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The planned launch date is December 31, the last day of 2007 this year.

But before that, some things that should be considered again need to be considered, and things that should be discussed again need to be confirmed.

This is to make us feel more confident and to give each other more confidence.

"Mr. Chu, our partners must have speculated that we are going to build a platform."

"It's normal, but it's useless to speculate. It has no impact on us. The downturn in the web game market is obvious. No matter how they guess, they can't guess how we are going to play or what the model of our platform is."

"That's true. If Mr. Chu hadn't told me about this creative plan, I wouldn't have thought that a game platform could have so many ways to play. It would have to be Mr. Chu. There was Micro Entertainment before and then there was Longyou. This kind of thinking

His ability has to be admired.”

"Mr. Cao won't give me the award. I'm just having random thoughts. I still need Mr. Cao's strong support to realize it."

"Hey, Mr. Chu is too humble."

These cooperations related to joint operations were negotiated by Cao Guowei, or Cao Guowei sent people to negotiate. No matter how they were negotiated, they all represented a waste of salary.

However, Xinlang is negotiating cooperation for three web games. Judging from Xinlang’s value, this game is by no means the main one, and there must be another agenda.

The partners must have guessed something, but as Chu Xuan said, even if they guessed, they could only guess a direction, and it was impossible to guess the specific gameplay in this direction.

Longyou has not made any moves yet, only revealing three games for cooperation.

Based on this, in times of peace of mind, even if 4399, 97wan, Tom Online, etc. regard Longyou Company as their expected competitor, they can only wait and see.

"Mr. Chu, what do you think is the most appropriate target for the total user base of the three games to launch the second step of the plan?"

"No matter which indicator is reached, it is most appropriate to start the second step of the plan during the Chinese New Year. During the Chinese New Year, when Internet cafes are the hottest, when most people are more leisurely and relaxed, they use emails to recruit people from major platforms, and the conversion rate will be very high.

Good results."

"Where's Mr. Chu's estimate?"

"It is estimated that although the number of game users is the largest in the entertainment market, web games are only one of the branches of the game field, and it is the most sluggish branch. Even though our web games are very novel, after the end of the year and the Chinese New Year in February

After more than a month of operation, there won’t be too many users, maybe 1 million.”

"One million... can already shock the entire gaming industry."

"Mr. Cao, I think what can really shock the gaming industry is our platform."

"Haha, I think so too."

After all, web games are just web games, and they are now at the lowest end of the game market. Even if their web games have novel gameplay and innovative models, their status cannot be compared to high-end games, nor can their user base.

of.

The figure of 1 million is also the result of Chu Xuan's estimation of the joint operation of major platforms across the country and the spontaneous publicity and promotion of the profit.

Even if it is only 1 million, it accounts for a small proportion of the entire Internet market, but if this number appears in the web game market, which is looked down upon by capital, it can still shock the entire industry.

However, in the eyes of Chu Xuan and Cao Guowei, the truly shocking thing is not the size of the game, but their platform.

The various benefits and the way of playing without losing money will definitely make the capital in the industry amazed and eager to imitate.

This is what they expected and expected.

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"Mr. Cao, let's go then." In the Longyou company office, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei stood up to say goodbye.

In the past few days, the company and Cao Guowei have been meeting every day for final discussions and chats before the launch of the plan.

Some things have been mentioned repeatedly, some issues have been renegotiated, and almost everything that should be discussed, large and small, has been discussed.

"Mr. Cao, please pay more attention to the launch of the game and the platform." Liu Yifei and Cao Guowei shook hands.

"It's a small matter, everything goes according to plan, there's nothing to worry about," Cao Guowei said.

"If anything happens, please call me at any time. I will rush over as soon as possible." Chu Xuan shook hands with him.

Cao Guowei also knew that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were busy with their film careers, and it was expected that they would not be able to see each other for a long time after this separation. However, with the phone, unless it is a major matter that shakes the foundation of the company, there is no need to meet in person to decide other small matters.

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Chu Xuan, the major shareholder, also signed and sealed all the company's decision-making documents. At least until the next development decision is made after the platform takes off, with the manager Yao Zhongming here, there is no need for Chu Xuan to worry about the company's affairs.

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He then said: "Even if there is something that requires Mr. Chu to go there in person, I hope he comes normally."

Comes normally? That means everything goes well according to the plan.

"I hope so too." Chu Xuan smiled.

"Mr. Cao, let's take a step first." Liu Yifei waved her hand.

"Okay, you two go slowly." Cao Guowei watched the two of them leave.

The weather in mid-December cannot be said to be cold, only freezing.

The moment Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei opened the door and walked out of the company, the wind that came with the door made them shiver.

Liu Yifei put her hand into Chu Xuan's pocket, shrank her head, hid her mouth and nose in her scarf, quickly pressed the downward elevator button, quickly retracted her hand and put it into her pocket, and she and Chu Xuan were waiting in front of the elevator for the arrival of the elevator.

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"It's so cold." She put a patch on Chu Xuan's body.

"It will be fine when we get to Xiangjiang. It's more than 10 to 20 degrees over there. In January and February, the weather conditions are better in Los Angeles, and it's 20 to 30 degrees over there." Chu Xuan held Liu Yifei's hand tightly in his pocket and gently touched it with his thumb.

Rub the back of her hands to keep her warm.

"Yeah." Liu Yifei responded and said: "The web game company has made arrangements, and then we just go as planned. I hope we can wait for good news. How much profit do you think the three games can make in one month after they are launched?

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The elevator door opened, and Chu Xuan led Liu Yifei and walked in.

Seeing Liu Yifei reach out and press the elevator button on the first floor, Chu Xuan said: "This is impossible to predict. There is no similar market data for reference, but I think it should scare us, including Mr. Cao."

arrive."

"Really?" Liu Yifei returned to Chu Xuan and was surprised by Chu Xuan's prediction, which also scared Mr. Cao. How much money do you need to earn from this?

"I'm really looking forward to it." She believed Chu Xuan 100%, and she looked forward to Chu Xuan's judgment.

Arriving at the first negative floor, the young couple walked into the parking lot, got in the car and set off for the Brilliant Era.

Chu Xuan has great expectations for web games. According to the original development direction of the web game market, it was a recharge-type large-scale web game launched jointly by major platforms in 2008.

Once launched, a game can earn tens of millions per month. This is the result of the joint operation platform not maximizing market expansion.

Through him to coordinate the plan, and with Cao Guowei's capital level, he brought in major platforms such as QQ Space, Wangyi Portal and 51, making the entire joint operation scale a domestic ceiling.

This also made him lose his judgment and unable to predict the upper limit of the value of the web game and platform after its launch.

"Is it arranged?" The young couple came to the office of Bright Times, where Wang Jinhua, Liu Xiaoli, and Li Hu were chatting on the sofa.

Seeing the two children arriving, Liu Xiaoli asked.

After the meeting that day, they did not participate in the discussions over the past few days, leaving Chu Xuan, Qian Qian and Cao Guowei to discuss and make decisions.

The former is the planner and the latter is the executor. No one knows what to do better than them. They include three game bosses so they didn’t bother them.

Liu Xiaoli was also waiting for the two children to settle things. The crew of Xiangjiang called them two days ago to urge them to leave for Xiangjiang just after they had arranged everything clearly.

"That's it." Liu Yifei said.

"Come." Wang Jinhua pointed to a pile of documents on the coffee table and said: "Let's take a look at these documents today. Sign them when they need to be signed, seal them when they need to be stamped. Let's talk about the focus of next year's arrangements, and then that's it.

You can go and make a movie with peace of mind."

"Okay." Chu Xuan sat down on the sofa, and Xiao Shu poured him and Liu Yifei a cup of tea.

"Three buckles." Chu Xuan thanked him and picked up a document to read.

Liu Yifei glanced at the hot stew on the coffee table. She and Chu Xuan had just had a quick lunch at Longyou Company, and their appetites were not yet satisfied.

She opened a pair of disposable chopsticks from the side and picked out a piece of meat skin to eat.

It tasted good, so she picked up a piece of meat skin and fed it to Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan bit the meat skin on the chopsticks into his mouth, chewed it and said, "It's delicious."

Liu Yifei picked another beef slice to eat. After putting down her chopsticks, she leaned forward and lowered her head to read the documents with Chu Xuan.

The content of the document is the company's project status this year and the development of the artists.

The two unbroadcast projects "Legend of Red Flame" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan" are not in the file. The content only contains information on project management and artist development that have come to fruition.

"Struggle" aired in March this year, "Zhu Xian" aired in April, and "I Am an Actor" aired in July have a total profit of 120 million this year.

In addition to mainland broadcasting copyrights, it also includes advertising sponsorship fees, mainland audio and video copyrights, Hong Kong and Taiwan broadcasting copyrights and audiovisual copyrights, broadcasting copyrights and audiovisual copyrights in some parts of Asia, as well as theme song and soundtrack copyrights, etc.

The bulk of it is broadcast copyright and sponsorship fees from the mainland, and the rest only add up to 20% of the total profit. This is also the normal proportion of domestic TV drama profit channels.

Liu Yifei's viewing of "The Deer and the Cauldron" was not included in the file, but Zhang Jizhong's drama had already been aired last month, and she didn't mind it. It would take some time to calculate the overall revenue of the drama that had just been aired.

But I heard Sister Hua say that the conservative revenue of "The Deer and the Cauldron" is estimated to be around 50 million, which is double that of her and Chu Xuan's "Struggle" and more than ten million higher than her and Chu Xuan's "Zhu Xian".

This is a figure that is enough to surprise everyone in the industry. A TV series makes a profit of 50 million? Is this possible?

Of course, this refers to people in the industry who don’t understand the industry.

Of the 50 million, 18 million are sponsorship fees from advertisers.

Speaking of sponsorship fees, this is the great thing about Zhang Jizhong. Every drama can always somehow fool a group of advertisers, and then send a lot of free fees that other producers can't match.

This made Wang Jin, the director of Xiangjiang, very envious. He complained in the media a few years ago: "Those bosses who gave money to Zhang Jizhong, if they give money to me, I can also shoot big scenes!"

This is also quite funny.

Of the remaining 32 million, nearly 15 million are the result of resource exchanges. These resources include roles in film and television dramas, commercial performance slots, program announcements or magazines, or directly converted into cash.

The final conclusion is that the money "The Deer and the Cauldron" actually earned from selling the premiere rights was only about 17 million.

Liu Yifei thought about it thoroughly and stopped paying attention. Instead, she was attracted by her and Chu Xuan's "The Condor" situation: "Sister Hua, has the second broadcast rights of "The Condor" been sold?"

"The Condor" was broadcast in early 2006. According to the two-year broadcast copyright period, there are still a few months until the expiration of early 2008.

However, the document clearly stated the price of the second broadcast copyright of "The Condor".

"This is the deposit. After signing the agreement, we will sell it when it expires." Wang Jinhua took a bite of the stewed vegetables with chopsticks.

"It's the Mango Terrace again." Chu Xuan said.

Liu Yifei nodded and smiled. "The Condor" was first broadcast on CCTV, and the copyright for the second broadcast was recorded in the document as being taken over by Mango Channel.

She found that Mango Channel liked her and Chu Xuan's drama very much, no, to be precise, they liked her and Chu Xuan's popularity.

In recent years, as long as it is her and Chu Xuan's work, Mango Channel's film purchasing director is always the first to buy the copyright.

The negotiated price for the second broadcast rights is 20 million, plus the 15 million for a dozen terrestrial channels, the entire second broadcast copyright is estimated to be 35 million in mainland China, which is more than half of the 100 million originally sold for the first broadcast rights.

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"Actually, the money paid by Jiangsu and Zhejiang TV stations is much more than that of Mango TV stations, but..." Wang Jinhua said, but suddenly stopped talking.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked up at Sister Hua with doubts in their eyes. They were both from the same family, what else could they say?

Wang Jinhua pondered her thoughts and said: "Although the TV station is a national unit, its capital attributes are getting stronger and stronger. Compared with Mango Channel and Blue Channel...well, Mango Channel has a larger structure, so that's it. The rest will be done later.

If you know, you will always know; if you don’t know, it’s better.”

Listening to Sister Hua's ambiguous words, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei couldn't help but wonder, what happened when Sister Hua was discussing cooperation with people from Lantai? Did they know anything about the inside story of Lantai?

The young couple didn't know, so it was probably for their own good that Sister Hua didn't say anything, so they didn't think too much about it.

As for what Sister Hua said about the large format of Mango Terrace, let’s not mention that for now.

But looking at the four grassroots hosts He Jiong, Xie Na, Wang Han, and Ma Ke, they have now become the big brothers and sisters of the station. As He Jiong and Xie Na’s friends, they have neither seen nor heard of these people.

What kind of grievances has Mango Terrace suffered?

This at least shows that Mango Station is good in terms of management and treatment of people.

"45 million, 15 million more than last year." Liu Yifei saw the income that artists brought to the company.

The total of endorsements, commercial performances, announcements, and film remuneration is 45 million this year compared to 30 million last year. This shows that the development of the company's artists is getting better and better.

Except for her and Chu Xuan, who had a 70-30 split, her brothers and sisters, who had a 60-40 split, and Su Chang, who had a 50-50 split, the rest of them started with a 30-70 split.

Compared to other entertainment companies and brokerage companies, their brilliant era has given too much to artists.

Even so, it can bring an annual income of 45 million.

If we exploit artists like other companies, we will definitely earn more.

But Chu Xuan and Sister Hua didn't do this, which made the company full of warmth and gave the artists a sense of belonging.

Liu Yifei silently calculated. If you look at it this way, the company's after-tax profit this year will be nearly 200 million.

But we also have to deduct the investment in "Legend of Red Flame" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan", as well as the investment in movies, etc.

What was in the document was only the project status, not the company's year-end financial statements. The financial statements would not be available until before the Chinese New Year. She and Chu Xuan could not see the specific situation at the moment, but looking at the data in this document, the company's

The development has improved a lot compared to last year, and the overall situation is very good.

She and Chu Xuan read the documents one by one. Chu Xuan talked with Sister Hua while reading. When there was no problem, he signed, stamped and fingerprinted the documents.

""The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer", "The Line of Life and Death", "The Best Servant"."

Liu Yifei saw three proposed projects for next year in the last document.

"The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword", directed by Yu Min and produced by Zhang Jizhong.

She and Chu Xuan knew this project well, and it was Zhang Jizhong and Yu Min, the master-disciple duo.

"The Line of Life and Death", directed by Kong Sheng and produced by Li Xue.

This is an anti-war drama. I didn’t expect Kong Sheng to be able to film such a drama.

I have never heard of this play title, and the name of the screenwriter marked in the document is also very unfamiliar. I think it was sold to the company by an outside screenwriter.

Every film and television company has an email for receiving manuscripts that is open to the public. There is a special joint team in the literature department and the project department to review manuscripts from outside. One side examines the quality of the script, and the other side examines the market for the script.

Having worked with Kong Sheng on "Hope" and "Legend of Red Flame", she knows that Kong Sheng always pays attention to the quality of his scripts.

Kong Sheng took on this drama, probably because he read the script well.

It's just... "The Best Servant" is directed by Zhao Jian and produced by Ye Junzi. Note that it is an adaptation of an online novel.

"A time-travel drama?" Liu Yifei looked at the story introduction. This is a time-travel drama. After thinking about the current market situation, it seems to be quite novel?

"The novel is still being serialized, but it is very popular on the Internet. I bought the copyright in the first half of the year. Teacher Ye saw the elements that had the potential to be a hit, and then recommended it to Zhao Jian, who was preparing to collaborate with him on the adaptation." Wang Jinhua explained.

"Time travel is not possible." Chu Xuan said.

"Why." Liu Yifei looked at the description of the story.

There are two versions of the story description. The first version has a story structure that includes time travel, and there is an adaptation by Ye Junzi below, which not only removes the element of time travel, but is also very different from the first version.

"It doesn't work in this story." Chu Xuan said while reading the story description: "The original version is about the male protagonist traveling through ancient times and becoming a servant of a wealthy family. Then he cheats all the way. Not only can he fight on the battlefield, but he can also rule the country and bring peace to the world."

"It's fun to read in a novel, but to make it into a TV series would be an insult to the audience's intelligence."

"Maybe it can be viewed as a comedy, but the current market does not accept this type of comedy. It is too illogical."

"If a modern person travels back in time to ancient times and has to do so many big things, there won't be much logic."

"Yes." Wang Jinhua nodded: "Your point of view is the same as Ye Junzi's, so Ye Junzi remade the story structure."

Liu Yifei looked at the revised version of Ye Jun's side in the document. Originally, the male protagonist traveled through time and became a young prince. He became a victim of the court struggle and was abandoned by the royal family in the wild.

The little prince survived the catastrophe and was rescued in his infant state by an expert from outside the world, who taught him various aspects of knowledge including agriculture, industry, and commerce, including martial arts.

This worldly master has another identity, but the details are not specified in the document.

When the little prince grew up, he went to help a wealthy family at the request of his master.

The wealthy family was facing the dilemma of extermination. The young prince was looked down upon by his simple dress. Moreover, the head of the wealthy family was assassinated. The token held by the young prince had no one to connect with, and could not prove his identity as the disciple of an outsider.

But the little prince kept his promise. Even though he was looked down upon by others and ignored by the daughter of the head of the family who was too ambitious, he still became the servant of this family by some strange combination of circumstances and secretly helped this family solve their difficulties.

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The head of the family's daughter, who has a higher eye than anyone else, slowly fell in love with him...

The identity of the little prince was revealed...

The male and female protagonists work together to counterattack the imperial court...

"Teacher Ye still understands the market, and the structure of this story seems very exciting." Chu Xuan smiled. Just looking at the structure of the story, he discovered the core highlight.

At first everyone looked down on the male protagonist, but then he slapped him in the face with each of his abilities. Isn't this just pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger?

Although I don’t know what Ye Junzi’s overall screenwriting idea is and what the core arrangement is in such a cool drama, but just looking at the story design, as long as the actors are right and the performances are not exaggerated, he dares to say that the ratings will be there.

ensure.

What does it mean to perform without being exaggerated?

A male protagonist with this kind of slap-in-the-face attitude should not make the audience feel greasy and embarrassed, but should make the audience feel handsome. In fact, it is difficult to find such an actor, and it is also difficult to control such a performance.

Chu Xuan patted his thigh and said to Sister Hua: "Let Ren Quan play the male lead and Jiang Xin play the young lady with eyes higher than her head. This drama will be half finished."

"Yes, yes!" Liu Yifei clapped her hands and said excitedly: "Jiang Xin is really suitable to play this heroine. If she becomes arrogant, she won't take any man seriously, and she won't have anything to do with other women. That's called a

The aura is overwhelming.”

Wang Jinhua nodded slightly and said: "Jiang Xin didn't mention it. Zhao Jian mentioned Xiaoxuan, you and Ren Quan, and said that there was no sense of incompatibility between you and Ren Quan being cool, but since you didn't have time, Zhao Jian was going to find Ren Quan.

Talk about it."

She looked at the two of them and said, "As for Jiang Xin, I will mention it at the year-end meeting."

"Yes." Liu Yifei nodded repeatedly. Jiang Xin has not played a heroine yet. If she can play a heroine, she will definitely be very happy.

Chu Xuan signed and sealed the last project approval document.

When Liu Xiaoli, who was reading a magazine at the side, saw this, she also closed the magazine and said, "Is there anything else?"

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at Sister Hua. Wang Jinhua thought for a moment in silence, then shook his head and said, "No, then you should go back quickly to get ready and take a rest."

"Let's go then?" Liu Xiaoli picked up the bag.

Liu Yifei stood up and stretched, then looked out the window at the dusk.

"Jinhua, Hud, Xiao Xiao, let's go then."

"Everything goes well. I will come to Los Angeles to see you when I have time."

"Chu Xuan, Qian Qian, I wish you smooth progress in your movie."

"Aunt Liu, boss, boss lady, have a nice trip."

Liu Xiaoli stood up and put her bag on her shoulder to say goodbye. Wang Jinhua, Li Hedong and Xiao Shu stood up to see each other off.

This family has a flight tomorrow morning, and they don't have the time and conditions to see them off, and this family doesn't want them to see them off either, so they can only say goodbye here.

"Sister Hua, Sister Hed, Sister Xiao, bye." Liu Yifei walked into the elevator and turned around with Chu Xuan to wave.

"Bye, call me anytime." Wang Jinhua, Li He and Xiao Shu waved outside the door.

Seeing the elevator door slowly closing and the family disappearing from sight, they each had expectations and blessings in their hearts.

The movie starring Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei is about to start filming. It is also a new journey for them. They only hope that it will go smoothly and come back smoothly.