Two things.

First, take down the video website Niconico. Second, get the idol group’s management company.

From Zhou Buqi's point of view, it is actually the same thing.

Enter the Japanese entertainment industry!

Zhou Buqi went to Jieyu Media and was a little surprised to see many male employees. In the past, Jieyu Media had only female employees. Has Xu Baihui changed her concept of personnel?

Xu Baihui was in a meeting. Zhou Buqi went to wait for more than ten minutes before Xu Baihui returned to the office a little tired.

Zhou Buqi asked: "Where is Sister Bao?"

Xu Baihui said angrily: "I only know how to care about your sister Jiabao, my throat is about to smoke!"

Zhou Buqi laughed and stood up to help her pour water. He asked curiously: "Have you started recruiting male employees?"

Xu Baihui said: "There is no way, there are not enough women. To do this business... men are more suitable. There are many occasions where it is inconvenient for women to go. And the business is increasing, so we need to increase the manpower."

"How's the funding?"

“Very rich!”

Mentioning this, Xu Baihui was very happy, saying that the first season of "The Voice" has come to an end, and Jieyu Media's share of the account exceeded 150 million yuan. Next, it's time to play Running Man again.

With two popular variety shows, Jieyu Media is already the largest reality show production company in China.

In addition, there is also "Job Search Master" and "If You Are the One" which is currently being planned...

Seeing that she was talking enthusiastically, Zhou Buqi waved his hand and interrupted her, "Have you ever thought about developing abroad?"

"What?"

Xu Baihui was stunned for a moment.

Zhou Buqi said: "'Running Man' and 'The Voice', how good are they? Especially 'The Voice'. Music has no borders. This program can become popular in China, and it will also have an audience abroad."

"

Xu Baihui looked at him warily, "Boss Zhou, what are you trying to do? Ziweixing's business is not developing well in Japan. Do you want to drag me into the business?"

Zhou Buqi clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Clever!"

Xu Baihui almost died of anger, "I won't go! No money!"

"Didn't you just say you have money? There is 370 million in cash in your account!"

"I have to keep the money and go to Hollywood to buy the copyright for Platter Investment. Didn't you arrange it for me?"

"Then the money isn't enough?"

Zhou Buqi shook his head.

Xu Baihui said: "Prepare 50 million U.S. dollars to participate in the platter investment of 3-4 movies. Cooperate with Disney, Warner, etc., and you can increase the popularity of Jieyu Media in one go. I heard that some platter funds are already selling off

The movie's platter shares are about to exit."

Zhou Buqi said: "Where are we now? It's still early. The financial crisis hasn't completely broken out yet."

"Boss Zhou, what do you mean?" Xu Baihui looked suspicious, and then said solemnly, "I can tell you that I have been planning to participate in platter investment and cooperate with Hollywood giants to make movies for a long time. You can't deny it to me. Variety Show

No matter how good the programs are, Jieyu Media can only be a second- or third-rate entertainment company. If it wants to become a first-rate entertainment company, it must make some gains in the film business."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand and said, "I know, don't rush to invest in a platter. The time has not come yet. The US$50 million you have in your account is a bit low. When the time comes, I will personally get you another US$50 million for your movie."

Dreams can come true.”

"real?"

Xu Baihui's eyes were sharp.

"It's all little things."

"Okay, tell me, what can I do for you? You can also accompany me in bed."

Zhou Buqi glared at her and said seriously: "You guessed it right, Ziweixing's Japanese business has suffered some setbacks, and I may need your help."

Xu Baihui said in surprise: "We really want to promote "The Voice" to Japan? Can't we? Japan's music market is extremely developed and the competition is extremely fierce. It's even more exaggerated than in Europe and the United States, let alone China..."

Zhou Buqi interrupted her, "An exaggeration is an exaggeration, and there may not be no chance. Don't draw a conclusion on this matter now. Later, you can conduct a comprehensive investigation of the Japanese film and television industry and learn more about it. The entertainment industries of China and Japan in recent years

There are more and more exchanges, and there should be people who know the business."

Xu Baihui nodded lightly, "It's easy to find out. I've also heard that Japan's entertainment industry is very backward... It's not that it's backward, it's very advanced. What I mean is that their operating model is too old and is no different from twenty or thirty years ago.

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Zhou Buqi said: "I know, what I want to say now is another thing, you have to help me immediately. Take out a sum of money and go to Japan to buy the online copyrights of cartoons. The more, the better.

"

“Buy the copyright again!”

Xu Baihui felt a little angry after hearing this.

The year before last, Boss Zhou had already arranged for Ziweixing and Jieyu Media to jointly fund the purchase of film and television rights, mainly online broadcast rights.

A total of 180 million was spent before and after.

90% of the domestic film and television drama copyrights have been obtained. Not counting this, we have also traveled to Malaysia, Thailand, India, Vietnam, South Korea and Japan and other countries.

The film and television rights in Malaysia and Thailand have been swept away. There are also many film and television rights in South Korea and Japan, with more than 370 movies and 160 TV series.

The difference is that the copyright procurement in Malaysia, Thailand, India, and Vietnam follows the same model as in China, which is a complete buyout of all copyrights.

South Korea and Japan are developed countries, and copyright prices are relatively high. Jieyu Media only purchased online copyrights from mainland China, with relatively low prices and large quantities.

After getting the copyright, it goes into the warehouse.

Mao is useless!

I thought that Zhou Buqi would use Ziweixing's energy in the industry to promote the legalization of video copyrights, and then he would make a fortune with so many copyrights in his hands.

The result was great, he had no idea about this at all.

Zhou Buqi explained to her, "The time is not yet ripe. This kind of thing must be promoted by the official, so just wait. Copyright is a good thing, and it doesn't grow hairy if you keep it in your hands. However, Japan attaches great importance to genuine copies."

Video websites can only play it after obtaining genuine authorization."

Xu Baihui said sadly: "We have purchased the domestic online copyrights of Japan's famous cartoons."

Zhou Buqi said: "This time I am going to buy local copyrights. Only online copyrights are enough. Purchase as much as possible. The more the better."

Xu Baihui said weakly, "Boss Zhou, what are you doing by buying so many cartoon rights?"

Zhou Buqi said: "There is a two-dimensional website Niconico in Japan, which is doing very well. It has more than 7 million registered users and more than 500,000 paying users. It is a base for animation lovers. I want to buy this website, but they don't want to

willing."

Xu Baihui suddenly realized, "So, you are really a conspirator. If you buy all the copyrights, Niconico will have only two choices. Either sell it to you or die."

"This is called strategy!" Zhou Buqi snorted, "NicoNico is so poor that several founders have to do odd jobs to subsidize the website, so they are not qualified to fight with me."

Xu Baihui nodded and slowly mused: "We have gone to Japan to purchase copyrights before, and we are quite familiar with the market there. The price of online copyrights is very low."

"The local ones are also lower?"

"Except for a few local cartoons that are particularly popular, most of them are very low-priced, similar to mainland copyrights."

"ah?"

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised.

Xu Baihui smiled and said, "I just told you that the film and television operation model there is very backward, just like it was 20 or 30 years ago. Do you know what the business operation is like after a cartoon is produced?"

Zhou Buqi didn't answer, "You said it."

Xu Baihui said: "Selling DVDs is the main source of income for cartoons."

"Not surprising."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

This is the normal film and television operation mode in countries with copyright protection. For a Hollywood blockbuster, the box office revenue only accounts for 25% of the total revenue.

In addition, 25% comes from the sales of discs, 25% comes from broadcast revenue from TV stations, and 25% comes from related derivatives revenue.

Many B-level movies, TV series and cartoons that cannot go to theaters are directly "DVD TV stations paid on-demand streaming" model.

In China, the income source of a movie is basically the box office. If the box office fails, the movie will be completely finished. This is only a special situation in China and only applies to the domestic market.

For example, "The Promise", which has been criticized a few years ago, failed at the domestic box office and was considered a serious loss. However, "The Promise" has been very successful in overseas markets, especially the Japanese market, including discs, games, audio and video, TV stations, books,

Stage performances, cartoons, etc. are the largest consumer market for "The Promise".

This film made the investor China Film Group a lot of money. Because of this success, China Film subsequently invested in a literary film "Mei Lanfang" directed by Chen. "Mei Lanfang" did not have a good overseas market and was not released.

China Film made money, and the two parties parted ways from then on, and Director Chen could no longer get investment from China Film.

Xu Baihui continued: "When the DVDs are almost sold, cartoons will be broadcast on TV stations, first round, second round, third round, fourth round... some popular cartoons will be played more than ten or twenty times. Japan is not popular in Europe and the United States.

That kind of pay-on-demand. Generally, if the DVDs cannot be sold and the TV station has no ratings, it will go to the online platform. This is the last choice."

Zhou Buqi understood Tang Binchen's statement.
To be continued...