Chapter 416 416. Expanding the market

Chapter 416 416. Expanding the market

Nie Wei quickly arrived at the door of the general manager's office, but found that the secretary was not Xiao Tang, whom he was familiar with, but another girl who looked quite intellectual.

The girl was about 25 or 26 years old, and her appearance was barely pretty, but she had a good temperament. She wore a pair of black-framed glasses, which made her look very literary. But why did she appear at the door of Wang Zhonglei's office? Did the general manager change his secretary? But I didn't hear that Xiao Tang had made any mistakes.

As for Xiao Tang's resignation, it was even more impossible. Others didn't know, but Nie Wei knew how well the general manager's secretary was paid. At least with Xiao Tang's ability, it would be very difficult to find a better-paid job after quitting this job.

"Hello, Mr. Nie, my name is Li Xinyu, and I am Mr. Wang's administrative secretary. He is in the office now. I will knock on the door for you." The girl was very smart. She saw the hint of doubt in Nie Wei's eyes when he looked at her, and immediately stood up to introduce herself.

"Hello." Nie Wei nodded slightly, and said nothing. He followed Li Xinyu into Wang Zhonglei's office.

Nie Wei entered the room, but Li Xinyu stopped at the door, bowed politely to Nie Wei, and then closed the door.

"Just talk to me on the phone if you have anything to say. It's troublesome to call me up." Nie Wei complained to Wang Zhonglei, then pointed outside the door and asked curiously: "Changed the secretary? Where is the original Xiao Tang?"

"Xiao Tang is my personal secretary, and this Li Xinyu is my newly hired administrative secretary. Today is her first day at work. As you know, the company has been developing too fast recently, and my work has become much busier. I can't handle Xiao Tang alone." Wang Zhonglei explained with a smile.

Nie Wei could only give a thumbs up to this. It turned out to be a real big manager, even with two secretaries.

"Nie Wei, what did you want to tell me on the phone just now?" After Wang Zhonglei explained the secretary, he remembered that Nie Wei had something to tell him on the phone just now, and asked immediately.

"I just read a script, it's pretty good. Our company should invest 3 million, and it will make money." Nie Wei answered directly.

"Okay, you can make the final decision on this matter. When the time comes, just send a note to the Finance Department." Wang Zhonglei nodded and agreed after just a moment's consideration. First of all, the investment of three million is not a lot. Secondly, Nie Wei finally opened his mouth, and he would not let Nie Wei down for this. Finally, and most importantly, he believed in Nie Wei's words that he could make money.

Ning Hao might not have thought that the three million that he dared not dream of was determined in a few words between the two of them.

After solving the issue of Ning Hao's investment in "Crazy Stone", Wang Zhonglei also talked about the purpose of calling Nie Wei over.

"Do you want to enter the TV industry?" Nie Wei looked at Wang Zhonglei strangely, curious about why he suddenly had such an idea.

Wang Zhonglei smiled and nodded, and replied: "Although TV shooting takes a long time and the income is slow, its influence is not inferior to movies at all, and it can arrange more roles, which is suitable for training newcomers in our company. After all, although Huayi has more funds now, the number of movies produced each year is still limited, and many artists cannot enjoy the company's resources."

"Are you afraid that they will have ideas?"

"Yes." Wang Zhonglei did not hide his purpose, but he also did not say one thing, that is, he also saw the income of Nie Wei's investment in TV series, which was also a major motivation for him to move into the TV industry.

Wang Zhonglei did not know how much money the film "Legend of Sword and Fairy" brought to Nie Wei, but from various inquiries, the net profit was at least more than 15 million, which was enough to make him excited. You know, a few years ago, Director Feng's New Year's film might not have made this much money.

In fact, Wang Zhonglei still thought too little. The first round of broadcast rights, the second round and even the future broadcast rights of this TV series have brought Nie Wei more than 10 million yuan in revenue. In addition, there are also the sale of overseas copyrights, DVDs and even peripheral cooperation. These are all real benefits. According to Nie Wei's calculations, minus the cost he paid, this TV series can at least bring him more than 20 million in net income.

If this is changed to a movie, a movie with an investment of 10 million must have a box office of more than 60 million to be equal to this income, but is it easy for a movie to have a box office of more than 60 million now?

Nie Wei can give the answer without thinking. Of course it is not easy. This is not the era of the explosion of the Chinese film industry ten years later. The value of 60 million box office is comparable to 300 million in that era.

"I have no objection to entering the TV industry." Nie Wei thought about it and nodded in agreement. It is good for Huayi to expand its business. The TV drama industry still has a very large market in China.

Seeing Nie Wei agreed, Wang Zhonglei also showed a happy expression on his face, because he knew very well that if he did not discuss the expansion of the TV series business with Nie Wei, it would definitely not be done. After all, Nie Wei was the company's first shareholder, but as long as Nie Wei stood on his side, there would be no obstacles to this matter, and those small shareholders could only hold back even if they had opinions.

It seemed that Nie Wei played a decisive role and affected Wang Zhonglei's rights, but in fact it was not the case, because Nie Wei basically did not care about the company's personnel and affairs, which was one of the reasons why Wang Zhonglei and Nie Wei cooperated closely, and the other reason was naturally Nie Wei's ability to attract money. Whether as a star, a director, or a company executive, his vision was always so unique that Wang Zhonglei admired him very much.

Since Nie Wei had agreed, Wang Zhonglei also told Nie Wei about his specific plan.

"I want to try the life comedy genre first. This genre requires less investment and has a high market tolerance. When we are more mature in this industry, we will shoot a TV series with a large theme." Wang Zhonglei said.

Nie Wei nodded, seemingly agreeing with Wang Zhonglei's point of view, but in fact he was thinking about other things, because when Wang Zhong mentioned the subject matter, Nie Wei suddenly remembered that he still had the copyright of several novels.

At the beginning, when he was idle, he wrote the works to seize the opportunity. Now they are all treasures. It can be said that the novels written by Nie Wei at the time, in the future, are all valuable big IPs. Do we need to take them out for the company to shoot now?

However, after Nie Wei came to his senses, he was suppressed by Wang Zhonglei's words, that is, the problem of experience. Huayi is indeed weak in TV dramas now. If you just take out those precious novels for them to shoot, it is estimated that they will not get the best effect. Anyway, the novels are there, and there will be opportunities to take them out eventually. Nie Wei is not in a hurry. Now, forget it.

However, Nie Wei suddenly had an idea for the life comedy that Wang Zhonglei mentioned.

"How about shooting a sitcom?" Nie Wei suggested.

"Situation comedy?" Obviously Wang Zhonglei did not expect Nie Wei to make such an obscure suggestion.

It is not that there is no market for sitcoms in China. In the past, "The Story of the Editorial Department", "I Love My Family", "Home with Kids" and so on were all very successful sitcoms, but the mainstream of the current TV drama market is still life films and war films. He really did not expect Nie Wei to make such a suggestion.

But after thinking about it carefully, he found that Nie Wei's suggestion was really appropriate.

First of all, the investment in sitcoms is less than that of life TV dramas. For example, the stage of setting up the scene saves a lot of money. Situation comedies generally only use two or three scenes. For example, "Home with Kids" has hundreds of episodes, and the shooting place is just a home and a small garden outside the family building.

Secondly, this drama can be filmed for a long time. Just like the example of "Home with Kids", several episodes have been filmed for more than 360 episodes, and "Stories of the Kitchen Team" has more than 100 episodes. This length is enough for all the artists under Huayi to guest star twice, which is completely in line with one of Wang Zhonglei's original intentions for filming TV series.

Finally, such a long filming period is also very helpful for training the team. Combining the above advantages, Wang Zhonglei's heart was immediately moved by Nie Wei.

After seeing this kid's calm look after making the suggestion, as if he said it casually, Wang Zhonglei really felt helpless and admired the genius.

"The more capable, the more work. Since you proposed to shoot a sitcom, give me an idea about this matter." Wang Zhonglei asked with a smile.

"First of all, let's determine the director. I recommend one, Shang Jing, and wait until you get him." Nie Wei replied. Although the sitcom is simple, it will not work without a good director. Nie Wei has many scripts in his mind. Now only by getting the director can these become a reality step by step.

As for why Shang Jing was chosen, it was mainly because he was a director who had been shooting sitcoms for many years and had many connections in the industry. As long as he could get this director, the actors would not be a problem. With Nie Wei's script ideas, the crew could start up quickly.

After coming out of Wang Zhonglei's office, Nie Wei went home to rest directly. He was very tired from shooting a movie recently, so he took every opportunity to rest.

In the next few days, Nie Wei worked in the crew, and Zhang Liangying's new record was also setting records.

First, it took only one day to dominate the current daily and weekly charts of the Fanxing Music Platform, and then it took ten days to take the monthly chart of the month. The overall download volume has exceeded 800,000, and it is only 200,000 away from the million certification.

And the income from the record was also invested in sports charity as Huayi Records promised. The first batch of 200,000 yuan of sports goods and sports equipment has been sent to five selected primary and secondary schools in poor areas.

These schools are really carefully selected. When Nie Wei saw the report, he had only one thought in his mind, that is, these schools are really too poor. Some schools don’t even have a basketball, let alone a basketball stand. This batch of supplies will undoubtedly solve the gaps in the students’ sports life here.

While transporting this material, Huayi also sent a special celebrity team to follow. When they take a few photos on the spot and send them back, it will be another piece of news, which can not only increase the celebrity’s favorability, but also bring certain exposure to the local schools, a win-win situation.

Nie Wei felt that he didn’t comment on this. He himself was very low-key in doing charity, but he couldn’t ask everyone to be like him. The company has its own interests. Sometimes it is enough to see the results. The process is not important. What is important is that the children really get the help they deserve.

Zhang Liangying’s physical records have been sold out long ago, but the records that sell so well have been complained by audio and video companies everywhere, mainly because of the quantity problem.

They really didn't expect that Huayi Records would be so honest. They said 10,000 copies, and it was 10,000 copies. As a result, although the sales were huge, they still felt unhappy and thought that they could have made more money.

But this time, Huayi Records really didn't give in. They could only complain that Huayi Records was stupid and regretted that they didn't buy enough.

Of course, some smart dealers claimed that they were out of stock, but in fact they still had a batch of stock in their hands. As expected, the albums that were sold out on the surface soon had people privately asking for trades, even if they were second-hand ones, as long as the content was complete, and the price was higher than that of new albums.

Some albums with high numbers were even sold for tens of thousands of yuan each. Although no one knew whether they were sold, the price alone was shocking.

This made Zhang Liangying's single record feel like a ticket to Faye Wong's concert in another time and space. Fortunately, the price was not too outrageous. The ticket price of the queen was sold for millions. Now this price would not affect Zhang Liangying's reputation. It was just right, and it instantly raised Zhang Liangying's status.

Huayi had even received an invitation from a performance company to let Zhang Liangying hold a concert, but the record company immediately refused.

Don't be funny. Although Zhang Liangying seems to be very popular, she only has one song of her own. It's not the time to hold a concert. Nie Wei disdains the kind of "mixed" concert, which will only lower Zhang Liangying's value. So either don't hold it, or hold a formal solo concert.

So the problem that follows is Zhang Liangying's personal album, which Nie Wei is not responsible for. The record company will collect the songs, and there will naturally be special musicians to do it. Nie Wei's energy is limited. Now he must invest in the movie. After the movie is over, he will help Alan make an album, so he has no time to take care of Zhang Liangying.

However, Nie Wei did not completely let her go. He still took over the task of the title song, which made Zhang Liangying excited for a long time. Nie Wei's title song is simply a legend in the music circle. I never thought that one day her album would also have Nie Wei's title song.

Nie Wei is not free for the time being, so it will take a while to complete this task, but Zhang Liangying is not in a hurry. After all, it takes a certain amount of time to collect songs.

In the golden autumn of August, the filming of "Back to 20" has come to an end. Nie Wei sat in front of the monitor and looked at the girl in the camera feed. He couldn't help but sigh that there was a world of difference between Lin Yifei's acting skills a few months ago and Lin Yifei's acting skills now.

When one line ended, Nie Wei couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Lin Yifei who performed well.

The girl saw it immediately, and her expression was startled at first, and then she smiled brilliantly.

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