Sohu's current two CEOs are actually very clear in division of labor. Gu Yong is in charge of the inner and Zhang Chaoyang is in charge of the outer and

Attend the award ceremony, national publicity, press conferences, represent Sohu to attend the industry summit, and receive leaders at all levels who come to inspect. Zhang Chaoyang is responsible for these. Even Sohu's branches will be split and listed in the future, the IPO roadshow will allow Zhang Chaoyang to go on the run.

Anyway, Zhang Chaoyang likes to show off, so let him play enough and show off enough. He will be a sign of Sohu in the future.

Perfect use of your talents!

Zhang Chaoyang quickly adapted to his new role and took the initiative to take over the errands of purchasing copyrights for film and television dramas. This job seems to be a errand, but Zhang Chaoyang enjoyed it because he could deal with many powerful people in the entertainment industry. When negotiating the film purchase agreement, it was a common thing to ask two actresses to accompany him to accompany him to cooperate.

The Chinese entertainment circle is roughly divided into the following factions: Beijing circle (People's Arts School, Beijing Film School, Narrow Beijing circle), Northwest Circle, Northeast Circle, Shanghai Circle, Hong Kong Circle, and Taiwan Circle There was also a Guangdong circle in the 1990s, which could compete with the Beijing circle, but it gradually became colder in the new century.

With Jiang Wen's recommendation, Zhang Chaoyang quickly opened up the relationship between the Beijing circle.

Sohu Video bought more than 400 TV series in CCTV's TV Series Production Center alone, about 4,000 episodes. Some TV series have a length of 70 to 80 episodes, while some TV series only have a few episodes, and some simply only film one or two episodes, and many have not even been broadcast publicly.

No matter whether the filming was finished or not, Sohu bought it in a package, with a total cost of 1.6 million yuan, with an average price of 400 yuan per episode. These include the old versions of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Journey to the West" and "Dream of the Red Chamber".

In addition, some private film and television dramas that have not been released and have been broadcast were almost taken by Sohu at this price. For example, Chen Xiaoer and Xiaogang Cannon's company made some films that could not pass the review and were all sold in good movies. On average, each episode was even below 300 yuan, while the price of the movie was below 6,000 yuan per movie.

After a sweep in the Beijing Circle, Zhang Chaoyang was introduced to the Northwest Circle by Jiang Wen.

Most of the Northwest Circle's productions are art films, so they are also called "award-winning circle". In fact, many companies in this circle are located in Beijing.

Films by Lao Touzi, Photography by Gu, Chief Jia and others were swept away by Sohu Video. Some of these films are very expensive, each priced at 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, such as "Hero"; but most of them are very cheap, and you can buy a niche art film for two or three thousand yuan.

In general, the closer the production time and the more refined the production level, the higher the price of buying the film.

Zhang Chaoyang also walked away from major local film factories and bought a lot of high-quality products by Sohu. Take "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" for example. You can buy exclusive online copyright for 10,000 yuan, and it is a high-definition copy made by the Japanese side. It's simply too cost-effective!

Sohu Video plans to implement a free and paid dual-track system, and netizens can watch all the movies for free, but the pictures of these movies are very blurry. It’s not that Sohu Video is disgusting, but the quality of the old movies is just like that, and the conversion into high-definition pictures is too high for the Internet speed.

However, netizens can also recharge to become VIP members, and with the help of video caching technology, they can enjoy the movie viewing pleasure brought by high-definition picture quality.

In addition, Sohu Video also promises to major film and television companies that the profits generated by VIP members will be divided into 20% of the producer's permanent performance for the on-demand fee generated by VIP members to watch the high-definition version forever!

The high-definition conversion of film and television dramas is a hard work. Anyway, Sohu Video will specially launch a high-definition film and television area. Classic art films like "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" or Chinese blockbusters like "Hero", must be given priority.

The Chinese film industry is very miserable now, and Sohu Video has also increased revenue for the producers.

Take "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" for example. He won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Film and Best Actor, but he failed to sell a copy in China and could not be released in the theater at all. In the end, he could only sell it to CCTV Movie Channel for the recharge library.

Fortunately, a Japanese benzene distributor came to China to participate in an event and accidentally saw the video. He then bought the overseas distribution rights and took it back to Japanese benzene for release. "Nashan, Man, That Dog" was released in Japanese benzene for a year, and in those more than 10 screening rooms, the box office was sold for 350 million yen (more than 20 million yuan). The Japanese side also bought the copyright of the original author of the novel, created a collection of short stories, and sold books with the wind of the movie, and printed them five times in a year.

The Japanese side made a lot of money because the copyright fees were so low that they could be ignored.

The most funny thing is that after the Japanese benzene became popular, exports to domestic sales became popular in China. It brought glory to the country. CCTV Movie Channel then repeatedly broadcasted, schools and other institutions also organized movie viewing, and various movie seminars were held, but these had nothing to do with the producers.

Investors suffer heavy losses!

Even in two or three years, online movie viewing has become very popular. A small-cost film is sold to a video website, and the price is only about 10,000 yuan (not exclusive), and only two or three websites are willing to pay for the genuine version.

The TV series industry is not much better. At present, about two-fifths of the TV series produced every year cannot be played. After filming, they are thrown into the warehouse for dust. No matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat. These TV series are packaged and sold to Sohu. Even if they can only be sold for one or two hundred yuan per episode, the total number is tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. The production company is very happy, and it is use of waste.

Zhang Chaoyang only spent more than 8 million yuan to fill Sohu Video's copyright library, which made the technicians and editors tired.

Zhang Chaoyang was also very happy. He ran across the country in two months. He made friends with many film and television companies' bosses and producers, and met many entertainment stars. Well, Mr. Zhang had a lot of fun and even accompanied a female star to participate in the award ceremony at the end of the year.

When he returned to Shenghai again, Zhang Chaoyang no longer had any resentment and seemed to enjoy his current life very much. He was still Sohu's CEO outside. Although the news has been leaked, everyone thought that he took the initiative to promote Gu Yong General, which was similar to Duan Yongping and Wang Shitou's operations.

What's more, Zhang Chaoyang's shares have 1% more, and he has had a lot of fun than before.

"This time I met many film and television bosses, among which Hairun's boss is the most interesting," Zhang Chaoyang smiled with a cigarette in his mouth, "This man is a real Confucian businessman and a cultural businessman. I can chat with him very much."

Song Weiyang nodded and said, "Haiyan is indeed amazing."

Zhang Chaoyang also said: "I think Sohu can set up a film and television company that specializes in investing in film and television dramas, and I will be responsible for this idea in the future. Gu Yongjiang also supports this idea. He originally wanted to do the film and television entertainment industry, and before joining Sohu, he also invested in film and television projects."

"Yes." Song Weiyang smiled. He recognized Zhang Chaoyang's vision in this regard. Sohu Video has indeed invested in some popular products, at least it is much more reliable than Ma Xiaoyun's filming.

"Then I'll make it that way. When I go back, I will set up a film and television investment company," Zhang Chaoyang said happily. "Now I'm optimistic about a movie, and I think it's worth investing in."

"What movie?" Song Weiyang asked.

"The name is "Bright Sword", which is adapted from a novel," said Zhang Chaoyang. "When I met Haiyan, he was in a hurry to attract investment and recommended the original novel to me. The novel was well written, but the adaptation was a bit difficult, and it would definitely not be reviewed last year."

Song Weiyang asked: "How can we pass the trial this year?"

Zhang Chaoyang smiled and said, "To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the victory of anti-Faesus, as long as the war movies are not messed up, they will be green all the way."

In fact, as early as 2001, the copyright of "Bright Sword" was bought by two companies one after another. However, the script was too difficult to change and could not be reviewed even if it was modified, so both companies gave up. At the beginning of this year, police and gangster films were suddenly not allowed to be broadcast during prime time, so TV drama companies looked for new types of dramas, and war films and spy war dramas became the first choice.

The investment budget of "Bright Sword" is as high as 16 million yuan, which is an absolute big deal. Due to the high production cost, Hairun found several other companies to invest in the project after the project was established, but only three were willing to try it, because if the film is not paid attention to, it will be cut off by the film review.

While Zhang Chaoyang was drinking with Haiyan, Haiyan was worried about investment, so he wanted to fool Sohu into spending money and spread the prospects of the drama "Bright Sword" to a huge splash.

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "I have also read the novel "Bright Sword". You can invest. You can do it and take the exclusive online copyright of this drama."
Chapter completed!