Shenhao who plays around the world

Chapter 157 The most conscientious platform in history

Like a rabbit, Du Qingying jumped out of Lin Shen's arms and ran upstairs.

Lin Shen smiled softly and continued to roll the iron.

The New Year's Eve dinner was also very sumptuous.

Lin Shen took charge personally, with Du Jie and Yang Shan helping out.

The Spring Festival Gala was as dull as ever, and few young people watched the Spring Festival Gala, just watching the excitement.

However, the most lively part of the Spring Festival Gala is the battle between Internet giants.

This year Douyin is throwing money away, and next year Kuaishou is throwing money away, turning the Spring Festival Gala into the main battlefield of a money-burning war.

At the moment, Lin Shen can only watch the fun.

Shen Han was in a special situation and went to bed early.

Lin Shen and the four of them watched TV for a while and took an early rest.

Du Qingying watched Lin Shen accompany her sister back to the room, and curled her lips.

After New Year's Eve, their family didn't know anyone in Guangzhou, so naturally they had no relatives to leave.

Watching movies, shopping for clothes, and spending this Spring Festival without any sense of Chinese New Year in an ordinary way.

But not everyone is idle. Jiang Ye and Lou Jian are also busy editing the two dramas they filmed.

As for the soundtrack, the system already provides a full set of OST songs.

Lin Shen only needs to invite the original singer.

Among them, the theme song "This Life Is Not Ended" composed by Yuci Xiaowu was sung by Zhao Xiaoke.

In terms of editing, Lin Shen also asked Zhong Xia not to skimp on costs.

Zhong Xia directly approached Zhang Weili, who had previously served as the editing director for "The Future" and "Private Customization".

It's expensive, 50,000 per episode.

But the level is really high.

For a 36-integrated film, the editing fee alone reached 1.8 million.

For ordinary TV series, the editors they hire are only for 10,000 episodes, so their quality cannot be compared with Zhang Weili's.

The finished film cut by Zhang Weili fully met the requirements of Lou Jian and Jiang Ye.

Trailer editing is also an expensive place.

The quote for a good editor is between 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, or even more than 100,000 yuan.

Moreover, they charge based on one edition.

Zhong Xia worked hard for perfection and edited seven or eight versions, but hundreds of thousands more were lost.

Throughout the Spring Festival, Zhang Weili basically had no rest.

Fortunately, the plot of Yuci Xiaowu is not that complicated. Once the ideas are straightened out, the editing is very fast.

But chasing the murderer in the white night is different. The plot is so exciting that Zhang Weili is also very happy to see it.

It happened that Jiang Ye was also a workaholic, and the two often had arguments over editing. Fortunately, the final edited film made both of them feel relieved.

"Director Jiang, I bet that the score of White Night Chaser will definitely exceed 9 points!"

Zhang Weili edited the film, so he naturally knows the quality of this online drama.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is definitely the best work in recent years!

Jiang Ye smiled and said, "I hope it's thanks to your hard work this time."

"That's right. That's what I earn. Being able to edit these two works will give me bragging rights in the future. Next time you have such an excellent film, ask me to give you a discount."

Zhang Weili said this from the bottom of his heart.

As an editor, you naturally want to have as many excellent works as possible, so that you can quote a high price.

"Haha, definitely."

Jiang Ye and Zhang Weili said goodbye and immediately returned to the company.

First, I met with Song Kun, who is in charge of Lemon Films, and learned that the video app has made great progress and is ready to be launched initially.

Transfer the edited film to the Lemon Film and Television App database.

In terms of clarity, it's pretty good.

The bandwidth is also very stable and viewing is very smooth.

Jiang Ye was greatly surprised, "Mr. Song, your development speed here is very fast!"

"Thanks to Director Lin, we have a technical master here, it's hard not to think fast."

Song Kun looked proud and said with some pride.

"oh?"

Jiang Ye was very interested: "How to say?"

"Originally, the progress of our development here has not been very optimistic, but during the Spring Festival, Director Lin arranged for a technical expert to come over, which greatly improved our R&D progress."

Song Kun laughed and said: "If there is no problem with Director Jiang, we will test it a few more times and then we can start announcing it."

"Okay, I'll leave the publicity issue to Mr. Song and Mr. Zhong. I still have a few dramas waiting to be filmed."

Jiang Ye smiled helplessly.

"Haha, those who are capable should work harder. Who made Director Jiang so respected by our Director Lin?"

Song Kun smiled and praised a few words.

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore and go home to be with my wife first."

Jiang Ye waved his hand and left Song Kun's office.

Song Kun walked all the way to the door before returning to the company's technical department. Seeing the technical department in full swing, he couldn't help but smile with relief.

At present, in the Internet winter, many major companies have laid off employees and cut off their arms to survive, trying to survive this difficult period.

Especially older employees aged 35+ are among the hardest hit areas for layoffs.

Lemon Films recruits people with little effort.

As long as the salary is relatively reasonable, don't accept too many resumes.

"Yao Gong."

"Mr. Song?"

Yao Xin was giving instructions to a few of his men when he heard Song Kun calling him, so he walked over.

"Director Jiang came here just now and is very satisfied with the video app we developed. Your technical department has worked hard during this period."

"As it should be, they all work for the boss."

Yao Xin pushed the eye sockets on the bridge of his nose, looking a bit ordinary.

But his ability in computer programming is so strong that all the veterans in the company are extremely convinced.

Yao Xin's top-level programming skills are enough to qualify for the CTO position in any Internet company, and he can easily get an annual salary of tens of millions and considerable options.

In the system rating, Yao Xin is a priceless perfect talent!

In any company, or even in a country, they are strategic talents.

From the research and development progress, Song Kunguang can feel the amazing changes after Yao Xin joined.

Not an exaggeration.

After Yao Xin joined the company, the original development progress changed from a jog to a 100-meter sprint.

Whenever there is an insurmountable difficulty, Yao Xin can immediately provide a solution with a few glances.

With such a great person in charge, no one in the technical department will be dissatisfied.

Even though Yao Xin is young, he is only 26 years old, but in terms of ability, he is already miles ahead of them.

Even many people in the technical department are curious.

Yao Xin's ability will be paid special attention to even if he goes to Goose Factory or Warwick.

How could a small company like Lemon Film and Television have a talent like Yao Xin?

Every time someone asked, Yao Xin just smiled.

His belief in Lin Shen was extremely fanatical.

…

After the Spring Festival.

Lou Jian is confident in his own work, and it will not be a big problem to pass the review of the three Aiyouteng companies.

In terms of investment, the 60 million given to Xiao Zuo by the emperor is not too small.

A rating that is too high may not be achieved.

But giving a purchase price for an A-level work shouldn’t be excessive, right?

But a phone call from Zhongxia made Lou Jian dumbfounded.

"Mr. Zhong, you said you want to broadcast "Yu Ci Xiao Wu Zuo" on your self-built platform?"

"Yes, I will tell Director Lou in advance that follow-up publicity and interviews will require Director Lou's cooperation."

Zhong Xia's voice was very calm, and it was obvious that he was not planning for a day or two.

Lou Jian: "..."

It is not uncommon for self-built platforms to broadcast this kind of thing.

The effect...

You don’t need to think about it to know.

If the producers want to make money, they will basically just release two episodes for free for users to watch, and then have to pay to unlock each subsequent episode.

But the problem is that with this model, the cost of watching an online drama is almost as much as the annual membership of Aiyouteng, which is not cost-effective at all.

Lou Jian's throat was a little dry and he couldn't help but persuade: "Mr. Zhong, why don't you think about it again?"

Although Zhong Xia's voice was soft, he was extremely firm, "Director Lou, we have also carefully considered this. The development of the video app has been going on for half a year. You can rest assured that your hard work will never be in vain."

"Then... okay, if you need my cooperation if you need anything, just let me know."

Lou Jian sighed helplessly.

After all, he is just a director.

As a project solely invested by Forest Films, it can naturally be broadcast wherever you want.

For Zhong Xia to inform him specifically, it was considered a sign of respect for him.

Otherwise, if you don't find out until it's aired, it's just a slap in the face.

…

On Weibo, a hot search for "Yu Ci Xiao Wu Zuo" quickly appeared.

Many netizens are not surprised by the hot search.

But there will definitely be netizens who will come in out of curiosity.

As a result, when I came in, I saw a trailer for a web drama.

From the soundtrack to the editing, it doesn't look like a bad drama at all.

Zhao Xiaoke's singing skills are not outstanding, but due to the superb skills of the tuner, he is still very ear-catching.

After all, it is a masterpiece that once scored 8 points. Many netizens were quickly attracted to this drama.

"Damn, this drama is great. I wonder where I can watch it?"

"Pay attention to the official V, it doesn't seem to be Aiyouteng."

"What did the investors of this drama think that they built their own app to play it?"

"It's a show, but a drama costs dozens of yuan, so I can't bear it."

"It's just a drama. If you add some money and get an annual membership, wouldn't it be great?"

Zhong Xia read these comments one by one.

This version of the trailer has already attracted the attention of some netizens.

Next, every two days, Zhongxia will have someone upload a trailer.

The three concepts of logic are online, the pace is fast, and the details can withstand scrutiny.

Seven consecutive trailers have been aired, which has already caused quite a stir.

The official V made by Yuci Xiaowu has gained hundreds of thousands of fans, which shows how excellent the quality of these trailers is.

It's definitely worth the money!

With Boss Lin as his backing, Zhong Xia was not too stingy in terms of publicity.

When it’s time to buy hot search, buy hot search, Huang Mengying also cooperated and bought two hot searches.

Although it is not very high-profile, it still has a lot of exposure.

In addition, Huang Mengying used favors and asked several colleagues from Jiaxing to help promote it.

On the day it was broadcast, "Yu Ci Xiaowu Zuo" surprisingly climbed to the top ten of the hot search list.

Among them, the forwarding and publicity of top actresses Yang Mi and Reba played a big role.

With the popularity, the number of downloads of Lemon Movies has also increased.

Many viewers clicked in and unexpectedly discovered that this video app is not too low-end.

The lemon logo is cute and cartoony, the video interface is also very refreshing, and the picture quality is very clear.

It's just that the film and television library is very shabby, with only one drama like "Yu Ci Xiao Wu Zuo".

Generally speaking, this kind of self-built app that promotes movies and TV series allows people to watch at most two episodes for free, and then you need to pay to unlock them.

It is common to spend seventy or eighty yuan to watch a drama.

But "Yu Ci Xiao Wu Zuo" does not follow the routine at all.

As long as you become a registered user, everyone can watch 10 episodes for free.

Moreover, I didn’t see any membership activation function at all.

Just... very strange!

Isn’t this an opportunity for everyone to have sex for free?

Free is always the biggest advantage.

The same is true in video apps.

For a time, many netizens heard about it and came here.

The number of downloads of Lemon videos has also increased rapidly, visible to the naked eye.

It only took one afternoon to reach one million registered users.

Netizens who have watched the first ten episodes are completely impressed by the quality of this drama.

"Damn it, it's gone now?"

"That's right. I haven't had enough of it yet. Where can I open the membership? I can't wait to unlock it."

"Ah ah ah, my little koi just appeared and disappeared!"

"So handsome. I think Xiao Jinli is much more handsome than Xiao Jinyu."

"I feel like this drama is going to be a hit. The plot is really online. I have been disgusted by stupid dramas recently. I need this kind of drama to change my mind."

…

Thanks to the spontaneous benefits of netizens, Yuci Xiaowu's work has climbed onto Weibo's hot search list for the first time without any marketing.

The label of a low-cost drama has also been labeled by many netizens as "The Imperial Gift of a Little Dude".

After all, the cost is only 60 million, which is not even a fraction compared to fairy tale dramas that often cost hundreds of millions to produce.

Even with such a small cost, the quality of this drama is surprisingly high, causing many netizens to turn into tap water and go around doing things for Yuci Xiaowu.

These days, the three major video platforms only allow ordinary users to watch the first two episodes for free, and they need to become members to unlock the remaining episodes.

Downloading an app doesn’t cost anything, it’s just some traffic.

Zhong Xia discussed with Song Kun and decided to use the royal gift of a widow as bait to attract a group of netizens to register and build a reputation first.

The investment is only 60 million, so even if they lose money, it is within their tolerance.

A well-produced drama that is broadcast for free naturally makes a large number of netizens happy to support it.

Moreover, Zhong Xia is also very generous and directly updates ten episodes in one go, allowing many netizens to catch up.

As for the subsequent plot, it will naturally be updated slowly.

There are only 36 episodes in total, and the remaining 26 episodes can be completed in 13 days at the rate of 2 episodes per day.

Taking advantage of the popularity brought by the popularity of "Yu Ci Xiao Wu Zuo".

Zhong Xia took advantage of the situation and began to publish "White Night Chase".

Compared to the former, Zhong Xia has high hopes for "White Night".

And the trailer of "White Night" was released, which directly scratched the itch of suspense drama lovers.

As one of the few masterpieces with a score of 9 or above in recent years, the quality of "White Night" is the best publicity.

Zhongxia deliberately did not do too much marketing, just to let fans of the drama spontaneously promote it, so as to increase their sense of accomplishment, which is better than spending money to buy hot searches.

Not surprisingly, the trailer of "White Night" has captured the hearts of many netizens.

Jiang Ye, who is at the top level in the directing world, took action and added the original cast members to directly improve the drama based on the original play.

"White Night" has a total of 32 episodes. The first 4 episodes are free and the next 28 episodes. VIP users can watch 2 episodes per day, while non-VIP users can only watch 1 episode per day.

If you don't mind the slowness, you can wait until the broadcast is finished.

But the problem is that after watching the first 4 free episodes, many people are attracted to it.

The movie-level picture quality, the actors' acting skills are also explosive, and the tense and exciting atmosphere makes people want to stop watching.

An online drama, it feels like it was made into a movie-level blockbuster by Jiang Ye.

As for paid membership, it is also very cheap.

Monthly membership, 10 yuan.

There is and only this one.

Spend 10 yuan and finish watching a magical drama.

For most people, it's definitely worth it.

The quality of two web dramas in succession has been rated above eight by a certain category.

In particular, "White Night" has been rated as high as 9.5 or even 9.8 by many netizens.

Even "The Imperial Gift of Xiaowu" scored 8.5 points, which is a very high score!

The quality of a drama is good, perhaps by chance.

But both dramas are popular, which is definitely their strength.

Aiyouteng and other three companies also paid attention to Lemon Film and Television.

Of course, they will not regard Lemon Films as their opponents.

On the contrary, they offered quite attractive conditions to Forest Pictures, hoping to recruit Lemon Films to produce films and TV series for them.

These days, the three major platforms all have many studios under their control.

Some are responsible for web dramas, and some are responsible for variety shows.

Although the conditions were quite tempting, Zhong Xia refused them all without even thinking.

Lin Shen is not short of money at all.

Lin Shen earned more than 700 million just by converting money into Australian dollars during the Chinese New Year period.

Today, Forest Pictures has 500 million on its books.

In terms of cash flow alone, Lin Shen may not be much worse than those three companies.

(End of chapter)