Flying to London, Murphy and Cara Fais were involved in intense negotiations. Stanton Studio and Twentieth Century Fox also placed the negotiations on the European region of "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" in the UK. In addition to a British cable TV station, some companies in France, Germany, Spain and Portugal also expressed strong interest.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that many of the settings of "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" are drawn from the history of the medieval European era and the history of the seven Kingdoms of Vislot, you can see many shadows of traditional European powers before.

Compared with other American dramas, "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" is naturally suitable for broadcasting in Europe, while the excellent ratings and a huge reputation in North America are guaranteed to sell at a high price.

Murphy and Cara Fais first faced British buyers, but during the negotiations, Murphy was more of a participant, and the negotiations were mainly based on Cara Fais.

Kara Fis has more experience in this area than him.

The negotiations were progressing slightly smoother than expected. After a week of tug-of-war with the British TV station, a formal agreement was reached. The other party exclusively bought out the television broadcasting rights and online on-demand rights of the British Isles for a price of US$2.5 million per episode, with a period of three years.

The agreement also has an additional clause, and in the next second season, the UK TV station has priority refusal under the same conditions.

In terms of the UK, Murphy and Carla Fiss each led a negotiation team to negotiate with other European companies and TV stations. TV series with excellent quality and tested by the North American market are like Hollywood movies sold in North America, and do not have to worry about the overseas market.

In ten days, after many negotiations, Murphy and Cara Fais reached agreements with television stations and distribution companies in many European countries and regions, and signed formal contracts to exchange the television and Internet broadcasting rights of "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" for the next three years with large revenue figures.

Like the UK, Germany, each episode is as high as 2.5 million US dollars per episode in three years; France is slightly lower, but each episode is also recorded by 2 million US dollars; Spain and Portugal respectively received 1.5 million US dollars and 1 million US dollars per episode; Italy is 1.2 million US dollars per episode...

During this trip to Europe, Murphy and Cara Fais took away a total of up to $125 million in copyright transfer revenue.

There is no doubt that the great success of "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" will bring terrifying profit numbers to Stanton Studio and Twentieth Century Fox.

It is precisely with this kind of profit guarantee that Murphy and Cara Fais will increase their investment in the production of the second season and will not completely abandon the war scenes. They plan to shoot the epic battle between Stannis and Lannister in King's Landing at the end of the second season.

If there were no such outstanding profit results, this war would have been cut by Murphy.

"The development of peripheral games is currently in talks with companies in Silicon Valley."

Following the passage to the flight to Los Angeles, Cara Fais told Murphy the latest news in North America, "Participated products such as cultural shirts, dolls, toys, etc. will also be launched as soon as possible, and will not be later than the DVD will be launched at the latest."

Murphy was listening most of the time, and nodded at this time.

In North America, popular TV series will drive a large number of additional industries, not only the film and entertainment industry line-based process, but TV series are the same. For example, TV series with both ratings and reputations that are popular in "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones", it is a huge money-making machine.

“Welcome to take this flight…”

When he got on the plane, the United Nations flight attendant immediately greeted him with a smile. Murphy nodded politely and entered the first class with Cara Fais, sitting above two adjacent positions beside the window, waiting for the plane to take off.

I don't know why, but after waiting for a long time, the plane didn't take off. It seemed that it was delayed because of some reason. Murphy and Cara Fais were both bored and asked the stewardess of the United Nations to come to the newspaper and read it.

Perhaps it is the recent negotiations between him and Cara Fais have attracted the attention of many media on Fleet Street. There are many comments and reports on "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" on the entertainment page of the newspaper.

However, the British Empire always had airs, and the greater the influence, the more obvious the media, such as the Times' comments.

"Game of Thrones is too realistic and dark, and I don't know where the highlights are."

As you can see from the title alone, some British media still habitually attack cultural products from Hollywood.

"I watched the first season of "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" in the United States some time ago. The overall feeling is too realistic and dark. Except for the Stark family and some night watchmen, almost all the other characters in it are black spirits. They have no beliefs and principles, only eternal selfish interests, honors, responsibilities, friendships, and family affection. They are all ****, and they can be thrown away completely. And they all know themselves. They admit that they are cheap, sinister, and shameless, but they have a clear conscience because they will say: This is reality, I have to work hard for reality, for this reason I can live like a dog, and I don't care about anything else."

"I admit that reality is often disheartening, and it really oppresses us to give up our ideals, faiths, and principles. But we have already tasted these sadness in reality, but why do we still suffer from it in TV series again?"

"Ned Stark, who symbolizes the beautiful side, died in such a bad situation, which made people unable to come back to their senses, and therefore made people feel worried about the future fate of his children. Ask the director and screenwriter, since you can make an important role carrying our sustenance and expectations so easily in the darkness of reality, what else can you do for his children?"

"A TV series requires realistic factors, but more importantly, the factors that make people see hope. Otherwise, what exactly do we want to see?"

"If a drama is happy to spread darkness, conspiracy, cruelty, ruthlessness... in the name of reality, and let the kindness and beauty in human nature die bloodily in front of us, making us always lose our heads, and then tell us with great sincerity that this is reality, then I want to ask, is this pitiful highlight worth watching?"

Although this is a criticism, it is not without reason. The abuse of "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" has indeed reached a new realm since the birth of the TV series.

"What?" Cara Fais turned his head and looked at Murphy, "Did you see the criticism?"

Murphy shrugged and said without much care, "What he said makes sense."

He handed the newspaper in his hand to Cara Fais, who took it over and handed over her, "Look at this good review, the Chicago Sun, Roger Albert made a rare comment."

Although knowing that Roger Albert can publish a review of "Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" is definitely related to the push behind Twentieth Century Fox, with his current identity and status, he will not easily take risks with his reputation. Being willing to give positive comments is also quite recognized by this series.

After taking Cara Fais’s newspaper, Murphy saw Roger Albert’s column.

"Overall, the adaptation of "Game of Thrones" has not yet had a 'neurological division'. Murphy Stanton's idea is very consistent, which is to make the TV series more concise and highlight the key points while maintaining the original flavor. Most of the new plots added to the TV series are reasonable, and there are occasionally masterpieces in the dialogue. These are commendable and rare in adapted film and television works."

"The magical trend led by "Lord of the Rings" has been popular in Hollywood in recent years, but it has never made much noise on the TV screen. Now Murphy Stanton has finally created a new era with the highlight of "Game of Thrones". Most people think that this drama will have many wars, magic, action and **** scenes, but after the broadcast, it was found that this drama is not focusing on these audio-visual stimulation gimmicks, but focuses on the plot and characters."

"Although each episode goes hand in hand, the plot is not dispersed at all, but is quite compact and exciting. The technical links of photography, clothing, sets and art are also extremely exquisite and sophisticated. The whole drama is simply an exquisite work of art."

"Murphy Stanton directed a TV series that is a masterpiece, which allows the audience to fully immerse themselves in this huge and illusory worldview, while the seven kingdoms and nine major families in the play are as close as real. At least for now, this is the peak of a fantasy TV series that is extremely difficult for Yu Yue."

Seeing Roger Albert's unreserved flattery, Murphy couldn't help scratching his head. It seemed that the Pulitzer Prize winner really liked his dark style.

"Maybe it's that most Hollywood movies are too homogenized with most directors nowadays." Murphy could only think so, "or maybe it's because his PR work is really good?"

After thinking about it for a while, there was no definite answer to these things, and Murphy was too lazy to think about it anymore. It was always a good thing to have Roger Albert's flattery.

No one can ignore the influence of this once Pulitzer Prize-winning critic.

Putting down the newspaper, Murphy looked at the time and found that the flight was almost half an hour late and there was no intention of taking off.

"What's going on?" Murphy tilted his head and looked outside the window.

Kara Fis was even more straightforward, took out his cell phone and called a phone number. After asking a few questions, he said helplessly, "The protesting crowd occupied the runway." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!