401. Chapter 401 Discussion
I have to say that the writers of "Entourage" are very unscrupulous. If Sean was not the producer, they would definitely put a lot of vulgar language in his series. Anyway, there is a paywall, so there is no need to care about the public.
The reaction, all kinds of exposure points are no problem, not to mention some foul language. Even so, Sean still protested before his character could feel a little better. It can be imagined how unscrupulous these guys are.
Justine Chapin is also a product of this situation. This character is set to be a newly famous singer who is known for her chastity and claims to give her first time to her husband. Of course, there is no question as to whether she is really
If she does this, people in Hollywood are constantly debating whether she is still a virgin. For example, Vincent's two friends, his follower Teto and his agent Eric have different opinions. The former thinks she must be a virgin, while the latter thinks she is a virgin.
It's simply impossible, which also triggered a debate between Sean and Vincent.
Okay, what did Justine think of, being a virgin, keeping chastity, and giving it to her husband for the first time? Yes, this is obviously alluding to the famous "Britney" Britney. She was dating Justin?
When Blake was dating, she admitted on a talk show that she was still a virgin. As a result, Timberlake dumped her and revealed to the media that he did so because she was sleeping with someone else.
Of course, there are rumors that Britney did maintain her virginity and went to bed with Timberlake to save him. However, she was dumped and became a wild woman. But it doesn’t matter who is lying. What matters is that the public likes him.
What are you looking at, so Britney has become a representative of hypocrisy, and there are many ridiculing jokes, so it is not surprising that "Entourage" uses this to make fun of her.
Although the girl who played the role of Justine was indeed sweet and lovely, Sean did not think about what was going to happen. Even though he had fucked Britney at the party last time when he won the Grammy award, it did remind him of her.
Got something and planned to do something.
"I've read it. It's pretty good as a youth book, but... adapted into a TV series?" Vladimir put the book in his hand on the table with obvious disapproval, "Sean, I want to remind you that the TV series is
The main audience is between 18 and 49 years old."
"Then we can't give up on the audience of viewers under 18 years old, right? Just like "The Detective"," Sean shrugged, without expecting to convince the other party, "And, who said that the audience of viewers over 18 years old can only
Not interested in this subject?"
"Even if you are interested, there won't be much, Sean." Vladimir shook his head and glanced at the novel called "Gossip Girl" on the table again, "Just like "The Detective,"
The ratings can only be said to be average, and it cannot save UPN."
Although UPN has cooperated with Samsara Pictures to cooperate with "America's Next Top Model", which has very good ratings, the entire TV station is still losing money. What's more, there are also similar programs this year. The fashion-themed "Project Runway" will be broadcast on Disney
It will be broadcast on its Lifetime TV station, which will pose a great threat to them - but this program is also produced by Samsara Pictures.
After "America's Next Top Model" aired, Sean had been thinking about developing a similar program, and mentioned it to Vladimir. The latter was also very interested, and after spending some time getting to know him, he contacted
When it came to the famous fashion designer Michael Kors, Sean happened to have met this guy several times. Kate's clothes in "The Perfect Thief" were all made by him, so after some preparations, "Project Runway" was born.
this show.
Of course, under Sean's suggestion, the host still cooperated with Victoria's Secret. After all, the most famous models in the next few years will come from them, so Heidi Klum got this opportunity. Sean originally
I want Adriana Lima to give it a try, but she is doing a good job as a resident judge on "America's Next Top Model" and has no inclination or need to change jobs, while Heidi is still relying on her work in Victoria's Secret.
Counting the advantage of being popular, after getting the news from Michael Kors first, I heard that he had recommended me to be the host. I immediately found an opportunity at the party to introduce myself to Sean, and then did a set of kung fu
Down, up, down, front and back basically showed up, even if Sean didn't want to agree.
You know, because of the popularity of "America's Next Top Model", the popularity of Gisele Bundchen, who serves as the host, can be said to be skyrocketing. The supermodel's name is becoming more and more famous, and her net worth is getting richer. Although this is not the same as Gisele Bundchen,
Purcell's own efforts are not unrelated to luck, such as selling her own brand of shoes in Brazil as mentioned before, but more people saw that Sean and Samsara Pictures approached her to be the host of "America's Next Top Model"
, in addition, although Adriana is not as good as Gisele, her popularity and net worth have also increased a lot, and Sean's good vision has now been widely spread in Hollywood. It is okay for Heidi to have such an attitude.
Understood.
Now we can see what will happen after December when the show is officially aired, but Sean believes it will not be worse than Top Model Contest, because...his intuition told him so.
Returning to the topic just now, as the chairman of Samsara Pictures, Sean naturally understood what he meant, but he still insisted on his opinion: "I know, Todd, but a TV series does not rely entirely on advertising to make money.
Isn't it?"
Both UPN and Lifetime are basic cable channels, and the so-called basic cable channels mean that although users need to subscribe to watch, the prices are very low, so the main source of money is advertising, and the choice of advertisers is no different from that of public channels.
.
However, thanks to his past life, as the first TV series to be officially introduced to the mainland, Sean has a certain understanding of "Gossip Girl". He somewhat remembers that this TV series did not have high ratings in the United States, but it still produced several seasons and created a
New ways to make money.
For example, leading a fashion trend and getting the support of a luxury brand, as Wahlberg plans to do in "Entourage", or selling the copyright overseas - like "Gossip Girl" - and selling it to network television or
Pay cable channels to enrich their film library, etc.
Therefore, after Sean found and read the novel "Gossip Girl", he asked Vladimir to win the adaptation rights and prepare to make it into a TV series, which can be regarded as an investment deal.
"I don't understand, Sean, why do you insist on reading this kind of youth book? Are you still in high school?" Vladimir still didn't let go and took a book out of his drawer, "
If you really want to adapt a novel into a TV series, Ms. Kath Lakes's work would be a perfect fit."
"Oh?" Sean raised his eyebrows and immediately took the book. The title on the cover was "Listen, the Bones Are Talking".
"Detective type?" After turning two pages, he showed a questioning look, but Vladimir did not answer and just made a continue gesture.
Sean had no choice but to read a few more pages patiently, and he took it in. The writing was very delicate, and from the perspective of a female forensic doctor, he told readers how to use the method of examining bones to solve crimes. It was indeed a very novel subject.
"It is very similar to "CSI", but more professional than "CSI". After all, although the evidence testing technology in "CSI" looks very attractive, there are too many and dazzling, so that the audience can't catch it.
Pay attention to the key points." Sean said after flipping through some parts and thinking for a few minutes.
He is no longer the young boy he was when he first debuted. He has been honing his skills here for more than five years and has a set of judgment methods for movies and TV series. He does not rely entirely on intuition.
"This book starts entirely from the skeletons of the victims, fully demonstrating how to use technology to read the information left behind by the skeletons to achieve the purpose of solving the case." Sean continued, "However, it needs to be made into a TV series.
If so, it would be necessary to display all kinds of corpses, wouldn’t it be a bit too strong?”
Then he thought of something and raised the book in his hand: "Is there only one like this?"
"Good analysis, Sean." Vladimir patted it gently, with a smile on his face, looking very happy, "Don't worry, we have solved this problem."
He knew what his last sentence meant. You must know that as long as the ratings of a TV series are high enough, it will continue to be filmed. Cable channels are okay, usually only have more than ten episodes, but public channels have at least more than 20 episodes.
Therefore, if you want to adapt a novel and there is not enough content to support it, then the subsequent stories will only become worse and worse.
"I discussed with several producers that we don't need to follow the novel's route completely, but just borrow the general framework, that is, the FBI's female forensics will use the technology of analyzing bones to help solve the case, and the rest will be like a general detective drama, one case per episode.
"At the same time, we can also invite Ms. Lex as a consultant and she will provide forensic expertise. This combination will definitely make this TV series popular." Vladimir said with some excitement at the end.
Sean was still listening attentively at first, but his eyes quickly narrowed. After the other party finished speaking, he suddenly asked: "You have obtained the adaptation rights, right?"
"Of course," Vladimir said without any hesitation or embarrassment, as if it was a matter of course, "This novel was first published in 1997. Several producers wanted to adapt it into a movie. If I didn't start it earlier, I would definitely
It will be snatched away by others."
Sean grinned as he failed to achieve the desired effect, but the other party was right to do so. Vladimir is the CEO of the company and is fully responsible for the company's operations, and Sean himself has something to do and doesn't come over often, so it's impossible for everyone to do it.
After telling him everything, he started to take action.
"Okay, if you think there's a lot of potential in doing this, then do it." In this case, Sean didn't say much, "Of course, I still want to read the script after it comes out."
"No problem." Vladimir naturally agreed to such a good thing.
As long as it is a script that Sean has read and thinks is good, whether it is a movie or a TV series, there will generally be no loss. For example, "House" has been officially broadcast, and the average viewership so far is about 20 million.
"However, we still have to get the rights to adapt "Gossip Girl"." Sean added immediately, looking like he was giving a shit.
Chapter completed!