Chapter 397： TV Market (4)

a week later.

This morning, it was sunny again.

After three or two days of rain, Los Angeles finally returned to sunny days.

Lehmann walked into Firefly Pictures and listened to the greetings of past employees, nodding in response from time to time.

Entering the conference room, the relevant people gathered again.

Lyman raised his hand, and Jonathan first introduced the work progress.

"After the joint arrangement of our department, the tone of the script has been established along the outline: it consists of three parts: entering prison, getting out of prison, and fleeing. The length of the content will be controlled within three seasons, and the plot of the first season has been successfully completed."

Then Thomas.

He also gave a brief report.

The location was chosen at a defunct 19th-century prison in Illinois that once housed the notorious serial killer John Wayne. Later, due to the lax management of the prison, the phenomenon of prisoners often taking place, making the state government have to transfer the criminals, and gradually became lonely.

After negotiating with the state government, they were very willing to provide it to the crew - the prison has been suspended for a long time and can generate additional income, and they agreed quickly.

Followed by costumes, props and the like, because it is a modern drama, it is very easy to prepare.

As for the prison uniforms, Warner Bros. Studio has a lot of them.

After advancing several things in a row, Lehman finally said: "My bottom line for this "Prison Break" is that it is not profitable, but the reputation must be sufficient, even if it is lost, as long as it can get good ratings, it is worth it. Also, the marketing department. Yes, Ryan, you can go to Lara to sponsor. Then, Thomas, you can host the actors who audition with me."

Nowadays, the average production cost of American dramas is not high. It is not like the investment budget of hundreds of millions of dollars in later generations, and most of the money is spent on the salaries of actors.

For example, in "Friends", the value of the starring actors has risen to about 20 million. Jennifer Aniston received a base salary of around $25 million for the latest season.

But when the first season was filmed, even with the announcement, the total cost was less than 8 million.

And for new dramas like this, apart from the cost of actors, each episode of instinct exceeds one million (take ten episodes as an example), which is a very extravagant production.

TV dramas are different from movies, and the labor cost is severely squeezed.

Many of the behind-the-scenes teams themselves are based on the old and the new, and the average salary is not high, and they are paid in stages.

For example, "Prison Break" costs an average of more than 1.8 million yuan per episode, which is almost twice the production cost of normal TV dramas on the market.

The version of the previous life was very pitiful. Apart from the opening and ending of the episode, there was still more than half an hour left, and the plot was very long-winded, but Lehmann planned to have an episode of about an hour.

Normally, the content of 22 episodes is compressed to 12 episodes.

This looks more refined, and the effect of spending a lot of money is naturally better.

......

Los Angeles subway station.

As soon as the exit of the station opened, a large group of people poured out, and one of them was a tall and thin young man who stood out from the crowd.

This man's name is Wentworth Miller.

32 years old, but looks like a guy in his twenties.

He is a young actor and is currently unemployed.

Working as a handyman at a theater in Cannes.

Think about it, how could he, who has studied English literature at Preston University, become what he is now.

The world is impermanent.

Originally, I felt that my dream of being an actor was about to be shattered. Who knew that William Morris, the agency that had not received much help since he joined, would call him and say that he was coming to Hollywood to audition.

He touched a pinch of Franklin in his bag and thought to himself, if he doesn't get elected, the round-trip fare will cost him less than half of his salary, and he's still on sick leave.

I was afraid that if I didn't get selected again, I would lose it when I went back to work.

Take a taxi and follow the location given by the agency.

About ten minutes later, he arrived at Firefly Pictures.

Explaining the purpose of his visit, he was taken up to the third floor.

After getting out of the elevator, I saw a long corridor with compartments on the left and right sides, where people came in and out.

"President, someone has arrived."

"Ok."

In the reception room, the lady at the front desk brought people in, greeted them, and went down on her own.

Wentworth Miller was left alone at the door.

Then he raised his chest and raised his head, giving a good impression.

The room is very simple, with one person sitting behind a desk. Just responded.

Lehmann took the actor's resume and looked at it.

Ho.

Sure enough, nothing went wrong.

Mi Shuai, where are you going?

Haha, tell a joke.

This gentleman became popular because of "Prison Break". Lehmann chose to shoot this drama, and his preconceived impression was also of this guy. And this guy is really messed up. If it wasn't for Lehman who scoured the lists of male actors over the age of 25 in major brokerage companies, he probably couldn't find them - he was judged by William Morris as having no training value. of that kind. Later, he came out publicly.

Let's say handsome, he is handsome, but when he is old, he can't follow the path of little fresh meat. In addition, the person is very delicate, and he can't play many roles.

Although the temperament and appearance are still outstanding, but when he was younger, he acted in a few plays and did not become popular, so he was left to fend for himself.

In this way, his worth is quite cheap. It is estimated that the salary for one season is 100,000, which is above the standard.

Maybe you can deduct some points, and you can get $50,000 or 60,000.

After all, is it a performance opportunity, or is it the protagonist, many young actors dare to agree even without a salary.

It's a pity that Lehman still couldn't do that black heart.

To be honest, filming was a bit hard.

Furthermore, after all, there is already a plan to shoot for another season Let the main actors sign a long-term contract and pay more basic salary is the kingly way.

Otherwise, when it becomes popular, the salary is too low, and it is not good to lower the price.

Lehmann looked at it for a while, then asked, "Weight?"

"One hundred and five."

"I'm thin, can I gain muscle?"

"can."

"That's it." Ryman took out a script from the drawer and handed it over. "Let's take a look at the characters first. If there is no problem, ask your agent to come over and talk about signing the contract."

Wentworth-Miller was stunned and didn't move.

"What, is there anything else?"

"Am I over?" Miller was a little confused. When was auditioning so easy.

"Well, your own conditions are very suitable for the role, and besides, the role given to you is not difficult to play, go back and think about it, remember not to leak the script, you know, the industry rules. Also, remember to exercise and build muscle. ." Lyman warned carefully.

Listening, this fellow's eyes lit up immediately.

She smiled and nodded in thanks.

Alas, how great I am to teach people how to fish.

Give yourself a compliment. Lyman thought so.

Later, after Miller went out, Thomas also brought in a few girls and said, "I brought everyone here for you."

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