Chapter 85 I Want to Take a Scene on Mount Tai (3/3)
Dongshan Station, Station Director’s Office
Zuo Le and Chen Changshan sat looking at each other, the atmosphere a little solemn.
"Family with Children" has been mostly filmed and will soon enter post-production. If the progress goes well, it will be just in time for the 2018 Spring Festival.
After Chen Changshan inquired about the filming progress of "A Family with Children", he called Zuo Le to discuss Dongshan TV's purchase of the exclusive TV broadcast rights of "A Family with Children" from Shanhe Pictures.
Zuo Le is good at everything. Once a TV series is produced, it will be sold to anyone. Compared with cooperating with those unfamiliar TV stations, he himself prefers to sell to his old club.
However, the price is always the point of disagreement between buying and selling. The reason why the two of them are deadlocked here is because of the disagreement on price.
Zuo Le believes that with the achievements and reputation he achieved in his first three films, as well as the excellent quality of "Family with Children" itself, this sitcom is likely to continue the glory of his previous works.
Therefore, when Dongshan TV wanted the exclusive rights to broadcast the first broadcast on the TV platform, Zuo Le opened his mouth and offered 230 million.
Chen Changshan thought it was too expensive. Dongshan TV had not spent more than 200 million to buy a drama in all its years, so he counter-offered to 150 million. Zuo Le naturally refused, and the two sides began to negotiate.
"Director, 150 million is really not enough. If you are willing to share the TV rights equally with others, it is okay. The price for the exclusive right to broadcast the first broadcast is too low." Zuo Le looked unhappy.
"Xiao Zuo, your show "Family with Children" is a sitcom. How much can it cost in total? 20 million or 30 million? The asking price is 230 million, which is too shameful." Chen Changshan said earnestly.
"black?"
Zuo Le looked innocent: "Didn't I learn from you? In the past, we didn't invest much in Traffic Station Duology and "Story of the Cooking Class", but the online copyrights were sold for two to three hundred million.
above.
What did you and Mr. Chen of the currency station say at that time? Yes, the shooting cost of film and television works cannot be completely calculated, but it depends on the commercial traffic effect it brings to the platform.
Station director, if you want to talk to me about costs, then I can talk to you about the advertising fees that "Family with Children" can earn for the station, which is 230 million, which is just a fraction."
"..."
Chen Changshan was choked by Zuo Le's words.
There was no way around it. Zuo Le knew too much about the internal affairs of Dongshan Taiwan. He probably had a plan for Chen Changshan's various responses from the very beginning.
Today is said to be a negotiation between the two parties, but it is better to say that Zuo Le is constantly testing Dongshantai's bottom line, and then reaching a cooperation at a suitable price.
Thinking of this, Chen Changshan gave up his intention to continue negotiating with Zuo Le. Anyway, he would just pay more here and earn more from advertisers later.
"In this case, I won't talk nonsense to you. 230 million is a bit high. Let's round it up to 200 million."
Zuo Le was silent for a moment and stretched out a finger: "Add another 10 million, 210 million."
"make a deal."
Chen Changshan slapped him in the face. In the past two years, Dongshan TV has made a lot of money thanks to Zuo Le's several dramas. 210 million is barely average.
Zuo Le also had a smile on his face. The price almost met his psychological expectations.
Even if "Family with Children" was sold to another TV station, the price would be roughly the same, not much more. Compared with the profit of only 10 to 20 million, Zuo Le would still choose to continue to have a good relationship with Dongshan TV.
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After the negotiation ended, the atmosphere between the two became harmonious again.
Chen Changshan took out a cigarette and Zuo Le lit it himself. Chen Changshan looked at his dog-legged appearance and couldn't help but smile and shook his head.
"You've made 200 million yuan this time. You've made a fortune. No wonder you had to go out and work alone before."
Zuo Le chuckled and didn't say much on this issue. Instead, he asked: "Does our Taiwan have anything to do with Taishan?"
"What's wrong?"
"I want to shoot a martial arts drama for my new drama, and I plan to shoot some scenes on Mount Tai. I have no contact with them there, so I would like to ask if there is any way in Taiwan."
"Martial arts? Taishan? You don't do sitcoms anymore?" Chen Changshan was a little surprised.
“It’s not that I’m not filming, it’s just that I got a little tired of filming several sitcoms in a row, so I wanted to try other subjects. I happened to have a good book in hand, so I planned to film a martial arts film that I like.
By the way, I can also hone my directing skills. After all, I am still young and cannot always be limited to sitcoms."
Chen Changshan nodded, lowered his head and thought for a moment: "I actually know a leader over there, he's the fourth-in-command, I guess. Don't worry, filming is a good thing, and it can also help promote the scenic spot, so it should be fine."
"Very good."
Zuo Le was very happy and asked again: "Director, in addition to the people from Mount Tai, do you also know the leaders of Liujiajie, Mount Emei, Huangshan, Jiuchengzhai, Shennongjia, and Changbai Mountain?"
Chen Changshan looked confused: "Are you filming a martial arts drama or a national tourist attraction?"
"As for the combination of martial arts and scenery, don't you think it would be interesting to combine so many scenic spots in our country with our unique martial arts culture?"
"There is a head start, there is a head start, but how much does it cost? Are your two hundred million enough?"
"You don't understand this. Part of the real scene, part of the special effects. It saves money but has good results. I have already contacted the top special effects teams in the country. With the existing technology, there is absolutely no problem."
Zuo Le had obviously made a lot of preparations. Chen Changshan couldn't help but be fascinated while listening to this eloquent talk. At this time, Zuo Le showed his fangs inadvertently.
"Director, the amount of investment in this drama is too large. Our Shanhe family cannot afford it alone. I wonder if anyone in Taiwan is interested in participating in it."
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When Zuo Le was fooling... ahem, persuading Chen Changshan, he was far away at the CCTV headquarters in Beijing.
The famous screenwriter and producer Luo Qianzheng is trying every possible means to get CCTV to invest in him filming a remake of Gu Long's novel "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng".
However, CCTV's response to his project was mediocre. Part of the reason was not being optimistic, and more of it was fear of losses.
In the past, many military dramas were invested and filmed for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the army. Except for the special forces-themed "Strike" and "National Defense Student", which were relatively good, most of the others were not very ideal and could only be regarded as barely satisfactory.
cover the cost.
Needless to say, "King of Land", the three aces of sea, land and air, which CCTV had high hopes for, failed miserably.
"Dragon" has a good reputation, but its ratings are extremely dismal. The reason is that the director and screenwriter have gone too deep into submarine expertise, resulting in many plots and lines being relatively esoteric. Military fans enjoyed watching it, but it was
Extremely unfriendly to general audiences.
As for "Falcon", which was filmed as an air force theme, it was originally considered the last of the three aces in CCTV's mind. However, due to the popularity of "The Story of the Cooking Class", many viewers became interested in the air force and came to watch it.
As a result, "Falcon" became the one with the best performance among the three major TV series. Unfortunately, due to the mediocre quality of the TV series itself, I was unable to seize the opportunity, and finally got a result that was neither embarrassing nor embarrassing.
Therefore, CCTV, which has suffered a lot from these military dramas, is not in the mood to invest in any more TV dramas in the short term.
Luo Qian tried various methods, but finally got rejected. He had no choice but to leave southern Hunan, planning to try his luck in Star City.
ps: You can guess what the new drama is, I will lose if you guess it﹋o﹋
