Chinese Entertainment Intelligence King

Chapter 95 Yan Li: What’s the point of earning tens of millions? I don’t have the sense of accomplishment of an actor.
"Ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-four..."

Yan Li, shirtless, was doing push-ups in the living room, while Qin Lan sat beside him and counted for him.

After counting to one hundred, Yan Li stopped, relaxed the muscles in his arms and shoulders, took the towel handed to him by Qin Lan and wiped the sweat off his face.

If you are stuck at home and can’t go out every day, you can only do some indoor exercises.

Qin Lan was physically weak and would often beg for mercy or go on strike, so Yan Li had no choice but to practice on his own.

Speaking of which, Yan Li didn't know whether it was because of the system, or because he became accustomed to long-term self-disciplined exercise after becoming an actor, but his physical fitness and physical energy were indeed much better than before.

I did a hundred standard push-ups in one breath, and I didn't even feel tired afterwards.

When Yan Li was in martial arts school, he practiced martial arts every day. It was also a period of rapid physical development. He ate a lot and recovered quickly. He was as strong as a calf. The amount of exercise was nothing to him.

Later, I left the martial arts school and stopped practicing. After studying for a few years, I gradually became lazy and declined a lot.

In the past year, Yan Li felt that he had regained some of the state he was in martial arts school back then, and he was even more stable and persistent, and his energy was even stronger.

Qin Lan had just started dating him and wasn't very clear about this. The person who felt it most deeply should be Dong Xuan, who had been with Yan Li the longest.

I am becoming more and more unable to stand Yan Li. Sometimes I will deliberately find excuses to go back to the dormitory to avoid him. Even now, I often indulge Yan Li in his new tricks, but in fact, it is just a half-hearted way to distract his attention.

Including Huang Shengyi, just understanding her thoughts and some pocket money are not enough to make her so honest.

Her ex-boyfriend Jia Nailiang was very obedient to her and was not stingy when spending her living expenses, but Huang Shengyi still broke up with him.

So it was Yan Li who knew how to communicate. Every time he met her, he would personally appease her resentment, which made her let go of her dissatisfaction and be obedient.

...

I was planning to take a break and do some more sit-ups, squats, plank exercises, etc.

The above is a training method triggered by the intelligence system. It is said that these actions are more beneficial to men.

Although Yan Li is quite confident and satisfied with himself, it does not prevent him from pursuing the challenge of higher mountains. After all, he has nothing to do.

"Drink some water."

Qin Lan handed the cup to Yan Li. When Yan Li exercised, she was usually by his side. She was very happy to watch Yan Li exercise.

It not only prevented Yan Li from exerting all his strength on her, but the key movements combined with Yan Li's muscles and figure were very pleasing to the eye, which was more attractive to her than those in TV dramas anyway.

While drinking water, Yan Li saw the text message sent to him by a company employee.

The ratings of the first broadcast of "Conquer" on Tianjin Satellite TV have been compiled and sent to his email.

Some time ago, due to the high revenue from "Conquest", the business volume also increased, and the previous few people were a bit insufficient, so Yi'an Film and Television also expanded accordingly.

The office location expanded from one storefront to two, and the number of employees also exceeded the double-digit mark.

The newly recruited personnel include Yan Li’s secretary Hu Ya, a full-time financial officer, a vice president in charge of daily company operations and management, and the rest are mainly sales/public relations personnel.

After all, the main business of "Conquer" in the future is to continue selling dramas.

Yan Li was personally responsible for following up on the big contracts, while the small contracts with low amounts were left to this group of people.

Although these people's sales efficiency and negotiation skills are not even a little bit worse than Yan Li's.

But Yan Li was too busy to handle everything, so he could only focus on the big ones and let the small ones go.

Fortunately, "Conquer" has become famous now, and the difficulty of sales has been greatly reduced. Although the sales team is not as powerful as Yan Li's, there is still income.

With people under his command, Yan Li no longer has to personally take care of some small chores.

For example, the company will have someone responsible for collecting the premiere data and market feedback and sending them to him.

“Being the boss is comfortable.”

Yan Li recalled that if the system intelligence was not triggered before, if he wanted to know the first broadcast data, he would have to wait at the TV station for someone to tell him. He called each TV station every day until his mobile phone battery was hot.

Now you just need to wait at home, open your computer email at the appointed time, and you can see everything at a glance.

Comparing the two, no wonder everyone wants to climb up desperately!

When he opened the email, he found that it not only contained the specific data of "Conquer", but also the competitors, allowing Yan Li to understand the situation more accurately.

When "Conquer" premiered, it had an average national viewership rating of 3.75% and a market share of approximately 6.1%, ranking fourth during the same period.

"Ouch."

Yan Li's eyes lit up. It was indeed worthy of being a TV series certified by the system. The strength was indeed extraordinary.

Beforehand, he thought that the drama "Conquer" had good performance, but after all, it was a premiere drama, and it was facing high-quality dramas from major satellite TV stations across the country.

Moreover, CCTV and other first-tier satellite TV stations have their own platform bonuses and a stable audience base.

In addition, it was during the SARS period, which forced many people to stay at home and watch TV, further exacerbating the intensity of competition and uncertainty.

Therefore, Yan Li left some room for the premiere performance of "Conquer". As long as it can ensure that it is in the top ten during the same period, it will be considered a victory.

After all, at this stage, the performance of the first broadcast of a TV series is important, but what is more important is the number of rebroadcasts.

A considerable proportion of TV dramas have mediocre first-run data, but then continue to gain momentum in reruns and eventually take the lead to become the hot dramas of the year.

Some dramas with extremely impressive first-run data may also be short-lived. After a brief period of glory, they receive little subsequent attention and are forgotten in the corner.

Yan Li had personally witnessed that "Conquer" was a small hit in Tianjin, but became a huge hit in Nanjing.

So he understood what it meant to not fight for a short period of time, but for a long period of time.

Yan Li did not intend to hit the target with one shot at the beginning, but planned to increase the stakes layer by layer.

The first broadcast creates a reputation, which brings favorable conditions for subsequent rebroadcasts. By constantly creating splashes and waves, one after another, and accumulating power, there will always be waves surging and rushing to the forefront.

But I didn't expect "Conquer" to be so powerful. There was no need to stack waves to accumulate power. Huge waves were created as soon as the wind blew.

As long as he can make it into the top three of the same period, no, as long as he can stay in the top five of the same period, Yan Li will make a fortune by getting the final first-round broadcast rights of "Conquest".

"Haha, I'm rich."

Yan Li hugged Qin Lan who was beside him and gave her a big kiss. Qin Lan was confused at first, and only after asking did she find out that the first broadcast of Yan Li’s company’s project was a huge hit.

Qin Lan didn't know the details of Yan Li's operation of "Conquer", so she asked curiously, "Can we make 100 million?"

100?
Yan Li couldn't help but shake his head. With this performance of the first broadcast, if the replay was well coordinated, if a TV station couldn't negotiate a 500 million contract, he would be considered a loser.

If it was a monopoly, he would dare to ask for eight figures!
Qin Lan saw Yan Li shaking his head and misunderstood what he meant. She kissed Yan Li and spoke to encourage and comfort him.

"A few hundred thousand is already great, much more than what I make from filming. I'm just starting a business, so I'll take it slow."

Yan Li laughed and was about to explain when Qin Lan suddenly made a suggestion.

"Hey, you have money now, why don't we buy a house."

Yan Li was stunned: "Huh?"

"Look."

Qin Lan counted on her fingers and said, "I've saved some money from filming. If you add some, it will be enough for the down payment."

"We often travel for business and filming, and I always feel like I'm losing money by renting a house and leaving it empty. It's more cost-effective to buy a house."

"And I've read expert analysis that housing prices will continue to rise in the future, so buy early and profit early."

Looking at Qin Lan, who was analyzing the situation very clearly and had even begun to imagine how to decorate her future home, Yan Li swallowed back his words of explanation.

"Ahem, what the experts say isn't always accurate. The company is just starting out and we're short on funds, so it's better to hold off on buying a house."

"That's right." Qin Lan nodded, thinking that what Yan Li said made sense. They were still young and had to work hard to build their careers first. There was no rush to buy a house.

"By the way, is your company short of money? I still have some, would you like to use it?"

"..."

Yan Li was embarrassed for once, and quickly waved his hands: "No, it's enough for now."

Qin Lan thought he was embarrassed, so she put her arms around Yan Li's neck, her eyes full of tenderness and love, and said in a warm voice.

"Why are you being so polite to me? Just use it first. When 'My Fair Princess 3' is released, my salary will definitely increase. I can earn more money then."

"Well, let's talk about it later. I'll reply to an email first."

Yan Li was a little afraid to look at Qin Lan's eyes and forced himself to change the subject.

Seeing this, Qin Lan pinched his nose in amusement, but did not try to persuade him any further.

She knew that Yan Li was a bit chauvinistic.

After their relationship became ambiguous, he basically paid for everything when they went out to play and bought things, and sometimes she was a little unhappy when she had to pay the bill.

With Yan Li's personality, he would never ask his woman for money no matter how difficult it was.

Forget it. When the time comes, I'll transfer the money to his card. It's a done deal, so he can keep it.

Qin Lan did not disturb Yan Li from working, and went to the bedroom with a magazine to read.

After she left, Yan Li took out his cigarette box depressedly, smoked a cigarette, and sighed deeply.

Dong Xuan didn't want money before, but now Qin Lan gives him money.

What the hell should I do?

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In the next few days, Yan Li felt depressed and happy.

What made him depressed was that he found out through the system that Qin Lan really intended to give him money, but she was afraid that it was not enough, so she secretly called home to ask for more.

Yan Li wanted to clarify that he was rich, but he was afraid that Qin Lan would be eager to buy a house and settle down, so he could use a series of tricks to smoothly move in together, make an official announcement, and urge them to get married.

Will he accept it then?

Yan Li understood that if he continued like this, he would be in danger of being trapped by Qin Lan. It was still not too late for him to withdraw, but he was a little reluctant.

In the end, I could only let go of my worries and decide to take it one step at a time and see what happens later.

As for happiness, it is naturally because "Conquer" performed well.

The national average viewership rating remained stable at around 5%, with the highest viewership rating nearly breaking 10. During the same period, the ranking remained stable in the top three, reaching as high as second place.

Unfortunately, the first place is "The Story of a Noble Family" on CCTV-7, which has a stable average viewership of over and is difficult to surpass.

However, this result is already very outstanding!

During the same period, apart from "The Story of a Noble Family" and Su Youpeng's version of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", which performed steadily and achieved outstanding results, "Conquer" was the most popular.

Sun Honglei, who plays the key role of Liu Huaqiang in the whole play, has become a huge star this time.

Due to SARS, print media was restricted, but online reports and popularity about Sun Honglei continued to rise.

Yan Li also learned through the intelligence system that Sun Honglei's pay had skyrocketed dozens of times.

When he was filming "Conquer", his salary per episode was only 1000 yuan. Now, some crews have contacted him and offered him 2 yuan per episode.

The key point is that "Conquer" has only just premiered. As the influence of the TV series continues to ferment, Sun's future salary will probably increase.

Become famous with one play!
However, this is not a rare thing nowadays. It is not just Sun Honglei. There are many people who became famous with one drama in May alone.

For example, Gao Yuanyuan in "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" had some fame before, but not very popular. Zhou Zhiruo in "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" made her remembered by countless audiences.

There are also the male and female protagonists of "The Story of a Noble Family" Chen Kun and Dong Jie.

The former successfully became one of the popular young actors, and was known as the three heroes of Beijing Film Academy together with his old classmates Xiaoyanzi and Huang Xiaoming.

The latter is also very popular, and she debuted as a "Mou Girl", so she is expected to become the next Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi.

In addition, "Jade Guanyin", which is currently being broadcast on the Beijing terrestrial channel, is also very popular because it is a Taiwanese drama.

Tong Dawei has finally entered the mainstream attention, and the female lead Sun Li is also highly regarded by the industry.

Looking at these actors who have become famous, especially the young actors, Yan Li still feels a little envious.

Wu Tian in "Conquer" has too few roles. Even if it is broadcast on TV, the fame it brings to him is probably very limited. At most, he can be familiar to some viewers, but he is still far from becoming famous.
"Ugh."

Yan Li sighed helplessly, then resigned himself to his fate and went back to work.

"Director Zhang, the total price of 650 million cannot be reduced by a penny."

"Exclusive? The price for exclusive is really not enough. At least add another 500 million."

"For your sake, I'll give you my lowest price: 600 million. Seriously, I wouldn't even bother with anyone else."

"I'm sorry about the discount on the advertising contract, but we don't have any plans for this at the moment. We'll have a chance to cooperate next time."

"Xiao Zheng, the two houses we had before were a bit low-end. Are there any better ones? Please keep an eye out for me. Yes, I won't consider anything under a million. A courtyard house is also fine."

"Jiachuan, go search for cars online. Leave the Santana to Xiao Liu and the others for business. Let's get a new car. The price range is tentatively set at 30 to 50 yuan. We can raise it if we find a better one."

"..."

Yan Li hung up the phone, looking a little depressed.

He doesn't get to enjoy the limelight in front of the stage, and has to worry about all the mess behind the scenes.

Fortunately, he still gained something. Since he did not get the sense of accomplishment as an actor, he could only use tens of millions of profits, millions of real estate, hundreds of thousands of luxury cars and other mundane things to fill the emptiness in his heart.

...

Opening the bedroom door, Yan Li hugged Qin Lan, who was watching TV, with a somewhat depressed look, and said nothing.

Qin Lan knew that Yan Li had been feeling disappointed these days because of the popularity of the drama "Conquest" but not as a celebrity, and he was in a bad mood occasionally. She hugged him gently and coaxed him patiently.

"I believe that with your ability, you will become famous sooner or later."

"Really?"

"real."

"But I still can't be happy."

Seeing this, Qin Lan gritted her teeth and whispered a few words into Yan Li's ear. Yan Li's eyes lit up and he stretched out his hand and made a gesture.

"Five times."

Qin Lan was not happy: "Don't go too far."

Yan Li tilted his head, his tone desolate: "Alright, I can be fine by myself."

Qin Lan knew that Yan Li was being a rogue, but she just couldn't bear it and could only bargain quietly.

The two of them exchanged several exchanges and even played rock-paper-scissors. Finally, Yan Li got what he wanted and sat down on the sofa. Qin Lan hesitated for a moment and slowly lowered her head...

(End of this chapter)