Today's China has entered the year 2000. After the new century, the entertainment and culture industry has become completely booming.

Whether it is the world's general environment with the theme of peace, or the contemporary China's national strength and people's wealth, the combination of the two has given an excellent environment for the development of the entertainment and cultural industry.

In particular, the large market of East Asia is completely a circle with China as the core, which gives all walks of life in China unique innate advantages compared to the West and the United States.

But even so, the first broadcast rights of a TV series were sold for a record price of 5 million yuan per episode. This is absolutely shocking news for the entire entertainment industry.

We must know that last year, in the entire domestic film and television industry, the TV series with the highest first-broadcast rights sold, the price of a single episode was only 3 million yuan.

And now Yang Ming's new drama "The Legend of White Snake" has suddenly increased by 2 million yuan, which has broken the psychological limits of many people.

Five million per episode, a 50-episode TV series, just for the first broadcast rights, received an investment return of 250 million yuan.

Too exaggerated.

250 million yuan, that is, Yang Ming's new drama has not yet started filming, and the investment has already been recovered, and it can also make a small profit.

This news was reported by the media and had a huge impact on the entire film and television industry.

Everyone was in disbelief.

As a result, many people have questioned the unprecedented single episode price of the first broadcast rights of "The Legend of White Snake" on different occasions.

"Oriental DreamWorks and Phoenix TV, for some people, this means taking the money from their right pocket and putting it into their left pocket. Even if they offer a price of 100 million for a single episode, I wouldn't be too surprised.

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"The price of 5 million yuan for a single episode is too high. This completely destroys the normal environment of the film and television drama market. We should strictly resist this malicious hype."

"The first broadcast rights of a 50-episode TV series can be sold for a sky-high price of 250 million. This does not include the income from the second round, the third round and the audio-visual copyright. I feel that even the income from a blockbuster movie is

But that’s it, right? This is too outrageous and exaggerated, and it does not benefit the development of the Chinese film and television industry at all.”

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Among the celebrities who fiercely criticized the practices of Oriental DreamWorks and Phoenix TV, there are some big-name directors and respected seniors in the film and television industry.

Some people are indeed skeptical, but some people's intentions are not so simple.

In their interviews with the media, they all implicitly mentioned the well-known relationship between Oriental DreamWorks and Phoenix TV, and secretly pointed the finger at Yang Ming, believing that Yang Ming was trying to hype up the fame of this TV series.

, and deliberately made such an exaggerated and outrageous signing cooperation.

All of a sudden, negative news about the record-setting transaction price for the first broadcast rights of "The Legend of White Snake" flooded the entertainment media news of all sizes.

Dongyang Film and Television Base.

night.

The lanterns are turned on and night falls.

Yang Ming led the crew to shoot for a day today. He had no plans to shoot in the evening, so he returned to the hotel, took a shower, prepared to have a meal, and then went over the scenes shot today.

"Haha, Mr. Yang, as many people love you as you do, there are just as many people who hate you!" Wu Yuanzhi said with a smile while eating.

After the press conference, she did not leave immediately like Liu Xinsheng, but stayed here, pestering Yang Ming in the hope that he would agree to participate in the performance of "The Same Song" in New York!

Yang Ming also felt very helpless about this.

In fact, he felt there was no need to participate in this episode of "Same Song".

According to Wu Yuanzhi's plan, several well-known star singers have been invited, plus veteran Chinese singers who have settled in the United States, which is enough to support the recording of this issue of "The Same Song".

After all, the popularity of "Same Song" now is no longer what it was when filming first started. Both its popularity and its attraction to celebrities have undergone earth-shaking changes.

Although "The Same Song" was recorded in New York this time, it is already known to everyone in China. It has great influence even in other East Asian countries, and the copyright has already been sold to other East Asian countries.

Therefore, although this variety show is only once a month, for all Chinese singers and stars, except for those few top-level superstar singers, other singers are very willing to take time off to participate in the recording of the show.

In this case, whether Yang Ming goes to record or not will not affect the failure of the program.

At best, it just adds luster.

But Wu Yuanzhi’s reasons are also very good.

This time, "The Same Song" was recorded in overseas Chinese gathering places in Chinatown. It can be said that it is an unprecedented first time for a domestic variety show. There has never been such a program planning before.

Even if there are, they are documentary-type programs, and there is no precedent for variety shows.

It is said that in order to ensure that the recording of the program was foolproof, Wu Yuanzhi had to come to Yang Ming. As long as Yang Ming participated in the recording of the program, it would undoubtedly add a layer of insurance to the recording of the program.

In particular, Yang Ming is now regarded as the most influential celebrity artist in the Chinese entertainment industry in the United States. His participation in the recording of the program is enough to ensure the influence of this program.

When Yang Ming heard Wu Yuanzhi's words, he smiled and shook his head without saying anything. Everything that happened now was already expected by them. The people below also have a special response plan for this situation, which is probably already being implemented.

Seeing Yang Ming's lazy look, Wu Yuanzhi felt speechless and a little annoyed: "Mr. Yang, do you support my work? If you don't support my work, how will I face those subordinates in the future?"

Down!"

When she came, she went to Haikou with the people below and made sure to drag her boss into the recording of this program.

If Yang Ming doesn't go now, she will lose face.

Who will listen to what she says in the future?

Of course, this is what Wu Yuanzhi told Yang Ming, and no one knows whether it is true or false.

When Yang Ming heard Wu Yuanzhi's words, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and did it again.

But he can also understand the other party's painstaking efforts.

He thought about the time arrangement seriously, and then said helplessly: "Okay, okay, Sister Wu, I agree, isn't it okay if I agree?"

Hearing Yang Ming's promise, Wu Yuanzhi finally showed a victorious smile, and then hurriedly picked up food for Yang Ming: "Hey, I'm not doing this just for work! Besides, I'm not working so hard to make money for you, a big boss!"

Yang Ming shook his head and smiled weakly, speechless.

In his previous life, he had nothing to do all day long, always hoping that one day he would become famous, with endless movies to film, endless work to do, and endless announcements to make.

It wasn't until this life that he realized that being a star, especially a popular celebrity artist, was really a blessing.

No matter what the occasion, you should express as few opinions as possible to avoid causing public misunderstanding.

No matter where you are, avoid all kinds of candid photos.

No matter what you do, you must go all out, otherwise if you fail, endless negative news will come like a tide.

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In short, Yang Ming felt too tired.

This year, he has begun to adjust his shooting plan and prepares to only shoot one movie a year, but he is still too busy.

If it weren't for his status as the big boss who can do whatever he wants, he would probably be even busier!

The next day, all kinds of negative news about the sky-high price of 5 million for a single episode of the premiere rights to "The Legend of White Snake" were still flying everywhere, becoming the focus of reports by various entertainment news media.

It seems that things are getting bigger and bigger.

There are also faint shadows of several film and television companies in it.

This is also understandable.

Ever since Yang Ming announced his plan to film a TV series, he has completely dominated the front pages of all entertainment news.

Even if several subsequent film and television companies have announced new drama shooting plans that have broken investment records of various companies, they still cannot compare with the influence of "The Legend of White Snake".

The filming plans of these film and television companies include almost every film with a star-studded cast. Even so, it is still not as scary as "The Legend of the White Snake".

Everyone is filming TV series, why is there such a big gap?

Sometimes, if you don't compare, you won't know the difference.

But after comparison, the gap is too big, and some film and television companies will inevitably feel resentful.

It's also a TV series, and it's also a big production, but Yang Ming's new drama is always weighing on them, so naturally they have unhappy thoughts.

In addition, it has been reported from high-level government officials that the country will pay more and more attention to the export of Chinese culture in film and television dramas, and these film and television companies are also paying more and more attention to the filming of their new dramas.

Therefore, they decided to bid farewell to Yang Ming and compete for the limelight.

Everyone is filming TV series, so why should a young man's TV series capture everyone's attention before it is even aired?

That's why there is competition.

All overt and covert tricks were used.

Just then.

A news interview video was first exposed on the Internet.

"May I ask what you think about Yang Ming's new drama "The Legend of White Snake", which sold the premiere rights for a sky-high price of 5 million per episode?"

"Well, um, I think Yang Ming's TV series is worth the price!"

"Why do you have so much confidence in Yang Ming?"

"It's not that I have confidence in him, but Yang Ming's previous achievements are enough for people to dare to make such a big bet."

"But don't you think the price of 5 million for a single episode is too exaggerated? Some people say that this price completely breaks the normal film and television drama market!"

"Nonsense! Let's put it this way, for our TV station, there will never be too few well-produced TV series. As long as the ratings are guaranteed, then our TV station is willing to pay no matter how much the price is; of course,

Shoddy movies and TV dramas are not included; in addition, I want to say that if Phoenix TV
To be continued...