Chapter 300: Peng Yu’s grievances (Ch 300)

Seeing her action, the two of them understood instantly.

“How do we do this?” Qi Jia asked puzzled.

“It’s very simple,” Chen Yuwen raised two fingers, “Make a TV series or movie with a red theme, and make it good and win awards.”

Qi Jia nodded after hearing this, but after thinking about it carefully, he rolled his eyes.

“Sister, what you said is not true. It’s not easy to get a role of this kind. Let alone the protagonist, even the role of a passerby is hard to get.”

Chen Yuwen said it easily, but this kind of drama is not only strictly censored, but also cannot be filmed casually. Usually it needs guidance from higher-ups.

The casting is also very carefully selected, not only requiring a clean background, but also no scandals or other stains.

It can be said that every actor joining the group is “strictly selected by the country”.

“Indeed,” Chen Yuwen did not deny it and nodded, “I’ll pay more attention to it. In fact, it doesn’t necessarily have to be this kind. Some positive period dramas are also fine.”

After the three of them finished talking about next year’s plans, Chen Yuwen opened another PPT and said,

“Currently, the effective broadcasting number of the feature film “China in Classics” has exceeded 450 million times. The feature film market share is 8.9%.

Ranked 4th on the screen dominance list, the first season of investment promotion has been completed.

Bright Dairy won the title sponsorship rights for the first season of ten episodes at a price of 288 million yuan.

In addition, Shuijingfang, Jiangzhong Hougu, 999 and others paid 18 million yuan for the placement of oral advertisements in every episode of the show.

The cumulative advertising revenue is 768 million, and the revenue sharing of three other platforms has not yet been calculated…”

I heard that the advertising revenue alone was over 700 million, plus the over 100 million from overseas copyrights, which adds up to over 900 million.

Qi Jia was quite happy to hear this at first, but he stopped laughing after hearing Chen Yuwen briefly go over the costs and taxes at the end.

You should know that the production cost of a single episode of the classic is 40 million, and the cost alone accounts for 400 million.

As for taxes, roughly speaking, corporate income tax, value-added tax, and three additional taxes are

Adding in other miscellaneous taxes, the tax alone would cost more than 300 million yuan.

Of course, with such high taxes, there will definitely be some preferential treatment, but no matter how preferential it is, it is impossible to get more than 100 million yuan.

The production costs and taxes alone accounted for more than 700 million yuan, and the remaining 200 million yuan had to be shared with Boss Yang.

Qi Jia smacked his lips, finally understanding why so many artists took the risk and chose to evade taxes. With so much money, no one could resist.

Fortunately, Qi Jia’s mentality is to be content with a small fortune. It’s enough to make some profit. He would be afraid if he made too much profit. After all, the pig should be killed when it is fat.

At noon, after lunch,

Qi Jia called Zhang Jia’s home again, ready to discuss with him the film and television adaptation of “There is a Small Shop at the Edge of the Cloud”.

Zhang Jiajia was a little surprised to hear Qi Jia said he wanted to buy the film and television copyright of the store.

After discussing for a while, he still couldn’t make up his mind.

It wasn’t that he disagreed with the film adaptation, but Qi Jia strongly requested that Cheng Shuang must survive at the end of the film.

At this point, Zhang Jiajia was a little hesitant, so he said he would think about it again.

After hanging up the phone, Qi Jia was about to go upstairs to talk to Boss Yang about the movie release.

As a shareholder, she can’t just invest money, she also needs to mobilize her connections to help promote the business.

As a result, just as I walked out the door, the phone rang again.

Qi Jia didn’t expect that the person who called him was Peng Yuchang, whom he hadn’t seen for a long time.

“Hey, what’s up, Peng Peng?”

“Brother Qi, are you in Shanghai now?” Peng Yuchang asked nervously on the other end of the line.

“You’re lucky. I just came back yesterday. Why are you here too?”

“Yes, Brother Qi, I came to Shanghai specifically to see you.”

Looking for me? Qi Jia was a little confused, but he was too lazy to guess, so he simply made an appointment with Peng Yuchang.

After saying something to Zhang Ruonan, he asked the company’s driver to drive him there.

Half an hour later,

In a high-end Cantonese restaurant, Qi Jia looked at Peng Yuchang in surprise and asked in disbelief,

“What the hell? Are you depressed? Why are you so depressed?”

Peng Yuchang’s film and television resources and variety show resources are not bad. Qi Jia can’t think of any reason for him to be depressed?

As if he understood Qi Jia’s thoughts, Peng Yuchang said with some frustration,

“Brother Qi, do you also think that my resources are not bad?”

Seeing him like this, it seemed that there was something else going on. Qi Jia nodded without saying anything, waiting for him to continue.

“On the surface, it is true. I have been in the industry for more than four years and have acted in several web dramas and several theatrical films.

Basically, I’m either the No. 1 male lead, the No. 2 male lead, or the No. 3 male lead. But Brother Qi, I haven’t won any awards.”

Hearing this, Qi Jia was a little stunned. If he said that he had debuted for four years and didn’t have the resources or the resources were poor and he couldn’t win any awards, that was understandable.

But Peng Yuchang is obviously not like that. He has the resources, and they are not bad, and his acting skills are not bad either. Why hasn’t he won any awards?

“I was used to gain experience,” Peng Yuchang said with a bitter look on his face.

Qi Jia suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he had not won an award for four consecutive years as the leading actor.

Before the investors asked him to act, they had already made it clear with the agency that he would just be a supporting actor this time.

“I’m a runner-up, I accept it even though I don’t have any background, but I’ve been a runner-up for four consecutive years. Originally, the agency promised me that they would let me act in a drama that could win an award this year.

But then he turned around and gave the quota to someone else…”

As Peng Yuchang was speaking, his voice choked up and he couldn’t continue. One can imagine how aggrieved he felt.

Qi Jia patted his shoulder with empathy. He had experienced this before. When he was an extra in Hengdian, he sometimes had a hard time getting a role that could stand next to the protagonist.

As a result, the assistant director assigned the role to someone else because that person was a distant relative of a leader in Hengdian.

“So Brother Qi, I came to you just to ask, can you give me any advice?”

Seeing Peng Yuchang’s hopeful eyes, Qi Jia was numb, thinking, what advice can I give you? Should I suggest that you be reborn on Blue Star and awaken a Tongzi?

Just as he was considering whether to take this wounded young man to Red Romantic Massage and Foot Bath to relax,

The phone in my pocket started to vibrate. I took it out and saw it was Zhang Jiajia calling.

“Excuse me, I have a call.”

Qi Jia said something to Peng Yuchang and then picked up the phone.

“Qi Jia, I’ve made up my mind. I’ll do as you said. The movie will have a happy ending, and Cheng Shuang is not dead.”

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Jiajia heaved a sigh of relief after saying this.

Qi Jia was very happy to get the answer he wanted and said with a smile,

“Believe me, Director Zhang, you will be glad for your decision today after the movie is released.”

After finishing, Qi Jia did not forget to add,

“Then it’s settled. The role of Cheng Shuang will be given to Zhou Ye.”

After the two laughed and talked for a few more words, Qi Jia hung up the phone and then sent a WeChat message to Chen Yuwen,

Ask her to arrange someone to contact Zhang Jia’s family to discuss the copyright fee issue and see whether he wants to take the money or use the copyright as a stake and get a share of the box office revenue.

While editing the message, Peng Yuchang asked,

“Brother Qi, are you just discussing with director Zhang Jiajia the filming plan for the novel “A Small Shop at the Edge of the Clouds”?”

Qi Jia nodded and responded casually,

“Yeah, I think this novel is pretty good. How come you’ve read it too?”

Peng Yuchang nodded excitedly, “Not only have I read it, I’m a die-hard fan of this novel.”

After saying that, he swallowed his dry throat and continued to ask,

“Brother Qi, I heard you say that the female lead Cheng Shuang is going to be given to Zhou Ye? Didn’t she just debuted? Can you just give her the female lead of a popular IP without any casting?”

Qi Jia had already sent a message to Chen Yuwen and was sending a message to Zhou Ye, telling her that she could prepare to play Cheng Shuang.

Hearing Peng Yuchang’s question, he smiled and said naturally,

“What’s there to worry about? There are only three artists in my studio. Zhou Ye likes her, and I think she’s suitable, so I’ll give it to her.”

Hearing the matter-of-factness in Qi Jia’s tone, Peng Yuchang was shocked.

It seemed like a big deal in his eyes, but why did Qi Jia talk about it in a tone that sounded like it was supposed to be this way?

Peng Yuchang couldn’t figure it out, but suddenly another idea popped up in his mind.

Then, he was no longer confused.

Qi Jia was thinking about what emoticon to send to Zhou Ye. After hearing Peng Yuchang’s idea, he didn’t react for a moment and said casually,

“Okay, you decide…”

He was halfway through his words when he realized what was happening. His hand shook and he sent out an emoji that said “Call Dad.jpg”.

He was so frightened that he quickly withdrew and looked at Peng Yuchang in surprise.

“What the hell? You want to terminate the contract?”