How can American dramas see the popularity of a TV series? In other words, how can a midnight TV series prove whether the TV series has the potential to be renewed when the midnight file can't get higher viewers?

Quite simply, look at the number of viewers in the replay.

As we all know, American dramas are not broadcast two or three episodes a day, until the audience gets tired of watching them, American dramas are broadcast weekly, and weekly broadcasts are enough time for the audience to talk, so that when they talk about the plot of the TV series, a buddy with a Mediterranean hairstyle immediately stands up and complains and says, 'That was a few days ago, is your TV broken?' ’。 has enough time to talk about the plot, which proves that the reputation of this TV series is spreading, and at this time, the number of replay viewers has become the standard for judging whether a non-prime-time TV series is renewed.

So, what are the replay viewers for The Walking Dead?

"Shao, 2 million, after calculation, the number of viewers of our TV series reached 2 million !! when it was replayed"

When Harry Sloan shouted this voice excitedly on the phone, it was probably the only good news in his world that deserved to be shouted loudly.

"STARZ RENEWED?"

"Shao, you're too anxious, it's only been two episodes, and the first episode is not very good, according to the convention of the number of TV series ratings, the first broadcast of TV dramas with a large amount of publicity is generally the first five episodes to the first seven episodes of the ratings, and the seventh episode will be stable, from the seventh episode onwards, it will begin to decline, and the last remaining number of people is the hardcore of this TV series, that is, the number of people who will follow the drama. At this time, the TV station will study ...... "Harry Sloan just wanted to explain the basic situation of the renewal to Shao Yingying, and suddenly found that Shao Yingying is too thief, and there are only five episodes in the first season of "The Walking Dead"!

It's completely the tip of the iceberg that shows you a very violent, bloody apocalypse. When you have a sweet mouth, there is no bottom of the tongue, and at this time, the audience's heart will be full of desire, and it is too late to find fault with it...... Not only did he hook the audience, but he even hooked STARZ!

"Shao, you did it on purpose."

On the phone, Shao Yingying responded indifferently: "Of course." Why should I abandon many plots that can tell deep meanings, and choose only the impact on the eyeballs? Originally, the original plan of this TV series was one word. 'Vulgar', but the financial crisis has given us a good opportunity, in addition to 'vulgar'. In the general environment, there is also an extra layer of 'venting', which is the main reason why the viewership of the second episode skyrocketed by 100% compared to the first episode. ”

"Shao, can you continue to ......"

"Nope."

Shao Yingying decisively refused: "There are many directors who can continue to shoot the second season of "The Walking Dead". But it should never be me. When the time comes, you can also use the change of director to stir up scandals, and I will cooperate with you to play a big-name play. ”

"Why?"

Harry Sloan didn't know anything about Shao Yingying's behavior and asked, "This is your famous TV series, and other directors will hold on to it and not let go, why did you choose to give up?" ”

"If you have to give it a reason, I can give it to you. Now the review of "The Walking Dead" should come out, right? We don't have to think about positive reviews, and the best words are probably 'simple, rough, bloody, and eighteen forbidden'. If I want to continue filming, then I will become a public enemy, and if I fight with this group of people. If I had to shoot something they said I couldn't shoot, the tone of "The Walking Dead" would completely change. In case of abnormal performance, not only will the new audience of the second season not be able to attract it, but I am afraid that the regular audience of the first season will also be lost. ”

"Can we expect viewers who watched the first season to vent to watch post-apocalyptic dramas full of human emotions such as friendship, love, despair, hope, etc.? No way. I promise that when the tone is set, the original audience will be too picky about what we have added, and they will likely squirt when they can't say anything. ”

"Don't forget the original intention, we want MGM to have a relationship with the TV station, not the critics, this is business, Harry, I can't argue with anyone in business, so I won't be involved in the filming of the second season."

Shao Yingxing is not helpless, originally he used so many direct visual shots to shoot the first season in order to grasp the audience at the bottom of the entire Chinese society, if this changes, it will be useless for you to add any shots to the TV series. Maybe your shake will be said to be Parkinson's photography, and your editing will be turned into a mental twitch.

Harry Sloan was silent for a long time and then said without continuing to persuade, "You mean, as long as you keep the tone, you can attract the original audience and add new ones?" ”

"That's right."

On the phone, Shao Yingying sat in his office, let the translator hold the microphone, and looked at the script of "Super Body" boredly and said: "Let's talk about our movies, the American drama market is only suitable for this kind of venting theme now." ”

"Okay, but your Wu will continue to participate in the next season."

"No problem."

In fact, as Shao Yingying thought, critics in the United States are fiercely criticizing "The Walking Dead", under the coverage of the general environment, almost every reviewer is crazy to find an outlet, and the appearance of "The Walking Dead" not only found a vent point for the audience in the United States, but also made them find enough reasons to fill their shells.

This is the inevitable result, in a country where the economic system is facing collapse, everyone is depressed and can't find a way to appeal, at this time, the pressure of the unemployment rate in the United States continues to rise and the business owners who were millionaires yesterday and have to file for bankruptcy today are looking at this TV series with hatred, maybe when the TV series was broadcast a second ago, he still shouted: "Kill him, kill them all!" You may be so excited that you even spill the beer in your hand, but the first thing you can do is to scold you.

You have to scold, in the United States, there is only a wild spray in the entertainment industry, no one will send you a lawyer's letter, standing at the door and scolding the street may provoke a gang member who is not going well to reward you with a bullet, applying for an account online is as safe as taking the holy decree of 'scolding the street', the key is that even if someone sprays with you, it is just a war of words. Who is idle and has nothing to do to check the IP of a netizen who scolds a TV series, isn't that crazy?

But scolding and scolding, he will definitely peek at it after scolding. It's like a child, as long as you don't do what he thinks, he will be unhappy.

However, whether it is a TV series or a movie, you must consider your own audience, and the first two seasons of "The Walking Dead" are no problem to be filmed like this, but the whole process has to change from extreme to moderate K-line schema. You can't change it too quickly, you have to take it slowly, so that the original audience can accept it. And let the new audience see the conversion. Just like "Joyful Yangyang" launched an animated film of the same genre almost every year after creating the myth of Zào in the mainland market, their tone is constant, the market is constant, and the result of no change is that the audience is losing more and more; Isn't that true of Harry Potter?

Are they wrong? There is nothing wrong with arranging the next process according to the successful model of your own zào. It's just that you have to think about the time. It's not that you're wrong, it's that we've all grown up.

We can't keep watching a special effects movie with enough CG scenes to be selected for the Oscar Animated Feature Film, with a plot that blows like a beautiful girl's skin, right?

If you want "The Walking Dead" to have such a nuanced change process, the effort invested will be great, Shao Yingying is busy with special effects studios, and how can he have time to manage TV series if he wants to shoot new dramas? What if you don't quit? What's more, he signed a one-season contract before, and the investment of $10 million to lay such a foundation is enough to prove his ability.

"Are you ready?" Harry Sloan asked.

Shao Yingying responded: "It's almost, now what I'm missing is a villain female number one, how is your relationship with Scarlett Johansson?" ”

"Shao. Scarlett's salary is not low, just the Venice Film Festival Best Actress and the British Academy Film Award for Best Actress have not been won for a long time, Scarlett's salary has increased a lot. What's more, her "Nanny Diary" was only released soon last year, and "The Shining" will also be released at the end of this year, plus there is no shortage of film contracts, it is likely that the salary will not be too much. ”

"That's why I set such a high budget for our film, contact Scarlett, if the anti-number one role in "Super Body" can impress her, money is not an issue."

Shao Yingying satisfies a very evil idea with your own movie, he really wants to see Scarlett play the 'lewd-' appearance of the sexy villain in the movie, if Scarlett is to wear the 'sexy version' of Kate Beckinsale in "Tales of the Night", it must be ......

This is also Shao Yingxing's original idea of changing the script of "Super Body", he has always felt that the drama of Super Body is completely a movie of Scarlett opening and brushing monsters, just like a level 0 character wearing level 100 equipment and rampage in the novice area, and he is invincible without even a process, the brain domain development process used to deceive the audience in the movie is just to tell you the progress of the upgrade, in order to control the rhythm and increase Scarlett's ability little by little according to the different brain domain development, this is like using an artifact under a love action movie, You can watch and go down at the same time. What are the gangsters doing at this time? Rushing to Scarlett's claws with added fuel tactics, there is no suspense almost every time, and the only thing the audience is looking forward to is what kind of new abilities Scarlett will gain after the next development, and in the end, what kind of Cheng Dù will be achieved.

So, an overlooked problem arises, the download progress bar is 100%, what about the BOSS? Can't you stay up until midnight and open it with the player, you see "Gourd Baby" or "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", right?

Imagine, if Scarlett didn't play the leading role, she played the anti-No. 1, and at the beginning of her appearance, she was just a golden silk cat next to the black boss, and she was still a drug addict, and what is more interesting is that when she was a drug addict who was tired of being played by the black boss, she was arranged to be like Fan Yuyi who could only go to the human body to transport drugs, and in the end, she had an accident with Fan Yuyi...... The suspense comes out.

Fan Yuyi's line must be played by Scarlett, but what about Scarlett?

She wants revenge, revenge on the entire gang, and after replacing the black boss, she will have a final battle with Fan Yuyi.

This is the plot of fighting the boss in a Hollywood blockbuster, otherwise let a god beat an ordinary person, in the eyes of foreigners, isn't it the city police Spider-Man who is making trouble for criminals, and the tension can't come out at all.

"I'll take Fan over in a few days, and we'll be talking about the specifics then." (To be continued......)