Beijing, Beijing Television Station.
At 7: 55 in the morning, Zhu Shaotai arrived at the variety channel's program department punctually as usual.
"Director Zhu, good morning!"
There were already many colleagues in the office who had started working. They greeted Zhu Shaotai when they saw him.
Zhu Shaotai nodded reservedly in response and strode into his independent workshop with his head held high.
As the deputy director of the Beijing Television Station's variety channel, he had worked hard for 20 years to get his current position. Therefore, he knew how to cherish his position and never came late or left early.
Even if he had nothing to do, he was happy to sit comfortably in his leather chair, drink fragrant tea, and leisurely read today's morning paper to understand the news that happened yesterday in China and abroad.
The thermos beside the desk was filled with hot water, and the teacups on the desk had been washed clean. A stack of brand new newspapers that emitted the fragrance of ink was placed neatly.
A beautiful day had begun!
Zhu Shaotai buried his burly body into the spacious and comfortable office chair and picked up a newspaper to read. There was not much work to be done today, so he could relax first.
When Zhu Shaotai finished reading the newspaper after drinking his tea, it was already 9 in the morning.
He put down the teacup, stretched his arms, and turned on the computer.
Currently, Beijing Television Station was promoting paperless work. Internal documents, announcements, work arrangements, etc., were all transmitted through computers and the Internet, including the handling of work.
After entering his personal password and entering the desktop, Zhu Shaotai opened his work log.
After approving two trivial applications, he suddenly thought of something.
The deputy director of the program department frowned, picked up the phone on the desk, and dialed an internal number.
The call quickly went through, "Director Zhu, hello!"
The voice on the other side of the phone was very respectful.
Zhu Shaotai's eyebrows relaxed, and his left index finger gently tapped on the table. He said calmly, "Little Zhang, come to my office now."
"Yes, Director!"
After a while, there was a light knock on the door.
Zhu Shaotai said in a deep voice, "Please come in."
A man in his thirties walked in and asked, "Director Zhu, you were looking for me?"
"Yes …"
Zhu Shaotai pointed to the sofa beside him and said, "Sit down and pour yourself some tea."
Mr. Zhang agreed, picked up the thermos and poured tea for Zhu Shaotai, and then sat down.
Zhu Shaotai nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Little Zhang, I called you over to ask you, how is the discussion with Qiande Pictures going? Is the other party still insisting on their conditions? "
"Qiande Pictures?"
Mr. Zhang was stunned and asked, "Do you mean buying the TV series' Autumn in My Heart '?"
Zhu Shaotai was a little displeased, "Am I right?"
The TV series "Autumn in My Heart" was jointly invested and filmed by Qiande Brothers Pictures, Chen Fei 'er Studio and Lu Chen Studio. Beijing TV Station Variety Channel intends to introduce this urban romance drama, which is currently quite popular.
When LuChen came to Beijing TV last time to participate in the "Star Interview" program, Zhu Shaotai once had a face-to-face conversation with LuChen. Later, they have been negotiating about buying the premiere rights, but the object of the negotiation was changed to Qiande Pictures.
Qiande Pictures was not a big company in the industry, and "Autumn in My Heart" was not a big IP production. Of course, Zhu Shaotai could not personally come forward to bargain with the other party. The work was handed over to his subordinate, Little Zhang.
Zhu Shaotai still trusted Little Zhang's ability.
It was just that today he seemed to be a little unclear about the situation, which made Director Zhu secretly annoyed.
Little Zhang quickly explained, "Director Zhu, I sent the work report to you yesterday. Maybe there was something wrong with the computer. If you didn't receive it, I'll go back and send another one right away!"
"Huh?"
Zhu Shaotai was a little surprised and quickly clicked on the internal mailbox. Sure enough, he found the work email from Little Zhang.
It was his own mistake and negligence!
Director Zhu's old face turned red, he coughed and said, "Pay attention next time. Since you're here, tell me about the situation first!"
Little Zhang said, "Qiande Pictures has sold the premiere rights of" Autumn in My Heart "to Haijin Satellite TV."
"Haijin Satellite TV?"
Director Zhu suddenly felt a little toothache, "How could it be Haijin Satellite TV?"
He knew that there was more than one TV station that was interested in the new TV series "Autumn in My Heart". The most powerful competitor was undoubtedly Zhedong TV Station. The latter's Film and TV Channel was interested in introducing it.
The reason why Zhedong TV Station was interested in "Autumn in My Heart" was easy to understand. In addition to Chen Fei 'er, the Heavenly Queen of the singing industry, as the female lead, Lu Chen was from Zhedong, and last time in Hangzhou, he also saved Tian Tian, the host of Zhedong Satellite TV, and was very well-known in the province.
His first TV series that he wrote and acted in could at least guarantee a part of the ratings in the province.
But according to Zhu Shaotai's understanding, the price offered by Zhedong TV Station was not much higher than his own, and Qiande was not satisfied.
What the hell was Haijin Satellite TV?
Did they suddenly appear out of nowhere? Zhu Shaotai was really a little confused. They actually won the exclusive premiere rights.
He couldn't help but ask, "What price can they offer?"
There was a hint of contempt in Director Zhu's words.
Although Beijing and Haijin were both municipalities, the former's status had been far higher than the latter since ancient times. Haijin was equivalent to a subordinate city of Beijing, and Beijing people had a sense of superiority over Haijin people since ancient times.
Putting aside the giant Central TV, Beijing Television had always been condescending to Haijin Satellite TV, and basically didn't have the latter in their eyes.
So now when Zhu Shaotai first heard that "Autumn in My Heart" was intercepted by Haijin Satellite TV, he first didn't believe it.
When did the guys from Haijin Satellite TV become so bold?
Although Zhu Shaotai didn't have the heart to get "Autumn in My Heart", and there were not many episodes that were sent to Beijing TV, he still felt unhappy in his heart.
Xiao Zhang said with a wry smile, "Director Zhu, I don't know about that."
How could Qiande Pictures reveal the price of the transaction to him? This was a trade secret.
Confused!
Zhu Shaotai slapped his forehead and said, "I'll call and ask!"
The relationship between Haijin TV Station and Beijing TV Station was a bit like the relationship between Beijing TV and Central TV. The communication between the two sides was quite close. Several of the directors of Haijin TV Station were from Beijing TV Station.
Zhu Shaotai had acquaintances and old colleagues over there, so it was really convenient to inquire about things.
He made this phone call for almost 10 minutes.
After the call, his face was gloomy.
Xiao Zhang moved his butt uneasily when he saw this, feeling a little restless.
When he first went to negotiate with Qiande Pictures as a representative of the variety channel, he more or less had some thoughts of disapproval and never thought of the possibility of failure.
It was normal for the variety channel's offer not to be high, but Qiande Pictures' bargaining made Xiao Zhang feel very disdainful.
This TV series was nothing more than using Chen Fei 'er's brand. Otherwise, how could a production unit like Qiande Pictures enter the eyes of Beijing Television, let alone take the initiative to contact them.
Now that they had given Qiande Pictures a chance to cooperate, they actually wanted to make a big profit. They simply didn't know what they were talking about!
So in the process of the negotiation, Xiao Zhang deliberately dragged it on, waiting for the opponent to give in.
Even though he knew that Zhedong TV Station was also involved in the competition.
He never expected that in the end, Haijin TV Station would snatch away the premiere broadcast rights.
He could completely understand his boss's unhappiness.
Haijin Satellite TV actually dared to come to Beijing's territory to snatch food. They were too daring!
He didn't know what price they offered.
Xiao Zhang asked cautiously, "Director Zhu, what did they say?"
Zhu Shaotai glanced at him and sighed. "They offered a minimum purchase price of 6 million and put it on the satellite channel 1's primetime premiere. Moreover, based on the national average rating of 0.25%, plus 0.1% and a reward of 100,000 yuan."
"There's no cap!"
Xiao Zhang was stunned. "They really dared to offer it!"
Zhu Shaotai deeply agreed.
The minimum price of 6 million was also something that Beijing Television Station could afford. It was a very normal price.
But the satellite channel 1's premiere, coupled with the uncapped ratings reward, was really too much. It was simply shameless!
Why would the dignified Haijin Satellite TV be so hungry?
That was a new TV series, and the production unit was not a good person.
Zhu Shaotai was really a little speechless. In fact, Haijin Satellite TV did not really give up much in this contract. The VAM agreement was profitable, and the main thing was that they were willing to put down their pride.
Beijing Television Station would never do such a dishonorable thing and break the rules.
Zhu Shaotai said resentfully, "The contract has already been signed. Forget it. They'll know after they've suffered a loss."
Xiao Zhang nodded vigorously. "That's right! They dare to think of a national average rating of 0.25%. I estimate that it would be very good for this show to have 0.1%. They'll be lucky if they can recover their costs! "
He was even indignant.
Qiande Pictures was also a fool. They sold this TV series to Haijin Satellite TV. They didn't think that if it could be broadcast on Beijing Television Variety Channel, it would be much easier to sell the rebroadcast rights. It was simply short-sighted.
Like Alchuang Pictures' weekend drama "Urban Love", it could only be broadcast on the Urban Channel.
The ratings of the Urban Channel could not be compared to the variety channel!
As for Haijin Satellite TV's ratings, they could only laugh — did they have any good programs to show?
Zhu Shaotai waved his hand and said, "Well, it's not settled. You don't have to take this matter to heart. Go back and work hard!"
Xiao Zhang quickly got up and said, "Okay, Director Zhu, I'll go back first."
After Xiao Zhang left, Zhu Shaotai stuffed his body back into the chair. He felt that something was wrong.
He thought for a moment, opened the browser on his computer, and logged into the Waves blog.
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