Coquettish Rebirth

That's right!Although American dramas have been imported in China in this era, the sincerity of the introduction is quite small.Jia Hung-chien still remembers even the things introduced up to now——"The Brave Lion" started in the early 90s, which tells the story of a man with a lion's face who lives in a basement or a sewer and a female lawyer. .Then there are "Knight Ranger", "Flying Wolf", "Superman", "Thailand Guest" and so on, and there is even one who is similar to "Flying Wolf" who drives a helicopter to fight for righteousness and another one who drives a similar stealth speedboat A heroic American drama.Over the years, China has imported so many American dramas in total. Is this too much?But in fact, the domestic market in China is quite large!Otherwise, after the 21st century, why would young people like to watch American dramas online?At that time, some American TV dramas will be produced by DreamWorks, sold to China International Television Corporation with Jia Hongjian's relationship, let them "bring in", and then broadcast to Huaxia Hi-Tech later, won't it be over?Isn't this a one-off thing?

When the time comes to manipulate the first-hand copyright, even if there is an exploitation in the middle, but we have managed it in place, and we will definitely not be able to pay much more!And the bulk of the money for the introduction of copyright is still left hand for right hand!After China Satellite TV has attracted ratings through these films, how much will it earn in various advertising fees?Yes, at that time, he would have to go through the approval of radio and television, but the problem was that Jia Hongjian was afraid that the radio and television would block him?Why did we hire Yang Guang, the old director of CCTV?That's for opening the joints!At that time, the market will be on the one hand and resources and technology will be on the other hand, which will surely make Jia Hongjian a win-win situation.And it's a win-win for both left and right hands!Even when the time comes to operate, some Chinese manufacturers who want to break into the world will come to American dramas to place advertisements.What is the price?For example, Lianxiang wants to enter the international market soon, right?When the time comes, will Lianxiang talk to others about the ease of implantation, or talk to Jia Hongjian about the ability of implantation?Isn't this money again?

"Okay, then let me convene a board meeting to discuss it right away? After the discussion, I'll start recruiting people!" Katzenberg said.The so-called holding of the board of directors is actually not troublesome, because there are only a few old acquaintances on the board of directors now.Therefore, when the board of directors is held, it is not necessary to invite everyone to come to hold it. You can directly talk with multiple parties on the phone, and just make a conference call!And Spielberg and David Geffen have no opinion on these TV operations, because everyone knows that the risk of making American TV series is relatively low!After all, the investment in American TV dramas was small at the beginning, even if it later seemed to cost millions of dollars or even tens of millions of dollars for an episode.That's all later!After investing a few million at the beginning, I found that the effect was not good and I stopped investing immediately!How small is the risk?Only because the effect is getting better and better will the investment be higher and the production will be more and more sophisticated, because the risk is already small and the return on investment is stable!And the better the production, the easier it is to attract more viewers by virtue of word of mouth, and then the more expensive it is to sell to other TV stations-the TV station will not buy several seasons at once, they all contract once a year ago.So obviously the TV station has to ask for more money after the series becomes popular!

So after a 2-minute conference call, the board of directors of DreamWorks agreed with Jia Hongjian's line.Then Katzenberg started to prepare for work. First, he "appointed" Jia Hongjian to be the head of DreamWorks TV series production department. Of course, this was a temporary position, because Jia Hongjian could not always Get these shows in America.On the other hand.It also allowed Jia Hongjian to temporarily become the "series operator" of a series of American drama projects of DreamWorks.

As for the so-called series operator, that is Katzenberg's "throne" bestowed on Jia Hongjian.After Katzenberg's introduction, Jia Hongjian realized how attractive this throne is-in short, it is the combination of the chief screenwriter and producer!More dominant than the producer in the movie!Such a show operator will be the "boss" of the entire crew, and casting and everything must be approved by such a character, if any actor offends the operator.Then not only is it possible that this actor's role will be written to death, but he may even be cut off from the contract and driven away!Then there are even pre-stage selection, shooting, and post-production editing.This all requires the operator to nod.Bringing coordinated stage lighting, even bringing the theme song of such a TV series or even the background music interlude requires a nod from the boss!

It is of course temporary that such a title of series operator should be placed on Jia Hongjian.Because actually producing American dramas in the United States, the responsibility of an operator is also quite large. In addition to ordering an original idea, you also need to find a bunch of screenwriters who are compatible with you and have various professional knowledge to follow. Cooperate yourself.For example, if you want to shoot a legal drama, you must choose a screenwriter who is familiar with various laws, and if you want to shoot a medical drama, you must have a group of screenwriters who have the same theoretical knowledge as doctors!And these screenwriters are hired by operators!In short, such an operator is a bit like an "executive chef" who outsources the kitchen of a big hotel.This executive chef has his own reputation and his own team, and the entire chef team is hired by the chef himself.

Jia Hongjian didn't have many contacts in the United States, so of course he couldn't find a group of suitable people to form his own team, and Katzenberg needed help.But in other respects he can be the boss!Especially in the United States, the so-called series operators actually don’t write scripts very much themselves, but they are responsible for the overall direction and overall creativity. In the end, if the filming is unfinished, the audience must only scold the operator. , because everyone knew it was his fault.It’s like the hotel put out the name of the chef as a signboard, but after the consumers went there, they found that the food was not good, so they must scold the chef!Although in fact this dish was only made by the chef instructing his own chefs, it was also his fault!

Jia Hongjian's temporary position is actually mainly used to select those "series operators" who can succeed him and control the direction of the entire plot when he is not around in the future.Katzenberg's speed was indeed fast. After discussing with Spielberg, he quickly identified a group of candidates who would come for interviews, and then asked the people below to call and notify them to come and accept his and Jia Hongjian's interviews. interview.The first person to be called over was JJ Abrams, the legendary "can come up with four ideas in one lunch time".This jj Abrams is not called "Junjie-Abrams". He is different from JJ Lin. This guy's real name is Jeffrey Jacob-Abrams, because The first two names start with j, so in the industry, he is generally called jj Abrams, or jj when he is built.

Katzenberg chose such a person to interview first, the main reason is that this buddy is still not good enough. The operator of the episode will immediately come up with another episode after the episode is over. There is almost no pause, and sometimes even two episodes will be released at the same time.The operator is so busy that he has to lead two different teams to work, and he can work more than 80 hours a week! 80 hours, that is, almost 12 hours a day and seven days a week!

Needless to say, all major American drama production companies are scrambling for such operators, so these people are either on vacation or working, and want to find someone to come here temporarily?How can it be!So the first ones to be hired were people who were temporarily out of work—so Abrams was brought in. In 99, this Abrams participated in the screenwriting work of "The End of the World", that is, the film made by Michael Bay, where the driller Bruce Willis went to drill a hole on the asteroid to plug a nuclear bomb .The film turned out to be good, and the market response was good, but Abrams was awarded the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay.In this case, it’s really not easy for this guy to find a job—he became a showrunner for the first time after the filming of the film, and then he ran a fairly average teenage American drama "Felicity". It has been three years and there is no renewal now, so this May has actually ended, and Abrams is also "unemployed".

When Abrams arrived, Jia Hongjian's first impression was that he looked like a businessman rather than a writer—he was wearing a suit, retro glasses with tortoiseshell edges, and dark brown curly hair, but he was neatly tidied up. Clean and meticulous, not at all like the uninhibited artist!Jia Hung-chien is actually a little familiar with this Abrams. In addition to "Lost", this buddy also directed and wrote "Mission: Impossible 3", and even rumored to be in charge of "Star Wars" in the future!But familiarity is familiarity, Jia Hongjian still has a bad impression of Abrams - this guy took "Lost" too long, and the ending was too unfinished!Seeing the end, Jia Hongjian was not willing to chase after him anymore!

"Hey, gentlemen, thank you for giving me this opportunity, here is my resume..." After entering the room and sitting down, Abrams remembered something, and took it out of his briefcase rashly His resume was shown to Jia Hongjian and the others.Of course, Jia Hongjian understood some of the contents of this resume, such as work experience, other hobbies, specialties, etc. He asked Abrams a question directly: "Jj, suppose we want to make a film now, about the brother of the two brothers who firmly believes that the brother who was arrested as a murderer is innocent. The elder brother who was executed, he chose to intentionally commit a crime and enter the prison to rescue his elder brother. This younger brother is very smart, he is an architect, and he is a bit like Rain Man, with a good memory and high IQ...don’t worry, I’m not asking you how you plan to shoot this For the movie, I want to ask you, if we let the main character escape with his brother and a bunch of criminals in the first season, how do you plan to shoot the second season? How do you keep the second and third seasons from being unfinished? How do you keep it interesting to the audience? Appeal?"