Cao Jingyi, who was already anxious, did not waste any more time. Two days later, Sun Quan heard Xue Zihan's report that Cao Jingyi had formally signed an investment agreement on behalf of Youku Video.
The terms of the contract are similar to what Shanda Literature got.
Even if Sun Quan had heard about this matter, he was not interested in learning more about it. Most of his time and energy were already focused on writing new books.
He writes three to five chapters every day, and he is quite satisfied with what he has written so far.
It has been some time since the completion of "The Last Wish of the Dead", and he also wants to publish a new book as soon as possible, so he plans to write with peace of mind for the next period of time and save as many manuscripts as possible.
As for the company's affairs, he doesn't care about what he can. Anyway, whether it's 99 Braised Chicken, Salted Fish Studio, Salted Fish Film and Television, Fisherman's Wharf, etc., they all have dedicated personnel to take care of them.
In addition, his wife Yuan Shuiqing also officially returned to work, and the care of the baby was mainly left to Sun Quan's parents, the nanny at home, and others.
So, time flies.
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.
Sun Quan has nearly 200,000 words of manuscripts for his new book, but he has not yet decided to publish the book immediately. He plans to continue to save more manuscripts.
After all, the second season of "The Last Wish" will start filming soon. By then, he will have to stay on the crew. By then, he will have almost no time to type during the day, so he must save more manuscripts.
a little.
No, this afternoon, he received the script for the second season of "Dead Man's Last Wish" from the screenwriter.
Tonight, he didn't have much time to code.
At this moment, the night outside was hazy, and Sun Quan was sitting in front of the computer in the study, squinting and reviewing the script on the computer bit by bit.
I think back then, he sent back the script for the first season several times and asked the screenwriter to revise it.
And tonight, after silently reading the freshly released second season script, he didn't find any major problems. There were dozens of episode scripts, and there were no problems in the general direction.
Only some details, in the eyes of the original author, are a little flawed.
Probably because when the script for the first season was written, the screenwriter had already gotten along well with him. Did he understand the script style that Sun wanted?
Maybe!
After quickly reading the entire script, Sun Quan took a sip of tea, pondered for a moment, and began to make various marks on the script. The places he felt needed to be modified were marked directly on the document in red fonts.
This was a meticulous job, and he was busy until past one o'clock in the morning before he finished marking the entire script.
He casually sent the marked script back to the screenwriter, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
The script is almost finished, filming for the second season of "Dead Man's Last Wish" is about to begin, and the new book needs to be released as soon as possible, which makes him a little nervous.
Doing two brain-burning tasks at the same time is really stressful mentally.
He was thinking: Should he participate as little as possible in the second season? Give the position of chief director to Wang Zheng?
Screenwriter... After working with him on the first season of "The Last Wish of the Dead", I can understand the script style he wants. Wang Zheng, the assistant director, also worked with him on the first season of "The Last Wish of the Dead". Is Wang Zheng also the same?
Do you understand the style he wants?
If Wang Zheng already understands the style he wants, then after the filming of the second season starts, how big a difference will it make whether or not someone from him is involved in the script?
Concentrate and concentrate on doing one thing well. This principle is something he has learned from his experience in writing for many years.
Just like the famous saying in the book "Changing Rain and Turning Clouds": Because you can be more powerful than love, you can be more powerful than a sword.
If you are half-hearted, you will not be able to do everything well.
Just like in his memory, some of the great writers who made money and became famous in the original time and space opened their own companies or studios. Most of the works written by those great writers lost their previous sharpness, and the quality dropped drastically.
He, Sun Quan, does not want to follow in the footsteps of those great gods from the original time and space.
Professional matters should be left to professionals.
Maybe try it...
When the filming of the second season started, I also went to the script to stay for a few days, but during those few days, I didn't say anything. Everything depended on the effect of Wang Zheng's filming.
If the effect is good, I can live near the crew and code, and try not to go to the crew during the day. I will take some time every night to check the finished products produced by Wang Zheng. If there are no problems, I will keep them. If there are defects, let Wang Zheng
Reshoot after the war...
These thoughts flashed through Sun Quan's mind one by one, and then he saw him nodding slightly with a faint smile on his face.
He thought it would be good to handle it this way.
After all, what he is best at is just code words.
When it comes to running a catering company, he is not as good as Kuang Longfei and Luo Na. When it comes to running a film and television company, he is not as good as Xue Zihan. When it comes to making variety shows, movies, and TV series, he is definitely not as good as Wang Zheng.
So, as long as Wang Zheng can produce the effects he wants, why should he, Sun Quan, be the chief director?
In the first season, it can be said that he is the chief director, which can attract more book fans to watch the show.
Now that the reputation of the first season has been established, it is no surprise that as long as the name of the show is not changed in the second season and the quality of the series does not drop too seriously, the popularity of the second season after the broadcast should not be much worse.
Come on, not many people will stop watching this drama just because the chief director of this drama is not Sun Quan.
After all, changing directors is different from changing starring actors.
The main actors remain the same, but if the director is changed, the audience will probably still watch what they want to see.
With endless thoughts in his mind, Sun Quan gradually made up his mind.
It was such a happy decision.
As long as Wang Zheng can produce the effects that Sun Quan wants, all the filming work for the second season of "Dead Man's Last Wish" will be handed over to Wang Zheng.
…
The next morning, he called Wang Zheng to inform Wang Zheng of his decision.
On the phone, Wang Zheng was very surprised. After repeatedly confirming that Sun Quan really thought so, Wang Zheng did not refuse and just said: "Then give it a try! Try the effect and then talk about it!"
…
Two days later, the screenwriter sent the revised script to Sun Quan.
Sun Quan spent two hours reviewing it.
After selecting a few more changes, he marked the areas he was still not satisfied with and sent them back to the screenwriter.
Since there were only a few changes that needed to be made this time, the screenwriter sent the revised script to Sun Quan again that afternoon.
This time, after reviewing it, Sun Quan had no objections.
He replied to the screenwriter: "Thank you for your hard work! Take a break and continue writing the script for the third season! Thank you for your hard work!"
Without waiting for the screenwriter to reply, he sent all the scripts he had just reviewed to Wang Zheng.
He added: "Brother Zheng, the script is ready. Please prepare and choose a date to start shooting!"
Soon.
He received replies from the screenwriter and Wang Zheng successively.
"Mr. Sun, you're welcome. It's all my responsibility. Okay, I'll start writing the script for the third season after a few days of rest. Don't worry!"
This is the screenwriter's reply.
Wang Zheng's reply was: "Received! The script has been forwarded to Zihan and asked her to complete the final preparations as soon as possible according to the content of the script. When she is ready, I will start the production here immediately and notify you when the time comes.
you."
…
Just like that, half a month passed in a flash.
In the past half month, Sun Quan has accumulated more than 380,000 words of manuscripts.
With so many saved manuscripts, if it were revealed, authors big and small in the industry would definitely be surprised.
These days, although many authors who write online articles have the habit of saving manuscripts before publishing a book, there are still very few who can save this amount of manuscripts before publishing a book.
For most authors, before a new book is published, it would be good to have a manuscript of 30,000 to 50,000 words.
Even great authors usually only have one or two hundred thousand words in their manuscript before publishing a book, with few exceptions.
With so many manuscripts in hand, Sun Quan felt at ease.
I have also started to pay attention to the preparations for the second season of "Dead Man's Last Wish".
After contacting the actors, equipping costumes, props, etc., Xue Zihan told him that these preparations were almost done.
Director Wang Zheng also told him that he had read the script for the second season over and over several times, split the plots in the script one by one, and gathered the crew.
You can start shooting at any time.
After Sun Quan got this information, he said: "Then let's start filming!"
So, the start-up date was decided, and the start-up location was also decided.
The location is still chosen to be the Magic City.
The start-up date is set for three days.
Three days later, Sun Quanxin added more than 30,000 words to his new book manuscript. So far, his new book manuscript has reached more than 410,000 words.
According to the plan, he set off for the Magic City, accompanied by his assistant Yu Xinxin and two bodyguards.
All family and company matters are left to Yuan Shuiqing.
He was very relieved about this.
In terms of academic qualifications and IQ, Yuan Shuiqing was far ahead of him. Therefore, Yuan Shuiqing was in charge of the company, studio, etc., and he was very relieved.
And this is one of the great benefits of marrying a good wife.
…
In the car heading to the Magic City, Sun Quan sat in the back seat, looking out the window at the hunting scenery, feeling a little bored.
The journey is long and the time spent on the road cannot be wasted.
He thought for a while, took out his mobile phone, logged into Youku Video, found his first season of "The Last Wish", and checked the current popularity and reputation of the show.
He hasn't paid attention to his performance in this drama for some days.
All I know is that this drama earned him a lot of money for Xianyu Film and Television.
As for the second season, although the filming has not started yet, it will definitely make money.
Because Shanda Literature invested 15 million and Youku Video invested 15 million, that’s a total investment of 30 million.
In addition, in the past month or so, Xue Zihan has been free to go around to attract sponsors, because the story background of "The Last Wish" is a modern city, and the popularity and reputation of the first season are not bad, Xue Zihan
It really attracted a lot of sponsors.
Some car manufacturers sponsored several cars; some computer manufacturers sponsored several computers; some clothing brands sponsored some clothing...etc.
These manufacturers and brands not only sponsored physical objects, but also paid sponsorship fees.
In Xue Zihan’s words, it’s advertising fees!
How can they let their products appear in this drama and advertise without paying them?
As far as Sun Quan knew, the sponsorship fees that Xue Zihan had brought in totaled more than 11 million yuan.
As a result, the investment in this drama has reached more than 40 million.
Sun Quan asked Xianyu Film and Television to invest around 8 million yuan, bringing the total investment of the drama to 50 million yuan, which would facilitate the publicity of the drama and give the audience more confidence.
Of the 50 million, he plans to keep about 10 million as promotional funds and 40 million as the production cost of the show.
He believes that with so much investment, the quality of this drama will not be much worse as long as the plot and the actors' performances are not too high.
This is also one of the main reasons why he wanted to let Wang Zheng film the drama - with such sufficient production funds, it would be no problem for Wang Zheng to waste some filming funds.
Therefore, it is obvious that his Xianyu Film and Television only invested about 8 million this time, plus his original adaptation rights and screenwriting fees, but it accounted for 60% of the total investment share of this drama. Just ask him about this drama
How low does the show's popularity have to be before he loses money?
Even if there is a loss, the first losses will be from Shanda Literature and Youku Video.
This is also a major reason why he was willing to let Shanda Literature and Youku Video participate in investing in this season.
Someone is helping to take the risk this season, why should he refuse?
at this time.
Sun Quan saw on his mobile phone that the first season of "Dead Man's Last Wish" had been watched more than 100 million times.
With more than 110 million views, this is not an ugly figure no matter how you look at it.
In the comment area, he didn't see a few negative comments, and most of them were complimentary.
Such as: "When will the second season be filmed? I've been waiting so long that the flowers have withered!"
"For the first time, I feel that a domestic drama is too short! Why does such a great TV series only have 14 episodes? Are the producers so poor?"
"The original work has been completed, but this drama has only been filmed so far. Bad reviews!"
"I heard that the original author of this drama directed it himself? Is it so unfair?"
…
Looking at the comments in the message area, Sun Quan was in a good mood.
Therefore, there are more expectations for the second season.
At this moment, the picture on his phone suddenly changed, the ringtone rang, and Huo Yiyi's name was displayed on the screen.
Huo Yiyi called at this time.
Sun Quan smiled and answered the call casually, "Hello? Yiyi, why did you think of me today?"
Huo Yiyi: "Brother Quan, I heard that the second season of "The Last Wish" will start filming this afternoon. Will you be there then?"
Sun Quan was a little surprised that she called specifically to ask about this matter.
Then he felt relieved again, because he suddenly remembered that he had told Xue Zihan before that Huo Yiyi would be asked to play the role of a female ghost in the second season, and asked Xue Zihan to remember to contact Huo Yiyi.
He did not forget that during the filming of the first season of "Dead Man's Last Wish", when he and Huo Yiyi met by chance at a breakfast restaurant one morning, he promised to arrange a role for her in the second season.
Therefore, Huo Yiyi called at this time to ask about the launch of the second season of "Dead Man's Last Wish", it must be because she also has to attend the launch ceremony today.
Sun Quan was a little surprised that Xue Zihan actually remembered to inform Huo Yiyi to attend today's launch.
After all, the female ghost character played by Huo Yiyi in this drama is just a small supporting role.
"Well, I'm on my way to the Magic City. I should be there at noon. I will definitely attend the opening ceremony in the afternoon. What? Are you going too?"
"Yes! I received the invitation yesterday. Haha, this is my first time to participate in a TV series. Since I received the invitation, I will definitely go! By the way, Brother Quan, thank you! Remember to arrange it for me