Chatty Hollywood

American Broadcasting Corporation, referred to as ABC.

This television company was born in 1945 and is one of the three major commercial radio and television companies in the United States.

——However, it is currently the bottom one.

In 1995, under the leadership of Disney President Michael Eisner, Disney acquired ABC Television for a whopping $19 billion.

At present, ABC's strength has improved, but it is still the bottom one among Sunda commercial radio and television companies.

There are two ABC headquarters.

One is located in the media center of Times Square in New York.

The other is located in Burbank, near Los Angeles. It is close to the entertainment center of Hollywood and is connected to Disney Studios, the headquarters of the Disney Company, by a pedestrian bridge.

This is enough to illustrate the relationship between ABC and Disney.

You know, Robert Iger, who would later push the Disney business empire to the top, was still working at ABC at this time.

Of course, the fact that the TV animation of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" can be broadcast on ABC TV has little to do with Robert Iger, the future president of Disney.

In fact, Charlotte didn't put much effort into finding a station to broadcast it on.

The headquarters is relatively close to Hollywood, and because of its relationship with Disney, it is more tolerant of cartoons - ABC was the first partner he inquired about for cooperation.

After ABC was acquired by Disney, it is also actively strengthening itself and trying to get rid of its status as the last among the three major TV networks.

Although at present, ABC's news response speed is still slow, and its program settings are not rich and attractive enough, but precisely because of this, their demand for good programs is also the most serious.

Therefore, after seeing the pilot episode of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" produced by Spectre Studios, people at ABC were immediately attracted.

No way, this is the first 3D TV animation they have seen with such a high degree of completion.

You know, unlike 20 years later, 3D animated movies were only a few years old at this time, and the technology had not yet spread.

Currently, the company that is best at 3D animation is still Pixar.

But Pixar is already too busy just to develop new technologies and new movies, so how can it have time to make TV animations that are less profitable?

Therefore, current 3D TV animation is still a very high-end thing for the staff of major TV networks.

The person responsible for purchasing new films at ABC was completely attracted by the exquisite 3D animation effects of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

What's more, Charlotte also drew a big pie for them——

"This animation is adapted from a fairy tale that has not yet been released in the United States. However, the author's story design is very large. The current plot alone is enough for us to shoot for a long time..."

——In short, the most feared problem of other TV series or TV animations not being able to keep up with the storyline does not exist at all in the movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". and--

"When the original work is released in the US market, we can also do some linkage activities..."

As a veteran who has worked in the ABC TV network for a long time and is responsible for film selection, he naturally knows that linkage promotions often have an effect of 1+1 greater than 2.

With such a bright prospect, they were easily convinced by Charlotte's PPT offensive and easily signed the TV animation version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

Of course, according to the habits of the American television industry, it is only signed for one season for the time being——

If the ratings are good, the contract will be renewed; if the ratings are not good, the contract will be cut in half.

Unlike those Chinese TV series that are all produced and then sold to TV stations, American TV series are all shot on location.

TV dramas and TV animations are generally broadcast at the rate of one episode per week, which makes their broadcast content very affected by ratings.

Once they find that the ratings have dropped to a dangerous level, editors often take drastic measures.

Either add meaty scenes, or give out lunch boxes, or at least have a big news story to boost ratings.

——Of course, adding meaty dramas can generally only be done by pay TV stations like HBO. Public TV stations like ABC still have to pay attention to the impact.

In short, this is the custom of the American television industry.

The first season signed can be said to be a test of the waters. If the ratings are high, the contract will usually be renewed soon, either by increasing the number of episodes or directly booking a second season.

Charlotte feels that with the plot of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and the 3D effects produced by Spectre Studio, it shouldn't be difficult to get a renewal.

However, in order to avoid capsizing in the gutter, he still made careful preparations.

Although I came to work overtime during the Christmas holiday to prepare for the later parts, it was not because I was worried.

——Purely because one has nothing to do.

Anyway, with the graphics processor integrated with the human skin book, it is very easy for Charlotte to output animation——

He doesn't need to process animation frame by frame like other animation production companies.

As long as the character model and scene model are designed, and there is a specific story, he can easily synthesize an animation with sufficient accuracy directly using the human skin book.

——It may not be enough for an animated film, but it is more than enough for showing on TV.

Although this process also requires mana, it is ultimately much more cost-effective than consuming a lot of labor and time.

Besides, Charlotte still has Alexis as a coolie available.

The two produced twelve episodes of animated content during the Christmas holiday, which shocked everyone in the animation department of Spectre Studio.

——After all, before Christmas, they only prepared various 3D models and settings, and completed a pilot episode. How come they have produced so many episodes in just over a week?

"Boss, did you get Aladdin's magic lamp?"

Seaton Witt, the programmer in charge of 3D technical support, asked jokingly, but his tone could not hide his curiosity.

"Yes! I got the magic lamp."

Charlotte shrugged, telling the truth.

After all, Xu Fu, who was sealed by him, is the prototype of the genie of the lamp - so it is not wrong to say that he got Aladdin's lamp.

Of course, this magic lamp cannot be used to make wishes.

Moreover, Charlotte also knew that no one in the studio would believe the truth he told except Lao Qiang and a few other people who knew the truth about the spell.

He also needs a more "credible" statement——

"I said before that I would find an outsourcing company to speed up the production, and now I have found one - there is an animation studio in China called "Magic Lamp" that accepted this job. This is their recent achievement."

"Although the Chinese are not good at 3D design and technology, they are still very rich in manpower, especially - they don't celebrate Christmas!"

Charlotte winked at her staff.

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