"Teacher Chen, there is no hurry to cooperate, anyway, there are still more than three months before the Spring Festival Gala."

"You think about it slowly, and if you think it's a suitable artist, just tell me."

Liu Yinghong is giving Chen Wenhan enough time to screen the artists in the document.

Because there are three or four hundred "artists" in that document, there are first-line stars, models, and Internet celebrities, and it takes a lot of time just to go through them.

"Okay."

"If there is a suitable one, I will contact Sister Hong as soon as possible."

Chen Wenhan has long heard that some agents in the circle actually work as pimps, and obviously Liu Yinghong also has this business.

It's just that she is still a little different from a real pimp, she not only relies on this thing to make money, but also relies on this to maintain and expand her network.

For example, if Chen Wenhan really takes a fancy to an artist in the document in the future, and the other party comes to exchange boat skills with Chen Wenhan through Liu Yinghong's introduction, then Chen Wenhan will naturally owe Liu Yinghong a favor.

What's more, this kind of thing is a major event that can make celebrities collapse, in this transaction, Liu Yinghong's role is a pimp, and Chen Wenhan's role is a prostitute.

Even if they exchange handles with each other, the relationship will naturally get a lot closer.

It's the same as going to wash your feet with a good brother.

Liu Yinghong didn't stay for too long, she came to the door this time more to show Tianmei's attitude, and she didn't expect to say that one visit could solve Chu Zihua's Spring Festival Gala.

It takes time and more sincerity to repair relationships.

After Liu Yinghong left, Chen Wenhan flipped through the document she sent to him with great interest, and to his surprise, there were several female artists with "pure jade girl" characters on it.

In other words, these so-called pure jade girls actually have a price!

Sure enough, your circle is really messy!

The next day, Chen Wenhan received a notice from the program team that due to the fire of "Music Dream Chaser", the program team decided to adopt the live broadcast mode from eight to five.

In other words, Chen Wenhan does not need to stay in Shanghai in the next month, and can wait until a week before the live broadcast to attend the rehearsal in Shanghai.

Chen Wenhan, who was notified, set off directly back to Sanjiang.

Although Hucheng is good, Sanjiang is his old nest.

Returning to the familiar city, Chen Wenhan first enjoyed a few days, and then devoted himself to work.

On this day, Zhang Facai brought Liu Huan, deputy director of the content department of Kubo.com, to Mahjong Entertainment.

The purpose of the other party's trip was to discuss the copyright of "The Beginning".

With the efforts of Lan Zhengye and the post-production staff, the post-production progress of "The Beginning" is very fast, and it is now coming to an end.

A few days ago, Zhang Facai sent the first three episodes of "The Beginning" to several major video websites in China, among which the fastest feedback was Kubo.com.

"Mr. Chen, our Kubo is the earliest video website to do online dramas, and it has also accumulated the most users, so "The Beginning" is definitely the best choice if we broadcast it on Kubo."

Liu Huan is a woman who looks to be in her early thirties, but with Chen Wenhan's years of experience, her actual age should be over thirty-five.

Because working women like her who have a certain economic strength are very willing to throw money at themselves, they will look younger.

"I agree with Mr. Liu's point of view."

"I also hope to reach a cooperation with Kubo."

Chen Wenhan first expressed his attitude, and then changed his words: "However, Kubo's offer is indeed a little lower. ”

"The reason why I came here was to talk to Mr. Chen about the price in person."

"How much does Mr. Chen think is appropriate?"

Liu Huan looked at Chen Wenhan with a smile.

Before she came, she was very curious about this "creative talent" with two diva ex-girlfriends, and she was even more curious after seeing her.

Because Chen Wenhan is more handsome than what he sees on TV, Liu Huan has also seen many so-called male gods due to his work, but when he meets offline, it will always be almost meaningful.

But Chen Wenhan is different, his appearance is even better offline than online.

"How's that number?"

Chen Wenhan stretched out his left hand and shook it gently.

"Fifty million?"

Liu Huan's pupils shrank slightly: "Teacher Chen, are you kidding?" ”

"According to our Kubo's assessment, the investment scale of "The Beginning" will not exceed 20 million."

"If you sell it for 50 million, won't this deal be too easy to do?"

In the face of Liu Huan's questioning, Chen Wenhan just smiled slightly: "The 20 million that Mr. Liu said is just a paper number. ”

"Aside from everything else, how much will Lin Nian's salary be?"

"Moreover, this is the first and only online drama that Lin Nian has starred in."

"Also, although I haven't filmed anything, if my current traffic and popularity are converted into a salary, it should be very high!"

"By the way, there is also a clear script, these are all added value."

Liu Huan nodded: "I can understand what Mr. Chen said, but 50 million is still too high, and the price difference from our expectation is quite large." ”

"And what is your expected price?"

Chen Wenhan asked.

"20 million plus 20% revenue share."

Liu Huan opened the conditions for cool broadcasting.

"Looks like there's no need to talk about it."

"But it doesn't matter, once born and twice cooked, there will be a chance in the future if you can't cooperate this time."

The difference between the other party's offer and the price expected by Chen Wenhan is a bit big, and there is obviously no way to negotiate.

If Liu Huan reported a price that was not too different from the expected price in Chen Wenhan's heart, the deal still had to be discussed, but now this situation is not negotiable at all.

In fact, Liu Huan's speculation of the total investment of 20 million is already high, and the total investment of "The Beginning" is about 12 million.

The average cost of each episode is about one million, which is already very high for an online drama, after all, some star-rated TV series are only about one million per episode.

Although Chen Wenhan also made money according to the price offered by Liu Huan, he made too little money, and he worked hard for a long time to make the website make a lot of money, which was not his style.

"Mr. Chen, the price I said is the highest price that Kubo can give, you can also compare it with others, our price must be advantageous."

"What's more, the revenue sharing of other websites is not of the same magnitude as our cool broadcast."

Liu Huan said unrelentingly.

"I'll think about it again."

"There will be some time in the later stages of "The Beginning", and there is no hurry."

Chen Wenhan smiled and waved his hand, now Kubo is the first to make an offer, and he wants to see what several other websites say.

"Okay, then Mr. Chen will think about it again, the price I just quoted has been valid, if Mr. Chen changes his mind, you can contact me at any time."

The next three days.

Chen Wenhan also met with the heads of the content departments of "Penguin Audio", "Literary Video" and two small websites.

Among them, the highest price is "Penguin Video", they gave an offer of 30 million plus 20% revenue share, and the rest of the websites are basically "focusing on participation", and the prices offered are very low.

At present, domestic video websites are in a three-legged situation, and Kubo, Penguin Video and Audio, and Literary Video occupy more than 90% of the long video market.

Therefore, in fact, it is mainly these three companies that are competing, and the literary video is obviously not very enthusiastic, they only offered a price of 10 million plus 20% revenue share.

"I think the penguins are still very sincere, why don't you sign them?"

In the office, Zhang Facai said.

"In this way, you reply to Penguin and Kubo respectively, 20 million plus 50% of the revenue share."

"Whoever agrees with them will give the right to play!"

At the beginning, Chen Wenhan wanted to directly take a high-value buyout, but judging from the attitudes of several websites, it was unrealistic to want a high-value buyout.

Although this drama has Lin Nian in charge, it is only an online drama after all.

Before this, no online drama could make tens of millions of dollars for the website, so it was impossible for either Penguin or Kubo to directly throw tens of millions of dollars.

Therefore, Chen Wenhan can only take the route of high scores.

However, this is still risky, although the drama "The Beginning" is quite popular in another time and space.

But no one knows if it will catch fire if it is placed here.

There is also the fact that Chen Wenhan does not have much confidence in his acting skills, so it is best to buy out at a high price!

But at the moment, this road is impassable, and we can only take another path

After Zhang Facai passed the news, the two websites quickly replied.

Kubo said that 50% of the share is okay, but the guaranteed price is reduced to 10 million!

The penguin agreed, however, their consent is conditional, and the minimum guarantee of 20 million is no problem, but the proportion of sharing is linked to the effective playback.

The effective playback volume exceeds 200 million, 30% revenue share, the effective playback volume exceeds 500 million, the 40% revenue share, the effective playback volume exceeds 1 billion, and the revenue share is 50%.

How to say it, Penguin Video agreed to Chen Wenhan's conditions, but set a high threshold.

The effective playback volume of "The Beginning" exceeds one billion, so you can get a 50% share, otherwise, you will get a guarantee of 20 million and 20% of the revenue.

"What's the name of Penguin Video's content director?"

After reading the conditions offered by Penguin Video, Chen Wenhan asked with interest.

"Wang Dalong."

Zhang Facai returned.

"This Wang Dalong is a bit interesting."

Chen Wenhan smiled: "Inform him to sign the contract!" ”

"Huh?"

Zhang Facai was stunned: "Boss, this condition on the penguin's side is obviously an invisible pie!" ”

"As far as I know, the record of effective playback of online dramas seems to be 360 million, which means that we want to use 40% of the revenue to refresh the record of online drama playbacks."

"Try it."

"If you can't reach it anyway, you won't lose anything."

Two days later.

Chen Wenhan and Wang Dalong, the content director of Penguin Audio, signed an exclusive broadcast contract for "The Beginning".

After the two sides signed the contract, Penguin Video quickly set the file.

"The Beginning" will be broadcast a week later.

Upload four episodes at once, and then, update two episodes a week until the end of the month.

Kubo Video Headquarters.

Liu Huan, who has been paying attention to the dynamics of competitors, accidentally saw the news that "The Beginning" was finalized.

"20 million plus 50% revenue share."

"Penguin really dares to agree, on this condition, the effective broadcast volume of more than 400 million can protect the capital!"

Liu Huan shook her head slightly, in her opinion, this was a sure deal.

"It's not surprising that penguins would do this kind of thing, after all, people are stupid and have a lot of money!"

Zhang Wenjie, who is also the deputy director of the content department, said while drinking coffee.

The two are in charge of different fields, Liu Huan is in charge of TV series and online dramas, while Zhang Wenjie is in charge of movies and Internet University, but there is no competition between them, so the relationship is quite harmonious.

And Zhang Wenjie often encounters the situation of being thrown money by penguins in the field she is responsible for, and she is used to such operations by the other party.

"In fact, it's good for people to be stupid and have a lot of money, at least the work is easy to carry out."

"It's not like we bargain with the producer every day."

Liu Huan sighed softly.

"No, I can't wait to carry the dragon slayer knife with me."

Zhang Wenjie pursed her lips and asked again: "By the way, is the online drama played by Mr. Chen good?" ”

"The theme is quite novel, and the three episodes of the sample film are not bad, but I don't know what will happen next."

"Send me a look."

"Recently, I watched "Music Dream Chaser", and I became a bit of a fan of Mr. Chen!" Zhang Wenjie said with a smile.

"Well, I'll send it to you now, and I can't leak it!"

"Don't worry, I know the rules!"

Liu Huan instructed a few words, and sent the three episodes of samples to Zhang Wenjie.

Reviewing films is their daily work, and Zhang Wenjie, who received the samples, immediately entered the drama mode.

Because the nature of her work is to review films, when Zhang Wenjie is watching the drama, she almost always fast-forwards after the beginning.

However, when she clicked on "The Beginning", the mouse that was originally going to drag the progress bar stayed on the computer screen and did not move.

"Sister Huan, it's not bad for you to call this name?"

"I haven't had this kind of online drama before, this is a rare boutique!"

After watching the first episode in one go, Zhang Wenjie couldn't help but complain.

"It's not a boutique, is it?"

"It can only be said that it is above the level." Obviously, Liu Huan has his own judgment.

Zhang Wenjie shook her head gently: "Sister Huan, the fields we focus on are different, you are watching it from the perspective of online dramas." ”

"And I look at it from the perspective of a movie, the filming techniques and camera movements of this drama are very professional, I suspect that this director used to make movies"

"In addition, this suspense is also very attractive!"

Zhang Wenjie gave a high evaluation.

"You reminded me."

"The director of this drama is Lan Zhengye!"

Liu Huan said.

"Lan Zhengye?"

"No wonder, he's still very powerful!"

"However, why did you run to shoot an online drama? This is a coffee drop! ”

Zhang Wenjie said and clicked on the second episode of "The Beginning".

"What is he doing when he drops coffee?"

"Lin Niandu filmed this drama, but she is a real triple golden queen!"

Liu Huan spread his hands and said, "By the way, Wenjie, the teacher Chen you fan is more handsome than online, which is rare!" ”

"Alas, you said you, why can't you fight for it!"

"If Mr. Chen cooperates with us Kubo, will I be able to chase stars offline!"

Zhang Wenjie pursed her lips and complained.

"I want to promote cooperation, but your teacher Chen's offer is really outrageous, 20 million plus 50% of the revenue share."

"If I sign this contract, I'll have to submit my resignation letter next month!" Liu Huan pursed his lips.

And Zhang Wenjie shook her head: "Sister Huan, I feel that you may have lost your eyes this time." ”

"This drama is going to explode!!"

(End of chapter)