ABC, abbreviated as ABC.

The television company was born in 1945 and is one of the three major commercial radio and television companies in the United States.

- However, it is currently the bottom one.

In 1995, under the leadership of Disney President Michael Eisner, Disney acquired ABC TV for a sky-high price of $19 billion.

At present, ABC's strength has improved, but it is still the bottom one of Sanda commercial radio and television companies.

There are two at ABC headquarters.

One of them is located in Times Square, New York, a media center.

while the other is based in Burbank, near Los Angeles. It is close to the entertainment center of Hollywood and is connected to Disney Studios, the headquarters of the Disney Company, by a pedestrian bridge.

This is enough to explain the relationship between ABC and Disney.

You must know that Robert Iger, who pushed the territory of Disney's business empire to the peak in the future, is still working at ABC at this time.

Of course, the TV animation of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" can be broadcast on ABC TV, but it has little to do with Robert Iger, the future president of Disney.

In fact, Charlotte didn't put much effort into finding a TV station to broadcast.

The headquarters is relatively close to Hollywood, and because of Disney's relationship, he is more tolerant of cartoons - ABC was the first person he asked about working with.

After ABC was acquired by Disney, it is also actively strengthening itself, trying to get rid of the identity of the bottom of the three major TV networks.

Although at present, ABC's news response speed is still on the slow side, and the program settings are not rich and attractive enough, but precisely because of this, their demand for good programs is also the most serious.

So, after seeing the preview episode of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" produced by Ghost Party Studios, the people on the ABC side were immediately intrigued.

No way, this is the first 3D TV animation they have seen with such a high degree of completion.

You know, unlike 20 years later, 3D animated films have just been born for a few years, and the technology has not yet spread.

At present, the best at 3D animation can still be Pixar.

But Pixar is already too busy just to develop new technologies and develop new movies, so how can he have time to make TV animations with smaller profits.

Therefore, the current 3D TV animation is still a very lofty thing for the staff of major TV networks.

The people in charge of purchasing the new film on the ABC side were completely captivated just by the exquisite 3D animation effects of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

What's more, Charlotte also drew them a big pie -

"This anime is based on a fairy tale that has not yet been released in the United States, but the author's story design is huge, and the current plot alone is enough for us to shoot for a long time......"

- In short, the most feared problem of other TV series or TV animations not being able to keep up with the storyline is completely absent in the movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". And—

"When the original book is released in the U.S. market, we can still do some crossover activities......"

As an old Jianghu who has worked in the ABC TV network for a long time, the person in charge of film selection naturally knows that linkage publicity often has the effect of 1+1 greater than 2.

With such a beautiful prospect, they were easily impressed by Charlotte's PPT offensive, and easily signed the TV animated version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

Of course, according to the habits of the American television industry, only one season has been signed for the time being-

If the ratings are good, they will be renewed, and if the ratings are bad, they will be cut in half.

Unlike Chinese TV dramas, which are sold to TV stations after they are all produced, American TV dramas are all filmed on the spot.

Whether it is a TV series or a TV anime, they are generally broadcast at a rate of one episode a week, which makes their broadcast content very affected by ratings.

Once they find that the ratings have dropped to the danger range, the editors will often make big moves, or add meat dramas, or send bento, or at least make a big news plot to boost the ratings.

- Of course, the practice of adding meat dramas is generally only done by pay TV stations like HBO, and public TV stations like ABC still need to pay attention to the impact.

In short, the American television industry is used to this.

The first season signed can be said to be a test of the waters, and if the ratings are high, it will generally be renewed soon, either by increasing the number of episodes, or by booking the second season directly.

Charlotte felt that with the plot of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and the 3D effects produced by Ghost Party Studios, it should not be difficult to get a renewal.

However, in order to avoid capsizing in the gutter, he still carefully prepared.

Although the Christmas holidays come to work overtime to prepare for the latter part, it is not because of worry.

- Purely because one has nothing to do.

Anyway, with that graphics processor that fuses the human skin book, it's very easy for Charlotte to output animations-

He doesn't have to work on animation frame by frame, like other animation production companies.

As long as the character model and scene model are designed, and then there is a specific story, he can easily rely on the human skin book to directly synthesize an animation with sufficient accuracy.

- It may not be enough to be used as an animated film, but it is more than enough to show it on TV.

Although this process also requires the consumption of mana, it is much more cost-effective than consuming a lot of labor and time.

What's more, Charlotte still has Alexis as a coolie available.

During the Christmas holiday, the two made a full twelve episodes of animation content, which shocked the people in the animation department of the Ghost Party Studio.

- After all, before Christmas, they only prepared various 3D models and settings, and made a test show, how can they make so many episodes now in just over a week?

"Boss, did you get Aladdin's magic lamp?"

Seaton Witt, a programmer in charge of 3D technical support, asked jokingly, but his tone was intrigued.

"yes, I got the magic lamp. ”

Charlotte shrugged her shoulders and told the truth.

After all, Xu Fu, who was sealed by him, is the prototype of the lamp god - so it is not wrong to say that he got Aladdin's magic lamp.

Of course, this magic lamp cannot be used to make wishes.

Moreover, Charlotte also knew that the truth he said would not be believed by anyone else in the studio except for a few people in the studio who knew the truth of the spell, such as Lao Gun.

He also needs a more "credible" statement -

"I've said before that I'm going to find an outsourced company to speed up production, and now I've found it – there's an animation studio in China called "Magic Lamp" that has accepted the job, and it's been their work in the recent past. ”

"Although the Chinese are not good at 3D design and technology, they are still very rich in manpower, especially - they are not Christmas!"

Charlotte winked at her staff.