The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 171 The Attempt of "Pink Lady"
"Signal" is on the air, and Li Shengyao is also busy. Not only does he have to prepare for "The Great Shang Palace", he also has to deal with some domestic counterparts. From time to time, film and television companies come to submit projects, and some hope to cooperate with Fenghua Film and Television Company. To open up overseas markets, some want Fenghua Film and Television Company to invest.

There are all kinds of dramas, costume dramas, idol dramas, and criminal investigation dramas.

Li Shengyao had no interest in most of the dramas, but this day a Shanghai director came and handed him a notebook, which made Li Shengyao a little moved.

The director is Zhu Yi, and he is the director of "Pink Girl".

Li Shengyao has naturally seen "Pink Girl", a TV series adapted from Zhu Deyong's comics, and there will be a "Double Cannon" later, which is also Zhu Deyong's comics.

These two comics not only tell about urban love, but also have some funny and ironic plots.

As far as 2002 is concerned, there are no similar plays in Korean dramas.

Li Shengyao thought it was very interesting, but he wasn't sure if overseas would like to watch such a drama, but he planned to try it out.

The translation team of Fenghua Film and Television Company has been translating Fenghua's own dramas.

He wants to see if he can sell other companies' dramas overseas. If he can help "Pink Girl" to be sold overseas, then his domestic entertainment will be more popular. After all, he can help those film and television production companies generate income.

The main cast of "Pink Girl" is Huaxia Audiovisual Culture Company.

Zhu Yi is still looking for investment, obviously the investment is not enough.

After that, Li Shengyao asked his assistant to entertain him first, while he himself called Chen Xun.

In his previous life, Zhu Yi took a fancy to Chen Xun's appearance and temperament, and went to the Chinese Opera many times to invite her to play the role of "Great Heart". People with a variety of styles refused.

She didn't agree until after graduation.

Chen Xun quickly answered the phone, heard Li Shengyao's words, and said with a smile: "He has come to look for me, I'll listen to you, let him hang out for a few times before agreeing to him."

Li Shengyao nodded, the two chatted for a while, and then he hung up the phone.

After a while, Li Shengyao came to the reception room and saw Zhu Yi at this time.

Tall and thin, with long hands and long feet, he looks very energetic, not like a director, but more like an assembly line worker working on the front line.

"Hello, Director Li."

As soon as Li Shengyao entered the door, Zhu Yi stood up on his own initiative, and then went forward to say hello with a very low posture.

Li Shengyao smiled and asked Zhu Yi to sit down and serve tea.

"Director Li, I came here this time because I have a notebook that I want you to read."

"What book?"

"I want to adapt Zhu Deyong's comic "Sweet Girl" into a TV series. I have already bought the copyright. After the project is approved, it will be called "Pink Girl."

Li Shengyao nodded, motioning for Zhu Yi to continue.

Zhu Yi naturally heard that many people approached Fenghua Film and Television Company to invest, but they were all rejected.

He didn't intend to come to Fenghua Film and Television Company to invest money, but he knew Zhong Dahui from Shanghai Satellite TV. The latter said that Li Shengyao is a man of vision, as long as the script is good, maybe Fenghua will invest.

Zhu Yi came over.

Looking at the young Li Shengyao at this time, he was a little nervous. He kept telling himself to calm down, and then slowly said the purpose of this time.

"Director Li, I hope Fenghua Film and Television Company can invest in our project."

Naturally, Li Shengyao would not immediately agree, he smiled, "Tell me about the advantages of this book, market analysis, and if you have made a plan, show me."

Zhu Yi had been a director for a long time, so he naturally understood what the investors wanted, so he immediately took out the shooting plan, and Li Shengyao read it while listening to what Zhu Yi said.

After 15 minutes, Li Shengyao asked: "How many companies have invested in?"

"Two, Huaxia Audiovisual Culture invested 300 million yuan, and Shanghai City Satellite TV invested 100 million yuan."

"How much money do you still need?"

"We want to hire some stars, and the estimate is 600 million, so we are still short of 200 million."

"Pink Girl" has indeed invited many stars, among which Chen Kun and Hu Bing are the popular niche at this time.

600 million investment is actually not much.

When Li Shengyao watched it in his previous life, he felt that Fuhuadao was quite cheap, and the main plot was in the house of four women.

He ordered the table, and then said: "Whether your project will work or not is actually unknown. Although comics are very popular in the market, but when they are adapted into TV series, the audience is different."

Zhu Yi nodded hastily, "Director Li, you are right, but I still hope to give it a try. If it succeeds, it will be a new direction."

"Talk to investors, don't say in case, this represents uncertainty."

Zhu Yi immediately agreed.

"I'm not sure if your play will be successful, but I'm willing to give you a chance, but I have two conditions."

"You said."

"First, I will arrange for my people to join the crew. My people will check all the accounts of the crew. I want to make sure that my money will not be spent indiscriminately."

Zhu Yi naturally knew some of the unspoken rules of the current production crew. The price of buying and selling things below is very different from the market price, which is often not cared about by anyone.

It seems that it has been tacitly regarded as pumping oil for the people below.

He didn't expect that Li Shengyao couldn't do it here.

But thinking of the quality of Fenghua dramas, and after searching for a long time, I only found 400 million.

There is still a big gap between the effects of 400 million and 600 million, and the 600 million can take better pictures.

In addition, maybe Fenghua drama is so good because the crew has few moths.

"Okay, I can agree to that."

"It must be written into the contract. If it is found out, it will be punished severely. Otherwise, I have the right to withdraw the capital at any time, and you will have to compensate me for the loss."

"it is good."

Zhu Yi felt that he had fought hard this time, and he wanted to learn from Fenghua Film and Television Company to change the atmosphere of the crew.

"The second point? Fenghua Film and Television Company wants the exclusive overseas sales agency rights of "Pink Girl". At that time, my people will produce four foreign language subtitles for "Pink Girl" and help sell it overseas. .”

This was a complete surprise, Zhu Yi did not expect Fenghua Film and Television Company to be willing to help other people sell dramas.

In domestic entertainment, except for Fenghua dramas, others dare not expect to earn foreign exchange at all.

Regarding the five or five points, he didn't care too much, and immediately nodded, "Okay, Director Li, I agree."

"Okay, let's sign the contract."

Soon after, Fenghua Film and Television Company formally signed a contract with the people from Huaxia Audiovisual Culture. Fenghua Film and Television Company invested 200 million yuan and won a 30.00% bonus for the broadcasting rights of this drama at home and abroad.

At the same time, it obtained the exclusive agency right for overseas sales of this drama, and the share after sales was [-]-[-]%.

"Director Li, happy cooperation."

The people from Huaxia Audiovisual Culture were also shocked that Li Shengyao would invest. They had planned to give up some dividends in order to reduce the investment risk, but they didn't expect Zhu Yi to find Li Shengyao in the end.

"Pleasant to work with."

Li Shengyao smiled.

Regardless of whether "Pink Girl" can be sold overseas, he should not lose money. For several years after "Pink Girl", it is often broadcast on various David TVs during the summer vacation, so there is no problem in recovering the cost.

He is just trying now.

If you make a lot of money, it’s okay if you don’t.

(End of this chapter)