Chapter five hundred and ninety first advertising fees
Before the president of Fox Studios could break Hodgson's leg, the guy called to report on his work on the way back. The boss on the other side of the phone quickly said: "I understand." Then there was a beeping sound of hanging up.
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Hodgson shrugged, thinking that was it. He didn't approve of contact with this HP monkey in the first place.
Hodgson's boss, Mike, was about to have a heart attack. HBO's insider told him a shocking news. After it started broadcasting, at least two million users had subscribed to "A Date with a Celebrity", which was extremely promising by HBO.
variety show.
What about the subsequent subscriptions? For such a program, I dare not say that the subsequent subscriptions will double, but at least reach 50%? In other words, the final data is the subscriptions of more than three million users. Because of this program, these more than three million users,
Became a long-term customer of HBO.
There were no advertisements in the first episode, but what about the second episode? The consequences are simply unimaginable!
Mike regretted that he should not have asked Hodgson to meet Fang Zhe because he was too busy. There was no doubt that things were messed up.
I'm afraid the chance to make amends is gone, and he may even be implicated. What Mike is thinking about is how to throw the blame.
Especially when he heard Hodgson threatening Fang Zhe with Fox Pictures on the phone, Mike almost cried.
Therefore, he immediately called the people at Fox Pictures, explained the matter, and said that the employee made his own decision and must not affect Fox Pictures.
Fang Zhe didn't have the guts to stay out overnight, so he returned to his residence after dinner. Since it was the weekend, everyone was already there.
"It seems that you are living a very cool life!" There was something in Wu Mingzhu's words. Yun Jue seemed indifferent, but her eyes betrayed her attention. Fang Zhe decisively asked Hodgson to take the blame: "Let me tell you a joke, today a reporter from Fox TV
Someone asked me to have dinner..." Barabara, and then both women laughed. This kind of thing is very normal in the United States, especially among white people.
"It seems your appetite has been affected! Well, Walker is coming tomorrow, will you see him?" Wu Mingzhu asked with a smile, and her attention was diverted. Fang Zhe said crookedly: "Why? Everything is too much.
Not as good as."
"I think this is a choice caused by national character. Many businessmen in the United States like the so-called extreme pressure. When Chinese people do things, in most cases they definitely leave room for both parties." Yun Jue commented.
Fang Zhe nodded: "Yes, when we say win-win, it means there are benefits for both sides. When Americans say win-win, they mean winning twice."
In the evening, Fang Zhe went to the study after taking a shower and did not dare to go to a certain room easily.
In the middle of the night, Yun Jue looked at the time, got up and left the room. When he opened the door and looked around, he saw Wu Mingzhu's door also opened. He also looked around. Their eyes crossed and they both showed awkward smiles. They made a common reaction and backed away.
close the door.
Fang Zhe naturally didn't know about this. He was still weighing what to discuss tomorrow. It was not about maximizing interests, but Fang Zhe hoped for a stable but long-term cooperation.
Again, if you can make money, why not? Anyway, he is not particularly busy now, so he started typing on the computer. Some of the popular variety shows in his memory that have not yet appeared, and the planning gradually turned into words.
If it's just about selling creativity, of course it's unacceptable. It means using this variety show as a starting point, whether it's cooperation with other TV stations or HBO.
As for the big head, Fang Zhe has no idea of making it himself and selling it to the TV station. Not to mention the trouble, it is also easy to be attacked by a group. In the United States, you don’t have enough self-protection ability, but you want to take advantage of it.
Big head? Do you really think that the United States is a free country? Don’t Americans do enough to harm their allies such as Japan, France, and the European Union?
You can make money, but forget about taking risks. Fang Zhe has a good mentality.
After a while, the door to the study room opened, and Yun Jue came in, holding a cup of tea in his hand.
"Why don't you rest?" Yun Jue put down the tea cup and stood behind him.
Fang Zhe pointed at the computer: "Do some planning. I watched the current TV variety shows in the United States, and they are too substandard. Let me ask them to improve." These words sounded brazen, and before Yun Jue could speak,
Someone at the door took over and said: "The Must Die website held a voting event, and viewers who subscribed to HBO programs hit X."
"When it comes to Gou and X, we are exactly the opposite of the United States." Yun Jue took over the words. Fang Zhe turned around with a smile, looked at Wu Mingzhu and said, "How about taking it?"
"As of now, statistics show that 1.8 million people have chosen X. We will see that the backend data will change tomorrow."
Wu Mingzhu is really excited. She has just received the news and is here to report it.
"It's so late, and the user activity is still so high?" Fang Zhe was really surprised. Although he knew that Internet addicts are night owls, he didn't expect that it was almost twelve o'clock, and there were still so many people voting.
"Doesn't this just show that this program is successful and the audience has a strong sense of involvement? Everyone hopes to be the next lucky one." Wu Mingzhu clasped her hands on her chest, her pajamas so thin that they were almost transparent.
After Yun Jue saw it clearly, he snorted and stood up, saying, "You guys have made room for me."
Fang Zhe hugged her, put her on her leg and said, "It's your turn to tell me, what have you been busy with recently?"
"Of course we are negotiating with customers. According to your request, Apple's shares cannot be collected on the market. We can only negotiate with some stock holders and acquire them at a premium. The same is true for Amazon and Intel.
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Yun Jue twisted a few times and pretended to leave. After a few rubs, she lost the strength to resist. She blushed and allowed Fang Zhe to take advantage of her.
When Fang Zhe saw the work, he couldn't continue talking about it. The study was just the study. Fortunately, he only fired one shot this afternoon and there was still ammunition.
Auntie Zhou, the nanny, got up and made breakfast as usual. She could go a little later on weekends. Unexpectedly, not long after the start, Yun Jue and Wu Mingzhu appeared together. Both of them looked good.
"Where's Mr. Fang? Are you up?" Aunt Zhou was a little worried that it was late. The two women looked at each other, both blushing, and did not answer the question. Of course Fang Zhe was sleeping. Who can get enough sleep without spending so much time?
It can stand up to it.
It was undoubtedly appropriate for Walker to come in the afternoon. After the data came out one after another, Walker could only hold his nose and come to the door, preparing to be slaughtered by Fang Zhe. After all, there is more than just HBO in the United States.
Fang Zhe was watching TV in the living room after lunch. The weather was so hot that even with the air conditioner on, he felt hot and had no desire to go out.
Walker was a fat man, and his head started to sweat after just a few steps on the short path from the door to the room.
"Damn it, it's so hot. Fang, I didn't disturb your nap, right? I heard that Chinese people have the habit of taking a nap."
"Probably not. I've only been up for two hours. I worked too hard last night." Walker's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this seemingly self-deprecating sentence. This was a very gratifying sign.
Men know it all! Walker raised his eyebrows and said: "Liszt said that he envied you. Two ladies live together, and you are safe and sound." Fang Zhe smiled and asked him to sit down: "It seems that he didn't
Let me tell you what I have paid for."
After Walker sat down, he was not polite at all: "Is there any Coke? I want some ice." Fang Zhe looked at his figure and knew what was going on. He got up and went to the refrigerator to get him a bottle of Happy Water. After passing it to Walker,
I opened the dun dun dun and drank half the bottle before stopping.
"Then, I'll just say it directly, what does HBO need to pay?" This is a lay-down attitude.
Fang Zhe smiled: "No, I should say, how should we cooperate? I have an idea, you might as well listen to it."
Walker seemed calm, but inside he was quite nervous and said: "Please tell me!"
"The copyright for variety shows is still free, but from now on you will have to pay some advertising fees for this variety show."
After Fang Zhe finished speaking, an uncontrollable smile appeared on Walker's face, and he stretched out his hand towards Fang Zhe: "Fang Zhe, you are really a genius. Only a genius can make such a plan, and only a genius can think of such an excellent and well-executed plan."
A very strong idea.”
"It seems we have reached an agreement. Let's do this. I think two million is more reasonable for the advertising fee for one episode."
"No, no, no, Fang, we have a disagreement. Two million is too much. If I do two issues every month, I have to pay four million. This is not fair. You know, I can't collect paid subscriptions.
All the money I get is used for advertising.”
Fang Zhe showed a surprised expression, but this acting was too fake. At first glance, he was pretending to be surprised.
"I really didn't expect that HBO's variety shows need to rely on paid income to make profits. It seems that I need to re-understand the business methods of American TV stations. By the way, there is a person named Hodgson at Fox. Do you know him?"
"I've never heard of minor roles. I think we have a good basis for cooperation. The stars of the next issue will still be selected by the Must Die Lottery. HBO will be responsible for the event and program production costs. You see, there is one star in each issue.
How about one and a half million dollars in advertising?”
Fang Zhe took out a cigarette and lit it. He didn't like smoking cigars, so he didn't give Walker the cigarette.
"I have a table here, I think you should take a look." He said and handed Walker a statistical table produced by the backstage. Then he continued to smile and smoke, waiting for his reaction.
When Walker looked at the table, his heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that someone who had to die would be so desperate. Through a voting activity, he probably figured out HBO's subscription data. Although there was still a gap of about 500,000, but for
For Fang Zhe, it was enough for him to offer a price of two million per issue.
Just when Walker was about to struggle again, the phone rang. Walker apologized and walked away to answer the phone.
After answering the phone, Walker had a complicated expression. Are all capitalists so diligent? Did my statistics leak out too quickly? Someone came to sponsor so quickly? If this customer was not an acquaintance, Walker would have suspected it was Fang Zhe.
Looking for it.
"Okay, Fang, it seems you have convinced me. I will take someone to sign the contract on Monday without death. Don't let anything happen again."
"Of course, please remember that when a Chinese businessman makes a verbal promise, in most cases, he will not make changes. I am one of the vast majority. We call this situation,
A promise worth a thousand pieces of gold.”
Fang Zhe added silently in his heart, unless others gave too much.