Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Although Li Jianxi has some doubts about whether the newly established Samsung Dongfeng Film and Television Production Company can be regarded as a company under the Samsung Group, after all, this company has the name of Samsung and is one of Samsung's facades, so there is no hiding in the selection of the management team. private.As the largest and most powerful group in South Korea, the Samsung Group not only has the best managers in South Korea, but also reserves the most potential cadres in South Korea.For these reserve cadres, perhaps they have reserved for a lifetime, and in the end they can only become a small section chief in a small company. Therefore, they have placed great expectations on the sudden emergence of Samsung Dongfeng Film and Television Production.

But Lansing's vision is not covered, she is very clear about what kind of talents her boss needs.Be creative and execute, have the right ambition and the ability to match it, and most importantly, have an international perspective.Jed would not be interested in recruiting talents if they were only limited to South Korea.The main market of Samsung Dongfeng in the future is the whole of Asia, in simple terms, China and Japan. If it is only limited to a small South Korea, Jade and Lansing will not be so cautious.Therefore, after Lansing's almost rigorous selection, the management team was selected.

Li Jianxi, as the number one shareholder, naturally became the chairman (chairman) of Samsung Dongfeng by name, while a woman named Park Myung-soo became the president (president) of Samsung Dongfeng, and Shirley Lansing became the president (president) of Samsung Dongfeng on behalf of Jade. Executive Director and Director of International Publishing Department.A person from Kim Hyun Sung who was recruited from MBC became the head of the production department of Samsung Dongfeng, and Lee Soo Man became the head of the artist department.The original SM project has been confirmed to be merged into Samsung Dongfeng.Of course, the reason why Li Xiuman agreed to be the head of the artist department also included that Samsung Dongfeng will establish a record department in the next two years, and Li Xiuman will also be the head of the record department at that time.

The newly established company has naturally also attracted the attention of the Korean media. First of all, it is a new company under the Samsung Group, a giant Korean company. Secondly, this company actually has a US-funded background.Koreans have complicated feelings for Americans, not to mention a lot of love, but they still maintain awe and admiration to some extent.And what excites the Korean media is that this American production company is not in vain. They are producing popular TV dramas in the United States, and their boss is also one of the best authors and screenwriters in the United States.Due to the deep influence of Confucian culture, Koreans respect people who can write, especially screenwriters and writers who can achieve such success in a country, so they must be very educated people, right?Therefore, the Korean media generally welcome such a powerful advanced production company to enter Korea, believing that this will improve the level of Korea's entertainment industry.

Of course, since Samsung Dongfeng has a stake in SBS, it will naturally attract rejection from KBS and MBC.And SBS was originally dissatisfied with a little-known production company owning a stake in its own TV station, but their dissatisfaction soon disappeared.As soon as the company was established, it prepared three scripts for filming. SBS is no fool either, they quickly saw how good this script is.After all, both Japan and South Korea are members of the Confucian cultural circle, and the two countries are quite close in terms of emotional needs. It is absolutely no problem to be able to impress Koreans with a little localization of popular Japanese TV dramas.

As a new TV station, SBS has been troubled by the lack of excellent dramas to challenge the status of KBS and MBC.Although the position of a TV station is determined by their news programs, the real status of a TV station is determined by watching your TV series in Asia.After all, in the Asian market, the most important supporters of TV stations are housewives and female audiences.And they have the greatest demand for TV dramas. If you have excellent TV dramas, then you will definitely become the king of ratings.

As a shareholder of Samsung Dongfeng, SBS naturally saw these three scripts, two of which are urban romance dramas, and one is a family ethics drama.This kind of theme is completely aimed at female audiences and housewives.And more importantly, Samsung Dongfeng's urban love dramas do not rely on "triangular love" and "square love" to attract audiences like Korean urban dramas imitating Hong Kong. On the contrary, the heroines in Samsung Dongfeng's romantic dramas all They are very independent, and if a man dares to be unfaithful to them, they dare to fight back. They don't have the awareness of bearing humiliation like traditional Korean women. SBS is very clear that although such a setting may not satisfy men, it will definitely make women happy.And the family ethics drama does not rely on bitterness to attract the audience. On the contrary, the drama shows a relatively healthy family relationship and their unity in the face of external pressure.The important thing is that Samsung Dongfeng is absolutely unambiguous when it is time to spread blood.

After reading the scripts of these three dramas, the vice president of SBS directly stated in a very sincere tone that SBS will eat all of these three dramas, and Samsung Dongfeng must agree to it no matter what.

Although the plots of these three dramas are appropriately lengthened according to Korean viewing habits, they are basically kept within a reasonable range of 20 episodes, and they will not rush to 40 or 60 episodes like later Korean dramas.If so, the production of these three TV series will not be released until the end of this year at least.But SBS is not in a hurry, it has been bullied by the two seniors for so many years anyway, and it will be over if it suffers any longer.After receiving the report from the vice president, the entire SBS management team was very happy, and this joyful atmosphere also affected the entire SBS, making everyone think that SBS has become the champion of Korean ratings.

After Samsung Dongfeng began to stabilize, Jade's experience turned back to the United States.Two-thirds of the construction of Dongfeng Building has been completed, and it is expected to be able to move by the end of next year.The production of the third season of "Friends" and "Will and Grace" is also on the agenda. Although the ratings of "Warning Fence" were mediocre in the first season, it is still no problem to win the second season.In short, relying on these three TV series, Dongfeng Production has successfully entered the second camp of TV production companies in the United States, and was also selected as "the production company with the most potential in the next five years" by "TV Guide" magazine.

Of course, Jed will not lie on the credit book and sleep, he is trying to remember for the new drama.The current Dongfeng Production looks very good, but Jed knows that it is already in crisis.Although Dongfeng Production can live a very nourishing life relying on sitcoms alone, this obviously does not meet Jed's expectations. "On the Fence" was Jade's first foray into the production of a drama, and the results were not satisfactory.As for talk shows and reality shows, Jed didn't have any good works at all.Although "The Oprah Show" is a talk show co-produced by Dongfeng Production, Jed knows that he is only in charge of distribution in this talk show.And it's important. However, "The Oprah Show" is a daytime talk show, and generally speaking, such shows are considered to be sideshows.Of course, it's an exception that Oprah can make a golden show in garbage time.Jed's idea now is to break into late-night talk shows, and he's waiting for his chance.

"Boss, I think our chance is here." Lansing walked into Jed's office with a document, "David Lyman and NBC have fallen out, this is our chance!" As an episode of NBC The partner, Dongfeng Productions, was naturally able to learn about the internal changes of NBC earlier than the outside world, not to mention that Lansing still arranged a few eyeliners inside NBC very deliberately.

Of course Jed knows David Lyman, host of NBC's late-night talk show Midnight.It stands to reason that he should not leave. After all, the ratings of his show on NBC are quite stable, and NBC executives are also very satisfied with this host.But after reading the information, he realized why David Lehman was determined to leave.Although David Lyman is the host of "Midnight", he has always belonged to "The Tonight Show", and the current host of "Tonight Show", Johnny Carson, also supports David Lyman's ascension, and has publicly expressed numerous times that " The Tonight Show's achievements today are inseparable from David Lehmann's silent efforts behind the scenes.But after Carson announced his retirement, NBC executives arranged for Jay Leno to take over.

It's not that Renault's level is not good, on the contrary, "The Tonight Show" has created another new world in his hands, and he himself has the reputation of "big chin" in mainland China.On the contrary, David Lehman's program did not attract the attention of Chinese people because it was too mainstream.However, this kind of mainstream program has never lacked ratings market. David Lehman's subsequent programs have been winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Comedy and Music Program until Jon Stewart led his "Daily Show" to successfully usurp the throne.Therefore, Jed still admires David Lehman very much. He has a fixed ratings market and can occupy the Emmy Awards for five years. Such achievements are worthy of Jed's wooing.

"I remember that CBS will open a time slot at night. You can ask the people at CBS to see when this time slot will be vacated, and how much time do we have for interviews?" Jed said to Lansing, "I'll contact everyone. Willyman."

At this time, David Lehman was very angry at NBC's back-and-forth. He hinted to NBC executives countless times that he was bound to win "The Tonight Show", and he also got Carson's support.But NBC finally handed over the position to someone else, and the most abominable thing is that it didn't inform David Lehman in advance.If I had told myself earlier, maybe I wouldn't have had too many extravagant expectations for "The Tonight Show".Now the host of "The Tonight Show" didn't get it, and the ratings of "Midnight" are a bit unstable.David Lehmann has completely despaired of NBC. He is already contacting his lawyer to see how to terminate the contract with NBC.Just when Lehman was very angry, he received a call that was said to be Jed Sherman.Lehman is not stupid, he knows very well what it means for a TV producer to come to his door at this time.Although Jed is a TV producer, he is good at sitcoms, which is similar to talk shows.Maybe under his hands, I will have a better development, isn't it.

"Mr. Lehman, I heard about you." Jed didn't hide his purpose at all, "I'm talking with CBS about a talk show. I don't know if Mr. Lehman is interested in participating. I'm There is great sincerity."

"I want to know what kind of program it is, and I hope to have more autonomy." Lehman also offered conditions.

"The type of program is the same as "Midnight", but we decided to change the name to "The Late Show with David Lehman." Jade replied, "Dongfeng Production can give Mr. Lehman the greatest degree of freedom, and we can even refer to "Old Night Show". How about the cooperation model of "Pura Show", Dongfeng Productions and Mr. Lehman will form a satellite company dedicated to "David Lehman's Late Show"?"

Lehman had to admit from the bottom of his heart at this moment that the conditions given by Jed were very generous.Once the satellite company is established, I will also become a producer, and naturally have relatively large control over the program. Of course, the most important thing is that I will also earn more.However, Lehman was still suspicious: "The company really promises not to interfere with the production of my program?"

"It's impossible not to interfere at all." Jed also said honestly, "The company must control the overall style of each program under its umbrella. We can't make two programs that are exactly the same to compete with each other, right? Besides, the process of the program Mr. Lehman will be in charge of both TV and guests. However, if the ratings are not good, the budget given by the company is also limited."

"I understand." Of course, Lehman also understands the requirements of the company level, not to compete with its programs, and the ratings determine the budget of the program.These are very routine and basic requirements, and Lehman thinks he can accept them. "Mr. Sherman, I am looking forward to the cooperation with Dongfeng Production. If CBS informs you of the audition time, please let me know in time."

"No problem." Jed was very happy that he had persuaded a big-name host on the phone.But this is only a preliminary intention. Jed has ordered the creative department to revise the script and overall planning of "David Lyman's Late Show" based on "Midnight", and also ordered the artist department to establish contact with David Lyman immediately. It is convenient to sign the contract as soon as possible.

Jed drove home contentedly after completing this task, but he received a call from Murdoch on the way. The old man was very happy to ask Jed if he had a date tonight, and if he didn't have a date, would he like to accompany him? have dinner together.It’s interesting to say that Jed has always been loved by his uncles and grandparents in the film and television industry. Not to mention Lucas and Spielberg, the two old men Murdoch and Redstone have also expressed their disapproval on different occasions. Own kindness and invitation.Therefore, many people are still envious of Jed's connections, but Jed is very depressed. He wants to have a gorgeous encounter with a handsome guy in the film and television industry, okay?But Jed really wouldn't refuse Murdoch's invitation. An elder who invited him to dinner, even if he really had an appointment, he had to turn it down and go to the dinner.After asking about the location of the dinner, Jed turned around and headed towards the restaurant.

The restaurant arranged by Murdoch is not luxurious, it seems to be just a country restaurant, but since it is located on the most prosperous Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, this seemingly ordinary restaurant must not be simple.As a result, Murdoch laughed and said it was one of his few boring investments, and he just hoped that no one would disturb him while eating.Jed took a look, and sure enough, there were only Murdoch and himself in the restaurant.Murdoch has ordered the chef to prepare the dishes, and also introduced Jed to the specialties of this restaurant.

"Mr. Murdoch, you invited me not just for dinner, right?" Jed really doubted how the world-renowned media tycoon could invite people to dinner casually. "Even for dinner, you wouldn't choose such a mysterious place, would you?"

"Meals, and other things." Murdoch handed the two scripts to Jed, "What do you think?"

Jed ended up with two scripts, one for "NYC" and one for "X-Files".As expected of a Fox TV series, it is always full of controversies. "New York Serious Crimes" was rejected by some local stations because of "profanity" and "pornography" at that time; while "X-Files" is a science fiction drama with the same name as "Star Trek", and it has a lot of die-hard fans. a lot. "The script is good, but it's quite difficult to shoot well." Jed gave his answer very sincerely.

"Then Fox TV Production Company invited Dongfeng Production to participate in the co-production. Are you interested?" Although Jed concealed it well, the old fox Murdoch could still see the excitement in Jed's eyes.In fact, these two scripts have been at Fox for some time, but the pilot episode shot by Fox Television Production Company made Murdoch very dissatisfied.After struggling for half a year, Murdoch decided to seek foreign aid, and Jed was naturally his first choice.

"There is no problem with co-production." Jed just wanted to arrange some of his screenwriters and production staff to go out for exercise. Co-production with Fox Television Production Company is obviously a good choice. "But I wonder, what can we get?"

"Half of all proceeds, but Fox has the full rights to both episodes," Murdoch replied without looking up.

"Is this a co-producer? This clearly puts Dongfeng Production in the position of assisting production." Jed suddenly became angry, "All proceeds are divided in half, and the copyright must also be divided in half. Mr. Murdoch, don't think that I don't know what your plans are."

"You are nothing more than interested in the future film adaptation rights. I can give you all the adaptation authorization fees, but the copyright must belong to Fox." Murdoch insisted, "I have a film company, how about you? Mr. Sherman , don't be too greedy."

Jed was choked by Murdoch's words, and then replied rather embarrassedly: "Well, just do as you say."

Murdoch looked at Jed, smiled and said: "Little friend, you are very talented and capable, but you can challenge me after you have the corresponding power. I like you very much, Fox Broadcasting Company and 20th Century Fox The positions in the film company are waiting for you! Again, you are the successor I am most looking forward to at News Corporation."