Hollywood legendary director

Johnson is gathering market information.

Lyman is not idle on this side, and intends to start the pre-preparation of "Power Trip", such as which TV platform to cooperate with, as well as the personnel, writers, and directing team are all points that need to be discussed.

Of course, 2DB, who originally just won the adaptation rights, is an unexpected but also useful talent for the project.

Not to mention, in terms of familiarity with the original novel, the two of them in the entire Firefly screenwriting department is certainly the most outstanding, Lyman does not want to be like Warner to slap his head to make the DC movie.

As for 2DB, it's a no-brainer for them to be accepted.

It's not easy for the two of them to find a stable job without much experience in the film industry, let alone be in charge of the script of "Journey to Power".

Furthermore, Firefly treats its writers well, and whether they are in charge of a movie or a TV series, their compensation is in the top tier of the industry.

However, as far as Mann Media is concerned, the revenue of the TV drama department is not enough compared to that of the movie department.

The news about the establishment of the project "Quan You" was getting hot in the screenwriting department, but the action was not completely unified.

So, in the second week of April, on the morning of the 10th, Lyman held a high-level meeting.

The first topic is okay, it is just a budget, staffing, sponsors, these things are not difficult for the Firefly executives of all departments, sorting them out one by one, and then take the name of the relevant episodes to deal with the owners, and from the agency, the union side of the recruitment of the corresponding behind the scenes type of work.

The budget is set at 150 to 180 million, with 30 million set aside for payroll in case of trouble shooting in Iceland and Malta, etc. On average, the first 10 episodes of the first season cost 15 to 18 million per episode, the most expensive in the history of American drama.

When this amount was disclosed, some old-fashioned management thought it was too high, and shouldn't the pilot episodes be shot and then aired weekly? In fact, you can try the water, and in case it doesn't work, you can still cut it.

Faced with such considerations, Lyman expressed his refusal.

There is no way, the competitive advantage of streaming media of two is to open a member to see a cool, now Nefly does not have their own original series, are some old films, so the user experience is not too much stimulation, but that is how all released without waiting have been plundered from the TV users of a lot of share, Lyman since they have decided to high-profile, of course, to be more high-profile, must be released in a season - although it seems to increase the load on the operation of funds, but this is the hard core of the model to win users.

Ryan nodded, Lyman nodded, and Firefly was only a few minutes away from a major issue like this, on which media companies generally need to win a majority of board seats to pass.

The second proposal was about the broadcast platform. This is about how to efficiently realize a share of the profits from new projects.

Firefly doesn't have its own TV network, and although Lyman himself doesn't want to focus on what traditional TV stations invest in, the current broadcast market can't afford to lose its TV delivery channels.

At this point in the market environment, traditional TV groups do not have their own streaming media business, may be robbed is always the last batch of response to the transformation of the bar, in fact, it is understandable, after all, these platforms are in their respective fields plowed for a long time, the boat is difficult to turn around is normal, but in this way, the traditional TV and Firefly will also be developed with the streaming media, only the "right to travel" one, there is no great competitive overlap. The overlap is not as great as the amount of revenue that can be generated by broadcasting on television. Or, the overlap doesn't compare to the target amount of revenue that can be generated by broadcasting on TV.

At the end of the day, ROI is always a point of consideration for a company, and KPIs are important in every industry, and the streaming business has to be reasonably hemorrhaged to capture market share.

This problem is not difficult, whether it is CBS, HBO, NBC, ABC, CW, etc. every year there is a need to screen episodes, the difficulty is to match the offer and Firefly's own some preconditions.

"Only guaranteed exclusivity and operating licenses in the TV station field, and also, our production budget is very high, and the cost of purchasing episodes for broadcast will certainly not be low, so whoever is better off in terms of purchase price and splitting the bill with these companies is preferred." Ryan's words had everyone nodding their heads.

"So, if we're going to make this drama, we don't seem to have enough people in the drama department, just a few dozen of us, to manage such a complicated crew that there's no time for anything else? It's going to expand."

An executive suggested.

"It's time to expand, come up with a proposal yourselves and I'll have Joseph approve it."

......

The weather has started to warm up in mid-April.

New York, Queens.

Hector was at home surfing the Internet, browsing Youtube, but a teaser trailer was refreshed on the home page.

The teaser clip was sent from the official video of Comic-Con, titled: "Thor 2: The Dark World" -...

"Boom!"

A violent explosion sounded and Thor's hammer smashed into a humanoid being in armor, but was held in the hands of his opponent.

"Who are you and why have you come to Asgard." Thor, in his trademark red robe, looked serious.

The temple, looming, is being destroyed.

The camera pans, and a bloodstained dagger appears, accompanied by Thor's roar, the whole man harnessing thunder.

"Mother!"

Towards the end of the video, large print appears: "April 22."

"Thor 2: The Dark World, worldwide release."

......

"Is this an invasion of Asgard's Asgard? Who can invade?"

"What happened to Odin, someone called the house and didn't even see him show up."

"This teaser is so under-informed."

"I'm quite looking forward to it, sitting and waiting to grab tickets."

Outside, Blue Butterfly and Fox's promotion work for Thor 2 is still progressing methodically, and after just a few minutes of the teaser was released in various media, the fans' hearts that want to watch the movie are getting hotter and hotter.

Outside of the entertainment industry, on the floor of a Silicon Valley campus, FOtv's technical backbone, Kouette, received shocking news from investors that their video site was looking for a buyer to package and sell.

I knew this day would come, but the seven or eight young men who made it happen are sweating like crazy.

These people are the current technical team at FOtv.

They are all college graduates, familiar with this piece of programming, in 2009 when the tubing, Amazon, Nefly have online video field to build module business, a few young people together, also plunged into it, after the early germination period, soon received a few venture capital investment companies.

With the money, the content began to be enriched, but really can not earn profits, trying to find ways to launch membership fee system, and the development of advertising business, can not earn, but the speed of burning money in accelerating.

The net financial expenditure had exceeded 1.2 million by the time of settlement in November last year.

The market needs to be cultivated, and FOtv has won more than 200,000 users with its grassroots algorithm and content delivery, as well as record high average monthly hours and market share.

At first, it didn't seem like a big deal, but it seemed as if IDG's exit lit the fuse, and as Nefly and Hulu became more and more powerful, the competition became fiercer, and FOtv had to pay more and more for the rights to its series, investors finally felt they had to play the game any longer.

Of course, for these jackals, even if they have to give up, they have to sell what they have for a good value, whether it's a merger or whatever, but this news is certainly not good for FOtv's core team.

What's the easiest thing to happen when you get acquired by a product in the same field? Middle management can either roll over or be demoted and readjust to the new environment.

Either way, it's something that a technical cadre like Kouette doesn't want to accept.

Butt makes the head.

Kouette doesn't want to roll up his sleeves, lose his job, and go back to his rural home in Baca County with no infrastructure and a bleak future.

But to save the company's precarious finances, it would be too difficult to rely solely on his team and the company's own profitable operations. It was just a matter of wishful thinking, and there was nothing he could do about it.

While Kuette was at his wit's end, waiting for an unknown fate to befall him, he had no idea.

An internal executive search firm received an offer: Mann Media was about to enter the online video space and was looking for industry talent .......