Chapter 1125： co-production TV series

China's introduction of American dramas started more than ten years ago.

That "Growing Pains" is a memory of a whole generation.

However, "Band of Brothers" encountered Waterloo.

For this American drama, CCTV spent a full $1.5 million!

It is the highest price ever paid for an outside film!

But it failed to achieve the expected effect.

Domestic audiences are really not interested in this cruel realism of war, on the contrary, they are not as good as "Tunnel Warfare", "Mine Warfare" and other anti-Japanese dramas.

Furthermore, due to the time limit, CCTV divided "Band of Brothers" into 14 episodes, and also made appropriate deletions and Chinese dubbing, resulting in a complete loss of the original flavor.

Since then, CCTV has become more cautious about the introduction of American dramas.

But this time is different. "One Bamboo Dinches the Golden Mountain" is about an American drama about the history of Chinese struggle!

Most of the actors are Chinese!

This is a great prerequisite for cooperation.

Especially Starz TV, it's like thunder!

Has world-class communication power!

Even for the newly emerging Discovery Channel, CCTV is rushing to cooperate, hoping to produce film and television works that can go international. Not to mention Starz TV.

Director Zhao seems to be more excited than Mr. Han.

Talking about this, the two gags and lively hostess stopped talking, they all smiled and listened attentively.

Tang En said with a smile, "This is a big production."

Director Zhao waved his hand anxiously and said, "Boss Tang, tell me the truth, how big is the investment in this American drama?"

Dunn thought for a while and said, "It's about $40 million, not more than $50 million."

Although it is not an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, for a TV drama, an investment of this scale is definitely a big production.

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the office changed color slightly.

Sure enough, it's Hollywood, the tone is big!

Zhao Taichang looked embarrassed, "One season?"

Tang En smiled, "Yes, one season!"

Director Zhao took a deep breath.

It's not like CCTV hasn't made a TV series with huge investment, such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but it's a TV series with more than 80 episodes. "One Bamboo Ding Jinshan" has 10 episodes in a season, and it has to invest more than 40 million US dollars, which is really extravagant!

"One Bamboo Sets the Golden Mountain" is not "Band of Brothers".

"Band of Brothers" has nothing to do with CCTV. CCTV only spent 1.5 million US dollars to buy the TV rights in the mainland.

But if CCTV participated in the production of "One Bamboo Destined Gold Mountain" as a collaborator, it would not have been possible to spend only $1.5 million.

I am afraid this will be an expenditure of no less than 10 million US dollars!

Of course, if there is an opportunity to form an international influence, not to mention 10 million US dollars, 100 million US dollars must be spent.

This is national policy.

With the country's big money-spending policy, I don't know how much money is spent.

The problem is that CCTV is very poor and stingy!

Such a large investment is of great significance to CCTV.

One must be cautious.

Dunn explained: "$40 million is really not that high. Let's just talk about the male lead. Jet Li is the only candidate. With his popularity, one episode of a TV series will be paid $10,000."

"So much? Isn't that a season's salary... It's nearly 20 million US dollars?" Director Zhao gritted his teeth, looking like he was in pain.

Tang En said: "This is also impossible. The same actor, the salary of the TV series is about 50% higher than that of the movie. Jett Lee's appeal is worth the price."

"Isn't it okay to change people?" Zhao Taichang frowned.

Without Tang En answering, Mr. Han smiled and said, "Old Zhao, you are going to die. Americans recognize Li Mianjie. If he does not star, this project will never pass the trial. New Universal also wants to make money. Yes, it is the choice of the commercial market."

Dunn added: "Not only that. American audiences... generally don't have the habit of watching subtitles, so the language of filming will be mainly English, especially for the male lead. English proficiency is a mandatory condition."

"English?"

Director Zhao thought of the tragedy of "Band of Brothers".

He is the deputy director in charge of content, and he was in charge of "Band of Brothers" back then. As a result, this American drama in pure English, dubbed into Mandarin, has been widely criticized.

Tang En said: "If CCTV really intends to cooperate, it might as well be a bilingual production. Just like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the American version speaks English and the Chinese version speaks Chinese, which is not contradictory."

Mr. Han bowed his head and praised: "That's good. To be honest, our country's dubbing system needs to be reformed. That kind of translation accent is even more awkward for an old guy like me."

Director Zhao nodded.

If this is the case, then this American drama will not have much viewing obstacles for Chinese audiences.

Language comes first.

"I heard... Starz's TV series are relatively large in scale?"

"Haha, that's true."

"CCTV can't do it."

"You can delete it."

"The deletion of "Band of Brothers" was unsuccessful."

"Oh? What does Zhao Tai mean?"

Director Zhao pondered: "I have watched some American dramas, the rhythm is very fast, the content is deep and vague and not clear enough, which is not suitable for the audience in our country."

Mr. Han frowned and said, "Lao Zhao, do you want an American drama to follow the rhythm of a domestic movie? Isn't that nonsense?"

Tang Endao: "Such a large investment must be considered from the perspective of the market. The US is precisely the largest TV market in the world. Generally speaking, the US market will account for between 70% and 90% of the total revenue of an American drama."

Director Zhao continued: "No, no, that's not what I meant. I mean... Will there be other forms of cooperation possible?"

"Oh? Let's talk about it." Dunn made a gesture of invitation.

Director Zhao is not a wine bag, he is one of the few real leaders with professional ability in CCTV, he tentatively said: "I am thinking of a new cooperation model, such as... unified shooting and separate editing?"

"Shooting together, editing separately."

Tang En and Mr. Han looked at each other and pondered, thinking about the feasibility of this proposal.

Director Zhao said: "I don't know the specific data, but judging from the high-quality American dramas launched by Starz, the production method will not be much different from that of the movies. That is to say, there are enough shooting materials."

Dunn gave him a deep look and nodded lightly, "That's true. On average, the ratio of the material to the sample length of a Hollywood movie is 50:1, and the TV drama is a little worse, and it will also reach 10: z's TV series production. Sophisticated, the ratio will be 20:1.”

In other words, Starz's heavy-duty TV series usually requires 1 hour of samples to be edited from 20 hours of material sources.

Director Zhao was a little stunned in surprise.

20:1?

Is this a TV show?

Most domestic films can't reach this level!

With 20 hours of optional material, at least 100 hours of film must be wasted! A season is 1000 hours!

Really rich!

Too extravagant!

Director Zhao is an expert in TV dramas. He deeply knows that domestic TV dramas... can reach a ratio of 5:1, which is considered to be the best of the best.

Many times it is a 3:1 material selection ratio, or even lower!

For example, the TV series "The Legend of Journey to the West", which was quite popular in China a few years ago, can really entertain this industry expert.

Because the shooting material is far from enough to meet the editing standard of 45 minutes for an episode, what should I do?

The producers used a very ridiculous method - repetition!

For a fight scene, play it straight forward, play it backwards, play it backwards, play it backwards.

A set of shots, played back and forth three or four times, to make up enough time.

Isn't this bullying the audience's IQ?

This industry ethos is simply smoky!

It's no wonder that domestic TV dramas are good.

Looking at the TV series broadcast by Starz, the 20:1 ratio of material selection... It really makes people envious, jealous, and hateful.

With such excellence, the investment of 40 million US dollars is not too high.

Director Zhao was filled with emotion.

When Mr. Han heard such data, he was also inexplicably shocked.

The gap between the film and television industries between China and the US is bigger than expected.

The rise of a great country is a long way to go!

Tang En saw the solemn expressions on their faces and said with a smile: "Let's learn from each other's strengths, at least we have got a good start now, right? More cooperation with Hollywood can allow the Chinese side to learn more advanced experience and The concept of film and television. In this regard, South Korea has already started and is very determined. I hope China will not lag behind.”

A step behind is a step behind.

The Daxing of Korean dramas and Korean movies is already the trend of the times, and it is irreversible.

Director Zhao nodded. Tang En's remarks strengthened his determination to participate in "One Bamboo Destined Golden Mountain".

Only by participating in CCTV can it cultivate more talents and learn more production concepts. At the same time, it has a certain right to speak about the content of "One Bamboo Ding Jinshan".

The start-up period of Chinatown is not as simple as the story of the Chinese united to fight against the US imperialists, the blood and rain in it is very cruel.

Disputes between Chinese people are often fought for their lives.

In addition, there are also illegal organizations such as smoking halls, brothels, gambling halls, arms sales, mercenary groups, and killer gangs in Chinatown.

Especially Anliangtang and Xieshengtang, they are simply all evil and extremely crazy.

Not to mention that the US government is going to suppress them, even Chinatown is going to resist them.

It was simply the darkest and most terrifying criminal gang in the United States back then. They dared to exchange fire with the police in broad daylight, then killed a large number of police officers and then fled. Much more powerful than the criminal gangs from Italy and Mexico.

The classic old film "The Photographer" in the 1920s had a similar plot.

This was also the trigger for the Chinese Exclusion Act.

"One Bamboo Ding Jinshan" must not be able to express this part of the content. Otherwise, this is not to promote the great China, but to smear and satirize.

For CCTV to participate in this, it is necessary to make decisions on the content of the TV series, and it cannot film this part of the content.

Director Zhao is also determined to improve the cooperation model, saying: "The 20:1 ratio of material selection is really...really amazing. No wonder Starz's American dramas are so tight. However, it is not necessary in China, and the audience is more Get used to a soothing rhythm, even if it's mostly unnecessary water injection."

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