Chapter 373

When they flew to London, Murphy and Carla Firth got involved in intense negotiations. Stanton studio and 20th Century Fox also put the European negotiation of "song of ice and fire: game of power" in Britain. Besides a British cable TV station, some companies in France, Germany, Spain and Portugal also expressed strong interest.

People with an eye can see that many of the settings in Song of ice and fire: the game of power are based on the history of the Middle Ages in Europe. In the history of the seven countries of westerot, we can see the shadow of many former European traditional powers.

Compared with other American dramas, "song of ice and fire: the game of power" is naturally suitable for broadcasting in Europe, while North America's excellent ratings and high reputation are the guarantee of high selling price.

Murphy and Carla Firth first face the British buyer, but in the negotiation, Murphy is more a participant, and the negotiation is mainly about Carla Firth.

Carla Firth has more experience in this area than he has.

The progress of the negotiation was a little smoother than expected. After a week's negotiation with British television, a formal agreement was reached. The other side bought out the television broadcasting rights and Internet on demand rights of the three British islands for three years at a price of US $2.5 million per episode.

There is also a supplementary clause in the agreement that the British TV station will have a preemptive right under the same conditions in the second quarter of the future.

On the British side, Murphy and Carla Firth led a negotiation team to enter into negotiations with other European companies and TV stations. TV dramas with good enough quality and tested by the North American market are just like Hollywood movies that sell well in North America. They don't have to worry about the overseas market.

In ten days, after many negotiations, Murphy and Carla Firth have reached agreements with TV stations and distribution companies in many European countries and regions, signing formal contracts to convert the TV and Internet broadcasting rights of song of ice and fire: the game of power into large revenue figures in the next three years.

Germany, like the United Kingdom, has US $2.5 million per episode in three years; France is slightly lower, but it has US $2 million per episode; Spain and Portugal have US $1.5 million and US $1 million per episode respectively; Italy has US $1.2 million per episode

On this trip to Europe, Murphy and Kara Firth took a total of 125 million US dollars in copyright transfer revenue.

There is no doubt that the great success of "song of ice and fire: the game of power" will bring terrible profit figures to Stanton studio and 20th century fox.

It is with this kind of profit guarantee that Murphy and Kara Firth will increase their production investment in the second season, and will not completely abandon the war scenes. They plan to shoot Stannis and Lannister's epic battle in King's landing at the end of the second season.

If Murphy didn't make such a good profit, it would be cut off.

"At present, the development of peripheral games is being discussed with companies in Silicon Valley."

Following the passage to the flight to Los Angeles, Carla Firth talked to Murphy about the latest developments in North America, "peripheral products such as T-shirts, dolls and toys will also be on sale as soon as possible, and no later than DVD."

Murphy listened most of the time and nodded.

In North America, popular TV series will drive a large number of additional industries, not only the film entertainment industry line flow, but also the TV series. For example, the TV series "song of ice and fire: the game of power" is a huge money making machine.

"Welcome to this flight..."

As soon as he got on the plane, the stewardess of the American alliance welcomed him with a smile. Murphy nodded politely and entered the first class with Carla Firth. They sat on two adjacent seats by the window, waiting for the plane to take off.

I don't know why. After waiting for a long time, the plane didn't take off. It seems that it was delayed for some reason. Murphy and Kara Firth were a little bored. They wanted to come to the newspaper with the stewardess of the American alliance and read it.

Probably recently, his negotiation with Carla Firth has attracted a lot of media attention in fleet street. There are many comments and reports on "song of ice and fire: game of power" in the entertainment section of the newspaper.

However, the British Empire is always on the shelf. The more influential the media are, the more obvious they are, such as the times' comments.

"The game of Thrones is too realistic and gloomy. I don't know what to look at."

It can be seen from the title that some British media habitually attack cultural products from Hollywood.

"After watching the first season of" song of ice and fire: game of power "in the United States some time ago, I felt that it was too realistic and gloomy. Except for the stark family and some night watchmen, almost all the other characters in it were thick black spirits, with no faith and principles, only eternal self-interest, what honor, what responsibility, what friendship, what kinship They admit that they are cheap, insidious and shameless, but they have a clear conscience, because they will say: This is the reality, I have to work for the reality, so I can live like a dog, and I don't care about the rest. ""I admit that reality is very frustrating and oppresses us to give up our ideals, beliefs and principles. But we have tasted these tragedies in reality, but why should we suffer again in TV dramas? "

"Ned stark, a symbol of the good side, died in such a terrible way, which made people have no time to recall. What's more, he made people sweat for the future fate of his children. Since you can make an important role bearing our sustenance and expectation easily live in the darkness of reality, what else do you have for his children What can't be done? "

"A TV play needs realistic factors, but it also needs positive factors to let people see hope, otherwise what are we going to watch?"

"If a play, in the name of reality, delights in the darkness, conspiracy, cruelty and ruthlessness Again and again, we lay out our visual dining table, and let the goodness and beauty in human nature and our expectations and hopes die bloody in front of us, so that we always can't see the end, and then painstakingly tell us that this is the reality, so I want to ask, is this kind of poor point worth seeing? "

Although this is a critical comment, it is not unreasonable. The abuse of "song of ice and fire: the game of power" has indeed reached a new level since the birth of TV series.

"Why?" Carla Firth looked at Murphy. "See the criticism?"

Murphy shrugged and said, "there's a little bit of truth in it."

He handed the paper to Carla Firth. Carla Firth took it and handed her back. "Look at this review. The Chicago Sun. Roger Abbott published a rare play review."

Although we know that Roger Abbott's ability to publish a review on song of ice and fire: game of power is certainly related to the promotion behind fox in the 20th century, he will not easily take risks with his reputation in his current status. He is willing to give high praise to this series, which is also quite recognized.

After Carla Firth's paper, Murphy saw Roger Albert's column.

"On the whole, the adaptation of game of Thrones has not seen any" neuroschism "so far. Murphy Stanton's idea is very consistent, that is, to make the TV series more concise and focused on the premise of maintaining the flavor of the original work. Most of the new plots in TV series are clear and reasonable, and there are masterpieces in the dialogue from time to time. All these are praiseworthy, and are rare in adapted films and TV works. "

"The magic wave led by the Lord of the rings has been popular in Hollywood in recent years, but it has not made much noise on the TV screen. Now Murphy Stanton has finally created a new era with the play of power. Most people think that there will be a lot of war, magic, action and scenes in this play, but after the broadcast, they find that this play is not the main one Some visual and audio stimulation gimmicks, but focus on the plot and the role

"Although each episode has three or four story lines going hand in hand, the plot is not scattered at all, but rather compact and wonderful. The technical links of photography, clothing, scenery and art are also extremely meticulous. The whole play is simply a beautiful work of art."

"Murphy Stanton directed a TV play that can be called a masterpiece of the world, which can let the audience into this huge and illusory world view, but the seven kingdoms and nine families in the play are as close as real existence. At least for now, this is the peak of a fantastic TV series that is extremely difficult for Yu Yue to use. "

Seeing Roger Albert's unreserved flattery, Murphy can't help scratching her head. It seems that the Pulitzer Prize winner really likes his dark style.

"Maybe most of Hollywood's movies and most of its directors are too homogenized today." Murphy can only think like this, "maybe it's his own PR work that is really excellent?"

After thinking for a while, there was no definite answer to these things, and Murphy was too lazy to think about it again. It was a good thing to have Roger Albert's praise.

No one can ignore the influence of the Pulitzer Prize winning film critic.

Put down the newspaper, Murphy looked at the time and found that the flight was half an hour late, but it didn't mean to take off.

"What's the matter?" Murphy looked out the window.

Carla Firth was even more straightforward. She took out her mobile phone and dialed a phone. After a few questions, she said helplessly, "the protesting crowd occupied the runway." (to be continued). )

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