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    "You know, I have been doing distribution for the past ten years, and I have a certain judgment on the quality of the film, and I basically expected it, even if there are occasional mistakes, it will not exceed Too much, but..." Vladimir was silent for a moment and finally spoke.

      Just four weeks later, it was on the verge of breaking 100 million. I changed my estimate and raised the North American box office cap to 150 million, but soon had to raise it again to 200 million. Even so, it was still underestimated. Less, if it weren't for this terrorist attack, the North American box office of 300 million is very likely."

    Vladimir sighed, his eyes deepened: "You make me curious, Sean, I've never been so curious, you haven't been in film for a long time, but Always make good judgments, and I'd love to know if you can keep it up in the future."

    Hearing this, Sean smiled involuntarily, and Vladimir laughed too.

    "Okay, let's talk about future plans now, future plans that can impress investors." Sean changed the subject, "As the company's CEO, what is your opinion?"

    Hearing this title, Vladimir couldn't help raising his eyebrows. You know, they said that if he agreed to stay, he would get the position of CEO and 20% of the shares .

    Of course, it was vague and there was no written contract, but since Sean said so, the meaning is self-evident.

    “We need movies that can continue to make money, and … works that can have revenue for a long time.” Vladimir said immediately.

    "We already have a decision on the former, haven't we?" Sean asked immediately.

     "Yes, but although the remake has a certain audience base, it is probably impossible to sell like "My Big Greek Wedding"." Vladimir nodded.

     "Of course, "My Grand Greek Wedding" is a special case. Not many movies can reach this level. It is already very good for a small-budget movie to have tens of millions of box office." Sean didn't care. "For a long time, we have been dominated by low-budget movies, and horror movies are the easiest to recover the cost."

    "I understand, but I hope you can use your intuition more." Vladimir said unceremoniously.

    Sean couldn't help laughing: "No problem - what is the latter about? DVD release?"

    "No, not just DVDs, I mean TV series or reality shows." Vladimir said, typing a few times on the keyboard and clicking a few times with the mouse, then turned the monitor to Come over, "After decades of development, the production and broadcasting of TV dramas have become very mature, and they have begun to occupy a larger proportion of people's entertainment choices. A popular TV series can also bring great benefits to the producers. After entering the new century, this trend is more obvious. If we broadcast TV dramas with high ratings on wireless or cable stations, the financial statements can be done better and move more people.”

    The data curve on the screen is obviously rising. Although he doesn't understand it very well, Sean still agrees with his judgment. As someone who had a previous life, he knew more or less about the development of TV, so when Vladimir established the TV department, he also agreed.

    "TV dramas with good ratings are as scarce as movies with big box office sales, and they all need luck," Sean said half-jokingly, "I can only watch it one script at a time."

    "At least try," Vladimir smiled, "Since your vision is so good, how can you not use it."

    "I can't put all my hopes on me," Sean reminded.

    "It's better than no hope at all," Vladimir bluntly said, "Of course, you can also consider a reality show. Do you know "Survivor" on CBS?"

    "Well...it seems to invite a group of people to survive on a small island or in the wild, relying on their basic tools to survive, must find food by themselves, and participate in various competitive competitions, intellectual, physical, and The winner will win $1 million...is that so?" recalled Sean.

    "Yes, "Survivor" is such a reality show, and the ratings are very good, and ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" also attracts a lot of viewers, and in the past 99 years they Two episodes are broadcast a week, and these two episodes are in the top ten of the TV ratings list. Of course, this kind of quick success is that the audience has now developed aesthetic fatigue, and the ratings have been declining. " Vladimir said. "There is still a lot of room for reality TV in the North American market, and Hollywood producers don't seem to be interested in innovating on it. Whether it's "Survivor" or "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", they are all from European countries. The program received a good response after it was broadcast, so the American producer bought the copyright to make the American version."

    "If we can find a good European show and make an American version, and even if it's not very popular, it can still occupy a place because the North American reality show market is not saturated yet. , is that so?" Sean said with inferences.

    "Exactly," Vladimir nodded. "Of course, it's better to make a show that is popular."

    "Then..." Sean's eyes narrowed, "Have you heard of the show "British Idol"?"

    Vladimir was a little surprised. After thinking about it, he turned the monitor back and quickly tapped the keyboard.

    "Yes, but..." After reading it carefully, Sean confirmed that this has not been officially broadcast, but the audition has been completed, and the introduction of the program called "Pop Idol" , it should be the one I thought of, but something is not right, "Just started making this year?"

    "Of course, otherwise, how would you know?" Vladimir asked strangely.

    "No, I mean, when I heard it, I thought it was a show that had already produced two or three episodes, it shouldn't have just started." Xiao Xiao was startled En said disguisedly, then changed the subject and asked, "Can we get the copyright of the show?"

    "I'm afraid...it's not easy." Vladimir gave such an answer after thinking about it.

    "Why?" Sean asked unexpectedly.

    "The producer of the pop idol is an Englishman named Simon Fuller. Do you know what kind of person he is?" Vladimir asked first.

    Sean made a direct gesture to speak.

    "Simply put, he's the founder of Spice Girls."

    "The British Spice Girls?"

    "Yes, the Spice Girls group that disbanded last year, it was because of the loss of the Spice Girls group that Fuller began to conceive a new show, and then he planned this reality show based on his experience over the years The show, for now, at least works well in the UK." Vladimir explained a little.

    "Then why can't we buy the copyright in the United States, and then produce it and sell it to TV stations?" Sean didn't understand.

    "Because Fuller wanted to make it himself," Vladimir shrugged, "After he made his grades in England, he commissioned an agent, seemingly from CAA, to tell each Big TV stations sell. But so far, no one is willing to take over. ABC did a music-related reality show last year, but it failed, and they didn't think there was much prospect; NBC is in the limelight now and doesn't like it This show; CBS only got on the phone, and FOX got in touch, but it is said that there is no interest."

    "You know it in detail, Todd." Sean raised his eyebrows.

    "Of course, I heard about it from a UPN executive some time ago when I was golfing with him, and Fuller approached them in April, but they weren't interested After that, he seemed to have hit a wall a few times, and it was probably because of this that he returned to the UK to make this show." Vladimir said with a hand spread, "You saw it on the Internet just now, and the response to the audition was overwhelming. It's not bad, so he came to promote again, this time various TV stations have contacted him, but..."

    "In that case, why can't we buy the copyright of the show from him?" Sean immediately asked.

    "You still don't understand, Sean?" Vladimir laughed, "He only contacted the TV station from beginning to end, which means he just wanted to make it himself and sell it If the broadcasting rights are released, how can we persuade him in this situation? Don’t forget, the only result we can get right now is “My Big Greek Wedding”.”

    "Try it, Todd," Sean said after thinking about it. "If you don't try it, how do you know if it will work?"

    Vladimir squinted at him for a long while: "Do you think this show is very promising?"

    "Yes, I think so." Sean nodded in confirmation.

    "Okay, I see." Vladimir promised immediately.

    "Then that's it for today, before meeting with investors, we have to do two things, one is to win the copyright of the remake of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", and the other is to get "popular" Idol's U.S. copyright." Sean stood up.

    Horror movies, or remakes of horror movies, will never lack audiences, so Hollywood will fry it every few years. After all, filming technology is always improving, and fans who were trained at the beginning also want to see how the movies made with new technology are, but the audience who heard the name but couldn’t read the original version will also hope to get a better view. Shadow feeling.

    Although "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was a work in the 1970s, there were sequels in 1986, 1989 and 1995. Although the one produced in 1995 was still by Matthew McCann Na and Renee Zellweger, but it wasn't released in 1997 until after the two became popular, and it's still getting bad reviews.

    It has been 6 years now, even in 1997, it has passed 4 years, it can be taken out and remade, and the cost will not be too high, just prepare a little, make it next year, and then put it on Released in 2003, the box office should not be a problem. There should be no problem with the copyright of the remake. After all, it is no longer the era of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", so people are concerned about the copyright of "Pop Idol".