China Entertainment 2000

Chapter 35 Forbearance for a while

Qianmen Street, one of the busiest commercial streets in the capital.

In a teahouse near Dashilan, Jiang Liu sat across from Director Yao of the Jin Provincial Satellite Television Film and Television Center.

The company's account is about to be credited with more than 400 million yuan. Jiang Liu is more confident outside the home, and he is becoming more neither humble nor overbearing in his actions and words, exuding confidence from every part of his body.

The young but extremely confident Jiang Liu made a good impression on Director Yao, and they chatted and laughed freely.

"The script and story are interesting. 5 yuan per episode, and the total production cost of 380 million yuan is not much. Only the number of episodes is too many. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" only has 84 episodes, and "Wulin Gaiden" has 76 episodes. It is unimaginable for the audience. Not necessarily patient.”

After reading Jiang Liu's scrawled script, Director Yao raised his first concern.

Jiang Liu understood the other party's concerns very well. There are too few TV signal base stations at present, and many home TV sets can only search for one CCTV station and several local or provincial channels.

If the 76-episode "Wulin Gaiden" is not accepted by the people of Shanxi Province, Director Yao will at least have to bear some responsibility.

No matter how bad he is, he will be scolded by the masses in writing.

Friends raised issues, and Jiang Liu, as the main producer, could only find ways to solve them.

He took a sip of tea, turned the problem over in his mind, and said: "The production will be divided into two times. First make 20 episodes to see the effect and ratings. If the effect is good, continue filming. If the effect is not good, stop temporarily and slow down."

Director Yao thought for a while, nodded and said: "Although there is no precedent, it is still a solution."

Seeing what the other party said, Jiang Liu knew something in his mind. Jin Provincial TV and Director Yao had a strong desire to cooperate with him, but he didn't know why.

Jiang Liu asked insinuatingly, and then suddenly realized.

Jin Province is an old revolutionary area. As early as the [-]s, the state issued a TV drama production license to Jin Province Satellite TV to produce TV dramas with main themes and documentary themes.

But times are changing, and the marketization and capitalization of film and television dramas are the major trends in the future.

Jin Provincial Satellite TV's purpose of producing main theme films remains unchanged, but it also wants to turn losses into profits.

As for why they approached Jiang Liu, firstly, as soon as Jin Provincial Satellite TV wanted to change, Jiang Liu came to the door. Jiang Liu was dozing off and brought a pillow.

Another reason Director Yao did not explain clearly.

However, it was hinted overtly and covertly that "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" seemed to Jiang Liu to be shameless, and Jin Provincial Satellite TV, which wanted to transform, needed a strong dose of medicine.

Jiang Liu is quick-witted, has many tricks, and is shameless. He is the best poisoner.

There is another advantage to cooperating with Jiangliu - it is easy to pass the blame.

Jiang Liu doesn't seem to be afraid of taking the blame and being scolded.

"I should have known better not to get to the bottom of this." Jiang Liu cursed in his heart.

He now has some minor fame in the circle, but it is just a bad reputation, but it is still early for him to be a bad name on the street.

There are many people inside and outside the circle who accuse him of being thick-skinned and a shameless person.

Who knows how many of them are double-standard dogs, who are lenient to themselves and strict to others.

"Director Yao, then our cooperation must be settled verbally first?"

Compared with talking about false reputations, Jiang Liu obviously values ​​practical benefits more.

Director Yao was not fooled by Jiang Liu's subtle calculations. He asked with a smile and a leisurely smile: "How much does the [production license] cost?"

Jiang Liu laughed awkwardly: "Since both parties are jointly filming the drama, there is no need to calculate the price of the [license]."

"One code equals one code, but Jin Provincial TV can give you a friendly price. How about 76 yuan for 40 episodes? More than 5000 yuan per episode is considered a conscience price in the industry."

"30 yuan, and the initial investment of Jin Provincial Satellite TV is not less than 90 yuan."

After a normal counter-offer, Jiang Liu quickly added a clause: "The rights to broadcast the second round of "Wulin Gaiden" will be fully owned by Yixin Film and Television Company, and Jin Provincial Satellite TV only has the right to share dividends."

Director Yao drank a whole cup of tea, and after careful consideration, he slowly said, "Let's make a contract as you said. I'll go back to Taiyuan the day after tomorrow." Jiang Liu nodded happily and stood up: "It's a pleasure to cooperate."

"After the contract is signed, we should come up with the filming schedule as soon as possible, recruit the production team, and finalize the actors. Jin Province is too far away from the capital, so it is beyond our reach, but the crew lacks behind-the-scenes personnel and Jin Province Satellite TV can send people over."

Jiang Liu said politely: "I will definitely do it if necessary."

He doesn't want veteran soldiers in the unit.

With money and projects, of course he recruits troops for himself.

After shaking hands and saying goodbye, Jiang Liu first drafted a contract in the teahouse. There were only a dozen clauses binding each other, but the important terms such as the investment amount of both parties were clearly written.

"I worked so hard, and earned so much infamy, and earned more than 400 million. I had to spend 220 million before I got the money, and my net worth shrank by nearly half. Damn it, I made money like a mountain and spent money like water!"

Soon, Jiang Liu left the teahouse with a long sigh.

As the dinner stall approached, Jiang Liu, who had nothing to do, simply walked through the streets and experienced the customs and customs of the capital in 2000.

After eating a little bit of street snacks such as sweet-scented osmanthus cake, donkey roll, fried belly, fried enema, etc., Jiang Liu had to straighten his chest while still eating.

After eating and drinking and tired from walking, Jiang Liu was attracted by the poster of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" pasted on the wall of a cinema.

Jiang Liu thought for a moment and finally walked into the cinema with his hands behind his back.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is also considered a classic among Chinese films. Now that he has the opportunity and time, he should watch it again.

Besides, he really should buy a ticket.

It's not "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", how can he make his first pot of gold in a short time.

Due to emotions and reasons, he should also spend more than ten yuan to buy a ticket to support Ang Lee and make a contribution to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

In the hall, the number of spectators waiting to buy tickets was average. As Jiang Liu walked towards the ticket office, he took out two 10-yuan notes from his pocket.

"Give me a copy of Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger."

Probably because he had gotten inertia from talking about "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" too much, Jiang Liu actually started talking about it at the ticket office.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was already offline. Jiang Liu couldn't help but rejoiced, "I made a mistake, I bought "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

The conductor smiled and said politely: "Sorry, the tickets have already been released."

"what?"

Jiang Liu didn't understand at first, but his head froze for a while when he saw the ticket stub from the movie "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger".

Then he woke up.

"Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" is finished.

The most ridiculous thing is that this cinema seems to have no copy of "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" and is not qualified to show it.

But the wealthy theater chain just did this.

It seems that even if the producer knows it, what can he do to me?

"No wonder the theater chain cut the box office with me so quickly. I was a fool and thought that the theater chain and Bona were optimistic about me and wanted to cooperate again. It turns out that they thought that "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" still had oil and water that had not been squeezed out, and they didn't want to do it again. I played with the producers."

"Everyone calls me shameless, this is the real shamelessness!"

Jiang Liu was extremely unhappy and bought another ticket for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

In the dark screening room, his eyes reflected not only the shadows of swords and swords on the screen, but also blazing flames.

His desire to make money is getting stronger!
(End of this chapter)