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Utilizing the function of catalog search database and embedding Unicorn BBS (which has become the most popular BBS in the United States in just a few months), Eden has consolidated its user base, making users gradually become more sticky to Eden. , but this stickiness is relatively not enough. If similar products come out to compete with him, it will still be difficult to play a decisive role. Therefore, Adam must increase the value that Eden gives to network users in addition to continuously developing and providing new functions of Eden. content to increase user stickiness.

Therefore, Adam will naturally continue to use everything available in his hands to do this battle that must be won. The combat weapons he invested this time are the two hardest weapons in his hand. And Adam's unique and rich novel resources.

The novel cannot be transplanted to the Internet for the time being. The most important thing is that the payment method is not perfect. In addition, the number of Internet users has not yet reached the stage where it can be developed. At the same time, their online time is not too long. Those who are more interested in entertainment belong to the minority. The last and most important thing is the issue of copyright. It is impossible for Adam to abolish his martial arts. Relying on the novel section of "California Times", Adam can publish at least five novels every year. Royalties can earn tens of millions, and it is impossible to just give up this big cake.

Therefore, what can be used is naturally the "California Times", the newspaper with the highest sales in North America, to add fire to the listing of Eden.

In fact, Adam's behavior is not too outrageous. After all, Yahoo, which originally appeared in 1995, followed this route. Adam's idea was just a step forward, so his idea was to build a portal website.

The so-called portal website, or the popular portal website on the Internet, is actually a collection of various application systems on one information management platform, and provides users with a unified user interface, so that enterprises can quickly establish business-to-customer services. , Business-to-internal employees and business-to-business information channels, enabling companies to release various information stored inside and outside the company.

More generally speaking, it is to put all the Internet users want on one management platform, saving them trouble.It has to be said that the portal website is actually rooted in the Internet, providing those Internet users with any service they want, and saving the waste they don't need.

However, the services that can be provided at present are not many due to the limitations of technology and network, but obviously with the explosive development of the Internet, if you don’t want to be caught up, you can only forge ahead and run as far as possible so that others can’t catch up.

Adam approached William Skeleton for the purpose of establishing the first Internet news website. At the same time, he planned to select some senior editors from the "California Times" to enter Nirvana Company and set up a special Internet news website. If this website can be successful, it will go further It is necessary to firmly attract Internet users to Eden and increase the stickiness of users. If it encounters competition at that time, it will not be so easy to be overthrown.

In fact, as early as last year, Adam ordered William Smith Kline to recruit industry insiders on a large scale to expand the staff of the "California Times", so this time Adam wants to transfer some professional editors, it is not a big problem.

William Skeleton gave many good suggestions in the establishment of this new Internet news website, and finally selected Rodcam Dede as the editor-in-chief of this website through his recommendation. With more than ten years of experience, Rodcam has rich experience. Although Internet news is a new business, it is also considered journalism after all. Although it is a bit unfamiliar, it can be sorted out.

However, when entrusting it to him completely, Adam gave him several suggestions, such as the difference between Internet news and traditional news media. Internet media pays more attention to effectiveness. Adam divided the importance of news into multiple levels. The first news must be published on the homepage of the website within one hour, the second must appear within six hours, the third needs to be screened into the appropriate position within 24 hours, and the editors are free to filter the other news.

In addition, due to the richness of Internet news and the general lack of interest and patience of Internet users, the news language must be more sensational and exaggerated. Of course, this is to ensure the authenticity of the facts. After all, news that deviates from reality is easy to attract black people.

Since the construction of the website requires the construction of Eden computer engineers, their workplaces are arranged near the Eden branch. At the same time, during the process of website construction, Adam hired special personnel to carry out the training and pre-arrangement before the official opening of the website. Work.

After Adam made stable arrangements for the work in this area, the contract with David on "American Idol" was also finalized, since the entire program was mainly in charge of David Geffen, including four mentors, and The arrangement and production of the program, as well as the contacts in the industry, so in terms of contracts, Adam could not take the top spot. After a while of seeing and seeing, he finally decided on a 2000-50.00% split. The increase in licensing fees for one episode must be controlled within [-]%, and adjustments will be made after three seasons according to the ratings.

Although Adam was not present, Tonares contacted him in real time during the whole process, so this result is quite satisfactory to him. After all, his main purpose is not to make money from this show, but to borrow It's good to make money by watching this program to make the TV station famous. After all, no one thinks too much money, right?

In any case, with the help of David Geffen, a big shot in Hollywood, even if he can't become popular, he can definitely attract the attention of millions of people. (Anyway, no matter how bad it is, letting his superstars show their faces will definitely greatly increase the ratings)

However, after signing the contract, David is basically responsible for the production of the entire program. It is enough for Adam to provide the necessary assistance. There are not many tasks. In addition, the new TV station does not have much work tasks, so Adam didn't need to worry about that at all.

On the contrary, other aspects still need to be carefully considered and decided, such as the plan of Flash Film Company in the new year. Although Adam is not going to make a big splash in the film industry in the past few years, it is impossible to give up his martial arts. Wouldn't it be a pity that his company was left idle like this.

Therefore, it is natural to let him follow the original route and make horror movies, but compared to the previous production and distribution of six or seven big bad movies every year, Adam will naturally not continue. The company's new year's movie shooting script is provided by Adam. Of course, it does not mean that the entire script is written by Adam, but that Adam proposes ideas and a general structure, and then asks a special screenwriting team to write and create according to Adam's statement, and finally get Adam's approval before entering the shooting stage.

As for the movie, Adam initially had two ideas, one is "Hush" and the other is "Shadow". It's the second half of the year, so Adam is in no hurry.

In addition, it is about the first TV series of this year, which is also the first TV series invested by PD TV. This TV series is naturally the top priority of Adam this year. His initial idea is to put this TV series on "American Idol". At the end of the first season, the variety show that is likely to be a hit in the United States is used to import traffic to this TV series that I filmed. As long as the quality of the TV series is decent, then this popularity can be maintained.

Adam is not greedy. He knows that it is very difficult for a newly opened TV station to rise directly by relying on a program, but if it is done well, it can indeed be carried. In the early stage of development, rely on one or two phenomenal TV dramas to support the scene, and finally slowly consolidate the position, and finally stand firm.

The typical ones here are HBO, known for its large-scale pornography and high quality, and CW under the banner of youth. Among them, when HBO transformed into original, the "Prison Storm OZ" launched was an instant hit, echoing the phrase " This is not TV, this is HBO!" The slogan completely made it stand, and also clarified the positioning of the TV station.

And CW, which is composed of Columbia and Warner's street TV stations, if it weren't for the phenomenal work of "Gossip Girl" that supported its early days, it would be absolutely impossible for CW to develop into a TV station second only to CBS, ABBC and The public station of FOX TV station.

Therefore, it is self-evident that whether a hot enough TV program can support the scene in the early stage of development is of great importance to the later development of the TV station, so Adam had to devote his energy in 1994 to this extremely important TV show. on the TV show.

He doesn't expect to be able to reach the sky in one step. Anyway, with "American Idol" there, as long as he can support him and ensure that the average ratings can reach 0.5 in the end, that is enough. Although this result is rubbish for several large public channels, it must It will be cut, but it is definitely enough to support the scene for a newly established TV station.

It's just that TV dramas, even though most of them are filmed and released at the same time in the United States, the preparation time must be half a year earlier, and because it is a self-produced drama, it saves the TV station's review. If you buy another TV drama production company , then the time will be longer.

Although it seems that there are a lot of things, the main pressure is in the second half of the year. In the first half of the year, Adam was relatively light, and even took a week in the middle to celebrate his birthday with Carol on vacation.It can be regarded as a reward, I have been busy for so long without much rest, sunshine, beach and a hotguy, a week passed quickly.