Chapter 99 Net profit of 15 million!
Knowing that Meng Bai was busy recently, Zhu Xudan did not bother him too much. After having a meal and saying goodbye to her bestie, she returned to Jingbei obediently.
As for her contract, Meng Bai promised to think about it carefully during this period of time and give an answer or solution before her contract expires.
After sending off the junior sister, Meng Bai continued to be busy with the filming of the crew, but he was always thinking about that problem in his heart.
Does Arclight Film and Television need to increase the business of artist brokerage?
In fact, most traditional film and television companies also have the business of artist brokerage. Whether it is for cost, profit or convenience, it is better to use your own people than outsiders.
And there is also a psychological problem involved here. No one wants their own project to become popular in the end.
Because Arclight Film and Television was established too recently and has a shallow foundation, and online dramas belong to the emerging market, most of the dramas they shot are newcomers. The few few, like Zhang Ruoyun, Yu Yi, Zhu Xudan, etc., are either people from the capital side or work alone.
The only special one is Li Qin, but the entanglement between her and Meng Bai is more complicated, and it cannot be viewed as an ordinary relationship between a producer and a leading actor.
So far, Arclight Film and Television has not been too involved in the problems of artists from other companies.
But this state will definitely not last forever. As the online drama market gradually prospers, there will inevitably be more and more second- and third-tier "waist actors" sinking to the online drama market to grab resources.
Arclight Film and Television cannot always use only newcomers, and newcomers will also sign with companies when they are popular. At that time, it will inevitably involve the question of "whose actors to use".
Meng Bai has been thinking about this issue when he has nothing to do these days, and even asked Noon Sunshine about their situation in this regard-Noon Sunshine also has signed actors, such as Jin Dong, Wang Kai, Liu Yijun, and Liu Mintao, who have often appeared in "Noon Drama" in recent years, are all under their own banner.
On the side of Noon Sunshine, Hou Hongliang did not hide it from him, and told him directly that there are pros and cons to the signing of artists by film and television companies.
The advantage is that first of all, the company's revenue increases. After all, the pay for using its own artists is lower, and there is also an additional income from agency business. Moreover, it is more convenient to find people for any project that needs roles.
Moreover, there is another advantage that Meng Bai had not thought of before, but is particularly suitable for Arclight Film and Television, that is, if a series is shot, the cast of the previous and next few dramas will be very stable, and it will not happen that the first part is finished, the actors become popular, and the second part
cannot be assembled. This benefit is exactly what Arclight Film and Television wants. Each drama in the "Green Ivy Series" basically needs to be divided into many seasons, and the stability of the cast is indeed a very critical issue.
In fact, when filming "Soul Ferry 2" this time, he had already vaguely felt the trouble of filming the sequel of the series. The time he spent on communicating the common schedules of several leading actors was longer than the time from project establishment to start.
And this was still filmed in time for "Pendulum 2", and no leading actor suddenly became popular or his status soared, otherwise the sequel would be more uncomfortable to prepare.
As for the disadvantages, there are naturally some.
Like Noon Sunshine, because they have their own artists, every time there is a new project, they always have to start from their own artists. Sometimes it is inevitable that there are better choices for this role, but because of the small difference and the consideration of saving trouble, in the end, we still choose our own people.
Secondly, if the artist brokerage business is added, it is equivalent to the company expanding a new industry, which will inevitably distract the company's management energy. Especially for companies like Arclight Film and Television or Noon Sunshine, the operator itself is also the main project creator.
Just like Meng Bai, he is now only in charge of film and television production, so he can completely focus on a single project work, and the company can maintain normal operation.
But if Arclight Film and Television adds the business of artist brokerage, he will need to spend extra time on the development of its actors, and it will be difficult to ensure that he can concentrate on the production of works.
Many things are like this. No matter how you choose, there will always be pros and cons. The key is to see which aspect is more important.
Meng Bai thought in his heart that he felt that the best way was for Arclight Film and Television to be a shareholder and invest in a brokerage company, and then put the brokerage contract of its artists in the brokerage company, and the film and television contract in Arclight Film and Television.
This can be regarded as a way to kill two birds with one stone. The only problem is where to find a suitable partner.
Those mature brokerage companies definitely have no chance. They either have their own film and television production capabilities or have long-term partners. Anyway, they are not short of a "new player" like Arclight.
But as a new company, Meng Bai doesn't know much about this aspect, and he doesn't have any connections. For a while, he really didn't know how to start.
After weighing for a long time, he finally decided to start the artist brokerage business. As for how to find a suitable partner, he will have to wait until "Pendulum 2" is finished before trying to find a way to get a deeper understanding.
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The "Pendulum" crew was in a hurry to prepare in Shanghai, but the shooting was also fast, because most of the plot was indoors, there were no extra actions and designs, and it almost depended on the actors' performances and lines.
This kind of play has lower requirements for the director, but it has very high requirements for the actors and screenwriters.
At this time, it has to be said that the powerful is the powerful. Teacher Zhang Yonggang's acting skills can be said to be a perfect performance of the core that the script wants to reflect.
Yu Yi is also good here. He barely withstood the pressure and took the role.
Thanks to the efforts of all the actors, this unit was finished in less than a week.
The small crew disbanded on the spot, and Wu Bai, Yu Yi and several staff members from the "Pendulum 2" crew returned to Blue Island together, and continued to shoot the rest of the film there.
Meng Bai did not go back with them, but returned to Beijing North.
The statistics of various data of "Psychological Crime" are over, and Arclight Film and Television can get a share of the revenue.
Compared with the previous share of "Soul Ferry", the data of "Psychological Crime" is better this time, especially in terms of new members and members' viewing time, which can be said to be a far cry.
This is normal, after all, suspense dramas have a larger audience group than horror dramas, and the audience stickiness is also stronger.
However, due to the increase in budget investment, plus Arclight Film and Television is also the investor this time, so the share ratio cannot be as high as last time-of course, there is no need to share money with Teacher Li this time.
So in the final settlement, Arclight Film and Television can get more than 7.9 million in revenue this time.
Looking at this number alone, it is actually much smaller than the revenue of "Pendulum" last time. But don't forget that Arclight Film and Television will also get investment share this time, which is the big part.
Although there is no detailed data yet, "big shopkeeper" Chen Jing told Meng Bai that according to the final settlement ratio of profit sharing, the investment share is at least more than 11 million, and this number is only more.
Excluding the five million investment cost, Arclight Film and Television has made at least 15 million net profit on "Psychological Crime", which is the terrifying profit that a hit drama can bring.
Of course, the profit on Leshi.com is even greater. But they are playing with stock prices and don't care much about this little money.
After the share calculation is completed, although it will take some time for this money to really arrive in Arclight Film and Television's account, it is enough to make Meng Bai breathe a sigh of relief.
Previously, because of the investment in "Psychological Crime" and Leshi Film's financing, he almost emptied Arclight Film and Television's working capital. With this money, Arclight finally doesn't have to live a "hard life" anymore, and Meng Bai doesn't have to hear Chen Jing "complain" to him every now and then.
After thanking Liu Jun, Meng Bai was about to leave, but the other party told him an unexpected news.
"Have you heard about the National Drama Festival hosted by Anhui Satellite TV?" Liu Jun said, "I saw that they have two online drama awards this year, so I applied for Soul Ferry. Recently, the organizer sent a message saying that Soul Ferry has been selected for the annual popular online drama award, and we may be required to attend then."
(End of this chapter)
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