Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 143 Invitation from Station B

A film won four awards, and director Ming Mei immediately became the eye-catching figure at the awards ceremony.

All kinds of beautiful words from beautiful directors and new-generation directors are endless.

As for the theme song "Old Boy" of the same name, Netease Cloud, QQ Music, and Kugou Music have signed an agreement to purchase the copyright with the Qingmanshoe Band in advance. When Yu Dongqing and the others played this song at the award ceremony, the three major music The number of plays and downloads of this song on the platform soared, reaching a terrifying 200 million times within two hours!

And the number is still increasing.

On the way back after the party, Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "Mingmei, you are famous now, you see the hosts call you a talented woman, a new generation director."

"Brother-in-law, don't you stop teasing me?" Mingmei rolled her eyes at him;
"That's a compliment from others. I understand it very well. I just made a micro movie and I only finished it with the help of you and your friends. Your theme song of the same name also added a lot of color to this movie. The distance between The new generation of directors is still far behind."

Ah?
But he was sober, and was not dazzled by the flowers and applause.

It is worthy of praise.

"My teacher also watched it, and said that although the overall shooting was good, there were still many problems in the details and post-editing. Let me summarize it well and write a report for him to read."

Mingmei said, sticking out her tongue mischievously: "My teacher is really strict."

Oh.
Yu Dongqing met his teacher once, when he went to the Chinese Opera to watch director Mingmei's play last year, Zhang Wenqing, a well-known director in the industry.

With his cultivation, Mingmei can grow rapidly.

At this moment, Mingmei's cell phone rang. When she answered the call, she had a surprised expression on her face, and when she hung up the call, she looked excited:
"Brother-in-law, just now a manager of iQiyi's film and television department called and said that he would like to buy the copyright of "Old Boy". If you are interested, you can make an appointment to talk to their company!"

"It's a good thing." Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "At least the cost I invested can be recovered."

For this micro-movie "Old Boy", Mingmei's budget was 20 yuan at first, and Yu Dongqing invested 18 yuan. As a result, the cost increased as the filming progressed, and it reached 32 yuan after the post-production was completed.This does not include Yu Dongqing and the others singing the theme song for free.

"Well, you call them back and make an appointment to talk with them." Yu Dongqing said.

"Brother-in-law, you are your investor, why don't you go?" Mingmei asked.

Going to negotiate again, I'm bored to death.
Now Yu Dongqing's biggest headache is negotiating with people and grinding his mouth, it's terribly annoying.

So he gave a very good reason: "Go on your own and practice. If you become a director, you will have to go through this sooner or later. You will have to deal with film and television companies, video websites, and investors in the future."

What your brother-in-law said makes sense.

Mingmei nodded, and then asked in a low voice: "But, I don't know how much this short film should sell for?"

Yu Dongqing pondered for a while before saying: "Well, at least 300 million."

"300 million, so much?" Mingmei was taken aback.

The cost is less than 30. Be good, 6 times more.

"Just like this, they still make money without losing money." Yu Dongqing laughed.

Yu Dongqing remembers that in the original time and space, the microfilm "Old Boy" was released in 2010.Only one week after its launch, the page views on the site have exceeded 500 million; there are countless discussions and reposts on Weibo, QQ, and SNS. You must know that the mobile Internet has just emerged!

If you put it now, try again?

Seeing that Mingmei seemed a little disbelieving, Yu Dongqing said again: "If they don't want to, don't worry, besides iQiyi, isn't there Tencent Video, Youku, Tudou, Sohu, Bilibili? I guess they will come to you talk."

Sure enough, in the following week, Tencent Video, Youku and other videos also came to negotiate with Mingmei to buy the copyright. In the end, Mingmei chose her favorite station B and sold the copyright for 310 million yuan.

When signing the contract, Station B kindly invited Yu Dongqing to participate, which is what Mingmei meant.

In a sense, you are the boss, we are just working for you.

Bilibili is headquartered in Modu, and it is Bzhan Yanjing Branch that signed the agreement with them to acquire the copyright of "Old Boy". The address is on the 1st floor of Guangxin World Department Store, Wangjing Street, Chaoyang QU.

This afternoon, Yu Dongqing drove to Zhongxi to pick up Mingmei, and when he arrived at the branch of station B, a manager named Wang from the business department received them.

"Mr. Yu, I've heard you famous for a long time." Manager Wang seemed very enthusiastic.

In fact, the draft contract has already been drawn up, and Yu Dongqing has also read it, so signing the contract is a process. As an investor, Yu Dongqing does not have a company but only invests personally, and all copyright fees are transferred to his personal account.

After the contract was signed, Yu Dongqing and Mingmei chatted a few words and were about to leave. Unexpectedly, Manager Zhang said, "Mr. Yu, do you want to set up a homepage on our station B? Just like Mingmei is a UP host?"

"Not only can you upload your written songs and photography works, but more importantly, you can open a live broadcast room as an anchor, and sing and sing. I think your fans must want to see their idols sing, right?"

this?

In fact, in the Weibo message, some fans have already made this suggestion.

"Father Qu, we know that you don't want to go to a commercial show or release an album. If it's too much trouble, why don't you open a live broadcast room at home? It's okay to sing and sing, we will definitely go back and support you!"

But Yu Dongqing did not return as usual.

Now station B actually proposes this.

"Don't worry, we will give you the most favorable conditions. If you are interested, we can discuss this issue in detail." Manager Zhang said.

Yu Dongqing shook her head: "I don't have any plans to start a live broadcast for the time being."

Manager Zhang was a little disappointed, but he still said that if you have such an idea, you must tell us, and the conditions will definitely guarantee your satisfaction.

After leaving the company, Mingmei yelled for Yu Dongqing to treat her.

"Brother-in-law, you made more than 200 million in one fell swoop, and you want to treat me!"

"Okay, where do you want to go? ZUR Gathering Restaurant? Diaoyutai State Guesthouse? Or Yanjingliang, take your pick!" Yu Dongqing was very generous.

"Go there!" Mingmei pointed to a cold drink shop across the street: "Take me to an ice cream!"

I.
Mingmei asked for a big bucket of ice cream and ate happily, while Yu Dongqing sat opposite him and just wanted a bottle of mineral water.

He is not interested in ice cream, which is too sweet and easy to gain weight.

It's just that this girl often sees her sweets, why didn't she get fat?
"Brother-in-law, why did you reject the invitation from station B? I heard people say that for a celebrity like you to settle in station B, the signing fee alone is several million." Mingmei asked while eating.

"It's too troublesome. I don't need money for the time being." Yu Dongqing lazily replied: "Let's not talk about this, let's talk about the profit of this "Old Boy". After deducting personal income tax, there are still two million yuan. How to divide it?"

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