Chapter 906 Exclusive Broadcasting Rights
Each TV station raised the price to 1.5 million to 1.8 million per episode, which was less than the unit price of "A Love So Beautiful", but met the expectations of Tao Zhiyao and Yu Zhan. Therefore, even if they disliked these TV stations, they still had to sell the TV series to them.
However, several TV stations have already purchased the episodes of "To the Beauty" and signed contracts with them. According to their plan, "To the Beauty" will be broadcast on TV next Thursday and Friday. They have finally gotten ahead of "Youth Plan" after lagging behind. The advertisement trailer of "To the Beauty" has been broadcast. It is known as the first weekly drama in China. It has set several precedents. The production team and the cast are strong. In addition, Feng Qingyu and Ji Qingqing had a quarrel online, which made "To the Beauty" popular. Many viewers began to look forward to this drama. As a result, Feng Qingyu, the heroine, has now been exposed to such a big scandal.
Can "A Love So Beautiful" still be broadcast?
Netizens who hate evil have called for a boycott and for not watching the show, but all parties faced public opinion with a negative attitude and remained silent.
Tao Zhiyao crossed out the names of several TV stations that purchased "So Beautiful". Yu Zhan meant the same thing. They would rather make less money than cooperate with these TV stations and let them lose all the ratings for "So Beautiful"!
Xinghe Films held a meeting to discuss and decide which TV stations to cooperate with, and then Tao Zhiyao began to work on the signing. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Yu Zhan received a call from the head of the national TV drama channel.
"Hello, have you sold "Youth Project" to other TV stations?"
"not yet."
"That's great. We want to purchase the exclusive broadcasting rights for this drama. Are you interested in cooperating with us?"
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Yu Zhan was surprised and confirmed the other party's identity. The other party was indeed the director of the national TV drama channel! The quality of TV dramas that can be broadcast on the national TV station (no matter which channel) is unquestionable. The themes are very positive, historical changes, national love, heroic deeds, and even family ethics dramas can be thought-provoking.
Yu Zhan and Tao Zhiyao had not considered the national TV station. Tao Zhiyao had never even called the other party before. It's not that the theme of "Youth Plan" is not good - two high school girls encourage each other, work together to realize their dreams, and gain academic, career and love. Isn't it positive energy? But people have self-knowledge. Countless TV series are produced every year. Who doesn't want to be favored by the national TV station? To be selected, you need good dramas, good luck, and connections. In the past ten years, Xinghe Film and Television has invested in and produced nearly a hundred TV series of all sizes, but only 5 of them have been on the screen of the national TV station, and Qiu Jing and Gao Jindong begged for them.
Yu Zhan had already used the connections of his elders to file for the weekly drama. If he bothered them again, he would be too embarrassed.
So, it was so puzzling that the other party actually took the initiative to call him and ask for cooperation.
While Liu Man and Jason were talking about music and Yu Zhan's birthday surprise, Yu Zhan, Tao Zhiyao and Ye Ziliang signed an authorization agreement with the national TV station for the exclusive broadcasting rights of "Youth Plan".
Frequent drama fans will notice that new TV series are broadcast on many TV stations at the same time. By signing with one more TV station, the producer's income doubles and they can make more money. Usually, the purchase agreements of TV stations in various regions will only be agreed within a certain region and will not be sold to other TV stations, leaving some room for producers. The national TV station is different. It is more domineering. Once the agreement is signed, it will monopolize the whole country and can only broadcast it exclusively.
The national TV station's offer is reasonable, 2.4 million per episode, but it is still a little low for the exclusive broadcast rights. Since "Youth Project" has only filmed 4 episodes so far, the national TV station signed these 4 episodes first. The price of the subsequent episodes is floating, and different amounts are given according to the actual ratings, but it will not be less than 2.4 million. In short, if "Youth Project" fails in ratings, Xinghe Film and Television can also get the guaranteed 2.4 million per episode. If the ratings are higher than expected, according to the ratings ratio, the price of the series will naturally rise.
When signing the contract, the director of the TV drama channel said to Yu Zhan and others, "We have never signed a weekly drama before. Cooperating with you is a brand new attempt. We cannot see the subsequent content of this drama and cannot know the quality of the entire drama. Therefore, we cannot buy it out at a high price all at once. Please understand."
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