Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

"This is the theme of the three films of Galaxy Films this year," Jed handed a plan to Bowei International CEO Robert Chapok, "We have no plans to make films in the second half of the year. From the second half of last year By the first half of this year, our schedule was too full, and the directors also needed to rest and digest the recent gains and losses. As for the production plan for next year, Mr. Jia Fei has already started to arrange. Compared with the two The theme of the annual meeting is different, and next year our film selection plan will be more free."

Robert Chapok looked at Jed's proposal, and had nothing to say except frowning.Jed very ruthlessly arranged the films they shot this year to be broadcast in May, June and July respectively, clearly wanting to monopolize this year's summer vacation.However, since this year's Galaxy Movies is mainly promoting action movies, it is naturally aimed at the summer vacation.

The current production situation of Galaxy Movies is that Jade's "Independence Day" has been completed, and Industrial Light and Magic is currently arranging post-production. It is expected that the promotional film will be released next week.Wu Yusen's "Mission: Impossible" has also been filmed, but it is currently undergoing intense post-editing. Obviously, Wu Yusen is very concerned about this movie. During this time, he has been eating and drinking in the editing room.Michael Bay's "Into the Deadly Island" has been edited and is currently working on the soundtrack of the film with Hans Zimmer.

Although none of the three films has been finalized, the promotional films have already been released, which is convenient for Bowei International to contact domestic theaters and foreign distribution agencies.Although Robert Chapok was a little puzzled by the intensive film production of Galaxy Films in the first half of the year, he must admit that the works of the three directors have their own strengths, but they are definitely the best action movies.

Wu Yusen is not a hypocritical person now, the distribution company needed two clips to fool theater companies and overseas distribution agencies, so Wu Yusen immediately cut two clips and gave them to Bowei International.The first show is all kinds of high-tech in "Mission: Impossible", we don't compare "007" with handsomeness, coolness, and girls, we compare with high-tech equipment. The so-called high-tech equipment in "007" is actually purely funny equipment in the eyes of many movie fans, but the equipment in "Mission: Impossible" is worth a lot of scrutiny.

Jed specially hired Apple's computer experts for "Mission: Impossible" and asked them to imagine many high-tech computer equipment to make Cruise omnipotent in the movie.Of course, in return, the computer equipment in "Mission: Impossible" will more or less have an Apple logo.As the CEO of Buena Vista International and the president of distribution for Walt Disney Studios, Chapok is certainly familiar with the tastes of today's audience.As a group of Americans who grew up born in the 007s, they are superstitious about electronic equipment and high technology, so the appearance of "Mission: Impossible" is just right.Let the old guys watch "[-]", "Mission: Impossible" belongs to us young people.

In addition to a clip showing off various high-tech equipment, John Woo also edited the footage of Cruise and Jean Leno working together in the exhaust tunnel to steal information from the black cellar.There are no dazzling special effects or wonderful fights in this shot, but only the wonderful and silent acting skills of Tom Cruise and Jean Leno.If such a clip is thrown in Europe, I am afraid that European movie fans will immediately love this movie to death.

Compared with John Woo's cooperative attitude, Michael Bay was a bit unhappy, and kept claiming that his final edit had not been completed yet, so he would not give the film credits.In the end, it was Jed who rushed to the recording studio in a rage and took Michael Bay out, and Michael Bay agreed to give a clip.But Jed checked this clip and realized how lazy Michael Bay is. He just took out the scene where General Hammer's men raided the weapons base in the plot and used it.

But this shot stunned Chapok for a moment.After all, Michael Bay specially invited members of the SEALs to shoot this scene. All the actions and tactics are completely standard configurations of the US military, and they have been specially modified to make the shots look good.In just a few minutes of footage, Michael Bay handled it with enthusiasm.Especially the lethality of the VX gas bomb at the end surprised Chapok and left a suspense.

Although Jed said that Michael Bay was lazy, the promotional video given by Jed was called "really lazy".The first episode is a constant explosion scene. After the bombing of New York and Los Angeles, it is finally over when the White House is bombed upside down.The second clip is the U.S. Air Force fighting the alien flying detachment. You come and go in the air, the camera moves quickly, switches and suddenly reverses, etc., but Chapok shouted wonderfully.Jed is also very clear about the shortcomings of "Independence Day", so he will not show off the plot or acting skills. For the audience, as long as the explosion scene is grand enough, it will be worth the ticket price.

However, after Chapok watched the clips of the Galaxy movie, he suddenly felt a little sad.Galaxy Movies and Disney can only be regarded as a cooperative relationship. Although Galaxy Movies are good, Disney is also good, but the problem is that Disney's sons are not up to standard.Now, except for Disney Studios and Miramax, which are not bad, the movies released by the rest of Disney's labels are unbearable.Not to mention the awards, even the box office can earn back the cost is a question.

And what Chapok knows better is that Dongfeng TV and Disney TV Group are currently fighting fiercely.After the Disney TV Group announced the successful acquisition of ABC, all planning departments of Dongfeng TV entered the Disney TV Group.Not to mention that Anne Sweeney trusts Dongfeng TV so much that she directly puts Dongfeng TV's planning department under her direct jurisdiction, and if she has any ideas, she can directly mention them to her.Although Anne's approach of turning ABC into a "women's station" made Jed feel that it was inappropriate, but since the leader proposed it, the responsibility of the planning department is to make this idea more reliable.

In 1996, ABC's daytime show got a big makeover.The first is the otherwise serious news program "Good Morning!America" ​​has become more friendly to the people. A male anchor leads three female anchors to tell everyone today's news, as well as weather forecast, life information and entertainment news.Originally a serious news program became a bit short-tempered, but it was this change that made "Good Morning!"America" ​​became the second-most-watched morning news program behind NBC's "Today."

Annie felt that it was not enough for the news program to become short-tempered, and immediately after "Good Morning!"Immediately after "America", there are two talk shows, one is "Viewpoint" hosted by five women. To put it bluntly, it is a show where a group of women chat about men and fashion; the other is "Thinking", despite the serious name, But in fact, this is a show where a handsome chef teaches housewives how to cook.The launch of these three programs has focused the eyes of all women in broad daylight.

"Good morning!America" ​​is naturally a program for college students and young white-collar workers. There is a little light news, but more entertainment news and life information.And "Viewpoint" is naturally a program for housewives to relax a little after sending their husbands to work and children to school during the day, and listen to how we women complain about men.What do you do when it's time to cook?Don't be afraid, isn't the handsome chef in "Thinking" teaching you how to cook?You can also learn crafts and look at handsome guys.Of course, the daytime program naturally also has soap operas that are widely loved by the majority of women compatriots, how to spread blood, how to sensationalize...

In the evening, ABC news is worth watching just to keep the guys from feeling bad.While ABC's dramas are positioned to be family-friendly or female-themed, the news is still aimed at male audiences.Most importantly, in order to widen the gap with NBC and CBS, ABC news pays more attention to international news.Since ABC did not get the rights to broadcast any major events, ABC immediately turned its attention to the high school league or college league.Compared with professional leagues that attract male audiences, this kind of high school and college leagues may be more attractive to young people at home.

Of course, Anne even bought the broadcasting rights of the Oscars, the Academy of Country Music Awards and the American Music Awards in one go, as well as the right to host Miss America.And Dongfeng TV also proposed that ABC hold a New Year’s Eve concert in New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve every year. Of course, the most important thing is to broadcast live the countdown event of the Big Apple in Times Square.

After half a year of adjustments by Annie and Dongfeng TV, the ratings of ABC have stabilized immediately. Although there is no way to compete with CBS for the number one spot, it is not the fourth place in ten thousand years.Now ABC ranks second in daytime ratings, occasionally sprinting to No. 3; and prime-time ratings are also stable at No. [-], and finally have the momentum of the three major TV networks in the United States.

More importantly, ABC's main audience group is home users or housewives users, which is the most important audience group for major advertisers in the United States, and ABC's advertising fees have also risen for a while.The reason why Dongfeng TV is so enthusiastic about participating in ABC's revision plan is to establish Dongfeng TV's own TV network in the future.Fortunately, Annie knew that Dongfeng's TV network was mainly aimed at Asian audiences and did not conflict with ABC's positioning, so she was happy to have new forces participate.

With the clips of the three films, Bowei International naturally invited American theater companies and distribution companies in Europe and Asia to watch.Bowei International will not worry about these people talking loudly. Everyone has done distribution work for many years and knows very well that breaking news at an inappropriate time is not good for the box office.We are all passengers on the same boat, so of course we will not be so stupid as to tear down our own platform.

However, seeing so many movies released by Bowei International in one go, everyone's interested eyes still focused on the three movies produced by Yinhe Films.After listening to everyone's feedback, Chapok could only sigh secretly.After all, I am not responsible for the production work, so I just have to do my job well.Although the movie won't be released until May at the earliest, the distribution rights in Europe and Asia have already been sold, allowing Jed to recover a considerable sum of money and giving Shannetti more confidence in negotiations.

Jed’s purchase of land and building repairs this time is not just about repairing buildings. What he wants is to build a film and television center, and more importantly, to make this building a building similar to Disney Studios and NBC Burbank Production Center. landmark buildings.While Shannetti was negotiating with people, Jed was also recruiting some suitable designers.

However, the first name that appeared in Jed's mind was IM Pei, a Chinese-American designer. His Kennedy Library, Fragrant Hill Hotel, Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong and the Louvre Glass Pyramid are all classics.