Chapter 607: You can name your own price!

Quietly, while Xia Yan was promoting his new album, The Legend of White Snake finally wrapped up! At such an important moment, even if Lin Fan didn't want to be too busy, the publicity team would not miss this great opportunity and created a lot of hype.

Moreover, as the crew finished filming and the day for the show to be officially launched is getting closer, the popularity on the Internet is getting higher and higher. "The Legend of White Snake" has also ranked first in several online survey lists such as "the most anticipated TV series" and "the TV series I most want to watch".

Even Lin Fan's friends in the circle came to ask: When will it be online? Lin Fan also wanted the TV series to be online as soon as possible, but the key is not Lin Fan, but waiting for approval will take time! Even if the face of Shanghai Film is there, the procedures that should be prepared and the processes that should be followed cannot be missed.

However, even though the drama has not yet been approved, someone has already taken the initiative to come up and discuss the purchase of copyrights with producer Hu Yuhua.

The person who came was Hu Yuhua's acquaintance, Wang Xiuying, the head of the purchasing department of Shanghai TV.

"Yuhua, I came here with sincerity this time. Since we have been working together for so many years, can you give me a discount?"

Hu Yuhua was in a headache: "Sister Xiuying, no, our play hasn't been approved yet! You come to me to negotiate a discount, isn't it a bit too early?"

Wang Xiuying waved her hand and said, "What's the big deal? Whether it will pass the review or not, didn't you know it when you started filming?"

From the moment a play is planned, it is intended to be released. Of course, TV series are different from movies. Movies have independent films for various reasons, but TV series are basically not independent.

Therefore, for most TV dramas, censorship factors will be carefully considered before filming. There may be some who insist on filming even though they know it will not pass the censorship, but Wang Xiuying has never seen such a stubborn person.

Therefore, as long as there is no change in the general direction, or there is no negative news about the crew and actors, the review will pass.

Hu Yuhua has been in this circle for so many years, he would not be lacking in this common sense. Saying that this play has not yet been approved is just a step back to advance and to try to seize the initiative.

Wang Xiuying understood and was willing to show her sincerity: "Yuhua, let me be frank with you. I personally am very optimistic about the story of "The Legend of the White Snake". You also know that ancient puppet dramas and fairy tales are becoming less and less worth watching. How long has it been since the satellite TV stations have shown this kind of TV series?"

This year, only one drama, "The Sky Survey", made a splash, while other ancient idol dramas have turned to online broadcasting platforms. For more than half a year, satellite TV stations have basically been dominated by realistic themes. Wang Xiuying can't control other people's shows, but Shanghai Satellite TV does need a costume drama to change the audience's taste.

But looking at the costume dramas that have not been released in the second half of the year, Wang Xiuying couldn't find any of them worth watching, even if she had to pick the tallest among the short people or the general among the lame people.

Either the script is bad, or the actors' acting is awkward, or there's a lot of water added to the story. A story that can be told in 20 episodes was stretched into 50 episodes, and a plot that could have been told in 30 episodes was stretched into 70 episodes. Wang Xiuying almost wanted to pick up the scissors herself and cut out all the watered-down scenes.

After much selection, only "The Legend of White Snake" caught Wang Xiuying's eye. It happened to be jointly produced by Shanghai Film Group and Lin Fan, and starred last year's Best Actress Riemann. The cast was a little thin in terms of actors, but the others were all professional.

It doesn’t matter if the cast is thin, one Li Man and one Lin Fan are enough to carry the whole show!

Moreover, Wang Xiuying also went to see Lin Fan's comic version of "The Legend of White Snake". The ancient style of the painting indicated that as long as Lin Fan filmed according to his comic, the drama would be good. So Wang Xiuying directly found Hu Yuhua to discuss the purchase.

"Yuhua, Shanghai Film and Shanghai Satellite TV are one family. I won't beat around the bush. I want the exclusive first-round broadcast rights for The Legend of White Snake. Name your price!"

Hu Yuhua was confused, because Wang Xiuying's words "name a price" were actually equivalent to "ask for it as much as you want." It seemed that no matter what price he offered, Wang Xiuying would agree to it!

Wang Xiuying did come with sincerity.

Since the preparations for filming of "Legend of White Snake" began, it has been attracting much attention. Every day, a large number of fans leave messages on Lin Fan or the crew's Weibo accounts to follow the filming progress of the show.

In addition, the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" was a huge hit this year, which also hyped up "Legend of White Snake", and the popularity has remained high.

Now that "The Legend of White Snake" has officially wrapped up, it also means that the show is not far from being released. Wang Xiuying took advantage of her proximity to Hu Yuhua, so she was able to find him directly to inquire about the price.

Otherwise, other satellite TV stations would have smelled the scent and rushed over in two days at the latest. Wang Xiuying did not have much time left. She had to secure the exclusive first-round broadcasting rights for the drama before the heads of other TV stations arrived.

As for the price, we can negotiate! Hu Yuhua couldn't help but complain: I'm asking for a price? If I ask for a price, then you know where my bottom line is? How can this be possible!

"Sister Xiuying, we haven't even decided whether to broadcast it on satellite TV or online! We haven't even discussed how many outlets will be sold in the first round, and we can't even say how many rounds it will be sold..."

Wang Xiuying didn't believe a word of it and just smiled as she watched Hu Yuhua talk nonsense.

Hu Yuhua felt a little embarrassed when Wang Xiuying looked at her, and she made up her mind: "Forget it, Sister Xiuying, we have known each other for so many years, I will tell you the truth. We don't plan to broadcast it on TV. After all, there is a rule that one drama can have two stars. Lin Fan thinks that this broadcast range is too narrow, it is better to broadcast it on the entire network!"

The so-called "one drama, two stars" means that a TV series can only be broadcast on two satellite channels at the same time, and the number of episodes broadcast every night in the prime time is 2.

No more than two satellite TV comprehensive channels may broadcast the same TV series during prime time every night, and no more than two episodes of the same TV series may be broadcast during prime time every night on a satellite TV comprehensive channel.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Therefore, Lin Fan felt that it would be better to sell the first round of exclusive broadcasting rights to all video websites instead of just selling them to two satellite TV stations. At most, the price could be set a little lower. The combined profit from selling the rights to so many video websites would be much higher than selling them to just two satellite TV stations.

As for the fact that the quality of the satellite show is higher than that of the online broadcast, Lin Fan said that he doesn't care at all. The quality of the show will ultimately depend on the quality of "Legend of White Snake" itself.

Don’t want to be a star?

Wang Xiuying was a little panicked. How could this be possible? If you don’t want to be on the TV, how can I make an offer?

"First round of buyout, 6 million per episode!"

Hu Yuhua was stunned: "How much?"

"I say, don't broadcast it online anymore, just let Shanghai Satellite TV buy out the first round of exclusive broadcasting, I'll give you 6 million per episode. The Legend of White Snake was filmed for 50 episodes, and the total price was 300 million!"

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