"The release of "Wasteland" marks that it is the only kung fu drama series on American television in the past 40 years, and the only drama in the entire history of American television that truly shows the art of Chinese kung fu. It fills this gap in the history of American television. In addition to having real Chinese actors perform Chinese kung fu, the production team of this series has spent a lot of energy to present Chinese kung fu realistically. They have set up a team of elite action directors!

In addition, the most representative kung fu film director was invited to direct this film, and such a TV series can get off to such a good start.

The interest of American TV viewers in Chinese kung fu is huge, but there has been no series that can satisfy this interest.

AMC signed a contract for an entire season without a pilot broadcast, which is definitely a big bet!" - The New York Times

For AMC, Wasteland is a very unique and necessary addition to AMC's series of classic series. It may bring AMC a new wave of fans, a new group of fans that Mad Men's subtle, obscure and slow-paced drama series has not been able to attract.

How can American dramas see the popularity of a TV series?

Quite simply, look at the number of viewers in the replay.

As we all know, American dramas adopt a weekly broadcast system, and weekly broadcast for the audience is to have enough time to talk about it, and if there is enough time to talk about the plot, it proves that the reputation of this TV series is spreading, and at this time, the number of rebroadcast viewers has become an important basis for judging whether a TV series is popular!

So, what are the rerun viewers for Wasteland?

"Xu, 12 million, after calculation, the number of viewers of our TV series has reached 12 million in three days!"

Al Gough excitedly informed Xu Hui of the news.

“… So, you're going to settle the salary based on the ratings of 12 million?"

"Haha, you're kidding!"

Al Gough's laughter came to an abrupt end.

Damn, the contract signed at the beginning was written that once it exceeded 3 million viewers, it would increase the buyout price of a single episode by $200,000 per 500,000 viewers.

The premiere ratings are as high as 6.8 million, and the reputation is good, according to the most normal market rules, the average ratings of this drama cannot be lower than 6 million viewers, that is to say, AMC's single-episode buyout price must be as high as at least 4.2 million!

However, compared to the revenue created by "Wasteland", this price AMC is still affordable!

According to incomplete statistics, "Wasteland" has added at least 2 million paying people to AMC, and at present, the cost of subscribing to AMC's TV cable service plus streaming is about $14.99 per month, which means that "Wasteland" brings at least $50 million in paid on-demand costs to AMC.

Coupled with the advertising sponsorship and the pull of "Wasteland" on AMC's stock price, it can create at least 200 million profits!

Of course, the thought of Huiwen taking a big piece of cake from it still hurts...

"Xu, can you continue..."

"No, I can't. ”

Before Al Gough finished speaking, Xu Hui had already refused: "There are many directors who can continue to shoot "Wasteland", the tone has been set, and you can't afford my directorial fees!"

This is true, Xu Hui's director's salary has been publicly asked for $5 million...

"And who do you think can take over?"

"My assistant Emily or the male lead of the movie can take over the production..."

Of course, Xu Hui will continue to serve as a producer and producer, and when the conditions are right, he will pull out a group of domestic directors to experience it, especially Lu Yang, who has a hidden violent gene...

……

The main reason is that Xu Hui really doesn't have time.

His main position has always been in China, not Hollywood, let alone North America!

In the past three months, Pao Hui has been thinking about his parents and fellow villagers in his hometown all the time, and he has missed his distant relatives.

In three months, I experienced Arbor Day, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival...

Although there are messages of condolences from the overseers every day, it is not enough to alleviate Pao Hui's emotions...

Fortunately, Liu Yifei is with him...

probably knew that Pao Hui was going back to China, and the young lady had ravaged Pao Hui in various ways these days, wanting to try things that she hadn't tried before, such as a female superior.

It's a pity that weak chickens are always weak chickens, and muscle memory will be more proficient in many things...

For example, Pao Hui only needs a simple deep kiss, she can't bear it, her body is soft into mud, and Pao Hui is allowed to pose in all kinds of shameful poses...

But she still has to be strong, and she doesn't know what is putting pressure on her...

“… Xu Hui, I want to have a child..."

The cannon glow that was being frantically output was frightened, and the positive energy was like a surging river and sea...

"You said earlier, wasting so many Durex!"

Complaining, Xu Hui withdrew and prepared to take a cigarette to make up for it...

was quickly returning to the blue, and suddenly heard the young lady on the side say quietly: "I want snow in the evening, can I drink a cup?"

Pao Hui replied smoothly: "If the beauty has an appointment, why not be afraid of the cold." ”

"Come on!"

“… Can you slow down a little bit, lewd development, don't wave?"

……

In the first half of 2012, Hollywood blockbuster imports entered the mainland market in batches of three to five films per month.

Domestic movies were humiliated, and the film armor was not left...

The Spring Festival file survived "Mission Impossible 4", and in mid-February, it ushered in "Adventure in the Center of the Earth 2: Mysterious Island", and in mid-March, "Alien Battlefield" was released, this 3D production that failed miserably in the North American market actually collected nearly 400 million yuan at the box office in China...

At the beginning of April, "Fury of the Gods" was released, and after a week of release, the box office was about to break 200 million, and "Titanic 3D" was released!

won more than 80 million box office results on the first day, and broke 500 million in 7 days...

Even after 15 years, the love between Jack and Screw still has a bunch of fans...

As of May, a total of 13 films with a box office of more than 100 million yuan have been born in the mainland, of which imported films account for 8 of them!

"The Great Magician", "The Great Gold Robbery", and "Counter War" are still movies from last year's Chinese New Year...

In other words, there are only two newly released works with a box office of more than 100 million, "Love" and "Sister Peach"...

"Sister Peach" is really a very good work, and the heroine Ye Dexian even won the crown of Venice actress!

Director Hui Anhua has been sticking to her own creative style since the New Wave era of Hong Kong films, not following the ups and downs of Hong Kong commercial films, but sticking to her unique way of self-expression. The English title of "Sister Peach" is "A Simple Life", as if looking back, it is just a scene in the world, and plain is a blessing...

The audience is also of a standard, even with many blockbusters, a literary film like "Sister Peach" can still win a box office score of nearly 100 million.

Make a movie sincerely, and someone will feel it!

It's a pity that there are too few sincere works like "Sister Peach", most of them are shoddy productions, and they can't even be called domestic movies of high quality, how can they be the opponents of well-made Hollywood blockbusters?

Take a look at these movies released, "The Car is in Awkwardness", "Magical Hillbilly", "The Great Pursuit"...

Especially in March, 34 Chinese and foreign films were released, as a traditional off-season, because of the lack of competition in the market to introduce Hollywood blockbusters, so all kinds of strange things mixed into the theaters.

Most of them are destined to be forgotten by our audience, and some of them are extremely inferior in terms of artistic and technical quality, and they cannot even be called "movies".

Many movies can be judged from the title whether they are bad or not, such as "Crazy Stupid Thief", "It's Just a Joke" and movies such as "Seven Dragons Knock Knock" and "Love is Terrible". This kind of movie title seems to be intimate and easy-going, but in fact, it reflects the strangeness and indifference of some film creators to the market.

Obviously, our filmmakers didn't understand this truth, and until 2018, there were still a bunch of such movies full of local flavor released, such as "Ancestors of the Nineteenth Generation"...

These so-called "movies", they are basically the product of a combination of hot-headedness and chicken thieves, who originally tried to fish in troubled waters, but unexpectedly found that the water was full of hands.

In the past, audiences didn't have a choice, but now they vote with their feet, and they will also choose to vote for Hollywood movies!