"Hmm......" Andrei's gaze fell on the list in front of him, and he made a faint groaning sound, reading very carefully and very seriously, and his slightly frowning brow could feel his concentration and devotion.

Andy couldn't help but raise his head to look at Andre, and then lowered his voice slightly, "Did you read a reason?"

Andrei raised his eyebrows and replied calmly, "Of course not." Andy's natural expression made Andy stunned, and then nodded with a smile in agreement, "It's like a hill of projects, and then that gentleman picked out a lot of them in just one month, and to be honest, I think those projects, even if they don't have half a year, can not be read, so how can I know what these selected projects really mean." ”

Andy was relieved, "I can read every word in front of me, but I don't have any idea what it means when combined." Suddenly, I had doubts about my work. ”

"There is a label at the bottom. Matthew sat next to him and reminded," Lan Li annotated. Then he glanced at Andrei, who did not speak, but whose meaning could not have been more obvious.

Andre immediately comprehended it and straightened his chest, "How can I remember all the marks from high school." What's more, when I used to read Shakespeare, Lan Li's notes looked like a book from heaven. Speaking of this, Andre's memory became vivid again, "Do you remember Charlie and them? Sneaking through Lan Li's reading notes, trying to plagiarize and plagiarize, but I couldn't understand anything, haha, those stupid people!"

While Andre and Matthew were arguing, Andy's gaze fell directly below the list, and sure enough, he made notes in different fonts.

However, it is not an imaginary mark, but a strange mark such as "storm", "white dove", "grass", etc., which reads like a book from heaven.

"Andrey?" called Andy with a question mark on his head.

André looked back and noticed Andy's confused gaze, and he also read the notes, "Oh, these are words from sonnets, representing different degrees of meaning. That's okay, when I was in high school, Lan Li used Latin poetry to mark and explain. ”

Andy looked at Lan Li with black lines on his head, "Is this a password?"

"Do you know how much this list is worth?" replied not Lan Li, but Matthew.

There is no in-depth explanation, but all the smart people here suddenly understood: the most valuable products in real life are often intangible products, such as knowledge, such as brands, such as images, because these contents cannot be simply measured by numbers. Lan Li is obviously the same, the works selected under the "undefeated halo", I am afraid that the whole of Hollywood will go crazy, and it is not surprising that commercial spies appear.

After reacting, Andy couldn't help laughing, "Is this a treasure in 'National Treasure' or 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'?"

Andre carefully read the list in his hand again, thinking of the grand development plan of Sisyphus Pictures, and his expression gradually became serious: this list of blue gifts is worth far more than he imagined. If there is such a checklist to ensure that all of the above works are guaranteed to be 100% successful, what kind of storm will Hollywood set off?

100% success?

This is Andrey's trust in Lan Li. He doesn't know how complicated, difficult, and cumbersome the film making industry really is, but he believes in Lan Li, unconditionally.

"What's so special about these projects?" Andre cut to the chase, and then he realized, "Hey, Sebastian, have you just been reading the script?"

No wonder they didn't notice Lan Li's voice just now, when they were arguing, the young master didn't mean to mix at all, it was really ......

Lan Li only raised his head at this time and cast a puzzled look at Andre.

Andre stared at Lan Li quietly for a moment, and then he was defeated, "Are there any particularities about these projects? I mean, considering the current state of the capital chain and the rate of return, is there a sequence?"

That's the difference. The difference between choosing a work by yourself and selecting a work by a company.

If Lan Li is just thinking about himself, then all he needs to pay attention to is the character, the script, the performance, and so on.

However, if Lanli is considered by the company, the revenue ratio and audience must become reference factors. For example, "Orange", "Patterson", "American Sweetheart" and other works, they are all excellent, very good, but they are also destined to not make it to the awards season and not win the box office in the film market, which means that it is difficult to convert spending into gain-

Of course, that's why Lan Li and Andre mentioned the streaming platform in the first place.

However, Sisyphus Film is a little different from other film companies, and Andre's original intention in creating the company is not only to win money, but also to try things in different fields - just like Bill Gates's children, more or less always try different startups, and then find their own path, as for the entrepreneurial process failure is acceptable. Andrei's attrition rate is also relatively high.

This also means that there is no need to focus on profits in the early development of Sisyphus Films, which makes the selection of works expand to a certain extent.

For Andrei's question, Lan Li immediately understood.

"It's not particularly particular. However, when considering the revenue ratio, horror and comedy are the fastest, and you can take a closer look. Lan Li said simply, "These works are divided into three categories, and each category can win two to four works, and the plan for the next two to three years will come out." ”

"However, if you need to build a streaming platform, you need to have a lot more, and you can choose according to your planning needs. Lan Li added, and without waiting for Andre and Andy to continue speaking, Lan Li continued, "In addition, TV series are more sticky to streaming audiences and more attractive to subscribers in the early stage, just like Netflix's 'House of Cards'." ”

This is determined by the special properties of the film. Now the movie is still emphasized to be released in theaters, only after it is offline, it will be launched on videotape rental and online playback one after another, even Netflix has not been able to change this situation for the time being, which also affects the timeliness of the film source;

Because there is no need to rely on the box office, this has also changed the creation mode of dramas, on the one hand, the creative space of TV series has begun to expand, and artists can win more freedom, on the other hand, the simultaneous launch of streaming platforms, or the release of entire series in one go, this will not affect the revenue, but will make the favorite audience more fanatical.

Netflix relied on the series to open the situation, and now Amazon is preparing to do the same.

"Later, I've listed some episode items for you to refer to. Lan Li continued, "However, the production system and cost calculation of the series are different, and I am not familiar with them, so I have no way to accurately assess the feasibility." At the moment, the only thing I know about TV dramas is 'Pacific War', so ......"

Andy immediately chuckled, "That's the highest-investment drama in history, and it can't be used as a reference standard." ”

Compared to movies, the production cost of TV series can even be said to be low, 5 million dollars to shoot an independent film, everyone says it is super low, but TV series can produce three to five episodes, even if the current well-made TV series, the cost of an episode reaches 5 million dollars, that is very, very rare - "Game of Thrones" is an exception, most of the series are still very thrifty.

This is so partly because the cost of special effects in TV dramas is lower, while the cost of computer special effects in movies continues to soar, and on the other hand, because the cost of actors is lower, both on average and at the highest level, TV actors are far lower than movie actors.

But on the other hand, the revenue of TV series is far from being comparable to that of movies. In terms of revenue ratio, it's not a simple question of whether TV is better or movies are ahead, but at least it's certain that the top TV series and the top movies are clearly the higher revenue ratio.

Andre has just started with movies, and he lacks understanding of TV series, so he handed Andy the list in his hand, "In terms of drama production, is the whole process simpler than movies?"

Andy groaned, "It should be said that it is more operable. It can be understood that in the case of films, we can't shoot a trailer and let the film company see how it works, we can only rely on our own experience to make judgments, which is why producers like Steven Spielberg and Lan Li can be trusted more, they have proved their vision and ability to ensure the bottom line of the work. ”

"But a TV series can make a navigation set, if it's 100,000 dollars or $500,000 if it's high, it's basically touching the ceiling, and that kind of million-dollar navigation set is a special case. You see, the TV station can take a look at the navigation episode to see if it likes it and if it can be successful, and then decide whether the series is officially in production. Taking it a step further, they can book a full season, a half-season, or even just eight or six episodes, see how they react, and then decide on the follow-up. ”

Andy's simple and easy-to-understand explanation immediately made Andre understand, and he took over the topic and said, "If it succeeds, then renew the second season, if it fails, just cancel." That's right?"

Andy nodded his head lightly in agreement, "This is also the user stickiness that Lan Li said." A successful series that can attract a very large number of loyal users, in order to watch the second and third seasons, the number of paid subscribers will inevitably rise. But only if the episode is successful. ”