Once the ratings drop, it is very difficult to increase them.

Therefore, even if you know that "Nowhere to Hide" is very difficult to deal with.

Major TV stations still have to bite the bullet and buy dramas that can compete with it.

Even if you can't win, you can't lose too much. At least you have to stabilize the summer ratings.

"Nowhere to Hide" has been taken away by Xiangjiang TV and Kyoto TV, and other TV stations naturally thought of "Dark Glory".

However, "Dark Glory" is not the only option.

In addition to "Dark Glory", film and television companies such as Fanfan Entertainment and Tianlong Pictures also have several TV series to be broadcast. Although they are not as popular as "Nowhere to Hide", they still have great potential.

Of course, "Dark Glory" is also one of the optional dramas, and all major TV stations have film selection directors communicating with Ark Culture's marketing department.

However, the price offered by TV stations is basically around 2.5 million per episode.

Since the total investment of "Dark Glory" is 90 million, there are only 16 episodes.

At 2.5 million per episode, the total price is only 40 million, less than half of the investment.

actually.

The price of 2.5 million per episode is not low for ordinary TV series.

After all, in addition to TV stations, you can also get revenue from video platforms, plus revenue from interstitial advertising.

In fact, the price of 2.5 million per episode is enough to recover the investment cost.

However, the gap between this price and Fang Xing's psychological price is a bit big.

…

Due to previous cooperation with Donghai Satellite TV many times, the second season of "The Voice of China" achieved great success not long ago.

Therefore, Wei Shurong, the deputy director of Donghai Satellite TV, came over to meet Fang Xing to drink tea and talk about "Dark Glory".

The two of them are already familiar with each other, so there is no need for those polite words.

Chatting while drinking tea.

"Have you not decided which channel the new drama will be broadcast on?" Wei Shurong asked proactively.

"Actually, any channel is fine, I don't care." Fang Xing really doesn't care, as long as the price is right.

"We are also old friends. We will definitely cooperate in the future. It is not appropriate to push the price too low, but it is impossible to open to the upper limit set by the leaders in the station. Let me give you the bottom line. The leaders in the station held a meeting to discuss and felt that it was not possible.

More than 3 million episodes. This is the online broadcast. I can only help you here. Three million episodes will be broadcast exclusively on satellite TV." Wei Shurong came closer and spoke with heartfelt words.

What he said was indeed true.

The price currently offered by major TV stations for "Dark Glory" is generally 2.5 million per episode.

Donghai TV and Ark Culture have a long-term cooperation, and there will be a third season of "The Voice of China" next year.

Therefore, Wei Shurong did not hide it and directly stated the price limit of 3 million per episode.

The two parties have a long-term cooperation, but one thing is the same thing.

The price of the third season of "The Voice of China" will be whatever it is. We will not set a sky-high price for "Dark Glory" just because of "The Voice of China".

The price of an episode of 3 million is already 500,000 higher than the price offered by other TV stations.

Fang Xing shook his head helplessly: "Actually, I told the TV station early in the morning that the base price of "Dark Glory" is 5 million per episode."

Wei Shurong immediately shook his head and said: "This is impossible. The subject matter of this drama is sensitive and the risk is very high. 3 million is already the price given for the sake of long-term cooperation.

"Besides, if you think about it, "Nowhere to Hide" only had 3.8 million episodes.

"How can "Dark Glory" reach 5 million per episode? This price is completely non-negotiable."

actually.

"Dark Glory" only has 16 episodes. If it has 5 million episodes, the total price is only 80 million, which is almost half of the total price of "Nowhere to Hide".

Of course, because the number of episodes is too small, the TV station can't finish it in a few days, and it is indeed not cost-effective.

"I don't want to embarrass the TV station. We are still friends in business negotiations, even if we can't cooperate." Fang Xing did not force anything.

Wei Shurong looked puzzled and asked: "What is Mr. Fang's plan? Is there any other TV station willing to pay 5 million per episode?"

If there is really a TV station willing to offer such a high price, the news has already spread in the circle, so Wei Shurong thinks it is unlikely.

Fang Xing shook his head and smiled: "No, I'm not hiding it, it's true that Donghai TV offers the highest price."

"Then why isn't it broadcast on our station?" Wei Shurong became even more confused.

"It doesn't have to be broadcast on TV stations. In fact, I understand your concerns. Before this, there has been no TV series of this type that has been broadcast on satellite TV. Therefore, I am not surprised that "Dark Glory" has received a bad reception."

Fang Xing paused and said calmly: "However, now the TV series does not have to be a star. The video platform has basically already reached an agreement and is waiting to be finalized.

"If we really can't talk about the TV station, then we can broadcast it online."

Video websites don’t care at all about the things that TV stations worry about.

When viewers see a bad drama on TV, they will scold the TV station for airing bad dramas every day.

However, when viewers see a bad drama on a video website, they will just click a cross, then scold the director, screenwriter and actors, and then watch another drama.

Therefore, the five major video websites, including Penguin Video, Xiangtao Video, and Wandou Video, have already scheduled multi-platform simulcasts.

Now we just have to finalize the schedule.

The reason why it hasn't been set yet is because we're still negotiating with a TV station.

Fang Xing has basically made up his mind: "The video platform has urged us many times. Since the TV station can't negotiate, we can just broadcast it online, so that we can have more freedom in the broadcast time."
Chapter completed!