King of Hollywood

\u003e Chapter 80 Approaching

Adrian's words are absolutely correct. To give the simplest example, March has completely entered the off-season of movie schedules. "Fast and Furious", which was released for more than 40 days, can get 110 million box office in North America. Of course, it has something to do with proper publicity and media support, and one of the reasons is that the schedule is at the end of January. m

At that time, it was still the end of the New Year's file, people's enthusiasm for movies hadn't faded away, and Valentine's Day was a short time, as long as they could talk, girls didn't mind going to see an exciting movie with their boyfriends , so the results are not bad, but it is still a lot worse than the original version, because the original version was released in the early summer vacation.

Therefore, if it is released now, people who are occupied by their busy lives would rather watch sports games at home than go to the cinema. It is already very good to have two-thirds of the current box office within 40 days. Therefore, during this period of time, some low-cost movies, campus comedies, or horror thriller movies are released to cater to those young people who have time to go to school and have nothing to do temporarily.

However, even so, a horror film produced by Bosworth Films, a subsidiary of the media, still won a box office of 23 million in 2,500 theaters after its first week of release in March, and thus topped the North American box office list.

This horror film is naturally the second part of "The Grudge". It has not been baptized by the Japanese version, and the heroine has also been replaced by an American. The plot has been adjusted, and it is not as inexplicable as the original version. Kayako got it to the United States. So even if the film critics' opinion of this movie is average, the box office is still very good, maybe it will not be as popular as the first one, but it is still very promising to break 100 million worldwide.

It is a pity that because the investment is relatively small and it was released in the off-season, the actors were not mobilized for promotional activities. Otherwise, Takashi Sorimachi, who plays the role of photographer, could be invited to the United States. He should bring his girlfriend with him. Adrian misses it a bit. Matsushima Nanako's face was only blank after being spoiled.

Maybe a movie can't say anything, although it still topped the North American box office list, the TV ratings are enough to explain everything. March and April are the off-season for movies, but it is also the peak season for TV dramas. Most of the remaining half-season content of the drama series will be broadcast at this time. The ratings of these two to three months will also determine a certain Will some TV dramas be renewed? Many popular TV dramas also choose to have their finale at this time, so every year in the spring of TV dramas, major TV stations will try their best to fix the audience's TVs on their own channels.

Undoubtedly, the media will be the winners this year, not to mention "Friends", which has been declining in ratings but always outshine the crowd, not to mention the sudden emergence of "" which even has a spin-off drama "", not to mention the reality show "Survivor" which once set a ratings record As well as the first "Supermodel Contest" to show model competitions, the few reality shows that were launched last fall are enough to surprise people.

Donald? Trump is indeed a guy who is good at showing off. When "The Apprentice" first aired, he surprised many people. He was vigorous in front of the camera, sometimes fierce, sometimes serious, and sometimes encouraging. He attracted a lot of attention. At the highest point, he almost broke through 20 million Although the ratings of the audience dropped, it remained at around 15 million.

The style of "Project Runway" is completely different from "Supermodel Contest". Unlike the models selling meat, "Project Runway" is more dramatic, such as designing clothes for specific people or making special themed clothes, so that people who like fashion The audience watched it with gusto, and there was no conflict with "Supermodel Contest", so the ratings have been around 20 million to 18 million.

Of course, "American Idol" is the most popular. People participating in the first two reality shows are either business talents or designers. After all, there are still certain limitations, but "American Idol" is an audition that can be participated by all people. The promotional slogan is: as long as you are an American, as long as you are willing to show yourself, then you can come to this stage to show your voice. There is no doubt that one can imagine how much enthusiasm people will burst into after the confirmation. In addition, Charlize grasped the main point of this idea very accurately, and firmly positioned it on the carnival of civilians, so every time he made some provocative articles on the players' families or life experiences, it attracted more resonance.

Relatively speaking, the current "American Idol" is more popular than the one in Adrian's memory. It's very simple. The one in my memory first had a British version and then an American version, but now it is completely "original". Don't underestimate it. This little difference, very often this little difference can determine the grade of ratings. Plus Simon? Cowell eventually agreed to be a judge, and relentless sarcasm became a feature of the show, so "American Idol" never fell below 23 million viewers throughout the fall.

Now that the show has entered the final stage, it is about to usher in its first champion, and they are all very talented. It is conceivable that the ratings will only increase and not decrease. In addition, "Double Spy" also reached 8 million audience ratings as expected, which is considered very good on basic cable channels. , "The Wise Man Is King" has also successfully replaced "Millionaire". It can be imagined that several TV stations under the media will inevitably have a good harvest, and it also makes Adrian look forward to the inventory in May.

In other aspects, such as records, games, publishing, toys, etc., I will not list them one by one. If this is not considered prosperous, then how can it be counted? So even if Claude unfortunately got into the cage of marriage, he can still focus on his work. Isn't this what Adrian wants to see?

Well, no kidding, although Claude can't stop this situation, it can delay it.

"Pretend to be dating, and then play your own way. If you want to go further, you can also pretend to be married. Of course, the prenuptial agreement must be signed, and then wait seven or eight years." Adrian proposed this.

It's such a bad idea, Claude said so, but... If there is really no other way in the end, I'm afraid I can only use this trick.

I don't need too many words to describe the... um... blind date reception held by the godfather for Claude. In short, if you have watched the movie released last year, by Drew? Barrymore and Hugh? In "Falling in Love with You Through Time and Space" starring Jackman, it is almost enough to modernize the actor's party scene, and many things are actually the same.

There are many celebrities who come to participate, California and even the entire west coast have status and status, and even the east coast has come. After all, there are almost no young people who can have a net worth of tens of billions in their early thirties. Bill? Gates also had such wealth after releasing n95. Over the past decade or so, the relatively young rich who have gradually climbed to 10 billion are basically from the IT industry. In the highly competitive media industry, there are almost no one else except Claude and Adrian.

More importantly, as the largest media group in the world, all of this has been developed from scratch in ten years. You must know that even Microsoft took more than two decades to establish itself. The status, so there is no need to remind, these families know what to do, and you can imagine how Claude will be treated.

In fact, Adrian is also their target. Old Ron Reese is not an ordinary person. He has long expected that Claude will definitely complain to Adrian, and then drag him to the reception to share the pain, and Adrian will also Because he had to consider the occasion and not bring a female partner, as a young rich man who was also unmarried and owned the world's largest media group, he was naturally the object of favor of these status and status people.

In old Ron Reese's view, even though he, the prodigal son who turned back to create such a big business, still often rolls around among women, and even has several children, it is not good to not get married after all. But after all, he is only his godfather, and it is not easy to force arrangements, so I hope to use this method to make him understand his painstaking efforts.

Adrian naturally understood, and he understood it when he came to the reception. To be honest, he was still a little moved, but whether he accepted it or not was another matter. So, there wasn't much wine at the reception, and he quickly left Claude to deal with it alone, bringing Paris? Hilton sneaked away.

As a member of the Hilton family, and she has no obvious bad deeds other than playing, and her age is just right, Paris is naturally qualified to attend the reception. But she came here for Adrian from the beginning. Obviously, he made a very deep and wonderful impression on her last time, which she still can't forget.

As for Adrian, although most of the celebrities who came to the reception knew each other and had met many times before, not many of them had actually slept with Paris. Relatively speaking, he was more familiar with Paris, so he chose to take She was just right to be the shield. Of course, she declined her request for him to be her boyfriend, but her words were just right, and she didn't completely kill her idea, and she was a good bed partner and shield.

Good thing I'm not Crowe. When guiding the shy Paris to try bananas for the first time, Adrian couldn't help saying this in his heart, thanking himself again that he didn't have to face this situation. After all, the godfather is just a godfather, not a real father.

The whole reception was like this, the only regret is that Paris's sister Nikki did not come, otherwise Adrian said that he might not be able to taste the taste of Shuangfei sisters.

The time and venue of the 73rd Oscars have been fixed. It will be held in the Holy Auditorium on March 25th. After the speculation about various awards in the media has cooled down a little, it has once again become the most concerned entertainment news, especially the best movie. Although they are all from the same film company under the same media group, at least they are not the same film company.

But this is also one of the reasons why Adrian still devotes most of his energy to the filming of "Moulin Rouge" and hardly pays attention to these, even though the public relations of various companies are now at a critical juncture.

This can be done once, but not three or four times. Adrian said to himself in his heart. If this happens every time, needless to say, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will immediately introduce a strategy against him or the media. Soon no one will play like you.

As long as others abide by the rules, Adrian is willing to do the same. This time it is just to show the strength of the media, and he will naturally restrain himself in the future. It is enough to occupy two or three places in the best movie.

"What are you thinking?" Nicole's voice came to my ears.

"Oh, sorry, did I hurt you?" Adrian, who was pinching her foot, suddenly recovered.

"No, but it's coming soon." Nicole replied angrily.

She accidentally sprained her foot during a previous dance, so Adrian stopped the filming and massaged her personally. As for other people's eyes, gossip has spread all over the world, so do you still need to care about this?

"Actually, you don't need to do this." Nicole sighed at this moment, with a complicated look on her face, "There is no need to stop shooting."

"Since you are already mine, it's okay no matter what I do, right?" Adrian raised his head and chuckled, and then added after her face became a little uncomfortable: "And don't forget what I told you, these require you to fight yourself."

That's right, this can increase the evaluation of her by film critics and film academies. Think about it, when the competition for the Oscars is very fierce in the early stage, someone suddenly popped up and claimed that some of the dances were performed by her or some of the songs If she sang for her, how much trouble would it cause? Even if Adrian can control everything, it is impossible to hide it forever. Once it is revealed, some people will question the gold content of Oscar, which will lead to more topics.

Therefore, Adrian has always insisted that Nicole complete all dances and songs in person, even if the filming is suspended for this reason. Nicole also knew that he had repeatedly emphasized these things to her before, so she froze for a moment, and her expression became more complicated.

It's that simple to move with emotion and lure with profit.

Although most of his energy is on the filming of "Moulin Rouge", he also has other things to focus on, such as "American Idol", which has already been fiercely contested.

"All the contestants performed very well. Which one do you think will win the championship in the end, dear Charlie?" Standing in the studio watching the contestants on the stage, Adrian asked the former female secretary beside him in a joking tone.

"No. 14, from New Jersey, a very lively girl, very contagious when she sings, but the disadvantage is that she is a Catholic." Charlize, who was wearing a women's suit, shrugged.

"Yini, what do you think?" Adrian then turned to the incumbent with a smile.

Ivanka was stunned for a moment, probably not expecting Adrian to ask herself, but she reacted quickly, glanced at Charlize and then replied: "No. 21, from Florida, a very sunny boy, good at showing himself , the disadvantage is that there is a slight lack of singing skills."

"Very well, then, let's take a gamble, ladies." Adrian began to show his true colors, "The reward is that I spend a day with her, and the punishment is that she spends a day with me."

"Is there a difference?" Charlize and Ivanka both gave him blank looks.

"Of course there is. The former means that she can ask me, and the latter means that I can ask her." Adrian laughed, stretching out his hands to hug them all, while other people in the studio Pretend not to see.

"This is no different from normal life." The two girls gave him the same white glance again.

"How could it be? After all, the players you are optimistic about have no chance of winning," Adrian laughed, "At that time..."

He didn't finish the sentence, but Charlize understood what he meant immediately, and even though there was no expression on his face, there was still a look of "here we go again" in his eyes. Although Ivanka was a little puzzled for a moment, she quickly understood after meeting Charlize's eyes, and immediately showed an uncomfortable expression.

Although she has been thoroughly played by Adrian before and after, but threesomes have not been tried so far, not to mention what Charlize did to her in the secretary's office, which she still remembers deeply, and she will be teased by a woman It's so frustrating...

"How can that be? You don't have any favorite players." Ivanka wanted to use this method to dispel his delusion. Of course, this in itself was a delusion, and Adrian didn't give her a chance at all.

"That's it." He changed the subject, "Remember to arrange a time for me to meet with Eric, Ennie, I want to talk to him after the draft about making a decent album for the champion .”

The biggest gimmick of "American Idol" is that the champion will get a contract to release a record, besides the great event that all people participate in. If you want to make a name for this draft, at least the first champion must spend some effort on it. Packaging and publicity to prove that this road to proof is possible, after the show's name is big enough it doesn't need to be.

In fact, this is also the calligraphy used by "American Idol" in the previous life, except for the first champion Kelly? Apart from Underwood's famous name, how many of the remaining champions are remembered?

"Plus, I have to discuss Avril Lavigne's debut album with him at the same time, so he better make enough time," Adrian continued.

As a song that has been widely circulated in previous lives and loved by countless people, the quality of "a usand les" is beyond doubt. Although Avril Lavigne has her own characteristics, she still sings very tastefully, plus the piano playing in the mv The playful appearance of her appearance added a lot of points to her, so this song directly airborne to the top of the "Billboard" p100 list. Many musicians also praised this as a rare and beautiful song, but Avril Lavigne's reaction was ——

"I hate playing the piano!" She said angrily, her eyes were burning with fire as she looked at the piano, as if she had a mortal hatred for the most beautiful instrument in the world, didn't she just practice repeatedly for a song? Isn't it like that when practicing guitar? It's... very cute.

Well, in this case, there will not be a single song in the new album that is being prepared that requires her to play the piano herself.

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