The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 883 This American TV Show Will Not Be Popular
"Do you agree or not?" Tom thought for a while, and felt that this was feasible.

All the newcomers in this TV series are newcomers, and the most famous star among them is just a third- and fourth-tier star in Hollywood, and the total salary is less than 3 million US dollars.

And the shooting cost of this whole TV series is actually not high. 70% of the scenes are in a building, and the remaining 30% are also daily urban dramas. , not to mention any special effects, and the most expensive thing is the cost of the camera, so the entire shooting cost is quite cheap, with a total of just over 2000 million US dollars to complete the shooting of the entire TV series.

Of course, when it was publicized to the outside world, the filming cost of this TV series was over [-] million yuan, which is what everyone brags about anyway.

Using such a TV series with a cost of more than 2000 million US dollars in exchange for 1 million US dollars in net income, this is a very good deal no matter how you look at it.

Not to mention that this TV series was actually not filmed by Tom's staff, but by a deputy director of the company. Tom didn't like this TV series very much, so he could take this opportunity to sell this TV series to the public. If it is lost, it will bring real benefits to the company, which is better than anything else.

As for whether this TV series will explode, Tom researched it.He thinks it should be popular. The first episode of this TV series has been filmed, and Tom has watched all 1 episodes.

The script of this TV series is very good, the whole rhythm is also very perfect, the storyline is even more brain-burning, and the performances of the actors are also very good. Anyway, Tom himself can't find anything wrong, and even said that Tom still has a rare time to spare After watching the whole TV series, this is a phenomenon that has never happened in my own TV series before.

So Tom knows that this TV series will be popular, which is determined by the quality of the TV series itself.But it is unlikely to explode. First of all, there is a problem with the subject matter of this TV series.Just the name of this TV series can persuade many people.

And if a TV series wants to become popular in the United States, it must be a family-friendly TV series, a TV series that both adults and children are willing to watch, and the subject matter of this TV series... let alone whether children want to watch it, adults are afraid It is not for children at all, because this itself is an R14-rated TV series, which is a TV series that is not recommended for audiences under the age of 14.

As a result, more than half of the market for this TV series was directly lost.And among adults, it is estimated that there are many people who hate this kind of subject matter. At the same time, the overall atmosphere of the whole TV series is relatively dark, with many plots of abusing the master. kind of

These are not just the wild ideas of Tom himself, but the entire TV station executives, who met and discussed all afternoon.At the same time, it is the result obtained by drawing on the historical data of the entire TV drama industry in recent decades.

According to their predictions, this TV series will become popular in the United States, and the number of simultaneous viewers will be maintained at 1000-1200 million, with a peak of around 1 million.

Well, in the United States, their standard for calculating ratings data is not like China, which calculates ratings based on percentages.

Instead, it directly counts the highest number of simultaneous viewers of a TV series.

So what is the maximum number of simultaneous viewers, 10001 to 1200 million?

Let's put it this way, the peak ratings data in the history of American TV dramas was created by Friends. The peak data was 5 million. At that time, the total population of the United States was 200 million, which is equivalent to 2.6/1 of the entire United States. Everyone is watching Friends at the same time.

The next number 2 dropped directly to 4 million people, and it wasn't a TV series, it was a reality show called Survivor.

The tenth-ranked TV series had 3 million viewers.

The average of 1 million to 000 million, the peak of 1 million data, in the history of TV dramas in the United States, is about 200 or so, and it is estimated that it can be mixed with the top 1600 level of the year.

And a TV series like this wants HBO to go out of the circle directly, and then help NBC TV station to rush from the fourth TV station in the United States to the second TV station in the United States... This kind of thing is absolutely impossible to happen. Only a TV series like Friends can do this.

It is even impossible to say that this TV series wants to change HBO's data ranking a little bit, because every TV station basically has one or two TV series with an average rating of around 1 million, and everyone is equally divided. Level.

The only thing we can look forward to is the advertising revenue. If we are lucky, a TV series with such data can bring about 5 million to 000 million US dollars in advertising revenue.

Looking at it this way, it seems that selling for [-] million is a bit cheap.

But the problem is, it has been said that the audience of this TV series has problems.

What is your favorite product to advertise for a TV series?
They must be all kinds of daily consumption products, which are aimed at the opportunity for the family to watch TV dramas, and many of them are children's products, the purpose is to let parents buy them for children to play.

You have a problem with the audience at this stage, and at the same time, there is no child audience for a TV series that is still dark and cruel. Those advertisers would be willing to place advertisements for this TV series.

Feeling Tom's many years of experience, he feels that the advertising revenue of this TV series can be guaranteed, which is God's blessing.

To sum up, Tom has fully agreed to the deal in his heart, and of course, Tom will fight again.It's really a loss to say that this TV series is such a high-quality product that it only sold for [-] million.

If you have to buy it, you can only buy the first season, and the right to adapt the film and television after that, as well as the rights to renew the contract of the actors and screenwriters, etc., all of which are not for sale.

Hearing what they said, Little John understood that the matter was actually half done, and the next thing was just a matter of price. Finally, after rounds of arguments, Tom finally agreed that Los Gatos TV would use a price of 3.2 million U.S. dollars. Bought the 181-year rights to broadcast a total of 20 TV series on HBO TV, as well as the entire copyright of a TV series that has not yet aired, including but not limited to future sequel rights and so on.Even the sequel contract signed by the screenwriter and actors of this TV series was bought back.

"When will we sign the contract!" Tom asked eagerly after the negotiation was successful.

"Soon, within a week, the company needs to go through some procedures!" Little John said, and Tom nodded without doubting anything. After all, Little John is not the boss, and these things must go through procedures.

But Tom didn't know that he was not the most difficult part of the negotiation this time, and the next most difficult part really started, that is, Little John had to find a way to persuade Huang He to agree to sign the contract!

That's right, all of this was done on Little John's own initiative, without Boss Huang's consent at all, so he has to persuade Huang He to agree next.

This is the most difficult thing.

Because just like what Tom thought, professionals in the entire industry basically have the same view on this TV series.That is, the peak ratings are only 1 million people, and the advertising revenue is likely to be unable to make ends meet and so on.

If you spend 2 million to buy this TV series, it is not bad, but if you pay an extra 000 million US dollars to buy this TV series, it is definitely a head-on-ass, something that SB will not do.

Next, it would be very difficult for Little John to persuade Huang He to be the donkey, but Little John felt that he had to challenge it.Because if I succeeded in persuading Huang He, the harvest would be huge.

Thinking that Little John has a different opinion from others, he thinks that this TV series can not only be popular, but also can be popular, and it is also a popular TV series in the world.

Why do you say that?
Because this TV series is very unique, since the 90s, TV dramas in the United States have basically revolved around the theme of family carnival, or his theme, or urban theme, medical theme, female theme, etc., basically that A subject that appeals to all audiences.

There is one thing to say, the audience is completely tired of aesthetics, and at this time a TV series with an unprecedented theme suddenly appears, it will definitely trigger a different wave.

Secondly, Little John is also one of the people who have watched the whole process of this TV series, because the director of this TV series is a good friend of Little John. Still at home, he secretly played this TV series for Little John to watch again.

Of course, I just asked Little John to watch the beginning of the first episode, but Little John abruptly watched all 1 episodes of the whole country in the other party's house.

You know, Little John is the person in charge of the program department of CNN TV station, and he has to review more than a hundred TV dramas of various kinds every year.Of course, most of them are scripts of TV dramas, and then they were directly cut off during the script review stage.

However, there are hundreds of TV series that have been made into TV series, and it is impossible to watch all of them. Therefore, when Little John auditioned, he basically watched the first episode, and then skipped the second and third episodes. After watching it once, you can directly decide whether to introduce this TV series.

In fact, many TV series couldn't even finish watching the first episode, and they were thrown aside by Little John. These TV series were obviously impossible to pass.

After so many years, there are three TV series that allow Little John to watch all the TV series in one go when reviewing them completely. The TV show in front of me.

Whether you say this is a personal analysis or a personal hunch, Little John believes that this TV series can become a hit, and it will be watched by more than 3000 million people, and it can also set off huge waves around the world.

If Los Gatos TV buys this TV series, it will be able to take over the Piaomiao Journey perfectly, and two consecutive hit TV series will completely allow Los Gatos TV to gain a firm foothold in the United States and hit tens of millions of levels user scale.

And Little John, who bought the TV series, can also let Huang He see his own ability, and truly become an indispensable member of Los Gato Media from then on. This is what Little John wants.

It's just that Little John didn't know how to persuade Huang He to agree.

"I hope I can make a breakthrough, just like your name!" Little John looked at the name of the TV series on the contract: Prison Break
(End of this chapter)