Since Dai Linfeng went abroad for inspection, he has seen the gap between the domestic and foreign TV industries.
After seeing the shortcomings, he was equally ambitious and wanted to build CCTV into the largest TV station in the country and even the world. Supported by this belief, he introduced the American drama "The Man from the Bottom of the Atlantic".
This drama is currently being aired on CCTV, with one episode aired every Thursday, but it has had an unprecedented impact.
Speaking of which, the costumes of the characters in this show are quite old-fashioned by today's standards. However, in this era, it has aroused competing imitations in the country, and the toad mirror has become a trend among young people.
He also advocated for the introduction of "Garrison's Suicide Squad" and "Hunter" that will be broadcast in October. In addition to enriching people's horizons, the purpose is to let domestic film and television production departments see the gap.
Because he also wants to learn from advanced foreign experience and adapt domestic literary classics into TV series. But there is no specific process for how to shoot a TV series.
As a result, the experimental project of the first domestic TV series was born under his auspices.
Previously, Dai Linfeng was considering "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp", but now he is more optimistic about "The Conspiracy".
However, the young man in front of him has an extremely huge appetite. He is not satisfied with one hundred thousand, but wants one million.
Jiang Yulou smiled, would CCTV have no money?
He didn't believe it.
He knew that within a few years, CCTV had launched several expensive projects on the Four Great Classics. Which of these projects is not worth a million dollars? Any leakage is enough for "The Conspiracy".
"Director Dai, times have changed. Nowadays, ordinary people have many million-dollar households, not to mention sleazy companies. These companies used to have no channels to advertise, but now they have channels, do you think they will be reluctant to part with them? What about three melons and two dates?”
Dai Linfeng said angrily: "You call one million three melons and two dates?"
"One million may be a lot, but there are many advertisers." Jiang Yulou said with a smile: "Negotiations need to be strategic, and it also depends on the strength of the advertising company. As far as I know, foreign companies that want to advertise on CCTV can Not less.”
These days, the foreign companies that can advertise in China are all well-known multinational companies. Such as Coca-Cola, and Swiss radar watches.
After Dai Linfeng thought for a moment, he said: "Hey, according to what you said, it seems to be really good."
"As you said, our TV station sells advertisements based on duration, so the more episodes the TV series has, the more money it will make."
"Director Dai hit the nail on the head." Jiang Yulou praised: ""The Conspiracy" is my novel. When I wrote it, I also thought about how to adapt it. According to my ideas, I can write a script of forty episodes."
Dai Linfeng said in astonishment: "Forty episodes? "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" is only six episodes (history has been edited by TV stations into nine episodes)."
"This is why I asked for a production fee of one million yuan." Jiang Yulou said.
Dai Linfeng calculated in his mind that the production cost of six episodes of "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" was 100,000 yuan, and the production cost of 40 episodes of "The Conspiracy" was 1 million, which is more than 20,000 yuan per episode. From this point of view, the difference is not big.
But if ads are inserted in the middle to sell money, "The Conspiracy" with more episodes will be very profitable.
After thinking about it for a while, Dai Linfeng made a decision: "Okay, then I'll take a gamble!"
"Director Dai, it's called gambling when you're unsure, and it's called the right choice for you to follow my advice." Jiang Yulou said proudly.
Dai Linfeng laughed and said, "You kid."
"I am not arrogant, but the sales volume brings me confidence. You may not know that the current sales volume of "The Conspiracy" has exceeded 300,000 copies, and more copies are being printed. According to Editor Meng of the Contemporary Editorial Department, this year The final sales volume is likely to exceed one million copies."
Dai Linfeng said with emotion: "One million copies..."
"One million copies means there are one million book fans. When the novel is made into a TV series, there will be one million potential viewers. Director Dai, I don't need to say more about what this means." Jiang Yulou said.
Dai Linfeng nodded. He didn't have to wait until later. He couldn't help but think about it now.
After a moment, he said seriously: "Comrade Jiang Yulou, the script of "The Conspiracy" will be left to you."
"No problem." After Jiang Yulou nodded, he added: "Director Dai, I gave you such a good idea. Should you reward me as a writer and screenwriter?"
"I can give you 10,000 yuan in copyright royalties plus screenwriting fees." Seeing that he still wanted to say something, Dai Linfeng quickly said: "I can only give you so much. No matter how much I give you, my superiors will have objections."
"Okay then." Jiang Yulou looked unhappy.
Dai Linfeng smiled and said: "Comrade Xiao Jiang, don't be too little. This is a matter of mutual benefit. Think about it, if the TV series "The Conspiracy" becomes popular, will the novel be sold well across the country? Then you will also You won’t make less money.”
Jiang Yulou finally "reluctantly" accepted the cooperation. Of course, he was still very happy.
Although CCTV's copyright fee was pitifully low, it was not without gain.
If for no other reason than to expand his reputation, he would not suffer any loss if the sales volume of the novel increased.
Even if the remuneration he gets in the future is not as much as it is now, the title of the first domestic TV series falls on him, which is still an honor.
And he also got in touch with the director of CCTV. If this happens in future generations, tsk tsk...
Otherwise, Jiang Yulou really wouldn't want to waste so much time. What he is saying now is just good advice, and CCTV will make a lot of money if it is used for free.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yulou could only lament that the current domestic opening up is still not enough!
It would be wishful thinking for future generations, or in foreign countries, to buy the rights to adapt a best-seller at a bargain price, let alone that the original author also serves as screenwriter.
But since the contract was signed, he could only comfort himself in his heart that doing this now was a long-term way to catch big fish.
After returning, Jiang Yulou began writing the script for the TV series "The Conspiracy". As for the new book, I can only put it on hold for a while.
Fortunately, according to his estimation, the adaptation of the novel will not take much time.
Because in the previous life, "The Conspiracy" was not only a novel, but also adapted into movies and TV series. The movie was partially adapted from "The Conspiracy - The Wind Listener", and the TV series was a mixture of three stories.
It happened that he had watched both TV series and movies and had a deep impression in his mind, so he dared to praise Haikou.
After thinking about a rough picture in his mind, he started writing the script.
Because of this sudden cooperation, Jiang Yulou became even busier. Except for the occasional visit to the drama club, he spent most of his spare time writing scripts.
"No, I have to ask CCTV to publicize it for me."
