Who is still a star after rebirth?

Chapter 392 Making a Lot of Money

Lin Luo is quite experienced.

Although Zhou Shiwen pretended not to care, Lin Luo still saw his desire.

In fact, there is no need to see anything. Lin Luo just needs to make sure that he has good cards in his hand, and then he can negotiate a price that satisfies him.

However, the cost of this play is nearly 100 million yuan, and the business is so big that it is definitely impossible to complete the negotiations in one day.

The two sides argued for three days, and finally Lin Luo agreed to sell "Love O300O" to Blueberry TV for million per episode.

This is a very exaggerated price, exceeding Blueberry Station's original budget.

According to Zhou Shiwen, the price of Love O2O ranks among the top three TV dramas this year.

There is only one palace fighting drama called "Legend of Ru Yue" which is better than "Love O2O".

However, the original crew of "Kurugetsu-den" had the foundation of the phenomenal previous work.

As for "Love O2O", it was really because the TV station had high hopes for Lin Luo that they gritted their teeth and spent so much money to buy it.

If this thing flopped, Blueberry TV would just have to find a piece of tofu to smash itself into.

What’s interesting is that after negotiating the price, Zhou Shiwen actually asked Lin Luo how he wanted to sell “You Are My Glory”.

Lin Luo understood the implicit meaning of Zhou Shiwen's words, and he was also interested in "You Are My Glory".

But it’s useless to be interested. "Love O2O" obviously exceeds the budget of Blueberry TV, and they will not buy another drama from them.

It cost hundreds of millions to buy a TV series like "Love O2O", so the TV station must be under pressure.

Although Lin Luo thought that Blueberry TV was making so much money from "Running Man" that it should really learn from the Mango TV next door and increase the budget for purchasing dramas——

Among all the major TV stations in China, Mango TV is the most willing to spend money on purchasing TV dramas.

This is also the reason why Mango TV is most likely to produce hit dramas. It’s not because their vision is much better than other TV stations, but mainly because they are willing to spend money.

Anyway, Lin Luo has already contacted the relevant person in charge of Mango TV.

If Mango TV is willing to spend money, he doesn't mind selling "You Are My Glory" to Mango TV.

But before that, Lin Luo has to continue selling "Love O2O" because now he has only sold the TV rights, and there is still a lot of money to be made from the online broadcast.

Of course, online broadcasting is connected with the three major platforms, Penguin, Kiwi and Youku.

But this time, Lin Luo asked Cui Xiwen to represent him and negotiate the price with the three major websites.

Logically speaking, an assistant is not qualified to help him negotiate business, but Lin Luo’s expectation for Cui Xiwen is to let her be his agent in the future.

And now, Lin Luo wants to test Cui Xiwen's ability.

Cui Xiwen didn't expect that Lin Luo would actually entrust her with this business worth tens of millions.

Although Cui Xiwen knew that if she failed to negotiate well, Lin Luo would definitely step in, she still felt tremendous pressure.

In the end, Cui Xiwen’s performance wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad either, and the price was negotiated back and forth.

When the atmosphere was right, Lin Luo finally chose to cooperate with Penguin Video and go the route of guaranteed profit sharing.

Penguin gave Lin Luo 80 million, and the rest was a bet. If the on-demand volume reached a certain standard, a large amount of revenue would be credited to his account. If the on-demand volume did not reach the standard, the 80 million would be the buyout price.

The contract was very complicated and the lawyers on both sides discussed it for a long time.

After both parties signed the agreement, Lin Luo breathed a sigh of relief. Before Love O2O was even aired, all costs had been recovered, and he even made hundreds of millions in profit!
Why hundreds of millions?

Because the cost of "Love O2O" includes the pay of Lin Luo and Xiao Longyue.

But the problem is that the pay of Lin Luo and Xiao Longyue is just a number. They pay themselves. The result is that the cost is increased a little, the tax is a little more, but the TV station also pays a little...

Next, I will go to Mango TV to discuss business. There is an advantage in discussing with Mango TV. Mango TV has its own video website, so when they purchase dramas, they usually buy the drama and the online copyright together, so Lin Luo doesn't have to go to the Big Three or something like that.

However, it is hard to say whether Mango TV is willing to pay for "You Are My Glory".

Fortunately, Lin Luo, who is famous, will be respected by any TV station he goes to with his TV series.

Although these TV stations respect "What's Wrong with Secretary Kim" and "Full House".

But it's not important.

In the future, they will respect "Love O2O" and "You Are My Glory" more.

Facts have proved that there is never a shortage of buyers for good works. After the film screening, Mango TV only held a short meeting of twenty minutes before deciding to buy "You Are My Glory".

In terms of cost, "You Are My Glory" and "Love O2O" are similar.

The cost that Lin Luo announced was also 100 million. In fact, if his and Xu Yifei's pay was not counted, the cost of this film would be much lower.

In fact, most of the idol dramas that cost over 100 million yuan are spent on the salaries of the male and female protagonists.

Lin Luo can shoot his own drama for free, and Xu Yifei can also make some sacrifices and take less money temporarily, so the cost can be reduced a lot, and it can be done with 50 million.

This is because Lin Luo pursues results and wants the best of everything.

For example, Qiao Jingjing, played by Xu Yifei, received a salary of 40 to 50 million yuan for filming the TV series for more than a month.

Since the character is set as a superstar of this level, it is natural that the food and clothing must be fully expended, especially the clothes, which are almost all high-end custom-made.

Moreover, in order to conform to the professional settings, you have to keep changing different clothes.

In addition, the villas in the drama, the fan meeting venues, etc., are all of very high standards...

Only when money is spent wisely will the results be good and the TV stations will pay for it.

For example, Mango TV spent 150 million to pay for "You Are My Glory".

Don’t ask why it’s more expensive than “Love O2O”. Mango TV also bought the online copyright of this drama. If you count all the copyrights together, it’s still cheap.

Even so, Cui Xiwen's gaze towards Lin Luo had completely changed.

After following Lin Luo for two weeks, she watched Lin Luo sell two dramas for more than 300 million yuan, and it seemed as if the money was not money at all!
On the way back, Cui Xiwen couldn't help but half-jokingly said:

“Is it so profitable to make a TV series?”

"Most people in this industry are losing money when making TV series or movies, or most crews are makeshift teams that just look professional. I'm also talking about some so-called famous directors in China."

“Why can you make money?”

"That's a good question. The answer is actually very simple, because my TV series, from the script to the performance to the quality of the finished product, all look like they're going to be a hit."

After a pause, Lin Luo smiled and said:

"You only see that TV stations and websites spent a fortune buying my TV series, just like cabbage is sold by the pound, but you don't see them going back to use my series to make more money."

Cui Xiwen saw Lin Luo's confident side again.

Rather than saying he was confident, it would be better to say that Lin Luo was extremely arrogant at the moment!

At this moment, Lin Luo was sitting in the back seat, stretching himself, then taking out his phone to look at properties in cities like Yanjing and Shanghai...

It is now 2015. Having made so much money from the two TV series, Lin Luo is ready to start hoarding houses!
After hoarding them for a few years and selling them, guess what? Hey! They make more money than making TV series...

(End of this chapter)