Chapter 306: Unexpected First
30 minutes later.
"This is absolutely amazing. This article is absolutely amazing. The writing style is so humorous."
"This article could not have been written without decades of experience. It really shows a very clear understanding of human nature."
"Not only that, this article also portrays the feudal and ignorant older generation very vividly."
"Interesting. Although it is less than 6,000 words, the text is humorous and the plot is full of twists and turns. Who is this great writer??"
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The screenwriters were in an uproar in the play. This was a group of 12 people, including 5 screenwriters, the editor-in-chief, the managing editor, and the owner of Feng Yang magazine.
In 30 minutes, basically everyone finished reading the manuscript, and then the first thing they did was to discuss it in the group.
Then, in an instant, the editorial office exploded.
Editor-in-chief Li Shang came out first and asked, "Did this author leave his phone number? Contact him first. Don't worry about the rest of the manuscripts. Just give it first place."
Xia He said: "I'll contact him first."
"Don't worry yet."
At this moment, Su Qing suddenly said.
Li Shang was stunned: "Xiaoqing, what's wrong?"
"Judging from his writing style, this author is definitely not a newcomer. If that's the case, then he must have come to our Fengyang Magazine specifically to submit his work. What I mean is that we should be cautious first, and then contact this author to see if we can have long-term cooperation. If we rashly tell him that he is the first place, then I think it will be unfair to the later contestants."
Su Qing explained: "Therefore, we can make an internal decision first, but there is no need to tell this person. At the same time, if we tell him so eagerly, then the subsequent cooperation may be difficult. After all, it is not a good deal to rush to him."
"Xiaoqing is right."
Li Shang thought for a moment and turned to Xia He and said, "Well, Xiao He, you are responsible for contacting the other party. If the other party is in the imperial capital, then we can make an appointment. Then, if the other party has other manuscripts, then we can definitely give him a high price."
"Okay, I'll contact him tomorrow."
Xia He had returned to normal by this time. She nodded and said, "Since the other party has submitted an article to us, it means that he recognizes our Feng Yang Magazine."
"Okay, I'll leave this to you."
Li Shangyi clapped his hands and said, "Everyone, keep working hard. Since there is a good manuscript, it means that everyone still has expectations for our Fashion Magazine, so there will definitely be good manuscripts next time. Cheer up."
If "Holding Grandson" had not appeared, this kind of chicken soup for the soul by Li Shang would not be very useful.
But now, with the emergence of "Holding Grandson", everyone feels that it may really be possible to winnow out a few good manuscripts.
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Baiqian Media, in the conference room.
Yu Xiaoshu finished explaining the general situation, then he turned to He Wu and said, "The next step is to leave the connection with the TV stations to you. See which TV stations are willing to cooperate with us. If they are all in a wait-and-see state, then we will find a venue and produce it first."
He Wu smiled and said, "First-tier TV stations are definitely not interested. Xingcheng TV is needless to say. As for Imperial City, Magic City, and Su Province, they are still not very interested. Zhijiang TV does want to talk to us. There are more second-tier TV stations. Qidong TV is the most interested. As for third-tier TV stations, we will not consider them for the time being."
really.
The production and broadcasting separation model has never appeared in Yuanxing, so Yu Xiaoshu is one of the first to try it. In fact, many people in the industry are also watching Baiqian Media's use of the "production and broadcasting separation", and they also want to see whether this model is feasible.
First-tier TV stations are not short of good variety shows, nor are they so anxious. What's more, everyone thinks that "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" is suspected of plagiarizing "Sisters Stand Up". If that's the case, then why bother talking about it?
To be honest, the arrogance of first-tier satellite TV stations is fully reflected.
He Wu sighed and said, "I originally wanted to contact the three satellite TV stations in the capital, Shanghai, and Jiangsu Province to tell them about "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" in person, but in the end, I didn't even get a chance to meet them."
"It's okay. We won't be the ones who regret it in the future. This is actually beyond my expectation. I thought second- and third-tier satellite TV stations would also consider this."
Yu Xiaoshu said nonchalantly.
He Wu laughed: "Under the separation of production and broadcasting, we took on a huge risk and invested most of it. The TV stations had almost no risk. The first-tier satellite TV stations were a little arrogant, but the second- and third-tier satellite TV stations wanted to take a gamble."
Take a chance, maybe a bicycle can be transformed into a motorcycle.
Yu Xiaoshu said, "Okay, talk to other TV stations as soon as possible and try to get the most benefits."
In this regard, Yu Xiaoshu still believes in He Wu.
Think about it, He Wu’s coordination ability is really strong, so this time in "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves", Yu Xiaoshu is going to let He Wu be fully responsible for coordination matters.
From the very beginning, the invitation of artists was given to He Wu.
Leave professional matters to professionals.
As a former top agent, Yu Xiaoshu can certainly coordinate these things, but there is no need. If Yu Xiaoshu is involved in everything, he will be exhausted to death.
Now he wants to be more than just an agent, he wants to be the helmsman.
It is not easy to declare a war on traffic.
This requires one work and one variety show at a time to change the existing situation, which cannot be changed overnight.
Just like building a house.
What is needed is to lay a solid foundation first.
Now, Yu Xiaoshu has already achieved some results in less than a year, and has gradually established a firm foothold in the field of online dramas. He has even gained the reputation of "Bai Qian's products must be high-quality."
But is it enough?
not enough.
Just like on Earth, the dramas produced by Noon Sunshine are actually all high-quality dramas, and each one is quite exciting, but has it changed the invasion of popular online dramas and TV dramas?
No.
Look at a large number of online dramas and TV dramas, each of which is dominated by traffic. One Noon Sunshine cannot change anything, because online dramas and TV dramas with traffic still have a huge market.
Therefore, this is a long-term battle, and what is the most important thing to win this battle? ?
Write more scripts?
Make more good dramas? ?
All-out attack? ?
Neither.
The most important thing is to have a good body.
Only by living longer can you win.
Therefore, in the past year or so, Yu Xiaoshu has gone to bed early every time without fail. Not only that, he also insists on exercising every morning. In a word, Yu Xiaoshu is quite health-conscious.
This also makes many people feel confused.
Even Wang Bao joked with a smile that Yu Xiaoshu was really better at preserving his health than himself. Those who didn't know would have thought that Yu Xiaoshu was old.
But what the outside world says is their business. Yu Xiaoshu still continues to maintain his health as usual, because no one cherishes his life more than him. To be more precise, no one knows better that life is hard-earned.
Five days later, He Wu finally decided on Qidong TV as the broadcasting platform. On the one hand, because of the huge success of "All Is Well", Qidong TV has great trust in Baiqian Media. On the other hand, because of Qidong TV's vigorous reforms, they are now very eager to introduce new variety shows.
"Okay, no problem."
After listening to He Wu, Yu Xiaoshu said, "You report to President Wang, and then we'll decide what to do next."
"Yeah, okay."
He Wu nodded slightly.
These five days were indeed not easy for He Wu. On the one hand, he met with several other satellite TV stations in order to maximize his profits. On the other hand, He Wu also needed to coordinate everywhere, which was also quite difficult.
Fortunately, there is finally a good result.
Therefore, Baiqian Media formally signed a contract with Qidong TV, and made a detailed distinction between some profit sharing, advertising fees, and even ratings requirements.
Neither Baiqian Media nor Qidong TV are happy about this, after all, it is a security issue for both parties.
In this way, "Sisters Who Make Waves" was officially landed on Qidong Satellite TV. On the day after signing the contract, Zhang Xiaohe took his team to Qidong TV Station and began to build the stage.
As for the invitation of artists for the first episode of "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves", it has been confirmed. Yu Xiaoshu has screened the list, and it can be said that the artists for the first episode have finally been selected.
He is now looking forward to what the effect will be after the first episode of "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" is recorded.
After all, this show is a trial and error approach, and he has not strictly prepared to copy the variety show on Earth. For Yu Xiaoshu, the original version on Earth still has too many shortcomings.
Let’s put it this way, the intention was good, but it went off track.
It was clearly a phenomenal variety show that could change the entire market, but in the end it succumbed to traffic and ended up being a bit anticlimactic.
But as I said, Yu Xiaoshu does not dare to guarantee that he is right. He does not even dare to guarantee that "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" will be successful. This can be regarded as an exploration.
Whether it is success or failure, Yu Xiaoshu will accept it.
But Yu Xiaoshu is still very confident about "Soldier Assault".
This drama is bound to be a hit.
But it is difficult to find a director. Wang Bao has been helping to look for one for several days. It was not until the end of October that Wang Bao found a suitable candidate.
Sun Bo.
He is not very famous. He made his debut by directing military dramas. He has been a director for quite some time, 20 years already. He is 50 years old this year, but his works are becoming less and less.
It's very simple, because the works he directed are all mediocre, so even if he has good ability, he still has no chance.
This year Sun Bo even had to shoot some short films. There was no other way, he had to live.
In such a situation, when Sun Bo received the invitation from Baiqian Media, he of course agreed immediately.
Even if "Soldier Assault" is a flop, Sun Bo doesn't care. After all, it's better than being reduced to making a short film.
Just like that, Yu Xiaoshu and Sun Bo decided on him after chatting.
"You should form your own directing team in the next few days. You should roughly understand the script, so go and select some locations. You should also give me a list of actors. There is no rush for this."
Yu Xiaoshu said to Sun Bo: "Take it one step at a time."
Sun Bo said: "Teacher Yu, don't worry, I know."
"Well, Director Sun, I know you may also feel that such a script won't achieve much success. I don't care about that, but what I want to say is that you must remain very serious no matter what. What I need is your attitude."
Yu Xiaoshu thought for a moment and said, "As for whether this drama is a good one, I believe we will be able to see it in the future."
How could Sun Bo dare not be serious? He is already at this age. As I just said, it is already quite good to have such a drama to shoot, so he will definitely take it seriously.
In this way, Sun Bo also began the preparations, as well as the preparations for the actors.
At this time, it had been exactly half a month since Yu Xiaoshu submitted his article to Fengyang Magazine.
In the past half month, Fengyang Magazine has selected several manuscripts, but the quality and other aspects are far inferior to "Holding Grandson".
But the submission period has come, so we have to rate it 2345. As for the first place, of course, it is "Holding Grandson" without any surprise.
Therefore, although Fengyang Publishing House is not as good as the classics and short stories by great writers promoted by Dingsheng Culture, it is not important, because the article "Holding Grandson" successfully saved the face of Fengyang Publishing House.
More importantly, they believe that "Holding Grandson" will definitely not be worse than the previous ones.
On October 31, Gong Xue came to Yu Xiaoshu's office: "Teacher Yu, I received another call from Fengyang Publishing House. They said that they have given our manuscript the first place and will announce it soon. They want to talk to you and then officially sign a contract..."
"Tell them there's no need, just say I don't like to be in the spotlight."
Yu Xiaoshu shook his head slightly, then frowned and asked, "Are they planning to publish the manuscript directly on the Internet?"
"No, they are planning to put all the manuscripts in the latest issue of the magazine, which will increase sales..."
Gong Xue shook her head slightly and said.
"Okay, I understand."
Yu Xiaoshu waved his hand and said.
At the same time, Fengyang Publishing House.
Editor-in-chief Li Shang frowned and said, "No?"
Xia He smiled bitterly and said, "She's a girl, she probably doesn't like this."
Li Shang nodded gently: "I can understand that. After all, all authors are like this, but is this person really a newcomer?"
"When I talked to her, I felt like she was a newbie, because I felt like she didn't know a lot of things, and she didn't understand our industry. She even asked if the manuscript would be published directly?"
Xia He explained.
"Then it seems that he is indeed a newcomer. Never mind that. Let's start printing more copies and then promote it in advance to all major bookstores. Let's say that our sales will definitely increase this time."
Li Shang clapped his hands and said, "I'll go talk to the publishing house first."
Although he said so, Li Shang was still a little worried. Not only him, but other people were also worried.
After all, they have been defeated too many times.
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(End of this chapter)
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