After the package price of a total of US$150 million in the next three quarters and several additional conditions offered by NBC, the two sides began to negotiate important details such as payment settlement.

In order to reduce its own cash flow pressure as much as possible, in the process of purchasing TV programs, TV networks generally adopt the strategy of delaying payments as much as possible, which is exactly the same as Hollywood movie publishers. Most independent producers in the industry can only recover funds from the TV network after the series is played.

"Who Will Be a Millionaire" co-starred by Daenerys Entertainment and ABC, in which he has a clear advantage, ABC is only willing to pay a 30% advance payment before the first season starts, and the remaining final payment will be paid in two separate 30% and 40% respectively in the winter break and after the first season is completed.

As for "Survivor", after several hours of repeated disputes and discussions, NBC finally agreed to pay 50% before and after each season was broadcast.

After the meeting, everyone had lunch together, Robert White hurried back to the East Coast. He also personally supervised the TV network to make marketing adjustments to the subsequent broadcast of "Survivor" in order to expand the influence of this reality show as much as possible.

The specific contract needs to be formulated by staff from the two companies based on the meeting memorandum, and it will take about one week to sign it.

After leaving Los Angeles for two weeks, Simon kept keeping the remote control of Daenerys Entertainment through telephone and fax. After dealing with the "Survivor" in the morning, Simon did not rush to return to Malibu, but personally checked the production progress of several films.

"Scream" has ended in the late stage in the early days of the month and was sent to the MPAA for ratings, and is still waiting for the results.

After more than a month of busy work, the film's re-editing work has been completed. Simon also wrote the soundtrack for the film during this time in Melbourne.

The musician of the original "Rain Man" was Hans Jimo, who later became the famous movie soundtrack, also won his first Oscar for the best soundtrack. But at present, Hans Jimo is just an unknown little person. The soundtrack of "Rain Man" is not complicated, and with the memory version, Simon can easily complete it, so he did not spend any effort to find the other person.

The later period of "Steel Magnolia" and "Death Poetry Club" are progressing smoothly. If nothing unexpected happens, the three movies "Rain Man", "Steel Magnolia" and "Death Poetry Club" will be completely completed by the end of September.

After checking several films, a production meeting lasted for more than two hours was held to discuss the preparation progress of a series of films that Daenerys Entertainment is advancing.

The meeting is approaching, and it is already evening.

After reporting on the preparations for a series of projects such as "The Sixth Sense of Supernatural", "Body Guard", "Flying Over Innocence", and "Uncle Buck", the executives and producers who attended the meeting dispersed in advance, and as usual, only Simon and Amy were left in the conference room.

Sitting by the window feeling the golden sunset that sprinkled into the conference room in the evening, Simon closed the folder in front of him and said to Amy on the other side: "Since you have confirmed to have won "Wonder Woman", you should ask several major agency companies to send a list of alternatives. Like "Batman", I need newcomers, between the ages of 20 and 25, about six feet tall." Noting Amy's confusion on her face, Simon added with a smile: "I don't plan to start filming this movie now. I must complete the first songs of "Batman" and "Superman". However, I hope to train several candidates from scratch. After determining the candidates, I will arrange some small roles for them to hone their acting skills in the past few years. Speaking of which, Batman's choice is a bit hasty."

Having won the Big Three DC and advanced the DC movie universe, there is no big obstacle. As for the future, other DC superheroes need to be introduced, Simon doesn't think this is a problem. Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are all caught in their hands, and Warner has no choice at all. Because Warner has reserved investment rights to share profits, he doesn't think that Warner has the courage to use second-tier heroes to create a new movie universe.

However, in Simon's impression, Hollywood is currently not suitable for playing Wonder Woman. He still hopes to find a Diana Prince who is similar to Gal Gadot. The launch of "Wonder Woman" will at least be after "Batman" is released, so there is still plenty of time to train from scratch.

Amy nodded understandingly and said, "Then do we have to reselect Superman actors? Christopher Reeve must be out of place."

Simon nodded and said, "Yes, let the agency choose some candidates."

Amy wrote this in the memo and looked up again, "As between 20 and 25, six feet tall, isn't Simon and Miss Kidman just right?"

"I remembered this," Simon shook his head gently, "When I was in Australia, I visited the crew of Crossing the Horizon. Nicole rejected the role in "The Angels". She had her own ideas about her acting career."

When Amy heard Simon say this, she just smiled and nodded, "I also received a call from Nicole. So, should we choose the candidates for Wonder Woman to try the heroine of "Angels" first?"

"It depends on the situation," Simon asked again without comment, "How is the script of "Angel God" modified?"

"The first draft has been completed. I will have someone prepare a copy for you tomorrow," Amy said, seeing that there was nothing else, he also packed up the folder in front of him. After a moment, he remembered something and looked up again: "There is one more thing, Simon, "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "Survivor" are so successful. Will you celebrate the weekend?"

Although the other two reality shows have not yet started, Daenerys Entertainment has become the envy of all Hollywood TV program suppliers. It is also a matter of holding celebration parties to reward the creators.

Moreover, maintaining connections has always been very important for the development of a film company.

Many executives of major Hollywood film companies hold various parties almost every week to contact industry superstars and celebrities. In comparison, Simon seems very unfavorable about this matter. He passively attends other people's parties far more often than he does. However, Simon also understands that such things cannot be avoided at all and cannot be avoided. If these things are completely handed over to executives such as Amy to be responsible, once unexpected changes occur in the company's management, he will become very passive in terms of connections.

Thinking for a moment, Simon said: "Just hold it in that villa in Palisade, the date is set on Saturday, and you can draw up an invitation list."

On the first day of its broadcast, it achieved more than 20 million viewers, and "Survivor" quickly became the target of hot media discussion in the following days.

NBC quickly adjusted the marketing efforts of "Survivor". At the same time, in order to avoid falling into too much disadvantage, ABC also strengthened the marketing offensive of "Who Will Be a Millionaire". FOX and CBS were even more excited about "Big Brother" and "Beverly Wife" that will be aired on Wednesday at the same time.

However, as expected, "Big Brother" and "Beverly Wife" failed to replicate the ratings of "Survivor" and "Who Will Be a Millionaire". On the first day of its broadcast on Wednesday, the average ratings of "Big Brother" at 8 o'clock in FOX was 15.35 million, while "Beverly Wife" at 9 o'clock in CBS had a lower average ratings of the first episode, only 11.7 million.

Of course, such ratings are actually only relative to "Survivor" and "Who Will Be a Millionaire".

Compared with most of the premiere dramas in this era, the two reality shows that have exceeded the tens of millions of levels are already very good. "Big Brother" with 15.35 million viewers has even reached the level of excellent. With the accumulation of popularity, the future ratings of this reality show can even hit the 20 million mark, and the average ratings data in the next few seasons should be able to remain around 15 million.

As for "Beverly Wife", although it ranks last among four reality shows, the number of viewers with more than 10 million exceeded Simon's expectations. In the original time and space, since it was a TV program of basic cable channels, the best viewership data of "Beverly Wife" is about two or three million.

Moreover, although it was not as big as "Survivor" and "Who Will Be a Millionaire", FOX and CBS also expressed their willingness to renew after the series started.

Faced with the sudden reality show trend, Hollywood film and television production companies have also begun to look for similar TV programs, and North American media have analyzed several reality shows in succession.

There is no doubt that the reason why Daenerys Entertainment was able to start its own TV business with four reality shows this fall was ultimately due to the previous Hollywood screenwriter strike. If there had not been more than five consecutive screenwriter strikes, the four major TV networks would not have given up so much initiative to sign such a generous contract with Daenerys Entertainment.

Now, all parties in the industry have generally reacted.

During the previous strike, the American Screenwriters Union and the four major TV networks were completely defeated. Other Hollywood production companies also suffered varying degrees of heavy blows in this strike. Only Daenerys Entertainment made great profits from this strike.

Not only these four reality shows that made Daenerys Entertainment a lot of money, but at the end of the year, due to a long strike, a large number of film projects will be suspended, Daenerys Entertainment's films can also gain more market resources.

I fully understood this and felt the good luck of Daenerys Entertainment, traditional Hollywood forces also began to instinctively protect their own interests.

On Friday, Daenerys Entertainment received a rating report from MPAA for "Scream", requiring Daenerys Entertainment to modify a large number of excessive violent and bloody plots in the film. Otherwise, the film will be classified as the strictest NC-17 level.

"Scream" was originally aimed at young audiences over 16 years old, and Simon never thought of earning the ticket money for this film from a 12 or 13 year old child. However, the NC-17 level does not just mean that viewers under 17 are prohibited from watching. Once a movie is determined to be such a rating, it also means that the film can only be played in limited specific theaters and cannot be widely publicly promoted.

In the original time and space, "Scream" did have news that it had been repeatedly modified to avoid the fate of NC-17, but Simon, who is very familiar with the Weinstein brothers, knew that this was basically just a publicity stunt.

Almost since its debut, the two brothers have been operating with this rating gimmick, and it is very effective. Sometimes, the Weinstein brothers even took the initiative to send videos with the NC-17 standard for MPAA to review. After the news is released, they will be modified to R-level standard and re-submitted for review. Audiences are generally more interested in a video that is almost designated as NC-17.

But this time, Simon knew very well that the encounter in the new version of "Scream" was not a gimmick, but the MPAA rating committee under the control of the seven major groups gave Daenerys Entertainment a warning. There was only one and a half months left before "Scream" was released. Suddenly encountering this situation, director Wes Craven could only work to modify the film on the weekend, and Simon had to participate in it in person.

In the busy schedule, time has come on Saturday, September 17th.

As the evening approached, people began to gather in Simon's mansion in Palisade. Today is a celebration party held by Daenerys Entertainment for "Who Will Be a Millionaire", "Survivor", "Big Brother" and "Beverly Wife".

However, not only is the main creator of the four reality shows, many Hollywood celebrities have also received invitations. Because Daenerys Entertainment has been frequently looking for actors for a series of projects recently, many celebrities who have not been able to get invitations have also tried to attend the party through various channels, hoping to get the opportunity to contact Simon Westeros or other senior executives of Daenerys Entertainment.

Simon and Wes Craven spent a whole day in the editing room for the revision of "Scream". When the two arrived at Simon's mansion in Palisade together, it was almost eight o'clock.

After a whole day of busy life, the hungry two people simply greeted the guests in the mansion and rushed to the buffet table.

After choosing a full plate of food, Simon and Wes Craven were hiding in the corner and continued to whisper the modification of the video. Sandra Bullock came over with a smile, hugged Simon's arm, greeted Wes Craven, and then leaned into Simon's ear and whispered: "I didn't see Jenny, did she not come tonight?"

Simon looked at Wes Craven, who turned around and left with an ambiguous look, picked up a grilled shrimp and stuffed it into Sandra's mouth, and said, "There is no need to show the idea of ​​having an affair so bluntly, right? Everyone is decent."

Sandra rolled her eyes and raised her hand to stop Simon's grilled shrimps, pinched them in her hand and ate them in a small stutter. Her other hand still did not let Simon go, saying, "I regret not being more proactive as Jenny, but the good man was taken away. But, I really didn't see Jenny?"

Simon took Sandra to the dining table near the cliff and sat down, looking at the beautiful scenery of Los Angeles in the night, and explained with a smile: "She has gone to France."
Chapter completed!