Chapter 421: Bubu Stitching is Strange! (Ask for subscription)
I just talked about Xiangjiang and Ribenzene, but in fact, compared to these two places, the cloth and cloth stitching monster of the Mi country is the center of gravity of Xuluo.
No way.
Haolaiwu and TV series of Miguo have occupied the mainstream of the world.
Even if something they have made for many years, it will not go out of style abroad.
Therefore, anyone who has a little idealism will go to Hollywood to break through.
It's good to be famous, but even if it's not successful, you've worked hard.
Cheng Long played with this mentality, and "Red Fan Zone" was really successful.
"Red Fan Zone", which grossed more than 43 million US dollars, allowed him to set off a wave of kung fu in Miguo.
Although it is not popular all over the country, many viewers in the country have fallen in love with this big-nosed star who knows Chinese kung fu.
All of a sudden, there were more people looking for his past movies in video tape shops, and more TV stations wanted to show his previous films.
At this time, the cloth and cloth stitching monsters seized the opportunity, because they had already purchased the rights to all of Cheng Long's films.
This time, the negotiation with Blockbuster was much easier, and the conditions given by Blockbuster were much more lenient than those given to "Friends" and "Plastic Surgery Room", and the price of buying out all of Cheng Long's movies in 3 years was 20 million US dollars, including "Red Fan Zone".
Chen Xiyue did not hesitate at all and sold it directly.
Then in terms of TV, after the relevant TV stations came to negotiate, they also sold for a price of $10 million for 3 years
The total income is 30 million US dollars.
Cheng Long, who got a 10% dividend, that is, $3 million, smiled from ear to ear.
Originally, the copyright had nothing to do with him, these were all Golden Harvest's, but the cloth stitching monster had already explained that 10% was given to him.
He didn't take it seriously, and as a result, $3 million was credited to his account.
Although this is all the copyright income for three years, it is 24 million Hong Kong dollars!
What's so bad about getting money for nothing?
Cheng Long is a windfall, and of course it is Jiahe who regrets it.
It was only a little more than a month ago that they sold all the copyrights of Cheng Long's films, which led to a huge loss for them - they shouldn't have just gotten $3 million plus $5 million for this money!
But after thinking about it, even if Xie Yin once said before that he wanted to buy Jackie Chan's copyright, he was just asking whether to sell it for $1 million?
Now Xuluo not only gave 5 million US dollars, but also retained 10% of the dividend rights, adding up to 8 million US dollars, and there will be more when the copyright expires in the future, which is already beyond the intention.
Who doesn't sell copyrights to make money?
Xuluo is willing to leave 10% for Jiahe and 10% for Cheng Long, which is already good.
For the cloth stitching monsters, Cheng Long's copyright income is a surprise, this $24 million income is enough for the current months, just to prevent them from going to the bank for a mortgage.
What the cloth stitching monster really cares about the most is naturally its main business.
The first to open is the second season of "Friends".
Many American dramas in Miguo, the first season was shocking, the second season was barely strong, the third season was a big disappointment, and the fourth season was simply not watched.
So many people are still quite worried about the second season of "Friends", for fear that this TV series, which has made a strange name for cloth and cloth stitching, will become a Waterloo.
In order to avoid this from happening, Chen Xiyue gritted his teeth and the second season was full of the original content written by Xuluo.
Xuluo gave a total of 60 episodes of "Friends", 24 episodes were used in the first season, and if 24 episodes were also used in the second season, only 12 episodes could be used in the third season.
This means that no matter what happens in the third season, the fourth season will all be written by the new writers.
In fact, as early as March this year, among the screenwriters recruited by the Bubu Stitching Monster, the screenwriting team of "Friends" was continuous
Studying the content of Xuluo's 60 episodes, it is almost an episode by episode to slowly analyze and ponder.
Then they wrote 12 episodes, hoping to use it in Friends.
But for the sake of insurance, Chen Xiyue didn't use it, but promised that it would be used in the third season.
This was a bit of a demoralizing blow to the writers' team, but all of the Boob Stitch Monster staff knew that it was also unavoidable, because "Friends" was too important to Boo Stitch Monster.
Chen Xiyue's caution has brought fruitful results.
NBC's contract for the second season of "Friends" is not paid for less than 7 million viewers, but at least 12 episodes will be broadcast; Reaching 7 million people is 1 million episodes.
After 10 million people is $2 million a episode, and more than 15 million people are $3 million a episode.
The first episode of the second season of "Friends" directly broke 10 million, reaching 10.7 million viewers.
The second episode not only did not decline, but there was a significant increase, reaching 12.3 million viewers, the third episode continued to climb to 12.5 million, the fourth episode was 13.2 million, and the fifth episode directly broke through to 14 million.
At the same time, the praise of the interviewed audience is also more than 85%, thinking that compared with the first season, the plot development of the second season of "Friends" is very smooth, and the main line between the six friends is also very smooth, and there is no meaning of chaos, which makes people willing to continue to watch.
It is conceivable that according to this level of praise, the number of viewers will definitely break 15 million by November at the latest.
At that time, NBC will give Bubu the strange thing to buy for an episode of $3 million!
can reach an income of 72 million US dollars in one season, and it can definitely rank among the top five American dramas in the entire Mi country!
"Friends" is stable!
"Friends" is stable, which means that the cloth stitching is strangely stable!
Even if there are still three TV series, two movies, and one variety show in their hands to continue to be produced, everyone's hearts can be settled and they can devote themselves to work.
The success of the second season of "Friends" has given NBC a trump card TV series that has a very good stabilizing effect on future advertising revenue.
Because of this, they are very interested in "X File", another part of the Boob Stitching Monster that has already begun to be produced.
NBC's vice president of television networks has come to talk to Chen Xiyue three times, and the price is getting higher each time.
Especially after seeing the first week of October, after the fifth episode of "Friends" reached 14 million viewers, NBC's offer reached a new high - the first season of "X File" was directly scheduled for 24 episodes, with a minimum of $800,000 per episode, and after reaching 10 million viewers, each episode rose to $2 million.
For a new TV series that has not been reviewed for pilot episodes, this price code is very high.
Even NBC is willing to give an upfront payment of $10 million.
So Chen Xiyue had no reason to refuse such a good thing, and signed the contract directly.
Originally, NBC wanted to sign a priority contract with the same price for three seasons, but Chen Xiyue refused, she felt that "X File" could do better and have a higher price.
Fox Network's Gail Berman is a little more steady, but he is also starting to prepare for "Dr. House" next March.
Since the Boob Stitch Monster is so strong, maybe "Dr. House" can also bring a powerful effect, what if it can break out a boutique?
As for the second season of "Plastic Surgery Room", Fox FX is even more looking forward to it, after all, when the production company, director, screenwriter, and protagonist have not changed, the already popular "Plastic Surgery Room" has no reason to pull its crotch.
Even the continued popularity of "Friends" has passed on the blessing to "Miguo Idol" - CBS TV, a subsidiary of Viacom Group, has decided to introduce "Miguo Idol", and the conditions are being negotiated.
Oh, and it's not just "Friends" to credit, but also "Lazy."
Song of Man".
"Lazy Song" was released at the end of August and was in the top 100 on Billboard as soon as possible.
Then the song exploded into popularity at an unimaginable rate.
Especially after MTV aired Xuluo's "Lazy Song" MTV, there was a boom in the United States at once.
Billboard rose to 53rd place in the second week, 23rd in the third week, and 8th place in the fourth week!!
You know, Shroko is a singer who is not famous, and no one has heard him sing before.
But just such a song has conquered countless music lovers.
Countless DJs are crazy about Amway on "Lazy Song", and some radio stations are airing from morning to night. - Ahem, in fact, Spike Lee also has a credit for this.
As we all know, most of the DJs are black, and Xuluo's care for black actors has made many black groups have a deep affection for Xuluo, and Spike Lee called on everyone to "give us friends help", so "Lazy Song" was launched.
This is also an important reason why "Lazy Song" rushed to No. 8 on the Billboard in the fourth week!
At the same time, its North American CD single sales have also exceeded 1 million copies in four weeks, becoming the 19th singer to break 1 million CD singles this year.
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But the singers who stood before Xuluo were all powerful singers and bands in North America.
He is a young singer who has just debuted, and he won such a high honor and sales for his first single, which is really impressive.
Tom Friston, the president of MTV, admired "The Lazy Man's Song" very much, and he knew that Xuluo, who created the lyrics and sang the "Lazy Man's Song" himself, was now planning a large-scale singing competition music program, so he took the initiative to find Chen Xiyue and wanted to broadcast it on Viacom's CBS.
It was rumored that Tom Friston was going to be the CEO of Viacom, but I didn't expect him to be really, and now he has the power to command CBS.
As for whether "Miguo Idol" can succeed or not, many people who are strange in Bubu are not sure.
However, Chen Xiyue has infinite trust in Xuluo, and does not retreat at all when negotiating with Tom Friedton, and the conditions are very harsh.
Everyone thought that this would anger the upstart of Viacom, but Tom Friston became more interested in "Miguo Idol" because of this.
Especially after he asked Chen Xiyue to simulate a semi-final of "Miguo Idol" for him, he gritted his teeth and agreed to most of Chen Xiyue's conditions, in exchange for the settlement of the first season of "Miguo Idol" on CBS.
This condition includes the right to share 30% of the advertising revenue of "Miguo Idol", and 50% of the revenue of the videotape and copyright.
What's even more demanding is that the singers who came out of "Miguo Idol" are going to sign a singer's economic contract, and Tom Friston has also given all this rights to Bubu Stitching Monster.
As soon as the news came out, the outside world ridiculed Viacom's upstart, thinking that he was hungry and betting.
A company that can do a good job in TV dramas may not be able to do a good job in singing variety shows, but Tom Friston is so superstitious about cloth and sewing strange, superstitious and vain, it's incredible.
Together with Viacom's insiders, they all expressed doubts about this, and the president and CEO of CBS directly reported to their boss Lei Shidong.
For a while, "Miguo Idol" overpowered a lot of news and became a variety show and a hot topic in the music industry.
Everyone has conducted an in-depth analysis of some of the auditions and preliminary information of "American Stock Idol" that has been disclosed, so that countless music lovers know that there is such a music program that is about to start.
I didn't expect it!
hasn't given much publicity yet, "Miguo Idol" has become popular because of this!
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