Chapter 488: A Large Number of High-Quality Dramas and Liu Shishi’s Film Debut

Although there is the episode of Zhao Liying, Wei Yang is still quite satisfied with it overall.

The summary of last year was also mentioned in the previous meeting, so it is just a brief mention. Today's meeting is more about the current and upcoming projects.

In 2015, Blue Whale has PPTV as its foundation, and its actions are bigger than last year.

Especially for TV series and variety shows, Blue Whale has even shouted out the slogan that starting from the second half of this year, new works will be released every month.

In other words, at least one TV series or web series produced by Blue Whale will be launched on PPTV every month.

Variety shows are relatively less, because after all, the broadcast cycle is long, one episode per week, and theoretically a season of more than ten episodes can be broadcast for several months.

However, Blue Whale and PPTV still plan to produce 6 to 10 variety shows next year.

These include sequels of popular variety shows such as "Running Man", "Sisters Over Flowers", "Dad is Back" and "Happy Comedian", and are also planning some new variety shows.

In addition, most of the above are seasonal broadcasts, and PPTV also intends to try out variety shows such as "Happy Camp" and "Kangxi Comes Here" that are broadcast weekly throughout the year.

These variety shows all have a certain investment scale and publicity resources, and some PPTV's own small columns and small programs are not included.

Compared with variety shows, the broadcast cycle of TV series is much shorter.

Even though weekly broadcasts have become popular now, and the plots are heavily watered down and the number of episodes has soared, the broadcast cycle rarely exceeds two months.

Therefore, Blue Whale guarantees a minimum of one new TV series or web series per month. For some relatively high-quality schedules, the output will be increased, and it is expected that the investment and production of dramas will be at least 15 or more throughout the year.

The relevant responsible executives are full of confidence and believe that the output of Blue Whale will be higher and higher in the next step.

Ideally, all Blue Whale TV series will be seamlessly connected on PPTV, just like TV stations, one will be broadcast and the next one will start broadcasting.

And in the same period, there will be at least three or more new Blue Whale works, one of which is the main one, and the other two will be supporting.

If all goes well, Blue Whale can earn 8 to 12 billion in revenue each year from these dramas alone. If the results are good enough, the revenue will increase.

But this grand plan was suppressed by Wei Yang!

The plan is too radical, and the output is too high, which is likely to waste resources. The entire market is so big, and the more dramas broadcast, the more money you make.

Wei Yang acquired PPTV because Blue Whale's development was about to hit a bottleneck and he wanted to raise the upper limit, but he couldn't expand recklessly.

If he did it as mentioned above, it would be a huge burden for both Blue Whale and PPTV. If something unexpected happened again, both companies might be damaged.

And PPTV doesn't just buy dramas from Blue Whale.

Other companies such as Noon Sunshine will also buy and focus on publicity if they have any good projects.

After all, if PPTV is dominated by Blue Whale projects, these good projects will be forced to flow to other websites, which is equivalent to aiding the enemy.

So Wei Yang did not rush for quick success, but still maintained a steady and steady attitude.

It's good to have new works online every month. The next step is to achieve seamless connection, focus on output during key periods, and then judge how to increase production according to the specific situation to ensure the best effect at the best cost.

At the same time, no matter how good the self-made drama is, always give a part of the share to high-quality purchased dramas, which can also weaken competitors.

The goal of 12 billion yuan in annual revenue from TV series alone may not be a fantasy, but it is definitely not something that can be expected at the moment.

Wei Yang flipped through the project catalog. Blue Whale has launched quite a few high-quality TV series from 2015 to 2016.

Not to mention his own "Nirvana in Fire".

Liu Shishi and Zhang Ruoyun's "Legend of Dance and Music" has been completed, and the next plan is to work with Tangren on a spy war theme in the Republic of China.

Zhao Liying and Li Jiahang are "The Palace of Ming".

Tang Yan, Da Mimi and Hu Ge are "Ode to Joy" and "The Golden Marriage".

Da Mimi herself has another "Dear Translator".

Fan Xiaopang is preparing to shoot "My First Half of Life"

Wang Kai's "A Flowing River".

Lu Han's "Together with You".

Zhang Ruoyun is the most valued. In addition to cooperation, the two beauties of Xinjiang Province are also partners with him this year. On the one hand, he is preparing to shoot "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" with Nazha, and at the same time, he is basically scheduled to act in "Love O2O" with Rouba.

These dramas alone are enough for PPTV to show off its power.

Not to mention that a considerable number of projects are still in the works, and some other high-quality purchased dramas have been selected by Boss Wei early on and sent to relevant persons in charge. They can grab as many as they can.

Wei Yang is quite relieved. At least in terms of dramas, Blue Whale and PPTV are still very stable in the next two years.

In terms of variety shows, although it has not yet reached the strength of TV dramas and online dramas, it is also one of the two giants in the industry and continues to fight with Hunan TV.

What Wei Yang is most concerned about is movies. The movie projects invested in are good, but the key is that there is insufficient interaction with Blue Whale and Coral Entertainment.

Whether it is self-produced or invested in movies, it cannot be just for making money. It is necessary to open up the industrial chain, drive artist brokerage, and feed back to each other. It is best to tailor movies for artists one-on-one like TV dramas.

Facing Boss Wei's instructions, the relevant person in charge nodded repeatedly although he looked a little bitter.

Wei Yang also knew that his request was a bit difficult.

Movie stars can’t be promoted just by saying so. Projects and directors also have their favorites, and the roles and plots have to be discussed. If the roles are too few, the artists will dislike them, and too many roles may affect the plot.

Even if it is tailor-made, TV series have popularity and traffic to back them up, and movies have to pay for tickets. Whether the audience buys it or not is another matter.

This is not something that Boss Wei can solve directly with a few words, so he just said it, but did not make specific requirements.

It would be best if there were some positive effects. If it really can’t be done, he won’t blame too much.

At the end of the meeting, most of the executives dispersed, and a few core executives discussed the company’s personnel and financial resource division.

Zhao Liying wanted to stay, but after thinking about her level, she slipped away and quietly sent a text message.

[Are you going home tonight? ]

Wei Yang: [I still need to go to the animation company to have a look. There is also work at P station. I am not sure]

[Well, I will go to my aunt's house for dinner. You have to come back to Yunhua Mansion]

Wei Yang: [OK]

Putting away the phone, Wei Yang held another hour-long meeting before finally getting it done. He looked at the time and found that the animation company was about to get off work.

In this case, I will definitely have to work overtime, so I simply made an appointment with the person in charge for tomorrow.

The animation company was acquired by Wei Yang two years ago. Its name is [Pink Jellyfish]. It is currently mainly engaged in the production of animation and animation movies.

The two animations that are currently mainly operated are the animated version of "Celebrating Yu Nian" and "The Legend of Mortal Cultivation".

It was originally broadcast on B station, and it was also serialized on PPTV last year, and the two stations were broadcasted in succession.

However, due to the strong animation atmosphere on B station and a large audience base, PPTV's animation strategy is not very impressive.

You know, although Chinese animation looks insignificant now, it will be an important subcategory of video websites in the future. The market is still considerable. Boss Wei has a lot of copyrights. The sooner you lay out, the sooner you will benefit.

This also made Wei Yang ready to take some measures. Although he is also a major shareholder of Bilibili, PPTV is his own son.

The contract has been signed, and with the relationship here, he can't withdraw the two animations from Bilibili, so he can only develop new animations.

Under his instructions, Pink Jellyfish Animation Company has spent a lot of money to obtain the animation copyrights of "Douluo Dalu" and "Battle Through the Heavens", which are currently being produced. Wei Yang plans to go and see and give some opinions on the modeling.

After all, whether it is Bibi Dong or Medusa, he is quite familiar with them and can give guidance.

These two animation characters were very popular in their previous lives. Now they are in his hands, don't let them take pictures.

Temporarily cancel the plan. Just after arriving at the parking lot, Wei Yang wanted to call Zhao Liying, but Liu Shishi called first.

Because Wei Yang was busy during the New Year, this little girl simply took her parents on a trip abroad. It took more than a month to come back. As soon as she arrived in the Magic City, she asked Wei Yang to pick her up.

What can Wei Yang say? He drove to a private restaurant he often went to and ordered a few dishes to nourish the yang and strengthen the kidneys.

I must vent my anger today!

As soon as he entered the house, he found that his plan had some problems, because Liu Shishi's family was not only an artist, but also Cai Yinong and her team.

"Hey, the logistics is here, what delicious food did you buy, let me see."

Others saw Wei Yang greeted honestly, and Lao Cai was bold and came up to eat.

Boss Wei calmly put the lunch box behind him: "This is for my wife, yours is behind."

Just kidding, this dish will be a social death on the spot.

The most terrifying thing is that who knows what these people will think of. Wei Yang was just to help cheer, and if these people suspect that he is not in good health, how can he go to Tangren in the future.

Put the food in the bedroom, call Wei Fei to ask him to send some more food, and then come over as if nothing happened.

"Your company doesn't have a meeting room, why do you come to our house?"

"It's so comfortable to hold a meeting here, there are drinks and fruits, and people to eat and drink."

Old Cai was righteous, Wei Yang was too lazy to argue with him, swallowed the half-eaten apple in Liu Shishi's hand, took a folder and glanced at it.

"Has this movie not been decided yet?"

"How can it be that easy? This is Shishi's debut."

Old Cai looked embarrassed. Even now, although Liu Shishi's focus is still on TV series, she can't always ignore movies.

Since last year, Tangren has been considering Liu Shishi's debut film.

Combining Wei Yang's proposal and Tangren's professional evaluation, as well as taking Liu Shishi's personal ideas into full consideration, there are currently two themes that are preferred.

One is the action theme, and there are currently two projects that are more optimistic.

The first is the "Embroidered Spring Blade" series that Liu Shishi had contacted before.

The first part of this movie has been released, and the box office is mediocre, but the reputation is good, so the director plans to make a sequel and finds Liu Shishi again.

Maybe they heard from somewhere that Liu Shishi had the idea of ​​fighting scenes, so they didn't give her the role of a vase heroine, but took out Ding Baiying.

Of course, Tangren also negotiated with them. With Liu Shishi's status, it is definitely impossible for her to be the second female lead, so Ding Baiying's role in "Embroidered Spring Blade 2" will be strengthened, equivalent to the villain BOSS, which is very colorful.

Although Liu Shishi's role in this movie is not the first position, the role is likable, and with the reputation of the previous work, the chance of success is higher, which is very suitable for Liu Shishi to try the water in the film industry.

At present, Liu Shishi is the only 85 flower who has not filmed a movie, which makes her highly anticipated, but also brings a lot of pressure.

After all, Da Mimi, Tang Yan and Zhao Liying have all done well in movies. If she fails, it will be embarrassing.

"The Blade of the Assassin 2" may not have a high ceiling, but the lower limit is guaranteed, and the reputation is likely to be good. It is a conservative but relatively safe project.

Liu Shishi herself approves of this movie, but Tangren is not very satisfied. Wei Yang did not comment.

Another action-themed movie, the script of which was written by Wei Yang himself, is a bit like Black Widow's "Lucy", but more like "The Witch".

It is about a "superwoman" with top intelligence and super powers who beats up tycoons and bad guys overseas.

This kind of movie depends on the charm of the actors + the excitement of the fighting scenes + the rhythm of the movie + the tension of the picture. The plot is nothing special, it is nothing more than revenge and beating up bad guys.

You can even mix in the setting of "John Wick" and make a series directly.

For example, the first part is set in Southeast Asia, the next part is set in Japan or South Korea, and then in Europe or the United States. The villains can have nothing to do with each other, or they can belong to the same organization, and they keep fighting monsters and changing maps.

Wei Yang even developed his imagination, letting Fan Xiaopang or Zhao Liying be the mastermind behind the scenes, and occasionally the boss of a few levels is Da Mimi or Tang Yan.

The fight must be very exciting, and the audience can also eat melons together in and out of the play.

However, this kind of movie is easier said than done, and it is even more difficult to become a series and make every movie a hit.

This movie, which is also tentatively named "Witch", has the advantages of having a good setting, playing to Liu Shishi's advantage in fighting scenes, and she is also the well-deserved core of the whole movie.

If this movie is well made and becomes a series, Liu Shishi will not make other movies, and she can make a living from this series for the rest of her life.

But the disadvantage is that there are too many unexpected things, the upper limit may be very high, and the lower limit may be very low.

Even Wei Yang dare not guarantee the performance of this movie. If it fails, Liu Shishi's debut movie will suffer a Waterloo.

Liu Shishi is very interested in it, Wei Yang is conservative and supports it, but Tangren is unwilling to let Liu Shishi take risks.

Another theme is chick flicks, which is also a theme that many popular actresses like to shoot.

The difficulty of shooting is relatively low, mainly targeting fan groups and white-collar students, with precise market positioning, and it is definitely centered on actresses.

At the same time, Wei Yang deliberately left a project for Liu Shishi this time, which is "Go Away, Tumor King" by new director Han Yan. The script and the team are both impressive, and the prospects are still good.

Tangren thinks this project is the best, Wei Yang is still supportive, but Liu Shishi is not very interested in this movie.

So the three parties have their own ideas. Wei Yang is okay. He can accept any of the three movies. The main reason is that Liu Shishi and Tangren are deadlocked.

Liu Shishi wants to shoot "Witch" the most, and then "Embroidered Spring Blade 2".

Tangren strongly opposes the former, and has some opinions on the latter. He prefers Liu Shishi to choose "Go Away, Tumor King" with low risks, good prospects, and highlighting the individual.

Today, it's more like Lao Cai vs. Liu Shishi than a meeting, and each of them has won over some of the team members.

"So that's how it is, then you guys continue chatting, I have something to do."

Wei Yang suddenly realized, then got up and ran away. Good guy, if he had known earlier, he would have followed Xiao Zhao back home to eat for free. Running here is not forcing himself to stand on the side.

But unfortunately, it was too late to run away at this time. Both Lao Cai and Liu Shishi were staring at him, the helper who could make the final decision...