At the new year's Shanghai Economic Summit, Wei Yang, as a representative of Shanghai's business and one of the leaders of Shanghai's film, television and cultural industries, successfully took the stage and further solidified his identity as a big shot in the Shanghai circle.
In fact, Wei Yang still has a certain status in the business community of Shanghai. Although Blue Whale Company has a small market value and assets, and its tax payments are not as high as those of large companies.
But Blue Whale has a great influence. It has been making crazy moves in the film and television culture industry in recent years and is also one of the most prestigious companies in the industry.
There are many industries that cannot be summarized by market value and economy, sports and culture are the most vivid examples.
To some extent, it represents the soft power of a city, especially for Shanghai, one of the top two cities in the country, which values comprehensive strength more and cannot fall behind.
Blue Whale may not make as much money and pay as many taxes as real estate, automobile, financial and other companies, but hit dramas like "The East Palace" and "Joy of Life" are popular all over the country and have extremely high popularity and influence.
As a company in Shanghai, Blue Whale is a symbol of the thriving development of Shanghai's local cultural and film and television industries, which are all political achievements.
Because of this, as Blue Whale became more and more famous, Wei Yang also gained some official support and his status also improved accordingly.
Not to mention that Wei Yang has a great image, started from scratch, is famous and has a good reputation. He is simply a standard young business idol.
The only issue that has been criticized is his lifestyle. However, considering that it is a private enterprise, is young, and has never been actually acknowledged, it is not a big deal.
Therefore, the Shanghai authorities intentionally supported Wei Yang, otherwise they would not have allowed him to show up at such an important summit.
This summit is of a very high level and will be broadcast on Shanghai TV's "Evening News" later, and may even be on "News Network". Of course, it is hard to say whether Wei Yang will be included in the show.
This also shows Boss Wei's current strength in Shanghai.
Perhaps many wealthy people in Shanghai are richer than him, but their actual influence, business status and weight in the eyes of officials are far inferior to him.
After attending the summit, Wei Yang had another important thing to remember, which was that Blue Whale had finally moved.
As I mentioned before, Blue Whale was growing bigger and bigger. The original office was too remote and too small to support the company's development, so we officially moved after the Spring Festival.
The new company is located in a building in Xuhui, occupying a total of three floors, two of which belong to Blue Whale.
Another layer, Wei Yang moved Orange Shell Culture Company, Jade Shrimp Film and Television Investment Company, and several other related companies here.
Firstly, it is convenient for local management. At the same time, many of the businesses of these companies involve social interactions, so it is easier to cooperate if they are in the same office.
At present, the only companies under Wei Yang’s name or actual controlling stake that have not moved are Red Shark Games and Green Crab Venture Capital.
Wei Yang is very optimistic about the former and believes that its size will continue to rise in the future, so he gave it independence.
As for Blue Crab Venture Capital, it belongs to Wei Yang’s personal financial management company. It involves too many investments in various aspects and there is no need to put it together with companies like Blue Whale.
Although they said they would move after the Spring Festival, in fact many employees had already moved here before the Spring Festival, and now they are moving completely.
Blue Whale, President's Office
Wei Yang looked at his new office and nodded with satisfaction.
The new office is larger than the one in Baoshan, about 200 square meters, and includes a lounge, tea room, toilet, bathroom and changing room, so it can be used as a home.
Moreover, compared with the old version, the decoration plan of the new office was decided by Wei Yang himself. It is grand, luxurious and extremely beautiful.
What makes Wei Yang most satisfied is that the floor-to-ceiling windows of his office face the Huangpu River. The 28-story height allows him to enjoy the river and building views outside, giving him a feeling of looking down on the world.
After getting a cup of coffee from the coffee machine, Wei Yang sat on the sofa in front of the window, quietly enjoying his new office.
Dongdong——
There was a knock on the door, and Hu Ya, who was still his secretary, came in: "Boss, Vice President Xiao is here."
During the Blue Whale relocation, the company also underwent a certain degree of reorganization, including the previously mentioned film and television department being divided into the TV department and the film department, and the promotion of several vice presidents to share management pressure and so on.
Due to the great success of "Joy of Life", Xiao was successfully promoted to deputy general manager, mainly responsible for managing film and television business.
"Old Xiao, sit down."
As a new senior executive of the company, Xiao Jiu's address changed from his previous more formal name or Zhi to the more intimate Lao Xiao, which also represents Wei Yang's appreciation and attitude towards him.
Vice President Xiao had a bright smile on his face, and before even sitting down, he couldn't wait to share the good news.
"Boss, Joy of Life has surpassed 4."
Wei Yang was stunned and took the folder handed to him by Vice President Xiao, which contained the statistical results that had just been released today.
"Joy of Life" had an average audience rating of 4.02 and an audience share of 25.7%, ranking first in the same period.
Wei Yang couldn't help but smile.
According to prior estimates, there is a high chance that "Joy of Life" will break 4, but estimates are just estimates, and the actual results may not always be that accurate.
If it were broadcast normally, it might not be difficult, but who can blame "Joy of Life" for happening during the Spring Festival?
The Gala was forced to suspend broadcasts for one day on the day of the Spring Festival. The ratings were also affected to a certain extent on the first and second days of the Lunar New Year due to the audience's heavy Spring Festival affairs.
After all, when following updates, whether it is a TV series or a movie, what matters is continuity and stability.
If there is a pause in the middle, and other reasons cause the audience to stop following the series, then the audience may simply stop following the series. Or they may save up and then watch the whole series online.
Even if these audiences account for a small part, it will hurt the results.
Therefore, "Joy of Life" was forced to setback for several days, and only after the momentum of the Spring Festival passed did it recover and finally break 4.
However, with this delay and the fact that there are only a few episodes left, it is estimated that the subsequent ratings will only increase slightly, and will most likely remain above 4.
But Wei Yang is already very satisfied. To be honest, he has confidence in "Joy of Life", but he didn't expect it to break 4.
The competition for TV dramas is becoming increasingly fierce, and the subject matter of "Joy of Life" itself is more inclined towards the Internet rather than the TV platform. Even with all the bonuses Wei Yang has created, he thinks it would be good enough to break 3.
Now this result is far beyond his expectations, so why should Wei Yang be dissatisfied?
"Notify the publicity and promotion team to hold their last shift and work closely with the Hunan Province to ensure that the ratings remain stable. If they do, the company will reward them with bonuses."
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"Understood. I'll arrange it right away."
Breaking 4 is not the ultimate goal. The victory is to keep the score above 4 stable until the end of the TV series broadcast.
After Xiao left, Wei Yang looked at the report again and his cell phone rang. Naturally, someone saw the message and came to congratulate him.
Breaking 3 and breaking 4 are two completely different concepts! Although it was impressive that "Eastern Palace" broke 3 last year, CCTV also had several dramas that broke 3, so in the eyes of the outside world, with the help of the platform and the current situation, breaking 3 may not be impossible for everyone.
But breaking 4 is different. Since the change in the way of counting ratings, only "My Love from the Star" has achieved this in recent years. "Joy of Life" has become the second one, and its impact is huge.
As the leading actor of these two dramas, Wei Yang has become even more popular.
However, I didn't have much actual contact with him. I knew that it was almost impossible for Wei Yang to take on any outside roles, and more importantly, it was too expensive.
At present, the lowest price for a single episode of Wei Yang's TV series is more than 850,000, and the actual bids are basically over 1 million.
If Wei Yang is willing to take on behind-the-scenes work such as screenwriter and director, there will be another huge reward.
A company in Beijing offered Wei Yang a sky-high price of 45 million, including 10 million for the script + 30 million for the film salary + 5 million for behind-the-scenes production.
This is just cash. In addition, the company also promised to give Wei Yang 30% of the crew's profits.
No matter how much the profit can be, as long as Wei Yang nods, 45 million will be in his hands.
Even if you bring Jackie Chan to film a TV series, he may not get that much.
After all, even if it was Cheng Long, the platform would have to be vague. But if Wei Yang's name was used and the total revenue was less than 100 million, the person responsible for issuing the shares could be shot.
Either he took kickbacks or he is a fool. No matter what he does, it's a waste of food.
The sharp rise in Wei Yang's pay and related prices directly led to the cost of the last two parts of "Joy of Life" rising to a higher level, and also greatly increased the difficulty of Wei Yang's subsequent TV filming.
The cost of hiring him is too high. Even if it is converted into film remuneration, the share of the profits he takes away is not a small amount.
For TV series with slightly lower costs, Wei Yang takes too much and there is basically no profit margin. It is equivalent to the film producers working for Wei Yang.
Even if Wei Yang can offer a friendly price, it cannot be too excessive. These are his personal profits, and the price of the TV series is entirely supported by him. It is impossible for him to let shareholders and other partners get it for free.
So the current situation is very embarrassing, and there is even an outrageous phenomenon that makes people laugh and cry -
Wei Yang can't even afford to hire himself!
As for subsequent small and medium-cost dramas produced by Blue Whale, unless Wei Yang is particularly suitable and is offered a reduced price to star in them, there is basically no need to consider them.
Of course, that's what they said, but they are family after all. If Wei Yang wants to act, Blue Whale and the film company can naturally work out various concession clauses and coordinate slowly.
Even if Wei Yang suffers a loss in his personal salary, he can still earn it back from other sources such as Blue Whale.
You can't really stop acting, it would be a foolish act to waste your fame and reputation...
At the end of January, the finale of the first season of "Joy of Life" was broadcast.
The plot stopped at the critical point where Fan Xian was backstabbed, causing countless viewers to curse. Wei Yang's Weibo comment section was trampled to pieces, and even his fans couldn't stand it.
But no matter what, the final ratings of 4.11 still make "Joy of Life" one of the best-performing TV series in recent years.
As Wei Yang’s reputation grows, everyone is looking forward to the next two parts of “Joy of Life” even more.
Blue Whale also announced that starting from March, "Celebrating Yu Nian 2" and "Celebrating Yu Nian 3" will start shooting in Hengdian...
(End of this chapter)