Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 334 "Loyalty for Thousands of Years" Meng Ziyi
"I never expected that the drama "Chef Fang in the Flower Garden" would be so popular."

In the reception room, Fang Fang sighed.

When Tencent Video first took over this drama, it didn’t actually take it too seriously.

Although "The Chef of Flowers" also has some "suspense detective" elements, it is still a standard ancient romance drama as a whole.

As we all know, Arclight Pictures specializes in suspense dramas, and they have never been seen filming ancient idol dramas.

Including previous projects such as "The Best of Us" and "Hello, Old Times", they are all controlled by Xiaotangren Culture, and ArcLight just paid the money and hung it as a co-producer.

Therefore, although Tencent Video gave Arc Light an "A-level" promotional resource package because of its name, it did not have too many expectations for the performance of this project.

But such a small production that no one was optimistic about turned out to be a real "dark horse" and its popularity kept rising.

Less than halfway through its broadcast, it had already surpassed Youku's "The General Is Above" and Tencent Video's own "Seven Me".

It was only recently, when it was about to end, that it was finally surpassed by "A Love So Beautiful" which became a huge hit as soon as it was released.

Even people inside Tencent Video were amazed that the drama was worthy of being produced by ArcLight and was always full of miracles.

In addition to the success of the series itself, another point is that I didn't expect that male audiences could have such a great influence.

After all, the consensus in the film and television industry has always been that most male audiences just watch the show silently and basically do not participate in any interaction.

But in fact, they are just not interested in falsifying data and ranking on the charts, but they are more enthusiastic than each other when calling each other "wife".

Listening to Fang Fang's sigh, Meng Bai just smiled and didn't say much.

After all, he didn't expect the show to be so popular at first.

But saying this now would seem too pretentious, so it would be better for him to be more indifferent and let people think that he is confident.

Sure enough, when Fang Fang saw Meng Bai's indifferent expression, he suddenly felt emotional.

Arc Light has several hit works every year, so the current achievements may not be taken seriously by others.

As expected, it’s President Meng!
Fang Fang thought to himself that the performance of "Chef Fang in the Flower Garden" was far less popular than the previous "The Lost Tomb" or the summer "Day and Night". Moreover, for the platform, the performance of a single drama is not that important.

It’s just because the contrast of this drama is so strong that it attracts special attention.

It seems that in the future, any ArcLight project, no matter what type, should not be underestimated.

After expressing his feelings, Fang Fang changed the topic and started talking about the business he came here for today.

“The drama Peace Hotel has already been discussed within the platform.”

Fang Fang considered his words carefully: "We all agree with the quality of the plot and the production level of this drama. However, if you, Mr. Meng, want to go for 'simultaneous broadcast on TV and the Internet', then the copyright fee will definitely be lower than exclusive broadcast."

"It's okay. I understand." Meng Bai said, "Mr. Fang, just tell me the specific price."

"420 million per episode." Fang Fang said.

Meng Bai did some calculations in his mind. "Peace Hotel" has a total of 40 episodes, so the total revenue is nearly 1.7 million.

After deducting the production and promotion costs, the profit is approximately 5000 million.

And this is just online broadcasting, the cost of purchasing the film from the satellite TV station has not been calculated yet. Although the price offered by the TV station is definitely much lower than that of the website, broadcasting on satellite TV is not just for money, but more importantly to expand the audience and influence.

This price was higher than Meng Bai had initially expected, so he didn't bargain and just agreed to it.

As for other specific details of the cooperation, such as copyright period, publicity and promotion, etc., naturally the people below will discuss them.

"I wonder which satellite TV station Mr. Meng plans to cooperate with?" Fang Fang asked casually.

"We have just started discussing with the TV station, and it has not been finalized yet." Meng Bai joked, "It will definitely depend on which one has better conditions."

"In fact, the first-tier satellite TV stations have communicated with each other internally, and there is basically no big difference in price." Fang Fang reminded: "The TV drama market has been developing for 20 years. The water here is much deeper than that of online dramas. Mr. Meng still needs to be more careful."

"Thank you Mr. Fang for your reminder. We will pay attention to it."

After talking about the business, the two exchanged a few pleasantries and Meng Bai stood up to see the other person off.

While taking the elevator downstairs, Fang Fang casually mentioned that Tencent Video is currently preparing a variety show called "girl group idol selection" to be promoted next year.

"I remember Arclight also signed new people, right?" Fang Fang said, "If there is a suitable candidate, I can help recommend him."

"We are basically all actors, and we don't pay much attention to idols." Meng Bai responded with a smile, and then asked curiously: "Does Tencent want to form a girl group? It seems that there is not much market for this in China."

Meng Bai has also followed some Korean and Japanese groups before, such as Girls' Generation, T-ara, AKB, Nogizaka, etc. After all, who doesn't like a group of young girls dancing?

I remember that there have been many imitations in China in recent years. For example, Zhejiang Satellite TV once invited Wu Qilong and Xie Tingfeng to film an idol talent show called "Bee Girls Team".

Although a lot of people were selected to form a group in the end, it basically didn't make much of a splash.

If we really want to talk about the successful ones, it is SNH48, which was separated from the AKB system and became independent. Although it has never been a big hit, it has always been doing well.

There is a saying in the fan circle: when you suddenly find a good-looking girl in the domestic entertainment industry whose name you have never heard of and whose works you have never seen, she is most likely from Seine.

In fact, the preferences of the main audiences of domestic entertainment determine that it is difficult to create a similar idol model.

The reason why SNH48 can survive is mainly due to its theater mode and the setting of "face-to-face idols", which makes many fans willing to pay for tickets.

As for idols like those in Korean groups, it is basically impossible. Firstly, the mainstream audience preferences of domestic entertainment determine that not many people particularly like to watch singing and dancing, and the other is the lack of a dedicated stage for singing.

You can't let these idol groups debut on Kuaishou, Douyin or Bilibili. It's better to just do a live broadcast, maybe there will be a few big brothers to send rockets or something.

"The platform doesn't want to create a girl group, it just wants to make a show." Fang Fang explained: "Of course, if the girl group formed in the end is popular, we will still operate it."

"What's the name of this show?"

"'Produce 101' is about selecting 101 girls, gradually eliminating them based on the audience's popularity votes, and finally leaving 11 people to debut as a group."

"It sounds a bit like 'Battle Royale'." Meng Bai smiled and said, "It's a pity that Arclight has never signed any trainees or anything like that."

"It doesn't have to be professional trainees. I heard from the variety show department that because SNH48 is not participating and there are too few other idols in China, they have relaxed some restrictions on the selection. New actors and actresses who have just debuted, internet celebrities, bloggers, singers and dancers are all within the selection range."

It can be seen that this program is indeed short of people.

There are no new people in Arclight, but Taiyang Chuanhe does have MCN-type business. I can talk to Yang Ming later to see if he has any suitable candidates.

Meng Bai casually made a note of it but didn't take it too seriously.

The group walked to the lobby on the first floor. Meng Bai caught a glimpse of a figure next to Yang Chaoyue, the receptionist. As soon as he saw him, he crouched down stealthily and hid.

He sent Fang Fang away calmly, then walked slowly towards the front desk.

Seeing that Yang Chaoyue seemed to want to do something, he immediately glanced over, and the little girl was so scared that she quickly stood up straight and dared not make any small movements.

Meng Bai walked quietly to the side and looked inside. Sure enough, a girl was squatting inside.

In fact, there is no need to look at it. There is only one person who can do this.

Meng Ziyi lay at Yang Chaoyue's feet, carefully tugged at her clothes, and lowered his voice to ask, "Why is there no movement? Has everyone left?"

"Who are you waiting for here?"

"Nonsense, of course..."

Hearing that familiar voice, Meng Ziyi paused and a cold sweat ran down his forehead.

Her mind raced, and she immediately continued, "...Of course it's my handsome, gentle, and especially good uncle!"

After saying that, she pretended to turn around casually, and saw Meng Bai who was looking at her with a smile. She immediately showed a surprised expression: "Hey, little uncle, when did you come? I was picking up things downstairs just now and didn't see you."

"Did you not see it, or did you not want to see it?"

"Hehe, when you say that, how could I not want to watch it?" Meng Ziyi said with an expression that said "Look how sincere I am."

Meng Bai didn't bother to tell her the truth, so he asked directly, "Why are you here? Aren't you going to join the group soon?"

"There are still a few days left next week." Meng Ziyi glanced at Yang Chaoyue and said, "I have something I want to ask you, little uncle?"

"what's up?"

"Well, to be precise, Chaoyue actually wants to talk to you about something." Meng Ziyi sold out his friend without hesitation.

"Xiao Yang is looking for me?" Meng Bai was stunned, then recalled: "Oh, yes, you seemed to have said some time ago that you had something to ask me, right?"

"Yes, boss." Yang Chaoyue nodded cautiously, "It's a bit complicated. I can wait until you are not busy."

Many people are like this. Even when the words are on the tip of their tongue, they still try to escape.

"Huh, how complicated can it be?"

Meng Bai laughed, then glanced at Meng Ziyi who was standing there obediently: "Then what are you going to do?"

"I'll accompany my sisters."

"Okay." Meng Bai gave her a thumbs up, "Girl, you are so loyal!"

"Of course!" Meng Ziyi proudly puffed out his chest and raised his head in a curvy curve.

You are still proud. Meng Bai glanced at her, thought for a moment, raised his hand to check the time, and said to the two of them: "It is better to do it today than to wait for a day. It just so happens that I have nothing to do today. Do you two have time tonight?"

"It's okay." X2
"Okay, then you two can treat me to dinner tonight, and I'll listen to what's going on."

"No problem!" Without waiting for Yang Chaoyue to speak, Meng Ziyi agreed immediately.

But then she suddenly realized, "Wait, why are we the one treating?"

Meng Bai said calmly, "Little girl, uncle will teach you a lesson today. When you ask someone for help, at least you should treat them to a meal."

Yang Chaoyue on the side hurriedly said: "Of course, Boss, I'll do it."

"No need." Meng Bai waved his hand and pointed at Meng Ziyi, "Let her come."

"Why?" Meng Ziyi tilted his head and widened his eyes.

"Because you are loyal!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)