: No profit is gone

Author: Stupid Old Chive

: No profit is gone

Sitting on the chair, Wu Nianzu fell into deep thought alone.

He had some ideas about Johnnie Feng who came to him just now. It was not only for him personally, but for the entire Galaxy behind him.

Although the previous films of Galaxy Image's "Birth of a Character" and "Dark Flower" were all lost money from the box office, it cannot be denied that the Galaxy Image team is extremely creative.

Johnnie Feng, Wei Jiahui, You Naihai and You Dazhi are all very powerful film and television people.

To be honest, they are not afraid to shoot commercial films, but they are disdainful of filming. After all, in the past few years, there was a lot of hot money in the market, and some investors gave them money to make their favorite personal films.

However, with the outbreak of the financial crisis and the arrival of the film and television winter, there are no fool investors to fool.

In his previous life, Galaxy Image could not hold on until 1999, so she joined Xiang Huaqiang's command and then successively produced a series of big-money and women, "A Hundred Years of Good Cooperation" and "Big Boys Have Great Wisdom", which were well received and popular.

Then they used the money they earned to film "The Years of Dragon City" and "PTU" with full personal styles.

To put it bluntly, they still have to suffer a lot before they can bow their heads.

If Galaxy Image can be taken under its command, it will be a great improvement for Zulong's film and television production capabilities.

Wu Nianzu didn’t have high requirements for them. You can make your own personal movies first, first make a profitable commercial movie, and then use the money you earn to do it yourself.

Wu Nianzu didn't expect them to make money at all. Recruiting them was to increase Zulong's strength and foundation and boost his reputation.

Moreover, these guys are quite good at screenwriters, which is very helpful to the screenwriter team Zulong is currently forming.

Even if they want to leave in the future, they will at least teach them all their abilities, and they will keep the movies they make in the Zulong Film Library.

Thinking of the film library, Wu Nianzu's mind flashed and immediately called Cai Yinong again:

"Mr. Cai, I'll give you a task. Since the 1980s, I'll select 10-20 movies that were popular back then every year, whether it's Shaw Brothers, Jiahe or Xinyi City, to acquire their copyrights."

Cai Yinong calculated in his heart, felt that this was a small amount, and asked, "Mr. Wu, those are all old movies, we will buy them all, so we won't have much effect for the time being..."

"It's not that you want to buy the full copyright, and go and talk to them about the right to play the TV, and by the way, the right to play the Internet.

The Hong Kong movie market is now sluggish, and we bought it in large quantities in Hong Kong, with an average of less than 200,000 yuan per movie, or even lower.

Listen to me, although these old movies are no longer popular in Hong Kong Island and even Bay, the situation in mainland China is completely different.

There are many large and small TV stations in the mainland, including hundreds of local TV stations, and the number of channels has increased tenfold. If you sell a video to 3 TV stations, you can make a profit. If you sell a 10 TV stations, you will make a huge profit!"

The TV broadcasting rights of such old films are not exclusive, and many TV stations have them.

If you sell him to exclusive play 500,000 yuan, he will feel it expensive, but if you sell him 100,000 or even 50,000 yuan, he will feel it very delicious.

Wu Nianzu remembers it very clearly that when he was a child, he would broadcast old Hong Kong movies on many local stations, and it was very common for different stations to broadcast the same movie. For example, "A Chinese Ghost Story", at least dozens or hundreds of TV stations have broadcasted it. One can make a big profit if you sell 50,000 yuan!

Now is the time when Hong Kong movies are beginning to decline. Many film companies are in pessimistic expectations for the entire market, not to mention these old movies that have been spent for many years, and can be negotiated at a very low price.

In addition, Wu Nianzu himself has ATV, so it would not be suspicious that he would acquire the TV broadcasting rights of these old films.

"This..." Cai Yinong passed it in his mind after hearing it.

This colleague from XX Channel, you didn’t give any money to play our "A Chinese Ghost Story". Be careful that I will go to court and sue you for illegal infringement of our rights!

If you make a fuss with friends in Hong Kong, you won’t be good at face, right?

But everyone is a compatriot, only 100,000 yuan, and it will be broadcast casually in the future.

Well... I'll give you a friendly price, 80,000 is fine.

Brother, don’t worry, I have Cheng Long’s “Police Story”, Fa Ge’s “Heroic Colors”, and Uncle Jiu’s “Mr. Zombie”…

With so many TV stations, many of them will definitely be interested. Even if they are not interested, they will buy them to fill the vacancy and fill the time.

"Mr. Wu, you are still tall!" Cai Yinong sincerely admired him. The method Wu Nianzu said was simply a sure profit!

Otherwise, why are they the boss and she is a working person?

"Mr. Cai, remember, the online copyright must be signed, this is the future."

"Don't worry, Mr. Wu, now everyone doesn't pay attention to the online broadcasting rights at all. As long as you add a little price, you can easily handle it." Cai Yinong and Ouyang Changlin of Xiangnan TV had already talked about the online copyright of "My Fair Princess 2" last time, and others don't pay attention to it at all. This is also the general attitude of everyone now.

"Snap the time, Mr. Cai, we are not the only one who is smart. While Hong Kong Island has just returned but no one can react, hurry up and get it done."

"Okay, I'll organize people to do this."

Wu Nianzu hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief. He had forgotten the way to make money before. He just thought of the film library.

In fact, it should be this year or next year that Lin Xiaoming of Universal will make a big profit through this approach. He did not reveal the specific numbers, but think about it, it is at least in units of billions.

The only disadvantage of this method is that it requires a lot of funds to be used to purchase, and people without some strength can't handle it. Fortunately, some of the money has been paid back to Zulong for the album "Meteor Garden", so the company will definitely not be short of money on the books.

The opportunity to pick up money is in front of you, and it will be useless if you don’t make money!

Moreover, through this method, we can not only make money, but also directly connect with many mainland TV stations to establish cooperative relationships.

I believe that after this incident, their Zulong's prestige in mainland TV stations will be higher!

As for acquiring full copyrights to expand Zulong's film library, there is no hurry now. Whether it is Hong Kong Island or the mainland, it will be the coldest moment in the film and television industry in two or three years, and it will not be too late to talk at that time.

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At ATV, Wu Nianzu brought Huo Wenxi to the president's office, and Zhou Liang Shuyi naturally welcomed her warmly.

"Master Zhou is in good management. I have walked along the way and see that everyone is in good spirits!" Wu Nianzu said with a smile.

"That depends on Chairman Wu's leadership! The several projects you have guided are all ratings magic weapons. I heard that Fang Yihua is now angry and scolds the group of people under him." Zhou Liang Shuyi couldn't help but smile when she said this.

Now ATV's "Kangxi's Private Visit" and "My Fair Princess" have teamed up to defeat TVB in the middle of the week. There is also a hit "Millionaire" on the weekend, which has attracted the sought after by the whole Hong Kong island!

From an eighty-year-old man to a three-year-old child, there is now a wave of learning knowledge across Hong Kong.

With this, Chen Qitai lost the image of "Yin Zhiping" and became the handsome elite host in everyone's eyes.

Compared to more than a month ago, the mental outlook of all ATV employees has undergone earth-shaking changes. In the past, it was eggplant made from frost, but now everyone is full of energy and fighting spirit!

"Wu Sheng, I want to tell you another good news this time. The BBC TV station in England has called us to consult the copyright fee for "Millionaire". " Zhou Liangshuyi looked happy.

Due to historical reasons, Hong Kong Island and England have always had close relationships, and many people have special feelings for it.

In the past, there were all kinds of copying on Hong Kong Island. If the news that England wanted to buy their copyright was exposed, it would definitely attract a wave of heated discussion and make many people feel proud in Hong Kong.

Wu Nianzu smiled. This was something he expected. If he hadn't developed it, England would also think of this creativity this year and then launch a program.

Now that ATV is taking the lead, and seeing that the show is so effective, you will definitely not be able to sit still.

In fact, only a few senior executives including Zhou Liang Shuyi knew that ATV could not decide whether to sell the copyright of "Millionaire" because its copyright was in the hands of Zulong Company, and ATV was only developed in cooperation with Zulong.

The popularity and advertising fees brought by "Millionaire" are enough to eat ATV, and of course the copyright is still left in Zulong.

Although they are all big bosses, after all, Zulong is Wu Nianzu's own son, so he still keeps the copyright of the classic program in his own hands.

"How much?"

"One million pounds."

Hearing this number, Wu Nianzu sneered.

ABC TV, which was in the United States in his previous life, made a profit of nearly two million dollars in one episode with the show "Millionaire".

Although the market in England is far less than that of the United States, sincerity is certainly not enough for a mere million.

"Mr. Zhou, don't worry. The copyright of such a popular program, "Millionaire", cannot be sold at a low price. You can negotiate with several TV stations in England. In the future, "Millionaire", the more popular buyers come to the door. Now it is a buyer's market. Wait until which one reports 5 million pounds before considering it."

Wu Nianzu's goal is to sell him to a TV station in England first, and after he succeeds, he will attract the attention of the United States and then kill him hard.

The response from Hong Kong Island alone cannot attract the arrogant Americans, and England and Hong Kong Island are closely connected to them to pay attention.

Zhou Liang Shuyi was a little shocked when she heard the number of 5 million pounds. She felt that two or three million would be the best. But Wu Nianzu was the decision-maker, and Zhou Liang Shuyi could only nod.

"Madam Zhou, what do you think of the TVB Rookie Singing Competition?" Wu Nianzu asked suddenly.

Zhou Liang Shuyi frowned, then replied with a hint of helplessness: "Wu Sheng, the prestige of the TVB rookie competition is too high. We have also done ATV in the singing competition, but we can't compete with TVB at all."

"TVB Rookie Singing Competition" was held in 1982. Over the years, it has contributed a lot of musical talents to the Hong Kong music scene and sent more than half of its "blood" to the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

In the first competition, Mei Yanfang, who accompanied her sister to sign up, was born. Later, Li Keqin, Zhou Huimin, Li Ming, Grasshopper, Zhang Weijian, Luo Jialiang and others were all from the "Rookie Singing Competition".

In the subsequent competitions, well-known stars stood out from the show and then entered the music or film industry.

Even in recent years, there have been celebrities such as Cheng Xiuwen, Lee Man, Miriam Yeung, and Chan Yixun who will be famous in the music industry and will be very popular in the future.

So "TVB Rookie Singing Competition" is really well-known in Hong Kong, and the same type cannot be beaten.

In fact, as early as 1977, the Asian singing competition held by ATV's predecessor Li had a significant impact, and a superstar like Zhang Guorong was born.

But later, due to a TV station change, he did not persist, but was followed by TVB.

ATV has not been competitive. It launched the "Asia Pacific Singing Competition" in 1988, but it is incomparable. Both the quality and quantity of participants are much different. The innate gap makes the audience lose interest after taking a look. The show disappeared after barely persisting for two years.

Hong Kong media once said: "In Hong Kong Island in the 1980s and 1990s, if you want to become famous, you can choose Hong Kong Miss, apply for artist training classes or participate in rookie singing competitions."

These three are TVB's "private land", and the "star-making factory" said that time.

Wu Nianzu smiled when she heard this: "Madam Zhou, the current "Rookie Singing Competition" has changed. It was previously jointly organized by Huaxing and TVB, and it is guaranteed with Huaxing Records professionals. But now I have changed to TVB's family to do it myself, haha..."

After Huaxing Records was sold, "Rookie Singing Competition" became the TVB company.
To be continued...