The Golden Age of China Entertainment

"What else can I do, I have no money again!"

Sure enough.

"Director Yang went to the stage several times for this matter, but every time there was no result. The above said that there was no money, so Director Yang had nothing to do with it. No, the people who mobilized the crew to solicit sponsorship everywhere."

Yi Qing also heard about this incident in her previous life. In the end, it seemed that Li Hongchang, the deputy production director of the film crew, came to sponsor him. Thanks to this Li Hongchang who brought in 300 million yuan from the China Railway 25th Bureau, this classic series was able to finish filming [-] episodes. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the savior.

Later, the filming started, and Mr. Li Hongchang came out again to play the role of the post official of the Bhikkhu Kingdom and the fisherman of the Jinghe River in the film.At that time, it had been 11 years since the filming was completed. Although Mr. Li Hongchang was nearly seventy years old, his acting skills were still good, and he was not old.

However, it seems that there is no need for this old man to go to China Railway to ask for help now, and Yi Qing has been waiting for this day for a long time.

"Brother Li! How much money is there for the crew?"

Hearing this, Li Chengru looked up at Yi Qing and didn't speak for a while, but he probably guessed what Yi Qing was going to say next.

"Xiao Yi, I would like to advise you, if you have money, don't use it for nothing. I know that your family is rich, but Journey to the West is a bottomless pit. Every few million, it can't solve practical problems at all."

Yi Qing smiled and said, "How did you guess that I had such thoughts?"

"You kid has a big mind. I said before that I have something to look for you. If I need something, I can't guess it!"

Unexpectedly, Li Chengru was his confidant.

"Brother Li! Since you guessed it, let me help you think about how this thing works. To tell you the truth, I don't lack money, and I do have the idea of ​​investing money in Journey to the West, but the money is not It’s for nothing, let’s put it this way, if I invest a few million in Journey to the West, what will I get?”

Yi Qing is indeed rich, and also likes Journey to the West, and hopes that Journey to the West can be filmed in one go, and don't make a sequel with bad feelings later.

But he wasn't crazy enough to throw millions into it for nothing just because of a sentimental issue.

Seeing that Yi Qing really had this idea, Li Chengru asked, "What do you want? Think about it yourself. This is a big CCTV project. Can you pull a tooth out of a tiger's mouth? Besides, even if it's time to sell it to How much can the local TV station get back? At the current price, it would be good to get back the cost, and you still expect CCTV to give you some of it!?"

Yi Qing laughed when he heard the words, his heart was not big enough for that, talking about share with CCTV was really like pulling teeth out of a tiger's mouth, but from the beginning, Yi Qing didn't think about it.

"I want the overseas copyright of Journey to the West!"

Chapter 239 Overseas Copyright

Li Chengru was stunned by Yi Qing's words, and he couldn't react for a long time.

Overseas copyright?

What is overseas copyright?

Never heard of it before!

"Wait, wait, what about the ~~~~~~~ overseas copyright you just said?"

Films and TV dramas filmed in mainland China have not been sent abroad before, but they are basically sent to friendly countries for free, and they are regarded as cultural aid materials. The overseas copyright that Yi Qing mentioned is now in China. Few people can understand.

The overseas copyright he won was the goal that Yi Qing had set a long time ago. He didn't even dare to think about the income from domestic broadcasting.

Overseas is the real big player.

In the previous life, the 86 edition was also broadcast overseas, but no one knew how the copyright was done. There were rumors on the Internet that the overseas copyright of the 86 edition had been sold long ago, and it was not only sold at that time. Overseas copyrights, because the leaders of CCTV don't understand copyrights, they even sold domestic copyrights.

The credibility of this statement is not high, but the copyright was sold, it should be true, otherwise, with so many broadcasts abroad, no matter how slow the response of CCTV's leaders, the court's subpoena should have been sent.

But how much it sold is hard to say, it is very likely to be a cabbage price.

Now that there is an opportunity, Yi Qing of course wants to win the overseas copyrights, which is better than making foreigners cheaper.

Thinking about it, Yi Qing explained: "The overseas copyright I'm talking about, the simple explanation is that after the filming is over, CCTV can only enjoy all the copyright income in China, and leave the mainland, and all other copyright income will belong to me!"

Now Li Chengru understands it, but he still doesn't understand why Yi Qing pays attention to the overseas copyright of this shit: "Xiao Yi, I still want to advise you to be careful about this matter. Tell me about the TV series we shoot in China. Was it sold? What you wrote before is an example. The broadcasts all over the country are very popular everywhere, but haven’t they been sold abroad? Let alone foreign countries, there was a movie screening in Nanjing before. The big boss of Xiangjiang TV was invited, and he originally wanted to sell a few TV series, which can be regarded as cultural propaganda, but the result? Not to mention selling, he didn’t even want to give it away for free, and finally bought other people’s movies.”

Yi Qing also knew about the movie viewing meeting that Li Chengru mentioned. It was at this movie watching meeting that the copyright was bought by a domestic TV station, which started the upsurge of TVB Jin Yong dramas broadcasting in China.

"You think about it, spend millions of dollars to buy an overseas copyright, but you can't sell it for the last penny, what are you planning!"

Picture what?too young too simple!

Who said that TV series filmed in China cannot be sold?

Of course, Li Chengru is definitely not the only one who has this kind of thinking. Most Chinese film and television professionals seem to be used to underestimating themselves. This is probably due to the foreign wind brought about by the reform and opening up. I can’t do anything, and before I do it, I start to deny myself.

When filming works, I began to learn from foreign countries unconditionally and without a bottom line. No matter whether it is good or bad, fragrant or smelly, I will learn from it. Proud of being a believer of the other party, he kept worshiping.

Only a very small number of film and television professionals still insist on themselves, shoot Chinese-style film and television dramas, and often take their works abroad to participate in exhibitions. Although their achievements are not good, their courage is commendable.

"Brother Li! You don't need to worry about this, how about it, as long as CCTV is willing to give me the overseas copyright, I am willing to invest 500 million."

Li Chengru was dumbfounded, and Fu Yiwei was also dumbfounded. She knew that Yi Qing was rich, and she knew the exact figure, but Yi Qing's mouth was 500 million, which still shocked her.

Although she also didn't understand, Fu Yiwei didn't say anything. In front of outsiders, let alone didn't understand, even if she didn't like it, she couldn't interrupt, which hurt Yi Qing's face.

Five million is five hundred watts, anyway, our family has more than 500 million!

That is ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So much money is invested in others, what if it loses money?

oops!Forget it, forget it, don't want to!

Li Chengru stared at Yi Qing, and said after a while: "Xiao Yi, have you really thought about it? This is 500 million yuan, not 500 yuan. I know you have money, but you can't do this even if you have money!"

In fact, when Li Chengru came back this time, he and many colleagues in the Journey to the West crew had a mission, that is, to solicit sponsorship. It is said that Yi Qing offered to invest, so he should be happy, but the problem is, Yi Qing is his buddy, he You can't just watch your buddy prodigal.

Yi Qing nodded with a smile: "Think it over, Brother Li! You can see if you can help with this matter. Of course, the investment must not be in my own name. I think it will use a special Good name."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Li Chengru, he had no choice but to agree: "Okay! I will try my best to say, but I can't guarantee if it will work or not!"

"Of course, just do your best!" Yi Qing said, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Brother Li, we must sign a contract for this matter. When the time comes, let Ye Yaxian come forward."

Yi Qing's words were not aimless. He remembered reading an article on the Internet in his previous life, which said that during the filming, he also encountered financial problems.

The initial investment was not too much, it was 300 million, and an additional 100 million was added in the later stage. It seems quite a lot, but only after the actual shooting will you know how much it costs. To design and buy it now, it took a lot of money just to shoot the two scenes of Qin Keqing's funeral and concubine Yuan's family visit. In addition, the selection of actors and training courses for the actors' food and clothing cost money, which led to the filming of episode No.13. At that time, the filming funds were not enough. If there was no financial support, I am afraid that the 87 edition would die halfway. For this reason, Wang Fulin was very anxious. It is impossible to ask the Ministry of Culture to allocate funds at this time. Communication, but never got a satisfactory answer.

Just when I was disheartened, I didn't expect it to turn out to be bright, God pays off, when the 87 version of the film crew was most difficult to fund, the owner of a private enterprise in Shandong at the time heard the news and sent 250 million yuan to solve the problem. At that time, due to lack of money, the crew had stopped filming for nearly half a year. The money sent by the boss made the whole crew of Dream of Red Mansions excited. It will become a permanent regret, and there will be a large number of classic film and television images such as Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu that audiences are familiar with later.

According to the memories of the crew at that time, the boss brought money to invest, and signed an agreement with the crew: if you make a profit, you will get a dividend, and if you lose it, you will lose money.

It's just that he didn't pay him any dividends because of the shortage of funds, and the money was returned to the boss before the TV series started broadcasting. Because there was no dividends, CCTV had to add at the end of each episode of the 87 version: The logo of the cooperation of a company in Shandong.

If this matter is true, what CCTV has done is indeed not kind enough.

Because of the tight budget, you didn't pay dividends to others?

Does this sound like a word?

It was obvious that it became popular after it was broadcast, and the investment was treated as a loan, and the agreement signed before did not count.