During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 611: What the hell are you thinking? It's easy to kneel down, but hard to stand up

After a hard night's work, Wei Jin felt that the quality of his sleep was quite good.

When he woke up in the morning, Wei Jin felt refreshed and in good spirits, but the three women around him had left.

"The Four 2" has been released today, and their second phase of roadshow has just begun.

However, with the hundreds of millions of blessings Wei Jin sent them last night, I think they shouldn't be too tired.

After packing up, Wei Jin left the Golden House and went to the company.

He hadn't been here for nearly a month and a half, and when many people saw him, they stopped what they were doing, stood up and greeted him. Wei Jin also smiled and nodded in response.

Coming all the way to the editing room of the post-production center, I saw Wen Mu communicating with the editor, and Lu Yang beside him also interjected from time to time.

"You kid, why are you joining in the fun if you're not busy with your own post-production?"

The sudden sound startled Lu Yang. When he came to his senses, he rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Brother, you can't play like this. Don't you know that scaring people can kill them?
Besides, I'm not just joining in the fun. This is Xiaowen's first feature film, and as a senior from Beijing Film Academy, I have to help review it. Xiaowen, don't you think so? "

Wen Mu was also startled: "Ah, yes, yes, Senior Brother Lu gave a lot of suggestions, all very pertinent, I benefited a lot from them."

Lu Yang patted Wen Muye's shoulder and expressed his appreciation: "Well, this young man is teachable."

"Okay, let me see what you two come up with."

"Okay, let's go to the screening room."

Wei Jin didn't say much. He simply explained the requirements for the rough cut of "Operation Mekong" to the staff, and then followed Lu Yang and Wen Mu to the screening room.

The original film without post-production looks really boring.

However, the director's skills can also be seen from the use of lenses, scene construction, actors' performances, etc.

From this aspect, Wen Mu is still qualified.

Including the one-third of editing that has been completed, it is quite good, and there are indeed some of Lu Yang's style and shadow in it.

But watching a film is different from watching a movie. It is much faster. In less than an hour, Wei Jin finished watching all the materials.

"Not bad, Xiaowen, you can participate in the whole process of the post-production this time. There is no need to rush the time."

A qualified director does not necessarily have to be able to edit, but he must have a clear editing plan, otherwise it will be difficult to express the intention of the film.

Wen Mu also understood this logic and knew that Wei Jin was doing this for his own good, so he nodded heavily.

"Okay, senior brother."

Wei Jin nodded and turned to Lu Yang, "Okay, now let's talk about you. How is the progress of "No One 2"?"

Lu Yang shrugged. "What can I do? It's only been half a month since we finished filming. We can only edit it slowly. I guess it will be around New Year's Day at the latest."

"Well, as long as you know what's going on, let's leave it at that for now."

After saying this, Wei Jin turned around and left. The company had a lot of backlog of affairs during this period, and he had to find time to deal with them.

In the chairman's office of Shanhe Building, Jiang Xueman, dressed in a professional suit, was reporting on her work.

After more than 20 days of broadcasting, "Joy of Life" came to an end a few days ago.

The peak ratings exceeded 4, the peak audience share reached 13.73, the average ratings remained at around 3.29, and the average audience share exceeded 12%.

This achievement is truly explosive in today’s Internet age!
Although 2013 has not yet ended, there is no doubt that "Joy of Life" has already secured the national ratings championship!
In addition, the drama's achievements on the Internet are also quite impressive.

Since it was launched on the three major satellite TV stations and online platforms in early November, the broadcast data of "Joy of Life" has repeatedly set new records. As of the day of its completion, it generated more than 11 billion traffic on the online platform.

Although this data is slightly worse than that of the original "Princess Agents", you have to know that "Princess Agents" has a total of 60 episodes and was broadcast for more than a month.

Judging from the ratio of time and click-through rate alone, the popularity of "Joy of Life" on the Internet is obviously even higher.

Thanks to this, the second and third round broadcasting rights of "Joy of Life" were snatched up by many TV stations, just like the top star on the Qinhuai River flower boat.

In the end, it was jointly bought by eight TV stations including Dongshan, Tianjin, Guangdong, etc., with a total bid of 480 million, which was higher than the first round.

Taking into account the online copyright, Tudou's exclusive price of 160 million per episode, the cumulative price of a single episode of this TV series is as high as 1060 million, which is an unprecedented sky-high price!
This drama has a total of 45 episodes, with a total revenue of 4.77 million. After deducting production costs and publicity costs, the profit exceeded 3 million, which is absolutely a huge profit!
At this moment, Jiang Xueman was still quite excited. It was hard for her to imagine that one day the price of a single episode of a TV series would exceed 10 million.

"Director Jiang, you have to get used to it. The price of TV dramas will only get higher and higher in the future, and the online broadcasting rights will account for the majority."

Wei Jin revealed a little bit of foresight. According to his understanding, the prices of many online dramas in later generations are several million or even tens of millions per episode.

"Yes, Mr. Wei, I understand."

Jiang Xuemeng took a deep breath and suppressed her excitement, but her admiration for Wei Jin was undisguised in her eyes.

In the more than three years since I joined Shanhe Media, I have never seen this man fail. He is a legend in the industry.

"Okay, just be prepared. We'll have more projects next year. You can discuss the specific scripts with the screenwriting department."

Wei Jin is now becoming more and more experienced in being a hands-off manager. Otherwise, why would he recruit so many talents?
"Okay, Mr. Wei."

Jiang Xuemeng bowed and responded. Just as she was about to leave, she remembered something.

"By the way, Mr. Wei, Mr. Hou from Noon Sunshine called me a few days ago."

Wei Jin looked at Jiang Xueman, as if asking her to continue. Since "The Battle of Changsha", she has been mainly responsible for the connection with Noon Sunshine.

"What did Hou Hongliang say?"

"They have taken a fancy to one of our company's works and hope to cooperate and develop it together as before."

"Are you still cooperating? Have they sold "The Battle of Changsha"?"

Talking about this, Wei Jin found it funny. After Huo Jianhua's "prostitute-hiring" scandal was exposed, he was thinking of using Shanhe Media's reputation to endorse the TV series.

Unfortunately, this good intention was rejected by Hou Hongliang.

As for the reason, it is not difficult to guess.

Noon Sunshine was established not long ago and needs to build its own brand effect. If they let Shanhe Media take the lead in selling dramas for the leading projects, they will never be able to open up the TV station's channels and will have to be controlled by others.

This is very different from the original "Thousand Mountains and Twilight Snow". Tangren has been famous in the circle for a long time and there are no obstacles in terms of channels.

In addition, both parties have the same investment proportion in this project, so it doesn’t matter who takes the lead.

“It’s sold, but the price is not ideal. Only Shanghai TV has offered a price, only 80 per episode, and it may not be broadcast on satellite TV.”

Jiang Xueman also had a speechless look on her face. If it was Shanhe Media that was selling the drama, the price would at least double.

"That's fine. If the show gets good reviews after it airs, we should be able to make a small profit from the second and third rounds and the online broadcast rights."

Shanhe Media only had a 30% investment share in this drama and had no intention of making much money, so Wei Jin naturally didn't care.

"Which work did they like this time?" "Nirvana in Fire."

Wei Jin raised his eyebrows, "Wow, they have a pretty good eye. I remember the screenwriting department is already adapting this script?"

"Yeah, that's why I didn't reply to them right away."

"Da da da"

After tapping his fingers on the table for a while, Wei Jin asked, "Did Hou Hongliang offer any conditions?"

"Well, he means that this time we can split it 50-50, and they will be responsible for the entire production process."

"What the hell does he want?"

Wei Jin refused without a second thought. This drama is a classic in the field of ancient costume dramas, and its reputation and ratings in the previous life were quite impressive.

Although the director and production team are also important, after all these years of development, is it possible that Shanhe Media is still not as good as Noon Sunshine when it just went out on its own?
"Then Mr. Wei, should I reject him now?"

Jiang Xueman pretended not to notice Wei Jin's swearing.

"Well, don't refuse directly. You can tentatively talk about investing. We have so many copyrights that need to be developed, and Noon Sunshine needs to develop projects. Wouldn't it be a win-win situation if we complement each other's strengths?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xueman had an expression that said, "As expected." She knew that this man had been harboring evil intentions since the beginning of their collaboration.

This reminded her of the time many years ago when Chen Zhiming came to negotiate with Zhou Yi. If she had accepted Shanhe Media's investment, perhaps she would still be Zhou Yi's boss's wife now?
But when I think about my life now, it seems to be much more comfortable and satisfying than when I was a boss.

"Director Jiang? What are you thinking about?"

Wei Jin stretched out his hand and waved it. Jiang Xueman instantly came back to her senses and said modestly:
"Oh, Mr. Wei, I'm sorry. I'm afraid that President Chen will have to intervene in this matter, right?"

"No, it would be better if you come out to test the waters. If they have any ideas, they will naturally come to the company to discuss them in detail."

The main theme of the Wei and Jin Dynasties is a story about Jiang Taigong fishing, and those who are willing will take the bait.

If it is impossible to enter the game based on copyright, then we have to consider splitting up the production team of Noon Sunshine.

"Okay, Mr. Wei, I'll talk to them later."

"Well, go get busy first."

After sending Jiang Xueman away, Wei Jin picked up the four resumes on the table. These were the remaining assistant candidates after a month-long background check.

Looking at the familiar face on the resume, Wei Jin was silent for a while, and finally picked up the phone and dialed the internal line.

"Notify them that there will be an interview for assistants next weekend."

In the afternoon, Wei Jin got off work early and asked Lao Zhu to drive to Liu Yan.

After returning from Yunnan Province, Liu Yan underwent a detailed examination and confirmed that she was pregnant.

Although someone has been arranged to take care of her, Liu Yan is 33 years old this year and is an elderly mother. Wei Jin feels that he still needs to pay more attention to her.

When I got there, I found that there was no one in the garden or the living room, so I couldn't help but ask Mrs. Li, who was in charge of life.

"Where's Liu Yan?"

"Boss Wei, Xiao Liu felt a little sleepy after lunch and has been resting upstairs."

"Okay, I'll go up and see her."

Wei Jin nodded. It was normal to be sleepy after pregnancy, although Liu Yan's symptoms came a little too quickly.

On the way upstairs, Wei Jin heard Liu Yan's polite voice at the door, as if she was talking to someone on the phone.

"Well, okay, I will. Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Yan seemed to realize something. When she looked up, she saw Wei Jin standing at the entrance with a smile on his face.

"Boss, you're here~~"

Perhaps because she was pregnant, Liu Yan rarely showed the attitude of a little girl in front of Wei Jin. She walked up to him quickly and pressed tightly against his chest.

Wei Jin put his arms around her slender waist and responded, then asked, "Who called just now?"

"Oh, it's from Teacher He."

Liu Yan explained, and then added, "I said I was not feeling well and did not attend the previous gala event, so he showed concern for me."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Wei Jin nodded. Liu Yan and Teacher He had worked together on "Running Man" for several years and they did have a good relationship.

But when talking about this celebration, Wei Jin remembered something and joked, "Teacher He is still in the mood to care about you now? Doesn't he care about that fat guy?"

The fat man Wei Jin mentioned is Du Haitao, one of the hosts of "Happy Camp".

This guy has always appeared in the show as a simple and honest person, but this time at the celebration held by Tudou, he actually did something that was insulting to the national dignity.

When he was presenting the award, he knelt down in front of G-Dragon from the Korean idol boy band, causing an uproar.

Originally, this recorded program had not been broadcast yet, so the impact was actually not that big.

But the key point is that I don’t know if this fat guy has become bloated after debuting for a few years.

Faced with criticism from a small number of netizens and media, he even dared to create a second account to defend himself online.

He claimed that public figures also have the right to chase stars, and cited the example of Hai Qing kneeling down to Ou Hao on "Super Boy".

But it is obvious that these two things cannot be confused. Kneeling down to a Korean star is already a disgrace to the national dignity!

Then the fat man's outrageous behavior blinded Wei Jin's eyes. He actually posted insulting texts and pictures and fought back against netizens.

This time, the incident further escalated and completely set off the Internet. Fatty Du’s Weibo was flooded with comments from netizens.

After realizing that the situation was out of control, Fatty Du started playing hide and seek and pretended to be dead.

It was not until Mango TV issued a "ticket" two days ago that this guy came out to publicly apologize, but it was obviously too late.

"That fat guy is a coward, and he deserves it. Teacher He just complained to me a lot, saying that many programs need to be re-edited, and now no one in the entire Mango Channel wants to pay attention to him."

As a host, Liu Yan always speaks very tactfully and made a rare sarcastic remark.

"Haha, this is because of the public outcry that we are handling it this way. Otherwise, if the situation continues to escalate, it will have a huge negative impact on Mango TV. But a vacation order alone won't work for long."

Wei Jin remembered very clearly that in his previous life, this fat man was active for many years.

It’s just that for some people it’s easy to kneel down, but it’s hard to stand up again.
(End of this chapter)