Chapter 476 A script with few traces, completely different treatment
"Mr. Chi, do you mean that we no longer have an exclusive cooperation with Tongji?"
"Have they signed contracts with other platforms?"
At G station headquarters, just as Chi Jiang predicted, he went to Tongji Entertainment to discuss contract renewal.
No matter what the final result is, it is estimated that the company's senior executives will definitely come out to find fault.
This is already inevitable.
In fact, they don't care at all about the specific content of their cooperation with Tongji.
I just want the film and television department and him, the person in charge, to have a less comfortable life.
Fortunately, the company's chairman Chen Wu stopped the noisy crowd in time.
"Don't even say it. This cooperation was authorized by me."
"I also know the terms negotiated."
"So if you have any questions, you can ask me directly."
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Chen Wu's words finally made some other senior executives present stop talking.
But at the same time, Chi Jiang could also see that he and the film and television department did indeed have many high-level officials in the entire G station that they could not deal with.
In fact, in the past, the relationship between Chi Jiang and these senior officials was considered to be pretty good.
We even had a few meals together in private.
The main reason why things are like this now is that the film and television sector has developed too fast in recent years.
Because of the benefits brought by the cooperation with Tongji Entertainment, a large amount of resources of the entire G station are increasingly tilted towards Chi Jiang's film and television department.
Along with the reduction are the rights and resources in the hands of other senior executives.
Under such circumstances, it is understandable that the film and television department and Chi Jiang are so unpopular among G station senior executives.
Of course, Chi Jiang himself didn't pay too much attention.
After all, for now, the control of Station G still lies with Chairman Chen Wu.
As long as the other party is supportive, no matter how many opinions and ideas other people have, they can only hide them.
Otherwise, you wouldn't just have to deal with him every time in various meetings.
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"Is there really no need to talk about this matter?"
"No matter which other platform we cooperate with, it is not good news for us."
After the meeting, Chairman Chen Wu asked in his office.
Chi Jiang, who was standing opposite Chen Wu, also nodded helplessly.
"There should be no room for other negotiations."
"Tongji's attitude is very determined."
"And he will tell us directly that he did it on purpose."
"Cooperating with us is the main thing. If it is with other platforms, it is probably just to leave a way out and to warn us not to make any small moves."
Chi Jiang opened his mouth to explain.
He also informed Chairman Chen Wu immediately about the details of the contract he had discussed with Youman.
Although the other party was a little hesitant, he finally agreed.
After all, maintaining cooperation with Tongji Entertainment is indeed a top priority for G station now.
No matter how extreme the conditions proposed by Tongji are, Station G at this stage is still inseparable from the dramas produced by Tongji Entertainment.
"What you said does make sense."
"However, we don't have any unnecessary thoughts in our cooperation with Tongji. It is understandable for them to do so."
"I just didn't expect that one day the initiative would be a film and television company, not our platform."
Chen Wu said with some emotion.
Tongji Entertainment is indeed different from other film and television companies.
In general, film and television companies and platforms must take the initiative.
Including copyright quotations, new drama broadcast plans, etc., are all the responsibility of the platform.
Even for some large film and television companies, when they reach cooperation with the three major platforms, the platform will definitely be the leader.
As a result, when it came to Tongji Entertainment, it was the other way around.
Even if they have read the contract, they know that this contract is of greater benefit to Tongji Entertainment.
When all the risks are borne by the platform, we still have no choice but to agree.
Because the appeal of Tongji Entertainment is too strong.
With Tongji's drama as support, there is no need to worry too much about the development of the website.
“I just don’t know the specific conditions of the contracts that Tongji negotiated with other platforms.”
Chi Jiang whispered to himself.
He can guess that the contracts on other platforms, especially the number of new dramas every year, are definitely not as good as G station's.
Some of the remaining details are not very clear.
And even if it is a highly productive company like Tongji, the number of new dramas within a year cannot be exaggerated.
Unless they start making a lot of bad dramas without considering the quality and production cycle.
But in this case, what will be lost is Tongji’s own reputation.
Therefore, G station can get five movies a year, which is definitely more than other platforms.
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Similar to station G, the kiwi fruit is in the same situation at this time.
Both parties are speculating on the specific contents of the contract signed by the other party and Tongji.
Of course, Kiwi actually gets slightly more news than Station G.
After all, Station G doesn’t know which other platform Tongji has cooperated with.
But Qi Guo is also certain that Tongji must have reached a contract extension with Station G.
"From a general perspective, I think the number of dramas G station can get every year is definitely more than us."
After hearing what the company department manager said, Cong Zhu also nodded.
This should be certain, after all, Tongji Entertainment and G Station have been cooperating for much longer than them.
Under such a premise, it is impossible for the contract conditions to be inferior to theirs.
More importantly, Tongji Entertainment promised them only 1 to 3 new dramas a year.
Such a number is certainly not the upper limit for Tongji Entertainment’s annual number of new dramas.
And the difference is even huge. If nothing else happens, most of Tongji's new dramas will still be broadcast on Station G.
However, this is already a satisfactory result for Congzhu.
At least they can get a few new dramas from Tongji Entertainment.
If Tongji maintains its usual level, it will definitely be quite good news for kiwi fruit.
Moreover, the new drama that Congzhu actually hopes to get could be a long-form TV series like "The Legend of Zhen Huan" or "Wulin Gaiden".
For example, this time's "Wulin Gaiden" can be broadcast for at least one month and close to two months.
Coupled with the high popularity of the entire drama, it was basically difficult for dramas on other platforms to stand out during the entire period.
Even for a platform like G Station, which had so few film and television resources at the beginning, relying on the dramas of Tongji Entertainment, the number of members now exceeds that of Tudou Video, and is even close to catching up with their Kiwi Guo.
If these dramas are broadcast on Kiwi, Congzhu can guarantee that Kiwi can directly consolidate its position as the leader.
Stay away from Penguin Video who is still fighting with them.
Cong Zhu also thought of some possibilities, that is, there might be situations where Tongji's own dramas would compete with each other in the future.
After all, Tongji is no longer completely exclusively cooperating with Station G.
Thinking of this, Cong Zhuya thought about whether he should discuss it with Station G.
It would be best if Tongji Entertainment’s dramas avoid broadcasting together.
This is a good thing for both platforms, as it can maximize traffic and revenue without affecting each other.
Of course, at present, Congzhu is not sure whether Station G will be willing to agree to such cooperation.
After all, Tongji Entertainment has more new dramas on their side, so they probably won’t care about the car collision.
And adjusting the broadcast time is also a big problem.
The time when Tongji Entertainment's new drama is completed and can be aired online is completely uncertain.
In addition to Xu Ji, there are actually quite a few well-known directors in Tongji.
It is said that most of the time Tongji is shot together with a bunch of various projects.
There is a high possibility that the two dramas will be produced almost at the same time, and will be ready to be broadcast after passing the review.
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Just when Congzhu was thinking about this, he suddenly saw his assistant walking over.
"Director Song has come to our company."
Congzhu was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously: "Which Director Song?"
The assistant answered truthfully: "It's Director Song Lili, who we have collaborated with several times."
When Congzhu heard this, he immediately reacted.
She had sought out Song Lili before, and more than once, she had gone to the capital in person just to meet Song Lili.
I plan to let him continue to cooperate with Tongji Entertainment, and at least he can get the new drama script written by Xu Ji.
But they were all rejected by Song Lili.
The other party seems to be very eager to get rid of the influence of Tongji Entertainment on them.
This is something Congzhusuo cannot understand. Other companies that want to cooperate with Tongji Entertainment have little chance.
It's too outrageous for someone like Song Lili to voluntarily give up on the possibility of cooperation.
Of course, it is understandable that Song Lili wants to prove his idea, but Cong Zhu does.
After all, this is actually understandable among many literary and artistic workers such as directors who have so-called professional pursuits and ideals.
"I should have guessed why he came."
Congzhu muttered to himself.
Then he motioned to his assistant to invite Song Lili into his office.
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Seeing Congzhu, the CEO of Kiwi Fruit, again, Song Lili felt a little uneasy at this time.
The main reason is the change of identities between the two.
In the past, for the exclusive copyrights of "Bright Sword" and "My Leader, My Group", I went to their company in Beijing many times from Zhu.
And every time he has a very low posture.
But this time, Song Lili thought that at least Kiwi would take the initiative to ask.
The new drama he invested in as director and company boss has finished filming.
News about the new drama has also been released for quite some time.
But except for one hot search on Weibo that day, no one continued to discuss it.
The popularity of the two dramas that Xu Ji wrote as a screenwriter is not at the same level at all.
After all, the investment in the entire drama is not low. With an investment of more than 100 million, the copyright must be sold.
In the absence of any proactive inquiries from the platform, Song Lili could only return to the state he was in before cooperating with Tongji Entertainment. People came to him one after another and proactively inquired.
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"Long time no see, Director Song."
"I didn't expect you to take the initiative to come to our company. You should have told us in advance."
"This is nothing to entertain you properly. It seems that we are a little rude."
Congzhu said with a smile.
The tone was quite polite.
After all, Song Lili is a top-notch director no matter what. As the president, Congzhu cannot take the initiative to offend the other party.
The proper hospitality still needs to be shown.
However, compared with before, Congzhu's emphasis on Song ideals was much lower at this time.
After all, the current kiwi fruit is already directly connected with Tongji.
And Song Lili, who chose not to cooperate with Tongji anymore, was not worth much in her opinion.
Even if the other party is a top-notch director.
Without Xu Ji's script, Congzhu actually still doesn't think highly of the other party.
There is absolutely nothing to say about Song Lili's directorial ability.
But there is no script for Xu Ji, and Song Lili may not have enough judgment on the market itself.
It's unlikely that Congzhu would pay special attention to the other party's new drama, which he didn't know much about.
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"Mr. Cong, you're welcome."
"Actually, I came here this time to discuss cooperation with Kiwi."
"After all, we have cooperated a lot before..."
Song Lili said with a smile, and then began to introduce some details of his new drama.
Of course, in addition to the introduction, Song Lili also came with the finished film this time.
Congzhu didn't refuse, but he didn't appear particularly excited either.
Of course, Kiwi welcomes cooperation with Chinese film and television companies, large and small.
As for whether Song Ideal's new drama is worth buying the copyright for, we still need to watch the quality of the drama before deciding.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although Song Lili felt a little uneasy in his heart, he noticed that Congzhu's attitude was different from before.
But when it comes to this new drama of my own, I am still very confident.
Congzhu had nothing to do for the time being, so he went directly to the equipped screening room to watch Song Lili's new drama.
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It's actually still a military war theme.
Song Lili's previous experience in filming "Bright Sword" and "My Leader, My Group" has obviously allowed Song Lili to accumulate a lot of experience.
Congzhu is also quite interested. Although Xu Ji's script is gone, if the quality of the drama is still very high, Congzhu doesn't mind buying the exclusive rights directly.
However, after just watching the first episode, Congzhu sighed with some regret.
There is a big gap between it and "Bright Sword" and "My Leader, My Group".
Especially in terms of the script, it can be clearly seen that even though Song Lili has deliberately crafted it, the plot is still far from exciting.
Even if you didn't know, it would be hard to imagine that the directors of the three dramas were the same person.
Of course, Congzhu soon felt relieved. This was actually a normal phenomenon.
In fact, although the quality of this drama is average, the production is still excellent, and it does have some potential.
It's just that without Xu Ji's script, it would be too difficult to reach the level of word-of-mouth explosions like "Bright Sword" and "My Leader, My Group", which received a rating of 9 or more on Huaban.com.
It can be said to be almost impossible.
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After watching the first three episodes, Song Lili looked at Cong Zhu with some expectation.
"Cong Zong, what do you think?"
Congzhu is quite blunt.
"Director Song, the quality of your new drama is actually quite good."
"We can provide a copyright fee of 50 million for the entire drama."
Song Lili was stunned for a moment. He was a little happy after hearing the first half of the sentence.
But the next sentence directly poured cold water on him.
The investment cost of his entire drama, plus the later publicity and distribution budget, is estimated to be around 170 million.
In the end, Congzhu offered a copyright fee of 50 million, which was too much.
"Cong Zong, are you kidding me? You should be able to see how big the investment is in our drama, right?"
After hearing Song Lili's words, Congzhu still had a calm expression.
"Of course it can be seen that the war scenes and the sophistication of the production are indeed a drama with a large investment scale."
"But you must also understand that our company is not a charity. Although investment production costs and copyright fees are linked, the relationship is not as big as imagined."
"The plot of your drama is not as exciting as expected, which is indeed a pity."
"Otherwise, we can pay up to 80 million in copyright fees."
"You can also sell TV rights, and you should still be able to make some money."
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Song Lili looked at Cong Zhu with a blank expression.
He didn't expect that the gap would be so big.
I think at the beginning, whether it was "Bright Sword" or "My Leader, My Group", they were all competing for it on several platforms.
Even the exclusive copyright fees of the Internet far exceed the investment cost.