King of Hollywood

Chapter 250 leED

For a film company, for a film company that wants to grow and move forward and not be attached to the big companies, the library will always be the most important thing. As long as there is enough film library, even if it suffers a major blow, it will have the capital to rise again. On the contrary, it will be easy to be controlled by others.

The film library is not established in that way. There are many ways to make it yourself, buy others, or clarify the copyright ownership when it is released, etc., but there are also many competitors. In the end, financial resources still have the final say. Miramax has only built a library of more than 700 films for more than 20 years. Although Bosworth has been established for a longer time than it, it has always been hovering in the second and third tier positions. The film library is almost the same, and the new line is even less. Yes, only 500 copies.

A film library of nearly 2,000 films is good for a medium-sized company, but it is not enough compared to a large company. Which of the seven major film companies has a film library of thousands of films? Even Universal, which ranks relatively low now, is above 3,000. Now that the media has acquired Universal, the film library in their hands has exceeded 5,000, which can basically be ranked in the top three.

Just like this, Adrian will not be as satisfied as he is now, besides the more than 5,000 movie libraries, TBS still has a lot in hand. As early as the early 1990s, Ted Turner had thought of buying MGM, but due to some well-known reasons, the deal was shelved, but Turner did not stop there, taking this opportunity to buy MGM Most of Gaomei's film library was searched.

As we all know, there are seven major film companies in Hollywood, but before the 1980s, the number was eight, including United Artists. It took more than ten years for this small company, originally established by Charlie Chaplin and his friends, to finally reach its peak in the 1930s. s position.

It is a pity that there will always be some unexpected accidents in this world. At the end of the 1970s, United Artists spent 40 million to invest in "Heaven's Gate", and finally lost all their money. May merged. The same first-line film company, the same old qualifications, one can imagine how much MGM's film library has been enriched because of this.

However, MGM also quickly followed in the footsteps of United Artists. Although there is no danger of merger due to investment mistakes, the gradual decline is unstoppable, not to mention the fact that there are bosses like Kerkline. So after only ten years, it faced the danger of being acquired by TBS. Although it finally got rid of this danger, it also paid a high price.

Of course, it is impossible to sell such golden signs as "007", but Turner has taken at least 3,000 film copyrights. Therefore, today, the media has a library of nearly 9,000 films.

"This means that we are already invincible." Adrian said to Claude more than once.

The library of nearly 9,000 films can generate tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of income each year. Although it has to be shared with other copyright owners, it is still a considerable profit. A lot of money was thrown at the head, which is why Adrian said that he emphasized that he was already invincible. If DreamWorks was run on and had such a huge film library, it would definitely not be able to sustain it.

In addition to the movie library, there are animation library, TV series library, etc. TBS got back not only the movie copyright from MGM, but also half of the copyright of "Tom and Jerry" and many cartoons. Watch it now In the future, whether it is the acquisition of TBS or the acquisition is the right decision, even if it requires financing from Wall Street.

"Very well, then we should also be prepared to lose money." Claude said so.

"Now?" Adrian raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised, "It seems a bit early, right? Less words"

"Oh? Do you have any suggestions?" Claude asked immediately.

"Don't you think," Adrian looked at him, "are IT stocks a little overheated? Cisco's market value will soon exceed 100 billion, and Microsoft will be even higher. After the release of n98, it once surpassed General Electric."

"So what?" Claude shrugged, "Since the birth of Apple, the IT industry has been creating miracles, why is it not now? Speaking of it, Jobs is indeed a powerful guy, and Apple still has a small profit."

"Come on, Crowe, I'm serious," Adrian interrupted him, "You know, I was the one who came up with that plan, and we were the only ones doing it in the first place, and now, doing it How many people are there?"

"Okay, what do you want to say, Ed?" Claude spread his hands, "IT stocks are going to crash?"

"You have to admit that there is a possibility, and the possibility is quite high," Adrian shrugged, "I just don't know when it will happen."

"so……"

"How about postponing it a little bit until the middle of 2000?"

Claude didn't speak, just looked at Adrian with interested eyes, and said after a long time: "Do you have any premonition, Ed?"

"No, I'm just worried," Adrian smiled. "Even people like me can see the uncertainty. I don't believe you can't see it. Don't you want to..."

He gestured and said nothing, neither did Claude, and then another moment passed.

"It doesn't need to be like this, we just need to be more concealed, but it's a little troublesome." Claude said, "I will pay attention to it, and if that happens, I won't be polite."

"Since you said so, then everything will go according to your plan." After thinking for a few minutes, Adrian said immediately.

The so-called preparation for losses does not mean that one's own company will actually lose money. Only fools would do that. What Claude means is to process the book data to make the company appear to be in a loss situation in order to deal with the tax bureau and the public. This is not an illegal act, but the calculation method is somewhat special. The principal, expected profit, and actual profit are different, so that it is actually profitable but the book shows a loss. Basically, American companies do this, so there is nothing to worry about.

Now, with the chassis completely fixed, the media has entered a relatively stable development zone, and Claude will naturally seek greater profits.

But Adrian still has more ideas. As he said before, once the foundation is laid, it’s time to turn to the construction of the castle. You can’t work hard to lay a solid foundation and build on it Thatched cottage? Adrian, who has few words, knows his strengths and weaknesses, so Claude is responsible for these things, and he is only responsible for raising his own opinions.

Facts have proved that Claude has done a very good job. Needless to say, the company has made several acquisitions. After the decision to cooperate with the traditional media group, whether it is the Hearst Group or the Newhouse Group, they have cooperated very happily. . However, contrary to Adrian's expectations, Hearst Group and the media are working more closely together.

The Hearst Group is not only a giant in the publishing industry, but also involved in many other aspects. For example, they have launched their own channel and have cooperated with Hearst before. Naturally, they are very concerned about the olive branch extended by the media. Claude did not let go of this opportunity, and fully cooperated with them on TV. It was his proposal to broadcast "Will and Grace" on their channel. The Hearst Group desperately needs media on this, So the degree of closeness is very high.

The Newhouse Group puts its energy entirely on newspapers and magazines. Several of its well-known magazines such as "The New Yorker", "Vanity Fair", "Vogue" and so on are all needed by the media, so they faced Claude. Time is more comfortable. However, Newhouse is currently also entering the Internet, and the media has a lot of investment in IT, so the two sides have cooperated well in this regard, but the closeness is not as close as that of the Hearst Group.

Although it failed to achieve the expected goal, Adrian didn't take it to heart. After a few years after the millennium, this situation will soon disappear, and the current close ones will only get closer.

In any case, Adrian needs Claude to take the helm, so he will communicate with him about any plans, but this time it is not so clear, the profit and loss on the book is just an excuse, and then the topic will be brought up step by step. Leading to what he wanted to say, after all... a prophet is not so easy to do, jumping a tightrope is very dangerous.

Claude's answer satisfied him, but Adrian had prepared a lot of rhetoric, you must know that next year will be the craziest year, and now it's just the beginning, even the guys on Wall Street who are preparing to shear sheep don't I'm sure the bubble burst, not to mention Adrian, who has never been good at finance.

Well, anyway, this matter is still far away, even if Adrian has a huge acquisition plan, and Claude has promised to pay attention to it, so his attention is turned to other areas.

"Stop, Ivy, stop, you know, you're like a monkey that just got out of a cage." Adrian was doing somersaults in the room while listening to Eric Norton Avril said loudly.

"You are the monkey, Ed." Avril finally stopped after turning over several times and shouted threateningly, waving her fists, which immediately attracted laughter.

"Well, even if I'm a monkey, I'm still the monkey king, but you should be a monkey in the circus." Adrian joked unceremoniously.

The girl's face darkened immediately, she bit her lip and stared at Adrian in a cannibalistic manner, as if she would rush up and bite him at any moment. No smoky makeup, no t-shirt, no specially ripped jeans, no canvas shoes, now Avril Lavigne is no different from an ordinary western girl, but she is very cute, especially in this way, so Adrian can't help but tease her she.

"Okay, Ivy, Eric told me that you have determined your route, tell me, are you calm and determined?". Seeing that the girl's angry appearance was getting more and more intense, Adrian immediately changed the topic.

Sure enough, as soon as music was mentioned, Avril Lavigne, who was still angry just now, immediately smiled: "Of course, don't you think rock and roll is cool?".

"Just cool?" Adrian pursued, looking at her.

"Not only is it cool, but it's also very... very... very..." The girl frowned, "very" and couldn't think of a suitable adjective for a long time, and finally waved her hand impatiently: "In short, I like If you are a rock singer, of course you should choose your favorite music and work hard, right?"

"Okay, then it's settled." Adrian said after sighing in his heart.

Frankly speaking, from a long-term perspective, rock and roll is not completely suitable for Avril Lavigne. As far as I remember, although the early stage was very hot and excellent, it started to become a bit unfavorable later on. But then again, the occurrence of such a situation is related to many factors. Besides, there is not only one type of rock and roll. Since she likes this and "still" chooses this, and Norton also thinks that she has a future in it, then Just do it.

As the girl said, it is definitely a bad thing to be a singer and not be able to choose the direction of the music you like.

"Very well, then I will let them arrange formal courses for you soon, and then don't be lazy," Adrian said, "Also, don't miss other courses you have already taken."

"Understood, I will work very hard." Avril immediately puffed up her small chest.

"In this case, everyone will say that although I am very busy, I will definitely not spare time to come and check. If you do not fail to meet my requirements, Ivy, you will die." Adrian folded his arms and bent down , looked at her condescendingly and said half-threateningly half-jokingly.

"You're very talkative, like an old..." The girl made a face at him, then rolled her eyes, and smiled badly when she thought of something, "...like an old man, LeED."

"You...what did you call me?" Adrian coughed a few times as if he was choking, then stared at Avril with twitching eyes.

"LeED, is there something wrong?". Avril blinked her eyes, looking innocent and righteous.

"This..." Adrian was at a loss for words for a while, while the others beside him tried their best to hold back their laughter.

"That's it, leED, I'm leaving." After looking at the time, Avril Lavigne said with a smile, triumphantly, obviously happy for her anger.

"Okay, I'll ask the driver to take you back." Adrian took a long breath, trying to make himself look as calm as before.

After saying goodbye to the others, Avril went to the door and waved to him again: "Thank you, LeED."

When she said the last two words, she deliberately raised her voice, which sounded very funny, and everyone in the room burst into laughter.

The damned little girl Adrian rolled her eyes, and began to doubt whether it was right to bring this little rock witch from Canada.

After Adrian came back from Napanee, MU Records sent someone to test Avril Lavigne, and the results needless to say, offered a training contract. Then when the summer vacation was over, Avril came to Los Angeles in the name of an exchange student. With Adrian's power, it was too easy to handle this kind of thing. She even arranged a host family for her. The home of the person in charge, Julis.

In fact, at first Adrian wanted to arrange her in the home of the producer Melanie, Scarlett’s mother, the two girls are the same age, there should be a lot of topics to talk about, and Scarlett also has an older brother. A sister and a twin brother, Avril Lavigne should like this kind of family with more children. But Melanie often goes back to New York, and more importantly, this is a divorced family, so after much deliberation, forget it.

Then Julis’s family became the first choice. Their family is very harmonious. Although their neutral daughter is only 7 years old, she is carefree and easy to get along with. She also likes music very much. So I asked Avril Lavigne’s opinion and finally settled in their family. .

The actual situation is similar to what Adrian expected. Although Avril Lavigne is half the age of Christine, she gets along well with her and often plays the guitar and sings to her. Although she felt a little uncomfortable in the first two or three days after she came to the United States, the girl settled down quickly, and made a few good friends in school, and then started the most basic training, which has continued until today.

"I leave it to you, Eric, to tap her potential." Adrian patted Norton on the shoulder, raised his legs and walked out.

"No problem, she will be as good as Britney and Christina." Norton replied, and after a pause, the other party suppressed a smile and said: "Frankly speaking, I think Avril Lavigne is very suitable for you. "

There was another burst of laughter in the room, and several employees lay down on the table. Adrian, who walked to the door, turned his head and glared at these guys, mouthed "You are all a bunch of bastards" and left quickly.

It's impossible not to be annoyed, but it's not because of being joked by the staff, and he's not a stingy person, but the name Avril is indeed troublesome, from a psychological point of view...

"Don't worry, don't jump to conclusions so quickly, who can say that this must be a bad thing?" Adrian whispered to himself and opened the door of the exclusive lounge.

As soon as he closed it, a pair of hands stretched out from behind and hugged his waist, and then a slightly shrill voice sounded from behind: "Oh, I miss you so much, Uncle Ed."

"Okay, Boob, you don't look like that at all." Adrian laughed and pulled out the girl behind him.

"Why?" Britney asked in surprise, "My voice is already very high-pitched."

"Yes, it's very sharp, but your characteristics are not so easy to cover up." Adrian sat on the sofa and patted his thigh, "I can hear that wonderful sweet magnetic voice immediately." .”

These words made the girl smile, and immediately jumped onto the sofa and slipped into his arms.

"When did you pick up this title?" Adrian asked again at this time.

"When Avril Lavigne left to call you, the door was already open, everyone in the aisle heard it, and I was nearby, so of course I heard it too." Britney giggled, "Uncle Ed, this name is very interesting."

She leaned in front of Adrian, exhaled ambiguously, and the light in her eyes flickered: "Do you want me to call you that too?".

This is really a tempting proposal, Britney has already been eaten by him from the skin to the bone, if... But Adrian quickly shook his head, and then put on a half-smile expression: "What are you talking about?" Idea, boob?"

Chapter 250 leED

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