After Game of Thrones aired, Showtime panicked.

Originally, they had a "deadly rival" relationship with HBO TV station. Although there were some shortcomings, the two sides had fought back and forth over the years.

Especially in the past year, after the release of the drama "The Polya Family", it received rave reviews, and the number of subscriptions to Showtime TV station has increased significantly, with a trend of surpassing HBO.

However, all this has now come to naught.

HBO headquarters on Broadway in New York City.

"FUCK!!" In the office, Showtime TV President Newant's face turned black and he slammed his fist on the table.

In front of him, there was a screen displaying a horizontal bar graph showing the number of members of paid subscription TV stations across the United States.

In the picture, you can see that the cylinder representing HBO TV station is obviously taller than Showtime, and the number of subscriptions between the two is more than 1100 million.

Two weeks ago, the gap was less than half. The show "Game of Thrones" directly increased HBO's subscription number by more than 600 million, and the total number exceeded 7000 million.

This data broke Showtime's defenses and at the same time made them feel deeply desperate.

On average, a TV series has 10 episodes in one season. Game of Thrones has only aired two episodes so far, but the numbers are so terrifying. It is foreseeable that HBO's subscription numbers will not decrease before the end of the first season.

Besides, it is normal for a popular TV series to have several seasons.

Judging from the map that Ye Zhiqiu posted on social media some time ago, the grand background setting of this drama is so thrilling, and it is obviously very mature, so it is normal to have a few seasons of the show - this is what makes other competitors feel most desperate.

For paid platforms, the number of subscriptions is their lifeline, reflecting the audience's love for the platform and determining whether advertisers will invest in it.

In the office, Newt's face was gloomy. He didn't expect how a Chinese could write such a fantasy conspiracy film with a purely Western perspective?

Aren’t their Chinese dragons wingless?!

"Now, how do we respond?" Newt asked solemnly, "This is a critical moment. Showtime cannot just sit there and wait for death."

Below the stage, a group of executives looked at each other in bewilderment. After a moment's silence, someone made a suggestion.

"How about finding a few girls to approach him?"

The business world is like a battlefield. It is a huge market involving hundreds of millions of dollars. The huge profits are enough to make these companies fight each other and use all means of competition.

As the saying goes, even a hero cannot resist the temptation of beauty. The "beauty trap" is always useful, and they have succeeded in it before.

By sending a few beautiful women to hook up with the rival screenwriters, there will be more room for maneuver.

On the one hand, you can "lure" the other party into doing something criminal, and then accuse them and put them directly in jail.

On the other hand, you can find out the upcoming plot information, general direction, etc. in advance.

With this information, you can "plagiarize". Don't think that because North America's laws on protecting creative works are so perfect, there will be no plagiarism. In fact, the situation is just the opposite.

In Hollywood, there is a type of film and television work that specializes in plagiarizing blockbuster movies, and there is a special term for it called "mockbuster".