Chapter 60 Before It Rains
Shortly after Xu Rong left the gym, Xu Xing quietly took off his headphones, turned his head and glanced at Xiao Zhang who had already collapsed on the massage chair beside him. He hesitated for a moment and suddenly asked, "Sister Xiaofei?"
"Ah?" Xiao Zhang responded weakly. She was too tired because she wanted to liberate her nature and release her potential. At this time, she felt that her little arms and legs had no strength at all.
She heard Teacher Xu say a long time ago that acting is a profession that is very similar to welders.
They all have certain requirements for physical strength, and they are not high, but if the technology does not reach that level, even if weld a hundred times or a thousand times, we will still do whatever we want.
Just as Teacher Feng Yuanzheng said, his first move in the first play he arranged in the People's Art Theater, lifting the door curtain and entering the venue.
Just such a simple action, the director repeatedly asked to "go down and do it again" all morning.
The movement was simple and effortless, but under the watch of more than a dozen people, when it was lunch time, he felt that he could not raise his hand at all because his strength and courage were completely consumed.
Xu Xing looked at her quietly and said carelessly: "Are you familiar with Jin Fangfang?"
Xiao Zhang shook his head and said, "Well, it's okay. She is very outstanding and very smart. Teacher Xu said that in the agency, there are not many people who do better than her."
"By the way, she graduated from Renmin University."
Xu Xing was silent again. After a while, she couldn't hold it in. She walked off the treadmill, sat on the chair beside Xiao Zhang, and asked, "Didn't you realize that she looked at her brother strangely sometimes?"
"It's just feeling, feeling, obsessed."
Xiao Zhang also sat upright, rubbed his sore calves, and said naturally: "I know."
Xu Xing completely didn't understand. If it were her who stood on Xiao Zhang's side, she would have tried every means to replace Jin Fangfang, so she asked: "Then why are you pretending to know nothing?"
Xiao Zhang tilted his head, looked at her with a smile, and said, "Do you want to ask me, why don't I mind?"
"Um."
"Of course I mind, but what I mind is not that others like Teacher Xu, because there are many people who like him, which proves that my vision is quite good. And when many people don't like Teacher Xu, I like him first." Xiao Zhang analyzed with a reasonable and well-founded analysis, "What I mind is whether Teacher Xu likes me."
As Xiao Zhang spoke, he suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at Xu Xing, and said, "Just like you, sometimes the sight of Teacher Xu is very wrong. Didn't I say anything to you?"
Xu Xing stood up in a panic, and when he was about to defend himself, he saw Xiao Zhang suddenly smiled with his head raised.
"I'm kidding."
Xu Xing suddenly felt a little embarrassed and didn't dare to let her continue. She thrust her chest and her back with awesomeness and chest, and said, "I feel uncomfortable anyway. I only have a thousand days to be a thief. How can I defend against thieves for a thousand days? Let's go up and let the vixen named Jin see that although we are not as fierce as her, our legs are longer than her and our figure is better than her!"
Xiao Zhang patted her little butt and said with a chuckle: "It's more upside than her."
upstairs.
"invest?"
Xu Rong was quite novel when he heard Jin Fangfang's statement. LeTV has been unique among many domestic online video platforms in the past two years and has a great lead, mainly due to the fact that he has obtained the copyright of thousands of film and television dramas at a bargain price in the past few years.
It is said that many of them are less than 100,000.
The reason why it is so cheap is mainly due to the large backlog of works by various domestic film and television companies.
In recent years, with the influx of hot money, the mainland film and television market has expanded sharply, which has also led to nearly 50% of film and television dramas being unable to be released and broadcast every year.
In terms of response strategy, in the subsequent production, it is a matter of using the expenses to attract big-name stars as much as possible. It is a natural thing to reduce the cost of other productions, but the backlog of finished products has completely become useless, and it is a pity to eat it.
It feels uncomfortable to think about it, after all, it costs real money.
LeTV targeted the embarrassing situation of film and television companies, and almost bought all the backlogs of domestic film and television companies at extremely low prices.
However, since this year, relevant departments have begun to deeply realize that copyright protection is imminent, piracy is rampant, and oversupply environment has driven the entire industry to show signs of bad money driving out good money.
There are investors, directors and actors who are serious about creation and art, but only a few are there. The vast majority of people who invest in film and television and engage in the film and television industry still come to make money.
But the more serious you are, the more money you spend, and the longer you spend. Just like Liu Heping, in order to write a new script, he traveled all over the Taiwan Strait and the three places, looked up a large amount of documents obtained during the Republic of China period, and read more than 30 million words of materials before he wrote the draft of the script.
Such screenwriters are not popular in this industry.
Because the more effort the screenwriter puts in, the less he can't accept investors, directors, and actors changing the script at will.
The most direct impact of the "Sword Network Operation" launched by relevant departments this year on the film and television industry is that the copyright fees of film and television works soared overnight.
Gone are the era of buying copyright at a bargain price.
Xu Rong picked up the water cup, took a sip, and asked slowly: "It means that they took away the copyright, and then they didn't give me a penny, and they made money for nothing?"
He has only two deepest understanding of investment: real estate and original stocks can make money, and other things such as stocks, funds, insurance, etc. are all cheating money.
Because if they don’t make money, they have to pay so much effort to get a license, so why are they going public?
You can't contribute to society, right?
"LeTV Group has just been listed this year, and the market expectations are relatively good. Obtaining the equity of LeTV Film and Television is also a relatively cost-effective transaction." Jin Fangfang analyzed, "That's right, we are in a hurry to lack cash flow, so I still recommend choosing Youku."
“What is the price for Youku?”
"One hundred million, buy out for three years."
Xu Rong roughly calculated that 100 million is not a big deal, but if the income tax and costs he needs to pay is included, it means that on average, he lost money in the past two years, and because it was a buyout, although the copyright is still in his hands, he can only look at it when he is idle.
After buying the copyright of "Ming Dynasty 1566", he was just thinking about his thoughts. He didn't think about making money at the beginning, but at the moment, he had to consider how to maximize his interests.
When he talks with Wang Yaqin, he talks about morality, Pu Cunxi, he talks about ideals, while when he talks with other people, he neither talks about morality nor ideals, but only talks about interests. When he meets people who should talk about morality or ideals, he will only be regarded as a fool.
He looked at Jin Fangfang and asked, "What about you?"
Jin Fangfang smiled with her lips pursed and said, "Youku is a little beautiful."
"What are your expectations?"
Jin Fangfang took out the data and said, "I asked Luo Liping that the exclusive broadcast of "Before Dawn" Hualu is 3 million. Of course, this price is not for selling, but for not being able to sell. Considering that "Ming" has been broadcast on Beijing TV after all, if it is bought out, it will be a base of 2 million. If they want to buy the second and third years, starting from 10 million, that is to say, the total price in three years cannot be less than 12 million."
Xu Rong silently calculated the following in his heart, and after a while, he asked, "Is it too high?"
Because "Ming Dynasty 1566" has 46 episodes!
According to Jin Fangfang, if he sells his exclusive broadcast rights for one year, he will not only make a profit, but also make nearly 10 million yuan.
The reason why it is nearly 10 million, not doubled is that even if it is sold at Jin Fangfang's estimated price, it will still have to pay a 35% income tax.
Jin Fangfang shook her head and said, "This price is not high. Let's take this drama, plus the investment in remakes, the book amount spent nearly 50 million. If it is not recorded on the book, it can be converted into 10 million. In other words, even if it is sold for 2 million, we basically don't have a penny profit."
Xu Rong understood what Jin Fangfang meant. He won the copyright of "The Ming Dynasty" through Zhou Imperial. As for how they divided the five million public relations fee, these were not within his concern.
But if Jin Fangfang said, he actually didn't make any money.
But I thought that the purpose of buying it at the beginning was not to make money. If you don’t make money, you won’t make money. Thank you for being broadcast.
Jin Fangfang sorted out the information and said, "I don't think there is any need to worry about this. If we can't reach an agreement with the video platform, we can choose to sell it to the TV station. As long as we sell it enough times, we can still make a profit. After a few days, the ratings should still be up..."
"Yo, Sister Fangfang is here." A youthful voice interrupted Jin Fangfang's words. After the voice, Xiao Zhang and Xu Xing walked out.
Jin Fangfang turned her face and looked at Xu Xing, wearing a black tight sportswear and Xiao Zhang, who was showing her long legs without any concealment while wearing pairs of sports shoes. After being stunned, he nodded at the two of them and said, "Well, come and discuss with Xu Rong. Are you just finished exercising?"
She said, looking at her long legs with two black and two white, she picked up the water cup, lowered her head and took a sip.
As far as her breasts are concerned, they are both scumbags in front of her, but she is too short. Although she is trying hard to control her figure, she does not have the long legs of Xiao Zhang, nor does she have the orderly curves of Xu Xing.
Compared to Xiao Zhang, she thinks Xu Xing is the most potential. No matter whether it is face or figure, it is a high-quality vase. As long as you are willing to spend money, it is not difficult to get a name like "Xu Tianxian".
After watching the two say hello, Xu Rong slowly shook her legs, twisted her butt into the kitchen, chuckled, and said, "Don't be as familiar with them as they are children, they don't know anything."
Jin Fangfang smiled with a pursed lips and said, "I'm declaring sovereignty to me. Okay, I won't sit for a long time. Let's go back first. If you have any news, please contact you by phone."
“Slow down the road.”
After seeing Jin Fangfang off and entering the door, Xu Rong saw Xiao Zhang and Xu Xing holding bottles of cold drinks, staring at him fiercely, and immediately understood the reason.
When Jin Fangfang came just now, she was wearing a kawaii white T-shirt. Although she was wearing a denim jacket on the outside, her natural domineering aura could not be suppressed by a jacket.
He reached out and pointed back, saying, "By the way, if you two know the right one, and introduce them to Jin Fangfang, they are all old aunts. If you delay this, no one can stop her from dying alone."
The two of them laughed inexplicably at the same time.
Xu Rong turned around silently, went upstairs, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Teacher Xu."
"Teacher Xu, come out soon."
"What's wrong?" Xu Rong had just taken the shower halfway, and Xiao Zhang's anxious voice came from outside the door.
Xu Rong opened the door, looked at Xiao Zhang, who was flushed with an anxious face outside, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"On Weibo, on Weibo, many people say that I joined the People's Art Theater this year because you were favoritism and fraud." Xiao Zhang pointed at his phone, his face flushed with anger.
Teacher Feng Yuanzheng said that she has a solid foundation and her style is in line with the People's Art Theater. Why can these laymen talk about it?
Xu Rong smiled and said, "I thought why, don't worry about them, just say whatever you like."
He actually didn't know who started it first. At the People's Art Theater, he entered the art committee at the age of 24 and served as the deputy captain of the actors team, which would inevitably make some people crazy about jealousy.
And for his colleagues in the film and television industry, there will be another week for the Golden Eagle TV Festival award ceremony. If there is no big surprise, this year, he will be able to achieve the highest honor of the TV series TV King's Grand Slam.
Moreover, he offended many people in the past. Chang Jihong, Zhang Jizhong, Yu Zheng, and some colleagues who thought he was blocking the financial situation and stakeholders did not mind adding fuel to the fire at this time.
In addition to the current hot broadcast and discussion of "The Ming Dynasty", many viewers and media have gradually ranked him with Wang Zhiwen, Chen Baoguo and others, which is a situation that many peers are unwilling to see.
In this world, many people are not thinking about how to strive for the best, but how to pull the people above while they are still standing still.
After he finished taking a shower and sat by the bed, Xiao Zhang was not in a hurry at this time, because she had discovered just now that Teacher Xu was not panicked at all after hearing the news.
He must have a way.
"Teacher Xu, what are you going to do?"
Xu Rong smiled and said, "Don't worry, do you think I asked you to apply for the People's Art Theater and I was the chief examiner of this year, so I didn't expect this?"
“Jealousy is often beyond recognition!”
"You are qualified to apply for the exam, and you have also participated in the interview and written test. And you have excellent grades in each link, and there is no place to violate the rules." Xu Rong picked up the biography of the great man at the head of the bed and drew out the bookmarks and said, "There is nothing to worry about."
"But many people on the Internet say that you must be favored."
Xu Rong blinked at him and said, "If I were to be favored, Xu Xing would be a member of the People's Art Theater. In terms of relationships, he is my own sister. Shouldn't I take care of her more?"
"Hmm?" Xiao Zhang slowly frowned and asked, "Teacher Xu, have you expected what happened today before you specifically asked Xu Xing to apply for the exam?"
"I remember she said that she didn't apply for the exam at first, but you said she had a high probability of passing the exam and let her register."
Xu Rong gently closed the book and said, "If you put on that maid outfit, I will tell you."
Chapter completed!