Since Dai Linfeng went abroad, he has seen the gap between the domestic and foreign TV industries.

After seeing the shortcomings, he is also ambitious, wanting to build CCTV into the largest TV station in China and even the world. With the support of this belief, he introduced the American drama "The Man from the Bottom of the Atlantic".

This drama is currently on the air on CCTV, with an episode aired every Thursday, but it has caused an unprecedented impact.

Speaking of which, the characters in this show are dressed quite old-fashioned by today's standards. But in this era, it has caused a scramble to imitate in China, and the toad mirror has become a trend among young people.

"Garrison's Expendables" and "Detective Hunter", which will be broadcast in October, are all introduced by him. In addition to enriching the people's vision, the purpose is to let the domestic film and television production departments see the gap.

Because he also wants to learn from the advanced experience of foreign countries, and he wants to adapt his own domestic literary classics into TV series. But how to shoot a serial, but there is no process.

As a result, the experimental project of the first domestic TV series was born under his auspices.

Previously, Dai Linfeng was considering "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp", but now he is more optimistic about "Secret Calculation".

It's just that the appetite of the young man in front of him is simply bigger than the sky, and he is not satisfied with 100,000, he wants 1 million.

Jiang Yulou smiled, CCTV will have no money?

He didn't believe it.

He knew that within a few years, CCTV had launched several hugely expensive four famous book projects one after another. Which of these projects is not a million-dollar base, and any leakage of oil and water is enough for "Dark Calculation" to eat.

"Director Dai, times are different. Now ordinary people have a lot of 10,000 yuan households, not to mention enterprises full of oil. These companies used to have no channels to advertise, but now that they have channels, do you think they will be reluctant to do so? ”

Dai Linfeng said angrily: "Do you call one million three melons and two dates? ”

"One million may be a lot, but there are a lot of advertisers." Jiang Yulou said with a smile: "Negotiation should be about strategy, and it should also depend on the strength of the enterprise that advertises. As far as I know, there are not many foreign companies that want to advertise on CCTV. ”

In recent years, the foreign companies that have been able to advertise in China are well-known multinational companies. For example, Coca-Cola, and Rado.

After pondering for a moment, Dai Linfeng said, "Hey, according to what you say, it seems to be true. ”

"Like you said, our TV station sells advertisements according to the duration, so the more episodes of the TV series, the more money it sells."

"In the words of Director Dai." Jiang Yulou praised: ""Secret Calculation" is my novel, and I also thought about how to adapt it when I wrote it. According to my train of thought, it is possible to write a script for forty episodes. ”

Dai Linfeng was stunned and said, "Forty episodes? "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" is only six episodes (historically TV stations have edited it into nine episodes). ”

"That's why I opened my mouth to offer a million production fees." Jiang Yu said.

Dai Linfeng calculated in his heart that the production cost of the six episodes of "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" is 100,000, and the production cost of the 40 episodes of "Secret Calculation" is 1 million, and each episode is more than 20,000, so the gap is not big.

But if the middle of the advertising sells money, on the contrary, the profit of "Dark Calculation" with more episodes will be very considerable.

After thinking about it for a while, Dai Linfeng made a decision: "Okay, then I'll take a gamble!" ”

"Director Dai, it is called gambling if you grasp the low, and you listen to my advice, which is called the right choice." Jiang Yulou said triumphantly.

Dai Linfeng laughed and said, "You kid." ”

"I'm not arrogant, it's the confidence that sales give me. What you may not know is that "Secret Calculation" has sold more than 300,000 copies so far, and it is still being reprinted. According to Editor Meng of the Contemporary Editorial Department, the final sales this year are likely to exceed one million copies. ”

Dai Linfeng said movingly: "One million copies ......"

"One million copies means that there are one million book lovers, and when the novel is made into a TV series, there will be a million potential audiences. Director Dai, what does this mean, I don't need to say more. Jiang Yulou said.

Dai Linfeng nodded, there was no need to wait for the future, he couldn't help but think about it now.

After a while, he said with a straight face: "Comrade Jiang Yulou, the script of "Secret Calculation" will be handed over to you. ”

"No problem." After Jiang Yulou nodded, he said, "Director Dai, I gave you such a good idea, should you reward me as a writer and screenwriter?" ”

"The copyright royalty plus the screenwriter's fee can give you 10,000 yuan." Dai Linfeng saw that he still wanted to say, and hurriedly said: "I can only give so much, no matter how many superiors there are, they will have opinions." ”

"Okay then." Jiang Yulou looked dazed.

Dai Linfeng smiled and said, "Comrade Xiao Jiang, don't be too little. This is a mutually beneficial thing, think about it, if the TV series "Secret Calculation" is a hit, will the novel be a hit across the country, and you will not make less money at that time. ”

Jiang Yulou finally "reluctantly" accepted this cooperation, of course, he was still quite happy in his heart.

Although the copyright fee of CCTV is pitifully low, he is not without gains.

If nothing else, he is trying to expand his popularity, and when the sales of the novel rise, he will not suffer.

Even if the remuneration in the future is not as much as it is now, the title of the first domestic TV series falls on his head, and it is an honor anyway.

And he also hooked up with the director of CCTV, if this is in the future, tsk......

Otherwise, Jiang Yulou really doesn't want to waste so many words, what he is saying now is a good word, and CCTV will make money to use it for free.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yulou could only sigh that the opening up of the country is still not enough!

If in later generations, or abroad, it would be wishful thinking to buy the adaptation rights of a best-selling book at the price of cabbage, not to mention that he, the original author, is also a screenwriter.

It's just that the contracts have been signed, and he can only comfort himself in his heart, and now he is doing this to catch a big fish with a long line.

After going back, Jiang Yulou began the creation of the script of the TV series "Secret Calculation". As for the new book, it can only be put on hold for a while.

Fortunately, according to his estimate, the adaptation of the novel will not take much time.

Because in the previous life, in addition to the novel, "Secret Calculation" also adapted movies and TV series, the movie was adapted from the part of "Secret Calculation-The Wind Listener", and the TV series was a mixture of three stories.

It just so happened that he had watched both TV series and movies, and he had a deep impression in his mind, so he dared to boast about Haikou.

After thinking of a general picture in his mind, he began to write the script.

Because of this sudden cooperation, Jiang Yulou became even busier. Except for the occasional visit to the drama club, most of his spare time is spent on script writing.

"No, I have to let CCTV promote it for me."