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Chapter 208 Playing price increases? (Add more updates for Gale Wind Wolf)

Rosalind looked at Wu Qian with a grateful expression. She was glad that she followed Wu Qian, a boss who could see the essence of the matter clearly, instead of a boss who was impulsive and furious.

"Mr. Robbridge, what do you say?" Wu Qian asked, he didn't know if there was a price increase in the game rules.

Robbridge smiled awkwardly. Of course, this kind of business competition is based on the price.

Seeing Robridge's smile, Wu Qian understood the meaning of the other party. The rules of the game are simple and rough. It seems that there is no way to easily win the HBO copyright like Penguin. This shows how important forward-looking is.

"Then let's add a little more, let's add 500, and add 500 pounds for each episode." Wu Qiandao, the current copyright price is much lower than he expected, and the price is very high. There is no fear of competition. Since the other party asks for a price increase, then increase it chant.

Before Luobridge could react, Manager Wang's expression changed one step at a time. He looked at Wu Qian with a calm expression, and knew that today's matter would not be easy. This guy who jumped out of the corner is extremely strong!
"What do you mean by doing this!?" Assistant Hu who was standing beside Manager Wang asked Wu Qiandao angrily.

Wu Qian spread his hands and didn't even bother to look at Assistant Hu. The meaning is obvious. How can you say something here? Your boss didn't say anything, so you are allowed to increase the price, and I am not allowed to increase the price?I'm afraid I'm used to being arrogant...

Manager Wang raised his hand to signal Assistant Hu to stop talking, since it was a competition, he could raise the price, and of course the other party could too.

"Mr. Rowbridge, I will also increase the price by 500 pounds!" Manager Wang said not to be outdone, he had obtained the permission, and he knew the bottom line, he did not believe that the other party was capable of surpassing him.

Manager Wang said to add 50 pounds before, but it was just because he thought that adding 50 pounds was enough. If he could help the board of directors save money, he would also be rewarded.But now the situation has changed, he can't help but think about other things, let's talk about winning this competition.

Robbridge was almost so beautiful that his nose was snotted. He really didn't know that the copyrights of film and television dramas under the company were so valuable in China. Because of some cultural differences, they really didn't pay much attention to China's market.Pulling back and forth, the price of a single episode changed from 50000 pounds to 51050 pounds, an increase of 2%. The results are gratifying!

In the small meeting room, the most calm one was the lawyer Wu Qian hired. There was no matter of his penny, whether it was 50000 per episode or 500 million per episode, the commission he got was the same. What will change, so indifferent to the outcry from both sides.

Wu Qian took a look at Manager Youkeyi Wang, smiled slightly, and said, "Rosalind, add 5000 pounds for each episode." Wu Qian's bottom line for the exclusive right to broadcast each episode is 80- 100 million soft sister coins, that is, in the early 10 pounds, there is still a certain gap, so I am not in a hurry.

Rosalind once again conveyed Wu Qian's meaning to Robridge, and if it wasn't for his unhealthy knees, Robridge would have jumped up and laughed at this meeting.

When Manager Youkeyi Wang heard the offer from the other party, the blue veins on his forehead popped out. He had been given a certain amount of authority, but that was limited. As Wu Qian said, the authority given by the authority was increased by 10%, which is 200. A 10% budget increase on the basis of the original price for each series.

Wu Qian increased the price by 5000 pounds, and now the copyright fee for a single episode has reached 56050 pounds, which has exceeded the authority that Manager Wang can control in an instant. Unexpectedly, the other party was both generous and bold.

Wu Qian was very calm. He was going to participate in Sotheby's auction tomorrow. He had taken a fancy to so many lots, and some of them were very popular. The competition would definitely be much fiercer than now. This would be a practice session. Practice your hands, practice your endurance.

"You...you! I..." Manager Wang stammered angrily, his face flushed, he would be even more angry than Assistant Hu before.

Manager Wang has no authority to raise the price anymore, but he is really unwilling to lose the copyright competition like this. This is a very delicious cake.

Manager Wang doesn't understand why the higher-ups are only willing to increase the budget by 10%. According to his thinking, the exclusive broadcast fee of domestic popular dramas has risen to 700 million per episode, [-] to [-] episodes per drama, and [-] to [-] million in copyright fees , the short-term effect is good, and it has grabbed the hits, but in the long run, it is really not as good as the well-produced British and American dramas.

What Manager Wang can see, Wu Qian can also see. He is a veteran fan of British and American dramas. He is very aware of the increasing number of viewers over the years.Even many people can't find the source of the film everywhere. Some pirated versions are on the shelves today and are gone the next day. It's very sad to watch.

"Manager Wang, what do you say here, do you want to compete?" Robbridge asked very subtly. He is not a smooth-tongued auctioneer, and he doesn't know the language skills to mobilize emotions, but he said dryly. The words also blew up Manager Wang's barrel of explosives.

"Add, I'll add 5000 pounds too!" Manager Wang roared in a low voice, his expression was very gloomy, and he was a little out of control. He managed to persuade the board of directors to agree to this plan, and he wanted to rely on the British drama to make a breakthrough in the last quarter. achievement.

5000 pounds is not much, but if it is magnified 1000 times, it will be 500 million pounds, more than 4000 million soft sister coins. Manager Wang's behavior is very dangerous, but he doesn't care about so much at the moment.Manager Wang believes in his forward-looking vision and believes that his judgment will not make mistakes.

The previous time, it was Manager Wang who signaled Assistant Hu to calm down, but now it was reversed, and Assistant Hu patted Manager Wang on the back to calm him down and not to get angry.

Wu Qian didn't think there was anything wrong with Manager Wang's behavior. After all, it was a legitimate commercial bidding, and whoever had the strength would win the contract.But Rosalind hated Manager Wang, it was this guy who made things difficult for her boss, so that she couldn't earn that bargaining reward.

A woman's hatred is sometimes very scary, especially a powerful woman.Rosalind covered it up very well, she didn't show the slightest bit, but if Yao Xinlu was here, through some micro expressions of Rosalind, she would know that this person has murderous intentions.

The price of a single episode has risen from 50000 to 61050, and the total turnover has increased by 105 million pounds. This price is enough to dispatch a small mercenary to secretly solve the opponent.Where did Rosalind come from? Although she is an assistant bodyguard, she still has that set of concepts in her bones.

"Well, 61050 pounds per episode, looks like 53 pounds. This price is not enough to buy an episode of Gongdou drama filmed by second-tier actors. It is really cheap. Then I will add a little more, 7 pounds for an exclusive broadcasting rights Rosalind, let the lawyer remember that if the contract is signed at this price or above, add a clause in the contract, if the contract is breached, I will demand compensation of [-] times the copyright fee!" Wu Qian said.

It is easy to win the exclusive broadcasting rights, but if there is no strong shackles, others can take it away at a certain price.Wu Qian had no way of guaranteeing that he would not be robbed by the other party. In case any big boss burned too much money, he only wanted to ask for a generous compensation when his interests were infringed.

If it is based on 7 pounds per episode, 1000 episodes is 7000 million pounds, which is almost 6 million soft sister coins. Wu Qian feels that this price is not high at all. He knows a TV series that was very hyped last year, one of the Big Three at the time. It took 8.9 million yuan to win the exclusive broadcast copyright, but the response was so bad that it didn't have the effect that 8.9 million yuan should have.

Wu Qian believes that the response of the 200 British dramas must be stronger than those hyped traffic star TV dramas, even much stronger.

When Wu Qian shouted out the price of 7 pounds per episode, Manager Wang of You Keyi was stunned. It was money, not a number, and he went out with a breath of steam?Manager Wang wanted to ask loudly, did the wind blow your money?Wu Qian would answer him, no, but almost.

According to Manager Wang's business experience, if it reaches 7 pounds per episode, at least for the Youkeyi video website, the benefits are very low.But it's different for Wu Qian's video website, because Wu Qian's website has a very weak foundation and is still lying at the bottom, and the percentage increase will be very scary.

For example, Youkeyi currently has 500 million daily visits. If you win the copyright of these British dramas, you can increase it by 50-80, or 10%-16%. The effect is there, but it is not very impressive.

However, the video site under Wu Qian’s name currently has less than 10 daily visits. If he takes the copyright and promotes it well, it will be easy to increase the daily visits by 20, which is a 200% increase. Wu Qian needs a hard core now. Copyright, otherwise the website is not competitive at all.

After learning about Wu Qian's offer, Robridge jumped up on one leg regardless of his old ailment of effusion in his left knee. Although he was happy in his heart, he did not forget that Manager Wang was still on the sidelines.

"Manager Wang, where are you?" Robridge asked.

When Rosalind saw that Manager Wang picked up the phone again, she wished she could take out the HK USP pinned to her waist that was warmed by her body temperature, but her rationality told her that this is a shopping mall, not a battlefield, and she couldn't do that, it would Involve the BOSS.

"Mr. Robbridge, let me make a call first." Manager Wang walked aside with his mobile phone after speaking.

Manager Wang called his department of directors on the board of directors. After he told the story of episode 7, the other party was silent for a while, and finally replied with two words.

"give up."

The directors of the board of directors have a much larger pattern than Manager Wang, and there is no winning general in the competition.For the Youkeyi video website, there are many aspects that can be laid out, not limited to British dramas, more is icing on the cake, less is no harm.

"Do you know which company the other party is from? Forget it, you'll know when the episode is released..." The director finally asked himself and answered a question before hanging up the phone.

Manager Wang was still worried about what he said 2 minutes ago, but now he doesn't even have the right to be worried.

"Hu, let's go."

Manager Wang took Assistant Hu and walked towards the meeting room with his head downcast. When he passed by Wu Qian, he looked at Wu Qian viciously, as if he wanted to eat Wu Qian.

Wu Qian smiled, didn't care about the other person's eyes, and said in his heart, anger can't be spent as money, what are you doing so angry, idiot.

Manager Wang was very depressed. This trip to London was a failure. The directors didn't care about the gains and losses of Yicheng, but as the person in charge of this separate department, he cared. He could even foresee that Wu Qian's unknown After the online video site has obtained so many episode copyrights, the click-through rate will show a blowout to a certain extent.

Manager Wang is jealous. The Youkeyi video network company is divided into very fine parts. His part has been eroded so much, and it is not easy to make achievements. This is the gap between working for others and making up your own mind.

Luo Bridge felt a little regretful, and shook his head slightly to watch Manager Wang and Assistant Hu walk out of the meeting room, and then immediately put on a smiling face and looked at Wu Qian.

There is no need for Wu Qian to worry about the next thing, the lawyer and Rosalind will take care of it.In the end, he did not pay 50 times the compensation for breach of contract as requested by Wu Qian, but when it comes to [-] times the compensation, this amount is already very scary.

Robridge felt that it was basically impossible for a breach of contract to happen.Even if calculated based on a total of 1000 episodes and a contract worth 7000 million pounds, 50 times that would be 35 billion pounds. ITV would not voluntarily breach the contract if killed, but who would take the initiative to bear this liquidated damages?

Wu Qian also thinks it is acceptable, if someone is really stupid and has a lot of money to do this, he can take the liquidated damages compensated by the other party and shoot it himself.

In addition, among the 200 dramas, there must be some that have sold copyright to a Chinese video website company. Of course, ITV will come forward to solve this problem, and it has nothing to do with him.

Wu Qian couldn't pay attention to the selection of episodes. He only specified a few classic episodes he had watched from pirated websites, such as "Downton Abbey" and "Inspector Morse". It can only be handed over to Yuan Bingqing. Even if she doesn't know it, there will be people in the company who specialize in collecting data in this area, knowing which episodes are highly anticipated and which ones are more in line with the environment.

Wu Qian glanced at the time, it was around 9 o'clock in the capital, and he called Yuan Bingqing.Yuan Bingqing was currently in the elevator. She had just finished get off work and was about to go home. The moment she stepped out of the elevator, her cell phone rang.

"Wu Qian? What's the matter so late? Oh, yes, it's just after noon over there. Are things going well in England?" Yuan Bingqing asked, leaning against the wall next to the elevator.

"There is good news. I have already negotiated with ITV about the copyright. I have purchased the copyright of 200 episodes. There are 100 episodes to choose from. I have picked 10 episodes. You can arrange the rest. See which data is more popular..."

Wu Qian's words rang through the receiver, and when Yuan Bingqing heard the words 200 episodes, her eyes flickered and her brain short-circuited.

"200... 200? Not 200 episodes, I... my God! %@#￥...@#" Yuan Bingqing started talking to herself with her mobile phone. She couldn't believe her ears, but she chose to believe Wu front mouth.

Although Yuan Bingqing doesn't know the specific copyright fees for British dramas, it must not be so cheap.It must be a big deal to purchase the copyrights of so many TV dramas at once. It is not uncommon for the entire Tianchao video website company to achieve this level, but there are only three or five.

Yuan Bingqing never thought that her video website would enjoy such treatment one day. Although the website no longer belongs to her, in her heart, the video website she created will always be her child.

(End of this chapter)