King of Hollywood

Volume 1: Foundations] Chapter 19: Are You Interested?

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Chapter 19: Are You Interested? []

In early April 2000, a series of changes between AC Media and Sony Records were misunderstood by many financial critics, starting with Sony Records Friday's announcement of upcoming MCM titles, but just two days later, AC Media suddenly announced its successful acquisition of global music for 6.5 billion dollars on Monday and would merge with MCM Records to form new global music. As for Sony Records, the spokesperson said only one last word and would work in depth with them. Book mi group 2

Damn it, even if there could be a big reversal, there wouldn't be such a dramatic xing, would there? But the fact didn't change with their surprise, that AC Media regained control of MCM and became stronger, and held more shares with Sony Records JIANAO than Sony did, and that Sony Records had a seat on the Sony Board of Records, and Sony Records only held shares… These, coupled with some insignificant details that were in turn brought out to LU, led financial critics to change their tone and begin to praise AC Media for its strategic deception, as if they had never said before that they were going to be ridiculously frustrated, and one of the commentators at Wall Street Journal praised Adrian and Claude for being “natural partners”.

Well, at least that's true, Adrian and Claude did work well together, one responsible for business negotiations and company operations, one responsible for creativity and development, mutual support and complementarity, totally up to 1 +1

Role of 2. In terms of this major reversal, in addition to opening up Claude's commercial conglomerate, Adrian's various benefits for jiāo yi have been instrumental.

For example, in

when I forced Motora to sign the contract, I mentioned the two TV dramas, "Intern Doctor Feng Yun" and "Office Feng Yun", which easily took care of Viacom and n

c.

A large part of American television drama is about police, doctors and lawyers, so Adrian promised "The Intern Doctor" c

s, in my memory, the TV show reached at least 10 million viewers in the first two seasons - after the millennium, as cable TV continues to grow, radio TV has started to decline, and it's already a great episode to reach 10 million viewers.

c Nearly, "The Office Feng Yun" was originally a British mi you play, it was interesting to shoot using a documentary method, in the UK the viewership rate was not low, then n

c Copyright purchased, the US version still has good quality, albeit low ratings. But even the British version is not out yet, the shooting technique is well used and very Americanized, the viewership will definitely be on two steps.

And more importantly, of course, Adrian made a promise that it would be two good TV shows, and to this day, no one believes in the words of the miracle director?

The same goes for Warner and Fox and Sony Columbia, not to mention Fox and Sony Columbia, whose proposal both succeeded and failed after nearly two months of discussions on the "x Warrior" series. Success is because the whole story of the trilogy is much better than the original, and the amazing author, together with the writer of Universal, finally codifies the story into a basic harmony on the basis of the outline he gave, although

ug is still a lot, but this is the problem with amazing comics themselves.

And the reason for Dr. x's paralysis, the relationship between Wolverine and Swordtooth Tiger, was also set by Adrian's request, which would certainly be more popular as long as the original quality was maintained after production. But this extension to set the story of the other corners of sè is not possible, because the amount of information is too great and society is constantly evolving, and people's favorite scenarios today may be annoying tomorrow, especially commercial films.

“Unless we start shooting as soon as we finish the script, we may have to rewrite the story in the last few years, and there are too many characters in X-Men, and apart from the main heroes, we are unsure which ones will be popular and which ones will not.” Surprise and Universal together gave Adrian an assessment after the discussion.

They did make sense, so Adrian abandoned the idea, and the request was made simply because he wanted to make the derived series not so ugly. Nevertheless, it was also enough to attract Fox and Sony Columbia, and Adrian hinted at them that some valuable superheroes would definitely consider selling it, not to mention the choices they would make, and now who knows that surprise is a big gold mine. e ^ Look

Combined with the fact that news groups are largely bystanders, Sony Columbia's support for Sony records is limited and is naturally dealt with. And finally, Warner, they had DC, and they couldn't possibly be surprised, but the TV network was not wide, and it had always been their heart disease, and they themselves were stuck in the mud pool online in the United States, and Adrian took care of them with the Fast Forward reality show, which was suitable for cable broadcasting.

Beyond that, Adrian suggested that support for the Sony Group in exchange for supporting the HD DVD format standard, although it was still 00 years old, the battle over the standard had begun long ago, only to the extent that it had not been so intense a year or two later. It was also his decision to work with Sony Records instead of taking advantage of the opportunity to annex them. While this was a good opportunity, everything was good for the AC media, and the other party had its own chess pieces inside. If you didn't want to finance Adrian, Sony Group would not necessarily give up Sony Records, even if the benefits of the record industry were outside the top three, then this would be a troublesome thing and it would have an impact on the later plans.

So instead of cooperating, it would be easier to sweep Motora out of mén, and of course, there would still be benefits, such as having more shares and seats on the board, while Sony Records would only hold shares. Adrian, however, has not completely let them go, and although the two sides have agreed to split the market together - with the acquisition of Universal Music and the addition of MCM Records, the new Universal Music will be the biggest record company in the market, fully qualified to make such a suggestion - the prophet's advantage is that after a few years when the record industry has begun to shrink in its entirety, Sony has had to go to the front line to attract fire under the agreement, and the AC media will just have to wait behind to pick up fruit.

It was thanks to Adrian's arrangements for xing that Claude was able to decode them almost perfectly. In fact, this complementary xing of sè is a strong dual-core model that many companies pursue, the most famous example being Disney, Walter? Disney and Roy? Disney. Disney) After founding Disney, Walter was responsible for design and production, while his brother Roy was responsible for financial cào production and management, and the kind of sè collaboration between them allowed Disney animation to grow rapidly.

So was the Golden Decade from the early '80s to the early' 94s, Michael? Eisner is in charge of creativity and direction, understands him, and endures his weird temper, Frank? Wilson, for his part, was in charge of commercial negotiations, and Disney, originally worth billions, turned into a ten-billion-dollar group. Unfortunately, Wilson was killed in a helicopter crash in '94, Eisner lost a good partner, Disney's management began to be unbalanced, and internal rivalry emerged again.

There are also many examples of this, typical of Sony's Akio Morita and Deep Well, who together created Sony and developed it as if it were the middle of the day, but after his death in 97 and 99, respectively, Sony also began to go downhill. Whatever the future of AC Media, as long as Adrian and Claude continue to work closely together now, coupled with cheaters, climbing higher peaks will not be difficult.

“Now I can finally relieve myself temporarily.” Claude raised his cup and, as always, after completing the acquisition, he and Adrian si celebrated having a sip in the office, except this time in Adrian's office.

“Really, aren't you going to start integrating our new global music?” Adrian raised the cup and touched him.

“Oh, forgive me, how much jing power have I consumed in this time? Give me a few days to rest.” Claude complained, "I'm not as laid back as you are. ”

“Leisure? I have two films to finish this year, as well as the late Ring King trilogy, the preparation of the two remaining Hacker Empire songs, and a bunch of movies and TV shows to ask.” Adrian smiled and opened his hand.

“But decompression is convenient, isn't it?” Claude shrugged.

“No, no, no, no, Claude,” Adrian said hey, "At least I won't rent some space and let the models come and play strip show...”

“Okay, okay, let's not talk about this,” Claude interrupted.

“Rest assured, Claude, even if the Godfather knew, he would only denounce you for two words, and as you said, he praised our recent strategic deception.” Adrian said softly, asking what came to mind: "By the way, Ayler didn't take part in your strange activities, did he? ”

“Of course not. Everyone knows she's your collector, and Alexander is very attentive to that,” Claude sighed here, "and frankly, I regret it now, Ed, because I knew I shouldn't have given it to you. Again, why do you always let the nv people treat you so... and knowingly? ”

“Because I know what they're thinking,” Adrian laughed, "it's a gift, Claude, don't be jealous of me. ”

“Really, Mr. Adrian, so tell me, Penelope? What was Miss Cruz thinking?” Claude immediately made a very interesting appearance.

Adrian didn't think, she just shrugged: “Anything else, blinded by a sudden * * and youhuo, intervenes in something she can't intervene in, there are always such stupid nv people in the world. ”

Having said that, he sighed in his heart. According to Penelope's constant performance, she should also be a smart nv with a degree of backwardness. Why did he get involved in this as if he had changed his mind?

He didn't feel sorry for anything, but after that, he could have looked at things more objectively, or had more control over himself. If you do something wrong, you have to pay for it. Only then will your Spanish collection have to be vacant.

“But you drove her back?” Claude wanted to say something else, but he thought about it and just asked.

“What do you think I should do? Leave her and..." Adrian made a few gestures and Claude laughed haha.

Of course, the premise is that Penelope is smart enough, otherwise it's hard to say. So Adrian sighed again when news came from Spain that she and Almodova had turned their faces over and announced their exit from the entertainment world, proving that Penelope still had brains, and she obviously understood what Adrian meant to her by saying, "Don't let me see you again in Hollywood."

What use is it if she can pretend to be deaf and mute and take some European movies later, and not irradiate the whole world? What kind of so-called art films do you go to all your life? And Adrian wouldn't give her the chance to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and she was taken to the signing ceremony, and one conversation made her offend another media group, so it would be better to quit clean.

And Penelope played a huā trick and showed it in this way, first by playing a little Spanish production, then working with Almodova and then quitting. Almodova was one of those people who discovered Penelope's charm even further, and he turned it upside down, along with rumours that coming back from Hollywood's unfavourable development would make sense to quit the entertainment industry, without being associated with anything else.

It's a shame, but vacancies are empty. Nothing is perfect. Adrian commented on this message.

He kept an eye on Penelope and knew exactly how upset she was, like what happened when the bereaved dog returned to Spain. But the whole thing wasn't completely over, and although she was a little out of her mind, there was always a little interest to be charged.

For example, in the first place, let the already completed "Speed and Ji Love" show group replenish, but give no explanation, let the outside world speculate, then someone will gather some clues, then add some plots, and then her reputation in the entertainment industry will be completely ruined. In addition, there was an interest rate, although he intended to wait a few years before collecting it.

“Well, let's get down to business, like personnel changes, Sony Records help us dig up a few restless guys, and we need better people to replace them.” Claude changed the subject, "and Eric did us a big favor this time, and we have to say something. ”

“Of course, if Eric hadn't gotten inside Sony Records, we'd have to take care of them. They don't know when to bother.” Adrian nodded, "The artistic director of the new global music must be him, he instinctively has the ability and is very loyal to us, except he has no one else to do the job, if someone on the global music side doesn't approve, it's okay, I've equipped Eric with the title of legendary music producer. ”

“So you're going to…” Claude picked the eyebrows.

“Yes, those classic songs were done with Eric's help anyway.” Adrian smiled back.

“Well, then, a

c On the other hand, I intend to transfer Clifton, deputy director of Mén, Advocacy Department, to Mén, Music Department, to preside, Charles, Planning Department, to serve as secretary of the board, and Kurt, former secretary of the board, to the head office. ”Claude continued.

“All you have to do is take the idea, I...” Adrian suddenly paused, “wait! ”

“What's the matter?” Claude was a little strange.

Adrian didn't answer, just frowned at what he was thinking, then knocked mén loud, and with permission Charlize walked in with the folder.

“Sorry, Ed, I didn't mean to disturb you, but this document has to be signed by you and Crowe.” She said that a decent ol' costume, with black sè transparent stockings and high heels, with an indescribable youhuo on the front and back, is another faint look and quite appealing.

“Okay, thanks.” Claude picked it up, looked at it in detail, signed his name and handed it to Adrian, "Don't look at her like that every day, can't you wait for me to leave and see her like that? ”

“What I think is my business.” Adrian retracted his gaze on Tyrannosaurus and signed his name on the document.

“By the way, Charlie, I have a question.” After returning the document jiāo to Charlize, Adrian suddenly asked.

“Please say so, but I have the right not to answer some of the overstepping questions and reserve the right to react.” Charlize said in his spare time, and Claude burst out laughing.

Adrian didn't shrug his shoulders: “By the way, how long have you been my assistant secretary, Charlie? ”

“Seven years, one month, Zero Lizzie answered.

“Wow," Adrian couldn't help but scream, "you remember so accurately? ”

“I have faith in my memory, and if you're giving me a few minutes, I can jing this number to the hour.” Charlize said in a very plain tone, as if it were a trivial thing.

“No need for that,” Adrian raised his hand and coughed dry, "Okay, Charlie, I want to ask, you're interested in a

c Head of Planning mén? ”

Charleston raised his eyebrows, and Claude next to him lu surprised the god sè.

“I don't think you're under anybody's control, and I don't think I'm hearing anything, right?” It took Charlize seconds to watch him exhale.

“Oh, sure," Adrian said with his hands up and asked again, "so you're interested in doing a

is mén in charge of the planning department, Charlie? ”

A few more minutes later, Charlize answered: "Whatever you want. ”

After that, without waiting for him to speak again, Nv Lang turned around and walked out. This time Claude didn't joke about it, and when mén just shut it down, he was like, “Are you serious, Ed? ”

“Do I look like I'm joking?” Adrian, spread your hands out, "don't tell me you don't think Charlie has that ability, or what she's done in the last seven years you haven't seen? ”

“No, I'm just...” Claude made a gesture, "you're sure you'd let her go out to work. ”

Adrian didn't talk.

“Well,” Claude sighed, "if you decide, and Charlie decides, then I have no problem with that! ”