Chinese Entertainment Intelligence King

Chapter 103 Three major projects are advancing simultaneously and prospering
For the next few days, Yan Li stayed in the Beijing Film Academy community.

Huang Shengyi went home for the summer vacation, and Qin Lan went to Hunan Province to participate in the promotion activities of "My Fair Princess 3" and will not return to Beijing for a few days.

However, compared to love affairs, Yan Li focuses more on work.

The three current work priorities of Yian Film and Television!
The first one is "Detective Di Renjie".

This project is mainly under the charge of Li Xing. It is now in the final stage of preparation and is expected to start shooting in about a month.

When Yan Li returned to Beijing this time, he took the time to meet with director Qian Yanqiu.

The other party knew that Yan Li was also an actor. Considering his image and identity as a producer, he took the initiative to ask him to play a role, such as Hu Jinghui.

It sounded very enthusiastic, but Yan Li learned from the system.

This guy was afraid that Yan Li would snatch the role of Li Yuanfang from his good brother, so he took the initiative to speak and wanted to use Hu Jinghui to shut him up.

After all, Yan Li is the second largest investor in the crew, owning a 40% stake and has a lot of say.

If he really wanted to grab the role, even though Qian Yanqiu was the director + screenwriter, he would have to deal with the creative core of the entire "Detective Di Renjie".

However, Qian Yanqiu was a little mean-spirited, and Yan Li didn't want to snatch the role of Li Yuanfang.

Besides not wanting to fall out with the director, I also plan to continue working together.

In addition, Yan Li learned from future information that actor Li Yuanfang performed well, and it can even be said that his performance was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

As a producer, Yan Li values the interests of the entire crew. Since there is no problem with the actor, there is no need to force a replacement, and he doesn't lack this role.

Since Li Yuanfang didn't want the role, Yan Li also turned down the role of Hu Jinghui. He had two more dramas and a lot of work to do, so he really didn't have the time.

However, just because Yan Li is not acting in "Detective Di Renjie" doesn't mean he won't try to get a role in it.

500 million has been spent. It is not enough to just make money. We also need to help our own people.

So, Zhang Songwen got a villain role, Zhou Yiwei also got a role, and if Lin Jiachuan has time, he can also play it.

Originally, Yan Li wanted to fight for the role of Jin Mulan for Qin Lan, but the crew had already decided on Pang Dan.

Yan Li and Pang Dan have some friendship, so it would be difficult to snatch her role.

Because the other female characters did not have enough screen time, Yan Li did not take action and planned to wait for the sequel.

By the way, Yan Li also thought of Huang Shengyi, but this girl was at a critical moment in her Star Girl interview, and he didn’t dare to be distracted for fear of delaying Stephen Chow’s movie, so he gave up.

Trust your employees. Since Li Xing is in charge of "Detective Di Renjie", Yan Li did not pay too much attention to it and just asked about it regularly.

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The second focus of work is the release of "Snow Goddess Dragon".

Although Yan Li secured the distribution rights for the play, Li Peng was not too confident and only gave him a portion of the business.

To put it bluntly, there are two distribution companies, each dividing the region and then selling dramas in their own "territory".

Local channels and city and county stations have limited influence areas. They sell as much as they can and then get paid based on the commission.

If it can be released to satellite TV, it will be first come first served and the highest bidder will win. The crew will sign with whoever negotiates the contract faster and with the better contract.

This kind of gameplay is not uncommon in the circle.

However, this is usually done to secure popular projects. Few distribution companies are interested in low-budget dramas like "Snow Goddess Dragon," let alone accepting such contracts. Yi An Film and Television was just starting out, with limited business. Plus, Yan Li was certain the show would be a hit, profitable, and needed to build awareness, so he took it.

The other distribution company seemed to be a newly established company and lacked confidence, so it agreed to the conditions of the "Snow Goddess Dragon" crew.

The distribution of "Snow Goddess Dragon" is personally led by Yan Li, and the newly recruited marketing director Xiao Guan is in charge.

Director Xiao, whose name sounds particularly trustworthy, was originally an account manager at an advertising agency.

To put it bluntly, it acts as an advertising intermediary between brand merchants and TV stations, which is not much different from film and television distribution.

Yan Li offered him a high salary to recruit him because of his outstanding sales ability and some connections at the TV station.

As long as Yan Li gives some pointers and you understand the ins and outs of film and television distribution, you can quickly get started and be able to handle things on your own.

Compared to the time when "Conquer" was first released, Yan Li has accumulated some connections and no longer has to travel so hard from city to city.

By making a few phone calls, you can locate the TV station and the person in charge with a higher probability, and then focus on public relations.

Again, when it comes to TV series distribution, as long as the first TV station sells it, it will reduce the hesitation and defensiveness of subsequent TV stations. The person in charge will have a clear explanation to both superiors and internally, and the difficulty of sales will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, it took Yan Li less than three days from the time he received the distribution contract to enter the final bargaining stage with the Hebei Provincial Film and Television Channel.
Not to mention the crew of "Snow Goddess Dragon", even the new marketing director Xiao Guan was shocked by the look in his eyes when he looked at Yan Li.

Sales wizard!

Before he had even figured out his idea for the release, Yan Li had already accurately found the target. After a drink, he made the other person relax and said that his name should be given to Yan Li.

Originally, Director Xiao was a bit arrogant about coming to such a startup company because of his resume and connections.

Yan Li's show of force made him behave himself, but at the same time he felt full of pressure.

The boss's sales ability is stronger than his as the marketing director. If he doesn't achieve some results, how will he survive in the company or even in the industry in the future?

So, Xiao Guan volunteered to contact his own channels and connections, and under Yan Li's instructions, he went to negotiate with several interested foreign TV stations.

This is also the reason why Yan Li recruited Xiao Guan into the company.

It would be a waste of his talent for him to handle the business himself. He could just rely on the system to take command and then let Xiao Guan lead the charge.

The profits of terrestrial channels and city and county stations are limited. Even if there is no system and the lowest price cannot be negotiated, a rough difference is acceptable.

After we have negotiated with several local TV stations to broadcast the film and create a certain influence, we will then contact them to arrange for it to be broadcast on satellite TV. Yan Li will then personally supervise or participate in the negotiations.

With Xiao Guan in charge of negotiation and public relations, Yan Li can also spare time and energy to advance the third priority of work -

The Seven Fairies

Or to be more precise, Yan Li used this project as an excuse to seek investment from financiers.

It was through contact that Yan Li discovered that this project was very suitable for attracting investment. The reason was simple: the crew needed a lot of actresses.

He disdained to ask Yan Li to use the actresses in the crew to do public relations to attract financial sponsors, which was almost like pimping.

However, by leaving one or two roles vacant and using them as bait, Yan Li can help bosses who need to promote someone to arrange some "good friends" or "godsisters". As long as the money paid is large, Yan Li doesn't mind helping enthusiastically.

Of course, it would be best if these good sisters were from the same circle, who were pretty and had certain acting skills, so that Yan Li could arrange them.

Otherwise, get some amateurs to laugh like they're crying, which will lower the quality of the TV series and affect the money-making...

(End of this chapter)