Chapter 119 Is Mr. Meng so dedicated?
"Sorry, Mr. Meng, there's a traffic jam on the road. Sorry to have kept you waiting."
Zhu Zhenhua walked quickly and came to Meng Bai and said repeatedly.
"It's okay, I just got here too." Meng Bai smiled and said, "The New Year's Day holiday is over, everyone has started to work, and there must be traffic jams on the road. Let's go, let's talk while walking."
After that, the two walked into the Qiyi TV building next to them.
"Hello, sir, who are you looking for? I can help you contact them." The receptionist smiled sweetly.
"I'm looking for Mr. Dai from our self-made drama center. I have made an appointment before."
"Okay, please wait."
The receptionist picked up the phone and dialed a number and talked to the other party for a while. Not long after, a young girl came out of the building and walked towards the two.
"You two must be Mr. Meng and Mr. Zhu, right?" The young girl smiled and said, "I am Mr. Dai's secretary. Please follow me."
The secretary took the two upstairs and led them to a reception room: "Please wait a moment, Mr. Dai will be here soon."
Meng Bai thanked him, and the secretary poured tea for the two before leaving.
Seeing that the people had left, Zhu Zhenhua finally had the opportunity to ask.
"Mr. Meng, I've always been curious." Zhu Zhenhua said, "Why did we choose to start with Qiyi TV?"
Before the New Year, Meng Bai and Zhu Zhenhua reached a preliminary cooperation, and Arclight Films and Xiaotangren Culture jointly developed the "Zhenhua Trilogy" series IP.
After failing to contact Leshi.com, Meng Bai turned his attention to several other video websites.
And Qiyi TV is their preferred platform.
Hearing Zhu Zhenhua's question, Meng Bai smiled and explained: "There are mainly two reasons. The first is that compared with several other video platforms, Qiyi TV is the most backward in the current battle of online drama content."
In the past year, the "self-made online drama" market brought about by several hit online dramas such as "Never Expected" and "Soul Ferry" has quickly become a must-fight place for several video platforms. Last
year alone, several video websites broadcast as many as 98 "self-made online dramas", which is more than the total number of the previous three years.
However, although the number is large, there are few fine products.
Leshi.com is naturally ranked in the first echelon. The two works "Soul Ferry" and "Psychological Crime" have a combined playback volume of
more than one billion, leading the whole scene. Similar to Leshi is Youku Video. Relying on Wanhe Tianyi's two series "Never Expected" and "Report to the Boss", it is leading the field of mini-series.
Further down, Souhu Video has "Diaosi Men" and "Fleeting Years", and Penguin Video also has a "Darker".
In comparison, Qiyi TV is a bit miserable. The performance and reputation of "Waste Brothers", which imitated "Never Expected" and "Diaosi Men", were mediocre, and did not achieve the expected results.
Apart from this, the other projects were not very popular.
The only work that was a little popular was "School Beauty in White and Long Legs", which was riding on the popularity of Korean dramas. Unfortunately, this popularity is reverse popularity.
After the title of the drama was released, it immediately became the "best material" for video bloggers who complain about movies and TV shows on the entire network.
Fortunately, they did have a "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" this year, which was considered to be holding up the scene. But the rumors of "online drama censorship rectification" that followed cast a shadow over this "congenitally deficient" project.
Therefore, it is conceivable how eager Qiyi TV is for high-quality IP with positive themes.
This is indeed the case. Meng Bai just contacted the person in charge of self-made dramas on Qiyi TV a few years ago. When the other party heard that it was Arc Light Film and Television, he immediately said, "It depends on your schedule. We are available at any time. "
Tsk, a good party A said the sense of déjà vu of party B.
Zhu Zhenhua nodded. Indeed, from this perspective, the success rate of cooperation with Qiyi TV is not only higher, but also more favorable conditions can be obtained for specific cooperation.
"What else? Didn't you say two reasons?"
Meng Bai said: "The second reason is that among these video platforms, only the person in charge of the self-made drama department of Qiyi TV is a woman."
"Ah? This..."
Zhu Zhenhua was puzzled. What does this have to do with gender? It can't be said that this person in charge agreed to cooperate because of Meng Bai's appearance.
Well, but then again, it seems that it is not impossible. Because in this industry, especially in traditional film and television and TV stations, this situation really exists.
As far as he knows, it was thought that most of the TV drama department directors of TV stations were men, so there would often be some producers of small projects who would bring the actresses in the group to dinner.
Later, with the change of positions, many TV station department directors were replaced by a group of middle-aged women. The producer would still bring the actors in the group to dinner, but the actresses became male actors.
Hot knowledge, in this circle, male actors often have a wider "road" than female actors.
Although Meng Bai is a producer, if you don't consider his acting skills, being the male lead in an idol drama is considered a high-end. If some "special social events" are needed, the effect may be better if you go out in person.
Of course, this is just Zhu Zhenhua's divergent thinking along with Meng Bai's words. If you think about it a little, you know it is definitely not because of such a ridiculous reason.
Just when I was about to ask in detail, the door of the reception room was suddenly opened. A woman in her thirties, tall and artistic, walked in.
The woman glanced at the two people in the room, then walked up to Meng Bai, smiled and extended her hand: "This is Mr. Meng from Arclight Films. Hello, I am Dai Ying, the director of the self-made drama center of Qiyi TV."
"Hello, Mr. Dai." Meng Bai shook hands with her and introduced Zhu Zhenhua next to him.
The three of them sat down, and Zhu Zhenhua took a look at Dai Ying. Not to mention, at first glance, this woman looks a bit like the combination of Qin Hailu and Wan Qian. With the temperament of a professional woman, she is considered good-looking among ordinary people.
Now he is really unsure, no way, is Mr. Meng so dedicated?
If Meng Bai knew what Zhu Zhenhua was thinking, he would have to scold him, "Brother, are you really hungry?" The
reason why he specifically stated Dai Ying's gender is mainly because "The Best of Us" is a youth campus drama with a fresh style. In comparison, women prefer this style.
And as mentioned before, the audience group of the entire "Zhenhua Series" is actually those who are no longer young and need to rely on memories to feel.
Coincidentally, Dai Ying belongs to this group.
Actually, this was not the first time Meng Bai and Dai Ying met. When he was looking for investment for the script of Soul Ferry, the first place he came to was Qiyi TV.
Unfortunately, after a long discussion, he rejected the project of Pendulum because of the uncertain market of online drama.
Then, Meng Bai encountered a scammer and met Li Qin.
(End of this chapter)
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