My dad is a big star

Chapter 114 Jiangcheng Satellite TV

On the way to the kindergarten, an unfamiliar number called Hu Shuo's cell phone.

Since he was driving and it might be a nuisance call, Hu Shuo didn't answer it. However, the caller was very persistent, so he refused to answer it once and called again.

Seeing this, Hu Shuo had no choice but to turn on the car's Bluetooth function, and took down the answer button.

"Hello, is this Mr. Hu of Creation Entertainment?"

A female voice came from the phone, and the voice didn't seem very old.

"I am, who are you?" Hu Shuo responded politely.

"Oh, I'm Jiangcheng Satellite TV Content Director, Chen Lingyi." The other party reported her family background, and then continued: "Please don't blame your subordinates, she gave you your contact information only at my strong request I."

Obviously, Chen Lingyi should be talking about Wang Muxuan.

"How could it be?" Hu Shuo smiled: "President Chen is condescending to call me this way."

Hu Shuo's words are not considered a compliment. Jiangcheng Satellite TV is one of the first-line satellite TVs in China. The director of the content department is a powerful executive of the TV station. In terms of status in the world, the boss of Hu Shuo, a "small workshop", has nothing to do with others. Compare.

"Mr. Hu is being polite. There is nothing condescending to say. The supply and demand sides should be equal." What Chen Lingyi said was beautiful, and then she said straight to the point: "Mr. Hu must have guessed the purpose of my phone call. Manager Wang Muxuan has explained it to me just now. After clarifying the situation, I said that you are not considering selling the satellite TV copyright of "Love Apartment" for the time being, and the reason seems to be the price factor, so I would like to ask Mr. Hu, what is your psychological price?"

Chen Lingyi did not procrastinate at all, but went straight to the point.

Hearing this, Hu Shuo pondered for a while, and replied, "I'm afraid Mr. Chen can't accept my psychological price."

"But it doesn't matter."

"Two million episodes," Hu Shuo said.

Hearing the offer, Chen Lingyi was silent for a moment, and said, "It's really high."

"So, we should have nothing to talk about." Hu Shuo smiled. In fact, he didn't want to sell an episode for 200 million yuan. A drama like "Love Apartment" is a drama that can be broadcast repeatedly but can't be bad. In another Since Time and Space came out, the annual rebroadcast rate has been ranked in the top ten. However, the ratings can still beat some premiere dramas.

The reason why Hu Shuo set this price is that apart from the fact that being a star in "Love Apartment" can indeed bring huge benefits to the company, the one-time buyout of the TV station will also allow him to quickly get a sum of money. A lot of money, but the funds are very limited. Whether it's the share of the songwriting or the gambling agreement of "Love Apartment", it will take two months at the earliest to get a large amount of money back. Otherwise, Qiu When Xue asked him for a song through Wang Min, Hu Shuo would not offer 500 million yuan, because he wanted to quickly accumulate some capital so that he would not have to be tied down to develop.

And if it is 200 million for an episode, the 20 episodes of "Love Apartment" will be 4000 million. With this money, the company's next project will have a lot more room to choose.

Therefore, if it is necessary to buy out now, Hu Shuo directly offered a price that he thought was acceptable. However, in Hu Shuo's view, the other party should not be able to accept it.

For a brand-new, low-cost series that is completely based on the direction of online dramas, and the asking price is 200 million yuan per episode, anyone will think that Hu Shuo is crazy.

"I want to know how far the post-production of this drama is going? If I buy out this drama, can it be launched during the Golden Week?"

Chen Lingyi didn't mention the price anymore, but raised a question.

"The production of the first eleven episodes has been completed, and there are still nine episodes left. If you really want to go online on the eleventh, it is not impossible. If you can't beat us, we will work overtime." Hu Shuo said.

"I want to watch the eleven episodes that have already been produced. Is there a problem?" Chen Lingyi said again.

"That's not a problem." Hu Shuo replied.

"Then you can ask Manager Wang Muxuan to send the completed eleven episodes to my office. Now I have only seen the first two episodes. I want to make a decision on whether to buy out after watching these eleven episodes."

It can be heard from Chen Lingyi's words that she should have considered Hu Shuo's offer of 200 million yuan per episode very seriously.

After hearing the other party's answer, Hu Shuo was quite surprised. It stands to reason that his offer should make people run away, and he might have to scold himself for being crazy. However, Chen Lingyi actually thought about it seriously. .

Of course, Hu Shuo would still be willing to sell it now if it was really possible to sell it at 200 million yuan.

"That's no problem, but let's talk first, 200 million an episode is my bottom line. If Mr. Chen can really accept this price, I'll ask Mu Xuan to send the film over. Otherwise, we should save some time." Hu Shuo replied solemnly.

"If the quality of these eleven episodes can meet my expectations, I can accept the price of 200 million." Chen Lingyi on the other end of the phone hardly hesitated.

"Well, I'll ask Mu Xuan to send the film to Mr. Chen right away, but Mr. Chen is probably going to be off work at this time, right?"

"That's okay, I can wait."

"Then it's settled, Mr. Chen, goodbye."

Now that Chen Lingyi had said that, Hu Shuo didn't say any more, hung up the phone, and called Wang Muxuan directly.

"Mr. Hu, Director Chen of Jiangcheng Satellite TV insists on your phone number, so..."

Wang Muchuan thought it was because of Hu Shuo's leak of his contact information, so she quickly explained after answering the phone.

"It is true that my contact information should not be freely given to outsiders, but this time, forget it." Hu Shuo replied lightly, and then ordered: "Now you go to the editing room and edit the first eleven episodes of "Love Apartment" Copy the content and send it to Jiangcheng Satellite TV Chen Lingyi's office."

"Send it today?" Wang Muchuan asked in surprise.

"Yes, the sooner the better, she can wait for you in the office!"

"Okay, I will as soon as possible."

Wang Muchuan agreed, and then hung up the phone.

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Jiangcheng Satellite TV.

The computer on Chen Lingyi's desk is playing the second episode of "Love Apartment". At present, she only has samples of the first two episodes, and she has watched these two episodes three times. There is no need for her to review the episodes. Those that need her nod are big productions, and the key episodes that the station intends to buy will be sent to her.

However, in the past year, the ratings of "Golden Theater", which was Jiangcheng Satellite TV's main brand, have declined significantly. There have been no hit dramas for more than a year, and even Jiangcheng Satellite TV's prime-time TV drama ratings for more than a year The rate has never entered the top three, which is a bit embarrassing for a first-line satellite TV.

Therefore, as the newly appointed director of the content department, Chen Lingyi's primary goal is to rebuild the "Golden Theater", so the selection of dramas is naturally very important. Therefore, Chen Lingyi sent a message that all dramas sent to the content department A backup copy must be sent to her. Chen Lingyi wants to personally review all the dramas. She doesn't believe that there are so many dramas to choose from every year, so she can't choose one or two high-quality dramas.

It was with this kind of heart in mind that Chen Lingyi discovered "Love Apartment" during the daily "sweeping drama". In a small workshop, all the actors are newcomers. The only publicity point that can be sold is the crossover guest appearances of the two queen singers, Li Ziwei and Wang Min.

It seems that this is the configuration that a street drama should have. However, after watching the first episode, Chen Lingyi was attracted by the content. These days, she has watched hundreds of sample films, but "Love Apartment" "It is a unique existence, and it does not collide with any drama.

In addition, Chen Lingyi has the experience of studying abroad in the United States. She keenly found that this drama has the charm of an American drama, but the content is localized, and the localization is very good.

So far, she has not seen similar dramas on domestic TV screens. It is for this reason that she has a strong interest in this drama, so she contacted Wang Muxuan and gave a market price.

Chen Lingyi thought that she might "find the leak", but she didn't expect the other party to refuse, and then she contacted Hu Shuo directly.

In fact, when Hu Shuo announced the price of 200 million yuan per episode, she was also very surprised. It's not that she thought the show was not worth that money, but mainly because she didn't expect the other party to dare to ask for such a price.

Such a drama is completely equipped with the configuration of an ordinary web drama. Three to four hundred thousand per episode is already a sky-high price, but the other party opens his mouth for two million and does not counter-offer. It seems that he is not at all worried that his asking price will scare the buyer away. How confident is it?

So much so that Chen Lingyi was a little curious about Mr. Hu.

"Director Chen, Manager Wang from Creation Entertainment is looking for you." Just as Chen Lingyi's thoughts were wandering, assistant Wang Jia knocked on the door of the office.

"Let her in."

"Ok."