It is precisely for this reason that for a long time, in addition to European and American countries, many other countries have not been the core profit point of American dramas, even if such a huge market as the whole of Asia is at best, it is only a small profit point of the American drama market, accounting for about 15% of the total profit

Excluding other countries, only South Korea and Japan, their total value accounts for about 9% of all revenues, as for China......

Because it has not been able to capture the Huaxia market for a long time, and can only sell the network broadcast rights in Huaxia, the profit of this piece can be called weak, at best, it accounts for 1% of the total revenue, which is indeed too small.

Adding up the Huaxia, South Korea, and Japanese markets, its value accounts for 10% of the total revenue at best, which is not a high number, Chu Shi only needs to take out this share, and he can hold the Japanese, South Korea, and Chinese markets in his hands!

Of course, the 10% share is not directly divided equally to SCL and AMC, Chu Shi, who is also one of the three major shareholders, originally held part of the income of the three countries, and what Chu Shi needed to buy was only the income of the three countries in the hands of SCL and AMC.

In fact, what Chu Shi needs to pay is not a 10% share! After the concessions of SCL and AMC, Chu Shi finally took a one-thousandth share of the advantage, and only needed to pay 7% of the shares to win the markets of the three countries.

This figure made Chu Shi extremely happy, it was not high, and in Chu Shi's opinion, although he lost 7% of his share, he could rely on the markets of these three countries. The final benefit can be at least multiplied several times. It's definitely a big profit, and it's a lot of money. It's still something that SCL and AMC can't earn at all, even if it's red-eyed, they only have envy, and they won't do anything tricky and robbing at all, and other entertainment companies in Huaxia ...... Even if you have great luck and there is a demon who coexists with ability and courage, you can only be the second beneficiary, and the biggest beneficiary will always be Chu Shi alone!

That is, what is reflected in the final contract. In addition to owning all the profits of South Korea, Japan and Huaxia, Chu Shi also occupies 22% of the share of the TV series, AMC occupies 37% of the shares, and the first shareholder, SCL Company, occupies 41% of the shares, which is the deservedly largest shareholder.

The second contract is the contract for Chu Shi to be the screenwriter of the TV series "Thewalkingdead", but the screenwriter's share has been calculated in the first contract, and there is no mention of the sharing in this contract. only said that with a salary of 10,000 US dollars, Chu Shi was hired as the screenwriter of the TV series "Thewalkingdead".

The third contract is for Chu Shi to play the second supporting actor in the TV series "Thewalkingdead", or among the three protagonists. The role of a strong but very simple Asian teenager is also because in the previous negotiations, SCL and AMC have made many concessions. Chu Shi has benefited a lot, and Chu Shi itself is also one of the three major shareholders. It's not much less than the two companies, and it will inevitably make a lot of money in the end. was not embarrassed to ask for remuneration again, and in the end, like the screenwriter, he asked for $10,000 and signed the contract.

So far, Chu Shi has completed the signing of contracts in all aspects, and finally occupied 22% of the shares of the TV series "Thewalkingdead", and won the markets in China, South Korea, and Japan, and also became the third actor and screenwriter of this TV series. It doesn't seem that there is much use for copyright, and SCL and AMC have not paid attention to it.

Like Chu Shi, they don't think that these copyrights will bring much benefit to their company, but Chu Shi is more cautious than them, even if it is useless, it is good to hold it in their hands.

"I signed all the contracts in three hours, even I have a dreamy feeling, SCL and AMC are worthy of being the top TV drama production companies in the United States, and this strong execution speed alone is also worth learning and learning from!"

"Haha, Mr. Chu laughed, in fact, with such a speed of negotiation, we have worked in SCL for many times, and we have not seen it a few times, this is entirely because we are full of sincerity in all three aspects, and we don't care about some interests, so we completed the cooperation as quickly as possible, and we are not so generous in the face of other screenwriters and other entertainment companies!"

Lao Geer laughed, "Who made Mr. Chu only twenty years old, and he has the strength of a top TV drama screenwriter, and when it comes to innovation ability, it is beyond the reach of our group of old guys, you say that such a powerful and talented screenwriter, who would not take the initiative to show favor?" ”

The contract was signed very smoothly, and Lao Geer didn't talk nonsense, and directly picked out a qiē, "The reason why our company is willing to give in is entirely because of Chu Shiyou, Chu Shi, you have new works in the future, but you must remember us!" ”

"It's nature!"

Chu Shi's face was also full of smiles, "At least so far, the cooperation between our two sides has been very smooth, in fact, when I cast the script, I chose three companies with very good strength and reputation, as long as there are no accidents in the next cooperation process, I will have suitable works in the future, I must choose your company!" ”

As soon as Chu Shi's voice fell, without waiting for Lao Geer to answer, he slapped his forehead violently, "Oh, and AMC Company, after all, the three of us are close partners, aren't we?" ”

Damn AMC, can't you be harsh when negotiating? If you don't make money, what an idiot!

Cursing the senior management of AMC in his heart, Lao Geer still has to make a happy appearance, but also to hinder face, as well as the senior management sent by AMC not far away, saying that AMC is indeed a close partner, and I hope that everyone will have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future.

"Okay, we'll talk about it later. Let's take this opportunity today to talk about the TV series "Thewalkingdead"! ”

Seeing Lao Geer and Chu Shi constantly talking. Old Fran frowned and interrupted, and Old Gehr nodded undeniably. The crowd discussed issues related to the TV series "Thewalkingdead".

The contract was signed today, and all the funds for the three parties will be in place within three days, which means that from tomorrow, you can officially start the preparatory work for the TV series.

After a detailed negotiation between SCL and AMC, the old Fran will take the lead, and of course, in this process, AMC has also sent two relevant responsible personnel to assist. At the same time, Chu Shi will also be a member of this team.

However, compared to the three supervisors headed by Lao Fran, Chu Shi's power is not big, at best it plays a supervisory role, except for the third male protagonist played by Chu Shi himself, the other main roles are basically SCL company, AMC company negotiated and decided - it is not too much to describe it in two words.

Of course, even if the main role is divided between the two companies, the casting must be strictly in accordance with the requirements for the role in the script. If the strength is insufficient, or the temperament and image do not match, the relevant persons in charge of the two companies and Chu Shi will not agree. Part of the reason why Chu Shi was mixed into this team was because of his identity as an 'investor', but more importantly, it was because of his identity as a screenwriter.

The opinions of all the top executives of both companies are very unanimous. The necessary benefits must be sought, but the ultimate goal is to make the TV series "Thewalkingdead" achieve good results. Anyone who dares to destroy the overall quality of the work for the sake of his own selfish desires will be the common enemy of all!

Of course. In addition to the right of supervision, Chu Shi is not without other powers! Some roles that are not important and can be decided through the normal audition process, Chu Shi himself can also speak, presumably SCL company and AMC company are also willing to sell Chu Shi's face, but so far, Chu Shi has not planned to arrange anyone in this TV series.

As the fourth person in the preparatory work team, and seeing that the preparatory work is about to begin, Old Fran also wants to ask Chu Shi's opinion, no matter what, Chu Shi is the screenwriter of the TV series "Thewalkingdead", and Chu Shi's opinion is also very important.

"First of all, I can see from my script that the number one actor who is a police officer is a character of the 'Madonna' template, but I would like to remind Director Fran...... Well, old Fran, I don't think you should choose someone with too soft image when casting this role! ”

"Why?"

Old Fran frowned, in the 108-episode TV drama script written by Chu Shi, the protagonist team has always been surviving in the wilderness and has encountered countless difficulties and obstacles, but all along, the police officer and the male protagonist are all people with the image of the Virgin, and even now, Old Fran plans to find a person with a more suitable image of the image of the 'Virgin' as the actor of the No. 1 actor.

"Old Fran, do you think to yourself, although the police officer male protagonist is the role of the template of the Virgin, but in the last days of crisis, he has no special functions, no virus mutations, no super evolution, and he is also the leader of their team, and he needs to bear the lives of his wife, son, and all his friends, such a character, do you think he will be a virgin for a lifetime?"

"At least what you describe in the script ......"

Old Fran frowned, but as soon as he was halfway through the words, his eyes widened violently, and he seemed to understand what Chu Shi meant!

The script of the TV series "Thewalkingdead" written by Chu Shi is not a complete story! At the end of the story, Chu Shi and the others just found a suitable 'base camp', temporarily ending the wild life of running around and full of crises, it seems that it may be over, but as long as Chu Shi is willing, this story can still be written! And there are so many things that can be written, even Old Fran can think of a lot, and it is easy to compile hundreds of episodes, let alone Chu Shi?

As long as the TV series works are popular, Chu Shi will continue to write more scripts one after another!

Although at that time, the director may not still be the old Fran, but no matter what, SCL will intervene. And even if the director is no longer him, people will not forget Jì Old Fran's contribution to this TV series. Naturally, Old Fran also has to consider the future arrangement of the TV series.

Seeing old Fran pondering. Chu Shi continued on the side, "In the first season of the TV series "Thewalkingdead", he is a virgin type person, but with more and more things encountered in the last days, more and more responsibilities are on his shoulders, and the enemy is becoming more and more powerful, insidious, cunning, and cruel, and finally, the police officer protagonist of the Holy Mother template will also become a ruthless and powerful leader - of course. He is still a positive character, because his ultimate goal is just to let his relatives and friends survive! ”

"Even ...... If nothing else, from the second season, the police officer protagonist will officially change! ”

Old Fran was surprised, "So fast? ”

"It's not fast."

Chu Shi shook his head slightly, "At the end of the first season of the TV series "Thewalkingdead", the protagonist team found a livable fortress, just imagine. Although the main character's team is small, they have a qualified leader, a powerful warrior, and a highly survivable hunter and an old wise man...... What is missing is only a huge number of ordinary 'warriors' and 'inhabitants', and in the last days. These two types of people are the least lacking, and if you want to rise, you don't need to waste much time at all. It couldn't be easier, and when that time came...... The police officer male protagonist grows up. Is it still a problem? ”

"This ...... Indeed it is! ”

After listening to Chu Shi's explanation, Old Fran also fell silent. It is indeed quite difficult to know the choice of the male protagonist.

Like a hunter with strong survival and a strong but immature Asian boy, although it is also meaningful, these two characters are basically like this from beginning to end, there will not be too many changes, and it will not be too difficult when choosing roles, I thought that the same was true for the police officer leader, but I didn't expect that this role was not as simple as I imagined.

"Chu Shi, do you have any suitable actors to recommend?"

"How can I have the right actor?"

Chu Shi smiled bitterly, "My home field is in Huaxia, although I have written such a good script for American dramas, and I have some understanding of American dramas, but I don't know much about the American actor circle, so the casting work, you have to worry a lot about it, what I can do, is to see if the actors you choose are qualified, and the rest...... I can't help it. ”

"That's fine."

Listening to Chu Shi's words, Lao Fran nodded, although he didn't think as thoroughly about other issues as Lao Geer, but Lao Fran, as the top director in the American drama circle, was not a fool, nodded, and did not mention the question of asking Chu Shi to recommend actors, but discussed other issues with Chu Shi.

For example, the shaping of the tension of the crisis scene, the relationship between the characters, the enemies and betrayals encountered by the protagonist's team, and the zombie model are all very crucial.

In the TV series "Thewalkingdead", there are countless scenes of zombies appearing, most of which zombies only need to recruit actors and put some effort into makeup, but in the same way, there are some more disgusting zombies, which are not possible with makeup skills, and there are some special shots of slashing zombies, which can also not be completed with props, and still need computer special effects to get it.

If it is an original 'monster', the process of modeling will be very cumbersome, and it may even take months or even a year to complete, but the zombie model is ...... But it's very simple!

In the TV drama circle, there is indeed no zombie theme, but in the movie circle, this is already a theme that is about to be filmed! Even if Lao Fran and Chu Shi are not people in the American film circle, they can casually name dozens of zombie-themed movies.

And these movies, needless to say, low-cost and medium-cost and large-cost movies, basically use computer special effects, but for all works shot by large entertainment companies, the company will spend a lot of money to shape the model.

In the entire United States, the companies that store zombie models in the company's warehouse have definitely exceeded double digits, not to mention all of them, just say that taking out one-third is enough for the use of the TV series "Thewalkingdead", and it is more than enough, there is no need for SCL and AMC to build their own models!

After all, today's zombie-themed movies are rotten on the street, except for works such as "Resident Evil" with huge fans who are still filming sequels, there are very few large companies that will shoot movies with this theme, and the models of these entertainment companies are piled up in the warehouse and are absolutely useless, Chu Shi only needs to spend a small amount of money to successfully rent them.

Even after the TV series "Thewalkingdead" became popular, it didn't cost too much money to buy models from these companies, after all, there are not many companies willing to shoot high-cost zombie-themed film and television works, and there are few buyers for their models. Dream on!

Time flies, and after the conversation between Chu Shi and Old Fran, as well as several responsible personnel of AMC Company, today's banquet is about to end.

First of all, it is certain that SCL and AMC are full of sincerity to themselves, and through today's banquet, the two sides have also established a preliminary friendship, whether it is the next cooperation in the TV series "Thewalkingdead" or other cooperation in the future, they have laid a solid foundation.

On the other hand, Chu Shi also communicated with Lao Fran and the other two team characters, and he also knew the next preparations, as long as the AMC company and SCL company were casting, with the strong strength of the two companies, I am afraid that it will not take half a month to complete all the preliminary preparations, which can be regarded as good news.

"That's all for today, I'll go back first when I'm older!"

After chatting with Chu Shi about the same, Old Fran patted Chu Shi on the shoulder and said goodbye, and came to Chu Shi to squeeze his eyebrows, and said in a voice that no one around could hear, "Don't worry, when the casting is time, I will definitely give you a stunner female partner!" (To be continued......)