Entertainment: I really want to make progress

"Hui Province Taiwan, forget it this time."

Zhou Yutang considered it and said: "There is something wrong with the leadership team over there. Let's wait until the internal situation stabilizes."

Reba's "Beautiful Li Huizhen" was produced by Hua Luo Mango and Hui Province.

It is scheduled to premiere at the end of August. In the past two days, Reba has appeared on many variety shows to promote the show.

"Okay, Mr. Zhou, I'll notify those companies. When will the movie screening be specifically scheduled?"

"On the 29th, Su Xiao from Lemon Films will also come."

Jiangdong is about to hold a movie viewing party, which has become the focus of attention in the film and television industry.

Some people joked that the eighteen princes gathered in the capital.

It's not that exaggerated.

The S-class TV series produced by Koto is basically the hottest booking of the year.

In the beginning, some TV stations that were not financially strong enough came to join in the fun, but they found that they were unable to compete with the first-tier TV stations for the right to broadcast.

There are often repeated biddings, and the final price is astonishingly high, and there is no possibility of missing out.

Since then.

It has become a hunting ground for first-tier TV stations such as Modu Tomato, Mango, Suzhou, and Blue Channel.

As for the other TV stations, they can only wait for the second or third round.

Video platforms are different. iQiyi, Youku, Penguin, LeTV, and Sohu have all shown varying degrees of interest.

Among them, Sohu probably belongs to the atmosphere group. Boss Zhang has adjusted his strategic direction in recent years and made self-produced online dramas. "Diaosi Men" has already given him a taste of the benefits.

Tencent's Ma Ge is famous for his wealth, and he has been actively moving closer to Jiangdong recently.

As for LeTV’s boss Jia, he is determined to become bigger and stronger, and he is also gearing up.

After getting off the Mercedes-Benz, Su Xiao looked up at Jiangdong Building.

"Mr. Su? Producer Xu?"

Suddenly, he realized that the director of the Magic City Taiwan Film Purchase Department happened to walk into the Jiangdong gate with a few subordinates carrying briefcases.

"Director Hao, what a coincidence? Hello, hello."

They were all from the small circle in Shanghai, so they knew each other personally. It was rare to meet an old friend in the capital, so we exchanged a few words with each other immediately.

"Mr. Su is also coming to the movie viewing party?"

"Haha, I came here to discuss some business. I didn't expect to catch up with the excitement."

Su Xiao and Director Hao walked into the Jiangdong Building side by side, chatting as they walked: "A lot of people came to the movie viewing party today."

"It's just those few houses that go back and forth. They're all acquaintances."

After a slight pause, I saw a group of people from Mango Terrace at the elevator entrance.

Modu Channel and Mango Channel are both first-tier satellite TV stations, and they also have a competitive relationship.

That was the case now. The two parties greeted each other politely but distantly, and it was the man from Mango Terrace who got on the elevator first.

Get on another elevator.

The smile on Director Hao's face disappeared and he said firmly to his subordinates:

"When these two dramas are released, it is best to win them all. If necessary, you can use next year's drama purchase budget."

"..."

Su Xiao and Xu Xiaoou looked at each other.

He knew very well that Modutai was going to activate his banknote ability today.

As the economic center of the Celestial Dynasty, Magic City is also famous for its wealth.

Not long ago, on the peak night of The Voice, a 60-second advertising bidding was won by a used car platform at a sky-high price of 30 million yuan.

As far as Su Xiao knows.

Modu TV’s annual drama purchase budget starts with at least a few small goals.

On the other side, in the slowly rising elevator.

The director of the shopping film department of Mango Channel also looked very solemn:

"Don't worry about the Magic City TV station. We will carry out the original plan. The budget can be higher. We must win one of these two dramas no matter what!"

Even before the film viewing party started, there was already an undercurrent surging in private.

It seemed like a storm was brewing.

One after another, people arrived in the conference room on the seventh floor of Jiangdong.

Su Xiao took Xu Xiaoou directly to the ninth floor.

When the elevator door opened, he was slightly stunned, and he ran into the director of the film purchasing department from Jiangsu Province.

After polite pleasantries.

Lidya Su knew it in her heart.

The Eight Immortals crossed the sea, each showing his magical powers.

Legend has it that the directors of Suzhou TV Station, Zhou Ningfeng and Zhou Yutang, are so good that they wear a pair of trousers. The winner of today's film viewing party must have a place in Suzhou TV Station.

This was the first time Su Xiao came to Zhou Yutang's office and she took a sip of the tea offered by the beautiful secretary:

"I heard that Mr. Zhou is going to buy a new building."

"I'm still looking at it. I'll talk about it later when I find something suitable."

"Jiangdong's stall is so big, the ninth floor is really not big enough." Su Xiao looked at the decoration of the office and said with emotion.

"Congratulations to Mr. Su and Producer Xu."

Zhou Yutang chuckled softly and said: "The ocean is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high enough for birds to fly. From now on, I can finally make my own decisions."

Su Xiao has left Shangshi Pictures to establish her own business.

Although Shangshi Pictures is backed by Shanghai's behemoth SMG, it is constrained by the system and has many constraints. How can it be as satisfying as being the master of the company now?

Hou Hongliang two years ago and Su Xiao now are both far-sighted people.

“If we want to develop our lemon business, we cannot do without Mr. Zhou’s support.”

After chatting for a while, the topic went around and around. When the situation was almost over, Su Xiao got to the point.

The last time he heard Zhou Yutang giving advice on how to divide the drama industry at a dinner party, he went back and held several meetings within Lemon Films and finally made a decision.

Top-level projects like "The Legend of the Destiny" will be put aside first, and we will focus on urban emotions and middle-class anxiety family tracks first.

Right now, there is such an opportunity in front of us.

Zhou Yutang took the planning document handed over by Xu Xiaoou, read it carefully, and praised:

"Mr. Su, the book "Good Mr." is very well done."

While he was talking, he noticed two familiar names in the screenwriter column.

Li Xiao, Yu Miao.

This husband-and-wife team of screenwriters born in the 1980s became a blockbuster after last year's "Big Husband" starring two beautiful ladies, Li Xiaoran and Yu Feihong.

Not only did the Taiwanese network have a double hit, but it also helped Wang Zhiwen win the Magnolia Emperor Trophy.

Jiangdong Entertainment has always been determined to open up new tracks in the TV drama industry, and it has to recruit new talents.

We have previously locked onto this couple, who specialize in urban emotional themes in today's screenwriting world.

But he didn't expect that Su Xiao would get there first.

"I wonder if Mr. Zhou is interested in this project?"

Lidya Su pushed up the glasses on the bridge of her nose and asked with a smile.

Xu Xiaoou also looked a bit hopeful.

Why can Brother Big Dog take Pony Operations public?

According to industry analysis, apart from Xiao Ma's own TV series base, the relationship between Li Dagou and Zhou Yutang is of vital importance.

After boarding Jiangdong's boat, the profits from the few film projects he ran were considerable.

It was Su Xiao who led Yang Mi to get the investment from Shangshi Pictures. The cooperation has basically been reached, and the expansion of the honey business is just around the corner.

so.

What Su Xiao values ​​more than the gains and losses of a project is deepening the relationship with Zhou Yutang.

If Lemon Films can catch up with Jiangdong's line.

The benefits are self-evident.

Zhou Yutang became interested as expected, and raised his brows slightly: "What does Mr. Su want to do?"

"Our two families operate together. Jiangdong's production experience in the field of TV series has a lot to learn from Lemon Films."

"Don't take it seriously. We can communicate more in the future."

Zhou Yutang put down the script.

The slight smile on the corner of his mouth basically sealed this cooperation.

How could he not know Su Xiao's purpose?

But this cooperation is also good for Jiangdong Entertainment.

In the second half of the year, Jiangdong Entertainment's main focus will definitely be on the drama "The Lonely and Brilliant God", and "My Dangerous Wife" at Fog Theater will also be prepared.

The script of "Mr. Nice" is of high quality, and is controlled by Lemon Films, with Jiangdong following up and participating in investment.

No surprises.

With Su Xiao's connections, there will definitely be Tomato Station from the Magic City to take over when the time comes. It's like carrying a sack to pick up money.

Why not?

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the Chinese film and television industry, Su Xiaoye is indeed a character.

Communicating with smart people is so relaxing and enjoyable.

"About the project, Mr. Su can contact Mr. Jiang later."

After receiving a call from Ni Ni, Zhou Yutang stood up and invited: "Mr. Su, Producer Xu, why don't we go and see the post-production together?"

"It's what I asked for."

Lidya Su happily responded.

Xu Xiaoou also smiled softly: "I've heard that Vision Media's quality is the only one in the country. Today is just an eye-opener."

After that, follow Zhou Yutang down to Vision Media.

Except for the post-production of the third season of "Celebrating More Than Years" which is coming to an end.

There are also "Detective Chinatown" that has just been completed, and the later stage of "Xiu Chun Dao 2" by Lu Yang, another hot young director from Jiangdong.

Several teams in Jiangdong were busy running around.

After looking around, it was almost time for dinner, so Zhou Yutang left the two of them to have a light meal together in Jiangdong Canteen.

In the afternoon, she was still at Vision Media. Su Xiao watched Zhou Yutang do editing work and answered several phone calls during the period.

On the other hand, Xu Xiaoou asked curiously:

"Mr. Zhou, don't you want to go to the movie?"

"If you go there too early, you'll just listen to their nonsense."

Zhou Yutang glanced at his watch, smiled calmly and said: "The time is much different now, let's go and take a look."

The final transaction price involved in each of Jiangdong's TV series is an astonishing figure.

The film purchasing departments of various TV stations will not make decisions just by scratching their heads.

During this period, there is still communication and pulling.

Zhou Yutang asked Jiang Xuerou to host and wait until the discussion was almost complete before going.

"Mr. Zhou."

"Mr. Zhou, you are here."

Following Zhou Yutang into the large conference room, Su Xiao discovered that there were not only TV stations such as Modu and Mango.

There are also people from video platforms such as Penguin, iQiyi, Youku, Sohu, and LeTV.

There were hundreds of people sitting in the entire large conference room.

Everyone's attention was on the "Nirvana in Fire" clip playing on the big screen.

Accompanied by murmurs of discussion.

Su Xiao smiled at Hou Hongliang, who was sitting opposite him.

He had already heard that Hou Hongliang visited Jiangdong three times and asked Zhou Yutang to star in this script. Later, the schedule could not be coordinated, and the cake fell into the hands of Hu Ge, the first brother of the Tang Dynasty.

Now it seems that Fu Huadao, jointly produced by Jiangdong and Zhongwu, is definitely at the top level in the industry.

"No wonder Jiang Dong gave this drama an S-level position."

“It’s a cool story about Machiavellian ancient costumes, a little bit adventurous.”

"The quality is good, but the quality of "The Ming Dynasty" is not bad either. The final ratings are worrying."

"Director, this show is worth a try."

""Flower Thousand Bones" used too much of the budget, so I need to apply to the station!"

At this time, the huge conference room could not be said to be quiet.

Someone is communicating with the drama review experts around them to evaluate and analyze the market prospects after the broadcast.

Some people have smiles on their faces that are determined to win.

There are also people who are like ants on a hot pot, lowering their voices and eagerly reporting to the TV station headquarters to apply for a budget...

Looking at this hot crowd.

Zhou Yutang nodded slightly, and then listened to Jiang Xueluan's report on the "Flower Journey" that had been settled, and he was even more satisfied.

Puff!

Xu Xiaoou, the charming and charming producer next to Su Xiao, was drinking water.

Hearing the amazing number, his hand trembled and the water fell on his thigh.

"The first episode of "Flower Journey" sold for 4.3 million?"

"165 million for the network broadcast rights!?"

After taking the tissue handed over by Ni Ni and thanking her, Xu Xiaoou wiped his thigh and calculated quickly in his mind.

There are 58 episodes in total. According to this price per episode, the first round alone sold 249 million, plus the income from the network broadcast rights.

You know.

Previously, Jiangdong announced that the investment cost of "Flower Journey" was only about 100 million.

In other words, the TV series has not even started, and it has achieved a profit of about 300 million.

There will be a second round of broadcast rights to sell later.

This is not the bomb project that Zhou Yutang personally participated in.

The final winner of "The Journey of Flower" was Jiangsu Province and Mango TV, which was shocking enough. The current "Nirvana in Fire" was also snapped up.

The price rose from two million to three million and eight hundred thousand, and the momentum has not stopped.

Hou Hongliang, who was sitting opposite, was so excited that his face turned red and his shirt collar was unbuttoned twice.

Su Xiao also pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and his throat moved.

I can only say that it was amazing.

He had sold dramas before when he led Shangshi Films, but where had he seen such a gunpowder-filled scene?

The usually high-handed TV masters rolled up their sleeves one by one, and some even slapped the table, losing their manners.

Looking at Zhou Yutang again, he seemed to be calm and was talking to Ni Ni.

"Four million!"

When the head of the film purchasing department of Zhejiang Blue TV shouted out this price with great momentum.

Most people in the conference room took a deep breath.

How can this damn Blueberry TV be so rich?

"Four million and two hundred thousand."

The person in charge of the film purchasing department of Su Province TV whispered to the people around him with a serious expression and quoted an exaggerated price.

"Four million and three hundred thousand!"

"..."

This is not over yet, even Su Xiao can't keep calm now.

After feeling the thrilling bidding process, the price was finally locked at 4.5 million per episode, which was jointly purchased by Su Province TV and Shanghai TV.

The 5-year exclusive information network transmission rights were sold for 135 million, shared by Bilibili and Tencent Video.

"It's getting late, today's film viewing meeting ends here, and we will talk about other things tomorrow, and there is also a specific contract signing."

Jiang Xueruo smiled very brightly: "Mr. Zhou has arranged a hotel tonight, please be sure to come."

The three major TV stations all made gains, among which Su Province TV won the first broadcast rights of two TV series in succession, which can be said to be the biggest winner.

Many TV station film purchasing managers who gave up early were both sighing and helpless.

At present, apart from CCTV, the first-tier TV stations have already set up a pattern.

Mango TV has a strong foundation, and Shanghai Tomato TV and Jiangsu TV have made a lot of money by relying on the ace variety shows produced by Zhou Yutang.

Then continue to transfuse blood and feedback to TV series, plus the personal relationship with Zhou Yutang, the snowball is getting bigger and bigger.

Capital era.

If you have money, you can do whatever you want.

However, the heads of the film purchasing departments of these TV stations still have hope.

Now the implementation of one drama and two stars has begun, that is, a TV series can be broadcast on two satellite TV stations at most.

But there are policies above and countermeasures below.

There are capable people on the satellite TV side who gave an idea.

Create a 1.5 round follow-up broadcast.

It means that when the first TV station is halfway through the broadcast, the third TV station will follow up and broadcast.

In this way.

It can not only take advantage of the first round of momentum, but also be much higher than the second round of popularity, which can be said to be very cost-effective.

Today, the big brother eats meat, and tomorrow everyone will go shopping for 1.5 rounds and follow the rhythm of drinking soup.

Su Xiao and Xu Xiaoou looked at each other and could see the shock in each other's eyes.

That night, when the wine was flowing.

An insider had already released the real-time news of Jiangdong's film viewing.

The entire TV drama circle was shocked.

The total price of the two S-level dramas was 700 million.

"After deducting the production costs and taxes, Jiangdong will make at least 300 million this time."

"Tsk tsk, this does not include the next two or three rounds."

"Zhou Yutang made a lot of money again."

"The ceiling of the TV drama circle, Jiangdong Entertainment's brand effect is too strong, only Zhou Yutang has this premium privilege."

"And Zhou Yutang's "Celebrating Yu Nian 3" has not been released yet, and the price will be even more terrifying at that time."

The film and television companies in the industry are so envious that they have nothing to say.

They all stared at Jiangdong Entertainment with an almost admiring attitude.

At the same time, the media squatting under the Jiangdong building also got first-hand news about the first day of the film viewing.

News is about timeliness. That evening, relevant news was posted on the websites of various entertainment portals:

"Real-time report of Jiangdong Entertainment's film screening, "The Journey of Flower" finally landed on Mango TV and Jiangsu TV!"

"The first broadcast rights of the ancient costume political drama "Nirvana in Fire" jointly produced by Jiangdong Entertainment and Noon Sunshine were jointly purchased by Jiangsu TV and Shanghai TV!"

"Bilibili has locked in the online broadcast rights of two S-level dramas in advance, and iQiyi and Penguin have followed up!"

"The post-production of Jiangdong's S+ drama "Celebrating Yu Nian 3" is close to completion, and it may be filmed at a record-breaking price in the drama circle!"

"Jiangdong Entertainment, Jiangsu TV, and Shanghai TV announced the release date on their official Weibo accounts at the same time: "Nirvana in Fire" will be released on the small screen in late September, so stay tuned!"

With a whoosh, Weibo and major online forums seemed to have been bombed!

It exploded!

All the TV series and movies produced by Jiangdong Entertainment are excellent.

When these two dramas were launched, many netizens had already paid attention to them.

After a brief discussion, Jiangsu TV and Shanghai TV decided to shorten the promotion period and directly release "Nirvana in Fire" to lock in the National Day schedule.

Zhou Yutang was not surprised by the result of the decision made by both parties.

Don't be fooled by the rumors in the industry that Jiangdong Entertainment made a lot of money at the film viewing meeting today. In fact, the TV station is much richer than everyone thinks.

For Jiangsu TV and Shanghai TV, "Nirvana in Fire" is just an appetizer. In fact, "Celebrating Yu Nian 3" is the hidden annual drama king.

The first day box office of "The Sun Shines" is out, 42.69 million.

Successfully took over the domestic box office crown from "Go Away, Tumor King".

Bona's "Bride Wars" was not of good quality. After only collecting nearly 100 million on the Qixi Festival, the box office fell to 21.92 million on the second day.

Less than a week after its release, the single-day box office has quickly dropped to 2 million, and it is destined not to complete the release period.

Film and television professionals in the industry were all dumbfounded.

It was at this time that the omnipotent Terminator returned again after 30 years.

"I will be back!"

This classic line from the "Terminator" series of movies is enough to make countless fans willing to pay for it.

The pattern of the Chinese film market was also broken by this "Terminator: Genisys".

The first day of the box office collection was 170 million, and the strong performance even beat a series of domestic films such as "Go Away, Tumor King", "The Burning Sun", and "Bride Wars".

Even the "Assassin Nie Yinniang" by the great director Hou Xiaoxian from Taiwan, which was just released, was beaten badly.

The first day only closed at 10.94 million, and the first week box office was 39.36 million.

Compared with the cost of 8 years, 440,000 feet of film, and nearly 100 million yuan of investment, this movie is undoubtedly a blood loss.

The online comments are also polarized, those who love it are full of praise, and those who hate it call it boring.

After the screening, Zhou Yutang continued to do the post-production of "Detective Chinatown".

In addition to work, he did not forget to exercise, and the health-preserving methods passed down by the old swordsman should not be left behind.

Sweating in the gym, listening to film and television news with wireless Bluetooth headphones.

At the end of the summer season, there is also a "Time Thieves" co-produced by Huayi Company and the great director Zhang Wanting to be released at the same time.

The actor cast of Tang Wei, Liu Qingyun, Qin Hailu, and Jing Boran has traffic and acting skills.

The story is even adapted from the real experience of Jackie Chan's parents, and the gimmick is full.

However, after the movie was released, the box office performance was not satisfactory.

Mr. Wang stared at the first day box office anxiously and discovered a new world:

"At 7 o'clock in the morning, the box office of "A Tale of Three Cities" was still 6.27 million. At 23 o'clock in the evening, the box office did not increase but dropped to 4.37 million, and nearly 2 million box office evaporated!"

Wang Zhonglei posted two screenshots of the movie box office of "A Tale of Three Cities" in the morning and evening on Weibo, implying that the box office was stolen.

It is not uncommon to steal the box office. This is a routine left by the gang in the Hong Kong circle.

Not long ago, the boss of An Lejiang gave everyone a good lesson.

Mr. Xiao Wang's angry shouting did not bring the movie "A Tale of Three Cities" back to life. The box office of just over 9 million in the first week was destined to not last the entire release period.

"The Sun Burns My Heart" was released for four days, and the first week box office closed at 128 million.

It is not a big hit in any way, but the reputation of the movie is here, and the trend is extremely stable.

Previously, most of the self-media’s arguments were mocking and ironic about the three yellow eggs at the Shanghai Film Festival, but when the movie was released, the reputation was completely reversed.

“Amazing, such a movie is a bit too explicit!”

“A very exciting movie, highly recommended.”

“The Grand Commander’s connections are so strong? The explicitness of this movie can even pass the review!?”

“Haha, this is Mr. Guang’s comeback.”

The audience’s eyes are sharp after all.

“The Burning Sun” danced in shackles, and its box office was inferior to “Go Away Tumor” which crossed the 450 million threshold, but it has also recovered its costs.

It’s just a matter of how much money you make.

Zhou Shufang is very efficient, and within two days, there was news: “Mr. Zhou, Wu Yuze has reached an agreement, and as for Jiang Qiming, there is also an intention to sign a contract, but there is a condition.”

“What condition?”

Zhou Yutang was a little curious.