Rebirth in America

"Brother, what do you think of this plot? The girl was first deceived by a handsome guy, and then after the girl discovered the handsome guy's true face, she slapped him hard several times in public..."

Karen was holding a pen in one hand and a notebook in the other, with a serious look that even surprised Alex. He took the notebook over and flipped through it roughly. The plot in the notebook was read by Lei.

In the script, it tells the story of three girls. They are each other's best friends, but they all encountered various tragic things. The death of both parents is a necessary condition, and then one of the girls was abandoned by her childhood sweetheart, and the man married the daughter of a wealthy businessman. There was also a girl whose lover died of a terminal illness, and died in the girl's arms. The scene was so poignant that even Alex couldn't bear to look at it.

The last girl, the one Karen just mentioned, was first deceived into falling in love, and then discovered the true identity of her ex-boyfriend, so she retaliated violently in public and so on.

Of course, the three girls in the script are described as beautiful as angels, with personalities like virgins, and every move is perfect without any flaws. All in all, she is the kind of woman who is loved by everyone and blooms with her. Even if she is being abused, she must be abused so that she can only be beautiful every time, making it impossible for people to look directly at her.

After reading the script, Alex said leisurely: "Are these three girls all Mary Sues?"

Mary Sue?

What is that? Karen thought in confusion.

"Oh, there are some names in the script, and it's not Mary Sue! What the hell is that name?" Karen didn't know why, and thought for a while: "Mary Sue? Mary Sue! Well, if I read it a few times, this name will still be there. Isn’t it pretty smooth? How about changing one of the girls’ names to Mary Sue!”

Alex put his hand on his forehead and sighed: "Forget it. Even if your script is filmed, not many people will read it. I will set up a framework and then let others fill in the content."

"Huh?" Karen became anxious, and she stamped her feet quickly: "Can't the script I wrote be good? You are looking down on me too much!"

"No! If it's a script like this, I don't dare to let the people below film it. If you think it can be filmed, then take it to other companies and give it a try. I won't stop them from filming it!"

"It really pisses me off!"

Karen was stunned by her brother's words. But the reason why she was angry was because she knew in her heart that what Alex said was true, but she couldn't accept it in her heart.

After his sister left, Alex quickly called the editor of the TV station over. Then give them a story frame. It is a story about a certain American millionaire Charlie and his three beautiful subordinates. This aspect alone can attract the attention of many people.

It is said that millionaire Charlie opened a private detective agency. The detective agency has a loyal supervisor Bob and three smart, beautiful and astute female detectives. They are Natalie, who has a devilish figure, Dylan, who has a sweet face, and Alice, a Chinese woman who is good at Chinese Kung Fu.

The mission of these three beautiful detectives. Just help customers solve various problems. With the help of various high-tech equipment, as well as intelligence, beauty and kung fu, the three of them completed many difficult tasks neatly and won praise and trust from customers.

This is just the story content of each episode. Alex felt that this was not enough, and he asked the writers to use a main line to tie the story of each episode together. He looked at the writers and said: "What I require is that in addition to some sporadic and trivial personal commissions, the tasks they face in each season must also be interspersed with a main line."

"This main line that runs through the entire season can be a variety of stories, sometimes even related to national security and the survival of mankind. The enemies they face are also extremely powerful and very dangerous. However, they are in each season. In the end, we can save the day and end the mission!"

"The question is, how much is the investment amount for this TV series? How much money does each episode cost?" The screenwriters are most concerned about this matter, because if a TV series script wants to be made into a TV series, the cost problem is very high. Crucially, this will limit the size of the stage they can play on.

Alex thought for a while and said: "The tentative price for each episode is 500,000 U.S. dollars! It cannot exceed 1 million U.S. dollars at most!"

Wow! Did you hear that right?

$500,000? This is just one episode of a TV series. You must know that the common cost of TV series in this era is only ten to twenty thousand US dollars per episode. With US$50,000, you can already produce a very remarkable and well-produced series.

Even for the TV station itself, which has a lot of money, the most expensive TV series it shoots is only US$100,000, and that's because Alex pays more attention to it.

Prior to this, the TV station filmed a series of "Planet of the Apes" TV series, and many props and scene facilities were inherited from DreamWorks movies. If any TV station wanted to shoot the same TV series, it wouldn't cost $100,000 per episode. It would probably cost at least $300,000.

In addition, there is also a "Star Trek" TV series that is also very expensive. It is said that the average cost per episode exceeds 100,000 US dollars.

In the late 1950s and 1960s, the most popular TV series were these two TV series. Even in some small movie theaters, the film reels of these two TV series were simply played as movies, and there were still a large number of viewers willing to buy tickets to watch them.

It can be seen that compared to the quality of movies at the time, the two TV series are not much different.

The emergence of these two TV series has forced other TV stations to increase investment in the filming of TV series in recent years. This has greatly increased the cost of each episode of TV series. Otherwise, those TV stations have the largest number of films. The only cost is film, and the cost of makeup, costumes, props, scenes, special effects, etc. is almost nothing.

After all, few TV stations would invest as much money as they did in making a movie. Only TV stations can do this, which is why TV talents want to squeeze in. After all, directors and screenwriters want their stages to be bigger and the TV series they shoot to be better.

"$500,000, right?" These writers couldn't even believe that one episode of TV would cost $1 million, and they were even afraid of hearing $500,000 wrong. So I quickly confirmed again.

"Yes! 500,000 US dollars! You have to think carefully and confirm my requirements. If we want to make it, we must make the best TV series!" Alex paused, thought for a while and said: "You guys You can think of it as a movie and TV series! In this case, $500,000 per episode is far from enough!"

"Movies and TV shows?"

"That's right. The TV series must be shot as if it were a movie, no matter the quality of the lens or film. As well as the shooting techniques, scene layout, etc., they must be on par with the movies!"

"Okay! We got it!"

After receiving Alex's support, the TV writers were all excited. Because they know that their chance to leave their name in history has come. With such high investment, if they still can't produce a high-quality film, they, the screenwriters, can collectively go to the rooftop and jump off the building.

It didn't take long for Alex to receive a thick script, which was only the weight of the first few episodes. The screenwriters were afraid that Alex would not agree with it, so they wrote the script in great detail, and even the storyboarding work was completed. It also comes with character settings for each character’s identity, background, personality, hobbies, etc.

Even so, Alex still typed the script back. He commented on it: "There are too few fights and too few high-tech elements! The characters are not cool enough!"

He thought about it. An additional article was added above: "If you can't understand, please refer to the fighting and technological elements in "Red Dawn" and "Red Alert"!"

The screenwriters who were hit hard did not become depressed. Instead, they all began to realize: "It turns out that it is really going to be the same as the movie! I understand, if you want more fighting and technology, that's no problem!"

So this group of screenwriters began to write hard again, writing down the imagination that was stimulated in their minds after watching the movies "Red Dawn" and "Red Alert". When the script was finally completed, even Alex, a man from the future, would be shocked to see it.

I really didn’t expect that! People of this era can actually write such wonderful scripts! It seems that the conditions that limit the times are not human imagination, but limitations on the size of capital investment and the level of technological conditions.

Alex was right, but what he ignored was that the impact of the movies he made on people of this era was no less powerful than a spiritual nuclear bomb. Let people of this era be exposed to some very exciting movie clips and content as early as possible. These movies are like fuel that provide people with endless imagination.

Just like when the original "Star Wars" came out, many great directors and stars later joined the film industry. The most famous one is director Cameron. When he was still a truck driver, he watched this After the movie, he determined his future path, dropped out of school to make movies, and finally became a Hollywood giant.

Under the influence of Alex, I don’t know how many people will be affected by this kind of fantasy film. Maybe some people will never devote themselves to the film career, maybe some people will invest in this industry and ultimately fail, but his impact is definitely greater than others. Much bigger.

The TV script was approved and Alex was very satisfied.

He gave the TV script to Karen and asked her to see what a professional script looked like. However, Karen’s first words after watching it were: “I want to play Dylan!”

Alex was not surprised, he just frowned: "The filming of "Star Wars" hasn't been finished yet!"

"Then let them wait until we finish filming! Anyway, I want to play Dylan!"

"TV series are different from movies, and this TV series may last for several years!"

"I do not care!"

"All right!"

Alex gave in and asked the TV station to reserve a spot for Karen, telling them that the role of "Dylan" was already filled and there was no need to consider other candidates. This approach seems a bit nepotistic, but in fact, for the TV station, it is something that is desirable.

You know, Karen's reputation is no worse than that of his brothers, or even better. Her appeal among teenage audiences is very amazing. If Karen stars in this TV series, even if it is a poorly made TV series, people will still watch it.

She is a guarantee of success!

Although Alex has already given this TV series a golden thumb, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net adding another golden thigh is also something that people like to see. You can imagine how much the popularity of Karen, who plays Princess Leia, will increase after "Star Wars" is released. A mere TV series has already quite wronged her.

The only problem is that Alex knows that Karen cannot continue to play this role. She has her own career, and TV shows and movies are just temporary hobbies. If she is allowed to do it as a career, then It definitely won't last long.

Maybe you’ll get bored after filming for one season! Alex thought.

But it doesn't matter. Karen can play however she likes. This is the freedom of the Carpenter family. With their family's current status, there are not many factors that can restrain them. The only things that can restrain them are their own abilities and intentions.

Just like parents, younger brothers and sisters, they don't have to worry about the threats from others, and they don't have to worry about the development of the family. They can do whatever they want. Alex was a little envious when he saw it, this kind of life is truly called free and easy!