Levy's question made Alexander's eyes widen, "You haven't given up yet?" No way? ”

Alexander knew very well what Levy meant when he said he bought it: after the production of the TV series was completed, the premiere rights would go to the network. However, there are times when TV networks will directly veto TV dramas for various reasons and decide not to release them, and the TV series will be considered finished -- every summer, each TV network will veto about 20 TV dramas, some of which are of poor production level, and some of which are due to various reasons, and this is not uncommon.

For a big network, losing that amount of money is nothing. However, sometimes, people who shoot TV dramas have enough confidence in their TV series, and after the TV series is rejected, of course, they can also spend money to buy back the premiere rights of the TV series, and then sell them to other TV networks - anyway, there are four TV networks, and no one can monopolize the market, maybe change one, and it will be successful?

It's just that in doing so, the biggest problem in the first place is the cost. If your company is a big company like Brushsheimer, and the TV series is rejected after filming, you can buy it and send it elsewhere, just to say a word, 10 million funds, and the big company can afford it. However, if a small company like Enigma buys it and can't sell it, it will be saddled with a large amount of arrears all of a sudden. No matter how confident Alexander was, considering the possibility of being burdened with tens of millions of debts, he did not dare to ignore it.

"Give up? We've already started shooting, how do we give up? Levy asked rhetorically, "Give up now, we don't have enough 1 million on hand." It's almost May, it's too late to make a new show, and if we give up, we'll have to delay for a year, and we only have 1 million to try to make a movie - but you know how hard it is. ”

In fact, for the mystery, it is now a dilemma. If you buy it, you may lose your money, don't buy it? That's a waste of time, and it's not paid yet. Levy's range made Alexander speechless for a long time, unable to say anything.

"Anyway, ABC vetoed us first, even if we don't do it well now, they can't say anything if we perfunctory the next two episodes. If we do that, maybe we can save some money......" After a moment of silence, Alexander said his idea, "They vetoed us for no reason, and that doesn't mean we're immoral." ”

Levy glanced at Alexander: This idea is really terrible, if you really do it, it will ruin your own reputation, and it is better to do less of this kind of thing.

However, Levy can also think that this may actually be the reason why ABC released the wind in advance to veto: ABC didn't want to be too stiff with Adam, and they originally hoped that the mystery company would calculate the cost at this time, find a way to save some money, pay the crew liquidated damages, and ensure that they would not lose money. In their opinion, it was already a very benevolent thing for them to let the mystery company know about these things in advance, so that the mystery company would not lose too much money in the end.

It's just that...... These guys, do they really think of us as the second generation of stupid people who can be sent away with a little favor?

"Don't be discouraged, it's just that ABC rejected our TV series, and the reason they refused was that our TV series didn't fit their typhoon. We can take the show to other TV stations and see if any of them are willing to buy it. Although Levy was also a little disappointed because of the rejection, but in the face of his friends, he still tried to show quite an optimistic mood, he absolutely could not agree with Alexander's idea, and directly perfunctory the remaining two episodes, "We can go and recommend the TV series to other TV stations, now the four major TV networks have a lot of cooperation, and they will have someone willing to buy it." There will always be some controversy in a good TV series, Law & Order, Beach Rescue have all had controversies, our TV series have also been controversial, and in this regard, we are on par with them! ”

The two that Levy said are both very famous TV series. When Law & Order was first customized, it was customized by FOX TV, and when the TV series was being produced, they had even placed an order to order 13 episodes, but because they later studied it again, they thought that Law & Order was too 'politicized' and did not fit the typhoon of FOX, so they no longer broadcast this TV series. After the show was vetoed, the producer didn't give up, he bought the premiere rights and went to find another TV station for his TV series to broadcast. It was a lengthy process that led to the show's production in '88 and its premiere on NBC in '90 – and immediately became one of the most popular TV shows.

And the beach ambulance team is the TV series that is notoriously simple, known for having no plot, and basically just beautiful women and handsome guys in swimsuits running around to sell their bodies. After the first season of this drama was broadcast, it also suffered a downturn and was even cut. But the producers felt that the show still had merit, so they resurrected it. After persevering, it became one of the most popular TV series in the United States and even the world, and even in 93, it was introduced to the other side of the ocean, which also caused a lot of repercussions.

And in Levy's memory, there is actually another example: in 95, the TV series Law Enforcement Titan that was released on NBC, because of the poor ratings, fell all the way to 77, and was directly cut by NBC. But after cutting it, CBS thought the TV series was valuable, so it bought the broadcast rights, and then, CBS aired nine seasons of Law Enforcement Titans, and then filmed the spin-off NCIS, and filmed more than a dozen seasons, and then, the NCIS also produced a spin-off Los Angeles chapter, and then filmed...... This TV series, which was vetoed by NBC, later became a gold mountain for CBS, which was used to dig for many years.

Being denied by a TV station does not necessarily mean that you are completely on the road to despair. Especially when TV stations can't say that their TV series is not good, but they just think that their TV series does not meet their style, maybe they can get passed in another place and their own TV series. There have been those successful examples, and now it seems that the failure of the test screening is not completely over.

Alexander looked at Levy, and he knew that he couldn't persuade him anymore. In the final analysis, my own method is just to survive, and I don't lose much money, but I can't make any money. The Enigma Company has been busy for three months, not to make such a little hard-earned money, which is unacceptable to Levy, and neither can anyone else.

"If you contact other TV stations...... There is only one way, that is, we first beg ABC not to completely veto the TV series, but to participate in the screening during the screening, if we can get enough advertisers, then, ABC may change its mind, even if not, after the success of the screening, there must be companies willing to invest in ABC to buy our TV series. At this point, all Alexander could think about was how to reduce his losses, "We don't have enough working capital in our hands, and the money that ABC gives us is basically nothing left to repay the loan of the entertainment company." Although I have been thinking about finding new investors from Canada recently, if we can't find a place to broadcast our TV series, then no one is willing to invest in us. ”

Investors invest in order to make money, and with capital in hand, it is very convenient for them to do anything. If the TV series is filmed well, they will not hesitate to count their loan as a production investment, and sit still and take 4% of the profit. If the TV series is not filmed well and no one broadcasts it, then what they do is naturally to directly recover the loan, pat the ass and leave-Hollywood also has to abide by the operating laws under the capital system, where the rich will never suffer losses, and investors are less likely to suffer losses than production companies.

And if you don't bring in money, you just buy it yourself...... Production companies can't afford to buy their own TV series.

After the TV series is produced, it is sold to the TV network, and even if the TV network vetoes the TV series, the production company wants to buy back the first broadcast rights, and the TV network is absolutely unwilling to reduce the price: because they know that the TV series must be broadcast by a TV station, and the first broadcast rights are bought, and they can't keep it for their own use, it is nothing more than selling it to a few competitors themselves, if they are willing to sell it at a lower price, then it is equivalent to reducing the production cost, although they can recover some of the losses, but it may make their competitors pick up cheap, This kind of thing is something that TV networks are absolutely unwilling to do.

As Alexander said, the Enigma company has no money and no room for turnover. Their only chance is to show off their TV series at the screening in May. If the screening goes smoothly and attracts enough advertisers who are willing to invest money in the interstitial advertisements of this TV series, then there is no need to worry about no one being willing to buy the premiere rights of this TV series. If not...... Then, his own TV series is completely dead.

"Just do as you say, Alex, and contact the ABC again, our last request is to attend their screenings - we can't afford to do them ourselves. I'll get in touch with my dad and ask him to help convince ABC that we don't ask them to give us an order, we just ask that they give us a chance to sell our TV series, a chance to show it. ”

The Mystery Company is too poor to hold a screening. However, ABC has a lot of money, and there are twenty or thirty TV dramas at a screening meeting, and they won't care if there is one more TV series exhibited at the screening. Levy believes that ABC will not veto his request, after all, for the TV station, it is just a trivial matter, and they have no reason to refuse if they let Adam come forward.

"I don't think it's a big problem...... But if the remaining two episodes continue to be done well, then in the end, if we fail, we really won't have anything left. Although he had agreed with Levy, Alexander was still a little uneasy.

"Man, we're already gambling, anyway, aren't we?" Levy laughed, "If we win, what is the money we spend?" If we lose, our careers are ruined anyway, and we still care about this little money? Alex, this is the starting point of our career, if we don't even give up this opportunity, will we still have a chance in the future? We need to prove to them that we are not the unsuccessful idiots they see as a waste idiot who will go by one vote, and that vetoing us will be something that Michael Eisner will regret for the rest of his life! ”