Chapter 427 Blue Whale: You Think It’s Expensive, and I Think It’s Expensive Too

Don't panic!

Although Suning was a little annoyed by Wei Yang's tricks, it was not panicked.

In fact, Suning was not a fool. Of course, it knew that Blue Whale would play to its content advantage and produce and sell its own products. It had made relevant preparations before.

It was just that they did not expect Wei Yang to take out so many resources at the beginning, and did not hide it at all, and put the calculations on the stage.

So after a short period of frustration, they calmed down.

From the moment Wei Yang was confirmed to join the shares, both parties decided to fight a war of attrition.

Even if Wei Yang could save a lot of money with the content, it was impossible to offset all.

If PPTV wants to develop, and even compete with several other giants, the funds and resources used in the future will be huge, and Blue Whale alone can hardly support it.

Don't forget that Blue Whale itself is also developing, and it is impossible to put all the funds on PPTV.

Moreover, Suning does not believe that Blue Whale's project can continue to be prosperous.

Once there is a failed project, or PPTV's revenue does not meet expectations, Suning can use this to attack, suppress or boycott, and create difficulties for Blue Whale's "self-production and self-sales" strategy, thus forcing Wei Yang to not be able to calmly transfuse blood.

For Wei Yang, PPTV and Blue Whale are one company, but for PPTV itself, Blue Whale is just a related partner.

In theory, as long as Blue Whale's content output is not good, PPTV can abandon the other party.

And from the perspective of its own development, it is only a matter of time for PPTV to imitate several other websites and start to create its own content, which will also affect Wei Yang's plan.

For all these reasons, Wei Yang's strategy is certainly very tricky, but at most it gives Wei Yang more chips, which is not insurmountable in Suning's view.

Again, Suning is very proud, and its confidence comes from Suning's base camp.

Last year, among the top 500 private enterprises in China, Suning beat Lenovo and Huawei and ranked first, with an annual revenue of more than 230 billion, while Blue Whale did not even make the list, and its revenue data was even more "pitiful" low.

The No.1 private enterprise VS the "minions" that are not even in the top 500

The advantage is mine!

If Wei Yang knew what Suning was thinking, he would be so amused. Just counting revenue without counting gross profit margin, net profit margin, liabilities and cash flow is pure hooliganism.

Wei Yang did not want to argue about how big Suning's foundation is. He only cared about how much Suning could invest in PPTV.

Even if the revenue is 1 trillion, it is useless if you are reluctant to invest in this project.

All calculations and layouts are empty. The real victory or defeat still depends on money!

Under Wei Yang's arrangement, Blue Whale began to contact PPTV for projects such as "Gu Jian Qi Tan", "Dad is Back" and "Running Man 2".

In this regard, Wei Yang also made a clear distinction. PPTV is not his own company, and he does not need to save money for Suning.

Therefore, Blue Whale's asking price is very fierce, so fierce that PPTV can't help trembling when seeing the price.

Take the trump card "Running Man 2" as an example. Not counting those small requirements, just the copyright purchase, it has offered a sky-high price of 180 million.

If an agreement is reached, PPTV's book funds will be directly used up by nearly 1/5...

PPTV obviously cannot accept this price. They hope to lower the price and even want to find Wei Yang to play the emotional card, but Wei Yang ignored it, and Blue Whale was even more determined.

You think it's expensive, but I think it's expensive too!

Don't you see how much we spent on production and publicity? This was last year's phenomenal trump card. Is there such a popular variety show outside?

The negotiating party of Blue Whale is very arrogant. Without Boss Wei's matchmaking, PPTV would not even be qualified to compete.

This is really not picking faults. Many people in the program team dislike PPTV's small size. If it were not for Blue Whale's major future strategy, "Running Man 2" really didn't want to cooperate with it. Fortunately, the previous work performed so well, otherwise it would be difficult to negotiate the title fee.

PPTV's senior management looked unhappy after being retorted by Blue Whale, but they really had nothing to say.

Because "Running Man" has this confidence. They negotiated more than 200 million for the title fee of the second season alone. It is not an exaggeration to ask PPTV for this price.

And frankly speaking, this is a great bargain. "Running Man 2" is expensive, but the traffic is also high.

If this project can be won, it will not only open the road of PPTV's transformation, but also attract a large number of new users. At the same time, the website can also contact advertising through this, and even earn back the expenditure if it is well operated.

Penguin, iQiyi, and Sohu have all done this before. The effect of a phenomenal ace variety show is very terrifying.

So PPTV is really lucky this time, otherwise such a top-notch high-quality project would never be the turn of such a second-tier video website with little money and little power.

Based on this point, no matter how high the price offered by Blue Whale is, PPTV still nodded hurriedly although it murmured.

In addition, projects such as "Gu Jian Qi Tan" and "Dad is Back" have also reached cooperation one after another. PPTV spends money like water, but it is also painful and happy.

Although the money is gone, with these high-quality projects, the market share and traffic will increase significantly, and then these are all money.

As soon as Boss Wei made a move, the website traffic increased greatly, and several high-quality projects were won in succession.

PPTV, which Suning had not made any significant changes for half a year, has achieved great success in a short period of time under Wei Yang's leadership and has a bright future.

Even without deliberate publicity, Wei Yang's prestige within PPTV has greatly increased.

At least the old employees have begun to turn towards Boss Wei, believing that he is the leader who can lead the rise of PPTV. Even the Suning team is not without people who are shaken in their hearts, but they have not shown it due to various reasons.

But if this continues, some people may rebel in the future.

After all, they are all working as workers. The wages and bonuses are sufficient, and there is a path for advancement.

PPTV is excited, and Wei Yang is also happy. The 500 million he previously invested in PPTV has been earned back, and he has also received a lot of Suning's money.

He thought about finding something to say later, and he and Suning each invested another 500 million to replenish PPTV's film library and not fall behind in technological upgrades.

After this wave of high-quality projects are completed one after another, the next large-scale cooperation between Blue Whale and PPTV will begin again, and then he will have money to invest again...

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While Wei Yang was busy acquiring and rectifying PPTV, a big player also appeared in the entertainment industry.

The well-known good man and father in the entertainment industry heard about Zhang, and was slapped in the face by Zhuo Wei, creating a famous scene on Monday.

Thanks to Boss Wei, in the past few months, Wen Zhang has been making a lot of noise about the character of "loving wife and caring for the family". In addition, it is Ma Yili's second child, which can be regarded as a side support for the two people. Emotions made Wen Zhang shine.

In an interview not long ago, Wen Zhang thanked his wife for her efforts in public, and even choked up for her at one point.

At that time, there were still a large number of "careful people" who wanted to use this opportunity to win over Wei Yang and other scumbags.

Unfortunately, Wei Yang was planning to acquire PPTV at that time and had a great reputation, so it was a pity that it did not affect him much, which made Boss Wei feel a little uncomfortable.

The harder you step on him, the harder it will be for him to turn around and add insult to injury...

Even so, the results I saw on Monday were great.

Even though this matter is not as sensational as the original "XX Gate", I can't stand it now that we are in the era of Weibo, where everyone is eating melons, let alone a popular male star and a good father.

Again, most people like to create gods, and even more like to destroy gods.

When Wen Zhang first rose to prominence, he was the number one acting niche born in the 1980s. He was very popular and had a harmonious family, but in the actor category, he was not much worse than Wei Yang.

Now the reputation has changed, and in just a few days it has become a piece of shit that everyone dislikes.

All kinds of dirty stuff about big names were exposed, and his image and reputation plummeted. All the major production crews avoided him, and even his mentor Zhao Baogang said frankly that he didn't dare to use it lightly.

Of course, it must be noted that Wen Zhang's misfortune was not entirely due to the destruction of the gods, but to a large extent it was his own fault.

First, the character collapse is too great.

The persona of being a good father and a good husband was really not set up by Wei Yang for him, but he had always claimed it.

The perceptions and reactions caused by cheating by a scumbag, cheating by ordinary people and cheating by a good man recognized by everyone are completely different.

A bad person can become a Buddha immediately if he puts down his sword, but a good person will commit a heinous crime if he makes even one mistake!

Secondly, Wen Zhang is too domineering and usually offends too many people.

This guy is arrogant and arrogant, and is known in the industry as being difficult to maintain. This time, it was revealed that he insisted on eating fried noodles in the middle of the night and early in the morning, forcing the crew to run around the city, and that he had to drink hand-ground coffee, otherwise he would not cooperate with interviews and other shocking news.

The staff, fellow artists, the company, the crew, this guy has a lot of enemies. With such a good opportunity, who wouldn’t want to hit the sinking dog twice?

Wei Yang is one of them, and as far as he knows, many companies and artists are involved, either out of personal grudges or trying to pull him down and take over.

Of course, it's not like there are no people trying to get him, but in comparison, the number of people willing to help him is far outnumbered by the people he offends.

Third, he betrayed his wife Ma Yili and everyone deserted him.

As mentioned before, Wen Zhang's fortune was partly due to his wife, so his behavior is tantamount to ungratefulness.

Not to mention that Ma Yili is currently pregnant, and the nature of the incident is even worse, which directly leads to disappointment and disgust for Ma himself, fans, and many friends and connections.

At the critical moment, Ma Yili stood up and expressed her support for Wen Zhang, and was even praised as an outstanding public relations person.

However, Ma's speech seemed to help Wen Zhang, but it also made the public's view of Wen Zhang even worse.

Your wife is so kind, but if you cheat on her, are you still not a human being?

For various reasons, Wen Zhang was beaten so hard that he had almost no power to fight back. Later, he simply became a representative of the cheating faction and found himself in a difficult situation.

Wei Yang was originally watching Wen Zhang turn over with great interest, but later his interest waned.

It wasn't because he couldn't bear to take action. He also specially asked someone to take a picture of Ma Yili "alone" and going to the hospital with a pregnant belly. He took it out of context and used various rhythms. The cautious Boss Wei never showed mercy to his enemies.

But being ruthless, seeing Wen Zhang in such a mess, Wei Yang could not help but think of himself.

To some extent, his behavior was worse than that of Wen Zhang. If Wen Zhang ended up like this, would he still have a way to survive in the future?

Therefore, despite his busy schedule, Wei Yang was one of the very few who spoke openly for Wen Zhang when being interviewed by reporters.

"From a professional point of view, Wen Zhang is a very good actor. I have always supported the separation of actors' profession and life. On the premise of not breaking the law or committing wrong principles, don't beat him to death with a stick. He is still young and should Give him a chance to correct himself..."

Wei Yang's statement surprised many people. Many people dug out old news about Wen Zhang clamoring for Wei Yang, as well as fans and press releases, praising Master Wei Yang a lot.

Some people saw the trick and directly exposed the mask of Boss Wei.

This guy is not speaking for Wen Zhang, but paving the way for himself, to create a relaxed public opinion environment for the scumbag, which will help him to make up for his mistakes in the future.

Wei Yang doesn't care whether the outside world can see his purpose.

Anyway, no matter what happens behind the scenes, he will support the "scumbag" on the surface, even if he bears some negative impact for this.

The miserable example of Wen Zhang's personality collapse is right in front of him, and Wei Yang can't help but learn a lesson.

At this time, pretending to be a good person and publicly stepping on Wen Zhang, if something happens to him later, the more high-sounding it is at this time, the more miserable it will be when he is slapped in the face later.

So he will speak for Wen Zhang to further lower everyone's impression of his integrity.

If something is exposed in the future, everyone will despise him, but they won't make a fuss.

Wei is a scumbag, it's normal for him to do these things!

Regardless of Wen Zhang, this matter has nothing to do with Wei Yang. After supervising PPTV's smooth early work, Wei Yang set off to Hengdian to participate in "Nirvana in Fire".

The crew of "Nirvana in Fire" started filming in March, and the early stage mainly filmed the scenes of the second male lead Wang Kai and others.

Wei Yang joined the crew in April, and Liu Shishi, who plays the female lead, came later. She doesn't have many scenes, so there is no need to rush. She has just finished her work and is on vacation with her parents.

For "Nirvana in Fire", the outside world pays great attention. After all, it is Wei Yang's new work after the "Celebrating Yu Nian" series.

So much so that he just joined the crew and ushered in collective interviews or exclusive interviews from many media. Wei Yang, who couldn't avoid it, also answered some questions accordingly.

Compared with "Nirvana in Fire", the acquisition of PPTV is the real hot topic.

However, Wei Yang rarely talks about this matter, including now he also shirks the preparation for rectification, letting everyone look forward to it, and also hinting that the media should shift the topic to "Nirvana in Fire" and performing arts.

"I got the copyright of this drama very early, and the preparation period was even earlier than "Joy of Life"."

"I wanted to give up this project at one point, mainly because I felt that there were too many intrigues in ancient costume dramas, but the script of "Nirvana in Fire" really touched me, so I took this script."

"We have gathered many powerful actors in this drama, some of whom we often work with, such as Mr. Wang Jinsong, and some of whom are working together for the first time. I am personally looking forward to it."

"The second half of the year will mainly focus on movies, and I also want to try web dramas. Yes, there must be PPTV in this."

"..."

The media is very interested in the web drama that Wei Yang mentioned. At this stage, web dramas are known for their large scale, and there are almost no top stars participating. If Wei Yang "comes down to earth", it will be a precedent for web dramas.

Wei Yang also understands this. He had planned to act in web dramas before, but he just put it aside due to cost and various reasons.

Now that he has PPTV and his own platform, many so-called obstacles are no longer a problem.

For the development of PPTV, Boss Wei does not mind "sacrificing" himself once, and the outside world and fans do not think he is "condescending."

It's just that Wei Yang hasn't decided which web drama to shoot yet.

Now is a rare period of web drama boom, and the standards and censorship are much looser than in later times. Wei Yang naturally wants to take the opportunity to make a big one and expand PPTV's influence as much as possible...