Chapter 362

Chapter 362

Chapter 362

"My Love from the Star" was filmed too hastily.

The filming started after the Lantern Festival and took more than a month. I was so busy shooting one scene after another that I had no time or energy to sit down and enjoy the show.

Even Fan Wumian himself felt that it was a bit like an "assembly line".

The schedule in the first half of the year was too full, as if it was a business done just to make money, rather than being passionate about realizing a dream like when filming "A Quiet Place 1" and "Those Years".

Fan Wumian was deeply moved by seeing that in order to play the role well in "Detective Chinatown", Stephen Chow not only started losing weight in January, gradually losing more than ten pounds, but also began to study the script early in the morning and often came to him to discuss and rehearse, which made him feel deeply moved.

People often say that Zhou Xingxing is greedy, eccentric, and a bad person, but very few say that his works are of poor quality. Obviously, there is a reason for this.

Fan Wumian discovered long ago that his pursuit of revenue, ratings and box office far outweighed his emphasis on the quality of the work itself.

As his business grew, the number of people who depended on him for a living continued to increase, and he became more and more like a businessman.

From some perspectives.

Making film and television works is like putting together a puzzle, piecing together pieces of footage according to the timeline and storyline to form a complete work.

It may be very fulfilling to complete a piece occasionally, but if you work one piece after another in a rush to finish it, it is inevitable that it will lack some meaning.

If you take the time out from filming and use it for other things, you can not only earn more, but also plan more works, which is actually more efficient.

After finishing the current projects, Fan Wumian plans to shoot only one drama a year, or arrange his schedule according to the rhythm of three dramas in two years, and try to slow down the pace of life.

It’s our third day in Bangkok.

The crew is still preparing to start filming.

After getting up early that day, Fan Wumian went to the hotel's lounge area to explain the play to Yang Mi and Gao Yuanyuan, helping them to find their state.

In the new version of "Detective Chinatown 3", Sing Zai likes the Thai-Chinese heroine played by Gao Yuanyuan, while Fan Wumian pairs up with Yang Mi.

He arranged a role for Yang Mi as the victim's daughter, who would also appear in the second part, and designed the foreshadowing in advance, trying to push Yang Mi to the top.

While reading the script.

Fan Wumian’s cell phone rang.

After the call was connected, Jiang Shixi said on the other end of the phone:

"Boss, a person in charge of Hubei Radio and Television just came to me and said that they want to arrange for "The Lonely and Great God" to be broadcast earlier."

".How early?"

"It will be aired this Friday. I heard it's because the male lead of the next drama was caught playing cards outside. The amount involved is over a million."

Jiang Shixi continued with a smile, in a tone of watching the fun and not minding the trouble:

"The incident was a big deal, with negative news about him everywhere, which led to Hubei Radio and Television withdrawing his new drama and replacing it with "The Lonely and Great God."

"They knew this would disrupt our company's arrangements, so they agreed to make some additional compensation. Boss, if you have any requests, you can take this opportunity to raise them with Huguangdian."

The man involved in the gambling-related scandal was a newcomer who was made famous by Huayi Brothers last year. His name was Lu Xin.

Fan Wumian didn't know this guy.

Under his subtle influence, many people and things have been changed. The titles of the latest batch of officially announced film and television dramas all seem extremely unfamiliar to him.

Another person influenced by him is Jay Chou, who has been teased many times for having "a catfish in his mouth". He just released a single two weeks ago, and Fan Wumian was very uncomfortable hearing the other party's clearly pronounced lyrics.

The reason why Jay Chou tried to change was probably to compete for the mainland market. The total sales of "Nocturne" he released last year was only over one million copies, far less than "Seven Miles of Fragrance" released the year before.

Most of the young people are fans of Fan Wumian, which has seriously reduced Jay Chou's status.

In front of Gao Yuanyuan and Yang Mi.

Fan Wumian crossed his legs:

"I also want to ask these TV stations for help to get Tudou.com's online video license as soon as possible. How dare they take advantage of the opportunity to blackmail me without knowing the rules? If you want to broadcast it, broadcast it in advance. Do a favor to Hubei Radio and Television. It's just the right time to take advantage of the popularity of the TV drama's male lead being involved in gambling and promote my drama."

Jiang Shixi replied, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away, so that the new drama won't be aired suddenly and your fans won't know about it."

Just a small thing.

It was originally planned to release "The Lonely and Great God" during the summer vacation to make it easier for young people to take time to watch the show and increase its ratings.

It's only mid-April now, so it won't hurt to do it two or three months earlier.

Anyway, the contract has been signed successfully, and many second and third round broadcasting rights have been sold at high prices. Audiences who want to watch this drama will always find a way to finish watching it themselves.

Jiang Shixi asked again:

"There is one more thing. Hubei Radio and Television wants to reserve the first broadcast rights of "My Love from the Star" in advance at the highest price in the market, and offers you 20 RMB per episode." In order to protect the interests of TV stations and prevent disorderly competition among them, the higher-ups have made some specific restrictions on the prices at which satellite TV stations purchase TV dramas.

Some TV dramas are shot for dozens of episodes at a time, with a lot of watered-down content, mainly to make more money. It is difficult for small and exquisite short dramas to make a profit.

After listening to his agent, Fan Wumian immediately refused and said:
"It's too early to think about this. I'll make a decision in a few months. I don't want to be deeply tied to a certain TV station. Only when we share the spoils equally can we be more popular. For the same price, we can also pay for Zhejiang East TV, Huizhou TV and Guangdong East TV."

As the boss, he makes the decision.

Jiang Shixi said again:
"I found a reason to turn it down. For the audio and video copyright of The Lonely and Great God, a company in Guangzhou offered 600 million at most, but I couldn't raise the price. Should we sell it or let Tudou broadcast it?"

Without saying a word.

Fan Wumian replied decisively:

"Sell it at 600 million. Tudou.com is not making any money yet. There is no need to spend real money just to increase the number of active users."

opposite.

Gao Yuanyuan is now 26 years old, with long hair, looking like a goddess and having a very friendly smile.

Seeing that Fan Wumian was busy, she listened attentively without saying a word.

Hearing "Huguangdian", "600 million" and so on from their conversations, Gao Yuanyuan secretly felt that the big boss was indeed different. His tone was so light that it made people feel like it was just "600 yuan".

Some time ago, Huang Shengyi was almost bullied, and Fan Wumian helped her to resolve the problem.

Gao Yuanyuan, whose contract happened to be expiring, thought that Bandit King Media was trustworthy after hearing the news, so she took the initiative to extend an olive branch and asked if she could join.

after that.

Xu Zheng and his wife registered a celebrity studio and brought Gao Yuanyuan along.

She registered a separate "Gao Yuanyuan Studio" and signed a contract with the "Xu Zheng and His Wife Studio" at the same time, and was affiliated with Fan Wumian's newly established "Holy Fire Meow Meow (Gangcheng) Agency".

The name "Holy Fire Meow Meow" was chosen because Fan Wumian's Penguin Weibo name is "Holy Fire Meow Meow Leader".

A company name that is cute can easily lower people's guard and win more people's likes.

Until Fan Wumian hung up the phone.

Although Gao Yuanyuan was curious, she was not that familiar with him, so she didn't ask more questions. She just tucked her hair behind her ears and looked at him with a smile.

Yang Mi didn't have so many concerns, and asked with a blink:

"Boss, have you made a fortune again? Which drama is going to be broadcast early?"

"Of course it's The Lonely and Great God. The total revenue from selling the broadcasting rights in the mainland and the audio-visual copyright fees is more than 5000 million RMB, which is pretty good. If it's rebroadcasted by TV stations later, we can also make some money."

The ceiling of mainland TV dramas is currently almost this number, and the heads have already hit the ceiling.

In addition to the revenue from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other places, it is enough to satisfy Fan Wumian. After deducting the publicity and distribution costs, production costs, taxes, etc., the net profit can reach 30 to 40 million yuan.

Yang Mi exclaimed:
"For a big production like The Return of the Condor Heroes, the filming cost 3000 million, but the total revenue seems to be only around 5000 million."

Fan Wumian said calmly:

"You and Liu Yifei did a great job in The Return of the Condor Heroes, but this one of mine is a phenomenal hit. Do you know how good the live effect was when we organized TV station representatives to try it out? A group of girls were so mesmerized that they became mentally retarded."

Gao Yuanyuan couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard this.

Seeing Fan Wumian looking over, she quickly said:
"Mr. Fan, you are partnering with Ms. Zhuang. I am also looking forward to this new drama. Everyone in the entertainment industry knows how powerful your appeal is. Half a month ago, I officially announced that I would join the crew of "Detective Chinatown". After that, the number of followers on Penguin Weibo increased by more than one million. It was so scary that I thought I had seen it wrong."

There are many people in the entertainment industry who are famous for being obsessed with love.

For example, in her previous life, Jane Zhang once proposed to someone at a concert, but was left on the stage for a long time, which was an extremely embarrassing scene. Goddess Gao Yuanyuan was also one of them.

Gao Yuanyuan, who debuted in the 90s, once dated a director and later fell in love with a young singing talent. Last year, she was cheated on by him and has been single ever since.

From this we can see that once the novelty wears off, no matter how beautiful a girl is, she will be just like an ordinary person and will be hurt by love.

Before switching jobs and joining Fan Wumian's team, Gao Yuanyuan had average resources and had never tasted the sweetness of various traffic blessings.

As one of the major shareholders of Penguin Group, sometimes the resources of Penguin Group will be actively tilted towards him without Fan Wumian saying anything.

Ever since the news of Gao Yuanyuan's job change came out, the management team of Penguin Weibo has increased the exposure of her account, and it has been on the hot search list many times, and the number of followers of the account has naturally increased.

Fan Wumian raised the corners of his mouth and said:
"Small success depends on support, big success depends on luck. You have a good foundation. I guess there are many programmers in the background of Penguin Weibo who like you, so they are attracting traffic to you. When you have nothing to do, remember to post more photos and try to make them crazy."

Gao Yuanyuan didn't know how to respond to this, so she just smiled awkwardly and said:
“You are all very young, and most of your fans are probably still students. Those who like me should have started working by now, and maybe someone really helped me secretly.”

(End of this chapter)