Flying to London, Murphy and Carla Firth were engaged in intense negotiations, and Stanton Studios and Twentieth Century Fox also placed negotiations on the European section of A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones in the United Kingdom, and in addition to a British cable television station, a number of companies in France, Germany, Spain and Portugal also expressed strong interest. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that many of the settings of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" draw on the history of the European Middle Ages, and the history of the Seven Kingdoms of Wislot can see a lot of shadows of the traditional European powers before.

Compared with other American dramas, "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" is naturally suitable for broadcast in Europe, and the ratings and explosive reputation achieved in North America are the guarantee of high prices.

Murphy and Carla Firth faced the British buyer first, but in the negotiations, Murphy was more of a participant, and the negotiations were still dominated by Carla Firth.

Carla Firth has more experience in this area than he does.

The negotiations went slightly smoother than expected, and after a week of tug-of-war with British television, a formal agreement was reached under which the other side exclusively bought out the television rights and online on-demand rights in the British Isles for $2.5 million per episode for a period of three years.

There is also an additional clause in the agreement, and the British TV station will have the right of first refusal for a future second season, all things being equal.

On the British side, Murphy and Carla Firth each led a negotiation team and engaged in negotiations with other European companies and TV stations, and the TV series of good enough quality and tested in the North American market did not have to worry about overseas markets, just like the Hollywood movies that were big hits in North America.

Over the course of 10 days, after a number of negotiations, Murphy and Carla Firth reached agreements with TV stations and distribution companies in many European countries and regions, signing formal contracts to exchange the TV and Internet broadcast rights of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" for the next three years for a large revenue figure.

Germany, like the United Kingdom, is up to $2.5 million per episode for three years; France is slightly lower, but also has $2 million per episode; Spain and Portugal received $1.5 million and $1 million per episode, respectively; Italy $1.2 million per episode......

During their trip to Europe, Murphy and Carla Firth took with them a total of $125 million in rights transfer revenue.

There is no doubt that the huge success of A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones will generate horrific profit numbers for Stanton Studios and Twentieth Century Fox.

It is precisely with this guarantee of profitability that Murphy and Carla Firth will increase their investment in the production of the second season, and will not completely abandon the war scenes, planning to shoot the epic battle between Stannis and Lannister in King's Landing at the end of the second season.

Without such a stellar profitability, the war would have been cut by Murphy.

"At present, the development of peripheral games is being negotiated with companies in Silicon Valley."

Walking along the aisle to the flight to Los Angeles, Carla Firth told Murphy about the latest developments in North America as she walked, "Peripheral products such as cultural shirts, dolls, and toys will also be on sale as soon as possible, and no later than the time when DVDs are on sale." ”

Murphy was listening most of the time and nodded.

In North America, popular TV series will drive a large number of additional industries, not only the film entertainment industry line, but also TV series, such as "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" TV series with double ratings and word-of-mouth, the whole is a super large money-making machine.

"Welcome to this flight......

Murphy nodded politely and entered the first class with Carla Firth, sitting on the two adjacent seats on the side of the window, waiting for the plane to take off.

I don't know why, after waiting for a long time, the plane didn't take off, it seems that for some reason it was postponed, Murphy and Carla Firth were a little bored, and the flight attendant from the United States asked for the newspaper and read it.

Presumably, his recent negotiations with Carla Firth have attracted a lot of media attention on Fleet Street, and the entertainment section of the newspaper has a lot of reviews and reports about A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones.

However, the British Empire has always been on the shelf, and the more influential the media, the more obvious it is, such as the Times commentary.

"Game of Thrones is so realistic and gloomy that I don't know where to watch."

Just from the headline, it can be seen that some British media still habitually attack cultural products from Hollywood.

"I watched the first season of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" in the United States some time ago, and the overall feeling is that it is too realistic and gloomy, except for the Stark family and some of the night watchmen, almost all of the rest are thick black spirits, no beliefs and principles, only eternal self-interest, what honor, what responsibility, what friendship, what family affection, all are ****, all can be thrown away, and almost all of them are self-aware, they admit that they are very cheap and insidious, It's shameless, but they have a clear conscience, because they will say: this is reality, I have to work for reality, and I can live like a dog for this, and I don't care about anything else. ”

"I admit that reality is really disheartening many times, and it does pressure us to give up our ideals, beliefs, and principles. But we have already tasted these sorrows in reality, but why do we want to be tortured again in the TV series? ”

"Ned, a symbol of the good side? Stark died like this, people have no time to come back to their senses, and therefore make people sweat for the future fate of his children, let the director and screenwriter, since you can let an important character who carries our sustenance and expectations so easily in the darkness of reality, then for his children, what can you not do? ”

"A TV series needs realistic factors, but it also needs positive factors that make people see hope, otherwise what are we going to watch?"

"If a drama is happy to put darkness, conspiracy, cruelty, and ruthlessness in the name of reality...... Laid out again and again on our visual table, and let those kindness and beauty in human nature and our expectations and hopes die bloodily in front of us, so that we always can't see the end, and then bitterly tell us that this is the reality, then I want to ask, is this kind of pitiful point worth seeing? ”

Although this is a critical comment, it is not unreasonable, and the abuse of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" has indeed reached a new level since the birth of the TV series.

"How?" Carla Firth turned her head to look at Murphy, "See the slamming comments?" ”

Murphy shrugged his shoulders and said unconcernedly, "There is some truth to that. ”

He handed the newspaper in his hand to Carla Firth, who took it and handed her one backhand, "Look at this good review, the Chicago Sun, Roger Albert has published one of the few reviews of a play." ”

Although I know that Roger Albert can publish a review of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones", it must be related to the impetus behind Twentieth Century Fox, but with his current identity and status, he will not easily risk his reputation, and he is willing to give good reviews, and he also recognizes this series.

Taking Carla Fez's newspaper, Murphy saw Roger Albert's column.

"Overall, the adaptation of "Game of Thrones" has so far not had a 'neurosplit', and Murphy Stanton's idea is very consistent, which is to make the TV series appear more concise and focused on the premise of maintaining the flavor of the original book. Most of the new plots added to the TV series are reasonable and reasonable, and the dialogues are sometimes superb, which is commendable - and it is rare in film and television adaptations. ”

"The Lord of the Rings led the magic trend has become popular in Hollywood in recent years, but it has not made much noise on the TV screen, and now Murphy Stanton has finally created a new era with the major work of "Game of Thrones", most people think that this show will have a lot of war, magic, action and **** scenes, but after the broadcast, it was found that this show is not the main gimmick of these audio-visual stimulation, but focuses on the plot and characters."

"Although each episode has three or four story lines going hand in hand, the plot is not scattered at all, but quite compact and exciting, and the technical aspects of cinematography, costumes, sets and art are also extremely meticulous, and the whole show is simply a beautiful work of art."

"Murphy Stanton has directed a masterful TV series that allows the audience to immerse themselves in this vast and illusory worldview, while the seven kingdoms and nine families in the play are as close as real life. At least for now, this is the pinnacle of a fantasy TV series that is extremely difficult for Yu Yue. ”

Seeing Roger Albert's unreserved praise, Murphy couldn't help but scratch his head, as if the Pulitzer Prize winner really liked his darkened style.

"Maybe it's because most of Hollywood's movies and most directors are too homogeneous." Murphy could only think so, "Maybe it's really good at public relations on my side?" ”

After thinking about it for a while, there was no definite answer to these things, and Murphy didn't bother to think about it anymore, it was always a good thing to have Roger Albert's touting.

No one can ignore the influence of this former Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic.

Putting down the newspaper, Murphy looked at the time and found that the flight was almost half an hour late, and he didn't even mean to take off.

"What's going on?" Murphy tilted his head to look out the window.

Carla Firth was even more straightforward, directly took out her mobile phone and dialed a call, and after asking a few words, she said quite helplessly, "There are protesting crowds occupying the runway. (To be continued.) )