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In fact, Asmodee has three founders, and Philip, who came to London, is one of them.

The next day, when Phillips met Barron, he had just said that he hoped Asmodee could obtain the authorization for "Werewolf" when he heard a "suggestion" from Barron that surprised him.

"Your Highness the Duke, are you saying that you want to invest in our company?"

"Yes, Mr. Phillips, I can authorize 'Werewolf' to you, but the premise is that I can invest in your company..."

Barron said calmly:

"You should have seen the game props we have produced, but they are only limited editions for high-end people. We have also considered releasing a Werewolf tabletop game for the general public, and have inspected this market, and based on your quick response and actions I can see that Asmodee is a very ambitious company, but you should see that in the board game market, what all companies ultimately compete for is how many best-selling board game copyrights they can hold."

After listening to Barron's words, Phillips couldn't help but nodded. It seemed that they had thought a lot about the future of the company and still agreed with Barron's words.

"So the best way to develop and grow the company is to continue to make acquisitions - there are many small studios now launching very creative board games, but these require funds as a backing, and I can help you The person who provided the funding.”

Before coming to meet the young Duke, Phillips did not expect that the handsome young man in front of him had such a deep understanding of the board game market. After a conversation with Barron, he finally said :

"Personally, I very much agree with your opinion, Your Highness, but I still need to discuss it with other people before I can give you an answer."

"That's no problem. I'll be waiting for your answer, Mr. Phillips."

…

Barron's meeting with Phillips took place after he went to Summit Media.

In Summit Media, the 22 contestants who will participate in the recording of the first season of the "Renegade" reality show have been determined at this time, and relevant agreements have been signed with each of them, and they are waiting for the recording of this show.

It is expected that the recording of the entire program will be completed within ten days, and including the post-production time, it should be released within half a month - after all, according to the plan, this will be a weekly show The program is broadcast once a week, so within half a month, you only need to complete the post-production of the first episode, and each subsequent episode will have a week to complete the post-production.

Because it was the first time to record this kind of reality show, Summit Media also hired a professional from his old employer, Endemol Company, who had participated in the production of "Big Brother" through the relationship of Nat Ford, the head of Halo Company. ” director, helping them produce the first season of “Traitors.”

After all, similar to "Big Brother", in the program "Traitor", the contestants will live in the manor for ten days of closed recording, including their game sessions, which are also completed in the manor and nearby towns. Whether it is the arrangement of the entire program or post-editing, this director who has experience in recording "Big Brother" can make the production process of their program smoother.

"But what we need to consider is that in the agreement signed with ITV, from half a month until the end of the year, before they conduct the next auction of broadcast time, we will be able to get between 22:00 and 23:00 every night. There is only one hour of broadcast time, and even if the program "Traitor" can start to be broadcast by then, it will only be for this one hour on Saturday night. How do we fill up the broadcast time at other times? We need to purchase Some shows?”

Fergal raised the issue when Barron was discussing the ITV channel with Summit Media managers Fergal and Bonnie.

When Night Television was facing suspension of their evening programs due to program violations, Summit Media took the initiative to contact ITV and finally won one hour of broadcast time every day for more than three months. The price paid was not a big deal— —After all, Night Television itself has already paid for these airtimes, and program violations are the sole responsibility of the producers, so ITV now needs content to fill this hour of airtime.

They are more interested in the program "Traitor", but if ITV directly purchases and broadcasts it, what they need to consider is whether the program can be accepted by the public. Now that their broadcast time can be directly purchased by Summit Media, it can The risk is much smaller, and they can steadily receive additional funds.

Therefore, Summit Media finally spent 5 million pounds to obtain one hour of broadcast time per day for more than three months.

However, in this case, facing the pressure of profitability, Summit Media needs to find businesses to place advertisements in the program and seek more profit points.

And as Fegal said, how to fill up this time is also a problem. After all, they currently only have one program, "Traitor", which can only satisfy one hour of broadcast per week.

"This is very simple. You can play some interesting tidbits that were cut out of the main film of the "Traitor" program at other times of the week. At other times, this is what I want to talk to you. We can Play Werewolf.”

"Werewolf?"

Bonnie had played Werewolf before, while Fergal had not been exposed to it yet, but when Barron said this, both of them looked puzzled.

"Yeah, it's very simple. Find some people to play Werewolf, then record the process and play it back later."

"This... Your Highness, would anyone like to see this?"

It is normal for Fegal to have this question. At this time, British TV stations did not directly broadcast the process of board games, but Barron had this experience. In his previous life, before he graduated, he He once saw a live broadcast of a high-level match on a TV station in his hometown of Shandong Province, and there were quite a few people watching.

Later, after Werewolf became popular, the videos of live Werewolf competitions also received extremely high views.

Therefore, Barron has no worries about whether directly broadcasting the Werewolf game will attract viewers.

Moreover, he can also use this to promote Werewolf. Once this game becomes popular, the benefits that can be obtained cannot be compared with the mere 5 million pounds of channel broadcast fees.

He didn't think about playing the ordinary Werewolf game too much, but he would use a club like "Miller Valley" to find Werewolf masters, and then the masters could compete with each other, or... Inviting some celebrities to play the werewolf killing game will surely be more attractive.

Since Barron said this, they are going to try it first when the time comes. If it doesn't work, they will just buy other broadcast content.

Another problem is the sponsor of the reality show "Traitor".

"What we have found so far is the sponsor of the vehicle. Infiniti is willing to sponsor the vehicle for our show. Their latest SUV has just been launched and they hope to open up the British market..."