Vol 2 Chapter 250: UncleED

Chapter 250
For a film company, for a film company that wants to develop and want to move forward, rather than trailing behind a large company, the library is always the most important thing. As long as there is enough film library, even if it is hit by a major blow, there is also the cost of re-emergence, otherwise, it is easy to be controlled by others.
The film library is not so established. There are many means to produce it by yourself, purchase others, or clarify the copyright at the time of distribution, but there are also many competitors. In the end, it is still financial resources to decide. Miramax has established more than 700 film libraries for more than 20 years. Although Bosworth's establishment time is longer than it, it has been hovering on the second and third line positions. The film libraries are almost the same, and the new lines are even fewer. There are only 500.
Nearly 2000 film libraries are good for medium-sized companies, but they are not enough compared with large companies. Which of the seven major movie companies does not have thousands of film libraries? Even the global rankings that are relatively low now are 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 this way, Adrian will not be as satisfied as he is now. In addition to the more than 5,000 film libraries, there are still many TBS. As early as the early 1990s, Ted Turner had thought about acquiring MGM, but for some well-known reasons, the deal was stranded, but Turner did not stop there. Gao Mei's film library searched away most of them.
As we all know, there are seven major film companies in Hollywood, but before the 1980s, the number was eight, including the location of the United States film company. It took more than a decade for this small company, first set up by Charlie Chaplin and his friends, to reach its peak in the 1930s. Although he has experienced ups and downs since then, he has been sitting still s position.
It is a pity that in this world there will always be some unexpected people. In the late 1970s, Lianmei invested 40 million in the "Paradise of Heaven", and eventually lost the money and was eventually lost by Miko. May merge. The same front-line film companies and the same senior qualifications, one can imagine how much MGM's film library has been enriched as a result.
However, MGM also quickly followed in the footsteps of the United States. Although there is no danger of merger due to investment mistakes, the gradual decline is irresistible, not to mention that there are bosses like Koclain. So after only ten years, I was faced with the danger of being acquired by TBS. Although I finally got rid of this danger, it also paid a high price.
Of course, it is impossible to sell a gold-colored signboard such as "007", but Turner has taken away at least 3,000 movies. Therefore, today, the media has a library of nearly 9,000 movies.
"This means we are already invincible." Adrian said to Claude more than once.
Nearly 9,000 movie libraries can earn tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Although it is divided into other copyright holders, it is also a considerable profit. Think about it, there will be one if you sit still. A lot of money was hit on the head, which is why Adrian would say that it was already invincible. If DreamWorks was run on such a huge film library, it would never be able to sustain it.
In addition to the movie library, there is also a cartoon library, a TV series library, and so on. Where did TBS recover from MGM, not only the movie rights, but also half of the copyright of "Cat and Mouse" and many cartoons. In the future, both the acquisition of TBS and the acquisition are the right decisions, even if they are financing Wall Street.
"Very well, then we should prepare for a loss," Crowder said.
"Now?" Adrian raised an eyebrow, slightly surprised. "Looks a little earlier, isn't it?"
"Oh? What advice do you have?" Crowder asked immediately.
"You don't think," Adrian looked at him, "Is the IT stock overheating? Cisco's market value is going to be over 100 billion soon, Microsoft is even higher, and it once surpassed General Electric after the release of n98."
"So what?" Claude shrugged. "Since the birth of Apple, the IT industry has been doing miracles. Why isn't it now? Speaking of which, Jobs is indeed a great guy. Apple still has a little boy today. Profit. "
"Come on, Crow, I'm serious," Adrian interrupted him. "You know, the plan was proposed by me. At first, we were only doing it in secret, and now, doing so. How many people are there? "
"Well, what do you want to say, Ed?" Crowder spread his hand. "Is IT stock going to crash?"
"You have to admit it, and it's quite possible," Adrian shrugged. "Just don't know when it will happen."
"and so……"
"Stay back a little bit and wait until mid-2000, how about it?"
Claude did not speak, but looked at Adrian with an interested eye, and said after a long time, "Do you have any hunch, Ed?"
"No, just worried," Adrian laughed. "Even people like me can see the uncertainty in it, don't believe you won't see it, don't you want to ..."
He made a gesture and didn't speak again, neither did Crowder, and then passed a moment.
"It doesn't need to be that way. We just need to hide it, it's a little bit troublesome," said Claude. "I will pay attention, and if that happens, I won't be polite."
"Since you say so, then everything is going according to your plan." After thinking for a few minutes, Adrian said immediately.
The so-called preparation for loss does not mean that you really make your company lose money. Only a fool will do it. Crowder means processing the book data to make the company appear to be in a loss situation to cope 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 actually the money is made but the book shows a loss. Basically, American companies do this, so there is nothing to worry about.
Now, with the chassis completely fixed and the media has entered a relatively stable development zone, Crowder will naturally seek greater profits.
But Adrian has more ideas. As he said before, the foundation is laid. Then it is time to turn to the construction of the castle. You must not work hard to lay a solid foundation but cover it. Thatched hut? A few words Adrian knows his strengths and weaknesses, so these things are left to Claude, who is only responsible for making his own points.
Facts have proved that Claude has done a very good job, and the company's several acquisitions need not be said. After the previous decision to cooperate with the traditional media group, both the Hearst Group and the Newhouse Group have cooperated quite happily. . However, contrary to Adrian's expectations, the Hearst Group and the media cooperate more closely.
The Hearst Group is not only a giant in the publishing industry, but also involves a lot in other aspects. For example, they have launched their own channels, and have worked with them before. Naturally, they are very concerned about the olive branch extended by the media. Crowder didn't miss this opportunity, and cooperated with them fully on TV. Broadcasting "Will and Grace" on their channel is his proposal. Hearst Group needs the media very much on this. So tightness is high.
The Newhouse Group focuses its energy on newspapers and magazines. Several well-known magazines such as "The New Yorker", "Vanity Fair", "Fashion" and so on are all needed by the media, so they face Claude. Even more at ease. However, Newhouse is also entering the network, and the media has a lot of investment in IT, so the two sides have cooperated well on this, but they are not as close as Hurst Group.
Despite failing to achieve the desired goal, Adrian did not take it to heart. After a few years after the millennium, this situation will soon disappear, and the current intimacy will only be closer.
Anyway, Adrian needs Claude to take the helm, so he will talk to him about any plans, but this time it is not easy to say so clearly, the profit and loss on the book is just a reason, and then the topic will be discussed step by step. Leading to what he wants to say, after all ... the prophet is not so easy to do, it is dangerous to jump the rope.
Claude's answer made him satisfied. Adrian prepared a lot of rhetoric. You should know that next year will be the craziest year. Now it has only just begun. Even the guys on Wall Street who are preparing for shearing are not. I'm sure the bubble burst, not to mention Adrian who was never good at finance.
Well, this matter is still far away anyway, even if Adrian has a huge acquisition plan, and Claude promised to pay attention, so his attention turned to other aspects.
"Stop, Ivy, stop, you know, you're like a monkey just getting out of the cage." Adrian was doing a volley in the room while listening to Eric Norton. Shouted Avril.
"You are a monkey, Ed." Ai Weier, who finally stopped after turning over several times, shouted with a fist threateningly, and immediately caused a laugh.
"Well, even if I'm a monkey, it's the monkey king, but you should be a circus monkey." Adrian teased politely.
The girl's face darkened immediately, biting her lips and staring at Adrian with a cannibal appearance, as if she would rush to bite him at any time. There is no smoky makeup, no t-shirt and specially cut jeans, no canvas shoes, and now Avril is no different from ordinary western girls, but it is very cute, especially now, so Adrian can't help but tease she was.
"Well, Ivy, Eric told me that you have determined your course. Tell me, are you calm and determined?" Seeing the girl's bulging looks getting more and more prosperous, Adrian immediately shifted the topic.
Sure enough, whenever she talked about music, Ai Weier, who was still angry, immediately opened her eyes and laughed: "Of course, don't you think rock is cool?"
"Just cool?" Adrian looked at her and asked.
"It's not only cool, it's also ... It's ... It's ..." The girl frowned. "It's been a long time" and didn't think of proper adjectives, and finally waved impatiently: "In short, I like Rock and roll singers should of course choose their favorite music to work hard, don't they? "
"Well, that's it," Adrian said after sighing in his heart.
Frankly speaking, from a long-term perspective, rock is not completely suitable for Avril. In memory, although it was very hot and excellent in the early stage, it started to become a bit inferior. But then again, there are many factors related to that situation. Besides, there is not only one type of rock. Since she likes this, she chooses it "still", and Norton also thinks she has a future in this. Just do it.
As the girl said, being a singer can't choose to work in the direction of your favorite music, that is definitely a bad thing.
"Very well, then I'll let them arrange a formal course for you soon, so don't be lazy," Adrian said. "Also, don't leave other courses that have already been taken."
"I see, I will work very hard" Avril immediately raised her small chest.
"In this case, anyone will say that although I am busy, I will definitely not take the time to come and check. If you fail to meet my requirements, Ivy, you are dead." Adrian raised his arms and leaned down. , Said condescendingly watching her half-threatening half-jokingly.
"You're so embarrassed, like an old ..." The girl made a face at him, and then rolled her eyes, thinking of something smirking, "... like an old man, leED."
"What do you ... call me?" Adrian first coughed a few times as if pinched, and glared at Avril following the corner of his eye.
"LeED, is there anything wrong?". Avril blinked, an innocent and righteous look.
"This ..." Adrian paused for a moment, the others beside him desperately laughed.
"That's it, leED, I'm leaving." After looking at the time, Ai Weier said with a smile, proud, apparently happy to be out of anger.
"Well, I'll let the driver take you back." Adrian took a sigh of relief, trying to make himself look as calm as he was.
After saying goodbye to others, Avril walked to the door and waved to him: "Thank you, leED."
When she said the last two words, she deliberately squeaked her voice, and when she stood up, she was very funny. The people in the room burst into laughter.
Damn little girl Adrian rolled her eyes and began to doubt whether it was right to bring the rock witch from Canada.
After Adrian returned from Napani, MU Records sent someone to test Avril in the past, and it goes without saying that a training contract was issued. 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 her homestay family and was in the editorial department. In charge of Julis's home.
In fact, Adrian first wanted to arrange her into the producer Melanie's house, which was Scarlett's mother. The two girls were the same age. There should be a lot of talk about it, and Scarlett had one brother and one. Sister and a twin brother, Avril should like this family with more children. However, Melanie often goes back to New York. What's more important is that this is a divorced family, so it doesn't matter if you think about it.
Then Julis's family became the first choice. Their family is very harmonious. Although some neutral daughters are only 7 years old, they are easy to get along with and care for music. .
The actual situation is about the same as Adrian expected. Although Avril is half as big as Christine, she gets along well with her and often plays guitar to sing to her. Although I was a little uncomfortable two or three days after I came to the U.S., the girl quickly settled down, made a few talkable friends in school, and then started the most basic training, which continues to this day.
"I'll leave it to you, Eric, and tap her potential." Adrian patted Norton's shoulder and walked out with his legs raised.
"No problem, she will be as good as Britney and Cristina." Norton replied, after a pause, the other side reluctantly said, "Frankly, I think Avril is very suitable for you. "
There was a sudden burst of laughter in the room, and several staffers went to the table. Adrian, who walked to the door, glanced back at these guys, made a "you are a bunch of assholes", and quickly left.
It's impossible to say it's not irritating, but it's not because he was joked by the staff and he is not stingy, but Avril's name is really a trouble, from a psychological point of view ...
"Don't worry, don't draw conclusions so quickly, who can say that this must be a bad thing?" Adrian whispered and opened the door of the exclusive lounge.
Just after closing, a pair of hands stretched from behind and hugged his waist, and then a slightly sharp voice rang back: "Oh, I miss you, Uncle Ed."
"Well, Boob, you don't learn anything at all." Adrian chuckled the girl behind him with a smile.
"Why?" Britney asked in amazement. "My voice is already sharp."
"Yes ~ EbookFREE.me ~ It's sharp, but your characteristics are not so easy to cover up," Adrian sat on the sofa and patted his thigh. "That wonderful magnetic sound full of sweetness, I can hear it in a second. "
The girl said with a smile on her face, and immediately jumped onto the sofa and got into his arms.
"When did you pick this up?" Adrian asked again.
"When Avril left to call you, the door was already open, everyone in the aisle heard it, I was nearby, and of course I heard it." Britney laughed, "Uncle Ed, this is a very proper name interesting."
She reached in front of Adrian, exhaling an ambiguous breath, and the light in her eyes flashed, "Would you like me to call you that too?".
This is a seductive proposal. Britney has already been eaten by his bones. If ... But Adrian quickly shook his head, then changed into a smiley expression: "What are you doing? Idea, Boob? "
Chapter 250
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