Since returning to China, Wang Wei has returned to a state of seclusion.

First, it is to avoid the paparazzi who follow all the time.

Second, after a short period of time, there is still a lot of work to be done within the company.

The first is the integration of the North American subsidiary that has completed the acquisition, Lion King Pictures.

"I thought it was Lionsgate." Wang Wei once sighed.

However, although the name is high, Lion King Pictures is still much worse than Lionsgate Pictures in the other world - because of the failure of several consecutive investment in film and television projects, it was unable to make ends meet and had to sell itself.

"But it's not bad. It has the ability to produce films, it also has the ability to produce TV series, and the most surprising thing is that it also has a certain ability to distribute films. Wang Chuanqi, who returned to China after completing the merger, introduced.

It was the last reason that made Lao Wang decisively start this small film company in New York.

They all know how important the ability to distribute is to a film company.

Although Lion King Pictures can only distribute a few low-budget films in North America, and its marketing power is far less than that of large companies; If the same film is released by it, the box office performance will inevitably be much worse than if it was handed over to a large company for distribution.

However, Dunhuang is empirical - without the exploitation of large companies and their own issuance, even if the results are a little worse, the money in the end can still be more than handed over to large companies for issuance.

Therefore, Lao Wang quickly cut through the mess and spent about 60 million US dollars to acquire Lion King Pictures, and Dunhuang has a foothold in North America.

- Overall, it's a good value for money acquisition.

Of course, the completion of the acquisition does not mean that the integration is complete.

If you really want to integrate the North American subsidiary with Dunhuang, some work still has to be done.

For example, a new project that must be successful.

This is also the first battle to show the vision and strength of the new owner.

Lao Wang returned to China and brought back more than a dozen film and television production plans prepared by Lion King Pictures, and after Wang Wei watched it, he could only sigh - no wonder this company is going to sell itself, and there is no project in the film library that he can see.

Well, it's not too surprising, no studio is lacking in quality projects.

It's just that it is necessary to rely on Wang Wei to "turn stones into gold".

- This is also one of the main purposes of Lao Wang today.

Fortunately, Wang Wei never disappointed in the script reserve, and immediately gave him a script.

Lao Wang glanced at the name of the script-

The English title is simply "SAW", and the literal translation is saw!

There is also a Chinese title "Chainsaw Horror"!

"Looking at the name, it is very in line with the style that Lion King Pictures is good at."

Lao Wang thought silently.

Previously, Lion King Pictures focused on suspense crime themes, and this theme is similar to science fiction themes, and the requirements for scripts are very high, because of the lack of good scripts, its boss can't do it.

And Wang Wei's script is naturally a good script.

The more Lao Wang looked at it, the more he raised his eyebrows, and the final ending made him slap his thigh, "Wonderful! ”

- Of course it's wonderful, "Saw Horror" is one of the most lucrative movie series of Lionsgate in the previous life!

The series revolves around a world-class genius mechanical designer, a senior middle-aged and elderly perverted murderer, Jigsaw Uncle;

Its relatively meticulous suspense point setting, as well as the surprise and ingenuity of the layout of the level life and death game, the visual stimulation of restrictive violence, and most importantly, the various reversals at the end, make this series often exchange tens of millions of dollars for more than 100 million box office, and can be listed as one of the most cost-effective series IPs in film history.

After so many years in the industry, Lao Wang can certainly see its dark horse posture, and also see its potential for serialization.

This is not the same as Lionsgate - Lionsgate did not think so much when making the first part, it was entirely because of the popularity of the first part that Lionsgate saw business opportunities, and then improved and enriched the series step by step.

Wang Wei has predecessors for reference, and in the first part, he gave a certain side description of Uncle Jigsaw, which can obviously be seen to pave the way for the sequel.

"This film is definitely in line with Lao Mei's heavy taste." Lao Wang was once again impressed by Wang Wei's "ability to customize scripts".

He was about to talk about how to shoot this movie, but Wang Wei took out another script-

"Prison Break!?"

"This thickness ...... It should be a TV drama script, right? ”

"Yes."

"You're really fast."

Comrade Wang muttered, flipped through the new script handed over by Wang Wei, and soon, his eyebrows rose higher and higher, and finally he covered his chest excitedly, "No, it's too exciting!" ”

can make him have this kind of reaction, and the script of "Prison Break" is naturally quite good.

"Prison Break" tells the story of his younger brother Michael who took the initiative to go to prison in order to save his brother Lincoln, who was framed and imprisoned, and finally took his brother to successfully escape from prison.

In that life, it was the "first love of American dramas" for many Chinese people.

The first American drama Wang Wei watched was not it, but it also opened Wang Wei's eyes - it turns out that TV series can also pull the rhythm so fast!

Not to mention those gripping, almost every episode will have a suspense and reversal at the end, which simply makes the audience in front of the TV itch their teeth with hatred and can't stop at the same time......

Comrade Wang was glad that he had no heart disease, and his eyebrows fluttered: "Judging from the excitement of the script, this "Prison Break" will definitely become the main drama of the next stage of Lion King Pictures!" ”

"Then again, there's not going to be just one season of this story, right?" He then asked.

Wang Wei shook his head: "I expect to finish filming the story in two seasons, but you also know the model of American dramas, and how many seasons can be filmed depends on whether there is a TV station to renew it......"

"I don't think I need to worry about that."

Lao Wang said with a smile,

"In my judgment of this script, as long as the people of Lion King Pictures play at a normal level and there are no major mistakes, it will be no problem to successfully renew." Lao Wang paused and asked, "The question is, do you plan to continue the story?" ”

"Well...... this"

Wang Wei knew that what the other party said was right.

The American drama model is very special all over the world, with one episode a week and one season per season, which leads to how long the story can be filmed, and the crew itself does not know.

Of course, as long as the ratings reach the passing line, they will generally continue to be filmed, so unfinished endings have become a common problem in American dramas, and very few can still remain strong until the end of the show.

The "Prison Break" in the other world is a typical example - the first season is a masterpiece, the second season has a slight drop in the level, but it can still be watched, and after the third season, it will decline greatly......

Although Wang Wei thinks that it is a dog's tail mink, it doesn't seem to be a problem from the perspective of making money alone.

- After all, he is not a die-hard fan of the original "Prison Break", and he does not have any psychological burden to use it to make money.

Of course, this is under the premise that the TV station "gives too much", otherwise he still tends to let this classic series end at the peak moment - it is a good start for the North American subsidiary!

"However, those are all preparatory plans for the future, let's shoot the first season first." Wang Wei spread his hands.

Lao Wang agreed.

"It's just that Ling's previous work just got a large number of criminals in prison in North America, and now there is another "Prison Break", why do I think it's your bad taste?" Lao Wang Hu said suspiciously.

"Slander, absolutely slander, am I such a person?"

Well, Lao Wang shrugged, completely sure that it was this guy's bad taste.

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(End of chapter)