China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 800. Boss Cao is showing off, Feng Xiaogang is stimulated
During the audition process for "Youth", every actress had to perform a dance in front of the camera.

Although there were more than a thousand actresses who signed up for the audition, only a dozen or so auditioned in the morning, mainly actresses from Feiyu.

After lunch in the afternoon, Cao Yu came to the audition place and found that the girls queuing there were one in a million.

"Director Feng, how is it?"

Arriving at the audition room and sitting next to Feng Xiaogang, he picked up the information and asked casually.

"There are a few good ones."

Feng Xiaogang helped Boss Cao find the information of a girl he thought was okay, and said with a smile: "Boss Cao, sometimes I really think that you are really amazing in training actors."

"hehe."

Cao Yu just smiled faintly and saw that the people marked by Feng Xiaogang in the information included Chen Yuqi and Zhong Chuxi.

Chen Yuqi started learning dance in her freshman year. Although her basic skills were a little weak, she won because she was pretty and had a good figure.

Zhong Chuxi has indeed started practicing dance since she was ten years old. She is also a graduate of the Shanghai Theatre Academy. She has good qualities and is also a very promising actress in Yang Mi Studio.

"is acceptable."

Cao Yu put the information down and said, "Then continue. I'll take a look and then leave. I'll come back when I have time."

"Boss Cao, there is actually one girl in the report who is qualified to play the leading role. She used to be a member of the army song and dance troupe."

When Feng Xiaogang heard that Boss Cao was leaving, he immediately wanted to let Miao Miao come up and give it a try so as to secure the leading female role as soon as possible.

"Oh? Who is it?"

Cao Yu guessed who the girl Feng Xiaogang was talking about and asked casually.

"My name is Miao Miao. She is not only a good dancer, but also a good actress."

Feng Xiaogang said this and took out Miao Miao's information.

Cao Yu took a look and found that this girl had indeed been in the army and was indeed suitable for starring in the movie "Youth".

Although he really wanted to support Li Xi, there was a real gap between the "chicken leg girl" and Miao Miao in all aspects.

Cao Yu was hesitating when Zhang Xiaotian suddenly came in and said, "Boss Cao, two leaders from Mango TV and Tomato TV are here and want to see you."

"How did they get here?"

In the days since Cao Yu came back, several powerful local TV stations often called to inquire about "Knowing Your Destiny", but he kept dragging his feet.

A good drama is not afraid of being dragged out.

Besides, "Knowing Your Destiny" has a lot of episodes, so the editing time will be relatively long, and it is still early for the broadcast. If it is sold in a hurry, the price will definitely be much lower.

But unexpectedly, Mango TV and Tomato TV actually followed directly.

But now that you are here, let’s meet him.

"Let them in."

"Ok."

Zhang Xiaotian agreed and went out to invite someone in.

"Boss Cao, you are really here. It's really hard to see you now."

The directors of the two TV stations who came were actually old acquaintances of Cao Yu.

Cao Yu stood up, shook hands and said, "Director Ding, President Yuan, what brings you here?"

"We saw you auditioning for a new movie here on the Internet this morning, so we came here. Otherwise, we really wouldn't have been able to meet Mr. Cao."

The two men spoke flattering words to Cao Yu, leaving aside Feng Xiaogang, a well-known figure in the film industry.

Although Feng Xiaogang was ignored, there was nothing he could do.

Compared with Boss Cao in terms of status, there is a huge gap between him and Boss Cao, so it is not shameful to be ignored.

After they sat down, Cao Yu smiled and said, "Are you here to see me about the matter of "Do You Know?"

"Boss Cao, you are amazing. You guessed our purpose right away. I did come here for the drama "Do You Know?" But I didn't expect to run into Boss Yuan from Tomato TV when I came here. It seems that everyone wants to give Boss Cao more money."

The director of Mango TV saw a video shared by Cao Yu’s fans on Douyin on Weibo that morning, and he came over without stopping.

I wanted to take the opportunity to secretly take down "Knowing Your Destiny".

As it happened, I ran into my competitor as soon as I arrived here.

It seems that the other party has the same idea as mine, but it seems a little difficult to get this drama at a low price now.

Mr. Yuan from Tomato TV also said: "It is indeed a coincidence. This can only mean that the quality of Feiyu's works is guaranteed."

With the popularity of "Joy of Life 2", Mango TV has made a lot of money just from advertising. Which TV station would not be jealous?
Cao Yu smiled and said, "Originally, I was planning to wait until the editing of this drama was almost done, show you the clips and then find a TV station to cooperate with. Since you are here, let's talk about it together."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Xiaotian came over and said, "Boss Cao, the leaders of Lizhi TV and Zhejiang TV are outside the door."

"It's really lively today? See you then."

Since two stores have already come, it doesn’t matter if two more stores come. Maybe the price can be raised even higher.

But after waiting for a while, it turned out that the leaders who came in were not from two TV stations, but from three.

In addition to Litchi TV, Zhejiang Province TV and Blue TV, there is also Guangdong TV.

"Five TV stations at once?"

Seeing this situation, Feng Xiaogang was speechless. Has Feiyu’s TV series always been snatched away like this?
There was another round of greetings, and it turned out that everyone's purpose was exactly the same.

In the end, they met each other again.

"Let's go, let's talk somewhere else. We have an audition here."

Seeing that several major domestic TV stations were almost all there, Cao Yu decided to start bidding.

"I'll go take a look too."

Although the audition time has arrived, it has not officially started yet, so Feng Xiaogang plans to go and watch the fun.

Several people came to a conference room in the theater, and Cao Yu had someone send over some short clips of "Knowing".

The technicians quickly played the clips on the big screen.

Everyone found that the drama was indeed well-made, with careful costumes and props, and every actor's acting was very good.

More importantly, the theme song "Knowing" was sung by Boss Cao himself.

Now everyone knows that Boss Cao Yu is the biggest star in the country with countless fans. Just based on this point, it will be strange if this drama doesn’t become a hit.

After watching the clip, the wealthy Mango TV was the first to say, "Mr. Cao, this drama is very good. How much do you want to sell it for per episode? Just name a price and we at Mango TV will never bargain."

"Director Ding, everyone is here. It's not that easy for you to just take it away like this."

"Yes, as long as Mr. Cao opens the door, we will not bargain."

"That's right, we must get this drama this time. Mango TV has introduced so many Feiyu dramas in recent years, we have to leave a few for others."

Other TV stations immediately expressed their dissatisfaction.

You, Mango TV, have money, but we don’t?

The tension was already building before the bidding even started.

Director Ding of Mango TV had no choice but to say, "Boss Cao, let's do it the same way as last time. Whoever offers the highest bid will get the show."

Their Mango TV station is very wealthy, and the task given by the station director is to get "Knowing" at all costs.

Putting aside the reputation of the TV series produced by Feiyu, the fact that Mr. Cao can sing the theme song will mean that when the show is broadcast, the advertising fees will increase several times and there will be people willing to pay for it.

People from other TV stations understood this logic and agreed to this proposal.

Anyway, everyone has made sufficient preparations today.

Seeing that everyone wanted to bid, Cao Yu said, "Well, the starting price is 3 million per episode, for a total of 78 episodes. Whoever wants to get the first broadcast rights, start bidding."

"Three million per episode? Or is that the starting price?"

Although Director Feng has been in the entertainment industry for many years, he is mainly in the film industry.

He had heard that Feiyu's TV series were in great demand, but he didn't expect the price to be so high?

Three million per episode, seventy-eight episodes is more than two hundred million. Can the cost be recovered with just the starting price?

But just as he felt the excitement, a greater excitement came.

"four million!"

"five million!"

"Five and a half million!"

"Five. million!"

"Six million!"

……

Several TV stations refused to give in to each other, and within a few minutes, the starting price doubled.

"A TV series sells for so much? How much do I earn from working so hard on a movie?"

Seeing this situation, Feng Xiaogang's mentality collapsed.

Six million, that’s 450 million, and the investment in this drama was less than 200 million, but the first round of copyright alone sold for more than 200 million?
What about the second and third rounds? And what about the revenue from online broadcasting?
Director Feng wanted to cry, but he couldn't.

The profits from his own films "Mr. Six" and "I Am Not Madame Bovary" were not that huge.

A movie needs to have a profit of 250 million. Excluding investment, the box office must be at least 700 to 800 million.

Boss Cao can make hundreds of millions of dollars by shooting a TV series and singing a theme song, and he doesn't even have to share the profits. This speed and efficiency are so infuriating.

He really wanted to throw down his rake and quit his job to film a TV series.

But even if we make a TV series, can anyone make it as good as Cao Yu?

Among the many entertainment companies producing TV series in the entertainment industry, the only TV series that are so sought after are probably those produced by Boss Cao.

The price of six million per episode was paid by Tomato TV.

This price is already very high in the current TV drama market.

Although many TV stations came prepared, it was impossible for them not to consider the price when it reached this level. Cao Yu saw that everyone stopped bidding and asked with a smile, "Anyone else want to bid?"

In one sentence, the leaders of other TV stations were awakened.

This film cannot be taken away by Tomato TV. Yanjing TV immediately blurted out: "Six and a half million!"

"Crack."

Feng Xiaogang almost fell off his chair.

It’s six million per episode, and there are still people raising the price?

Everyone looked at Feng Xiaogang, and Director Feng smiled awkwardly and said, "Sorry, I didn't sit still."

After saying that, he stood up and said, "You guys are busy, I'll leave first."

He really couldn't stand the stimulation and decided not to watch it to avoid falling off the stool again.

Even Director Feng was shocked by the high price. As we all know, 6.5 million is indeed a sky-high price for a single episode of a TV series in China.

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But Mango TV still doesn't want to miss this opportunity.

I don't know if there will be another drama in the future where Boss Cao can sing the theme song himself.
Although he had to take responsibility for the station, when he left, the station director said that he would do it at all costs.
"Seven million. Two hundred thousand!"

Director Ding originally wanted to ask for seven million, but in the end he gritted his teeth and added an extra two hundred thousand.

Everyone immediately cast somewhat unhappy looks at Director Ding.

It shows that you, Mango TV, are rich, right?

It’s already 7.2 million, how do you want us to increase it?
Cao Yu was very satisfied with the price, and secretly thought that if Director Feng knew that an episode could be sold at such a high price, he might really jump on the bandwagon.

The director of Yanjing TV suddenly thought about it and did not raise the price. Instead, he said, "Director Ding, this is not the only drama that President Cao has. Why are you raising the price so much?"

"My pleasure!"

Director Ding said proudly in his heart, and said with a smile: "It's mainly because we are optimistic about Boss Cao."

Director Li of Yanjing TV said calmly: "Since Mango TV has obtained "Do You Know?", then Feiyu TV should give the other dramas to us, otherwise..."

When everyone heard this, they finally remembered that Feiyu still had "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", "Fighter of the Destiny" and "Nine States Piaomiao Lu" in his hands.

Although the filming of these three dramas was not as grand as that of "Knowing Your Destiny", a clip of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" was shown at last year's New Year's Eve party, and it looked pretty good.

Since I can’t get “Knowing Your Destiny”, I can’t go back empty-handed today. I can just get any drama and report back.

The premise is that Mango TV does not snatch it.

Director Ding of Mango TV also understood that what it meant was, if you don’t give in to other dramas, we will have to continue bidding.

He pondered for a while, felt that his mission had been accomplished, and nodded: "Okay, I will not participate in the competition for other dramas!"

"it is good."

After getting the promise, Director Li of Yanjing TV said to Cao Yu with satisfaction: "Mr. Cao, since it is such a coincidence that everyone is here today, why not set the prices for the other dramas as well to avoid wasting Mr. Cao's time in the future."

"Yes, Director Li is right."

Everyone immediately echoed, "It's really hard to see Mr. Cao now."

"alright."

Although "Legend of Nine States" is still being filmed, it doesn't really matter if the first broadcast rights are sold in advance.

Soon, clips from the two dramas "Fighter of the Destiny" and "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" were released.

When everyone was watching Lu Han and Nazha in "Fighter of the Destiny", Director Ding of Mango TV really wanted to swallow back what he had just said.

In this drama, Nazha's appearance is absolutely top-notch. After watching it, wouldn't the audience be moved to tears by her beauty?
And Lu Han is so handsome too. This kind of drama where both the male and female protagonists have stunning beauties is most suitable for Mango TV.

Moreover, the action design, actors' acting skills, and special effects are all very outstanding.
What a pity, I just said I wouldn’t steal it.

The drama "Yitian" is also very good. The male lead Zhu Yilong is impeccable in both acting and temperament, and there are many beautiful women.
As expected, Feiyu Entertainment’s dramas never disappoint.

Compared to Mango TV's depression, other TV stations are very happy.

Is this an unexpected surprise?

Although "The Legend of Nine States" does not have any wonderful scenes, based on Boss Cao's reputation, it will definitely not be a bad idea to buy it early.

Although Mango TV is missing, there are still four TV stations here, and the competition is often fierce.

In the end, Yanjing TV got "The Legend of Nine States" at a price of 5.2 million per episode, and Fanqie TV got "Fighter of the Destiny" at a price of 5.6 million per episode.

"The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" was snatched away by Lizhi TV for 4.8 million.

Seeing that all these dramas had been snatched up, Guangdong Province could only get the second round broadcasting rights of "Knowing Your Destiny" for 2.8 million.

Just from these few dramas, Feiyu Entertainment earned more than 1.5 billion today.

After seeing off the leaders of major TV stations who left with satisfaction, Cao Yu returned to the audition location.

"Boss Cao, are you done with your work? Did you make money?"

Feng Xiaogang was curious about how much the copy of "Knowing Your Destiny" that had been so hotly sought after was sold for.

Cao Yu shook his head and sat down, looking like he had suffered a great loss, saying, "Ah, it's not much. We only sold four dramas and it only reached 1.6 billion. Alas."

"1.6 billion"

Feng Xiaogang suddenly felt jealous.

Mr. Cao, could you please stop showing off?

Less than 1.6 billion? Is that true?

1.6 billion, that means one drama is close to 400 million, you are totally robbing me.

I'll slap a hammer!

But can we not bid? The bet agreement is still there.

Feng Xiaogang wanted to cry, I wish I could pretend like this someday.

Now it seems that I can only wait until "Youth" is released. If the box office is good, I will have a chance to install it.

After being slapped in the face by Cao Yu, Feng Xiaogang didn't want to talk about the TV series anymore. He forced a bitter smile and said, "Boss Cao, the Miao Miao I mentioned is here. Let her perform a piece for you."

"Ah."

Cao Yu seemed to be having a great time pretending just now.

It really feels good to pretend to be cool, but the more you pretend, the more fun it feels.

I nodded casually and saw someone appear on the stage. I watched for a while, but my mind turned to the next TV series.

Since TV dramas are so profitable, in addition to the drama currently being filmed, there are also two pigtail dramas, so we have to shoot something else.

The animation of "Fights Break Sphere" has been in the works for a year and will be aired during the summer vacation.

Then a live-action version should also be in preparation.

There is also "Snow Sword" that can be done.
The crew of "In the Name of People" approached him for investment a few years ago. He invested some money to make the crew less poor.

But this drama is not produced by Feiyu after all, and it is not easy for Feiyu to produce it.

The topic is too high-end and most people don't dare to grasp it.

Zhengwu Sunshine is about to release an urban hit drama "Ode to Joy", which is expected to have good reputation and can only be regarded as a drama of its subsidiary company.

"Then let's try shooting "Fighting Break Sphere"."

While watching a girl dancing on the stage, Cao Yu was thinking about filming a drama.

Yang Mi's studio is currently working on the scripts for Ever Night and Fox Spirit Matchmaker, as well as Battle Through the Heavens, but these are all idol dramas.
In the Name of the People.
Cao Yu originally wanted to be the producer of this drama, but after much consideration, he gave up and only invested more than 20 million yuan.

But you can shoot similar dramas, or suspense dramas
Cao Yu suddenly remembered a TV series with very good reputation and great ratings, but only twelve episodes: "The Hidden Corner".

I'll have someone check out the original novel of this drama when I get back.
Just as I was thinking about it, Zhang Xiaotian came again.

The girl whispered in Cao Yu's ear, "Boss Cao, Singularity just called and said that New Media wants to buy the copyright of Fights Break Sphere. What do you think?"

When Cao Yu heard that Xinli was going to buy it, he immediately thought of the famous scenes of chicken wings flying into the sky and fighting spirit turning into horses.

At the same time, I once again discovered that this world is really evil. Just when I was about to shoot "Fights Break Sphere", someone came up with the same idea as me.

However, it would be a waste if we let them take the photos.

"Reply and say we plan to shoot it ourselves."

Cao Yu certainly would not sell the adaptation rights of "Fights Break Sphere", even though this drama is difficult to shoot, has very high requirements, and is easily criticized.

But he still wanted to shoot it, after all, this novel started the precedent of "broken engagement trend".

Mainly, the readership is large enough.

However, if we want to film it, we can only film the first half of the novel, which is the three-year agreement.

The name of the TV series can be called "Fights Break Sphere: The Three-Year Agreement".

How to edit
We have a strong team of screenwriters, so let them take their time, try to respect the original work, and don't go too far.

Cao Yu had just thought of several plays, and the dance on the stage had ended. Feng Xiaogang asked, "Mr. Cao, what do you think of this girl?"

"Good."

"Mr. Cao, I think she's a good choice too. I'll decide on her as the female lead candidate."

"Don't worry, take a look first."

Although Cao Yu was thinking about something just now, his eyes were actually focused on the girl's dance on the stage for a while.

He had to admit that the actors from the art troupe were really amazing. This girl named Miao Miao had very solid dancing skills and was indeed better than Li Yitong in this respect.

As expected, the best are dedicated to the country.

But he still wanted Li Yitong and Miao Miao to compete, because he loved women.

"Have a look first?"

When Feng Xiaogang heard what Boss Cao said, his heart moved.

Did he say this on purpose? Did he want the girl to show her sincerity?
(End of this chapter)