Chapter 475 This is a headache

Chapter 475 This is a headache

Chapter 475 This is a headache

During the flight.

The seats can be reversed, so four people can sit at the dining table.

Fan Wumian felt itchy, so he took out two decks of playing cards and taught the girls how to play "throwing eggs".

They are good at playing Landlord and are quite smart.

Leaving aside Zhuang Muxi, Yang Mi and Huang Shengyi both relied on their excellent academic performance to be admitted to the Beijing Film Academy, and their scores were enough to be admitted to ordinary first-class universities in the Yanjing area.

After listening to his explanation, the few of them quickly understood the rules of throwing eggs, and after trying two or three times, they easily got the hang of it.

Zhuang Muxi and Yang Mi are in a group, while Fan Wumian and Huang Shengyi are partners.

At this moment, Yang Mi had a large handful of cards in her hand. She tore the cards into pieces in order to make a straight flush. She found that there were too many single cards after removing them, which was not cost-effective, so she put them back in place one by one, saying:

"The rules are much more complicated than Doudizhu. You can freely match cards at any level of hearts. Is this the way Hong Kong plays poker? I don't think I've ever seen it. In movies, it's either mahjong, poker, or blackjack."

Zhuang Muxi had four "bombs" in his hand, plus three jokers and two twos of hearts, which meant a total of six "bombs", and the cards looked quite nice.

She smiled and said:

"No, I've never heard of playing 'throwing eggs' in Hong Kong. It may also be because I immigrated here in high school and don't understand these niche rules. People in Hong Kong love to gamble, and some even like to bet on dogs, which seems to be similar to horse racing. The boss should know more about this."

I like to call him "Amian" in private, and only call him boss in front of others.

Fan Wumian has a gambler father at home, who is indeed knowledgeable. I remember that when he was a child, there was a period of time when silly old Fan was obsessed with cockfighting and Pai Gow, which were later gradually replaced by other more popular gambling methods.

It was a bad hand, it was unbearable to look at.

He explained vaguely:

"This way of playing should be from Jiangsu. I heard someone introduce it to me when I was out for dinner. It perfectly solves the problem of playing Landlords being too monotonous and Mahjong being inconvenient to carry around."

"By the way, Ms. Huang, the TV series you shot, City Hunter, encountered some minor problems when it was submitted for review. The feedback they gave us was that it does not advocate fighting violence with violence, and they suggested that it be revised."

"This is a headache. The theme of the entire TV series is 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. If someone offends me, I will pay him back double.' The company is trying to find a solution."

".Ah? It's a TV series co-produced between Hong Kong and Hong Kong, right? The entire story is set in Hong Kong. Is that not okay?"

Huang Shengyi has extremely high expectations for "City Hunter", but she is also worried that the TV series will not be broadcast in mainland China. It would be unfortunate if she couldn't show her face and increase her popularity after finally becoming the leading actress in a big production.

Fan Wumian tapped the table with his fingers to indicate no, and continued:

"Don't worry. I'll find a way to ask about the situation after I'm done with these few days. However, more than a dozen TV stations in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, etc. have already taken a fancy to City Hunter. There's no problem distributing DVDs in the mainland. It's just that it's not suitable for broadcasting on TV. At worst, we can broadcast it as a web series. If it can attract 2 to 3 million paying users to recharge and become members, the company's revenue will still be guaranteed, and you can become popular again."

The film remuneration that should have been given to Huang Shengyi had already been paid to her.

If "City Hunter" really cannot be broadcast on major satellite TV stations, it will harm Fan Wumian's own interests.

Seeing that he was not nervous at all, Yang Mi continued:
"A few months ago, 'The Useless Man' was exclusively broadcast on Tudou.com. The news said that it has been viewed tens of millions of times. It should have a bright future, right? Now everything has been moved online. My roommate buys things on Taobao all day long. His clothes are more than half the price of those in stores."

"It's just that there are too many pirated websites, and it seems to have a big impact on Tudou."

"If there is any way to shut down all those infringing websites, that would be great. Otherwise, many people will just download from other places, which is equivalent to using your stuff to make money."

Fan Wumian continued to refuse to pay the cards:
"The membership price of Tudou.com is not expensive, only 6 yuan a month on average. As long as we provide other services well, we still have a chance to attract paying users." "For example, we can introduce bullet screen function, comment area function, high-definition quality, no ads, etc. to distinguish it from pirated websites. There are always some netizens who don't care about the money. Launching "City Hunter" as a web drama is the last resort, and we haven't reached that stage yet."

"Recently, there has been a strict investigation, and even a large number of costume dramas have been banned. If City Hunter is first broadcast in neighboring countries and regions and becomes a phenomenal hit drama, it may be forgiven for promoting the current level of film and television drama production in the mainland. In fact, when writing the script, I asked people to be particularly careful to avoid touching on sensitive plots as much as possible."

His "City Hunter" is adapted from the hit Korean drama of the same name.

Although they have been very careful, but if even one person in the department responsible for review doesn't give the nod, this TV series will not be able to cooperate with all the mainland TV stations.

As soon as Fan Wumian received the news yesterday, he immediately sent someone to investigate the situation.

All I can say is that the cultural and entertainment industry is a difficult business to do. It is easy to touch high-voltage lines everywhere. Sometimes the regulations change at any time, resulting in works with investments of tens of millions being completely ruined.

For example, the "ancient drama restriction order" issued some time ago forced satellite TV stations to broadcast only two costume dramas each year, causing the value of costume dramas on the market to plummet, with a drop of more than 30%.

Even so, the investors and directors were thankful if they could sell the film successfully, as many projects were directly cancelled.

During his stay in Hengdian, Fan Wumian heard from others that a crew that was still filming a costume martial arts drama a few days ago suddenly could not contact the investors and owed the actors and crew members a large sum of money, and their funding chain was completely broken.

Unfortunately, "Wulin Waijia" is also a costume sitcom and was also affected by the "ancient drama restriction order".

Fortunately, for a popular TV series like "Wulin Waijia", the TV station was still willing to purchase it at the highest price, so Fan Wumian did not suffer any losses. The costume drama he invested in would not be ignored.

If Fan Wumian wasn't short of funds, it would actually be promising for him to take the opportunity to buy some costume dramas at a low price, which would save huge costs.

Zhuang Muxi said to him:

"I've been watching Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy in the US recently. Do they produce and sell their own TV series like TBV, or do they purchase TV series from outside?"

"It's mainly produced by the TV station, which helps save costs."

Fan Wumian threw out four small 3s, which were the only "bomb" in his hand. Before it could make any splash, it was blown up by Yang Mi, and he was beaten into despair.

He continued:
"In fact, I have considered investing in some American TV series. The profits of TV series in the mainland are too small. It is better to spend the same energy on making movies. The problem is that if there is no platform for broadcasting, it is easy for people to lower the price of American TV series, like moving Tudou.com there. It would be too offensive. Those American media groups are not easy to mess with. Even Washington is deeply afraid of these people. A small supporting role like me is not enough to fill their teeth."

The purchasing prices of mainland TV dramas are strictly restricted from above.

The ceiling is limited, so one can only make small profits but quick turnover and earn some hard-earned money. Therefore, Fan Wumian rarely gets involved. At most, he writes a script outline and hands it over to his team to work on.

The risk of developing an American version of Penguin Weibo is still within an acceptable range.

However, if he went to Silicon Valley to build a video website, he would be competing head-on with major TV stations and Hollywood film and television giants. Fan Wumian was not so stubborn as to put money above his life, so he dared to reach directly into the bowls of these people.

As long as he violates the taboo, even the cooperating Paramount Pictures will probably take the lead in canceling all cooperation and draw a clear line with Mythology Film Studios.

Even if we take the huge risk of losing everything and really invest huge sums of money to build an international version of the video website, it is hard to say whether it can be saved.

Therefore, compared to doing it yourself, the safest option is to wait until the future to invest in Netflix in advance and provide some development ideas and scripts. Considering Netflix's current total market value of only more than a billion US dollars, earning a 100-fold return should not be a problem.

We were playing mahjong and chatting, and soon it was past 10 o'clock in the evening.

After washing up in the bathroom, they dimmed the lights in the cabin and went to sleep. Fan Wumian had just put on his earplugs when he turned his head and saw Yang Mi reclining the sofa backrest.

She lay on her side facing Fan Wumian, blinking her big eyes, looking very excited.
(End of this chapter)