Chapter 452 The Highest Bidder Wins
After explaining the matter about "The Wandering Earth" to Yang Liwen, Gu Wei thought for a while and asked again.
"How's the progress on Eternal Love? Didn't they organize a screening a few days ago? What are the current quotes from major TV stations and video platforms?"
This ancient costume fantasy drama, which was filmed at the beginning of this year, has now officially entered the film sales stage.
Starring two super popular actors, Gu Wei and Yang Mi, and this is their second collaboration in an ancient idol drama after "Gu Jian Qi Tan", "Eternal Love" is packed with all kinds of highlights.
Both major local satellite TV stations and online video platforms are optimistic that it will be the most popular TV series in 2017.
So now when selling films, the competition among all parties is very fierce, and the quotes are getting higher and higher.
Yang Liwen took a paper document and handed it to Gu Wei.
"Boss, I wanted to talk to you about this.
For the first round of broadcasting rights of "Eternal Love", Mango TV has currently offered the highest bid among local satellite TV stations, with a bid of 5 million per episode and a total bid of 290 million.
However, Dragon TV and Blueberry TV are willing to broadcast the series on two channels, with each paying 3 million per episode, for a total offer of 348 million.
In terms of online video platforms, the highest bid for exclusive broadcasting rights came from Tencent Video, which has the closest relationship with our company, at 6 million per episode.
What’s interesting is that Youku Video and LeTV Video are also willing to jointly purchase the series, quoting a price of 7 million per episode, for a total of 406 million.”
Gu Wei listened to Yang Liwen's words and looked at the bidding reports of various platforms in his hand, and was very surprised.
"It's only been over a year, and the copyright fees for TV dramas have increased so much?"
If sold at the highest price Yang Liwen just mentioned, the copyright fee for the first round of satellite TV broadcast rights and online broadcast rights of "Eternal Love" would be as high as 754 million yuan.
You should know that the hit movie "Love O2O" starring Gu Wei last year, including overseas copyright and product placement, only sold about 400 million in total.
It has only been a little over a year, and the domestic copyright fees for "Eternal Love" alone are more than 300 million higher than those for "Love O2O".
Gu Wei was focused on filming movies throughout last year, so no TV series in which he starred were released in 2016.
The most recently aired TV series "Nirvana in Fire" was in September 2015, and it is now November 2016.
This year, Gu Wei released three blockbuster movies in succession, namely "The Assassin 2", "Detective Chinatown 2" and "Operation Mekong", and he has reaped great rewards in the film industry, but he has not made any achievements in TV dramas.
Therefore, he usually doesn't pay attention to the copyright prices of TV dramas in the industry.
"Boss, considering your and Yang Mi's fame and popularity, plus the quality of this drama, this price is really not high.
You may not have paid much attention to it, but the copyright prices of TV dramas in the industry, especially the copyright prices of high-quality dramas with big-selling potential, have skyrocketed in the past year.
The copyright of the ancient fantasy drama "Fighter of the Destiny" starring Nazha and Lu Han from our company in the first half of the year was just sold some time ago.
The first round of broadcasting rights for local satellite TV were bought by Mango TV, while the online copyright was jointly purchased by several video websites.
Although they have not announced the price to the public, it is no secret to us insiders.
The copyright fees of "Fighter of the Destiny" totaled 670 million yuan, with the transaction price of a single episode reaching 11 million yuan.
Of course, this is also because Lu Han and Nazha are both very popular now.
Therefore, the bids from major TV stations and platforms for our drama "Eternal Love" are not high at all."
Gu Wei touched his chin and nodded.
"Understood"
"Boss, which one should we choose?"
Yang Liwen asked again.
"Of course the highest bidder wins!"
Gu Wei made the final decision. There was no need to hesitate about the price difference of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.
"Okay, I'll go talk to the local TV station and video platform for a quote."
After reporting her work to Gu Wei, Yang Liwen hurriedly left the office, anxious to complete the task assigned by her boss.
Gu Wei continued to sit in the office, looking at some company documents and handling some matters that required his approval.
In the afternoon, in the office, Gu Wei finished some work at hand and looked at his watch. It was almost two o'clock.
He packed his things, put on his coat, went downstairs, got in his own car and drove to the airport.
The film "Sewing Machine Band" directed by Dapeng was completed in the small city of Ji'an two days ago. Nazha's plane arrived this afternoon. After booking the flight, she couldn't wait to tell Gu Wei the news. Naturally, she hoped that Gu Wei would go to the airport to pick her up.
After a while, Gu Wei's black Mercedes-Benz nanny car arrived at the parking lot at the VIP exit of Beijing International Airport.
There was no one around, and Gu Wei got out of the car wearing a mask and a baseball cap. He was wearing a fashionable dark brown woolen coat and a pair of black leather boots. He was tall and slender. Even though only his eyes were exposed, he still looked elegant and extraordinary.
Anyone who sees those eyes will involuntarily imagine what kind of stunning face is underneath the mask.
Gu Wei raised his arm and glanced at the time.
About ten minutes later, Nazha and several members of her team appeared in his sight.
Originally, Nazha was walking in front pushing her own suitcase, but after seeing Gu Wei, she threw the suitcase to her assistant, trotted a few steps to Gu Wei, and happily gave him a big hug.
Gu Wei cooperated and picked up Nazha. He could feel her joy.
The two of them didn't stay outside for long. They bent down and got into the nanny car. Nazha's team also got into other company cars.
After getting in the car, Nazha took off the mask on her face and showed a big smile.
"Did you miss me?"
Gu Wei raised his eyebrows.
"You came back for the [Operation Mekong] celebration party a while ago, and it's been less than a month."
Nazha refused to stand it anymore and started shaking Gu Wei's arms with both hands.
"Tell me you miss me every day!"
"Okay, okay, I miss you."
Gu Wei compromised.
"Hehe, I miss you too."
The nanny car came out of the airport and drove directly back to the Palm Springs International Apartment Community instead of going to the company.
Nazha entered the house, threw her suitcase aside, changed her shoes, walked into the bedroom, and lay down on the big bed.
"It's still comfortable at home!"
Gu Wei walked in, took off his coat and hung it up, then walked to the bed in the master bedroom and looked at Nazha who was playing tricks on the bed with some amusement.
"Why, are the conditions for the Sewing Machine Band crew so bad?
I’ll have to talk to Director Dapeng when I get a chance.”
After hearing what Gu Wei said, Nazha sat up on the bed.
"That's not the case. The main reason is that our crew's filming location is in the small city of Ji'an, and the conditions there are limited."
Ever since Nazha followed Gu Wei, she has had the best food, clothing, housing and transportation. Even when she goes out to film or attend events, she is treated with top-notch treatment.
She herself is not very career-oriented, has no ambition in the acting field, and is unwilling to endure hardships. Gradually, her personality becomes more and more like a princess.
The two were chatting when the doorbell rang. Gu Wei walked over to open the door, and the assistant outside handed him a big bag of food.
There are many kinds of things in it, including two boxes of beef and mutton slices, different kinds of vegetables and some fruits.
"Thanks, Chao Yue~"
"I'm leaving now, boss."
Gu Wei nodded.
Then he carried a big bag to the kitchen, took out everything, and started washing the vegetables.
Gu Wei asked his assistant to buy these things on the way. He planned to make hot pot with Nazha at home in the evening.
After a while, Nazha, who was staying in bed in the bedroom, found that Gu Wei had not come yet. When she came out, she found Gu Wei preparing food in the kitchen, so she went over to help him.
The meat and vegetables are ready, you just need to prepare them briefly before you can start eating.
The first meal Nazha had after returning home to Beijing was a delicious hotpot meal with Gu Wei.
After dinner, the two of them cleaned up the dishes together. Gu Wei sat on the soft sofa in the living room to rest. Nazha changed into a light yellow loose home clothes, tied her hair up, and after washing up, walked to Gu Wei and sat down. She lifted her slender legs and placed them on him, her white feet moving back and forth.
She reached out for the remote control, turned on the TV, selected a program for a while, then leaned on Gu Wei and started watching.
Gu Wei was attracted by the sound of the TV, put down his phone and looked up.
"Why are you interested in this kind of slow variety show? I remember you really liked watching Running Man and Go Fighting!"
Nazha turned her gaze away from the TV program and looked at Gu Wei.
"I heard from my agent that the production team of [Flowers and Youth] has invited you to the third season?"
Gu Wei nodded.
"That's true, but you know, if it's not to promote a TV series or film, I rarely appear on variety shows~"
He looked at Nazha's fair little face and suddenly remembered that Nazha had participated in "Flowers and Youth" in the original time and space.
"You don't want to participate in the second season of [Flowers and Youth], do you?"
"Uh-huh!"
Naza smiled and nodded.
"The first two seasons of this show were so intense, aren't you afraid?"
"The director of [Flowers and Youth] called me personally through my agent and said that the third season will be very harmonious. The production team has selected some young artists with good personalities, and there won't be so many problems.
The theme of the show has also changed from the "poor travel" of the first two seasons to "adventure." Eight artists traveled across three continents and traversed 40,000 kilometers in 27 days. Isn't that cool?
Nazha became more and more excited as she spoke. She shook Gu Wei's arm and acted coquettishly.
"Gu Wei, can you join me?
Last year we went to the United States to film together, and later went to Los Angeles to buy a house. On the way back, we participated in "Running Man" in Saipan and played for a few days.
But I haven't traveled this whole year. Apart from work, I've been filming. Why don't you join me in "Flowers and Youth" and treat it as a trip?
Besides, with you here, I don’t have to worry about anything going wrong during the recording of the show.”
"Silly girl, a slow variety show is still a variety show after all, it's all work, you really think it's a trip?"
Gu Wei found it a little funny.
“It’s just that there are more cameras around me that are constantly recording, but the places I’ve walked past can’t be wrong.
I looked at the itinerary the production team sent me, and it includes adventures in grasslands, deserts, sand dunes, jungles, and oceans. It looks like it will be very exciting!"
Nazha's strong interest made Gu Wei a little hesitant.
Unlike the other party who simply listened to the program crew's nonsense, Gu Wei had watched "Divas Hit the Road 3" before. To be honest, there was really nothing messy about it. It was just a few young people's adventure travel around the world.
The production team did not deliberately control funding to create conflicts, and everyone had a great time staying and playing.
He looked at Naza's expectant eyes and thought about it.
"Well, I'll have someone talk to Mango TV. If they can meet some conditions, then there's no problem with me accompanying you to participate in this season."
“Yeah! That’s great!
As long as you agree to join, I think the production team of [Flowers and Youth] will definitely agree to anything."
(End of this chapter)
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