it in the future when performing commercially, but you need to share with Huashang." ”

Li Mu is of course talking about the theme song "Let It Go" of "Frozen", this song is too classic, especially with the movie picture of the Ice Queen Aisha singing and dancing in the wind, dancing out of thin air with a dazzling ice castle like crystal, which is even more heart-warming for people watching it.

In fact, Zhang Liangying's singing level of English songs is not bad, but since the song of Yuan Time and Space can achieve such a huge influence, win the Oscar for Best Original Song, and win the double crown of the North American box office music chart, creating the spectacle of winning the North American box office and music double charts at the same time, Li Mu really has no need to add a snake and force a replacement.

The original Chinese version of "Let It Be" was sung by Hu Weina and Yao Beina respectively, and Li Mu planned to replace it with Zhang Liangying and Yao Beina this time.

By the way, the theme song of "Frozen" "Let It Go" is still one of Liu Yifei's favorite songs, almost a must-sing track for Liu and his friends in KTV, and Liu Yifei also appeared on Weibo hot search for singing this song.

But when it comes to singing skills, Liu can't be compared with Zhang Liangying Yao Beina anyway, so no matter how close her relationship with Li Mu is, Li Mu will not hand over this song to her to sing.

"Director Li, declare in advance, I don't disbelieve you, but you want to be comparable to the original soundtrack of "The Hunger Games" - it made it to the Billboard TOP200 album chart, and said that you want to win the Oscar for Best Original Song, you are a musical genius, we all know this - but is this too exaggerated?"

Liu Yifei also hugged Zhang Liangying's arm at this time and nodded violently: "It does seem to be a bit exaggerated." ”

Li Mu smiled: "You two don't have to provoke me with words, this little trick, I will play when I wear open crotch pants, I want to listen to it first, right?" ”

The two nodded together.

"Okay, it's idle anyway!"

After that, Li Mu got up and went to the guitar room to get a red guitar, and then dragged a chair from the restaurant.

"Let's say it first, don't spread it, this song is the soul of a $150 million investment film."

Then he played and sang to himself:

"The snow glows white on the mountain tonight. ）”

"Not a footprint to be seen"

……

After listening, Zhang Liangying and Liu Yifei looked at each other, and then looked at Li Mu, who had just put down the guitar.

Liu Yifei opened his mouth first and hummed: "Let it go, let it go (let it, let it go." ）”

"Can't hold it back anymore anyway. ）”

Then he laughed and said, "It's so good, I like this song." ”

Zhang Liangying also echoed: "It is indeed very exciting. ”

But wonderful is wonderful, but is it really as exaggerated as he said?

Zhang Liangying had to be skeptical about this.

She admits that the song is good, really good, but — "Chance to match the results of the Hunger Games soundtrack?" ”

The song "Safe & Sound" performed by Mildew for "The Hunger Games" won the "Best Movie and TV Song" award at the 55th Grammy Awards, and it was also the number one album chart on the Billboard Top 200 album chart - where is this kind of achievement so easy to get?

At this time, Li Mu said to Zhang Liangying: "The English version has been recorded, and after a while, I will inform the relevant departments of the crew to find you to record the Chinese version." ”

Zhang Liangying nodded, she lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then raised her head and said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, can I try to sing too?" ”

Li Mu thought about it, it's okay, anyway, I'm going to find her to record a song after a while.

"Okay."

As he spoke, he walked to the sofa and sat down, still reaching out to put his arm around Liu Yifei's shoulder.

Zhang Liangying stood up and walked to the chair and picked up the guitar.

Li Mu only sang it once just now, where did she remember the lyrics? So Li Mu instructed her to learn at the same time, and when she felt that it was almost over, she cleared her throat.

“The snow glows……”

……

After singing, Liu Yifei was stunned, and Zhang Liangying herself was stunned, Zhang sang much stronger than what Li Mu sang just now.

Liu Yifei was fascinated by Zhang Liangying's singing, Zhang was fascinated by his own singing, but Li Mu said quite lightly:

"Actually, if you listen to this song alone, it can only be regarded as average, but if you pair it with the movie screen, it is a masterpiece."

As soon as he looked up, he saw Zhang Liangying staring at herself upright, and then looked down at Liu Yifei, only to see that she was also looking at Li Mu with similar eyes.

"You call this so-so?"

Zhang Liangying and Liu Yifei said in unison.

At the same time, Zhang Liangying sighed in her heart: "Oops, I was shocked by my singing today." ”

That night, after Zhang Liangying left, Li Mu smiled and said to Liu Yifei: "What did you say when Liangying was there just now?" ”

"What did I say?" Liu Yifei was a little dazed.

Li Mu said with a smile: "Just now after I entered the door and said that I would take you to the United States, she said that I am really willing to toss you, you just said it's okay, you are not afraid of tossing, well, since you yourself said that you are not afraid of tossing, then I am welcome, hehehe......"

"That's not what I said!"

Liu Yifei ran away with a smile, but was quickly caught by Li Mu.

……

The next day, Li Mu and Liu Yifei flew to the United States together.

It is worth mentioning that "The Revenant" has not been fully released worldwide until now, of course, there are few films scheduled.

Oscar-winning favorites like this tend to have a very long release cycle, and every time news comes out about a film that it is one step closer to winning an award, the box office of the film can rise again.

At present, the global box office of "The Revenant" has reached 620 million US dollars, and most of the part that is higher than the original box office of the original time and space is concentrated in the box office of the Chinese market.

Thank you for the reward from the Pure Land of Requiem.

(End of chapter)