Reborn Tycoon Rise

Hilton hotel junior suite:

Xu Zhi slept until 3 a.m. from the afternoon of the previous day. When he woke up, he found that the alarm clock he had set had gone off, but he did not wake up.

The video I shot was going to be broadcast on the largest TV station in the United States, but unfortunately I overslept. It was really painful to think about it.

Although Los Angeles is one of the most developed cities in the United States, Xu Zhi did not dare to go out casually this early in the morning. After finding some food in the refrigerator in his suite, Xu Zhi made a simple sandwich by himself.

There was no mobile phone to kill time, and the newspapers were all in English, which seemed to consume too much brain cells and was really boring. I stayed in a daze for more than 3 hours, and my genius gradually brightened.

Just as Xu Zhi was preparing for a new day of activities, ABC TV station was doing the finishing work for yesterday's celebration.

More than 120 operators are waiting attentively in the customer service department of the headquarters building. As one of the largest television stations in the United States, ABC TV station introduced a computer control system as early as the late 1960s. In the past ten years, it has undergone several innovations. Now, all The operator is surrounded by a simple personal computer. This is the Apple II personal computer released by Apple at the beginning of this year. All computers are connected by a local area network. After receiving the call, the customer service inputs the information into special software, which is located in the main building of the building. The IBM server of each segment will unify the data and directly form a table.

The advancement of science and technology is actually a variety of inventions made to save time. To put it more carefully: vehicles such as cars, trains, and airplanes are to save people's leg strength, and washing machines are to remove the troubles of human beings from doing chores.

The role of computers is actually the same. Of course, it is not for playing games. The original computers actually existed for statistics and data analysis. Taking ABC as an example this time, it may receive hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of calls or calls. For mail-in voting, if manpower is really deployed to tally the votes one by one, it is estimated that there may not be any results until Father's Day the following year.

In the general manager's office, TV station Thomas was dealing with a pile of documents. He had also watched last night's TV program and was quite satisfied with the entire program, especially the last few videos, some of which were indeed very touching.

However, as the head of the largest TV station in the ABC TV network, he has too many things to deal with. A small event in one night is just to let him know, as long as he waits for the final result!

"Thomas, Thomas!"

A hurried cry came, and Thomas frowned when he heard it. He knew who this person was, but he still felt it was too rude.

The visitor is Rudiff, the program director of ABC TV station. He is also considered a pillar of the TV station. He has been working at the forefront of the company since he graduated in the 1940s. In fact, Rudiff was very likely to aspire to the position of manager, but after all, running a TV station does not mean that the program will be transferred. Just do it well. Although Rudiff is very proficient internally, he is not good at external affairs. In the end, the board of directors chose Thomas, an outsider.

However, face must still be given. Thomas smiled and said: "Rudiff, why are you so anxious?"

Rudiff was considered a rough man and an elder, so he didn't show any politeness. He sat down directly, handed Thomas a document and said: "This is the data I just obtained from the IT department. Take a look at it, I guarantee you will be shocked." .”

Thomas opened it and looked at it, and was surprised: "The response to this video is so high?"

Rudiff said: "Yes, I was shocked when I saw this data. More than half of the callbacks voted for this video."

Thomas asked: "Could it be a technical data error?"

Rudiff shook his head and said: "I have thought about it too. Before I came to you, I went to the customer service department. The results there were the same as this data. Almost half of the people called to vote for this video, and it was very Most of them didn’t even watch our show yesterday, but because of the recommendation from their friends, they specifically called us to ask us to replay this video.”

Thomas came back to his senses and said: "Actually, I have watched it before and thought it was very good. At that time, I joked with Jim and made a bet that this video would definitely win the championship. But Jim was also optimistic about it, so I didn't bet on it. I just didn't expect it. , this result will be so good!”

Rudiff smiled and said: "What you can't even imagine is that before I came, I received a call from an old friend. He also watched this video last night and found it very touching. He wanted to make this idea into a movie. Movie, you just came to ask me about the copyright of this video?"

Thomas asked: "Which film company does your friend own when it is made into a movie?"

Television and movies actually interact with each other to a large extent. In Europe and the United States, well-known TV series are often transformed into movies, and box-office hits are also adapted into TV series. Therefore, the three major TV stations and the eight major Hollywood movie giants all cooperate with each other. Rudiff has been running a TV station for most of his life, so it’s not surprising that he knows some people from the film company.

Rudiff replied: "It's from Paramount. This friend of mine is a director at Paramount. He has also made several low-budget movies, and the box office has exceeded 10 million US dollars. He told me that when he saw With this video, you know that this is an excellent subject, and the cost of shooting is very low, so it is very likely to become a dark horse at the box office."

Thomas recalled the plot. He had not considered it as a movie originally, but now that he thought about it carefully, he found that it was indeed very suitable for being made into a movie.

Rudiff asked: "Who shot this video? Let's see if we can buy the copyright of this video. Again, it must be the copyright of the film adaptation."

Thomas was a little strange and asked, "What are we buying it for?"

Rudiff said: "I have analyzed this matter. The cost of making a movie adaptation of this video is not high, and the return should not be low, so I think it is most cost-effective for us to make a movie ourselves. What do you think?"

Thomas was startled: "We'll shoot it ourselves? Aren't you going to give it to your friend?"

Rudiff said disdainfully: "You also said that we are just friends. He asked and stumped me, so I have to give him such a good opportunity?"

According to the law, American TV stations are not allowed to make movies, but this regulation is not strict. The TV station company can directly invest in a new movie company to make movies, or a joint venture is also possible. However, because of the specialization in the industry, Although several major TV stations occasionally make movies, they are not their main business after all, and they do not invest many resources, so their results are only average.

Thomas thought for a while and said: "It's not impossible for us to shoot ourselves. The shooting itself is not a problem, but our resources for subsequent distribution and peripheral development are not in place. In order to maximize profits, the best way is to find someone to cooperate. , and you can also use this as a condition to obtain other rewards.”

Rudiff thought for a while and said: "Okay, then we will change it to investment, but this time we have to kill these Hollywood bastards."

In the early 1970s, the three major television networks launched a variety of movie programs, and the demand for films increased sharply. Hollywood production companies took the opportunity to continuously increase television broadcast costs. Two years ago, in order to broadcast the Oscar Best Picture winner, the American Broadcasting Corporation (Gui Heqiao) paid a fee of 3 million US dollars. Although it was consensual, it also made ABC's top management feel as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

Thomas smiled and said: "Okay, let's go find out who shot this video together now?"