The meeting room on the top floor of fox building was solemn. Almost all the members of the board of directors were present. Today''s topic is only one, about the director of production department, Dave Scola.
The box office of "X-Men 3: back water battle" will drop sharply next weekend. Even the most optimistic prediction is that the box office of the film in North America will not exceed 250 million US dollars. Even if the trend continues to drop sharply, it will be a big question whether it can break through 200 million US dollars.
In the 20th century, fox had high hopes for the end of the X-Men series, but Dave Scola obviously failed to meet their psychological expectations. After he messed up such a huge film as the kingdom of heaven, he and X-Men 3: a battle against the back may face the situation of not being able to recover the cost.
In the two projects, 20th century fox has invested a lot of money, so someone must be responsible for the loss.
"I agreed to terminate Dave Scola''s contract ahead of schedule." Lang Sheng, a gray haired independent director, said, "choose another person with outstanding ability to take up this position."
A middle-aged man next to him raised his pen in his hand. "I agree, too."
"Agree..."
"Agree..."
Echoing voices continue to ring, although there are still a series of company procedures to go, but the fate of Dave Scola''s early termination of his term of office has been unable to change.
Sure to fire Dave Scola, asked Alan Harris, who presided over the meeting. "I have a proposal for a new successor."
Others are looking at the CEO of 20th century fox.
"I propose that Carla Firth, deputy director of production, take over as director." Alan Harris said directly, "this is the most suitable person the company can find at present."
"I object!" The gray haired independent director heard that the successor was a beautiful young woman and shook her head without hesitation. "She is too young to have enough qualifications."
"Qualifications?" Alan Harris immediately retorted, "do you know Carla Firth?"
Without waiting for the other person to answer, he said, "she has successively brought the success of" dead man "," alien vs. iron soldier "and" lost lover "to 20th century fox, especially the two films cooperated with Murphy Stanton, which have led to the company''s outstanding reputation and huge profits."
Alan Harris coughed in a low voice, and then said, "let''s not talk about this far, let''s talk about the recent. Last weekend, Kara Firth''s" song of ice and fire: the game of power "aired its eighth episode, with a premiere audience of nearly 6 million! About a third of fox''s users watched the show
"Song of ice and fire: game of power" has become a phenomenal TV series, which no one here can deny.
But how can there be no objection to such an important position?
Another middle-aged man suddenly sneered and said, "is this Carla Firth''s achievement? It''s Murphy Stanton who does all this
"That''s another point I want to make." Allen Harris did not retort and said calmly, "since Murphy Stanton entered Hollywood, no film has failed, and all the success has been achieved at a lower cost in exchange for a super high return. I think you have no objection to that?"
Other people looked at each other, and no one spoke to refute. The facts and data are here. If they refute each other, they will only become the laughing stock of others.
Alan Harris looked at the others and said, "20th Century Fox needs to continue to work with such a successful director. We need a bond."
Everyone knows what he means, and knows that Carla Firth has not only outstanding personal ability, but also the unlimited support of future directors like Murphy Stanton, and the position of production director
"It''s just nepotism!" The opposition''s disdain grew stronger.
"If the candidate you propose also has such nepotism..." Alan Harris stares at him and says, "I''ll think about him, too."
The opponents opened their mouths, but they didn''t know what to say.
If he can become a director of fox in the 20th century, he is certainly not a fool. He knows that networking is also a part of his ability, but also a very important part.
Although there are many people who support Carla Firth, today''s topic is mainly about Dave Scola. The selection of director of production department is only a nomination, which can only be decided later.
There is no doubt that "song of ice and fire: the game of power" is one of the capitals of Carla Firth''s competition.
This series of plays has continuously created the ratings records of fox cable TV station in the past five years. When the eighth episode was finished, the total number of viewers of the premiere and replay of the eight episodes easily exceeded 50 million, which has brought great influence.When the ninth episode and the audience met on the screen on time, fox cable set a new record for the number of viewers of a single program since the establishment of the station, and the number of viewers exceeded 6.5 million at one stroke. With the following two replays, the total number of viewers of this episode reached 10 million.
When Episode 10, the final episode of the first season, was broadcast, the number of users of fox limited TV station increased by 3.5 million compared with that before the broadcast of "song of ice and fire: game of power", which was almost attracted by the titles of Murphy and "song of ice and fire: game of power".
"Song of ice and fire: game of Thrones" won more than 8 million viewers that night.
This figure was revealed by Stanton studio and 20th Century Fox for the first time, and instantly became the focus of entertainment news.
"The game of Thrones finally set up a cable TV rating record, and the death of the Duke of Lindong City touched people''s hearts!"
Similar headlines appeared on the front page of the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times and many large print media the next day.
"Putting a protagonist to death doesn''t make game of Thrones a bad audience. On the contrary, it helps the show a lot. The final episode of the first season of game of thrones, which was broadcast last night, got the highest number of viewers in the whole season, with more than 8 million viewers paying attention to the end."
"The number of 8 million viewers has set a new record in the history of fox cable TV network!"
"In addition, the replay after the premiere of the final episode at 11:00 p.m. also received an additional 4.9 million viewers, which made game of Thrones a total audience of 12.9 million. In the 20th century, fox said that if all the replay and viewing methods were counted, the average audience of game of Thrones could reach 9 million, which can be said to be the same The situation is in proportion to this epic drama. "
Although the broadcast of "song of ice and fire: game of power" on Fox cable TV station has ended, the media hype Carnival has just begun, and Murphy and Kara Firth also need such hype, which can significantly increase the weight of the show and sell it at a good price in subsequent sales.
"Song of ice and fire: game of power" wants to achieve huge profits, the follow-up copyright sales is the focus.
In the premiere, fox cable paid the producer $2 million for each rally, and Stanton studio would get $1 million of that, or $10 million for ten episodes, which is far from enough to recover the investment.
As for the accounts between Fox and fox cable in the 20th century, that''s not Murphy''s concern.
Therefore, Stanton studio and 20th Century Fox also need the media to continue to build momentum.
The quality of the show is guaranteed enough, and the media''s position is firm enough, and there is no need to feel guilty.
"With the song of ice and fire: the game of power, Murphy Stanton broke the magic spell, which is hard for magic drama to succeed, with a high attitude of" creating a miracle ", subverting the creative level of all Hollywood magic TV dramas, and becoming an insurmountable peak in the magic film and television industry."
- Los Angeles Times
"the game of power gives actors, directors and screenwriters infinite possibilities of creativity. With its infinite and orderly creative space, it includes thousands of full image characters, weird and unique imaginative customs, and its complete space, rich details and arbitrary narration make people sigh."
- "New York Times"
in today''s influential Internet, countless fans of "song of ice and fire: the game of power" have directly regarded this drama as an extremely rare masterpiece.
"The game of power is undoubtedly an epic. It has heroic legends, grand events, a span of time spanning a hundred years, and a span of space stretching thousands of miles. There is no shortage of conspiracy, war, honor, faith, betrayal, growth and so on. In appearance, it completely meets the standard. The production of the whole play is excellent, and the actors perform well. They don''t walk into the mire of being big and useless with a magnificent shell. "
"The characters described solemnly may die in the next moment. The overall setting of the plot does not violate the traditional routine of justice defeating evil, but it is difficult to know what will happen in the next moment. The blurred justice and evil, unlike the South and North in the film, are warm and bright in one place and gloomy and cold in the other. There is a big junction between justice and evil. Justice collapses unexpectedly at a certain moment, and evil blooms human nature at a certain moment. They all have a kind of attractive power to excite or bewitch people. "
All of these are making song of ice and fire: the game of power get continuous attention. Just like Hollywood movies, the TV series that are hot in North America can always affect overseas regions. Many overseas film makers and TV stations have contacted 20th century fox to get overseas broadcasting rights in their respective regions.
A negotiation team headed by Murphy and Carla Firth also flew to the UK to negotiate with a British TV station. (to be continued). ）For mobile phone users, please browse and read for better reading experience.