Chapter 407: Investment Documentary
Without further ado, the next day, Liu Lan gave Mao Yuchen a day of paid leave and asked her to move. Liu Lan wanted to deal with this matter before she left the capital.
She was already worried about Zhang Pei living alone, and Zhang Pei was now divorcing Liu Chengyu. If anything went wrong, such as Liu Chengyu coming to the house again and Zhang Pei being bullied, Mao Yuchen was strong and could help Zhang Pei. Of course, Liu Lan hoped that she was just overthinking it. This couple had been so loving, could it be possible that after a falling out, things would become tense?
In any case, it's good for Zhang Pei to have someone to take care of him.
On Tuesday morning, Liu Man had a very formal and private meeting with Ye Ziliang to discuss the investment in the filming of "Cute Pet Hospital" 3.
For Ye Ziliang, this was an unexpected timely relief. He had never equated Liu Lan with an investor.
Liu Lan has learned from Yu Zhan that Ye Ziliang has been having a very depressed time recently. His documentary only won him fame, he did not gain any benefits from it, and his life did not improve at all.
The fundamental reason is not that the quality of "Cute Pet Hospital" is poor, but because of the feud between Ye Ziliang and the national TV station. Even if the national TV station gave in, admitted defeat, and withdrew later, the matter has already become known to everyone, and netizens have seen enough of the joke.
Therefore, no matter how well Ye Ziliang's documentary is made and how many views it has, no big company is willing to invest money. Who would offend the national TV station for a little-known online documentary director? Will they still broadcast advertisements on the national TV station in the future? There are so many video hosts on the Internet, any one of them is better than Ye Ziliang!
"According to the sponsorship price of 100,000 per episode, I can give you 200,000 first. You need to shoot two episodes, which need to be completed within one month and released online. If the effect is not good, we will stop cooperation. If the response is good, we will continue to shoot at the rhythm of one episode every two weeks, and finally shoot 10 episodes in total."
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Liu Man is very optimistic about "Cute Pet Hospital" because she is directly betting all the assets currently on the company's accounts.
When soliciting sponsorships, Ye Ziliang also had a general understanding of the market situation. The title sponsorship fee for a regular documentary on a national TV station starts at 1 million yuan per episode. For online videos, the price is much lower, ranging from a few thousand yuan to hundreds of thousands of yuan. It is the difference between a flop and a hit. For a new director like him, although he has not failed, he does not have the popularity of a hit. Liu Man is willing to pay 100,000 yuan, which is already a very high price.
He felt bitter again, but smiled and said, "I begged so many people and approached so many companies, but no one responded to me. In the end, it was the people around me who were willing to lend me a helping hand."
"Everything is difficult at the beginning. I have experienced this truth before. When I first started to be an anchor, there were only a dozen people watching me, and no one talked to me. Now I have more than 7 million fans. Everything has to be done step by step. I am also promoting my own online store by helping you."
"You can obviously promote it online yourself. With your current popularity, your fans will definitely buy in as long as you raise your hand," Ye Ziliang felt that Liu Lan was just giving him alms.
"But I don't want to position myself as an internet celebrity anymore, and do everything myself and promote myself like before."
Ye Ziliang is also a very smart person. He understood what Liu Man meant in seconds after she said her words. Internet celebrities are equivalent to the lowest level of the entertainment industry, and she wants to be her own boss.
"Are you sure you want to invest in my documentary?" Ye Ziliang focused and asked her seriously.
"I'm sure you can start looking for inspiration and planning the content for the third episode. After we officially sign the contract with Cat'Garden at the end of September, you can start the formal filming." Liu Man has already planned everything. Just as Zhang Pei said, all that's left is to take it step by step.
"Oh, by the way, I have one more basic requirement. The filming team you form later must include members of the 'young ladies'."
"Of course."
Ye Ziliang pondered for a moment and said, "Although we are friends, brothers have to settle accounts clearly. It's useless for you to just talk. We need to sign a contract. When will you pay me, how many installments, and issues such as liquidated damages must be written down in black and white. I don't want my work to go to waste, and you don't want to waste your money without getting any substantial benefits."
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