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After negotiating a package price of US$150 million for the next three quarters and several additional conditions set by nbc, the two sides began to negotiate important details such as payment settlement.

In order to reduce their own cash flow pressure as much as possible, TV networks generally adopt a strategy of delaying payment as much as possible in the process of external procurement of TV programs, which is exactly the same as that of Hollywood film distributors. Most independent producers in the industry can only get their money back from a network after an episode ends.

Daenerys Entertainment and abc's "Who Will Be a Millionaire" has a clear advantage in itself, and abc is only willing to pay a 30% advance payment before the first season starts, and the rest will be paid during the winter break The additional 30% and 40% are paid in two installments after the end of the period and the first season respectively.

As for "Survivor", after several hours of back-and-forth discussions, NBC finally agreed to pay 50% before and after each season airs.

After the meeting and lunch, Robert White hurried back to the East Coast, where he also oversaw the network's marketing adjustments to the follow-up to "Survivor" in order to maximize the impact of the reality show .

The specific contract needs to be drawn up by the staff of the two companies according to the meeting memorandum, and it will take about a week for the official signing.

For two weeks away from Los Angeles, Simon has maintained remote control of Daenerys' entertainment by telephone and fax. After dealing with "Survivor" in the morning, Simon did not rush back to Malibu, but checked the production progress of several films in person.

"Scream" has already finished the post-production a few days at the beginning of the month and was sent to mpaa for rating, and the results are still pending.

Taking over the post-production of "Rain Man" from Barry Levinson, after more than a busy month, the re-editing of the film has been completed, and Simon also wrote the soundtrack for the film during his time in Melbourne.

The original "Rain Man" was composed by Hans Zimmer, who later earned his first Oscar nomination for Best Score. But at the moment, Hans Zimmer is just a little guy in obscurity. The soundtrack of "Rain Man" is not complicated, and with the base version in memory, Simon can easily complete it, so he didn't bother to find each other.

The later stages of "Steel Magnolia" and "Dead Poets Society" are progressing smoothly. Not surprisingly, the three films of "Rain Man", "Steel Magnolia" and "Dead Poets Society" will be completely completed by the end of September.

After checking the later stages of several films, a production meeting for more than two hours was held to discuss the preparation progress of a series of films that Daenerys Entertainment was advancing.

The meeting was coming to an end and it was already evening.

After reporting on the preparatory status of a series of projects such as "The Sixth Sense of Supernatural", "Bodyguard", "Flying Innocent", "Uncle Buck", the executives and producers who participated in the meeting dispersed in advance, leaving only the meeting room as usual. Get down to Simon and Amy.

Sitting by the window and feeling the golden sunset that spilled into the conference room in the evening, Simon closed the folder in front of him and said to Amy on the other side: "Since it is confirmed that you have "Wonder Woman", you have recently let Just send a list of candidates from the major agencies. Just like "Batman", I need new people, between 20 and 25 years old, about six feet tall." Noticing the puzzled look on Amy's face, Simon added with a smile: "I don't plan to start shooting this movie now, and I must finish the first films of "Batman" and "Superman" first. However, I hope to be able to cultivate a few candidates from scratch and determine the candidates. After that, in recent years, I arranged some small roles for them to hone their acting skills. Speaking of which, Batman's choice was a bit hasty."

After winning the DC three giants, the obstacle to advance the DC movie universe is not big. As for the need to introduce other DC superheroes in the future, Simon doesn't think this is a problem. With Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman all in their hands, Warners simply doesn't have much choice. Because Warner has reserved investment rights to share profits, he does not think that Warner has the courage to use second-tier heroes to create a new movie universe.

However, in Simon's impression, there is no suitable candidate to play Wonder Woman in Hollywood at the moment, and he still hopes to find a Diana Prince who is similar to Gal Gadot. The launch of "Wonder Woman" will be at least after "Batman" is released, so there is still plenty of time to cultivate from scratch.

Amy nodded understandingly, and added, "Then do we have to re-cast Superman as well? Christopher Reeve is definitely not suitable anymore."

Simon nodded and said, "Yes, let the brokerage company select some candidates."

Amy took it down in the memo, then looked up and said, "Between 20 and 25, six feet tall, isn't Simon, Miss Kidman just right?"

"You remind me of it," Simon shook his head gently and said, "I went to visit the crew of "Across the Horizon" when I was in Australia, and Nicole rejected the role in "The Angels", she I have my own ideas about acting.”

Amy listened to Simon's words, just smiled and nodded: "I also received a call from Nicole, so, should we let the Wonder Woman candidate we picked out first try "Angel God" heroine?"

"Let's see the situation," Simon asked noncommittally, "How is the script revision of 'The Angel's God Sent'?"

"The first draft has been completed, and I will have someone prepare a copy for you tomorrow," Amy said, seeing that there was nothing else left

He also picked up the folder in front of him, remembered something after a while, and raised his head again: "One more thing, Simon, both "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "Survivor" are so successful, isn't it a weekend to celebrate? a bit?"

Although the other two reality shows have yet to air, with the two hit reality shows "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "Survivor", Daenerys Entertainment has become the envy of all Hollywood TV suppliers. It is also right to hold a celebration party to reward the creators.

Moreover, the maintenance of contacts has always been very important for the development of a film company.

Many executives of major Hollywood studios hold various parties and drinks almost every week to connect with superstars and celebrities in the industry. In comparison, Simon is very unenthusiastic about this matter. The number of times he passively goes to parties held by others Far more than the frequency of their own business. However, Simon also understands that this kind of thing cannot be avoided at all, nor can it be avoided. If these things are completely handed over to Amy and other executives, once there are unexpected changes in the company's management, his contacts will change. very passive.

After thinking for a moment, Simon said: "Just hold it at the villa in Palisades. The date is set on Saturday. You can draw up an invitation list."

On the first day of its broadcast, it achieved more than 20 million viewers, and "Survivor" quickly became the object of media discussion in the following days.

NBC quickly adjusted the marketing efforts of "Survivor", and at the same time, in order to avoid falling into too much disadvantage, ABC also strengthened the marketing offensive of "Who Will Be a Millionaire". Fox and cbs are even more looking forward to "Big Brother" and "Beverly Wife", which will air at the same time on Wednesday.

However, as expected, "Big Brother" and "Beverly Wife" failed to replicate the ratings miracles of "Survivor" and "Who Will Be a Millionaire". On the first day of the broadcast on Wednesday, Fox's "Big Brother" at eight o'clock ended up with an average viewership of 15.35 million, and CBS's "Beverly Wife" at nine o'clock had an even lower average viewership of 11.7 million for the first episode.

Of course, such ratings are actually only relative to "Survivor" and "Who Will Be a Millionaire".

Compared with most of the premiere episodes of this era, the two reality shows that have exceeded 10 million levels are already very good. "Big Brother" with 15.35 million viewers has even reached the excellent level. With the accumulation of popularity , the future viewership data of this reality show can even hit the 20 million mark, and the average viewership data for the next few seasons should also be able to remain around 15 million.

As for "The Beverly Wife", although it ranked last among the four reality shows, the audience of more than 10 million exceeded Simon's expectations. In the original time and space, since it is a TV program of a basic cable station, the best viewing data for "The Beverly Wife" is about two or three million.

Moreover, although not as big as "Survivor" and "Who Will Be a Millionaire", Fox and CBS also expressed their willingness to renew the series after the broadcast.

Faced with the sudden trend of reality shows, Hollywood film and television production companies have also begun to look for similar TV programs, and the North American media has been analyzing several reality shows.

There is no doubt that the reason why Daenerys Entertainment was able to hit its TV business with four reality shows this fall is ultimately because of the previous Hollywood screenwriters strike. Without the writers' strike for more than five months in a row, the four major TV networks would not have given up so much initiative to sign such a lucrative contract with Daenerys Entertainment.

Now, all parties in the industry have generally reacted.

In the previous strike, the Writers Guild of America and the four major TV networks were completely lost. Other Hollywood production companies also suffered heavy losses to varying degrees in this strike. Only Daenerys Entertainment reaps huge profits from this strike.

Not only are these four reality shows that have made Daenerys Entertainment a lot of money, but in the next year-end schedule, a large number of film projects have been suspended due to a long-term strike, and Daenerys Entertainment's films can also gain more. many market resources.

Completely wanting to understand this, in addition to lamenting the good luck of Daenerys Entertainment, the traditional Hollywood forces also began to instinctively safeguard their own interests.

On the following Friday, Daenerys Entertainment received a rating report from mpaa for "Scream", requiring Daenerys Entertainment to revise a large number of excessively violent and bloody plots in the film, otherwise, the film will be Rated as the strictest nc-17 class.

"Scream" was originally aimed at young audiences over the age of 16, and Simon never thought of earning ticket money for this film from 12- or 13-year-old children. However, the nc-17 rating does not just mean that audiences under the age of 17 are prohibited from watching. Once a film is determined to be such a rating, it also means that the film can only be shown in a limited number of specific theaters, and it is not possible to make large-scale production. of publicity.

In the original time and space, there was indeed news that "Scream" had undergone many revisions to avoid the fate of the nc-17 level, but Simon, who was very familiar with the Weinstein brothers, knew that this was basically just a publicity stunt,

Almost since their debut, the two brothers have been relying on this kind of rating gimmick to operate, and it is very effective. Sometimes, the Weinstein brothers even took the initiative to send nc-17 standard movies to mpaa for review. Revised to R-level standard and resubmitted for review. Audiences were also generally more interested in a film that was 'almost' rated nc-17.

But this time, Simon is very clear that the encounter with the new version of "Scream" is not a gimmick at all, but an MPAA rating committee under the control of the Seven Major

A slap in the face for Daenerys' entertainment. There was only one and a half months left before the release of "Scream". In this situation, director Wes Craven had to rush to work on the weekend to revise the film, and Simon had to personally participate.

Busy, time came to September 17th, Saturday.

As evening approached, people began to gather from all over the city to Simon's mansion in Palisades. Today is Daenerys Entertainment for "Who Will Be a Millionaire", "Survivor", "Big Brother" Celebration party with The Beverly Wife.

However, not only a series of main creators of the four reality shows, but also many celebrities and superstars in Hollywood have also received invitations. Because Daenerys Entertainment has been frequently looking for actors for a series of its projects recently, many stars who had not been able to get invitations also managed to attend the party through various channels, hoping to get a chance to meet Simon Weiss. Opportunities for other high-level contacts for Tello or Daenerys Entertainment.

Simon and Wes Craven spent an entire day in the editing room for the Scream edits, and it was nearly eight o'clock when they arrived together at Simon's mansion in Palisades.

After a busy day, the hungry two simply greeted the guests in the mansion and hurried straight to the buffet table.

After picking out a plate full of food, Simon and Wes Craven were hiding in the corner and continued to discuss the modification of the film in a low voice. Sandra Bullock came over with a smile and hugged Simon's arm directly. Saying hello to Wes Craven, he leaned into Simon's ear and whispered, "I didn't see Jenny, didn't she come over tonight?"

Simon looked at Wes Craven, who turned and left with an ambiguous face, picked up a grilled shrimp and stuffed it into Sandra's mouth, and said, "There's no need to express the idea of ​​cheating so frankly, right? Everyone? All decent people."

Sandra rolled her eyes and raised her hand to stop the grilled shrimp that Simon had put in, and took a small bite in her hand. The other hand still didn't let go of Simon, and said, "I regret now that I didn't take more initiative like Jenny. In the end, the good man was robbed. However, I really didn't see Jenny?"

Simon took Sandra to a table near the cliff and sat down, looking at the beautiful scenery of Los Angeles at night, and explained with a smile: "She went to France."

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