Chapter 237 Sky-high Price Talk Show: "Su Yang Show" Officially Launches
After the meeting officially ended, Tang Qing called the company's lawyer over. They printed out the contract on the spot, and after both parties carefully studied it, they officially signed it under the witness of their lawyers.
“It’s a pleasure to work with you…”
After signing the contract, Tang Qing said with a smile. The leaders of both parties looked at Tang Qing and smiled as well, expressing their delight at the collaboration. For Yanjing TV, this wasn't their first collaboration, and everyone was familiar with the process.
For Youku, although this is the first cooperation, if the cooperation is satisfactory, there may be more cooperation in the future.
After everyone left, Tang Qing excitedly came to Su Yang's office.
“Guess the price”
Tang Qing looked at Su Yang and said mysteriously. Su Yang raised his head and looked at Tang Qing, then shook his head. How could he guess that?
"Guess?"
Tang Qing said this in a slightly coquettish tone, and this attitude made Su Yang swallow his saliva. "Nimma, you little devil, where are you going to run away?"
"Eight million per issue"
Su Yang was completely stumped by the number. This number made Tang Qing roll her eyes at Su Yang. "Look at your little ability, you can't even guess the fraction correctly."
"Yanjing TV's price is 12 million per episode, and Youku is offering 18 million per episode. That's a total of 30 million per episode, not counting the advertising fees we collect..."
Tang Qing said with a smile, and the price made Su Yang's eyes widen.
Holy shit, are talk shows really that profitable? Each episode costs 30 million yuan, and with four episodes this month, the broadcast fees alone are a whopping 120 million yuan. This is practically a money grab. As for the production costs, they're pitifully low. After all, they don't have any famous guests, and the production is pretty simple.
The production cost for each episode was a maximum of three million, and this price even included the guest appearance fees. With such a cost and such a selling price, Su Yang swallowed hard.
Damn, it's so easy to make money in the entertainment industry. No wonder so many people want to join the entertainment industry, and no wonder TV stations and online platforms are working hard to create variety shows. These variety shows are simply money-printing machines.
Seeing Su Yang's expression, Tang Qing laughed. Actually, this price was beyond Tang Qing's expectations. In Tang Qing's opinion, a combined 20 million per issue was considered quite good.
The reason it commands such a high premium is, first, that this talk show is truly excellent. Second, it's because of Su Yang's influence. After all, Su Yang has been singled out for praise by the daily newspaper, so airing his work at certain times might be considered politically correct.
"Okay, get busy. Come on. Our company depends on you..."
Tang Qing said with a smile, and Su Yang rolled his eyes at her. Seeing Su Yang's expression, Tang Qing smirked and turned to leave Su Yang's office, her steps still wiggling. Looking at this enchanting figure, Su Yang swallowed hard. Then he shook his head hard, came back to his senses, and continued to busy himself with writing the next episode's script.
"See you on 'Su Yang Show' at 8pm on Yanjing TV this Friday. It's also exclusively on Youku at 10pm..."
Su Yang updated his Weibo again, and fans were excited when they saw the news.
Su Yang's "Wild Survival" has been a huge hit these past two days, and now the "Su Yang Show" is back, which is really a blessing.
"Fuck, Brother Yang is awesome. Friday night at 8 o'clock, it's prime time..."
"This time period is amazing. I'm looking forward to it..."
"Brother Yang has finally started to seriously mingle in the entertainment industry. Not bad, not bad..."
"Hey, this doesn't suit Brother Yang's personality. Isn't Brother Yang supposed to win easily? How can he come out to work?"
"Hahaha, maybe it's because Sister Shuyao is pregnant. For the sake of the baby, I have to take responsibility..."
"As expected, men become more mature when they have children. I support Xiao Yangyang. Sister loves you..."
When the news broke, fans started discussing it. The broadcast time also gave many fans something different to watch. It was Friday night at 8:00 PM, prime time.
This time of the week is the most important.
Now, "Su Yang Show" has been put on Friday night by Yanjing TV, which is obviously a recognition of "Su Yang Show". And "Transformation" which was originally broadcast on Friday has been directly adjusted to Saturday night.
That Saturday night variety show was canceled by Yanjing TV. They were making way for a better show. Seeing this, people in the industry couldn't help but sigh. Yanjing TV really showed its courage this time. The two most important time slots, Friday and Saturday, were all filled with variety shows curated by Su Yang.
Most TV stations don't have this kind of courage. Remember, TV stations are state-owned, and many people consider the separation of production and broadcasting a sign of incompetence. No matter how good a program is, if it's not produced by the company itself, it doesn't count as talent.
But now Yanjing TV doesn't care about that. All they care about is the ratings. Let's get them up first. As long as the ratings are up, what's wrong with separating production and broadcasting? Who can resist money?
The outside world started to discuss it heatedly, and amid the heated discussion, Friday night finally arrived.
On Friday night, many netizens were already in front of their TVs, phones, or computers. In this internet age, it's very convenient to watch the live broadcast even without a TV.
Although Youku still has an exclusive online broadcast at 10 o'clock, curious fans can't wait until 10 o'clock and want to see it first.
At Yanjing Television, staff members were watching the real-time data. Technological advancements had made data collection simpler and clearer. On the official website of the China Film and Television Data Network, a wealth of key data was displayed in real time.
The TV station's real-time audience data is clearly visible here, and the data is very authoritative. The audience data is not just the TV ratings, but also the data of watching the live broadcast on mobile phones and computers.
Before eight o'clock in the evening, the data from Yanjing TV began to rise. Seeing this rising speed, Mango TV and Blue TV couldn't help but feel nervous.
In order to cope with "Su Yang Show", they also increased the intensity of their own program, invited more important guests, and increased publicity.
Currently, the ratings of Mango TV’s “Happy Camp” are 2.24, and the ratings of Blue TV’s “Ace Attack” are 1.89. Both of these variety shows are old.
Happy Camp is the flagship show of Mango TV and has been popular for many years. The show has accumulated a large number of fans and underwent a major revamp last year, which helped to stabilize the ratings again.
Blue Channel's "Ace Attack" is now in its fourth season and is still very popular. Such ratings are entirely due to its accumulated reputation.
At this moment, let's look at "Su Yang Show", which hasn't even officially aired yet. The data has already reached 1.77, and this data is still rising at a very fast speed.
Coming with great momentum, "Su Yang Show" is coming with great momentum at this moment.
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, hurry up, it's about to start..."
In a residential complex in Guangzhou, several young women sat in the living room. They all worked at an internet company, and the apartment was a dormitory rented by the company for them.
There were six people living in a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment. The six girls had a good relationship. They often went shopping, played games, watched TV series together, etc.
The six of them also had one thing in common: they were all fans of Su Yang. In their eyes, Su Yang was the perfect idol. Handsome, in great shape, incredibly talented, and a doting wife.
"Here it comes..."
A girl brought a bowl of fruit from the kitchen and put it on the table, then squeezed on the sofa to watch TV with several sisters.
After a few commercials on TV, "Su Yang Show" finally officially started airing. Several girls also stared at the TV with wide eyes, eating fruit while watching the program.
On TV, after the opening music, Su Yang officially walked out from the backstage.
Su Yangxiu's stage wasn't particularly luxurious, adopting a simple style. The audience wasn't large, appearing to be around a hundred people. There were also guest seats on the right side of the stage, where several guests sat smiling.
"Hi, everyone, welcome to the Su Yang Show, exclusively sponsored by Ou Ya Men. I'm Su Yang..."
Su Yang was wearing a blue suit, looking very handsome. He was not holding anything in his hands, but was wearing a simple headset. He looked simple and neat.
"Ouya Men, a cosmetics brand, haha, how bold! A cosmetics brand dares to sponsor my show, and even exclusively, tsk tsk..."
Su Yang glanced at the nearby Ou Ya Men's billboard and couldn't help but say this, which immediately made many people laugh. Only Su Yang could pull off this joke. No other host could pull it off. After all, Su Yang was the only artist who could ruin a cosmetics brand.
At the beginning, Su Yang's performance made many people smile unconsciously.
"Thank you again, everyone. Today is the first episode of our Su Yang Show. So I shamelessly brought in a few guests. She's just so unpopular. Our boss was complaining about her yesterday, saying that she called celebrities in the industry, and as soon as they heard she was going to be on Su Yang's show, they hung up faster than a scam call."
This made everyone laugh again. Su Yang’s popularity was really bad.
"Actually, I feel a little wronged. Our boss is completely stupid. I told her yesterday. You called at the wrong time. You called in the middle of the night and told the other party whether you would be on Su Yang's late-night show. I guarantee that no one would dare to hang up. If they dare to hang up on you, tell me and I will call them myself. I still don't believe it..."
“Puff…”
Su Yang's words made the girls in the room burst out laughing. This bastard, if he can't get what he wants with soft tactics, he's going to use hard tactics.
"Hahaha, this is hilarious. Damn, only a fool would want to be on your show..."
"Just scare them to death..."
"Is this the kind of late night show you see in Japan?"
"Hahaha, Brother Yang's late-night show is too lethal..."
"I'm so happy..."
"Brother Yang is really a funny guy..."
Su Yang said these words in a relaxed manner, just like chatting with a friend. However, these simple words made everyone laugh.
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