After Elizabeth closed the door, Murdoch slowly picked up the coffee pot and refilled a cup of coffee for himself, and then made a casual gesture to Eric.
Eric shook his head slightly: "Drinking too much coffee at night is not a good habit."
Murdoch smiled: "You young people are fine. When I am my age, I have to drink more coffee to keep my spirits up."
"If you want to maintain abundant energy, there are actually more and healthier ways."
Murdoch did not continue this topic, but instead said: "Eric, speaking of it, your first movie was with Fox, and the cooperation between us has always been very pleasant, hasn't it?"
"Of course, the box office of "Returning to Seventeen" can exceed 100 million yuan, even I didn't expect it myself."
Eric shrugged and replied, at the same time implying that Murdoch didn't have much use for his emotional cards.
He did step into Hollywood by virtue of the opportunity given by Fox to participate in "Return to Seventeen". But I don’t owe Fox anything. "Returning to Seventeen" not only brought Fox tens of millions of dollars in box office profits, but the subsequent videotapes and TV broadcasting rights combined, the total profit will definitely exceed 100 million U.S. dollars . And he only got less than 1 million U.S. dollars in remuneration. Speaking of it, Fox can be regarded as stingy. After "Back to Seventeen" was released, he didn't even get a red envelope that sold well at the box office. Eric thinks that this incident may have something to do with Fox missing "Home Alone". Although Fox itself refused to release "Home Alone" at the beginning, after "Home Alone" became a big hit, Fox will definitely blame him. body. It is still the truth. When a person makes an unbearable mistake. Always subconsciously blame other people and refuse to reflect on themselves.
As soon as Murdoch wanted to get close to Eric, he was pushed back directly, even a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face that was used to seeing things in the world.
"Eric, I heard that other TV stations have contacted you?"
The contact between representatives of the three major TV stations and Eric has been published in the newspapers. Even the famous "Los Angeles Times" and "New York Times" have made relevant analysis articles. Most of the newspapers are concerned about whether Fox TV can keep "Friends" The broadcast rights of the next season are pessimistic.
"Yes, the conditions they offered are very attractive."
Murdoch took a sip of the coffee in front of him a little irritably, and he also realized that the young man in front of him was not easy to deal with at all. If I continue to chat with the other party in a non-salty way, this little guy will definitely drag me to the end in a non-salty way.
Putting down his coffee cup, Murdoch decided to get straight to the point: "Eric, do you think this is good, Fox TV will increase the advertising share for Firefly to 70%, in exchange for the premiere rights of the next four seasons of "Friends?"
As long as he can get the right to broadcast the first five seasons of "Friends", Murdoch believes that Fox TV will definitely be able to gain a firm foothold in North America after five years of development with the influence of this hit movie. . Fox also has the confidence to renegotiate the price with Firefly in terms of the proportion of "Friends" based on the ratings.
Eric raised his head and stared at Murdoch: "Mr. Murdoch. Is this the sincerity of Fox?"
"Doesn't this reflect Fox's sincerity?" Murdoch asked rhetorically.
Eric shook his head immediately. Under normal circumstances, this share ratio is indeed very sincere.
The TV industry is different from the film industry. Since TV stations are not bound by relevant anti-monopoly laws, they can produce their own TV programs and be self-sufficient. Therefore, TV stations are very strong in terms of independent production of American dramas. Usually, TV stations get the broadcasting rights from the producers in the form of buyouts. As for the sharing treatment, the maximum sharing ratio will not exceed 40%, usually only about 30%.
But this time the situation is completely different. For Fox TV, which is now in its infancy, the super high ratings brought by "Friends" are only a foundation. The most important thing is that "Friends" can help Fox TV in the development stage Quickly increase popularity and cultivate audience groups.
"Mr. Murdoch, before "Friends", the average viewership of Fox TV was only a few million, which was less than one-tenth of the fixed TV audience in North America. With the super high ratings of more than 20 million viewers, even if this season is over, it can at least increase the average viewership of Fox to more than 10 million. Compared with these, your offer just now seems too insincere? "
Murdoch stared at Eric closely and said, "Eric, you should know that the price I just offered is almost twice what other producers can get."
Under the gaze of the media tycoon in front of him, Eric did not show any timidity, but smiled slightly: "Mr. Murdoch, I believe you must have conducted some investigations, then you should know that the three major TV stations "Friends", the share price offered is not much lower than yours. And some people have calculated with me that if I broadcast "Friends" on several old wireless TV stations, the advertising revenue will increase by more than 10%, plus The 10% compensation is actually almost the same price as Fox. Compared with Fox, I choose to cooperate with other old wireless TV stations, and I will definitely get more benefits."
After Eric finished speaking, he lowered his head slightly and picked up the coffee in front of him again, not looking at Murdoch's expression. He believed that the so-called 70% advertising share was just a temptation of Murdoch.
Feeling the delicate white porcelain in his hand, Eric quickly noticed that there was a light green plant painted on the ceramic coffee cup, which looked like an ink painting. Seeing this, Eric suddenly had the urge to turn the cup upside down, wanting to see if the word 'a' was engraved on the bottom.
However, Eric quickly laughed because of this idea. This sudden smile made Murdoch feel very inexplicable, but the expression on his face relaxed with Eric's smile.
"Eric, let's talk about your conditions. What should Fox do to get the premiere rights of the sequel of "Friends"?" (To be continued...)