Meiman: Filming can make you stronger

Chapter 20 Come to Hollywood to Pick Someone
To be honest, Andrew thought that Andy had created a comedy art film after the myth art film, and he was a little bit disapproving. He thought that if the scale was really funny, then he would talk about the price, but after watching it for a while, the original indifference on his face It's gone.

It was the first time he saw such a funny vampire, and these vampires actually gave him a warm feeling, so he watched both episodes seriously.

"Vampires are just as fussy as ordinary people. They sent human chubby to buy plasma for blood-sucking, but they quarreled over European plasma and American plasma, and because they were worried that what they drank was not purified plasma, they would be despised by their peers, so they reluctantly threw away their favorite coarse-grain plasma. Nadya was so angry that she didn't sleep all night."

"The vampire couple quarreled and reconciled for the sake of an art movie star, Andy, how did you come up with this plot?"

Andrew couldn't hide his appreciation. Last time he watched "Apollo's Wrath", he thought Andy's idea was very interesting. This time, he saw "The House of the Vampire", a vampire drama that has never been seen before, and he really felt that Andy was an expert in the film and television drama industry. Lost angel, now finally on the way.

"Andrew, you know, I'm always fond of new ideas, and I'm going to do an Apollo show in a while, the kind you've never seen, let's start with that, I'm planning three seasons, twelve of each Ji, do you have any intention?"

Andrew laughed and said, "Of course I'm interested, tell me your offer!"

Andy said without hesitation: "120 million US dollars per episode, the down payment is at least half of the season's 720 million."

When he heard 120 million, Andrew frowned: "120 million per episode, you must have more than 50 viewers to pay back. Although I am confident, this price is beyond my authority. It needs to be decided by the purchasing director. If you can If it is reduced to 80 an episode, I can make a decision now."

If it is 80 yuan, the total is 960 million yuan per season, and the cost of Andy’s dubbing and editing is less than 20 yuan, which is definitely a huge profit, but Andy estimates that the cost of the three seasons of "Apollo" will be at least 5000 million yuan, so it is not necessarily possible to get investment or buy movies. Under the premise of prepayment, it is a little bit more to prepare.

"So, Andrew, my friend, I think it's necessary to see the director of buying."

Andrew was not unhappy because Andy talked to his boss. First of all, he was really optimistic about the film. Secondly, if his boss finally made the decision, the responsibility for the failure of the show would be shared, and he would still be responsible for the success. .

So, after Andrew's boss, Hobson Mike, brought the other two purchasing managers into the screening room, Andy screened the two episodes again.

Hobson didn't have any nonsense after watching it.

"An advance payment of 120 million for an episode of US$720 is no problem. All copyrights belong to us. In addition, if the average number of viewers does not exceed 60, then we have the right to terminate the contract and not pay follow-up funds."

"In addition, we have the priority to watch your next work, and under the same conditions, we have the priority to purchase."

If the subscription fee for this drama is 60 dollars, then the average viewership of 1000 is 1440 or [-] million dollars, which is lower than the purchase fee of [-] million dollars, but HBO can insert advertisements in the middle, and can be resold again. Audio-visual products and peripherals will definitely earn back.

As for the right of first refusal of "Apollo", Andy originally planned to find them to cooperate, and there was no harm to Andy.

Andy didn't think too much about it: "deal!"

When Andy came back, he brought the contract and a check for 720 million US dollars. This amount of money was a drizzle for HBO, so as soon as the contract was signed, it went directly to the finance side and wrote the check.

According to the agreement with Gilmore, one-fifth of the income, almost 130 million, will be handed over to Gilmore, but Andy is short of money now, so he decided to wait until the dust of "Apollo" funds has settled.

""Vampire Life" will definitely explode, so it should appear again in armor, so that Apollo can appear in "Vampire" and make some fragments, even if Najia and the others call Andy Fantastic Heroes, it doesn't matter. Apollo is fine, just interacting with "Apollo."

Andy immediately started shaking people. Thomson was used to the director's words, so he called directly to talk about the shooting of "Apollo", and offered a remuneration of 10 US dollars per episode, which is definitely not a low salary. , because each episode is only [-] minutes, counting as one-fifth of the movie.

"Andy, I'm very sorry, I'm currently paying $8 to $13 for a movie, and my schedule has reached the end of [-], but if you really need it, I can recommend other directors for you."

"No, thank you, I will take care of this myself."

After hanging up the phone, Andy shook his head. He really ignored how popular Thomson is in San Fernan now.

Andy's Apollo art film series was given an average score of 9.2 by members of the RedT website. This score almost pre-determines the most collectible toilet paper film in 12 years, so Thomson has risen, not to mention the increase in remuneration. I came to him to make films. A lot more.

According to the shooting characteristics of San Fernand art films, a movie is simpler than an episode of TV series, so it is normal for Thomson to choose this way.

In fact, there are more people looking for Andy. Andy receives a lot of emails and text messages every day, but he is currently preparing the "Apollo" series. Unless Dingdu invites him, he will not make ordinary art films.

Although it is a pity that we can no longer cooperate with this old guy like Thomson, Andy is not too sad. Now that he has more than 700 million US dollars, he can definitely hire a more professional one.

So Andy started searching on the website of the Hollywood Directors Guild.

David Slade, who has filmed the movie "Twilight: Eclipse" and the TV series "Awakening of Different Degrees", is a weak second-tier director. Andy remembers that he will direct "American Gods" in the future.

Tim Burton, who has filmed the TV series "Sleepy Hollow" and the movie "Big Fish", this is awesome.

Louis Leterrier, who has filmed "Danny the Wolfdog" and "Clash of the Titans", is a strong second-line.

Mark Miro, who filmed "Once Upon a Time" and will direct "Game of Thrones" in the future, is still a weak second line.

Generally weaker second-tier film directors start at $100 million for a movie, and $8 to $12 per episode for a TV series. The most that Andy can pay for a director for a season is about 100 million, which means that he can only hire weaker second-tier directors.

But it doesn't matter, as long as they are less than first-line directors, and have experience in filming fantasy or science fiction films, Andy will send emails.

In addition to Andy bragging that "Apollo" will invest 5000 million US dollars in the email, there are also the first two episodes of the script of "Apollo". I can't say anything about the outline, because the key point of a drama is that the ending is absolutely It cannot be circulated, "Game of Thrones" was unfinished because of leaks.

If these directors are interested in the script, they will definitely contact Andy.

Finding actors, venues, props and costumes, etc. are all things for the director. He, the producer, is responsible for the final decision. When he has time, he starts to think about another thing.

Apollo armor.

After the last time, Andy felt that if he pretended to be Apollo again, he would need a set of strong armor for combat. In order to prevent damage, even one set would not be enough.

Zhenjin is not easy to deal with, because everyone is watching, and there is no way to forge it after getting Andy.

And if you find someone to customize the armor, it is easy to leave personal information, and the armor will be tracked when it appears in the future. The best thing is to forge a pair yourself.

(End of this chapter)