Chapter 127 Where does the money come from? (Additional chapter, and the previous chapter has been modified)
Cheng Fei, who was about to get up and say goodbye, looked at Mr. Yang in confusion.
It seems that we have discussed almost everything. Is there anything else, Mr. Yang? "I have already finalized the script, so please don't worry about it." Yang Ruoqian, who was determined to increase his investment, would never hand over such a costly task to Cheng Fei. He immediately asked to take charge of it himself.
Purchasing copyright is not a small expense.
Even if it is a novel with extremely poor sales, the price to purchase its copyright would be at least 100,000 yuan.
Yang Ruoqian bargained for it and was able to get it down to at least 200,000.
Cheng Fei was stunned when she heard this strange request: "You are also responsible for the script? Then isn't there too little for us to do?"
Chengyu Media is both the investor and the producer.
Generally speaking, the main responsibilities are to coordinate the script, form a film crew, calculate costs, execute shooting and post-production tasks, formulate and implement promotion and publicity plans, prepare review materials and obtain distribution and screening licenses, etc.
Initially, Cheng Fei only planned to leave the task of finding suitable actors for forming a film crew to the agency, but after a brief discussion today, she found that she suddenly had a lot less to do.
Judging from Yang Ruoqian's intention, he can directly coordinate the script, directly form the entire film crew, be responsible for the shooting tasks, and even the cost issues. He also gave Chengyu Media a shot in the arm.
Can a medium-sized brokerage company really handle so many things?
But after thinking about Yang Ruoqian's confident assurance and the agreed bet agreement, she put aside her doubts.
No company would rush to lose money. Mr. Yang is so confident that he must be at least 80% to 90% sure of making a lot of money.
"Okay, then the task of script coordination will also be handed over to you." Cheng Fei nodded, "We have initially set the capital investment for the script at 500,000. If it is lower than this number, you can withdraw it at will. If it is higher than this number, we will discuss it separately."
Yang Ruoqian was a little frightened.
The screenwriting cost of 500,000 is really worth it.
The bulk of the cost of making a web drama is spent on actors’ salaries and special effects, with the cost of one episode ranging from 2 million to tens of millions.
The proportion of screenwriter costs can almost be said to be negligible.
Generally speaking, even if you hire a well-known screenwriter, the cost of writing one episode is only tens of thousands. A budget of 500,000 is enough to shoot 24 episodes.
Of course, in order to increase the cost, I won’t invest a penny.
Yang Ruoqian complained in his heart, then stood up with a smile: "Then I wish us a happy cooperation."
"Okay, see you next week." Cheng Fei stood up and took the initiative to shake hands with Yang Ruoqian. "Mr. Yang, you'd better finalize the cast as soon as possible. Our schedule is quite tight. The salary budget is 1 million per episode. Mr. Yang can choose the actors according to this standard."
Originally, Cheng Fei wanted to find at least one popular star to support the scene, but since Yang Ruoqian did not have such a candidate in his plan, Cheng Fei would naturally lower the salary budget and increase the special effects budget accordingly.
After saying that, Cheng Fei left the coffee shop with her assistant. As she left, she glanced meaningfully at the Yutang Internet Cafe across the street.
For such a sincere partner, she felt she had an obligation to remind Yang Ruoqian of the potential profit value of this Internet cafe.
Yang Ruoqian is more or less a successful boss. He should be able to react immediately after I remind him.
Yang Ruoqian, who was also packing up to leave, became a little alert when he saw Cheng Fei's action.
What does this action mean? Could it be that Cheng Fei noticed the potential commercial value of Yutang Internet Cafe and wanted to invest or acquire it? No, this possibility must be eliminated.
Although the system does not allow Yang Ruoqian to operate passively, such as completely rejecting any cooperation invitation from advertisers, it does not mean that he cannot raise the cooperation standards or limit advertising space.
Yang Ruoqian has now completely handed over the operation project of YTG (Yutang GAMING) to Weng Ziqin's team.
However, due to various strict restrictions on advertisers, Ruan Min'er's e-sports team has only one sponsor so far. Even with Ruan Min'er's considerable live broadcast income, the revenue is not enough to cover the team's expenses.
It is an extremely stable big hole.
As long as this hole remains, Yang Ruoqian can continue to make losses and reap the system's subsidies.
The subsidies for version 2.0 of the system, like the bonuses for version 1.0, will be divided into two payments, one into Yang Ruoqian’s personal account and the other into the company’s public account.
In other words, no matter how much the loss is, the system will make up for it after the quarterly settlement!
With such a powerful subsidy mechanism, who would want to make a profit and take that tiny commission?
If Cheng Fei takes a fancy to this Internet cafe, or even takes a fancy to Ruan Miner's team, and invests in it and sponsors it, then Yang Ruoqian will be at a loss... and he will be left with nothing.
Ding-a-ling…
As Yang Ruoqian was thinking this, his phone suddenly indicated an incoming call.
The caller was operations manager Weng Ziqin.
"Mr. Yang, good news!" As soon as the call was connected, Weng Ziqin's excited voice came.
Clang.
Yang Ruoqian slumped down on a chair in the coffee shop.
If Lin Cao hadn't been watching, Yang Ruoqian would have had to maintain his dignity as a boss, and his face would have turned black by now.
"What good news? Tell me slowly and see if there is any way to remedy the situation... any chance to deepen the situation." Yang Ruoqian said in a flat tone.
Weng Ziqin said excitedly: "Doesn't Ruan Min'er's team use peripherals of the xx brand? Just now, that manufacturer called us and said they can pay us an endorsement fee!"
"Reject them!" Yang Ruoqian said without thinking.
However, the system immediately issued a warning.
[It is detected that the host is trying to operate passively (advertise for others and actively refuse advertising fees). The host cannot perform such illegal operations! 】
Weng Ziqin was stunned: "Ah? Reject, refuse?"
But they just want to transfer some money to me, and you refuse that?
Ruan Min'er's team is now losing money every month. Finally a sponsor has come to them. Why should Mr. Yang refuse it?
Yang Ruoqian looked at the system panel and said ruthlessly, "From now on, all our peripherals will have their trademarks revoked. If you want to advertise, you have to follow the normal process and it must meet the standards I set before."
"Remember, you cannot accept any advertisements that do not meet the standards. Otherwise, it will easily damage the image of the company and the team. Do you understand?"
This time, the system did not warn Yang Ruoqian again.
Because after the peripheral trademark is taken down, it is no longer considered advertising for others, so it is natural and reasonable to refuse to accept advertising fees.
Weng Ziqin replied seriously: "Got it, Mr. Yang!"
After saying that, the person on the other end hung up the phone.
Yang Ruoqian successfully resolved the profit crisis and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Having an advertising sponsor that meets the standards has significantly reduced Ruan Min'er's team's ability to make losses. What will happen if another one comes along?
Now the company's e-sports projects are basically on par with other profitable projects. As long as this web drama can make a loss, getting subsidies is a foregone conclusion.
After finishing all the work, Yang Ruoqian turned to look at Lin Cao and asked, "Have you learned the way I handled things today?"
I haven't learned at all...
I can't even understand Mr. Yang's motive for doing this.
Lin Cao nodded vigorously and said confidently: "Boss Yang, I have learned it completely!"
Yang Ruoqian was very pleased: "It's good that you have learned it."
Look, he is worthy of being someone who came from a big company. He has a strong learning ability and a high level of comprehension. Just by following me to negotiate business once, he has completely learned my way of doing things.
The employees I hired before, especially Shao Yiqi, had very poor understanding and only caused trouble for me all day long.
"Very good. I will give you the script later. You can select the actors according to the contents of the script. Remember to let me review them after you have selected them. This task is very important. You must take it seriously."
Although Lin Cao seems to be an incredibly...unreliable employee, it is his first job after all, and Yang Ruoqian, who is eager to forgive himself, cannot give the job entirely to him.
After all, a good actor is likely to save the entire show.
"Understood!" Lin Cao was full of energy, "I guarantee that it will crush the online drama produced by Yuefu!"
…
A small city next to Jinhai.
He Chen was typing quickly on the computer in a rental house with a pretty good environment.
Ever since the last time he browsed the homepage of Kuiguang Company in public and almost caused a family conflict, he gave up the idea of going to Jinhai City to find a job. He picked up his previous hobby and started writing novels on the Internet platform.
Although his writing skills were not good and his stories were old-fashioned, he did not earn much from his royalties, but it was still an income that could barely support him before he found a job.
After finishing a chapter, He Chen stretched his muscles and opened the background of the writing software. He said to himself, "Let's see how much I'll get for this month's manuscript."
When He Chen saw the row of numbers showing income, he was stunned.
"Huh?! Where did the 100,000 yuan in royalties come from?!"
“Copyright income?!”
"And it's the random garbage novel I wrote in high school?"
This kind of exaggerated novel is not without a market if it is well written. On the contrary, there are quite a few audiences...
But the problem is, He Chen's writing is not good! Otherwise, why did he only earn more than 300 yuan in royalties for a novel of hundreds of thousands of words? This zombie writing style with evil smiles at every turn, the idiotic plot of kneeling down and kowtow to apologize at every turn, and the characterization of the protagonist with his mouth twisted to the sky at every turn, I don't know how many readers have criticized it...
Now someone is actually paying such a high price to buy the copyright of his crappy book!
Do you think you have too much money?
Forget it, I've earned the copyright fee anyway, so I can do whatever I want...
Behind me, my girlfriend's voice came: "Achen, you've been writing for a long time, how about taking a break?"
rest……
Thinking about the 100,000 yuan in royalties that I had just received, a feeling of laziness suddenly came over me.
He Chen simply posted a leave statement at the end of his novel chapter, turned off his computer, and left.
"I won't write today. I'll take you out to play!"
(Add more chapters for those who have guessed the plot. The monthly ticket number is almost reached. I still owe one more chapter) (End of this chapter)
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