"Congratulations to Liying, our company also has a quota for the Four Little Actresses this time."
At the banquet, the four new four young beauties became the center of the venue, and Tang An also congratulated the artists of his company.
"Thank you, Director Tang. If you hadn't given me so many opportunities, I wouldn't be where I am today." Zhao Liying quickly took the initiative to toast Tang An.
"There are opportunities everywhere in life. If you can seize them, your current achievements will be made by yourself."
Tang An smiled, raised his glass and said to other artists in the company around him, "Come, let's toast Liying together."
"Congratulations, Liying."
"Congratulations to Sister Liying."
Yang Ying, Ni Ni, and Liu Shishi were in the same situation, and they were all happy.
Chen Chaohua also came to express his congratulations. By the way, if he can spare time in the next two days, there will be an exclusive interview with Nandu and Sohu.
The evaluation of the Four Little Actresses is not over yet, they need to publicize and build momentum so that the audience will remember them.
Otherwise, once the heat of the past two days has passed, when the Four Xiaohuadan are mentioned, the first impression in other people's minds will still be the four people from 2009, which would be embarrassing.
Afterwards, Zhou Shiwei went to Tang An alone to talk about the adaptation of another novel.
"Dr. Tang, the price offered by Xiao Xiang is too outrageous. It's eight figures."
Speaking of this, Zhou Shiwei looked embarrassed.
Internet novels, film and television rights that no one wanted two years ago are now easily worth millions, and top IPs can even cost tens of millions.
When the group acquired "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp", it didn't spend much money, and it also didn't spend much money on the copyrights of several novels in the first two years.
"Mr. Zhou, the group will not interfere with the operation of Han and Tang literature. The increase in copyright prices for online novels is inevitable. The market is here. You should understand this."
Tang An frowned and came to tell himself this matter.
Zhou Shiwei smiled bitterly and said, "I also know that this is the market environment, but now Xiaoxiang Academy is not even willing to sell it for 10 million, and one company has sold it for 11 million."
Tang An shook his head, "Then I have no reason to let Xiaoxiang Academy sell it to you cheaply instead of selling it expensively. Not to mention that they have any objections at that time, the author himself will lose half a million yuan in share for no reason, and he will also have some problems with the website. resentment."
For the same price, the website will definitely give priority to within the group, but the price difference of one million is not a small amount.
Zhou Shiwei did not refute, but said, "Dr. Tang, I understand this, but I checked the company, it is a leather bag company, the other party is obviously a white wolf, trying to use the reputation of IP to defraud a few people Investors.”
"Are you sure?" Tang An asked.
Zhou Shiwei affirmed, "This kind of thing will be clear once we investigate."
"Okay, I'll ask someone later to ask. An unqualified film and television company can't waste a good IP, but you still have to pay the money you should pay." Tang An nodded.
Tang An had told Wu Wen before that film and television companies acquiring IPs of all levels must have certain qualifications.
Although the emergence of "magic movies" cannot be eliminated, there is a threshold.
Zhou Shiwei said, "Of course I will pay the money, but Mr. Tang, there is something I don't know whether I should say."
"Say what you have to say."
"Nowadays, a top IP can cost eight figures. The copyright for the TV series "Red Sorghum" that was previously sold was only 10 million. The screenwriter's salary for Zhao Dongling was also 10 million. The price of an online novel and a novel by a great writer like Mo Yan Quite, this bubble is really too big, I’m worried.”
Zhou Shiwei stopped when he said this, but Tang An knew what he meant.
Han and Tang Literature is preparing to go public. If the bubble bursts during the listing, it will be a huge blow.
Tang An nodded to express his understanding and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou, you have a very long-term vision. I have discussed this situation with Mr. Wu, so we did not sell the copyrights aggressively. We have always maintained a certain degree, and top IPs are required.
A complete and detailed development plan will try to control the proliferation of online novel copyrights."
The more you sell, the more people will rush to the street. Control the quantity.
Of course, there is no limit to the number of books that cost around one million. This type of book is not like "Dou Po", where one book will attract a lot of abuse. If you buy several books in a row, it will even affect the audience's view of the TV series adaptation and the Internet IP.
prospects.
In fact, not only the network IP, but also the bubble of the entire industry has begun to appear.
Not only is the high price of IP, but also movie stars such as Zou Xun, Fan Binbin, and Wang Xiaoming have returned to the small screen, directly raising the salary to a higher level.
Zou Xun, Fan Binbin received RMB 30 million, and Wang Xiaoming announced that the remuneration of RMB 50 million was considered an investment to take on "Jing Zhong Yue Fei".
Each one is higher than the other, it is less difficult than making a movie, the money is more, and the fame is also rising.
In the final analysis, there is still too much capital flowing into the entertainment industry. With so much capital coming in with a large amount of money, it is inevitable that film remuneration and production costs will rise.
There are hundreds of film and television companies, with countless capital behind them. If there is no way to contain them, it will be very difficult for the country.
But this is a good thing for artists, directors, behind-the-scenes staff, and even low-level extras.
It’s not just the actors’ remuneration, but the director’s remuneration as well.
With more capital, we are pursuing stars and famous directors, and more movies and TV dramas are being filmed every year. There are also more behind-the-scenes professionals and extras needed, and wages have increased significantly.
The most intuitive one is the production cost.
Tang An went to the company the next day to look at the TV series projects that were being prepared or had been prepared but not yet completed.
Three years ago, a costume drama with a production cost of one million per episode could be considered sophisticated. Even if the star salary of a modern drama is higher, a drama with a cost of 6 to 7 million is considered a conscience drama, and it can be done very well in all aspects.
It is not obvious that the projects were approved at the beginning of this year. Among the projects finalized in the past two months, among the group itself and some joint venture projects between Hantang Pictures and its four subsidiaries, the price of a single episode of a costume drama has soared to 2 million. The cost of a TV series has increased with the
It's over 100 million casually.
The salary of actors alone cannot increase so much. The salary of IP, behind-the-scenes staff, director, extras, every position has also increased. Added up one by one, the current price is reached.
More and more capital is flowing into the film and television industry, so all-round price increases are normal, and the demand is great.
It was normal now, but later it became more and more outrageous, forcing Optoelectronics to join forces with various ministries and commissions to issue a salary limit order.
In fact, Optoelectronics will take action next year. After several meetings, nothing was done in the end. They just introduced the requirement of two stars for one drama.
A TV series cannot be sold to four satellite TV stations at one time like in the past, but can be sold to two satellite TV stations at most.
The pressure on TV stations doubled in an instant, and they had to pay twice as much as before to buy dramas. This directly led to the shelving of a large number of high-cost TV dramas and the recalculation of budgets.
It was not until 2017 that the proportion of actors' remuneration in the cost was clearly limited, with a maximum of 40%, and the starring role could only account for 70% of the 40%.
If it exceeds the limit, it must be filed with the TV Drama Industry Association and the China Broadcasting Federation Actors Committee and explain the situation.
But this is not a problem for celebrities. If they can't get cash, they can convert it into investment or equity, and they can suddenly become producers and producers.
Not only can you avoid the target that everyone calls "too high salary", but once the TV series becomes a hit, your actual income will be higher than the previous salary, but there is only a slight risk.
If you refresh the data again, the risk will be infinitely close to zero.
Looking at the developments and changes in the next few years, none of them can be controlled by a single group of producers or actors.
Aren’t you jealous if someone else takes 30 million?
I'm not that famous myself. If 30 million is not enough, I'll have to get 1,700 or 800.
Remuneration also represents an actor's status, and no one will lower their remuneration for no reason.
For producers, costs are getting higher and higher, but more and more capital is entering the film and television industry. These capitals are not bad, and most of them come from these capitals anyway.
Even if the producer doesn't want to spend a high price, the market situation is like this. Either you spend a lot of money or find a few cheap actors.
The high remuneration of actors has passed on to the pressure on the producers, and the producers can only pass on the pressure to the television stations.
The TV station can only pass on the pressure to advertisers and viewers. The purchased 40-minute episode is cut into 30 minutes, with a review of the previous episode at the beginning, a longer preview of the next episode at the end, and an advertisement in the middle.
The source of the problem seems to be actors' remuneration, but this remuneration does not rise without reason.
In the final analysis, there is still more capital. Everyone wants to find big stars, and the prices quoted are higher than the others. Once the price goes up, it will not be so easy to come down.
It's not time to worry about these things now, and besides, they are still trivial.
After the launch of Two Stars in One Drama, the competition among major TV stations for big dramas and drama kings has become more intense. In addition, video websites have become more mature, and a new round of capital has re-entered the battlefield. This is really scary.
A drama that costs two million per episode in three or four years will be nothing. It’s hard to say it’s a big production without an episode costing four million.
As for how can the cost be so high despite the restrictions on film remuneration?
This is nothing, I have excellent props and one costume costs hundreds of thousands.
The scenery is truly gorgeous, and it cost tens of millions to build a live studio.
The crew received good food and treatment, eating sumptuous meals and staying in hotels.
The remuneration was given to the actors, but not openly. On the surface, the money was spent by the crew on various expenses.
There are too many similar methods. There is nothing you can't do but nothing you can't think of.
The inevitable direction of development is that capital wants to come to the film and television industry to make money. Why don't major companies focus on the pockets of capital? After some operations, large sums of money quietly fall into their own pockets.
There is no way to stop those actors and companies from wandering on the edge of the law, unless they catch two typical actors to scare the monkeys, arrest them, and serve them in prison for two years to ensure that they all become honest.
That's not right. There is no saying that when profits are higher than a certain amount, people can ignore the law.
Tang An could only restrain his own people so that they would not be implicated during the big inspection, while the others could only watch.
Shaking his head and ignoring it, he put the files aside and looked at the time. It was already getting late.
After a short rest, a vice president from idg Capital and Tengxun came and negotiated the financing of Nuomi.com.
Nuomi.com received RMB 520 million in Series B financing from two companies at a valuation of RMB 3.1 billion. Each of them contributed half, accounting for 7.182% of the shares, while Hantang Media also held 85.636% of the shares.
After the financing, Nuomi.com received a supplement of 520 million yuan, and it has sufficient financial support for hotel travel, takeout and other businesses including food, drink and entertainment!
There are only two days left in the summer vacation. On August 31st, the National Film Administration and China Film Group jointly held a film industry conference. All major companies were invited to attend.
This time, it was hosted by Kang Pei, deputy director of the Film Bureau, and Han Sanping, chairman of China Film Group Corporation. It was considered an informal handover between the old and new leaders of the Chinese film industry.