The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 178 Unprecedented Production Cost
"Morning Light Music and CGT Player are ready, and the TV station has found the newly renamed Tomato Channel."

"What about the competition system?"

"Everything has been decided, but the show hasn't been officially named yet. Can the boss pick one?"

This draft is just the beginning in Zhang Chen's plan.

There will be many promotional programs in the future.

The first is similar to "The Voice" where you only listen to the singing.

This program is dedicated to finding the good voice of a country.

1. The program re-establishes the "voice" as the basis, and there is only one criterion for judging all students: voice.

2. In traditional talent shows, only judges are qualified to select contestants, and the power between judges and contestants is one-way. "The Voice of China" proposed the concept of "double selection".

3. Unlike traditional talent shows, celebrity mentors will perform together with the students.

The audition system is different from the original version.

For this audition, Morning Light Music will open a special competition channel. In the first round of auditions, Morning Light Music will resolve the issue of music copyright.

Singers can choose to cover the music prepared by the program team, or they can choose their own original songs.

After choosing the song, the singer can record it by himself or go to the recording studios that Morning Light Music has already established in several major cities for recording.

No tuning of the songs is allowed.

The recorded songs are put on the platform without showing the artist's face at all, and are rated by listeners across the platform and professional music critics.

Finally, the top five from each province will be selected according to region to enter the final program recording stage.

The final recording stage of the show is the “swivel chair” blind audition like in “The Voice of China”.

Zhang Chen also considered talent shows like "Super Girls" and "Super Boys".

Especially in the Super Girls competition, the top few contestants are very strong, but I always feel that their image is a bit distorted.

As for the reason, Zhang Chen was not very clear.

But Zhang Chen felt that since he was a singer, he should just let his singing speak for himself.

Just like the current music scene, there are many people who have ugly looks.

Although there may be certain limitations in development, it would be fine if I don't make movies and just sing and hold concerts.

Besides, it’s hard to find someone who is both good-looking and good at singing.

But if you simply choose one of them, then ordinary people who have just entered the entertainment market can also have a musical dream.

Moreover, this show is just the first step in Zhang Chen’s planned talent show.

"The Voice of China" is about "singing".

Next comes “acting” and more qualities.

The Voice is just the beginning.

"Let's call the show 'The Voice of China'. There will be a 'The Voice of America' show going on simultaneously in the United States. Is the production team there ready as well?"

"It's ready. We just provide a music voting platform. The program production will be handed over to Star Media. We only participate in the shares."

In China, Morning Glory Music has successfully become the second software that people must log into when they turn on their computers, following Penguin.

Because Penguin can interact and chat with friends, and Morning Light Music can communicate with all netizens across the country, and it has gradually become a "melon-eating" holy land.

On Morning Light Music, you can always see news that you don’t usually know about, and you can also share your views in real time.

As successful as the music player is in China, it will be very difficult to promote it in the United States.

Although the branch has been successfully established, there is no special promotional activity and no social software like Penguin to attract traffic.

Therefore, the current download volume has just exceeded 20, which is far from Zhang Chen's expectations.

This is also an important factor in Zhang Chen's decision to start the "Voice of China" project.

"Now that everything is ready, let's hold a press conference. From now on, let those who have dreams for music in both countries prepare themselves, and we will try to invite them to the stage next year."

The program has been in preparation for about a year, and the program preparation team originally planned it for this summer vacation, so there is definitely enough time.

On the last day of July, Morning Glory Entertainment held a grand press conference.

This press conference was star-studded, with every actor wearing the costume of his or her character in the drama.

These costumes are produced by peripheral manufacturers controlled by Morning Glory Entertainment. They are restored according to historical facts. They are simple and exquisite, while also taking into account the free and easy style of people in the underworld.

Chenguang Entertainment invested nearly 500 million RMB in the production of all the costumes and props for the crew alone.

So the reporters at the scene could easily recognize the roles played by each star.

There are world pop kings, Zhang Chen, Zhang Wuji
Child star Liu Yifei, Xiao Zhao
New rising stars Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Bingbing, Zhou Zhiruo, and Zhao Min.

Artists of the older generation, Zhang Guoli, Chen Daoming, Wang Gang, Cheng Kun, Yang Xiao, Antu Temur
Director, actor, screenwriter Jiang Wen, Xie Xun

Taiwan’s new goddesses Jia Jingwen and Yin Susu.

And countless old, middle-aged and young artists who all look familiar.

"Director Yang, this is Zhang Chen's first time acting in a TV series. Are you confident that you can make it a good one?"

"Of course I have confidence. This is not my first time filming a TV series, and it is not Zhang Chen's first time filming either. I saw that the roles he played in music videos before were very good."

Yang Tao, who graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 66, is Zhang Chen's senior. So he has to choose the good side of the story when answering questions like this.

"I have a question for Zhang Chen."

Seeing that the question was directed to him, Zhang Chen nodded and signaled the reporter to speak.

"I want to ask Zhang Chen, you have already achieved such great success in your singing career, and the money you earn now is enough for your future life, why do you still want to appear in a TV series?"

This question is also the voice of many Chinese people and even fans all over the world. You are a frequent winner of the Grammy Awards, and your total album sales are among the top ten in the world.

The donation was $2 million.

The cost of one advertisement is $100 million.

Is it possible that this drama is so attractive to you, Zhang Chen, that you would give up earning tens or hundreds of millions of dollars and instead go and play a role in a domestic TV series?
"My singing career has achieved good results, but recently I found that my creation lacks some twists and turns. I thought about experiencing the life of the characters in the TV series, which would also help my creation."

This was a reason Zhang Chen had thought of a long time ago. In this way, when the TV series is finished, he can still release a variety of sad love songs or songs with life philosophy.

The experience of playing a TV character can be said to be a perfect excuse.

"I saw Director Jiang Wen was here too, but I wonder if Director Jiang Wen is the Golden Lion King?"

"Correct."

Jiang Wen was wearing the clothes of Xie Xun, the Golden Lion King, with his explosive golden hair on his head. Combined with his temperament, he looked very domineering.

"Why would Director Jiang come to star in a TV series?"

"Zhang Chen thought I was suitable, so I came."

The transaction between him and Zhang Chen definitely cannot be made public, so he can only put all the responsibility on Zhang Chen.

"Then may I ask Zhang Chen, this drama has invited so many outstanding actors, what are Chenguang Entertainment's expectations for this drama?"

"The investment in this drama will exceed 100 million yuan. We are committed to making this drama the first costume martial arts drama in the history of Chinese TV dramas that truly achieves the best in plot, special effects, and martial arts."

Zhang Chen's words were like a thunderbolt falling into the crowd. The investment amount was 100 million yuan, such a huge amount of money was used to shoot a TV series.

There is currently no TV series in mainland China with a production cost of more than 100 million yuan. This amount of money is enough to shoot a special effects blockbuster movie.

Like Zhang Yimou's movie "Hero", the investment is said to have reached 3000 million US dollars.

But this is a commercial blockbuster, and it’s a movie.

However, Chenguang Entertainment spent more than 100 million yuan to shoot a TV series, which was seen by many people at the scene as a pure act of being taken advantage of.

"Isn't Chenguang Entertainment afraid of not being able to recover its costs?" Someone cautiously asked a question that is likely to be disliked by investors.

"Of course I'm afraid, but someone has to do it, just like director Zhang Yimou. There were no commercial blockbusters in China that could surpass Hollywood in box office, but didn't he risk everything to shoot Hero?"

“But TV series”

The reporter still couldn't believe it.

The income of a movie can be paid by the audience. As long as the movie is good enough, there will naturally be many audiences buying tickets to watch it.

Not to mention that "Hero" is released worldwide and has the support of fans all over the world.

But if a TV series wants to make money, it has to sell the series to TV stations to achieve profit.

So which TV station would spend so much money to buy a TV series now?

"I know what you want to say, but this TV series will not only be broadcast in China, I will also sell it abroad."

“Will this TV series be sold to Southeast Asia?”

"Not only that, this drama will meet audiences all over the world."

Another thunderclap, the TV series is going overseas?
At present, China has not even released its movies worldwide, so the future of "Hero" is still unknown.

Chenguang Entertainment is actually planning to broadcast the TV series globally?
“Are there any foreign TV stations willing to buy it?”

“It’s not a TV station, but an online platform.”

"Online platform?"

"Yes, it's a video player similar to Morning Light Music. It already has most of the movies and TV series that have been taken off the screen in the world. I think it will be available to you in a while."

CGT Player, like Morning Glory Music, has opened branches in each other's base camps. The only difference is that if CGT Player wants to be officially released in China, it needs to send all its movies and TV series for review.

Only after obtaining the broadcasting license can it officially operate in China.

This has already been done when the CGT player was first launched. If we did not pursue the simultaneous launch of all the resources in the film and television library, the current player would have been available to everyone.

"So what is the price of this player?"

　The city of Cavan has been really great recently.

　　I actually read everyone’s comments.

　　Some say that too much is written about business, while others say that too little is written about business.

　　There are many Chinese entertainment shows that don’t have much content, and some say that the romance scenes are not well written.

　　The question about emotional scenes is the easiest to answer. I need the character to behave in a way that is appropriate for her current age.

　　It's impossible for me to write about a child who is mentally mature and speaks with reason and logic at the age of 14 or 15, right? Characters also need time to grow.

　　In fact, I have regretted more than once that I started writing the book too early, which made it difficult to write the emotional scenes.

　　In addition, there are various components in the book. In fact, starting from the scene where the protagonist goes to act in the TV series, many readers have already been attracted.

　　To be honest, I regretted suddenly letting the protagonist act in a TV series, and some readers also said that there are too few such plots.

　　Music is the protagonist's base, and business is the core of this book.

　　If there are readers who really just want to see the daily interactions between the characters, that's really unlikely.

　　Because I found that according to the background data, daily scenes were the chapters that were skipped the most.

　　Maybe it’s because I don’t know how to write daily life that you don’t want to read it.

　　Since the two of them are still young, I am restricted in what I can write. I can only let the protagonist develop his career first. There is nothing I can do about it.

　　As for whether the heroine will become a vase. Some people even said that people come just to see the heroine, not to see the fantasies of a poor loser. If I really follow his suggestion, can I just write a novel with Lao Liu as the protagonist?
　　This is also the reason why I am stuck recently, confused

　　
　
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