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"God, that fat Kent is really hateful, haha... Ye, what do you want to drink?" Looking at Ye Sumang's gaze, Tim first looked angry, then smiled embarrassedly, with a little bit of pleasing, completely losing the look of being forced to the edge and despair just now.
"Tim, I used me, should you give me an explanation?" Ye Sumang asked casually.
As soon as these words were said, Tim's face changed instantly, but it soon turned into a bitter smile.
In fact, the moment Tim said that he had made a bet just now, Ye Sumang had guessed that something was wrong. Tim was not childish or stupid. This guy was extremely smart. He had read the script and was obviously very confident in Ye Sumang's script. As for the previous angry look, he was completely pretending to be fooled by the fat man Kent.
Ye Sumang couldn't help laughing when he thought of this. No wonder Tim was able to become the supervisor, but fat Kent could only surrender. Tim was indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Looking at Ye Sumang's gaze, Tim also knew that his behavior had been seen through by this young man.
"Okay, Ye, as you said, I did take advantage of you, but I also took the risk, 2 million is not a small number, and the TV series we broadcast on our TV stations now do not have such a rating. And you have made a profit from it, right?"
"Okay, let's talk about the script. Profit sharing and other things are placed aside. There is a premise that I have to be the director of this TV series, and I don't need any producer or other..." Ye Sumang stretched out a finger and said, but he was interrupted by Tim in a hurry as soon as he was halfway through.
"Oh no, Ye, listen to me. I will give you a very generous price for the script, but I can't confirm the director's affairs. Do you understand? Moreover, our TV station has a special contracted director and a professional photography team. You don't have to worry about your script being ruined by us." Tim said sincerely, and even gave a very generous price for the script to acquire it in the end, but this could not impress Ye Sumang.
Money? Ye Sumang is the one who lacks the least. What is he writing this TV series for? Isn’t it just to increase his popularity in North America? If he is just a screenwriter, wouldn’t everything become empty talk?
Therefore, Ye Sumang must win this position.
"Tim, I'm sorry, I can't agree to your request." Ye Sumang spread his hands with a helpless expression: "I wrote this script to prove my own director's ability. If I don't give me this opportunity, then there is no need for this script to exist. I will seek another partner. A few days ago, Anc TV station said that it will give me a reply recently..."
"That must be a lie to you!" Tim interrupted without hesitation.
"Okay. Maybe what you said is right, then I might keep it at home to treasure it. As a beautiful memory, right?" Ye Sumang blinked and made a sad expression, but it hurt Tim.
Treasure your sister, I have made a bet!!! If I can’t win this TV series then, I will naturally not achieve excellent results. Then wouldn’t I lose the bet against the fat man?
By then, it’s not the fat Kent who got out, but himself!?
Thinking of himself being swept out of the house and the fat man looked arrogant, Tim couldn't help but tremble. He would never allow that kind of thing to happen.
"Ye, can't we really discuss it?"
"Tim, I believe you know my determination, and you also understand that I don't need that little money..." Ye Sumang looked confident and twisted open the mineral water bottle indifferently and took a sip of water.
That expression clearly shows that it looks like Tim.
"Oh..." Sighing, Tim still compromised: "I bet, if I really lose my job in the end, I will definitely come to your house for free, and I will definitely go to your house for free!"
"Then I'll wait for the good news." Ye Sumang smiled and shrugged, leaving Tim's office with the outline.
After Ye Sumang left, Tim swept away the decadent expression just now and immediately turned on the computer. From the fat man Kent's words just now, he could already hear a different smell.
When I opened the search engine, after entering the name of "Ye Sumang", a row of news suddenly appeared in front of Tim.
"Director, wow, big financier, Google's major shareholder, htc's major shareholder, and it also has the largest theater chain in Asia, and there is also a super large-scale film company in China. Miramax, who was sold by Disney a while ago, was also the super rich man!!!"
With the feelings, Tim continued to search for information about Ye Sumang. Soon, he won the Asian Film Awards many times, with a cumulative box office of more than 2 billion Chinese coins, and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film twice. He was also the youngest director to win this award. These information were presented to Tim, making this shrewd middle-aged man feel that his ideas were feasible.
"When negotiating with the TV station, you can try to make Ye Sumang give up more percentage points of profit. Oh, no, this is not good. By the way, he is so rich, he can work directly with Miramax, which can also reduce investment risks. I believe that the senior management is most willing to see this situation. It will be much easier for me to negotiate this time. And if it really fails in the end, maybe I can also change the industry. With so many companies, there will always be a position for me..."
The more Tim read the materials, the more shocked he became, and he felt more and more happy. Director Ye Sumang certainly had the ability, otherwise he would not have won the two Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film Awards. He was worried that he would have lost a lot of less by then, and his identity also made Tim less worry, more ideas and ways out.
Three days later, Ye Sumang, who had been idle at home, finally received a call from Tim and invited him to come to the TV station for negotiation.
After receiving this call, Ye Sumang knew that the matter was almost done, and he finally let go of half of the big rock in his heart.
"Hahahahaha..." After quitting the phone, Ye Sumang couldn't help laughing, as happy as a child.
"What's so happy about?" Liu Yifei looked over curiously.
Ye Sumang hugged the girl and explained in an exclamation: "The TV series is over, and I seem to be going to start working again."
"Really!!!" Liu Yifei widened her eyes in surprise and asked, "Which TV station? abc?"
Ye Sumang had mentioned before that ABC seemed to have a intention to cooperate, so at this moment, the first thing Liu Yifei thought of was this TV station.
However, Ye Sumang shook his head.
"It's nbc, girl, you should prepare too. I've written the characters for yours. I've read them more recently and make sufficient preparations for the shooting."
"Yes!!!" Liu Yifei smiled and promised loudly. Although she didn't understand why she became NBC again, wouldn't it be a good thing as long as she could shoot a TV series?
The excited Liu Yifei broke free from Ye Sumang's arms, found her cell phone and immediately called her mother Liu Xiaoli from the mainland and went to report the good news.
The next day, Ye Sumang brought his lawyer team and financial advisory team to NBC TV to discuss cooperation. Tim finally saw what pomp meant. Unfortunately, the fat man was not present because of a temporary business trip, which made Tim deeply regretful.
The negotiations began soon, and there was no difficulty in profits and other things. The ultimate difficulty was still in the position of director.
After a long struggle, both sides were impatient in the end. Ye Sumang also put forward the final conditions. The TV station considered it and agreed.
The matters determined and cooperated between the two parties were the wholly-owned filming of the TV series by Ye Sumang's Miramax. NBC provided the platform. What made Ye Sumang a little dissatisfied was that NBC did not mean giving up the prime time. It only gave Ye Sumang a period close to midnight, but having is better than not. It just so happened that this was a horror film, and the midnight might add a more horror atmosphere.
Ye Sumang comforted himself in this way.
The price of the series acquisition is based on the final viewership rate of the first episode. If the audience is less than 1 million, the cost will be borne by Miramax. In this way, the risk of the TV station will be minimized.
In addition, if the performance is excellent and exceeds the audience with more than 2 million viewers, Ye Sumang has the right to share the advertising revenue generated during the TV series broadcast. Based on five percent, for every million viewers with more than 5% of the advertising profit will be added to the profit value.
Of course, when I added this last item, the senior executives of the TV station thought Ye Sumang was crazy and didn't care about this at all. In the future, they would regret this item.
The contract was finally signed, and both parties were very happy. The TV station could gain a TV series without spending a penny, and Ye Sumang finally found a platform to show himself.
The conditions were finally agreed, and the rest was naturally started.
For such a long time, Ye Sumang has been doing preparations. Although the actors cannot be determined because there is no playback platform, Ye Sumang has prepared all the filming locations and the camera scripts needed for shooting. Now the scripts he has written about seven or eight episodes, which is enough for a quarter based on the playback mode of American TV series.
And now the most critical thing left is to find actors.
When looking for actors, you naturally have to go to the Actors Union. The actors here have a "quality assurance". Although they have to follow the strict requirements of the union, they are also looking for them. According to the photos and specialties recorded above, Ye Sumang quickly chose the several actors he wanted, but Ye Sumang was a little troubled with the most important protagonists.
Chapter completed!