Chapter 1217: The ad hadn't aired yet, but the first customer had already come
Li Long went to Beiting Television Station first.
Beiting Television Station had an advertising department. Li Long drove his Volga there, asked where the department was after entering the station's grounds, and received a warm welcome.
These days, anyone who drove up in a sedan had at least some apparent financial clout, whatever their status might be.
The person assigned to deal with Li Long was a middle-aged woman who introduced herself as Song Lihua. She had short hair and looked very capable.
"We offer two kinds of ads. One is a text-and-image ad that displays the specific advertising content directly. That's the cheaper option." Manager Song dispensed with the small talk and began explaining as soon as she learned why Li Long had come.
"The other is a professionally filmed and produced commercial. That costs more, but it presents things more directly."
Then came the advertising slots.
Li Long had come with the idea of giving it a try, so he chose the first option for one week.
The specific slot was after the rebroadcast of Xinwen Lianbo and the subsequent Tingzhou News. That counted as prime time, so even a text-and-image ad cost three thousand yuan for a week's package.
It was expensive, but considering that it targeted the whole Beiting Autonomous Prefecture, even if some places were outside its coverage, at least hundreds of thousands of people could see it.
Li Long thought it was worth it.
Since Li Long had brought the relevant materials with him, the advertising department soon drafted the text and images for his review.
Li Long looked them over. There was nothing wrong with the content. These people were quite professional.
They even showed Li Long how the