After negotiating a package price of $150 million for the next three quarters and several additional conditions from NBC, the two sides began to negotiate important details such as payment settlement.

In order to minimize the pressure on their own cash flow, TV networks generally adopt a strategy of delaying payments as much as possible in the process of purchasing TV programs, which is similar to that of Hollywood film distributors. Most of the industry's solo producers can only recover their money from the networks after the episode has ended.

Daenerys Entertainment's collaboration with ABC in "Who Will Become a Millionaire", in the case of its own obvious advantage, ABC is only willing to pay 30% of the advance payment before the start of the first season, and the remaining balance will be paid the other 30% and 40% in two installments during the winter break and after the end of the first season.

As for "Survivor," after several hours of back-and-forth debate, NBC finally agreed to pay 50% before and after each season aired.

After the meeting and lunch, Robert White hurried back to the East Coast, where he personally oversaw the network's marketing adjustments to the follow-up broadcast of "Survivor" in order to maximize the impact of the reality show.

The specific contract needs to be drawn up by the staff of the two companies according to the memorandum of the meeting, and it will take about a week to officially sign it.

After leaving Los Angeles for two weeks, Simon has maintained remote control of Daenerys' entertainment by phone, fax and other means. After dealing with "Survivor" in the morning, Simon did not rush back to Malibu again, but personally checked the production progress of several films.

"Scream" has been released and sent to the MPAA for rating after a few days at the beginning of the month, and is still waiting for the results.

After more than a month of busy work in the hands of Barry Levinson, the re-editing of the film has been completed, and Simon also wrote the soundtrack for the film himself during his time in Melbourne.

The original Rain Man was soundtracked by Hans Zimmer, who later became famous as a film score maestro and received his first Oscar nomination for Best Score. But for now, Hans Zimmer is just an obscure little man. The soundtrack of "Rain Man" is not complicated, and with the base of the version in memory, Simon can easily complete it, so he doesn't bother to find the other party.

The later stages of "Steel Magnolia" and "Dead Poets Society" are progressing smoothly, and it is not surprising that the three films "Rain Man", "Steel Magnolia" and "Dead Poets Society" will be completely completed by the end of September.

After examining the post-production of several films, a production meeting of more than two hours was held to discuss the progress of the preparation of a series of films that Daenerys Entertainment was advancing.

The meeting was coming to an end, and it was already early evening.

After reporting on the preparation status of a series of projects such as "The Sixth Sense", "Bodyguard", "Flying Innocence", and "Uncle Buck", the executives and producers who participated in the meeting dispersed early, and only Simon and Amy were left in the conference room as usual.

Sitting by the window and feeling the golden sunset that poured into the conference room in the evening, Simon closed the folder in front of him and said to Amy on the other side: "Now that you have confirmed that you have obtained "Wonder Woman", you can ask several major agencies to send a list of candidates over recently." Like Batman, I needed new people, between 20 and 25 years old, about six feet tall. Noticing the confusion on Amy's face, Simon added with a smile: "I didn't plan to start making this movie now, I definitely have to finish the first part of "Batman" and "Superman" first. It's just that I hope to be able to train a few candidates from scratch, and after determining the candidates, I will arrange some small roles for them in recent years to hone their acting skills, speaking of which, Batman's choice is a bit hasty. ”

Having won the DC Big Three, there is not much obstacle to advancing the DC Cinematic Universe in advance. As for the need to bring in other DC superheroes in the future, Simon doesn't think it's a problem. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are all in their own hands, and Warner simply doesn't have many options. Because Warner has reserved investment rights to share profits, he doesn't think Warner has the courage to use second-tier heroes to create a new cinematic universe for Marvel.

However, in Simon's impression, there is no suitable candidate to play Wonder Woman in Hollywood at the moment, and he still hopes to find a Diana Prince actor similar to Gal Gadot. The launch of "Wonder Woman" will at least be after the release of "Batman", which will have plenty of time to cultivate from scratch.

Amy nodded in understanding, and said, "Then are we going to re-select Superman actors?" Christopher Reeve is definitely no longer suitable. ”

Simon nodded: "Yes, let the brokerage company pick some people to come over." ”

Amy jotted it down in her memo and looked up again, "Isn't it appropriate to be between 20 and 25 years old, six feet tall, Simon, Miss Kidman?"

"I remember that you reminded me like that," Simon shook his head slightly, and said, "When I was in Australia, I went to visit the crew of "Flying Horizon", and Nicole turned down the role in "Angel God", she has her own ideas about acting career. ”

Amy just smiled when she heard Simon say this, and then nodded: "I also received a call from Nicole, so, do you want to let the Wonder Woman candidate we pick out try the heroine of "Angel God" first?"

"It depends," Simon asked, noncommittal, "How's the script for 'Angel Messenger' been revised?"

"The first draft is complete, I'll have someone prepare one for you tomorrow," Amy said, seeing that there was nothing else to do, she also packed up the folder in front of her, and after a while, she remembered something, and looked up again, "One more thing, Simon, "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "Survivor" are so successful, is it a celebration for the weekend?"

Although the other two reality shows have not yet aired, with "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "Survivor", two popular reality shows, Daenerys Entertainment has become the envy of all TV providers in Hollywood, and it is only right to hold a celebration party to treat the creators.

Moreover, maintaining contacts has always been very important for the development of a film company.

Simon is not enthusiastic about this almost weekly party with the biggest names and celebrities in the industry, and he passively attends other people's parties far more often than he does. However, Simon also understands that this kind of thing cannot be avoided at all, and it cannot be avoided, and if these things are completely handed over to Amy and other executives, once there is an unexpected change in the company's management, he will become very passive in terms of connections.

After thinking about it for a moment, Simon said, "Let's hold it at that villa in Palisad, the date is set for Saturday, and you can draw up a list of invitations." ”

With more than 20 million viewers on its first day of broadcast, "Survivor" quickly became the subject of heated media discussions in the following days.

NBC quickly adjusted the marketing efforts for "Survivor," and at the same time, in order to avoid falling into too much disadvantage, ABC also stepped up its marketing offensive for "Who Will Be a Millionaire." FOX and CBS are looking forward to both "Big Brother" and "Beverly's Wife," which will air on Wednesday.

However, as expected, "Big Brother" and "Beverly's Wife" failed to replicate the ratings miracles of "Survivor" and "Who Will Be a Millionaire". On the first day of the broadcast on Wednesday, the average viewership of "Big Brother" on FOX at 8 o'clock ended up at 15.35 million, and the average viewership of the first episode of "Beverly's Wife" on CBS at 9 o'clock was even lower, with only 11.7 million.

Of course, such ratings data are actually only relative to "Survivor" and "Who Will Be a Millionaire".

Compared with most of the premiered dramas in this era, the two reality shows, all of which have broken through the 10 million level, are already very good, and "Big Brother" with 15.35 million viewers has even reached the excellent level, with the accumulation of popularity, the future ratings of this reality show can even hit the 20 million mark, and the average ratings in the next few seasons should also be able to maintain around 15 million.

As for "Beverly's Wife", although it ranked last among the four reality shows, the number of viewers of more than 10 million exceeded Simon's expectations. In the original time and space, because it is a TV program on a basic cable station, the best ratings of "Beverly's Wife" are about two or three million.

And, while not as big as "Survivor" and "Who Will Be a Millionaire," both FOX and CBS have expressed their willingness to renew the series after it aired.

In the face of the sudden trend of reality shows, Hollywood film and television production companies have also begun to look for similar TV shows, and the North American media has analyzed several reality shows one after another.

There is no doubt that the reason why Daenerys Entertainment was able to launch its TV business with four reality shows this autumn is because of the previous Hollywood screenwriters' strike. If there had not been a writers' strike for more than five months, the four major television networks would not have given up so much initiative to sign such a lucrative contract with Daenerys Entertainment.

Now, all parties in the industry have also generally reacted.

In the previous general strike, the Writers Guild of America and the four major television networks were completely defeated, and other Hollywood studios also suffered to varying degrees in this strike, but Daenerys Entertainment reaped the benefits of this strike.

Not only these four reality shows that made Daenerys Entertainment make a lot of money, but in the following year-end schedule, due to the suspension of a large number of film projects due to a long strike, Daenerys Entertainment's films can also gain more market resources.

I fully understand this, and I feel that in addition to the good fortune of Daenerys Entertainment, the traditional forces of Hollywood have also begun to instinctively protect their own interests.

The following Friday, Daenerys Entertainment received a rating report from the MPAA for "Scream", asking Daenerys Entertainment to modify a large number of excessively violent and bloody plots in the film, otherwise the film would be rated as the most stringent NC-17.

"Scream" was originally aimed at a young audience over the age of 16, and Simon never thought of earning tickets to the film from a child who was twelve or thirteen years old. However, the NC-17 rating does not just mean that audiences under the age of 17 are not allowed to watch it, once a film is determined to be such a rating, it also means that the film can only be shown in a limited number of specific theaters, and it cannot be publicized on a large scale.

In the original time and space, "Scream" did spread the news that it had undergone many revisions to avoid the fate of NC-17, but Simon, who was very familiar with the Weinstein brothers, knew that this was basically just a publicity stunt.

Almost since their debut, the two brothers have been operating with this rating gimmick, and it has been very effective, and sometimes, the Weinstein brothers even took the initiative to send NC-17 standard films for the MPAA to review, and after the news was released, they were revised to the R standard and resubmitted for review. Audiences are also generally more interested in a film that 'almost' is rated NC-17.

But this time, Simon knew very well that what happened to the new version of "Scream" was not a gimmick at all, but a disadvantage given to Daenerys Entertainment by the MPAA rating committee under the control of the Seven. With only a month and a half left before the release of "Scream", director Wes Craven had to rush to revise the film over the weekend, and Simon had to get involved.

In the midst of the busyness, the time unconsciously came to Saturday, September 17th.

As the evening approached, people began to flock to Simon's mansion in Palisad, and today was Daenerys Entertainment's celebration party for Who Will Be a Millionaire, Survivor, Big Brother and Beverly's Wife.

However, not only a series of creators of the four reality shows, but also many celebrities and superstars in Hollywood have also received invitations. Because Daenerys Entertainment has been frequently looking for actors for a series of its projects recently, many celebrities who were not able to get invitations have also managed to attend the party through various channels, hoping to get the opportunity to contact Simon Westeros or other senior executives of Daenerys Entertainment.

Simon and Wes Craven spent the day in the editing room for revisions to Scream, and when they arrived at Simon's mansion in Palisad, it was nearly eight o'clock.

After a busy day, the hungry two simply greeted the guests in the mansion and hurried straight to the buffet table.

After selecting a full plate of food, Simon and Wes Craven were hiding in the corner and continued to discuss the revision of the film in a low voice, Sandra Bullock came over with a smile, directly put her arms around Simon, said hello to Wes Craven, and leaned into Simon's ear and whispered: "I didn't see Jenny, didn't she come over tonight?"

Simon looked at Wes Craven, who turned away with an ambiguous expression, picked up a grilled shrimp and stuffed it into Sandra's mouth, and said, "There's no need to show the idea of cheating so bluntly, right? ”

Sandra rolled her eyes and raised her hand to stop Simon's grilled shrimp, pinched it in her hand and took a small bite, and the other hand still didn't let go of Simon, and said, "I regret now that I didn't take the initiative like Jenny, and the good man was snatched away." But I really didn't see Jenny?"

Simon took Sandra to a table near the cliff and sat down, looked at the beauty of Los Angeles at night, and explained with a smile: "She went to France." ”