The explosion of the walking dead naturally aroused the strong concern of the outside world.
Many TV viewers are crazy about the walking dead.
It can be seen from the evaluation of 9.1 points on IMDB website.
Of course, the 9.1 point rating will definitely decline with the continuous broadcast, but the conservative rating of 8.5 points is absolutely no problem; At the same time, there are more than 100000 messages on the official website of "walking dead", which is only broadcast for one day, even more popular than the premiere of "prison break".
The next day.
Soon after he got up, Zhuke got a call from Donna Langley, President of TV group.
"Boss, since the data of our" walking dead "came out in the early morning, UPN TV network has received as many as 20 calls in succession. Either overseas TV stations, or DVD and video sales agents; Even just now, we received calls from Black Horse Comics, Marvel Comics and DC Comics to seek the right of comic series adaptation of "walking dead."
The corners of juxton's mouth rose slightly.
It's money!
"Ms. Donna, what about the pursuit of prison break by those overseas TV stations?" Asked Zucker.
"Boss, of course, they won't give up prison break. After all, it's a 20 million person time ace show."
Yes, Zucker didn't refer directly to the walking dead, but to prison break.
In fact, as early as more than ten days ago, when prison break began to become popular, TV groups received calls from seven overseas TV stations one after another.
The purpose is self-evident!
Naturally, it's for prison break.
Zhuke said with a smile: "Ms. Donna, we've been holding on to prison break for so long. If we don't sell the overseas copyright, we're just waiting for the walking dead. Now I officially inform you that we can sell it."
"Boss, get it!"
What a smart person Ms. Donna is, she certainly knows what Zucker's plan is.
Prison break is popular in the United States, which has attracted the attention of many overseas TV stations; Now, however, there's another "walking dead.".
Capital pursues profit, and they tend to pursue it.
Moreover, if two TV series are sold at the same time, the profit of TV Group will be maximized, which is much more than that of single TV series.
At 9 am that day.
Donna Langley is in charge of Golden Dawn TV group. The first person she meets is Marvel comics.
"Hello, Ms. Donna. I'm sal polmat, the executive shareholder of marvel. The purpose of my coming here this time is for the copyright of comic adaptation and serial rights of the TV series walking dead. "
Sal polmat is no ordinary person.
He is one of the top management of marvel.
Nowadays, Marvel comics is in deep trouble, insolvent, on the verge of bankruptcy and reorganization, and the struggle between major shareholders and marvel executives is also showing an increasingly fierce situation, almost on the surface; And in the future, the one who has ended manwei's infighting is sal polmat.
In the future, David meissel is the first person to put forward the idea of "Marvel movie universe".
And the marvel executive that David meissel contacted was sal polmat.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Marvel can rise in the future, Sal polmat is absolutely a very key figure.
"Miss Donna, please believe in the strength of marvel. We are confident that we can make the cartoon of walking dead a success."
Sal polmat sank.
However
Donna Langley flatly refused sal polmat's request for cooperation.
"Mr. polmat, it's not a short time for your company to fall into a long-term internal struggle, but it has lasted for several years. How do you make me believe in Marvel's sincerity?"
"What's more, how much money do Marvel comics have now?"
"How much are you going to pay for our adaptation rights?"
"As far as I know, Marvel's debt to major banks is no less than $300 million. How can you pay us?"
Donna's call is extremely harsh, but these are the facts.
Rao is polmat's face is deep, at this moment also feel embarrassed.
Next time
Ms. Donna met DC Comics and Black Horse Comics respectively.
Their purpose, of course, is to adapt the comics of the walking dead.
DC Comics naturally don't have to be many. As a subsidiary of Time Warner, DC Comics is naturally powerful; The company's superheroes Batman, Superman, cat girl, wonder woman and flash man are even more famous all over the world.
Although Black Horse Comics has been established for only ten years, far less than DC Comics and marvel comics, its development in recent years is quite good.
Its "strange man in disguise" and "Baron of hell" are also well-known. Even the comic serial rights of "300 warriors of Sparta" copyright obtained by Zucker from Miller belong to black horse comic.
"Miss Donna, make a long story short."
DC Comics representative: "for the sake of the walking dead, I am willing to pay $1.2 million for the copyright purchase of DC Comics, and your company will also enjoy 5% of the profits from the sales of comics."
This price is absolutely sincere.
But in the end, Ms. Donna turned him down.
Why?
Because Ms. Donna made a pre request!
Jin Shuguang TV Group has the final decision on the trend of the follow-up plot of the walking dead cartoon.
In other words, the copyright of comics can be sold to you, but you can't change it any way you want. You have to get the permission of Golden Dawn TV group.
For this pre requirement, Donna can't give up!
Zucker will never allow it.
How much profit can comics make?
What Zhuke values is the large profit of the movie and television of walking dead, which is the key point.
If we give up the right of final decision, the follow-up TV series of walking dead will lose control completely and the loss will be magnified infinitely.
How can you agree with Zhu Ketai?
Unless there's a hole in the brain!
Finally, after two days of negotiation, Jin Shuguang TV Group reached an agreement with black horse cartoon on the right of adaptation of "walking dead".
1. Black Horse Comics paid $1.2 million for the right to adapt the walking dead;
2. Jin Shuguang TV Group enjoys 8% of the profit from the sale of "walking dead" comic books;
3. Jin Shuguang TV Group enjoys the final decision of the comic series of "walking dead" and can stop the operation;
The subsequent agreement contains more than 20 legal explanations of rights and obligations.
"Although the comics of the walking dead make a lot of money, they are far less profitable than the movies and TV series. However, we can not ignore this. After all, comic strip serialization will promote the spread of the influence of "walking dead." Zhu Kexin looked at the contract with satisfaction.
Games, peripherals, music and other full copyright operation, but also unlimited money.
"The first watch" is presented.