The negotiations for "Celebrating More Than Years" were much more complicated and lengthy than the outside world had imagined.

After all, it is the most concerned project in the industry, worth hundreds of millions of transactions, and it is ridiculous.

From the beginning of the project of the crew of "Celebrating More Than Years", there have been TV stations to contact, and when the preliminary script review is completed and the actors are ready to start filming, many platforms will begin to quote.

After that, there is a series of various negotiations, the capital is not enough, the basic exit that cannot meet the conditions, and the ones who stay until the end are potential buyers.

Until not long ago, the official review of the first version of "Celebrating More Than Years" was completed, which means that it can be broadcast at any time.

The battle of this drama buying war has completely entered the white heat!

Magic City, a certain restaurant

"Gutai, Director Liu, go slowly."

Xia Cong, the general manager of Blue Whale and the person in charge of the negotiation of "Celebrating More Than Years", personally sent the two middle-aged people into the car, rubbed their faces, and let the cold outside sober him up.

Next to him stood a thin middle-aged man, who was Xiao Liang, the director of the Blue Whale Film and Television Department, and also Xia Cong's deputy in this negotiation.

"Lao Xiao, you cooperated well just now."

"Where, I'm going to fight, the key is up to you."

"Okay, don't talk about the calf, I will give you credit for winning the project."

"Thank you, Mr. Xia, I see that the bottom of a few houses is almost touched, do you want to call everyone for a meeting."

"Well, you call someone, I'll contact the boss."

"Okay."

That night, in the Blue Whale conference room, a group of responsible persons and high-level executives arrived, Wei Yang did not come to the scene, but participated in the meeting by video call.

When everyone arrived, Lao Xia presided over the meeting, and then Xiao was responsible for introducing the situation.

With the rapid development of Blue Whale in the past two years, the number of employees in the company is also growing

From more than 60 people that Wei Yang had just taken over, the number has now increased several times, and some adjustments have been made to the internal department structure and senior and middle-level leaders, either merging, or eliminating, or promoting, or demoting, or leaving.

It was during this period that Xiao was promoted to director of the film and television department, and his predecessor did not do well and "broke up amicably" with the company.

The film and television department is the largest department director of Blue Whale, and he is faintly regarded as the company's third-in-command, and he was withdrawn when he said that he was withdrawn, which shocked the entire company at the time, and was even reported by the outside media.

The outside world and the employees did not discuss how to discuss, but all the senior management realized the courage of Boss Wei.

In addition to Wei Yang himself, I am afraid that even Xia Cong, the general manager of the second oldest in ten thousand years, may not be in a secure position.

The project "Celebrating More Than Years" is the most important project that Xiao has handled since he became the director, so the pressure is still very high.

If this is played badly, he may not end up as well as the former director.

Although Boss Wei was ruthless, he still remembered the old feelings, the former director was an old man of the company, and he had also made meritorious contributions, so he didn't think about letting him go at that time, but gave him an idle position.

When the latter chose to leave, the resignation treatment was also very generous, the background adjustment was very decent, and he also helped introduce other companies.

Xiao doesn't have the qualifications and merits of his predecessor, and the project "Celebrating More Than Years" is the top priority, and if he doesn't do it well, I'm afraid he will be fired directly.

However, with stress comes opportunity!

There have been internal rumors within the company that after moving next year, the company will undergo a certain degree of reorganization.

For example, Boss Wei felt that the film and television department was a little too bloated, and was ready to divide the film and television department into two and reorganize it into the TV drama department and the film department when he entered the film market.

At the same time, Blue Whale has been Wei Lao Da and Xia Lao Er all these years, and then the heads of major departments and projects report to the two.

But this model was fine at the beginning, but as the blue whale continued to grow, there were more and more department and project leaders, and the two of them were a little too much to manage.

Therefore, Blue Whale has always had the idea of promoting several vice presidents, each responsible for multiple departments or projects, to share the management pressure of Wei and Xia.

The status of the film and television department is special, theoretically speaking, the vice president should have Xiao alone, but his qualifications are slightly shallow, and it is really hard to say whether he can get on the position.

Therefore, the project "Celebrating More Than Years" is very crucial, it has made great contributions, and it is determined to be on the top of the play, and it is even ranked extremely high.

Although the specific articles of association of the company have not yet been disclosed, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the vice president's authority is extremely high, and it can even be said that he is a giant of the company.

If you are promoted, you will receive a salary increase and a bonus, and maybe there will be equity or dividend rewards.

These high-level executives know how much money the blue whale makes, even if it is only 1% or even 1‰ of shares or dividend incentives, it is enough to make people excited, if Boss Wei considers going public in the future, it will be enthusiastic.

The more Xiao thought about it, the hotter his heart became, and the more passionate his voice became, but Wei Yang and many high-level executives did not notice his abnormality.

In other words, they didn't care what Director Xiao thought at all, and they were all devoted to what he said.

"Celebrating More Than Years" has been negotiated so far, and the prices offered by each company are basically near the bottom line, full of sincerity.

The old friend Modu TV bid 150 million for the exclusive premiere, and it was determined to pay the full amount at one time.

What's more, it took out the purchase plan of the last two parts of "Celebrating More Than Years", and on the premise of ensuring the completion of certain conditions, the purchase price of the latter two parts rose ladder, with the prices of 170 million and 200 million respectively.

If Blue Whale completes its proposed conditions, the trilogy will accumulate 520 million yuan and be paid in full.

"What are the conditions?"

A high-level inquiry, Xiao took out the folder and looked at it: "It's probably some guarantee of advertising revenue and ratings, we have calculated, the difficulty is not too big, and the sincerity is still very sufficient." ”

It sounds like a VAM treaty, but it's not that at all.

Gambling is generally very demanding, and it is a desperate squeeze, and these conditions are more like additional terms to guarantee the lower limit.

After all, the initiative lies in the Blue Whale, and the conditions set by the Magic Capital Station cannot be too harsh, otherwise the Blue Whale is not sure to complete it, and the follow-up contract will be equivalent to waste paper.

It can be seen that Modutai, who has tasted the sweetness many times in the past two years, trusts Wei Yang very much and has invested a lot of money.

The conference room circulated the general conditions, some people frowned slightly, some people were confident, but there were not many objections.

Wei Yang had already read the email, and seeing that everyone had a number, he asked Xiao to introduce the next one.

The next one is also an old friend, Hunan Provincial Satellite TV, and the condition is that it will premiere exclusively, and 320 million will directly package the "Celebrating More Than Years" trilogy and pay it off at one time.

Note that the trilogy is packaged all at once, with no strings attached.

In other words, no matter what the results of the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years" are, the money for the last two Hunan Provincial Satellite TV films has been spent together, as long as Wei Yang can hand in two more dramas, no matter how bad the filming is, they will admit it.

In fact, this routine is very chicken thieves, because they believe in Wei Yang's lower limit, and they also know that it is impossible for Boss Wei to smash the signboard by himself, let alone make a deliberately bad drama to offend them.

So this condition seems to be generous, but in fact, it is just like that, so there are other conditions in Hunan Province.

That is, 20% of the advertising revenue related to "Celebrating More Than Years" and a large number of other cooperation!

Hunan Provincial Satellite TV is the first local satellite TV, and the advertising revenue is also the largest satellite TV, even if it is 20%, it is not a small amount.

And other variety shows, film and television advertisements and other related resources are also valued by Blue Whale.

It not only produces direct and indirect benefits, but also helps the development of the company in all aspects.

Xiang Province had already tempted Wei Yang with this trick before, and this time the sincerity was more sufficient, and the quantity and quality of the resources taken out were better.

This is also the reason why it is only 200 million less than the bid of Modutai, but it ranks second, and even if it is not for Modutai is the most stable cooperation object of Blue Whale, the conditions of Hunan Province should be placed first.

But anyone with a long-term vision knows that some resources are more valuable than real money.

Wei Yang saw that the venue was a little silent, so he didn't say anything, and asked Xiao to continue to report the next one, which was also an old acquaintance.

Su Province pulled Zhejiang Province next door, and the two cooperated to bid 160 million for the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years", and paid in full in one go.

Although the price is slightly higher, it is a bit decent compared to the first two, so it ranks third.

In addition, there is another one, which is four satellite TV stations led by Beijing and Jinmen, with a bid of 180 million, the highest price, but the payment terms are according to the normal process.

Considering that these satellite TVs have no obvious bad deeds, and there are 2000~30 million more, they still entered the finals, but they ranked last.

However, the high-level executives present all know Wei Yang, when several other companies choose to pay the full amount at one time, and there are other high-quality conditions, the probability of the four satellite TVs being out is extremely high.

Sure enough, after Xiao reported to the last four platforms, Wei Yang didn't think much about it at all, and directly passed the four satellite TVs.

After chatting with a few high-level executives, he quickly eliminated the two in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The rest is very simple, choose one of the two in the magic capital and Hunan Province, money or resources?

However, because of this, the high-level leaders on the scene had obvious disagreements, and even quarreled and quarreled.

"520 million, everyone has seen the sincerity of Modutai, and we have cooperated many times over the years, and the friendship still has to be talked about."

"In business, when talking about business, you talk about friendship, so what kind of money do you make?"

"Friendship aside, who dares to guarantee that Hunan Satellite TV will keep its promises, in case it repents? That's 200 million. ”

"The contract is written in black and white, and the last two parts are in our hands, so that we can grasp the initiative."

"That's right, and we not only have "Celebrating More Than Years", but also other projects, they have no reason to fight with us, this is a rare opportunity, now Hunan Province is dominant, and even the Tang people have taken refuge in them."

"The Tang people are a fart, "Step by Step" is all sold by us, surnamed Cai...... Sorry, boss, I lost my words. ”

"Don't talk about other families, but what if you cooperate with Hunan Province on a large scale, are highly bound, and are controlled by others?"

"Yes, resources are very important, but several other TV stations can also cooperate, and the 200 million yuan is enough for us to do a lot of things."

"Now the top ten TV variety shows, several of them are Hunan Satellite TV, and half of the advertisers have cooperation with them, do you know that reaching a cooperation can make the fame and commercial value of Nazha, Zhenyu, Miss Zhao and the boss rise a notch, this is a steady stream of money."

“……”

The two sides insisted on their own words, and Wei Yang, who was arguing, had a headache across the screen, and finally muted the sound, and waited for the gang to get tired of arguing before looking at Lao Xia.

"Mr. Xia, what do you mean?"

Lao Xia looked at the two people staring at him, and shook his head: "I think both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, and this decision must be ...... carefully."

The car talked for a minute, and it can be summed up in five words - I listen to the boss.

"Director Xiao?"

Xiao is excited, Lao Xia is a shareholder + second-in-command, and he can fool the past by pretending to be stupid and showing loyalty, so he is not qualified for this.

He wanted to say "I listen to the boss", Wei Yang's first reaction was not that he felt loyal, but that he felt that he was a waste and didn't even dare to give advice.

Xiao's mind was spinning wildly, pondering which one he would choose in Wei Yang's style.

Boss Wei has a long-term vision, although he often talks about cooperation and development, he is steady, values real money, and is accustomed to getting the benefits first, and does not agree with a high degree of binding.

Looking at it this way, the chances of the Modutai are greater......

Xiao's lips moved slightly, and he was about to speak, when suddenly a flash of inspiration occurred.

No, the real money given by Modutai is more, but strictly speaking, it is given in installments, and there are additional conditions, and Xiangxingtai gave 320 million in one go.

Boss Wei does not agree with a high degree of binding, and the previous dramas have been cooperating with Modutai, and if the "Celebrating More Than Years" trilogy chooses Modutai again, it will violate the cooperation policy of Blue Whale.

"I think Hunan Province is more suitable."

After Xiao finished speaking, he saw a little satisfaction on Boss Wei's face, and he was overjoyed in his heart, and he made the right bet.

And Boss Wei did not continue to sell Guanzi and said his decision.

"Contact Hunan Province and Taiwan, I want to buy out the "Celebrating More Than Years" trilogy in one go, this price is not enough, at least add 50 million in cash, we want 30% of the advertising revenue, and continue to discuss the details of the cooperation project, and try to take the initiative."

If it's someone else, basically the price is almost grinding, and it won't go up much if you talk about it.

But Hunan saves less real money, more of a cake, and the blue whale takes out the trilogy as bait, and there is still room for negotiation.

At the same time, the Modu Station will also be appeased, and the new drama of Blue Whale will take care of it later.

Boss Wei's prestige in the Blue Whale has nothing to say, and what he is sure of, others no longer have objections.

The rest depends on whether Lao Xia can get Xiang Shengtai to agree to Wei Yang's request, and the blue whale is still confident.

The initiative is in the Blue Whale and not in Hunan Province, if the other party does not agree, "Celebrating More Than Years" will not be sold cheaply, and it is a big deal to cooperate with other platforms.

"Celebrating More Than Years" is now a goddess sought after by everyone, and everyone only hates that they can't marry, and they don't care if it's a spare tire.........

Today's discussion is not only about TV premiere rights, but also about other copyrights, including DVDs, patch ads, and peripheral licenses.

In the past, these basically had to wait for the TV series to be broadcast or even become popular before they could be sold, but "Celebrating More Than Years" is extraordinary, and relevant partners have come to the door early, and the bids are not low.

There is no need for Wei Yang to make too many specific decisions about this, many of them have already been negotiated, mainly to report to him and inform the relevant senior executives.

These copyright blue whales have not all been sold, only a few have been sold with particularly high bids, and the rest will be discussed after the broadcast.

Even so, the income of the relevant departments in the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years" exceeded 30 million, which greatly exceeded the previous most profitable "East Palace".

The senior executives in the conference room were all smiling, Boss Wei is not a stingy person, the more the company earns, the richer their year-end bonus will be this year.

The joyful atmosphere has not stopped, and after these copyright fees are finished, there is also a very important project, that is, the webcast rights of "Celebrating More Than Years".

LeTV purchased the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years" at a price of 75 million, that is, 1.875 million for a single episode.

And the penguins bid 200 million yuan to pack the "Celebrating More Than Years" trilogy.

So the choice left to Wei Yang is very simple, disassemble and sell or sell in one go, the former has a high price, and the latter is worry-free.

Wei Yang, of course, chose to disassemble and sell.

Although the price of TV series copyright is rising, the amplitude is controlled, and it is particularly exaggerated that it will not jump in a short period of time.

But webcast copyright is different, these two years are the craziest time, one price per season.

Now it's 75 million, maybe it will break 100 million next year, Weiyang TV can be packaged and sold, and the network platform will definitely not be like this, at most add a priority clause.

Wei Yang has already asked Xiao to convey this situation, but the penguin only has 70 million in a single season, which is far from LeTV.

The one with the highest price wins, and Boss Wei can only express regret to Brother Xiaoma.

After the meeting, Wei Yang calculated a small account.

The investment share of "Celebrating More Than Years" is similar to that of "East Palace", with 50% of the Blue Whale main control, 20% of the Jade Shrimp, and the remaining 30% used to attract some partners and raise funds.

In terms of the current amount that is expected to be earned, 50% of ninety percent of five + 20% of seventy percent, I have more than two hundred million in cash, minus very little cost and tax.

Wei Yang's face fell: "Tired and tired, only to earn so much?" ”

If these words are heard by others, they can beat him to death, and besides, this is only a part, and other benefits in the future may be more than doubled.

However, Wei Yang is still not satisfied, mainly because Fan Xiaopang's little lady has 1 billion every day, which makes him enthusiastic, and now when he settles the account, the gap is a little big.

"When would it be nice if you really made 1 billion in one go."

Boss Wei is not a pipe dream, there are still a lot of TV series asking for hundreds of millions in the future, not to mention movies, the film side of "Wolf Warrior 2" is divided into 2 billion +.

The prosperity of the entertainment industry is coming, even if the winter is cold later, it will be enough to make money in the past few years.........

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On November 13, Wei Yang's birthday, Blue Whale and Hunan Province reached an agreement.

The latter purchased the "Celebrating More Than Years" trilogy at a price of 380 million + 30% of the relevant advertising revenue, paid the full amount at one time, and launched a number of cooperation with Blue Whale.

The purchase price of the drama was not announced, but it only said that it refreshed the highest selling price in the history of domestic TV dramas.

This has also sparked imagination from the outside world.

As of the latest statistics in October, in the 2011 Forbes celebrity list income list, Wei Yang temporarily ranked second, with an annual income of 180 million, and Da Yao ranked first with an income of more than 200 million.

Compared with the big difference in 2010, Wei Yang's data this year is obviously a little unreliable, much less than the actual income.

Only "East Palace" and "Shanshan is Coming", the company's income, investment income and personal income are not less than this number, not to mention other projects.

And Wei Yang now not only has income from film and television production and artists, but also has a lot of income in other fields such as financial investment, copyright operation, and business operations.

Most notably Red Shark Games, which has made a number of games profitable this year.

The miHoYo team's "Honkai Academy 1", which was given high hopes by Wei Yang, actually didn't make much money, after all, it was a debut novel, and it was more about exercising the team, cultivating the market, and paving the way for the real money-making "Honkai Academy 2".

The game "My Love from the Star" relies on its super IP, but the turnover data is good, and the player viscosity is very deep, which can develop for a long time.

In addition, Red Shark also acted as an agent for two games that he had an impression on under the command of Wei Yang, and also made a fortune.

At present, excluding miscellaneous expenses, Red Shark's net profit this year exceeds about 50 million yuan.

It is certainly not comparable to those large factories with billions of revenues, but after all, it is a new company, the establishment time is limited, the team is growing, and it is just on the right track, and it is great to have so much income.

The game company is not easy to open, with Wei Yang's guidance, and its own national IP, Red Shark can develop steadily.

Now Red Shark has already started to work on the design of the game "Celebrating More Than Years".

The theme is mainly based on martial arts and plots, see if you can have a wave of movie game interaction in real time, if the effect is good, "Flower Thousand Bone" or something can be prepared.

In fact, Wei Yang's biggest regret is that he didn't grab the agent of "League of Legends".

When he learned that the game had not yet been launched on the mainland in the first half of the year, he immediately asked people to contact him, only to find that he had thought too much, and Penguin had even copied the parent company, and it was impossible to give the agency to others.

Wei Yang can only give up, and now he has nothing to do, and now he wonders if there are some other games that can make Red Shark pick up a leak.

It's a pity that I didn't play much games in my previous life.,Except for a few national games, I don't know much about others.。

"Genshin Impact" is barely holding on, is it possible to let Red Shark copy "Eat Chicken" and "Glory of Kings" again?

The former is easy to say, and the latter Brother Pony will not sue with himself and accuse him of plagiarizing "League of Legends.........

If you add up all these benefits, the 180 million on the celebrity list will more than double, but I don't know if financial investors are counted.

However, in any case, after Wei Yang became wealthy, there were fewer and fewer related marketing and momentum in the future, and many contracts were confidential, and it was difficult for the outside world to understand the specific situation, and even some income and assets were not known to the outside world.

In this case, it is not difficult to understand that the Forbes celebrity list misjudged him.

In the past, Boss Wei's stall was so big, and he could still estimate some things, and his strength was not enough, and there were many people who sold news.

Now that his career is working, there are more projects and companies in hand, and all kinds of cross-mixing, Boss Wei himself is sometimes confused, asking the private financial team, let alone outsiders.

Moreover, his strength has grown, and he has a lot of contacts, and people who don't care about breaking the news will also be afraid and will not be blind.

No matter how good the Forbes list is, it is impossible to look through Boss Wei's books and contracts, and the estimated data will inevitably have water.

But no matter how much water is there, "Celebrating More Than Years" is sold, and Wei Yang will make a lot of money.

What's more, Hunan Province and Taiwan kept it secret, but LeTV didn't keep it secret, Boss Jia held back every day to fool everyone into ecological rebellion, making LeTV's stock a little more demonic.

75 million, he even agreed to pay it off in one go, but he demanded that the price must be made public, and the blue whale cooperated with the momentum.

And this requirement is the same for penguins, they are new websites, they need to make a name for themselves, otherwise they won't spend so much money.

Therefore, the price of the webcast copyright of "Celebrating More Than Years" could not be hidden at all, and soon everyone knew that the webcast rights of the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years" were sold for 75 million.

Let's not talk about whether LeTV's stock price has risen or not, Shanda's stock is very good anyway.

Chen Tianqiao was so angry that he scolded that he must be happy to make money from online IP, but now he is operating a grand delisting, and it is a critical moment.

The online article "Celebrating More Than Years" is a major positive, and the stock appreciates, so he has to find a way to raise more money.

And Wei Yang will not be surprised, and will also become the top of the 2011 Forbes celebrity income list, becoming the envy of countless men and the object of admiration of women.........

(End of chapter)