Chapter 49 Reaching cooperation with Penguin Video
"What a bully!"
Just after following Xu Kong out of Kiwi's headquarters, Guo Zihao couldn't help but curse.
Although Xu Kong was also very angry, he knew that all this was a normal phenomenon in the entertainment industry.
After all, to the outside world, he, Xu Kong, is the so-called top player in domestic entertainment, but for one of the largest video platforms in China, such as Qiguo, let alone a star, even Fengqing Entertainment is just kneeling. beggar.
The entire budget of "Want to See You" has probably been leaked online a long time ago.
But the other party's quotation of 1.5 million per episode was obviously calculated accurately.
Twenty-six episodes of the drama cost almost 40 million in royalties and earned another 10 million.
Xu Kong guessed that it was most likely the news from Yu Yaqing.
He knew that Yu Yaqing had good intentions, and felt that if he couldn't even sell the rights to the first drama he directed, it would definitely be a big blow.
So I asked Kiwi to help buy the copyright in advance at a similar price.
It is estimated that in the eyes of Qi Guo and Qin Xian, this is already a very good charity for him, and Xu Kong has to be grateful.
But Xu Kong knew that he could not agree to such a copyright fee.
Otherwise, why would he have to work so hard for these two months just for the copyright fee of more than 10 million.
Just accept some more advertisements and endorsements, wouldn't you make more than this?
"What should we do now?"
Guo Zihao thought Xu Kong looked so handsome when he turned around and left.
But after calming down, I still couldn't help but worry.
"What else can we do? Since kiwi fruit doesn't want such incredible wealth, let's go to Penguin Video"
Xu Kong was not too affected and replied lightly.
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"Is the person gone?"
Just as Xu Kong and Guo Zihao left the headquarters of the Kiwi Company, Qin Xian casually glanced at Huang Qifeng, the team leader of his department, in a certain office.
The so-called being too busy to stop in meetings and not having time are just excuses.
It was obvious that Qin Xian was too lazy to see Xu Kong.
"Yeah."
After Qin Xian received the accurate answer, he continued to speak:
"Forty million, just think of it as a favor from Fengqing."
"But I will tell Yu Yaqing that this is the first and last time."
"Is he just a newly popular celebrity, worthy of her attention?"
After listening to Qin Xian's thoughts for a while, Huang Qifeng finally said:
"The person left, but the contract was not signed."
"That Xu Kong said that the drama will no longer be sold."
After hearing this, Qin Xian, who had been focusing on the computer documents, raised his head unexpectedly this time.
"Why, that guy is still not satisfied with the copyright fee we paid?"
Huang Qifeng nodded.
"Looking at his reaction, it seems like this."
Qin Xian couldn't help but laugh.
"That's great. It also saves our company money."
"He left on his own, so we can't blame him."
"Isn't it settled?"
Hearing Yu Yaqing's voice on the phone, Xu Kong said lightly "Yeah".
Then he continued: "Don't worry, this drama will be broadcast normally."
He is already on his way back to Hangzhou and plans to go directly to Penguin Video tomorrow.
Yu Yaqing didn't say much, although Qin Xian had told her just now that Xu Kong didn't value the copyright fees they paid.
"Let me know if you have any difficulties."
"I'll try my best to help you solve it."
Seeing Xu Kong hang up the phone, Guo Zihao then spoke:
"Should we agree?"
"Actually, the copyright fee of 1.5 million per episode is already very good."
“Maybe you can’t get such a price from Penguin.”
Xu Kong glared at the other party.
"If you want to be a beggar on your knees, go alone and don't take me with you."
Guo Zihao didn't know the meaning of Xu Kong's words, and muttered in a depressed voice: "Why do you have to kneel down to beg for food?"
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"Hello Mr. Guo"
The next day, Xu Kong still arrived at Penguin Video's headquarters early in the morning.
This time, it was relatively smooth to meet the person in charge of Penguin Film and Television Copyright. The other party wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked very elegant.
"Manager Zeng."
"You should know the purpose of my coming, right?"
Xu Kong spoke directly without beating around the bush.
Zeng Xi nodded.
"Can I take a look at your new drama first?"
Guo Zihao promptly took out the mobile hard drive that he had prepared long ago from his bag.
Zeng Xi looked at it very seriously. What surprised him was that he originally thought that Xu Kong was the absolute protagonist.
But in the plot of the first three episodes, Xu Kong appeared only a handful of times.
It unfolds almost entirely from the perspective of the heroine Huang Zixuan, played by Song Youyou.
"This drama doesn't seem to be a pure urban love drama?"
After watching the previous three episodes, Zeng Xi organized some words and then said:
"Mr. Xu, you may not like to hear what I say."
"Judging from the content of the previous three episodes, there are actually no big problems. The lines, actors' performances, and audio-visual scheduling are all quite good."
"For a new director to be able to do this, he is indeed very powerful."
First, he praised the rainbow fart, and then the other party started to say "but".
"However, the suspense elements of this drama may be a bit pretentious, and the pace is too slow. In the current domestic film and television drama market, the audience will not buy such a slow-paced drama."
"You personally have many fans, but your personal plot is a little less."
Xu Kong had already heard it at this time.
In fact, he also expected such a situation.
The plots of the first few episodes of "Want to See You" were indeed a bit too bland. What really started to become exciting was after the heroine first time traveled through the world at the end of the fourth episode.
But the previous plots are almost indispensable foreshadowing and cannot be deleted.
There is nothing that can be done about it. There is nothing wrong with what Zeng Xi said. This "Want to See You" is indeed a slow-burning drama.
Also, he had almost no scenes in the first few episodes. He is a new actor, and his acting skills are also risky in the eyes of the other party.
"But even so, I can still see some potential in this drama."
"So we at Penguin Video are willing to purchase the copyright fee of two million per episode."
Guo Zihao was quite pleasantly surprised when he heard that the other party's quotation was higher than the previous kiwi fruit offer.
He even subconsciously wanted to agree for Xu Kong.
Looking at his manager who was winking at him crazily, Xu Kong still didn't react much.
"Manager Zeng, if possible, I actually hope that my drama will cooperate with your platform on a split-account basis."
This time it was Zeng Xi's turn to be surprised.
"Separate account model?"
Penguin, including domestic video platforms like Kiwi, all have a relatively detailed account sharing model.
But that model is intended for smaller online dramas and companies.
The more formal film and television companies still use the traditional model of selling copyrights.
After all, business is all about settling for the bottom line, and no one knows whether their drama will be accepted by the market or whether it will become a hit.
If you sell the copyright in advance, the risk will be borne by the platform.
If it really doesn't work, we can't agree on the copyright fee, so we can just sign a gambling agreement or something.
Although the investment is only 30 million, which is not a big-budget drama, with Xu Kong and Song Youyou as the leading actors, there is no way it will fall into the split-account model.
Xu Kong, a young man, is not very satisfied with the copyright fee they gave him!
"In this case, I have no reason to refuse."
"This drama of yours will be considered as the highest level A-level drama on our platform. Everything will just follow the contract."
Zeng Xi agreed without any hesitation.
Because of the split-account model, their platform is almost guaranteed to make a profit without losing any money.
"Is there an S-class?"
Xu Kong actually has some understanding of the account sharing models of these video platforms. They are basically calculated according to the effective time of users watching the series.
"Okay, since you asked, it doesn't matter if we give you more special treatment than an A-level drama in terms of unit price."
After Xu Kong planned to cooperate in a platform-sharing model, Zeng Xi suddenly became much easier to talk to.
Hearing such a reply, Xu Kong also smiled.
This move of his was the right one.
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(End of chapter)