Vol 3 Chapter 116: 1 in 4

> "Moulin Rouge" has been postponed. Adrian originally arranged it a little before Christmas, but the problem is that the media's high box office movies are arranged during this time and they all perform extremely well. "X-Men", "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" will not be talked about, even "Chocolate", "Beautiful Heart" and other literary genres that require long-term screening are quite good. Not to mention, there are also movies with very different styles such as "Eleven Arhats", "Training Day", and "BJ's Single Diary", which are also commercially valuable.
"BJ's Single Diary" starred by Rachel was released before "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". The premiere was small and Adrian was still present. Of course, Rachel was forced to pull it into the corner. Violate it.
Therefore, if "Moulin Rouge" is released in the Christmas foreplay as originally planned, it will easily cause the dilemma of insufficient attention. There is nothing to affect the box office. This is also a genre movie screened by the ministerial line, not to mention the gimmick of the director ’s first song film, but it has not affected the word of mouth. It is important to know that Adrian is talking about the most at this stage "The Lord of the Rings" is being released.
So after discussing with others, Adrian changed the date to January next year. Just like "Alabama" and "The Princess Diary", Sarah's "Alabama" has been released next year. It was decided long ago, this time it was just set as February 14th, and "Princess Diary" was indeed arranged in early January.
In this way, although they still compete with themselves, the room for maneuver is much greater and the box office is squeezed better.
Of course, like "I'm Sam", the screening at the end of the month is also necessary to get an Oscar ticket. Didn't he make Moulin Rouge for this? And by the way, you can understand the audience ’s reaction and prepare for the post-screening publicity.
After returning from London, life finally calmed down for a while, because Christmas Eve was right in front of him, and the previous filming of "The Matrix", which had been intermittently filmed due to various premieres, also stopped, and Adrian also had more time to spend In her own woman and daughter, everything is beautiful, except for one point--
The door was opened slightly, and the corridor light, which never turned off, cast a long figure on the ground, in the dim room. The little ones were all asleep in bed, and they didn't notice anything strange. Several big woolen socks were hung at the end of the bed.
The tall figure came in crept, wearing thick clothes, a tapered cap on his head, a long beard on his chin, and a large pocket on his back. He walked to the stern and laughed slightly. . Then he squatted down slowly, took something out of his pocket and tried to stuff it into the socks at the end of the bed.
Just then. The little guy on the bed suddenly jumped.
"There's a thief! Catch him!" A voice shouted, and the pillow slammed his head toward the end of the bed and smashed into it. The crackling sound was mixed with loud laughter, and the sound rang through the bedroom.
"Hey, what are you doing!" Kate and Sarah hurriedly heard the voice and turned on the bedroom lights.
It's a pity that these little guys-Lily, Emma, ​​Emma-didn't mean to stop their hands. They continued to wave the pillows and smashed the figure at the end of the bed, while Juliet and Deva clapped their hands and applauded.
"Enough! You guys!" At last, until Adrian called out in a little shame. Only a few little ones laughed and stopped.
At this point, Adrian ’s Santa ’s cap had fallen to the ground and disappeared. The beard stuck to his chin was hanging obliquely and could fall off at any time. Sitting on the ground with scattered hair seemed a bit embarrassed. Fortunately, the pillow was not broken. Otherwise, goose feathers will be flying all over the house.
"As early as more than half an hour. You should have slept, and I specifically allowed you to sleep late, but you haven't slept yet. Now you talk about it, what should I do ?!" Adrian You politely squeezed on the faces of a few little guys, and made a look of gritting teeth, it seems to be a good account with them.
Unfortunately, this is not very useful. Even Diva and Juliet grimaced at him, not to mention Lily and two Emma.
"Well, in this case, there will be no Christmas present this year." Adrian immediately lifted his pocket and was about to leave.
Dawa and Juliet, who had no idea, suddenly showed an uneasy look, but unfortunately Emma pulled the situation back with a word: "Don't worry. Ed doesn't give us Christmas gifts, but Santa doesn't. "
She knelt on the bed with her arms folded and looked at the lively Kate and Sarah at the door, then glanced at Adrian proudly, yes, Dad would not give Lily them a gift, and Mom and Aunt would always give it.
Adrian rolled his eyes and glanced at Kate and Sarah who were standing beside them, smiling and not talking. After entering, they didn't talk anymore, and they stood there watching the show all the time, as if they liked seeing him like this. Then he raised an eyebrow at Little Emma again. There is no doubt that she is the one who dominated the incident. It was still in my ears when I was talking on the phone to give him a good look.
"It doesn't seem like you should all be sleeping together, so I decided to separate you all!" Adrian snorted and rolled up his sleeves.
"Rest!" Little Emma cried immediately, then raised her pillow again while gesturing.
Followed by, Emma and Lili also raised the pillows, while Deva and Juliet crawled behind them and hid, feeling a lot of resistance.
"Well, my children, please calm down for me!" Kate finally came over to make a clearance for him.
Dad doesn't listen. Mom always listens. Lily is very smart. She never listens to mom or dad. The troublemaker died down, but Diva and Juliet, sisters of Zhan, naturally quieted down, and then little Emma always followed the flow and naturally stopped. Little Emma could n’t help it alone, but only Can compromise.
"Your luck is always good, Ed!" She said so enthusiastically the next day, a little reconciled to Adrian.
"Well, Emma, ​​you are a big girl, and you are still a hot star. Can you stop doing such childish things?" Adrian answered with a sigh.
After listening to this, the little girl opened her eyes wide and narrowed her lips, and she looked like he was hurt again, leaving her study with a humming sound for a long time. Adrian just sighed again, and of course he knew that it would be very unhappy to say that Emma was the little one, but he had no other choice for the time being, knowing that she would not sit down on his thigh from the beginning.
It's really annoying. Adrian said to himself. But he didn't take it too seriously. Little Emma was so big, and she was so clever and precocious. How could she be so angry and ignore him? If she just gave up like that, it wouldn't be Emma Watson-Adrian Watson.
Sure enough, only a few hours passed. Emma Jr. started to grab him again and asked, and Adrian started to deal with her headache again. Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and Emma Jr. will be in London after Christmas. Of course, Adrian had to promise that the New Year would come to see her.
"I promise, just in January, I will definitely come to see you in London." Adrian so comforted after sending her to the airport, and then immediately added: "Of course, there may be a few days before and after. Please understanding."
"... Okay." The little girl said reluctantly, her cheeks bulging.
Adrian shook his head with a smile and rushed to kiss her near the corner of her mouth. Emma's eyes lit up suddenly, and he looked at him incredibly up and down, and then cheered briefly, rushing in Adrian wrapped his arms around his neck, and sturdyly kissed him on the cheek.
There was a smile on her face. It never seemed to have been so happy, even when walking along the VIP passage to Adrian's private jet, it was a bit fluttering.
"Ed ... Are you ... a bit out of bounds?" After watching the plane on the runway, Kate, who came along to send Emma Jr., said to Adrian without worry.
As his earliest woman, she also experienced the time when Adrian took care of little Emma, ​​and she was very sensitive to these.
"Yes, I know. It's true." Adrian stared at the plane that was accelerating, and then turned away until he started climbing. "I'll handle it, Kate, don't worry."
Kate didn't speak, just holding his arm, and looked at him with some worry but trust. Adrian smiled slightly, reaching for Kate's waist. Pull her into her arms and watch the plane drill into the clouds.
The year 2001 has just passed. This year, a lot of important things happened in many fields, which greatly affected the trend of the world, such as 911. For example, the European Union announced the issuance of the euro on January 1, 2002. In the field of media, the most influential thing is that the media has become the number one in the world with a thunderous posture.
Acquired at the beginning of the year ... Adrian Cowell won the Oscar on Oscar. In May, he occupied 9 of the top 10 TV ratings. After the 9/11 incident, he took the lead in organizing various commemorative activities. Ann Kewell spent 100 million in a private capacity to help the families of the victims, which also led to a wave of charity. Finally, throughout the Christmas season, from "Monster Company" to "Eleven Arhats", from "X-Men" to "The Lord of the Rings" to "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", the media-owned movie box office has burst into other groups .
The old media groups are either sighing or vigilant or not watching the young group step by step to the top. Why is there such a freak of Adrian? However, this is not over. After finally getting rid of the sadness and depression in 2001, the media gave them another blow in 2002. Although this is only the end of 2001, the shock caused by it is not lost to them before. Those few things.
At the beginning of each year, the end of last year is done, and some statistics are clear, such as the total box office in the past year. The total box office in North America in 2001 was about 8.4 billion, but the total box office of media produced and distributed by the media was as high as 2.3 billion! That's right, it accounts for a quarter of the total box office in North America throughout the year!
Although the box office in North America is basically divided by several major movie companies, and then other companies pick up some leftovers, a movie company can have a box office of 1 billion dollars a year-it is not a box office profit-it is already quite remarkable, almost Which media group, like the media, accounts for a full quarter of the total US box office!
Early MGM might have that strength, but it was based on a monopoly. Although the big movie companies are also very powerful now, it is no longer possible to have the absolute right to speak, as it was decades ago. and so. The most important willingness of the media to do this is that they make good movies.
Therefore, even if other movie companies are extremely jealous, they cannot attack this absolute strength, and can only lament again, why is there such a freak as Adrian Cowell? !! Is there no way out? of course not.
"The pretty data, although expected, did not expect to reach this level, so," Adrian threw the report on Claude's desk. "You can converge."
He has always been clear that only by learning to share can it be bigger and stronger. In a world where capital is approaching perfection, eating alone will only push himself and his group to the place of criticism. Because of this, with the full cooperation of Claude, the media can develop smoothly to the point where it is today.
In 2001, the reason why it was abnormal was not only high-profile performance of various actions, but also the introduction of various outstanding works on TV and movies to fully squeeze the profit space of other companies, the key is to show strength, Liwei!
"Let them see. How strong we are." Adrian said so.
This has indeed had a considerable effect. North America ’s most popular TV series and most popular movies are in the media. Most of the important nominations for Oscar have been occupied by them. The top ten of the ratings list are It's theirs. The total box office of a group accounts for one quarter of the total box office in North America. These shocking achievements fully prove that the media is undoubtedly the number one in the world!
Then, 01 passed. Their purpose has also been achieved, then they should return to their original position, keep a certain low-key again, and not rob all profits as they did last year.
"I know, isn't there a DreamWorks investment in" Beautiful Heart "?" Claude smiled, and in his ability would not see the benefits of doing so. What's more, it was already negotiated and decided, "It's you, Ed, you said before that you will provide some TV series ideas, and then make them for other TV stations to play."
"Don't worry, I have thought of a good subject, derived from" The Naval Crime Investigation Department. "Adrian shrugged," Although it is also a detective drama. It is completely different from "" It's just an idea now, but it will soon be perfected by the screenwriters. I plan to give it to CBS to play. How can we say that we are allies. "
"Okay. Then I won't worry about it," Claude Haha laughed. "I like a win-win strategy."
This is indeed a win-win strategy. On the surface, handing out a TV series produced by yourself to other TV stations harms the interests of its own TV stations, but in fact it is not the case. As mentioned before, the purpose of showing strength has been achieved, and then it should be low-key and take out some benefits for others to share. Although there are many channels, all outstanding TV shows are brought over, especially many of them are prime-time viewers. A TV series with a very good rate will evolve into competing with itself, and the result will be a lot of losses.
And this method of making it yourself and then giving it to other TV stations will not only have a large loss but also get more. In short, this model is that the TV station receives advertising fees and the production group receives copyright fees, which cross each other. Profits reduce risk, but also unite allies and reduce hostility among others. The relationship between the media and Viacom has always been very good, and naturally I shared it with them first.
In fact, this model has also existed in previous lives. It was the first to be implemented by Warner. As a media group, although Warner also has its own WB TV network, it is unfortunately unable to cover the entire United States for various reasons. Need to pay to watch. In this case, if they produced an outstanding TV series, but could not maximize the benefits because of the limitations of the TV network, then it would be a pity. So Warner thought of a way to produce it for other TV stations to broadcast. Profits reduced risk and got friends.
This approach changed the operating mode of television stations. Before the 1990s, the four major television stations basically invested in production themselves, and they bought very few finished products from other production companies. Warner established a new model and promoted it. As a result, after the first decade of the 21st century, the television industry surpassed movies in terms of net profit.
It's a pity that because of Adrian's sake, Warner's "Friends", which was most important to him, was taken away. Don't underestimate the TV show "Friends" ~ EbookFREE.me ~ It may not be the longest-lived or the biggest investment, but it is definitely the most popular and there is no one! And Warner is relying on the unprecedented success of "Friends"-Some people have estimated that from the start to the end of this TV series, about a total of about 4 billion in revenue for Warner-to take their own risks Popularized the model, and then gradually accepted by other TV stations and TV production companies.
Then, Adrian further launched a good TV series one by one. Although Warner insisted on this model and promoted it to a certain degree, several TV series with good ratings were purchased from Fox, but the same as the previous period Compared to the world, it is a lot worse.
Adrian, who had a certain level of understanding of television in previous lives, would not be unaware of the benefits of this model. In fact, he had already done this before, such as "Intern of the Doctor" for CBS, or "Feng of the Office", so now after showing his strength, he has also abandoned this solution. Come out, and by the way, you can show your goodness to Warner.
Besides, after two or three years, all TV series with high ratings can be completed by the TV production team under the media ...
"Well, let's talk about blogging." Adrian raised a new topic. (To be continued ... Q