My ex is a queen, I'm on fire

Chapter 281 280, This show is going to explode! (two in one)

"Mr. Chen, don't worry about the cooperation. Anyway, there are still more than three months before the Spring Festival Gala."

"Think about it slowly, and let me know which artist you think is suitable."

Liu Yinghong gave Chen Wenhan enough time to screen the artists in the file.

Because there are three or four hundred "artists" in the document, including first-line stars, models, and Internet celebrities, it takes a lot of time to just go through them.

"okay."

"If there is a suitable one, I will contact Sister Hong as soon as possible."

Chen Wenhan had long heard that some brokers in the circle actually worked as pimps, and apparently Liu Yinghong also had this business.

However, there is still some difference between her and a real pimp. She not only relies on this thing to make money, but also relies on it to maintain and expand her network.

For example, in the future, if Chen Wenhan really took a fancy to a certain artist in the document, and the other party came to exchange boat skills with Chen Wenhan through Liu Yinghong's introduction, then Chen Wenhan would naturally owe Liu Yinghong a favor.

What's more, this kind of thing is a major event that can make a star collapse. In this transaction, Liu Yinghong's role is a pimp, and Chen Wenhan's role is a prostitute.

It can be regarded as exchanging handles with each other, and the relationship will naturally become much closer.

This is similar to going to wash feet with good brothers.

Liu Yinghong didn't stay for too long. She came to the door this time just to show Tianmei's attitude, and she didn't expect that Chu Zihua's Spring Festival Gala would be settled with just one visit.

It takes time and more sincerity to repair a relationship.

After Liu Yinghong left, Chen Wenhan turned over the document she had sent him with great interest. What surprised him was that there were several female artists who were created by "pure girls".

In other words, these so-called pure girls actually have a price!

Sure enough, the expensive circle is really chaotic!

The next day, Chen Wenhan received a notice from the program group that due to the fire of "Music Dream Chaser", the program group decided to adopt the live broadcast mode from eight to five.

In other words, Chen Wenhan doesn't need to stay in Shanghai for the next month. He can just go to Shanghai to participate in the rehearsal one week before the live broadcast.

Chen Wenhan was notified and set off directly back to Sanjiang.

Although Shanghai City is good, Sanjiang is his lair.

After returning to the familiar city, Chen Wenhan spent a few days in style at first, and then devoted himself to work again.

On this day, Zhang Facai brought Liu Huan, deputy director of content department of Kubo.com, to Mahjong Entertainment.

The purpose of the other party's trip is to discuss the copyright of "The Beginning".

With the efforts of Lan Zhengye and the post-production staff, the post-production progress of "The Beginning" is very fast, and it has come to an end.

A few days ago, Zhang Facai sent the samples of the first three episodes of "The Beginning" to several major domestic video sites, among which Kubo.com received the fastest feedback.

"Mr. Chen, our Kubo is the first video site to produce online dramas, and has accumulated the most users. Therefore, "The Beginning" is definitely the best choice for our Kubo broadcast."

Liu Huan is a woman who looks to be in her early thirties, but with Chen Wenhan's years of experience, her actual age should be over thirty-five years old.

Because a professional woman like her with certain financial strength is willing to spend money on herself, so she will look younger.

"I agree with Mr. Liu's point of view."

"I also hope to reach a cooperation with Kubo."

Chen Wenhan first expressed his attitude, and then changed the topic: "However, Kubo's offer is indeed a bit lower."

"The reason why I came here is to have a face-to-face chat with Mr. Chen about the price."

"How much money does Teacher Chen think is appropriate?"

Liu Huan looked at Chen Wenhan with a smile on his face.

Before she came here, she was very curious about this "creative genius" who had two ex-girlfriends, and she became even more curious after seeing him.

Because Chen Wenhan is more handsome than what he saw on TV, and Liu Huan has also met many so-called male gods due to his work, but when he meets offline, he always feels a bit embarrassed.

But Chen Wenhan is different, his looks are even better offline than online.

"How about this number?"

Chen Wenhan stretched out his left hand and shook it lightly.

"Fifty million?"

Liu Huan's pupils shrank slightly: "Mr. Chen, are you joking?"

"According to our evaluation by Kubo, the investment scale of "Beginning" will not exceed 20 million."

"You sell it for 50 million yuan after changing hands. Wouldn't it be a good deal to do?"

Facing Liu Huan's doubts, Chen Wenhan just smiled slightly: "The 20 million that Mr. Liu said is just a paper figure."

"Aside from other things, how much is Lin Nian's salary alone?"

"Besides, this is Lin Nian's first and only web drama."

"Also, although I haven't filmed any movies, if my current traffic and popularity are converted into a film salary, it should be very high!"

"By the way, there is also Feng Qingyang's script, these are all added value."

Liu Huan nodded: "I can understand what Mr. Chen said, but 50 million is still too high, and the price is quite different from our expected price."

"Then what's your expected price?"

Chen Wenhan asked.

"Twenty million plus 20% revenue share."

Liu Huan set out the conditions of Kubo.

"It seems that there is nothing to talk about."

"But it doesn't matter. The first time is raw and the second time is familiar. If we can't cooperate this time, there will be opportunities in the future."

The price difference between the other party's quotation and Chen Wenhan's expected price was a bit big, obviously there was no way to negotiate.

If Liu Huan quoted a price that was not too different from Chen Wenhan's expected price, the sale would still have to be discussed, but in this situation there is no need to discuss it at all.

In fact, the total investment of 20 million speculated by Liu Huan is already high. The total investment of "The Beginning" is probably around 12 million.

The average cost per episode is about one million, which is already very high for an online drama. After all, some popular TV series cost only about one million per episode.

Although Chen Wenhan made a profit according to the price offered by Liu Huan, the profit was too little. He worked for a long time but the website made a lot of money. That was not his style.

"Teacher Chen, the price I mentioned is the highest price that Kubo can offer. You can also compare it with other companies. Our price must be advantageous."

“What’s more, the revenue sharing from other websites is not on the same level as ours at Kubo.”

Liu Huan said without giving up.

"I'll think about it again."

"The post-production of "The Beginning" will take some time, so there's no rush."

Chen Wenhan smiled and waved his hand. Kubo was the first to offer a price. He also wanted to see what other websites had to say.

"Okay, then Teacher Chen will think about it again. The price I just quoted is always valid. If Teacher Chen changes his mind, you can contact me at any time."

The next three days.

Chen Wenhan also met with the heads of content departments of "Penguin Video", "Literary Video" and two small websites.

Among them, the one with the highest offer was "Penguin Video". They had deep pockets and offered an offer of 30 million plus a 20% profit share. The other websites basically focused on "participation" and the prices they offered were very low.

At present, domestic video websites are in a three-legged situation. Kubo, Penguin Video and Wenyi Video occupy more than 90% of the long video market.

Therefore, in fact, these three companies are mainly competing, and Literary Video is obviously not very enthusiastic. They only offered a price of 10 million plus a 20% revenue share.

"I think the Penguins are very sincere. How about signing them?"

In the office, Zhang Facai said.

"Let's do this, you reply to Penguin and Kubo respectively, 20 million plus 50% of the revenue share."

"Whoever agrees will give the right to broadcast it!"

At the beginning, Chen Wenhan wanted to directly get a high-dollar buyout, but judging from the attitudes of several websites, it was not realistic to want a high-dollar buyout.

Although Lin Nian is in charge of this drama, it is only a web drama after all.

Before this, no online drama could earn tens of millions for the website. Therefore, neither Penguin nor Kubo could directly make tens of millions.

Therefore, Chen Wenhan can only take the route of high profit sharing.

However, this is still risky, even though the show "The Beginning" was quite popular in another time and space.

But no one knows whether it will be popular if placed here.

Also, Chen Wenhan doesn’t have much confidence in his acting skills, so it’s best to buy him out at a high price!

But now this road is dead, so we can only find another way

After Zhang Facai passed the news on, the two websites quickly responded.

Kubo said that a 50% share is acceptable, but the guaranteed price is reduced to 10 million!

The Penguin side agreed, but their agreement was conditional. The minimum guarantee of 20 million was no problem, but the share ratio was linked to the effective play volume.

The effective play volume exceeds 200 million, 30% revenue sharing, the effective play volume exceeds 500 million, 40% revenue sharing, the effective play volume exceeds 1 billion, 50% revenue sharing.

How to put it, Penguin Video agreed to Chen Wenhan's conditions, but set a very high threshold.

Only if the effective playback volume of "The Beginning" exceeds one billion, you can get 50% of the share. Otherwise, you will get 20 million and a guarantee of 20% of the revenue.

“What is the name of Penguin Video’s content director?”

After reading the conditions offered by Penguin Video, Chen Wenhan asked with interest.

"Wang Dalong."

Zhang made a fortune and returned.

"This Wang Dalong is a bit interesting."

Chen Wenhan smiled: "Inform him to sign the contract!"

"ah?"

Zhang Facai was confused: "Boss, the conditions offered by Penguin are obviously an invisible pie!"

"As far as I know, the record for effective views of online dramas seems to be 360 million, which means that if we want to get 40% of the revenue share, we have to set a new record for the number of views of online dramas."

"Try it."

"It's not a loss if you can't reach it anyway."

Two days later.

Chen Wenhan and Wang Dalong, the content director of Penguin Video, signed an exclusive broadcast contract for "The Beginning".

After the two parties signed the contract, Penguin Video quickly finalized the schedule.

"The Beginning" premieres in a week.

Upload four episodes at once, and then update two episodes every week for a month.

Kubo Video Headquarters.

Liu Huan, who has been paying attention to the dynamics of his competitors, accidentally saw the news that "The Beginning" was scheduled to be released.

"Twenty million plus 50% profit share."

"Penguin really dares to agree. On this condition, the effective number of views must exceed 400 million to break even!"

Liu Huan shook her head gently. In her opinion, this was a steady loss-making business.

"It's not surprising that a penguin would do something like this. After all, stupid people have a lot of money!"

Zhang Wenjie, who is also the deputy director of the content department, said while drinking coffee.

The two are in charge of different fields. Liu Huan is in charge of TV dramas and web dramas, while Zhang Wenjie is in charge of movies and web dramas. There is no competition between them, so the relationship is relatively harmonious.

And Zhang Wenjie often encounters situations where Penguin spends money and cuts off her husband in the field she is in charge of, so she is used to the other party's operations.

"Actually, it's good if people are stupid and have a lot of money. At least the work is easy to carry out."

"It's not like we bargain with the producer every day."

Liu Huan sighed lightly.

"No, I wish I could carry the Dragon Slaying Knife with me."

Zhang Wenjie curled her lips, and asked again: "By the way, is the web drama played by Teacher Chen good?"

"The subject matter is quite novel, and the three episodes of the demo are not bad, but I don't know what will happen next."

"Send it to me."

"Recently watching "Music Dream Chaser", I am a little fan of Teacher Chen!" Zhang Wenjie said with a smile.

"Well, I'm sending it to you now, don't let it out!"

"Don't worry, I understand the rules!"

After a few instructions, Liu Huan sent the samples of the three episodes to Zhang Wenjie.

Reviewing films is their daily routine, and Zhang Wenjie immediately entered the drama binge mode after receiving the samples.

Since the nature of the job is to review films, Zhang Wenjie almost always fast-forwards after the beginning of the drama when watching the drama.

However, when she clicked on "Beginning", the mouse that was about to drag the progress bar stayed on the computer screen without moving.

"Sister Huan, is that a good name for you?"

"This kind of quality web drama has never been seen before. This is a rare boutique!"

After watching the first episode in one sitting, Zhang Wenjie couldn't help complaining.

"It's not a boutique!"

"It can only be said to be above the standard." Obviously, Liu Huan has his own judgment.

Zhang Wenjie shook her head lightly: "Sister Huan, we focus on different fields. You are watching it from the perspective of an online drama."

"And I watched it from the perspective of a movie. The filming techniques and camera handling of this drama are very professional. I suspect that the director has made movies before."

"In addition, the suspense is also very attractive, it is very attractive!"

Zhang Wenjie gave a very high evaluation.

"You reminded me."

"The director of this play is Lan Zhengye!"

Liu Huan said.

"Lan Zhengye?"

"No wonder, he is still very powerful!"

"However, why did you go to shoot online dramas? This is a low-class guy!"

Zhang Wenjie clicked on the sample of the second episode of "The Beginning".

"What is it if he drops his coffee?"

"Lin Niandu made this show, he is a real three-gold actress!"

Liu Huan spread his hands, and said, "By the way, Wen Jie, the teacher Chen you are fan of is more handsome than the online one, which is very rare!"