Chapter 247 Five Thousand Years - The Great Tang Dynasty - Casting
Chapter 247 Five Thousand Years - The Great Tang Dynasty - Casting
Shunli Entertainment officially launched the slow variety show "Longing for Life".
This is the first variety show that the company is preparing to officially produce, so the entire company is very serious about this variety show.
But being serious, the candidates for the main MCs of this variety show are not so easy to find.
Compared to the previous life, the reason why this variety show became so popular is because the main MCs can chat easily with each other, are not restrained, have a very life-like feel, and have a down-to-earth feeling.
Therefore, although Qi Ji did not participate in the official filming and production of this variety show, Qi Ji seriously put forward his own suggestions for the selection of guests.
The first is naturally Yu Xiaomiao.
She has proven her innate sense of variety in countless variety shows over the past period of time.
In a variety show like "Longing for Life", it is completely okay to add someone like Yu Xiaomiao.
Who doesn't want to see a cute and pretty sister?
Then there are the two core MCs who compete against He Jiong and Huang Lei.
The "Longing for Life" team searched among entertainers across the country and finally narrowed down a group of more than ten people.
The first person the team invited was a well-known host from CCTV.
But after the other party heard that it was a variety show, they immediately refused.
The reason is that CCTV hosts cannot participate in these playful variety shows.
During this period, I contacted several hosts with many years of experience in field control, but they were not settled due to schedule and other reasons.
Finally, Zhao Chenggong, the ace variety show host of Chaoyang TV and a male host who has been active in the entertainment industry for nearly thirty years, was invited.
In "The Longing for Life", Zhao Chenggong plays the role of He Jiong in his previous life.
Then through Zhao Chenggong's connections, he found another candidate for "Teacher Huang" in his previous life.
Li Mi, an acting teacher from Chaoyang Film Academy.
This teacher also took one of Qi Ji's courses when he was a sophomore.
He can also be regarded as Qi Ji’s teacher.
Finally, the fourth one needs a male flow.
Originally, everyone in the company wanted Qi Ji to participate.
But Qi Ji refused.
Qi Ji is an actor who wants to pursue a little bit more in acting.
He knew he couldn't be a regular on this type of variety show.
It's easy to lose your sense of mystery this way.
So Shunli Entertainment contacted top-notch Lu Yitao.
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Magic City, in a certain RV.
I just finished filming an idol drama.
Lu Yitao was leaning on the sofa and smoking a cigar. He looked at a person in charge of Shunli Entertainment and pointed to him the plan for "Longing for Life" on the PPT.
"Teacher Lu, this is probably the entire recording process. Teachers Zhao Chenggong and Teacher Li Mi are also among the best well-known artists."
Lu Yitao nodded and said: "Indeed, I respect both teachers very much. But with all due respect, in this variety show of yours, you look like a loser at first glance!"
Lu Yitao speaks out.
This made the person in charge quite embarrassed. He continued: "This is a plan personally made by our company's teacher Qi Ji."
It doesn't matter if he doesn't talk about Qi Ji.
When he mentioned Qi Ji, Lu Yitao immediately frowned slightly and said, "Can Qi Ji be a teacher now? In my mind, he is still the one on the stage of "Born Idol"
Looks jerky!"
Person in charge: "We are very confident about this variety show! I believe that with your participation, Mr. Lu, it will definitely become a hit!"
Lu Yitao said: "I understand what you mean. Currently, what your variety show needs is my traffic. What does the contract say?"
He knocked on the table and spoke seriously.
The person in charge said: "One million for one phase, this is our greatest sincerity."
According to the plan, a total of 12 episodes of "Longing for Life" will be recorded.
That is to say, the price offered by Shunli Entertainment to Lu Yitao is 12 million per season.
But Lu Yitao was obviously not very satisfied when he heard this number.
He immediately stopped talking, and it was his agent who spoke: "One million is too low. We, Mr. Lu, are at the top of the industry. It's not like we lions are talking loudly. You can go out and ask around. We participate in other satellite TV projects."
Variety shows all start with 2 million per issue. If you need to speculate on CP with female guests, you still need to pay. This is the going rate."
The manager raised his eyebrows slightly and continued: "And your variety show is now your company's own production, right? It's hard to say whether a broadcast platform will be found by then! The risk is still relatively high, 240
10,000, this is a relatively reasonable price!”
The person in charge, He Bei, touched his hair, which was not very lush, with a bitter look on his face.
There have long been rumors in the world that traffic prices are very high.
According to the team's estimation, "Longing for Life" indeed needs a traffic of Lu Yitao's level to drive various data of the program.
But this 2.4 million per installment is really more than the bottom line Meng Feichen gave He Bei.
So he said: "Sister, this price exceeds my authority. I have to ask the leader for instructions."
So He Bei walked out and called Meng Feichen,
Upon hearing the figure of 2.4 million, Meng Feichen directly told He Bei that he could go back.
After seeing He Bei off, the manager smiled and said to Lu Yitao: "Many entertainment companies want to do variety shows now. There are really a lot of variety shows that make money now."
Lu Yitao said: "Then it also depends on who the guests are? If it were me who went there, I would have gotten tens of millions more from their investment fair. I am really ignorant!"
Lu Yitao was very confident in what he said.
In the last variety show where he was a regular guest, advertisers increased the advertising fee by an additional 50 million yuan because they saw his presence.
"This is probably the first time for Shunli Entertainment to do a variety show. They don't understand the market. When they hit the market later, they will know the benefits of being expensive!" the manager said with a smile.
As the top-notch agent of Lu Yitao in the industry, the number of projects delivered to her every month is in double figures.
Her eyes can pick her apart.
In the end, she will take into consideration the overall strength of the platform and the popularity of other regular guests, so that she can select a top variety show suitable for Lu Yitao.
Rejecting a "Longing for Life" is just a common thing.
In the end, Shunli Entertainment settled for the next best thing and chose Xiaosheng, who collaborated with Qian Sansui in the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". He is a 26-year-old male artist who has a good reputation in the industry.
in this way.
The entire lineup of the four main MCs for the first season of "Longing for Life" is finally completed.
The recording location for the first season is set in a small fishing village outside Chaoyang City.
Before the official start of the first recording, the investment promotion meeting of Shunli Entertainment officially started.
This includes the advertising placement of "Longing for Life".
The broadcast platform of "Zhu Xian" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
There is also the broadcast platform for the second season of "Singing to the World".
These are the four major projects that will lead to successful development in the next six months, and they all need to be finalized at the investment conference.
The first thing to come up is the "Zhu Xian" project.
This drama is loved by major TV stations because it is written and starred by Qi Ji.
After continuously increasing the price, Chaoyang TV Station and Beijing TV Station finally bought the first-round broadcast rights of this drama at a price of 2.7 million an episode each.
The webcast rights were exclusively obtained by Penguin Video for 3 million per episode.
This drama has a total of 30 episodes.
So far, the income from selling the drama is (270*2+300)*30=252 million.
But the cost of the entire drama is 220 million.
The main reason is that the special effects are too expensive.
Nearly 1,500 special effects shots cost a total of 140 million yuan.
But just by selling the first round of broadcast rights, the cost has been recovered and there is still profit.
Even if the drama "Zhu Xian" does not have good ratings, Shunli Entertainment has still made money.
Then came a round of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
This drama, due to the great success of "The Condor Heroes", was directly chosen by CCTV.
And it's going to be broadcast on CCTV's prime time slot.
But the price offered by CCTV was only 2 million per episode.
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has a total of 40 episodes.
It is also the first time for CCTV to pay 80 million for a TV series.
But there is no other way, the market value of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is here.
In the end, the drama was successfully transferred to CCTV.
Although several other TV stations offered higher prices.
But all things considered, CCTV is, after all, the largest broadcasting platform in China.
The webcast of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was divided among three video websites.
"Singing Around the World Season 2 - The Great Tang Dynasty", this variety show is the most coveted by major TV stations, websites and advertisers.
Everyone wants this variety show.
Correspondingly, almost no one cares about "Longing for Life".
Although Meng Feichen focused on publicity as soon as he came on board, saying that this was the first rice-feeding variety show produced by Shunli Entertainment for a national audience.
The guest lineup was also posted directly on the PPT.
But none of the advertisers or TV stations present wanted "Longing for Life".
This made Zhao Chenggong, who was sitting in the audience and participated in the entire investment meeting, look very unhappy.
If no advertisers are willing to invest today, then the first recording of this variety show will be completely naked, that is, there will be no advertising placement!
At this time.
An advertiser stood up: "Mr. Meng, we all came here for "Singing to Travel the World". You should know this. We have internally evaluated your show "Longing for Life" and we don't
Planning to vote!”
"That's right, you are going to open up some advertising spots for "Singing to Travel the World"!"
"We want to vote for "Singing to Travel the World"!"
The TV stations also stood up and shouted: "If "Singing to Travel the World" is broadcast on our station, then we can also buy this show "Longing for Life"! If it is scheduled, it may not be on the weekend prime time
Already."
Li Dajun, the director of Chaoyang TV Station, spoke directly to Qi Ji in the corner: "Qi Ji, the first season of "Singing to Travel the World" was broadcast on our station! When it ended, you promised me,
The second season will be on our Chaoyang TV station!"
Li Dajun's words immediately made several other TV stations dissatisfied.
Beijing TV Station: "The first season is the first season, and this is the second season! Even if Mr. Qi Ji verbally agrees to you, the second season will not go to the highest bidder?"
Modu TV: "That's right! We have to compete fairly! If nothing else, I would like to express my position on behalf of our Modu TV station, and I am willing to package and buy "Singing Around the World" and "Longing for Life"! And,
"Singing Around the World" can get our Friday prime time slot! As for "Longing for Life", it will be on Friday at 10 o'clock, which is a very good time slot!"
Several other TV stations are also talking about it.
Zhao Chenggong trotted to Li Dajun and spoke seriously.
He has been the host of Chaoyang TV Station for many years.
Li Dajun still listened to his words.
"Director, our first recording guests are Qi Ji and his apprentice Chen Manman." Zhao Chenggong revealed the details to Li Dajun.
Upon hearing Li Dajun's eyes lit up immediately.
At this time, Qi Ji was holding a microphone and chatting with the heads of various TV stations.
Li Dajun raised his hand and then stood up: ""Longing for Life" will be broadcast on our station's prime time on Friday!"
His stakes are a bit too high.
Friday’s prime time slot has always been a must-win for all TV stations.
And Chaoyang TV actually dares to give such precious time to Shunli Entertainment for a new variety show that can't even find advertisers?
Suddenly, the people in charge of other TV stations gave Li Dajun a thumbs up.
But the meaning in his eyes was very complicated.
I don’t know if it’s mostly congratulations or ridicule.
So finally.
"Longing for Life" and "Singing to the World Season 2" all landed on Chaoyang TV Station.
This makes every TV station present today half envious and half proud.
The one I envy is naturally "Singing to the World Season 2".
This is undoubtedly a big hit.
As long as Qi Ji doesn't act like a monster, the ratings will definitely be great.
The point of pride and ridicule is naturally that the price paid by Chaoyang TV in order to obtain "Singing to the World Season 2" is indeed a bit high.
The broadcast of "Longing for Life" is equivalent to giving away the three-month Friday prime-time ratings in the first quarter to others.
Li Dajun and Meng Feichen signed the contract together. He looked at Qi Ji and sighed, "I feel like I've been on a pirate ship!"
Qi Ji patted Li Dajun on the shoulder and said: "Director Li, relax, how much can you lose if you lose again? Don't you still have "Singing to Travel the World" to cover the whole story? I will give you a first-class achievement beyond your imagination.
Season 2!”
Whenever Qi Ji thinks about the characters in the second season of "The Great Tang Dynasty", Qi Ji himself gets excited.
Meng Feichen also said from the side: "Director Li, don't worry, there is "Singing Around the World Season 2" here, steadily!"
Meng Feichen read the script of "The Great Tang Dynasty" written by Qi Ji three days ago.
He was immediately shocked!
It was really difficult for him to imagine the characters in Qi Ji's works.
The poet Li Bai, the poet Du Fu, Emperor Taizong Li Er, and the only female emperor.
Countless characters have been spinning in Meng Feichen's mind these past few days.
More than once, he praised the plot crazily in front of Qi Ji.
Facing Li Dajun this time, he couldn't help it: "Really, I'm not bragging. In the second season, we will invest more money in this season's script, Li Tai, I say it without bragging.
, will surpass countless TV dramas in China, and even film and television dramas!"
Li Dajun was a little bit affected by Meng Feichen's appearance of giving blood.
He is looking forward to what kind of surprise Qi Ji will bring him in the second season of "Singing to the World".
But even though he was fully prepared, his expectations were already at their highest.
But a few months later, "The Great Tang Dynasty" was actually released.
Li Dajun couldn't help but exclaimed, "Qi Ji is truly an unparalleled talent!".
The investment fair is over.
"Zhu Xian" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" have been officially released, and their promotions have begun in full swing.
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is scheduled to be released on CCTV, and it will be a CCTV show.
This is something that Qi Ji's fans did not expect.
So the official Weibo post was naturally butchered by fans.
"Wocao! CCTV actually bought "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"!"
"Teacher Qi Ji, you are so awesome!"
"I'm really looking forward to "Zhu Xian"!"
"It's over! "Zhu Xian" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" are about to be rescheduled!"
"It's all Qi Ji's drama. The palms and backs of these hands are full of flesh!"
And I heard that "Zhu Xian" was jointly purchased by two first-tier TV stations.
The entire crew of actors also went crazy.
Everyone in the group chat was cueing Qi Ji like crazy.
Chen Manman: "Hahahaha! My master is the best in the world! It is broadcast on dual platforms! It's a pity that it is not on CCTV! I have so many dramas, but none of them has been on CCTV!"
Jin Ning: "From now on, I must follow Teacher Qi Ji! Hahaha!"
Li Jianguo: "The company's ability to sell dramas is really strong! A drama like "Zhu Xian" can actually be sold on dual platforms? How awesome!"
The promotion of the two dramas is going on very vigorously.
As soon as Qi Ji posted on Weibo, actors who were familiar with him all forwarded comments one after another.
Qi Ji himself has started the casting process for "Singing Around the World".
Although "The Great Tang Dynasty" is still a variety show in name.
But Qi Ji has to shoot every episode as if it were a movie!
Therefore, the choice of actors for this chapter is particularly important!
Whether it was Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty or Emperor Wu Zhao.
Whether it's Li Bai or Du Fu.
Every role is a top priority.
Every actor needs to be selected personally by Qi Ji.