reborn in america

After Christmas, Adam bid farewell to his family and officially returned to work. After all, the new year is the legendary 1994. In this year, countless classics were born. It is a year that will never be forgotten in the history of film. Adam also arranged many new challenges for himself this year.

During the Christmas period, with the sharp drop in the number of screenings and theaters, there was basically no room for the box office to rise. Therefore, when it just broke through [-] million US dollars, Adam let it go offline and released it at the same time. The video disc barely managed to catch the tail of the holiday and became the highest-selling video disc in the market that week, but these are still trivial matters.

The most important thing is that Adam and New Line formally signed a contract to hand over the pseudo-documentary "The Witch" to the other party for distribution, and the release date is also set around Easter. Therefore, New Line has already established a good relationship with Warner, officially A massive propaganda campaign was launched.

Speaking of New Line, the sequel to the classic horror movie "The Death of Freddy on Elm Street" released in 1991, although the box office is not bad, but the word of mouth is a mess, in order not to smash This golden egg, so the new line can only temporarily put it down, looking for opportunities to restart.

And the only person in Hollywood who is most qualified to restart this series is Wes Craven, the godfather of "A Nightmare on Elm Street". Finally, after spending a lot of time, Shay persuaded him to continue directing the new series based on years of friendship. A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Perhaps last year's big box office victory has greatly stimulated him, and he has also made a lot of money, so several classic series under Fresh Fresh are all ready to restart, including the original 1992 wanted to produce, and later because of the right to shoot "Junior" The "Friday the 13th Series" horror movie, which was temporarily abandoned because of "Royce Park", and now with "The Witch" sent by Adam, New Line was full of confidence in 1994 and made a big effort.

For this point, Adam naturally has no disapproval, and in order to make a good start and prove his ability, the new line will only redouble his efforts, which is exactly in line with Adam's idea.

However, the publicity work behind this thing can only be done step by step, and Adam will no longer participate, because in the new year, he, who is more ambitious, has a new plan. This plan will help him open up new battlefields. His long-awaited battlefield - television.

American TV stations can be roughly divided into two categories according to their types. One is the well-known NBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, and CW, which gradually emerged in the new millennium. These are public stations. What is a public station? There is no need to spend money to set up the receipt, so they mainly rely on advertising to survive. Therefore, in order to please advertisers, let the TV station target as many viewers as possible, so there are many scruples, so the scale cannot be large.

The other is the cable TV, divided into several types, one is $20/month, also known as the poor package, you can receive several major public TV stations and more than 70 cable TV stations, these cable TV stations are naturally rare because of the low fees, Therefore, although it is a cable station, the scale is not large. In addition, the TV package of [-] dollars a month can receive more than [-] cable channels. The scale is slightly larger, but it is also within the range that most families can accept. It belongs to the family Package type, and finally large-scale subscription channels such as HBO and showtime that everyone likes to see. These are subscription fees for a single channel, basically there will be no advertisements, and they are mainly supported by monthly subscription fees, so there is no need to worry about advertisers in terms of scale. So it is natural to be able to attract viewers on a large scale as possible. Even before HBO, these stations were almost synonymous with adult channels.

Adam wanted to enter the television industry not on a whim, but thought it through early on, because there are two main paths to enter Hollywood, one is to start with movies, and the other is to start with TV stations. According to many people's thinking, it is naturally the path of movies It's easier to mix, because compared to all kinds of complicated things on TV stations, movies are much simpler.

But Adam didn't want to be a director. He couldn't let himself live on the breath of those big companies. In the last one or two movies failed, he was kicked out.

If he wants to do it, he must be a person who can have decisive power in the industry. If he wants to take the film route, he must become a new pole of Hollywood film companies.

It’s just that Adam is almost white now, and it’s impossible to get any results in a short period of time if he goes to Hollywood, especially before the era of blockbuster movies, he can only take the low-cost route, groping forward step by step, low-cost literary films Waiting for the director is too demanding, and he is not material for making art movies, and art movies can't make too much money, or they can be satisfied without losing money, like the Wayne Brothers who almost managed to control the Oscars, and have been famous for decades It's so big, but the net worth is not as good as a top star and a good director.

Maybe it can only be like that New Line and later Lionsgate relied on horror movies to gain a foothold in Hollywood. After the game and the Twilight series have reached their peak, they continue to rely on the horror and small cost, while trying to develop blockbuster movies, holding on for the time being and waiting for the next opportunity.

As for Adam going directly to the big business and operating those big investment movies by himself, he has no background, connections and operating experience. If he gets into it all at once, he can only drown in it. This is the reason why Adam has always cooperated well with Shay. It is because he wants to use the new line to help him expand his contacts in Hollywood and accumulate them slowly. He also wandered around in front of the door for more than ten years, and only went down the river after finding out the reality.

As for the TV station, of course, it doesn't mean that the TV station can be easily won, but compared to the temporarily helpless film industry, the TV industry has a richer overall plan, and even if it is eliminated by the market in the end, it can still sustain losses.

Last year, Adam asked Tonares to help him pay attention. After turning over a year later, in 1994, Adam, with the help of Tonares, bought two TV stations under NBC and ABC with poor ratings and financial difficulties. The merger established Adam's first TV station - PD TV, also known as Paradise TV.

However, although Adam hired Christen Drake, a manager who has been in the TV circle for many years, to be in charge, he is not prepared to overthrow it all at once, and still let him continue the previous program list. There is no need to rush to change, waiting for him notification arrives.

But Christen doesn't care. After all, it will take a while to take charge of the integration. It will definitely be February or March when the entire TV station is fully controlled.

Adam, on the other hand, got in touch with David Geffen through the accumulated relationship with Spielbold in "Jurassic Park". One, it has a large number of famous superstars.

However, the main reason why Adam asked him to cooperate is because of another identity, that is, the gay with the highest achievement in Hollywood, or the gay who came out of the closet. The fields have reached the peak, and they are also trying to transform together.

Although we haven't waited for the confirmation, Adam has basically confirmed in his mind that the future world-renowned 'DreamWorks' is already in planning through conversations with Spielbold and various rumors.

On the eve of the establishment of this ambitious "Dream Factory", Adam gave a big gift - he will develop the variety show "American Idol" with David.

Yes, it is the "Pop Idol" TV program known as the originator of the talent show. It can be said that this British program directly led to the national talent show carnival of American Idol in the United States and Super Girl in China.

Now it is 1994, and there are still a few years before the development of "Pop Idol" in the UK. Adam can use this program to increase the popularity of the TV station, and let this new TV station resound throughout the United States through a national election. This is what Adam won for this PD TV station. The most solid foundation, if this fails to support the TV station, then Adam can only be blamed for his inability.

Before meeting David, Adam registered the copyright of "American Idol". Although he believed that David would not covet such an idea, Adam never gambled on people's hearts, because people's hearts can't bet on people's hearts, whether they win or lose in the end up.

Then he asked Lydia to help him make a plan, about the cooperation agreement between PD TV and David, which described in detail the rights and interests of the two parties and the support they need to provide, and it was also carefully verified by the legal team , which is finally settled.

But obviously the meeting between the two was not as difficult as Adam imagined. Knowing that Adam wanted to meet with him, David Geffen specially took out a morning for him out of his busy schedule. I have to say that it made me ready to wait for a few days Adam who was able to meet was quite surprised. After all, if people in Hollywood want to meet Adam, he can’t do it. After all, there are too many things to deal with when they are in their position. people meet.

David Geffen is an elegant-looking man, not as glamorous as Adam, but he has a gentle temperament. Before he saw Adam again, he just had a brief meeting with the manager of one of his singers. At that time, he got up deliberately and walked up to him, shaking hands with him: "Hello, Mr. Baker, the great writer, it is a great honor to meet you."

The author has something to say: Adam entered the TV circle, of course the film circle has not completely given up, but it is not yet the time to explode