Chapter 918 Unfavorable Premiere

Not only Yin Jun, but also Le Yiling, who heard Yin Jun talk about this, thought he had met a fool.

Sister Le decided to sell the land to this fool at the dinner table.

Although I don't know why Chen Qizong went crazy, it is definitely a good thing for Qilin Group to be able to realize real estate that has no great significance.

After quickly completing the contract, Le Yiling received the money from the Qilin Group, euphemistically calling it a reserve for the loyalty award. However, Yin Jun understood that this was because Sister Le did not want to go to the United States by herself. Money invested.

Even though it is very easy to make money in Hong Kong, the currency value of Hong Kong dollars and US dollars is about 1:5, which is equivalent to earning 5 times the money before you can use it in the United States. This is a difficulty no matter how you look at it.

Le Yiling believed in Yin Jun's vision, but at present, she did not want Yin Jun to invest too much all at once, which would cause the Kirin Group's liquidity chain to become tense.

Yin Jun wanted to remind Sister Le that even without adding the 500 million, the Kirin Group's liquidity was more than 3 billion. This money was used by himself to cope with difficulties and has never been used.

However, for Sister Le, the CEO of Kirin Group, Kirin Group is now under tremendous pressure in the United States and Hong Kong, especially the United States.

If American companies really cannot survive, it will undoubtedly be very important to use this money to offset loans or as capital for a comeback.

In fact, the United States is not entirely subsidizing money. It helped publish "Red Zone" and "E.T." and both made some money. Although it is far away compared to the purchase price, but at any rate It’s also income, right?

Moreover, yesterday, the day after the deal with Hang Lung Group was completed, the Disney TV Channel suddenly started broadcasting a TV series called "Happy Hotel" at 8pm, which frightened Yin Jun. A jump.

Yin Jun gave the script of "Happy Hotel" to Tang Shuxuan in April. It's only July 3rd, and the Disney TV Channel has already aired the first episode?

What a speed! ?

When did Americans become so efficient at work?

Yin Jun quickly called to inquire, and then he learned about the twists and turns.

Thinking that Tang Shuxuan, a dignified company president, actually returned to his old career and took charge of filming a sitcom, Yin Jun was a little unhappy and a little curious.

Originally, Yin Jun was thinking that after "Speed" was released on the 17th, he would be able to settle the hearts of the company staff in the United States.

Then three TV series and a variety show "American Idol" were released one after another, and they gradually won the ratings championship, making them more stable for the second time.

But unexpectedly, the six giants were not willing to give Yin Jun the opportunity to slowly integrate, and chose to cut down on the salary, leaving Tang Shuxuan to work hard to make TV series on her own.

Yin Jun remembered this matter.

When the time comes, the young man will definitely know how to "repay" them.

At the same time, Yin Jun is still very curious about what the filming of "Happy Hotel" by Tang Shuxuan was like and how the filming went.

It's a pity that there is no such convenient transmission method now, and it is even more impossible for Yin Jun to ask Tang Shuxuan to send the master tapes back to him for review.

So the boy could only ask about the ratings and the audience's reaction.

"Because it is a new TV series or a sitcom, the number of viewers is not very large. The first episode was watched by 4.6 million people." Tang Shuxuan replied, "But when our investigators called to visit, more than 40% of the viewers think this TV series is quite interesting and they should look forward to the second episode."

"What's the age distribution of the audience?" Yin Jun asked.

"45% are young people aged 12-18, 25% are young people aged 18-24, 15% are people over 25, and the remaining 15% are audiences under 12 and over 50." Tang Shuxuan said .

She is so familiar with data. It is conceivable that Tang Shuxuan is still under a lot of pressure.

Based on Yin Jun's confidence in "Happy Hotel" and the original audience of Disney TV Channel, this number is really unsatisfactory.

"Do you want us to buy some newspaper reviews or do something else?" Tang Shuxuan asked.

With Tang Shuxuan's pride, it was really surprising that he would make such a proposal.

Yin Jun was not worried, "Don't be impatient, Sister Xuan, good wine is tasted slowly, and it won't be long before it will surprise us."

"Hopefully!"

Tang Shuxuan sighed and continued to talk to Yin Jun about "Happy Hotel": "There are many sitcoms in the United States, but the script you wrote for "Happy Hotel" is a bit complicated, and a lot of foreshadowing needs to be done now. So we can shoot one episode in three days, and now we only have about 10 episodes in stock. Fortunately, it is broadcast weekly in the United States, otherwise it would be too late. I plan to shoot the first 25 episodes first, which is half a year's worth. Then stop and do other planning.”

Weekly broadcast means one episode is broadcast once a week.

The United States has been doing this since there were TV series, and generally, a TV series is only broadcast for 3-5 months a year, and rarely exceeds 6 months.

Then they will look at the influence and ratings of the entire TV series. If it is good, then they will continue filming the second season. If it is not, they will stop it.

Although this system is a bit cruel, it also encourages American TV drama screenwriters and directors to do their best, otherwise they will not make money and they will be unemployed.

In fact, it is more relaxed now than it was 30 years ago.

Thirty years later, Hollywood has reached its ultimate entertainment level, including the television industry.

Not to mention giving you a season to prove yourself, just 4 episodes a month, sometimes they won’t even give you.

As long as the ratings continue to be lower than expected and there is no improvement, the TV station will immediately cancel the TV series and replace it with a new one.

This is a very tragic thing for the production company, and the losses are huge.

Nowadays, there is no complete separation of production and broadcasting. Some TV series are still produced by the TV stations themselves. Secondly, the competition is not so fierce. In the future, computers, Internet, games and other entertainment will not compete for TV viewers. Everyone has a lot of them. room.

"Sister Xuan, you can train some deputies first, and after this season is completed, you can hand them over to them." Yin Jun said, "As for the screenwriting talents, just let them follow my style and not be unconventional. That's it." There should be no problem if they are written according to the character's temperament and performance habits. But it should be noted that they must not be written season by season, at least three or five seasons, so that they will be more coherent, not It’s confusing sometimes.”

"I understand." Tang Shuxuan smiled.

Regarding the production models of TV series, the pros and cons of each in Hong Kong and the United States, Yin Jun had already talked a lot with her when they were in Xiangjiang.

In the 21st century, many people feel that Hong Kong dramas, mainland dramas, and Taiwan dramas are outdated. American dramas and British dramas represent the trend of society and are the best to watch.

But many people have overlooked that both American and British dramas have a very big flaw.

That is the continuity of plot and characters.

Because of the separation of production and broadcasting, many TV drama production companies write season by season. They have never been in the habit of writing two or three seasons at a time, because this is a huge waste for them.

Why is it said to be a waste?

What if the first season is canceled?

So what’s the use of writing a second season? Isn’t it a waste of cost and energy?

alright.

If the ratings of the first season are good and it can be continued to be broadcast next year, then we will write the script for the new season.

How to write this?

Only according to the plot development of the first season and the preferences of the audience, various characters can be chosen to live or die.

The third season repeats the same approach as the second season.

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You said that in this way of writing scripts and producing TV series, what’s so great about continuity? In the most basic aspect of the plot, it is not worth scrutinizing at all!

Which ones will not be affected much?

It's very simple, they are those sitcoms that don't need a coherent plot and one episode is a story.

For example, the popular "Two and a Half Men", "Brother Broke", "The Big Bang Theory", "Sherlock Holmes" and so on.

Or "Grey's Anatomy", "House", "Baywatch", "24", etc., several episodes with a short story, and each story is also a story that is not very connected.

So you will find that the only American TV series that can last seven, eight, or more than ten seasons are movies like this.

There are very few drama categories.

There are many negative examples.

For example, Yin Jun has watched the amazing first season of "Heroes". This is a story about people with special powers produced by NBC. The first season is extremely good-looking, with plot, characters, and compactness. They are all first class.

But the second season was full of confusion, which not only made Yin Jun incomprehensible, but also made the North American audience incomprehensible. The third season not only did not get better, but even more collapsed, and it was canceled in the fourth season.

"Game of Thrones" is not actually considered extra, because it has a very complete book as a reference, and it is not a script written season by season.

A lot of character development has already been written in the book. You can follow it step by step or change it slightly, but the skeleton is always there, so you look very coherent and comfortable.

However, "Game of Thrones" also has a shortcoming, and that is how cruel they treat their characters.

After the experience of "Party of Six" - the last season of "Friends", the six leading actors raised their salaries together, and finally received a sky-high salary of US$1 million per episode, all American TV actors in Hollywood learned this. trick.

If the American TV series I star in is not popular or average, then forget it, but if it is very popular and makes a lot of money, then I'm sorry, if you want me to star in the second and third seasons, you have to give me more money. It's been like this all season.

The later "Big Bang Theory" was a typical example of this, and the pay was so high that it could be compared with that of movie stars.

But there are more unsuccessful ones, and the most "cruel" among them is naturally the popular "Game of Thrones".

What?

Do you want a raise? Otherwise, you won’t be acting?

OK!

I will write your character to death immediately. There are so many characters anyway, so you can just get out!

Therefore, at least one-third of the characters in "Game of Thrones" were killed because of this salary issue.

Do you think they are awesome?

Of course, there are very few that are as tough as "Game of Thrones". Basically, many American dramas are in the process of being in a game and constantly moving forward with difficulty.

Speaking of this, don't you think TV dramas in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan are at least filmed in one take, which makes them look much more sincere?