Chapter 607: The Lofty Goal of the Super Energy Series
Zhou Xiao's absence in Yakushi Temple, Mai Oshima's graduation also attracted a lot of multimedia attention, just like Ariyoshi commented, now his graduation is the best time.
In terms of popularity, there is a guarantee, and the appearance on variety shows is also taken care of by all parties, and the girl may not become a big star in the future, but as long as she is still close to AKB after graduation, I believe it is no problem to maintain a good situation.
When the Yakushiji Temple concert was being held warmly, Zhou Xiao said goodbye to the chairman of the Japanese TV and took a car to the home of the president of Fujitai.
After another similar process, it was not surprising that Fuji Station on the other side was frightened by the largesse of Japanese TV.
In fact, this so-called large-scale spending, on capital, does not say that it is so big that it is related to billions of dollars, the key is, some things are not something you can buy with money, such as the share exchange of Japanese TV, is the shares of Japan's five major TV stations so light that you can get? Even if one percent of these shares represent a major resource of a major force in Japan, the company or family that can get shares in the TV station, first of all, if nothing else, the TV station will not report any of your problems at all, even if your friends or related companies have problems, you hand them in one sentence, these problems are not a problem immediately, how many other people can rush to it?
However, the person who was soon frightened became Zhou Xiao.
The president of Fujitai went to make a phone call for 20 minutes, and when he came back, he gritted his teeth? It is said that Fujitai can also exchange shares with AZX!
Zhou Xiao was completely frightened, this is Fujitai, Fujitai's shares...... It's by no means comparable to a Japanese TV! For Japanese TV, AZX may be able to ask for one AZX share for more than one Japanese TV share, but for Fuji TV, AZX is unlikely to make such a request.
It is even likely that the other party will propose to exchange a Fujitai share for a few tenths of an azx share.
And......
"What are your requirements ......?" Zhou Xiao asked, Zhou Xiao thought about it before. Is it to reverse the relationship between Nippon TV or balance the relationship between Nippon TV and Fuji TV, but if Fuji TV decides to change shares, it is absolutely impossible to just balance, so ...... Even without the other party saying it, Zhou Xiao had already thought of what the other party wanted.
"For the Super Energy series, we hope to move to Fujidai!" Sure enough, the other side made this request.
And......
"It's not just a super work, we hope that in addition to prime-time variety shows, you can also shoot a TV series for us every year!" said the president of Fujitai.
Zhou Xiao sighed in his heart, these requirements ...... Almost all of them were requests that he and AZX couldn't agree to.
Moving a TV series that is already famous on one TV station to another has never happened in the history of Japanese TV today. In fact, strictly speaking, AZX is not impossible,Because today's series of works,Although Japan TV has a lot of investment shares,But the overall control still belongs to AZX,AZX and Fuji TV As long as they can afford liquidated damages,There will be no legal problems。
But everyone knows that this has nothing to do with the law, the key is that once it is so moved, how will AZX cooperate with Japanese TV in the future? This series of works of the super energy system has super high ratings, and each of them is a big hit in Japan and has a super merchandise sales performance. If you really dare to change the TV station, Japanese TV and AZX are undying enemies.
What's more, don't look at him AZX has capital, but really talk about the heritage in Japan. The five major TV stations can definitely be hundreds of streets in seconds, and there is still a possibility of redemption between Japanese TV and Fuji TV when the time comes, in fact, among the shareholders of Japanese TV and Fuji TV. Like the Mitsui Foundation, the Sumitomo Foundation, the Mitsubishi Foundation or something. Dutong guò holds shares of the two companies at the same time in various ways, and it is not impossible to say that the truce is reconciled, but it may not be possible for AZX and the two TV stations.
As for another cooperation request, Zhou Xiao makes a drama for Fuji TV every year, why doesn't he want to continue filming until decades later? But his plug-in is about to expire, and there are not many things that can be used in his mind, so let him write it himself, maybe he can also write some works, and it is another thing to not be able to still cause a huge ratings frenzy as before, in this case, he can't force himself to film every year, otherwise it will be easy to give birth to some garbage works at that time, and in the end, Fuji TV is disgusted and smashes his own signboard, which is absolutely intolerable to Zhou Xiao.
Although he shook his head in his heart, Zhou Xiao didn't show anything special on the surface, Fuji TV was able to do it to this point, which already surprised him, although it was impossible to come up with the same thing as the Japanese TV, but the sincerity of the other party, Zhou Xiao also received it 100%.
He is not ready to tear his face with any TV station, and the transaction will not be benevolent, even if he really exchanges shares with Japanese TV in the end, the programs of other TV stations, Zhou Xiao and AKB will still land as usual, and it is no longer the kind of era that can still live a good life with a TV station, and AKB, which will expand wildly in the future, is not a combination that a TV station can meet its exposure.
The negotiation with the two TV stations,The part that requires Zhou Xiao to get out of the horse has come to an end,In fact, there are also a lot of negotiations between the two sides behind him,But Zhou Xiao and Uncle Inoue and others all understand that the TV station he will choose for the program is basically a Japanese TV has not run,Although Fuji TV threw out even more attractive conditions,But under such good conditions,AZX needs to pay more,Once AZX agrees to the contract of Fuji TV,It is almost completely reversed to the other party。
Turning to Fuji TV is not the same as turning to Japan TV,In Japan TV Zhou Xiao has a relationship network that has been operating for many years,But on Fuji TV,His power is almost zero,Ruined years of accumulation,Take the whole family to leave a TV station that basically revolves around you,Go to a seemingly huge,In fact, there are many problems,After many years of continuous decline in popularity and cohesion,There are also TV stations with all kinds of stalwarts mc comedians who are also in the prime of life?
He's not that stupid.
Although it has not yet been determined which TV station will broadcast their own programs, it doesn't matter to Zhou Xiao and AZX, they have already begun to prepare for the variety show to be staged next year.
Maybe not even next year, according to Zhou Xiao's idea, if possible, at the end of this year, after the TV station is confirmed, he will immediately start planning a special program that lasts about two hours or simply make a live program, and the real Zhou Xiao's prime time may not start until April next year. But at the end of this year or the beginning of next year, this special program will introduce the concept of the whole program and the way of making zuò to the audience in advance, this way of making zuò, if it is other variety shows, the biggest purpose is to see the reaction after the trial broadcast, and then decide whether to make zuò continue, but Zhou Xiao's show does not need any trial broadcast at all, and the main purpose of this special program is just to arouse people's expectations.
If this show is good enough, and after a whole season of waiting after this show, people's expectations will increase the ratings of the entire show to a very high level.
Of course. The most important condition that these things have to come down to is naturally the quality of the program, as long as the quality of the program is good enough, otherwise the efforts of the program are in vain, and it may be disappointing.
After the performance at Yakushi Temple in September, it was almost over, and in the three months from July to September, Zhou Xiao's "Legalhigh" was also broadcast on TV as usual, and the filming time of this drama was from the end of last year to the beginning of this year, so Zhou Xiao would have time to do things about AKB in the middle of the year.
Because of the previous incident where the composer sued Zhou Xiao, plus Zhou Xiao's rare cameo appearance in his own TV series. The ratings of this drama have a rather surprising increase when the first episode is not high, after this incident, Zhou Xiao handed over the right to deal with the matter to Qiu Yuanyasu is a very brilliant stroke, this guy's hype ability is simply super strong. not only hyped Zhou Xiao's image more positively, but the ratings of the whole drama were also very high, although the era is no longer a period when the average rating can pass 25%, but the 20% rating is very easy.
And the evaluation of the whole drama is also very good. All kinds of peripheral products are also sold softly, and the Japanese audience has gradually become accustomed to Zhou Xiao's magic, and they obviously see him circling around AKB all day long. But it does not prevent it from continuously producing excellent film and television works, and with the popularity of AKB, the audience has gradually begun to distinguish Zhou Xiao from Zhou Xiao, who is the director, and Zhou Xiao, who is produced by AKB, since Zhou Xiao's TV works are still excellent, then everyone is no longer always thinking about why Zhou Xiao is a good high-end TV person who does not do it, but what idol groups he does.
After the end of "Legalhigh" directed by Zhou Xiao, at the same time, Duan immediately took over Zhou Xiao's works, but this time it was no longer directed by him, but he participated in the screenwriting and production of "Ataru", the filming time of this drama is about the same as Zhou Xiao's "Legalhigh", but the later stage and filming time are much longer than Zhou Xiao's lawyer drama, so the broadcast time had to be extended to the last quarter of 2010, in fact, it can catch up with the schedule of 2010, The production speed of this drama is already quite good.
For Zhou Xiao, this is one of his most satisfying works in the Japanese entertainment industry over the years, in fact, he doesn't care much about the story of each drama itself, the key is that the foundation of the entire series has laid a lot of things for the next, and Zhou Xiao estimates that even if he is not there, he can still operate.
Of course, this is talking about the story, things like investment and actor selection, especially the establishment of new works, Zhou Xiao still won't let go.
Although "Ataru" has not yet been broadcast, Zhou Xiao has actually begun to prepare for the next work in the series or even later.
In fact, the scripting of these works has already begun to be carried out in the design of the worldview, and these things must be designed in advance enough to have enough content in the works.
It's 2010, there is still a period of time for the release of the Women's Federation, and many related things are still being explored, according to Zhou Xiao's idea, the Japanese version of the super movie, if it can be released in Japan before the release of the Women's Federation for a period of time, it would be the best.
Although the structure of this movie looks similar to that of the Women's Federation, in fact, there is still a considerable difference in the core of things, Zhou Xiao and the screenwriters do not want to compete with the Women's Federation for audiences all over the world, what everyone wants to make is just a work suitable for Japan, you know, the box office ratings of the Women's Federation series of works in Japan are only 3.6 billion yen, compared with the super high topic and box office caused by this drama around the world. This is a fairly ordinary number.
What are the European and American works that are popular in Japan? The Women's Federation has a global box office of 1.5 billion, the United States has a box office of 600 million, Japan has 3.6 billion yen, "Frozen" has a global box office of 1.2 billion, the United States has a box office of 400 million, but Japan's box office is 25.4 billion, which is called popularity, and this is called market potential.
What Zhou Xiao wants to do is to use super movies suitable for Japanese people to tap the market potential of Japan.
Will it fail? As an almost brand new work. Of course, there is a possibility of failure, but Zhou Xiao's expectations are also very great, the foundation of the first three works has been laid, and the next big movie, Takuya Kimura and Masahiro Nakai will star, and the investment will also be the top in Japan, and there are people who specialize in Japanese localization, these things, plus the shots and bridges that Zhou Xiao learned from European and American blockbusters in the next few years. Zhou Xiao felt that even if he couldn't get a super box office, at least there was no problem with surpassing the local box office of the Women's Federation.
Of course, this is by no means the end, if it is a work with an investment of one billion and two billion. Getting a box office of 4 billion is naturally good, but for such a big movie, what is the investment of 10 million or 20 million US dollars? Zhou Xiao's goal, even if it is risky. At least $40 million to $50 million would have to be invested, and at least 10 billion yen would be needed at the local box office. Pressure...... It's not small.
It is pressure, but also motivation, and it is with these motivations that Zhou Xiao works harder to strive for better works.
The super movie will be a focus of the work of other staff members of AZX in 2011 except Zhou Xiao, and in addition, the work on the second phase of the super energy system has also begun to prepare.
Such a series of works does not mean that each one has to propose a series of new characters, in Zhou Xiao's opinion, this will make the audience feel that the plot is too chaotic to remember. His view is that the three Japanese dramas in the first phase set up a general structure, and the works in the second phase, although they will continue to provide characters, each of these characters should be related to the characters in the first series.
For example, the first work in the series is "spec2", this work is characterized by more characters, and relatively more abilities and the like, Zhou Xiao arranged a sequel candidate for this work, that is, the candidate for the fourth series is Masaharu Fukuyama, a superstar who has been in close contact with Zhou Xiao since more than half a year ago, and finally nodded and agreed to star in the series after half a year.
And the reason why he can successfully star is because Zhou Xiao seems to him that he has done a good job, the super movie storyboard script and the investment of the whole drama, Masaharu Fukuyama was frightened by Zhou Xiao's generosity, the previous world blockbusters, even if they depict Tokyo, are superficial, but Zhou Xiao's works are different, the various battle scenes on the streets of Tokyo make Masaharu Fukuyama burn, as a Japanese actor, to participate in such a film and television production, even if the movie fails in the end, it is also very proud.
Masaharu Fukuyama's second phase debut, which is expected to be released in 2012, after him, Zhou Xiao hopes to appear in the next Japanese drama in 2013...... kis-my-ft2。
This Genesys idol group hasn't even debuted yet.
Zhou Xiao is not very optimistic about them, and he will choose them to play Zhou Xiao also has his own ideas.
First, this kis-my-ft2 is SMAP's junior brother, and at the same time, among Jennis, they and SMAP both belong to Iijima Sanzhi's agent, with Zhou Xiao's familiarity with the Iijima faction, let them star, which is definitely a very good help for Iijima's Sanzhi's status, and it is also conducive to Zhou Xiao to enhance his influence in Genesys on the side.
Another reason is actually related to the strength of kis-my-ft2 itself, their strength is not strong, compared with the previous big protagonists, this group is weak and young, and the acting skills are not very good, but it is precisely because of this that Zhou Xiao chose them.
They will be connected to Takuya Kimura in the second part of the first phase of the series, and then ...... When the third work is announced in 2014, it is natural that there will be the third part of the first stage "Ataru", that is, the people who are connected by Masahiro Nakai, and this group of people is, of course, ...... Members of AKB48!
Since more than two years ago, he has been practicing his skills to kill enemies...... No, it's the AKB girls who have been practicing hard to play, and they will appear in the second finale of the Super series! This is Zhou Xiao's biggest goal for this series of super system works!
From Takuya Kimura to Masahiro Nakai to Masaharu Fukuyama, of course, they are the protagonists of the super energy system, but Zhou Xiao hopes that around them, among those supporting roles that shine and have their own characteristics, there is a place for AKB girls! AKB's girls, first of all, will star in a half-super, half-school Japanese drama in a super-powered academy background like Marvel's "X-Men" X-Academy, and then integrate them into the background of the entire super-energy system, and may even select characters from among them who are competent enough to be the protagonists of the entire series in the future, which is Zhou Xiao's greatest expectation for the entire series! (To be continued......) R1292