King of Hollywood Chapter 19: Are you interested?

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Chapter 19 Are you interested? [M]

In early April 2000, a series of changes between the media and Sony Records made many financial critics ignorant. First, Sony Records announced on high-profile Friday that it will be the owner of m Records, but just two days later, the media suddenly On Monday, it announced that it had successfully acquired Universal Music at a price of 6.5 billion, and merged with m Records to form a new Universal Music. As for Sony Records, the spokesperson only mentioned one sentence at the end and will cooperate with them in depth. Book mí group 2

What a hell, even if a major reversal might happen, wouldn’t it be so dramatic? However, the facts will not change with their surprise. The media has regained control of m and is more solid. It holds shares with Sony Records, but owns more shares than Sony. It also has a seat on the board of Sony Records. However, Sony Records can only hold shares... These are added in turn with some unimportant details, and financial critics immediately changed their tone and began to fully praise the media’s strategic deception. Those who laughed at them before will be met. Those words that have hit the bottom seem to have never been said, and a commentator in the Wall Street Journal praised Adrian and Claude as "natural partners."

Okay, at least this sentence is correct. Adrian and Claude do cooperate very well. One is responsible for business negotiation and company operation, and the other is responsible for creativity and development, supporting and complementing each other.

The role of 2. Take this major reversal, apart from Crowder’s commercial conglomerate, the benefits provided by Adrian for trading are also indispensable.

For example in

I forced Motola to mention the two TV series when he signed the contract, "The Doctor of the Intern" and "The Office of the Doctor", which easily smoothed Viacom and n

c.

A large part of American TV series depicts policemen, doctors and lawyers, so Adrian promised "Interns and Doctors" to c

s, in memory, this TV series has reached 10 million viewers in at least the first two seasons-with the continuous development of cable TV after the millennium, the ratings of wireless TV stations began to decrease continuously, reaching 10 million viewers It is already a very good episode.

Give n

c is a little bit worse. "The Office of the Clouds" was originally a British mí drama. It was very interesting to shoot with documentary methods. The ratings in the UK are not low, and it was later n

c bought the copyright. Although the ratings of the US version are not high, the quality is still good. However, even the British version has not yet come out. The shooting techniques are used properly and can be very Americanized. The ratings will definitely rise to two levels.

Of course, more importantly, Adrian has made a guarantee that this will be two good TV shows. Until today, do anyone still believe the director’s words?

The same is true for the arrangements for Warner and Fox and Sony-Columbia Pictures. Needless to say, Fox and Sony-Colombia. After nearly two months of discussion in the "X-Men" series, the Adrian proposal succeeded and failed. Too. The success is because the overall story of the trilogy is much better than the original version. The surprised author and the screenwriter of Universal have finally compiled the story basically on the basis of the outline he gave, although

There are still a lot of ug, but this is the problem of Marvel Comics itself.

And the reason for Dr. X’s paralysis, the relationship between Wolverine and Saber-toothed Tiger also set new requirements for Adrian. As long as the original quality can be maintained after it is made, it will definitely be more popular. However, it is impossible to set the story of other corners by extending it, because the amount of information is too large, and society is always evolving. The plots that people like today may hate tomorrow, and commercial movies are particularly obvious at this point.

"Unless we start shooting as soon as we finish the script, we may have to rewrite the story in the past few years, and there are too many characters in "X-Men". Except for the main heroes, we are not sure that the shooting will be real. After the movie, what else will be popular and which will not be popular." Surprise and Universal have given the evaluation of Adrian after discussion.

What they said is indeed very reasonable, so Adrian gave up this plan. At the beginning, this request was only for the sake of making the derived series not so ugly. Even so, it is enough to attract Fox and Sony-Columbia to participate. Adrian also hinted at them. Some valuable superheroes will definitely consider selling. What kind of choices they will make need not be said. Now who does not know that the surprise is Big gold mine. e^Look

All of these factors add up, and News Corporation is largely a spectator. Sony-Colombia, even if it has limited support for Sony Records, is naturally flattened. In the end, there is Warner. They have it. It’s impossible to be surprised. But the TV network is not wide, and there is no suitable program. It has always been their heart disease, and it is still stuck in the quagmire of AOL. Adrian uses the "Speed" "Advance" reality show got them all.

Besides, Adrian also proposed that the HD DVD format should be exchanged for Sony Group support. Although it is still 00 years ago, the dispute about standards has already begun, but it has not been one or two years later. jīlie degree. It is also his decision to cooperate with Sony Records instead of taking this opportunity to annex it. This is certainly a good opportunity. All situations are beneficial to the media. The other party also has its own chess pieces. If you don’t want to finance Adrian, there are still many funds in hand, but Sony The group may not abandon Sony Records, even if the benefits of the record industry are beyond the first three items, then this will be a troublesome matter and will have an impact on subsequent plans.

So it’s better to cooperate, so it’s easier to sweep Mottola out of the mén, of course, the benefits still need to be, for example, they hold more shares and have a seat on the board of directors, while Sony Records Can only hold shares. However, Adrian has not completely let them go, although the two parties agreed to divide the market together-with the acquisition of Universal Music and the addition of m records, the new Universal Music will be the largest record company with the largest market share and is fully qualified to propose Such a suggestion-but after the record industry began to slump in the past few years, Sony had to go to the front to attract firepower according to the agreement. The media only needs to wait for the fruit to pick up. This is the advantage of the prophet.

Because of the arrangement for xìng given by Adrian, Claude can divide them into cracks approximately perfectly. In fact, such a strong dual core model that complements each other is the pursuit of many companies, the most famous examples are Disney, Walt Disney and Roy Disney (not the Walt nephew that Roy Disney) After founding the Disney company, Walter was responsible for design and production, and his brother Roy was responsible for financial operations and management. The kind of cooperation between them allowed Disney animation to develop rapidly.

The same was true of the Golden Decade from the early 1980s to the early 94s. Michael Eisner was responsible for creativity and planning, and Frank Wilson, who understood him and could endure his eccentric temper, was responsible for business negotiations. The original value was ten. Hundreds of millions of Disney has become a large group of tens of billions. It is a pity that Wilson was killed in a helicopter crash in 1994, Eisner lost a good partner, Disney's management began to be unbalanced, and internal power struggles again emerged.

There are many more examples of this. Sony’s Akio Morita and Jing Shenda are also typical of them. They founded Sony and developed it together, but after they died in 1997 and 1999, Sony also started to embark on it. Downhill. No matter what the media will be in the future, as long as Adrian and Claude continue to cooperate intimately, coupled with cheating devices, climbing to a higher peak will not be difficult.

"Now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief." Claude raised his glass. As always, after completing this acquisition, he and Adriansī celebrated with a drink in the office. It is this time in Adrian's office.

"Really, don't you plan to start integrating our new Universal Music?" Adrian raised his glass and touched him.

"Oh, forgive me, how much energy do I consume during this period? Always give me a few days to rest." Claude complained, "I am not like you, always so leisurely ."

"Leisure? I have two movies to complete this year, and the late stage of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the preparation of the remaining two of the "Matrix", and a lot of movies and TV series to ask. "Adrian smiled and spread his hands."

"But it's also convenient for you to reduce pressure, isn't it?" Claude shrugged.

"No no no, Crow," Adrian smiled hehe, "At least I will not rent some venues, let the models come together to play strip show..."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this topic, shall we," Claude interrupted quickly.

"Relax, Crow, even if the godfather knows it, he will only reprimand you. You also said that he is full of praise for our recent strategic deception." Adrian said leisurely, following what he thought of. : "By the way, Eller did not participate in your inexplicable activities."

"Of course not, everyone knows that she is your collection, and Alexander also pays attention to these," Claude sighed here. "Frankly speaking, I am a bit regretful now, Ed. It shouldn’t be given to you. Then again, why do you always make nv people treat you so...and still knowingly?”

"Because I know what they are thinking," Adrian laughed, "This is talent, Crow, don't be jealous of me."

"Really, Mr. Adrian, then please tell me, what did Miss Penelope? Cruz thought?" Claude immediately showed an interesting look.

Adrian didn’t think so, but just shrugged: "What else can I do, being temporarily blinded by yòuhuò and intervening in things she can’t intervene, there are always such stupid nv people in the world."

Despite this, he sighed in his heart. According to Penelope's performance all along, she should also be a clever nv who is advancing and retreating. Why did she feel like a personal change after encountering this? , Rashly joined in?

He doesn’t regret anything. After that, he can already see things more objectively, or control himself more. There is a price to be paid for doing the wrong thing, but only in this way, your Spanish collection must be vacant.

"However, you drove her back?" Claude wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he just asked.

"So what do you think I should do? Leave her and..." Adrian made a few gestures, and Claude laughed.

Of course, the premise of letting go of this is that Penelope is smart enough, otherwise it will be difficult to say. So, after the news from Spain that she and Almodovar turned over and announced their withdrawal from the entertainment industry, Adrian sighed again, and it turned out that Penelope still had a mind, she clearly understood what Adrian said to her The real meaning of the phrase "Don't let me see you again in Hollywood".

Even if she can pretend to be deaf and dumb and then pick up some European movies, if she can’t talk to the whole world, what's the use? Are you going to make so-called art films all your life? And Adrian will not give her the opportunity to pretend to be deaf and dumb, but also took her to the signing ceremony, a word that made her offend another media group, so it is better to exit cleanly.

And Penelope also played a huā trick, and showed it this way. First, he participated in a small production in Spain, and then used the Almodóvar to make trouble and then quit. Almodóvar was the one who further explored the charm of Penelope, and he fell out with him. Coupled with the rumor that Hollywood was unfavorable for development, it was a matter of course to withdraw from the entertainment industry, and it would not be associated with other aspects.

It's a pity, but vacancies are vacant, nothing is perfect. Adrian commented on this news.

He has been staring at Penelope for a long time, knowing how uneasy she is, just like what happened when the dog returned to Spain. But the whole thing is not completely over. Although she has let go of it for a while, she will always charge a little interest.

For example, for the first time, let the crew of "Speed ​​and Love" who has completed the shooting be replaced, but without giving an explanation, let the outside world make a guess, and then someone will collect some clues and then make up some brains. The plot, when the word of mouth in the entertainment circle is also completely finished. In addition, there is an interest, but he intends to wait a few years before collecting it.

"Okay, let’s talk about the right thing, such as personnel changes. Sony Records helped us dig out several restless guys. Only better people can replace them." Claude changed the subject, " And Eric helped us a lot this time, we have to show something."

"Of course, of course, if Eric didn’t break into Sony Records, we had to get them to know when they would be in trouble." Adrian nodded. "The art director of New Universal Music must be his He is instinctively capable and very loyal to us. No one else is qualified for this job except him. If someone at Universal Music does not approve it, it doesn’t matter. I have equipped Eric with the title of legendary music producer. "

"So, you plan to..." Crowder raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, anyway, those classic songs were completed with the help of Eric." Adrian replied with a smile.

"Okay, then next, a

c over there I plan to transfer Clifton, the deputy director of the propaganda department mén, to the music department mén to preside over the work, and the planning department mén director Charles to be the secretary of the board of directors, and the original board secretary Kurt to the head office. "Claude continued.

"You can do whatever you want, I..." Adrian paused suddenly, "Wait!"

"What's wrong?" Claude was a little strange.

Adrian didn't answer, just frowned, thinking about something, then, knocking mén sounded, and after getting permission, Charlize walked in with the folder.

"Sorry, Ed, it's not that I want to disturb you, but this document must be signed by you and Crow." She said, a decent ol costume, plus black transparent stockings and high heels, forward convex Hou Qiao has an indescribable yòuhuò, but it is indifferent again, quite attractive.

"Okay, thank you." Claude took it, looked at it in detail, then signed his name, and then handed it to Adrian, "Don't read it, you look at her like this every day, just Can't I look at her like this after I leave?"

"What do I think is my business." Adrian took back his gaze placed on the calm Charlie, and signed his name on the document.

"Oh, Charlie, I have a question." Adrian suddenly asked after returning the document to Charlize.

"Please say, but I have the right not to answer some of the questions of overstepping, and reserve the right to fight back." Charlize said wholeheartedly, and Claude chuckled.

Adrian shrugs in disbelief: "Speaking, how long have you been my secretary assistant, Charlie?"

"In 7 years and 1 month, Leeds answered it.

"Wow," Adrian couldn't help but called out, "Do you remember it so accurately?"

"I have confidence in my memory. If you are giving me a few minutes, I can confirm this number to the hour." Charlize said in a very plain tone, as if this was just a trivial matter.

"This is not necessary," Adrian raised his hand, and then coughed dryly, "Okay, Charlie, I want to ask, you are interested, go to a

c Do you want to be the supervisor of the planning department mén? "

Charlize suddenly raised his eyebrows, and Claude beside him also appeared surprised.

"I think you should not be controlled by anyone, and I should have no auditory hallucinations, right?" After a few seconds, Charlize watched him exhale.

"Oh~IndoMTL.com~Of course," Adrian raised his hands and then asked again, "So, you are interested in doing a

Is the director of the planning department mén, Charlie? "

After a few more minutes, Charlize responded: "As you like."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for him to speak, nv Lang turned and walked out. This time Claude did not make a joke about this. After mén had just closed, he asked anxiously: "Are you serious, Ed?"

"Do I look like I'm kidding?" Adrian spread his hands, "Don't tell, you don't think Charlie has that ability, or say, what did she do in the past seven years, did you see it? "

"No, I'm just..." Claude made a gesture, "You are sure you will let her go to work."

Adrian did not speak.

"Okay," Claude sighed. "If you decide, and Charlie also decides, then I have no opinion!"

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