Chapter 45: Internal Disagreements
And within Fahrenheit Media and CAA TV, there are also voices that disagree.
"Mr. Boss, are you really planning to shoot The Walking Dead? I'd advise you to dispel this idea as soon as possible, I've seen too many good horror series, and although the disc sales are good, the ratings are very poor. โ
Pock spent many years at Disney's syndicate division and knew all about it.
The newly joined CAA TV director Lu Si also frowned and said: "Boss, I agree with Bock, according to the script of "The Walking Dead" you wrote, the production cost of each episode alone will exceed 4 million US dollars, not including the actors' salaries. If you invite a few more stars to play the lead roles, you will almost invest $600 to $7 million per episode, or even more. โ
Rust's mind is more meticulous, and as soon as he speaks, he uses data to show the huge risks of filming "The Walking Dead".
Link smiled and nodded, not surprised by the two of them's opposition.
When Fat Jack saw Link looking at him, he suddenly remembered the original "The Big Bang Theory" 'Halloween Special'. I think he himself was strongly opposed at first, but the final result showed that Link was right.
Since then, Fat Jack has formed a blind trust in Link, and he tells himself that as long as the little boss says what I do, I will do it myself, and don't ask anything else.
Thinking of this, Fat Jack said: "I don't agree with Polke and Rust, I think the American drama "The Walking Dead" will be very good, I am optimistic about it." โ
Seeing the fat man Jack stand up to support him, Link couldn't help but sigh, or Jack, who followed him step by step, understood me.
"Fatty, are you crazy? Do you know how risky this is? Even if we shoot three pilot episodes in advance, it will add up to more than $20 million, plus the huge set and personnel investment in the early stage, if the three pilot episodes don't perform well, we will lose at least $50 million. Fatty, you have to think clearly! โ
Seeing that Fat Jack jumped out and chose to support Link, although Polke didn't dare to be angry with Link, but to Fat Jack, he began to hit the other party mercilessly.
Fat Jack was also angered, his fat body shook, and he slapped the table and made an earth-shattering sound: "No matter what you say, I support the little boss anyway." โ
"This is dereliction of duty and irresponsibility!" The outspoken Lust jumped up suddenly, pointed at the fat man Jack and scolded: "Now that Mr. Boss is dizzy, we can't allow him to continue to slide into the abyss!" Jack, are you worthy of your $4 million annual salary? If The Walking Dead costs us a lot of money, I'm going to be the first to settle accounts with you! โ
Seeing that several of his high-ranking subordinates had a tendency to develop from bad language to physical altercation, Link quickly stopped them.
"Okay, let's stop arguing, I'll think about it again, okay?"
Seeing Link stand up as a peacemaker, and his tone was obviously not as tough as before, Polk and Rust sat down again, just looking at Fat Jack's eyes, still with a strong anger.
When the internal ventilation session ended, Fat Jack was left alone.
"Little boss, I ......"
Fat Jack lowered his head, his expression was low, and he didn't know how to speak with some guilt.
Link patted him on the shoulder, smiled and said, "What's wrong, fatty?" Someone said a few words and hit you? โ
Fat Jack said with a bitter face: "They are right, I don't deserve to sit in the CEO position, I can't even be a director of the news department, and I'm too far behind Rut." Even, I can't even compare to Pock, everyone is better than me. โ
Seeing Fat Jack's lost look, Link said solemnly: "Fat man, you are indeed inferior to Polk and Rust in many places. โ
Hearing the little boss say the same, the fat man's expression became even more ugly.
"But you are many times stronger than them in one thing, and they can't beat you."
Fat Jack suddenly raised his head and asked, "What is it?" โ
Link stared into his eyes and said solemnly, "Because we are friends, and the two of them are employees." โ
Although Polk and Rust are also excellent, their starting point is also to reduce risk and avoid huge losses, and Link trusts them.
However, Fat Jack has been following his old subordinates since a long time ago, and not only experienced the most difficult period of CAA TV, but also witnessed the difficult journey of CAA with Link, from a small Chinese TV station to the biggest dark horse of TV media in recent years!
From the bottom of his heart, Link is indeed more willing to reuse Fat Jack a little, which is also human nature.
Hearing the words of the little boss, Fat Jack suddenly felt that the dozens of pounds of meat he had tired before were worth it!
"It's God's favor to be able to follow such a boss!"
Fat Jack wiped the tears from his face and sighed in his heart.
He is 40 years old this year and has been with CAA TV for more than ten years. He thought that this life would be like this, and he would just retire in a few more years.
But I didn't expect that when people were not confused, they would meet Link.
He still remembers the beginning, when the big boss had just passed away and the small boss began to take over CAA TV. He really looked down on this 21-year-old boy who had just graduated from college.
However, everything that happened after that made him completely change his attitude towards Link.
Especially during the 911 incident, Fat Jack himself felt that he had collapsed, but the little boss still persisted. I remember that I had complained at the beginning, but I was reluctant to leave CAA TV, where I had worked for so many years, and forced myself to persevere.
And now, that persistence has finally paid off!
"I am now the chairman of CAA Media Group, with an annual salary of $4 million, which is dozens of times higher than my previous salary. What the little boss promised me at the beginning is now slowly being realized, what am I not satisfied with? โ
The two people, who are both up and down and friends, held each other's palms tightly at this moment.
That's an unreserved trust!
In the days that followed, Link rarely went to the Big Bang Theory crew again. Although Johnny only has the title of assistant director, in fact, the entire crew has been handed over to him, including the 'director's microphone'.
The most important thing about "The Big Bang Theory" is the script lines, as well as the live play of several main characters. And Jim Parsons and others have been able to fit in very well. After a few months of filming, their performances have been very natural and energetic for several important roles such as 'Sheldon', 'Leonard' and 'Penny'.
There is no difficulty in shooting, this kind of sitcom does not require special effects or locations, and the actors' diagonal sรจ integration is very high, so there will be basically no problems.
Coupled with the fact that Johnny always finishes filming a day in advance and then brings the 'sample' to Link for review, Link only needs to spare one day every Friday, and the rest of the time is devoted to the script writing and conception of "The Walking Dead".
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