At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 397 A blog is a good thing!
SMG is Shanghai Media Group...

Why did they take the risk?

The original words are 'the current TV stations in our country are not completely commercial stations, and the TV stations have the responsibility of spreading socialist spiritual civilization. Soldiers Assault has such value! '

Actually... a gamble!
They are willing to believe in Shen Xudong's vision...

After all, Shen Xudong made a guarantee: "This drama is actually a counterattack from ordinary people to the king of soldiers. The first few episodes are not enough to catch people... But after that, it will definitely be better. We will also spend huge sums of money to promote it on the Internet!"

However, they directly bought the rights to broadcast for ten years...

This makes Shen Xudong very strange. At this stage, in China, the distribution of TV dramas is generally a one-time buyout of the broadcasting rights for 1-2 years.

Once the transaction is concluded, within the agreement period, the number of times the TV station broadcasts and the income obtained from the broadcast will have nothing to do with the producer.

Of course, they won't broadcast it all the time, at most one round at night, and replay it during the day...

After all, there are so many dramas waiting in line!
They said they read Shen Xudong's blog...they were thinking about long-term benefits...

Well, Shen Xudong tweeted "Soldier Assault" on his blog. The original words were ""Soldier Assault" was originally called "Erna Assault". It was written by my senior brother Lan Xiaolong...I like this script very much, but I have never dared to invest in filming. On the one hand, I can’t find a director I like;
Later, director Kang Honglei watched the drama performance and said that he must make it. After finding me, I invested 1000 million... Be prepared to lose money!

Then Liu Chang from Bayi Factory and Mr. Huang from Huayi Brothers read the script and liked it very much. We made it together.

This drama... is different from the general dramas that focus on arresting people in the first three episodes. It is estimated that the mainstream viewers will not like it... Our TV station has always liked family ethics dramas. Or how the stepmother coordinates the relationship between herself and her children... This kind of drama must not worry about the ratings.

From the setting point of view, the episodes here are 'legendary' enough.

Why is 'legend' in quotes?
We call this kind of thing dog blood!

My senior brother Wang Hailin once said "a pair of men's feet and a pair of women's feet, rub each other twice", the audience was excited and the ratings increased.

Let me sum it up roughly, the bloody factor:

Before dying, I must not finish my confession;
Knocking on the door and breaking in will usually encounter two things, hang yourself and make out;
There are generally four ways in which a woman disguised as a man can be seen through: the hat is knocked off, she falls into the water, touches her chest, and is seen changing clothes.

Good people hide in the mansion, no matter how bad people search, they generally can't be found;
Generally, when villains use knives and guns at the protagonist, they are either talking nonsense or being dumbfounded. The leader of the villain can't die the first time... he always struggles to the death, and he must be hacked again before he dies...

There are more gore elements in Korean dramas. I have plans to make two masterpieces that combine all gore elements...

Stay tuned!
But...if we all do this kind of series, then Chinese TV dramas will have no future! '

"I hope that the major TV stations will seriously consider it. If it is not possible, we can only release DVD..."

Then SMG came to contact...

……

Before 2005, it was called the era of traditional media. If stars and celebrities wanted to maintain their exposure, or make some nonsense statements, they had to contact the media and ask reporters for help...

With the advent of blogs, there is no need for this anymore!
Anyway, Shen Xudong posts a blog whenever he has something to do. He and Xu Jinglei are the two most recommended by Sina Blog.

Xu Cairen writes some small points of view when he has nothing to do, such as the concept of dressing and judging beauty contests.

She is indeed a talented woman!
However, it is not as good as Shen Xudong, whose hits have already broken through the 1000 million mark—the No.1 blog in China.

After all, he writes a lot, starting from the internal test stage...

Type an article if you have anything to do, even use it as a diary during the promotional period!

The result is that many media don't need to interview him at all, and can directly grab material from his blog, for example, his views on "Soldier Assault", many media have reproduced it.

SMG spent a lot of money to buy the broadcast rights of "Sword" in Shanghai for ten years, and made a lot of money - some channels even made 28 episodes out of the original 40 episodes in order to insert more advertisements!
Buying "Soldier Assault" this time... is not optimistic, otherwise, I will buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of the whole range...

But the cost is already covered!

However, in terms of media reports - Shen Xudong sold the show after posting a blog post!

sparked a lot of discussion...

It mainly discusses the role of the blog as a medium. If Shen Xudong wants to trigger public discussions according to the previous process, he has to contact many media to give benefits...

But now, just post an article directly on the Internet.

This matter must make them dissatisfied - after all, it is equivalent to cutting meat from their bowls!
So, discussions, all kinds of quarrels...

Then Shen Xudong posted another blog, namely "Venice Experience"...

Well, he went to Venice!

……

This year marks the centenary of the birth of Chinese movies, and the cards are very high.

Xu Ke's "Seven Swords" was invited to be the opening film, and "National Witness" was invited to be the closing film of the film festival on September 9!
In addition, this year's Venice, more than 10 films from China participated in the exhibition and competition, which can be said to be the most in all previous Venice Film Festivals.

Marco Muller even set up a Chinese film review unit during the film festival, "wanting to celebrate the centenary of Chinese film in the most unique and beautiful way."

To celebrate the centenary of Chinese film, the opening ceremony even featured fireworks, dances and dragon dance performances. That's right, the Venice Film Festival turned the opening ceremony into a Chinese night for the first time.

The Chinese filmmakers at the scene were very excited...

Even after the screening of "Seven Swords", the audience's response was a bit embarrassing-most audiences didn't know much about the weapons flying around in the film, and the response was mediocre, and the 144-minute length of the film also made film critics deeply tired.

Shen Xudong honestly recorded this on his blog. By the way, he wrote, "Director Xu's "Legend of Shushan" was screened in Cannes, and it probably didn't sell well. I read reports that "overseas copyrights were sold for 1 million Hong Kong dollars." This is pure nonsense. If it really sells for [-] million Hong Kong dollars, "Legend of Shushan" will definitely start filming a sequel! '

'For Chinese-language films with internationally renowned actors or directors, popular genres, or high-profile topics, the full copyright price in some regions is basically around 5 to 10 euros. "Outstanding Citizen" is considered very good. North American copyright income reached 500 million U.S. dollars, and European copyrights, including South American copyrights, were close to 200 million euros...'

"I guess it will be difficult for "Seven Swords" to pay back...Also, "The Aviator" will be released tomorrow. As the only Chinese film in the main competition, I hope the judges will like it..."

The blog was just published, and a group of people responded immediately.

"Front row..."

"What do you mean by the second?"

"So it's bragging to say that those film studios boast tens of millions of dollars per episode?"

Shen Xudong picked up a few replies: "There is also "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" directed by Guan Jinpeng;"

"It's not all bragging. Overseas distribution is usually in two forms: buyout and split. European and American blockbusters will not buy out at a high price. But it also depends on the situation. The North American copyright of "House of Flying Daggers" was sold 2000 million U.S. dollars, after all, at that time, the overseas box office of "Hero" excluding North America had already reached 8000 million U.S. dollars!"

　I…

　　I reviewed it, and I felt something was wrong when I wrote it yesterday...

　　I will definitely not write like this in the future!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)