Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

Chapter 135: Is this thing more profitable than movies?

What has been a little difficult for the Director recently is that he doesn’t know how to handle some of the work he has on hand.

Originally, the TV station would construct a number of projects every year, which were cultural works sent down from the central government.

After all, TV stations themselves have the responsibility to strengthen cultural construction and dissemination, which they must accomplish.

For example, the TV drama and entertainment project recently launched requires domestic TV stations to actively cooperate in filming a TV drama to promote red culture.

After all, the Anti-Japanese War period was their key cultural cultivation project. For the Hanxia nation, thousands of years of peak history can be glossed over, and a century of humiliation history can be written in a separate book. Who bullied them, what words were used, what year, day, month, time, and minute by minute must be clearly recorded.

Naturally, we also attach great importance to educating future generations about this bloody history.

Recently, they were asked by their superiors to seek cooperation with film and television workers from outside and produce a film or TV series that promotes the War of Resistance against Japan based on the spirit of "a hundred years of journey and arduous war of resistance."

The green light was wide open throughout the process, but what was filmed had to be phenomenal.

This is not something that can be achieved by ordinary anti-Japanese war dramas. After all, although there are many anti-Japanese war dramas now, everyone knows their level.

The above requirement is to produce works that can be spread across the country and trigger cultural reflection among young people across the country.

How can this be done casually?
In addition, the actors sent this time are also very special.

It's no longer as simple as just assigning a similar actor.

But
Li Youbin!
As for this person, the Master naturally knows who he is.

Among them, there is a group of very special actors. They are not only actors, but also because of their high professional level and recognition by the country, they will be given special treatment.

They will receive special official allowances called national-level actors.

Some of the actors even come from national backgrounds.

They even have military ranks on them!

It can be said that for actors or people working in the entertainment industry, reaching this point basically means they have reached the end of their career in China and there is no further to go.

Li Youbin is obviously one of them, and he is even the best!
Li Youbin graduated from Xinhai Drama Academy, ranking first in his class. He entered the drama industry in the 70s and has since cooperated with the country, playing the role of a patriotic general and entering the public eye. He took this as an opportunity to join the art troupe and deepened cooperation step by step.

He is one of the rare actors in the country who carries a military rank on his shoulders!
For an actor who has reached this stage, he is no longer just an actor, but more of an external image representing the country. When they go out, they are not just representing themselves.

This also results in these actors not having as much freedom as other actors.

It doesn't mean that you can invite someone to act just because you want to.

Even Director Qilu did not expect that the higher-ups would send this person out this time.

As for the task of selecting people and companies being handed over to their Qilutai, this is not surprising. This is already basic operation. Previously, similar tasks were basically handed over to their Qilutai.

There is no way around it, the channels for selecting people for the art troupe are also in their hands.

However, it has been many years since the last time the art troupe wanted to select members and the authorities clearly stated that they needed new blood.

There is no way. Everyone has seen the phenomenon in the entertainment industry in recent years. The official is very cautious in selecting people, and naturally they are not satisfied with many of the candidates. Therefore, for many years, young practitioners at this stage have not been allowed to enter the official.

It is even more unlike this time, when the higher-ups clearly stated that they needed to recruit a director who could take on the heavy responsibility, had a mass base, and had strong professional qualities.

There is a lack of young actors in China, and few have the right talent and character. The situation with directors is even worse.

The directors that can be named in the country now are basically those old faces, and the support is entirely dependent on them.

The fact that Li Youbin was dispatched was enough to prove that the higher-ups attached great importance to what was to come.

Naturally, he was troubled for a long time and had also noticed Xie Daga.

Once upon a time, he wanted to choose Xie Daga a little bit.

After all, Xie Daga is the childhood idol of many people in China, so he definitely has a mass base.

However, with the broadcast of his works in recent times, he gave up this idea.

Then one of his old friends called him and gave him some advice.

Don't choose people randomly, this opportunity is reserved for specific people. In addition, Heye Films took the initiative to submit during this period, and they cooperated with the other party.

And Xia Yuan entered their field of vision.
Shit! Got it! He got it all!
At that time, Lao Wang asked whether he wanted to make progress.
Is there any need to ask this?

I think about it! I dream about it!

On the Internet, the ratings data of various satellite TV stations were released one after another.

1: Qilu TV's "Underground Traffic Station", with a time period rating of 7.89%
2: Xiangjiang TV's "Running Man", with a time period rating of 4.56%.

3: China Central Television Channel 3.16's "Charge Forward: Tough Guy Sniper", with a time period rating of %.

Under the attention of many parties, the disclosure of the ratings data of major satellite TV stations actually attracted a rare amount of attention.

In the past, no one cared about ratings except the major TV stations themselves.

After all, for most ordinary people at this stage, they don’t even know how many years it has been since they last turned on the TV, and the TVs in many people’s homes have almost become decorations.

Not to mention this massive focus on ratings.

And all of this is brought about simply by the broadcast of a TV series.

It can be said that it has completely overturned the domestic TV ratings pattern for a long period of time.

At this time, there was a heated discussion on Weibo.

"Oh my god, the myth of Mango TV has been broken. In recent years, Mango TV has had the highest ratings and was basically far ahead. Now it has been knocked down."

"With a viewership rating of 7.89%, Underground Traffic Station is going to take off."

"I originally wanted to force Xia Yuan to go back to filming movies, thinking that he was just messing around when he was filming a TV series. Who would have thought that it wasn't actually a mess."

"It seems that it is not impossible for him to film a TV series."

"It smells so good. I'd rather go and see Captain Jia's stunning beauty than to watch Gazi steal a dog."

"Captain Jia is really amazing, and Teacher Yan Yunying's acting is really good. It is precisely because of Teacher Yan's presence that this drama has come alive."

"That's not the case. The main reason is that Xia Yuan's script is as well written as always, and the casting is also good. Only Teacher Yan is suitable for this role. If someone else were to play this role, it wouldn't be possible to achieve this effect."

"As the saying goes, there is only one face like this in thousands of years. Damn it, this is what a traitor should look like!"

On the other side, in Heye Film and Television, Tang Ying was already in a very bad state.

"What??? Earned money?"

When Tang Ying received the detailed report, he was already full of question marks.

What does a viewership rating of over 7 mean in today's world where viewership ratings are shrinking across the country?
This is already take-off data!

If converted to the whole country, that means 7% of the televisions in the country are turned on and watching their dramas.

What does this mean? How many TV sets does Hanxia have? It's not just one per household, some households have several!

According to statistics, the number of cable TV users in Hanxia is 2.2 million, and these are users who clearly have billing inquiries.

And 7% of users of this part of data.
Moreover, the audience ratings are still rising steadily and skyrocketing at the same time.

Still rising! The upward trend has not stopped!

She signed a profit-sharing agreement.

Just now, the first part of the profit sharing has been settled, including advertising revenue and cultural support income.

The data for the first week was 2478 million.
"How come this thing seems to make more money than movies?"

Tang Ying suddenly asked a question from the depths of her soul.

Isn't this also possible?

(End of this chapter)