Chapter 677： end of season 1

Saturday, July 22nd marks the end of the first season of "Breaking Bad".

Or rather, after two months of airing, tonight will be when it briefly ends.

Different from the slightly embarrassing ratings at the beginning of the broadcast, while the quality of slow-moving dramas is guaranteed, the number of viewers grows extremely steadily.

Old Bai, this unlucky **** really paid and enjoyed his ambitions after the countdown to his life.

Although he is a villain, he is not charming.

So, when night fell, many people stayed in front of the TV and locked on Fox.

Eastside Chicago.

Eli is one of those waiting for Breaking Bad to play.

On weekdays, in his high school, many classmates like to discuss this TV series. Gradually, he became fascinated with this work. It should be watched on time every week. Willing to miss the airing of the new episode.

After the familiar title, the story begins.

Continuing from the last time, after Lao Bai started to sell du, the anti-drug police where his sister-in-law A Qiang was located soon found that there was an ice du product with a purity of 91% on the market, and began to trace the source of the goods. .

After a lot of work wasted, the Drug Enforcement Bureau discovered that Lao Bai's school had lost the corresponding materials, and immediately started to inquire. Of course, there was not much discovery.

Immediately after, Xiaofan was about to sell his dilapidated house, and the real estate manager sold the client desperately, but everyone had doubts about the corroded ceiling...

When Lao Bai and Ah Ruan made a deal and threw the money to Xiaofan, Xiaofan was surprised how Lao Bai got the money from such a person.

This paragraph is a very classic technique, touting the identity, a du dealer successfully cooperated with a famous ruthless man who likes black and black, which in itself has a sense of refreshment and dramatic tension.

As the audience appreciates Lao Bai more and more, Lao Bai proposes to make 2 pounds of du products to complete the transaction. Xiaofan is depressed, saying that the raw materials are insufficient and cannot be produced.

Sure enough, on the day of the transaction, in the abandoned car scrap yard, Ah Ruan was very angry and felt that his time was wasted.

But Lao Bai still asked Ah Ruan to give all the du resources first, and pointed out that he was currently in short supply.

After this embarrassment was revealed, Ah Ruan didn't want to suffer a loss or be at a disadvantage, saying that if he believed it again and couldn't come up with enough goods, he would make Lao Bai look good.

Seeing Lao Bai making his own decisions, Xiaofan is not happy.

But things have been settled. In Xiaofen's thoughts, Lao Bai proposed to use a new synthesis and extraction method to make du products, and wrote a list for Xiaofen to buy.

Then, after the transition of a story about Lao Bai's wife and sister stealing jewelry, the episode came to the end of the small ** paragraph.

That is to say, after Aru tried the product, he was occupied by Dupin because of a gossip from his subordinates, and he directly beat him with a dead hand. After seeing the blood, he did not mean to stop.

This made Laobai and Xiaofan feel that doing business with such a neurotic and extremely tyrannical person will always be in danger.

With Lao Bai's mouth wide open and in a very surprised mood, the first season ended.

At this moment, viewers watching "Breaking Bad" in front of countless families' TVs all felt a little lost.

......

In fact, the influence of the first season of "Breaking Bad" did not exceed that of "The Walking Dead" and "Prison Break", but in terms of word of mouth, or a higher level of production, it was Firefly's most touted one so far. TV series.

Newspapers, media and die-hard audiences are all enthusiastic, and they have put forward a lot of discussion articles about the play, and they have dig deep into the characters in the play one by one.

But this night, Fox TV.

After the technicians got the real-time ratings, they immediately ran to inform the leadership.

"How much?" Someone asked anxiously.

"Break 6.3, the highest viewership number is more than 19.5 million, and the average number of viewers is 18.8 million, a very low decline."

"Okay, okay." The senior staff were so excited that the entire TV station staff cheered.

You know, after experiencing the amazing gap during the pilot broadcast, how can Fox be unhappy that he can rely on word of mouth to counterattack all the way?

Compared with laymen, they can also better understand what this screening momentum represents.

Profit, reputation, basic audience... These are all within reach in front of "Breaking Bad" as long as word of mouth does not collapse.

After the viewing data of the relevant time period was counted, it was like a hurricane, which quickly swept across the American TV circle.

After all, it's not easy to think about how a show with a bad start can achieve such results at the end, as well as higher and more gorgeous stats.

Under the night sky is not so acceptable for many people.

Barry Mayer got up from the bed and sat alone in the study, meditating.

The news that just notified him made him so irritable that he couldn't sleep at night.

For people of his age, sleep is not easy, let alone being affected, and it is difficult to calm down.

Once upon a time, Lyman was still the director he most often praised. The broadcast platform of "Prison Break" was the WB contact he went to, and it was also because of his recognition of his production ability.

On the day "The Walking Dead" aired, he was even more happy when he learned the ratings data...

Barry Mayer and Lehmann have no hatred. Strictly speaking, Warner will suppress the scruples of partners, and there will be no regrets.

Because Barry Mayer knows that rookies change all the time, which studio has never had a good time, farther there is Carlock Pictures, and closer there is New Line, and then DreamWorks ... Firefly is just another A successful family.

Maybe in a few years, when the talent is squandered, the day will come.

One thing that these studios have in common is that they do not have much anti-risk ability. The failure of several projects can easily affect the capital chain, and then fall into financial crisis, people are panicked, and their minds are distracted...

Too many repetitions and results are staged in Hollywood, and only a few studios are still standing on the top of the mountain laughing and watching the evolution of the situation.

Warner has such confidence.

But for some reason, Barry Mayer suddenly felt something different about Firefly.

It doesn't mean how profitable it is, but every step of the way is very stable. In the blink of an eye, it has become a trend, and it has become a sense of existence. Sometimes, it is very annoying, and when it is cleared, it feels like there is no limit if you don't want to spend a lot of effort.

By squeezing the resources of the theater chain, people can still produce blockbuster movies with a small number of theater chains.

Even TV productions, the most likely to fail episodes about midlife crises, can do so.

Barry Mayer knew about this project. Seriously, there was no breaking point, the subject matter was not novel, the scene was not grand, and the actors did not say that they were popular.

But the audience just likes it? why?

He was a little confused.

Or is there any magic in fireflies that can spontaneously attract audiences?

Superman Returns failed, and Batman didn't come to a consensus production.

Barry Mayer picked up the company's preparatory project reports and read them one by one, only to feel almost meaningless.

"Do you really have to give in first?" he thought to himself.

......

A man making a phone call in an unhappy way is to put pressure on the parent company.

This person is HBO director Jayden - Bryan.

Seeing the good results of "Breaking Bad" to the next level, thinking that the sequel must have a good reputation, and the project dividends received by Fox Television, Brian was obsessed with this matter.

Obviously because of the broadcast of "The Walking Dead", HBO and Firefly have established a good relationship foundation. Brian often takes the initiative to get close to Lyman and deepen the relationship. As a result, due to a cooperation adjustment by the studio, the two are separated, isn't it? Affected pond fish?

If he hadn't already signed the rights to broadcast the sequel to The Walking Dead Brian felt that the show would have to switch sides, and he believed Lehmann would have done so.

In fact, since the end of the first season, he has not paid much attention to the show, and even the related income has been given to Gao Meng and EMI in exchange for financial and resource support.

The main creator of the play does not often participate in the celebration feasts. Is this attitude not obvious?

Lehman is not a person who does not hold grudges. On the contrary, he is not very tolerant of this piece, and the higher the position, the harder it is to let go.

After carefully examining the data that night, the steady ratings that did not fluctuate much from beginning to end really made him envious - if "Breaking Bad" chooses to be broadcast on HBO, how many stable paying users will it bring?

Subscriptions are the lifeblood of HBO -- and the author's.

And, now that the old things are over, it's time to turn a new page.

When he called, he hoped that he could adjust his attitude towards the fireflies in order to win over......