Chapter 201 Unexpected Price Negotiation
Yu Xiaoshu had previously planned to give the song "Little White Boat" to Lou Zi. In Yu Xiaoshu's opinion, Lou Zi was just about to make a transition.
If it was just a sweet song, it would not be very suitable for Lou Zi to sing it, after all, she wants to transform herself. However, Yu Xiaoshu thinks that Lou Zi is perfect to sing this murderous nursery rhyme.
This is a good opportunity for Lou Zi to change his style.
Lou Zi came alone. Yu Xiaoshu smiled and asked, "Are you busy recently?"
Lou Zi nodded gently: "It's OK, mainly because a lot of variety shows and commercial performances have come to me, and some of them are not suitable if I don't accept them."
"Normal, but it wouldn't hurt for singers to participate in more variety shows."
Yu Xiaoshu handed the lyrics to Lou Zi and said, "Take a look at the lyrics first, and then the arrangement is ready. Later, you just need to sing it normally."
"good."
Lou Zi nodded slightly.
Lou Zi’s voice is actually quite suitable for this song “Little White Boat”, mainly because it can bring a huge contrast.
Of course, there were still some problems during recording.
Lou Zi still wanted to sing in his previous style, but Yu Xiaoshu needed Lou Zi to try a different style.
"Don't sing it in a sweet voice, and there are a few notes that don't need to be deliberately raised."
Yu Xiaoshu said to Lou Zi, "The arrangement of this song is based on the music of the underworld. It looks like a nursery rhyme, but it is actually a horror song."
This is what a good singer is like. As long as you say a little bit, she can get your point directly.
"take a break."
After recording for half an hour, Yu Xiaoshu put down his headphones and said, "This is basically it, but we'll record a formal version later."
Lou Zi said, "Okay."
Yu Xiaoshu turned around and looked at Ding Bai and asked, "Director Ding, what do you think???"
Ding Bai said hurriedly: "Okay, very good, very good, no problem at all."
Now Ding Bai didn't know what to say except these words.
He finally understood why Baiqian Media's three previous works, "The Rumored Chen Qianqian", "The Undocumented Crime" and "Hard Candy", were able to be filmed and completed so quickly.
MMP.
Yu Xiaoshu alone is almost equivalent to an entire team.
Needless to say, when editing Yu Xiaoshu, there is no need for rough cutting at all. You can just do fine cutting and get it accurate in one go.
Apart from that, there is no need to mention the composition and music. Although Yu Xiaoshu humbly said that he didn't know much about it, Yu Xiaoshu could still give great reference opinions.
What’s more important is that the music is just right, and Yu Xiaoshu can grasp the key points accurately.
No wonder Zhu Zhichao said that with Yu Xiaoshu, everything is not a problem.
It's really not a problem.
Take the recording of this version of "Little White Boat" for example. Ding Bai has already completed the arrangement of this song according to Yu Xiaoshu's requirements, and Lou Zi's singing only needs to follow Yu Xiaoshu's rhythm.
Yu Xiaoshu doesn't know how to compose music, but he is still a composing genius.
Because he can hum a song.
powerful.
Too strong.
Ding Bai never thought that recording a song would be so simple and crude.
Lou Zi arrived at 9 a.m. and finished recording at 12 noon.
"Okay, Director Ding, please just work harder and edit this version of "Little White Boat" as soon as possible."
Yu Xiaoshu laughed: "Although Lou Zi's singing is indeed very good, the necessary tuning is still necessary."
Ding Bai hurriedly said, "Okay, no problem, I'll get it done this afternoon."
"good."
Yu Xiaoshu nodded slightly, then he sent Lou Zi downstairs.
"Have you eaten yet?"
Yu Xiaoshu looked at Lou Zi and asked.
Lou Zi shook his head: "Not yet."
"Then go eat quickly. I'll send you a copy after this version is edited. But don't release the song for now. Wait until "The Hidden Corner" is aired."
After Yu Xiaoshu finished speaking, he turned and left.
Lou Zi: “???”
She does have a lot of question marks.
Originally, she thought that Yu Xiaoshu's asking her if she had eaten meant that he wanted to treat her to a meal.
Why doesn't this follow the routine? ?
And as far as I can remember, Yu Xiaoshu is not a so-called straight man.
"Am I so unattractive now?"
Lou Zi muttered to himself.
In fact, Yu Xiaoshu didn’t really think that much.
Now Yu Xiaoshu has put all his attention on the online drama "The Hidden Corner".
The editing of the first episode is almost done.
He also wants to talk to Wang Bao.
"I thought you were going to have dinner with Lou Zi."
In the cafeteria, Wang Bao looked at Yu Xiaoshu sitting next to him and found it a little funny: "You wouldn't let someone just leave after recording, would you?"
Yu Xiaoshu said: "Lou Zi should have other things to do, so let her go first."
"If you need to treat someone to a meal, you can even come to our company cafeteria."
Wang Bao shook his head and said.
"Next time, definitely."
Yu Xiaoshu nodded slightly.
"All right."
Wang Bao thought that Yu Xiaoshu must have been heartbroken by a woman, so he stopped trying to persuade him. He let Zou Jun and his wife worry about it. He asked about the real business: "You wrote another online movie?"
"Well, as I told you before, this web drama is quite suitable for Song Qing."
Yu Xiaoshu said: "Song Qing's success with 'The Visitors from Outer Space' was a big flop, so this web drama is a good chance for him to bounce back."
When Wang Bao heard that "The Visitor" flopped, he looked a little embarrassed.
After all, the failure of "The Man Who Fell to Earth" was closely related to him.
He really felt some regret.
Very poor vision.
Moreover, Wang Bao felt that his luck was too bad.
Although he couldn't blame society for his bad luck, Wang Bao still felt that his life was too difficult.
Of course, Wang Bao now also wants to quickly save his mistake.
For this reason, Wang Bao is particularly concerned about "The Hidden Corner".
He wanted to tell Yu Xiaoshu that he would definitely cooperate with him and that it was his fault before.
kindness.
Wang Bao does have too many scenes.
Yu Xiaoshu really didn’t think so much.
He just happened to want to promote Zhou Xiaozhi, and by the way, he had a script suitable for Song Qinglai to film, that's all.
"By the way, Uncle Wang, where do you think it would be best to air "The Hidden Corner"?"
Yu Xiaoshu started talking about business.
Wang Bao smiled and said, "I think we can invite the Big Three and Xiaoma Video to watch the film and see which of the four will offer a higher price. But Xiaoshu, you still have to be mentally prepared, because "Hidden Murderer" flopped at the Big Three, and now the Big Three are still in a wait-and-see state regarding criminal investigation dramas. Of course, this web drama has "The Undocumented Crime" before it, so I don't think the price will be low. Now it depends on who bids the highest."
Yu Xiaoshu was not surprised.
That's the market.
The market is not 100% successful.
No one expected that "The Undocumented Crime" would become a phenomenon as a criminal investigation drama.
No one expected that "Hidden Murderer", a highly anticipated criminal investigation drama, would flop.
What’s more, the recent criminal investigation drama "The Fish That Slipped Through the Net" produced by MiLi Video also failed miserably.
Not only MiLi Video, the criminal investigation dramas produced by Kunlang and Xingyao video websites also performed poorly.
Frankly speaking, this is because Yu Xiaoshu has made a name for himself now, otherwise the Big Three would never have purchased criminal investigation dramas again.
This is a loss, isn’t eating it once enough? ?
Yu Xiaoshu smiled and said, "How about this, invite them to watch the movie on the 5th."
"Number 5???"
Wang Bao was stunned: "Xiao Shu, is the editing done?"
"Well, the editing is done, but the soundtrack for the first episode is a little more difficult, so it will take another two days."
Yu Xiaoshu said: "But it's not a big problem."
"Okay, I'll invite them now."
Wang Bao said: "I believe they will all be interested."
Yes.
Wang Bao believes that the Big Three and Xiaoma Video will not miss this opportunity.
However, it is hard to say who is willing to take a chance this time.
But Yu Xiaoshu is optimistic.
Because he is more confident about "The Hidden Corner".
Compared to "The Undocumented Crime", "The Bad Kids" is more mature and the plot is fuller.
More importantly, Yu Xiaoshu believes that "The Hidden Corner" is more discussed and even more powerful in other aspects.
If all three of "The Undocumented" can grab the spot, there's no reason why "The Bad Kids" shouldn't grab the spot.
It turned out that Yu Xiaoshu was a bit blindly optimistic.
The Big Three really want to grab it, but even if they approve of this web drama, they still have a BOSS above them.
Six months have passed in 2019. Half a year has gone by in the blink of an eye. During this half year, the three major companies are still burning money like crazy to compete for market share. Kunlang is still the only one that stands out, but MiLi and Xingyao originally wanted to catch up, but MiLi has fallen behind unknowingly.
Yes.
Falling behind.
"The Undocumented Crime" was originally purchased by Mao Shuihui at a price of tens of millions per episode. After that, Mili Video had a slightly larger traffic thanks to "The Undocumented Crime".
But a web drama cannot save a video website.
Since "The Undocumented Crime", the online dramas and TV series purchased by MiLi Video have suffered heavy losses.
Of course, this is also not the point.
What is the point?
The point is that MiLi Video has been experiencing internal strife since last month. MiLi Video is a husband-and-wife shop. It was Chen Mi and his wife Liu Li who originally founded MiLi Video, which is why it is called MiLi Video.
But now Chen Mi and Liu Li have serious disagreements. Liu Li even wants to sell Mi Li Video while the price is high, but Chen Mi doesn't think so.
As a result, the couple started to fight internally, and the company also took sides.
In such a situation, needless to say Liu Li, who is in charge of the online drama department, asked people to temporarily stop purchasing online dramas with a single episode costing more than 3 million yuan, and only purchase some low-cost online dramas.
Well, at this screening of "The Bad Kids", even though Mao Shuihui came, she has actually withdrawn from the competition.
In particular, Mao Shuihui was actually a little shocked after watching the first episode of "The Hidden Corner". She felt that this first episode was really worthy of being written by Yu Xiaoshu, and several plot lines were quite good.
But ah.
Mao Shuihui sighed.
She didn't even bother quoting 5 million per episode, because she felt that this price was an insult to the web drama.
Therefore, Mao Shuihui wanted to see if everyone could buy it together.
The three major ones today are exactly the same as before.
The person who came from Kunlang Video is still Wang Jun.
The one who came from Xingyao Video is still Zhang Ming.
In addition, the person who came from Xiaoma Entertainment this time was Wang Fei.
kindness.
Since Ding Yi left, Wang Fei has directly taken control of Xiaoma Entertainment, but Xiaoma Entertainment has not seen much improvement.
Wang Fei was also a little anxious about this.
So he was determined to get this movie "The Hidden Corner".
So, after watching the first episode of "The Hidden Corner", Wang Fei couldn't wait to ask: "Let me ask, Mr. Wang, how many episodes are there in total in this drama???"
Wang Bao smiled and said, "It's still 12 episodes."
"12 episodes."
Wang Fei was a little dazed.
Fewer episodes means the purchase cost is lower.
Think about it, the previous series "The Rumored Chen Qianqian" had 23 episodes, but Kunlang Film and Television bought it directly at a price of tens of millions per episode, which doubled the purchase cost.
Thinking of this, Wang Fei hesitated for a moment and said, "Boss Wang, we at Xiaoma Entertainment are willing to purchase the exclusive broadcast rights at a price of 8 million per episode."
Yes.
8 million per episode was a well-considered decision for Wang Fei.
After all, most of the current criminal investigation dramas have flopped.
Under such circumstances, he believed that the Big Three would not dare to spend a large price to purchase it.
But what if the three major ones are wealthy?
Under such circumstances, Wang Fei thought that the price of 8 million was about right.
After all, there are 12 episodes, and the price of 8 million per episode is not low.
After Wang Fei quoted the price, Wang Bao didn't say anything.
He was actually satisfied in his heart. After all, Wang Bao also knew the decline of criminal investigation dramas nowadays. Under such circumstances, the price for exclusive broadcast would definitely not be too high.
But Wang Bao still has to wait.
Yu Xiaoshu’s brand is a golden one.
Under such circumstances, maybe it can still rise a little bit further.
Wang Bao from Kunlang Video rolled his eyes slightly at this time, and he suddenly laughed: "Zhang Ming, what do you think?"
"Lao Wang, don't ask me. It is impossible for Xingyao Video to increase the price of 8 million per episode."
Zhang Ming shook his head slightly and said, "As for MiLi Video, I don't think I will add it. I'd rather give it to Kunlang Video at a lower price."
"Oh."
Wang Bao sighed inwardly at this time, he had miscalculated in "The Hidden Murderer". When he came here, the boss had already told him that he must not waste money this time.
Then, exclusive broadcasting is impossible.
But Wang Bao didn't want to give Xiaoma Video a bargain.
So Wang Bao thought about it and said, "How about this? Each of the three of us will contribute 4 million yuan, and we will buy "The Hidden Corner" at a price of 12 million yuan per episode. How about that???"
Zhang Ming and Mao Shuihui's expressions changed. Zhang Ming felt that there was no problem, but Mao Shuihui remembered the company's mission. She could only shake her head and said, "I'll forget it."
Then, Wang Bao turned around and looked at Wang Fei: "Boss Wang, you got a bargain, what do you think???"
Wang Fei gritted his teeth and stomped his feet.
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(End of this chapter)
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