Chapter 819: The wicked Penguin Video and the colluding Chen AnThe post-production of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" has been completed.
The barely sufficient production budget made the filming go much more smoothly.
"Puchi~" Chen An couldn't help laughing as he watched the video.
I saw Jay Chou in this movie again, but this time he was much better.
No longer living in Shen Teng’s shadow.
"Yes, the baggage was indeed thrown well. Shen Teng is really a scarce commodity now."
Chen An sighed.
There are many comedians, but there are indeed few excellent comedians.
Being able to make people laugh is a great skill, no matter what method you use.
But comedians are always subject to prejudice, and the more they perform, the more they want to imitate serious dramas.
"Director Chen, Shen Teng will jump to the sky when he hears your praise." Yan Fei joked.
At present, Shen Teng is not yet the pillar of the industry that he will become in the future. A movie like "Charlotte's Troubles" is not enough to reach that level.
However, the place did start to take off thanks to this movie.
It is an example of "if you don't make a sound, you will be amazing when you do!"
Chen An smiled. He didn't know when the people around him had all become boasters. Now his every word and action was praised by others.
"Let's send it for review. It shouldn't take long and we can directly schedule a release date." Chen An felt that he had already started arranging the release.
Yan Fei also felt that it was not a big problem, and asked, "How about the summer season?"
"Great minds think alike. I'm quite confident."
"Since Director Chen is so optimistic, I naturally have confidence."
Yan Fei smiled happily.
There is great potential for the summer season. Unlike "Charlotte's Troubles", he is very confident about "The Richest Man in Xihong City".
The production team is incomparable to the previous ones. With the successful precedent, it can attract more people to the cinema.
After removing "Dying to Survive", Chen An thinks "The Richest Man in Xihong City" can take the championship throne of this summer season!
There is a chance to reach the 3 billion box office throne!
The legend of 'Little Master Fan' continues.
It is the biggest hit drama of the year after "Kuaishu".
Major software programs are constantly being searched hotly, and Zhang Ruojun’s appearance at Shanghai’s Hongqiao Airport has even made it to the hot searches, which is enough to show how popular “Joy of Life” is!
The result of both platforms broke 3, and now they are almost breaking 4!
Screenwriter Wang Juan has become a hot topic because many fans of the original novel are convinced by this adaptation.
Most adapted works never take the original works seriously, and basically every new adaptation is criticized by fans of the original work.
In today's environment, the original author is nothing. It's not like when Zhang Yimou was filming "Red Sorghum" and he had to listen to Mo Yan's opinion on the script.
Wang Juan not only respected the original work, but also made a more perfect adaptation.
Make a protagonist who is hypocritical, afraid of death and has many shortcomings become more charming.
'Little Master Fan' carries modern people's thoughts which are different from the original work.
This makes fans of the original novel very happy.
The plot also has one climax after another, and compared to the original work's copying of poems, it has become reciting poems.
The passages about hundreds of poems and wine were pushed to the climax after being laid out all the way!
The atmosphere reached a climax!
The poems with rearranged order appear more meaningful.
'I can't comment on the scriptures. You can't be a human being!'
Directly let the TV series break four on both TV channels!
The limelight is out of control!
The online click rate has been rising, and Penguin Video is almost laughing.
This one work increased the platform’s membership by nearly eight million!
This is the case even before the show has finished airing. The revenue generated by the long-lasting "Joy of Life" is far greater than that of the hastily released "Kuang Kuang".
Needless to say, in terms of advertising, it directly set a record and is unique on the entire platform!
But the more money they made, the more heartbroken Penguin felt, because it was a joint production and they had to share the profits with Lightyear Pictures. But on the surface, they were still enthusiastic.
"Mr. Chen, this is the trump card. From now on, Joy of Life will be the trump card project of Penguin. Signing three seasons in one go is the most correct decision for Penguin!"
The person in charge of Penguin Video drank several glasses in a row, his face flushed, and he pulled Chen An and laughed and roared.
Generally speaking, they seldom engage in joint development, and basically buy out the projects, but it is Lightyear Pictures after all.
The result was also very good, bringing considerable profits to Penguin Video, even when it was shared with Chen An.
Chen An did the same, imitating the other person's drunken look. Who isn't a veteran actor?
"You're so polite. This is a win-win situation. It's reasonable for the biggest platform to produce the best works!"
The head of Penguin felt that the atmosphere was about right, and he smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, a work like Joy of Life is rare in a few years, we can't waste it."
"Really?" Chen An narrowed his eyes slightly, smiling with his face but not his eyes.
From the other party's attitude when he came in, Chen An felt that the other party was up to no good.
After drinking almost enough and the atmosphere was right, the other party finally spoke.
"Advanced on-demand?" Chen An pretended to be puzzled.
But my guess was almost right, it was indeed this wicked idea.
The person in charge of Penguin Video explained it carefully.
Chen An acted worried and said, "That's not good. It's asking users to spend money even though they have already subscribed to membership."
But the other party did not talk about this, but started calculating data for Chen An.
A quick calculation shows that starting from the more than 8 million new members, not counting the old members, those who are willing to become members and pay for advance on-demand viewing.
A number exceeding nine digits appeared before his eyes.
Or the kind that starts with the plural!
It was indeed tempting, but Chen An had to get himself out of it first. He didn't want others to count this as a merit for something that was condemned by God.
Although most netizens will actively blame Xiao Ma Ge, there is nothing they can do about it, a person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree.
Brother Xiao Ma is so outstanding that others can’t catch up with him!
Now the penguin wearing a red scarf has long turned into a bully penguin.
What he wore around his neck was not a scarf, but a red-dyed boxing bandage, from beating someone up!
"But reputation is still important, the trilogy cannot be ruined." Chen An shook his head and refused.
He also has the ability to refuse. He is also a shareholder of Penguin. Although his words are not very effective, his relationship with Pony Ma is still good.
The head of Penguin was a little disappointed. He really wanted to make this money, the hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue that he was almost looking forward to!
But Chen An continued, "We can only do it in the last two episodes. If we do it more, the backlash will be too severe."
And he knew that it would be useless no matter what he did, as everyone else would watch pirated copies and his reputation would be ruined.
The fact that people are even proud of watching pirated movies and are praised by everyone shows how harsh the criticism from netizens is.
The authorities have come out to name the names!
Moreover, this time it was broadcast on satellite TV ahead of schedule, and doing this was also a stab in the back at the local TV stations.
Of course that's something the penguins should worry about.
"Mr. Chen, that's a great idea!" The Penguin executive laughed and filmed the scene, praising him!
Although it was far worse than I expected, it was still a success.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was lively. Reputation was nothing. First, make the money and then slap the head office in the face and tell it to shut up!
It has to thank me, anyway, its boss's reputation is not bad this time.
The money I made is real. I did it all for the company, so it’s okay to suffer a little!
Chen An also felt that there was still room for improvement. Since the base was small, the unit price could be raised a bit.
With less money spent, there are more users willing to spend money.
For the last two episodes, there’s no fear of driving the audience to watch pirated copies. If it hadn’t been like this in the previous life, the click-through rate would have risen to 210 billion!
Besides, being scolded is Penguin's business, he is only responsible for collecting the money.
Besides, if I hadn't 'suggested' to only do the last two episodes, Penguin would have come up with something even more outrageous, and the audience would have to thank me!
Simply a win-win!
(End of this chapter)
