Chapter 24 As you wish
After Jin Yutang returned to Bincheng, he came to the company's office, found his partner Song Siwei, and told him about the preparations for the filming of Demi-Gods and Dragons and Zhang Duo's desire to be a director.
Song Siwei is a young man with gold glasses. He sat behind his desk, held the frame, and said with a flash in his eyes, "Is the manuscript behind him really so wonderful?"
Jin Yutang sat on his desk and said solemnly after thinking, "It's true. Even now, my mind is still full of plots from the book. This is definitely an epic masterpiece. If we shoot it, our company's influence in the industry will increase a lot.
Song Siwei put his hands on his chin and said thoughtfully, "I recently made a statistical report and found that almost all the profitable TV series in the market in the first half of the year were big productions, while small and medium-cost TV series almost lost money." He stood up, went to the window and looked out and said, "The times have changed, Yutang. Since he wants 28 million, let's make an integer for him, 30 million."
Jin Yutang said worriedly, "But the risk of 30 million is too big. What if you lose?"
Song Siwei waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Our company has invested 16 million yuan, and the rest can be pulled by Songjiang Satellite TV. With our relationship, it's not a matter of words!"
Jin Yutang nodded and said, "This is a good idea, but what if he wants to be a director? Looking at his posture, if he can't be a director, the right to adapt will not be sold.
Song Siwei frowned and said, "This is really difficult. According to the quality of the novel you said, we can give up to 500,000 yuan of adaptation copyright fees, which is already sky-high. If he doesn't agree and must be a director, there is nothing he can do.
Jin Yutang was tortured crazy by Zhang Duo's request. Hearing that Song Siwei had an idea, he said happily, "What can I do?"
Song Siwei said with a confident smile, "Producer!"
The producer is also called "producer" and refers to the investor of the film. The producer is the master of a film and has the right to decide all matters of filming, including what kind of script to shoot, hiring directors, photographers, actors and film supervisors to manage the production funds on his behalf, review the shooting funds and control the whole process of filming.
After the film is completed, the producer will also print the film and promote and sell it to the market. Producers generally refer to the owner or capital agent of a film company.
The producer is the first person in charge of the crew, just like a factory. The producer is the director and the director is the chief engineer. He is only responsible for the art and the producer is responsible for everything.
In his previous life, the famous producer in the mainland was the bearded Zhang Jizhong, who successively served as the producer of TV series such as "Smiling Proud Jianghu", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Dragon Babu".
Jin Yutang clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Yes, how can I forget about the producer!"
Song Siwei twitched the corners of his mouth and said with a sneer, "I plan to invite Gu Zongling, who has directed Blood Clean Cold Light Sword and Wu Song, to be the producer. His apprentice Du Wenhui is the producer. With a big investment of 30 million yuan, I believe that even if you tie a dog behind the camera, you can make a martial arts blockbuster."
Jin Yutang laughed and said, "Or do you have a way, then I'll talk to him?"
Song Siwei waved his hand and said, "Let's wait and let him go for a few days, so as not to shoot for us, sit on the ground and raise the price, and then put forward some messy requests to add chaos for us." Jin Yutang immediately nodded and agreed.
On Sunday, November 5, Zhang Duo went to Bincheng to buy a mobile phone. He thought that there would be more and more things in the future. It was really inconvenient not to have a mobile phone. He bought Ericsson's English operation interface. Fortunately, he learned English well in this life, but it was not very troublesome to use. He called several people with contact information and told them his new number. After receiving the phone call, Jiang Xiancheng knew that Zhang Duo was in Bincheng, so he went out to invite Zhang Duo to dinner and accompany him, as well as his nephew Chen Zhisheng. Generally speaking, Zhang Duo's editor-in-chief is Chen Zhisheng, but the specifications were raised at the beginning. In addition, Zhang Duo's books did sell well, so that most of the time Jiang Xiancheng came to negotiate, Chen Zhisheng had no choice but to fight.
The 500,000 copies of "Days of Living with Stewardess" gradually became flat after the explosive sales at the beginning. At present, the daily sales volume has gradually declined on the number of 7,000 or 8,000 copies, and it is estimated that it will be sold out in about a week.
Songjiang People's Publishing House is going to print another 100,000 copies, but Zhang Duo is not disappointed with this number. This book has created more than 100 million online clicks and 120,000 physical sales in the previous life. Since the spring of the world's Chinese network era has not yet arrived, Zhang Duo does not know how much the 100 million clicks can become into physical sales, but judging from the current sales, 700,000 copies should still be no problem. .
Jiang Xiancheng is very excited. For him, discovering a talented writer and publishing a work that has entered the top ten of the annual book sales list still gives him a sense of accomplishment.
Jiang Xiancheng asked Zhang Duo about his next plan, and Zhang Duo talked about the preparation for the shooting of Demi-Gods and Eight, and finally said doubtfully, "Uncle Jiang, I have thought about it carefully these days and always felt that something was wrong, but I seemed to feel that there was no problem, as if there was a layer of window paper, but I began In the end, it can't be broken.
Jiang Xiancheng said with a smile and said, "Aduo, although you are smart, it is a pity that you have too little experience in the world. The so-called adaptation and shooting at the end of the serialization and the release at the end of the serialization are just a means for film and television companies to hoard scripts!"
Zhang Duo heard this and humbly asked for advice: "Oh, what's wrong with this? Please don't hesitate to give me advice."
What Jiang Xiancheng likes is Zhang Duo's arrogant and modest temper, and he doesn't sell it now. He said, "This is why we have to start from 1995. At that time, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued the TV Series Production License (A) to eight private TV drama production agencies, realizing the separation of TV drama production and broadcasting. Up to now, there are more than 3,000 units with the right to produce and operate radio and television programs in China.
In the first few years, the profit margin of the production company was extremely high, which led to the influx of hot money. Coal owners, mine owners, money launderers, and celebrities all came to intervene. Now there are more than 15,000 TV episodes produced every year, and only 6,000 episodes may be broadcast. More than half of the TV series can only be thrown into the warehouse after being filmed. And the part of the broadcast can only be on the prime time, and only about 2,000 episodes, and less than 10 can make a lot of money.
Those big bosses, those who play with tickets and promote celebrities, don't care if they lose some money, but for those who are interested in the long-term development of the film and television market, they have to compete for this line of vitality. They buy the adaptation rights of those serial novels at a low price, some of which are left to shoot by themselves, and some of which are sold. As for the so-called half of the serialization and the release at the end of the serialization, it is just an ideal state. At present, only Wang Cheng's novels have this kind of treatment. In fact, most of the works will be serialized until the later stage, and even when it ends, there will be a company to talk about adaptation. It will be quick to release them within a year.
When Zhang Duo heard this, he suddenly realized that it was like a enlightenment. No wonder he felt something wrong no matter how he thought about it recently. It turned out to be like this. Fortunately, he didn't foolishly sell the right to adapt, otherwise Dai Anmin would buy it back and put it on the shelf, and the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils would not be able to be brought on the screen in a few years.
He had some research on the TV series market in his previous life. The current fierce competition is very similar to that in 10 years in his previous life. It can be seen that the development of TV series in this world is "prospered" ahead of his previous life. From this point of view, the era of the world's TV series production is coming soon. If Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils can start this era of production, it is also a good choice.
After Zhang Duo returned to Xingshan, he was very busy writing the manuscript while starting to adapt the script. Jin Yutang lost no news after returning to Bincheng, and Zhang Duo was not in a hurry. He did not believe that film and television producers who had read the manuscript would be indifferent to it. Otherwise, when Zhang Duo proposed to be a director, the other party had already gone. How could he have the leisure to discuss with him how to prepare if he became a director? Since they are more patient, it depends on who is more patient.
During this period, Dai Anmin broke a big news. Zhang Duo saw in CCTV's CCTV News Network: "Yesterday, Shengxin Film and Television Production Co., Ltd. bought the film and television adaptation rights of the "Romance of the Later Three Kingdoms" being serialized by Wang Cheng, a historical best-selling classical novel writer, at a sky-high price of one million yuan. Shengxin Film and Television Production Company announced Bu will jointly invest 100 million yuan with CCTV to shoot this epic masterpiece, which is the second most invested film and television masterpiece since the 94th edition of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Dai Anmin, general manager of Sacred Heart Company, declared that the emergence of Romance of the Later Three Kingdoms indicates that the era of TV series production has come.
Probably scared by Dai Anmin's actions. The day after the news broadcast, Song Siwei and Jin Yutang came to Xingshan together to discuss with Zhang Duo about the purchase of film and television adaptation rights.
Song Siwei proposed to buy the right to adapt Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils for 300,000 yuan, which was rejected without hesitation by Zhang Duo, and even if it was added to 500,000 yuan, it would not be released.
Song Siwei smiled and said, "Don't you think your book can be sold at a price comparable to Wang Cheng?"
Zhang Duo also smiled: "I think it's totally okay, but can you make an investment comparable to Dai Anmin?"
Song Siwei stretched out his hand and said, "I won't let the wind down at all. I hope we can cooperate happily!"
Zhang Duo stretched out his hand and said, "I hope that my adaptation right fee will not be charged, but you can't lose one point of the director fee, which is 500,000 yuan."
Holding the two hands together, Song Siwei said, "It's a deal."
Zhang Duo said seriously, "I'm talking about dollars!"
Song Siwei hit Zhang Duo's hand aside and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I'm talking about rubles."
The next day, Song Siwei and Jin Yutang held a press conference and announced that Wanbang Film and Television Production Co., Ltd. would purchase the film and television adaptation rights of Demi-Devils being serialized by Meng Nanxing at a symbolic price of one yuan. The company will jointly invest 30 million yuan with Songjiang Satellite TV to shoot the first martial arts giant in history, and the director is He is the author of the novel, Meng Nanxing, who is only 16 years old.
As soon as the press conference was held, it was like pouring a ladle of water into a boiling oil pan, and public opinion across the country was instantly in an uproar.