Chapter 177: Being robbed and making a lot of money
After the movie viewing party.
Zhou Yutang specifically gave the major TV stations a period of time for discussion and decision-making.
In the end, it was Director Sun of the Film Acquisition Department of Hunan TV who took the initiative to speak: "Mr. Zhou, we, Mango TV, want the first-round exclusive rights to broadcast this film."
In the conference room Everyone looked sideways.
The domestic TV station's ratings leader is so domineering.
Very good!
A slight arc appeared at the corner of Zhou Yutang's mouth.
Mango TV really did not disappoint him. Now the relationship between the two companies is at a critical moment, especially since Modu TV has recently made a killing with its "Snail House". Mango TV is in urgent need of a TV show. This S+-level top film and television drama took over the show and regained the top spot in domestic satellite TV ratings.
Before he opened his mouth to negotiate terms with Director Sun, another voice came from the conference room:
"Don't worry, we can talk about this matter. Our Magic City TV station is also very interested in Mr. Zhou's drama."
The person who spoke was Li Wanrong, the deputy director of the film purchasing department of the Magic City TV station. Wearing a high-end skirt, with her legs crossed and crossed, she was spinning her pen in front of the conference table and staring at Zhou Yutang with hope.
Zhou Yutang had dealt with this aunt with dignified temperament and average appearance several times, and knew that her family had a deep background in demons.
The film purchasing teams of the remaining TV stations are also discussing it loudly.
"Boss, I have a hunch that "My Love from the Star" will definitely be a hit, and a big hit!"
"Quick! Apply directly to the leader, and win the prize no matter what."
"Mango Channel and Shanghai TV Station are interested in it, how difficult it is."
"What's wrong with Mango Channel? Modu TV Station was promoted to the top satellite TV platform because of its connection with Zhou Yutang. We are not short of money in Jiangsu Province!”
“Boss, what do you think?”
Mao Xiaoyu is better than Zhou Yutang! Still excited, he came out and asked quietly: "I heard that Lantai is crazy and wants to spend 2 million per episode to buy the first-round exclusive broadcast rights!"
2 million per episode!
This number has already broken the record for the highest first-round sales of a domestic TV series.
“Look again.”
Zhou Yutang smiled slightly, not in any hurry.
The relationship between Lan Tai and him has never been very good.
This time, probably because he wanted to repair the relationship between the two, he showed considerable sincerity and was prepared to throw money at him.
But he did not make a decision immediately.
Mango TV and Magic City TV are not vegetarian either.
You have money on Blue Channel. As Mango Channel, which is firmly among the top three satellite TV stations in China, what is the difference between Mango Channel and Shanghai TV Station?
Mango Channel also spent tens of millions on "Let's Get Married" without blinking an eye.
The ratings of Shanghai TV Station took off because of Zhou Yutang, and they have a very close relationship with him.
"Star You" is certain to break the single-episode sales record of domestic TV series.
Zhou Yutang thought for a while and gave instructions: "Let the people from the company's business negotiation department slowly talk to these TV stations."
His heart actually leans towards Magic TV and Mango Taiwan or Jiangsu Province Taiwan.
These three TV stations are all top-ranked TV stations in China and have great influence.
Both Modu Channel and Mango Channel have cooperated very closely with him because of their variety shows. Zhou Yutang is from Jiangsu Province, and the top management of Jiangsu Province Channel has shown favor to him several times.
This is my old family.
Emotionally Zhou Yutang will always be biased.
But doing company projects is ultimately about making a profit.
It still depends on whether these three companies can show sincerity that can impress him.
After explaining the matter, Jiangdong Entertainment's business negotiation department came in and discussed with people from these TV stations in the conference room for a whole day.
Teams from more than a dozen TV stations participated in the discussion.
Everyone knows that "Star You" has the potential to be a hit, and these TV stations are immediately interested in it.
The business negotiation team of Jiangdong Entertainment Company went through several rounds of pulling.
The first screening of "My Love from the Star" quickly settled down.
In the end, the less powerful TV station was unfortunately eliminated. The three TV giants of Mango, Magic City, and Jiangsu Province reached a cooperation agreement and jointly won the first-round broadcast rights of "My Love from the Star" at a staggering price of 2.4 million per episode.
Other TV stations have no choice but to focus on the next two or three rounds of broadcast rights.
This negotiation started directly from day to night.
Zhou Yutang did what a landlord should do, booked a high-end hotel, and entertained the elite teams of these TV stations.
It is impossible to give a kickback, even in this life, but it is still possible to eat, drink and entertain.
After all, Zhou Yutang wants to do a variety show, so it is very necessary to have a good relationship with the TV station.
After the dinner, while the others still had program arrangements, a deputy director of Suzhou TV station named Zhou took the initiative to approach Zhou Yutang.
"Yu Tang, you are the pride of our Jiangsu Province. We are still our family. I am very happy to reach this cooperation, but I hope that we can continue to deepen our cooperative relationship in other aspects."
< br>That person comes from the leadership system of Jiangsu Province and Taiwan, and his speech is a bit official, which is understandable.
But Zhou Yutang is also very arrogant. Upon hearing this, it was clear that Deputy Director Zhou came with a mission.
Raising his glass and clinking it with Deputy Director Zhou, Zhou Yutang took the initiative and asked, "Leader, what do you mean?"
Deputy Director Zhou patted Zhou Yutang's shoulder and said with a smile: "Yu Tang, don't you have a variety show production company in Shanghai? Last year you produced "The Voice", and this year you also produced a variety show for Mango Channel. You should also consider your hometown more. We can do variety shows in It also deepens cooperation.”
Zhou Yutang nodded suddenly.
Suzhou TV Station probably saw Modou Station take off directly this year, and was a little envious.
Originally, we were good buddies with similar ratings, but you stepped on my head and took off, firmly occupying the top three in the domestic satellite TV ratings rankings.
The main reason why Modu TV Station has such amazing ratings is Zhou Yutang.
The national variety show "The Voice" directly made the Magic City TV Station soar in place.
Modutai can hug Zhou Yutang’s thick thighs, but can’t I, Suxingtai?
Suzhou TV Station has been focusing on variety shows in recent years, spending a lot of money, but with no results.
Zhou Yutang pondered for a while and nodded slightly: "I understand what Director Zhou means. I have an immature idea here and want to communicate with the leader."
"Oh? Do you have an idea for a variety show?"
Director Zhou perked up and sat upright involuntarily, almost pricking up his ears.
"This is a life-style dating show"
Zhou Yutang slowly said his thoughts: "This is probably the situation. The leader does not need to make a decision in a hurry. When the time comes, I will We will send the planning document here, and the TV station will decide whether to do this variety show.”
In the system, it is important to keep emotions and anger hidden, but after hearing Zhou Yutang’s new variety show idea, this person decided. Director Zhou still couldn't help but show some urgency and joy:
"Yu Tang, can the variety show planning document be ready tomorrow?"
"Director, you are making things difficult for me. It will take at least three days to perfect all the details."
"Okay! Three days is all. This program is guaranteed by Jiangsu TV Station!"
"Yu Tang, do you want to do a blind date show?"
"Yes. Blind dates between men and women. The topic will always be a hot topic that will never go out of style.”
"What about the celebrity guests on the show? Which celebrity will come to the blind date show?" Tian Ming found it a bit weird.
“You don’t need to invite celebrities, just spend a little money to invite amateurs. Invite beautiful female amateurs from different professions as guests at once, set up twenty-four female guests, and then let the male guests participating in the show interact with these female guests. Through interaction, the female guests communicate and decide whether the male guest will stay or go by turning on and off the lights. The program goes through three stages of introduction and communication, questioning and judgment, and final decision, allowing the male and female guests to successfully speed-date."
"His !”
Listening to Zhou Yutang’s detailed explanation of this variety show plan, Tian Ming couldn’t help but sit up from the bed, gasping for air, his eyes gleaming with excitement.
"How about it, Brother Ming, do you think something happened?"
"That must be there!"
Tian Ming pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said happily: "Just listening to you, I want to watch this show and invite twenty-four beautiful guests. This Isn’t it a large-scale concubine selection scene?”
His!
He quickly took another breath. Zhu Jie, who was wearing pajamas next to him, grabbed the soft flesh under his ribs and rotated it 180 degrees.
“Which concubine should I choose?”
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"Sister-in-law, that's not what I meant. Brother Ming and I are talking about the company's new variety show project. We invite twenty-four female guests. They must be real enough and have people from all professions. On the surface, it sounds like Like a dating variety show, it actually provides the audience with a window to observe society. Through the guests on this show, they can increase their understanding of the entire society."
"In short, such a show combines dating and entertainment A three-in-one program of gossip and interesting stories, sister-in-law, do you want to watch it?"
"Absolutely."
Zhu Jie was immediately interested and asked one after another: "Yu Tang, What is the name of this variety show? When will it be produced?”
"Let's call it "If You Are the One"."
Zhou Yutang chuckled and said: "I just made an agreement with Deputy Director Zhou of Suzhou Province tonight. I will send the program planning ideas to the company's planning department first. People will make a plan and then talk to Jiangsu Province. They are waiting in a hurry. It is best to implement it within three days."
"There is no need to invite celebrities, only amateurs are invited to produce. It’s relatively simple to get started. If everything goes well, it will probably be done in two or three months.”
“OK!”
Tian Ming agreed very readily and hung up the phone. Thinking of something good, I couldn't help but laugh.
"Yu Tang is really amazing."
Zhu Jie also said sincerely. Tian Mingqi put on his clothes and said excitedly: "Not only is it awesome, it is simply amazing. Yu Tang's precise positioning and keen market sense as a variety show planner, without second thoughts, and with me to boost the operation, we The two brothers cooperate and are invincible in the domestic variety show industry."
At this time, Zhu Jie noticed that Tian Ming was already putting on socks and asked curiously: "Husband, why are you getting dressed so late? ? "Don't sleep?"
"Go to sleep, I have to go back to the company for a meeting!"
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I ended the call with Tian Ming and called Liu Yifei again.
Qianbao Qianbao shouts a lot lately, and Miss Liu has become more and more dependent on him. Sometimes she has to talk to him on the phone at night before going to bed.
On the way back from the dinner, I chatted with Liu Yifei. When I got home, I called Tian Ming to discuss the program planning of "If You Are the One".
I turned around and briefly talked to Liu Yifei. Unexpectedly, the girl was quite interested: "One man and twenty-four women, it sounds quite interesting."
"Even you find it interesting, then this show will definitely become popular."
"Hey, Xiao Zhou, what are you doing now?"
Liu Yifei smiled sweetly, her voice was soft and waxy. Flirting.
She just learned about the results of today's movie viewing party, and ended up negotiating a variety show with Suzhou TV Station. She was very proud of Zhou Yutang.
Xiao Zhou is not only a genius in film and television, but also very capable in variety shows.
"Write a variety show planning plan and send it to the company in the evening, so that the people in the planning department can complete the details as soon as possible."
"Then I will accompany you."
"Aren't you going to sleep? "
"If you don't sleep, I won't sleep either!"
Listening to the sound of Zhou Yutang's hands typing on the keyboard, Liu Yifei felt inexplicably at ease, and she felt soft and joyful in her floral short pajamas. I rolled on the bed.
Suddenly something occurred to her, and Liu Yifei asked: "Xiao Zhou, the last time you chatted, you talked about the outdoor variety show "Runningman" that your company is planning. How is it doing now?"
She told Shu Chang is a true bestie. The two often play together. Occasionally, I hear her talk about the most popular outdoor variety show "Two Days and One Night" in South Korea. She is also very interested in Zhou Yutang's outdoor running man.
"Outdoor variety shows are difficult to produce. The company has now sent a team to South Korea's KBS TV station for exchanges and learning. We will probably have to wait until next year to complete "If You Are the One" first."
Zhou Yutang's sitting posture Duan Zheng, while replying, continued to improve the variety show planning plan.
"If You Are the One" is not only low in production cost and difficulty, but also highly topical. Once completed, it can further increase its influence in the variety show industry.
As for "Running Man", we can almost start production when the variety show team sent out comes back in the first half of next year.
Chatting and chatting.
Zhou Yutang found that there was no conversation for several minutes, and then he heard Liu Yifei's long and even breathing on the other side of the phone.
Obviously.
The girl fell asleep while talking on the phone again.
"Good night, Xibao."
Liu Yifei's peaceful and beautiful sleeping face seemed to appear in her mind. Zhou Yutang said a gentle good night, hung up the phone, gathered his energy, and continued to devote himself to work.
It wasn’t until 2:30 in the morning that I sent out the planning ideas for "If You Are the One". I stood up and stretched, and Zhou Yutang drank a large glass of water in one breath.
Then he was behind the scenes.
Let the people in the planning department of Mingjie Company perfect the details of the variety show according to their own ideas, and then negotiate a contract with Suzhou TV Station.
A few days later.
The planning plan for "If You Are the One" was completed. After Zhou Yutang reviewed it, he revised a few issues and sent it to Jiangsu TV Station.
Suzhou TV Station was very sincere about this cooperation and gave Zhou Yutang a lot of say. Zhou Yutang appointed Meng Fei, the host of Suzhou TV, as the host of "If You Are the One".
This person is Zhou Yutang, a fellow from Jiangsu Province. He started from the bottom step by step and has absolutely profound hosting skills. Zhou Yutang chose him after watching him host "Absolute Sing" and "Famous Teachers and Disciples".
The contract was also settled quickly, and it still adopted a first-season buyout + floating dividend clause linked to ratings.
This is actually a gambling clause prevalent in the entertainment industry.
The ratings are high and everyone achieves a perfect win-win situation.
Zhou Yutang can also enjoy more advertising dividends and obtain greater benefits.
On the contrary, then everyone can get together and disperse, and the TV station can also stop the loss in time.
The matter of the variety show has been finalized.
But I don’t know who leaked the news. The originally confidential "My Love from the Star" viewing party has been known by some media.
Many details were revealed, causing a tsunami in the entire entertainment industry:
[Breaking news! Mango, Magic City, and Suzhou Channel jointly won the first-run broadcast rights for Zhou Yutang's new drama! 】
【What exactly is the charm of "My Love from the Star"? After watching the movie, it was snapped up! 】
【Mysterious person revealed! The price of a single episode of "My Love from the Star" is as high as 2.4 million, setting a record for the price of a single episode of a domestic TV series! 】
[What is the magic of Zhou Yutang’s latest work, "My Love from the Star" with a huge investment of 8,000 yuan? 】
Almost all entertainment newspapers and periodicals reported on the joint premiere of "My Love from the Star" on the three channels.
Especially the terrifying price of a single episode of 2.4 million, which shocked everyone’s eyes.
Everyone is looking forward to it.
Some people are curious, some are envious, and naturally some are shocked.
Upon careful observation, it is not difficult to find that the domestic film and television industry ecology has been completely changed by Zhou Yutang at this time.
This is specifically reflected in the soaring prices of TV drama types and high-quality dramas.
In the past two years, Korean dramas and provincial idol dramas were still popular.
But now the fresh trend of youth campus has been unconsciously blown. Last year, it was a great production to exceed 1 million for a single episode. Zhou Yutang directly raised the single episode sales record to 2.4 million.
Of course.
This money is paid by several TV stations together, which does not mean that every TV station spends this much money.
Cai Yinong from Tangren Film and Television immediately called to greet her, with a tone of shock and envy: "Yu Tang, did you really sell 2.4 million yuan?"
"Sister Cai , you are still so well-informed."
"Oh, your Jiangdong Entertainment has really taken off now."
Cai Yinong's voice on the phone was full of emotion. Shanxi mature vinegar has a sour taste.
After the company finished filming the drama, several TV stations came to snatch it up and raised the price like crazy.
Cai Yinong often has such sweet dreams.
Zhou Yutang's life is like her dream.
It only took him three years to do all this.
Zhou Yutang sank into the boss's chair, crossed his legs on the table, and smiled calmly: "It's not bad, considering that the first round is only more than 70 million."
In order to strive for excellence, the content of "Star You" was not as watery as "Let's Get Married", and was eventually edited into 30 episodes. Therefore, even with the sky-high price of 2.4 million for one episode, the entire first round was only 72 million.
"Talent!?"
"What the heck. Sister Cai, your Tangren film and television development momentum is also good. The few dramas you have recently produced have made a lot of money."
< br>When Zhou Yutang heard Cai Yinong's voice suddenly rising a few degrees, he decided not to irritate this sister anymore.
"My Love from the Star" sold 72 million in the first round. Such an astonishing figure cannot be matched by other domestic film and television companies. This figure is even higher than the profits of some companies for a whole year.
This wave of huge profits was something that was expected for Zhou Yutang.
This drama itself is a large-investment TV drama made according to movie standards, so it is normal to sell it at this price.
Moreover, the online broadcast rights of "Classmates" were sold for more than 60 million not long ago, not to mention that Agent's box office split exceeded nine figures.
Zhou Yutang is very calm.
But some people can't calm down.
After Cai Yinong, Zheng Xiaolong also called to inquire about the specific situation.
As the boss of the Beijing Art Center, the overlord of the TV drama circle in the previous era, and a core figure in the Beijing circle, Zheng Xiaolong has experienced countless big scenes.
But when he heard that "Star You" sold for an astonishing price, he was so shocked that he couldn't sleep at night.
Zhou Yutang created a single-episode sales record for domestic TV series!
Every one of the people in the film purchasing department of the TV station is smarter than a monkey, and they usually act like bosses.
To make them lower their profile and spend so much money, they must have watched the finished film of "Star You", and after professional evaluation, they determined that the quality of the series was excellent, and then they raised the price.
"Uncle Zheng, the project of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is in good operation, and it will definitely not be bad."
"I feel relieved when I hear you say that."
< br>Zheng Xiaolong nodded slightly.
He also has great ambitions for "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
During this time, his wife and I put almost all our efforts into this script.
"The Legend of Zhen Huan" is expected to be a drama with nearly 80 episodes. He dare not think of a figure as high as 2.4 million, but if it can sell more than one million by then, it will also make a lot of money.
Thinking of this, Zheng Xiaolong felt hot in his heart. He suddenly thought of something and said:
"By the way, Yu Tang, there is another important thing. I almost forgot to tell you. .”
(End of this chapter)