Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

The reason why Jed’s status is special is that his surname is so special in the United States. Although Jed has been in business since his father, he can’t stand it. He has been the backbone of the American Republican Party since his ancestors, and his originator is still America's founding father.And Jed's grandfather is a well-known Chinese leader in the United States. Although he is biased towards Taiwan, it does not mean that the mainland does not value it.

Of course, the most important thing is that Jade is already a billionaire. The mainland government has shown considerable sincerity when such a person comes to visit the mainland.However, Jed said that his visit this time was purely for business inspection, so he declined some public meetings.

Asia Television has almost been reorganized by Lin Baixin's family, and the company's name has also been changed to Asia Broadcasting Group in line with international trends. It has three subsidiaries, namely Asia Television Communication Company, Asia Satellite Television Company and Media Asia Entertainment Company.Of course, in addition to these big companies, there are also Asian news centers that specialize in news programs; Asian studios that specialize in variety entertainment programs; Asian TV production companies that specialize in TV dramas, and so on.Lin Baixin deliberately served as the chairman of the board of directors of the Asian Broadcasting Group, taking charge of the overall situation.

Although Lin Jianyue is the president of Asia Broadcasting Group, this position is only a false title and does not directly supervise its subsidiaries.Both Asia Television and Asia Satellite TV are managed by specialized professionals, while Lin Jianyue is only the CEO of Media Asia Entertainment Company.Unlike companies such as Asia Television, Media Asia Entertainment is considered a peripheral company of the Asia Broadcasting Group.

Since the entertainment industry in Asia does not have the detailed division of labor and strict separation of production and broadcasting as in the United States, many broadcasting and television companies have peripheral companies to take care of other things.For example, TVB has a special management company and record company to handle the management and recording business of TVB's artists, and the establishment of Media Asia Entertainment by the Asian Broadcasting Group is also in accordance with the rules.Compared to Asian TV, Lin Jianyue is more interested in Media Asia Entertainment.His Media Asia Entertainment is divided into three branches, Media Asia Brokerage, Media Asia Records and Media Asia Films.

In order to express his support for Lin Jianyue, Jade specially helped Lin Jianyue reach a cooperation agreement with South Korea's SM Group.Of course, in this era when Hallyu is just beginning to flourish, SM Group still takes advantage.Because Hong Kong is the entertainment center of all of Asia, Korean singers and TV actors can get jobs in Hong Kong, which is something worth showing off.After Lin Jianyue saw Jade’s cooperation model, he imitated the same and signed the same brokerage agency agreement with Japan’s Yanyin Group, Ogi Production and Yoshimoto Kogyo. At this time, the Japanese entertainment industry was just booming, and there was no The strength is against Hong Kong, so I am very interested in the opportunity for our artists to go out of Japan.

Seeing that Lin Jianyue almost won the top three of Japan's four major brokerage firms in one go, Jade also had to lament that Lin Jianyue is indeed a genius in the entertainment industry. "Why didn't you talk to Johnny?" Jed asked on the plane.

"Jennis's cooperation conditions are too harsh." Lin Jianyue couldn't help complaining when Jed mentioned Johnny. "A lot of conditions can actually be negotiated, but the complete control of image copyright, what do you want me to do? Each poster must be marked with a unique identification code to avoid being taken away by others. —— Whose poster is not Just let the fans take it? There is no complete schedule management. Johnny’s artist can’t appear in the two programs of Rivalry at the same time. Well, I can do it for the first broadcast, but I don’t allow replays. This is too harsh Right? The funniest thing is that album covers can’t be used for publicity. Johnny’s artist images can’t be broadcast on TV, even CD covers or photo album covers are not allowed, how can we talk about it?”

Of course, Jed knew Johnny's series of harsh management methods, so he could only comfort him: "Anyway, we have already negotiated the other three major brokerage firms, and it's okay to lose one. Now ATV has more overseas artists, I suggest that in the production of TV dramas, the important supporting roles should be properly tilted towards overseas actors, which will help us export TV dramas.”

"I understand." Of course Lin Jianyue knew it, and he had to admit that Japanese and Korean artists worked harder than Hong Kong's new generation artists to some extent.When Lin Jianyue inspected Japan and South Korea, he was quite frightened by their trainee system.Teenagers go through almost insane training sessions under immense pressure, and just because you make it through doesn't mean you've got a shot.Compared with the new generation of artists in Hong Kong, Lin Jianyue couldn't help but lament the good fortune of Hong Kong artists.

"By the way, what's the relationship with Taiwan?" Jed asked.From the 90s to the early years of the new century, Taiwan's variety shows and idol dramas were still at the forefront, and Jade would naturally not give up the actors and production team there.What's more, the relationship between Lin Baixin's family and Taiwan has always been good, and Lin Jianyue should have a corresponding channel to come to Lin Jianyue.

"It collapsed." Speaking of this, Lin Jianyue was a little depressed.In fact, cross-strait relations have already tended to ease, but after Masao Iwata came to power and released the "special two-state theory", cross-strait relations immediately became tense.

Now that Jade is getting closer to the mainland, Taiwan's favorability for ABC has plummeted.Although Taiwan will not be so stupid as to completely turn against ATV, don't expect Taiwan to help ATV expand its business in Taiwan.

And what makes Lin Jianyue depressed is that Taiwan not only suppresses ATV overtly and covertly, but also unscrupulously promotes TVBS to exclude ATV.Lin Jianyue couldn't help roaring in his heart, don't you know that TVBS is TVB's vest in Taiwan!Don't you know that Shao Daheng has a closer relationship with the mainland?

"You have a good relationship with Ge Fuhong, right? If not, can her Wang Weizhong and Chai Zhiping be recruited?" Jed asked.

Many people in later generations know Wang Weizhong, the godfather of Taiwanese variety shows, and Chai Zhiping, the mother of Taiwanese idol dramas, but few people know that these two behind-the-scenes kings and queens in the TV industry were just staff members of Ge Fuhong.Speaking of Ge Fuhong's resume, even the current Jade has to be amazed. This legendary woman single-handedly founded Era TV, Dongfeng TV and TVBS, and also owns shares in CTV, Dongsen TV and Bada TV.In addition to TV, she also owns shares in Voice of Taipei Network and UFO Radio Network; in addition, she is also one of the shareholders of "China Times", Gold Medal Gale Records and Taipei Arena.It's just that with the gradual rise of her juniors, Ge Fuhong has shifted her career focus to brokerage affairs.Almost all popular artists in Taiwan are inextricably linked with her, and Jade dare not offend such a powerful local snake. "We can enter the Taiwan market by participating in a joint venture, without being too aggressive."

Of course, Lin Jianyue knew what Jade was worried about. A person who can make waves in Taiwan's entertainment market naturally has no shortage of black and white forces.Especially the so-called "a strong dragon can't overwhelm a local snake", everyone pays attention to "harmony makes money" when doing business, and there is no need to offend others. "We still have some relationship with Ms. Ge. ATV and her production of Fulong can be regarded as partners, right? But she is in the honeymoon period of cooperation with Shao Daheng at this time. I don't think she should cooperate with us, right?"

"We don't want to cooperate directly with Ms. Ge Fuhong, as long as she doesn't exclude us. Fulong Production has a lot of talents, and I don't think she would mind her disciples coming out to start a business?" Jade said with a smile.The taboo of doing business is "eating alone", which is why Fulong Productions split several times, splitting off Wang Weizhong's Jinxing Entertainment, Chai Zhiping's Kemi Ruizhi and other companies.Although these companies seem to have nothing to do with Fulong production, everyone knows that these companies constitute the "Fulong family" that later ruled the entire Taiwanese entertainment industry.Jed is very clear about Ge Fuhong's thinking. Since the disciples have the idea of ​​starting a business, it's okay to let them go for it.If it succeeds, the disciples will still think of the master's incense; if it fails, the big deal is to let the disciples come back to help themselves.Therefore, Jed was sure that Ge Fuhong would not mind cooperating with her disciples, so Jed decided to try.

Lin Jianyue nodded and said that he would arrange people to go to Taiwan to contact Ge Fuhong and others as soon as possible.After discussing Taiwan affairs with Lin Jianyue, the plane also landed safely at Beijing International Airport.Although Jade declined the official meeting, the mainland still sent Deputy Director Li of CCTV and Han Shanping of China Film Corporation.Anyway, these two people have also contacted Jed a few times, which can be regarded as some personal friendship.In particular, Han Shanping was promoted because of his contact with Jade in Los Angeles, and he was promoted this time when he returned to China, so he specially invited Jed to dinner.Jade would not be so stupid as to decline the kindness of No. 1 Chinese movie in the future, so he naturally agreed.What's more, if Jed wants to find Huayi Brothers and Tangren Film and Television, it is more convenient to find locals like Han Shanping.

In this era, people like to host international friends in Quanjude, and Han Shanping is no exception.During the meeting, when Jade talked about wanting to cooperate with Huayi Brothers and Tangren Film and Television, Han Shanping and Deputy Director Li immediately noticed something.

Han Shanping said with some embarrassment: "The mainland has not yet opened up overseas capital to enter the domestic market."

"Does Hong Kong capital also count as overseas capital?" Jed asked rhetorically. "It's about to return, and it's not good to reject Hong Kong compatriots."

Han Shanping couldn't say anything more because of this sentence. After all, if Hong Kong is classified as overseas capital, this is a major political issue.But in actual operation, Hong Kong capital will indeed not be regarded as domestic capital.Seeing Han Shanping's embarrassing expression, Jade added: "ATV is just an investment, a purely commercial act, and we will not violate domestic laws."

"Business behavior is fine." Han Shanping wiped the sweat from his forehead, "As long as domestic laws are followed, we welcome investment."

"Deputy Director Li, can the idol drama we produce be broadcast on CCTV in the future?" Jed didn't intend to delve into this topic, so he changed the topic.

"Oh? Mr. Sherman, tell me what is an 'idol drama'?" Deputy Director Li asked.

"'Idol drama'?" Jade said with a smile, "We are looking for a group of idols to act in TV dramas, targeting young people."

"I'm afraid the idols don't have much acting skills?" Deputy Director Li was a little suspicious.