Who are you calling powerful?

The negotiation of "Celebrating More Than Years" was much more complicated and lengthy than the outside world imagined.

After all, it is the most concerned project in the industry, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and it's just a matter of nonsense.

From the beginning of the "Celebrating More Than Years" project, TV stations have come to contact them. When the preliminary script review is completed and the actors are ready to start filming, many platforms will start to quote.

After that, there will be a series of various negotiations. Those who do not have enough capital and cannot meet the conditions are basically out of the game, and the last ones are all potential buyers.

Not long ago, the first edition of "Celebrating More Than Years" was officially reviewed, which means it can be broadcast at any time.

This war of buying dramas has completely heated up!

Magic City, a certain restaurant

"Gutai, Director Liu, walk slowly."

Xia Cong, the general manager of Blue Whale and the negotiating director of "Celebrating More Than Years", personally sent the two middle-aged men to the car, rubbed his face, and let the cold outside wake him up.

Standing next to him was a thin middle-aged man. It was Xiao Jiu, director of Blue Whale's film and television department, and Xia Cong's deputy in this negotiation.

"Old Xiao, you cooperated well just now."

"Where, I'm just a striker, the key depends on you."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, I won the project, and I will give you credit."

"Thank you, Mr. Xia. I see that the basics of several companies are almost ready. Do you want to call everyone for a meeting?"

"Well, call someone, I'll contact the boss."

"OK."

That night, in the Blue Whale meeting room, all the responsible persons and high-level officials came together. Wei Yang did not come to the scene, but he participated in the meeting by video call.

When everyone arrived, Lao Xia presided over the meeting, and then Xiao was in charge of introducing the situation.

With the rapid development of Blue Whale Company in the past two years, the number of employees in the company is also growing

From the 60 people that Wei Yang had just taken over at the beginning, the number has now doubled several times, and the internal department structure and senior and senior leaders have also been adjusted, or merged, or eliminated, or promoted, or demoted, or left.

It was during this period that Xiao was promoted to the director of the film and television department. His predecessor was ineffective and "broke up" with the company.

The film and television department is the director of the largest department of Blue Whale. He is vaguely regarded as the third in command of the company. He was dismissed as soon as he said it was withdrawn. At that time, the entire company was shocked, and it was even reported by the outside media.

It doesn't matter how the outside world and employees discuss it, but all the top management are aware of Boss Wei's courage.

In addition to Wei Yang himself, the entire Blue Whale may not even have a secure position as Xia Cong, the second-in-law general manager.

The project "Celebrating More Than Years" is the most important project that Xiao has handled since he became the director, so the pressure is still very high.

If this went wrong, his fate might not be as good as that of the previous director.

Although Boss Wei was ruthless, he was still nostalgic. The former director was an old man of the company and had made meritorious service, so he didn't think about letting him go, but gave him a idle job.

When the latter chose to leave, the resignation package he gave was also very generous, and the background was very decent, and he also helped introduce other companies.

Xiao doesn't have the qualifications and credits of his predecessor, and the project "Celebrating More Than Years" is the top priority. If he doesn't do it well, he may be fired directly.

However, with pressure often comes opportunity!

The company has been rumored internally that after the move next year, the company will undergo a certain degree of reorganization.

For example, Boss Wei felt that the film and television department was a bit too bloated, so he planned to split the film and television department into two and reorganize it into a TV drama department and a film department when entering the film market.

At the same time, Blue Whale has been the boss of Wei and the second of Xia all these years, and then the heads of various departments and projects report to them.

But this model was fine at the beginning, but as the Blue Whale continued to grow, there were more and more department and project leaders, and it was a bit difficult to manage with the two of them.

Therefore, Blue Whale has always had the idea of ​​promoting several vice presidents, each responsible for multiple departments or projects, to share the management pressure of Wei and Xia.

The film and television department has a special status. In theory, there should be only Xiao as the vice president, but his qualifications are slightly less senior, so it's hard to say whether he can be promoted.

Therefore, the project "Celebrating More Than Years" is very critical. It has made great contributions, and it is sure to have a role in the upper ranks, and even ranks extremely high.

Although the company's specific articles of association have not been disclosed, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the vice president's authority is extremely high, and he can even be said to be a giant of the company.

If you get promoted, you will definitely get a salary increase and bonus, and maybe there will be equity or dividend rewards.

These high-level executives know how much money Blue Whale makes. Even if there is only 1% or even 1‰ of shares or dividend incentives, it is enough to make people excited. If Boss Wei considers going public in the future, he will be full of enthusiasm.

The more Xiao thought about it, the more enthusiastic he was, and the voice of the report became more and more passionate, but Wei Yang and many high-level executives did not notice his strangeness.

In other words, they didn't care about Director Xiao's thoughts at all, and devoted themselves to what he said.

"Celebrating More Than Years" has been negotiated up to now, and the prices offered by each company are basically close to the bottom line, which is full of sincerity.

The old friend Modu TV bid 150 million for the exclusive premiere, and decided to pay the full amount in one lump sum.

More importantly, it came up with a purchase plan for the next two parts of "Celebrating More Than Years". Under the premise of ensuring the completion of certain conditions, the purchase prices of the last two parts will increase step by step, with prices of 170 million and 200 million respectively.

If Blue Whale fulfills its conditions, the trilogy will accrue 520 million yuan and pay off in full.

"What are the conditions?"

There was a high-level inquiry, Xiao took out the folder and looked at it: "Probably some guarantee of advertising revenue and ratings. We have calculated that the difficulty is not too difficult, and the sincerity is still very good."

It sounds like a VAM treaty, but it doesn't reach that level at all.

VS betting is generally very demanding, and it is desperate to squeeze you, but these conditions of Modutai are more like additional terms to guarantee a lower limit.

After all, the initiative lies with the Blue Whale, and the conditions set by Modutai cannot be too harsh, otherwise the Blue Whale is not sure of completing it, and the follow-up contract will be equivalent to waste paper.

It can be seen that Modutai, which has tasted the sweetness many times in the past two years, trusts Wei Yang very much, and spends all its money.

The general conditions were circulated in the conference room. Some people frowned slightly, some were confident, but there were not many objections.

Wei Yang had read the email a long time ago, and seeing that everyone had counted, he asked Xiao to introduce the next one.

The next one is also an old friend, Hunan Satellite TV. The condition is that it will be an exclusive first broadcast, and 320 million will be directly packaged with the "Celebrating More Than Years" trilogy and paid in one lump sum.

Note that the trilogy is packaged at one time without any additional conditions.

That is to say, no matter what the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years" did, the money for the last two Hunan Satellite TVs will be spent together. As long as Wei Yang can deliver two more dramas, no matter how bad the filming is, they will accept it.

In fact, this routine is very badass, because they believe in Wei Yang's lower limit, and they also know that Boss Wei can't smash his own brand, let alone make a deliberately bad show to offend them.

So this condition seems to be generous, but in fact it is just that, so Hunan Province and Taiwan have other conditions.

That is to transfer 20% of the advertising revenue related to "Celebrating More Than Years" and a lot of other cooperation!

Hunan Provincial Satellite TV is the No. 1 local satellite TV, and its advertising revenue is also the highest. Even if it is 20%, it is not a small amount.

And other related resources such as variety shows, film and television advertisements are also highly valued by Blue Whale.

Not only does it generate direct and indirect benefits, but it also helps the company's development in all aspects. In many cases, the company's spending money does not have this effect.

Hunan Province Taiwan had already used this trick to seduce Wei Yang before, but this time it was more sincere, and the quantity and quality of the resources it provided were even better.

This is also the reason why it is only 200 million less than Modutai's bid, but it is ranked second. Even if Modutai is the most stable partner of Blue Whale, Hunan Provincial Taiwan's conditions should be placed first.

Anyone with a long-term vision knows that some resources are more valuable than real money.

Seeing that the meeting place was a little silent, Wei Yang didn't say anything, so Xiao went on to report to the next family, which was also an old acquaintance.

Jiangsu Province and Taiwan cooperated with Zhejiang Province, which is next door, to bid 160 million yuan for the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years", all in one go.

Although the price is slightly high, it is quite satisfactory compared to the first two, so it ranks third.

In addition, there is another one, the four satellite TVs headed by Beijing and Jinmen, who bid 180 million yuan, the highest price, but the payment terms are according to the normal process.

Considering that these satellite TVs have no obvious bad deeds, and there are 20-30 million more, they still entered the finals, but they ranked last.

However, all the high-level executives present knew Wei Yang. When the other companies chose to pay the full amount in one lump sum and other high-quality conditions were met, the probability of the four satellite TV companies being eliminated was extremely high.

Sure enough, after Xiao finished reporting and reached the last four platforms, Wei Yang didn't think about it at all, and directly passed the four satellite TVs.

After chatting with several high-level officials, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang companies were quickly eliminated.

The rest is very simple, choose between Shanghai and Hunan Province, money or resources?

However, because of this, there were obvious differences among the high-level officials at the scene, and there were even quarrels.

"520 million, everyone has seen the sincerity of Modutai. We have cooperated many times over the years, and we still have to talk about friendship."

"In business, business is all about friendship, so what money do you make?"

"Friendship aside, who can guarantee that Hunan Satellite TV will keep its promise, what if it backtracks? This is 200 million."

"The contract is written in black and white, and the latter two are in our hands, so we can take the initiative."

"That's right, and we not only have "Celebrating More Than Years", but also other projects. They have no reason to be hostile to us. This is a rare opportunity. Now that the Xiang Province is the only one, even the people of Tang have taken refuge in them."

"Tang Ren is a fart. We sold "Scary Step by Step", and the surname is Cai... Sorry, boss, I made a slip of the tongue."

"Don't talk about other families, but what if we cooperate with Hunan Province on a large scale and are highly bound and controlled by others?"

"Yes, resources are very important, but several other TV stations can also cooperate, and 200 million yuan is enough for us to do a lot of things."

"Several of the top ten TV variety shows are Hunan Satellite TV, and half of the advertisers have cooperated with them. Do you know that reaching a cooperation can increase the reputation and commercial value of Nazha, Zhenyu, Miss Zhao and the boss?" Up a notch, this is a steady stream of money."

"..."

The two sides insisted on their own opinions, and the noisy Wei Yang felt a headache through the screen, so he finally silenced the sound, and only looked at Lao Xia when the group of people were tired from the quarrel.

"President Xia, what do you mean?"

Lao Xia looked at the two parties staring at him eagerly, and shook his head: "I think both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. This decision must be cautious..."

Che Jilu talked for a minute, which can be summed up in five words - I listen to the boss.

"Director Xiao?"

Xiao was startled, Lao Xia is a shareholder + second in command, and if he can fool him by pretending to be stupid and showing loyalty, he is not qualified.

He wanted to say "I listen to the boss", Wei Yang's first reaction was not that he was loyal, but that he was useless, and he didn't even dare to give a suggestion.

Xiao turned his mind wildly, wondering which one he would choose with Wei Yang's style.

Boss Wei has a long-term vision. Although he often talks about cooperation and development, he works steadily and values ​​real money. He is used to getting the benefits first, and he does not agree with high binding.

Looking at it this way, Modutai has a better chance...

Xiao moved his lips slightly, and was about to speak when a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred.

No, the real gold and silver given by Modutai is more, but strictly speaking, it is paid in installments, and there are additional conditions. Hunan Provincial Taiwan gave 320 million in one go.

Boss Wei does not agree with a high degree of binding, and the previous few dramas have been cooperating with Modutai. If the "Celebrating More Than Years" trilogy chooses Modutai again, it will violate the cooperation policy of Blue Whale.

"I think Hunan Province Taiwan is more suitable."

After Xiao finished speaking, he saw a bit of satisfaction on Boss Wei's face, and he was overjoyed that he had made the right bet.

And Boss Wei didn't continue to play tricks, and expressed his decision.

"Contact Hunan TV Station and want to buy out the "Celebrating More Than Years" trilogy at one go. The price is not enough, and at least 50 million more cash will be added. We want 30% of the advertising revenue. We must continue to discuss the details of the cooperation project and try our best to strive for the initiative."

If it is another house, basically the price is almost worn out, and it won't increase much if you talk about it.

However, the real money from Hunan Province is less, and more is to share cakes. Blue Whale took out the trilogy as bait, and there is still room for negotiation.

At the same time, Modutai also needs to give comfort, and the new drama of Blue Whale will take care of it later.

Boss Wei's prestige in Blue Whale is nothing to say, and no one else has any objections to what he has confirmed.

The rest depends on whether Lao Xia and the others can get Hunan TV to agree to Wei Yang's request. Blue Whale still has confidence inside.

The initiative lies with Blue Whale and not with Hunan Province. If the other party refuses to agree, "Celebrating More Than Years" will not be sold at a low price. At worst, it will cooperate with other platforms.

"Celebrating More Than Years" is now a goddess sought after by everyone. Everyone only hates that they can't get married, and they don't care if it's a spare tire...

What is being discussed today is not just the TV premiere rights, but also other copyrights, including DVDs, pre-roll ads, and peripheral licensing.

In the past, these basically had to wait for the TV series to air or even become popular before they could be sold, but "Celebrating More Than Years" was unusual, and relevant partners came to the door early on, and the bids were not low.

There is no need for Wei Yang to make too many specific decisions on this, many of which have already been negotiated, mainly to report to him and inform relevant high-level officials.

Not all of these copyrighted blue whales were sold out, only a few with particularly high bids were sold, and the rest will be discussed after the broadcast.

Even so, the income of relevant departments in the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years" exceeded 30 million, which greatly surpassed that of "East Palace", which was the most profitable before.

All the executives in the meeting room were smiling. Boss Wei is not a stingy person. The more the company earns, the richer their year-end bonus this year will be.

The atmosphere of joy has never stopped. After these copyright fees are finished, there is another very important item, that is the webcasting rights of "Celebrating More Than Years".

LeEco purchased the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years" for 75 million yuan, or 1.875 million yuan for a single episode.

And Penguin bid 200 million yuan, preparing to package the "Celebrating More Than Years" trilogy.

So the choice left to Wei Yang is very simple, whether to disassemble it or sell it in one go, the former is expensive, and the latter is worry-free.

Of course Wei Yang chose to disassemble and sell.

Although the copyright prices of TV dramas are constantly rising, the range is controlled, and the jumps will not be particularly exaggerated in a short period of time.

But webcast copyrights are different. During the craziest time of the past two years, there was one price per season.

It is now 75 million, and it may exceed 100 million next year. Weiyang TV Station can sell it as a package, but the online platform will definitely not be like this. At most, a priority clause will be added.

Wei Yang had asked Xiao to convey this situation, but Penguin only sold 70 million in a single season, which is far behind LeTV.

The one with the highest price wins, Boss Wei can only express his regret to Xiao Ma.

After the meeting, Wei Yang made a small calculation.

The investment share of "Celebrating More Than Years" is not much different from that of "Eastern Palace". Blue Whale took 50%, Emerald Shrimp took 20%, and the remaining 30% was used to win over some partners and raise funds.

Based on a rough calculation of the amount expected to be received at present, 95% of 50% + 70% of 20%, I have about 200 million in cash, minus very few costs and taxes.

Wei Yang's face collapsed: "I've worked so hard to earn so little?"

If this word is heard by others, he can be beaten to death, and this is only a part, and other future benefits may be more than doubled.

But Wei Yang is still dissatisfied, the main reason is that Fan Xiaopang's 1 billion every day has made his blood boil, and now that the accounts are settled, the gap is a bit big.

"Whenever I really earn 1 billion in one breath."

Boss Wei is not daydreaming. In the future, there will still be a lot of TV dramas with a asking price of several hundred million, not to mention movies.

The prosperous age of the entertainment industry is coming, even if the winter is harsh, the past few years are enough to make money...

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On November 13th, the day of Wei Yang's birthday, Blue Whale reached an agreement with Hunan Province and Taiwan.

The latter purchased the "Celebrating More Than Years" trilogy at a price of 380 million + 30% of the relevant advertising revenue, paid the full amount in one lump sum, and launched multiple cooperations with Blue Whale.

The purchase price of the TV series has not been announced to the public, but only stated that it has refreshed the highest price in the history of domestic TV series.

This also aroused speculation from the outside world.

According to the latest statistics as of October, Wei Yang temporarily ranked second in the 2011 Forbes Celebrity Ranking, with an annual income of 180 million, while Dayao ranked first with an income of just over 200 million.

Compared with the big difference in 2010, Wei Yang's data this year is obviously a bit unreliable, much less than his actual income.

For "Eastern Palace" and "Shanshan Is Coming" alone, the company's income, investment income and personal income are not lower than this figure, let alone other projects.

Moreover, Wei Yang is not only earning income from film and television production and artists, but also earns a lot from other fields such as financial investment, copyright operation, and business operation.

The most worth mentioning is the Red Shark Game Company, which has several games that have achieved profitability this year.

The "Henghuai Academy 1" of the Mihayou team, which was given high hopes by Wei Yang, actually didn't make much money. After all, it was a debut work. It was more about training the team, cultivating the market, and laying the groundwork for "Henghuai Academy 2" that can really make money. .

However, the game "You Who Came from the Star" relies on its super IP, but it has good turnover data, and the player stickiness is very deep, so it can develop for a long time.

In addition, under Wei Yang's command, Red Shark represented two games he had an impression of, and also made a fortune.

At present, excluding miscellaneous expenses and costs, the net profit of Red Shark this year exceeds about 50 million yuan.

It is certainly incomparable with those big companies with billions of dollars in revenue, but after all, it is a new company with a limited time of establishment, and the team is also growing. It has just entered the right track, and it is great to have so much revenue.

It's not easy to start a game company. With Wei Yang's guidance and its own national IP, Red Shark can develop steadily.

Now Red Shark has started to study and design the game of "Celebrating More Than Years".

The themes are mainly martial arts and plots. Let's see if we can have a wave of video game interaction in real time. If the effect is good, we can prepare for "A Thousand Bone of Flowers".

In fact, what Wei Yang regrets the most is that he didn't get the agent of "League of Legends".

When he learned in the first half of the year that the game hadn't been launched in mainland China, he immediately asked someone to contact him, only to realize that he was overthinking. Penguin even copied the parent company, and it was impossible to give the agency rights to others.

Wei Yang had no choice but to give up. Now that he was free, he wondered if there were some other games that the Red Shark could catch.

It's a pity that I didn't play games much in my previous life. Except for a few national games, I still know a lot about others.

"Original God" is barely coded, is it possible that Red Shark will copy "Eating Chicken" and "Glory of the King" again?

The former is easy to say, but Xiao Ma won’t sue him for the latter, sue him for plagiarizing "League of Legends"...

If you add up all these benefits, the 180 million in the celebrity list will more than double, but I don't know if financial management and investment are counted.

But in any case, after Wei Yang became rich, there was less and less related marketing and publicity later. Many contracts were kept confidential, and it was difficult for the outside world to know the details, and even some income and assets were unknown to the outside world.

In this case, it is not difficult to understand that the Forbes Celebrity List misjudged him.

In the past, Boss Wei's stall was only so big, so he might be able to estimate some things, and his strength is not enough, and there are too many people selling news.

Now that the business is started, there are more projects and companies in hand, and all kinds of cross-mixing. Boss Wei himself is sometimes confused and asks the private financial team, let alone outsiders.

Moreover, his strength has grown and he has made more contacts. People who didn't care about breaking the news will be afraid and won't talk too much.

No matter how good the Forbes rankings are, it is impossible to look up Boss Wei's books and contracts, and the estimated data will inevitably be watery.

But no matter what, if "Celebrating More Than Years" is sold, Wei Yang will definitely make a fortune.

What's more, Hunan Province and Taiwan keep secrets, but LeTV does not. Boss Jia is holding back every day to fool everyone into an ecological reaction, making LeTV's stock more attractive.

75 million, he even agreed to pay in one go, but he demanded that the selling price must be made public, and the Blue Whale cooperated to build momentum.

And this requirement is the same for Penguin. They are a new website and need to be famous, otherwise they won't spend so much money.

Therefore, the price of the webcast copyright of "Celebrating More Than Years" couldn't be hidden at all. Soon everyone knew that the webcast rights of the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years" were sold for 75 million.

Regardless of whether LeTV's stock price has risen or not, Shanda's stock is very positive anyway.

Chen Tianqiao was so angry that he cursed, he must be happy to make money from web-based IP, but now he is planning a grand delisting, and it is a critical moment.

The web article "Celebrating More Than Years" was a great benefit, and the stock value appreciated, so he had to find a way to raise more money.

Not surprisingly, Wei Yang will also become the top of the 2011 Forbes Celebrity Earning List, and become the envy of countless men and women...