"Brother, what do you say about this plot? Let that girl be deceived by a handsome guy first, and then after the girl found out the true face of the handsome guy, she slapped him a few times in public......"

Karen held a pen in one hand and a notebook in the other, and his look of seriousness surprised Alex as well. He took the notebook and flipped through it roughly, and the plot in the book was turned over to Lei.

In the script, it tells the story of three girls, who are best friends with each other, but they all encounter all kinds of tragic things. The death of both parents is a necessary condition, and then one of the girls is abandoned by her childhood sweetheart, and the man is married to the daughter of a wealthy businessman. There was also a girl's lover who died of a terminal illness, and he died in the girl's arms, the scene was so poignant that even Alex couldn't bear to look at it.

The last girl, as Karen just said, was first deceived into love, and then found out the true face of her ex-boyfriend, so she fought back in public and so on.

Of course, the three girls in the script are described as beautiful as fairies, with personalities like virgins, and their every move is flawless and flawless. All in all, she is the kind of woman who is loved by everyone and blooms when flowers bloom. Even if you are abused, you have to be abused so much that you can't look at it every time.

After reading the script, Alex said leisurely: "These three girls can't all be Mary Sue, right?" ”

Mary Sue?

What's that? Cullen thought incomprehensibly.

"Oops, there are some names in the script, not Mary Sue! What's that ghost name? Karen didn't know why. I thought for a moment: "Mary Sue? Mary Sue! Well, if you read it a few more times, the name is quite smooth. Or change the name of one of the girls to Mary Sue! ”

Alex put his hand on his forehead and sighed: "Forget it, even if your script is filmed, it is estimated that not many people will read it." I'll build a frame and give it to someone else to fill it in. ”

"Huh?" Karen was in a hurry, and she hurriedly stomped her feet: "Isn't the script I wrote good?" You're underestimating me like this! ”

"No! If it's such a script, I don't dare to let the people below shoot it. If you think you can shoot it, try it at another company. I'm not going to stop them from shooting! ”

"I'm so!"

Karen was shocked by his brother's words. However, the reason why she was angry was because she knew in her heart that what Alex said was true, but she couldn't accept it in her heart.

After his sister left, Alex quickly called the editor of ABC TV. Then give them a story framework. It is the story of Charlie, a millionaire in the United States, and three beautiful subordinates. That alone is able to attract the attention of many people.

Saying. Charlie, a millionaire, opens a private detective agency with a loyal supervisor, Bob, and three smart, beautiful, and alert female detectives. They are Natalie, who has a devilish body. Dylan with a sweet face, and Alice, a Chinese woman who is good at Chinese kung fu.

The mission of these three beautiful detectives is to help clients solve various problems. With the help of various high-tech equipment, as well as intelligence, beauty and kung fu, the three of them have cleanly completed a number of arduous characters, winning the praise and trust of customers.

This is just the story content of each episode, and Alex feels that this is not enough, and he asks the writers to wear the story of each episode with a main line. He looked at the writers and said, "What I ask is that the tasks they face in each season should be interspersed with a main line in addition to some sporadic and trivial personal commissions. ”

"This thread throughout the season can be a variety of stories, sometimes even related to national security and the survival of humanity, and the enemies faced are extremely powerful and dangerous. However, they are able to save the day and end the mission at the end of each season! ”

"The question is, how much is the investment in this TV series? How much is the money for each episode? "Screenwriters are most concerned about this, because if a TV script is going to be made into TV, the cost is very critical, which will limit the size of the stage they can play.

Alex thought for a moment and said, "It's tentatively $500,000 per episode!" The maximum amount cannot exceed $1,000,000! ”

Wow! That's right, right?

$500,000? This is just one episode of TV series, you must know that the common cost of TV dramas in this era is only $10,000 or 20,000 per episode, and $50,000 is already able to make a very remarkable and well-made series.

Even ABC itself, which has deep pockets, shoots the most expensive TV series for only $100,000, and that's because Alex is more concerned.

Prior to this, ABC TV had filmed a series of "Planet of the Apes" TV series, and many of the props and set facilities were inherited from the movies filmed by DreamWorks. If any TV station wants to shoot the same TV series, it can't shoot an episode for $100,000, and it is estimated that it will cost at least $300,000 or more.

In addition to this, there is also a Star Trek TV series that is also very expensive, with an average cost of more than $100,000 per episode.

In the late 50s and 60s, the most popular TV series were these two on ABC TV. Even in the cinemas of some small places, the film of these two TV series is simply used as a movie to play, and there are still a large number of viewers who are willing to buy tickets to watch it.

It can be seen that these two TV series are not much different from the quality of the movies at that time.

These two TV series appeared sideways, so that other TV stations have to increase investment when shooting TV series in recent years, which makes the cost of each episode of TV series a great increase, otherwise, the biggest cost of the films shot by those TV stations is just film, as for what makeup, costumes, props, scenes, special effects and other costs are almost equal to nothing.

After all, few TV stations would invest as much money as they did in making movies. Only ABC TV would do that. This is also the reason why those TV talents want to squeeze in, after all, directors and screenwriters want their stages to be bigger and the TV series they shoot are more sophisticated.

"$500,000 is it?" These writers couldn't even believe that a TV episode would cost $1 million, and they were afraid that they might hear $500,000 wrong, so they hurriedly reconfirmed.

"That's right! $500,000! You have to think about it carefully, determine my requirements, and if we want to shoot the best TV series! Alex paused, thought for a moment and said, "You can think of it as a movie and TV series!" In that case, $500,000 an episode is far from enough! ”

"Movies and TV series?"

"That's right, it's about making a TV series like a movie. Whether it's lens or film quality. As well as shooting techniques, scene layout, and more! It's all about being on par with the movie! ”

"What a shame! We get it! ”

After getting Alex's support, those TV writers were as excited as if they had been beaten up. Because they know that their chance to make a name for themselves in history has come. With such a high level of investment. If you can't shoot a high-quality product. These screenwriters can collectively go to the rooftop and jump off the building.

It didn't take long for Alex to receive a thick script, and that's just the weight of the first few episodes. Those screenwriters were afraid that Alex would not agree. So the script was written in great detail, and even the work of the sub-shots was completed, and the identity background, personality and hobbies of each character were also included.

Even so, Alex typed back the script draft, commenting on it: "There are too few fights, too few high-tech elements!" The characters aren't cool enough! ”

He thought about it for a moment and added another clause to it: "If you can't understand it, please refer to the fighting and technological elements in "Red Dawn" and "Red Alert"!" ”

The screenwriters who were hit by the blow did not wilt, but all began to realize: "It turns out that it really has to be the same as the movie!" Got it, if you want more fighting and technology, that's no problem! ”

So this group of screenwriters began to write down the imagination that was stimulated in their minds after watching the movies "Red Dawn" and "Red Alert". The script that came out in the last end, even Alex, a future person, had to shoot the case when he read it.

I didn't expect that! People in this era can even write such a wonderful script! It seems that the conditions that limit the times are not people's imagination, but the size of capital investment and the level of scientific and technological conditions.

Alex was right, but what he overlooked was that the impact of his movies on the people of this era was no less than the power of a spiritual nuclear bomb. Let the people of this era get in touch with some very wonderful movie clips and content as soon as possible, and these movies are like fuel for people to provide endless imagination.

It's like when the original "Star Wars" came out, it made many later big directors and stars devote themselves to the film industry, one of the most famous of which is the big director Cameron, when he was a truck driver, after watching this movie, he determined his future path, dropped out of school to shoot movies, and finally became a Hollywood giant.

Under the influence of Alex, I don't know how many people will be affected by this kind of fantasy-filled film, maybe some people will not devote themselves to the film industry for the rest of their lives, and some people may fail in this industry, but his impact is definitely much greater than others.

The TV script passed, and Alex was very satisfied.

He gave the TV script to Cullen and asked her to see what the professional script looked like. However, Cullen's first words after watching it were: "I'm going to play Dilan!" ”

Alex wasn't surprised, he just frowned: "Star Wars hasn't finished filming yet!" ”

"Then you tell them to wait until we're done shooting! I'm going to play Dylan anyway! ”

"A TV series is not the same as a movie, and this TV series may continue to be filmed for several years!"

"I don't care!"

"Okay!"

Alex gave in, and he asked ABC to reserve a spot for Karen and told them that the role of "Dilan" was already there, and there was no need to think about other candidates. This method seems to be a bit cronyistic, but in fact, for ABC TV, it is a desperate thing.

You must know that Karen's reputation is no worse than that of his brothers, and even better. Her appeal among young audiences is very amazing, and if this TV series has Cullen starring, even if it is a bad TV series, someone will watch it.

She is the guarantee of success!

Although Alex has given this TV series a golden finger, adding an extra golden thigh is also something that people like to see. can imagine how popular Princess Leah's actor Karen will be after the release of "Star Wars", and she is already quite wronged by a TV series.

The only problem is that Alex knows that Karen can't play this role forever, she has her own career, TV shows, movies and other things are just temporary hobbies, if she is allowed to do it as a career, it will definitely not last long.

Maybe you'll get bored after a season! Alex thought to himself.

But it doesn't matter, Cullen can play as much as he likes, it's the freedom of the Carpenter family. With their family's current status, there are not many factors that can be restrained, and the only thing that can be restrained is their own ability and heart.

Just like parents and younger siblings, you don't have to worry about other people's threats, and you don't have to worry about family development, you can do whatever you want. Let Alex see it is also a little envious, this kind of life is really called leisure! (To be continued......)