After going around the company and listening to Jiang Bai and them say a lot, Liu Heping now admires Jiang Bai more and more, because Jiang Bai's views on screenwriters make him feel very empathetic.

In fact, he is quite good at this point, and more of those little screenwriters have no say in the crew, just like Jiang Bai said, just a worker with a pen.

He has to change whatever others tell him to do.

may be changed in the end, and the story has deviated from its original route.

In this way, they sat back in the conference room again, and Jiang Bai talked about the copyright of this book.

In fact, Liu Heping has always been thinking about it in his heart, because the current Xiangtai is taking a young route, and most of the idol dramas are broadcast, and his heavier and more serious work may not be suitable for Xiangtai.

And he also has some understanding of Hunan TV, it all depends on the ratings to speak, if the ratings are not good, maybe the broadcast will be gone.

After all, people also want to make money, if a TV series is popular, it is a real cash cow, in addition to its own TV series copyright, the advertisements before the TV series starts, the advertisements between the two episodes, and the advertisements after watching can be sold for money.

The higher the ratings, the higher the price of the ad.

Although he likes his work very much, he can't guarantee how high the ratings of this script will be on Hunan TV.

On the contrary, CCTV is different, because CCTV itself has a wider audience, and in many families, they can only watch local TV stations and CCTV.

"Mr. Liu, we talked so much, I see that you are also a real person, so I thought of a sincere price, one million, what do you think?"

Liu Heping thought about it, one million is actually enough, and now he can buy a courtyard house in Yanjing with one million, and he can even buy a big house in his hometown.

But he was still thinking about it at this time, because he didn't want to sell all the copyrights of his work at once, because then it would be equivalent to him only putting a name on this work, and then he would have nothing to do with this work.

Jiang Bai started to offer a price of one million just to test it, but seeing that the other party did not nod immediately, Jiang Bai said the follow-up chips: "Mr. Liu, the one million I said just now is just the price of buying the copyright, and this work will definitely generate income in the future.

Even if we invest in TV dramas, we have a lot, but after all, for TV dramas, the platform is also very important, so they will definitely share a lot of them at that time, so we can't give you too many shares in TV dramas, 10%, which is some of the advertising revenue obtained through this TV series or the copyright dividends that are resold to other TV stations, no matter how much they pay, I can give you 10% of the money we can get.

And this story is also very valuable in the physical book, in the physical book, we can give you 30% of the profit dividend. ”

This means that if "Ming Dynasty 1566" can continue to sell copyrights, then Liu Heping can always get money.

Liu Heping thought about it again, this price is actually more acceptable, and it is better to have dividends than a one-time buyout.

It's just that he was still thinking about it, Jiang Wen saw this, secretly glanced at Jiang Bai, and then began to lobby.

In fact, the conditions given by Jiang Bai are already very good, the basic content does not undergo major changes, if there is a change, it must be agreed by Liu Heping, and Liu Heping can also serve as the chief producer.

After about twenty minutes, Liu Heping finally relented.

"Great, Mr. Liu, should we have a meal with the leaders of the central station in the evening and talk about the work again?"

"Okay."

So in the evening, they went to have dinner with the leaders of the central station again, in fact, Liu Heping had cooperated with the central station before, but he was a screenwriter at the time, but now since Jiang Bai's company wants to cooperate with the central station, then the central station will also take care of Jiang Bai's company to a certain extent.

When he went back in the evening, Jiang Bai said that they would get the contract out tomorrow, and then give it to Liu Heping, who could find some lawyer friends to see if there were any problems with the terms in it, and if there were no problems, they could sign it directly.

And Liu Heping saw that Jiang Bai was so refreshing, so he naturally nodded happily in agreement.

It didn't take too long to sell the copyright of the script, a total of two days, and the copyright of the story "Ming Dynasty 1566" already belonged to Jiang Bai's company.

After that, Zhao Zhe and the leaders of the central station went to talk about cooperation again, met a few times, had a few meals, and finally decided after a few meetings.

All the proceeds of the TV series broadcast on CCTV CCTV will take 70% of the revenue from CCTV and Jiang Bai's company will take 30%, the reason why it is so high this time is also because Zhao Zhe and Jiang Bai both want to keep the copyright of the TV series in the company.

That's why so much will be conceded, and in the future investment, the company will have to pay 75% here, and the remaining 25% will be paid by the central station.

After the TV series is filmed, it will be broadcast on the prime time of CCTV.

It can be seen that CCTV still likes this work very much.

After that, the TV series is ready to start the project, and the approval of the script is very fast, after all, there is a central station in the middle, so the radio and television side has roughly reviewed it, and it was directly passed after no problems.

After the pass, the company and the central station also came out separately and set up a preparatory group.

And some departments in the crew were established very quickly, and the photography company in charge of photography was opened by a relative of a leader of CCTV, and he had filmed a lot of TV series before, and the overall level was quite good.

And the person in charge of makeup was introduced by another leader, in short, there was no problem with the qualifications, and after looking at their previous cases, there was no shortage of excellent film and television works, and they agreed.

It's easy to find the rest of the props and makeup, and some of this and that are introduced, and in the end, I just relied on the relationship to get all the departments together.

But whether it is Jiang Bai or Liu Heping, they are not resistant to this kind of company introduced by relationship, as long as they can do their job well, in the end, they will get a little rebate and eat some oil and water, which is understandable.

After all, these are all unspoken rules in the industry.

If there is no benefit, why should people arrange you to the prime file?

There is no benefit, why should people cooperate with you in filming?

But they arranged people in these links, and they didn't care much about the follow-up casting, after all, there is money to be earned together, everyone has made money, and there will be opportunities for cooperation next time.

Fishing with all your salt won't work.

The first person to determine when a work is to start filming is the director, and they list many people in the selection of directors, including Zhang Jizhong, because Zhang Jizhong has made magnificent historical films before.

But in the end, they chose another director named Zhang Quinoa, who became a director in the 80s, and later became the chief cinematographer of some works, and he also won awards.

But these alone are not enough for them to choose, as a student who was admitted to Beijing Film with Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, Chen Kaige, Li Shaohong, Hu Mei and other well-known directors, in 2001, he directed a modern Chinese historical drama "Towards the Republic", and two years later filmed a war emotional drama "Military Confidential" to show his excellent directing ability.

When they found Zhang Quinoa, the other party immediately agreed when they heard that there was a historical drama to film.

Then they started looking for the lead actors, and in some productions, the lead actors needed to be found through auditions, but in this work they planned to find the right actors directly.

First of all, they found Cheng Baoguo and wanted to invite him to play Hai Rui.

Because Cheng Baoguo himself has a very serious appearance, coupled with his outstanding personal business ability, he has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people by starring in the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty before.

"In fact, before this, there were many crews who wanted me to play the emperor, but it was not interesting to always play the same role." Cheng Baoguo said.

Jiang Bai, Liu Heping and Zhang Quinoa, who were sitting opposite him, nodded their heads when they heard this: "So this time we want to invite you to play Hai Rui, with your acting skills, you will definitely be able to perform this role well." ”

But Cheng Baoguo had already read the script before, and shook his head after hearing their words.

Several people looked at each other's attitudes and suddenly felt a little uncertain, if Cheng Baoguo was unwilling to play Hai Rui, then they would have to find someone else.

But they didn't expect Cheng Baoguo to say after saying that: "Actually, I prefer the role of Emperor Jiajing, although I was tired of playing the emperor before, but Jiajing and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are different, so I want to give it a try, but I don't know if you have determined the candidate for Emperor Jiajing." ”

"No, no."

Several people hurriedly said: "Teacher Cheng, it's also very good that you can play Emperor Jiajing, so let's just be so sure, and we'll send the contract to you later." ”

"Okay, hahaha, thanks to a few people, I can go to CCTV again."

"No, no, it's Mr. Cheng, your strength is here."

After identifying Cheng Baoguo as Emperor Jiajing, they began to look for other people, every role in this is very important, and finally they found Wang Qingxiang to play Hu Zongxian, Ni Dahong to play Yan Songguo, Guo Dongwen to play Zhang Juzheng, Wang Jinsong to play Yang Jinshui, Yan Ni to play Concubine Li, that is, the Empress Dowager Xiaoding.

One actor after another is determined, and the more people go to the back, the easier it is to find, because they are looking for some old drama bones, such old drama bones are usually acceptable as long as the script is excellent, the role interests them, and the other actors who work together can act online.

The salary is also very low, among which the salary of the leading actor Cheng Baoguo is only 200,000, and the rest are 150,000, 100,000, and 50,000, and the salaries of some supporting roles in the latter are basically between 10,000 and 50,000.

It can be said that the combined salaries of everyone in this TV series can't catch up with the salary of Jiang Bai taking on a movie now.

But everyone is happy about it.

"This is the old drama bone, which is worthy of admiration." Jiang Bai couldn't help but sigh.

"Then you're going to play Shen Yishi?"

"Yes, I want to play this role, although the position is very low, but among all these roles, I feel that this role is more suitable for me."

"What about the pay? How much will it be for you? After all, your current business value is relatively high, why don't you open more? ”

Jiang Bai smiled and shook his head: "No, I'm not so short of money now, and in terms of commercial value, even if I only get a salary of 1,000 for playing the Ming Dynasty, others who are looking for me to star in film and television works still have to give it to me at the normal price, don't worry." ”

"But 1,000 is too low, otherwise I'll give you a 100,000, meaning."

"100,000 is also high, give 20,000, can't let me, a junior, take more money than those seniors, right? Anyway, it's our own money. ”

"Okay, you decide for yourself." Zhao Zhe didn't say much.

But by now, most of the roles have been decided, and only Hai Rui's role has not been chosen.

Emperor Jiajing and Hai Rui in this script can actually be called the juxtaposed protagonists.

Moreover, after reading it, the leaders of the central station also proposed to change the original name "Daming Dynasty 1566" to "Daming Dynasty 1566 Jiajing and Hai Rui".

Therefore, the choice of Hairui is also crucial.

But at the beginning, they listed a lot of people who didn't feel suitable, and although some people recommended themselves, they never found a suitable candidate.

So I had to start preparing for the shoot first.

Among them, the costumes and props scenes have to be done.

The filming location of the Ming Emperor's Palace was set in Xiangshan Film and Television City, where there are complete palaces and all kinds of ancient buildings, including hutongs, residences, palaces, yamen and so on.

But since they are going to shoot, they must still have to do some repairs and construction inside.

As soon as it is repaired, it will cost you to get money, since you have decided to shoot, you have to invest in it, not to mention how the actors are doing, don't think that you don't know when you look at the scene, it's not right at all, these furnishings and decorations are not like this at all when Jiajing.

What the audience can see is a hard wound if it is not done well.

Then Jiang Bai is responsible for the selection of costumes and various modeling props, anyway, he has nothing to do in the past few months, it is better to tinker with these things, and he can also have a deeper understanding of history.

For this reason, Jiang Bai consulted many experts and professors who specialized in the study of Ming history.

In terms of music, Jiang Bai is also round.

He hasn't written a theme song yet, so he's going to try it this time as well.

It's just that when they were in full swing preparing for filming, Zhao Zhe informed Jiang Bai that in the next two months, they would go to many film festivals, both domestic and foreign. (End of chapter)