Chapter 287 Acquire Zhouyi and contact LeTV

Chapter 287 Acquire Zhouyi and contact LeTV

Chapter 287 Acquire Zhouyi and contact LeTV

Regarding the matter of Galaxy Group wanting to acquire Zhouyi Film and Television, their two company heads have different opinions.

Jiang Xueruo, as the helmsman of Zhouyi Film and Television, disagrees with this.

However, her husband is preparing to divorce her because of the scandal between Jiang Xueruo and Yu Bo, and he also holds some shares in Zhouyi Film and Television, so he is willing to sell them.

Galaxy Pictures first acquired the shares held by Jiang Xueruo's husband at a price of 600 million, and then used Bo's relationship to negotiate with the other party.

Of course, the conditions offered by the Galaxy Group are also very good. The acquired Zhouyi Film and Television will be integrated into the Galaxy Group and become an independent team under its TV drama production department, specializing in the shooting and production of costume martial arts TV dramas.

As for Jiang Xueruo, she can choose to join Galaxy Pictures, become the leader of this new production team, and own internal shares in the TV drama department of Galaxy Group.

You can also choose to sell the shares you have.

However, after some consideration, Jiang Xueruo, who was heartbroken because of her relationship, finally decided to sell her shares in Zhouyi Film and Television to Xinghe Pictures and completely withdraw from the industry.

Although Wang Hao, who heard about this, expressed some regret, he also respected the other party's choice.

At this point, Zhouyi Film and Television Production Company has completely disappeared from the Chinese TV drama industry.

However, the TV drama department under Galaxy Film and Television has added a new team, and its screenwriter department has also added a group of new people.

Wang Hao had already made plans for the new team and these new members.

His previous copyright company, Xingtu Culture, has acquired the copyrights of many literary works. In particular, Wang Hao was a native of Hubei Province in his previous life, and he loved the magazine "Legends of Past and Present" when he was young, so he specially cooperated with them and acquired the film and television copyrights of many novels serialized in "Legends of Past and Present·Martial Arts Edition".

There are many excellent works among these "new mainland martial arts" works. Wang Hao asked them to choose and discuss them by themselves. In the end, this group of former Zhouyi Film and Television screenwriters picked out a book called "The Daughters of Luoyang".

This book is set in the ancient capital of Luoyang and tells the story of the love, hatred and vengeance between Han E, the "Taibai Swordsman", and the heroine Du Fangning, as well as the struggle for power in the court.

The story is quite suitable for the style of Zhouyi Film and Television. As for the cost, it can be controlled a little, and it will be fine with the sufficient staff of Galaxy Pictures.

After resolving the issue of Zhouyi Film and Television, the only TV series that Xinghe Group is in charge of this year, apart from "The Girls of Luoyang", is "The Love of Silence" which Li Qian is currently filming.

Oh, by the way, there is also a movie called "Big Shot" which has been in the works for a long time.

This drama is a spin-off of "Fatal Call". Due to the content, Wang Hao and his team had previously planned to make it into a web drama, which can be regarded as an early test of the online video platform.

However, most of China’s online video platforms were still in their infancy, with many competitors emerging and paying no attention to copyright protection of videos. So Galaxy Pictures looked around but couldn’t find a suitable partner.

Fortunately, since the country issued and implemented the "Internet Video Program Service Management Regulations" last year, Sohu Video has taken advantage of this regulation to establish an "Anti-Piracy Alliance" to crack down on video websites such as Tudou, Youku, and 56.com.

In addition, with the involvement of government departments, the industry's copyright issues have been generally regulated.

At this time, the importance of content and copyright has received a certain degree of attention, and some Internet video websites with a keen sense of smell have also begun to focus on this area. Naturally, Galaxy Pictures' "Big Shot" project has new opportunities.

Of course, the question of who to cooperate with becomes a problem.

At that time in the Internet market, the only two video websites that occupied the largest market traffic were Tudou and Youku.

After them is the second tier such as Sohu Video and LeTV. As for the future iQiyi and Tencent Video, we have to wait for some time after major Internet companies enter the video field before they will appear.

Originally, Wang Hao valued Tudou and Youku, and asked his subordinates to contact these two companies.

However, the feedback from these two companies was not very good. They were willing to purchase or co-produce the Internet drama "Big Shot" for the sake of the great director Wang Hao, but the price was extremely low.

All in all, Galaxy Pictures is completely losing money by making this web drama.

At this time, Wang Hao actually had the idea of ​​creating his own video website or acquiring a video website.

Anyway, he still has two or three hundred million US dollars worth of stocks in the United States. Nowadays, there are many competitors in the domestic video website industry, and there are countless dragons and snakes among the grassroots. It is convenient and easy to enter the market now.

Take Kuaibo for example. Wang Hao had actually attracted attention. However, before anyone could be arranged to contact Kuaibo, an unexpected person contacted him through Wu Jing's relationship.

"Mr. Wang, welcome!"

In a private room of a high-end hotel, Wang Hao was invited to meet the main person he wanted to discuss cooperation with, Mr. Jia, the founder of LeTV, and his wife Gan Wei.

To be honest, Wang Hao was also very surprised when he received Gan Wei's call.

On the one hand, he didn't expect the other party to invite him. On the other hand, he didn't expect Gan Wei to get his phone number through Wu Jing.

But then I thought, Gan Wei is also a person in the entertainment industry, and may have worked with Wu Jing before, so it is not difficult to understand.

As for what the other party wanted to talk to him about, Wang Hao had some guesses in his mind and was also somewhat interested, so he went to the appointment.

After the meeting, both sides, as usual, flattered each other and exchanged pleasantries.

After everyone sat down, had some food and drinks, and the atmosphere gradually became more pleasant, Boss Jia began to talk about the real reason why he invited Wang Hao this time.

"Boss Wang, I heard from Awei that your company wants to shoot and produce a web drama, and are you looking for a suitable online video platform?"

These words were exactly what Wang Hao had guessed, so he was not surprised at all and nodded in agreement.

"Yes, our Galaxy Film Company's Galaxy Cinematic Universe has a spin-off TV series. Because the content is a bit explicit, we are worried that it won't be able to be broadcast on satellite TV, so we are planning to try it out as a web series."

"Online drama?" Boss Jia seemed very interested in what Wang Hao said and immediately asked, "Is it a TV series that is specially supplied to the Internet video platform?"

It is still 2010 now, and most TV dramas are still broadcast on TV stations. Although TV dramas and movies can be watched on the Internet platform, most of them are pirated resources.

Moreover, due to the limitation of Internet speed, the playback on video websites is not that smooth, so things like "online dramas" and "online movies" are not yet made by any film and television companies.

"Yes, it is a TV series specially designed for broadcast on Internet video platforms."

As Wang Hao spoke, he also outlined the prospects of the online drama market to the other party. "I don't know if Mr. Jia has watched TV dramas at home. The current regular TV drama market is actually shrinking.

With the development of the Internet, a new media, more young people still prefer to use the Internet as a medium. After all, it is more convenient and faster, and they can watch the movies they want anytime and anywhere.

The television in the home often becomes the property of the elderly and women, which naturally leads to the differentiation of the audience of TV dramas.

The elderly and housewives who occupy the television prefer traditional family dramas about mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, while young people who use Internet media prefer trendy and more distinctive TV series.

At this time, TV series specially designed for young users to watch on the Internet naturally have a place to survive.

Moreover, Mr. Jia, you are also in the Internet industry, so you should know that the Internet is the general trend of future development, and young people are the main force in the future. There is still a lot to be done in the field of online dramas.”

After listening to Wang Hao's words, Boss Jia nodded subconsciously and said:

“Boss Wang has a long-term vision.

In fact, we at LeTV have the same opinion as you, Mr. Wang. You may not know that this year we at LeTV launched the first LeTV TV Cloud Video Ultra HD Machine Letv-818, which uses the Linux system we developed ourselves.

This LeTV TV Cloud Video Ultra HD machine breaks the traditional model of TV sets, integrates the Internet and TV, and gives TV more possibilities..."

Wang Hao looked at Mr. Jia who was introducing LeTV TV to him nonstop and sighed in his heart, he was indeed a talented person who was able to raise hundreds of billions of yuan and finally get out successfully, now he took the opportunity to give him a PPT presentation.

“So, Mr. Wang, the future development of LeTV requires excellent content providers like Galaxy Pictures to provide works.

With LeTV and LeTV TV as the broadcasting platforms, Galaxy Pictures' Galaxy Cinematic Universe will surely be able to reach thousands of households faster and better."

Wang Hao listened to Boss Jia's talk, but he became a little alert.

The other party is a big boss of an Internet company, and he can clearly say "Galaxy Cinematic Universe". I'm afraid the purpose is not just to cooperate with Galaxy Pictures on a "Big Shot".

But he knows how good Boss Jia will be at making big promises and hyping up concepts in the future. He and LeTV will appear wherever an industry is booming or where there is traffic.

In the eyes of the other party, this big IP, [Galaxy Cinematic Universe], may be an excellent project suitable for hype.

So Wang Hao did not respond to his words, but seized the key words in his words and talked about another thing.

"I remember that Jia's LeTV has also spent a lot of money to buy a lot of copyrights in recent years. Is it still lacking high-quality content?"

Nowadays, because Internet giants such as Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu have not yet entered the video industry, not many people pay attention to IP copyright.

In the entire market, the only ones who are really investing money in this area, besides Wang Hao's Star Map Culture, are Boss Jia's LeTV.

It is said that the bosses of the two companies are not aware that the employees of the copyright companies under them are still in contact and competition with each other in the market, and sometimes they are all eyeing the same movie or TV series at the same time.

"Hahaha, those are past works after all. For new content in the future, I'll have to rely on your company, Boss Wang."

Boss Jia laughed, but still did not give up on the cooperation. His wife Gan Wei, who was sitting next to him, also spoke up:
“Mr. Wang, in fact, we at LeTV are very sincere in cooperating with your company to produce the movie ‘Big Shot’.

Two years ago, LeTV also established its own film and television production company and has made some investments in this area. This is normal cooperation within the film and television industry, so you don’t need to worry about anything.”

"Mr. Gan, you are too polite. I am not worried about anything. I am very happy that LeTV, such a large Internet company, is willing to cooperate with Galaxy Pictures.

But today is the first time we meet, so there is no need to rush into cooperation."

There is indeed no need to rush, and the conditions still need to be discussed slowly.

The meaning of Wang Hao's words was very clear. Boss Jia and his wife were not fools, so they naturally knew what he meant.

It was good to have this intention. At the subsequent banquet, the two sides did not talk about this matter anymore. Instead, Gan Wei started talking about some gossip and interesting things in the entertainment industry. The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

After the banquet, Wang Hao returned to the company and immediately asked people to collect all the information about LeTV.com, and instructed the company's TV drama department to try to negotiate with LeTV about cooperation on "Big Shot".

Wang Hao is actually not opposed to cooperating with LeTV.

Although he knew that Boss Jia would indeed suffocate everyone's dreams in the future, it was only 2010, and there were still several years before LeTV's bankruptcy in 2017.

As long as you get off before then, it won't be a big problem.

The key point is that LeTV’s collapse also means that if Galaxy Pictures cooperates with it, it does not have to worry about the other party having any bad intentions in the future.

On this point, Wang Hao has to be more cautious about Ma Ali, who also wants to cooperate with him.

Afterwards, with the advance communication between the two big bosses, Wang Hao and Boss Jia, the employees of Galaxy Pictures and LeTV.com talked about the cooperation on "Big Shot" and it went relatively smoothly.

This spin-off TV series is produced by Galaxy Pictures, which plans to shoot 15 episodes. LeTV will then purchase each episode at a price of 200 million and premiere it on its own website.

3000 million to buy a 15-episode web drama, this price is of course a bit high in this day and age, many popular TV dramas cannot be sold at this price.

However, what Boss Jia and LeTV value is not this web drama, but Galaxy Pictures and the Galaxy Cinematic Universe behind the web drama.

According to the terms they negotiated with Galaxy Pictures, "Big Shot" can be regarded as a test work for the cooperation between the two parties.

If the cooperation goes smoothly, LeTV will subsequently open an independent "Galaxy Movie Universe" theater on its own website.

As for Galaxy Pictures, it will also authorize the online copyright of works related to the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" to LeTV.

Of course, they will discuss the specific licensing price at that time. This is just an initial intention. Everything depends on the results of the cooperation achieved by "Big Shot".

As for the future bankruptcy of LeEco Group, Wang Hao has also considered it in advance. By then, the works of [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] will only authorize the online copyright to LeEco. Once LeEco fails to pay the licensing fee on time, Galaxy Group also has the right to take back the copyright.

(End of this chapter)