Li Shanghong nodded: "I have seen this film. When the people below reported it to me, I watched it as soon as possible."
"Ye Manyi plays the female lead, President Han plays the male lead, and there are also well-known actors such as Liu Xi and Zhou Guoqing participating in the film. It's also a science fiction film, so of course I have to watch it."
"To be honest, if we choose unknown characters to film this film, the artistic quality will be the highest."
“However, using all well-known characters makes it easier to attract fans.”
Han Zhou nodded.
Li Shanghong is an expert.
If this movie was shot with all unknown actors, it would give the audience the illusion that it was a documentary.
However, if this film is to make money, this method cannot be used.
The original version did make a lot of money, but the actual income did not go to the director and investor.
Because this film took a year and a half to conceive.
A year and a half later, piracy was rampant.
Most of the revenue from the discs was taken away by pirates .
The one that makes the most money is the well-known P2P download website in the United States.
So much so that in the end the director personally thanked the users who downloaded pirated copies through p2p.
Because for Richard, the director and investor, the profit from this movie is the millions of dollars in copyright income from selling the rights to continue the film.
When Han Zhou started filming it, he didn't think about making a lot of money, he just wanted to raise some money to make a large-scale costume drama.
It is also planned to go online during the Spring Festival to make money.
However, with Ye Manyi's free joining, Han Zhou's choice became much more cautious.
Han Zhou: "Mr. Li, to be honest, this film, when it is broadcast online, is a gamble on the fighting power of Ye Manyi's fans."
"Ye Manyi has a lot of loyal fans. Ye Manyi has been out of the limelight for more than ten months, and her variety shows have stopped for more than half a year. Her fans have bulging wallets and are waiting to spend money."
"Of course, Mr. Li also saw the quality of the film's story."
"And the long-term on-demand box office revenue depends on the quality of the story, so... I feel that Mr. Li's price is too low."
Li Shanghong tapped the table with his fingers: "To be honest, I don't believe Ye Manyi has so many brains... Real fans, your fans' words are almost negligible compared to Ye Manyi. If it was two months ago, your popularity was very high, but now, it's discounted..."
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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Internet welcomed the annual Spring Festival Gala.
The silly joke blogger Cold Jokes Selection posted a new tweet.
“Three big laughs in this year’s Spring Festival Gala.”
Three pictures are given below.
The first picture was Han Zhou’s failed New Year’s greeting picture.
The second picture is a comparison of the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala from year to year.
Before this year, the average viewership of the Spring Festival Gala almost always dropped by about 2% compared to the previous year. This year it only dropped by 0.3%, but it was still a drop.
The third picture shows the female host Gu Yu, who read the words "Auspicious snow dances on the lanterns, and we celebrate the New Year in a prosperous manner" as "We celebrate the New Year in a harmonious and prosperous manner."
The three pictures are called Han Zhou's New Year Greetings, Spring Festival Gala Ratings, and Celebrating the New Year Together.
This joke blogger has more than 12 million followers, a large number of whom are just funny people, and is very popular.
Soon, these three pictures spread on the Internet.
Many people who think the Spring Festival Gala is ugly are forwarding these three pictures.
After all, this is the essence of this year's Spring Festival Gala except for a few programs !
Soon, some stupid netizens started to stir up trouble, posting a picture of Guyu's awkward smile: "Are you polite?"
But obviously, this one is not heavy enough.
Soon, a heavyweight idiot netizen found the picture of Guyu walking on a single-sided bridge and falling to the ground during the CCTV "Annual Variety Show".
Then he used Guyu's photo to photoshop out the falling figure in Han Zhou's "Falling on the Street to Greet New Year's Picture".
Then, he pasted the ratings chart of the Spring Festival Gala over the years on the blank part of the paper.
In this way, the three highlights of the Spring Festival Gala are combined into one.
Han Zhou is holding a sand sculpture painting. In the painting, Guyu fails and the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala next to it fail.
There is Master Jin's calligraphy on it: "How could I fall down? I am... wishing you a happy new year!"
As soon as this picture came out, it instantly captured the attention of all the stupid netizens.
"It turns out that the Spring Festival Gala ratings didn't just flop, they plummeted... Happy New Year to me!"
"I am dying of laughter. Three in one, right? This picture is funnier than the entire Spring Festival Gala skit. Hahahaha!"
Soon, the new meme picture quickly replaced the original three pictures. In just half an hour, it was posted to major Penguin groups and WeChat groups by stupid netizens.
Many netizens who actually didn't watch the Spring Festival Gala at all also began to forward the pictures.
After all, it’s the Spring Festival Gala, and having a sense of participation represents the Chinese New Year.
When the silly picture went around the Internet and returned to Weibo, many silly netizens were forwarding the picture and adding the term #韩舟送年图#.
As a result, this entry soared like a rocket.
This is real popularity, not something created through manipulation.
For a while, several popular stars and first-line celebrities who had just posted New Year greetings videos and were still on the hot search list were all suppressed.
When stupid netizens start to be stupid, they can sweep away everything.
#韩舟贺年图# Like riding a rocket, it shot to the top of the hot search list.
Marked as HOT, very popular.
Han Zhou didn't realize that he had topped the trending searches for the first time in his life.
If he had known this in advance, Han Zhou would have definitely refused.
Who can stand this stuff?
Fortunately, there is still a normal person in the whole picture, that is Han Zhou, and Han Zhou’s face has not been photoshopped.
Because Han Zhou was maintaining the radiant smile of the 'Spring Festival Gala Smiling Brother' at that time, passionate and unrestrained, and did not need any P, and P would have no effect.
This smiling face seems to be mocking the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala.
The Spring Festival Gala team is currently carrying out the finishing work.
I was speechless when I saw the trending searches.
Every year after the Spring Festival Gala, I always get criticized.
But, generally speaking, the performance of celebrities will be so strong that they will top the list, and some people will even start to operate and compete for it.
First of all, this year, stars are stars, and Han Zhou is also a star after all.
But why, I was scolded all of a sudden?
Liu Cheng feels wronged!
Guyu's team thought that Han Zhou was deliberately manipulating it, but after checking, they found that there was no trace of hype, it was really popular...
CCTV's most beautiful host, Guyu, has lost her mind!
"Let me look up who was the editor of the 'Annual Variety Show' that year... Don't let me find you, it will be worse than yours..."
And under Han Zhou’s super topic, there are even more stupid things.
"Hahaha, as expected of Old Han, his posture for being on the trending search is exceptionally different."
"Spread the flowers! This is the first time that Lao Han has topped the trending search list alone!"
"The champion of the show has been on the top of the list before, but he shared the hot search with An Lan. This time he is the first alone!"
New fans: "I am dying of laughter, what a treasure star, Spring Festival Gala New Year greetings picture, this year's New Year will be happy with this."
"Is Han Zhou a singer? Why did he go to the Spring Festival Gala to write poetry?"
"You fake fan, Han Zhou went to the Spring Festival Gala to make emoticons."
"Ha ha ha ha, I looked around Han Zhou's Weibo and came back. Are you sure this person is a young idol singer or movie actor? I thought I was in a mental hospital or a diaotuku."
Under the guidance of the leading party, many people went to read Han Zhou’s Weibo.
Almost every one of them is nonsense.
Led by the "Lick the Iron Rod" that was popular on the short video website for a while, there are all kinds of stupid videos, pictures, and interesting things in life.
Are you sure this is a star?
Some people who like Han Zhou's "The Moon Represents My Heart" also came to me and said, "It's not good for you to say that about a talented person like Han Zhou. He is a creative artist!"
Han Zhou's fourth-level fan card silly netizen: "Can't we let some artists go crazy first?!"
…
Li Shanghong was a little tired from the negotiations.
Han Zhou is now insisting on a buyout fee of 50 million yuan, and if the single-on-demand fee is 4 yuan, he will get 3 yuan, and if it is 6 yuan, he will get 4 yuan.
No matter what Li Shanghong said, Han Zhou insisted on the price.
Han Zhou is not in a hurry at all now.
Because "He is a Dragon" has been released now, the money will gradually start to come in after a month and a half, and New World will have money by then.
At this stage, instead of making money from "This Man From Earth", Han Zhou would rather make money from shooting commercials and variety shows.
So, we can talk about "This Man From Earth" slowly!
Li Shanghong lit a cigarette and said, "Boss Han, why don't we have a meal together? We can discuss the specific conditions of cooperation slowly."
Han Zhou smiled and said, "I have a good fan base on You Video. If they make a move... I can't guarantee that I will only talk to Mr. Li."
When Li Shanghong was stunned, Han Zhou spoke: "Let's go, Mr. Li, I'll treat you to a meal."
Li Shanghong took a deep breath. We agreed half an hour ago that we should go to Zhongfulou for dinner together. It’s been half an hour and you’re hungry now?
In fact, half an hour ago, Zhang Jiuquan and Chen Xiaoyong went to Zhongfulou with panda eyes.
Han Zhou: "What place did Mr. Li just mention? Zhongfulou, right? Since Mr. Li likes it, let's go there."
Li Shanghong smiled and said, "I should pay for this meal."
Han Zhou: "I should pay for this meal, Mr. Li, please don't grab it."
At Zhong Fulou, Li Shanghong saw Han Zhou appear on the Spring Festival Gala again.
Even many people who were eating at Zhongfulou were watching TV and laughing as they watched.
Han Zhou, who was fully armed and wearing a scarf, had no idea what these people were laughing at.
But you can see that these people really like the Spring Festival Gala!
When did so many people start to like watching the Spring Festival Gala? Why are they still watching it on TV even when it’s being replayed?
When they arrived at the private room, Han Zhou asked Li Shanghong to order the dishes.
Li Shanghong declined, and he thought Han Zhou would refuse again, but Han Zhou didn't, and started ordering food directly.
During his free time, Li Shanghong took out his mobile phone and checked Weibo out of habit.
Working in this field, how can I not check Weibo?
As soon as I looked at it, I saw it was at the top of the Weibo hot search list.
Explosive heat.
No. 1 on the list #Hanzhou New Year Greetings# has a popularity of 9.83 million.
Second on the list #An Lan Moon Goddess# has a popularity of 3.39 million.
Li Shanghong thought he had seen it wrong, but the word "hot" following the number one on the list could not be wrong.
“Is this… marketing?”
"It seems that the new world is completely different from the information I got. Is there no shortage of money at all?"
"Or is it that Tianle and New World have entered into a deep cooperation? Or..."
The more Li Shanghong thought about it, the more he felt that there were foreign entertainment companies that wanted to take over the market from Universal and Mina and wanted to train Han Zhou.
"Maybe, after negotiating this deal, we won't lose that much? Maybe, there will still be profits in the future?"
At this stage, Li Shanghong wants to obtain the exclusive broadcasting rights of "This Man Comes from Earth" and then start paid on-demand viewing for VIP users in the first month.
After one month, the VIP user restrictions will be lifted and users can watch the program on demand as long as they pay.
In this way, we can earn enough new VIP users in the first month and recover the costs starting from the second month.
As long as it is kept for a long time, with Ye Manyi's enthusiasm, the investment will be recovered one day.
And now it seems that Han Zhou is going to be famous, so doesn’t that mean there will be money to be made in the future?
Now Penguin Video and You Video are competing for resources and VIP users, and the fight is bloody. Every project is losing money.
All I see is spending money, but no making money, and it's rare to even get my money back.
Now Li Shanghong's obsession with the top price has wavered.
Just after ordering the food, Han Zhou's phone rang.
Han Zhou glanced at the phone and said, "Hello, Mr. Niu." He had a good memory.
Mr. Niu, President of the Marketing Department of Mengshan Dairy: "Hahaha, Mr. Han, Happy New Year."
"I'm sorry for disturbing you during your rest time last night. I'm calling you today because of this matter."
"I went back and thought about it, and decided to raise the price. Twelve million a year, six million per commercial shoot, and no less than two commercials this year. How about that? With this price, no other advertising endorsement can be offered now."
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment: "Twelve million a year? That's quite sincere, but this isn't an independent endorsement... I need to think about it carefully."
Li Shanghong knows the market price. What kind of celebrity can get 12 million yuan a year as an endorsement fee?! This is... a sign of entering the first-tier or becoming a huge hit.
Before yesterday, Han Zhou's popularity was only considered weak among second-tier stars, and his actual status was only at the level of a third-tier star. Why did his price skyrocket to such a level today?
Is it bragging? Is it a shill?
At this time, Han Zhou was saying, "Excuse me, Mr. Niu. I was just discussing something today and having dinner with Mr. Li from Penguin Video. Yes, yes..."
"Oh? Mr. Niu is nearby? Then..."
Li Shanghong smiled and said, "Which Mr. Niu?"
Han Zhou: "Mr. Niu from Mengshan Dairy."
Of course Li Shanghong knows Mr. Niu from Mengshan Dairy. He is a big sponsor who has been spending money crazily on various variety shows and video websites all year round!
"Oh? Mr. Niu and I haven't had dinner together for a long time. It's a coincidence today."
"Boss Han, it's your dinner party, you invited people, I have nothing to say."
Li Shanghong just said that, but who knew what would happen next...
The business directors of Longyi Clothing, Tianlishan Mineral Water, and Caijin Advertising, an advertising tycoon invited by Tianlishan, were all here.
In the middle of the day, in order to support so many people in the company, Han Zhou had no choice but to raise his glass.
However, soon, besides Mr. Niu who was really awesome, the others...
Um.
When there were only two of us left, things became simple.
Han Zhou: "Boss Niu, I have a movie coming out right now, so today might be... my last drink. Really my last drink."
Mr. Niu waved his hand and said, "Ah? Brother Han is also the protagonist in this Spring Festival movie? Which movie? I will book him to watch ten shows for you as a New Year's gift!"
Han Zhou laughed out loud: "Boss Niu, this is a foreign movie that I worked with other companies to produce. I didn't act in it."
Mr. Niu: "Brother Han speaks straightforwardly and drinks honestly. He likes to cooperate with young people like you who are talented, energetic and courageous. This time, Brother Han must join our advertising plan for the new year."
Talking about being happy, Mr. Niu staggered and said, "Brother Han, I heard from professionals that you are a great songwriter. If the theme is milk, can you write a song?"
Han Zhou hiccuped: "This is easy, just listen..."
Mr. Niu was stunned for a moment, then realized that Han Zhou wanted to sing: "Wait a minute, let me clap... clap."
One, two, three, four...
After parting ways, Mr. Niu walked out, felt the cold wind, and got into the car.
The main force who received the person whispered: "Boss Niu, next is Chen Anyuan..."
"I'm not going." Mr. Niu came back to his senses and looked at the video he had recorded, stunned.
This guy, after getting drunk, didn't waste even a second singing so many milk commercial songs on the spot?
Domestic, foreign, fashionable, elegant, children's, affectionate...
What kind of perverted monster?!