With the first episode of "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" premiered and the subsequent two replays, it received more than 7 million views, setting a new record for the TV series premiere of Fox TV in the past five years. In order to ensure that the second episode of the next broadcast day continues to remain popular, Stanton Studio and Twentieth Century Fox not only collected audience opinions during this week so that Murphy can fine-tune the content of the second episode of the second episode, but also increased the promotion and hype.

The first episode has been successful, and the audience’s reputation and media reputation are also quite good. These are effective promotional points.

Whether it is related to Internet websites or traditional media commentary reports, a large amount of content related to "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" has appeared.

"Although the first episode of "Game of Thrones" is just the tip of the iceberg, over the whole hour, whether it is similar to the history of the medieval period or the artistic conception of its fantasy and magnificent poetry, it is enough to make the play appear and feel dewy, and it is grand and delicate, completely matching the label of epic. It has to be said that this can definitely be called a perfect beginning. The so-called Murphy production must be a fine product, and this cowhide is really not blown out."

At the same time, Murphy, on behalf of Stanton Studio and Cara Fies, who represented Twentieth Century Fox, jointly convened a press conference to officially announce that in view of the excellent ratings of the first episode, Stanton Studio and Twentieth Century Fox have confirmed that it will produce the second season of "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones".

"The second season is a total of ten episodes." Faced with the reporter's footage, Murphy talked freely, "The total investment is currently expected to be $70 million, which means the production cost per episode is as high as $7 million! What? Will I direct it? It's hard to say now, I haven't made a decision yet."

In fact, Murphy has made the decision that he and Cara Fais will continue to serve as producers, and the director position will be handed over to Paul Wilson.

How long can "Game of Thrones" be filmed? Will there be a tragedy without a beginning or end? This is the situation that many American dramas ultimately face, and it is also the concerns that many viewers will have when watching the drama.

Some media also asked about this question, and Cara Fais gave them a reassurance on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox and Stanton Studios.

"I hope the audience will feel at ease with this. Fox will not cut the show before the story conflict is resolved. We told the author George Martin that as long as he insists on writing, we will stick to filming."

Karafes said confidently, "I can guarantee that we will not give up on this show halfway. I hope it will last for 20 years. The drama fans are very interested in this show, and we are very happy about it. I have never seen any drama that has a little bit of news before, which can attract so much attention."

Murphy added, “To ensure the high quality of the series, Game of Thrones will not have more than 10 episodes per season.”

To the outside, it is to ensure quality, but to the inside, there is another consideration. Even if those large-scale war scenes are cut off, the production cost of this series is still too high. Each additional episode means that the risk will increase exponentially.

Announcing such news during this period will undoubtedly add another shot of augmentation to the already highly-watched series, but that alone is not enough. Stanton Studio and Twentieth Century Fox are still trying every means to create news to attract more attention.

After the new week, Fox News and a considerable number of websites have revealed a gossip about "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones".

"The latest news from Stanton Studio, George Martin, the screenwriter of "Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" mailed to Murphy Stanton by George Martin, two episodes of the series' first season, were lost on the way from New York to Los Angeles."

"The very popular fantasy novelist published a blog Sunday afternoon claiming that the scripts for the last two episodes of Game of Thrones, namely Baylor and Fire and Blood, were lost on their way to Los Angeles."

"It is understood that George Martin originally planned to mail the two scripts signed by Sean Bin and Jessica Alba to Stanton Studio and commission Murphy Stanton to attend a charity auction at an anime exhibition this week. He said the two scripts will be sold at a very considerable price."

This incident immediately attracted the attention of countless people who paid attention to "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones", and the traffic of George Martin's personal blog increased sharply for a while.

In the promotion of any film and television drama, even if there is no news, a news point must be created. A movie or TV series is filmed and just waiting quietly to be discovered and watched. Even if the quality is outstanding, it will often end up losing all its money.

Anyone who has a little understanding of this industry knows that whether it is a movie or a TV series, the quality of itself is the basis, while excellent publicity and marketing are the key to success.

As the report said, George Martin also actively stood up. If he wanted to become Tolkien in the United States, it was not only a praise from the media, but also a wide range of the works.

"I confirm that the script has been lost," George Martin wrote in his blog.

In his blog post, he speculated that the thief might be a U.S. postal staffer and had asked people about help to prevent the thief from making profits by selling scripts.

“The U.S. Postal Service wrapped the envelope in a plastic bag when delivering the script, which read the words ‘Sorry for the damage caused to your package’, and these words were pre-printed.” George Martin also described it in detail, “but they did not explain when they submitted it to Stanton Studio. One end of the envelope was opened and both scripts were lost, although a letter I sent in the script was still there.”

George Martin also begs his fans in his blog to contact him as soon as possible if the script surfaces.

“I have thousands of eyes, and that’s my fans,” he wrote, “so let’s wait.”

This incident has attracted the attention of many fans of the original work and other viewers, and some people have also called the US Postal Service to question it.

In short, as time fermented, the popularity triggered by the first episode of "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" successfully continued to the playback day of the second episode.

Under the active operation of Twentieth Century Fox, a newly published issue of Fashion magazine in May took three important male characters in "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" as the cover characters, namely Sean Bin, who played Ned Stark, Hahn Jott, who played Jon Snow, and Peter Dinlaki, who played the little demon Tyrion Lannister.

Fashion magazine also praised the service design in "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones", believing that the crew has formed a unique style belonging to the Westeros continent on the basis of recreating the medieval style...

Entering the first Friday of May, the second episode of "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" will be broadcast on time at 21 pm. The prologue in the Los Angeles branch of Fox Cable has just been played, and the staff monitoring real-time data sent good news to Murphy and Cara Fais standing behind.

The playback has just begun, and the number of viewers has reached 3.5 million. When the official content of the second episode began, the number of viewers was continuously superimposed with more than 10,000 people per minute, and soon the 3.9 million people at the peak of the first episode.

For TV series like this that has a certain fan base and is involved in famous directors and celebrities, the first episode will often have hits, but if the quality is not good, the second episode will have a corresponding decline in viewership.

"From the current situation," Kara Fis's face was already full of smiles. "The ratings of the second episode will not be a problem."

Murphy nodded, "It depends on whether he can break through the 4 million mark."

"It must be!" Kara Fis said confidently.

It's May now, and the summer season in North America has begun. "X-Men 3: Battle of the Wave" led by Dave Scola will be released on the Memorial Day schedule at the end of this month. Judging from the news obtained in all aspects, the quality of the film is worrying. It is very difficult for North America to achieve the expected box office of $300 million to $350 million. It would be good if the North American box office can reach a production cost of $210 million.

Dave Scola's future can be said to be tied to this film, but it is not natural for Carla Fis to replace it, and it also requires outstanding results.

If "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" can maintain such a huge audience, it will inevitably become an important capital for her competition.

Cara Fais looked at Murphy next to him. Compared to himself, Murphy was still so calm.

"Good news!" The staff in front of them was filled with unstoppable excitement, "The latest statistics, the ratings have exceeded 4 million!"

"Okay!" Carafes nodded heavily. When he turned around, Murphy had already stretched out a hand. She patted it heavily. The crisp cunching sounded like the joy of success.

The number of four million is not the end, and the audience is still increasing slowly. When the second episode is about to end, it reaches its peak of nearly four and three million!

Fox Cable has only about 17 million users in North America, a number that represents nearly one-quarter of users watching "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones".

The replay at 11 o'clock and the replay during Saturday daytime, the popularity of the second episode remained unabated, and it once again achieved a rating of nearly 3.5 million, and the total number of viewers in the second episode was also close to 8 million!

This number was quickly disclosed by 20th Century Fox, and with the evidence of professional viewership survey companies, everyone has realized that a phenomenal cable TV series is about to be born! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!