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"Secrets of Yanxi Palace" is planned to be filmed for 70 episodes, each episode is 45 minutes, and this time it is a TV series, not an online series. It will be broadcast on TV stations first. The online part will still be broadcast exclusively by Qiguoguo, but the broadcast time will be two days later than the TV series. hours to prevent the two playback platforms from affecting each other.

"Sister, TV dramas are much higher level than web dramas. When we first started doing web dramas, I don’t know how many people who filmed TV dramas thought that our web dramas were just long videos that couldn’t be put on the stage. Now we can get such good results. broadcast channel, I can finally slap them in the face."

Yaoyao was very excited when she knew that this drama could be broadcast on the TV station. She felt that this news was even more gratifying than the success of "The Princess".

"Being able to be broadcast on a TV station is naturally a big step forward. Unfortunately, it is difficult for this drama to win awards due to content issues. In the future, we will still have to strive for excellence in subject matter and strive to shoot more serious dramas. Only in this way can we be considered to be in the TV drama circle. Stand firm.”

Zhong Meihui knows that the content they are filming now is just to make quick money. People in the drama circle will look down on this kind of purely commercial drama, but they must complete the first step of capital accumulation and use these qualifications as a stepping stone for them to enter the drama circle. , otherwise, even if they film the main drama, they will not be able to squeeze into this circle, and they will not even be able to broadcast it.

The cost of producing a TV series is much higher than that of producing an online drama. Whether it is the service, actors' remuneration, or later publicity expenses, they all increase exponentially.

The money that Zhong Meihui had prepared before, plus the additional funds from Kiwi, were less than half of the cost. If she wanted to complete the TV series, she would have to raise funds again.

"Sister, I have already done the math. The current total production budget is 7 million, the cast and crew's salary is 2500 million, the background production cost of Fu Hua Dao is 4000 million, and the publicity fee is 500 million."

Yaoyao carefully calculated various expenses. She convened a meeting with all shareholders and gave a detailed explanation of the project budget.

"Why is the actor's fee so high? Didn't it mean that our company's own artists will be used this time?" Qian Qiao was horrified when she heard that the actor's fee was 2500 million. She felt that those actors were raising their prices and had just become famous. He just wants to make money from the company.

"The audiences of TV dramas and online dramas are different. Those who watch online dramas are mainly young people, but the audience of TV dramas are mainly concentrated in young and middle-aged people aged 50 to [-]. These actors of ours are only slightly famous on the Internet. Many of them are The viewers of the TV series don’t know them at all. In this case, these actors cannot bear the ratings of the TV series, so they must find some well-known actors to play supporting roles.”

Zhong Meihui has already discussed this matter with Director Wang. They plan to hire a female star from Xiangjiang to play a supporting role. Although this female star is somewhat outdated, she is extremely well-known among the audience in their 40s and [-]s. It can be used as a selling point for TV series.

The male lead in the play is also a mainland actor who has had famous works before. Including the appearance fees of other supporting actors, 2500 million is already a conservative estimate.

"These actors are making so much money. They only work for a few months, but they actually take away millions of dollars in salary." People in the sister group are a little worried about money, but in order to obtain greater profits, they can only reluctantly agree.

"We can still earn back this money. In addition to the income from the show itself, there is also follow-up value. The heroine and some supporting actresses in this show are all our actors. If this show becomes popular, they will also be considered Just because I have squeezed into the TV drama industry, my performance opportunities and remuneration will be much higher than now, and the company will make more money by then."

When Zhong Meihui agreed to promote this drama from a web drama to a TV series, she had already thought of using these powerful actors to make the web drama actors of her company popular, so that they could also get outside jobs in the future, and Not only taking over the filming of the company's own homemade dramas, this result is a benign ending for the film and television company.

What's more, since the drama "The Princess" became popular, they don't have to worry about funding at all. Everyone is optimistic about the earning power of "Angel Film and Television Company", and many people want to invest in the filming of new dramas.

"We don't need those investments. Why should we give them such an opportunity to make money? We can definitely raise the money ourselves." Mrs. Jin Dafu just made a lot of money from the film and television company, and also made great gains in Bitcoin. , now is the time when she has a lot of money. She feels that she can make up for the shortfall of 3000 to [-] million by herself, without asking for help from outsiders at all.

"We cannot make money as a company, and someone might get in the way. After all, we have no roots in this industry. Only the support of the online platform Kiwi is not enough. If we want to gain a foothold in this circle, we must continue to do so." Alliances and joint investments are the best way.”

Zhong Meihui understands that in this industry, you can't be alone. Every company has its own strengths and weaknesses. She gave some of them to companies that have the ability to handle audits, companies with strong distribution capabilities, and companies related to TV stations. Shares bind everyone's interests together and everyone makes money together, which is the safest way.

Finally, everyone determined their respective investment shares. Angel Film and Television invested 2370 million, Kiwi invested 630 million, director Wang of the crew invested 30, and other actors, screenwriters, and behind-the-scenes staff invested a total of 170 million. The remaining 3800 million investment was given to We have established several distribution companies and several companies related to TV stations.

Everyone thinks that Zhong Meihui is a person with general knowledge. She is willing to give up more than half of her profits to others, and they will naturally make her journey smooth.

It will take some time from the preparation to the start of filming for this drama. At present, there is not even a complete script. Everyone is still in the stage of finalizing makeup and fitting, but the schedule must be free and they cannot take on other dramas, so these actors are idle. Yes, but the company will still pay them a sum of money as their living expenses.

As the chairman of the company, Yaoyao will not deduct the salary of these people. She has only one request for her artists and staff, and that is for everyone to play live broadcasts and buy her company's products.

"Selling things during live broadcasts? Isn't our business model based on receiving rewards for live broadcast performances?" Others have some doubts about this. They are not questioning Yaoyao's decision, but questioning the function of the live broadcast software.

"Our software has been upgraded and has fully achieved the function of selling goods through live broadcast. This time we ask everyone to be the anchors of live broadcast selling goods and give it a try. If there are any problems with the software, they can be corrected in time."

Yaoyao wants everyone to relax. This live broadcast is originally for testing the software. It doesn’t matter even if it doesn’t succeed in the end.