Chapter 120 We believe in Mr. Meng's vision
. Like Meng Bai, Dai Ying was also very impressed by him.
Because of her hesitation, she missed the excellent web drama project "Soul Ferry". Although there was nothing wrong with it from the market situation at the time, she still felt quite regretful.
So when she received a call from Arclight Film and Television, although she was puzzled as to why the other party suddenly "parted ways" with Leshi.com, she immediately agreed to meet and discuss in detail at any time. It was not
until she saw the cooperation project that she realized that Arclight wanted to cooperate with Qiyi TV on a youth campus drama.
At first, Dai Ying was a little disappointed. It's not that youth campus dramas are not good, but everyone knows that Arclight Film and Television is best at suspense themes.
But because of the experience of "missing" once, she still found the novel "The Best of Us" and read it.
After reading it, she suddenly felt that it seemed that this story was not without a clue.
However, it is really hard to imagine that an investment of 20 million yuan is put on a youth campus drama.
"That's right, Mr. Dai." Zhu Zhenhua explained: "The original story is set in the 2000s, and this atmosphere of lost youth is also what attracts readers the most. If we want to remake it now, this atmosphere is essential, so we have to put extra effort into the arrangement and layout of the shooting scenes."
"Secondly, because it is a campus group drama, there is a greater demand for extras, and labor costs are also a big factor."
Dai Ying nodded when she heard this. Indeed, when she was reading the book, in addition to the story itself, what attracted her more was the youthful atmosphere of playing and fighting with classmates, studying in class together, and getting into trouble and standing in the corner together.
After thinking for a while, she looked at Meng Bai and asked, "If this drama is approved, will Arclight be responsible for the production?"
"The production team will be in charge of Arclight Film and Television, but the main creative team, especially the director, will have other choices." Meng Bai smiled and said, "Mr. Dai should also know that the several directors we have worked with before are not very suitable for this theme."
Dai Ying also laughed. Indeed, "Psychological Crime" was also jokingly called a "youth campus" theme at the beginning, but if that director was really responsible for "The Best of Us", the style would be outrageous.
"In addition to production, Arclight will also be responsible for part of the investment of this project. At the same time, I will also serve as a project supervisor and participate in the script writing." Meng Bai continued.
Unlike the producer, the supervisor is also one of the highest leaders of a crew, but most of them are only responsible for the content of the film and television project and do not participate in the management of the crew.
If you have to say it, it is somewhat similar to Meng Bai's previous "chief screenwriter".
After listening to Meng Bai's introduction, Dai Ying secretly weighed the factors in her mind: it was adapted from a popular novel IP, produced by Arclight Pictures, a first-line online drama team, and co-developed by Little Tangren Culture, which had successful experience, and the budget did not require full investment from the video platform.
Each of these points is a high-quality factor that is very attractive for investment.
The only thing is that how many audiences will like this kind of "little fresh" style youth-themed works.
To be honest, this is a question that every practitioner in the film and television industry wants to know.
Why does the film and television industry love to follow the trend and shoot a bunch of homogeneous works? It's because they have successful experience and know that the audience likes this, so they dare to invest boldly.
After weighing the pros and cons for a while, Dai Ying said: "Personally, I like this project very much, but commercial investment cannot be determined by my personal preferences. So, I will take the situation and script of this project back for discussion, and I will definitely give you two an accurate answer as soon as possible."
"Of course, that's how it should be." Meng Bai stood up and shook hands with the other party and said: "I am looking forward to working with Qiyi TV."
Dai Ying smiled: "In fact, we are looking forward to this more than you, President Meng. I don't know if Arclight Pictures has any suitable suspense-themed projects, we can also talk about it. You may not know that we at Qiyi TV are planning to create a special theater with "suspense" as the core this year."
"Suspense theater?" Meng Bai asked puzzledly: "President Dai should have heard about the "online drama censorship reform" that may be launched in March?"
Dai Ying nodded: "Of course I have heard of it. But we believe that suspense is a very diverse genre, and no matter how much the censorship is reformed, it is impossible to kill all forms with one stick. After all, video websites are not like TV stations, and there is no such thing as 'prime time'."
As mentioned before, there are many criminal investigation suspense dramas in the mainland film and television market, and they have once become popular themes for major TV stations.
Unfortunately, with the "Notice on Strengthening the Censorship and Management of Dramas Involving Crimes", all dramas involving crimes were kicked out of the prime time, and since then, works of this theme have gradually declined and disappeared.
But video websites do not have such restrictions. Anyway, all the resources are on the website, and the audience can watch which drama at any time according to their personal preferences.
As a content producer, Meng Bai naturally supports the plan of Qiyi TV. Although Arclight is cooperating with Leshi.com, it is just cooperation, not selling to each other.
"If there is a suitable opportunity, I will definitely bother you." Meng Bai said.
Dai Ying smiled and said, "Then I look forward to Mr. Meng's 'opportunity'."
——Qiyi
TV's efficiency was much faster than Meng Bai thought. He thought that the other party would not finish the discussion so quickly due to the Spring Festival, but he did not expect that they would give a reply in less than a week.
As they expected, Qiyi TV agreed to cooperate with Arclight Film and Xiaotangren Culture to jointly participate in the development of the project "The Best of Us".
Meng Bai privately asked Dai Ying how she made up her mind so quickly.
The other party told him that Qiyi TV adhered to the principle of "looking at people instead of dramas" this time.
Since Meng Bai can accurately judge such a vast market for "self-made web dramas" with a low-cost web drama, Qiyi TV is willing to continue to believe in his "vision".
After the project was decided, the investment amounts of each company were quickly allocated.
Qiyi TV, as the platform and producer, invested 10 million; Arclight Film and Television, as the producer, invested 8 million; the remaining 2 million was handed over to Xiaotangren Culture, the copyright holder.
Of course, this is just an investment allocation and does not represent the final profit share. After all, Qiyi TV is also responsible for the subsequent publicity and promotion, and Meng Bai will also participate in the script adaptation on the Arclight Film and Television side.
"Hey, Brother Zhu, I've read the script... My suggestion is to adjust the appearance time of the original male second 'Lu Xinghe' from the first episode to after the third episode... Yes, we want that feeling of 'although you are very good, it's a pity that you come a step late'. Without this preconceived idea, it will be difficult for us to convince the audience why the heroine did not choose the male second who has always been with her, but chose the male lead."
"Qiyi TV said that they will start preparing the crew after the Spring Festival. So before that, we have to finalize the final version of the script... If I have time, I will definitely go over to participate in the script discussion, but recently there is a drama to be broadcast, and a TV project to start shooting, so there is not enough time... Okay, then we can contact each other at any time."
In the car, Hua Yan, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, saw Meng Bai finish talking to the other party, hung up the phone and put his phone away.
Meng Bai, who was driving the car, complained while driving: "I'm not saying anything bad about Huahua, can you spare some time to learn how to drive? Look at whose boss drives himself and the assistant takes the car after work."
"Hehe, who made me have a good boss." Hua Yan smiled ingratiatingly, and then said in a firm tone: "Don't worry, boss, I will go to learn how to drive after the New Year."
"Hurry up, if you can pass the driver's license before summer, the company will give you a car."
Hua Yan's eyes lit up immediately: "Really? Boss, don't worry, I will sign up right away and I promise not to delay work."
Looking at the cheerful assistant next to him, Meng Bai couldn't help but smile. Sure enough, little girls are easy to fool. I painted the same pie for Chen Jing before, and she had a nonchalant expression.
The two are now on the highway leading to Hengdian. "The Pretender", which has been in preparation since last year, is finally about to start.
(End of this chapter)
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