King of Hollywood

Chapter 99: Michael; Orvitz

“Okay, that's it, close the meeting.” As Claude announced, the executives at the meeting grew out of breath and quickly rose up and went out.

“They seem scared.” When people walked away, Adrian, sitting at the top, said so in a half-hearted manner, he didn't speak much throughout the session, except for the necessary topics, which were mostly the adjustments, arrangements and criticisms of Claude, and no wonder he was always given an image of being overthrown.

“Most of them were just pretending," Claude didn't mean to wave, “I didn't put a lot of pressure on them, they just wanted to make a full gesture that you were trying, and you had to know who was really doing it.”

“It's okay, I totally don't need to think about it with you here.” Adrian was so proud of his hands.

“You bastard...” Claude glanced at him with no anger, but deep down, I'm afraid, he couldn't help but be proud.

“Well, Claude, despite a few minor issues, the opening was generally good, and while it wasn't enough to support you in making a daunting adjustment to ABC, it didn't take long.” Adrian is pointing to his own head, "there are many ideas that can be used here. ”

"Everybody Loves Raymond" finally aired on ABC in mid-January '96, after rushing to pick a corner and produce it, because of the publicity, Adrian's stunt, and the previous spreading of the script to make sure it didn't show up early, the first episode reached 10 percent, which means almost 12 million people watched it! Although this data cannot be compared to Old Friends, it has been unprecedented for ABC for several years, and based on the feedback, many people like the show, it's very sweet, interesting and humorous, suitable for the whole family to watch, so the second episode still has this viewing rate on the air.

This is undoubtedly a needle of cardio that not only delighted the restructured ABC executives, but also allowed many critics to start watching over them.

“The acquisitions by AC Media proved to be very correct, but they have started to improve in six months, and they may not last for sure, but they definitely have a good start, and I'm afraid it's unlikely that Disney would want ABC to see the light so soon.” That's what an economics magazine says.

However, despite the unexpected success of Raymond for All, the response to the "Survivor" reality show aired during the same period was less intense. The number of people enrolled was quite high. After all, the winner had a good reward, and the viewership rate after the broadcast was very average, and several hots were not too bad.

“It's an interesting idea for a few people to spend some time in the wild and get eliminated if they don't accomplish their goals, but… something is always missing.” This is what an audience said when surveyed.

“It sounds exciting, but it's not really what I imagined, so I would definitely choose another show if I had a better choice.” This is another audience's view.

“Adventure and excitement are the themes and viewpoints of this reality show! I don't know how you understand it, but from the first two episodes, it didn't happen at all. The island has a view, but is it dangerous? Where's Kitty? What about adventurers? Only the impasse needs to * * * do the best part of the incitement when it's phased out, and I hope you can seriously think about what the audience wants to see up here?” These are the few statements made by Adrian in the meeting just now.

He was not sure he was right, and although he had had time to repeat several episodes of Survivors, previous generations had confined themselves to knowing about the show. But it doesn't matter, just let the producers practice the show. These professionals are very good. All they need is experience. Everybody loves Raymond anyway. It's a good rating, and he can get more episodes out if he needs them. Creating an elite reality show team is the most important thing, or else they'll repeat the same thing.

“Of course, we have a miracle director, and that's a great guy who can make * * a country out of movies.” Claude Haha laughed.

“Oh, come on, Claude, let's not talk about the clowns,” Adrian waved helplessly, "and those guys were just doing shows, like all politicians, trying to take advantage of this opportunity to collect capital, essentially no different from Clinton running for re-election. Clinton had at least some economic success, and they were simply doing it for themselves. ”

Not only has the Scottish Independence Bill not been dropped after being slashed, but it has also been supported by several members of the Scottish Parliament, even though they know that this is simply not possible. Combined with the media boost, things are still quite haphazard, and it is fortunate that Scotland * * * lacks a lot of interest in this, and there is no irreparable situation.

Forgive me, but Adrian can be perfectly proud, knowing that the original version of "Brave Heart" has caused such a wind wave, but it's not as dramatic as it is now. This is all thanks to the name Adrian has always built, and he has had such a huge influence, unknowingly.

“OK, we're not going to talk about this, but you seem to have a crush on Clinton. Isn't that the president's prototype in Brave Break Island?” Claude asked again.

“Of course not, I don't think any president would feel that way - have you seen it?” Adrian looked at his best friend curiously.

“Of course, the screening pushed Brave Heart off the top and got so many good reviews, why can't I go check it out?” Claude spread his hands.

In the second week of the Brave Heart screening, Brave Break Island also hosted a premiere ceremony, and then rolled out 28 million box offices over the weekend for three days, with a house whose momentum I was, squeezing the Brave Heart was too normal.

In any case, Americans preferred films from their own country, and the film was hot and wonderful, and General Hammer's seeds and raids on the naval arsenal at the beginning, as well as the fierce battle in the Devil Island toilet, were classic and shocking. Adrian remembers that in previous lives someone commented that if he was a soldier, he would also be willing to work under someone like General Hammer, not to mention a heroic American.

And the orchestra is still played by Hans? Dimmer's in charge, or is it that exciting? Since Zimmer is a high-yielding composer, it is inevitable that there will be repetitions at times. In fact, when Adrian collected his data, he discovered that there was a shadow of the classic song "Breaking the Island" in a movie song last year, so there was no interference.

The three stars were pretty good too, Nicholas? Cage is at its peak, grasping a very good image, sometimes fearful and fearless with a special sense of humor. For example, the last FBI director didn't believe that Old Mason's body had been evaporated, and he squinted his eyes and said, "Yes, evaporated," and the “I'm an expert, believe me, I'm right” look really made people want to laugh.

Ed Harris and Sean? Connally, not to mention, they're both old skeletons, especially Connally, and that's the first generation of Bond. These factors add up to the fact that if a movie isn't popular, it's a ghost, so the Weinstein brothers are pretty excited about it after the premiere.

“If there are any such films, give them a little bit, after all, Miramax and the newline are different, and Robert will be blind for a while.” Claude said that after a few more words about what happened to Bravery Island, and then came up with the question, “Oh, yeah, I heard about Sean? Connelly..."

“I didn't ask,” Claude shook his head, "maybe someone asked, but I didn't hear, you know, a lot of things just talk. ”

All Claude wants to ask is, is this about Sean? The rumor that if Scotland was not independent, he would not go back was boring, and a lot of the talk was merely rhetorical or distorted by the media or bragging or derogatory interpretations. It was not that Connelly had never been back to England, to say that he had not been to Scotland, I'm afraid not many would believe it.

“I'm just curious.” Claude shrugged.

“Let's be curious later, the time is almost up.” Adrian stood up after watching the time.

They then went out of the conference room together, went to the listening garage in the building and got into the RV, and waited until they started talking again.

“What do you think, Claude?” Adrian asked.

“Very capable, that company can have today's status, not just because of him, so it is uncertain how much it can do if he is alone.” Claude thought about it and replied.

“How can we recruit others - without saying yes or no - our control will be weakened again, right?” Adrian laughed.

Claude shrugged his shoulders to acquiesce, waiting for him.

“He's enough alone, he's the CEO, he's the best at the structure of the whole company, and...” Adrian adjusted his posture to make himself more comfortable, "Give it back to me, don't you think? ”

“Yeah, and you...” Claude sighed suddenly, taking two glasses out of the car refrigerator and pouring pure water on it, changing the subject without warning: “I've acquired Victoria's secret. Any suggestions? ”

Adrian, who had just taken the cup to his mouth, had almost sprayed it, and he had long forgotten what he had given Claude, although Charlize had compiled detailed reports for him every month, but he always liked to have her secretary sit on her thighs in her arms and listen to what she wanted to hear. Such a swing would inevitably miss the news, but in other words, even if he held the report, he wouldn't necessarily notice it.

“You really bought Victoria's secret?” Adrian coughed up the aftertaste.

“Of course, they happen to be transforming, seeking to work with television, and we have a broadcasting company like ABC, and our parent company doesn't like their transformation, and it's a popular brand, and we buy it for very little money. More importantly, this is your suggestion.” Claude Zhenzhen said, as if he had no sense of selfishness, entirely from the perspective of the company.

Adrian flipped his eyes in disgust: "When you bought the game studio and the animation studio, you weren't so happy and thunderous. ”

'Cause I wasn't sure how you looked then, and now it's different,' said Claude with a thick face, 'come on, Ed, tell me. ”

“Anything else to say? Almost finished last time, any fashion brand is popular at first, all you need to do is upgrade to a boutique.” Adrian shrugged, "aren't they already in transition? Didn't you already have a walking show? They signed an appointment, all walking shows were broadcast by ABC, signed several supermodel endorsements, followed by the formation of their own exclusive modeling team, paid them off, and finally the PR struggled to perform in the Super Bowl, that's all. ”

“That's quite simple.” Claude doesn't seem to be satisfied with this.

“What else do you want?” Adrian's hands are full, "I'm not a professional, and neither are you, telling those people these ideas and letting them worry, all we have to do is give them the help they need. ”

“All right,” Claude Haha laughed, "I left these to them, and I waited to see your prophecy come true. ”

Soon, the RV entered a premium golf club, stepped out of the car and took him down to the private dressing room, where casual clothes and golf equipment were already ready. After getting dressed, the two of them drove a battery car to Area B. A middle-aged man dressed equally leisurely has waited here, swinging a club on the open floor from time to time to punch a white ball out.

“Hey, Michael, you look really excited.” Claude took the lead in greeting.

“Of course, I can't wait to show you, Claude.” The middle-aged man laughed and then looked at Adrian.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Miracle Director." He reached out, "I'm Michael? Orvitz. ”

“Me too, Michael, please call me Adrian or Ed.” Adrian smiled and shook hands with this Disney CEO.

“Do you like golf?” Michael? Orvitz watched him with interest.

“Not bad, but my skills are terrible, so I'll just have to look at you guys today.” Adrian bluntly said.

“Anything you see him play golf, you'll think it's cruel to let him play ball, Michael.” Claude said in a serious statement next to him.

“Well, let's start with a few rounds.” Nor did Orvitz force himself to make a gesture.

So the three of them started playing golf, talking about recent anecdotes from time to time, just like most socials do. But Orvitz never addressed the main content, he didn't talk, and Adrian and Claude didn't mention it. At this time, the person who spoke one step later had a better chance, so the three people just kept talking, and Adrian was forced to play a few strokes. If it wasn't for Orvitz, he would have laughed regardless of image.

“Well, gentlemen, I'm not going around in circles. Why have I stretched the olive branches so many times?” Orvitz finally opened his mouth when he sat down at the table again, after all, an old fox, who knew from the look of Adrian and Claude's old gods in the presence that they had enough cards, so let's pick up the subject and grab the initiative.

“Didn't you want to invite me to be CEO? Isn't Claude doing great now?” He jokingly asked, so that direct and somewhat disrespectful trials often worked wonders.

But Adrian and Claude looked at each other and smiled, and Adrian first said, "We have a broker company. ”

“Broker company?” The corner of Orvitz's eye followed with a smiley, non-smiling look, "Am I right? Are you saying that AC Media also has a brokerage firm? ”

“No,” Adrian shook his head with a smile, "we owned a broker company, not AC Media. ”

“Oh?” Orvitz frowned.

“Simply put, there are no problems at the legal level.” Claude slowly added next to it.

“Okay.” Orvitz didn't count for that either. In fact, several big broker companies in Hollywood had this kind of thing, and how could he not have known that the CAA had been developed with one hand?

“I think I see what you're saying, but why do you think I'm going to say yes? You know, I don't want to do this anymore.” Orvitz said in a relaxed tone.

“Really, Michael?” Adrian smiles insightfully, "you really don't want to do this anymore? Or is it because the old guys are gone? Do you really think you can show off your fists in Disney? Do you really think Eisner is willing to share his power with others? You've been the CEO of Disney for 12 months, right? I can assure you that in six months at most, Eisner will let you go. What he needs is a puppet, a spokesperson whose will can be reflected, not a man with a sense of autonomy! ”

Orvitz still looks calm and doesn't see any change, but he doesn't answer that either, so...

Adrian's mouth gave a smile: “You're a successful businessman, Michael, and I read about you in school, and I love your tenacity. I know you have a good eye for it. You offered to acquire Yahoo to Eisner, but you didn't say yes. ”

“Normally, Yahoo does not see any prospect of profitability at this time.” Orvitz shrugged his shoulders and seemed to want something back.

“Even if he did, Disney couldn't buy it because we had most of Yahoo's shares.” Adrian said softly that he had finally seen a little surprise in the other person's eyes.

“We started focusing on the IT industry as early as' 91, and we have the most detailed database of data analysis, with several well-liked websites in our hands.” Claude said.