"Mr. Chu, happy cooperation!"

At the small banquet organized by SCL and AMC, Lao Fran and Lao Geer came over together and talked with Chu Shi, and the most enthusiastic was Lao Fran.

For Lao Geer, Chu Shi is just a very potential collaborator who can make SCL a lot of money, and he is also a future collaborator, nothing more.

But for Lao Fran, the top director in the American drama circle, it is not so simple, after the joint discussion of SCL and AMC, it was finally decided that the chief director of this TV series will be served by Old Fran!

As soon as the intention of the TV series shooting was finalized, the position of the first screenwriter and chief director was decided, and in the future filming process, Chu Shi and Lao Fran will also have a lot of contact, in order to make the cooperation between the two sides more harmonious, Lao Fran also has the idea of befriending Chu Shi.

And Lao Fran also took into account that with Chu Shi's extraordinary screenwriting level, he will inevitably write an extremely good American drama script in the future, even if Chu Shi is not a prolific screenwriter, if an excellent American drama script can be born in the next few years, it is worth Old Fran to befriend him!

Fortunately, this time the director of AMC Entertainment, a top American drama director with a similar level of director to Old Fran, is directing another TV series, so that Old Fran easily won the position of director, otherwise, at least it will take a while to rip off. in order to officially finalize the director of the TV series.

"How's that, this time the sincerity of our SCL company. Mr. Chu has already felt it, right? ”

"It's natural, in fact, I was ready to work hard in the United States for a month as early as when I was on the plane. I really didn't expect that we signed the contract in just over three hours, which is really something I didn't expect, but it can also be seen from here that both SCL and AMC are very good partners, and I am very much looking forward to the next shooting work and possible cooperation in the future. ”

Chu Shi nodded slightly. I feel the same way in my heart.

This time, the negotiation work went too smoothly!

A few days ago, after receiving a call from AMC and SCL, Chu Shi had already sensed the sincerity of the two companies, and in order to make the next work faster, he directly sent the complete TV drama script to the two companies by email.

The script of the TV series that was initially named "Thewalkingdead" by Chu Shi, if it is simply imitated from the comic works, Chu Shi feels that it is most appropriate to shoot it into a miniseries. There are only ten to twenty episodes of TV series in each season, so that both the difficulty and risk of adaptation will be greatly reduced, after all, it is a large-scale imitation of comic works. You don't need to be too original.

But after thinking about it for a long time, Chu Shi denied such an idea! If the filming becomes a TV series with only more than ten or twenty episodes, it will be an investment of 30 or 50 million US dollars at best. Chu Shi can afford it alone, let alone a large entertainment company like SCL and AMC?

When the time comes. Even if Chu Shi had a check of more than 80 million US dollars, it would be difficult to meddle in it. After all, it's just such a small investment, and people can afford it lightly, so why give Chu Shi a part?

In the end, in order to make it easier to join this, Chu Shi was also ruthless in his heart, and directly spent a lot of time and energy to directly adapt this TV series that was supposed to be a miniseries into a record TV series with hundreds of episodes!

This is a collection of adventure, thriller, plot, horror, and emotion in one, and the mainstream classification is like this, but in the eyes of Chu Shi, or SCL company, AMC company, this is a zombie-themed TV series!

This theme is in the film circle, it can be said that it is a work on the bad street, there are countless zombie-themed movies with a small cost that only need to put makeup on the face, and there are many classics with large investments, such as "Dawn of the Living Dead", "Zombies Out of the Cage", "Resident Evil" and other works, from this point of view, this is not a novel work.

But in the TV drama circle, in the entertainment industry of this world, there is really no similar work!

And there is a world of difference between Chu Shi's works and movies!

The climax of the plot is the pinnacle battle between people and zombies, full of passion, violence, and easy to sink into it, it is an out-and-out popcorn movie, because only in this way can it be easy to gain the favor of the audience and make a lot of money at the box office.

As for filming a zombie-themed literary film, describing the sadness of the apocalyptic world, using this to express some thoughts and take the opportunity to win various awards? Don't look at the jokes! Although literary films are easy to win awards, a literary film with a science fiction theme cannot win any awards at all except for the extremely garbage box office, after all, the word 'science fiction' has almost been equated with words such as popcorn and commerce, but it is not something that those aging judges like.

And the script of the TV series written by Chu Shi called "Thewalkingdead", although it is a zombie TV series, the core is not the battle and killing between humans and zombies in the last days.

There is no special function, no anti-heaven combat power, no mutation and evolution, just a group of ordinary people, struggling in the end times!

There are strong and fragile people in this team, a leader who is committed to the common good, a young boy with strong combat effectiveness, a silent man with superb survival skills, a woman who seems to be weak but has a strong heart, and a child who has gone through the ups and downs and finally matured......

Without the pride of saving the world, without the kindness of Our Lady of Foolishness, everyone's expectation is just to survive, just to let the people they care about survive, a story of constant struggle.

The whole TV series. It's not just fighting, killing, and struggling, it's more about describing the life of the last days. There is despair, hope, pain, and laughter in the mental journey of all people. Almost all the love can be experienced in this TV series.

At the same time, in the process of the struggle of the protagonist team, they also see a lot of things, such as a savior like the Virgin of Goodness, a brutal leader, a power-hungry and terrifying leader, a cannibal, and a scum who kidnaps women and trades with others......

"Thewalkingdead" is not a work similar to the mass zombie movie, with wonderful battle scenes, but more about the process of survival and struggle of a team in the apocalypse, at the same time, it can also be said that this is a 'post-apocalyptic travelogue', from the perspective of the protagonist team. I saw a lot of things, but I didn't preach, but I also told a lot of things about the things that happened to the protagonist team.

This is a TV series work with a lot of depth!

After reading the complete script, as the chief screenwriter of SCL Company, Lao Geer gave his own evaluation, and he was worried that the quality of the script would decline slightly after 40 episodes, and even wondered if he needed to help himself, but Lao Geer only knew after seeing the complete script. The quality of the later scripts not only did not decline in the slightest, but became more and more exciting because of the foreshadowing in the early stage.

It was also after reading the complete script that the senior leaders of both SCL and AMC made up their minds. Be sure to befriend Chu Shi!

A work does not represent the whole of Chu Shi, and it is not certain that Chu Shi has a level comparable to that of a chief screenwriter like Lao Geer, but it is not good. also has the ability of a top screenwriter, and it should be noted. Chu Shicai is only twenty years old!

In the future, Chu Shi has more possibilities and a brighter future. This is also why the two companies coincidentally chose to do their best to befriend Chu Shi.

A top-level TV drama screenwriter like Lao Geer may be able to come up with an excellent script every year and make his company make a lot of money, Chu Shi is slightly inferior here, but at least he can come up with an excellent script in three years, right?

Even with a threefold gap, Chu Shi has a huge advantage - young!

Even if there is no progress in the future, he will have an advantage over the already old old Geer, and how can a demon-level genius like Chu Shi be inferior to an old Geer in the future? This is also the reason why, during the negotiation process, both companies took great care of Chu Shi!

In the process of creating the script, I first recalled the original version of the TV series called "Thewalkingdead", extracted some of the content, and combined the other two with slightly inferior quality, which is probably equivalent to the plot of a first-class zombie-themed TV series, thought of a lot of small plots, interspersed the content of the three TV series, and finally wrote the script in front of me.

It is true that Chu Shi still has a lot of top zombie TV drama scripts in his mind that are not inferior in quality to "Thewalkingdead", which can indeed be integrated into them, but it will inevitably give Chu Shi a feeling of 'waste', and the integration of multiple top scripts is difficult to distinguish between priority and priority, it is better to be like this now, although it cannot give a 'perfect' evaluation in Chu Shi's mind, it can be placed in the American drama market in the 21st century, and its quality is so high that it can definitely be called ' Perfect's TV drama works, and even after evaluation by the two companies, they believe that as long as nothing else, this TV series has a 50% chance of winning the 2010 national TV drama ratings championship!

It is precisely because of the extremely high quality that Old Fran gave up his face, stared at the pressure of AMC Company, and snatched the position of TV series director from his mobile phone - although Old Fran is the top TV series director in the United States, but there are many talents at his level, but Chu Shi's script is definitely the highest quality script in 2010, how can Old Fran let it go?

Finally, after Chu Shi's adaptation, one hundred and eight episodes of the TV series were directly written, which served as all the episodes of the TV series "Thewalkingdead".

Of course, if nothing else, this is only the first season of the TV series "Thewalkingdead", and there may be a second and third seasons in the future, and this qiē naturally depends on Chu Shi's attitude and the results of the first season. It's too early to talk about it.

And this one hundred and eight episodes of the TV series have been carefully evaluated by SCL and AMC. thinks that its investment is about $2.2 million per episode, which is the most appropriate number.

Although the two companies feel the same. Only with an investment of $2.6 million to $2.8 million per episode can this TV series be the best, but the problem is ......

Such an investment cannot maximize the benefits! Although the cost of 2.2 million per episode is not too much, when it comes to benefits, it must be the largest, after all, the TV series "Thewalkingdead" is just a new drama, and even if the quality is extremely high and it can win the throne of the 2010 TV drama ratings, it will take time to accumulate. In the early stage, the ratings will definitely not be too high.

If the first season of the TV series "Thewalkingdead" can really win the 2010 American ratings championship, then when the second season of the future zuò is produced, it will definitely be able to harvest a terrifying ratings base when it first starts broadcasting, and it will not even take a week to have the results of the 'top ten ratings of the year', and it will not take a month to squeeze into the top three of the year.

Even if the highest ratings are similar, the revenue will be more than double that of the first season of the TV series. At this time, it is time to discuss how to shoot the best possible TV series "Thewalkingdead".

The first season, at least the first fifty episodes. When the ratings did not reach their peak, the average production cost of 1.8 million per episode was already a relatively high number. Even Chu Shi finally recognized the evaluation of the two companies, even if it was an excellent TV drama work. It's not that everything has to be shot to the best effect, any art. has to be supported by money, and Chu Shi himself is not an artist, but more of a businessman.

At the beginning, SCL and AMC felt that Chu Shi might be very dissatisfied with this proposal, and wanted to make the TV series "Thewalkingdead" into a near-perfect work, and they were still a little worried, but it can be seen that Chu Shi directly agreed, and the heads of the two companies were also relieved.

The average investment per episode of 108 episodes of TV series is about 2.2 million, so the total investment in the first season of the TV series "Thewalkingdead" is about 2400000 US dollars, a figure that everyone can accept.

The subsequent assessment, in Chu Shi's opinion, is also the same 'conscience', full of sincerity! SCL and AMC are responsible for a series of work such as production, production, distribution, and publicity, and they also need to spend a lot of money and connections, although Chu Shi can't see or touch it, but Chu Shi himself also thinks that just based on these points, it is absolutely reasonable for these two entertainment companies to directly take 20% of the shares, and even if they take away 25% of the shares, Chu Shi will definitely not say anything, at best, he thinks that the two companies are a little greedy, This collaboration will definitely not change.

But the evaluation figure of the two companies turned out to be 18% of the shares, which made Chu Shi quite surprised, and he completely realized the sincerity of the two companies.

In the end, 82% of the shares remained, and Lao Fran, as the chief screenwriter of SCL Company, directly withdrew 3% of the shares, while Chu Shi on the other side exchanged the script itself for 4% of the shares, which was also a surprise - as the top director and screenwriter in the United States, each play is about 2% of the dividend, and he can win 3% of the shares, which is also thanks to Old Fran' An opportunity once a year', and in order to make friends with Chu Shi, the two companies have opened a share that can only be obtained by the top screenwriters and top scripts in the American drama circle, which can definitely be called full of sincerity!

You must know that in the history of American dramas, the highest screenwriter's share given is only 5%, and this is because the screenwriter himself is the most famous and hot top screenwriter in the United States, and the adaptation of the work itself is also an extremely popular novel, which naturally has a huge audience base, and only opens a 5% share when there is a large amount of publicity expenses left for the TV drama production company.

Chu Shi is not stupid! If you take into account the problem that you are a screenwriter who is not well-known in the United States, it is normal to give a 2.5% share, even if you don't consider the factor of your own identity and status, if you only look at the quality of the script, it is already normal to have 3%, 3.5% is a surprise, and now 4% is a ......

Even Chu Shi was taken aback at the time!

After that, among the remaining 75% of the shares, it is very coincidental that Chu Shi, SCL and AMC also took out 80 million US dollars and got 25% of the shares of the TV series "Thewalkingdead".

At this point, the discussion of the tripartite division was completed, Chu Shi got 29% with the script and 80 million US dollars, the second shareholder AMC got 34%, and the largest shareholder SCL directly won 37% of the shares, which is the biggest beneficiary - of course, their efforts are also high.

For Chu Shi, this number can indeed be called a surprise, when he went out, he already had a calculation in his heart, his bottom line is 23% of the shares, if he can get 26%, it is enough to call it a bumper harvest, and the final 29% of the shares is definitely a big surprise!

Then, there was another discussion between the three sides - what is the value of the markets in China, South Korea and Japan!

In the end, after careful discussion, SCL and AMC reached an agreement that the value of the domestic market in the United States is about 45% of the total value, followed by the European and American markets, whose revenue will reach about 25% of the total revenue, and the Asian market, at best, accounts for 15% of the total revenue - after all, it is another skin color, there are great cultural differences between each other, and it is too late for people to develop their own works, how can they have the heart to develop your own works? Even if your quality is high, you can only log on to the Internet, and if you want to broadcast it on mainstream TV platforms, at best, it is a garbage time, prime time? Sorry, there's no place! (To be continued......)