HWI 322

Hollywood What If Chapter 322

The advantage of A Song Of Ice And Fire was its fan base. If Grey Pictures wanted to turn the novel into a TV show, they already had an audience that would watch the first episode of the TV show, which would give the TV show a better starting point.

However, the downside of A Song Of Ice And Fire was its budget. According to Stella's calculation, each episode could cost more than 1 million. And that was just for the first season.

If the TV show became a success, then the second season would have an increased budget, which might not be good for Grey Pictures.

Still, in Stella's opinion, A Song Of Ice And Fire had a better chance of being successful than Breaking Bad. The fantasy genre alone was enough to get a stable number of viewers to watch the show.

As for Breaking Bad, its advantage was definitely its budget. Based on the script that Stella read, the TV show was based on crime and drama. Unlike A Song Of Ice And Fire, which needed special effects, Breaking Bad would have a lower budget.

However, the downside of Breaking Bad was its lack of mass appeal. It didn't have a fan base. It might not be successful. The first season was not enough to caught the interest of the audience. Furthermore, they were not sure if a TV network would be interested in airing Breaking Bad since it looked like a simple plot based on the script of season 1.

Unless Kazir wanted to add Breaking Bad to the CCU, but Stella felt that Kazir didn't want to do it. As if the director had great respect for this TV show to be added to the CCU.

Maybe Breaking Bad was a masterpiece and Kazir didn't want to sully its name.

Well, the decision would be made today.

Stella Willow entered the company with a warm cup of tea in her hand. The workers greeted her respectfully. Everyone knew that Grey Pictures would have a better status in the industry after the takeover. Stella Willow was promised to become the CEO of Grey Pictures.

From General Manager to CEO. In addition, her shares in the company and her salary would increase.

Stella's former co-workers at NBC were actually jealous of her. NBC might be a bigger company than Grey Pictures, but that didn't change the fact that they were just workers. Unlike Stella, who became the boss, there was only one person above her, and that person was too busy shooting movies to care about Stella's management.

Well, Kazir was never a fan of management. He also trusted Stella Willow.

The future of the company was looking great. The revenue from the three movies they released last year was over $1 billion... Although their profit was only about $200 million after taxes and such.

But the profit they made from the DVD market and the merchandise they sold was astronomical. It was over $100 million. Especially the golden coins of the CCU, it sold so fast that the factories they hired had to work around the clock.

The meeting was set for early in the morning. When Stella reached the meeting room, Kazir and his assistant director Palenque Simone were already there.

Stella already expected that Kazir might be earlier than her... The man was famous for staying in his office almost all the time when he didn't have a project to work on.

But Palenque Simone was a different story. The man was not so strict with his schedule.

'Maybe...'

Stella knew that this was just the initial plan and they hadn't started anything yet. She was still looking for a director for the upcoming project.

Kazir promised to shoot the first three pilot episodes. But after that, he would step back and remain only as one of the members of the writing team.

By the looks of it, Palenque might be the director who would take over the project.

'Now that I think about it, Palenque is a psychology graduate, and both A Song Of Ice And Fire and Breaking Bad are heavily focused on drama.'

"Good morning, Director." Stella greeted her boss. She was already used to calling Kazir Director.

"Hm, good morning." Kazir nodded.

"Good morning, ma'am." Palenque greeted Stella.

"Good morning." She replied.

"Let's wait for the others," Kazir said to them.

Stella was a little curious about Kazir's opinion of the Golden Globes last night. Kazir had attended the ceremony, but he hadn't won anything.

She looked at the man and noticed that he was not affected. In fact, he looked happy. As if he had received something great last night...

A few minutes later, Harold Witsend, Jane Kendall, Renner Hector and other important people in the company showed up.

Harold and Renner were nominated last night, but they didn't win either... Their expressions were not good at all. After all, the Golden Globes was a prestigious award show and they wanted to win.

It seemed that Kazir was the abnormal one because he looked great and happy.

"Let's start the meeting."

The meeting officially began. Their main topic was about the TV show that Grey Pictures wanted to produce.

Kazir was the one who proposed the project. Grey Pictures already had enough power to produce TV shows. One of the reasons why he acquired the TV adaptation of A Song Of Ice And Fire, more precisely Game Of Thrones.

After half an hour of discussion, most of the executives felt that A Song Of Ice And Fire was the best choice.

Now that they had decided which one to produce, the budget had to be calculated. It could take a week to get the budget on their desks.

Also, someone had to contact George R.R. Martin.

"By the way, I just want to make this clear. I want to name the TV show Game of Thrones after the first book in the series."

A Song Of Ice And Fire was the name of the series, but each book had its own title.

The first book, published in 1996, was called Game Of Thrones.

The second book (1998) was called A Clash Of Kings.

The third book(2000) had the title of A Storm Of Swords.

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[Author's note.]

[I am surprised that most of you have a contrary opinion. Most of my patrons voted for Game of Thrones when I posted the poll. There are 36 total votes, 28 voted for Game Of Thrones while only 8 voted for Breaking Bad].