I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 451
[Chapter 448 Of course there is]
Unlike Redstone’s business philosophy that content is king, Murdoch is more inclined to channel expansion, which is why News Corp. has a larger territory than Viacom.
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because of the rise of Fox Television Network and 20th Century Fox Film Company, Murdoch’s business focus has gradually focused on North America.
The departure of Barry Diller made News Corp.’s film and television media business in the United States lose an important pillar in an instant. Murdoch had to temporarily take part in battle. These days, Murdoch has been presiding over the overall situation at Fox headquarters in Los Angeles.
The success of “Friends”, “The X-Files” and “Who Will Be a Millionaire” has made the development of the Fox network much smoother than in the original time and space. Inspired by Warner’s n and the resource advantages of News Corporation itself, Murdoch Preparations for Fox News have recently begun.
Another day of busyness was about to pass, and when it was about to get off work, Murdoch’s assistant suddenly knocked on the door and walked into the office, handing him a document: “Mr. Murdoch, this is “New York Post” editor-in-chief Mars A press release that Allen just faxed in, maybe you need to see it for yourself.”
Murdoch believed that his assistant would not send in a trivial press release, and since the article was in front of him, then There’s definitely something special about it.
“Put it here, I’ll look at it later,” Murdoch waved, and the assistant politely left the office.
Soon after reviewing the last few documents at hand, Murdoch picked up the press release sent by his assistant, glanced at the name of the article, and frowned slightly.
As a news media mogul, Murdoch only read the first few paragraphs.
It is determined that this is completely a gossip.
Maybe it will give readers a little something to talk about.
But it will certainly arouse the dissatisfaction of the parties.
Murdoch hastily read it, and couldn’t help but pick up a document he had just read, which is part of the financial statement of Fox Television’s media content spending this year.
Murdoch’s eyes quickly fell on the column about “Terminator 2”. After a Hollywood movie is finished in theaters, the second round is the release of video tapes, followed by the third round on major mainstream TV stations in North America, It is broadcast on cable and local TV stations.
After “Terminator 2” completed the theater and released the videotape, it began to bid for the TV station’s authorization, under normal circumstances.
In order to maximize profits, movies are often broadcast on paid cable stations first, and free wireless stations are considered second.
However, because of Firefly’s shareholding relationship with Fox Television Network, Firefly made an exception to sell the first round of broadcasting rights to Fox Television, but the price is still not cheap. For only four broadcasts in the first round, Fox has to pay up to 16 million US dollars in licensing fees. , an average of $4 million each time.
Fox’s cooperation with Firefly has been relatively pleasant, but if the article in front of him came from the New York Post, it would not only be regarded as provocation by Eric.
Other media forces will definitely think that there is a crack in the cooperation between Firefly and Fox, which is obviously a scene that many people like to see.
Although realizing the weak position in working with Firefly makes Murdoch feel very uncomfortable.
But he would not make any drastic actions because of this. He called his assistant again and explained: “Tell Mars Allen, if there is another press release about Eric Williams, just press it down. The other reports have to be checked out.”
“I see, Mr. Murdoch,” the assistant nodded and walked out.
Checking the time, Murdoch stuffed the manuscript into his briefcase and went home from get off work.
tg last year’s “The End of the Road” won five Oscar nominations. Elizabeth and Drew had planned a PR party together. In the evening, she received a call from her father and had to rush back to the Murdoch family’s home in Los Angeles. have supper.
After dinner, looking at his daughter who was obviously absent-minded in the study with him, Murdoch couldn’t help but reprimanded: “It’s so old, I can’t be more stable.”
Elizabeth sat down on an office chair, crossed her legs and said with a smile: “You should say this to my two precious brothers, tsk tsk, I heard that James has been obsessed with playing rock recently, and the rock circle is full of What kind of person, I hope he won’t bring you back a pale daughter-in-law with piercings all over her body one day, oh, this ‘daughter-in-law’ is not necessarily a woman.” He
mentioned his two sons, Murdo. Ke had a headache. Seeing her daughter’s teasing expression, she immediately became angry again: “Then you are twenty-four, so it’s time to think about marriage.”
Elizabeth’s eyes immediately became a little erratic, Impatiently changed the subject and said, “Dad, what’s the matter with you calling me back? I can leave if it’s all right. There are a lot of other things to do.”
Murdoch can’t do anything about his stubborn daughter, he knows Speaking of myself, this girl really can go away, so she has no choice but to talk about the main topic.
“It’s like this. I only recently felt that Fox’s content production is weak. What do you think about Fox’s acquisition of tg film company?” The opposite daughter, Murdoch said bluntly without concealing the reason.
Elizabeth spread her hands and said, “Dad, you know that this kind of thing is not something that the three of us can call the shots, you have to nod the guy to agree, and even if you buy it, it’s useless, tg and Firefly have already signed. The release contract is over. In addition, don’t play with Firefly’s idea. Even if Firefly has remaining high-quality projects, it will definitely be handed over to Disney. In the end, Fox still has to do it himself.”
Murdoch certainly understood what Elizabeth said. , But now the cost of film investment is increasing, and the risks are also increasing, but Fox’s big-budget films in recent years have not achieved any outstanding results.
The box office fiasco of Cutthroat Island last summer and Spielberg’s “Captain Hawk” at the end of the year made many studios realize that big-budget movies are not so easy to play. While being cautious about big investment movies, Firefly announced four movie production plans with a total investment of more than 300 million US dollars, and people have to admire Eric’s confidence and courage in movie investment.
“Didn’t Firefly announce the production plan for four films? Do you think Fox might be involved in the investment? After all, it is $300 million. Firefly has just acquired Disney again. Funding should be tight.”
Elizabeth shook her head: “Possibility Not big. Only when the film company is not sure about the project will the film company introduce external investment. How could he be unsure about the project he personally liked. Moreover, that guy is now evaluated by Wall Street as an extremely conservative business operator with low advocacy Debt and abundant cash flow, if he didn’t have so much capital, he would definitely not launch such a plan.”
Murdoch sighed and glanced at his daughter.
The subtext is obviously that you can’t say anything, what’s the use of you?
Elizabeth stared back in dissatisfaction: “Old man, you won’t let your daughter sell her looks, right? Don’t even think about it!”
Murdoch was instantly exasperated, shook his head with a wry smile, took out the manuscript from his briefcase and threw it away To Elizabeth: “This is from the editor-in-chief of the New York Post this afternoon, take it.”
Elizabeth took it over curiously and flipped through it. Although she also knew that most of the report was nonsense, she still kept it in her mouth. You’re welcome: “Come again, what a bastard. Sooner or later, he will be planted on a woman.”
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“Bastard.” At noon the next day, in Julia’s mansion in Beverly Hills.
Several women had lunch and chatted about it, Elizabeth said bitterly again.
“Bastard,” Julia on the other side of the sofa echoed with a smile.
Tina Fei, who was holding a little girl, smiled and didn’t follow, but the one-year-old little girl in her arms called out, “Egg!”
Drew looked at the manuscript in front of him. Said: “It’s not that you don’t know what’s going on, let’s think about how to deal with the aftermath.”
“Whoever wants to deal with the aftermath for him, hand over the manuscript to him and let him handle it himself.”
“February 10th is the Super Bowl finals. Eric has been busy editing the trailer for “Tornado” these days, so don’t bother him with these things,” Drew read the manuscript twice carefully, then After putting it in her bag, she asked Elizabeth again, “Do you have the contact information for the paparazzi who wrote this article? You have to get the recording back first.”
Julia looked at Drew’s serious face and said : “There’s no need to be so troublesome, anyway, the manuscript has been suppressed.”
“Of course it is necessary, not only that, but also to warn the girl’s father that mercenary little people often become very troublesome.”
Elizabeth smiled: “Heh , you seem to be very experienced.”
“Of course, because I have such a pair of parents, I understand what such people tend to do,” Drew said with some self-deprecation, and narrowed his eyes slightly. Looking at the three people in front of him, the slow tone became hoarse and sinister: “No one can hinder Eric, let alone hurt him, and neither can you.” For
a moment, Julia felt like Drew A cat that haunts the horror movies with dark eyes seems to be ready to pounce at any time.
Elizabeth also had the same feeling of wanting to get goosebumps, and said guilty: “I just said a few words to him, and I didn’t wrong him, he was originally… just… um, okay, I’ll go find that paparazzi for you. contact information.”
Elizabeth quickly found out the contact information of the person named Cole Anderson, and after Drew wrote it down, she left Julia’s house with Tina Fey.
Listening to the sound of cars leaving in the Drew Villa next door, Julia grinned at Elizabeth: “What a little lunatic, I just startled me.”
Elizabeth listened to the sound of the car’s engine going away, and turned her head to look up and down After a while, Julia thought of herself again, shrugged, turned and walked towards the room.
Julia followed the little girl who was nodding her head and dozing in her arms, and said, “Liz, why are you so weird? You’re not crazy.”
“I have to go to the filming set of “Geek in Disguise” in the afternoon, so I don’t have time to go crazy, but you’ll be stunned if you stay at home all day long, so you should shoot earlier.”
“I’ve started picking scripts recently, hey, Do you think I can act in these tg films?”
“Why, do you want to play a crazy woman like Nicole Kidman?”
“The tone of your words is sour, and you are still complaining. Eric didn’t give “Hot Hand Police Flower” to tg, Drew clearly said it, he had other arrangements.”
“How dare I complain about him, I’m afraid of being killed by Drew
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” After Zhang cheque was exchanged for the recording of that interview, Drew and Tina Fey hurried to Disney’s production center again.
Because of Drew’s relationship with Eric, Billy Clark, the program movie of “Mickey Mouse Club”, quickly greeted him after hearing the notice from the studio guard.
“Hello, Miss Barrymore,” Billy Clark felt a little strange. Eric had just visited the Mickey Mouse Club the day before yesterday, but he didn’t expect to receive another one just a day later.
Drew very talentedly shook hands with Billy Clark, and the two came to Billy Clark’s office together before Drew took out the manuscript and recording.
Billy Clark read the script again and listened to another recording. His expression became a little disturbed. He knew that these reports would definitely bring trouble to Eric. You must know that recently the well-known director Woody Allen has just In the adopted daughter scandal, if the media catches similar news, it will definitely hype it up.
If this kind of thing really happens, the show team will definitely be unlucky.
“Miss Barrymore, you… what do you mean?”
“Mr. Clark, this matter has nothing to do with you, you don’t need to be nervous,” Drew comforted with a smile, and said, “Call the girl’s father to come over, I’ll talk to him in person, and , can you give me a copy of the information about the little actors who visited Eric’s house that day?”
“Of course, of course, I’ll do it right away.” Billy Clark said, and hurriedly left the office.
Drew quickly got the detailed information of the seven teenagers, UU reading www.
sonicmtl.com quickly flipped through, and quickly eliminated five of them, leaving only the information of two little girls Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears.
After carefully looking at the photos of the two girls, the girl pouted and asked Tina Fei who was beside her, “Tina, what do you think of them?”
Tina Fei looked at the photos and said: “It’s very cute, Disney’s children’s channel, of course, the little actors selected are very lovable, Drew, I don’t think Mr. Williams is that kind of person, he must just invite these teenagers to the Sharphorn Manor as a guest. That’s
it.”
“No, you don’t understand,” Drew shook his head and said, “After spending a long time with Eric, you will find that he often uses that kind of strange, and I can’t tell what it is. Mean looked at some people, like, um, it’s like I’ve known them for a long time, I’m sure there are such little guys among these seven people.”
“Ah…” Tina Fei opened her mouth in surprise, thinking What to say, but only subconsciously asked: “Then, does he have when he looks at me?”
Drew raised his head and glanced at Tina Fei, with a smile on his lips, and said, “Of course.” (To be continued.. )
[End of this Chapter]
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