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Chapter 1560 Game of Thrones

The essence of deception is actually poor information. Whoever has more information has an advantage.

Low-end deception is full of loopholes and nonsense, the success rate is very low, and it can only deceive people who don't understand anything.High-end fooling is to fool with the truth.

Just like the national football team.

First, in the history of the World Cup, only three teams have ever defeated the national football team, and the number of losses is less than that of the football kingdom Brazil.

Second, in the 9-year history of the World Cup, the national football team has only conceded [-] goals in total, and the number of goals conceded is less than that of Italy, a strong defensive player.

Three, in all the World Cup finals, the national football team has never lost any of them, and even crushed a group of football powers such as Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, Argentina...

Every word is true.

If you don't know much about football, you may think that the national football team is the best team in the world, which is completely out of touch with the actual situation.

The current situation is a deep-water confrontation between the president of HBO, Richard Breller, and the big boss of Ziwei Star Global, Zhou Buqi.

When fooling, you must not let the other party see that you are fooling, otherwise the other party will not be fooled.

Telling lies is not acceptable, both parties are human beings, and it is easy to reveal the truth.

Be sure to speak the sincere truth.

According to Bright, the president of Ziwei Star's Global Television Department, this so-called TV series "Game of Thrones" is a project of HBO, and they have the most information.

They are bad too!
At this time, don't be impulsive, don't promise anything.Even if you are interested in this TV series and want to contribute money to help HBO solve the plight of lack of production funds, so as to make this TV series better and more complete, you must organize a professional team to do due diligence.Otherwise, it is very likely to be deceived.

This is of course true.

But Zhou Buqi is an exception.

Richard and Zhou Buqi, who has more information on the American drama "Game of Thrones"?

Even if Richard is the president of HBO, he only has all the information about "Game of Thrones" in the past two years since the project was established.Zhou Buqi is different, he has the information of this American drama for the next ten years!

Who is the dominant party?
Bright didn't know where Boss Zhou's confidence was, so he was very anxious.Zhen Yu didn't know what her man's confidence was, but it didn't matter.

Over the past few years, Zhen Yu has developed a strong blind trust in Zhou Buqi, there is nothing to worry about!
However, she couldn't show it at this time, Zhen Yu hesitated, "You are right, please go over and remind me. You are a professional, and I don't know much about TV production."

Brett was also polite. Seeing that Richard was still flirting with the big boss over there, he rushed over and said in a deep voice, "Zhou, this kind of epic historical theme is not recognized by the market."

Zhou Buqi was stunned for a moment, "Really?"

Bright said with a serious face: "Director Scott's masterpiece "Kingdom of Heaven" was a complete failure at the box office, and the film "King Arthur" by the big producer Bruckheimer also suffered a huge investment loss..."

Richard was taken aback and interrupted him quickly, "It's different, a movie is a movie, and a TV series is a TV series."

Bright snorted coldly: "In the 90s, this kind of movie was very popular. "Braveheart" and "Gladiator" both achieved great success, which led to a wave of epic productions. But in the new century, the wind direction It’s changed. The films in this category are no longer popular, and “Knights of the Holy War,” “Kingdom of Heaven,” “Troy” and “King Arthur,” all of which were big budget productions, failed without exception.”

Zhou Buqi asked: "But TV dramas are different from movies, right? TV dramas have more space, can tell stories better, and have more details. Especially this is HBO, which can have a larger scale and less limits."

"It's the same for TV dramas. The "Spartacus" filmed by Starz was originally planned for 6 seasons, but later only 3 seasons were filmed, and "Rome" you just mentioned." Brett looked at the rationale. Chad, "Roma is a five-season plan, if I understand correctly?"

Richard looked cold, "I haven't heard of it."

Bright said: "Whether you admit it or not, "Roma" was canceled after only two films were made. Don't find a reason for too much investment. As long as the return rate is good enough and the ratings are high enough, it will not be a problem. The plot of "Spartacus" has shrunk, and "Rome" has been cut, which is enough to show that the market feedback and investment are out of proportion!"

Richard glanced at Zhou Buqi with a guilty conscience, and said bravely: "The cancellation of "Roma" is mainly due to the problems of the production and the script. We have made a series of mistakes. The subject matter has not lost confidence. After "Roma" was canceled, we quickly launched the project "Game of Thrones" to take over. We have more experience in making similar large projects, and this is a novel adaptation, a screenplay There will not be too many problems. We are very confident in this project."

Bright immediately asked, "Since you are very confident, why cut the budget by 4000 million US dollars?"

Richard said: "The economic crisis..."

Bright interrupted him rudely again, "HBO has 5000 million subscribers around the world, and the annual fee is 120 US dollars. The subscription fee of TV stations alone has an annual income of 60 billion US dollars. With HBO's strong revenue capacity, If you guys are really confident in Game of Thrones, can't you come up with the $4000 million?"

Zhou Buqi frowned, not very happy, "Brett, you should calm down."

"I……"

Brett was taken aback.

Zhou Buqi said indifferently: "The impact of the economic crisis is complex and comprehensive. It is not easy to manage a company as large as HBO. It is not a matter of having money or not. Under the economic crisis, risk control will be stricter. We must It is unreasonable to look at a problem systematically, rather than looking for a single point. The part must obey the overall situation, and the part is inherently unreasonable."

Richard burst into a smile on his stiff face, "Mr. Zhou is indeed a big boss and a real businessman. His layout and business perspective are admirable."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand modestly, "The reason for doing business is the same. If you do business just to make money, you will never be able to make a lot of money. If you do business for feelings, then you can truly make a difference to change the world." The big event. Jobs’ wealth came from Disney, not Apple, but he contributed all his hard work to Apple. This is the feeling of a world-class entrepreneur.”

Richard's eyes were full of admiration and respect, "Mr. Zhou, you are also a world-class entrepreneur! Your feelings for film and television works are worth learning for every practitioner in the industry."

When Brett heard this, he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Depend on!
This flattery is really shameless!

The key point is that this flattery is very clever, and he immediately set up Boss Zhou, and made him a worldly expert who only cares for feelings and not for making money.

This is over.

Boss Zhou has no steps to go down!

All my earnest persuasion just now was in vain!
Sure enough, Boss Zhou was very pleased with the other party's compliment, and said with a smile: "Whether it is an Internet business or an entertainment business, the truth is the same. I believe that as long as you have love and affection for film and television works, you will definitely be able to make money." would be too far."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Zhou, you are so right!" Richard suddenly felt that his appearance was a little exaggerated, so he restrained himself a little bit, and said with a smile, "The epic movies that Brett just talked about Movies are losing money. In my opinion, this is not a problem with the subject matter, but a problem with the movie itself. As long as it is a good movie, it will definitely shine. Just like when "The Shawshank Redemption" was released that year, the market did not perform well and lost money It's miserable. But in the past few years, this movie has achieved amazing results in the DVD market! As long as it is a good work, you can't be too short-sighted. As you said, if you have the feeling of pursuing great works, the market is destined not to Live up to those who have ideals."

Zhou Buqi nodded, but he still said calmly: ""Rome" is a great work, it's a pity that it only took two seasons. I don't know if "Game of Thrones" can reach the level of "Roma" the height of."

"It will be stronger than "Rome"! "Game of Thrones" is just like your favorite "Lord of the Rings", with a fantasy color... By the way, we have already filmed the sample of the first episode, why don't you watch it ?”

"really?"

Zhou Buqi looked surprised.

The distribution logic of American TV series is different from that of domestic TV series, because there is no special censorship agency for film and television dramas in the United States. Basically, major entertainment companies can shoot whatever they want. Therefore, in order to ensure revenue, American TV series will first shoot a sample and release it.

If the effect of the sample is good, then continue to shoot.

We can't shoot too much yet, let's shoot one season first.The effect of the first season was good, and the second season was continued.The effect of the second season was good, and the third season was continued.

This model can minimize investment risk.

Because of the censorship in China, it is impossible to shoot and broadcast like American dramas. For big tomes like "New Three Kingdoms" and "Zhen Huan Biography", only dozens of episodes can be filmed at one time, and they are collectively subject to censorship.

After the review is passed, it will be released once again.

After the broadcast, once the market feedback is not good, and the ratings are too low and no one watches it, it will be miserable. The subsequent dozens of episodes are almost wasted, and the loss is serious.

This is a systemic TV drama risk.

"Game of Thrones" is a big production, and the samples have already been shot.

Richard smiled and said: "After the sample was broadcast on HBO, after our investigation, it received a favorable rate of more than 92%, which was higher than that of "Roma" back then."

Zhou Buqi was very happy, "Let's go! Let's take a look together!"

Bright couldn't take it anymore, so he rushed forward to give the assist, and said anxiously: "Mr. Zhou, HBO aired the sample of "Game of Thrones". Apart from evaluating the audience's liking, it is also showing to the peers. But Game of Thrones was still $6000 million after the dailies aired, and they didn't get a penny of extra money!"

Zhou Buqi didn't take it seriously, "The financial crisis, everyone has no money. But it doesn't matter, Ziweixing Global has money!"

(End of this chapter)