Chapter 120 Lost in the east, gained in the mulberry tree

Fan Xiaopang’s matter has come to an end, and he will just have to wait until June to join Xinghe Film and Television Company.

The buyer of "Snow Leopard" has been confirmed. Beijing Satellite TV, Shanghai Tomato Satellite TV and Zhejiang Blueberry TV have cooperated to win the first round, and it is tentatively scheduled to be broadcast in the summer vacation.

I don’t know how the three parties reached an agreement, but this time Beijing Satellite TV and Tomato TV are willing to bring Blueberry to play and have fun together.

The last three companies contributed 1200 million each, totaling 3600 million, which is a bit more expensive than the last "The Good Times of Daughter-in-law".

It's normal. After all, this is a war drama + spy drama, and the cost is there.

The pay for Huang Haibo and senior Yao Di was not low, and including the war scenes, the filming cost of "Snow Leopard" was 1500 million.

In the first round alone, Galaxy Film and Television Company made a net profit of 2100 million. Add to that the second and third rounds of copyrights, audio-visual copyrights, and network copyrights, and the total profit will be more than 5000 million.

There is a very obvious phenomenon this year: the price of audio and video copyrights has become lower, while the price of online copyrights has become higher.

This is normal, a change brought about by the development of the times.

Ten years ago, if a family had a VCD player or even a DVD player, it was a big deal and only wealthy families could afford it.

A few years ago, if someone had a karaoke home theater, it would be very prestigious to tell others about it.

When a couple gets married, the groom's family buys them a set of shoes, which can help the groom to stand up straight.

But what about now? These things are almost eliminated. Instead, computers have begun to enter thousands of households.

Coupled with the increase in Internet speed, watching TV shows and movies on a computer has become very popular and convenient.

No matter how cheap the disc is, even if it is pirated, or even if it is sold by weight, it still costs money.

But if you use a computer, as long as you have an internet connection, you can download it and watch it whenever you want.

Just like physical records, the disc market is also coming to an end and becoming the memory of a generation.

In the future, discs will only have collection value and will have no practical value.

……

Lin Yicheng was very busy throughout April.

Qidian, Under the Banyan Tree, Hongxiutianxiang, Xiaoxiang Academy... basically I went through all the famous novel websites in China.

Nowadays, the rights to adapt novels, especially those for online novels, are really cheap and will be sold for money.

Lin Yicheng didn't say anything more. He bought everything in bulk. He bought the film, television and animation adaptation rights of hundreds of online novels in one go, and it only cost him more than 10 million.

In addition, Lin Yicheng visited some publishing houses through Zhao Yuxia's relationship and also bought the adaptation rights of some works.

The copyright of physical works is relatively more expensive, but not much more expensive.

I bought dozens of books and only spent less than 10 million.

Lin Yicheng also discussed cooperation with these websites and publishing houses. Every quarter, the other party can make a list of their more popular or high-quality works, and Lin Yicheng will send someone to purchase the copyright.

Although these companies were not stupid and could not negotiate the right of first refusal, Lin Yicheng was relatively satisfied. Establishing good relationships in advance would always be much more convenient than later film and television companies.

Lin Yicheng thought that if the time was right, he could choose to invest in one or two of them, such as Qidian.

This circle includes all kinds of genres, including fantasy, martial arts, fictional history, modern cities, campus youth, realistic themes, and criminal detective cases.

At this point, Galaxy Film and Television has no shortage of good adaptation projects.

Even if Galaxy Film and Television Company cannot finish filming by itself, it doesn’t matter. At most, it can become a middleman when the copyright price skyrockets in the future and resell it. The profit will not be much different from investing in Tencent.

Or they can negotiate cooperation with some companies based on copyright and jointly develop the product. However, for now, it is better not to hold out any hope.

……

The first two times, Lin Yicheng's two actions, one overt and one covert, shocked his peers in the industry. Under such circumstances, no one dared to cooperate with Xinghe Film and Television Company. Who wouldn't be afraid? Who wouldn't worry that if they cooperated, Lin Yicheng would go crazy and do it again to complete the triple kill?

Aren't they just sheep walking into a tiger's mouth?

I can't afford to offend you, but I can at least avoid you, right?
This is very obvious when looking at the documents on Lin Yicheng's desk.

At this time last year, there was a thick stack of applications, including those seeking investment and cooperation.

Now, my desk is much quieter.

Apart from some directors or producers who wanted to find Lin Yicheng for investment, there was not a single project that other companies were looking for cooperation on.

In this regard, Lin Yicheng could only smile bitterly.

Who doesn’t want to be a good person? Who doesn’t want to get rich by being friendly?
But is this realistic? It's not realistic!
Especially in this cannibalistic film and television industry, if you look outside, you will see vicious wolves everywhere, each of them is thinking about who to eat and what to eat.

If Lin Yicheng doesn't want to be eaten by them one day, he can only become a tiger.

The film industry still has to drag China Film Group and others along, and there is no way to change this for the time being.

But in the TV drama circle, Lin Yicheng is the only one who can eat it all!

Regardless of whether it is the current leader Huace or the already emerging Tangren, they can still be very powerful in the television circle.

But if you compare it with the entire film and television industry, it's just so-so.

In a few years, these companies will have to make money on their knees. They will be vulnerable in the face of real capital and will all be reduced to tools for making movies.

After the three royal families figured out their tactics, they directly cut them off.

Or, they can just accept our investment and become the major shareholder, and then we can give them some soup and occasionally a few bones to chew on in the future.

What if they don't want us to invest? They will just poach all the talents away, and we will shoot and broadcast on our own platform, and they won't get a penny!

Putting aside the three major companies BAT, which of the companies with the highest market value in the future, Wanda, Bona, Guangxian, and Huayi, rose to prominence thanks to TV dramas?

Don’t blame the film industry for looking down on the TV industry, the upper limit is just that high.

……

Colleagues were unwilling to get close to Lin Yicheng or the Galaxy Film and Television Company.

But it’s different for directors and producers. Who doesn’t want to work for a good company and have a good boss to protect them?

Look at Galaxy Film and Television Company. Not only have their projects been successful one after another, the key is that they are not afraid of being bullied and they even have the opportunity to bully others!
As a result, Lin Yicheng had another thing added to his work.

CV!
These are relatively direct, clearly telling Lin Yicheng that we want to surrender, follow you, and beg for your shelter.

There is another type, which is more shy and submits a project or a script.

The intention is very obvious, to see whether Lin Yicheng is willing to inspect the goods and test their quality.

After the successful cooperation, joining Galaxy Film and Television Company was a natural step.

Even if the cooperation is not successful, it would be nice to get some investment from Lin Yicheng.

Looking at the resumes and projects, Lin Yicheng laughed again.

It is really a case of losing something in one place but gaining something in another.

The biggest problem that troubled Galaxy Film and Television Company in the past was the lack of a director. Now, just as they were about to fall asleep, a pillow was delivered to them.

Among these resumes and projects, there are indeed a few people or works that Lin Yicheng is familiar with or even has heard of in his previous life.

(End of this chapter)