Bao Lixin's ability to hype news is not as good as Yuan Fenghui's, but his way of painting a rosy picture is in sync with Yuan Fenghui's.
What a coincidence, Yuan Fenghui said the same thing to Wen Ying!
The difference is that Bao Lixin is just making big promises, but Yuan Fenghui is serious about it.
Yuan Fenghui expected Wen Ying to refuse to appear in the commercials, so she immediately took on two blog promotions for Wen Ying. It wasn't that Yuan Fenghui wasn't capable enough to take on more, but rather that these two brands were the most suitable for her at the moment.
Yuan Fenghui wants to see the promotion effect.
If the effect is very good, the price of 500,000 per piece is a bit low!
Bao Lixin's promise to Blue Whale is pure empty talk.
The first print run of "The Crown of Thorns" was 600,000 copies, and the film and television adaptation rights were sold to Mr. Guan. In theory, even if Blue Whale's net worth is not as good as Wen Ying's, she is definitely a small wealthy woman.
My wallet is full, so what if I get scolded a few times?
The fact is that Blue Whale has only received 100,000 yuan in royalties in advance from the publishing house so far.
100,000 yuan is a lot for ordinary college students, but for Blue Whale, this amount of money is not enough for her to face all the abuse calmly - she won the second prize in the novel category of the essay competition before, and "Gentle Her" was successfully published. The first print run was only 50,000 copies, but the royalties she received were more than 100,000 yuan!
Later, "Gentle Her" was reprinted with another 100,000 copies, and Blue Whale had some savings.
After following Bao Lixin to switch jobs, Bao Lixin did not deliberately lower the royalty rate of Blue Whale. "Crown of Thorns" was still signed at a royalty rate of 12%.
But this is just a publishing contract on the surface.
As the saying goes, there is no gain without pain. Bao Lixin is working so hard to promote Blue Whale, naturally it is not just to prove himself.
Privately, Bao Lixin and Blue Whale also signed an agency contract, under which Bao Lixin would take 60% of all Blue Whale's income.
Blue Whale earns 1 million, and 600,000 will be given to Bao Lixin. For Bao Lixin, Blue Whale is a cash cow, and he will not allow Blue Whale to withdraw halfway!
In order to better control Blue Whale, Bao Lixin used his usual tricks, even withholding the 40% of the income that Blue Whale deserved, for fear that Blue Whale would become disobedient after getting too much money.
After some coaxing and intimidation, Bao Lixin temporarily stabilized the blue whale.
Blue Whale slowly stopped crying and sobbed, "I'll listen to you."
"You're very sensible, which is one of the reasons why I value you. Mr. Guan is currently developing the project for The Crown of Thorns. Once the TV series airs, you'll be an undisputed star writer."
Bao Lixin was full of confidence and continued to seduce Blue Whale.
On the other hand, Mr. Guan did not have a smooth journey in establishing the project.
Mr. Guan is particularly shameless. He directly compares "Crown of Thorns" with "Star River and You", saying that these are two IPs of the same level.
The leaders of the TV station don’t have time to read books. Once the internal evaluation is passed and the leader signs, the project can be launched.
At this time, Director Fan stood up to find trouble for General Guan. Director Fan did not say that "The Crown of Thorns" plagiarized "Starry Sky and You", he only mentioned the data performance of the two books.
A first print run of 600,000 copies does not mean that 600,000 copies were actually sold. These are two different concepts!
If IPs of the same level are to be compared, don’t just brag about it; just compare the data.
"I heard that 'Starry River and You' sold 660,000 copies in just three months."
Director Fan was kind and didn't seem to be picking on anyone. He was simply speaking from an impartial perspective: "The Crown of Thorns had an initial print run of 600,000 copies. How many copies have you sold so far?"
Mr. Guan was very calm. "The publisher is still compiling the specific data. It won't be worse than 'Starry River and You'."
Director Fan sneered secretly.
It won’t be worse than "Starry River and You"?
"The Crown of Thorns" has been criticized so much online. Does Guan think that everyone is an old-fashioned person who doesn't know how to use the Internet?
Director Fan pretended to be an old-fashioned person and said with a smile, "Don't worry, let's wait until the publishing house has compiled the data before we discuss project establishment."
Mr. Guan naturally didn't want to.
Businessmen are profit-driven. There is nothing wrong with Mr. Guan buying the copyright of "The Crown of Thorns" and wanting to start filming and make money as soon as possible.
Furthermore, Mr. Guan knew that Tianjiao had not filmed any idol dramas recently and only had one serious drama to sell. Mr. Guan also wanted to create a time difference - he had failed to win against Tianjiao twice, so Mr. Guan was a little scared and did not want to clash with Tianjiao again.
The project has been approved and will start shooting after one or two months of preparation. It may not be able to catch up with this year's summer vacation schedule, but it will be able to catch up with the winter vacation schedule.
Mr. Guan had planned everything, but Director Fan overturned all his arrangements with just one sentence, and Mr. Guan looked unhappy.
Director Fan thinks he can control me this way?
You want the sales data of "The Crown of Thorns"? At worst, you can ask Editor-in-Chief Bao to issue one, and see what Director Fan has to say!
This is to promote the film and television incubation of "Crown of Thorns" as soon as possible, and Mr. Guan believes that Bao Lixin will cooperate.
Because of "The Crown of Thorns", Mr. Guan and Bao Lixin became a community of interests. Mr. Guan wanted to make money by filming TV series, and Bao Lixin wanted to make money by selling books, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to make Blue Whale a star writer.
Director Fan saw through Mr. Guan's thoughts and directly blocked his way: "Actually, I'm not trying to make things difficult for anyone. I get paid by the station, so of course I have to consider the station. Outsiders only see the wealth of our company, but they don't understand how difficult it is to run such a large business. You are half one of us. Outsiders don't understand, don't you understand it too?"
Mr. Guan said that he understood it very well, and followed Director Fan's words to talk about the difficulties of the station. The hardest-working ones are the leaders. There are so many mouths to feed, and it is all thanks to the wise decisions of the leaders that everyone in the TV station can live comfortably.
Director Fan nodded vigorously. "I've been telling you, you know best. Since we're not outsiders, can you please help ease the burden on the station? Compare 'Crown of Thorns' to 'Star River With You'. I trust your judgment. I heard that the production cost of 'Star River With You' was 40 to 50 million. It would be too stressful for the station to shell out such a large sum all at once. Why not just make a symbolic investment? 'Crown of Thorns' can be considered a co-production between the station and your company... Mr. Guan is so optimistic about 'Crown of Thorns', there's no reason for this show to lose money. Once your company finishes filming 'Crown of Thorns', I will definitely give it the best time slot!"
Mr. Guan wanted Hunan Satellite TV to cover all the costs of filming "The Crown of Thorns".
The TV station pays for the filming and then sells the copyright to the TV station after the filming is completed. Guan always uses the TV station's money to make money and does not have to bear any risk at all.
Director Fan said it lightly. With just one sentence "I'm not an outsider", he asked General Guan to bear the bulk of the filming costs.
Even if Mr. Guan reduces the cost of "Crown of Thorns" to a level lower than "Starry and You", it will still cost at least 20 to 30 million to achieve the same effect as "Starry and You".
It is too risky to let Guan Corporation bear the 20 million yuan filming cost.
Mr. Guan was about to refuse, but Director Fan reassured him, "We'll give you the best release date and the copyright fee won't be low. We can sign the contract first."
Mr. Guan's heart moved.
Sign the contract first?
It will definitely be sold after it is auctioned, which reduces the risk.
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