King of Hollywood

Chapter 232: Amazing Viewing Rates

Back in Los Angeles, Adrian's life became a lot easier, although the Killer's Not Too Cold crew came back a day ahead of him because of his trip to Miami and New Orleans, but that didn't mean that later work was about to begin. Take a vacation and rest for a few days. There will be time this year anyway.

As for the others, he was responsible for the professionals of the companies under his own responsibility, and all he had to do was keep an eye on the situation through Charlize and give his own opinion. That's what it's like to be a boss. Some things do need to be under your control, but some things don't need to be. If you have to kiss, what do you need the professionals to do?

However, while there has been less work, there has been much more trouble in life. Like a reasonable time to schedule a date, which happened the last time I came back to deal with Pixar's acquisition, Monica and Julia called to ask him out, so Charlize would flirt with Charlize that way the day after the shoot when she made out with Charlize in the little room of the party.

Beyond that, his and Julia's rumors returned to public view. After a while, it had faded a lot, after all, there was no more evidence beyond the initial photographs, and the heat slowly subsided as the two people answered in an ambiguous manner.

But at the end of June, "Four Weddings and a Funeral" began to play trailers, and the rumors were raised by journalists, who had vowed that Dandan had deliberately invited Julia to be the lead actress. Although the journalists were mostly concentrated outside Julia's villa, Adrian was cautious, but they almost caught him.

He came out of Julia's covert villa in Santa Monica that day, and the two of them had a great time here for four days, recalling the madness of being here, so they didn't pay much attention to the surroundings. It wasn't until I was about to come out of a convenience store nearby that I realized there seemed to be a lot of suspicious people around me, and I was lucky that Adrian came out with a hat and told Julia not to come out on her cell phone, plus she probably just heard that someone suspected them appeared here, so she didn't stay long - for the puppies, staying in the same place all afternoon wasn't long.

Forgive me, but the tabloids still feature stories like Adrian and Julia's Suspected Weekend in Santa Monica, which attract a lot of attention by capitalizing on the Spring and Autumn pen.

Adrian didn't take these too seriously, and he wouldn't mind publishing them if they weren't for publicizing the Four Weddings and a Funeral. Moreover, because the publicity was quite effective, the film critics had expressed concern, and he had deliberately created another scandal.

It's no big deal, the reporters took a picture of Monica eating with him at the Italian restaurant, and he was supposed to be in her house for half an hour before coming out, but given Julia's mood, he just sent her to the door.

When Adrian walked away, Monica's eyes were grudging, but she didn't say much, and she and Julia were different after all. So Adrian rewarded her well and took her back to the villa on the tip of the wind, then used everything she could, so Monica lay in bed the next day all day.

In fact, it's not as exaggerated as it sounds. Most of the news is based on Adrian's New Happiness? Monica and Adrian continue the lead? Anyway, Adrian called Monica his muse in Cannes last year and said, in this way, it proves that the two of them may be dating.

Anyway, there's not enough evidence, whether it's Julia or Monica, to get intimate photographs that can be used as evidence of iron, and Adrian's identity is different from that of a star, and ordinary people or people who don't know, the media don't know, so it's a rule. Even those unscrupulous tabloids can only say that he may be hugging to the right.

“You've been a tough guy lately, Ed, and I should congratulate you again.” Claude said on the phone haha.

“Should I say thank you?” Adrian didn't have the guts to say, "Well, Claude, I didn't call you to hear that. ”

“Okay,” Claude sighed, "what a rush guy, so I'll start with...”

Claude was much busier than he was this time, keeping an eye on Thunderstone and Diller's fight over Paramount, keeping an eye on the extent of TBS's earlier acquisitions, and on the Japanese side - the Clinton administration's push for the yen to appreciate has come to an end, although most of Japan's savings had already been rolled away the previous time, and even if it had been scraped, it would have been absolutely no better than the previous harvest.

However, mosquitoes are meat, and Adrian's resources are not comparable, even if they are not harvested much, but as long as they are handled carefully, they will not be much less than last time.

And in addition to that, Claude made some good acquisitions, such as the acquisition of the more famous Evra Publishing Company and its merger with the company, as well as the acquisition of the British Bullfrog Gaming Company and Adrian, the Edos Gaming Company, who were not aware of the former's power, but had a slight impression of the game they were developing, called Theme Park, which should be said to be good. As for the latter, oh, they developed The Tomb of Tombs.

“You mentioned this gaming company to me, and after my analysis and discussion, I thought they were good value for money and the prospects were good, so I bought them.” That's what Claude said.

Well, Adrian admitted it was a big surprise, and if their 3D engine had been made, it would have made it into a game of what was already a novel, Tomb Beauty.

So the Biochemical Crisis could also be considered for a game, which might be handed over to Silicon and Nerve Key Studios - oh, they've officially changed their name to, uh, Snowstorm Studios at his suggestion. It's a little strange to have them play this game, but it doesn't matter, because Pixar is going to have to abolish some of the programmers and merge them with some of the people on this side into a small division to develop the games he wants to develop.

Adrian had promised not to interfere in specific matters when he bought silicon and nerve bonds, so they would certainly meet this small requirement, and he wondered what the American-flavoured Biochemical Crisis would look like.

“By the way, I can't wait to buy TBS now, and I wonder if you can make a miracle out of it.” Claude suddenly said that after a few words about work.

“The idea does have some, and if it works well, it should be a classic, but I'm afraid it's going to be hard to reach that height.” Adrian thought about it and replied.

“How highly do you rate this show?” Claude asked in surprise.

“Of course I have a clear idea.” Adrian said softly.

Naturally, the TV show was officially released in late June. Although it was scheduled for the start of the summer vacation, advertising could have begun, not only broadcasting parts of the trailer from time to time, but also featuring ideas from miracle director Adrian, thus attracting a lot of attention. Especially after Adrian's scandal exploded, they played it small.

Precisely because of the relentless advertising campaign, the first episode of Old Friends directly reached 35 per cent of the viewership after it aired, which is a remarkable figure for a new play. But this is just the beginning, and when the second episode aired, the data went up to the third episode, and it went up to 55 percent.

Such a triple jump, although not certain in the comedy, is absolutely ancient. The humorous language and funny everyday life of the characters in the play resonated with many Americans. Many people called after watching it to request a replay. They saw that the TV show was so popular and arranged to push the boat in the daytime slot. Many people who had seen it chose to watch it again. At the same time, many others who had missed it for various reasons also seized the opportunity to watch it, so the replay rate was not much lower than the first broadcast.

Faced with such a situation, it is naturally not easy to smile, because this surprising and even horrific viewing rate has allowed a number of advertisers to wave their cheques to get to the door, with high advertising fees and considerable profit sharing with the Bosworth Film Industry. In addition to this, stocks have been pulled, which simply add tens of millions of dollars in income.

At the same time, Old Friends has received consistent positive reviews from critics, and although only three episodes have been aired so far, it has been considered a wonderful work by many.

“Each of the six people has his or her own personality. There are ordinary but interesting stories in this city of New York. Writers and directors have a good grasp of the humor of life, as if it were happening right next to us, and with the wonderful performances of the six actors, no wonder they are so popular. We have every reason to look forward to the next episode.” This is the famous critic, Selene? Sid published an article in the Washington Post.

All in all, America's most popular TV show of the first half of the year, instead of three episodes of "Old Friends," and the most popular character is not the obscure young lady Rachel? Greenmore. - This was a deliberate poll, Jennifer? The sweet image of Anniston and the character's full character were supported by the vast majority of people.

No wonder Claude made such a lamentation that if the show had been broadcast on TBS's channel, he would have seized the opportunity to expand the original network even further.

Adrian certainly understands this sadness, but unfortunately he has no better way. After all, he is not sure that the same type of TV show will not appear before then, so he can only do it first, and regret will have to make him sorry.