Four hundred and ninetieth eight chapters Chang'an twelve o'clock
After obtaining the copyright authorization from LeTV and reaching a cooperation with Sony Pictures, Rocket Video's long-form video business has finally embarked on a fast track.
Today, Rocket Video, which has reached 70 million daily active users, has not only successfully completed the goal of 50 million daily active users promised to Tian Ming, president of Canxing Culture, but has even exceeded it by a large margin.
Tian Ming was originally worried that Rocket Video would not have enough influence, but now he has nothing to say.
Last year, he made an agreement with Zhang Yida that if Rocket Video can reach 50 million daily active users during the show, this variety show will be broadcast exclusively by Rocket Video.
There is nothing wrong with him doing this. He knows that Zhonghe Group is investing so heavily just to develop the long-form video business.
However, Canxing Culture does not have the responsibility and business to accompany Zhonghe to play like this. After all, in addition to Zhonghe, there are other majority shareholders behind Canxing.
Now he has also realized the power of Zhonghe Traffic Empire and has great expectations for "Rocket Girls 101", which will be released on Rocket Video.
Short video and graphic platforms controlled by Zhonghe Group such as DouShi, Kuaishou, Bilibili, and Tiantian Toutiao have brought massive traffic exposure to this girl group selection variety show.
It’s considered popular before it’s aired!
On April 21, four online video platforms, Rocket Video in mainland China, NowTV in Hong Kong, Singtel in Singapore, and UnifiTV in Malaysia, conducted simultaneous live broadcasts.
101 overseas Chinese, Chinese and Chinese girls from Wanwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Spain, Australia and other countries and regions made a collective appearance.
The age range of these girls is quite large, with their birth dates ranging from 1990 to 2002. They are considered to be those born in the 90s and those born in the 00s competing on the same stage.
The brokerage companies I come from are also diverse, there are dozens of them.
DouShi, Kuaishou, and Station B also popped up windows at this time, showing that the variety show was being broadcast live, attracting users to Rocket Video.
Rocket Video has also received a lot of comments, and I don’t know if it’s to appreciate the talent or to see the beauty.
After the show ended, Rocket Video’s data statistics department reported that on the first day the show was broadcast, it brought more than 10 million new registered users to Rocket Video.
On DouShi and Kuaishou, short videos about program editing are also spread everywhere, and the influence of the program is growing day by day.
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“The United States has American dramas, the UK has British dramas, South Korea has Korean dramas, and Japan has Japanese dramas. Why do we in China call them super dramas or online dramas?
I think we in China should build our own Chinese operas into a brand that can make great strides with the world."
A middle-aged man with a shaved head was chatting in front of Zhang Yida.
His name is Cao Dun, he is a director and the major shareholder of Sanren Film and Television.
He has directed popular TV series such as "The Age of Naked Marriage" and "Herding Clouds on the Sea".
Zhang Yida said with a smile: "Director Cao, I like to hear what you say. "Chinese Opera" is a good name, and it sounds more comfortable."
Looking at Zhang Yida's satisfied expression, the fat young man at the side interjected: "I heard that Mr. Zhang is a history student. I guess he must have a deep love for traditional culture."
This man's name is Liang Chao, Cao Dun's partner and the producer of "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an".
Zhang Yida smiled lightly and said, "Mr. Liang guessed it right. I do prefer traditional culture."
Liang Chao waved his hands repeatedly, "Mr. Zhang, just call me Liang Chao, or Xiaoliang. Calling me Mr. Liang seems so foreign!"
Liang Chao is in his thirties. He has been in the entertainment industry for more than ten years, and his face is already unusually thick.
"Okay, I'll just call you Lao Liang."
Liang Chao was very happy. Being called Lao Liang by the new richest man would gain him some face.
However, he did not forget the more important things today. Seeing that the heat was almost over, he began to say: "The drama "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an", according to our idea, is to combine the details, characters, costumes, and architecture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
, are restored as much as possible, so that everyone can appreciate the beauty of that culture and people’s self-confidence, bravery, justice, and persistence.”
As Liang Chao spoke, he glanced at Zhang Yida's face seemingly casually.
According to some information he knew, Zhang Yida should like historical dramas very much, otherwise he would not have reached a large-scale cooperation with Lao Mouzi.
But Zhang Yida's face remained normal. Whether he was interested or not, he couldn't tell from his face.
Cao Dun was also a little worried. The TV series was originally being filmed well, but who knew that there was a major personnel crisis at Youku, which also affected the crew.
Zhang Yida's expression remained as usual. After a while, he smiled and asked: "Didn't "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" be sold to Youku? What, did something happen?"
Zhang Yida's sharp eyes seemed to see through everything. Liang Chao did not dare to hide anything. He gritted his teeth and told the truth of the matter.
Zhang Yida didn't expect such an aniseed material to exist, but he wasn't too surprised.
In the film and television industry, it is normal for some financial scandals to occur.
"When such a big thing happens, if other investors don't come, it's just you two?"
Liang Chao smiled bitterly, "They have some interactions with Yang Weidong and it's not very convenient for them to show up, so they had to let us come forward."
Zhang Yida looked thoughtful. The amount of information Liang Chao just revealed was a bit large.
Yang Weidong is the president of Youku, the person who made Zhang Yida have a bad year. He was investigated by Ali and found out about financial problems. The police have intervened, but the news has not been announced to the public.
Zhang Yida was thinking, Ah Li's people must be in pain right now, right? Especially the legal department, they even sent a lawyer's letter to Zhonghe.
After all, paper can't cover up the fire. When the matter becomes public, Zhonghe must teach Ah Li how to be a good person.
"Ahri demands a refund or the lid will be lifted."
Afraid of Zhang Yida's misunderstanding, Liang Chao further explained: "This kind of thing is very normal in the entertainment industry. If investors want to sell Internet copyrights at a high price, they naturally have to have a good relationship with the powerful people on the video broadcast platform.
In fact, Lao Cao and I were completely unaware of this matter."
Cao Dun nodded, "Yes, we are all focused on the filming of the TV series, how can we have time to do these fancy moves?
12.2 million for one episode, 60 episodes in total. This price is actually the normal market price.
A total of 600 million was invested in "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an", and the online copyright can only barely recover the cost.
These are all blank films, Weiying and Yang Weidong are in contact, and after they have negotiated, we will sign the contract together, and that's it."
Under the avalanche, no snowflake is innocent.
Zhang Yida didn't believe that these two people were not involved at all, but these were not important. What was important was Ah Li's attitude.
From what they said, it seemed that Ahri had no intention of expanding the incident, or that the crew, producers, and investors of "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" were not deeply involved.
Ahri just wants to recoup the high royalties he paid, and that's the end of it.
Seeing Zhang Yida's heavy expression, Liang Chao thought it was because he was afraid of being stained with dirty water, so he explained: "I don't know the details, but Yang Weidong's big problem should be with variety shows, "This! It's Street Dance", "This! It's It"
Iron Armor" and so on."
Zhang Yida understood what he meant. He simply said that their problems were all minor and Ah Li was willing to let them go, but only on the condition that the money be refunded.
"With a copyright fee of more than 700 million yuan, a start-up company like ours cannot afford such a good thing."
Zhang Yida sighed, looking embarrassed. The stuff was good, but it would be better if it was cheaper.
Liang Chao and Cao Dun looked at each other, and the latter said: "We feel that 60 episodes are too long. We can almost edit it to 55 episodes, so that the plot is more compact."
60 million was lost in one fell swoop, but Zhang Yida still felt dissatisfied.
"Let's cut it to 40 episodes. The story is short and the climax is repeated, making it more enjoyable to watch."
Liang Chao felt a little angry and felt that Zhang Yida had too much appetite and wanted to cut off more than 200 million yuan at once.
I patiently explained everything to Zhang Yida, including all aspects of the cost, and how the TV series was exciting and had the chance to be a big hit.
He also revealed in a subtle way that Penguin was willing to pay 600 million to take away the exclusive copyright of the Internet.
Zhang Yida didn't do this, he just saw off the guests when he got up.
Liang Chao and Cao Dun are now worried. Youku's return will inevitably affect other platforms' evaluation of this drama.
The two of them were not satisfied with the prices offered by iQiyi and Penguin, so they approached Zhang Yida.
"550 million, Mr. Zhang, this is our last concession!"
Zhang Yida glanced at Liang Chao lightly, and two words popped out of the corner of his mouth: "Deal!"