Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 92 Selection and Announcement

The film and television company founded by Su Yan and Shinozaki Ikumi is located near the film and television shooting base on the outskirts of Shanghai.

There are a lot of small independent film and television companies like this in this area.

Some are companies that cooperate with small and medium-sized TV stations to shoot sitcoms or low-cost dramas.

Some companies directly shoot web series without considering broadcasting on TV stations at all.

Some are in the film industry, shooting low-budget cinema films.

It can be said that there are colleagues everywhere.

Although the company's conditions are simple, Su Yan doesn't care about them.

In the future, when the company grows bigger and makes real money, we can directly buy a building as our headquarters.

Now it’s time to save every penny to shoot April.

In fact, Su Yan has not yet decided which TV station will broadcast this drama in April.

But the preparations for the filming of this drama have not been slowed down at all.

After all, no matter what the situation is at that time, whether it can be broadcast in July as Su Yan wished, the drama must be filmed.

Moreover, the earlier you shoot, the more time you will have to polish the post-production effects.

So these few days, Shinozaki Ikumi and he started to set up the crew.

After the recruitment of some basic personnel of the company was completed, Su Yan set his sights on the five large TV stations other than the three major TV stations of Sakura, Hudu and Zhongxia.
First of all, Su Yan would not consider the two TV stations, Northern United and Binnan, among the five large TV stations.

Because the headquarters of these two companies are not in Shanghai, but in the capital.

It would be too troublesome for Su Yan to cooperate with them. He would probably have to move directly to the imperial capital.

If this is true, Shinozaki Ikumi's network advantage in the industry as a producer will be greatly reduced.

Among the remaining three TV stations, Qingkong, Bingying and Bindong are all headquartered in Shanghai, and they are all within Su Yan's consideration.

In fact, all three companies were very interested in Su Yan's idea of ​​coming to them and proposing to broadcast April on their own TV stations.

Perhaps for a TV station like Sakura, the departure of a talented and accomplished screenwriter like Su Yan is regrettable, but it will not shake the development of the TV station.

However, for these five stations, it is often difficult to see a drama broadcast by their own stations with a viewership rating of over 4% in a year. All the talented people in the industry go to the Big Three, and those who stay in these stations are basically second-rate stuff.

When someone like Su Yan comes to you, your attitude will definitely be different.

Su Yan's Ancient Love Song even managed to get over 4% viewership ratings during the midnight broadcast.

What could be more convincing than this result?

No matter how much the top executives of several TV stations think the three major ones are the strongest, they would not think that their own TV stations' weekend schedule would be worse than Sakura TV's midnight schedule.

So when Qingkong TV learned that Su Yan was interested in cooperating with them, the director of its production department, the third-ranked person in the department, Chi Ziyang, even came to negotiate in person.

The other party was very straightforward and was willing to pay 1200 million to purchase the broadcasting rights of Your Lie in April, and bluntly stated that in the July summer season, the Sunday night slot could be reserved for Su Yan's new drama.

For the three major TV stations, Sakura, Hudu and Zhongxia, the prime broadcasting time is 8 o'clock on the three days of the weekend.

The residents of Xia country like to turn on the TV during this time period and sit together to watch TV as a family.

The audience flow at 7 and 9 o'clock will be slightly worse.

But for these other five large TV stations, it is impossible for them to compete head-on with the A-level dramas of the three major TV stations.

Therefore, the dramas that the station promotes will be staggered with the dramas that start broadcasting at 8 o'clock on the three major TV stations. Instead, 7 o'clock and 9 o'clock on weekends will be the time periods with the best ratings on several TV stations.

The director of the screenwriting department and a senior executive of the production department of Bingying TV came to the site together and first watched the first three episodes of Your Lie in April.

I was a little disappointed when I found out it was a youth romance drama with a music theme.

There are too many youth romance dramas in Xiaguo, and the audiences are tired of them.

Among Su Yan's past three dramas, Rurouni Kenshin has excellent martial arts elements.

Ancient Love Song has the first-of-its-kind element of time travel.

Going to the moon has a lot of science fiction elements in it.

They all have innovations, and the two even think that the popularity of Su Yan’s three dramas has a lot to do with these innovations.

And April is a traditional musical romance.
The two expressed doubts.

But no matter what, the other party still took Su Yan's past achievements into consideration and offered him 1000 million in broadcasting copyright fees. They also said frankly that they could use one of the best time slots on the station at that time for the broadcast in April.

As for Bindong TV, two senior executives also came. However, Bindong TV's prime time broadcasting schedule in July was full.

They had already produced two B-rated dramas of their own, and introduced several fantasy and sports-themed dramas customized by film and television companies. The contracts had also been signed, so they had no time slot available in July.

However, the other party promised that if Su Yan's drama was willing to be broadcast in the TV station's October autumn season, they would be willing to spend 15 million to acquire the broadcasting rights of Su Yan's drama.
In early April, Su Yan, who had spent a week dining and drinking with the executives of these TV stations, recounted to Shinozaki Yumi the content of his conversation with the executives of Bindong TV last night.

"From the results, all three TV stations agreed that we only sell the broadcasting rights, and all agreed to give us the best broadcasting time slot in April." Su Yan still felt a little dizzy today.

"Bindong TV offered the highest price, 15 million, but the drama "April" can only be broadcast in October. Bingying TV offered the lowest price because they are not particularly optimistic about Your Lie in April at all! And Qingkong TV offered everything in moderation," Su Yan said softly.

"What do you think?"

"Isn't the answer obvious?" said Ikumi Shinozaki.

"We can't wait for Bindong TV for a quarter. If we really wait from April to October, half a year will pass, and after the popularity of going to the moon declines, the ratings of your new work will definitely be affected. Although it costs an extra three million to purchase the broadcasting rights, it is nothing compared to the impact on the ratings."

"As for Bingying TV. If you don't think highly of April from the beginning, then the TV station will definitely have less publicity before the show starts. I don't recommend it."

"You think the same as I do." Su Yan said.

"Although Qingkong TV is not as well-known as the three major TV stations such as Sakura, in the past three years, Xiaguo TV has never fallen out of the top five domestic TV stations in terms of influence. And the year before last, it produced a drama with a viewership rate of over 4%. However, during the same period, the three major TV stations each produced an S-level drama and aired it, so that drama was not very famous. But the fact that it has a viewership rate of over 4% shows that the TV station still has a limit on its traffic and audience."

In fact, the audience in Xia Country, like Su Yan in his previous life, also prefers dramas with special effects and big investments.

Pure love, youth dramas have a relatively fixed audience.

But special effects dramas can be watched by men, women, young and old, so the ratings of these big-investment special effects, ancient costume martial arts, or science fiction, supernatural and fantasy dramas are often better than everyday campus and workplace romance dramas.

It is also the investment direction of the S-level dramas of the three major TV stations.

Otherwise, it is impossible to spend tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars just to hire a few leading actors, right?
"Since we both have the same idea, there is no need to discuss it further." Su Yan said.

"I have no objection. Considering that Zhongxia and Hudu TV stations are so cold towards our new drama, the conditions from Qingkong TV are already excellent." said Ikumi Shinozaki.

"But I always feel that everything is going so smoothly! The negotiations with several TV stations were very smooth. In fact, they all offered very good conditions. Even the lowest-priced Bingying TV station offered better conditions than Zhongxia and Hudu TV stations. This directly exceeded my expectations. I thought that the less influential the TV station, the lower the treatment it would offer." Su Yan said.

"Of course." Shinozaki Ikumi looked at Su Yan.

"Given your performance, you are a scarce resource in the eyes of the top executives of these five TV stations. Although they cannot obtain the full copyright for April, if the performance is very good after the broadcast in April, the advertising revenue of the TV stations will be much higher, so they will naturally be willing to offer you a high price."

"But for the Big Three, they want more. They can produce dramas with high ratings themselves. Even if they don't cooperate with you, the performance and income of the Big Three TV stations will not be bad. The conditions they offer you will naturally be lower."

"After all, it's my current achievements that haven't made them feel that I'm indispensable." Su Yan thought for a while and smiled.

"But one day, we will make Zhongxia and Hudu TV stations come to us and ask for cooperation."

"It would be best if you have this attitude." Shinozaki Ikumi smiled when she heard that.

"If you can create a hit drama with a viewership rating of over 5% or even higher in the future."

"I dare say that the production directors of Zhongxia and Hudu TV stations will come to your house in person to discuss purchasing the broadcasting rights and broadcasting them during prime time."

Both Su Yan and Shinozaki Ikumi are action-oriented.

When the two chose to leave Sakura TV, they also had certain predictions about the current situation.

Although the new drama was not broadcast on the three major channels, the ratings of "Ancient Love Song" were able to rebound when it was broadcast during the midnight slot.

It will be broadcast on Qingkong TV in April, at least Su Yan is confident.

It’s much better than the treatment Gu Xiangsiqu received back then.

Once the cooperative TV station is determined, we will immediately start detailed contract negotiations with the other party.

After all, there are many actors who have made reservations to participate in this drama, and others will have to wait and see which TV station will broadcast the drama in April before deciding whether to join the crew.

Otherwise, if the show is broadcast on some unknown platform in April, or even directly online, many celebrities will definitely not choose to join for the sake of protecting their reputation.

early April
After Su Yan had negotiated everything with Qingkong TV and signed the contract.

Qingkong TV was the first to release the announcement.

Su Yan's new drama "Your Lie in April!"

It will be broadcast on Aozora TV during the July summer schedule.

After this news was released, the Xia country's film and television industry was in an uproar.

After Su Yan left Sakura TV, he did not seek cooperation with Zhongxia and Hudu TV.

Going to cooperate with Qingkong TV?

(End of this chapter)