r18novel Chapter 37 Copyright Revenue
Chapter 37 Copyright Revenue
Qingshan Film & Television.
Gu Qingshan was processing documents.
With the company recruiting again after the Spring Festival, the number of employees at Qingshan Film & Television has rapidly expanded to 50.
With more people, management becomes relatively more complicated.
Gu Qingshan hired an experienced person from the industry to be in charge of the company's management.
At this time, Qingshan Film and Television was still more like a film and television studio.
Gu Qingshan's goal, however, is to develop and expand Qingshan Film & Television into an industry giant in the next few years.
Film and television companies range from small studios with just a few people to large corporations with thousands of employees.
To have a significant voice in the industry, one must rely on large corporations.
Today, Qingshan Film & Television has multiple departments, including production, publicity, distribution, business, artist management, finance, human resources, and legal affairs.
Small but complete.
Chai Biyun, Lu Shan, Kan Qingzi, Shuang Meizi, and others all signed up for Qingshan Film and Television.
Gu Qingshan had to think about how to make them famous.
It's definitely not enough for him to make movies on his own.
Qingshan Film and Television must develop TV dramas, as TV dramas are very effective at promoting people.
"You're the one, 'Meteor Shower'!" Gu Qingshan signed his name on a document and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
Although this TV series was called a "thunderous drama," it was actually a hit.
With an average viewership rating of 1.9%, a peak viewership rating of 3%, and a viewership share of 7.73%, it consistently ranked first in viewership ratings for its time slot nationwide from its premiere to its finale!
This TV series made many people famous, and made the female lead, Chu Yuxun, memorable to countless young people.
If they just continue to promote Zheng Shuang as before, they'll make a fortune.
Gu Qingshan entered the simulated space. Back when he was in college, he watched "Meteor Shower" twice.
In the simulated space, a screen rapidly generates images, which are Gu Qingshan's images of "Meteor Shower".
"Meteor Shower, 75% complete? Simulated repair time, 18 hours?" Gu Qingshan looked at the LCD screen. 18 hours wasn't a long time.
Gu Qingshan didn't plan to direct "Meteor Shower" himself; he could have made two or three movies with that time.
It's hard to find directors who can make movies, and it's even harder to find directors who can make TV series?
With a script and funding, finding a director is easy.
Film is the art of the director.
Television dramas, on the other hand, are the art of screenwriting.
Just assign a producer to keep an eye on things, so the director won't dare to mess around and will obediently follow the script. That's enough.
"Knock knock~~"
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Gu Qingshan said, looking up to see his secretary, Wang Jiaxin, a cute girl who graduated last year.
Wang Jiaxin said crisply, "Boss, Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang are here."
"Take them to the tea room, I'll be right there," Gu Qingshan said.
"Okay!" Wang Jiaxin left, closing the office door behind her.
Gu Qingshan glanced at the document; it was the television station's purchase contract for "Love is Not Blind" for one million yuan.
Gu Qingshan took the pen and signed his name.
Then he took out a licensing agreement for the DVD/VCD license of "Love is Not Blind" for 300 million.
It's not a lot, but given the serious piracy of DVDs/VCDs in China, genuine copies often don't sell very well, so 300 million is a very reasonable price.
Gu Qingshan then signed his name at the signature area.
Furthermore, there's the overseas rights to "Love is Not Blind," which are the release rights outside of mainland China. The package price of $50 is quite cheap.
However, there's no way around it; films like "Love is Not Blind" are destined to exhibit the typical characteristics of "high domestic box office, low overseas output." Their success is rooted in China's unique social media environment, urban youth culture, and linguistic humor, which results in very limited commercial value overseas.
Gu Qingshan didn't expect much from the overseas copyright revenue of "Love is Not Blind".
Even Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly" won't generate much revenue from overseas copyrights.
Currently, only Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige are Chinese directors who can sell the overseas rights to their films for high prices. As for the others, they can't sell them for much.
Gu Qingshan was well aware of his own limitations.
Despite the fierce competition between "Love is Not Blind" and "CJ7" in mainland China, "CJ7" also achieved great box office success outside of mainland China. It grossed HK$5144 million in Hong Kong alone and NT$130 million in Taiwan. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it is likely to become the highest-grossing Chinese-language film of the year in both regions.
As for the Southeast Asian market, "CJ7" will definitely be far stronger than "Love is Not Blind" thanks to the reputation of "Stephen Chow's film".
After signing the documents, Gu Qingshan got up and quickly went to the tea room, where he saw Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang.
Wang Jiaxin had already boiled water and made a cup of tea for each of them.
"Director Gu!" Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang both stood up when they saw Gu Qingshan.
Gu Qingshan waved his hand, "Sit down, everyone."
"Take a look at the script. If you think it's suitable, we can continue the discussion," Gu Qingshan said with a smile.
Wang Jiaxin quietly left the tea room.
Xu Zheng laughed and said, "Why would I need to read the script? Director Gu, you think highly of me and are giving me this opportunity, so of course I trust you."
The box office success of "Nightclub" has greatly benefited Xu Zheng.
However, after "Night Shop", Gu Qingshan's box office is approaching 200 million yuan, and his identity, status and influence have undergone earth-shattering changes.
Gu Qingshan was slightly surprised. Xu Zheng was good at talking. No wonder he would become one of the most commercially valuable filmmakers in China. As long as he was the director or producer, the movies would basically be box office hits.
These words are indeed pleasant to hear and make people feel good about them.
"Brother Zheng is right. Director Gu, everyone in the industry admires your skills. We don't even need to read the script; we can trust you without hesitation," Wang Baoqiang quickly added.
Wang Baoqiang rose to fame with his role as "Shagen" in "A World Without Thieves". Two years ago, the TV series "Soldiers Sortie" he starred in became a hit across the country. "Xu Sanduo" became his iconic role, which gave him a high level of national recognition and audience appeal.
In last year's "Assembly", Wang Baoqiang played "Jiang Maocai", which can be considered the fourth male lead.
Wang Baoqiang is now able to play the second male lead in "Lost in Thailand" without any hesitation.
Seeing that the two of them said the same thing, Gu Qingshan began to talk about the film remuneration.
Normally, they would talk to their agents, but it depends on the situation. For example, right now, they can talk about their pay while making tea.
Gu Qingshan offered Xu Zheng 80 yuan and Wang Baoqiang 60 yuan in remuneration.
Both of them accepted the salary, since it was their current market rate and they did not deliberately try to lower it.
Most importantly, the filming of "Lost in Thailand" only took about half a month.
Earning so much money in just half a month, it's a win-win situation no matter how you look at it.
After settling things over, Gu Qingshan invited the two of them to lunch.