Chapter 497: Video platform exposed, are you questioning my professionalism?
Although he had two transitions last night and was busy for most of the night, Wu Hu still got up early the next day to go out for exercise and practice Tai Chi.
The only flaw may be that there are no more uncles and aunties around him to ask for advice and satisfy his vanity of being a teacher.
After breakfast, while Yahuazi and the others were still resting, Wu Hu drove the cool sports car that Yahuazi gave him to the company.
It's a pity that the handsome supercar is on the road, but it can't hit the streets. It's a pity. Downstairs of the company, there are a bunch of entertainment reporters again. Seeing this handsome supercar appear here, everyone was just stunned for a moment, and they gathered around
Go up.
In response to this, Wu Hu did not escape, but got out of the car directly, "Everyone, please stop being stuck here. It is not good to affect other people's work. Let's go upstairs to drink tea!"
Everyone likes Wu Hu's bachelor character and does not regard them as enemies. Although they occasionally take quotes out of context and deliberately make some attractive headlines, as long as it is not too excessive, Wu Hu can turn a blind eye.
, there is never a warning letter from a lawyer.
After going upstairs, Wu Hu took the person directly to the conference room.
In the conference room, Kang Zhi is having a meeting with several department heads. In fact, there are not many people in the company. Counting them all, there are less than eighty, and most of them are behind-the-scenes staff, such as makeup artists, prop artists, and lighting.
Learn these.
These people usually don't come to the company. Most of those who come to the company are administrative staff and screenwriters, such as the accounting department, human resources department, etc.
Seeing Wu Hu coming with a group of reporters, everyone stood up and said hello. Then Kang Zhi coughed lightly, waved his hand, and took people directly to his office.
After everyone sat down, the company staff gave the entertainment reporters a bottle of water.
Wu Hu ordered a bottle of Bing Kuo Luo, felt refreshed, and then said, "If you have anything to ask, just ask! It's only half an hour. It's been too long since I've been to the company. I'm going to be busy for a while."
"Fat Hu, are you still going to have a boxing match with boxing champion Mayweather? There has been no news about this recently. Is it because the other party doesn't dare to fight you?" Wu Hu shook his head, "I don't know if he doesn't dare, but
BA looked down on me and didn't want to give me the same appearance fee as Mayweather, so the negotiations stalled."
When the entertainment reporter heard this, his eyes lit up, and he lowered his head and started writing. Wu Hu believed that the news would reach the Bald Eagle, and if they didn't put some pressure on BA, they would really treat themselves like a green onion.
You know, Bald Eagle has more than just one BA. "Fat Tiger, I heard that you opened another IT company in Beijing?"
Wu Hu laughed when he heard this, "You are quite powerful!"
In fact, this matter has been posted on the Internet for a long time, and you can even check it by going to Tianyan. Wu Hu only has a few companies under his name, one is his own studio, one is New World Media, one is King of Games, and the other is
It is the current Xiaohu Technology.
The three executives of Xiaohu Technology were all from the previous Game of Kings. To a discerning eye, something was wrong at first sight, especially since Xiaohu Technology also had the word "tiger" in it. Moreover, these three people were originally Wu Hu's college classmates, so they were also Wu Hu's college classmates.
I didn't hear about their falling out.
So, the only explanation is this.
"Panghu, as far as we know, Xiaohu Technology's industry is online video. In other words, you are also starting to enter the online video field, are you competing with other video companies for business?" An entertainment reporter asked: "
But now that all the major video networks are losing money, aren’t you afraid that all the money you make will go into this bottomless pit?”
Wu Hu nodded and said: "I did find someone to create a video website, and I was indeed prepared to make losses. However, our video platform is somewhat different from those of major video companies. As for the differences, just
I can't explain it to you until the software development is completed. There is no physical object now, so I won't be able to explain it clearly for a while." "Fat Tiger, what makes you want to create a video platform? Isn't it possible that today's major video platforms can't
Does it meet your needs?"
"It's not that those video platforms can't meet my needs, but I thought of a more fun idea, and then I found someone to develop it and try it. Of course, what I think is fun may not be fun to everyone.
Say, we’ll see when the time comes.”
Seeing that he could not get more information about this video platform from Wu Hu, an entertainment reporter changed the topic, "Fat Hu, Star Company has postponed this season's survival show. When will it start? Do you have any news?
?」
Wu Hu shook his head and said: "No! I also asked them, and they said they are still discussing it. I don't know what they are discussing. Maybe it is cooperation with other countries!"
"Fat Tiger, you should know about the voting on the Internet! Do you think you are suitable to compete as a captain or a star?" "Of course I hope to compete as a star! This way we will have two survival masters in our team.
Yes, it’s very advantageous! But the program team probably won’t agree.”
"Fat Tiger, do you think you are a master of survival in the wild?"
"What? Are you questioning my professionalism?"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing.
Then the entertainment reporter asked about the post-production matters of "Goblin" and the broadcast date as usual. He also asked about the second part of "Spring Knife" and when "Now You See Me" will be released. Finally, he asked him what he thought about it.
What do Yao think of winning this time?
As soon as half an hour was up, Wu Hu got up.
When Wu Hu came out of the conference room and returned to the office, he saw that his assistant Ronaldinho had come to work and was arranging his desk. Before he could tease his assistant, Kang Zhi came in.
Kang Zhi is here to report on work, the progress of the dramas the company has invested in, and the projects that will be invested in the second half of the year.
The post-production of "The Village Fox Wife" has been completed and arrangements are being made for its release. There is almost no publicity in terms of publicity. After all, it is a low-budget horror movie.
It seems that they are planning to win by word of mouth, and then slowly expand the scale of the show, so that even if they lose money, they won't lose much.
"Spring Knife 2" is still in the post-production stage and is more than halfway progressed. "Lucky Key" and "Now You See Me" have also just entered post-production. "Wolf Warrior" has not yet been completed, and it is estimated that the shooting of this film will be completed in August.
The movie is much earlier than the one in another time and space. After the Chinese New Year this year, preparations for the movie began, and the filming started from February to May.
Wu Hu didn't know whether "Wolf Warrior", which was released in advance, would still have the power of another time and space. So he planned to take time to visit the class in a few days and increase the popularity of the movie. After all, he is now
Walking topic maker.
It's hot weather in Jinling right now, so the crew of "Wolf Warrior" must be having a hard time!
Thinking of this, Wu Hu thought of his skills in driving tanks and flying airplanes.
It seems like you can go over and give it a try!
At this time, Wu Hu's thoughts had begun to wander.
It wasn't until Kang Zhi mentioned "囧囧" that he came back to his senses. "囧囧" has now started filming. New World Media invested 40 million in cooperation with Enlight, and Enlight invested 10 million.
It was originally said that the cost would be 40 million, but after calculation, 40 million investment was simply unaffordable. The director's salary, actor's salary, and screenwriter's fee for Xu Guangtou added up to 8 million. This is
The salary was much higher than his market price.
This was also Wu Hu's secret suggestion to Kang Zhi. In this way, if Baldy Xu asked to sign a box office reward agreement or something, it would be a bit ugly.
I have to say that Wu Hu's intention in this move is actually quite sinister. But in Baldy Xu's opinion, New World Media was too open-minded in giving him so much.
Sure enough, after receiving a salary that was much higher than the market price, Baldy Xu felt respected and never made any other excessive demands. It can also be seen from this that Baldy Xu never thought about becoming a box office hit.
As for the remuneration of the black-skinned Huang Bo and Wang Baobao, they are also based on market prices. They are not forced to star at friendly prices just because they are friends.
Free things are often the most expensive. This can be clearly seen from the subsequent profit sharing of the drama "Another Time and Space". Huang Bo starred in it for zero pay, and ended up sharing tens of millions.
Now, the combined salary of the three of them is almost 20 million. Therefore, the investment cost will be raised to 50 million.
In this regard, Wu Hu naturally would not
What should I say? Even if the investment for this movie reaches two to three billion, it will still make money in the end, as long as nothing unexpected happens.
Of course, in the end, if it can really hit the box office like in another time and space, some of the proceeds will still have to be used as red envelopes to reward everyone.
Although Wu Hu is now a capitalist, he can only be considered half of it. After all, he is still a literary and artistic worker and cannot be compared with a real capitalist.
In addition to the investment in "囧", there are also two low-budget horror films in preparation.
Although "The Village Fox Wife" has not yet been released, I am not worried about recovering the cost. Cooperation with movie channels and video platforms has been negotiated, and most of the cost has been recovered.
In terms of TV dramas, although Wu Hu has not written any more scripts, the company's screenwriting department has not been idle either. It has created an original family ethics drama and adapted some of the copyrights that Wu Hu asked Kang Zhi to buy. Currently, it is being adapted,
There is "Gu Jian Qi Tan".
Wu Hu had no impression of that family ethics drama. After all, although he had watched many TV series in another time and space, he had not watched many family ethics dramas.
Kang Zhi intended to cast Tie Tie in the starring role. After all, Tie Tie's image is very much like that of a neighbor.
Wu Hu was not convinced about this, especially after casually flipping through the script and discovering that the nature of the script is a bit like "The Man", that is, the feeling of an old man and a young wife.
The essence of "Goblin" is the love between an uncle and a girl, so this script gave Wu Hu the feeling of borrowing a bit from the old-young pairing.
Therefore, he felt that there was no need for Tie Tie to perform such a drama again, lest people later say that she was a bastard and her image would be fixed.
What's more, the heroine in the play is almost thirty, how old is Tietie? She is usually very girly, and there is no problem at all if she is a high school student.
So I rejected Kang Zhi's proposal and recommended Sister Strawberry to her.
As for "Gu Jian Qi Tan", this is actually a game, the work of a game company in Haichengcheng. It was only released when Wu Hu traveled through time. Later, when Wu Hu asked Kang Zhi to buy the film and television adaptation rights, this game was
Wu Hu named him and won the adaptation rights.
However, the other game company retains some of its rights. In other words, if you want to adapt the game, you can, but they have the right to participate in part of the investment. Now that the game is popular, they will naturally not hand over all their rights to New World Media.
When Wu Hu heard about this drama, he thought of Da Mimi, because in another time and space, this drama starred Da Mimi. As for the male protagonist, Wu Hu also thought of the guy who was caught eating stimulants.
Man, this guy actually made his debut in the draft in 2007. He was originally a musician, but compared to Wu Hu, his speed in becoming popular is a bit slower. This is what makes Wu Hu so enviable and jealous.
, after becoming famous, I never felt weak, and I still kept going higher and higher, all the way to the world.
This kind of rapid rise to fame is simply unreasonable.
But now, listening to Kang Zhi, he has the idea of asking Yahuazi to take the lead.
When Wu Hu heard this suggestion, he shook his head silently in his heart. Yahuazi probably didn't like it. Wu Hu also felt that there was no need to let Yahuazi continue to star in this drama. It's not that he didn't like this drama, but
You have to give other people some opportunities!
For example, Tie Tie and Mina, Mina considers herself a student and is becoming more and more Buddhist. It is not good for people to become lazy. We have to give her some opportunities and let her go out to do business.
Finally, Kang Zhi brought up the old matter again and suggested to Wu Hu that the company set up an artist management department and sign some artists, or hire outside actors for all the dramas, which would feel like being a wedding dress for others.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Moreover, when companies promote famous artists, they can also take back some profits from the artists. This is what all entertainment companies do. Now New World Media has a lot of resources, so there is no need to continue
Isn’t it cheaper to hire artists from other entertainment companies?
As long as New World Media is willing to sign artists, there will definitely be many artists willing to join them. Because signing with New World Media, there is a high chance of going global.
Yahuazi followed Wu Hu to go international, which is the best proof. Of course, Yahuazi's original management contract was also with Bald Eagle, and he had also filmed "international blockbusters" such as "The King of Kung Fu". But because of this
The film didn’t make any waves abroad, so
Because this time I filmed "Now You See Me" with Wu Hu, people regarded him as Wu Hu's love interest and went international.
Not to mention today, even ten years from now, going international will still be attractive to artists. After all, as long as you have an international title or something, your worth will be different.
But Wu Hu is still not convinced about this. Although Kang Zhi's suggestion is not wrong, if he signs some actors, he has to be responsible for these actors. This will require him to rush to the show and will also form a competitive relationship with other entertainment companies.
This goes against his purpose of 'being kind to others and making many friends'.
What's more, after signing some actors and making the other party famous, the other party will inevitably demand more, and people's hearts will not be easily satisfied. Instead of breaking up with each other then, it is better not to start now.
But if Kang Zhi is not given a satisfactory reason, he will definitely feel stupid.
So Wu Hu said: "With the advent of the traffic era, major outside capital has gradually entered the entertainment industry, and actors' salaries have skyrocketed. Many artists have begun to set up personal studios. And the company currently has four female artists (Ya)
Hanako, Tietie, and Mina are one of the shareholders, and Sister Strawberry is an artist in his studio and can be considered one of the company's artists). If you sign again, you can only sign men. Do you think it is still necessary?"
Kang Zhi was still digesting Wu Hu's words when he heard Wu Hu say: "You also said that some artists are willing to come to us because they want to go international with me. So do you think these actors will take over Qian's position after they come here?"
Akane and Tietie’s resources? If they are male artists, will they seize my resources?”
After a pause, Wu Hu continued: "Furthermore, if we make a new artist famous, if the signing conditions we give are too harsh, we will inevitably encounter poachers. If the signing conditions are average, although we will make money, we will not make money."
Not a lot. If the artist's personality accidentally collapses, then everything he invested before will be in vain." Wu Huyue said, becoming more and more confident, "Why have I never been in the artist management business?
?In addition to these reasons, there is another more important point, that is, when we are filming, we will not be restricted by our own artists in terms of casting. We can freely choose actors who are more suitable for the roles, and we can say no to other companies. Once
We also have an artist manager ourselves, so we will have to exchange resources with other companies when the time comes. When they add some unsuitable artists, will you agree or not?"
Kang Zhi was still thinking about his words, but Wu Hu had already clicked on the ethics drama script, "For a script like this, we can definitely cooperate with other companies. Tie Tie's character is not very suitable for the heroine. We can try it with Sister Strawberry. Others
If the actor is handed over to other companies, the director can ask Xingxing's director Xia Xiaoyun or Li Xue to try." Kang Zhi felt a little dizzy for a moment. Wu Hu's words seemed very reasonable at first glance, but he always felt
Something is not quite right.
What other companies are doing, why can't they do it? Even if there are risks of this kind, it is something that needs to be considered in the future!
If an artist's personality is ruined, it's all about public relations! Look at Mr. Zhang's son, even if something like that happened, wouldn't he still appear in public now?
Indeed, in May, the movie "Inseparable", a collaboration between Mr. Zhang and Yan Zu, was released, and it seemed that it was not affected too much.
As for the reason Wu Hu said that the company has four female artists and it is not suitable to sign another female artist, he can understand and accept it. But why can't male artists sign it? Even if he can't compete with the boss for international resources, he can