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Chapter 343 Chen Hong, long time no see

Time soon came to the end of March, and Qi Wei took the time to attend the launch ceremony of "Daming Palace Ci" on CCTV.

"Qi Wei, you are here."

As soon as he saw Qi Wei, Li Shaohong immediately narrowed his eyes and put a smile on his face, and walked over to greet him personally.

Show great enthusiasm and respect.

"Director Li, you don't have to be so polite." Qi Wei replied with a smile, and walked into the venue with Li Shaohong.

"I know you've been busy recording your new album recently, so I'm really happy that you can come over during your busy schedule."

"Director Li, my company has invested in the play "Ci of Daming Palace", and I am the starring role. It is my obligation and responsibility to come here to promote it."

Just because a drama is finished filming does not mean that the actor's responsibilities end. Under normal circumstances, important actors need to participate in the promotion of the drama.

Li Xiaohong nodded with a smile and said, "Thanks to you, our drama would not have been broadcast on CCTV so smoothly otherwise."

"Oh? Director Li, is there something going on that I don't know about?" Qi Wei looked at Li Shaohong and asked.

Li Shaohong nodded and replied: "As you know, this drama was negotiated with CCTV before, but a certain leader of CCTV watched the drama some time ago and didn't particularly like it, so he called me If the broadcast is to be withdrawn, the only way is to delete all the parts about Wu Zetian’s male favorite.”

CCTV's audience coverage is far beyond that of local stations. Broadcasting on CCTV means that the ratings will be guaranteed.

That is to say, there is a bottom line.

There is no pressure on the ratings, which means being conservative and generally not taking the initiative to try new things. Previously, Qi Wei wanted "Meteor Garden" to be broadcast on CCTV, even though he had a relationship with Zhang Beard, it was rejected in the end.

If "Meteor Garden" can be broadcast on CCTV, the ratings may reach a higher level.

But unfortunately not if.

Of course, Qi Wei is still very satisfied with the current results of "Meteor Garden".

In "Ci of Daming Palace", there are also things that challenge the bottom line, that is, the part about Wu Zetian's male favorite.

In this play, Qi Wei plays two roles. Zhang Yizhi, played by Zhang Yizhi, is Wu Zetian's male favorite. At the same time, he had a relationship with Princess Taiping, served Queen Wei, and then had an affair with Princess Anle.

These are two pairs of mother and daughter!
Maybe there are more ridiculous things in the world, but just like a certain point, there are some bottom-line things that you just can't write. Once you write a book, it's gone. In fact, the same is true for film and television works.

"How was it resolved later?" Qi Wei asked curiously.

"I told the leader that this is an artistic creation, and this is a very important play. Without this part, the character creation of Princess Taiping will be incomplete, and the whole play will be a failure."

"So Director Li, you convinced this leader just like that?"

But Li Shaohong smiled and shook his head and said: "This leader and I chatted on the phone for more than two hours, and we couldn't get through. In the end, we had to use our trump card."

"Director Li, you still have a trump card."

"Yes, my trump card is you. I finally spoke to the leader, and he agreed."

Li Shaohong looked at Qi Wei and said, "This is Qi Wei's first costume drama, and everyone is looking forward to it."

The popularity of "Meteor Garden" has made Qi Wei very popular during this period, and it has remained high.

This naturally had a very positive impact on "Daming Palace Ci".

When Li Shaohong's team promoted "Ci of Daming Palace", they also focused on promoting that this was Qi Wei's first costume drama. The leakage of Qi Wei's stills directly whetted the audience's appetite.

This has also led to "Daming Palace Ci" becoming the most anticipated drama by the audience after "Meteor Garden".

In this case, the ratings are predictable, and "Da Ming Palace Ci" is indeed beautifully produced.

Not surprisingly, this drama is a hit.

"Director Li, you really know how to joke."

In Qi Wei's opinion, the leader was finally convinced because he was more optimistic about the drama.

In addition, Li Shaohong still has some energy in the circle.

"I'm not kidding."

Li Shaohong squinted his eyes and looked at Qi Wei, recalling the first time he met Qi Wei in his mind.

Before he met Qi Wei, Qi Wei's impression on Li Shaohong was that of a suddenly popular singer and a relatively promising actor.

Although Qi Wei had already established his own film and television company at that time, he was too young and would inevitably be looked down upon.

Opening a film and television company is not easy. There are a lot of troubles involved. Li Shaohong understands this very well. He does not think that Qi Wei will succeed.

Even though he met Qi Wei thanks to Zhao Baogang's relationship, and even though after the meeting he could clearly feel Qi Wei's maturity and stability beyond his years, Li Shaohong's concept still did not change.

He still didn't think Qi Wei would succeed easily.

But after "Meteor Garden" was aired, her jaw dropped at the huge success it achieved.

Qi Wei not only has a keen sense of smell in music, but also in film and television.

She looked at Qi Wei again.

"He has already achieved success. Maybe this is just the beginning of his success. His ship has just begun to set sail. If I can get on board,"

Li Shaohong wants to have more cooperation with Qi Wei.

Li Shaohong suddenly asked: "I heard a rumor before that you wanted to buy ATV's shares and become its shareholder. Is this true?"

"It does happen, and things will come to an end soon." Qi Wei admitted directly.

Wow!It's true!
Although he had a premonition, Li Shaohong was still surprised to hear Qi Wei admit it personally.

No wonder "Meteor Garden" was broadcast in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia so quickly.

Excitement flashed in Li Shaohong's eyes, and he asked: "Qi Wei, can you help me sell the copyright of "Daming Palace Ci"?"

Li Shaohong chose to have "Da Ming Gong Ci" broadcast on CCTV for the sake of ratings, but CCTV is notoriously stingy and would not pay a high price for the first broadcast rights.

The investment in "Da Ming Gong Ci" was high, exceeding 2500 million.

Of course, if "Daming Palace Ci" has good ratings after it is broadcast, it will be relatively easy to recover costs and even make a profit.

But if you want to make a lot of money, it's more difficult.

It's not impossible, unless the copyright can be sold like "Meteor Garden".

At this time, the mainland TV drama market is much better than the movie market, but because the broadcast channels are monopolized by TV stations, TV stations maintain a certain tacit understanding with each other and will not give too much profit to TV drama producers.

Although this situation changed with the broadcast of "Never Rest" last year, the change will not be particularly obvious in a short period of time.

TV stations are still the strong side.

The ratings of "Meteor Garden" were so explosive, and the subsequent second and third rounds of broadcast rights were sold so well, but the profit was only a little more than double.

Not to mention things like video tapes and discs. At this stage, it is a world of piracy, and it has to be done slowly, and the profits will not be much in a short period of time.

The bulk of "Meteor Garden"'s profits come from the copyrights in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and this revenue is far greater than that in the mainland.

The situation of "Daming Palace Ci" is definitely worse than that of "Meteor Garden". If you want to make a lot of money, you must find a way to sell the copyright of "Daming Palace Ci".

But Li Shaohong's company did not have distribution channels in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, so it could only turn to Qi Wei.

But you must have a begging attitude when asking for help.

Li Shaohong continued: ""Da Ming Gong Ci" also has investment from your company. If you are willing to help me, I can give you a higher share."

This is giving away profits.Qi Wei smiled and said: "Director Li took such good care of me before, I will definitely help with this."

In fact, even if Li Shaohong refused to give up the benefits, Qi Wei was willing to help.

Because this is also helping yourself.

After all, Qi Wei's company invested 500 million in the drama "Da Ming Palace Ci", accounting for 20% of the share. Qi Wei naturally hopes that this drama can make more money.

And there is nothing difficult about this.

ATV has become more active in introducing mainland dramas after enjoying success in introducing "My Fair Princess" and "Meteor Garden".

If "Da Ming Gong Ci" becomes a hit in mainland China, even if it does nothing, ATV will come to discuss cooperation.

As for foreign countries, Qi Wei is not sure about the situation after the later broadcast of "Da Ming Palace Ci" abroad, but one thing Qi Wei knows is that there is definitely a market for historical dramas like "Da Ming Palace Ci" in Japan.

It should be able to sell for a good price.

After talking about this matter, seeing that Qi Wei was so talkative, Li Shaohong asked again: "Qi Wei, "Meteor Garden" is so popular, does your company have any other idol drama shooting plans this year?"

"Yes, yes, I wonder what Director Li has in mind." Qi Wei asked.

"That's right. I'm very interested in your company's idol dramas. If you need financial help, you can call me."

Uh, it sounds like you have plenty of funds.

It's so abundant that "Da Ming Gong Ci" wouldn't have asked me for investment when it couldn't raise the funds.

Besides, am I someone who lacks investment?
In this world, there are very few people who provide help in times of need, but not too many people who are the icing on the cake.

Then there is no shortage of people who want to pick a piece of the peach pie.

After "Meteor Garden" became popular, investors took the initiative to contact us almost every day during this period.

As long as you are filming an idol drama, there will be many people rushing to send you money.

Do you still need to provide funds?
"Well, when this happens, I will definitely call you." Qi Wei did not refuse directly.

But Li Shaohong could tell that Qi Wei was perfunctory.

It will probably be difficult to cooperate with Qi Wei from now on.

This is not possible, we have to find a way.

Thinking of Qi Wei's scandals, I also thought of Qi Wei's previous romance on the set of "Daming Palace Ci".

Mr. Zhou, Hu Jing, Zhang Tong, and Li Shaohong knew their relationship with Qi Wei very well.

But she didn't know what happened between Qi Wei, He Lin and Chen Hong.

Especially Chen Hong, otherwise he would have a handle on Qi Wei now, and there would be no need to think about how to get in his way.

Qi Wei didn't know what Li Shaohong was thinking.

Because he doesn't care at all.

After finishing chatting with Li Shaohong, Qi Wei also walked into the venue.

Many people came to the venue. When many people saw Qi Wei, they took the initiative to walk over and began to compliment him.

After all, Qi Wei today is not only a popular star, but also a capital.

But Qi Wei has long been used to this situation of being admired by the stars, and he doesn't feel anything special about it.

After quickly dismissing the group of people, Qi Wei saw Mr. Zhou and walked over.

"Brother Xun, long time no see."

"Yes, long time no see." Mr. Zhou replied with a smile, but his tone was somewhat complaining.

Qi Wei couldn't help laughing.

The last time I met Mr. Zhou was during the Spring Festival. After a day of romance, the two "went their separate ways". Qi Wei returned to the crew of "Little Li Fei Dao" to film, and Mr. Zhou returned to Zhao Baogang's crew to film "Like." Fog is like rain and wind."

It's been almost two months now.

"How's the filming of your movie going?" Qi Wei asked.

"It's finished."

Mr. Zhou pouted and continued with a hint of displeasure: "I'm very bored on the set."

"Didn't you take care of Huo Siyan? Why are you bored?"

"But she is a woman. After all, I am a woman too, and I still want a man."

As she said that, she raised her hand and put it on Qi Wei's chest, and asked in a low voice, "Did you have fun on the set of "Little Li's Flying Knife"?"

"Yes, just like when we were on the set of "Daming Palace Ci", everyone was very happy." Qi Wei laughed.

Seeing Qi Wei's appearance, Mr. Zhou immediately understood what he meant.

"You! You! You!" Mr. Zhou showed an angry look, "It's such a fun thing. Remember to take me with you next time. This is an order."

"Okay, I see."

Mr. Zhou nodded with satisfaction.But she said a little gloomily:
"I have been in the industry for so many years and have filmed so many movies, but I have always been tepid. Can this drama "Da Ming Gong Ci" really make me popular? I really have some doubts now. If I had known this, I should have I will go out of my way to please you even more, and maybe you will be able to create a drama for me just like you did to Gao Yuanyuan."

The popularity of "Meteor Garden" has really affected many people.

Including Mr. Zhou in front of him.

In fact, "April in the World" and "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" produced by Mr. Zhou can be regarded as idol dramas, but there are still some differences between this kind of idol dramas of the Republic of China.

Qi Wei looked down at Mr. Zhou and asked with a smile: "Why do you also want to film those idol dramas of my company? When did you become so uninterested?"

"I want fire more."

Seeing the serious expression on Mr. Zhou's face, Qi Wei also became serious.

"I will always find a way to satisfy your requests. Since you want an idol drama from my company, no problem, I will create one just for you."

Mr. Zhou's current appearance is still acceptable, and there is absolutely no problem in starring in idol dramas.

Hearing this, Mr. Zhou's eyes flickered.

Soon she laughed, "Hey, I knew you still doted on me so much. I believe in your vision and I believe that the drama "Daming Palace Ci" can make me famous."

"I am Jun Wuxiyan."

"Then will you film with me?"

"I don't have that much time."

"That's all I know. If I don't film it with you, I have no interest in that kind of scene at all. I'd better forget it."

In the final analysis, Mr. Zhou just wanted to confirm his position in Qi Wei's heart. After getting a satisfactory answer, nothing else mattered to her.

With Qi Wei here, I am still afraid that the fire will not come out.

Qi Wei and Mr. Zhou were chatting when an uninvited guest came.

"Qi Wei, you're here, long time no see." Chen Hong greeted Qi Wei with a smile.

(End of this chapter)