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According to the production rules of the TV series, HBO only purchased the trial broadcast copyright of the first season of "The Walking Dead" out of insurance, and the right of preemption for the sequel copyright. This contract is not a secret to some people.

Now, the new series has just started broadcasting and has achieved such amazing results. Even if the ratings will fluctuate in the future, but with the basis of more than 27 million audiences, even if the quality declines in the future, the ratings will not be worse. Where to go.Not to mention how heated the discussion was after the first episode.

In this case, several other TV stations are indifferent to this situation, and there is no need to continue to compete with Warner Group in the TV field.

These people are indeed very powerful. They found representatives in just a few hours and expressed their intentions to the management of Firefly Pictures.

As for nbc, in addition to negotiating the follow-up copyright, it also hopes to work together. ABC and Fox are similar.

cbs even found the company’s president Benjamin to lobby. After all, the Sony Entertainment Group behind cbs is also the parent company of Columbia Pictures, so it’s not surprising to be able to get in touch.

In fact, for the performance of "The Walking Dead", Lehman did not have his own estimation, because under the operation of the multi-faceted interaction of the zombie theme he developed, because of the title of "New York City", plus the TV series itself Quality, fermented by HBO's careful promotion, will definitely arouse public curiosity.

At least, this gimmick is set.

Therefore, Lehman thought that there would be a score of 5, otherwise I am sorry for all his efforts for this series.

But the real subscription viewing of more than 27 million people still surprised Lehmann.

HBO is not a public channel. You can't search for programs without subscribing to it. Although their American TV shows are excellent, they rarely break through 5.

By 6, it is rare for the five major TV networks.

In this way, it is not difficult to imagine the chase of everyone in the circle. After all, a rough calculation is a project involving several hundred million yuan in revenue, and some TV stations have not been able to operate one for several years.

In today's newspapers, there are already headlines in bold and bold such as "The Walking Dead", "Viewing Hits", and "27 Million Subscriptions", and various comments have also appeared in front of people.

"Sean, a discriminatory but assertive against women, a responsible and courageous leader, Rick... Only one episode was played, and the works jointly produced by Lehman-Last and Top use those imaginative The unfolding of the plot and the extremely real scenes have created a desolate and terrifying doomsday society for us, and in just one hour, the audience will like this fictional story and the somewhat controversial character created."

"A story with a sophisticated and dramatic sense can be more popular with the audience. The Walking Dead has more than 27 million premiere subscribers to prove this again. When the audience can see the end of the zombie virus outbreak on TV In the world, it’s hard not to let people expect how the story will develop, and what are the fate of several characters? This may be the most important factor in the success of this TV series. Lehman Rast is worthy of a talented filmmaker. The writing of the plot first revealed its clues, and it firmly captured the appetite of the audience."

"The New York Review" also wrote: "There has never been such a strange thing. Since the premiere of The Walking Dead, it has not only attracted the intense attention of "New York" fans, even those who rarely watch movies. The play is full of interest."

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For the TV drama circle, the influence of market share is reflected in the ratings.

And if a certain TV station suddenly shows a big hit drama in a certain quarter, it will certainly not be good news for the other TV stations.

It means a reduction in revenue.

Therefore, while regretting not reporting higher terms of cooperation for the broadcasting rights of "The Walking Dead" this time, the top executives of several major TV networks quickly launched remedial measures.

For example, the re-competition for the copyright of the second season of The Walking Dead does not hesitate to pay high liquidated damages for Firefly Pictures.

And these people can think of things, whether it is HBO executives or Warner Group's helm Barry Meyer can certainly think of.

Although Lehman’s "Prison Break" has brought good benefits to Warner Group in the past, they have not paid too much attention to it. Therefore, the broadcasting copyright of "The Walking Dead" did not set very strict default conditions.

After all, if the value is not much, no one will default.

But this time it's different. The value brought by The Walking Dead is easy to win.

In addition, several major television networks have also considered the development of pay channels, and they have been around for years.The bloody and violent nature of "The Walking Dead" is also the best pay-per-wire drama carrier.

Therefore, whether for business expansion or a run on Warner, it is necessary for everyone to test Lehman's ideas.

Therefore, when Lehman just agreed to some people's invitation to meet, many media also received news...

Speaking of it, he asked the company to disclose the news.

After calculating the timing, by 3 o'clock in the afternoon, many people had already arrived at the headquarters of Firefly Pictures.

Most of these people are the managers of several major TV networks, and they all know each other. After seeing each other's actions, they also understand the purpose of others.

So, after Lehman rushed to the company, he came up together by appointment.

"Mr. Lehmann, I am the deputy head of the abc purchase department..."

"Mr. Lyman, we have met once, I am from nbc..."

"Mr. Lyman..."

Lyman smiled and shook hands with the babbled groups of people one by one, waited for them to be a little quieter, and finally said: "I'm really sorry, can I talk about something later? I need to think about it."

Of course, it is impossible for several groups of people to leave willingly because of Lehman's few words, and one after another emphasized again, but when they saw Lehman no longer speaking, they did not dare to entangle too much.

After all, Lehman is not just a director, he is also the owner of a film company with good performance.

Moreover, he has close contacts with several capitals, and now he has attracted investment institutions outside Germany, the UK and other local forces.

In other words, he has no shortage of channels for realizing content, as long as he wants to.

After Lehman left, he discussed a few words with Benjamin and asked him to continue to guide the media.

As for those who came here early, they waited a while before they reported the news with disappointment and drove away in a hurry.

Perhaps this event will bring a lot of opportunities to the firefly...