Xuluo was closed during this time.

He stayed in the hotel and didn't go anywhere.

Except for a few interviews that he couldn't shirk, he didn't accept any journalist news interviews at all.

Even every day, many people come to Xuluo.

In addition to reporters, there are also some people who admire him, some want to cooperate with Xuluo, and some want to come to fight the autumn wind...... Shape, shape, type, all types.

He was dedicated to writing his script in the room, polishing the future memories he had just gotten.

has a lot of free time, and he writes scripts more in-depth and specifically, and even draws more than 100 "character portraits" with "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

It was also colored.

When Sister Lin came back, she liked it very much.

After falling in love, she prefers to take the script written by Xuluo and read it with relish.

Although such days are monotonous, sometimes Xuluo feels that it is quite good.

That is, there are many idlers outside, and Yu is embarrassed to come over, otherwise it will be a fairy day.

But although he didn't go out, there was a phone call, and Xuluo could still know a lot of information.

For example, "Friends" continues to output steadily.

Since the eighth episode, it has been stable between 00,000 viewers, and it has received more and more praise.

Although it seems that there is no way to break through the range of 15 million viewers, with a good reputation and the love of young people, the renewal of the second season is no longer a problem.

NBC has simply made up the rest of the money at the price of $1 million per episode.

Excluding the 3.6 million advance payment given before, that is 19.4 million US dollars.

In addition, NBC also confirmed the order for the second season of "Friends", and the price has increased significantly compared to the first season.

In the first season, there were 300,000 episodes with less than 7 million people, 500,000 episodes with 7 million people, $1 million for 10 million people, and $2 million for more than 15 million people.

Season 2 is different, more demanding, but with higher rewards.

With less than 7 million viewers, that's a failure for the producers, and NBC can play all the episodes without paying any price, or even choose to play only a few episodes and then give up.

But with 7 million viewers, the starting price is $1 million per episode.

reached 10 million people, and the price was 2 million per episode.

If it exceeds 15 million, the price rises to 3 million per episode.

According to Chen Xiyue's estimates, 15 million people may not reach it, but it is more than enough to keep it at around 12 million.

After all, the previous scripts were all written by Xuluo, no matter the direction of the plot, the cohesion of the content, or the growth and change of the characters, they have not gone off the track, let alone landslided.

Therefore, she discussed it with Xuluo and agreed to the offer.

The price of 2 million for an episode is certainly far less than Seinfeld's, but it is also a normal level, worthy of the actual viewership of about 11 million people in "Friends" today.

After signing the contract with NBC, the advance payment of $10 million came in cheerfully.

But this is only an advance payment, and once the second season of "Friends" does not meet expectations, you have to pay it back to others.

More on that later.

Now the cloth stitching monster has $29.4 million in cash.

The filming cost of "Friends" is not high, and you can get an episode within 200,000, but after making a profit, there is still profit distribution.

For example, Chen Xiyue gets 2% alone, the six protagonists get 2% together, and all the staff and supporting actors also get 2% together.

2% is $384,000.

Chen Xiyue must get a lot alone, but the six protagonists only get 64,000 US dollars, and the staff and supporting actors get even less.

One talent is one or two thousand dollars.

The rest of the money, Chen Xiyue did not give to Xuluo in China, but stayed as the production of the second season of "Friends", the first season of "Plastic Surgery Room", and even prepared for the later "Jurassic Park".

Such a grand film production can never be done with one or two hundred million, and if you don't save money now, where can you accumulate it?

This is also the meaning of Void Luo.

Even though Xuluo still owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, he didn't pay attention to it at all.

Now making money in China, where is it easier than making money in Miguo?

Earning dollars with dollars is definitely the coolest thing.

There may be some people who are disappointed that they are getting more or less dividends, but in any case, it is definitely a good start.

Everyone is a professional actor and crew, and of course they understand how an American drama makes money.

If an American drama has a very good reputation and attractiveness, then the first round that has just been broadcast on TV stations is definitely a small amount of money, not even 10% of the total income.

In the first round, NBC spent a total of $24 million to buy the premiere rights, but it was only the premiere rights, and any other broadcasts had nothing to do with them.

The cloth stitching monster can sell the broadcast rights of "Friends" to other TV stations at any price.

Whether it's a public TV station, a cable TV station, or even a local TV station.

And not disposable.

You have to pay for it once when you broadcast it.

Although it is also expensive once or twice in the front, it will be cheaper to broadcast once in the back, and after three or five years, "Friends" may be broadcast once a season for 500,000 US dollars, or even less, but how many TV stations are there in Miguo?

More or less thousands!

Even if only one-tenth of the TV station broadcasts it once, it is a revenue of one or two hundred million dollars.

If it is broadcast again after three or five years, it will be at least tens of millions of income.

It will be broadcast again in three or five years, and it will be tens of millions again!

That's a net profit!

In addition to the right to broadcast TV stations, there are also foreign copyright authorizations.

It means to go to Canada to play, to go to the UK. Broadcast in China, broadcast in Germany, broadcast in Brazil...... All of this has to be paid.

There is also a time limit, and the fee will be recharged when the time limit is reached.

This income is not lower than the income of domestic TV stations in Miguo, starting from one or two hundred million US dollars.

There is also a videotape license.

For a good TV series, the video tape authorization is at least 00,000!

If it is too popular and sells too much, the price will increase again.

After a few years, this authorization expired, and tens of millions of more had to be renewed.

After the videotape, there is also peripheral licensing income.

For example, the production of "Friends" T-shirts, such as the production of "Friends" coffee cups, such as the launch of a "Friends" food ...... Wait a minute.

The commercial development of the country is very perfect, and you can get any tricks.

Licensing more than 100 projects is a no-brainer, but only if you have a thriving career.

The more popular it is, the more brands will ask for authorization.

For example, as last year's ratings champion, "Seinfeld" has more than 130 peripheral authorizations, and although the costs vary, they must add up to an astronomical amount.

To sum up, do you say that the 24 million premiere cost is too much?

It's not even a drizzle!

Of course, the above calculations must be the top American dramas.

It must be an American drama that has caused huge repercussions and sensations to have such good treatment.

As the popularity level decreases, then your income level will also decrease, which is also an easy to understand truth.

But then again, the refinement of the derivative development of copyright in the entertainment industry of Miguo has made it possible not only for production companies to make money, but also for people in the surrounding industrial chain

Divide the pie.

As a result, these American dramas have become a powerful engine for the economic growth of the country, which in turn promotes the strength and prosperity of the country.

"Friends" is only ranked 10th now, but it is the first season! And it's only episode 11!

It doesn't have any stars in it, it's all about the actors' performances and the subtlety of the script.

Such a TV series, once it can maintain stability for two or three seasons, will definitely attract more and more young people to like it.

With the growth of young people and the virtuous circle of young people joining in, the take-off of "Friends" is just around the corner!

This is also the reason why at the time of the first dividend, Michael Callaton did not take the money, but he was still full of energy and began to study the second season.

The dividend agreement signed by this guy is to pay dividends after 100 million US dollars, and the dividend ratio is as high as 18%!

According to the above analysis, at most by the end of the third season, he will be able to share dividends.

Huaguo is a thousand miles to be an official only for money, and Miguo is a thousand miles to do things only for money.

For Michael Cratton, being able to earn tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars, on a TV series is undoubtedly another monument in his life!

On the other hand, the situation is different for the cloth stitching monster today.

With "Friends" completely famous, "Plastic Surgery Room", which has produced 3 pilot episodes, also has an eyebrow for broadcasting.

Everyone watched "The Cosmetic Room" for its blood. The fishy, violent, and absurd plots are all praised.

But there are only three companies that are really sincere.

The sincerity mentioned here refers to the willingness to spend real money to buy the premiere rights of the TV series, rather than telling you good things but not taking any action.

Two of them are basically cable networks — FX at Fox and AMC at Rainbow Media.

The last one is that of the pay-per-cable network, Viacom.

< gave the highest price, with an episode buyout price of $2 million, guaranteeing the purchase of no less than 40 episodes of content for three seasons.

FX is moderately priced, and it is still a tiered buyout, with 1 million viewers for $600,000 an episode, 2 million viewers for $1 million an episode, 3 million viewers for $2 million, and 5 million viewers for $3 million an episode. -- Because of the fee, cable television networks cannot be viewed according to the same standard as public television networks.

AMC's price is $100,000 less than FX's, but they said that they can arrange the broadcast time according to the requirements of the cloth stitching monster, and promise to spend no less than $3 million on publicity.

Overall, all three have their own strengths and weaknesses.

Chen Xiyue wants to sell to AMC, but Michael Cratton, a friend who has nothing to do with "The Plastic Surgery Room", thinks it is the most appropriate.

Xuluo thought about it for a long time, and finally chose FX.

The reason is simple.

Behind FX is Fox.

Murdoch's News Corp. is wealthy and owns 20th Century Fox, one of the Big Six in Hollywood.

I can't guarantee that Xuluo will cooperate with Fox one day, and it's good to have a good relationship now.

In the stage of starting a business, it is always necessary not to rush to make money, but to lay a little network foundation first, in this unfamiliar Haolaiwu.

Don't say that Lao Mei only has money on his side.

In which society and at which stage, there are times when the role of connections cannot be replaced by money.

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