Chapter 146
Who will win the overseas copyright of "The Game is Online"?
After the membership of "The Game Is Online" came to an end, Aoqi specially invited the main creators to hold a celebration party.
As stingy as it is, it covered the airfare and hotel expenses of all the leading actors and team members, just to invite them to a party at the Aoqi Building, and to do a live broadcast to tour the building and promote the peripheral products of the game crew.
Well...actually, Aoqi also wanted the leading actors to hold concerts, record group variety shows, and in short, he came up with a lot of fancy plans, but they were all declined by Ling Suisui.
She was also convinced. The filming period of Peach Blossom was in July. This was Aoqi's own drama, but he didn't care about it at all. Why did he drag her and Li Mingxu around? Do we still need to have a script reading and discussion?
——Well, Ochi’s business is big and has many departments, and each group has different KPIs.
Obviously, these bracelets, pendants, bookmarks, character models and other peripherals are all newly made. Aoqi contacted Ai Tianming and wanted to take advantage of the game's popularity period to develop the IP value and make more money together.
With the surrounding premium, he could certainly make a fortune, but Ai Tianming's attitude was rather casual. He didn't even take care of the matter himself, he just asked his assistant to connect with Ochi.
This was certainly due to the fact that he had given the platform a hard time... but more importantly, he was really too busy at the moment.
The highest single-day playback volume of "Game is Online" reached 279 million, and the average number of episodes has reached 140 million. The popular period has not yet passed, so there is still some room for growth.
Ai Tianming didn't ask for much, just a 0.1 increase would be enough, the unit is 100 million anyway.
He initially bought the copyrights of film and television dramas from Huacai, and later bought radio dramas, comics, animations, games, etc., ambitiously preparing to make a big move.
By the way, there is also the filming location for the game crew, which is the industrial park.
The big promise that Ling Sui had made before was really fulfilled. After the game became a big hit, this place became a must-visit destination for fans of the show, directly driving the local tourism industry to take off. The local cultural and tourism industry also responded quickly and took advantage of this overwhelming wealth.
Ai Tianming plans to turn it into a theme park, and develop the other areas into a film and television city. Given the level of superstition in the entertainment industry, many crews would probably be willing to get involved in the "explosion" of the game and get a head start in terms of metaphysics.
It’s true, as soon as this project started, many crews came to inquire about the price.
The dividends received by investors are only the derivative income of the film and television drama, and the newly developed IP projects are naturally not included. But Ai Tianming took the initiative to find Ling Suisui and asked her if she wanted to continue investing.
Ling Suisui was surprised: "You shouldn't be short of money now, right?"
Ever since the game became a big hit, the Ai family has lifted Ai Tianming's house arrest and restored his secondary card.
Now if he wants to invest in a certain field, even if he doesn’t have enough money, his family should be willing to help more. After all, Ling Sui is not the only one who has become famous with just one game.
Ling Suisui remembered that on the day when the game reached 10,000 players, Ai Tianming's favorability towards her reached the maximum.
Well, this is easy to understand. Standing in his position and thinking about his expected benefits, Ling Sui feels that it would be difficult for Ai Tianming not to be fond of her.
No matter whether this favor is for her personally or for the benefits she can bring, it is not important to Ling Suisui, as long as 100 points are received.
"I just want to make money with you." Ai Tianming said sincerely, "I lost everything before I met you. Only you made me make a lot of money. Now my family's attitude towards me has changed!"
"By the way, my mom has invited you to her home. She's also a fan of the game series."
Ling Suisui smiled but did not comment.
In fact, rumors about Ai Tianming and Ling Suisui's affair have been circulating since the game was first launched, and this has become even more common after the drama became popular.
However, Ling Sui was particularly careful about this aspect and never let the paparazzi take a decent photo of them together. In addition, she always emphasized that she was single and sued several people who started the rumors, so this rumor did not cause any waves.
As far as she knew, the Ai family didn't like her before.
Well...even if she didn't show any intention of marrying into a wealthy family, the fact that Ai Tianming invested so much money in "The Game Is Online" still made them quite dissatisfied.
However, after the game became a huge profit, the Ai family's attitude changed.
She had heard Zhong Yao complain before that they had even gone to a master to calculate her and Ai Tianming's horoscopes, and the master concluded that she was particularly lucky for Ai Tianming.
At this moment, they were not at all wary of the "female celebrity who wanted to get ahead". Instead, they wanted to match her with Ai Tianming.
Ling Sui declined the invitation. She was indeed very busy recently and did not want to send any "possibility" signal to the Ai family.
After careful consideration, she decided not to get involved when Ai Tianming invited her to develop the game IP together.
She has other career plans and needs to preserve her cash flow. Moreover, she had little experience in other fields and could not give Ai Tianming much advice.
Ling Suisui fully recognizes her own abilities. She is not omnipotent, so she needs to focus her limited energy on more important things.
The domestic market has fully demonstrated the excellent quality of "Game is Online". Before the show ended, Ochi approached him to discuss launching an international version.
Ai Tianming almost agreed at that time, but Ling Suisui reminded him that they had only signed a copyright contract for domestic broadcasting, and the terms did not stipulate packaging or priority for overseas distribution.
After all, this kind of thing requires extra money, but Aoqi was only interested in lowering the price and was not very concerned about the project, otherwise it would not have been possible to temporarily advance the schedule to April.
Ling Suisui asked him to keep Aoqi hanging for now and not give a clear answer. After only waiting for a few days, Antenna Video offered a higher price.
Even though they didn't get the domestic copyright at the beginning, they could still compete for it internationally. They were very optimistic about the export performance of "Game Is Online".
Sure enough, as long as there are competitors, the price of Aoqi will also increase.
It doesn’t matter that Ai Tianming is not good at business negotiations. His elder brother personally stepped in to help him and Aoqi get a price that far exceeded their expectations.
Although Ai Tianming had previously threatened to block Aoqi, there were no real enemies in the business world. As long as there were common interests, everything could be discussed.
He was about to agree, but his elder brother and Ling Suisui asked him to wait.
Ai Tianming didn't understand: "At this price, every one of us investors can make a lot of money. It's basically impossible to raise it higher. Why should we wait?"
The eldest brother of the Ai family felt that some additional conditions could be discussed, but Ling Suisui wanted more.
"I'm waiting for Netflix." Ling Suisui told him, "Compared to the international version of Aoqi, Netflix is the world's largest streaming media."
"Are you sure?"
Ai Tianming's eyes widened. "As far as I know, the number of plays we export to Netflix is not very good. The top ten Chinese dramas of the year are ranked thousands of places outside their overall rankings."
Of course, the situation in Chinese-speaking countries and Southeast Asian countries is better. But Netflix’s headquarters is still in the United States.
Ling Suisui: "That's because people in foreign-speaking areas are not used to reading subtitles, and they don't understand Chinese. Urban dramas are a little better, but if it's a costume drama, they don't understand our culture, how can they like it if they don't understand it?"
"The advantages of the game are that the special effects are beautiful, there are enough fighting scenes, and the game of human nature is also an issue that has no racial or cultural barriers."
Ai Tianming thought so too. The game setting even has some Western fantasy elements. European and American users should find it easy to understand this power system.
He waited patiently and was indeed approached by Netflix, but he was very dissatisfied with the offer they made.
It’s too cheap. Who would have imagined that its offer is only one tenth of Ochi’s in the first round! He is very confident in the quality of "Game is Online" and believes that Netflix's offer is insincere.
Ai Tianming complained about Netflix and his peers - in fact, the reason why Netflix dared to offer this price, apart from its arrogance, was because it was spoiled by certain domestic entertainment companies that sold their works at a low price in order to pursue exports.
Many dramas that are not so popular in China like to use slogans like "available on Netflix" or "well received overseas" to raise their own value, as if as long as they are broadcast on Netflix, they will become high-quality products that "go global".
If they were a little more shameless and hired some international internet trolls to give them a few good reviews, they could then take a screenshot and shamelessly say that the reason the show was not a hit in China was because the domestic entertainment audiences had no taste.
With an investment of eight or nine figures, selling it to Netflix for just a few hundred or a few thousand dollars per episode, why not just pay them back?
The sad thing is that the price that Ling Suisui thought was very cheap is already the "high price" offered by Netflix for domestic dramas - they can even produce data from the past few years to prove that this is true.
Ling Suisui told Ai Tianming not to worry, and that they could put the antenna aside for now and focus on contacting Aoqi.
"We are trying to get Netflix to offer a reasonable price. If that doesn't work, we still have Ochi as a backup option."
Anyway, we can’t let Netflix think that they must have it. Wouldn’t that be saying “You can bully me at will” written on their face?
Ling Suisui did take a fancy to Netflix's platform, but she never intended to sell it at a low price. If Netflix wants this show, it has to pay a reasonable price.
In fact, Ling Suisui really felt that Netflix would make a lot of money if it sold it to them at the price she wanted. The price cannot be raised simply because the main actors have little international fame. Otherwise, her psychological price would at least double.
"The Game Is Online" is the most suitable for export among all her works. If this one cannot be sold at a good price, the road ahead will be even more difficult.
Although the eldest brother of the Ai family felt that the situation was very risky, considering that Ai Tianming blindly believed in Ling Suisui and begged him desperately, he reluctantly agreed to continue to suspense Aoqi, and acted as if the cooperation was about to be concluded and the contract was about to be signed, in order to throw out a smoke bomb.
On the other hand, Ling Suisui also went to find connections. Tang Bing and Zhang Yun both helped her a lot. Finally, after several rounds of negotiations, Netflix's negotiating representatives agreed to the producer's offer.
As for Ochi who was treated as a tool? Of course you throw it away after use. You wouldn't keep it for the New Year.
Ai Tianming didn't feel any guilt. He just felt good seeing them being humiliated. He also made a note in his diary that his revenge progress was 10 percent.
Humph, although we are still developing surrounding cooperation, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. There will always be an opportunity in the future!
After the overseas copyright contract was signed, Netflix's negotiating representative expressed the hope to meet with the lead actor Ling Suisui, and Ling Suisui readily agreed.
They agreed to meet at a private salon, after all, Ling Suisui is so popular now. If she appeared on the street, the crowds of people who came to take pictures and ask for her autographs would block the road.
To show sincerity, the other party arrived first. When Ling Suisui and Tong Xiaoman arrived, they saw a middle-aged woman in professional attire.
She introduced herself: "Hi, I'm Carrie Bradshaw."
"Hello, Ms. Brayshaw." Ling Suisui greeted her in English, "I'm Ling Suisui, and this is my agent Tong Xiaoman."
Hearing her speak, a smile appeared on Bradshaw's face.
"What should I call you, Ling? Or do you have an English name?"
"You can call me Lindsay. My Chinese name is really hard to pronounce."
For foreigners, four tones are already difficult, and her "岁" is usually pronounced in a light tone.
Brayshaw chatted with her for a while, and as the topic progressed, Ling Suisui quickly realized that the person in front of him had a certain understanding of her, and that the information should have been found through online channels.
And the questions she asked seemed to be getting to know her better.
Ling Suisui asked directly: "Ms. Brayshaw, are you curious about me?"
"Of course." Bradshaw nodded. "In other words, the reason why I am willing to spend an unprecedented high price and take such a big risk to buy this game that has already been launched is actually mainly because I am optimistic about you and want to invest in you."
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