Chapter 609 seems to be enjoyable, but also seems not enjoyable enough!
As expected, after learning that someone had been bidding against it, Shanghai Satellite TV raised the price to the highest amount: 7 million per episode! At the same time, it also purchased the online platform broadcasting rights of "The Legend of White Snake" at a price of 1 million per episode. In other words, Shanghai Satellite TV spent a full 400 million to obtain the first round of exclusive satellite TV broadcasting rights and online broadcasting rights of "The Legend of White Snake".
This move, not to mention Yang Hongxia, even Lin Fan's heart was pounding.
Originally, if the exclusive broadcast rights were priced at 6 million per episode, Lin Fan thought it would be better to sell it directly to two satellite TV stations and let them broadcast it simultaneously, charging 3 million for each. In any case, Lin Fan would not get a penny less, and he could also expand the audience coverage.
By the time the second and third rounds come and there is online broadcasting, there will be more advantages.
But now that Shanghai Satellite TV was so generous and so bold to spend 400 million, Lin Fan had no reason to refuse. Even the other satellite TV station that wanted to compete with Shanghai Satellite TV felt inferior and dared not compete anymore.
So, Hu Yuhua happily signed the first round of exclusive broadcasting contract with Wang Xiuying of Shanghai TV.
Shanghai TV took advantage of its TV broadcasting rights to grab the online broadcasting rights first, and other online platforms couldn't sit still, especially the Polar Bear Platform, which had cooperated with Lin Fan before. This time, it didn't even get to be the first to sign the contract, which made the Polar Bear Platform feel very embarrassed!
Zhang Bin, the head of Polar Bear's copyright purchasing department, immediately rushed to Yang Hongxia after receiving the news: "Sister Xia, you are so unkind. How could you not inform me in advance of such a big thing?"
Yang Hongxia welcomed Zhang Bin into the office with a smile: "How could that be? Even if I am not kind enough, I cannot be unkind to Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang is our benefactor!
If Mr. Zhang hadn’t seen the value of our product and signed a bet agreement with us, “Longing for the Courtyard” wouldn’t have brought us such a huge profit. I can’t thank Mr. Zhang enough, how could I be so unkind to him.”
Yang Hongxia's words really touched Zhang Bin's heart. Polar Bear wanted to invest in Lin Fan, so it took the initiative to purchase Lin Fan's self-made variety show and signed a bet agreement with Lin Fan.
To be honest, Zhang Bin was not optimistic about this variety show at first, but Zhang Bin was optimistic about Lin Fan. The result proved that Zhang Bin's vision was still very good. "Longing for the Yard" became the most popular variety show in the first half of the year. Polar Bear made a lot of money, including but not limited to money, popularity, traffic, etc. by using the exclusive broadcast rights of this variety show.
This time, "Legend of White Snake" has not yet been completed, but Polar Bear has already decided to purchase this TV series, and Zhang Bin has been keeping an eye on Lin Fan's movements.
It’s just that the people at the satellite TV station had internal channels and were able to know the review status of the drama in advance, so they seized the initiative and won the TV and online broadcasting rights for "The Legend of White Snake".
As soon as this news came out, online platforms became anxious!
How could you sell the online broadcasting rights so quietly? You should have waited for us to give you a price first! Aren't you afraid of losing money if you sell it too quickly?
But the broadcasting rights had already been sold, and Zhang Bin had no choice but to come over and sound out Lin Fan's intentions on how to deal with the online broadcasting rights: Are you going to give it to only one company? Or will everyone have a share? Or will you only give it to a few companies that offer the highest price? As for what price Shanghai Satellite TV offered, after all, they bought it together with the TV broadcasting rights, so it has no reference value at all! Just because they can buy the online broadcasting rights for one million, it doesn't mean that others can do the same.
After entering Yang Hongxia's office, Zhang Bin didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "Sister Xia, we have a long-standing friendship. If you make an offer today, I won't bargain with you. Let's just sign the contract! I've brought the seal!"
Yang Hongxia was choked by Zhang Bin's direct words: "That's not necessary."
If you don’t know, you might think that our “Legend of White Snake” is full of superstars and has a big production and scene! In fact, only Lin Fan and Li Man can carry the ratings, and the others are just unknown in the circle.
If "A Chinese Ghost Story" was for Lin Fan to practice, then "Legend of White Snake" was just a test. Yang Hongxia felt that Lin Fan hadn't used his big moves yet, so why are you all rushing to give him money?
If you don't bargain, aren't you afraid that you will lose money if you buy it back?
But since Zhang Bin said so, Yang Hongxia didn't hide it: "Mr. Zhang, since you said so, I will speak frankly. Regarding the online broadcast rights, Lin Fan's intention is that as long as you major platforms want to buy, we will sell it! The price is the same as Shanghai Satellite TV, one million per episode. How about it, cheap?"
It’s quite cheap... What the hell!
If it was just an online platform, then one million per episode would indeed be quite cheap, but the key is that Lin Fan accepts everyone!
As far as Zhang Bin knows, among the top domestic platforms, Polar Bear is one, and M-TV of Shanghai TV is another. In addition, there are Fanxing Video, Loquat Video, and Cloud Video, which are known as the five major mainstream video websites in China.
According to Lin Fan's meaning, let's not talk about anything else. None of these five companies intend to let go. So one million for each company, five million for five companies! The TV broadcast rights were sold for seven million, and the online broadcast rights were sold for five million, which is twelve million per episode! For a crappy TV series, you sold the copyright for 600 million!
This is still the first round! Lin Fan, why don't you go grab it!
However, when it comes to Zhang Bin, Polar Bear only needs 50 million to get the online broadcasting rights of "Legend of White Snake", which is really cheap! Lin Fan's appearance fee alone is more than this.
After calculating this way, Zhang Bin didn’t know who was getting the upper hand.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Anyway, I feel like I have it, but I also don’t! I feel like I am satisfied, but I don’t feel satisfied enough!
Just like a certain hydrological queen, the book she wrote is the same as if you hadn't read it! It's hanging there, neither going up nor down, so uncomfortable!
Zhang Bin slapped his thigh while having a toothache: "Alright! Just because of what you said, Sister Xia, we, Polar Bear, have bought the online broadcast rights. Let's sign the contract now!"
No matter whether you buy Fanxing, Loquat and Cloud Video or not, you must buy Polar Bear!
Lin Fan was able to set a record for the viewing of "Longing for the Courtyard" and create a box office miracle of "A Chinese Ghost Story". Zhang Bin believes that "The Legend of White Snake" will not disappoint him!
Therefore, after signing the online broadcast rights contract with Zhang Bin, Yang Hongxia successively signed purchase contracts with the copyright purchasing departments of Fanxing Video, Loquat Video and Yun Video. So far, the combined TV and online broadcast rights of "The Legend of White Snake" were sold for 12 million per episode, and the entire series earned 600 million!
This is only the first wave of revenue, and the subsequent second and third rounds, as well as peripheral revenue, have not yet been calculated. But once this number came out, it still shocked the entire entertainment industry!
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