reborn in america

Although "American Idol" has just entered the second audition district, the hurricane named "American Idol" has begun to blow in the United States. A large number of young people are not limited to those talented singers. Going on camera or meeting with mentors, hugging them and looking for autographs, in short, more and more contestants participated in "American Idol", and the influence of "American Idol" naturally spread rapidly.

Adam has been planning for a long time, and finally waited for the most appropriate time. He opened a sub-section of "American Idol" on the Unicorn BBS, and all relevant posts were transferred to the section of "American Idol". Topic, Adam directly pinned a post to let everyone vote for the player who is most likely to become "American Idol" in their minds. Each vote is limited to one IP and user name to prevent a single IP from voting repeatedly and confuse the real popularity. , although so far there is no so-called network water army.

It has to be said that this approach instantly ignited the already hot unicorn BBS, and a large number of "American Idol" viewers began to vote for their favorite contestants, and then in the forum, they had a discussion with those viewers who had different ideas from themselves. Intense debates, even quarrels.

This approach not only greatly invigorated the "American Idol" section, the newly opened section of the unicorn BBS, but also quickly divided the audience into segments through quarrels and debates, and cultivated diehard fans of those high-profile players .

As for these most popular contestants, not to mention that the recommendation is too biased, but there will definitely be deviations in the show. Whether it is the camera or the song selection, if they lose in this competition, then the other party can only be said to be a fool. If you can't support it, it's not a pity to eliminate it.

As for those viewers who are loyal to some audiences who are not very popular, they will stop paying attention to the game because their favorite contestants are eliminated in the end. After more than ten years of continuous broadcast, it still cannot change the situation that the two ends are tall and the middle is short.

In addition to forums, there are also newspapers, which are constantly hyping up the phenomenon-level topic of "American Idol", so the "California Times" once again played the role of public opinion. Of course, due to the popularity of "American Idol", it also drove newspapers. The increase in sales can be said to be a matter of mutual benefit and win-win.

In addition, PD TV specially created an interview program. After each audition, the most popular contestants will be interviewed. To vote, those fans need to tear off the part of the newspaper used to vote, fill in the players they support and the reason, and then send it to the headquarters of the "California Times", after screening and calculation, finally announce all the results, and select the most popular one for interview .

Of course, others can participate in some small programs such as casual competitions, plus the video materials collected by the second audition area in full swing, it can be said that PD TV can basically give up buying those old movies and save a lot of money. Small royalties.

As for the advertisements in the middle of the program, after a week of urgent consultations (because of being too busy and not enough manpower, the old Anderson had to fly to California to help), finally settled the advertising expenses during the first round of auditions. "The advertising cost of the official competition program was as high as 30 in 20 seconds, and this is because PD TV is a small station. In the end, the ratings of the second week's enthusiastic Miami audition broke through 2.5, and the number of viewers exceeded 800 million. , this appalling achievement was finally won.

Although judging from the current growth rate, "American Idol" can even break through 4 or even 5 in the next few auditions, which is a crazy score that is extremely difficult for even the largest public channels to achieve, but after all, the new arrival, PD TV station The foundation is not stable, and there is nothing wrong with making a little profit. Anyway, there is still time to continue to earn back.

In addition, the advertisements negotiated during the audition stage of the program "American Idol" allowed Adam to withdraw all the licensing fees he had paid to David before, and even made a lot of money.

Of course, money is naturally earned together, and it is impossible to keep it alone. Other related programs developed by PD TV around American Idol require a large number of contestants to participate. As stipulated in the temporary contract signed at the time of registration, contestants who enter the competition process need American and European production teams for all programs during the competition. to coordinate.

Therefore, PD TV negotiated an exclusive agreement with the "American Idol" production company, and signed a super-high fee of [-] million U.S. dollars. During the "American Idol" program, these contestants can only participate in the programs recorded by PD TV. Other program invitations must be approved by PD TV, but this agreement only includes those who have passed the audition and are in the process of the competition. As for those who are eliminated and not selected, even if they are very popular, Adam will invite them Participating in the program also requires additional guest fees, but compared to their popularity, PD TV only needs to pay a few thousand, or at most tens of thousands of dollars is enough, while their advertising costs for an episode of the program are as high as millions , so Adam is definitely doing a good deal.

What's more, these programs are all temporary programs. PD TV station's own program production will propose program ideas. After they are approved, they will start directly and continue after ratings. If the ratings are not good, they will be pinched. The word-of-mouth and ratings are excellent, and it can even continue into next year.

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Compared to Adam, who is earning hundreds of millions of dollars by relying on "American Idol", Eddie Hall, a runaway kid, is in trouble for a few dollars. He managed to save some money by working part-time in taverns and restaurants, but the expenses of food, drink and lodging for long trips were like astronomical figures for him.

After only a few days of escaping from the small town, he only had a few pitiful dollar bills left in his pocket. The train ticket is enough for him to empty his pockets.

In desperation, he changed his daily diet from three meals to one meal. Anyway, staying in the train does not require work and exercise, and he will not digest too much food. His pockets were empty, and he had no half a dollar.

He was hungry for another two days, and finally arrived in Los Angeles, which is famous in the United States and is known as the place where dreams come true, but that is for the lucky ones. As for the poor boy Eddie Hall, he was hungry on the train for two days , almost fainted from hunger, but fortunately, the fellow sitting next to him saw that he hadn't eaten, and kindly gave him some food and a dozen dollars, which prevented Eddie Hall from starving to death in this metropolis.

Big cities have more opportunities than small towns, but there are also many competitors, especially in Los Angeles, where countless young men and women come here to pursue their dreams, so even around Hollywood, even a waiter in a restaurant Just pull it out and you can perform a few plays or musicals for you.

Maybe it was luck. Although Eddie Hall had a thorny road, there would always be someone to help him at the end of the road, so he tried a few times without hope, and he got a job as a waiter in a restaurant. I only have a pitiful two thousand dollars a month, but I can barely make ends meet.

American Idol, who followed his footsteps, finally arrived at this place after a month or so of fiery journey. At the same time, the idol dream that many people have been crazily looking forward to came to him.

And PD TV station, which was once unknown, has entered the field of vision of countless Americans in just one month. Among them, the ratings of the program "American Idol" have soared from a few tenths to 4.5, and the number of viewers has also exceeded 500 million. The ratings of the show are also destined to break through this week. Both advertisers and PD TV stations have made a lot of money in this dream feast, and due to Adam's crazy hype on multiple lines, several players with their own characteristics It became popular instantly, and in a short period of time, its popularity was comparable to that of some fourth- and fifth-tier singers. In the audition in Nashville, the 5-year-old young singer Chris Sean sang Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett The classic song "I Can't Stop Loving You" made all the audience remember him instantly, and also made this song, which was released in 25, return to the list in the second week. Although it was at the end of Billboard1987, it did not rely on the single Song sales and radio on-demand can bring back the charts and overwhelm all the new songs on the charts. I have to say that this alone can show that the popularity of American Idol is by no means a joke.

At the same time, a young contestant named Kelicia, with his unique voice and inspirational experience, attracted attention in Adam's hot contestants of the week, becoming the second only to Chris Sean in the Nashville constituency.

However, although American Idol once again conquered the United States, Adam did not breathe a sigh of relief, but frowned, because the listing of Eden was not smooth, and under the old Anderson's matchmaking, he contacted some financial companies on Wall Street Not so well.

They hope that Adam can make the entire Nirvana listed, but Adam hopes that Eden can be separated from Nirvana and listed independently for an IPO, but Wall Street estimates the market value of Eden too low, so the two parties are caught in a stalemate.

At present, although Nirvana has three independent branches of Eden, Unicorn BBS and Noah, Noah is still in preparation, and Unicorn BBS has no profitability. Only Nirvana makes money by selling copies. Noah's joining will actually drag down Eden's profitability. Although the potential is great, the potential cannot be exchanged for the banknotes of shareholders. With this set of rhetoric, Wall Street has accepted Adam's statement and is willing to operate for Eden's listing. There is no accident. It will be able to go public smoothly in the second half of the year.