I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 218

[Chapter 213 No one owes anyone]

When Elizabeth closed the door, Murdoch slowly picked up the coffee pot to refill himself a cup of coffee, and made a casual gesture to Eric.

Eric shook his head gently: “It’s not a good habit to drink too much coffee at night.” At my age, I have to drink more coffee to keep my spirits up.” Murdoch did not continue this topic, and instead said: “Eric, by the way, your first film was with Fox, and the cooperation between us has always been very pleasant, hasn’t it? ?” “Of course, “Back to Seventeen” can break through 100 million at the box office, I didn’t even think about it.” Eric shrugged and replied, at the same time Implying that Murdoch plays the emotional card with himself is of little use.

It is true that he got into Hollywood by the opportunity given by Fox to participate in “Seventeen Again”.

But I don’t owe Fox anything. “Return to Seventeen” not only brought tens of millions of dollars in box office profits for Fox, but the subsequent video tapes and TV rights and other income combined, the total profit will definitely exceed 100 million US dollars .

And he only got less than $1 million in remuneration from it. Speaking of which, Fox is considered a stingy. After the release of “Back to Seventeen”, he didn’t even get a red envelope that sold at the box office.

Eric thinks that this incident may have something to do with Fox’s missing out on “Home Alone”. Although Fox himself refused to release “Home Alone”, after “Home Alone” was a big hit, Fox would definitely be angry with him. In the body, it is still the same principle. When a person commits an unbearable mistake, he will always subconsciously anger other people and refuse to reflect on himself.

Murdoch just wanted to get close to Eric.

He was directly pushed back, even a trace of embarrassment flashed on his face that was used to seeing things in the world.

“Eric, I heard that other TV stations have contacted you?”

Even the famous “Los Angeles Times” and “New York Times” have made relevant analysis articles, and most newspapers are pessimistic about whether Fox TV can keep the broadcast rights of “Friends” next season.

“Yeah. The terms they offer are very attractive.” The young man in front of him is not easy to deal with at all. If he continues to chat with the other party casually, this little guy will definitely drag him to the end.

Putting down the coffee cup, Murdoch decided to go straight to the point: “Eric, do you think this is good, Fox TV will increase the advertising share for Firefly to 70% in exchange for the premiere rights of the next four seasons of “Friends”?” As long as you can get the rights to broadcast the first five seasons of “Friends”.

Murdoch believes that with the influence of this hit movie, Fox TV will definitely gain a firm foothold in North America after five years of development. Then after five seasons, Fox will have the confidence to compete with Firefly in terms of ratings. The share ratio of “Friends” has been re-negotiated.

Eric raised his head and stared at Murdoch: “Mr. Murdoch, is this Fox’s sincerity?” Sincerity?” Murdoch asked rhetorically.

Eric shook his head immediately. Under normal circumstances, this share ratio is indeed very sincere.

The TV industry is different from the film industry, because TV stations are not bound by relevant anti-monopoly laws.

You can make your own TV shows to be self-sufficient.

Therefore, TV stations are very strong in terms of independent production of American TV series, usually.

TV stations all get the broadcasting rights from the producers in the form of buyouts. Even if the film and television giants like Warner can enjoy the treatment of advertising share by virtue of their strength, the highest share will not exceed 40%, and usually only 30%. about.

But this time the situation is completely different. For Fox TV, which is now in its infancy, the super high ratings brought by “Friends” is only a foundation. The most important thing is that “Friends” can help Fox TV in the development stage. Rapidly increase popularity and cultivate viewership groups.

“Mr. Murdoch. Before Friends, the average Fox TV audience was in the millions. Less than one-tenth of North America’s regular TV audience. Let’s not talk about Friends ” can bring more than 20 million viewers to Fox during the broadcast, even if the season is over. It can at least increase Fox’s average viewership to more than 10 million. Compared with these, you just Is it too insincere to ask for a price?” Murdoch stared at Eric and said, “Eric, you should know that the price I just offered has already been It’s almost double what other producers can get.” Mr. Dock, I believe you must have conducted some investigations, so you should know that the three major TV stations in order to snatch “Friends”, the share price offered is not much lower than yours. And someone has calculated with me, if I will If “Friends” is broadcast on several old-fashioned TV stations, the advertising revenue will increase by more than 10%. With this 10% compensation, it is actually close to the price offered by Fox. Compared with Fox, I choose By cooperating with other old-fashioned TV stations, there will definitely be more benefits.” He believes that the so-called 70% advertising share is just a temptation for Murdoch.

Feeling the delicate white porcelain in his hand, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com Eric quickly noticed that a light green plant was drawn on the ceramic coffee cup, which was somewhat like an ink painting.

Eric, who saw this, had the urge to turn the cup upside down, and wanted to see if the words ‘made-in-‘ were engraved on the bottom.

However, Eric soon laughed because of this idea. This sudden smile made Murdoch feel very inexplicable, but the expression on his face also followed Eric’s smile. Relax.

“Eric, let’s talk about your conditions, what will Fox do to get the premiere rights to the sequel to “Friends”?” (To be continued)

[End of this Chapter]