Chapter 763 Selling Copyrights Overseas
Gu Xiaofan asked the people in the Internet Department to start spreading this edited video on various forums, and it is obvious that in Hollywood, which loves gossip, the "intimate photos" and "cheating videos" of celebrities are everyone's favorite topics. γReading.comγ
Soon, the video began to spread on a large scale, and the name of the video went from "Behind the Scenes of the Villain's Filming to the Video." It became "The villain Gu Xiaofan made the fantasy drama into a **** drama", and in the end it became "The villain Gu Xiaofan's **** crew fragment".
Sure enough, there are many Americans on the Internet who hate him to the core, and they continue to smear him without a bottom line.
The past few days have passed unconsciously, and the new employees of the Black Feather Network Department have spread this video in various forums, communities, and e-mails, and it has become known all over North America.
Neil was depressed for a few days back at HBO, and suddenly found that he had become the second most popular search on Google, and even when he went to the bathroom in a meeting at Warner headquarters, he could hear people discussing.
"Did you watch that video? The scale of our company's shooting is too big, and it has already exceeded the scale. β
"You've also watched it~ Some time ago, I said that they were filming and making in Scotland, but I didn't expect it to be this type, do you think HBO is crazy?"
"Who knows, anyway, Gu Xiaofan made another sensation this time, why does this Chinese have so many bed scenes?" Isn't it a dwarf? β
"I looked closely, and he didn't actually take it off...... The women are all taken off, but Liu Shishi, who played his lover, didn't have any bed scenes, and she was obviously a prostitute...... It's a pity, I still like that Liu Shishi. β
"Hey, you just like it~ I must go and see it on the day of the release."
Neil squatted on the toilet, but he was pleasantly surprised when he listened, but he didn't expect that the news of the release in just a few days would be known to so many people? But what's that video?
Neil didn't know that when he was confused in the toilet, HBO's official website had already seen a surge in traffic, and countless fantasy fans began to debate whether the video was the official shot in the series, and they wondered if Gu Xiaofan had taken this fantasy series out of shape?
The same good deeds seem to be eager to see what this fragrant fantasy series can look like.
The emotions of the North American audience, all unconsciously mobilized by the "villain", have reached a peak a few days before the reflection.
This is the first big-budget fantasy series in the history of American dramas, and it has already made a lot of noise before it is released, and many viewers are waiting for the arrival of the first episode.
At the scene where the "Great Wall of Desperation" was being filmed, Gu Xiaofan was sitting in the director's chair and taking advantage of the rest time to sleep, it was already 9 o'clock in the morning, last night, the whole crew stayed up all night to shoot, and it was not until now that I couldn't support it, hurry up and sleep for a while, there will be sunlight soon, and we will continue to shoot.
And Gu Xiaofan's sweet dream was woken up by a network computer, and Chen Keer held a laptop in front of him.
"Director Gu, our TV station has received 17 overseas TV station copyright agreement purchase intentions~" Neil appeared in the video call with excitement on his face, and the early warm-up publicity finally worked, and the overseas copyright has received a lot of contracts in advance.
"Oh...... Show me the documents. Gu Xiaofan couldn't raise his eyelids, so he could only hold on, waiting for Chen Keer to open the file file for him, and saw that it was the overseas copyright acquisition agreement for the first ten episodes.
In these agreements, the average price of an episode is $100,000 per episode, although there is a huge difference in price between European and Asian countries due to population and radiation area.
That's the equivalent of an estimated 500,000 cable viewers in the North American market.
That's not too low for an average of 900,000 viewers of HBO dramas, after all, it's just a non-commercial drama series, and no one has ever made an epic fantasy series in history.
"We can sign now!" Neil said a little impatiently: "I have already negotiated with the representatives of these TV stations, and it is very good to have such income for the first ten episodes." β
Gu Xiaofan's eyelids drooped, and he didn't have the strength to teach Neil a lesson, so he just said softly:
"Mr. Neil, if we are going to shoot at the end of the year, what is the standard that the board of directors has given us?"
Neil was stunned for a moment, and said helplessly: "The board requirement is that the average audience per episode is 2 million. β
"The board of directors expects so much from us, is it too much for overseas TV stations to underestimate us?" Gu Xiaofan sighed and said.
"Can't say that! Director Gu~" Neil explained again and again:
"This standard is Abel they opened to make it difficult for us, HBO is not a public TV station like ABC, we are all paid users, it is not easy to reach 1 million viewers, it is impossible to reach 2 million, and the previous investment of 11 million per episode only got an average rating of 1.97 million people, why use such a high standard to ask us...... Director Gu, as long as we win about 1 million viewers, I can go and talk to the director, we still have a chance at the end of the year......"
Neil never thought that he could get 2 million viewers, and if he got this result, the series would be able to recover the cost of 7 million per episode from cable audience payments, video tapes, and overseas copyright fees.
But this kind of drama that clearly earns word-of-mouth, who would really want to make much money at the beginning?
Gu Xiaofan didn't know how to deal with it, and looked at Chen Ke'er to signal that she had the final say on this matter, and Chen Ke'er thought about it and said:
"Mr. Neil, I think so, let's not sell any of the rights first, and then we'll talk about it after the broadcast."
"Not a single overseas copyright is sold?" Neil frowned slightly when he heard this, but shook his head again and again:
"Manager Chen, do you know that the network is so developed now, as long as we broadcast your Chinese side, the video signal will be disseminated, and it will spread all over the world in one night, which will greatly affect the ratings of the later broadcast, if we don't sign a contract first, don't let the other party's TV station arrange the broadcast in advance, and after we broadcast it, the price of the episode will be discounted, and now is the time when the momentum of our publicity is the highest, if we don't take the opportunity to sell the copyright, I am worried that I won't even be able to sell the price of 1.7 million per episode... "Big Star System
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Chapter 763 Overseas Selling Copyrights