Chapter 238 It’s so scary, watch the movie
In the past few months, Chen Linfeng was not only busy writing new scripts, but also continued to follow up on the post-production of TV series and movies.
"Star You" completed all editing, soundtrack, sound effects, special effects and other post-production work around May.
It then took a month to complete the review.
"Explosion Drummer" was produced at almost the same time, which was a shorter production time than the previous two months of the original work.
At the end of 3 months, it seems to be unhurried.
After all, there are no special effects in the movie.
After that, the film needs to go through about 20 days of content review. If you want to submit it to a foreign international film festival, you will need another 20 days of application and approval process.
Although you can also send the film to the Venice Film Festival Organizing Committee first, this approach is undoubtedly more dangerous.
At that time, Jiang Wen's "The Devils Are Coming" was banned from directing for 5 years because it did not receive the Dragon Award for participation in the exhibition.
At present, there is still enough time, and there is no need for Chen Linfeng to go through the necessary procedures.
Taking this opportunity, he also defended his thesis in school. Of course, the thesis was almost written after the filming of the movie.
The professors were just going through the motions. They didn’t even find fault. They simply asked a few questions and then let them go.
The tutor for subsequent graduate studies has also been decided, Tian Dazhuang.
After all, I have helped him several times and the relationship is relatively close. It really makes no sense not to choose this person.
Chen Linfeng likes this teacher very much. In today's commercialized world, not many people can still stick to their ideas.
It’s just disgusting to be in the same school as Master Zhao Yanzi, so just avoid it.
This month, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" is released in the country.
There is also a small episode regarding the film’s entry into the domestic market.
It is said that when Disney and China Film were discussing, China Film found various reasons to prevent "Pirates 3" from entering China.
Disney used various public relations methods to find higher-level leaders in China.
However, because Huaying works within the scope of its authority and adheres to the rules, the leaders cannot force them.
Finally, I learned through the grapevine that the reason for the card review was because a certain Chinese actor offended China Film Group at the beginning of the year.
The road to public relations suddenly opened up. Disney swore that they would never use Chow Yun-fat again in the future, hoping that China Film would be more lenient.
Huaying said with a confused look, "What does this have to do with Zhou Runfa? We are doing things according to the regulations."
Then he turned around and passed the review.
This incident spread widely among the Hollywood niche, and Zhou Runfa’s path to internationalization was completely cut off.
After Chen Linfeng heard about it, he took a breath of cold air.
This trick is really awesome. Let’s see which film and television star who is interested in developing abroad will dare to stab China Film in the future.
He even doubted who passed the rumor to Disney, and how could it be such a coincidence.
It can only be said that if an official is not a good person, if he offends him, there are many ways to deal with you within the scope of his authority.
So scary!
Back to the TV series.
After the production of "Star You" is completed, promotion and distribution must be considered.
Xiao Chen’s dramas have always had no need to consider whether they will be sold or not.
However, how to maximize returns is a more difficult task.
Many people in the industry are watching Chen Linfeng's first TV series as director and writer.
Television stations came one after another. Before the filming started, people came one after another to discuss platform issues after the production was completed.
When I was participating in "Kuaiben", the deputy director of Mango Channel was very involved, which can be seen from this.
Although Director Zheng has some extra thoughts, there is no doubt that he values the new drama itself.
Chen Linfeng was cautious at that time and specifically mentioned that he was not sure about the broadcast platform of "Star You" and only agreed that Mango Channel would participate in the production.
Sure enough, a large number of TV stations appeared one after another.
Even Huayang Station couldn't help it. As a liaison, Fang Hua came to ask about the situation from time to time.
Chen Linfeng couldn't help but ask.
“Brother Fang, aren’t you in charge of production? Why do you care about where my new drama will be sold?”
"Hey, I'm tired of being asked. Everyone in the station knows that I have a good relationship with you, so they all come to ask me. I can't shut out my colleagues."
In the past Huayang TV, which is firmly established in Diaoyutai, is not calm this time, mainly because the rise of satellite TV stations in various places has intensified in the past two years.
There have been several times when the popular dramas it aired have exceeded the ratings of CCTV dramas in the same period.
As for the cases where the ratings are similar, there are countless cases.
Although judging from the ratings data released by Sofuri, CCTV dramas still have many advantages in ratings.
In the ratings yearbook report produced by it every year, it is still a quiet time.
However, the report released by the research company is still a ratings data report, so you really understand everything.
Even ordinary people can notice that the TV dramas in recent years have become more and more interesting.
Judging from the physical sense, you will feel that the number of times you tune to other satellite channels is increasing.
As for CCTV dramas, except for a few annual dramas every year, the decline is already obvious at other times.
This is most evident in the way advertisers vote with their money.
Several head TV stations have become rich visibly to the naked eye.
The people in Huayangtai are not fools, and of course they can see this tendency.
So, they attach the most importance to Xiao Chen, who has had the most presence in CCTV's annual dramas in the past few years.
No matter what, Xiao Chen cannot be allowed to escape from the enemy's stage!
It was under this circumstance that the concentrated viewing session of "My Love from the Star" began.
In fact, according to industry practice, there is generally no such centralized movie viewing party. Moreover, when TV stations purchase films, most producers will only provide partial trailers.
After the contract is signed and about a month before the broadcast, a few carefully edited episodes will be released for the TV station to see.
However, this kind of TV series is only suitable for low-cost bulk purchases. It is not suitable for high-quality TV series with large investment, large scale and many stars.
TV stations will be more cautious, and producers will also hope that more broadcast platforms will participate in the competition.
This movie screening was held in a hotel in Yanjing.
Almost all the film purchasing departments from nearly 10 provinces and Taiwan were here, and of course people from the local Hua Central Television and Yanjing Television were also there.
What is special is that the TV staff from Neon and Bangguo were also invited to the scene by Longlin Company.
Since the last exchange in "Datang Empire", Chen Shantong naturally will not miss the opportunity to make friends, and now a certain amount of communication has been initially established.
Although these staff present are not leaders with authority.
But they are all internal confidants of the leaders of their respective TV stations.
As people who can see the quality of the finished film with their own eyes, what they say after returning can largely affect whether they will be introduced later.
Another advantage is that these people at least understand Chinese, which may be more effective than those who have the power to make decisions in person.
In addition to these professionals in the industry, various domestic satellite TV stations also invited some family members and friends of employees to serve as the audience's perspective to judge the quality more objectively.
The large event hall in the hotel has become noisy.
The film purchasing directors of various TV stations gathered together in twos and threes to test each other.
"Old Wang, long time no see. The scale of Xiao Chen's drama this time is quite large. It seems that he is really confident."
"Yes, Long Lin invited all foreigners. Come on, let’s continue to go out.”
Director Wang of Blue Whale Channel suddenly sighed, “Hey, they say the cost of this drama is 70 million (for external publicity), how much does it cost? Only money can buy it. It seems that I can only fight for the second or even third round.”
"Who says it's not the case?" Director Li of Southeast Station who was talking to him also had a sad face.
“With the little money I have, I can only put it between my teeth in one round, and it will be choked in two rounds.”
Both of them looked poor, but no one could Not to mention a very strange fact.
This is a movie viewing party. If you are not mentally prepared to pay a high price, why are you here?
Director Wang secretly scolded the other party as an old fox, unwilling to tell the truth at all, so he turned around and approached another group of people to inquire about information.
After Director Li turned his head, he also spat. He didn't show any truth at all. He must be a powerful enemy.
While these provincial stations were inquiring about each other, Hu Yang from Huayang Station was having a high-end game with Li Mei from Mango Station.
Both parties know that the other party is the biggest competitor.
Mango Channel has always been willing to spend money on the dramas it likes. Among the satellite TV channels, they broadcast the most number of exclusive dramas.
Sometimes they even buy out the rights to prevent other stations from broadcasting the later rounds.
Of course, "Star You" will definitely not work because the cost is too high.
Although Hua Central Station always spends the least amount of money when purchasing dramas, the producers are focused on CCTV's ability to increase ratings.
As long as the ratings increase, you can make money in the second and third rounds.
This time, even if Hua Central Television offers a lower price than them, the producer will most likely choose CCTV.
Li Mei took the initiative and asked, "Director Hu, don't you always spend a small amount of money to do big things? This time Long Lin is obviously planning to sell it at a high price. I think your trip will be in vain."
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Hu Yang smiled calmly, "Now it is no different than in previous years. The pressure from the brother stations is not small, and we have to change. Last year, we spent more than 30 million to buy "Empire of the Tang Dynasty."
< br>"Datang Empire" itself has your participation, and part of the money sold directly goes back. Of course you are willing to do so.
Besides, "Datang Empire" received at least 60 million in advertising fees during the first round alone.
CCTV also controlled the second-round broadcast rights and did not release them, making another huge profit.
Back and forth, profits of hundreds of millions should not be a problem.
This 30 million film purchase fee seems not worth mentioning.
These words went around in Li Mei's mind but she did not say them out.
He said with a smile, "But this time, we can't get hundreds of thousands per episode. Our station alone has prepared at least 30 million.
I don't know how much Director Hu has. As for the rights, are you willing to pay millions for an episode?"
"There is nothing to be reluctant about. The highest unit price per episode on the market has already been recorded in the millions.
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Xiao Chen's drama is not without qualifications for breakthroughs. ”
Besides, I believe you.
Hu Yang rolled his eyes. Since the other party can say this, the actual number must be more than 30 million.
30 million is only equivalent to 1 million per episode, which is the highest price today.
I don’t know how much more it will be with the power of Mango TV.
When it came to the specific amount of money, he said, "Today is just a viewing party, so there is no need to be so anxious. It will take a few days before the actual quotation is made."
"Yes, I still have to watch it. How is the show?"
Li Mei felt that the other party would either offer the same price as "The Tang Dynasty" this time, or he would hold back a lot.
However, he prefers the latter. After all, he ate so well last time and will definitely not give up easily.
At this time, almost everyone has arrived, and the movie viewing officially begins.
Long Lin only showed the first two episodes, which is roughly equivalent to one and a half episodes of a Korean drama. A lot of things can already be seen.
When the lights in the event hall came on again, the film buyers present had different expressions on their faces, feeling like they had seen a monster.
They don’t know how to describe this show.
(End of this chapter)