Rebirth Begins with a Manga Adaptation

On the eighth day of release, the box office of Rurouni Kenshin: Reminiscences dropped to 59 million.

Those who did it second, third or even fourth time also gradually walked out of the plot.

This movie did leave a deep impression on many viewers, but after a few days passed, everyone slowly recovered.

But this box office performance also made Meng Yu, who was waiting for Jing Yu at the agreed place, sigh and envy again.

I don't know if the money he earned from working in Yunteng all his life is more than one-tenth of the income from the film Jing Yu produced in half a year.

It was Cheng Lie who had a bad eye, resolutely resigned from Yunteng when Jing Yu's future was uncertain after leaving Yunteng.

Just kidding, if Jing Yu asked Meng Yu if he wanted to resign and hang out with him, Meng Yu would really be moved.

Although Yunteng has a high position and various invisible resources, but in terms of making money, it is far behind.

Jing Yu's income in Yunteng back then, apart from the shareholders of those TV stations, no one should be higher than Jing Yu.

Those high-level salaries will never be able to catch up with Jingyu's income after the successful contract bet.

But Jing Yu's income after leaving Yunteng, from the current point of view, is estimated to have skyrocketed several times compared to when he was in Yunteng.

If the love letter released next month is also a hit. Thinking of this, Meng Yu took a deep breath.

What is the most expensive thing in the new century?

talents

Jing Yu may not be the oldest and most famous screenwriter and actor in the film and TV industry, but when it comes to the rate of return of his work, few people can catch up with him.

Wearing a white T-shirt, slacks, and sneakers, Jing Yu put on a peaked cap and a mask on his face.

Walking into the agreed place, Jing Yu immediately saw Meng Yu who was in good spirits.

"Minister Meng, long time no see." Jing Yu smiled and stretched out his hand.

Meng Yu and Jing Yu shook hands.

"Come on, this is an old wine that I have treasured for more than 20 years. Although the packaging is ordinary, the taste is much better than those so-called famous wines on the market."

Meng Yu smiled and took out a broken container.

The mouth of the container was quickly unsealed, and the aroma of wine overflowed in the box.

Jing Yu doesn't like drinking very much, but

He looked at Meng Yu's expression of pouring wine carefully, and felt a little distressed even after spilling a drop.

If you don't drink it, it seems that you can't justify it.

In the beginning, the two were just talking about some insignificant things, such as the scene when they saw Jing Yu for the first time the year before last, and what they thought in their hearts.

I didn't expect Jing Yu to grow up to what he is today in less than two years.

Meng Yu also chatted with Jing Yu about these trivial matters for half an hour.

But wait until the two of them are slightly tipsy from drinking.

Meng Yu finally stepped into the topic.

"Jing Yu, it is basically impossible for you to return to Yunteng." Meng Yu asked.

"There is no absolute thing in this world. If one day my investment fails and I owe tens of thousands of debts, there will be a place willing to take me in. No matter where it is, I have to go." Jing Yu paused and said.

Meng Yu understood in seconds.

Unless Jing Yu owes a lot of money, and there is no better place to go, Yun Teng is willing to provide him with a position and support that can repay the money reasonably and legally with his ability. Otherwise, he wants to repay him. It would be unrealistic to go back to Yunteng to work.

Then there is no more nonsense in this direction.

"What about co-productions?" Meng Yu asked again.

"Cooperation. If you cooperate, it depends on whether the conditions that the two parties can come up with are equal!" Jing Yu thought for a while, and then said.

If Yunteng can make an eight-point work into a twelve-point hit. ability.

For example, the investors behind Li Huanying in the previous life were able to take advantage of the right time, place and people to make a film of this quality to more than 5 billion at the box office. Even if Jing Yu and Yun Teng co-produced a film and television drama, everyone can share the copyright proceeds.

But what else can Yunteng offer him now?

It's just a TV station broadcasting platform. There are hundreds of such broadcasting platforms in Dazhou, and the difference is only the flow rate.

Although Jingyu doesn't have much money, if you're making a movie or a drama, it's not a problem to invest in a few movies. If you're a person, maybe the standard is not as high as Yunteng's, but after all, he is also a professional and can meet Jingyu's shooting needs.

The words were also very clear, Meng Yu let out a long sigh.

"Then Jingyu, I won't give up. As you said before, your blue star culture film and television company will invest independently, and after filming the TV series independently, the proposal of cooperating with Yunteng to broadcast is barely agreed." Meng Meng Yu said.

reluctantly

Jing Yu didn't believe this kind of word at all. It is estimated that in the past six months, Yunteng's senior executives had fantasies about returning to Yunteng after their own movie hit the street.

Otherwise, Meng Yu wouldn't have asked Meng Yu to contact him to discuss this matter just over a week after the release of Reminiscences. The top management in Taili should have made a decision long ago.

"However, you know, Jingyu, we Yunteng's own talents can completely produce a TV series with an audience rating of 3.4%. Since you want Yunteng to cooperate with you in this way, then you can cooperate with us in a drama of the same level. Definitely not lower."

Meng Yu wasn't afraid of making Jing Yu unhappy by speaking bluntly. If he had something to say, there was no need to be too hypocritical since everyone was acquaintances.

And on the surface, it seems that Yunteng needs Jing Yu, but in fact, why does Jing Yu not need Yunteng's cooperation?

Jing Yu didn't mean to completely break away from the TV drama industry, but the Big Six would never buy the rights to broadcast Jing Yu's dramas, all they wanted was the full copyright.

Jingyu, a small TV station, definitely doesn’t think about it. Even if you put a drama like Initial D on a small TV station, it’s a miracle that the ratings can break 4%, let alone the 10% level when it was broadcast in Yunteng’s later stage.

Under this premise, there are not many TV stations that Jing Yu can cooperate with, not the Big Six, but also have a considerable traffic. Yunteng is naturally the most suitable one, and it is also the one Jing Yu is most familiar with.

"So." Meng Yu continued.

"Minister Meng, don't worry about this. I can sign a contract with Yunteng, which is similar to the gambling jump when I was in Yunteng. If the drama I filmed, the audience rating on Yunteng broadcast is 3%, and if it is below 4%, I will not broadcast it on Yunteng. The copyright fee." Jing Yu said with a smile.

Some TV dramas of average quality in the previous life wanted to be broadcast by big TV stations, but they really didn’t want money, and even gave money to the TV stations for broadcasting.

Without these stations broadcasting your works, who in the whole country would know that there is such a drama!

If you don’t get famous, if you want to sell peripherals, you can’t sell other copyrights at all.

So what Jing Yu said obviously meant that he was at a disadvantage. In fact... if Jing Yu really made a street drama, even if Jing Yu didn't want money, it would be an opportunity for Yun Teng to help him promote his work.

Meng Yu knew this truth very well, but he was too lazy to point it out.

Jing Yu has never made a hit drama, so Meng Yu will not assume that Jing Yu's next drama will hit the street, otherwise this cooperation will not be able to go on.

But the betting contract that Jing Yu mentioned, Meng Yu was interested.

"If you, Jing Yu, can continue to produce popular and popular dramas like Initial D, everything is easy to talk about! Yun Teng is also enlightened."

"That's right. On our side, time may be tighter!" Meng Yu said.

"Urgent?" Jing Yu looked at Meng Yu suspiciously.

"You also understand that since you came to Yunteng, you have filmed so many TV series, which has also helped Yunteng's overall ratings to a certain extent. Originally, Yunteng's audience traffic is no worse than that of the six majors. How much, now, it is basically on par with the next three major TV stations, and the ratings in each time period are generally at the same level." Meng Yu said.

"However. This situation is not very stable. To put it bluntly, a lot of the increased traffic is just brought by the audience of those high-quality TV series you filmed in the past. But if Yunteng does not broadcast those high-quality dramas for a long time, these audiences will be very worried. They may have switched to the top six camps again. To make them stable audiences of Yunteng, at least our station must have high-quality episodes aired for a long time."

For example, after Jinyuan left Yunteng in the spring of this year, this kind of sign appeared. When Dragon Cherry was broadcast in the autumn, it became stable again, and then in the autumn, there was a trend of declining traffic.

Last year, when Jing Yu was in Yunteng, the overall traffic in the station was rising steadily, without such ups and downs.

Otherwise, the top management of Yunteng Terrace would not have agreed to cooperate with Jing Yu in just a few days.

Regardless of whether there is any copyright income for this drama, we must first rely on those dramas with high ratings to stabilize Yunteng's traffic.

Ratings are fundamental, everything else is false.

"You mean?" Jing Yu looked at Meng Yu.

"Although I know that in July, your Rurouni Kenshin Reminiscences will be very busy. In August, there will also be a release of Love Letter. However, in September, please be busy again." Meng Yu took a deep breath and said.

"Otherwise, we won't be able to catch up with the winter season in October."

When Meng Yu said a word, Jing Yu also understood.

Yunteng Taili can accept cooperation with Jing Yu in this way, but it is required that his works can catch up with the schedule of film and television dramas participating in this winter's file.

Jing Yu heard this and thought about it.

"September?"

Love Letters will be released on August 7th. No matter how busy you are, there should be a certain amount of time in September.

But the problem is that the voting room for Rurouni Kenshin Reminiscences and Love Letters will not be paid back so quickly.

"If the filming of the new drama starts in September, there will be no problem with the script," Jing Yu said.

Meng Yu's eyes lit up.

Sure enough, it's easy to talk to a genius like Jing Yu.

People have the confidence to say lightly that there is no problem in creating a drama with a rating of 5% or more.

It's not like those screenwriters in the station, none of them dare to guarantee it.

"But Yunteng TV station has to lend me filming funds"

"I don't have enough cash flow on hand now, but next spring will not be a big problem. In winter, the box office share of the two movies should not be credited yet."

When Jing Yu said a word, Meng Yu's face turned green.

what's the situation?

What they are talking about is investing their own funds, filming dramas by themselves, and then selling the broadcasting rights to Yun Teng.

Does Yunteng even have to borrow investment funds now?

Yunteng lends you money to shoot TV dramas, and then the copyright is yours, and you also pay for the broadcasting rights of your dramas, and then you return the broadcasting rights paid to you by Yunteng to pay off the debt.

Then I just picked up the other copyrights of the series funded and filmed by Yunteng for nothing!

My God. Is there a businessman smarter than you?

"I'll discuss your proposal with the senior management in Taili." Meng Yu's face darkened, but he couldn't say anything.

This is a considerable condition. If Yunteng wants to compete with the Big Six in the winter market, he has to agree to Jingyu's condition.

Although the conditions are excessive, it is obvious that Yunteng can disagree.

Jing Yu was not in a hurry to join the winter show, it was just that Yun Teng himself was flustered by the drop in traffic on the TV station.

"That's going to trouble Minister Meng." Jing Yu also said with a smile.

"If the senior management of Yunteng Terrace agrees, let's discuss the specific details of the cooperation."

Tonight, there are more than 7,000 words in three chapters. Those who lack chapters will remember.