Hong Kong Film: Jimmy? Please call me Councillor Li

Chapter 243 The TV series is a huge hit (3000 words)
Hong Le chose to settle the matter by paying compensation, as this was the easiest way. If they couldn't reach an agreement, Li Jiayuan would subdue everyone and send them in one by one.

Anyway, there's plenty of room in prisons to hold them now, and none of these guys have a clean record.

After sending Shanji back to the hospital, Li Jiayuan went back to the company to find someone to temporarily replace Shanji at work.

Currently, the only one who has some free time is Long Wu. Although he is not very familiar with the business, the shoe factory has a well-established system, so there is nothing for him to worry about. His role is simply to stay there and keep an eye on things.

The work at the Ministry of Supervision has been temporarily handed over to Huang Yin, who is my sister-in-law, so I feel quite at ease using her.

What a terrible vacation was ruined by this mess.

This made Li Jiayuan very unhappy.

TVB
Fang's private office
"Why are the TVB ratings so much lower this month than last month? How did you schedule the shows?"

"Look, the ratings dropped by a third, and that's during prime time."

Tell Zhao Xi to come up to me.

Five minutes later, a middle-aged man nervously pushed open the door to Aunt Fang's office. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, looked refined, and had very noticeable crow's feet at the corners of his eyes. This was Zhao Xi, the chief producer of TVB.

Zhao Xi was followed by a man, the chief director of TVB; both of them were there to be scolded.

Upon learning that Aunt Fang had come to their door, Zhao Xi, not wanting to be scolded alone, dragged her friend Chen Shuisheng along as well.

Aunt Fang was furious when she saw the two of them and threw the marketing report from the marketing department in their faces.

"Show me this, this is your answer sheet, Zhao Xi. You asked me for people, resources, and schedules, and here's what I promised you! Show me this now!"

And you, Chen Shuisheng, I wanted to curse your directing team last time. You have such a large group of people, are they all just sitting around doing nothing? You can't even compare to my technical team. At least they can help with the filming. What about you?

There are only one or two truly capable people in the whole team; the rest are all drawing salaries without working. This month, either you get out, or everyone under you gets out.

Aunt Fang spoke sternly, her spittle almost spraying onto the two men's faces. What angered her most was that these two had spoken so sweetly last month, but now the ratings were a complete disaster.

She even suspected that the two of them were spies sent by ATV to bring down TVB.

ATV can only outperform TVB in news; in every aspect, TVB has been superior to ATV in both television and film for many years. Yet now, TVB's ratings are even lower than ATV's, by a third.

How could she accept being suddenly crushed without any warning?

"Ms. Fang, please don't get agitated. I just got the data report from the marketing department. Please read it first before we talk."

Zhao Xi felt incredibly wronged. Damn it, how could they be to blame?

Their latest TV series, The Condor Heroes, has already boosted TVB's ratings significantly. Who knew that ATV would suddenly produce a hit series like The File of Justice, which swept the ratings?

Damn it, you can't just look at the comparison between TVB and ATV, you have to look at the individual growth data. TVB's ratings are clearly on an upward trend.

And yet I still got scolded. I'm so damn wronged.

After carefully studying the market research report, Aunt Fang was taken aback.

ATV's ratings skyrocketed because of this TV series!
TVB's marketing department is not only responsible for investigating advertising trends, market trends, and audience preferences, but also for analyzing the recent moves of its old rival, ATV.

Therefore, the report clearly recorded the existence of the No. 1 Imperial Court. Aunt Fang's eyebrows furrowed towards the center, her eyes deep.

"The File of Justice? I haven't heard that they've started filming this script."

"I've never heard of this production team before. Where did ATV poach them from?!"

Zhao Xi offered an explanation for this.

“I have investigated this production team. It is not an internal production team of ATV. It is an independent company that was just established last year. It has abundant funds and has poached a lot of new people and opened two artist training classes.

They were completely self-sufficient, with no investors involved in the production or filming process.

Even Aunt Fang, who was well-informed and had been in the industry for so long, was shocked.

No investors were involved; everything was self-sufficient!
This doesn't sound like an independent company. What company has such capital? TVB, the industry leader, would only dare to do this if they were very confident. How can a small company have such audacity?

Where did they get the funds? And their first project actually revived ATV, with its ratings surpassing TVB's prime time slot. Wow, this production team is a real hidden gem.

This promising talent is readily available, and Aunt Fang doesn't want to miss out on it, mainly because she doesn't want to leave it to their old rival, ATV.

That's how business works: the enemy of my enemy is my friend. If you can make my enemy unhappy, then it's all worth it.

Does this company have any connections or backing?

"Yes, this company is called Jiayuan Media. It is a subsidiary, and their parent company is Jiayuan Group."

"Homeland Group!"

Aunt Fang exclaimed in surprise. She was very familiar with this name; the Shao family father and son had been mentioning it frequently lately.

She knew that Jiayuan Group had recently launched a new drug technology, monopolizing the sales and production of AIDS-specific drugs. How could he not know about Jiayuan Group and Li Jiayuan, given that they had made such a big splash so soon after entering the pharmaceutical industry?

This upstart production team is actually a subsidiary of the Home Group.

Aunt Fang couldn't help but feel frustrated. What exactly was this Jiayuan Group trying to do? They were opening property management companies, logistics companies, investing in drug research and development and production, and now they even wanted to get involved in film and television media.

Should we also get involved in real estate?
"Since it's the Jiayuan Group, there's no need to worry about ATV being able to undermine this big company. Contact their leaders and try to get priority from ATV, so they don't become deeply tied to ATV."

"As for the profits, you can discuss that yourselves. You must negotiate a lower price. They are newcomers and lack support, so they won't last long. I have a significant advantage in terms of price and can hold off on it." Aunt Fang was very excited, as if she could see countless Manés flying towards her.

In the film and television industry, TVB is the undisputed leader. A few years ago, ATV might have been able to compete, but now it's just a dying, creatively exhausted entity.

Can't make any waves.

Anyone with a brain knows what to choose from the Jiayuan Group: they should choose TVB. They can't possibly cooperate with ATV.

It's strange, since this is a new drama, why didn't Home Media collaborate with TVB?

Zhao Xi guessed what Aunt Fang was thinking and quickly said:
“Jiayuan Media had approached us before, requesting that the new drama be broadcast during prime time. However, our staff questioned the quality of Jiayuan Media's production and tried to lower the price by offering the lowest possible price, so we couldn't reach an agreement.”

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Aunt Fang felt a pang in her heart. They had missed such a great program. If they had been able to secure the rights to the show back then, they would have definitely put it on prime time. What bad luck!

Wages must be deducted.

Although she was very unhappy, she was still relieved. Since Jiayuan Media had approached them, it meant that TVB was their first choice for cooperation, so the subsequent negotiations would definitely not be difficult.

At worst, we can concede and only take 40%. Usually, these unorthodox methods start at 50%. Taking only 40% of the profits is only because of the Jiayuan Group.

Aunt Fang knew the price was high, but what could they do when they controlled the playback resources?

——Homeland Group

"Brother Yuan, look at this! Our show's ratings are off the charts!!"

"A popular prime-time program!"

In the office, the airplane was as excited as a child.

I wasn't this happy when I took over the property management of the community before; my mindset is different now.

When the plane took over the property management company, the company already had the structure and personnel left by Li Jiayuan. Everything was arranged and all obstacles had been cleared away.

What challenges could there be? It's just managing the company step by step.

Jiayuan Media was built by Fei Ji himself, from assembling the production team, recruiting directors, finding stunt actors, and establishing an artist training class, to all sorts of things.

It's all managed by Feiji. Apart from the script, everything else was built up bit by bit by Feiji. Now that the TV series produced by the company is selling like hotcakes, no one is more excited than Feiji.

After all, this was the company he had poured his heart and soul into.

Of course, the script provided by Li Jiayuan is a version of the answer; without a script, it would be difficult to achieve success.

"Mr. Lin called and told me."

This is something that Lin Xin wouldn't normally pay attention to. The reason Lin Xin called to share the good news was actually to improve their relationship and build rapport.

After all, he was able to create a hit TV series on his first try, and given that Li Jiayuan was a top-notch talent no matter what industry he was in, Lin Xin naturally wanted to keep this pillar of strength.

ATV has always been overshadowed by TVB, and now that it has finally seen a glimmer of hope, how can it let it go so easily?

Li Jiayuan was also pleased. From Lin Xin's initiative to call him, he understood that the cooperation could be formally discussed.

Their previous cooperation model was not deeply intertwined, with ATV taking 30% of the profits, which is not good news.

He has a lot of scripts, movies, and TV series to be released and broadcast in the future. At this price, how can he possibly make any money? So this time he was just testing the waters to let ATV see the value of Home Media.

Let's sit down again for in-depth negotiations to consider the profit-sharing issue.

"Could you arrange a meeting with Mr. Lin for me? I want to discuss a deeper collaboration with him."

"it is good"

The plane seemed to suddenly remember something.

"By the way, Brother Yuan, there's also news from TVB. They want to invite you over for a talk, probably because they want to cooperate with Jiayuan Media."

"TVB?"

What price did they quote?

"Half and half"

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"Let them get out."

Sure enough, TVB is still the same stingy TVB. Damn it, you dare to take half of my profits for a single broadcast? I haven't even asked you for the ratings money yet.

Although Lee Ka-yuen knew that TVB's proposed price was inflated and had room for negotiation, he felt that their behavior was too blatant and that he wouldn't even work with a dog.

Those female reporters at TVB are pretty good, though. I'll try to poach them if I get the chance.

[You founded Jiayuan Media, which became a hit TV series during prime time, making you an overnight sensation in the film and television industry. — Feedback is in progress, and rewards are being distributed.]

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