Chapter 512: The Exorbitant Price of Exclusive Broadcasting Rights(1/2)
The post-production of "Dark Glory" is basically completed. After the first cut is released, it will be submitted to the State Administration of Radio and Television for review.
Because when the project of this TV series was established, it was because of the school bullying incident in Baitang Town.
Although the background of the play is set abroad, the State Administration of Radio and Television is still very careful about the review of this play.
In order to ensure that the drama could pass the review, Song Li visited several leaders of relevant departments through connections and personally explained the core ideas of the drama.
In fact, the main storyline of "Dark Glory" is the story of the heroine who was bullied at school and seeks revenge from the bullies eighteen years later.
TV dramas with revenge as the main line are very common.
"Nirvana in Fire" is a TV series with revenge as its main line.
When "Nirvana in Fire" was reviewed, it did not encounter much resistance.
The reason is very simple. "Nirvana in Fire" is set in ancient times, and it is an imaginary background.
Revenge is a little bit sensitive in a modern context, coupled with school bullying.
If the story is set in China, it will be very difficult to pass the review.
However, it would be much better if the background was placed abroad.
Moreover, the school bullying part of the story is not entirely fabricated.
When Fang Xing was writing the script, he checked relevant news materials.
South Korea's social situation is indeed very dark and cruel, but their TV series dares to film anything, and it can be released after filming.
Because the script of the campus bullying part has real cases abroad as reference.
This makes the pressure for this drama to pass the review a lot less.
After several communications and discussions at a meeting with the State Administration of Radio and Television, several revisions were put forward and finally passed the review.
Among these revision comments are the clips about the horse-riding battle on the sofa between "Park Yeon-jin" played by Shu Xi and "Jeon Jae-joon" played by Zheng Feipeng.
Fang Xing had already anticipated this item and did not cut it when it was submitted for review. This was also to give the higher-ups some work.
With this bar blocking the front, other small and noisy places will not be so conspicuous.
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As soon as the news came out that "Dark Glory" had passed the review, Fang Xing immediately received invitations from leaders of major TV stations, all of which were for dinner.
Fang Xing was not in a hurry to have dinner with the TV station leaders and went straight to a viewing meeting, asking the TV stations to send people to watch the finished film.
Although it passed the review, the style and story of this drama have no precedent in China.
Moreover, the campus bullying plot at the beginning is still very sensitive.
TV stations may not dare to broadcast it.
Because no TV series of this type has been broadcast in China, it is difficult to say what kind of reaction it will elicit from the audience.
For TV stations, they usually pursue stability rather than taking eccentric risks.
The drama "Dark Glory" is actually an adventure for the TV station.
This is not an idol drama, nor is it a main theme war movie or spy movie. No one knows whether it will cause negative feedback from the audience.
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Just as Fang Xing expected, when "Dark Glory" held a viewing party, all major provincial satellite TV stations across the country sent viewing groups to watch it.
However, after watching it, major TV stations began to hesitate.
The current TV drama environment is more suitable for themes of joy, love and love.
The standard answer is ancient puppets.
Nowadays, major TV stations and video platforms broadcast more than a dozen or even dozens of ancient puppets a year.
Because the ancient puppets are too in line with the preferences of the main audience of the TV series.
Even if the story is not that good, as long as it can pass the time, is not annoying, and the filter and beauty settings are turned up, the audience will continue to watch it.
The genre of costume idol dramas has matured to the point where even if the rating is only 5 points, it can still make a profit without losing money.
In a 10-point scale, it can only score 5 points, which is already a complete bad movie.
Even so, the film studio can still make money.
Ancient Puppets is the standard answer in the current TV drama industry. You only need to contribute 50% of your efforts to earn 10% of the money.
Although "Dark Glory" is a drama co-produced by Fang Xing and Song Li and is indeed of high quality, its subject matter is sensitive and there is no precedent to learn from, and it may even cause negative feedback from the audience.
After participating in the film viewing event, all major provincial satellite TV stations reacted in an unusually unanimous manner and became less positive.
In contrast, video platforms are very active.
Video platforms are different from TV stations.
The TV station can only broadcast one drama at the same time. If this drama causes negative feedback from the audience, it will directly affect the ratings of the entire station.
Therefore, TV stations are more inclined to play the insurance card.
The video platform is different. If a drama is not good to watch, viewers can just turn it off and watch another one. This will not cause the problems faced by TV stations.
Therefore, video platforms can be more flexible when selecting films and select some eccentric dramas.
In terms of film selection, video platforms pay more attention to the upper limit of a drama.
"Dark Glory" is such a drama, the upper limit may be very high, but the subject matter is sensitive and the approach is eccentric.
Major TV stations retreated, but video sites launched a charge.
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As the screening of "Dark Glory" ended, gossip media began to report on the situation of "Dark Glory".
After all, this drama has been very popular since it started filming.
Now that the movie viewing party is over, how could the entertainment media let go of such a hot topic?
The gossip media found out about the screening of "Dark Glory" from various channels.
Since all major TV stations and video platforms participated in the viewing party.
The team participating in the film screening will definitely need to keep the content of the TV series confidential, but it does not mean that they cannot say anything.
For example, is the TV station interested in this drama and what is the price per episode?
This information is not confidential.
Therefore, as soon as the movie viewing party ended, a piece of entertainment gossip became a hot search topic:
["Dark Glory" is pre-cold, major TV stations have lost interest, and the quality of the series is suspected to be worrying.]
Judging from this piece of news alone, the first half of the title is true, but the second half is a bit problematic, but the word "suspected" cannot be said to be a rumor.
[What is the reason why all the major TV stations gave up on "Dark Glory" at the same time? Will the cooperation with Song Li become Fang Xing's Waterloo? ]
When these gossipy news were released, they immediately aroused discussions across the Internet.
It is true that the combined popularity of Fang Xing and Song Li is too great.
What’s even more frightening is that there are also anti-Fang Awakening Alliance anti-fans.
What this group of black fans want to see most is this kind of news. As long as Fang Xing is unlucky, it will be their carnival.
Therefore, under these news, countless black fans left messages to celebrate.
[As expected, the new drama has been announced for so long, and this is the result! 】
[If only one satellite TV gives up, it can also be said to be the problem of the TV station. If all satellite TV give up at the same time, whose problem will it be?]
[In the beginning, I was bragging about winning awards, but now even the TV stations are unwilling to broadcast it. 】
[I was bragging at first, but now I have to swallow it all!]
[This bitch Fang Xing also rushes into the street sometimes, which is really satisfying.]
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Among the carnival comments of these anti-fans, there are occasionally some strange comments mixed in:
[Finally on the street? That’s great, let this guy come back and sing.
[What kind of TV series does a singer make? He is not doing his job.]
【Can you finally sing well? That's such a joy.】
[Don’t be like this, I’m short on dramas. Give me a drama that I can watch. I feel like vomiting when I see the cover of Ancient Puppets.]
[This is a good Waterloo, but it drags down Song Li.]
In the comments of these fun people, there are occasionally one or two fans of Song Li who make question marks:
[Are you a fan or a fan? What benefits does "Dark Glory" bring to you? 】
[Don’t rush. Song Li only releases one drama every two or three years, so watch one less. And if this one is a success, it will break Song Li’s record of five consecutive high-quality dramas.]
To be continued...