Li Yixuan said that these are the future development paths of AMC, and these strategies are formulated by Wen Bingxi, and the influence of AMC in the 21st century is not at all weaker than the five major wireless free-to-air television stations in the United States.

After 2000, when the five major TV stations were a little overwhelmed by the Internet, Wen Bingxi actively embraced the Internet again, set up a network department, put his own self-made programs on the Internet, and accepted online package subscriptions, which made AMC's revenue skyrocket.

By 2010, AMC's annual revenue reached more than 8 billion US dollars, and its annual net profit reached more than 900 million US dollars, becoming the super cash cow of Rainbow Group.

Ideologically agreed, the two began to discuss the next issue.

"Xuan Shao, since the show is going to be publicized, do you watch this "Prison Break"?"

That's a problem, it's America's 21st-century long-form television series, called Prison Break. Directed by Ge Etanis and others, written by Paul Schulling, starring Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell.

It tells a story about rescue, in order to save his brother Lincoln, who was framed and imprisoned, Michael plans to escape from prison and successfully escapes, and is imprisoned again during his fugitive career, and finally collects evidence to get away with the crime.

The show premiered in 2005, and the plot of the story is ups and downs, gripping, and interlocking, making the audience want to stop.

When Li Yixuan watched the show for the first time, when he saw 8 people climbing over the last rope and about to leave the prison, his heart suddenly jumped wildly, as if he was the one who escaped from prison!

When I saw Michael Schofield's love scene with the governor's daughter, Sarah (played by Sarah Wayne Carris), a doctor in prison, I couldn't help but be moved.

"Prison Break" can be said to have set the highest ratings that year.

However, it should be pointed out that the film covers a lot of information, including politics (White House, secret agents, the so-called white way), prison (prison guards, prisoners, the so-called underworld). The battles on the white road, the fighting on the underworld, the intricate relationship between the white road and the underworld, the bright and the dark, the good and the ugly of human nature, are all displayed.

It takes prison escape as the main line, interspersed with the political and judicial system of the United States, and its content goes far beyond the scope of prison escape.

Through this TV series, we can see that the United States, which has always flaunted "democracy", can recklessly kill people and kill innocents for the sake of the so-called national interests (in fact, the interests of a certain group), and can make people of different walks of life (including governors) bear the blame.

The so-called judicial fairness is ultimately swayed by the will of the top (the White House). Through "Prison Break," we can see the darkness of American politics and the "rule of man" behind the "rule of law"! The film is a powerful attack and spicy satire on American politics!

Therefore, this film is suitable for adults to watch, because there are a lot of bloody and violent scenes in the film, and a lot of things about the dark side of human nature.

In this way, it is a bit contrary to the popularization proposed by Li Yixuan. It is not suitable for children in their teens and twenties, not to mention, children in their teens and twenties may not be able to understand what is contained in it through the film.

Li Yixuan is not worried about this, because the history of "Prison Break" was made by AMC.

Historically, "Prison Break" was positioned by the American Television Broadcasters Association as a TV-MA rating, and TV dramas at this level can only be broadcast after 22:30, or ...... Li Yixuan said his thoughts.

Wen Bingxi didn't expect Li Yixuan to put forward this idea, broadcast it at 22:30, this is the second time period, such a good TV series is placed in the next time period, how much gain will be lost, Wen Bingxi denied it.

"Now that American TV shows have not implemented a rating system, there is no need to deliberately cling to it, it is completely impossible to get along with money, we just broadcast it in prime time. We need more subscribers. ”

Li Yixuan also breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want to put it at any time, it was too much to get along with money, and it was best if the two could reach an agreement.

"You have also read the script, this is just a general framework, and the specific content needs to be filled in by the screenwriter, do you have the right candidate?" Li Yixuan did not write him completely, because some of the stalks and props in it are only available in the 21st century, which is not in line with the present, so the content must be filled in again to keep up with the current popularity.

"Don't worry about this, after reading the script, I thought that two people are better at prison themes, and they should be able to complete it. After speaking, he took out the information of the two of them.

Li Yixuan looked at it, Iswood and Qiluobi Pengbu, but he hadn't heard of these two people. Forget that the screenwriter is not taken seriously, Wen Bingxi is professional, and what he introduced should be right.

"Why don't you call someone to write together?"

Xuan Shao doesn't understand the Hollywood system, and the Writers Guild of America stipulates that only those who contribute more than 30% to the script are eligible to sign it. In this way, there can only be three signatures in the screenwriter column. You see, the script structure was provided by you, and you have also registered with the Screenwriters Guild, and the signature on the screenwriter's column must be indispensable to you, so there are only two vacancies, and the extra people will not be able to get the signature no matter what, and it is useless to find it. ”

Li Yixuan understands that American screenwriters are different from China, American screenwriters can get a share of the box office, and some can even get a share of peripheral income, if an individual contributes a little to the script, then how should this revenue share be shared, it is impossible to eat a big pot of rice and see a share, right? Therefore, the Screenwriters Guild of America has issued such a rule, only if the contribution to the script exceeds 30%, can the screenwriter be signed, and the signed person is eligible to share.

"Prison Break" is a TV series, AMC is a pay TV station, and 3% of the subscription income is given to 3 screenwriters. Therefore, in terms of sharing, he will have to share 40% of the 3% of the income, and the remaining 60% will be equally shared by the other two screenwriters.

In addition, Li Yixuan is the first screenwriter, in addition to enjoying the subscription revenue share, he can also enjoy the qualification of "Prison Break" peripheral revenue sharing, now in 1979, according to the agreement reached between the Writers Guild and the American Television Drama Broadcasting Association in 1973, Li Yixuan can get a share of the surrounding income up to 1%.

Li Yixuan remembered one thing and asked, "Do the directors and actors need to give them a share?"

"The director wants it, but the actor doesn't. The director only has a subscription share, no peripheral revenue share, and the director's peripheral share is only 0.3% at most, which was an agreement with the Directors Guild in 1976. However, after the success of the film and television drama, the salary of several leading actors will increase greatly in the next season, and the next level will increase even higher, which is a doubled growth. But don't worry, Hollywood has relevant regulations on the increase in actors' salaries, and there will be no random bidding. Especially TV series. ”

With this provision, after "Prison Break" became popular, the cost was quite scary. Li Yixuan remembers that the production cost of each episode of the third season of "Prison Break" was as high as 15 million US dollars, and the fourth season was close to 30 million episodes.

With such a high cost, the TV stations can't afford it, and they are considering whether to continue the production.

This is the case with "Friends", one season a year, and the last 10 seasons, because the cost is too high, the TV station cannot make a profit, so the 10th season ends.

Wait, do you want to take out "Friends", this is a TV series that the whole family can watch, it is definitely the positioning of compound AMC, and "Friends" will not appear until 1994.

So he told Wen Bingxi what he thought in his heart.

Wen Bingxi's expression was very surprised, he didn't expect Li Yixuan to come up with a TV series idea in such a short time, listening to the plot synopsis he talked about felt pretty good, and he should think it was feasible, so he said to Li Yixuan: "Xuan Shao, you write out the outline of the script first, it's suitable for me to find someone to fill in the content." ”

He knew that Li Yixuan was such a busy person that it was impossible to provide a complete script, plus he didn't know much about American culture, so it was best for him to be responsible for providing the outline.

"Mr. 'Transformers', then 'Prison Break', and now 'Friends', three shows at the same time, uh...... Old Wen, are you busy coming here?"

Wen Bingxi thought for a while and said: ""Prison Break" has high requirements for the director, actors, props, and scenes, so I recommend that it be produced at the end. "Transformers" you have set the script and character design, as long as the script is filled, you can start production, I recommend finding a Taiwanese OEM. "Friends" is not so demanding, and when you write the outline of the script, I think you can start to prepare. ”

"Do you have anyone in Taiwan who knows this?" Li Yixuan sensitively realized.

"Yes, Disney's cartoons are all OEM from RB or South Korea, or from Taiwan, and the labor cost in the United States is too expensive. And it also requires the periphery to be divided, so the long-form TV animations in the United States are all OEM for them, and they only need to determine the script, character design and style. ”

"Why is there no Hong Kong?" Li Yixuan found that the other party did not mention Hong Kong.

Wen Bingxi shook his head and said: "Hong Kong can't do it, Hollywood hasn't looked for them before, such as Shangguan Xiaobao or Huang Yulang, but their painting style is too heavy and can't be on the stage at all." And there are few comic talents in Hong Kong, they are all so-called masters and apprentices, and they have also undergone systematic professional training, and they are completely born in the wild, unlike Taiwan, they can't do "Transformers". ”

Li Yixuan smiled bitterly, Wen Bingxi was not wrong, whether it was Shangguan Xiaobao or Huang Yulang, the pattern of their cartoons was too low, full of gangsters' fights and killings, full of all kinds of violence and eroticism/eroticism, in the 70s, because the cartoons they made were too bloody, which led to a collective boycott of parents in Hong Kong, and finally the British government in Hong Kong had to come and impose mandatory regulations on the comics listed in Hong Kong, and they only restrained a little.

Their comics are also sold in Hong Kong, and out of Hong Kong, no country in Southeast Asia will introduce them, let alone the mainland. It's really not on the table.