Chapter 438: Xu Chujing's New Album Release

For stars at a higher level within the circle, international popularity is also a point that everyone attaches great importance to.

Many years ago, everyone needed international popularity to gild themselves and elevate their own status.

Therefore, there were many stars who went abroad to rub shoulders on all kinds of red carpets, becoming so-called "carpet stars."

At the same time, this is why many people, even if they had to pay out of their own pockets, would still go to run bit parts in so-called big foreign films.

The most ridiculous thing is that even if they participated in these films, it is very likely that they would only be broadcast in the special Huaxia version. In the normal versions broadcast abroad, these actors wouldn't even show their faces at all.

But Xu Chujing is fundamentally different from these people.

She is already one of the top Superstars in the country; having achieved this level, she naturally possesses international popularity.

For her, the higher the international popularity, the main benefit is that the scope of her business can be broader, and her own commercial value can be higher.

These days, with the rise of national self-confidence, the common people will not feel that you are superior to other stars in the country just because you show your face in foreign works.

If you are truly Ox, you should sell your domestic works and make your domestic works popular abroad.

Instead of stubbornly going outside to sponge off others.

The reason Luo Mo suddenly mentioned this to Xu Chujing is because... the works can be sold!

He looked at Xu Chujing and said, "In the past few days, people have been contacting Luo Mo Studio one after another to negotiate some of the overseas copyrights for Nirvana in Fire."

"Is that so?" Xu Chujing was also somewhat surprised upon hearing this.

Cultural Output is something everyone has attached more importance to in recent years.

And in reality, there are not exactly few works that can truly sell overseas copyrights every year, but most of these are broadcast on video websites.

It is very rare for them to be broadcast on overseas television stations.

Seeing her so surprised, Luo Mo teased her, saying, "Guess how many overseas regions have contacted us now?"

"Since you're saying it like that, it definitely won't be a small number. I guess... about ten?" Xu Chujing said.

Luo Mo raised an index finger, shook it left and right a few times, and said, "NO, NO, NO!"

"It has already exceeded 25," Luo Mo said.

This number left even Xu Chujing stunned.

The drama for which she was crowned Best Actress did not have such results overseas.

Yet Luo Mo knew very well that this was just the beginning.

After all, back in 2016, there was data showing that the overseas sales of Nirvana in Fire had already broken through to 120 countries!

That is to say, back in 2016, there were over 120 countries that could watch the genuine version of Nirvana in Fire on the internet or on television!

That is an extremely terrifying number; after all, you have to know how many countries there are on Earth in total...

At the same time, a single country might have multiple platforms purchasing Nirvana in Fire.

After all, what is sold is not necessarily the exclusive copyright.

Therefore, the number of platforms that can broadcast Nirvana in Fire will be even higher!

Then, another question arises.

Looking at the situation of Huaxia domestic dramas over these years, don't look at how many media outlets promote them with great fanfare, saying that such-and-such drama sold so many overseas copyrights, but in reality... they don't make much money.

To put it simply, it is mostly—selling cheap!

Domestic video platforms purchase them at sky-high prices.

The purchase price of foreign video platforms might not even amount to a fraction of that.

Even so, many production companies are still overjoyed.

Money is not the point.

The point is still the so-called Cultural Output.

The point is that the data looks good.

But Luo Mo definitely won't sell cheap, because he knows very well the popularity and influence of Nirvana in Fire overseas, especially in the Asia region.

This is also one of the reasons why he attached such importance to Nirvana in Fire in the first place.

Xu Chujing looked at Luo Mo and asked, "Then which platforms have made you interested in cooperating?"

She was asking Luo Mo how many had been settled so far.

"For now, it's about half; there are 13 that I think we can cooperate with," Luo Mo said.

Some people's offers are truly so low that it leaves one speechless.

This is actually a matter of attitude.

But isn't this kind of attitude from others something that we ourselves cultivated?

Luo Mo's idea is very simple: if the price is right, he is willing to cooperate.

Domestic drama exports also need hit works.

The emergence of hit works and high-priced sales can drive the sales prices of the entire market.

No one knows that Luo Mo has long since stopped looking only at the domestic market.

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Time moved forward another two weeks.

Nirvana in Fire also officially entered the final stages.

Luo Mo Studio has been incredibly busy recently, mainly busy with Monkey King: Hero is Back and Nirvana in Fire.

The former is in the preparation of promotional work, while the latter is because—it sold like crazy!

As of now, the cumulative overseas copyright sales of Nirvana in Fire have already broken 20 million.

And what was sold was not the permanent copyright; the term is generally about 3 years.

At the same time, most of these are some medium-sized platforms and television stations. That is to say, they were sold to some small countries.

After all, one has to consider that some countries have small populations and a limited audience base, so the price certainly won't sell well.

As for many large overseas platforms, they are still in a wait-and-see state.

Luo Mo is not in a hurry about this.

"Overseas copyrights are best sold only after a drama has finished airing." He is well aware of this point.

During this period, he had his studio staff collect a large amount of data and do a lot of homework to understand the current market prices for the export of domestic dramas.

After looking at the data, Luo Mo shook his head repeatedly and sighed in his heart.

"Cultural Output is a long and arduous journey," he said in his heart.

The data for Blue Star Huaxia this year is about the same as it was on Earth in 2014 and 2015.

Last year, a total of about 200 television dramas were exported, with a total of about 7,000 episodes, and the total export value was 60 million USD, with the average price per episode not even reaching 9,000 USD.

In other words, if the current sales data for Nirvana in Fire were to get out, it would already make countless people in the industry incredibly envious.

After all, when producing a drama, the main profit must come from domestic money.

Any subsequent income is just treated as extra income.

"That's why when everyone does promotion, the articles only write about which countries it was sold to, and they never write about how much money it was sold for."

"Writing it out would be purely embarrassing."

However, one must walk the road step by step and eat the meal one bite at a time.

This thing can only be done slowly.

The market is just like that; it's impossible for others to sell for only a few thousand per episode while you suddenly soar to hundreds of thousands, right?

Luo Mo shook his head and temporarily stopped thinking about this problem.

He still has a more important thing to do today.

—Doing promotional warm-up for Xu Chujing's new album!

His own personal Weibo account has not posted for a very long time.

In the afternoon, he specifically posted a Weibo and attached a photo of the recording equipment in the studio.

"Her new song is coming."

These simple seven characters immediately ignited the expectations of the entire internet!

Yes, it is indeed not the first time Luo Mo and Xu Chujing have collaborated on songs.

To be precise, during the Creating Idols period, when there wasn't even a hint of anything between the two of them, they had already released a duet.

But after all, their identities have changed now, and their relationship has changed too!

Before, that was called a cooperative relationship; now, it is developing toward a "co-doing" relationship.

For the CP fans, this is not just listening to songs; this is also "eating sugar."

After all, when Xu Chujing was interviewed by the outside world a while ago and asked about her new album, she gave an answer saying that Luo Mo was handling the entire album but taking not a single cent.

Netizens are not fools.

After this sentence hit the Hot Search, everyone flooded the comment section with the same format: "The free ones are the most expensive!"

What we want to hear is exactly this kind of most expensive song!

It's just that the netizens still underestimated Luo Mo's "ruthlessness."

Yes, this album is the product of our sweetness.

This matter is indeed very sweet.

However, I don't guarantee that the songs inside are all sweet songs.

I don't guarantee what kind of emotions everyone will have after listening to them!

As for the name of Xu Chujing's album, it is called Love Songs.

Seeing this name, netizens couldn't help but say: "Whoa, the album of the King of Love Songs' woman is called Love Songs; that seems to be fine."

And when Monday came, the first song was uploaded on all major platforms at the same time.

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(End of this chapter)