1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 781: Stop singing praises

Lin Weimin brought the topic to copyright sales, and Haiyan really became energetic.

At the end of last year, the broadcast of "The True Colors of a Police" achieved good results. So far, it has generated 280 million yuan in revenue for the four parties who originally cooperated with it. The investment in the TV series was 120 million yuan, and the investment return rate was as high as 133%. It was a good start for everyone's cooperation.

This time "A Romantic Affair" is still broadcast on CCTV. The purchase price of a single episode reached 11 yuan. It made a profit in the first round of broadcasting, and then it was pure profit.

The reason why CCTV was able to give such a high purchase price to "A Romantic Affair" was not only because of Lin Weimin's face, but the most important thing was that the success of "The True Colors of a Police" gave them confidence.

Now that the TV series has achieved such excellent results in broadcasting, it will be even easier for Wencheng Film and Television to negotiate prices with CCTV in the future.

After nearly a year of contact, Haiyan has become more or less familiar with many domestic TV stations. Before "A Romantic Affair" premiered this time, he has already contacted many TV stations to prepare for the second round of rights. for sale.

In fact, these local TV stations are also waiting for the results of the CCTV premiere of "A Romantic Affair".

In the final analysis, TV series must be good-looking and able to attract viewers, otherwise they will not be available no matter how cheap they are.

On the contrary, no matter how high the price is, they can consider it.

Today's TV stations are not the same as they were ten years ago. They are all very spacious!
"Currently, we have negotiated with 16 TV stations. I have made a unified quotation for them this time. The TV series has a total of 20 episodes, 60 for satellite TV, 40 for provincial TV stations that are not on satellite, and 20 for municipal TV stations. They are packaged and sold. Fight for this wave and you will earn a position.”

Haiyan is a shrewd person and has his own way of doing business.

Currently, 2 satellite TV stations, 5 provincial TV stations without satellite TV stations, and 9 municipal TV stations plan to purchase "A Romantic Affair". According to the price negotiated by him, this time the copyright sale will be given to Wencheng Film and Television With an income of 500 million yuan, plus the 220 million yuan paid by CCTV for the first broadcast, "A Romantic Affair" contributed 720 million yuan in income to Wencheng Film and Television. This wave is enough for Wencheng Film and Television.

As for the subsequent copyright income, it is not much in itself. If you can sell more points, you can sell more points. If you can't sell it, you will make enough.

"Isn't the price too high?"

Haiyan said: "Teacher Lin, when we were working on "The True Colors of a Police", we didn't take the right path, and we correctly estimated the current market situation. Nowadays, TV stations from all over the country, and I'm mainly talking about provincial-level TV stations, don't do it at all. The money is poor. Some influential TV stations can easily earn [-] million in advertising revenue a year, but they still haven’t achieved star status.

Price is not an issue for them, the key is whether there are good dramas.The current market is still oversupplied and demand exceeds supply. TV stations are very appreciative of good dramas, especially those that can create ratings for them.

"A Romantic Affair" is very likely to be CCTV's annual ratings champion this year. This is the biggest guarantee for them. They are eager to spend more money to buy this kind of drama! "

Lin Weimin didn't worry much about the field of TV dramas, and his understanding was naturally not as thorough as Haiyan's. He said, "Okay, just go ahead and do it."

"thank you for your trust."

After talking about the broadcast and sales of "A Romantic Affair", Haiyan mentioned the filming of "Flower Season and Rainy Season" again.

From June to now, the TV series has been filmed for three months. According to the normal filming schedule, it should be coming to an end by now.

But "Flower Season and Rainy Season" uses young actors with little filming experience, and most of their acting skills are not up to standard, especially Huang Xiaoming, who plays the male lead. In Haiyan's words, he is just a piece of wood, but who made this piece of wood grow? What a pretty face.

Among other things, "Flower Season and Rainy Season" cooperated with "Red Bean" magazine and put the photos and information of each young actor in the magazine, attracting the pursuit of countless boys and girls.

These talented young actors have not even finished their TV series, but they already have a large number of fans. Huang Xiaoming, whose acting skills are as good as a block of wood, is the most popular among them, and has received thousands of letters from readers so far. Letter came.

In order to accommodate these young actors, the crew has been working very slowly. If everything goes well, it should be completed around the National Day.

Lin Weimin had high hopes for the TV series "Blooming Season", so he was very tolerant. He didn't say much about the crew's progress, but asked Haiyan to keep improving and make a masterpiece.

After talking about this, Lin Weimin was about to hang up the phone, but Haiyan asked: "Teacher Lin, what do you think of Wencheng expanding its business?"

"Expand business? What business?"

"Acting agent." Haiyan said this word and explained: "I mainly saw that the batch of talents in "Flower Season and Rainy Season" are really good, and I only used it once. In the future, the TV series will become popular, and it feels a bit wasteful. After all, it is ours." A popular one."

Lin Weimin pondered for a moment and said, "You can arrange this yourself."

"Then I'll set up a performance management department first?" Haiyan asked tentatively.

"can."

After receiving Lin Weimin's affirmative reply, Haiyan hung up the phone happily.

Today's Chinese literary and art circle is transforming into the entertainment circle. Many new things have not been introduced to the country for a long time, and they have not yet become large-scale or established as an industry.

For example, the brokerage industry was first introduced to China from Xiangjiang. In recent years, it has been in the stage of wild growth. The industry is a mixed bag, and the quality of personnel varies. Almost all of them are grassroots teams. Even a brokerage company with many singers, internal management and The celebrity agency business is also in a mess.

Haiyan has been exposed to many things in the circle over the past year, and naturally he also understands the twists and turns in it.

Originally, he was not interested in this business, but his experience in the past few months of cooperation between "Flower Season and Rainy Season" and "Red Bean" made him vaguely see the potential of the idol market.He had traveled all over the country to select these young actors who were adored by both boys and girls. He spent so much effort on them and made them famous in TV series, and then just threw them away after using them. Haiyan felt like it was a waste of money when he thought about it.

You must know that these little things have thousands of fans even before the TV series is broadcast. If the TV series is broadcast in the future and achieves high ratings, will it be a big deal?
Haiyan felt that he could earn 800 million yuan a year just by organizing these young actors to go out for acupoint tours!

With this mentality, Haiyan tried to communicate with Lin Weimin. Unexpectedly, Lin Weimin just let him do it. Haiyan was happy and full of confidence. With such potential stars, Wencheng Film and Television's agent The business will definitely not be bad in the future.

A few days later, Liu Yanming called and invited Lin Weimin to dinner, saying that it was to celebrate the sale of the second-round copyright of "A Romantic Affair". It was a good thing to celebrate, and Lin Weimin happily went to the appointment.

When I arrived, I found that there were strangers present.

Lin Weimin was a little surprised. Liu Yanming pulled the middle-aged man and introduced: "Teacher Lin, this is Zhang Heping, the president of the audio and video publishing house."

After shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries, Liu Yanming continued: "President Zhang came today because he has a book in his hand. He wants you to help him. If appropriate, he wants us to invest in Wencheng."

Liu Yanming's explanation answered Lin Weimin's doubts, and this reason made sense.

"Mr. Liu, you are just joking. President Zhang is an expert in the drama industry."

Zhang Heping said modestly: "Teacher Lin is so complimentary. You are Mr. Wan's disciple. You have so many classic works in your hands. Isn't this flattering me?"

After complimenting each other, Lin Weimin waved his hand and said, "Let me read the script before the dinner starts."

Zhang Heping was slightly surprised. He didn't expect Lin Weimin to be such an efficient person and wanted to read the script on the spot. He quickly took out the script from his briefcase.

""Prime Minister Liu Luoguo"?" Lin Weimin read the name on the cover of the script, "Hey, was it written by Qin Peichun?"

Zhang Heping asked: "Do you know Teacher Qin?"

"I am also a member of the Theater Association, but I don't participate in many activities. I have met him twice." Lin Weimin said casually.

Zhang Heping's face showed a bit of joy. He didn't expect that Qin Peichun, the screenwriter, had some friendship with Lin Weimin, which was even better.

After Lin Weimin finished answering Zhang Heping's questions, he concentrated on reading the script. The content was no different from the TV series he saw later.

While he was reading the script, the waiter came to ask if the food would be served. Liu Yanming quickly stood up, signaled the waiter to be silent, and kicked him out.

The atmosphere in the box was silent, and everyone was looking in the direction of Lin Weimin. It didn't take long, and he put down the script after reading two episodes.

At this time, Zhang Heping was looking at him expectantly. Liu Yanming refilled Lin Weimin's tea and asked, "Teacher Lin, what do you think?"

Lin Weimin took a sip of tea and asked, "President Zhang is trying to attract investment for this book?"

"Help a friend, Shi Ling and I are friends."

The script of "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" was jointly created, and there is also a signed screenwriter named Shi Ling.

"The quality of the script is good." Lin Weimin said and handed the script to Haiyan who was standing aside. "You can take a look at it when you have time. We can control this TV series."

Haiyan took the script and nodded.

"A Romantic Affair" has just earned Wencheng Film and Television more than 500 million yuan, and Haiyan is full of confidence.

Zhang Heping did not expect things to go so smoothly, and immediately expressed his gratitude to Lin Weimin. Lin Weimin waved his hand and said: "This script is a drama about history. It has been filmed a lot in Xiangjiang and Wandao, but it has not been filmed in our country. Wencheng Film and Television Entering this field for the first time can be considered a new attempt. Speaking of which, it was President Zhang who helped us."

Lin Weimin's kind attitude made Zhang Heping even more grateful. After he said a few more words, he heard Lin Weimin say: "But there is one thing I want to say."

Zhang Heping looked like he was listening attentively, "You tell me, I'll listen."

"This drama is about the Qing Dynasty. In ancient times, this belonged to the previous dynasty. During the filming process, we still have to highlight some criticism and should not highlight the imperial power."

Hearing this, Zhang Heping nodded quickly, "Mr. Lin, you are right, I understand. Mr. Hai will read the script first and ask him to help check it first, and then let Shi Ling and Teacher Qin be responsible for revising it."

In later generations, Qing Dynasty palace dramas began to proliferate on TV screens in the mid-90s.

It is of course unrealistic to completely prevent this kind of drama from appearing, but since Lin Weimin has encountered it, it is still very difficult to do less things like shouting for long live the mountains and praising the previous dynasty, and more about criticizing the imperial power, bureaucracy and feudal society. simple.

Lin Weimin was very satisfied with Zhang Heping's attitude and said to Haiyan, "Is it time to serve the food?"

Haiyan stood up immediately, "I'll rush you!"

(End of this chapter)