City: Become a principal from junior college!

Chapter 376 The principal exploded with gold coins!

The so-called Dragon King smiled.

In fact, it is an advertisement for an online novel.

The pretense and slap-in-the-face elements of online novels are incorporated, and finally the identity of the protagonist is revealed.

Let the audience look forward to how the protagonist will slap him in the face next and how he will take revenge on those who humiliated the protagonist.

This attracts readers to read the novel.

Although it is a bit crude, the effect is very obvious.

What the students wanted to photograph turned out to be this kind of thing.

It's indeed interesting.

I have to say that my students’ minds are flexible.

"What is lacking in today's film and television industry is the spirit of excellence."

Ye Chen took it and glanced at it, the name alone was quite interesting "Black Lotus Advancement Manual"!

After looking at the content, it is basically the template of a female channel’s palace fighting drama.

"As for shooting and editing equipment, students can learn from it."

It's just that the TV series may have to suffer for an episode or two. The heroine is misunderstood and framed for an episode or two before the audience can wait for the exciting plot.

"Because compromise will become a habit. If students always compromise when they officially start filming in the future, they will never be able to reach the ceiling of the industry, which will not be good for future development."

Being depressed doesn't last overnight at all.

“I don’t really want students to compromise on the quality of their work because of financial issues.”

It is indeed small money for Star Academy.

Ye Chen nodded: "Then two million, but you must supervise the use of funds."

"So Teacher Zhou hopes that the college will help students film this drama, right?"

“So it’s better for the college to provide funding to the students.”

Revenge after holding on for three minutes.

The student's script is to be humiliated for one minute and show off for two minutes.

"I thought about it, I could get it for this money, but most of the finished product would look shoddy."

Failure to supervise is equivalent to allowing students to make mistakes.

He is indeed well versed in the routines of online novels, which is very refreshing.

So he said directly: "It's a small matter. How much does Teacher Zhou think it will cost to take a good photo?"

Two million, to be honest, is really small.

Many music videos cost two million to shoot.

"However, although the students' family backgrounds seem to be not bad, they are not like ours at that time. But they still have no source of income of their own, and it is not a problem to rely on love to generate electricity."

"The name Black Lotus: The Master's Manual is also very good. It shows the characteristics of the protagonist and also marks the core of the drama's upgrade and slap in the face."

After hearing this, Teacher Zhou thought for a while: "Because the short play is presented on a mobile phone, it really doesn't pay much attention to details. The palace fighting drama does not require any big scenes. The main thing is to obey the Tao and the right scenes."

"Actually, the main cost of filming now is actors and labor costs, but we don't have any in this area."

But supervision is still required.

Ye Chen was immediately happy when he heard this.

"So I hope students can show their ideas and talents in short plays as much as possible without being troubled by funds."

Ye Chen looked at Teacher Zhou.

Seeing that his principal understood, Teacher Zhou quickly sent another script originally written by the students: "Principal, this is the script the students sent me. One hundred episodes have been made."

Use this to express yourself.

"The students in the screenwriting class are really talented!"

"In the future, after the finished product is produced, the college will register a video account to publish it. If it becomes popular, we can also rely on advertising fees to recoup the cost."

As for TV dramas and the like, the filming funds basically start at tens of millions.

It is said to be the condensed version of The Legend of Zhen Huan, Gong Suo Xin Jade.

Rather than because of money issues, I can only fool around and waste my talent.

This is really low cost enough.

It’s just that the plot is extremely simple, and the script for one episode is only a few hundred words.

Teacher Zhou nodded and said, "The students raised 200,000 through crowdfunding to film this short play."

When it comes to spending money to help his students grow, Ye Chen is never stingy as long as the price is not too outrageous.

Teacher Zhou obviously hopes that students can focus on the work itself.

In this case, the skit can only use up to two million.

"So probably one to two million would be enough."

Especially when it comes to money.

Indulgence will harm students.

Teacher Zhou nodded, understanding what his principal meant.

"The principal is awesome!"

Teacher Zhou smiled and sighed.

Although two million is not a big sum of money compared to the film and television industry.

But even so, it is still money, and most people would not give out so much casually for students to try to create.

And Ye Chen smiled when he heard this: "Actually, I think that if the short drama is a new thing, if it can be filmed well, the market prospects will not be bad, and there is a lot of room for profit."

"Short dramas don't even need to make money in the form of pre-roll ads like TV dramas."

"Because short plays have their own unique advantages, which are intense emotions and fast pace."

“As we all know, most purchases are impulse purchases.”

"Short plays have a strong sense of feedback and are fast-paced. If charged, the conversion rate may be very high."

"After all, it's one link after another, and the audience is having a great time watching it. The protagonist will be showing off and slapped in the face the next minute, and then the next episode will start charging."

"The audience will definitely be eager to know how the protagonist will show off and how he will slap his face."

"Then you pay to watch the next episode, and once you pay for the first time, it's natural to pay for the next episode."

“This is also the reason why the gaming industry always engages in six-yuan first-time recharge.”

“It’s very difficult to get players who are penniless to just pay big bucks.”

"But let the other party spend some insignificant money first, get numerical improvements, and enjoy the happiness of krypton gold, and then pay, it is natural and logical."

"Many players have turned from prostitution parties into krypton gold parties, and they were led astray by the first charge."

Pay to watch?

Teacher Zhou raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and soon his eyes lit up.

What the principal said actually makes sense after thinking about it carefully.

The short drama is short and refreshing, and the paid conversion rate is definitely not low.

If it succeeds, wouldn't it mean that our students have opened up a new field for the film and television industry?

Moreover, the market size of long-form video dramas has shrunk due to the impact of short videos.

Since you can't beat it, you might as well join in.

"Interesting, do we at Star Academy want to create a website specifically to sell short plays?"

Teacher Zhou became interested.

Ye Chen shook his head when he heard this: "Forget it, if you don't have the energy and ability, let's leave professional matters to professionals."

"I plan to have someone talk to Douyin at that time to see if they are interested in doing this."

“If Douyin is not interested, then go find Kuaishou.”

In many things, Ye Chen prefers to cooperate with the outside world.

Leave professional matters to professional platforms.

Doing everything yourself will only waste a lot of energy.

It may also be that the supporting platform is not well developed, resulting in the original advantages being lost.

With the influence of Xingchen Academy, it would definitely not be a big problem to proactively negotiate cooperation with companies like DouKuai.

Unless they're not interested, then let's talk about something else.

Teacher Zhou naturally has no objection to this.

After the serious talk, Teacher Zhou started to chat: "The short play mode is indeed quite interesting. Even my hands are a little itchy..."

"I'll ask other teachers later if they have time and write a script to join in the fun."

Hearing this, Ye Chen also became interested.

The quality of what Teacher Zhou took is definitely not bad.

So when I asked with great interest: "Does Teacher Zhou have any ideas? What type of film do you plan to shoot?"

Teacher Zhou blurted out without thinking: "Of course it's a comedy!"

"I even thought of a name."

"Just call it Jin Zhu Yu Ye..."

……

Send away the satisfied Teacher Zhou.

Ye Chen stretched leisurely.

The students came up with the short play format, which was indeed an unexpected surprise for Ye Chen.

If successful, short plays, which are very fast to shoot, are very suitable for students who are still in the learning stage to practice and apply what they have learned.

As for the specific profits, Ye Chen didn't care too much.

It’s great if you can get your money back, but it doesn’t matter if you can’t.

As long as students pay attention.

Naturally, there is no need for principal Ye Chen to negotiate specific cooperation negotiations in person.

Once you explain it, professionals will take care of it.

But Ye Chen originally thought.

Given the size of Douyin, you may be interested in so-called short dramas, but you won’t pay special attention to them.

But what Ye Chen didn't expect was.

Douyin actually pays special attention to short dramas.

The vice president even came to Star Academy in person.

This shows attention.

He also promised that when the short plays of Star Students are filmed, as long as the quality is good.

They will provide tens of millions of platform push traffic for free.

Let as many people as possible watch the short plays of Star Students.

As for the reason?

In addition to the fact that Douyin has always hoped to obtain the right to sell Xingchen weight loss pills to attract traffic to its own e-commerce.

Douyin itself has been in the exploratory stage for paid videos. Although free is now the mainstream.

But if it can supplement the ecological niche of paid videos and cultivate users’ paying habits.

That will once again raise the ceiling of Douyin’s income.

Moreover, Douyin’s film and television commentary has always been a gray area of ​​copyright.

Whether film and television commentary counts as infringement has always been controversial.

If Douyin can have original short dramas suitable for its short video platform, it will also be good for attracting new users.

In short, the two sides hit it off.

Douyin generates traffic and platform.

Star Academy produces original content.

The income is split 50-50 by both parties.

When an agreement is reached.

Everything is ready.

Next, we have to wait for the students’ works to come out.

……

In the group of freshmen majoring in Xingchen Film and Television.

At this moment, the students are crowdfunding enthusiastically.

"I'll pay you five hundred!"

"I don't have any new year's money when I go to college. It's miserable, so I'll just raise a hundred."

"I'll give you a thousand."

"As long as you give me the role of eunuch, I will eat pickles and white porridge for two months and squeeze out 5,000 from my living expenses..."

"Today happens to be Crazy Thursday, please rich brother v me fifty!"

"I have a method. The seniors in the college are quite rich. Let's go to them and tell them that as long as they pay two hundred, they can get a supporting role in a short play starring a big star."

"If you're willing to pay five hundred, you can have a line."

"If you are willing to pay one thousand, give him a supporting role that lasts more than ten seconds."

"Nowadays, people seem to be very interested in acting. I heard that there are so many tourists in Hengdian who want to experience acting that they even pay group leaders just to be an extra. The group leaders can also get money from the crew. The money, plus the money from the extras, makes me crazy."

"Good guy, buddy, you really know how to make money. I have to give you money when I work as a sidekick, right?"

"I think although the seniors are rich, they are not stupid!"

"..."

Most of the students donated generously, but not much was available.

After all, they are all students who are still relying on their families and have no income.

However, there are also those who are smart and put their ideas on the heads of wealthy seniors.

After all, students in many majors have income while they are in school, and many even earn more than 10,000 yuan a month.

It would be great if you could get some gold coins from them.

Zhao Maimai couldn't help but feel happy watching the discussions among his classmates.

A time to celebrate the new year.

Students in the screenwriting class have brainstormed the script for the entire play.

Although the casting has not yet been completely decided.

But the main characters have almost been decided.

After all, there are only so many students in the acting class.

They specialize in this, so naturally they have to play roles with a lot of roles.

As for other supporting roles and extras, just let students from other classes make guest appearances.

All that is missing now is money and equipment.

As for the money, we will crowdfund it after everyone starts school.

As for the equipment, the class committee has been asked to contact the teacher.

At this moment, someone happened to ask: "Class committee member, how did the teacher reply? Are you willing to borrow it?"

"It's okay if you don't want to borrow it."

"I checked and found that the equipment in the academy is extremely expensive. Several cameras cost over one million each."

"There are even some monitor headphones and sound barrels that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and are top-notch products."

"If it's really damaged by us, we can't afford to pay for it at all, okay?"

"Actually, I think that since it is a short drama, it can be shot with a mobile phone. My mate60 has great photography capabilities..."

This classmate’s words received the approval of everyone.

If the school is unwilling to borrow equipment, they will understand.

After all, lending millions of devices to students for fun is too risky.

But what they didn't expect was.

The school committee quickly stood up: "Don't worry, everyone, the teacher has agreed to lend us the equipment!"

"We can use whatever is in the equipment library as long as we don't damage it intentionally, and the college won't even hold us accountable."

Seeing this sentence, the film and television majors were a little excited.

As expected, my own academy is different from those coquettish bitches outside.

Some colleges build new football fields and are reluctant to let students step on the lawn.

And what about our own Star Academy? Millions of equipment can be borrowed at any time.

The gap is really too big.

But just when everyone was about to send a group chat to express their feelings about the atmosphere of the college.

The school committee then typed: "There is no need for crowdfunding."

"The teacher said that he went to the principal and told him that everyone was going to make a short play."

"The principal was very supportive of us after learning about it. The college will directly contribute 2 million to us for filming expenses."

Damn it...

When they saw the news from the school committee, the students were completely shocked.

Just now, they were still worrying about funding for filming, and they were all planning to go to their senior to earn gold coins.

The result was a sudden turn of events.

The principal just gave him two million?

This is two million.

It’s enough to buy a big house in most places.

The principal just took it out so casually and let everyone show off?

Although I have long heard that the principal is generous to students and is willing to support students to pursue their dreams.

But this level of support is too generous.

And what they plan to shoot is not a serious film or television series, but a short video.

The arrival of these two million is definitely an unexpected surprise.

Even well over budget.

With these two million.

There is no need to go to Xixi to make do with many props, you can choose Goudong.

However, before that, the students cheered and expressed gratitude for the principal's generous gesture.

The school committee sent out another group chat.

"At the same time, the principal also asked the college to contact the short video giant Douyin..."

"It is said that an agreement has been reached. The short drama we filmed will be online on Douyin, and Douyin will provide us with a large amount of traffic for promotion..."

"The first ten episodes are free, and the eleventh episode will be paid."

"If there is any income then, half of it will be given to the students who participated in the creation."

"The school doesn't want the remaining half, it will be used as the department's creative fund."

"In the future, if you create short plays or film other things, as long as the script is approved, you can directly apply for creative funds from the department..."

"But there is a premise, that is, it cannot affect normal learning."

"If the teacher finds that the cultural class will be affected, it may be canceled..."

The school committee member struggled to finish typing all the words.

The group fell completely silent.

All the students, including Zhao Maimai, were completely shocked.

The principal agreed to lend the equipment, which was generous.

The principal is willing to support 2 million, which means the college has money.

But the principal even considered the subsequent release, promotion, and revenue for them.

Allowing them to concentrate on shooting without any worries.

This is really outrageous.

You know, doing this short play is just a sudden interest among everyone.

The whole thing is still focused on entertainment.

In this case, he received such attention from the principal.

Their emotions are really complicated.

Anyway, Zhao Maimai is sure.

Beijing Film Academy will never support students like this.

This feeling of being valued, trusted, and strongly supported is really good.

Deep down in Zhao Maimai's heart, he felt even more grateful that he had chosen to join Star Academy.

As for other students, they all felt the same way.

A college that values ​​students in this way will conquer even the most picky students.

I will be proud to enter Star Academy.

And this gratitude for being taken seriously soon turned into a kind of pressure...

Nowadays, top-level equipment is available, sufficient funds are available, and even promotion is available.

If they can't do a good job, how can they deserve the support of the principal and the school?

They absolutely have to do their best.

So soon...

The discussion atmosphere in the group became much more serious.

Everyone discussed more enthusiastically how to get the best effect from the short play!

(End of this chapter)