Even though he was mentally prepared and overestimated the cost of Wang Yifan's project, when Wang Yifan said that he would invest 200 million Chinese coins in the first quarter to test the waters, Dai Xinyue and Zhang Li couldn't help but swallow.

You know, how much is the production cost of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" at the beginning?

But now, Wang Yifan actually invests such a high cost for an online drama. To be honest, it really scared them a little.

That's 200 million Chinese coins, and the key is that this special cat is still an online drama.

In terms of TV series, Zhang Li can be said to have the most say, with a cost of 200 million yuan. For TV series, it is definitely considered a big production.

You should know that in the first round of many popular TV series in China, the purchase price of TV stations is usually not too high. More than tens of millions of dollars are almost non-existent, and at most only seven or eight million is a slight edge.

For mainstream TV series, usually one episode can sell for the first round of playback rights of more than one million, which is already a very good price.

But Wang Yifan is an online drama. He opens a sky-high production cost with just one mouth. He doesn’t use money as money. It’s too expensive.

Zhang Mo looked excited, nothing happened. He did not watch online dramas at first, but he would have to spend 200 million to produce one of Wang Yifan. What is that? That is definitely the best among the best.

Mi Huayuan is relatively calm. Although 200 million seems to be a lot, it is only more than 30 million to convert into American dollars. He has never filmed American dramas of this cost.

On average, an episode is only a million US dollars, and it can only be considered a low cost in North America.

"Ahem, Director Wang, can you know what kind of drama it is?" Zhang Li felt that what he said before was a bit too early and couldn't help asking.

"Crime drama, modern drama!" Wang Yifan said with a smile.

"Huh!" Zhang Li sighed a long sigh. Although he still felt a little shocked, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Why? Because modern dramas are the best advertising carriers, with Wang Yifan's reputation, and this can be said to be the first online drama that focuses on high-quality products, so you won't worry that no one will invest in the advertising at that time. I guess a lot of funds will be able to be refunded just in terms of advertising implantation.

It's OK then!

"Director Wang, have you found a good platform for this drama? Huaxun is willing to take over?" asked Dai Xinyue.

Actually, Zhang Li also wants to know her problem. After all, online dramas are different from TV dramas. There are many first-tier TV stations in China, and they can afford a lot of money.

However, there are only a few first-tier online video websites in China. The key is that, usually, most of these platforms cannot give too high prices when buying movies.

Don’t think that “Legend of Sword and Fairy” is sold at a sky-high price, but think that the money of these online video websites is so easy to get, because Li Junsheng and Yan Lingxuan have strong appeal.

Moreover, the difference between online dramas and TV series is that the usual operating mode of online dramas is exclusive, and it is unlikely that they will be sold in three stores like TV series.

Therefore, for such a large production, you must first find a platform before you can start it.

Otherwise, if you can't sell it then, the joke will be a big deal.

Moreover, the way of cooperation is still to be discussed. Is it a buyout or a share of the money?

"You two can rest assured that Huaxun Video will be one of the investors in this online drama, and we will share the profits this time." Wang Yifan said with a smile.

He had talked about this matter with Huang Xiangzhong on Huaxun Video before. Huang Xiangzhong and Wang Yifan can be said to hit it off. If this were not the case, Wang Yifan would not be so rush to try it.

In fact, the urgent thing is Huang Xiangzhong. Although Huaxun Video is now one of the three giants of first-line video websites, in fact, Huaxun Video has always been inferior to iQi and Youdou in terms of content.

And video websites can't do it in a short time.

If there are no new models or major changes, this gap will be difficult to narrow in a short period of time.

Wang Yifan is actually not worried that Huaxun can't afford to pay or is unwilling to buy it, because compared to the invisible sunken costs of video websites, the amount of money to buy a drama is really not a big deal.

What is sunk cost?

Why are there not many video websites? And most of them die before dawn?

It is because the bandwidth cost of video websites is almost incredibly expensive. Broadband is not bandwidth, not a 100 megabit broadband or a few hundred megabit broadband at the user's home. The bandwidth is the total amount of data transmission per unit time of the server.

It is equivalent to the water supply main pipeline of a community, but it is a data transmission bus.

The reason is very simple. If the bandwidth is not enough and there are many users, the website will be stuck or even downtime.

The cost of top video websites like Huaxun Video can be said to be very high.

The cost of bandwidth alone requires billions of expenditures every year, and the higher the number of users and the higher the number of visits, the higher the cost.

At the same time, the most terrifying thing is that this cost is continuous! The cost you need to spend continuously.

At present, the cost of content procurement and bandwidth costs are not too high, to be honest, because the high-quality content is only one year.

Therefore, video websites can definitely pay for money, of course it depends on whether it has this value.

You know, Huaxun Video is a listed company. If a drama, spending hundreds of millions of dollars can increase their market value by one percent, it will also appreciate by at least tens of billions of dollars.

In fact, Wang Yifan is not short of money, but for such things, everyone is very busy. Wang Yifan also needs allies, and Huaxin also needs allies.

And in the future, quality is the general trend!

"There is no problem with light and shadow in our era! We have invested in this project, but I hope Director Mi will be the director of this drama." Dai Xinyue looked at Wang Yifan and said.

"I have no problem. I hope Zhang Mo can play the role. We can discuss the specific details later." Zhang Li also gritted his teeth and said.

Wang Yifan smiled and said, "So I hope we can have a happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!" Dai Xinyue and Zhang Li looked at each other and smiled.

Zhang Mo looked even more excited.

A drama with a large investment of 200 million yuan, even if it is his resources, to be honest, an important role in such a big production is not so easy to get.

After all, you can make blockbusters with 200 million movies, let alone online dramas?

In fact, even if they don’t vote, Wang Yifan will still use Zhang Mo and Mi Huayuan, because Mi Huayuan is indeed quite suitable. After all, Zhang Mo has agreed and at least he has to sell this favor thoroughly.

Anyway, who is not praise?

Moreover, during this period, Wang Yifan also heard from Han Dong that although Zhang Mo did have some bad habits, it was nothing for the time being. Moreover, this guy did have some skills and was serious in training classes. Moreover, this guy also handled interpersonal relationships well, which was a bit beyond Wang Yifan's expectations.
Chapter completed!