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Chapter 342 I am afraid of the name Xu Kong
Zhu Changyun was certainly not in the mood to care about whether there would be a fire in his backyard.

Now almost all his attention is focused on various tasks in the company.

The key point is that he just arrived at the company this year and received some bad news.

It is said that the post-production of Xu Kong's new drama has been completed, and he is now in the stage of negotiating copyright fees with various platforms.

Perhaps it was because during the promotion of "The Beginning" before it was aired, Xu Kong himself was labeled a bit too heavily.

Everyone has overlooked that, although Xu Kong is indeed the leading actor, and also the screenwriter and producer of the entire drama, strictly speaking, he definitely has a lot of presence in this drama.

But it is true that the director is Su Meng, not Xu Kong himself.

In addition to taking time out to star in the hit drama "The Beginning", he also directed a new drama.

For some other colleagues, this news was at most a slight shock.

But for Changyun Film and Television, it was truly bad news.

As originally planned, after "Power to the World", Changyun Film and Television will broadcast another new drama.

Although the cost is not as high as "The Powerful World", it is not low either. The total investment must be over 100 million.

Moreover, the subject matter is actually a suspense theme.

The subject matter of Xu Kong’s new drama just happened to coincide with the news he received this time.

Judging from Xu Kong’s previous attitude, there is a high probability that they will choose to broadcast it at the same time as their new drama.

There is no way. The relationship between Fengge and Changyun Film and Television is there. This is no longer a question of deliberate targeting or not.

The two sides have long been in a life-and-death situation.

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"We can choose to postpone the broadcast. I don't believe that if our new drama is not aired, Xu Kong's own new drama can also be delayed forever."

A new senior executive spoke up.

However, this immediately caused a lot of people around to roll their eyes.

They all came from Fengge, so of course they knew very well that most of Fengge’s talents and artists followed them to Changyun.

But in fact, its own financial strength has not been greatly affected.

Like an old film and television company like Fengge.

In terms of financial strength, we are definitely capable of fighting a so-called protracted war with any company.

Their Changyun Film and Television is no exception.

What’s more important is that most of the artists under Fengge are newcomers.

Even if his new drama is shelved and not broadcast, he probably won't have much say.

But Changyun Film and Television is a little different. For example, this new suspense drama, from the director and other main creators to a group of leading actors.

But they are all first- or second-tier celebrities in the circle.

Just from the director's perspective, it's a little unrealistic to keep the other party's drama on hold.

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"Ugh……"

Lu Hanwen sighed helplessly.

In fact, from just now until now, the senior executives of Changyun Film and Television have come up with a lot of solutions.

But almost everyone is thinking about how to avoid Xu Kong's new drama.

But no one thinks that their new drama can compete with Xu Kong's drama.

I have to say that after the loss of "The Power of China", everyone is really afraid of the word "empty".

Even though Xu Kong's new drama hasn't been scheduled yet, everyone assumes that if the schedule changes, they will lose.

But it seems like there is nothing that can be done about it.

After all, people still can't help but believe in evil.

After the hit of "The Beginning", Xu Kong has won completely almost every time since he officially entered the film and television industry.

This is the scariest thing.

Even though this matter may really have some luck and metaphysics involved.

But if I really think about having my company's drama broadcast together with Xu Kong's new drama.

This time, "The Beginning", with an investment of only tens of millions, was able to crush "The Power" which they almost put the entire company's money into making.

Even the most confident person will still begin to doubt his life after this incident.

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However, Lu Hanwen still felt that someone needed to come up with such an idea.

So he hesitated for a while and then said:
"I think that even if it's Xu Kong, not every drama he stars in will be a hit."

"In fact, part of the reason for our "Power and Intrigue" this time is due to ourselves."

"If Xu Kong really wants to air the new drama on the same day as ours, there's nothing we can do."

"At worst, you can just take it. It's hard to tell who will win or lose now!"

I don’t know if Lu Hanwen’s words were thought-provoking or for some other reason, but after he finished speaking, the conference room suddenly became quiet.

"I also think what Mr. Lu said makes sense."

This person is one of the persons in charge of the film and television department. He is considered to be Lu Hanwen’s direct subordinate and was also the person he brought over from Fengge.

In such an occasion, of course, the support is unconditional.

Zhu Changyun, who had been silent all this time, also fell into deep thought.

Of course he knew that if this new drama could directly defeat Xu Kong.

Or as long as their data is better than Xu Kong's new drama.

That will go a long way in boosting the morale of the current company.

But what I’m afraid of is losing again.

Losses are still a small matter. By then, I am afraid that the entire Changyun Film and Television will live under the shadow of the name Xu Kong.

He also didn't expect that he was such an inconspicuous newcomer at the beginning.

Until now, he has become the opponent that Changyun Film and Television fears the most.

"Then let's follow the normal process for now."

"Maybe Xu Kong's new drama may not be broadcast on the same day as ours."

Since Zhu Changyun had made the decision, no one else had any objections.

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"Or will it be broadcast together with the new drama of Changyun Film and Television?"

At this time in Beijing, at Fengge’s headquarters, Zeng Xi was discussing some details of the cooperation with Yan Rui.

That’s right, after a long period of discussion, Penguin Video finally decided that they would get Xu Kong’s new drama even if they had to offer the same profit-sharing contract as Tudou Video.

There is no way, the popularity of "The Beginning" is really too exciting.

In the past one or two months, Tudou Video's monthly active users and number of paying members have shown signs of catching up with Penguin and Kiwi.

Although it hurts, what if Xu Kong’s new drama becomes a hit again.

They will really regret it then.

So in the end, the profit sharing condition is still 70%, and Penguin Video’s own S+ promotional resources are also tilted.

This can be regarded as winning the exclusive online broadcasting rights for Xu Kong's new drama.

Tudou Video can’t do anything about it either.

Who can blame them for the so-called publicity and promotion resources of their platform, which are almost non-existent and cannot be compared with Penguin and Kiwi at all?

Penguin was determined to fight, so Tu Qiaoer had no choice but to give up strategically.

Of course, this time's "Beginning" has already brought them great benefits.

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"Apart from some things about the play itself, this is our biggest requirement for other aspects."

Yan Rui replied with a smile.

Although Zeng Xi was a little surprised by this, Yan Rui would specifically mention this matter in advance.

But in fact, there were some speculations before. After all, all the things about Fengge and Changyun Film and Television have spread in the circle, even on the Internet.

It's not a big secret.

It is completely understandable that Fengge specifically targeted Changyun Film and Television.

Zeng Xi silently prayed for Changyun Film and Television for a minute.

There was no way, he had just finished watching the first few episodes of "The Bad Kids".

I have to say, it is completely different in style from "The Beginning".

But the sensory impact brought by the first two episodes of this suspense drama is not weak at all.

It can also be seen that the entire drama, in terms of art style, plot, and even actors, is more like a purer suspense drama.

The atmosphere is also more depressing.

It is more in line with the general audience's impression of suspense dramas.

He saw some similar styles to "The Long Season" throughout the whole drama.

Zeng Xi's intuition told him that this drama would be a hit.

This is also the reason why he was so determined to put forward the conditions and must obtain the copyright.

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However, it is worth mentioning that for Xu Kong’s new drama this time, Qin Xian from Kiwi finally came in person without asking for trouble.

Although a person in charge was sent, it was obvious that he was just going through the motions and had no desire to fight for the copyright.

Don't you want to?

Of course it’s impossible. After the popularity of “The Beginning”, even a fool would understand that.

Even if Feng Ge is no longer as powerful as he used to be, this has nothing to do with Xu Kong.

If possible, all domestic platforms, without exception, want the copyright of Xu Kong's new drama.

Definitely.

This can be seen from the reactions of some TV stations.

"The Bad Kids" has only twelve episodes in total, although the length of the episodes is far longer than some traditional TV dramas.

Some can even last for more than an hour.

The duration is also not uniform.

This is a standard web drama configuration.

However, in this day and age, no one is so-called looking down on online dramas anymore.

The decline of traditional television media is unavoidable.

Even previously powerful local stations such as Mango TV and Ocean TV have begun to try to create their own online platforms, or simply choose to cooperate with the platforms they already have.

But Xu Kong’s new drama is indeed not suitable for broadcast on traditional TV stations.

The volume of twelve episodes is really too small.

Even if it is put on a special schedule on weekends, it probably won't be broadcast for long.

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But this time the copyright fee has increased directly from 100 million in "The Beginning" to over 200 million.

It was still won by Mango.

If it were before, no one would have believed such a copyright fee.

But the huge success of "The Beginning" made Mango TV win directly.

Even in this period when the number of viewers of traditional television stations has dropped sharply, the ratings still soared to around 2.6 or 2.7 by the finale.

And Mango does not adopt the profit-sharing model.

During this period, it was said that the advertising fees for the two prime time slots on the weekend, which were the two days when "The Beginning" was broadcast, had increased to more than twice the original amount.

It really turned numb.

At least compared to Tudou Video, which gave up such a high share of the profits, Mango TV is the one that makes the most money.

These facts are in front of us, which has led to the copyright fees of Xu Kong's new drama naturally rising.

It can be seen that after the failure of "The Power of the World", Ocean TV had a high interest in the exclusive TV broadcasting rights of Xu Kong's new drama this time.

But Feng Ge, or Xu Kong himself, has a special relationship with Mango.

In the end, with the quotations not much different, it is said that they chose to cooperate directly with Mango.

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"Then, happy cooperation."

After agreeing on some details about "The Hidden Corner", Zeng Xi and Yan Rui shook hands and left Fengge's company headquarters.

Judging from some of the information he received, Zeng Xi already felt a little regretful at this time.

I should have been bolder back then.

Give Feng Ge a very good condition and don't bargain too much.

It is said that it was Wu Youxue's sincerity that made Xu Kong remember his kindness.

From now on, as long as Wu Youxue is still in Mango TV, other TV stations probably won’t be able to compete for the copyright of Xu Kong’s new drama.

It now seems that Xu Kong refused long-term cooperation with Penguin at that time.

It’s not that young people are too enthusiastic, but that they really have full confidence in themselves.

And the facts have proved that Xu Kong is indeed qualified.

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Wu Youxue was still in Fengge's company building at this time, sitting in Xu Kong's office drinking tea.

"I think your idea is quite good."

"There is a head start."

Wu Youxue came here in person, not because he was worried that Mango TV would not be able to get the copyright of Xu Kong's new drama.

After all, they had already made an agreement that as long as the conditions were the same, their mangoes would be given priority.

In fact, when Mango TV spent 100 million yuan to buy the copyright of the drama "The Beginning", there were still many doubts within the company.

The main problem is the length of the episodes of "The Beginning", which are indeed a little shorter.

However, with the explosive popularity of "The Beginning", the ratings, and the real profits from advertising, these voices naturally disappeared a lot.

The most important thing is that his power and status within Mango TV have been greatly improved after the drama "The Beginning".

Originally, he had absolute say in Mango TV's internal variety show projects.

But now, we can officially start to get involved in the film and television drama related business with justification.

This was also the first time Wu Youxue collaborated with Xu Kong in film and television. He had to admit that he had indeed tasted the sweetness.

Before, he had only experienced the benefits brought by Xu Kong as a singer and composer. Now it seems that with his relationship with Xu Kong, there is still a lot of room for developing cooperation with Xu Kong.

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"Well, but I will probably only be a guest on one episode of the show at most. After all, I don't have that much time."

Xu Kong added.

Wu Youxue waved his hand.

"It would be fine if I could participate in one session. I already have some ideas about it."

He really didn't expect that there would be such an unexpected surprise before he came.

Xu Kong suddenly asked him to come over for a private chat, not because of the copyright of his new drama, but rather to express that he had an idea for a variety show.

Wu Youxue didn’t care much about it at first, but who would have thought that after listening to it, he unexpectedly discovered that it seemed completely feasible!

No, it can even be considered a pretty good idea.

And from Xu Kong's description, it can be seen that he doesn't even need to make large-scale modifications.

Just as Xu Kong said just now, it is definitely a complete project, except for some details, which does not require any further repairs.

In other words, Fengge itself does not have many variety show projects, otherwise it would not be Mango TV's turn to take advantage of this.

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(End of this chapter)