No matter how the people who filmed the show and the people who watched the show thought the show was good and would become a hit.
The prerequisite for whether a drama can become popular is the very simple factor of being able to be released.
"Jiuli" has passed the review and there is no problem with its release.
However, passing the review is not the only requirement for release. The drama also needs to have a broadcasting platform.
It’s not that there are no platforms that want “Jiuli”, but the price offered by the platforms is too low!
Yunli: "Still no platform agrees?"
"Yeah." Tang Jiangyan was in a bad mood on the other end of the phone. "Right now, the highest bidder is Lemon Video, but the price per episode is still far from our expectations."
Yunli frowned: "How much do they pay per episode?"
Tang Jiangyan sighed, "Because it's a new director, new actors, and new screenwriter, they kept the price very low, 100,000 per episode."
One hundred thousand?
"Jiuli" has only twenty-two episodes in total, and the investment for these twenty-two episodes cost 50 million!
The price is 100,000 per episode, and the whole series only costs 2.2 million!
Why the hell don't they just go and grab it?!
Yunli took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. "Have you contacted those other second- and third-tier broadcast platforms?"
Tang Jiangyan: "I've already contacted them. I think we'll have news in a couple of days, but I don't think their offer will be that high."
After hearing his words, Yunli felt a headache.
But there was no good solution to the headache, so in the end she could only ask them to talk to the streaming platform again.
After hanging up the phone, Yunli didn’t even have the heart to eat dinner.
Does this mean that the drama "Jiuli" can only be sold at a loss?
"Alas~"
Sighing deeply, Yunli put the matter behind him for the time being and prepared to take a bath to relax.
Just as she was about to put down her phone, a piece of news popped up.
#Hong Kong's top star Ning Xiaoxiao loses bet and gets slapped#
Betting?
Slap?
Gossip is human nature. Even though Yunli was in a bad mood, he was still a little curious about the news.
When I opened the news, I saw several clear photos of slapping.
In the photo, Ning Xiaoxiao, who has a delicate and cold appearance, was being pulled by her hair and slapped.
From her red and swollen cheeks, it can be seen that the person who slapped her showed no mercy.
Yunli frowned, looked through the news content and comment section, and figured out the whole story.
Three years ago, Ning Xiaoxiao signed a bet agreement with the company half a year after her debut, agreeing to become a top-tier actress within three years and bring the company a net profit of 500 million yuan.
The company will provide her with all the resources it can during these three years and promises not to let her fall into any unspoken rules.
Ning Xiaoxiao has achieved this as a first-line actress, but she has not achieved a net profit of 500 million.
The entertainment industry in Hong Kong is darker than that in the mainland.
You can tell from the fact that Ning Xiaoxiao was slapped in the street right after she lost the bet.
In the future, something darker may be waiting for her.
Yunli quietly quit Weibo, feeling a little sad inside.
While taking a bath, she thought about the news she had just seen, and she always felt that something flashed by.
But after thinking for a long time, she still couldn't figure out what it was.
After taking a bath, Yunli felt much more relaxed.
When people relax, they feel a little hungry.
After ordering some takeout and eating it, she lay back on the bed and started browsing her phone.
The incident of Ning Xiaoxiao being slapped in the street became more and more popular as time went by.
I have gotten Yunli many times.
Maybe it was because she had seen too many news reports about the Ning Xiaoxiao incident, but she had a dream that night.
I dreamed that she and Lemon Video signed a betting agreement on "Jiuli".
Then, she won and made a fortune.
When he woke up, Yunli was still immersed in the joy of being overwhelmed by money.
She had this dream for three consecutive days, and she felt extremely happy every time she woke up.
This wonderful feeling only faded away when I received a call from Tang Jiangyan.
On the phone, he told Yunli that those second- and third-tier broadcasting platforms had replied to him.
The fact was just as he had thought before. The bids from those second- and third-tier broadcasting platforms were only 30,000 to 40,000 yuan per episode higher than Lemon Video.
When Yunli heard the price, his good mood disappeared instantly.
She raised her hand and rubbed her temple. She was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Since the streaming platform is unwilling to pay a good price for "Jiuli", then we won't sell it, we'll just give it away!"
"Give it away?" Tang Jiangyan suspected there was something wrong with his ears. "Ms. Yun, did you just say that you would give 'Jiuli' to the streaming platform for free?"
"Right!" Thinking of the dreams he had these past few nights, Yunli made up his mind to take a gamble, "Contact the person in charge of Lemon Video.
Tell her we can give "Jiuli" to Lemon for free, and she just needs to sign a bet agreement with us."
"Gambling agreement?" Tang Jiangyan was stunned for a moment, then asked in a deep voice, "Miss Yun, have you made up your mind?"
Betting against each other does exist in the film and television industry.
However, over the years, there are only a handful of successful dramas.
Moreover, those successful dramas were all big productions with investments of hundreds of millions.
Yunli: "I've thought it through."
After hanging up the phone, Tang Jiangyan looked at He Anchao and the other two beside him and said, "You heard it too. Miss Yun is planning to sign the gambling agreement. Do you want to sign it?"
"Sign it." Luo Wen was the first to speak. "If you don't sign, you'll definitely lose a lot of money. If you sign, maybe a miracle will happen."
"Yeah." He Anchao scratched his head and smiled, "Sign it. Miss Yun invested so much money and she's not afraid. So what should we be afraid of when we only invested three million?"
Tang Jiangyan nodded and looked at Du Congnan who was silent: "What about you?"
"Actually, I don't agree with it." Du Congnan smiled helplessly, "But it seems there's no point not signing it. I might win if I take a gamble, so let's sign it."
"Okay." Tang Jiangyan clenched his fist, "Then I'll contact Lemon."
The person who has been in contact with him during this period has been the secretary of the person in charge of Lemon Video.
After hearing the intention of Tang Jiangyan's call, the secretary was stunned: "Sign a gambling agreement?"
Tang Jiangyan: "Yes, Secretary Liu, please tell Mr. Shen about this."
"I understand." Secretary Liu calmed down and said professionally, "I will tell President Shen about this. If there is nothing else, I will hang up first."
After hanging up the phone, Secretary Liu thought about the bet that Tang Jiangyan mentioned and shook his head.
She was not very optimistic about this matter.
There were dramas that had signed gambling agreements with Mr. Shen before, but none of them were successful.
Those failed dramas were all invested with hundreds of millions or even millions of dollars and starred popular artists.
"Jiuli" is just a small B-level web drama, and none of the directors, screenwriters, and actors are famous.
There is a high probability that it will be silent after it is broadcast.
I don’t know where this director got the courage to sign a gambling agreement.
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