China Entertainment's Standout

Chapter 177: Being robbed and making a lot of money

After the film screening is over.

Zhou Yutang specifically gave the major TV stations a period of time for discussion and decision-making.

In the end, it was Director Sun of the Film Acquisition Department of Hunan TV who took the initiative to speak: "Mr. Zhou, we, Mango TV, want the exclusive rights to broadcast this film in the first round."

Everyone in the conference room looked sideways.

The domestic TV station's ratings leader is so domineering.

very good!

A slight arc appeared at the corner of Zhou Yutang's mouth.

As expected, Mango TV did not disappoint him. The relationship between the two companies is now at a critical moment, especially since Modu TV has been killing everyone with its "Snail House" recently. Mango TV is eager to produce a top-notch S+ film. The drama took over the scene and regained the top spot in domestic satellite TV ratings.

Before he opened his mouth to negotiate terms with Director Sun, another voice came from the conference room:
"Don't worry, we can talk about this matter. Our Magic City TV station is also very interested in Mr. Zhou's drama."

The speaker was none other than Li Wanrong, the deputy director of the film purchasing department of Magic City TV. She was wearing a high-end skirt, with her legs crossed and crossed. She was spinning her pen in front of the conference table and staring at Zhou Yutang with hopeful eyes.

Zhou Yutang had dealt with this aunt with dignified temperament and average appearance several times, and knew that her family had a deep background in the devil.

The film purchasing teams of the remaining TV stations were also discussing it loudly.

"Boss, I have a hunch that "My Love from the Star" will definitely be a hit, and a big hit!"

"Quick! Apply directly to the leader and get it no matter what."

"Both Mango Channel and Magic City TV Station are interested in it. It's difficult."

"What's wrong with Mango TV? It's because of the connection with Zhou Yutang that Modu TV was promoted to the top satellite TV platform. We in Jiangsu Province are not short of money!"

"Boss, what do you think?"

Mao Xiaoyu was even more excited than Zhou Yutang. He came out and asked quietly: "I heard that Lantai is crazy and wants to spend 200 million per episode to buy the first-round exclusive broadcast rights!"

200 million per episode!
This number has already exceeded the highest first-round sales record for a domestic TV series.

"Look again."

Zhou Yutang smiled slightly, not in any hurry.

The relationship between Lan Tai and him has never been very good.

This time, probably because he wanted to repair the relationship between the two, he showed considerable sincerity and was prepared to throw money at him.

But he didn't make an immediate decision.

Mango TV and Modu TV are not vegetarian either.

You have money on Blue Channel, but what is the difference between Mango Channel, which is firmly among the top three satellite TV stations in China, and Magic City TV Station?
Mango Channel also spent tens of millions on "Let's Get Married" without blinking an eye.

The ratings of Shanghai TV Station took off because of Zhou Yutang, and they have a very close relationship with him.

"Star You" is certain to break the single-episode sales record for domestic TV series.

Zhou Yutang thought for a while and gave instructions: "Let the people from the company's business negotiation department slowly talk to these TV stations."

In his heart, he actually prefers Modu Terrace, Mango Terrace or Suzhou Terrace.

These three TV stations are all top-ranked TV stations in China and have great influence.

Both Modu Channel and Mango Channel have cooperated very closely with him because of their variety shows. Zhou Yutang is from Jiangsu Province, and the top management of Jiangsu Province Channel has shown favor to him several times.

This is old family.

Zhou Yutang will always be biased emotionally.

But doing company projects is ultimately about making a profit.

It still depends on whether these three companies can show sincerity that can impress him.

After explaining the matter, Jiangdong Entertainment's business negotiation department came in and discussed with people from these TV stations in the conference room for a whole day.

Teams from more than a dozen TV stations participated in the discussion.

Everyone knows that "Star You" has the potential to be a hit, and these TV stations are immediately interested in it.

The business negotiation team of Jiangdong Entertainment Company went through several rounds of negotiation.

The first screening of "My Love from the Star" quickly settled down.

In the end, the less powerful TV station was unfortunately eliminated. The three TV giants of Mango, Shanghai Metropolis, and Jiangsu Province reached a cooperation agreement and jointly won the first-round broadcast rights of "My Love from the Star" at a staggering price of 240 million per episode.

Other TV stations have no choice but to focus on the next two or three rounds of broadcast rights.

This negotiation went from day to night.

Zhou Yutang did what a landlord should do, booked a high-end hotel, and entertained the elite teams of these TV stations.

It is impossible to give a kickback, even in this life, but it is still possible to have good food, drink and entertainment.

After all, Zhou Yutang wants to do a variety show, so it is very necessary to have a good relationship with the TV station.

After the dinner, the others still had program arrangements, and a deputy director named Zhou from Jiangsu Provincial Station took the initiative to approach Zhou Yutang.

"Yu Tang, you are the pride of our Jiangsu Province. We are still the same family. I am very happy to be able to reach this cooperation, but I hope that we can continue to deepen our cooperative relationship in other aspects."

The man from Jiangsu Province came from the leadership system of Taiwan, and his speech was a bit bureaucratic, which is understandable.

But Zhou Yutang was also very arrogant, and it was immediately clear that Deputy Director Zhou was here with a mission.

After raising his glass and clinking it with Deputy Director Zhou, Zhou Yutang took the initiative and asked, "Leader, what do you mean?"

Deputy Director Zhou patted Zhou Yutang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Yu Tang, don't you have a variety show production company in Shanghai? Last year, you produced "The Voice", and this year you also produced a variety show for Mango Channel , we should also consider our hometown more. We can also deepen our cooperation in variety shows."

Zhou Yutang nodded suddenly.

Suzhou TV Station probably also saw Modou Station take off directly this year, and was a little envious.

We were originally good buddies with similar ratings, but you stepped on my head and took off, firmly ranking in the top three in the domestic satellite TV ratings rankings.

The main reason why Modu TV Station has such amazing ratings is Zhou Yutang.

A national variety show, The Voice, directly lifted the Magic City TV station to the top.

Zhou Yutang's thick thighs can be hugged by Modutai, but why can't I, Suxingtai, hold them?

Suzhou TV Station has also been focusing on variety shows in recent years, spending a lot of money, but with no results.

Zhou Yutang pondered for a while and nodded slightly: "I understand what Director Zhou means. I have an immature idea here and want to discuss it with the leader."

"Oh? Do you have an idea for a variety show?"

Director Zhou perked up and sat upright involuntarily, his ears almost perked up.

"This is a lifestyle dating show"

Zhou Yutang slowly said his thoughts: "It's probably like this. The leader doesn't have to make a decision in a hurry. When the time comes, I will send the planning document to the TV station and the TV station will decide whether to do this variety show."

In the system, it is important to keep emotions and anger hidden, but after listening to Zhou Yutang's new variety show idea, Director Zhou couldn't help but show some urgency and joy:

"Yu Tang, can the variety show planning document be ready tomorrow?"

"Director, you are making things difficult for me. It will take at least three days to perfect all the details."

"Okay! Three days is all. This program is guaranteed by our Jiangsu Province TV station!"

"Yu Tang, do you want to do a dating show?"

"Yes. The topic of dating between men and women will always be a hot topic that never goes out of style."

"What about the celebrity guests on the show? Which celebrity will come to the blind date show?" Tian Ming found it a bit weird.

"You don't need to invite celebrities, just spend a little money to invite amateurs. Invite beautiful female amateurs from different professions as guests at once, set 24 female guests, and then let the male guests participating in the show interact with these female guests. Through communication, the female guests will The choice of male guests is determined by turning the lights on and off. The program goes through three stages: introduction and communication, questioning and judgment, and final decision, allowing male and female guests to achieve successful speed-dating."

"hiss!"

Listening to Zhou Yutang's explanation of the variety show plan, Tian Ming couldn't help but sit up from the bed, took a breath, and his eyes faintly flashed with excitement.

"How's it going, Brother Ming, do you think something happened?"

"That must be there!"

Tian Ming pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said happily: "Just hearing what you said, I want to watch this show. It invites 24 beautiful guests. Isn't this a large-scale concubine selection scene?"

hiss!
He quickly took another breath, and Zhu Jie, who was wearing pajamas next to him, grabbed the soft flesh under his ribs and rotated it 180 degrees.

"Which concubine should I choose?"

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"Sister-in-law, that's not what I mean. Brother Ming and I are talking about the company's new variety show project. We invite 24 female guests. They must be real enough and have people from all professions. On the surface, it sounds like a dating variety show, but it is actually for the audience. Provide a window to observe society, and increase the understanding of the entire society through the guests on this program."

"In short, this is a three-in-one show that combines blind dates, entertainment gossip, and interesting stories. Sister-in-law, do you want to watch it?"

"Sure."

Zhu Jie was immediately interested and asked one after another: "Yu Tang, what is the name of this variety show? When will it be produced?"

"Let's call it If You Are the One."

Zhou Yutang chuckled and said: "I just talked with Deputy Director Zhou of Su Province tonight. I will send over the program planning ideas later. Let the people from the company's planning department make the planning first, and then talk to Su Province Station. Over there The wait is urgent, it is best to implement it within three days.”

"You don't need to invite celebrities, just amateurs. It's relatively simple to make. If everything goes well, it will probably be done in two or three months."

"OK!"

Tian Ming agreed very readily and hung up the phone. He seemed to have thought of something good and couldn't help but laugh.

"Yu Tang is really amazing."

Zhu Jie also said with sincere emotion.Tian Mingqi put on his clothes and said excitedly: "Not only is it awesome, it is simply amazing. Yu Tang's precise positioning and keen market sense as a variety show planner, without second thoughts, and with me to boost the operation, we The two brothers work together and are invincible in the domestic variety show industry."

At this time, Zhu Jie noticed that Tian Ming was already putting on socks, and asked curiously: "Husband, why are you getting dressed so late? Aren't you going to sleep?"

"You can go to sleep by yourself, I have to go back to the company for a meeting!"

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After ending the call with Tian Ming, he called Liu Yifei again.

Xibao Qianbao yells a lot lately, and Miss Liu has become more and more dependent on him. Sometimes she has to talk to him on the phone at night before going to bed.

On the way back from the dinner, I chatted with Liu Yifei. When I got home, I called Tian Ming to discuss the program planning of "If You Are the One".

I turned around and briefly talked to Liu Yifei. Unexpectedly, the girl was quite interested: "One man and 24 women, it sounds quite interesting."

"If even you find it interesting, then this show will definitely become popular."

"Hey, Xiao Zhou, what are you doing now?"

Liu Yifei smiled sweetly, her voice soft and sultry.

She had just learned the results of today's movie viewing party, and had negotiated a variety show with Jiangsu TV Station. She felt very proud of Zhou Yutang.

Xiao Zhou is not only a genius in film and television, but also very capable in variety shows.

"Write a variety show planning plan and send it to the company in the evening, so that the people in the planning department can complete the details as soon as possible."

"Then I will accompany you."

"Are you not sleeping?"

"If you don't sleep, neither will I!"

Listening to the sound of Zhou Yutang's hands typing on the keyboard, Liu Yifei felt inexplicably at ease, and rolled happily on the soft bed wearing floral short pajamas.

Suddenly something seemed to occur to her, and Liu Yifei asked: "Xiao Zhou, last time you chatted, you talked about the outdoor variety show "Running Man" that your company is planning. How is it going now?"

She and Shu Chang were real best friends, and they often played together. Occasionally, she would hear her talking about the most popular outdoor variety show "Two Days and One Night" in South Korea, and she was also very interested in Zhou Yutang's outdoor running man.

"It is difficult to do outdoor variety shows. The company has now sent a team to South Korea's KBS TV station for exchanges and learning. We will probably have to wait until next year to produce "If You Are the One" first."

Zhou Yutang sat upright and continued to improve the variety show planning plan while answering.

"If You Are the One" is not only low in production cost and difficulty, but also highly topical. Once completed, it can further increase its influence in the variety show industry.

As for "Running Man", we can almost start production when the variety show team sent out comes back in the first half of next year.

chat and chat.

Zhou Yutang noticed that there was no talking for several minutes, and then he heard Liu Yifei's long and even breathing on the other side of the phone.

obviously.

The girl fell asleep while talking on the phone again.

"Good night, Xibao."

Liu Yifei's peaceful and beautiful sleeping face seemed to appear in his mind. Zhou Yutang said a gentle good night, hung up the phone, gathered his energy, and continued to devote himself to work.

It wasn't until 02:30 in the morning that I sent out the planning ideas for "If You Are the One". I stood up and stretched, and Zhou Yutang drank a large glass of water in one breath.

Next he was pulling the strings.

Let the people in the planning department of Mingjie Company perfect the details of the variety show according to their own ideas, and then negotiate a contract with Suzhou TV Station.

a few days later.

The planning plan for "If You Are the One" was completed. After Zhou Yutang reviewed it, he revised a few issues and sent it to Jiangsu TV Station.

Suzhou TV Station was very sincere about this cooperation and gave Zhou Yutang a lot of say. Zhou Yutang appointed Meng Fei, the host of Suzhou TV, as the host of "If You Are the One".

This person is Zhou Yutang, a fellow from Jiangsu Province. He started from the bottom step by step and has absolutely profound hosting skills. Zhou Yutang chose him after watching him host "Absolute Sing" and "Famous Teachers and Disciples".

The contract was quickly finalized, and it still adopted a first-season buyout + floating dividend terms linked to ratings.

This is actually a gambling clause popular in the entertainment industry.

The ratings are high and everyone achieves a perfect win-win situation.

Zhou Yutang can also enjoy more advertising dividends and obtain greater benefits.

On the contrary, then everyone can get together and part ways, and the TV station can stop the loss in time.

The matter of the variety show has been finalized.

But I don’t know who leaked the news. The originally confidential "My Love from the Star" viewing party has been known by some media.

Many details were revealed, causing a tsunami in the entire entertainment industry:
【Breaking news!Mango, Magic City, and Suzhou Channel jointly won the first-run broadcast rights for Zhou Yutang's new drama! 】

[What exactly is the charm of "My Love from the Star"? After watching the film, it was snapped up! 】

[Mysterious person revealed! The price of a single episode of "My Love from the Star" is as high as 240 million, setting a record for the price of a single episode of a domestic TV series! 】

[What is the magic of Zhou Yutang’s latest work, "My Love from the Star" with a huge investment of 8000 yuan? 】

Almost all entertainment newspapers and magazines have reported on the joint premiere of "My Love from the Star" on the three channels.

Especially the terrifying single episode, which sells for 240 million, shocked everyone's eyes.

Everyone is looking forward to it.

Some people are curious, some are envious, and naturally some are shocked.

Upon careful observation, it is not difficult to find that the domestic film and television industry ecology has been completely changed by Zhou Yutang at this time.

This is specifically reflected in the skyrocketing prices of TV drama types and high-quality dramas.

In the past two years, Korean dramas and provincial idol dramas were still popular.

But now, the fresh trend of youth campus has been unconsciously blown. Last year, it was a great production to exceed 100 million for a single episode. Zhou Yutang directly raised the single episode sales record to 240 million.

of course.

This money is paid by several TV stations together, which does not mean that every TV station spends this much money.

Cai Yinong from Tangren Film and Television immediately called to greet him. His tone could not conceal his shock and envy: "Yu Tang, did you really sell for 240 million?"

"Sister Cai, you are still so well-informed."

"Alas, your Jiangdong Entertainment has really taken off now."

Cai Yinong's voice on the other end of the phone was filled with emotion, and it was like Shanxi vinegar, with a sour smell.

After the company finished filming the drama, several TV stations came to snatch it up and raised the price like crazy.

Cai Yinong often has such sweet dreams.

Zhou Yutang's life is like her dream.

And it only took him three years to do all this.

Zhou Yutang sank into the boss's chair, crossed his legs on the table, and said with a calm smile: "It's not bad, the first round is only over 7000 million."

In order to strive for excellence, the content of "Star You" was not as watery as "Let's Get Married", and was eventually edited into 30 episodes. Therefore, even with the sky-high price of 240 million for one episode, the entire first round was only 7200 million.

"talent!?"

"What? Sister Cai, your Tangren Film and Television has a good momentum of development. The few dramas you have produced recently have made a lot of money."

Zhou Yutang heard Cai Yinong's voice suddenly rising a few degrees, and decided not to irritate this sister anymore.

"My Love from the Star" sold 7200 million in the first round. Such an astonishing figure cannot be matched by other domestic film and television companies. This figure is even higher than the profits of some companies for a whole year.

This wave of huge profits was something that was expected for Zhou Yutang.

This drama itself is a large-investment TV series made according to movie standards, so it is normal to sell it at this price.

Moreover, the online broadcast rights of "Classmates" were sold for more than 6000 million not long ago, not to mention that Agent's box office split exceeded nine figures.

Zhou Yutang was very calm.

But some people can't calm down.

After Cai Yinong, Zheng Xiaolong also called to inquire about the specific situation.

As the boss of the Beijing Art Center, the overlord of the TV drama circle in the previous era, and a core figure in the Beijing circle, Zheng Xiaolong has experienced countless big scenes.

But when he heard that "Star You" sold for an astonishingly high price, he was so shocked that he couldn't sleep at night.

Zhou Yutang set a single-episode sales record for domestic TV series!
Every one of the people in the film purchasing department of the TV station is smarter than a monkey, and they usually act like the boss.

To make them lower their profile and spend so much money, they must have watched the finished film of "Star You", and after professional evaluation, they determined that the quality of the series was excellent, and then they raised the price.

"Uncle Zheng, if the project of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is in good working order, it will definitely not be bad."

"Hearing you say that, I'm relieved."

Zheng Xiaolong nodded slightly.

He also has great ambitions for "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

During this time, his wife and I put almost all our efforts into this script.

"The Legend of Zhen Huan" is expected to be a major drama with nearly 80 episodes. He dare not think of a figure as high as 240 million, but if it can sell more than 100 million by then, it will also make a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Zheng Xiaolong felt hot in his heart. He suddenly thought of something and said:

"By the way, Yu Tang, there is another important thing, I almost forgot to tell you."

(End of this chapter)