King of Hollywood

Chapter 87: Next Step

“How much longer?” Adrian looked at the time and said with some impatience, "Didn't they change their mind again? ”

Of course, he tried to keep his voice down. After all, this is a public place, and although abc's people aren't here yet, there are others.

“Don't worry, it's not time,” Claude said with a smile, "we're a little early, and although there are a lot of acquisitions that were turned over at the last minute, it's definitely not us. ”

Here we are, and he's out of curiosity again. Honestly, you weren't so impatient at the last tb takeover signing ceremony - feel like in a dream? ”

“A little bit, but more wants to be sure as soon as possible and, possibly, in the future,” Adrian doesn't hide, “you know, we can take tb's luck apart a lot, Ted? Turner's relationship with Warner has been good, and if Warner hadn't been early and covert enough, he would have chosen Warner over us if Warner had stretched out the olive branch.abc Needless to say, I didn't know how hard it was to compete with Disney for nearly a year, so I could only relax half the time they signed their name under the agreement. ”

“You see yourself too much, Ed,” Claude Haha laughed, "not to mention how much opportunity your Pix animation won for us, Ted would have agreed to our terms, also because of your charm. I still remember your arrogance when you said, 'Not now, not ever’, and your achievements are one of the reasons why we can succeed. ”

He was just about to ask Adrian why he was only halfway relaxed when he signed, and the ABC guys were finally here. The signing ceremony was not long, they chilled each other a few sentences, and then, just after watching the lawyers and the many eyes, they signed their names on the already prepared texts, followed by another jiā to sign them, and the whole acquisition case basically ended.

“Congratulations, it's time for you young people.” Bergnan, the 64-year-old ABC chairman? Cairns (NOTE: The name and age of ABC's chairman at the time could not be traced) said so after shaking hands with Adrian in applause, then the champagne handed over by the receiver lifted his mouth and left the scene without going back, not even to the press conference.

It seems a little rude, but Adrian understands his mood, both from a power perspective and from an emotional point of view, which is a hard fact to accept.

“Bergnan's not going to the press conference?” Claude and a few others chilled out and walked over with champagne.

“Nor do I intend to participate.” Adrian shrugged his shoulders, "and you're in charge of all this, and I'm just here to sign. ”

He noticed the young man around Claude, and some unexpected stretched out his hand: "You too, Benjamin, I'm so sorry I didn't notice you. ”

“Nothing," said Benjamin Jomo, 27 or 8 years old, shaking his hand with a humble smile, "I stood in the crowd, and you didn't see me normal, Adrian. ”

Very talkative, isn't it? Plus being polite, it looks very upbringing, and I'm sure it would be very pleasant to be with him.

“Don't open it for him, Benjamin,” Claude said, “Ed was full of other things, and even if you and Walter stood in front of him, he wouldn't see them. ”

“Is Ryan here too?” Adrian raised his eyebrows and looked up in the crowd, and Claude made a "I Told You” gesture against Benjamin, and Benjamin lowered his smile twice.

Adrian quickly found the figure he was looking for in the crowd, almost thirty years old, talking to several people in jiā, with a gentle humble smile like Benjamin. Also, although there are a lot of dudes in the big family, there are quite a lot of talented people who can understand è current affairs, and it is almost impossible for a real dude to be entrusted with a heavy responsibility either to be raised or to be treated cold.

After this acquisition, the board of directors of AC Media will have three more places on top of the original, so ABC's representatives won't have to say, and Ted? Turner's pretty much, let alone Viacom's, so don't worry too much. What really needs attention is the Godfather, Benjamin? Miles and Uncle Walter? This is an inescapable result, and if you want to raise money, then you have to let someone's hand in, and neither of these young men will ever see each other again. Cousin Benjamin's father is the Speaker of the California House of Representatives, and Walter's uncle is the House of Assembly, and his 10-year-old brother is Goldman Sachs' executive.

So while it looks like they're just representatives now, they don't have a lot of voice, but it's hard to say if AC Media is badly run and needs more money. Such a process is irreversible, and in the United States, any company that wants to grow must do so, which is the rule, and those who don't want to share will be kicked out. It seems a little unfair that the consortia do nothing but partially fund a seat on the board and are ready to take over the annexation if something goes wrong, but the world would be unfair, wouldn't it?

Besides, it's not unhelpful. Benjamin and Walter's connections are there, and they can get more help on a lot of things. In fact, they were recommended by the godfather and uncle after Jing picked them out. And more importantly, it's going to be easier to fit into the mega-net of the super-rich in the United States, which is what the super-rich and the consortium do with all kinds of jiā equity swaps, and you have one of me and you have one of me, so whoever you change, you have to weigh in on this class.

Well, not to mention that Adrian didn't leave the press conference, but left with Claude when it was over, and the two of them had a lot to talk about.

“I'm ready for a TV show and a reality show.” Adrian said so to Claude in the RV.

“So soon?” Claude picked the eyebrows in surprise.

“I've been thinking about it ever since you said you wanted to buy abc.” Adrian laughed, "According to ABC's reality and analysis of the TV drama market since the 1980s, family-friendly comedy for all ages is by far the most appropriate, and there are few standout lines and scenes in this TV drama that can be described as tailor-made for ABC. ”

He prepared the comedy "Everybody Loves Red", a CB comedy that was supposed to be broadcast next year in memory. It was also one of the few TV dramas to produce a ten-season longevity drama. Although the scale of "Old Friends" is not as good on the lines and scenes, and the viewership rate is not as high as "Old Friends", it can be seen from the production of the ten-season, and the quality of the drama itself is unquestionable.

As Adrian said, as early as Claude announced he wanted to acquire ABC, he began to think about what kind of show he wanted to use to improve viewership, and it would be more appropriate to think about it. ABC is a radio station, after all, with more audiences than TB and more cluttered than TB, so the scale of television drama must not be too large. Ten years later, it was 10 years later, and now popular is a family-friendly comedy inherited from the troubles of growth in the 1980s. "Old Friends" also belongs to this type, so "Everybody Loves Red" is perfect.

As for certain things, don't worry at all, he could have taken advantage of the writers' union when he had no reputation at all, not to mention the resources at hand. Similar to "Old Friends", gathering information first to determine that no one has a similar idea, followed by the preparation of a general script to publicize it, and then announced that they would not sell it for production for the time being, thus eliminating the possibility of others writing it. I have to say, it's very yin 'insurance.

But it's not a TV show. He doesn't intend to let Bosworth film industry produce it. Although "Old Friends" and "Buffy the Vampire Hunter" have accumulated a lot of experience in the TV department, some things have not come together. Not to mention, the company's focus is still on movies. The distribution of resources is inevitably somewhat inadequate, so these two movie shows are enough, and...

“Jiā makes for Warner?” Claude picked the eyebrows, and then he understood what Adrian meant. "Good idea, Disney and I didn't know much about it for a while, so why don't we pull the others together, right? Worldwide's relationship with us is best not to have too many conflicts of interest, after Paramount and a subsidiary of Viacom, Fox and Columbia, Warner is the best target because ABC is now moving to a competitor. ”

Here he sighed softly: "Sure, when it comes to entertainment making, you always have ideas. ”

“I have many other ideas.” Adrian cautioned immediately.

“All right, lots of ideas,” Claude Haha laughed, then mo chin, "As for the Survivor...”

“On this reality show, one or two sentences are unclear, may be popular or may fail, depending entirely on the level of the producer.” Adrian sighed, "The Millionaire was the most suitable, but Jiā had already given it to TB a long time ago. It's not easy to find a real show that fits ABC.

American Idol is good, but it takes a certain degree of network development to maximize impact, and it will certainly be popular to produce it now. There is no shortage of people who yearn to become famous overnight, but the results achieved in the current network situation may shrink considerably, so as to undoubtedly kill Ji for eggs. The same is true of several other reality shows that come to mind, and only Survivor is more appropriate.

Simply put, the selling point of the show is hunting curiosity, a few people go on various adventures on desert islands or in the woods, and then eliminate a team member every day according to different circumstances, and eventually the survivors are the winners, and you can see a lot of strange things along the way, and likewise, everyone can sign up, so the viewership rate is good. However, if you want to produce, good or bad depends entirely on the level of the producer. Other programs, such as American Idol or the previous Millionaire, because previous generations were more concerned, Adrian knew the details, so from time to time, you can also make pertinent comments. But Survivors only learned the information when collecting it, plus some flaws in the program itself, and if you can't handle it well, you may fail.

“Well, in a few days I'll have Charlie consolidate the files and fax them to you or e-mail them to you.” Adrian said so, then came up with something else: “Oh yeah, don't forget...”

“Surprise, I know, you've said it countless times.” Claude sighed and seemed helpless to him.

“Don't blame me, Claude, this is the best chance to do it - as I've said many times - and don't miss it.” Adrian shrugged.

“I know, but according to the analysis, they're not in the lowest valley yet, so let's just observe for a few more months, and I can do the integration in uā time.” Claude says so, "and since the acquisition of ABC, the funds are starting to run short, I'm afraid if you're going to acquire... are those cartoon copyrights really worth the effort? ”

“You should know that during the summer vacation there was a movie that was adapted from comics and did quite well.” Adrian warned.

“Yes, Batman Forever, Fong? Keemer, Kim? Gary, Nicole? Starring Kidman, I know.” Claude nodded.

“So how much profit did the Superman and Batman series make after Warner bought DC?” Adrian has his hands full, “how many superheroes are on the screen? ”

He made a gesture, exacerbating his tone: “As technology develops, as computer cg technology becomes more and more real and cheaper, it will replace artisanal special effects to create previously unmade images, and then more and more superheroes in comics will land on the big screen, and now that the Superman series has fallen, and the Batman series will show off at its peak, which comic book company's superheroes will occupy the audience's eyeballs in the future? ”

“You always have such a good mouth, Ed, not to mention such a sharp eye,” Claude laughed, "well, I'll pay attention, I promise. ”

“Well, I'm waiting for your good news.” Adrian doesn't say much either, and then he makes another loud smile: “Well, I have a proposition that you might be interested in. ”

“Oh?” noted Claude, who had changed his divine è, raised his eyebrows indifferently.

“Know Victoria's secret, Claude?” Adrian laughed harder.

“Hmm… seems to be an underwear company?” Claude said uncertainly.

“Yes, and they have a lot of share in the lingerie market, but that's not important, it's important that they have their own lingerie models, they're all pretty young nv kids, pretty good, they do occasional lingerie model shows, and they're planning to fix it now," Adrian said in a fun way, "so talk to them and let ABC get exclusive broadcast rights, you know, people love watching this. ”

Stunning God è flashed away from Claude's face, and he laughed and said: "You bastard...”

“I'm serious. Think about it.” Adrian shrugged his shoulders, about which he thought when analyzing a reality show, Victoria's secret lingerie show and Velmie's angel were famous in the future, and the broadcast rights seemed to be ABC's. Now that we've got ABC, it's no big deal to get the right to broadcast the underwear show. Besides, some of the Velmie angels have good qualities. Doesn't Claude like to play with models?

But let's talk about this later. We've said enough today, so Adrian pressed the car phone: "Find a place to stop and notify my car to follow. ”

“Don't give me a lift, I'll take my own car back.” That's what he said to Claude.

Claude nodded, and after the RV stopped on the street, Adrian was ready to get out of the car and said, “Take me to Kate and Lily. Besides, how does it feel to be a father? ”

“Hmm...” Adrian paused to open the car and lu laughed bitterly, “sort of, painful and happy. ”

It is indeed pain and happiness, the so-called gifted human rights, which, although often a cover and pretext, manifest themselves in babies. He sleeps most of the day to night and starts crying when he wakes up. If he's hungry, he'll cry. If he's unhappy, he'll cry, he'll cry if he doesn't do anything, and he doesn't know where and when. Often sleeping perfectly in the middle of the night, then woke up by the cry of the iSee guy, had to climb up to impress her. Even with a nanny, Adrian woke up several times in the middle of the night, couldn't she just let Kate handle it? Anyway, that was a painstaking servitude.

The most intolerable thing is that the two of them are on the rise when they hear the iBye-bye guy cry. You know, you can't have any behavior in the first three months and the second three months. The former is prone to miscarriage and the latter is prone to premature labor when you do it, so Kate will inevitably be very excited after you've banned Yu for three months. Just get excited again. If you encounter this situation, it will instantly cool down. You can't always tell iBye guys that Mom and Dad have important things to do, so why don't you cry later?

But when the iBye-bye guy didn't cry, it was a good coincidence, but for half a month, his eyes had been completely open, big, round and bright, completely inherited from Adrian, black as a gem, and brilliant light. Face, often puke bubbles in the mouth and occasionally smile especially cute.

So, no matter what kind of occasion she has, if she wants to "lose her temper”, she will “lose her temper”, and there will be no more dissatisfaction with the situation that no one else thinks about, once she is held in her arms, she will still have worthy thoughts.

“Who made you my nv?” That's what Adrian always says every time in the middle of the night with the iSee in his arms, and his eyes are always filled with pity, and his father's love for the nv.