I’m in Hollywood

Unlike Redstone's business philosophy that content is king, Murdoch is more inclined to channel expansion, which is why News Corp. has a larger territory than Viacom. …,

Because of the rise of Fox Television Network and 20th Century Fox Film Company, Murdoch's business focus has gradually focused on North America.

The departure of Barry Diller made News Corp.'s film and television media business in the United States lose an important pillar in an instant. Murdoch had to temporarily take part in battle. These days, Murdoch has been presiding over the overall situation at Fox headquarters in Los Angeles.

The success of Friends, The X-Files and Who Will Be a Millionaire has made the development of the Fox network much smoother than in the original time and space. Inspired by Warner's n and the resource advantages of News Corporation itself, Murdoch Preparations for Fox News have recently begun.

Another day of busyness was about to pass, and when it was about to get off work, Murdoch's assistant suddenly knocked on the door and walked into the office, handing him a document: Mr. Murdoch, this is New York Post editor-in-chief Mars . A press release just faxed by Allen, maybe you need to see it for yourself.

Murdoch believed that his assistant would not deliver a trivial press release, and now that it was in front of him, there must be something special about it.

Put it here, I'll look at it later, Murdoch waved, and the assistant politely left the office.

Soon after reviewing the last few documents at hand, Murdoch picked up the press release sent by his assistant, glanced at the name of the article, and frowned slightly. As a news media mogul, Murdoch only read the first few paragraphs. It is determined that this is completely a gossip. Maybe it will give readers a little something to talk about. But it will certainly arouse the dissatisfaction of the parties.

Murdoch hastily read it, and couldn't help but pick up a document he had just read, which is part of the financial statement of Fox Television's media content spending this year.

Murdoch's eyes quickly fell on the column about Terminator 2. After a Hollywood movie is finished in theaters, the second round is the release of video tapes, followed by the third round on major mainstream TV stations in North America, It is broadcast on cable and local TV stations.

After Terminator 2 completed the theater and released the videotape, it began to bid for the TV station's authorization, under normal circumstances. In order to maximize profits, movies are often broadcast on paid cable stations first, and free wireless stations are considered second.

However, because of Firefly's shareholding relationship with Fox Television Network, Firefly made an exception to sell the first round of broadcasting rights to Fox Television, but the price is still not cheap. For only four broadcasts in the first round, Fox will pay up to 16 million US dollars in licensing fees. , an average of $4 million each time.

Fox's cooperation with Firefly has been relatively pleasant, but if the article in front of him came from the New York Post, it would not only be regarded as provocation by Eric. Other media forces will definitely think that there is a crack in the cooperation between Firefly and Fox, which is obviously a scene that many people like to see.

Although realizing the weak position in working with Firefly makes Murdoch feel very uncomfortable. But he would not make any drastic actions because of this. He called his assistant again and explained: Tell Mars Allen, if there is another press release about Eric Williams, just press it down. Other reports have to click through.

I see, Mr. Murdoch, the assistant nodded and went out.

Checking the time, Murdoch stuffed the manuscript into his briefcase and went home from get off work.

tg last year's The End of the Road won five Oscar nominations. Elizabeth and Drew had planned a PR party together. In the evening, she received a call from her father and had to rush back to the Murdoch family's home in Los Angeles. have supper.

After dinner, looking at his daughter who was obviously absent-minded in the study with him, Murdoch couldn't help but reprimanded: It's so old, I can't be more stable.

Elizabeth sat down on an office chair, crossed her legs and said with a smile: You should say this to my two precious brothers, tsk tsk, I heard that James has been obsessed with playing rock recently, and the rock circle is full of What kind of person, I hope he will not bring you back a pale daughter-in-law with piercings all over her body one day, oh, this 'daughter-in-law' is not necessarily a woman.

The mention of two sons, Murdoch, gave me a headache. Seeing her daughter's mocking expression, she immediately became angry: Then you are twenty-four, and it's time to think about marriage.

Elizabeth's eyes immediately became a little erratic, and she changed the subject impatiently: Dad, what is the matter with you calling me back, I can leave if it's all right, there are a lot of other things to do.

Murdoch couldn't do anything about his stubborn daughter. Knowing that he would say it again, this girl would really walk away, so he had no choice but to talk about the topic.

It's like this. I only recently felt that Fox's content production is weak. What do you think about Fox's acquisition of tg film company? The opposite daughter, Murdoch said bluntly without concealing the reason.

Elizabeth spread her hands and said, Dad, you know that this kind of thing is not something that the three of us can call the shots, you have to nod the guy to agree, and even if you buy it, it's useless, tg and Firefly have already signed. The distribution contract is over. Also, don’t play with Firefly’s idea. Now, even if Firefly has the remaining high-quality projects, it will definitely be handed over to Disney. In the end, Fox still has to do it himself.”

Murdoch certainly understands what Elizabeth is saying, but now that the cost of film investment is increasing, and the risks are also increasing, but Fox's big-budget films produced in recent years have not achieved any outstanding results. The box office fiasco of Cutthroat Island last summer and Spielberg's Captain Hawk at the end of the year made many studios realize that big-budget movies are not so easy to play. While being cautious about big investment movies, Firefly announced four movie production plans with a total investment of more than 300 million US dollars, and people have to admire Eric's confidence and courage in movie investment.

Didn't Firefly announce the production plan of four films, do you think Fox is likely to participate in the investment? After all, it is 300 million US dollars. Firefly has just acquired Disney again. Funds should be tight.

Elizabeth shook her head: It's not very likely. Only when the film company is not sure about the project will the film company introduce external investment. How can he be uncertain about the project he personally likes. Moreover, that guy is now judged as extremely conservative by Wall Street. A business operator who advocates low debt and abundant cash flow, if he did not have so much capital, he would definitely not launch such a plan.”

Murdoch sighed and glanced at his daughter. The subtext is obviously that you can't say anything, what's the use of you?

Elizabeth stared back in dissatisfaction: Old man, you won't let your daughter sell her looks, right? Don't even think about it!

Murdoch was instantly exasperated, shook his head with a wry smile, took out the manuscript from his briefcase and threw it to Elizabeth: This is what the editor-in-chief of the New York Post handed over this afternoon, take it.

Elizabeth took it over curiously and flipped through it. Although she also knew that most of this report was nonsense, she still said rudely: Here again, what a bastard. Sooner or later, it will be planted on a woman.

...

Bastard. At noon the next day, in Julia's mansion in Beverly Hills. Several women had lunch and chatted about it, Elizabeth said bitterly again.

Bastard, Julia on the other side of the sofa echoed with a smile.

Tina Fei, who was holding a little girl, smiled and didn't follow, but the one-year-old little girl in her arms called out, Egg!

Drew looked at the manuscript in front of him and said, It's not that you don't know what's going on, let's think about how to deal with the aftermath.

Whoever wants to take care of the aftermath for him, hand over the manuscript to him and let him handle it himself.

February 10th is the Super Bowl finals. Eric has been busy editing the trailer for Tornado these days, so don't bother him with these things, Drew read the manuscript twice carefully, then Putting it in his bag, he asked Elizabeth again, Do you have the contact information of the paparazzi who wrote this article? You have to get the recording back first.

Julia looked at Drew's serious look, and said, There's no need to be so troublesome, anyway, the manuscript has been suppressed.

Of course it is necessary, not only that, but also to warn the girl's father that mercenary little people often become troublesome.

Elizabeth smiled and said, Oh, you seem to be very experienced.

Of course, because I have such a pair of parents, I understand what such people tend to do, Drew said with a bit of self-deprecation, then narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the three in front of him, in a slow tone Become hoarse and evil: No one can hinder Eric, let alone hurt him, and neither can you.

For a moment, Julia felt that Drew was like a cat that haunts a horror movie with a dark gaze, as if ready to pounce at any time.

Elizabeth also had the same feeling of wanting to get goosebumps, and said guilty: I just said a few words to him, and I didn't wrong him, he was originally... just... um, okay, I'll go find that paparazzi for you. contact information.”

Elizabeth quickly found out the contact information of the person named Cole Anderson. After Drew wrote it down, she left Julia's house with Tina Fey.

Listening to the sound of cars leaving in the Drew Villa next door, Julia grinned at Elizabeth: What a little lunatic, I just startled.

Elizabeth listened to the sound of the car's engine going away, turned her head and looked up and down Julia, remembered herself again, shrugged, turned and walked towards the room.

Julia followed the little girl who was nodding her head and dozing in her arms, and said, Liz, why are you so weird? You're not crazy.

I still have to go to the set of Geezes in Disguise in the afternoon, so I don't have time to go crazy, but if you stay at home all day, you will be stunned sooner or later, so it's better to shoot earlier.

I've started picking scripts recently. Hey, do you think I can act in these tg films?

Why, you also want to play a crazy woman like Nicole Kidman?

Your tone of voice is sour. You're still complaining that Eric didn't hand over Hot Hand Police Flower to tg. Drew clearly said it. This is because he has other arrangements.

How dare I blame him, I'm afraid of being killed by Drew.

...

After exchanging a check for the recording of the interview, Drew and Tina Fey hurried back to Disney's production center.

Because of Drew's relationship with Eric, Billy Clark, the program movie of Mickey Mouse Club, quickly greeted him after hearing the notice from the studio guard.

Hello, Miss Barrymore, Billy Clark felt a little strange. Eric had just visited the Mickey Mouse Club the day before yesterday, but he didn't expect to receive another one just a day later.

Drew very talentedly shook hands with Billy Clark, and the two came to Billy Clark's office together before Drew took out the manuscript and recording.

Billy Clark read the script again and listened to another recording. His expression became a little disturbed. He knew that these reports would definitely bring trouble to Eric. You must know that recently the well-known director Woody Allen has just In the adopted daughter scandal, if the media catches similar news, it will definitely hype it up. If this kind of thing really happens, the show team will definitely be unlucky.

Miss Barrymore, you... what do you mean?

Mr. Clark, this matter has nothing to do with you, you don't need to be nervous, Drew comforted with a smile, and said, Call the girl's father to come over, I'll talk to him in person, and , can you give me a copy of the little actors who visited Eric's house that day?

Of course, of course, I'll do it right now. Billy Clark said, and hurriedly left the office.

Drew quickly got the detailed information of the seven teenagers, flipped through it quickly, and quickly eliminated five of them, leaving only the two little girls Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears. material.

After carefully looking at the photos of the two girls, the girl pouted and asked Tina Fei who was beside her, Tina, what do you think of them?

Tina Fey looked at the photo and said, It's very cute, Disney's children's channel, of course, the little actors selected are very lovable, Drew, I don't think Mr. Williams is that kind of person, he must be It's just to invite these youngsters to the Jiaojiao Manor as a guest.

No, you don't understand, Drew shook his head and said, After spending a long time with Eric, you will find that he often uses those strange eyes that I can't even tell what it means. Looking at some people, it's like, um, it's like I've known them for a long time, and I'm sure there are little guys like this among the seven.

Ah... Tina Fei opened her mouth in surprise and wanted to say something, but she just asked subconsciously, Then, does he ever see me?

Drew raised his head and glanced at Tina Fei, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, Of course there is. (To be continued...)