Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 591 Before Departure
The day for the launch of the program is set for December 12, the last day of the year 31.

But before that, there are some things that need to be considered repeatedly and need to be considered, and things that need to be discussed again need to be confirmed.

This is to make the heart more confident, but also to give more confidence to each other.

"Mr. Chu, our partners must have guessed that we are going to build a platform."

"It's normal, but it's useless to guess. It doesn't affect us. The downturn in the web game market is obvious. No matter how they guess, they can't guess how we want to play and what kind of model our platform is."

"That's right. If Mr. Chu hadn't told me about this creative plan at the beginning, I would never have imagined that a game platform could have so many ways to play. It would have to be Mr. Chu. There was Weiyu before and Longyou, this way of thinking The ability has to be admirable."

"Mr. Cao won't give me the award. I'm just having random thoughts. I still need Mr. Cao's strong support to realize it."

"Hey, Mr. Chu is too humble."

These cooperations related to joint operations were all negotiated by Cao Guowei, or Cao Guowei sent people to negotiate. No matter how they were negotiated, they all represented a salary wave.

However, Xinlang is negotiating for cooperation for three web games. Judging from Xinlang’s value, this game is by no means the main one, and there must be another agenda.

The partners must have guessed something, but as Chu Xuan said, even if there is a guess, it is only a direction, and it is impossible to guess the specific gameplay in this direction.

Longyou has not made any move yet, only revealing three games for cooperation.

Based on this, they can only wait and see, even if 4399, 97wan, Tom Online, etc. regard Longyou as their expected competitor.

"Mr. Chu, which indicator do you think the total user volume of the three games should reach, and the second step of the launch plan is the most appropriate?"

"No matter which indicator is reached, the second step of launching the plan during the Chinese New Year is the most suitable. During the Chinese New Year, when Internet cafes are the hottest and most people are more leisurely and relaxed, use emails to recruit people from major platforms, and the conversion rate will reach a very high level. Good results."

"President Chu's estimate?"

"Estimation? Although the number of game users is the largest in the entertainment market, web games are only one of the branches of the game field, and it is the most sluggish branch. Even though our web games are very novel, after the end of the year and the Chinese New Year in February After more than a month of operation, there won’t be too many users, maybe 2 million.”

"100 million... can already shock the entire game industry."

"Mr. Cao, I think what can really shock the gaming industry is our platform."

"Haha, I think so too."

After all, page games are just page games, and now they are at the lowest end of the game market. Even if their page games have novel gameplay and innovative models, their status cannot be compared to end games, and the number of users cannot be compared. of.

The figure of 100 million is also the result of Chu Xuan's judgment under the situation that it is estimated that it will be jointly operated by major platforms across the country and will be promoted spontaneously in Deli.

Even if it is only 100 million, which is a very small proportion of the entire Internet market, if this number appears in the web game market, which is despised by capital, it can shock the entire industry.

However, in the eyes of Chu Xuan and Cao Guowei, the truly shocking thing will not be the size of the game, but their platform.

The various benefits and the game of not losing money will surely make the capital in the industry applaud and imitate.

This is what they expected and expected.

……

"Mr. Cao, let's go then." Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi got up to bid farewell to Longyou's company office.

In the past few days, the company and Cao Guowei have met every day for the final discussion and chat before the start of the plan.

Some matters were brought up repeatedly, some issues were re-discussed, and all matters large and small that needed to be discussed were almost discussed.

"Mr. Cao, please pay more attention to the launch of the game and the platform." Liu Yifei and Cao Guowei shook hands.

"Small things, everything is going according to plan, there is nothing to worry about." Cao Guowei said.

"If there is any situation, call me at any time, and I will rush over as soon as possible." Chu Xuan shook hands with him.

Cao Guowei also knew that Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi would be busy with the movie business, and it would be a long time since they parted this time, but with the phone, unless it was a major event that would shake the foundation of the company, there was no need to meet in person to decide other small matters .

Chu Xuan, the major shareholder, also signed and stamped all the company's decision-making documents. At least before making the next development decision after the platform took off, there is no need for Chu Xuan to worry about the company's affairs with Yao Zhongming as the manager. .

He then said: "Even if there is something that requires Mr. Chu to come in person, I hope it's normal."

come normally?That said, everything went well with the plan.

"I hope too." Chu Xuan smiled.

"Mr. Cao, let's go first." Concubine Liu Yi waved her hand.

"Okay, let's go slowly." Cao Guowei watched the two leave.

The weather in mid-December can't be said to be cold, it can only be said to be freezing.

The moment Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei pushed open the door and walked out of the company, the wind that came with the door opening made them shiver repeatedly.

Liu Yifei put her hand into Chu Xuan's pocket, shrank her head, hid her mouth and nose in her scarf, quickly pressed the downward elevator button, quickly retracted her hand and put it in her pocket, and she and Chu Xuan waited in front of the elevator for the arrival of the elevator. .

"It's so cold." She put a sticker on Chu Xuan's body.

"It'll be fine when we get to Xiangjiang. It's more than [-] to [-] degrees over there. The weather conditions are better in Los Angeles in January and February, and it's [-] to [-] degrees over there." Chu Xuan held Liu Yifei's hand tightly in his pocket and gently touched it with his thumb. Rub the back of her hands to keep her warm.

"Yeah." Concubine Liu Yi responded, and said, "All arrangements have been made for the page game company, and we will just go ahead as planned. I hope we can wait for good news. How much money do you think the three games can make in a month when they go online? "

The elevator door opened, and Chu Xuan led Concubine Liu Yi into it.

Seeing Concubine Liu Yi reach out and press the elevator button on the first floor, Chu Xuan said: "It's impossible to predict, I don't have any similar market data for reference, but I think it should scare us, including President Cao. arrive."

"Really." Concubine Liu Yi retreated to Chu Xuan's side, surprised by Chu Xuan's prediction and frightened Boss Cao, how much money would it cost?
"I'm looking forward to it." She believed in Chu Xuan 100%, and she was looking forward to Chu Xuan's judgment.

Arriving at the first floor, the young couple walked into the parking lot, got in the car and set off for the bright era.

Chu Xuan has great expectations for web games. According to the original development direction of the web game market, it was a recharge-type large-scale web game jointly launched by major platforms in 08.

Once launched, a game earns tens of millions a month. This is the result of the joint operation of the platform side not maximizing the expansion of the market.

Through him to coordinate the plan, with the help of Cao Guowei's capital level, large platforms such as Qzone, Wangyi Portal and 51.com have been brought in, so that the volume of the entire joint operation can be called the domestic ceiling level.

This also made him lose his judgment, and it was no longer possible to predict the upper limit of the value of web games and platforms after they were launched.

"Arranged?" The young couple came to the office of Brilliant Times, where Wang Jinhua, Liu Xiaoli, and Li Ling were chatting on the sofa.

Seeing the two children arriving, Liu Xiaoli asked.

After the meeting that day, they did not participate in the discussions for the past few days, leaving Chu Xuan, Qianqian and Cao Guowei to discuss and make decisions.

The former is the planner, and the latter is the executor. No one knows what to do better than them. They include three game bosses and they don't bother.

Liu Xiaoli was also waiting for the two children to settle the matter. Two days ago, the production team of Xiangjiang called to urge them to set off for Xiangjiang.

"Okay." Concubine Liu Yi said.

"Come." Wang Jinhua pointed to a pile of documents on the coffee table and said, "Let's take a look at these documents today. Sign them when they need to be signed, stamp them when they need to be stamped. Let's talk about the focus of next year's arrangements, and then that's it. You can go and make a movie with peace of mind."

"Okay." Chu Xuan sat down on the sofa, and Xiao Shu poured him and Concubine Liu Yi a cup of tea.

"Three buckles." Chu Xuan thanked him, and picked up a document to read.

Concubine Liu Yi glanced at the hot stew on the tea table, she just had a quick lunch with Chu Xuan at Longyou Company, and her appetite was not satisfied yet.

She broke off a pair of disposable chopsticks from the side, and ate a piece of pork skin.

It tasted good, so she took another piece of pork skin and fed it to Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan bit the meat skin on the chopsticks into his mouth, chewed and said, "It's delicious."

Concubine Liu Yi picked another piece of beef slices to eat, and after putting down the chopsticks, she leaned over and looked down at the documents with Chu Xuan.

The contents of the file are the company's projects this year and the development of artists.

The two unaired projects of "Legend of Red Flame" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan" are not included in the file, and the content only contains information about the management of projects and the development of artists that have already blossomed.

"Struggle" aired in March this year, "Zhu Xian" aired in April, and "I Am an Actor" aired in July have a total profit of 1.2 million this year.

In addition to broadcasting copyrights in mainland China, it also includes advertising sponsorship fees, audiovisual copyrights in mainland China, broadcasting copyrights and audiovisual copyrights in Hong Kong and Taiwan, broadcasting copyrights and audiovisual copyrights in some Asian regions, and copyrights for theme songs and soundtracks, etc.

The bulk of it is broadcast copyrights and sponsorship fees from the mainland, and the rest only add up to 20% of the total profit. This is also the normal proportion of domestic TV drama profit channels.

Concubine Liu Yi's watching "The Deer and Ding Tale" is not in the file, but Zhang Jizhong's drama ended last month, and she doesn't care. It takes a certain amount of time to calculate the overall revenue of the drama that has just aired.

But I heard from Sister Hua that the conservative income of "The Deer and Ding Tale" is estimated to be around 5000 million, which is double that of her and Chu Xuan's "Struggle", and more than 1000 million higher than her and Chu Xuan's "Zhu Xian".

This is a figure that is enough to surprise even those in the industry. A TV series makes a profit of 5000 million?is it possible?

Of course, this refers to people in the industry who don't know how to do it.

Among the 5000 million, 1800 million is the sponsorship fee from the advertiser.

When it comes to sponsorship fees, this is Zhang Jizhong's strength. Every drama can always inexplicably fool a group of advertisers, and then send a sum of free fees that other producers can't match.

This made Xiangjiang director Wang Jin very envious. A few years ago, he complained in the media: "Those bosses who give money to Zhang Jizhong, if they give me money, I can also shoot big scenes!"

It's also pretty funny.

Of the remaining 3200 million, nearly 1500 million are the result of resource exchanges. These resources include roles in film and television dramas, commercial performance slots, program announcements or magazines, or directly converted into cash.

The final conclusion is that the money "The Deer and the Cauldron" actually earned from selling the premiere rights was only about 1700 million.

Concubine Liu Yi stopped paying attention after thinking it through, and was attracted by her and Chu Xuan's "Sculpture of the Gods" instead: "Sister Hua, the copyright for the second broadcast of "Sculpture of the Gods" has been sold?" "Sculpture of the Gods" was broadcast in early 06 According to the two-year period of broadcasting copyright, there are still a few months before the expiration of the copyright in early 08.

However, the document clearly stated the price of the second broadcast copyright of "Sculpture of the Gods".

"This is a deposit. After signing the agreement, we will sell it when it expires." Wang Jinhua took a mouthful of stewed vegetables with chopsticks and ate them.

"It's the Mango Terrace again." Chu Xuan said.

Concubine Liu Yi nodded and smiled. "The Condor of the Gods" was first broadcast on CCTV, and the copyright of the second broadcast was recorded in the file as being taken down by Mango TV.

She found that Mango TV liked her and Chu Xuan's drama very much, no, to be precise, it liked her and Chu Xuan's popularity.

In the past few years, as long as it was her and Chu Xuan's works, the purchasing director of Mango Channel was always the first to buy the copyright.

The negotiated price of the second broadcast copyright is 2000 million, plus 1500 million for a dozen terrestrial channels, the entire second broadcast copyright is estimated to be 3500 million in mainland China, which is directly cut by half compared to the 1 million for the first broadcast copyright.

Of course, this is also a normal result.

"Actually, Jiangsu and Zhejiang TV pays a lot more money than Mango TV, but..." Wang Jinhua said, but suddenly stopped talking.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi looked up at Sister Hua with doubts in their eyes, they were all their own people, so what else could they say?
Wang Jinhua pondered her thoughts and said: "Although the TV station is a national unit, its capital attributes are getting stronger and stronger. Compared with Blue Channel, Mango Channel... well, Mango Channel has a larger structure. That's it. The rest will be done later. If you know, you will always know, and if you don’t know, it’s better.”

Hearing Sister Hua's ambiguous words, Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi couldn't help but guess, could it be that something happened when Sister Hua was discussing cooperation with people from Lantai?What do you know about the inside story of Lantai?

The young couple didn't know, it was probably for their own good that Sister Hua didn't say anything, and they didn't think too much about it.

And what Sister Hua said about the large layout of Mango Terrace, let’s not mention that for now.

But seeing He Jiong, Xie Na, Wang Han, and Ma Ke, the four grassroots hosts, can now become big brothers and sisters in the stage, and as friends of He Jiong and Xie Na, they have neither seen nor heard of these people. What kind of grievances has Mango Terrace suffered?

This can at least show that Mango Terrace is good in terms of management and treatment of people.

"4500 million, 1500 million more than last year." Concubine Liu Yi saw the column of the artist's income for the company.

Among them, the sum of endorsements, commercial performances, announcements, and film remuneration, compared to 3000 million last year, is 4500 million this year, which shows that the development of the company's artists is getting better and better.

Except for her and Chu Xuan who got [-]/[-] share, brothers and sisters who got [-]/[-] share, Su Chang who got [-]/[-] share, and everyone else started with [-]/[-] share.

Compared with other entertainment companies and brokerage companies, their brilliant era has given artists too much.

Even so, it can bring in 4500 million yuan a year.

If it squeezes artists like other companies, the income will definitely be more.

But Chu Xuan and Sister Hua didn't do this, which made the company full of warmth and gave the artists a sense of belonging.

Liu Yifei silently calculated. If you look at it this way, the company's after-tax profit this year will be nearly 2 million.

However, the investment in "Legend of Red Flame" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan" must be deducted, as well as the investment in movies and so on.

What is in the document is only the project situation, not the company's year-end financial statement. The financial statement will not be released until the time before the Chinese New Year. She and Chu Xuan can't see the specific situation at present, but just look at the data in this document. The company's Compared with last year, the development has improved a big step, and the overall performance is very good.

She and Chu Xuan went through the documents one by one. Chu Xuan talked with Sister Hua while reading them. If there was no problem, he would sign and seal the documents and press his fingerprints.

""The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer", "The Line of Life and Death", "The Best Servant"."

Concubine Liu Yi saw that in the last document, there were three proposed projects for next year.

"Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", director Yu Min, producer Zhang Jizhong.

She and Chu Xuan knew this project well, and it was the master-disciple duo of Zhang Jizhong and Yu Min.

"The Line of Life and Death", directed by Kong Sheng, and produced by Li Xue.

This is an anti-Japanese drama, I didn't expect Kong Sheng to be able to make such a drama.

I have never heard of this play title, and the name of the screenwriter marked in the document is also very unfamiliar. I think it was sold to the company by an outside screenwriter.

Every film and television company has a public receipt email. The literature department and the project department have a special joint team to review the submissions from the outside world. One side inspects the quality of the script, and the other inspects the market corresponding to the script.

Having worked with Kong Sheng on "Hope" and "Legend of Red Flame", she knows that Kong Sheng always pays attention to the quality of scripts.

Kong Sheng took over the play, probably because he read the script well.

It's just..."The Best Family Ding", directed by Zhao Jian, produced by Ye Juncai, the note is an adaptation of an online novel.

"Time-travel drama?" Concubine Liu Yi looked at the synopsis of the story. It was a time-travel drama. After thinking about the current market situation, it seemed quite novel?
"The novel is still being serialized, but it is very popular on the Internet. I bought the copyright in the first half of the year. Teacher Ye saw the elements with potential to hit the blockbuster, and then recommended it to Zhao Jian, and I plan to cooperate with my partner to adapt it." Wang Jinhua explained.

"Traveling is not possible," Chu Xuan said.

"Why." Liu Yifei looked at the description of the story.

There are two versions of the story description. The first version has a story structure that includes time travel. There is also an adaptation by Ye Junzi below, which not only removes the element of time travel, but is also very different from the first version.

"Not in this story." Chu Xuan said while reading the description of the story: "The original version is that the male protagonist travels through ancient times and becomes the servant of a wealthy family, and then hangs out all the way. Not only can he conquer the battlefield, but he can also rule the country and the world."

"It's cool to watch in a novel, but it's an insult to the audience's IQ when it's made into a TV series."

"Maybe it can be viewed as a comedy, but the current market does not accept this type of comedy. It is too illogical."

"A modern person travels to the ancient times, and he still has to do so many big things, and he can't make much logic."

"Yes." Wang Jinhua nodded: "Your point of view is the same as Ye Junfang, so Ye Junfang rewrote the story structure."

Concubine Liu Yi looked at the revised version of Ye Jun's side in the file. It was originally the male protagonist who crossed over and became a little prince. He became a victim of the court struggle and was abandoned by the royal family in the wild.

The little prince survived a catastrophe, and was rescued by an expert in the world when he was a baby, and taught the little prince about agriculture, business, and martial arts.

This extraterrestrial expert has another identity, but the details are not written in the document.

After the little prince grew up, he went to help a big family at the request of his master, an expert in the world.

The wealthy family was facing the dilemma of extermination. The young prince was looked down upon by his simple dress. Moreover, the head of the wealthy family was assassinated, so the token held by the young prince could not be connected to anyone and could not prove his identity as the disciple of an expert in the world.

But the little prince kept his promise. Even though he was looked down upon by others and ignored by the arrogant daughter of the head of the family, he still became the servant of this family by some strange combination of circumstances and secretly helped this family solve their difficulties.

Then, the little prince's abilities were exposed one by one...

The head of the family's daughter, who has a higher eye than anyone else, slowly fell in love with him...

The identity of the little prince has been revealed...

The male and female protagonists work together to counterattack the court...

"Teacher Ye still understands the market, and the story structure looks very cool." Chu Xuan smiled. Just looking at the story structure, he discovered the core highlight.

At the beginning, everyone looked down on the male lead, and then the male lead slapped his face with every ability. Isn't this just pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?
Although I don't know what Ye Jun's overall screenwriting thinking is, and what is the core of the arrangement in such a cool drama, but just looking at the story design, as long as the actors are found correctly and the performance is not exaggerated, he dares to say that the ratings will definitely be high. ensure.

What do you mean by acting without exaggeration?
Such a face-slapping male protagonist should not make the audience feel greasy and awkward, but should make the audience feel handsome. Such an actor is actually very difficult to find, and such a performance is also difficult to control.

Chu Xuan patted his thigh and said to Sister Hua: "Let Ren Quan play the male lead and Jiang Xin play the eldest lady who has eyes higher than her head. This drama is half done."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Concubine Liu Yi clapped her hands, and said excitedly, "Jiang Xin is really suitable for the role of the heroine. If she becomes arrogant, she doesn't have to pay attention to any man, and there is nothing wrong with other women. The atmosphere is bursting."

Wang Jinhua nodded slightly and said: "Jiang Xin didn't mention it. Zhao Jian mentioned Xiaoxuan, you and Ren Quan, and said that there was no sense of incompatibility between you and Ren Quan being cool, but since you were unavailable, Zhao Jian was going to find Ren Quan." Say it."

She looked at the two and said, "As for Jiang Xin, I will mention it at the year-end meeting."

"Yes." Liu Yifei nodded repeatedly. Jiang Xin has not played a heroine yet. If she can play a heroine, she will definitely be very happy.

Chu Xuan signed and sealed the last project approval document.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaoli, who was reading a magazine at the side, also closed the magazine and said, "Is there anything else?"

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at Sister Hua. Wang Jinhua thought for a moment in silence, shook his head and said, "No, then you should go back quickly to prepare and rest."

"Then let's go?" Liu Xiaoli picked up her bag.

Concubine Liu Yi stood up and stretched, looking out the window it was already dusk.

"Golden Flower, Cod, Xiao Xiao, then let's go."

"Everything is going well, I will come to Los Angeles to see you when I am free."

"Chu Xuan, Qian Qian, I wish you smooth progress in your movie."

"Aunt Liu, Boss, Boss, have a good trip."

Liu Xiaoli got up and put her bag on her shoulder to bid farewell. Wang Jinhua, Li Ling and Xiao Shu stood up and saw each other off.

They don't have the time and conditions to see this family off on the plane tomorrow morning, and this family doesn't want them to see them off, so we can only bid farewell here.

"Sister Hua, Sister Hed, Sister Xiao, bye." Liu Yifei walked into the elevator and turned around with Chu Xuan to wave.

"Bye, call anytime." Wang Jinhua, Li Hed and Xiao Shu waved outside the door.

Watching the elevator doors slowly close, and the whole family disappearing from view, they each have expectations and blessings in their hearts.

The movie starring Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei is about to start shooting, and it is also a new journey for them. I only hope that it will go smoothly and return smoothly.

(End of this chapter)