Chapter 459 A rare moment to see Fang Minghua being ridiculous
The next morning, Zhao Hongjun was still fast asleep on the soft Simmons bed. The phone on the bedside woke him up, and he reluctantly picked up the phone.
"Mr. Zhao, I am Zheng Xiaolong." Zheng Xiaolong's enthusiastic voice sounded from the microphone.
"Director Zheng, is it so early? Have you read the script?"
"I have read it and it is well written. I would like to talk to you about specific cooperation matters," Zheng Xiaolong said.
Zhao Hongjun was not surprised by Zheng Xiaolong's attitude, and lazily said:
"Now?"
"Yes, now."
Zhao Hongjun is really a little bit I didn't want to part with the warm quilt, but I thought I had to talk about business, so I had to say: "Okay, I'll come over."
"Okay, goodbye."
Zhao Hongjun hung up the phone, got up slowly, and appeared in Zheng Xiaolong's office an hour later.
"Mr. Zhao, please sit down." Zheng Xiaolong's attitude was more enthusiastic than yesterday.
"Mr. Zhao, can you represent Minghua?" Zheng Xiaolong asked the first question first.
"Of course, Minghua and I are close buddies, and here is a letter of authorization written by him." Zhao Hongjun said and took out another piece of paper from his bag and handed it to the other party.
Zheng Xiaolong looked at it carefully before feeling relieved.
There are so many scammers these days.
"Mr. Zhao, I have read the script and it is good. We want to buy it. Minghua is a great writer, how about I pay 500 yuan per episode?"
Zhao Hongjun knows , the price Zheng Xiaolong gave was not low.
According to relevant national policies and regulations, the remuneration for each episode of a TV series script is generally between 300-500. It can be said that Zheng Xiaolong is very sincere.
But Zhao Hongjun is not here to sell scripts!
So he smiled and said: "Director Zheng, I said yesterday that we are cooperating, not simply selling scripts."
"How to cooperate?"
"It's simple, we are responsible You will be responsible for the investment and production. When the time comes, we will sell it to your TV station. How about we share the profit after deducting the cost 50/50?" Zhao Hongjun replied.
“How much money are you prepared to invest?”
“1 million to 1.2 million.”
Zheng Xiaolong thought about it.
The average number per episode is just over 20,000, not much.
However, this TV series does not have many outdoor scenes, and there are no special effects shots. The main investment is the actors' salary, props and daily consumption, so the savings can barely be made.
But
"Is it that simple?" Zheng Xiaolong was a little doubtful.
"Director Zheng, how complicated do you think it is?" Zhao Hongjun asked.
"Mr. Zhao, I have to say one more thing, making TV is not as easy to make money as publishing books. You also know that there is no charge for viewers to watch TV series."
Zheng Xiaolong said Very obscure.
In fact, he understands in his heart.
Is there any profit after deducting costs?
fart!
Definitely a loss.
I have only been busy for more than half a year, filming a drama, and saving a lot of money for the TV station.
As for this TV series, according to past experience, the TV station can at most spend about 600,000 yuan to purchase it.
With an investment of 1.2 million, the radio station purchased it for 600,000, which is equivalent to saving 600,000 for the television station. Why not?
But what does Zhao Hongjun want? !
After hearing Zheng Xiaolong's question, Zhao Hongjun laughed: "I understand that making TV shows is not profitable. The acquisition price of your TV station is not high, and you can't keep your capital at all." "Then why are you still making movies? ?”
“Promote patriotism and provide excellent spiritual food to the masses, so what if we lose money?” Zhao Hongjun said so impassionedly that Zheng Xiaolong almost spit out the tea he just drank. come out.
Who are you kidding?
Provide excellent spiritual food to the masses?
Then why does your publishing company not print serious novels, but instead publish one after another like "The Housekeeper" and "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp"?
But since the other party said this, Zheng Xiaolong stopped asking about it and said that I personally agreed, but such a major matter must be studied and approved by the main leaders in Taichung.
"Then please hurry up. I'm going to Guangdong Province and Hainan in a few days." Zhao Hongjun stood up.
Zheng Xiaolong seemed to understand the meaning, smiled and asked tentatively: "What? Mr. Zhao, are you going to find TV stations in these two provinces?"
Zhao Hongjun looked at him and then answered.
“When I went to Guangdong Province and Hainan, my main job was to see how the business of my company there was going.”
Main job?
That time you have to work?
We are all smart people, so just keep it in mind.
The leaders of Yanjing TV did not delay and gave a reply three days later in the afternoon: In principle, they agreed to Shengshi Film and Television Company's request, and the specific content of the contract would be discussed in detail the next morning.
It was Zheng Xiaolong who called Zhao Hongjun.
After Zhao Hongjun received the call, he immediately called Fang Minghua in Xijing.
At this time, Fang Minghua is in his office, discussing with Bai Miao and others the works that will participate in this year's selection of outstanding short and medium novels.
At the end of 1987, due to various reasons, the Writers Association suspended the selection of outstanding national short stories and short stories of the previous year, and restarted it this year. The selection range was the works published by major newspapers and magazines in the two years from 1987 to 1988. Novellas, as usual, are still recommended by major magazines themselves.
Since each magazine has a limited number of places to recommend, and "Yanhe" magazine has published numerous famous articles in the past two years, it has become a very difficult task to decide which novels to recommend for selection.
The three chief editors discussed and considered over and over again, and finally decided to recommend the novella "Troubled Life" by Chi Li, "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" by Fang Minghua, "Groups of Wives and Concubines" by Su Tong, and the short story "Reality" by Yu Hua. Ten novels including "Poison" by Shi Tiesheng participated in the selection.
We will finalize today and send ten novels to the jury in the name of the magazine.
"If everyone has no objections, it's settled, let's adjourn the meeting."
As soon as a few people left, the phone on Fang Minghua's desk rang.
He picked up the phone and heard a familiar voice coming from the phone.
"Minghua, I am a member of the Red Army. The leaders of Yanjing TV have agreed to our request and asked me to go over and discuss it in detail tomorrow morning."
"It's expected." Fang Minghua said with a smile. : "You talk to them tomorrow. Everything else will be easy to discuss. The director and main actors should be selected according to our requirements."
"I know, but do you think Yanjing TV Station will agree?" Zhao The Red Army was a little skeptical.
“Don’t forget, we are investors!” Fang Minghua said lightly.
"Okay, I'll try my best."
"Red Army, this is the time to show off your sharp tongue!" Fang Minghua joked.
"Yes, don't put your hat on me! I have to get ready, hang up."
Zhao Hongjun hung up the phone, not much joy, but feeling a little ridiculous.
It turns out that before Yanjing, Fang Minghua once gave him a list, which included the names of the director of "Desire" and several main actors.
We said that once the other party is willing to cooperate with us, we will find the people on the list to shoot!
Just be ridiculous.
It was rare to see Fang Minghua being ridiculous.
Zhao Hongjun took out a Huazi from his pocket, lit it, and puffed out a smoke ring coolly.
(End of this chapter)