Hollywood Hunter

On the blue sea off the coast of San Lucas, the huge yacht surrounded by several ships is moored quietly. It is already past four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun is no longer so blazing, and there is still wind, which is very suitable for sunbathing.

On the top terrace of the yacht, Simon is lazily leaning on the large deck chair, next to two identical girls on the left and right, real twins, the two girls have a very classical surname, Yuchi, Yuchi Xiyue, Yuchi Chenxing, They all have very gentle oval faces, and big eyes that make people like it at a glance.

In this version of Tianlong Babu, the two girls play plum sword and bamboo sword respectively. The age is right and the actor can still fit the four roles, the probability is basically zero.

After all, it's a small role, so of course it doesn't have to be serious.

Occasionally, I was eating the fruit sent by the two girls beside me. Not far in front of me, someone was playing the qin and dancing. The qin is a Chinese guqin, so the dance is naturally the same.

Both performers are actresses in Tianlong Babu this time.

Speaking of, which one of Jin Yong's dramas has the most beauties? Maybe many people think of The Deer and Ding Ji at the first time, but it is not. The most, of course, is Tianlongbabu. Not to mention anything else, it's just the Misty Peak Vulture Palace lineage, that's nine heavens and nine tribes.

All right.

As for Simon personally, whether it is Ren Yingying in Swordsman or Huang Hexia in Shooting the Condor, they are actually not too cold, and his favorite is the group around Prince Duan in Tianlong Babu.

Um.

Anyway, I explained it some time ago, and the result was that those who should come and those who shouldn’t should have all been sent over this time, a large group, big and small, even Meng Gu, who didn’t have a few lines in the whole play, was enough. More than twenty.

A certain girl is too capable, but in fact she is not very good.

When Simon came here, he could probably understand it just by looking at the expressions of some women.

Twisted melons are actually pretty sweet, but with Simon, there's no need for them.

In short, it is an invitation to come to North America for a few days.

So after flying over on Friday night, I made a small selection. Those who are willing to rest early in the villa area on the top of the mountain can go to rest, and those who are willing to go to the petal swimming pool below to participate in the party for fun, come together. He also specially asked Carmen Kass on his side to announce the news, avoiding the two minions of the Jiangshan Wu sisters that Chen Qing sent over again. After all, if they let them speak, they must be "willing".

Then about half of the women came over.

The willing take the bait.

If he took the bait, of course Simon would not be polite.

They were drowsy on the left and right, enjoying the piano dance, talking and laughing, and soon, two women, one big and one small, and two Daji appeared on the side of the gangway. Fu Daji and Jin Daji also participated in the filming of Tianlong Babu, playing Qin Hongmian's mother and daughter who love and hate Duan Zhengchun. Compared with the other groups, they are definitely the most similar couple in appearance.

The two women wore exactly the same style but one red and one green two-piece sexy swimsuits. When they came here, they immediately approached with some force, pushing the two little girls away.

Jin Daji snatched the fruit plate and continued to feed the man with fruit. She smiled and leaned over, shared a piece with Simon, and said, "Simon, diving is so exciting, and the underwater here is really beautiful."

Simon hugged the pair of players next to him again, and said in Chinese with a smile, "If you like it, you can come to play often in the future."

Jin Daji's eyes lit up immediately, and she leaned over and rubbed against each other: "Is it okay?"

Simon nodded: "Of course."

Fu Daji on the other side was not deceived by the man's rhetoric. Wei Liang's body was completely attached to the other side of Simon, with her chin resting on his shoulder. She also took a piece of fruit to eat with the man, and said, "Simon, what about that?" How do we come here, this is Mexico, so far away from China."

Jin Daji also reacted immediately, and there was a bit of resentment in his eyes, and he said, "Simon, can you help us to come to the United States to develop?"

When these words came out, Fu Daji immediately looked hopeful.

Simon slipped his hand up and grabbed Jin Daji's chin and squeezed it: "Come to America, what can you do?"

Jin Daji tilted her head amorously and rubbed against the man's palm: "I'll always be your lover, okay?" As she spoke, she still felt that she might not have enough bargaining chips, so she immediately blessed her heart and motioned to the other side: "And Sister Fu, we Together."

Hearing what Jin Daji said, Fu Daji felt a little more ashamed on his face, but his eyes were still full of expectation.

Simon turned the head of Jin Daji beside him to face himself, leaned forward and kissed him, and said with a smile, "It's okay to be my woman in China, but let's forget about it in the United States. Actually, it's not good here at all."

Jin Daji was about to continue begging coquettishly, when a dance over there was over, Simon waved to the dancing woman, and then pushed Jin Daji beside him: "Don't you know how to dance, go, let me see a dance."

Jin Daji got up obediently, and took the opportunity to attack again: "Simon, I danced well, is there any reward?"

Simon shook his head directly: "No."

Jin Daji pouted, stood up anyway, and walked towards the small stage area next to the railing on the other side.

Another woman also came to Simon.

Different from Dajin Daji's swimsuit, the woman is wearing a blue and white gradient silk classic dress, but it is also quite thin, with a pair of white jade feet bare.

This is Da Shuangzi.

It was the one who later had the same name as Xiao Shuangzi, who created a new currency unit, and the great beauty who once played the roles of Hu Sanniang and Queen Wang in history.

Speaking of which, in the 2003 CCTV version of Tianlong Babu, Da Shuangzi also played the role of Yu Po, but no matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with the word "po", which is very eye-catching. Da Shuangzi's role this time is not very big. Tianshan Child Elder's junior sister, Li Qiushui, is still quite marginal, but her character image is much stronger than the sword servant of Vulture Palace.

Simon also didn't pay special attention to Da Shuangzi's career trajectory in this time and space. However, just looking at the role he got in Tianlong Babu this time, he can imagine that it will definitely not be too good.

Of course, Simon didn't mean to change anything deliberately.

Even if they were beauties, Simon couldn't pay attention to the group of beauties who came here this time. If it weren't for a certain currency unit of "Yi Shuang" equal to 160 million "Shuang Yi Tian" 2.08 million, Simon would not have even paid a little special attention to Da Shuangzi.

Compared with Daji Daji, who has been in contact with Simon and has a high status in China and is inevitably more confident, Da Shuangzi is obviously restrained a lot in Simon's place. When he was called by the man, he leaned forward docilely, with a pair of autumn eyes. Some expectations were more obvious than Jin Daji's, but she was smart enough not to speak rashly.

After enjoying the classical dance performed by Jin Daji directly in a bikini, Da Shuangzi, who has a very solid dance skills, couldn't help curling his lips slightly, but of course he didn't show anything. After hesitating for a while, he finally found a topic: "Mr. Westeros, I heard that Tianlong Babu has performed very well in the United States, right?"

The fact that this man can speak Chinese is what surprised everyone the most.

"Yeah," Simon said, becoming curious again, and asked with a smile: "Has it been reported in China? How did you say it?"

Da Shuangzi said: "In China, a few days before I came here, it was said that a TV station here set a ratings record for a broadcast period, breaking through 2 million viewers."

According to the past performance of dho Late Night Theater, this time Tianlong Babu has indeed broken the highest record for a period.

However, the number of viewers is only 2 million, which is not too much.

Thinking of this, Simon also asked directly: "2 million viewers, isn't that much?"

Da Shuangzi blinked his pretty eyes and said, "2 million is already a lot. Americans, well, it's less, it's not like our country. Moreover, the newspaper said, this time it's a paid cable TV station under your company. , You have to pay to watch it, with a total of more than 9 million subscribers, more than one-fifth of the audience watched it, it’s amazing.”

Simon felt that it made sense at first, but he wanted to laugh when he heard it again.

Played a word game.

As of the end of August, dho had a total of 9.3 million subscribers, but it does not mean that there are only 9. The number of broadband access users and the number of Internet users are not the same number.

But, well, such small details don't need to be explained.

Seeing the beautiful eyes of the big beauty in his arms blinking and blinking, this woman's eyes are so beautiful, Simon couldn't hold back, leaned over, kissed, felt the eyelashes brushing like a small brush, and kissed the woman's lips with a smile.

A wonderful weekend.

Simon returned to Los Angeles on time on Monday morning, and the women from San Lucas were also rewarded with a few days in the United States as usual.

However, it is still Simon's criterion.

You get what you pay for.

So the women who partyed on Friday night got a nice pocket money each. For the rest, this side is only responsible for the itinerary and accommodation expenses.

Back in Los Angeles, Simon paid special attention to Tianlongbabu.

This drama will end just this week, and then, Dho has to consider some follow-up issues.

First of all, even if it is not as good as the Sopranos and House of Cards in prime time, the celebration of the Chinese media is not wrong at all. This performance, in the late night time of dho, is indeed very good. It is expected to end this week. The number of viewers is likely to break through the higher position of 3 million.

Although a subscription system is adopted, dho also has its own quantitative data for the performance of a single episode.

Let’s just talk about Tianlong Babu this time, because it’s relatively biased, and the series attracts a group of sticky and loyal fans who are very interested in Chinese martial arts. The dho team roughly judges that in the coming September, Because of the 700,000 new subscribers expected to be brought by autumn new programs such as The Sopranos, House of Cards, and even Tianlongbabu, which cannot be ignored, among them, 100,000 to 150,000 new users choose to subscribe because of Tianlongbabu .

In terms of the time period and nature of this drama, this is already a fairly high ratio. Of course, there are also elements that the Sopranos and House of Cards only started broadcasting in mid-to-late September, and their appeal to users has not been fully released, and Tianlong Babu adopts a daily continuous broadcast mode.

In any case, based on the compromise of 125,000 subscribers, DHO's subscription fee of $14.99 equates to nearly $1.9 million in revenue for Daenerys. Daenerys only spent US$1 million for the European and American omni-channel copyright of this show, and after including Simon’s additional additions, the total expenditure was only US$2 million.

Not only that, but of course it didn't work out that way.

After all, since so many users have been attracted, most of these people will not just subscribe for one month, as long as dho retains them properly, they will be permanent users. Therefore, if calculated according to the consumption of this group of users for one year, a certain number will immediately reach a high of 22 million US dollars.

Of course, this calculation is also somewhat biased.

In a word, from a commercial point of view, Tianlong Babu is definitely a project that brings huge benefits to dho

head.

Therefore, on Dho's side, before the episode is finished, it has already decided on the rebroadcast that many fans of the drama have called for.

However, that alone is definitely not enough.

Since these people are here for Chinese martial arts, if there is only one Tianlong Babu, it will certainly not be able to meet the needs of these users.

Of course we must continue to import.

First of all, movies such as Heroes and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon were included, because the copyright was originally owned by the company, but the broadcast plan was quickly arranged.

Then, let’s talk about other martial arts TV series.

If you want to continue to introduce, one thing you have to consider is why the Tianlong Babu was able to succeed this time?

This is probably also a point that many outsiders are a little puzzled. However, as long as you have watched the show, you will basically understand why.

Because it's so well made.

After all, Simon invested US$15 million in China, equivalent to 120 million. In addition to the cooperation between Hong Kong TVB and Mainland China CCTV, the total cost far exceeded all Chinese TV dramas in the same period.

Perhaps the Romance of the Three Kingdoms filmed by CCTV a few years ago was claimed to be 170 million yuan, but in fact, the filming cost was only about 80 million yuan, and the rest of the funds were used in the construction of the two film and television cities surrounding this drama. , Most of the cost of the set is the responsibility of Jinshu Film and Television City in Suzhou, so the investment equivalent to more than 120 million yuan is solidly spent on production.

This is not only a movie-level TV series that has never been seen before, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for there to be comers in the next ten or twenty years.

For example, many of the scenes selected in the series are scenic spots in mainland China, no less than the scenery in Heroes and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Besides, the kung fu drama, whether it is from the action design or various props, is also at the movie level, which is enough to make many martial arts veterans shoot the case.

Well-made, of course, it is easier to catch the audience's attention.

Secondly, there is also the story of Tianlongbabu itself, the prince who does not want to inherit his family business and wanders the rivers and lakes, the gang leader who wants to serve the country but finds that he is a descendant of the enemy country, the little monk who has a low status but encounters many adventures and finally reaches the top, all of these, They are all elements that can be understood by both East and West.

Just like the simplest justice over evil, that's all.

Because the production is excellent, because the story is easy to understand, and there are Chinese Kung Fu elements that have been quite popular in recent years, and there are more exciting Kung Fu fights than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Heroes. After all, martial arts, flying around, gravity and energy conservation Ah, put it all aside.

So, it was a success.

This is undoubtedly a standard for dho to purchase new content if it wants to maintain the popularity of Tianlong Babu.

Then, Daenerys’ Asian procurement team has seen samples of some other projects, of course, mainly from Hong Kong and Taiwan. After all, the martial arts dramas in the mainland have just started in recent years, and there are not many available. Hong Kong and Taiwan , but accumulated for decades. In short, after seeing the samples over there, and then sending them here, everyone has some doubts about life.

What's happening?

Then, it was inevitable to report to Simon.

Of course, Simon could understand what was going on at a glance.

To use the simplest explanation, if you have seen the great rivers and mountains in the mainland, if you show the audience the plastic waterfall on TVB, would you like it?

Willing to be a ghost.

Therefore, facing Hong Kong and Taiwan's martial arts dramas that can only be described as rough compared to Tianlong Babu on Simon's investment side, Daenerys' team even wondered if they were living in another dimension. Otherwise, why is the gap so big?

In any case, it is obvious that the existing dramas in Hong Kong and Taiwan, including Jin Yong's dramas that have been repeatedly remade in many versions, and even Gulong dramas, do not have any purchasing value.

too rough.

Take it over and play it, it would be strange if it didn't smash the dho's signboard, maybe it's not impossible for the more than 100,000 new subscribers who came because of Tianlong Babu to choose to unsubscribe in a fit of anger, then the gain outweighs the loss.

During Simon's return to Los Angeles for a week, DHO's Tianlong Babu finally ended on Thursday, September 30th.

Because of the rising popularity of the Internet and even physical media platforms, it really created a new high with an average viewership of 2.73 million and a peak of 3.24 million.

In addition, Qiao Feng's tragic ending has aroused widespread discussion among drama fans. A youtube film and television blogger even made a program overnight, with red eyes that had obviously cried for the leader of Qiao Gang. This video also quickly became the hottest topic on the next day.

Simon saw this mentioned in the report on the summary of the show's broadcast, and couldn't help but think of the Chu-Han trilogy being filmed in China.

Qiao Gangzhu became the overlord of Chu.

Then, there will still be a tragic ending in the future.

At least, Gang Leader Qiao this time is equivalent to getting a little familiarity with Western audiences in advance. Chu Hanzhong, compared to Uncle Ming in the opposite drama, Gang Leader Qiao lacks popularity in the West. As a matter of scruples, now, it shouldn't be a big problem.

Furthermore, the president of dho personally called Simon, hoping that Blockbuster would not release the dvd immediately.

After all, if you haven't bought a suitable new drama, it's best to wait for dho to rerun it at least once, attract a group of viewers, and then release the dvd, so as to maximize the benefits.

Simon also agrees.

Then let dho and Blockbuster discuss it.

Then there was an argument.

Because Blockbuster has released all the rumors and publicity, it has already promised fans of the show, and now, it is suddenly not released, how to explain?

So it was Simon who came forward.

The result is still according to the original plan, Blockbuster released the dvd on time, and dho replayed it as it should.