Chapter 93: 91. Fierce bidding! Unspoken rules of helplessness(1/3)
Chapter 93 91. Fierce bidding! Helpless hidden rules! (Please subscribe!)
Li Guang lives in Magic City and arrived at the office building of Dongxing Entertainment early in the morning!
Afterwards, Fang Xue Shu and Wu Tong rushed over from Hangzhou together and almost arrived at Dongxing Entertainment.
As soon as the two parties met, they had mixed emotions.
Li Guang looked at the now prosperous Fang Xueshu and Wu Tong, as if he saw himself and He Lei two weeks ago, but he and He Lei were more prosperous then, and more miserable now.
Fang Xueshu and Wu Tong were under greater pressure.
Because you don’t know how precious it is until you lose it.
The Oriental Star program team lost Wang Cheng, and the ratings suddenly fell by more than half. They will definitely buy Wang Cheng back at any cost.
However, on the surface, both parties still shook hands and said hello.
After all, they are all in the same circle, and they are all acquaintances from Brotherhood.
"Old Li, long time no see."
"Lao Fang, Director Wu, your program has made great progress. I took the time to watch your latest program last night. It was very exciting."
"Where, where, there is still a gap between the Eastern Star!"
Both parties laughed, and then each sat in their own seats and stopped chatting.
They are all competitors, there is nothing to talk about.
However, after a while, three more people came, whom they also knew.
One is Lao Wang from Beijing Satellite TV, one is Lao Zhang from Xiangbei Satellite TV, and one is Lao Zhou from Southeast Satellite TV. They are all producers responsible for their respective programs. They came to talk to Dongxing Entertainment about signing Wang Cheng.
Yesterday, the ratings for the latest episode of Spring and Summer You came out. After watching it, everyone naturally wanted to come and get a share of the pie, poach Wang Cheng under their banner, and improve the ratings of their own programs.
After the test of two programs, Wang Cheng's role in increasing ratings is already visible to the naked eye.
Many program crews have put aside their hesitation and vigilance and started to be bold.
These three TV stations are not short of money and resources. They just want to produce a phenomenon-level program with high ratings to enhance the image and popularity of their own TV stations, so they came to them on the first day and wanted to first
Be aggressive and be prepared for bleeding.
Several people exchanged pleasantries and said hello again, all feeling heavy.
The competition was so fierce that it exceeded their expectations, and several of them were somewhat discouraged.
After a while, Liu Jinfeng and Wang Cheng arrived.
Seeing the six people sitting in the conference room, Liu Jinfeng was slightly stunned. He only called Li Guang, Fang Xueshu, and Wu Tong to come over. No one from the other program teams communicated with him in advance.
Did you come directly to your door?
When several people saw Liu Jinfeng and Wang Cheng arriving, they immediately stood up to say hello.
Li Guang, Wu Tong, and Fang Xue Shu all smiled at Wang Cheng and greeted him familiarly, as if they were old friends. The other three also wanted to get close to Wang Cheng.
Li Guang: "Wang Cheng, we meet again. Yesterday's performance was wonderful."
Wu Tong: "Wang Cheng, how was your rest? Huang Bin and the others are still waiting for you to go back. Preparations for the next episode have already begun."
Fang Xue Shu: "Wang Cheng, we have reserved your single-suite dormitory for you."
Lao Wang: "Wang Cheng, my surname is also Wang, and I belong to my family!"
Lao Zhou: "Wang Cheng, you are the most talented young man I have ever seen. You should have a bigger stage to show off..."
Lao Zhang: "Wang Cheng..."
…
Wang Cheng treated these people equally and ignored them. He just nodded lightly and said nothing. Then he walked to the sofa next to him and sat down. He put down the thermos cup, picked up the book and started reading as if there was no one else around.
The six people were stunned for a moment and looked at each other. The awkward expressions on their faces flashed across their faces. After all, they are all veterans in the industry. Controlling emotions is a basic ability. No matter how dissatisfied they are, they will suppress it.
Li Guang, Wu Tong, and Fang Xueshu were used to Wang Cheng's attitude and no longer cared about it.
The other three people feel a little uncomfortable. They represent the TV station and are the real power in the circle. They have seen all the big-name celebrities and their attitudes are very good. No one has ever played big-name with them!
However, Wang Cheng didn't care about their attitude at all. After sitting down, he opened the book and started reading.
Liu Jinfeng regretted bringing Wang Cheng with him, and immediately set a rule for himself - he could not bring Wang Cheng to discuss business matters in the future, otherwise Wang Cheng might offend everyone in the circle after a few times.
"Hahaha, you guys came so early."
Liu Jinfeng laughed: "Wang Cheng got up a little early this morning and is a little tired. Please forgive me."
Everyone laughed, knowing it was an excuse, but they didn't try to expose it.
Liu Jinfeng greeted a few people to sit down, looked at Li Guang, Fang Xueshu, Wu Tong and the others, and then looked at the other three people who came uninvited, with complicated expressions.
He has been the artist director of Dongxing Entertainment for several years, and this is the first time that he has been sought after by so many powerful TV station producers.
The other two top-tier companies under Dongxing Entertainment, combined, are not so popular.
"Director Liu, let's talk about business. The program team will start producing a new program soon. It's better for Wang Cheng to return to the program team as soon as possible."
Wu Tong said straight to the point.
He also holds the hope of continuously increasing the ratings in the future and breaking the 3.5 rating of Eastern Star. Naturally, he wants to finalize the matter as soon as possible and bring Wang Cheng back to the program team immediately.
Li Guang said calmly: "Yes, Director Liu, let's start! Everyone is here, so let's be fair. How about direct open bidding? The one with the highest bid will win!"
Bid?
The uninvited representatives of the three television stations all felt the pressure.
They are not short of money, especially the producers from Beijing TV Station, whose financial resources are no weaker than those of the two satellite TV stations in the Yangtze River Delta.
However, none of the three of them has as much determination as the two Changjiang TV stations.
After all, they have not tried the taste of increased ratings!
And these two families have already obtained it, and now they want to continue to obtain it.
When Liu Jinfeng heard this, a trace of expectation flashed in his eyes, and he said softly: "Okay, since Li Chu said so, we are all in the circle, so we should be open and fair."
However, Liu Jinfeng, Li Guang, Wu Tong, and Fang Xueshu couldn't help but glance at Wang Cheng. They wanted to see if Wang Cheng had any objections to this, and if they wanted to know if Wang Cheng had any preference for their program group. They could directly do so themselves.
Decide!
Unfortunately, Wang Cheng didn't even raise his eyes to look at them. He just turned the pages of the book and continued to read the words in the book, as if he didn't care about their bidding at all, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Fang Xueshu also said: "Director Liu, let's get started! Our spring and summer program team has just started, and we will directly package the remaining three episodes, totaling 25 million, and the price of a single episode is more than 8.3 million."
As soon as Fang Xue Shu finished speaking, there was silence in the conference room.
Lao Wang, Lao Zhou, and Lao Zhang from the other three TV stations all looked at Fang Xue Shu with shocked faces. They all knew that the price of Wang Cheng's announcement was ridiculously high, comparable to the first-tier level. The last spring and summer program team paid
7.5 million for one phase of signing, but the price was lowered because Wang Cheng had special personal requirements.
but……
They didn't expect that this time there would be such a direct increase. They were all prepared to sign Wang Cheng for about 8 million, and they only wanted to sign for one period. Both the unit price and the total price were suppressed by Fang Xueshu, who was too embarrassed to speak.
Even if they were asked to sign for a few more issues, they would not dare to take such a big risk. After all, the price is so high, and if the subsequent ratings collapse, they will suffer a huge loss.
Therefore, for a while, the three of them were silent. Knowing that this trip was in vain and they could only be spectators, they couldn't help but look at Wang Cheng who was reading like a transparent person on the sofa next to him with complicated emotions.
A nine-year-old boy is so valuable?
Only Li Guang, who is also from the Magic City of the Yangtze River Delta, remained calm. He looked at Liu Jinfeng and said directly: "We have five phases of Eastern Star left. We will package five phases for 40 million, and we will pay them all at once after signing the contract."
hiss!
Except for Wu Tong, Fang Xue Shu, and Liu Jinfeng, the other three people gasped in shock!
The price of a single issue is 8 million. If you directly package five issues and spend 40 million at a time, you can already invite a very popular and super first-line celebrity to take charge.
Liu Jinfeng's eyes flashed with joy. Li Guang's quotation was higher than that on the phone. Although the unit price was still not as good as Fang Xueshu's, the total price was more than 10 million higher.
Fang Xueshu knocked on the table, looked at Li Guang and said: "Old Li, if I remember correctly! Your single-term price for signing Ankeru is much lower than this, only more than 6 million? With such a high price, Wang Cheng
What would An Keru think about signing back? What would the agency behind An Keru think so?"
"What do other big names in the industry think of your Dragon TV?"
Li Guang, Liu Jinfeng and several others were stunned after hearing this. They did not expect Fang Xue Shu to say such a thing.
but……
When they thought about it carefully, they realized that this was the unspoken rule in the circle!
The most popular and famous person on stage must be the one with the highest salary.
As a top-tier celebrity with more than 30 million fans, An Keru naturally wants to receive the highest salary on stage and enjoy the best treatment.
If Wang Cheng is given a higher remuneration, then Ankeru and the company behind him will definitely have objections. That would be a question about Ankeru's popularity and number of fans.
Other top-tier celebrities like An Keru will hesitate to cooperate with Dragon TV in the future, or even refuse...
If it is an older generation star who is already very old, that's fine. After all, when you are older, you are well-known but your popularity is limited. It is normal that the price is not as good as that of young traffic stars, and people will accept it.
However, An Keru has just turned 30 and is at his peak in all aspects. Naturally, the brokerage company behind him will not make concessions in this regard. Once he gives in, it will be difficult to negotiate the price next time he receives an announcement.
To be continued...