novelones Chapter 253: The Walking Dead, Prison Break, and Breaking Bad were all copied
Chapter 253: The Walking Dead, Prison Break, and Breaking Bad were all copied
Michael also discovered that Wang Lei was not a nymphomaniac who only thought about women.
The other party seemed to know a little bit about everything, and the two of them started chatting about the show before they knew it.
"The production cost of TV dramas remains high, with the unit hourly cost of prime-time dramas generally exceeding US$100 million!"
"It often costs a huge investment of US$2000 million to film a TV series, so my idea is to invest more energy in variety shows and create original variety shows."
TV dramas are more profitable due to advertisements in the middle and at the end. If they want to be profitable, the drama must be attractive enough.
The rising production costs can easily lead to losses, and it is common for TV stations to cancel dramas.
Wang Lei nodded in understanding. Due to rising costs, labor union strikes, and the cancellation of preferential tax policies, major TV stations are finding new ways to broadcast variety shows in prime time.
On the one hand, the production of variety shows is cheap, often half as long as the production of TV series, or even lower, and most of the employees employed are non-union employees, even amateurs, bypassing the hated labor unions.
In the context of this era, it is normal for Michael to have such thoughts.
"Sir, I just now know that TV Tokyo is your property. I like all the variety shows it produces. I wonder if Paramount can... introduce these three programs?"
Wang Lei just mentioned it casually, but he didn't expect that this guy could actually climb up with two poles.
"Of course it's possible, but the basic copyright fees still have to be paid, and MCs must use artists from United Elite."
Based on the principle of maximizing interests, Michael would do the same even if he didn't mention it.
"However, I still hope that the TV station's variety shows have some local characteristics and cannot always rely on importing other people's stuff."
"I have an idea to create a quiz show. If the registered contestants answer 15 questions correctly in a row, they will win a grand prize of US$100 million!"
"Contestants have three opportunities to ask for help, including their relatives and friends, the audience, and once to lower the difficulty level."
"The winner can also compete for the annual championship..."
Michael nodded repeatedly. He didn't expect that the big boss also had such profound insights into programming. This program idea alone could give Paramount Television a foothold among the five major television stations.
"Boss, is the bonus too high?"
"Haha, the real skill is to get it. Do thorough research on capable players in advance. Everyone has their own biases. I don't need to say more next."
Michael nodded in agreement and was assimilated by Wang Lei unknowingly.
Following the boss's train of thought, he said:
"Every few episodes, we will find a confirmed contestant and let him receive bonuses to stimulate the ratings..."
Okay, I can draw inferences from one instance to another.
Seeing that the time is ripe, Wang Lei put forward his own views on the production of TV series:
“We cannot relax when it comes to TV dramas.
We have the Marvel Comics library of copyrights that we can use to our advantage and bring in some minor actors.
As for the script, I bought out a few creative ideas. They are all here. You can take a look. "
Michael took Wang Lei's notebook.
"The Walking Dead, Prison Break, Breaking Bad..."
Based on Michael's many years of experience in producing TV series, these TV series are all top-notch creative ideas and full of attractions. He immediately felt like a treasure.
"The boss's script ideas are really great. They can all be made into series. If the ratings are good, it won't be a problem to film them for ten years."
They are all the best dramas in parallel worlds, how can it be bad?
Take The Walking Dead, for example. At its peak in the show’s history, 2100 million people were watching it on television.
What kind of ratings is 2100 million?
Known as the king of traffic.
According to statistics, the TV ratings for the finale of "Game of Thrones" were 1900 million.
The two films were screened at the same time many times, and Game of Thrones' performance at the time also broke many records... This shows how popular "The Walking Dead" is.
Prison Break was also the king of TV series in 2005, with ratings as high as 1800 million according to official statistics.
It set the highest Monday ratings record in seven years during the TV off-season.
"Breaking Bad" swept the 66th Emmy Awards.
If there is any doubt that the highest ratings for a single episode is "The Walking Dead".
If we talk about the ratings of the finale, Breaking Bad set a record of 1030 million viewers, beating all TV programs in the same period.
Michael naturally knows the goods, and he can naturally see the potential of the three TV series.
Any one of them alone can become the king of ratings in the same time period, and it can make the TV station's advertising revenue skyrocketing.
But the big boss generously gave him three movies at once.
Even a pig can fly with the help of three dramas.
"Boss, can I meet these creative screenwriters? Wouldn't it be a pity that such talents are not here at Paramount?"
"Uh... Well, he is a friend of mine and is not interested in becoming a screenwriter. Besides, he is just a layman and needs a professional screenwriter to flesh out the plot."
As soon as he heard that he was a friend of the big boss, Michael immediately stopped questioning.
Anyone who can become the boss's friend must also be a rich man, and writing creative ideas for dramas is probably just a temporary interest.
While feeling sorry for the other party, Michael also assured Wang Lei:
"Don't worry, boss, I will definitely put these ideas on the small screen and make the TV station the number one TV station in the United States!"
Wang Lei is very satisfied with Michael. He is young and energetic, knows how to be flexible, and has his own ideas.
Sure enough, Xueli dug up a good seedling.
At this moment, Michael was completely convinced. Before he was summoned by his boss, he was troubled by countless questions.
Now not only has Paramount’s biggest ratings breakthrough point been determined, but it also has three top scripts, and even amateur variety shows have new ideas.
It can be said that all the problems that troubled him were solved by his boss.
Thinking of this, he was even a little ashamed of himself, a CEO who was poached with a high salary.
He didn't help solve anything at all. Instead, he had to rely on the boss for everything.
What a shame for him as a CEO.
Seeing Michael lower his proud head, Qi Xiaona couldn't help but chuckle. The other person was very good, but her boyfriend was even better.
"Brother Lei, I have arranged for Kevin Reynolds to be in the reception room."
When Michael heard this name, he couldn't help but be surprised. This name has become so familiar recently, appearing in major entertainment headlines all over the world.
It's just that it doesn't have a good reputation. The other party has been dubbed the king of bad movies by reporters.
Kevin Reynolds was called in. Did the boss want to use this king of bad movies?
Film production was not within the scope of his internal affairs, and Michael hesitated to speak.
Just when he wanted to avoid suspicion and leave, Wang Lei stopped him:
"Michael, you happen to be here too, let's go meet Kevin Reynolds together."