Legendary Hollywood Director

Dec. 20 at the Warner Bros. Building in Los Angeles.

Andrew Hernandez was sitting on the sofa, smoking a cigarette depressed, looking very worried.

Barry Mayer said calmly: Lyman means that the new show is not on WB TV?

Andrew pondered: He didn't directly refuse, and he didn't nod his head in agreement. We are already in a cooperative relationship, and we didn't reveal a positive response at all, so we can't explain anything.

What do you mean?

What can I mean. Andrew smiled wryly.

Prison Break is still being shown on TV, and the ratings are stable at above 4.7. Even if you don't get the broadcast rights of the new drama, you can't set up your own booth.

Moreover, WB TV's position in the Warner entertainment dynasty is very embarrassing. To put it bluntly, there are so many shareholders in the board of directors, and some people have long wanted to sell this part of the business.

Even Barry Mayer's attitude on this matter is somewhat ambiguous, but he is not involved in the struggle for personnel rights.

The two are in charge of different affairs, and the relationship is a nod to the acquaintance.

Looking at the timetable, in 2000, when Barry Mayer took over as the helmsman of the big ship Warner Films, you can feel Warner's preference for big-budget movies under Mayer's leadership: The Terminator, The Matrix, The Matrix The series of blockbusters such as Harry Potter have brought tens of billions of dollars to Warner from top to bottom.

From this, it is not difficult to see that this product is very adventurous, and what he believes most is that although the risk is great, the benefits that can be harvested often mean that the base will be doubled.

Even if it fails, it will be a waste for Warner, a veteran film company with a wealth of wealth. In other words, the ratio of three to one is within the range of his support (try three, and you will earn one).

Before he served as CEO of Warner Home Entertainment Group, Barry Mayer was already a Hollywood film tycoon. Joining Warner was just a normal personnel choice. At that time, Andrew was only a department head of a TV station.

The status between the two was not equal at all, and after the two superiors were defeated, Andrew, with the support of some shareholders, transformed himself into the leader of WB TV.

It's lucky.

And when Barry Mayer helped pull the bridge and facilitate the cooperation of Prison Break, the two of them had a little reason to get close to each other.

As for why Andrew came this time, Barry Mayer knew very well.

But he is still mainly concerned with the movie business, and he doesn't want to force anything about Lyman.

Andrew continued in a very kind tone: Can everyone sit down and talk about the new drama. What conditions must be said before the negotiation stage. But Leiman, I don't have a deep relationship with him, mainly I wanted to ask Mr. Mayer for help.

When Barry Mayer heard it, even though he knew it in his heart, he was a little contemptuous.

He knows the filth of the board of directors, but to ask for help from outsiders for such a trivial matter, it is simply that they degrade each other's identities for nothing.

Although his inner inclination is that he is willing to have more cooperation with Laiman's Firefly Pictures, it would be better if he can invest in some shares in the future, and he does not necessarily need a controlling stake.

After all, Lehman is a capable man.

A lot of work has gone into the Batman reboot. He also found that sometimes certain things can be tactfully asked Lehmann for help.

Win-win cooperation, reduce risks, and dispel the concerns of some people who do not understand the overall situation.

Even if Barry Mayer would talk to Lyman, he would only mess around when he has a brain.

Still the same sentence, friendship is friendship, business is business, if you don't help me once, I have to repay it once.

......

After complaining and thinking that he had found foreign aid, Andry walked out of the film building and went directly to the TV station by car.

Passing by the office area of ​​the TV department, Andrew heard some movement inside and couldn't help frowning and walked in.

Did something happen?

Boss, look, this is the ratings report from the day before yesterday. Prison Break broke through the 5.1 of The Wire, and it was the first time that it won the first place in the same time period. The whole episode can basically be stable at around 5.3. After the end, the ratings are rising every day, maybe the last episode can get a rating of 6.

Really. Andrew was slightly surprised.

If this is the case, wouldn't it be possible to sell advertising space better when the second season is broadcast.

Generally speaking, it is normal for the cost to rise by 20% for every more viewership rate of about 1%.

After all, the larger the audience, the better the advertising effect.

After carefully reading the report, Andrew's face got a little smile, and then he asked again, How about the ratings of our evening show following Prison Break?

Uh...it's about 1.9.

Is there such a small audience? Call the production department and let them think more about how to make the program well. Also, remember to send me a copy of the meeting minutes. Andrew's mood dropped again.

What's so special, a hit drama can't bring the TV station's follow-up audience base, and can't retain people, so Andrew doesn't know what to say.

After returning to his office, Andrew took out a cigar and lit it in a depressed mood.

In fact, he doesn't like to smoke these things very much, but things are not going well recently, the pressure on the board of directors is too great, and the people who support him also stand in line too early, the situation is not clear, and there are quite a few complaints.

Also, the first season of Prison Break is almost over. If there is no new drama, and the second season of Prison Break will not start to be broadcast until March next year, the intervening days will have to go back to the way they used to be.

Think about it, what was the point of him fighting for this position in the first place?

It's better to be a department head, and all the burdens are taken care of by others.

What reform, what reorganization, what to sell the TV station... all are not birds.

FXXK!

The more Andrew thought about it, the more angry he became. Lyman's perfunctory behavior really made him feel aggrieved.

He is in charge of such a big TV station, and he has no right to negotiate a new drama anytime. There is no need to say anything about meeting.

Warner's board of directors is even more fucked, and there are many factions. Many people are eagerly waiting to see the good show of WB TV station, wanting to see how WB TV station will go bankrupt.

What's the matter, isn't the loss of the overall interests of the TV station's collapse?

A group of capital businessmen who are full of copper smells, have no long-term vision at all.

Andrew was extremely distressed. The pressure for the past few days was like a mountain, and he couldn't breathe. He didn't know how to save the TV station's business.

However, from the standpoint of a certain part of the shareholders, a TV station that is only losing money, insisting on not letting go is not like opening a hole in the body of the giant Warner, or the kind of continuous bleeding.

No matter how strong the giant is, it will eventually be dragged down.

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