Chapter 013: Work Online
With the hands of Huasheng Technology, the most difficult and most expensive filming stage in the film and television industry has become the easiest stage. Some of the big guys try to direct movies, while others try to direct long dramas. The types are mainly science fiction, war, and fantasy, all of which involve the ultimate special effects of large scenes.
Like Li Chuan, everyone is completely "temporary worker" in creation, not heart-wrenching. After all, it is just a look at the basic knowledge of the industry and the requirements cannot be too high.
However, the ultimate special effects and shocking scenes are the biggest advantages. The biggest difficulty facing temporary directors like them is the method of expressing the story, because there is no shooting problem with the unexpected equipment. As long as the imagination is in place, the scene will definitely be there.
The difficulty is how to tell a good story and how to resonate with the audience.
Therefore, the topics you choose are to avoid disadvantages as much as possible. As long as you have big scenes, popcorn, adrenaline, and not literary style. The simple and crude popcorn commercial blockbuster style is the best choice.
This time, everyone fought for forty-five days and finally took shape.
Li Chuan basically does not participate in the daily operation and management of Huasheng Technology, giving Qiao Hongwen enough autonomy. He just occasionally checks the company's situation. As the helmsman of Huasheng, what Li Chuan has to do is to master the rudder of Huasheng's big ship. If you really want to say that, then he will be the executives of Huasheng.
Leaders should do what leaders should do, and executors should do what executors should do, each in their own position and their own duties, so that they can develop healthily.
Today, when Li Chuan came to Huasheng, Qiao Hongwen came to his office to report on the company's current situation.
"Peanuts Network has been online for a while, and the client versions of Android and Apple have also passed the final test and can be launched at any time. In addition, the production line of hardware equipment is expected to start in one week. It is not large in scale, and there is only one production line." Qiao Hongwen briefly reported, and the two sat on the sofa.
Li Chuan nodded and said, "Peanut.com is now empty. How are the post-production soundtracks of some works ready? How long will it take to be online?"
"It can be as fast as one week, and at most ten days and half a month. There are eight works that can be launched while doing the post-production. The promotion has also been arranged properly, but there is not much publicity expenditure. Based on the company's existing funds, only two million will be left. It seems that Huasheng should consider financing." Qiao Hongwen said that 2 million is a huge wealth for ordinary people, but it is really not worth mentioning when it comes to publicity.
You should know that the promotional expenses are extremely expensive. Typically, in the film industry, the production cost of a Hollywood A-level production is US$200 million, but the promotional expenses often exceed the production cost of the movie. For example, the cost of "Avatar" exceeds US$500 million, and the promotional expenses account for more than half of it.
"Finding?" Li Chuan shook his head slowly and said, "Huasheng does not raise funds and does not go public. It will not be possible now, and it will not be possible in the future."
"No financing? How can the money gap come about?" Qiao Hongwen asked Li Chuan's friend in surprise what he said, and he didn't understand, especially those who have been in the mall for many years and have started businesses many times are even more incredible.
The first priority of a startup company is not to make money and make profits. The first thing to consider is to gain a firm foothold, survive, and then occupy the market and establish a position. Almost all startups hope to attract venture capital and meet VC angels.
Qiao Hongwen is well aware of Huasheng's future potential and prospects and is a real super unicorn.
Startups with a valuation of $1 billion are unicorns, while companies with a valuation of $10 billion are super unicorns. Even Huasheng Technology, which has the power of subversiveness, has the potential to become a giant. It is definitely the kind of VCs who are shouting, begging, and rushing to wield money to invest in your company.
Moreover, with visible potential and money, the investment and shareholding ratio must be much different than that of ordinary companies. An investment of 10 million may be able to acquire 40% of the shares of other startups, but in Huasheng, 4% is impossible.
Huasheng Technology is definitely the startup that has no worries about no one spending money on you, so Qiao Hongwen can't understand why he doesn't raise funds.
"It's not that I resist foreign capital, but that financing does not conform to Huasheng's future strategic layout. You will understand it in the future." Li Chuan didn't want to explain too much now, and added: "I'll find a way to solve the problem of money. All plans can be carried out according to your schedule. Money will never become a stumbling block for Huasheng's progress."
"no problem."
Li Chuan said this, so Qiao Hongwen naturally has no point. Anyway, he promised that the money was in place, so how the money came about, it was not a headache for him.
"Then let's release "Fighting Break the Sky" first. This drama may save us a lot of publicity and distribution costs." Li Chuan thought for a while and made a decision.
Qiao Hongwen couldn't help but laugh and said, "Dr. Li and I thought of going together. I studied its IP for this drama. The popularity and influence of the predecessor novels, especially the industry influence on the Internet, is quite amazing. Big data will not deceive people. However, since the adaptation of this work is very unsuccessful, whether it is anime or a film or a TV series, it is consumed overdrawing the IP. The version produced by Huasheng is comparable to the movie-level special effects scene. There are all kinds of big scenes. If it is released, if the huge fan group of the work can form a 'tap water' effect, it is very likely to trigger the topic. It is more effective than investing tens of millions of promotion costs."
Upon hearing this, Li Chuan nodded with a smile. It was indeed the hero who saw the same thing. After a moment, he emphasized: "The publicity and distribution department, the public relations department, and especially the public relations department are always ready. The pressure will definitely come with it. Once the work is launched, it will definitely attract the attention of the copyright owner."
But then again, although Huasheng Technology has produced a season of movie-level "Fighting Break the Sky" without the copyright permission, it has no commercial profitability. As soon as the work was launched on Peanut Network, it is not exclusively released. Other video websites can also be reproduced without any commercial behavior, so it does not constitute infringement of the work.
In professional terms, this is called personal appreciation behavior.
Having said that, some disputes and war of words are certainly inevitable, so what should be prepared must be prepared.
"I have an idea. After the work is launched, you can go to the copyright holder to discuss cooperation issues with sincerity. After the negotiation is completed, you can cooperate in depth. If the negotiation is not done, then you will maintain the status quo. But why not? Ha~~" Qiao Hongwen smiled. Li Chuan couldn't help but smile and nodded in agreement.
If the copyright holder cooperates sincerely, Peanut Network can consider initial revenue generation.
A week later, Peanut.com's Android version and iOS version of mobile client APP were quietly launched. At the same time, Peanut.com finally entered its first content work "Fighting Break the Sky", which was reviewed and approved ten days ago. Since it is an online drama type, the threshold is much lower and the efficiency is quite fast.
As a video website, Peanut.com is also considered an alternative, as if it is a video website specially made for a drama.
Chapter completed!