After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 531: Startling by Each Step is online, roaring Korean entertainment!
The five girls shook their heads at the same time. They had been in Tokyo University for almost two months, and they were either busy with announcements or on their way to rush to announcements.

They were paid a basic salary last month, and they really don’t know how much they earn…

"Your team's total revenue at Dongda is 5879 million yuan, not Korean won."

Victoria Song calculated very quickly, covering her mouth and exclaimed, "Wow, more than 10 billion won!"

"After deducting the operating costs and PR expenses of 2779 million, the profit is 3100 million. According to the 55-1550 split between us and SM, we should be able to get million in profits...but in the end our net profit was only over million."

"This...isn't it too low..." Song Qian said cautiously.

"It's not too low, it's so low that there's no need to continue the cooperation. SM only pays your share and is unwilling to bear the operating costs and public relations expenses. In other words, 2779 million is borne solely by Huabu Technology."

Zhang Wei said expressionlessly: "I have sent a lawyer's letter to SM. Our cooperation has ended."

The five girls looked at each other, all confused.

Such a profitable business, but it failed? What on earth is Lee Soo Man doing?

Shit, the company doesn’t want us to be well?

What should we do now?
It’s still better to stay in the country. The University of Tokyo is too big and it’s a headache to fly there.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter to us whether we make more or less money…

SM artists' share of the profits is extremely low, only 19%, and this does not even include other miscellaneous expenses.

In addition, everyone has a unique contract.

Basically, the first contract after debut is to work to pay off debts and get basic security.

The other four girls looked sad on the surface, but they didn't care in their hearts.

Only Song Qian, who wanted to return to China for development, was really worried that the cooperation would fail.

"Is there any misunderstanding here? The company hasn't told us about it." Song Qian said panickedly.

"There's no misunderstanding."

Zhang Wei took out her cell phone and made a call. Not long after, Huashu Legal came in with a stack of documents, five in total, which were placed in front of the five women.

"I checked your penalty fee, it's not very expensive, so I want to dig you up for the bouquet, are you willing?"

The five girls were all shocked. They were blatantly trying to poach SM's girls. What if they succeeded?

Lee Soo Man's reputation is ruined. Why is he still hanging around? SM is not far from collapse.

Is it possible? It's impossible!

None of the five girls spoke. They couldn't afford to offend a CJ and a SM.

"You don't have to give me an answer right away. Take the contract back and take a good look at it. You've seen our resources and connections at Dongda. In just one year, you can pay off all your loans and buy a decent house in Seoul."

"..."*5
"The profit ratio is 50-50. No one else will give you this ratio except me. Don't miss this opportunity. Consider it carefully and give me an answer the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"..."*5
Li Mingyang found it funny to see the five girls remained silent. "Why are your reactions so cold? Don't you want to leave SM? Hua Hua's resources are much stronger than Lee Soo Man's."

"..."*5
The silence of the five girls made Li Mingyang feel helpless.

He was not even afraid of offending Lee Soo Man, but the five women were acting like cowards.

Not to mention Song Qian, who was trying her best.

It's outrageous that Sulli, who is treated as a toy by the chaebol, remains indifferent!
Hasn't he been tortured enough? Do you want to die?

The control that Korean entertainment has over celebrities is somewhat beyond Li Mingyang's understanding.

He waved his hand helplessly and let the five women leave.

The five women stood up all at once as if they had been pardoned. They didn't even take the contracts and ran away faster than rabbits.

"This reaction is as if we are going to eat them."

"There seems to be some unspoken rules in the first contract with the Koreans..."

"There's no open robbery here, unlike in China where people just openly rob people."

Li Mingyang scratched his head and said speechlessly: "The money they earned is still in the account of Huabou Entertainment. Is Li Xiuman stupid to betray them at this time?"

"It's a bit stupid, I really can't understand it. Anyway, we won't lose money. Some people will fight this kind of lawsuit."

"How long can it last?"

"At least two years."

Li Mingyang nodded, put the matter aside for the time being, opened the materials in front of him, and studied FBTV's various data with Zhang Wei to increase FBTV's revenue.

iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video have entered Korea. The ancient idol drama market has been encroached upon by these four companies and is basically saturated.

Ancient idol dramas dominate the market and are doing very well, with FBTV revenue reaching 3 million in March.

The pie is small to begin with with four companies sharing the pie. iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video use free services as their trump card and have released a large number of ancient idol dramas, making even "The Legend of Zhen Huan" difficult to sell.

The number of paying users reached more than 3 in March.

There are only more than 8 this month, most of them are old users, and there are very few new users.

It was getting dark.

After studying the data for an afternoon, Li Mingyang and Zhang Wei came to a conclusion.

After FBTV's registered users reached 500,000, the number of users stagnated and grew at a snail's pace.
There are more than 5 paying users, and the collection-subscription ratio is as high as 3:!

Various data show that FBTV has reached the ceiling of Korean ancient idol streaming media!

FBTV was launched in early February and reached the top in less than two months.

It's ridiculous...

But it also indirectly proves how terrible "Legend of Zhen Huan" is... It has revealed the limits of Korean ancient idol streaming media.

"More than 30 paying users, each buying one episode a day and paying two yuan, that's more than 1800 a day, and million a month," Li Mingyang murmured.

"Based on the data, this is about right. But starting this month, old users' payment has been weak and there are too few new users. If the current situation continues, we will lose money."

“iQIYI, Youku and Tencent Video can lose money, but we cannot lose our capital… We need to give everyone confidence, give Kakao confidence, and charge forward with all our might!”

Li Mingyang lit a cigar, and in the flickering smoke, he made a decision!
"I can't wait any longer, I'm online, startling every step!"

"The Legend of Zhen Huan hasn't finished airing yet, and both shows are Qing Dynasty dramas. What if they are diverted internally?"

"Although they both look like Qing Dynasty dramas, one is a palace fighting drama, and the other is a time-travel romance drama. They are two completely different types of films..."

"It's too risky. Scarlet Heart is our last trump card. Once it's over, there will be no more TV series that is sure to attract audiences."

"I have already made arrangements. There will be no interruptions to the show." Li Mingyang said confidently.

Seeing this, Zhang Wei finally felt relieved and nodded slightly.

Arranged?
It's not arranged at all!

But no one knows what cards he has in his hand except himself.

Bluffing, bluffing!
……

April 2012, 4, 5: am.

FBTV is online with Scarlet Heart!

Although "Scarlet Heart" has never been broadcast on Korean TV stations, it is very popular on the Internet.

Even more popular than Legend of Zhen Huan.

Scarlet Heart is the number one costume drama on major pirated websites in Korea.

The cost of removing pirated copies is more than ten times that of "Empresses in the Palace".

The reason... on the one hand, there are too many pirated copies, and on the other hand, they often resurface and need to be cleaned up regularly.

Witch was a huge hit in Korea last summer.

Liu Shishi became famous in Korea for her role as a witch.

In terms of popularity among young Koreans, the most popular female star in the domestic entertainment industry, apart from Xiaoyanzi, is Liu Shishi.

My Fair Princess is such a hit! Xiaoyanzi is really popular in Korea...

The explosion of the witch and the popularity of Liu Shishi have added endless firepower to "Startling by Each Step".

At 11 o'clock in the morning of that day, just when Li Mingyang was expecting Bubujingxin to add firepower to FBTV and make another upward push.

Kakao called and said they were going to raise the price of Bubujingxin to 3 yuan.

Li Mingyang didn’t understand and asked why?
But Kakao did not explain, just notified him and then forced a price increase.

In 2 hours, the total number of subscribers of "Startling by Each Step" reached 3.

In 3 hours, the total number of subscriptions of "Startling by Each Step" exceeded 10.

In 4 hours, the total number of subscriptions of "Startling by Each Step" exceeded 25.

In 4 hours, the sales reached 75, which is the best single-day sales performance since FBTV was launched.

And this is just the beginning!
By seven o'clock in the evening, the total number of subscriptions of "Startling by Each Step" exceeded 50!
The average subscription per episode exceeds 25!
This data does not seem to be as exaggerated as in China, with millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions!
But these are all real paid subscriptions, making a huge profit of 150 million.

The reviews were all positive, and the website gave it a score of 9.8, which is higher than the 9.6 for "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

The huge success of Scarlet Heart was predictable, but it was really surprising that it became such a big hit in Korea.

Another hit drama in China is "Palace Lock Heart Jade".

Youku next door is free to watch, but it didn't make any waves at all. The online reviews are terrible, and everyone is complaining that the show is too noisy, that the harem is not a harem, that the maids are not maids, and that the emperor is not an emperor...

Bad reviews abound.

Li Mingyang is very happy that "Scarlet Heart" is selling well.

After three years of hard work and being suppressed for three years, his streaming media finally stood up.

Since his rebirth, he has always wanted to engage in streaming. No one knows better than him how terrifying and profitable streaming is.

Streaming media is a global market with a market size of over one trillion US dollars! It is even larger than the new energy vehicle market!

Sometimes knowing is one thing and doing is another.

Streaming media is an extremely money-burning industry, which has made countless domestic investment bank and Internet tycoons lose their minds and stay away from it!
Only BAT has the scale and money to burn, rob, destroy, disrupt, and rebuild...

Other people or companies can only work behind iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video...

BAT can afford to lose and can afford to pay compensation.

iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video are just an important part of BAT's entertainment business, not the core money-making business.

Even though Baidu fell behind later, it still dominates the search engine market, is still among the top ten on the Internet, and remains loyal to iQiyi.

In fact, streaming media has little to do with how early or late it starts, because no matter how powerful it is, BAT will still dominate in the end.

Baidu and Penguin both have their own streaming media.

Ali swallowed it directly.

Every streaming media in China has eventually become the prey of BAT. If they can’t handle it… they might as well take the money and run away, or curry favor with them.

Everyone thought he shouldn't come to Korea, but he came anyway.

Making movies is one of them.

The most important reason is that Korea is the birthplace of Netflix!
Just as Li Mingyang was immersed in spiritual pleasure and great physical satisfaction.

When he backstabbed Zhong Xiaoyu beside the sleeping Jing Tian.

Zhang Wei called Li Mingyang seven or eight times in a row, which made Li Mingyang very annoyed.

poof...

Li Mingyang let go of his hand, and Zhong Xiaoyu fell weakly on the white sheets.

"Hey."

"I finally understand why Kakao wants to raise prices!" "Why?"

"The TV rights to Startling by Bubu are in the hands of TVN, and TVN has also launched Startling by Bubu, with each episode priced at 3 yuan."

Li Mingyang hung up the phone, feeling a little exhausted. He patted Zhong Xiaoyu's butt and told her to go to bed early.

Zhong Xiaoyu turned around and stared at Li Mingyang with resentment.

Li Mingyang patted Zhong Xiaoyu on the head, pulled up his pants, and went out to do his work.

"Bastard..." Zhong Xiaoyu cursed softly, then struggled to get up and went to the bathroom to wash up.

It’s not that Zhong Xiaoyu is unsatisfied...it’s that Li Mingyang won’t let her go and insists on keeping her by his side.

Zhong Xiaoyu was soaking in the bathtub, thinking back to a scene not long ago. The more she thought about it, the more unhappy she felt.

In order to prevent her from leaving, the boss called Tan Songyun and Tang Yixin and told them that she could not return to China!
If she returns to China, Tan Songyun and Tang Yixin will not be able to return this year.

As a result... the two girls were very decisive and disloyal, begging her to stay and saying a lot of nice things.

"What an ungrateful guy." Zhong Xiaoyu recovered her strength, stood up from the bathtub, walked barefoot to the bathroom mirror, took out a towel from the bathroom cabinet, and wiped her fair body.

"I'm not young anymore, please let me try again..."

Zhong Xiaoyu's body was rubbed red, and the more she thought about it, the more unwilling she felt.

After wrapping her hair with a towel and changing into a new robe, Zhong Xiaoyu went to the bedroom, picked up her bag from the floor, and took out her cell phone.

Sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, Zhong Xiaoyu glanced at the sleeping Jing Tian and sent a message to her good sister Li Ming.

"Li Ming, I can't go back. Everyone else can go back, but my boss won't let me go back... Who did I offend?"

After Zhong Xiaoyu sent the message and was about to get her hair blow-dried, Li Ming replied.

Li Ming: "It's all because you're too charming and seductive. If I were a man, I wouldn't want you to leave! How lonely!"

Zhong Xiaoyu: "I asked you to comfort me, not to gloat over my misfortune!!!"

Li Ming: "I heard from them that the boss is making a new movie again. Is there a role for you?"

Zhong Xiaoyu: "Nothing..."

Li Ming: "Hey, if you think about Yang Mi, you won't feel sad anymore. She's almost become a joke in Hengdian..."

Zhong Xiaoyu: "She deserves it. I am the most unlucky one!"

Li Ming: "I've become a nanny. I've never wronged anyone. That little girl is so cunning. She makes me scared every day."

Zhong Xiaoyu: "Zhang Ruonan is just a child, what's there to be afraid of..."

Li Ming: "She has the boss's private phone number. I'd be in big trouble if she turned out to be a spy sent by the boss."

Zhong Xiaoyu: "What evil things have you done again?"

Li Ming: "I have nothing to do..."

Zhong Xiaoyu: "Then come and play with me!"

Li Ming: “Is it okay?”

Zhong Xiaoyu: "The whole company knows that it doesn't matter whether you are there or not. You don't think you are that important, do you?"

Li Ming: "Go to hell!"

……

When Li Mingyang turned on the TV and saw Scarlet Heart on TVN, he felt like he had eaten a fly.

Unlike the three major Korean TV stations that are well-known to the public - SBS, KBS, and MBC, tvN, as a Korean cable TV station, requires a fee to watch.

Although it is a small TV station, tvN is not short of money as its parent company is CJ!

The TV series that really made tvN famous was the "Reply" series.

Reply 1988, a phenomenal hit drama from Korea, has been rated 9.7 by nearly one million people on Douban in China!

The Koreans generally don't poach people.

CJ doesn't poach people, but there are too many people who want to work with CJ.

At the beginning of each episode of tvN's drama, there is a magical sentence "Contents trend leader, tvN", which means "content is king".

No tricks, just sincerity.

There are so many hit dramas...

The buffer loop of the restriction on Korean culture is the one given to CJ by the domestic market... Even when the restriction on Korean culture was the strictest, CJ did not completely withdraw from the country.

CJ is not the richest among the four major film companies.

Lotte is much richer than CJ.

The fact that China TV broadcasts content from the University of Tokyo 24 hours a day alone has made the higher-ups look at Li Meijin in a different light.

Even her father lived out his old age in Yanbei and died in Yanbei.

how to say……

The Sino-Korean co-production contract that Zuoshan Diao gave him was not with CJ but with Lotte, which really surprised Li Mingyang...

Lotte is a big chaebol that even Koreans don’t like…

Many of the Korean entertainment scum and female stars who died of depression are related to Lotte...

It's all in the news, but it's useless.

In Korea, he can ignore the three major cooperatives, but he has to give face to Li Meijin. This woman is another mountain eagle in Korea, even more perverted than the mountain eagle.

Dominating the entire Korean entertainment industry.

"She clearly had the copyright to Startling by Each Step a long time ago, but she released it only after I did. What does she mean by that…?"

If we put the two together, they will definitely be diverted.

The price is still the same...if it's two dollars an episode, it's a rip-off! No need to worry at all.

By midnight, there was no call from CJ.

Li Mingyang called Zhang Wei and asked her to invite Li Meijin to dinner tomorrow.

Then went upstairs to sleep.

The next day, Jing Tian got up early and went to the crew of "Goodbye, My Soul Mate".

Zhong Xiaoyu went to the airport to pick up Li Ming.

Li Mingyang and Zhang Wei went to Shilla Hotel and had lunch at the Eight Immortals Chinese Restaurant.

Whether it is home-style Cantonese cuisine, spicy Sichuan cuisine, or refreshing Huaiyang cuisine, you can eat it all here. They are quite authentic and the prices are extremely expensive. The average consumption per person is more than 1500 yuan.

After the dishes were served, Li Mingyang first chatted about the progress of the filming, and then asked Li Meijin when she bought the copyright of Startling by Each Step.

The Korean copyright of Startling by Each Step was sold to an agency by Tangren last year.

But no one knows which TV station bought it.

"It's been a long time. The subscription of Startling by Each Step is very good." Li Meijin paused, smiled and complimented: "I have always recognized Director Li's vision."

"You're overpraising me. President Li is the one with the sharpest vision. I'm just lucky."

"Director Li is too modest."

The two of them talked business and drank a few glasses of wine.

Li Meijin smiled broadly and had no intention of revealing her true colors.

Li Mingyang didn't want to just brush it off, so he put down his glass and asked directly, "Yesterday, the total number of subscribers for FBTV's "Startling by Each Step" exceeded 700,000. Because of the price increase, it sold more than 350 million won. How much did tvN sell?"

"FBTV will release "Scarlet Heart" at 10 a.m., and TVN will release "Scarlet Heart" at p.m." Li Meijin crossed her fingers, placed them on the dining table, and said calmly, "For the same purchase price per episode, TVN's total sales are about million."

Even if you are a member of the Korean pay TV channel, you still have to pay to purchase new dramas when they are released, which is a bit like advance on-demand viewing.

"It's selling really well! No wonder FBTV hasn't increased much in price since then..." said Li Mingyang.

"As for the habit of watching TV series, it is deeply rooted in people's minds...but nothing is constant. Watching TV series on mobile phones will definitely become the mainstream in the future." Li Meijin said hesitantly.

Li Mingyang was immediately excited when he heard this. "President Li, are you interested in cooperating with FBTV? I have always wanted to cooperate with President Li and work together on the streaming media business."

"Our cooperation with Kakao is independent of each other. One is responsible for content production and the other is responsible for traffic. The ownership of FBTV is entirely in our hands," Zhang Wei echoed.

Li Meijin did not respond immediately, but poured herself a glass of wine. After the wine overflowed, she slowly spoke: "I could have released Startling by Bubu in advance, but I didn't do that. I kept it in my hands because I knew that Startling by Bubu was very important to FBTV."

Li Mingyang nodded. If TVN broadcasts Scarlet Heart in advance, he must follow up, otherwise he will suffer a huge loss.

"Don't misunderstand me. I don't have any idea about FBTV. I won't help you, but I won't stop you either." Li Meijin said with a smile, "Other people also think the same way, so you can go ahead and do it without any worries."

Li Mingyang and Zhang Wei looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.

CJ also has a video platform, TVING, which was established in 10.

However, the development of this streaming media is very general.

FBTV has blown away both the number of users and the payment ratio.

Li Mei Jin has no interest in FBTV, so why should she talk to them openly?
Do you support them in standing firm in Korea?

Neither side has put FBTV on the table so far.

"President Li, I think it would be more profitable if we cooperate."

"I may not have said it simply enough. We don't want streaming media to become too big and affect our business. FBTV focuses on dramas from the East, which is just within our tolerance range."

Li Mingyang nodded, but he was very disappointed.

With CJ's copyright library and Kakao's traffic, FBTV now owns the streaming market in South Korea.

He doesn't mind giving up equity as long as everyone makes money.

CJ and Kakao will make great efforts when Netflix invades in the future!

One year is one year.

It doesn’t matter if the Big Six Hollywood movies come in, but if Netflix comes in, that’s it…

Korean entertainment without Netflix is ​​good Korean entertainment.

Tik Tok can compete with Penguin because of its algorithm.

Netflix’s ability to become the T0 giant in streaming media is also due to its algorithms.

Next, Li Meijin started chatting with Li Mingyang about travel, food, and health.

When the dinner was almost over, Li Meijin suddenly said, "Director Li, the seats on the review committee are still reserved for you. Who are you going to let join the committee?"

"President Zhang is responsible for this matter."

Li Meijin glanced at Zhang Wei, nodded with a smile, and then looked at Li Mingyang, "Since we have joined the association, we are all family members from now on. We must maintain a certain degree of control in copyright transactions and form a united front."

Li Mingyang was stunned, then nodded and smiled, "I understand. We all advance and retreat together, and we don't raise the price maliciously... What if I like it and you like it too, and we fight over it?"

"We negotiate prices internally to make sure everyone is satisfied. The market for Koreans is not big, and if we keep fighting, no one will make any money."

Humble, so humble!
There are few Koreans, only about 5000 million, but the number of streaming media users exceeds 2500 million, and the paying proportion exceeds %.

Since 21, Netflix's monthly active users in South Korea have remained at 1200 million.

This level is roughly one-third of Netflix's monthly active users in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Korean market alone can support the basic foundation of the entire Asia-Pacific region.

Li Mingyang and Li Meijin left the box together chatting and laughing.

Then, everyone got into their own cars.

As soon as she got in the car, Zhang Wei couldn't help but say, "The biggest obstacle for FBTV is these TV stations."

(End of this chapter)