Chapter 225 Make Money, Make Money, and Make Money!

Wei Yang sometimes envied those rich second-generations who had nothing to do but blast each other on Weibo, and clean up after they made a mess.

But Wei Yang didn't have that kind of free time. His only goal was to make money, money, and damn money.

So, while filming "Joy of Life", he also handled some important projects.

For example, "My Sunshine".

Starring Wei Yang, this drama is the most valuable project in Blue Whale's hands besides "Joy of Life".

Before, Jiangsu Satellite TV wanted to pick up the leak and offered a high price of 2 million per episode, but Wei Yang held back and didn't sell it.

Now that "Eastern Palace" has exploded, Wei Yang and Blue Whale have become the hot cakes that are being snapped up in the industry.

According to the cost of "My Sunshine", 2 million per episode is high, but there are many buyers, so they raised the price abruptly.

The highest bidder is Jiangsu Satellite TV, which seems to be determined to get this drama.

Before "Eastern Palace" was broadcast and "My Lady of Fortune" was released, they dared to offer a high price of 2 million per episode.

After "Eastern Palace" was broadcast and some samples were watched, Jiangsu Satellite TV was firm in its thinking and raised the price to 2.2 million per episode.

You should know that "Eastern Palace" is only 2.4 million per episode. Although the unit price is low due to the large number of episodes, the cost of "Eastern Palace" is more than double that of "My Lady of Fortune".

As mentioned in the previous article, the platform will measure your cost when buying a drama and will not easily be a sucker. The cost of a TV series will affect the selling price to a certain extent.

Shanghai Satellite TV and Jiangsu Satellite TV offered the same price. The success of "Eastern Palace" made Shanghai Satellite TV taste the sweetness.

They naturally wanted to get Wei Yang's new drama into their pockets.

Shanghai Satellite TV is not short of money, not to mention that "Eastern Palace" made a lot of money before, so they have the confidence to offer a high price.

Finally, there is Hunan TV. Although "Palace" was a big hit at the beginning of the year, it was suppressed by "Eastern Palace", which also made Hunan TV pay more attention to Wei Yang.

Although the price of 2 million per episode is not as good as that of Shanghai and Jiangsu Province, it is also full of sincerity, not to mention some other hidden resource exchanges.

In addition to these three, some TV stations have made bids, but the prices are lower.

With the cost of "Shan Shan Comes", even if Wei Yang is in charge, 2 million per episode is a bit high, not all TV stations can afford it.

Therefore, Blue Whale automatically ignores others, mainly choosing from three TV stations such as Jiangsu Province.

The most sincere one must be Jiangsu TV. They have been quoting high prices and have been chasing for half a year. Wei Yang cannot ignore it.

Shanghai TV is the most determined TV platform partner of Blue Whale at this stage, and Boss Wei cannot but consider it.

Not to mention Hunan TV, the strongest local provincial TV station, and they have had good cooperation before.

So sometimes, being too popular is also a troublesome thing. No matter who you cooperate with, you may offend the other party, but they will definitely have some ideas.

The highest price wins is the business method that Wei Yang pursues, but sometimes it may not be implemented all the time, especially when the business is getting bigger and bigger, and the interests of all parties are deeply involved, there are more things to consider.

Boss Wei has no choice but to try to balance.

He discussed with several TV stations to see if they could broadcast it together, so that the cost of several companies would be reduced. Of course, the popularity and advertising of each company would also be affected.

Wei Yang still has a lot of face in Shanghai Satellite TV, and it didn't take much effort to get it done.

Jiangsu Satellite TV also knows that its competitiveness is not that strong. If it insists on broadcasting exclusively, it may end up with nothing. And if it continues to raise the price, the risk is a bit high. So it's just a matter of time.

Only Hunan TV is used to eating alone, and has enough content projects to support it. Seeing that it can't get exclusive, it withdrew from the competition.

So, "Shan Shan Lai Le" was sold to Jiangsu and Shanghai Satellite TV at a price of 2.2 million per episode.

The online copyright has also been sold, not to Youku Tudou, LeTV Sohu, but to Penguin Video, which is in the preparation stage.

That's right, after Baidu launched Qiyi last year, Penguin also made its move. Currently, Penguin Video is in internal testing and is expected to be officially launched in April.

"My Sunshine" is the "opening red" they are eyeing, so they directly bid 30 million + part of the copyright distribution share, which directly shocked their competitors.

At the beginning, the online copyright of "Eastern Palace" was only sold for 35 million, and the nearly 100-episode "New My Fair Princess" only made 30 million.

Even if the market has changed in the past six months, "My Sunshine", which has fewer episodes, can hardly sell for 30 million, not to mention the copyright share.

But Penguin Video was newly established and has its own system to attract traffic. It is not short of money or traffic, but it lacks high-quality content that can convert fixed users and make a name for itself.

"My Sunshine" is just an appetizer, and the real goal of Penguin Video is "Joy of Life".

150 million yuan to package the trilogy in one go!

When Wei Yang heard the price, he almost went to recharge some QQ coins to calm down.

Boss Jia is nothing, Xiao Ma Ge is the eternal god!

However, it is too early to discuss "Joy of Life" now, and this price does not completely satisfy Wei Yang.

In the next two or three years, it will be the era of the explosion of online film and television copyrights. 150 million seems a lot, but it is hard to say in a longer timeline, and he also needs to see the bids of other websites.

As the most watched project in the industry, it is not only Penguin that is willing to spend a lot of money.

Let’s talk about “Come on, My Lady”. This drama has 32 episodes and is independently produced by Blue Whale. That means Blue Whale earned 70.4 million yuan for the first round of broadcasting rights and 30 million yuan for the network broadcasting rights.

Let’s not talk about the subsequent share, this is more than 100 million yuan!

Other miscellaneous incomes such as patch advertising + DVD copyright + peripheral authorization + second and third rounds of broadcasting are not easy to calculate uniformly for the time being because it has not been broadcast yet.

But considering that the previous embedded advertising has almost offset the filming cost of “Come on, My Lady”, this 100 million yuan minus taxes and fees is all pure profit.

Even for Wei Yang personally, his salary + screenwriter + copyright transfer fees and other miscellaneous income are expected to be more than 10 million yuan.

Wei Yang calculated it himself. The income brought to him by “Come on, My Lady” may be comparable to “Eastern Palace”.

So it’s no wonder that after “Palace” became popular, Da Mimi and Feng Shaofeng immediately started filming the current idol “Symphony of Fate”, and after “Startling by Each Step”, the original cast of “Startling by Each Step” was launched.

Low investment, high return, whether the audience buys it or not is another matter, the market will buy it!

Every time at this time, Boss Wei can't help but reflect that sometimes he still pays too much attention to moral integrity.

If he is a truly qualified capital businessman, even if he doesn't shoot "My Love from the Star 2", after "Eastern Palace", he should pull Na Zha and several supporting actors of "Eastern Palace" to shoot a current idol drama to get a lot of popularity.

Considering the performance of "Eastern Palace" and the gimmick of the original cast, the price is definitely better than "My Sunshine".

But then again, the dramas of Blue Whale and Wei Yang are snatched up by major TV stations at high prices. Popularity is one aspect, and the "golden signboard" that has gradually formed is also critical.

Everyone will have a consensus that the products of Blue Whale/Wei Yang must be high-quality.

The audience will spontaneously support, and even accumulate a group of regular audiences and drama fans, and the platform will also feel that although Wei Yang sells expensively, it is worth the money.

If Blue Whale follows the trend and shoots that kind of popular drama, it may make a quick buck, but it will ruin its reputation, and it is hard to say how much the future works will sell for.

Considering this aspect, Wei Yang thinks that having integrity is not necessarily a bad thing.

If he is really greedy, he can cooperate with Kedun Tangren, with the other party taking the lead, Blue Whale providing the people, and Emerald Shrimp providing the money, and Wei Yang hiding behind the scenes to make the money...

Compared with the previous "My Dear Star" and "Eastern Palace", Blue Whale did not publicize the various benefits of "My Sunshine".

The main reason is that the name of Blue Whale Company has been established, and there is no shortage of investors, and Wei Yang has not thought about listing the company.

It is inevitable that facade projects or big hits such as "Celebrating More Than Years" will have to create some momentum, and other projects, especially independent productions such as "My Sunshine", should make a fortune quietly.

However, although Wei Yang and several platforms have not announced the amount, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it will definitely not be cheap.

After several platforms announced that "My Sunshine" will be released in July, some well-known related institutions also made rough estimates.

The current revenue of "My Sunshine" is no less than 80 million!

After all, if you don't have two brushes, you can't guarantee your authority, not to mention that they have their own sources of information.

This news did not cause a sensation in the outside world as many people imagined. Boss Wei has been making money like crazy in the past two years, which has made many people numb. Compared with the previous times, some people even feel that it has not reached the "billion level", which is a bit off.

However, this news has made many people more and more believe that what Wang Dashao said about Wei Yang being richer than Wang Xiaofei is true.

It's hard to say how many "steel coins" Wang has in his pocket, but his family is indeed involved in a lot of debts and lawsuits, while Wei Yang's property is obviously much healthier and cleaner.

There is basically no obvious business debt. The usual news is to make money...

Many big S black fans also took the opportunity to tease that big S is a little girl, shallow-eyed, and let go of super potential stocks in vain and married a fake rich family that is strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

This statement was refuted by some people.

Let’s not talk about whether the two people’s affair is true or not. Even if it is true, there are still Fan Xiaopang and Liu Shishi in front of her, so how can she get the chance?

Some people also think that Wei Yang, who started from scratch and has many people with flying colors, is too high-level for Big S to grasp. It is also good to be able to trap a rich second-generation like Wang Xiaofei, who is easy to grasp.

Wei Yang: “…”

You must kill this rumor for me, right?

Boss Wei is even a little depressed. In another ten years, there will be no mattress incident or anything like that. He doesn’t want to help “Zhan Lan” sell goods………

However, this did not affect Wei Yang too much. He soon focused on other projects, among which the one he paid the most attention to was a project that Jade Shrimp planned to invest in.

This project was arranged by Boss Wang of Guangguang, and it was a sequel to a low-budget comedy movie directed by a new director. The name is——

"Lost in Thailand"