Peninsula: You've been chosen here for producing girl groups.

Chapter 107 A Hot Commodity

Han Shuo stared at the report about raking in 5 billion for a while.

This report is suspected of being overly flattering, but it has inadvertently further enhanced his image.

He decided to increase the loan amount from Seoul to 740 billion won (approximately 1000 million RMB) and the loan amount from Qingdao to 10 million RMB.

The extra money was invested in Bilibili and Ocean Music's subsidiary, Soda Cloud Music, to build a content copyright library.

The name "Cloud Music" in its name doesn't mean the music is on the cloud.

Instead, the domain name corresponding to the soft drink had already been registered by someone else, and the transfer fee was as high as tens of millions.

Unfortunately, with the development of the internet to this point, almost every two-syllable domain name that has meaning in itself is already owned.

In other words, domain names like yinyuetai and iqiyi, which have three syllables and whose corresponding phrases do not have a direct meaning, have not been registered in advance and can be snatched up.

Fun fact: In the future timeline, the original brand name of the leading long-form video platform was iQiyi.

The domain name is the corresponding pinyin.

This means that iQiyi will most likely still encounter iQiyi, which understands it best.

He prepared a big gift for iQiyi in advance; he's truly a philanthropist.

Han Shuo put away his wandering thoughts.

Initially, Ocean Music will emulate Migu Music, focusing primarily on ringback tone services and discreetly accumulating online music copyrights, just as its company name, Ocean Music, suggests in its future form.

Build walls high, accumulate grain, and slowly become king.

Building a copyright moat for Bilibili and Cloud Music has another layer of strategic significance.

The audio-visual certificate system was introduced at the end of last year, which, in addition to requiring the nature of the company's business, also put forward further requirements on details such as the company's registered capital and the number of professional practitioners.

For example, a normal online video and online music website should have a registered capital of at least 2000 million.

Similar to the concentration and optimization of production capacity in the coal mining industry, this requirement is to further eliminate personal websites to facilitate management.

Of course, the registered capital of 20 million does not need to be paid in full at once.

The initial contribution ratio is only 20%, or 400 million, of which the minimum contribution for monetary capital is only 30%, or 120 million, so the pressure is not high.

Continuously providing funding for Bilibili and Cloud Music is a win-win situation.

As the time approached 11:00 AM, the effects of excessive praise began to emerge:

The heads of copyright businesses of the three major terrestrial TV stations called him one after another, trying to sell him their TV dramas and variety shows.

The attitude was extremely sincere, or rather, humble.

It's not hard to understand the reason after thinking about it.

The artists' union is currently wrestling with the three major local TV stations, demanding a pay rise for actors and singers.

Based on the final compromises made by both parties next month, actors' salaries have increased by 6-8%, and singers' salaries have increased by 15-20%.

This isn't just a pay increase for one or two people; it's a 6-20% increase for all singers and actors across the country, regardless of their level.

This means that the television station will have to pay a large amount of extra expenses every year.

Even though the TV station is currently unwilling to compromise, they are aware of the threat of a boycott and estimate that they will have to compromise, it's just a matter of how much.

"Director Park, don't listen to the media's rumors. 50 billion? I haven't even touched a penny of 10 billion."

"X-Man and Love Letter? These two variety shows are a bit old. How about this, I'll have someone conduct a survey on the website. If the voting data is good, we'll add them to next year's procurement list."

"Period dramas? Our website's users are predominantly young —"

"High Kick! Season 2? We could consider it—our kids don't have much acting experience, so okay, we can let them give it a try."

"Director Li, don't worry. As long as we purchase next year's dramas and variety shows in advance, we will definitely give priority to KBS."

"You Are My Destiny? You mean Yoona? That's right, we met when we were at SM Entertainment. Please take good care of her—this drama and our website—I'll think about it."

hang up the phone.

Han Shuo sorted through the complex information he received.

Clips of long-running, completed variety shows like "X-Man" and "Love Letter" still have a large market in the short video era and can be acquired.

The first season of "High Kick!" is the most classic, while the second and third seasons received slightly less positive reviews, and the plot and some characters were also controversial.

However, both sequels are still of high quality and worth buying.

Let Lee Ryu-hee and Ham Eun-jung go and try out a sitcom; it would be a good opportunity for them to challenge their acting skills.

The production capabilities of the state-run broadcaster KBS are far inferior to its two counterparts, both in terms of the quality of its dramas and variety shows.

Even when it came to salary increases, they were treated differently by the artists' union and received the lowest possible raise.

Let's co-produce a variety show with them.

Featuring elements such as teenage idols, rural life, and self-sufficiency, the show is titled "Invincible Youth," which is perfect for promoting Kara and T-ara.

As for the daily drama "You Are My Destiny".

Despite the initial plan of only 120 episodes, it was ultimately extended to 178 episodes.

The procurement costs will increase by half out of nowhere.

It doesn't have as wide an audience as sitcoms like "High Kick!", so the value of buying it isn't that great.

It can't all be just to support my friend Lin Chong'er.

To be honest, KBS goes to great lengths to sell dramas. Less than twenty minutes after hanging up the phone, Yoona called him back.

The other party didn't mention the word "buying the drama" in their words; they were simply thanking him for speaking well of them.

These daily dramas often have hundreds of episodes and the filming period usually spans more than half a year. The selection of actors is always very careful. Lim Yoon-a is currently only a tentative candidate for the role.

It's said that with his words, the role of the female lead might be a sure thing.

But how could such a coincidental timing be simply an expression of gratitude?

This was just a compromise by Lim Yoona, which allowed her to give the TV station an explanation without putting any burden on him.

Do you want to buy it?

Yoona and "You Are My Destiny", Yuri and Sunny and "Invincible Youth", Tae-yeon and "Beethoven Virus", Girls' Generation and "Gee" —

A plan that would be a win-win situation for the TV station, Girls' Generation, Bilibili, fans, and even SM Entertainment popped into my head.

In short: resource exchange.

In exchange for entertainment resources, they received two years of free endorsement from Girls' Generation on Bilibili.

When Girls' Generation becomes a huge hit next year with "Gee," the returns will definitely be well worth it.

Girls' Generation are still newcomers, and their annual endorsement fees are estimated to be around 2 million.

By simply giving up a modest endorsement fee, they can gain a wave of high-quality exposure resources for several members, as well as promotional resources from Bilibili. Why not?

Han Shuo called over Kim Hyun-soon, the person in charge of Bilibili in South Korea, and instructed him to push this matter forward.

"You can decide on the other conditions, but there's one thing that must be done: Bilibili must secure the rights to host ten Girls' Generation fan meetings in China and South Korea within the next two years."

"At least ten times!"

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