Chapter 127 Where Does the Royalties Come From? (Updated and Modified in the Previous Chapter)

Cheng Fei, who was about to stand up and say goodbye, glanced at Mr. Yang suspiciously.

It seems that everything has been discussed. Is there anything else Mr. Yang has to do?

"I have already finalized the script, so I won't worry about it anymore." How could Yang Ruoqian, who was bent on increasing his own investment costs, hand over such a money-burning matter to Cheng Fei? He immediately asked to take care of it himself.

Purchasing the rights is no small expense.

Even for a novel with extremely poor sales, it would cost at least 100,000 yuan to purchase the copyright.

Yang Ruoqian can bargain at any price, and he can get it to at least 200,000.

Cheng Fei was stunned for a moment when she heard this weird request: "You are also responsible for the script? Then isn't there too little that we need to do?"

Chengyu Media is both an investor and a producer.

Generally speaking, the main responsibilities are responsible for coordinating the script, assembling the film crew, calculating costs, performing shooting and post-production tasks, formulating and implementing promotion plans, preparing review materials and obtaining distribution and screening licenses, etc.

Initially, Cheng Fei only planned to leave the task of finding suitable actors in setting up the film crew to the agency. But after a brief discussion today, she found that she suddenly had a lot less to do.

Seeing Yang Ruoqian's intention, he could directly coordinate the script, directly form the entire film crew, and be responsible for the shooting tasks. Even the cost issue, he also gave Chengyu Media a shot in the arm.

With so many things, can a medium-sized brokerage company really do it...

But after thinking about Yang Ruoqian's confident guarantee and the promised gambling agreement, she put aside her doubts.

There will be no company rushing to lose money. Mr. Yang is so confident that he must be at least 89% sure that he can make a lot of money.

"Okay, I'll leave the script coordination task to you as well." Cheng Fei nodded, "Our capital investment in the script is initially set at 500,000. If it is lower than this number, you can withdraw it at will. If it is higher than this number, we will discuss it separately."

Yang Ruoqian was a little frightened.

The screenwriting cost of 500,000 is really worth it.

Most of the cost of filming an online drama is in the actors' salary and special effects. The cost of an episode ranges from 2 million to tens of millions.

The proportion of screenwriting costs can almost be said to be negligible.

Generally speaking, even if you hire a well-known screenwriter, the cost of writing an episode is only tens of thousands, and a budget of 500,000 is enough to shoot 24 episodes.

Of course, in order to increase the cost, I will not invest a penny.

Yang Ruoqian complained in his heart and stood up with a smile: "Then I wish us a happy cooperation."

"Okay, see you next week." Cheng Fei stood up and took the initiative to shake hands with Yang Ruoqian, "Mr. Yang had better finalize the actors as soon as possible. Our schedule is relatively tight. The budget is 1 million per episode. Mr. Yang will press Just use this standard to select people.”

Originally, Cheng Fei wanted to find at least one popular star to support the scene, but since there was no such candidate in Yang Ruoqian's plan, Cheng Fei would naturally lower the salary budget and increase the special effects budget accordingly.

After saying that, Cheng Fei left the coffee shop with his assistant, and when he left, he glanced meaningfully at the Yutang Internet Cafe opposite.

For such a sincere partner, she felt that she had an obligation to remind Yang Ruoqian of the potential profit value of this Internet cafe.

Yang Ruoqian can be considered a more or less successful boss. He should be able to react immediately after being reminded like this.

Yang Ruoqian, who was also packing his things and preparing to leave, felt a little wary when he saw Cheng Fei's action.

What does this action mean?

Is it possible that Cheng Fei noticed the potential commercial value of Yutang Internet Cafe and wanted to invest or acquire it?

No, this possibility must be eliminated.

Although the system does not allow Yang Ruoqian to operate passively, such as completely rejecting cooperation invitations from any advertisers, it does not mean that he cannot improve cooperation standards or limit advertising spaces.

Yang Ruoqian, the operation project of YTG (Fish Pond GAMING), has now been completely handed over to Weng Ziqin’s team.

However, due to various strict restrictions on advertisers, so far, Ruan Min'er has only one sponsor for the e-sports team. Even with Ruan Min'er's considerable live broadcast income, the revenue is not enough to cover the team's expenses.

It is an extremely stable large hole.

As long as this hole remains, Yang Ruoqian can continue to lose money and eat up the system's subsidies.

The subsidy for version 2.0 system is the same as the bonus for version 1.0. It will be divided into two tranches, which will be credited to Yang Ruoqian’s personal account and the company’s public account respectively.

In other words, no matter how much the loss is, the system will make up for the loss after the quarterly settlement!

With such a powerful subsidy mechanism, who wants to make a profit and take a small commission?

If Cheng Fei takes a fancy to this Internet cafe, or simply takes a fancy to Ruan Min'er's team, injects some capital, and then sponsors it, wouldn't Yang Ruoqian lose money... and even lose his underwear?

Jingle Bell……

Thinking like this, Yang Ruoqian's cell phone suddenly displayed an incoming call.

The caller was Weng Ziqin, the operations manager.

"Mr. Yang, good news!" Weng Ziqin's excited voice came as soon as the call was connected.

Clang.

Yang Ruoqian slumped down on a chair in the cafe.

If it weren't for Lin Cao watching at the scene, Yang Ruoqian must maintain his dignity as a boss, and his face would have darkened now.

"What good news? Tell it slowly and see if there is any remediation... any opportunity to deepen it." Yang Ruoqian's tone was calm.

Weng Ziqin said excitedly: "Don't Ruan Miner's teams all use xx brand peripherals? The manufacturer just called us and said they could pay an endorsement fee!"

"Reject them!" Yang Ruoqian said directly without thinking.

However, the system immediately issued a warning.

[It is detected that the host is trying to operate passively (advertise to others and actively refuse advertising fees), the host is not allowed to perform such illegal operations! 】

Weng Ziqin was stunned: "Ah? Reject, reject?"

But they just wanted to send me a sum of money, and you refused?

Ruan Min'er's team is currently losing money every month. Finally, a sponsor comes to the door. Why does Mr. Yang refuse?

Yang Ruoqian looked at the system panel and felt fierce in his heart: "From now on, all our peripherals and trademarks will be withheld. If you want to advertise, just follow the normal process. They must meet the standards I set before."

"Remember, ads that do not meet the standards will not be accepted, otherwise it will easily damage the image of the company and the team. Do you understand?"

This time, the system did not send another warning to Yang Ruoqian.

Because after deducting the peripheral trademark, it does not count as advertising to others, so it is natural to refuse to accept advertising fees.

Weng Ziqin replied seriously: "I understand, Mr. Yang!"

After saying that, the other party hung up the phone.

Yang Ruoqian could not help but breathe a sigh of relief after successfully resolving the profit crisis.

One advertising sponsor that meets the standards has greatly reduced Ruan Miner's team's ability to make losses. What if another one comes in?

At present, the company's e-sports projects are basically the same as other profitable projects. As long as this web drama can make a loss, the matter of receiving subsidies is a certainty.

After settling all the matters, Yang Ruoqian turned to look at Lin Cao and asked, "Have you learned the way I handled things today?"

Didn't learn it at all...

I can't even understand Mr. Yang's motivation for doing this.

Lin Cao nodded vigorously and said firmly: "Mr. Yang, I have completely learned it!"

Yang Ruoqian was very pleased: "Just learn it."

Look, he is worthy of being a person who came from a big company. He has strong learning ability and high understanding. He only had to negotiate a business with me once and he completely learned his own style of doing things.

The employees I hired before, especially Shao Yiqi, had poor understanding and caused trouble to me all day long.

"Very good, I will give you the script later. You select the actors according to the content in the script. After you have made your selection, remember to let me review it. This task is very important, and you must pay attention to it."

Although Lin Cao seemed to be an outrageously...reliable employee, it was his first time working after all, and Yang Ruoqian, who was eager to be grateful, could not completely leave the work to him.

After all, a good actor is very likely to save the entire show.

"Understood!" Lin Cao was full of enthusiasm, "I promise to crush the web dramas produced by Yuefu!"

…

A small city next to Gimhae.

He Chen was typing quickly on the computer in a rented house with a nice environment.

Since the last time he browsed the homepage of Kuangguang Company in public and almost caused a family conflict, he gave up the idea of ​​looking for a job in Jinhai City, picked up his previous hobby, and started writing novels on the Internet platform.

Although his writing skills are not good, his stories are old-fashioned, and he does not earn much in royalties, but until he finds a job, it can be regarded as an income and he can barely make ends meet.

After writing a chapter, He Chen stretched his muscles, opened the background of the writing software, and said to himself: "Look at this monthly manuscript fee."

When he saw the row of numbers on the income display, He Chen was stunned.

"Hmm?! Where did this 100,000 yuan royalties come from?!"

“Copyright income?!”

"And it's a piece of junk fiction I wrote randomly in high school?"

This kind of more exaggerated novel does not mean that there is no market after it is written. On the contrary, there is still a large audience...

But the problem is, He Chen's writing is not good!

Otherwise, why would a novel of several hundred thousand words only earn a total of more than 300 yuan in royalties?

This zombie writing style that always smiles evilly, the mentally retarded plot that always kneels down and kowtows to apologize, the protagonist who always tilts his mouth to the sky, I don’t know how many readers have criticized him...

Now someone actually paid such a high price to buy the copyright of his crappy book!

Do you think you have too much money?

Forget it, I have earned the copyright fees anyway, so just do whatever you like...

Behind me, my girlfriend’s voice also came: “Ah Chen, I’ve been writing for a long time, why don’t you take a break?”

rest……

Thinking about the 100,000 yuan in royalties that I had just received, a feeling of laziness suddenly came to my mind.

He Chen directly issued a request for leave at the end of the chapter of his novel, turned off the computer, stood up and left.

"I won't write today, I'll take you out to play!"

(Additional update for those who have guessed the plot, the monthly ticket numbers are almost there, and one update is still due)