Entertainment tycoon since 83

Chapter 245 Consultant
When the time comes, you will be attacked by him one by one, and even if you are Sun Wukong, covered with hair, you will sooner or later be pulled into Ge You.

So, you can invest money, but there must be enough benefits, and you can't throw it in for nothing.

Otherwise, it would be better to donate the money directly to education. At least you can get a good reputation instead of being regarded as a fool.

"It means that we need investment. You also have a TV station. I wonder if you are interested in investing money and cooperating with us to film Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"The specific amount will depend on your interview with them."

"And it won't be decided in a short time. This kind of film is a national task. If we let others invest, how will the benefits be distributed? We won't have to hold several meetings, right?"

"I don't think there's much profit sharing." Gong Xing smiled and shook his head. "You definitely won't get a share of the domestic broadcasting. Even if they had the guts, they wouldn't dare to bring this up for negotiation. It could easily affect their position. You get the Hong Kong Island copyright and broadcast it back to ATV? But that's not worth much, right?"

"You don't have to worry about this. I won't compensate you." Huang Ze smiled.

Huang Ze certainly would not focus solely on the Hong Kong Island copyright.

Instead, it plans to package its overseas copyright together at a suitable price.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a memory deep in the hearts of many Chinese people!

By then, relying on ATV's way of selling "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and Xinghai's relationship in Southeast Asia, it will still be able to distribute and sell some of the shows in Southeast Asia and recover some of the costs.

The most important thing is neon!
He is a die-hard fan of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and is very rich, so he can definitely sell it for a high price, but people in China don't know about it.

In the past, CCTV sold "Dream of the Red Chamber" to Japan for US$1,500 per episode.

After it was aired in Neon, the ratings were good.

Later, when selling "Three Kingdoms", the asking price increased tenfold to US$15,000 per episode!

I was fully prepared to bargain, but the other party actually agreed right away.

Only now did I realize that it was too cheap and I wish I could take some medicine to regret it.

But it’s not a good idea to shout any louder.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has 84 episodes, and each episode costs US dollars, which is million US dollars!
If I get it myself, I have to ask Nihong for 51,000, right?

Even if we have to bargain by then, given Japan's love for the Three Kingdoms and the fact that it's on the rise and rich people are buying and selling it everywhere, getting two million dollars shouldn't be a big problem, right?
"By the way, when did the Japanese economy collapse?"

Do we need to sell it in advance after shooting a few episodes?
So as to avoid not being able to sell at a high price after the economic collapse.

Huang Ze remembered that he had read a summary of the Japanese economy in his previous life, and he looked up at the ceiling and recalled.

What Plaza Accord, stock market crash, real estate bubble...

It was not until 95 that Japan's GDP reached its peak.

That year, Japan's GDP reached 5.45 trillion US dollars, while the US's was 7.64 trillion US dollars, and Japan accounted for 70% of the US's.

But its population is less than half that of the United States.

It can be said that oil is cooking on a raging fire.

Well, the previous version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was released in 94, so it doesn’t affect the sale to Japan.

Nodding secretly, thinking of asking some preliminary questions first to understand the appropriate method, Huang Ze asked Gong Xing for the contact information left by Wang Feng and called him.

"I'm Huang Ze, looking for Director Wang." Huang Ze introduced himself after the call was connected.

After hanging up, the call was called back a while later. After picking up, a slightly older voice came from the other end, "Are you Director Huang? I'm Wang Feng."

"Hello, Director Wang." Huang Ze said with a smile, "I just came back to Hong Kong Island, and I heard from my wife Gong Xing that you have something to talk to me about?"

"Yes, we are planning to shoot Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The film and television cities in Youxi and Zhuojun have already been built. The project will be launched this year and we are ready to start preparations. I wonder if Director Huang is interested in investing?"

"I wonder how much it is expected to cost?" Huang Ze asked.

"The film and television studio cost 100 million, and the initial estimate for filming is 70 million."

“The money from the film and television city cannot be counted in!” Although the two film and television cities were built for the purpose of filming "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", these two film and television cities have no shares of their own.

Give yourself some shares. It's not like you own car in a movie studio, you can form a cluster.

Not to mention that it is impossible for the other party to give it, so Huang Ze naturally has to say it in advance.

"Of course!" Wang Feng laughed, "Just talk about the estimated filming cost of 70 million."

"Then I invested, how do we divide the money then?" Huang Ze said bluntly, "Will it be considered a loan? You can pay me back after the show is finished, right?"

"Of course not. As for how to divide it, the domestic profits will definitely not be given to you. How about the overseas copyrights belong to you? But the price will definitely be a bit higher."

"How many?"

"Eight million dollars."

"Then there's nothing I can do." Huang Ze's mouth twitched.

"The current exchange rate is 1:4, but you and I both know that the real exchange rate is 1:8, which is beyond our control. If I really offer such a high price, it would be equivalent to directly funding your station to finish filming Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"I am very grateful that Director Wang is willing to ask me to invest in such a big production, but as for the price, Director Wang can look for someone else to see who is willing to pay such a price."

"If there's nothing else, I just got back and haven't eaten yet." Huang Ze didn't even want to bargain anymore. He just made a phone call and started bargaining right away. The other party might think that he had to invest.

Anyway, the other party will always find you again.

Because the other party has his own purpose.

CCTV has no shortage of money to complete the filming of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", as it completed it alone in the previous life.

The reason he is looking for me in this life is definitely not because he is short of money.

Think about it again, he didn't mention the selling price of RMB, but the hard currency of the currency, the US dollar. So, it is likely for foreign exchange!
They want to earn a large sum of foreign exchange in advance, which will not only make their funds more abundant, but also be an achievement to report.

After all, foreign exchange nowadays is not as abundant as in later generations, with trillions and trillions at every turn. Last year it was a lot more than the year before, but it was only more than 5 billion.

If the other party no longer looks for you, then just don't look for him/her.

For a project that doesn’t make much money, it doesn’t matter if you don’t invest in it. For Huang Ze, it is dispensable.

But it was obvious that Huang Ze was not dispensable to the other party. The next day, the other party called again, "Director Huang, what do you think is a suitable price?"

"A million dollars."

"Too low." Wang Feng said, "Director Huang, to be honest, the TV station in Japan also wants to invest in this drama, but the price is higher than one million US dollars, and they only want the broadcasting rights in Japan."

"I came to see Director Huang because he has a TV station."

"Is that so!" Huang Ze understood, and then pretended to be curious, "Director Wang, of course why did you reject Nihong? How could you reject her just because you wanted to keep her for me?"

Huang Ze's tone was full of regret, but he wanted to laugh at the thought.

First of all, whether the price is that high is another matter, and it may be exaggerated.

Secondly, and most importantly, the Japanese people did not invest in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in vain. If the reports I saw in the previous life were correct, the Japanese TV station required a Japanese actor to play Cao Cao, the King of Wei.

There are two protagonists in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao and Liu. Can Cao Cao be played by a foreigner, or even a Japanese?
Therefore, this was just a way for Director Wang to lower the price, and Huang Ze was not in a hurry.

It just so happened that Huang Ze had nothing to do, and the first season of "Teletubbies", totaling 100 episodes, was in post-production. Huang Ze could watch the Teletubbies while slowly working on it with Director Wang.

A million dollars is definitely too low.

Moreover, such foreign exchange income is not very good after all. Whether it can be reported as an achievement is another matter. In case the loss is too much, no one can bear it.

After a whole week of chatting, Huang Ze and his partner finally agreed on a price of US$3.5 million. Huang Ze paid the full amount in one go, and from then on, the overseas copyright of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" belonged to ATV.

"Okay, then it's settled. I'll have ATV send someone north to finalize the deal in black and white. The $3.5 million will be paid immediately."

"Okay, then we'll just wait for Mr. Huang's good news!"

"By the way, Mr. Huang, I have another unwelcome request." Wang Feng said, "Mr. Huang, you are an internationally renowned director and are also very accomplished in music. I wonder if you are willing to be the chief director of Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

"I have too much work to do, Director Wang, please find someone else." Huang Ze declined.

I have other movies to shoot, so why do I have to make a TV series?
In the eyes of people in the industry, TV dramas are ultimately inferior to movies!

If you hire a top three director to shoot a TV series, you'll probably be laughed at.

Besides, it takes four to five years to shoot a series like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". With that much time, one could make four or five blockbuster films himself.

No matter how you look at it, you can't take on this task.

"Then I invite Director Huang to be the crew consultant for Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Director Huang, please don't refuse!" Wang Feng didn't expect Huang Ze to agree, so he told him his real purpose. "Director Huang doesn't need to be with the crew. Director Huang only needs to give some pointers when he has time or is interested."

"Whether it's casting, music, or anything else, Director Huang, you can give us feedback on everything."

"Is that so?" Huang Ze did not refuse this time. This was "Three Kingdoms" and he really wanted to get involved. He nodded immediately and said, "Then I'll give it a try."

"Great."

Wang Feng said in a delighted tone, "I wonder if Director Huang has any recommendations for directors?"

"Shouldn't Director Wang have already made up his mind?"

"Hahaha, Director Huang, what do you think of Director Wang Fuling who directed Dream of the Red Chamber?"

"Of course, he has no problem." He was the one who filmed "The Three Kingdoms" in his previous life, so Huang Ze certainly had no objection.

"Then choose him!"

"Ah."

The two ended the call happily, and Huang Ze also stood up refreshed and walked to the window to appreciate the scenery outside.

"Are you done talking?" Gong Xing appeared behind Huang Ze at some point.

"Ah."

"You look so happy, it's a success."

"Well, I took on a consulting job by the way. I can try everything..."

"Then who will play Zhuge Liang?" Gong Xing asked curiously.

"Do you like Zhuge Liang?"

"Who doesn't like Zhuge Kongming?" Gong Qian asked as a matter of course, "From the tone of your voice, you don't like him?"

“I like it, but it’s not my favorite.”

"Then who do you like?"

"Cao Cao!"

"why?"

"Because he..." Huang Ze was stuck, "He writes good poems!"

“Which is the best?”

"I embrace the two Qiao sisters in the southeast and enjoy spending time with them day and night." Huang Ze said as he put his arm around Gong Xing's waist.

(End of this chapter)