Chapter 313 Hua Hin Progress
When Zhuo Ziyuan returned home, Li Xinyuan had already returned to the room alone, and Xu Xuehua was still waiting for him in the living room. Zhuo Ziyuan knew that this sister had something to talk to her.
Xu Xuehua asked Zhuo Ziyuan to have both official and private affairs, and came to the study on the second floor. She said bluntly, "Let's talk about official affairs first. In the past month, you have never asked me what I do. How is the progress?"
"What else am I worried about Sister Xue?" Zhuo Ziyuan asked back.
"You are very enthusiastic, but no matter how you say it, I have to report to you. After all, you are the boss. This month, I have basically figured out the cost of film and television production and the price of selling to the outside world. I have also established contacts with most domestic film and television companies and have also contacted some of them. When these production companies need to find investors in the future, I think we should put our Huaxin Entertainment on the list of considerations."
Speaking of this, Xu Xuehua paused for a moment and looked at Zhuo Ziyuan. Zhuo Ziyuan simply nodded to show that he understood.
"I'd better tell you about the several production companies I've come into contact with. I've met with 8 of them in total, namely..."
Zhuo Ziyuan raised his hand and interrupted Xu Xuehua's narrative. If he had to tell him so many details, he would have to talk about it. "Sister Xue, you don't have to tell me about such details. I just need to know the rough progress."
Xu Xuehua shook her. She really didn't know what to say about Zhuo Ziyuan's letting go attitude, and she couldn't help but feel a little moved in her heart. Fifty million US dollars is not a small amount of money. In China, there are only a handful of individuals with such a huge amount of liquidity. As a result, Zhuo Ziyuan gave it directly and didn't even care about anything he did. He just gave it a general direction. The rest depends on her own performance. How much trust is needed to dare to do things like this.
"Okay, that's all about business?" Xu Xuehua asked tentatively.
"No, I want to know more. Didn't you say you understand the price? Let me tell me how much the production cost of movies and TVs is. If we buy out the Internet copyright now, what price will it be?" Zhuo Ziyuan actually wanted to use this price to understand how long the money can last for Huaxin Entertainment.
"Now, domestic movie costs range from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of yuan, mainly depending on the actor's pay and the post-production cost. This cost is incomparable to the cost of foreign movies, such as the cost of actors, top-level and king-level ones, about four or five million, and down to the first-line actors, one or two million, and then hundreds of thousands of yuan. For some small-cost movies, the starring actors may only be second-tier actors, and the cost of the entire movie is basically only a few million. However, such movies are difficult to guarantee, and of course, it does not mean that if a first-tier star participates in the movie, you will definitely have a good box office. The film market in Xiangjiang was very bleak in the past two years, and there were few movies that could make money." Xu Xuehua's monthly work was not in vain, and she was just a matter of hand.
Zhuo Ziyuan, who was listening on the side, was a little uneasy because the costs and pay and other things that Xu Xuehua talked about were so low, which was different from his perception. However, thinking about the era he is in now, he felt relieved. Yes, the richest man in China now has only a lot of assets and how many assets he will have in the future. This is indeed incomparable. However, the production cost and pay are unexpectedly low. This shows that he has invested enough money in Huaxin Entertainment for a long time, and he even wanted to invest part of it in the Foresight Fund. Of course, now he is just thinking about it.
"The production cost of TV series is actually similar to that of movies. It mainly depends on the length of TV series. The main cost is the actor's pay. Currently, the top pay is basically more than 100,000 yuan per episode, and some supporting roles cost hundreds or thousands of yuan per episode. However, overall, a TV series with top stars with top stars is normal for an investment of 20 to 30 million yuan. TV series such as the Legend of Condor Heroes and the Legend of the Condor Heroes will cost tens of millions, among which the actors are big heads."
Speaking of this, Zhuo Ziyuan has a rough understanding of the cost of film and television production, but the most important thing is still not said, "Then what price should we need to buy out the Internet copyright?"
Xu Xuehua thought about this issue for a while, "Actually, I consulted several industry insiders. There is no price standard in the market now, because no one has any questions about online copyright, let alone buying and selling. Through the summary of multiple aspects, the price of buying out copyright will definitely be linked to the box office of the movie and the ratings of TV series. I estimate that the average online copyright of movies, more than 100,000,000,000, and hundreds of thousands of dollars are enough. I guess the top ten in the domestic box office can be handled within one million. For TV series, it may cost hundreds to thousands of dollars per episode. No one is paying attention to the online copyright at all. If you hadn't repeatedly emphasized that if you wanted to buy online copyright, from my perspective, you would definitely not have spent this money."
Indeed, from Xu Xuehua's perspective, she couldn't understand what the use of online copyrights is. If you want to watch these movies online? Isn't it all over the streets now? No one cares about them at all. Moreover, watching movies and TV series online must be downloaded first. One movie will be downloaded for several hours, or even more than ten hours. That's destined. Online viewing is not the mainstream, and the mainstream is still in cinemas and TV sets. So after earning enough box office and TV broadcasting rights, these movies are already idle. They can have tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of additional income, which is a new revenue point. What's more, which production company will only have one movie or one TV series, with a lot of inventory, and then it will be a considerable income. You must know that although the box office of movies is often tens of millions or hundreds of millions, the profits that can actually reach the producer's hands. A movie can have a net profit of tens of millions of dollars, which is already a burning incense, Amitabha.
Zhuo Ziyuan calculated in his mind that if an average TV is only 1,000 yuan per episode, that TV series is only 30 episodes, which means only 30,000 yuan, and then 50 million US dollars can buy 10,000 TV series, there are not so many TV series added in the first twenty years. If the average buyout price of a movie is 300,000 yuan, then you can buy 1,000 movies. Similarly, if all movies in China have added up in the past twenty years, it is not certain whether there is any such number? What's more, Zhuo Ziyuan set a big tone from the beginning. The purchase of all film and television copyrights has started in 1990, because in the previous movies or TV, the shooting effect will probably be no one can appreciate in another ten years. In this way, if all the copyrights of film and television networks in China are bought out, Huaxin Entertainment is also enough.
"If this is the case, then try to buy as much online copyrights as possible for these movies and TVs. Not only do you need to contact production companies, but many TV series are filmed and produced by major TV stations. You also need to start contacting TV stations. Priced according to box office and ratings. If you can package group purchases, try to package group purchases. Your first task now is to try your best to buy the most copyrights, and of course you have to take into account the investment in movies. In addition, we need to buy domestically, and we also need to find ways to buy foreign ones. You must include this in the plan. I hope that within one year, the tentacles of Hua Hin Entertainment can be extended to Europe and the United States, classic movies, American dramas, and English.
Dramas can be taken into consideration." Zhuo Ziyuan has started to investigate since he was preparing to establish a video website. He knew that there is currently no online broadcast platform in the world. For example, the mainstream of the film and television broadcast is the way to rent and sell movies. Among the stock investment portfolios that Zhuo Ziyuan had imagined at the beginning of his rebirth, except Penguin, a US company called Netflix. The company's current main business is online rental and sales of DVDs. This is also the largest film and television website in the US and has been listed. In fact, the method of renting DVDs is also very popular in China, but it is pirated.
"We also need to buy overseas movies? The production cost of some European and American movies is much higher than that of domestic movies. The only difference in celebrity pay is the same. Moreover, in the current situation in China, there are actually a lot of pirated movies. The production companies of the US imperial examinations cannot control this. Do you really think it is necessary? This investment is very small."
Europe and the United States pay attention to copyright, and piracy is generally impossible to appear on a large scale. The copyright of these films and TV series is definitely more expensive, but the current situation in Europe and the United States is also very obvious. They do not pay much attention to online copyright at all. Netflix's online sales are completely different from Zhuo Ziyuan's planned online playback. What Zhuo Ziyuan needs is the online playback rights, which are completely different from burning into DVD sales. It is very likely that these online playback rights are also at the same price as those in China, but the currency unit needs to be changed. This is also the reason why Zhuo Ziyuan did not let Xu Xuehua start the European and American markets immediately. It is because of limited financial strength. There should be some time for online video playback, so there is still some time left for Zhuo Ziyuan to plan.
As for what Xu Xuehua said, those Americans can't care about domestic affairs, Zhuo Ziyuan actually agrees that he has capital, so his company does not necessarily need to go public and financing, and he does not need to cash in shares. The problem is that in the future, the video website market will not be the only one. There will definitely be websites in China to be listed in the US. At that time, the content of their websites was bought for money. How could they watch other websites use pirated resources at will? These websites will definitely crack down on piracy at any cost. This is something Zhuo Ziyuan has to face. He can ignore the laws of the US imperialists, but cannot ignore the laws of the Chinese. Moreover, even without those websites listed in the US imperialists, the country's blow to piracy will not be relaxed due to the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Zhuo Ziyuan dared not think about it.
"It's okay, take it slowly, how much money you have to do, the 50 million you have now are used for domestic copyright transactions. If you are ready to impact the international market in the future, I will naturally find a way to continue to provide funds." Zhuo Ziyuan said.
"That's good. This money is not just used to buy copyrights. When we enter the entertainment industry, we will inevitably cultivate our own artists, set up our own production team, and shoot our own movies." Xu Xuehua was relieved. Although Zhuo Ziyuan gave a lot of money, she didn't know how long she could last if she really wanted to do it. After all, she was really unsure about buying out the Internet copyright.
Chapter completed!