China Entertainment please answer! 1997

Chapter 89 VAM Agreement and Seeking Support
After seeing off Jin Xiaoxiao, because without Jin Xiaoxiao's overall control of the company's situation, Cao Qing had to return to the company to preside over the overall situation as soon as the filming was finished.

On January 2000, 1, after returning to the company and spending nearly a week to deal with all the big and small things accumulated in the company during this period, Cao Qing contacted many media in a very high-profile way to hold a wrap-up banquet for "Meteor Garden".

Through the promotion of cups and cups at the banquet, as well as the thoughtful interview red envelopes after the meal, major media have seriously praised and promoted the TV series "Meteor Garden" on their boards.

Through this publicity, the "Meteor Garden" TV series, which itself did not lack much attention, instantly aroused a wave of heated discussions across the country.

Even within the film and television industry, many film and television entertainment companies showed great concern for the upcoming TV series "Meteor Garden" of Tengda Film and Television Entertainment after seeing the news.

As a film and television entertainment company that has made two successful films before, to be honest, Tengda Film and Television Entertainment has more or less gained a little fame in the Huaguo film and television circle.

At this time, Tengda Film and Television Entertainment suddenly stepped into the field of TV dramas from the film field. This kind of behavior is suspected of stealing jobs. After all, there are only so many resources in the film and television industry. Every time one more person comes out to grab food, this The cake will inevitably shrink.

It is precisely because of this that compared to those domestic people who care about the excitement of the TV series "Meteor Garden", to a certain extent, Cao Qing's colleagues in the film and television companies may value and pay more attention to Cao Qing's TV series. TV drama.

However, although Cao Qing knew about the attention of his film and television colleagues, he didn't have the time to care about their thoughts.

After all, as the TV series "Meteor Garden" became popular in the media, it followed that major TV stations across the country were negotiating the price of this TV series.

At this critical time, Cao Qing has to be busy fighting with major TV stations and haggling every day, and he has no mood to care about other things.

A TV series, for those actors who participated in this TV series, of course when the TV series premiered.

After all, only when this TV series becomes popular will their fame and social status be enhanced.

But unlike the actors who participated in the TV series, for the film and television company that invested in this TV series, the most important time is not the premiere at all, but before the TV series is broadcast on the TV station.

Those film and television companies have invested so much money into this TV series, the purpose is not only to praise people, but the most important thing is to make money.

And compared to expecting a second round of bids from TV stations where it is difficult to know the specific results, for most of the TV series that are not of good quality, or it is difficult to estimate whether their own drama will be popular, the only thing that is really worth looking forward to is The first round of TV dramas sold out.

If the price is not sold this round, then for the film and television company that produced this TV series, [-]% of the business should be lost.

For this reason, at 15:[-] p.m. on January [-]th, Cao Qing specially held a viewing party inside Tenda Film and Television Entertainment Company.

This time, Cao Qing not only invited the directors of the editorial departments of TV stations in various provinces across the country, but also the directors of the editorial departments of CCTV, Hong Kong and Taiwan were also invited by him.

Everyone gathered in the large conference room of Tenda Film and Television Entertainment Company. After briefly watching the first three episodes of the TV series, Cao Qing's "Meteor Garden" TV series directly aroused the interest of the heads of major TV stations.

Among them, CCTV has the richest money and wealth. After a fight with the heads of the procurement departments of major provinces and TV stations, he directly offered a high price of 55 yuan per episode.

The TV series "Meteor Garden" was modified by Cao Qing. After removing some content that would obviously be harmonized, Cao Qing increased it to a full 32 episodes based on the content of some Korean dramas of later generations.

32 episodes, 55 yuan per episode, a total of 1760 million yuan. Faced with the temptation of so much money, if Cao Qing hadn't successfully filmed two movies that hit the box office, he would have been confused by now.

However, Cao Qing is Cao Qing after all. Because he fully knows the potential of the TV series "Meteor Garden" in his heart, even though CCTV has already reported that he has received such a high price, Cao Qing is still unwilling. Looking at the foolish eyes, he just gave up on CCTV and chose to sign a gambling agreement with Mango TV instead.

In this gambling agreement, Cao Qing and Mango TV agreed on the purchase standard of "Meteor Garden", that is, the national average ratings are calculated directly. If the national average ratings of the TV series "Meteor Garden" are lower than 3 %, then Hunan TV Station only needs to purchase the TV series "Meteor Garden" at a price of 40 per episode.

And if the TV series "Meteor Garden" has an average rating of more than 3% nationwide, then for every 0.5 points more, the purchase price of this TV series will increase by [-].

That is to say, if Cao Qing's TV series "Meteor Garden" is to reach CCTV's purchase level on Mango TV, the national average ratings of this TV series must reach 4.5%. This is not a big gamble. .

After all, compared with the 1760 million yuan that can be obtained steadily when buying a film at the price of CCTV, the purchase price offered by Mango Channel is really too volatile.

If Cao Qing misses, based on the minimum price of 40 per episode in the VAM agreement, Cao Qing will directly lose 32 million for the 480-episode May Day TV series. This price can even make another "The Hangover".

So it's no wonder that the head of the editorial department of other TV stations looked at Cao Qing like a fool, a lunatic, or a gambler. It's really amazing that this level of price fluctuation is really amazing.

If it wasn't for Cao Qing's clear memory of future generations, and accurate knowledge of the terrifying prospect of this TV series spreading across countless countries in Southeast Asia, even if he was allowed to watch it by himself, he would definitely think that the person who made this decision was a lunatic, after all Who can take a gamble of 480 million without fear?And it is a new film and television entertainment company.

But no matter what, since Cao Qing holds 90% of the shares of Tengda Film and Television Entertainment Company, and the investors of this TV series only believe in him, then regardless of Cao Qing's decision, do Sun Honglei and Liu Yijun have any thoughts? Other ideas, but under Cao Qing's absolute control, the gambling agreement between the TV series "Meteor Garden" and Mango TV was still directly signed.

On January 2000, 1, as the TV series "Meteor Garden" was aired on time at Mango TV's 22 o'clock prime time, the VAM agreement signed by Cao Qing and Mango TV began to take effect on time.

And that night, in the reception room of Tengda Film and Television Entertainment Company, Cao Qing, Huang Bo and others gathered together, silently waiting for the broadcast of "Meteor Garden" on Mango TV's satellite TV channel.

(End of this chapter)