Chapter 988: All the big directors cooperate with the performance
The online dramas previously shot by their company were all of medium to low cost, which is why they packaged six TV dramas for 300 million yuan. Blue Whale's profit was only around 100 million yuan, which was relatively small compared to the income from selling to TV stations.
For costume dramas, the cost of costumes and makeup alone is not small.
Any large-scale costume TV drama that can be shown on the stage has an investment of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.
Take one of the large-scale war scenes for example. You can't use four or five extras as four or five thousand people. That would be treating the audience as fools. It would be strange if the ratings didn't crash.
What? You have to get 1,000 extras, right? Not counting the cost of props, the daily expenses for these extras alone will be at least 200,000.
Extras who have to wait for a long time will have to pay extras. After all the extras are added up, it will take at least tens of millions of dollars to get the price down.
Of course, the so-called investment of hundreds of millions is a bit exaggerated. After all, the actors’ pay has not been raised by the traffic-rich young stars.
But to be considered a well-made costume TV series, the cost is still around 50 or 60 million yuan. Moreover, Blue Whale has always taken the production of high-quality products as its bottom line, so the actual filming investment will only be calculated higher.
"We have money. Tomorrow Video has just approved an additional investment plan of 500 million. We at Blue Whale followed up with an investment of 100 million, and our stake has been reduced to 35%."
Hearing the unnecessary concerns of the major shareholder, Feng Jiming replied dimly.
Only this major shareholder is busy flirting with women all day long, focusing only on stuffing female artists into the company, and not caring about the company's affairs, big or small.
".Then you can't just spend this money carelessly, right? It's rare that they want to spend 100 million to buy an exclusive web series?"
Zhou Anan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. It seemed that he had listened to the report of the beautiful secretary before. After that, he complained speechlessly and his eyes fell on the new group of beauties in ancient costumes.
Chen Yin's outfit in this group really reminded him of the charming Empress Xiao in The Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties that he had read in his previous life.
That was also his most profound impression of Chen Yin, far surpassing her role as the pure and lovely Princess Yu Shu in another drama.
Well, it seems that the time-travel drama whose plot was criticized by the audience for being not smart enough only has a movie version and has not yet been made into a TV series. We can however obtain the copyright and slightly change those flawed plots.
As if she felt someone's gaze, Chen Yin, who was wearing Tang Dynasty women's clothing, glanced at the young CEO with charming eyes, as if with electric light.
She had already received the company's notice and was just complying with the company's request to attend the audition.
When Chen Yin was chatting with other female artists in the company outside, she didn't reveal anything at all. She was only thinking about when the young boss would be free to help her explain the script.
"Why would they buy exclusive rights to broadcast a costume drama? They are willing, but I am not. However, Tomorrow Video means that regardless of the copyright of the satellite TV station, they want exclusive online copyright. We can set the price, and we can pay a deposit of 20 million in advance."
Instead of complaining about the major shareholder who had no say in the matter, Feng Jiming talked about the purpose of tomorrow's video.
Although their company owns more than 30% of the shares of Tomorrow Video, Feng Jiming has a clear position and everything is based on the interests of Blue Whale Entertainment.
Stimulated by the four web dramas they have previously aired, the number of paid members of Tomorrow Video has increased by nearly 10 million, and its revenue has exceeded 60 million, which has attracted the attention of its peers.
In addition to the two web dramas that have not yet been launched, one of which features the participation of the pure goddess Liu Feifei, the management of Tomorrow Video has great expectations for this, believing that it will at least increase the number of paying members by more than 8 million and revenue by 50 million.
Although these revenues are nothing compared to the 300 million in expenses, for Tomorrow Video, the first video website to pilot a membership system, it is already a very good start, and it can even be said to be beyond expectations.
Therefore, while Tomorrow Video started its second round of financing, it also continued to extend invitations to Blue Whale Entertainment.
This time, they hope to obtain the exclusive online copyright of Blue Whale Entertainment's costume drama, because the audience of costume drama is unmatched by other urban dramas.
They are not short of money, what they lack is high-quality TV dramas.
For Tomorrow Video, which has had high-quality cooperation with Blue Whale and holds shares in it, acquiring the TV drama copyrights of Blue Whale Entertainment is the safest and most cost-effective investment.
"I do have two plans, but they require you to take care of some things."
Through Chen Yun's charming look and the costume photos of Hong Kong actress Yu Qiaoen, Zhou Anan already had two plans in her mind. She also thought of another Tang Dynasty palace drama that had a good reputation but was cut into a photo booth due to some problems in the early stage of its release.
In her previous life, Zhou Anan spent a few dollars on Taobao to buy the original version of the cloud link without the profile picture. The plot, costumes and makeup were all pretty good, and overall it was remarkable.
If you want to make the movie "Empress Wu", you have to withstand the big scissors that come to your door, otherwise everything will be in vain.
According to the existing rules and the power of the Blue Whale, this may be possible if no one interferes.
In addition, the leading female role must be a female artist from their own company, and one of the second female roles, the Hong Kong female artist from the original version, is very outstanding.
"No problem, just tell me, I'll do the rest."
After hearing what the major shareholder said, Feng Jiming spoke with great responsibility.
"Okay, I'll send you the outline of the script when the time comes, and you can take a look at it first."
It was not appropriate to discuss the topic too thoroughly in this occasion, so Zhou Anan stopped there and turned her attention to the rounds of female artists in period costumes. She was also looking for suitable heroines for two period dramas in her mind.
There are three main female characters in "The Myth", while there are more female characters in "The Empress of China", but only three or four of them are particularly outstanding.
Currently, there are more than 30 female artists under Blue Whale, which can fully fill the gaps. Of course, some of these roles will also be given to other cooperating film and television companies in exchange for suitable resources.
Eating alone is never a good idea in the entertainment industry.
Although the company had sent invitations to all of its agents before, after reading the general script, only fifteen or sixteen people came to audition. Together with the dozen or so female artists from other companies who heard the news, there were five groups of auditions in total.
The audition was over in just an hour.
The five interviewers all closed the so-called scoring booklet tacitly.
"Mr. Feng, Mr. Zhou, I think Yu Qiaoen, Hu Ruoxuan, and Chen Yin are more in line with the character settings of the three Dugu sisters. Among them, Yu Qiaoen's temperament is very compatible with the third sister Dugu Jialuo."
Arriving at the lounge, He Shuwei, who was drinking coffee, was the first to speak out his "thoughts".
If you're going to put on a show, do the full thing.
The two bosses had set up the stage, so he had to sing along to avoid making things difficult for the two bosses once the news got out.
As a TV drama director who has just joined Blue Whale and does not have many works but is highly regarded, He Shuwei urgently needs the recognition of the boss to stabilize his position and then convey this influence to the crew, so that he can direct the film more easily.
"Director He's idea coincides with mine. I also think that the temperaments of those three people are very suitable for the three female characters in the play. Mr. Zhou, what do you think?"
Feng Jiming looked at Director He with appreciation, as he saw that he had a keen eye. He felt that it was right to hand over this costume drama with an investment of more than 50 million yuan to him.
It's a bit embarrassing for him, the general manager, to say this first.
However, he naturally cannot bear this kind of thing alone, and he must bring down the culprit, the major shareholder, into the water.
"I think it's a good fit. Director He is indeed a leader in the field of costume dramas and is very good at judging people. Director Wang, Director Shen, what do you think?"
Nodding affirmatively, Zhou Anan then turned to ask about the two big directors who participated in the interview.
"I think so too."
"I think it's good."
Everyone knew that Wang Jing and Shen Yutian would not undermine the two CEOs, so they nodded in agreement.
"Since everyone has similar opinions, then it's settled. Mr. He, I need you to start the preparations for the crew as soon as possible."
After exchanging a tacit glance with the major shareholder, Feng Jiming said to He Shuwei with a smile.
"Boss Feng, don't worry, I will make sure to prepare the crew as soon as possible."
Hearing General Manager Feng's instructions, He Shuwei quickly assured him.
At this time, General Manager Feng's secretary walked in quickly and whispered something in his ear, which made General Manager Feng's face change.
(End of this chapter)
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