Chinese Entertainment Intelligence King

Chapter 134: Could this bastard be pretending to be drunk to take advantage of us?
The TV drama market in 2004 underwent a crucial change compared with previous years.

That is, the relevant departments officially issued a document requiring all satellite TV stations to implement the 4+X policy.

The so-called 4+X means that a TV series will be broadcast simultaneously on up to four satellite TV stations and several terrestrial channels.

As mentioned before, there is a consensus in the industry that a drama should be broadcast on at most 3 to 4 satellite TV stations, otherwise it will cause vicious competition.

Therefore, most crews usually only sell their films to 3 to 4 satellite TV stations during the same period. If the crews sell too many films, the TV stations will not easily take the risk to buy them.

But having said that, without clear regulations, vicious competition is inevitable.

For example, if a drama is too popular, TV stations will rush to buy it regardless of the risk, or if the distributor is too powerful, the number of sales will exceed the market's capacity.

Although this situation is rare, it does exist!
Now, the relevant departments have officially issued clear regulations, and "one drama, four stars" will become an iron rule in the industry in the future.

For the TV drama market, this should be a good thing. It will further regulate the market and also have some relatively positive effects on the market.

And "The Seven Fairies" may benefit from this new policy.

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The set of "The Seven Fairies"

Seeing Yan Li and Wang Decai leaving with a few people, Jiang Xin couldn't help but ask Dong Xuan.

"I heard from the production manager that this is someone from the Hunan Provincial TV Station?"

"Ah."

Dong Xuan often sleeps in the same bed with Yan Li, and in terms of being well-informed, she is definitely better than other actors.

"Our drama has a younger style, which is a good match for Hunan TV. They are quite interested, and Mr. Yan also tends to work with them. Hunan TV is a top-tier TV station with a platform advantage, which is good for ratings."

Upon hearing this, Fatty Fan couldn't help but ask, "How much is the offer?"

"That's not clear."

Dong Xuan shook her head. Even if she knew, she wouldn't tell it. It involved commercial secrets. Besides, telling these women who were thinking about Yan Li that he had made money again would just be exciting for herself.
"It depends on whether it's a solo broadcast or a simulcast."

Liu Xiaoqing spoke up. She was also a boss who produced film and television dramas in the past and was quite familiar with distribution.

"If you want exclusive broadcasting rights, the price won't be low. Sometimes you can just make back your investment. If it's simulcasting rights, it depends on Mr. Yan's ability."

Most of the actors present were newcomers and didn’t know much about these things, so they were a little confused when listening.

They don't care how Yan Li sells it, they just care about how much it can be sold for and how much Yan Li can earn.

"I think Mr. Yan must have made at least 1000 million."

Jiang Xin was the first to make a guess. Dong Xuan, not wanting Yan Li to be remembered, retorted, "You think 1000 million fell from the sky. How can you earn that much?"

"I can't see it."

Li Bingbing disagreed: "Didn't they say that Mr. Yan made tens of millions with 'Conquer'? Now that they've gone to so much trouble to put together such a large crew, they must have made more than 'Conquer'."

"'Conquest' is a special case and cannot be compared."

Fan Xiaopang is not very optimistic about "The Seven Fairies", or rather, he is not willing to see Yan Li earn so much money, and he feels jealous.

"..."

"Whether they make tens of millions or millions, they're still better than us."

When several people were arguing, Yang Xue, who had been silent just now, said something quietly, which directly pierced everyone's heart.

The person who received the highest salary in the show was Fan Xiaopang, but he only got a small fraction of that.

Li Bingbing is the one who currently makes the most money, but he has no confidence that he can earn eight figures a year, and it is hard to say whether he can earn 70% or 80% off.

With the hit of "Cell Phone", her salary and status will definitely increase, but how many suitable projects will come to her and whether she can and has the time to take them is also a question.

At this stage, there are very few artists whose annual income can reach tens of millions.

Basically, they are all very famous and can get endorsements, or go international to earn dollars, and then participate in project investment.

There are also those filming enthusiasts who spend the entire year in Hengdian and can earn tens of millions.

The prerequisite is that you have to be famous enough, like Zhang Weijian, who has a good pay. Otherwise, you can't make tens of millions even if you stay in Hengdian until you die.

A fatal word!
Except for Liu Xiaoqing, who had experienced many storms, everyone at the scene was silent, and many people had flickering eyes, wondering what they were thinking.

Yan Li, who had just left, hurried back and said, "I'm going to have dinner with the TV station people tonight. Who of you wants to go?"

Fearing that others might overthink things, he emphasized, "I signed up voluntarily just to have a meal and at most drink a few drinks. If anyone tries to mess around, I'll stop them."

This situation is too common on the set!
When investors and TV stations come to visit the set, you can't just ignore the food. They come to see the stars, so you can't ignore them.

This kind of social drinking party is not as dark as the outside world thinks. Of course, it is not that clean and pure either. It all depends on the specific crew and the specific people.

Yan Li attends a lot of social events and is not so rigid as to ignore such unspoken rules, but he also has his bottom line.

He will definitely protect the people he brings with him and will not do such disgusting things as pimping.

"I go."

Huo Siyan raised her hand first, followed by Fan Xiaopang. Li Bingbing and Jiang Xin thought about it and raised their hands as well.

If safety can be guaranteed at this kind of dinner, making more connections is beneficial for career development. A dinner like this with a TV station guest is even more of a premium event. Before anyone else could raise their hands, Yan Li signaled that enough was enough. The TV station was short, so only three men and three women would go from the crew.

Shuang Bing is famous, Huo Siyan has a good alcohol tolerance, a cheerful personality and is good at dealing with things, so she was chosen by Yan Li.

Then Yan Li called Qiao Zhenyu and Wu Jian. He had just seen the female person in charge look at them twice.

...

At the dinner party
Yan Li kept toasting, there was nothing he could do about it, the price offered by Hunan Taiwan was quite sincere.

Exclusive first-round broadcast rights, 50 per episode!
"The Seven Fairies" has a total of 38 episodes, which means it can be sold directly for 1900 million.

If it can be raised slightly to 2000 million, "The Seven Fairies" can almost make a profit.

The remaining second- and third-round broadcasts, terrestrial channels and DVD copyrights are all pure profit. If the TV series is well-received, 18 million will not be a problem.

Of course, the most important thing is that this is just the opening price, and there is still considerable room for negotiation.

Yan Li not only invested huge sums of money in the production, but also invited Liu Xiaoqing and Shuang Bing, and hyped the film in various ways, even risking his own reputation. His goal was not just to make a profit of 18 million.

Hunan TV wants to get the first round of exclusive broadcasting rights. Even if Yan Li doesn't insist on 3000 million, he must make a few million.

During the discussion between Yan Li and several Hunan TV stations, Li Bingbing and others also roughly understood the price range of "The Seven Fairies".

Although we don’t know how much the crew’s investment cost was, this number is enough to make some people excited.

After the dinner was over, Yan Li, who was the main drinking companion, sent away the TV station people and sat on the steps of the hotel, a little drunk, to cool off.

Wu Maowen, Yan Li's driver, took a bottle of mineral water from the car and wanted to hand it to Yan Li, but it was taken by Huo Siyan.

"Let me feed Mr. Yan."

Looking at Huo Siyan who was gently and carefully feeding Yan Li water and stroking his back, Wu Maowen hesitated for a moment and stood aside waiting.

Yan Li calmed down after a while and looked better, but he was still a little unsteady when he walked. Wu Maowen, with the help of two male actors, Qiao Zhenyu, helped Yan Li into the car. Huo Siyan helped with the bag and wanted to get in the car.

As a result, as soon as she opened the car door, she was blocked by Li Bingbing, who looked at Huo Siyan with a half-smile.

"Okay, leave the rest to me, you take the car in the back."

Huo Siyan was unwilling to do that, but she didn't dare argue with the popular Li Bingbing, so she could only plead softly: "I'll come too. Mr. Yan is feeling uncomfortable after drinking too much. If there is a commotion, I'm afraid you won't be able to control the situation alone."

"What about adding me?"

Fatty Fan pushed Huo Siyan back without any hesitation: "You took advantage of someone who was drunk and acted like they were blind. Go have some fun."

With that, Fat Fan got directly into the back seat. Li Bingbing also got in from the other side. After saying hello, Wu Maowen drove away.

Huo Siyan was left stomping her feet in anger: "I'm taking advantage of someone's misfortune, what do you two want to do?"

"I have no other thoughts."

On the way, Fatty Fan was the first to speak up, proclaiming his innocence: "I simply disliked Huo and deliberately ruined her plans."

After saying that, she glanced at Li Bingbing, who calmly stroked his hair.

"Don't look at me, I'm doing this to help someone else."

The so-called others are naturally her own sister Li Xue. No matter what, her sister is interested in Yan Li, and as the half-sister-in-law, she cannot watch another vixen take advantage of Yan Li.

Dong Xuan is fine, she is a serious girlfriend and she has no control over it.

She must severely suppress vixen like Huo Siyan who uses alcohol to gain power.

Fan Xiaopang didn't say whether he believed Li Bingbing's statement or not. He turned around and started to criticize the driver Wu Maowen.

"As a driver, you can't just drive like a fool. When someone like him is drunk and has no way of distinguishing and guarding himself, you must pay more attention to him. Otherwise, a bad woman like that will get away with it and get entangled with him. It will give your boss a headache."

Wu Maowen was driving the car. He glanced at Yan Li in the rearview mirror and responded in a low voice.

"understood."

Fat Fan then nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Yan Li, who was slumped in the back seat, with disdain.

"You're making money without caring about your life. You drink so much. You earn money but don't have a life to spend it."

Before he could finish his words, Yan Li made a retching gesture, which scared Li Bingbing and Fan Xiaopang so much that they jumped to the side in panic.

Fortunately, Yan Li did not vomit. He just dry-heaved twice and then calmed down.

However, it seemed that because the back seat was too low, Yan Li was not sitting comfortably. He adjusted his posture and lay diagonally on the back seat, resting his head on Fan Xiaopang's thigh, and then placed one leg diagonally in Li Bingbing's arms.

Fat Fan tried to dodge left and right but failed, and Yan Li pushed him in the lower abdomen.

Li Bingbing tried to move his thigh away, but failed. Yan Li even placed his other thigh diagonally on it.

Feeling something was wrong, Fatty Fan gritted his teeth and said, "This bastard is so good at lying down, is he pretending to be drunk to take advantage of us?"

Li Bingbing was also very suspicious, so she pinched Yan Li's thigh twice. As a result, Yan Li moved a little uncomfortably, and then lay comfortably on their legs and in their arms again.

Seeing this, Wu Maowen, who was driving, looked a little unnatural on his honest and simple face.

He and Yan Li grew up together and drank together the most. How could he not know Yan Li's alcohol tolerance...

(End of this chapter)