Chapter 505 Do You Usually Pay Attention to Cartoons?

Xu Feng, in her own selfishness, actually didn't want Zhou Yan to get involved in the affairs of Shangmei Factory.

Although she didn't know much about the specific situation of Shangmei Factory, she knew that Shangmei Factory was in a mess now.

Otherwise, Sheng Chongqing would not be arranged to be the director of Shangmei Factory, and Jin Guoping would not be pressed on the position of deputy.

Jin Guoping has developed very well in Shangmei Factory in recent years, and his subordinates all obey him. When Sheng Chongqing suddenly appeared, Jin Guoping would definitely be the first to be unhappy.

If Jin Guoping took action, Sheng Chongqing would not be able to do anything in Shangmei Factory.

Perhaps this time Sheng Chongqing wanted to win over Zhou Yan, and he also hoped that Zhou Yan could help him.

After all, the current dilemma of Shangmei Factory is poor efficiency. As long as the problem of not making money is solved, everything will be solved.

Zhou Yan is the most popular director in China today. Maybe they can reach a cooperation, learn from Zhou Yan, and find a way to make money for Shangmei Factory.

But Xu Feng thought that if Sheng Chongqing could not solve the internal problems of Shangmei Factory, it would be useless for Zhou Yan to cooperate with them. After all, he was not a god and could not solve all problems.

Xu Feng did not say these words directly to Sheng Chongqing. She just smiled and said, "I believe there will be opportunities in the future."

Then the two chatted for a few more words and hung up the phone.

Not long after, Zhang Youan called.

On the phone, Zhang Youan reported to Xu Feng about his contact with Sony.

As they expected, Sony was very interested in learning that Tomson wanted to buy the broadcasting rights of Celine Dion's concert in China. They had already made an appointment to talk in detail the next day.

"I roughly sounded out the situation on the phone. Sony will not ask for too much."

Xu Feng smiled, "They must know that we will not pay too much for the broadcasting rights of this concert. It is useless for them to ask for too much."

"Mr. Xu, have you contacted the TV station?"

"Yes, I contacted Shanghu TV. They are quite interested in this matter. Now they are waiting for us to get the copyright of the concert first."

"It is Shanghu TV. I thought it was Yanjing TV."

"I contacted Shanghu TV first. They were willing, so I did not contact Yanjing again. What's the problem?"

"Of course there is no problem. Shanghu TV is definitely better."

Although they have cooperated a lot with Yanjing TV, objectively speaking, Shanghu TV is definitely more suitable.

Shanghu TV is the TV station with the best broadcasting technology in China besides CCTV. Moreover, Shanghu TV has always been very international and often broadcasts English products. It is normal for it to broadcast Celine Dion's concert now.

In addition, the coverage of Shanghu TV has better box office potential at present.

"In that case, you should quickly finalize it with Sony."

"Okay, no problem."

...

Zhang Youan was very efficient and quickly finalized the concert copyright with Sony.

Sony very readily sold the TV broadcast rights of Celine Dion's Radio City concert in China to Tomson for $350,000.

Originally, Tomson wanted to transfer the copyright to Shanghai TV for $400,000 and make a profit of $50,000. However, because the amount involved was not small, Shanghai TV could not do it for a while. Finally, they thought of a compromise. Shanghai TV bought the first broadcast rights for 500,000 RMB.

This means that Tomson can also transfer the broadcast rights to other TV stations, provided that Shanghai TV broadcasts it first.

And Shanghai TV bought the copyright for a limited time. After a month, the copyright will be gone.

From this point of view, Tomson seems to be losing money. After all, $400,000 has become 500,000 RMB, and only about one-tenth of the cost has been earned back.

But Xu Feng didn't worry about it. After all, the TV broadcasting rights can be sold repeatedly and for a long time.

There are so many TV stations in the country, big and small, and sooner or later they will be able to make a profit, but it will take a little longer. Xu Feng doesn't care about this.

Anyway, she didn't want to make money from this.

If this publicity strategy is successful and the box office can exceed 80 million, Han Sanping will not think about the box office, and the millions of box office will be saved.

...

In fact, the return on the concert broadcasting rights is much faster than Xu Feng expected.

From the time Xu Feng called Sheng Chongqing to the time the concert was broadcast on Shanghai TV, it took less than a week.

If it wasn't for the time spent adding Chinese subtitles, the time might have been shorter.

After the concert was broadcast, the ratings were very good, and Shanghai TV broadcast it for two consecutive days.

Some TV stations saw that the broadcast effect of this concert was good, and they also had ideas.

This program is good. It doesn't need to be produced by the TV station itself, which saves trouble and effort, but I don't know if it saves money.

Then a TV station contacted Tang Chen through Shanghai TV Station and asked how much it would cost to buy the broadcasting rights.

Tang Chen did not ask for a high price, just 100,000 RMB.

When the TV station heard that the price was good, they were tempted to buy it.

Although the price of one company was not high, it would add up to a lot, and it would not take long to make back the money.

On January 29, when Xu Feng arrived in Yanjing, three TV stations had already expressed their intention to buy.

These three are provincial TV stations, because generally only provincial TV stations are willing to pay so much money to purchase the broadcasting rights of a concert.

After the third and fourth rounds, when the price comes down, some city-level and county-level TV stations may purchase it.

After the concert was broadcast on Shanghai TV, Tang Chen began to promote it vigorously, and the box office of "Time Traveler" also received a positive impact.

Originally, Tang Chen's internal assessment believed that the single-day box office of "Time Traveler" would drop to about 300,000 within ten days.

But now nine days have passed, and there is only one day left before ten days, and the box office of "Time Traveler" is still stable at 600,000 or 700,000, and the rate of decline is much lower than previously predicted.

In these nine days, the box office of "Time Traveler" has increased by 10 million and several hundred thousand, and the total box office has reached more than 75 million, leaving less than 5 million from the target of 80 million.

If the current single-day box office can be maintained and no longer decline, the goal can be achieved in more than a week.

This time, the way they introduced the concert did play a significant role.

After meeting Zhou Yan, Xu Feng also told Zhou Yan about the matter.

Zhou Yan was also very happy after hearing it. Today is the New Year's Eve party of the studio. This news is also very timely. When the party starts, this good news can be shared with everyone.

Zhou Yan originally did not want to invite Xu Feng to attend their studio's annual meeting, mainly because the New Year is coming soon. Xu Feng is in Shanghai, and it is too troublesome for her to go to Yanjing.

It was Xu Feng who knew that his studio had an annual meeting and took the initiative to come and see it.

Since Xu Feng took the initiative to ask to come, Zhou Yan naturally had no reason to refuse.

Xu Feng arrived at the No. 7 factory, looked around, and couldn't help but sighed, "Don't say, it really feels a bit like a theater."

"It's still too simple."

With such a short time, it is impossible to renovate it as much as possible, and Zhou Yan didn't want to renovate it too well, just barely enough.

"It's already very good, at least it's very spacious. How can ordinary companies have such a place to hold a party?" Xu Feng smiled and sighed, "It's a pity that Shanghu is too far away from here, otherwise we can hold an annual meeting with your studio, and it will be more lively with more people."

Tangchen Group has an annual meeting, but the format is the same as that of ordinary companies. Everyone eats together and the boss gives red envelopes to employees. There is nothing special.

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It would be very interesting if I could take the employees to a party with Zhou Yan's studio.

Zhou Yan laughed, "My second brother also told me this."

"It's really lively when there are more people." Xu Feng looked around the factory again, "But you have quite a few people too."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes, there are quite a few. There are 100 or 200 people in the piano youth orchestra alone, and there are about 100 other employees in the studio, so there are 300 people."

Xu Feng sighed, "I didn't expect that your studio has more than 300 people. The cost of supporting so many people is not low."

"It's not low, so I'm working very hard to make money now." Zhou Yan smiled.

You don't know until you calculate it. When you calculate it, you'll be shocked. In December, the company was calculating the accounts. Zhou Yan looked at the accounts and found out that their studio now costs nearly 20 million yuan a year, an average of more than 50,000 yuan a day.

This means that every time Zhou Yan opens his eyes, he has more than 50,000 yuan to spend.

However, such expenses are not unbearable for Zhou Yan.

The money he can earn from his albums every day is more than this amount.

And now Zhou Yan doesn't have to use his own small treasury to subsidize the studio's expenses.

Although the studio spends a lot of money, it also makes a lot of money.

The most profitable is of course movies. For example, when filming "Time Traveler", although Zhou Yan filmed the movie and he also received the director's fee, in addition to the director's fee, Tang Chen also paid the studio a lot of money.

The studio's personnel and equipment are all paid by the producer.

Including the post-production costs, Tang Chen also has to pay the studio.

These money are separate from Zhou Yan's own director, music director, screenwriter, actor and other remunerations, and are directly transferred to the studio account for the operation of the studio.

"Time Traveler" cost 30 million to produce, of which more than 10 million is to be given to Zhou Yan's studio, which means that this year this movie alone has brought more than 10 million income to the studio, covering more than 50% of the studio's operating costs.

Their studio shoots more than one movie every year, including helping Huo Jianqi and several other directors shoot movies before, and the producers have to pay them, so it is not in vain.

In addition to the movie, the music engineering department also made a lot of money this year, with a total revenue of more than 6 million.

The orchestra also made a lot of money, but most of the orchestra's revenue was extra.

If the orchestra is included, then their studio's annual expenses will exceed 20 million. After all, the band members will spend a lot of money on travel expenses and accommodation when they go abroad.

However, the orchestra's expenses can be covered by the performance fees.

Xu Feng knows Zhou Yan's situation. The studio's expenses are not expenses for him at all. "Don't cry poor to me. You should know that I know most of your studio's accounts, as well as your own personal accounts."

Zhou Yan's studio cooperates closely with Tang Chen, and most of Zhou Yan's personal business has to go through Tang Chen, so Xu Feng knows Zhou Yan's financial situation.

What Xu Feng doesn't understand is the business that Zhou Yan cooperates with Zhou Hong and others.

"I'm not crying poor, but I'm really under pressure. Now the TV series department of the studio has been established, but the staff is not yet complete. When the TV series department recruits people next year, the expenses will be even greater."

"You can earn more. For your TV series department, you can cover the expenses by taking one TV series a year. If you can take two, you can make money."

Xu Feng's words are not wrong. The TV series department is the same as the music engineering department, which is to take TV series for production. The risk is not big. As long as there is business, these people can definitely be supported anyway.

"It's not enough to just cover the expenses. I plan to renovate a proper music center later, which will cost at least tens of millions."

"Tsk tsk, just the renovation will cost tens of millions?"

"Well, after all, the area is not small, and the structure inside may need to be renovated."

"Would it be better to build a new one?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, "It will take a long time and cost a lot to rebuild. Now the two factories have relatively complete structures. As long as they are renovated carefully, they will not be bad."

Rebuilding a factory with a similar area will cost more than a little bit, and it is estimated to be several times more. Zhou Yan is reluctant to spend that money.

"It's better to renovate it, otherwise the house will be wasted." Xu Feng nodded, and suddenly said, "Do you usually pay attention to cartoons?"

Zhou Yan was a little surprised, "Sister Feng, why do you suddenly ask this?"

"Isn't it because I talked to Director Sheng of Shanghai TV about broadcasting the concert? He is now in charge of Shangmei Factory, so we talked about this aspect."

Although Xu Feng didn't say it explicitly, Zhou Yan already understood the meaning behind his words.

Director Sheng must have talked about not only cartoons, but also about him, otherwise Xu Feng would not have asked him this question at this time.

Zhou Yan pondered, "Is the life of Shanghai Animation Studio not easy now?"

"Indeed." Xu Feng nodded.

Starting from the 1960s' "Little Tadpole Looking for Mom", Chinese animation had a glorious period, and produced many excellent works, such as "Havoc in Heaven", "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King", "Three Monks", etc.

However, after entering the 1990s, television became popular. In order to cater to the market, many foreign cartoons were introduced into China, which had a strong impact on domestic animation. (End of this chapter)