King of Hollywood

Chapter 69 Sundance Film Festival

In the future, music will be paid for downloading, and piracy will be further promoted. Online piracy is easier, and even in a country like the United States that attaches great importance to patents, it cannot be stopped. Who has not downloaded songs on the Internet privately? If you want to be too obsessed with record sales, it will be a dead end. In five or six years, a singer who can sell seven or eight million records in the world is already quite popular. Breaking through 10 million is almost impossible. matter. www. NgWeNXuE. M (Baidu search,)

Therefore, if a singer wants to continue to develop, he must broaden his own path and start from other aspects. It is very important to have a popular image while maintaining exposure. For now, Britney is still mostly the girl next door. Although she has revealed her sexy side in the third album, it is far from enough to transform.

Therefore, Adrian arranged for her to go to university to give the public a positive feeling, so that even if her exposure rate was moderately reduced, her fans would be full of expectations. With the support of Madonna, as long as Britney does not make some self-destructive actions like in her previous life, it is not difficult to become Madonna's second or even equal to her. Don't worry too much about this, at least Britney is happy as a pet.

In addition, it can also make way for Avril Lavigne-yes, this is another reason why Adrian let Britney go to college for further study. The shrinking of the recording industry is irreversible, but it will take time, at least in two years. Point back to the meaning. With his support, Britney caught the last twilight of the falling sun, why couldn't Avril Lavigne catch this backlight?

As for Christina, oh, Adrian also has arrangements. In the next few years, the Latino population in the United States will increase significantly, and Christina, who has Latin blood, will be a good card to win them over. As Britney's best competitor, how could Adrian forget her? And Christina is also very obedient. Her family situation is between Leighton, Sarah, and Kirsten. She may not realize it, but her world has been completely controlled by Adrian. The only variable is Christina is obsessed with surpassing Britney, but this doesn't matter, if the means are high enough, it is possible to make her a second pet.

In short, Adrian started a new round of planning for the record company, and in the face of the upcoming events, some people saw it but didn't take it seriously, and some people pretended not to see it and were blindly optimistic-although the court will wait until next month The results can only be announced, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that Napster is doomed. It has offended aa and all record companies and musicians. A series of appeals is nothing but a dying struggle.

The recording industry rejoices, but it's not going to stop the free Internet, so some people are already working on the future, like Adrian, like the guy who's sitting in front of Adrian right now and can't stop talking to him.

"A mp3 player is very small, about 4.3 inches long and 2.6 inches wide. It can be held in your hand or on your waist, and you can listen to it while walking with headphones on. The capacity is about 5g, and you can download hundreds of songs on it. Inside, you can complete the operation with just one thumb. In addition, it can also be used as a storage device to place some files, and there are some practical small functions, which is cool, isn’t it?” In the corner of the reception, Jobs As before, he tirelessly instilled and promoted his own ideas and things to Adrian.

"It's really cool. Just hearing your description, I really want to own one. When do you plan to release it?" Adrian asked with a smile.

"About the second half of the year, there are still some tests and equipment to be done. We must try our best to make it perfect. This will be another leap forward for Apple." Jobs replied.

"I totally believe it, Steve," Adrian patted him on the shoulder, "everything you've done in the past two or three years has proved me right. It's Apple, Michael Dell must regret what he said at the beginning, and he will regret it even more in the future."

After Jobs took over Apple in 1997, Michael? Dell once satirized that he could not save Apple, and declared that if he sat in that position, the only thing to do was to sell Apple and return the money to investors. Of course, everyone now knows that what he said has become a joke, especially when comparing Dell, which was decimated by the it bubble burst, with Apple, which has regained its glory.

"Thank you." Jobs laughed, with a hint of complacency, as long as people like to be sought after, not to mention that he has indeed achieved achievements that many people cannot. Of course, he also knew that Adrian was bragging in disguise, but what did it matter? Adrian is fully qualified for this.

"Then..." He wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by the other party before he could speak.

"You have to go to Claude for this, he is in charge of related affairs." Adrian said with a smile, of course he knew what Jobs wanted, nothing more than the trademark of D.

When ipad was registered all over the world for future planning, d and ne were also registered by the way, and they are all categories. If Jobs wants to launch d now, he must buy trademarks from them.

"Claude is not an easy talker." Jobs pushed his glasses.

"That's why I let him do it, didn't I?" Adrian spread his hands, "You might as well talk to him first, Steve."

Frankly speaking, it is not a good idea to register the trademarks of ipad, d and ne all over the world. The correct way is to reserve North America for full-class registration in other regions. In this way, once Apple registers the relevant trademark in the United States, it must discuss it with the media if it uses the same trademark worldwide, and the profit is not low.

But now it’s different, the desired trademark has already been registered by someone else, and Jobs is likely to replace it with a new one. In this case, they have done a useless effort. However, probably because the media supported him almost unconditionally in Apple's board of directors, Jobs felt that they were easy to talk to, so he still came to him. Of course, in Adrian's view, he will do this, more likely because D and He has the same charm, and he doesn't want to give up.

In any case, this is a good opportunity. As long as d is sold, the latter two will not be a problem. However, it also requires high negotiation skills, so Adrian kept silent on Jobs' request and let Crowder handle it. The only thing he has to do is to further deepen Jobs' "the media is with him" partner rather than controller".

"Do you support it?" Adrian asked at this time, but Jobs raised his eyebrows and did not answer.

"Apple computers are indeed good. Many people are proud to use Apple computers, but, Steve, whether you admit it or not, there are far more users of Apple computers than Apple computers." Adrian said in a very sincere tone .

Unexpectedly, Jobs was not unhappy, he laughed: "I thought about it, Ed, don't worry, these things can take your time, but you remind me, I can have someone design a third-party software to allow users to use this player."

After thinking about it for a while, Adrian understood his plan. First, he needs to observe the market situation after the launch of d; Many small features attract people to buy, earn money and earn word of mouth, obviously, Steve? Jobs was also a capitalist.

"How many mobile phones do you have?" Adrian changed the subject at this time.

"Two, are you going to sell me a mobile phone?" Jobs laughed. "Although sometimes I will play with the mobile phone, but a mobile phone with low power consumption and simple functions is suitable for people like us."

"Yes, but I still think you should take a look at this phone." Adrian said as he took out a small mobile phone from his jacket pocket, "The smartphone launched by M Company - Blackberry."

"This densely packed button is not interesting at all." Jobs frowns and returns it to him after playing with it twice.

"That's right, it is said that m got its name because the keys on the phone looked like seeds on the surface of a blackberry," Adrian shrugged, "Although it doesn't look very good, it does have many functions. It can connect to the Internet wirelessly, send and receive emails anytime and anywhere, it is a very good business mobile phone, very suitable for secretary assistants.”

Here he laughs: "All I'm saying is, hasn't Apple thought about making a better smartphone?"

There was a flash of light in the eyes behind the lens. After a while, Jobs pinched his chin and narrowed his eyes and asked with interest, "Why do you have such an idea?"

"Because this is the development trend," Adrian stared into Jobs' eyes, "Moore's Law says that computer performance more than doubles every 18 months, but we all know that the current update rate far exceeds this figure. Now Tablets that still have a small market in customer segments such as industry, medicine and government maybe in three or four years will reach students or more professionals, and then in seven or eight years they will be like PCs It has become a must-have for ordinary people. Therefore, smart phones are an irreversible trend. In addition to the most basic communication functions, it may also add functions such as sending and receiving emails, listening to songs, watching videos, playing games and taking photos. This is a huge market, I don't believe Steve Jobs, who invented the personal computer, couldn't see that."

Jobs didn't speak. He took off his glasses and took out the lens cleaning paper to wipe the lenses. After putting them back on, he looked at Adrian again: "I think it must be a good idea to invite you to be the supervisor after firing those people in the planning department." idea."

"Sorry, Steve, I have to refuse," Adrian laughed and raised his hands, "This is just my side job, I still prefer to make movies."

It was a successful conversation, it can get a bit tiresome if you go to a lot of parties but it's not unhelpful, it's always nice to talk to smart people because they can see far. From the performance of Jobs, it can be seen that even if Apple has no plans for smartphones, it still has a relevant general idea, let alone the d that will be released this year. You must know that itunes has been launched on Apple's website more than ten days ago. Now, users only need a few seconds to download this music mall to their computers and even all devices.

Jobs obviously saw the huge profits of distributing music on the Internet early, maybe he saw it when Napster was established, otherwise iTunes would not be launched so well, and Napster is still the leader of iTunes. Of course, itunes has to be downloaded for a fee, and Apple must seek media support from one of the five major record companies. Maybe Claude should take advantage of this opportunity.

Perhaps they can also consider acquiring Napster. After the judgment, if they want to develop, they must change their model. However, if the original free becomes charged, users will inevitably pass away. People who are used to free will never be willing to pay for it, even if it is just Not even cents, no matter where people are. So let's keep napster as a free service and build a platform for those who like to sing and want to release their songs, maybe the record companies will find some good future stars...

never mind. Adrian suddenly shook his head and laughed. He has a better platform, maybe it's a good thing to merge a and be.

These things can be put aside for the time being, and after calculating the time, Adrian immediately flew to Park City, Utah, where the Sundance Film Festival is being held in full swing.

Sundance is Robert? Rayford founded it in 1981 to give independent filmmakers more opportunities to showcase their works. In fact, this proposal was made in 1978, but it was officially settled in 1981, and it was 91 It was officially named the Sundance Film Festival in 2010.

Compared with most film festivals in the world, the Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that uses the word festival to the extreme. Park City is full of people at this time of year. They play, watch movies, go skiing and find autographs everywhere. No wonder Some media said that even if there are big-name stars attending the film festival, the protagonists will always be these ordinary people.

However, Adrian always feels a little funny when he thinks that such a well-known film festival is arranged in Utah. As we all know, Utah is the most conservative state in the interior of the United States. To give the simplest example, gays can be in San Francisco. Rainbow flags are planted all over West Hollywood, but would they dare to do it in Salt Lake City? Similarly, some films that have won awards at other film festivals are brought here, I am afraid that they will inevitably be criticized by local residents.

But Utah is adjacent to Nevada. Las Vegas is sometimes even more open than some coastal cities. Things that are legal in some places are legal here, but things that are not legal in many places It's still legal here! It is ironic that the two states next to each other are so opposite in terms of conservative and liberal.

But in any case, the Sundance Film Festival is at least one of the most famous film festivals in the United States, so it still receives many donations every year, and Adrian himself has donated a lot. Various Hollywood film companies also like to come here to pan for gold. Although there are no such low-cost and high-grossing films as gimmicks such as "The Blair Witch", the Sundance Film Festival still sold a lot of good works. Miramax I love it here.

"It's going to be a year since you promised, Ed, don't you want to renege on your debt?" Harvey was wrapped in thick clothes? Weinstein complained endlessly as he followed Adrian.

"How come, Harvey, do I look like a deadbeat?" Adrian laughed, "You know I got three chances from you, and I even arranged for the remaining two, How could you forget what you promised?"

"But the fact is that you haven't mentioned this matter once in the past year. If I didn't ask today, you definitely wouldn't have mentioned it." Weinstein was still a little dissatisfied.

"Relax, Harvey, you have to wait for the heroine to grow up enough to act in this movie. Even if the character is a vase, the actor must be like a vase." Adrian stopped and turned his head looked at him and said.

"Grow up to be capable enough?" Weinstein said with a rare big mouth, "Do you want to tell me... that you plan to use this movie to make a certain actress famous?"

"Is there any problem?" Adrian shrugged and said in a relaxed tone.

"Of course not, it's just..." Weinstein gestured, "You said that this series of movies..."

"Yes, of course, if I don't have a high enough box office and enough outstanding roles, how can I make her popular?" Adrian spread his hands. For people like them, there is nothing taboo about discussing this kind of topic.

"Okay, so... who is it?" Weinstein thought for a moment, gave up the plan to ask, and turned to another topic, "Which young girl do you have your eyes on again?"

Adrian smiled without saying a word.

"Well, as expected of a famous playboy in Hollywood." Weinstein sighed, "At least let me read the script? Don't tell me I don't even have a script!"

"No problem, since you're in such a hurry, I'll call and ask them to deliver it right away." Adrian nodded in agreement.

"Hey, you don't want to make that popular, do you?" Weinstein suddenly pointed to the distance and asked, obviously he still cared about that question.

Look in the direction he pointed, Liv? Taylor was speeding through the ski resort with laughter and laughter, and beside her was Sophia? Coppola, Sofia finally chose her new work "Innocence" to participate in the Sundance Film Festival. A little further away is Julia? Roberts and her niece Emma? Roberts, Julia came to accompany little Emma, ​​because "Little Miss Sunshine" starring little Emma also came to the Sundance Film Festival.

Like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Out of My World", "Little Miss Sunshine" was screened in Los Angeles at the end of December. Unlike the previous two films, "Little Miss Sunshine" was not screened after its release. Too much publicity, very low-key, low-key to the point where people even forget, and then waited until the Sundance Film Festival opened!

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