Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Hollywood has never been secretive, let alone a big celebrity like Jed Sherman. "Los Angeles City News" soon reported the news that Jade acquired Dongfang Production Company, which originally belonged to Dongfang TV, and changed its name to Dongfeng Production. "Los Angeles Metropolitan News" is only a tabloid in the greater Los Angeles area, but local newspapers also have the advantages of local newspapers. They use all their reporting resources on local news reports in Los Angeles, so they can often dig out "Los Angeles Times". "I don't know the news.

In addition to reporting on the acquisition, the Los Angeles Metropolitan News added a commentator article suggesting that there may be some behind-the-scenes factors behind the acquisition.After all, Dongfang TV is a company under the "Sherman Family Development Fund". In the eyes of many people, isn't this an acquisition by Jade?Especially when the "fund management corruption case" has not yet been settled, commentators doubt whether it is Jade's capital injection in disguise.

Since the accusations made by the "Los Angeles Metropolitan News" are already in the category of "criminal crimes", the newspaper soon received a letter from the lawyer from TNT&G Law Firm, and Jed himself was interviewed by "Los Angeles Business Weekly", Clarify the fact of own acquisition.

"Yes, I do intend to enter the TV drama production industry." During the interview, Jed expressed his intention without any concealment. "In the past, under the care of my parents, I always felt that the word career was far away from me, but since that happened, I found that everyone has a time to grow up, and this thing does not happen because of my will. Transfer. I'm a graduate of USC School of Cinematic Arts, so I'm going to do what I do best. The previous writing is just laying the foundation for my screenwriting. For me, film and television production is my A true favorite profession.”

Jed's attitude was very sincere, and even the reporters who interviewed him were touched. He asked: "Then I want to know, what is the first TV series that Dongfeng Production Company will shoot after you acquire it? When will we share with you all?" Meet?"

"It will be a sitcom." Jed paused for a while, "If it goes well, we may be able to meet you at the end of the year."

"Ha! 'See you at the end of the year' is the funniest TV production joke I've ever heard." Variety had its own story soon after LA Businessweek's. "I wonder if our playboys can understand the basics of the industry before entering the TV drama industry. New dramas are always broadcast in autumn. Where does it start at the end of the year?"

After seeing the report of "Variety Show", Jed also found that he said something wrong during the interview, but he was too lazy to quarrel with "Variety Show" at this time, but was busy with the production of sitcoms at Dongfeng Production .Although Dongfeng Production has only one studio, fortunately, the studio is large enough to build three to four interior scenes.

Due to the poor financial situation of Dongfeng Production, Jade decided to produce two dramas at the same time.Among them, David Klein and Marta Coffman are responsible for the script filling of "Friends", while Jade leads David Khan to be responsible for the script filling of "Will & Grace".After re-recruiting screenwriters and production staff, Jed discovered that Coffman and Khan, two future comedy screenwriters who are still depressed for the time being, are great candidates.So naturally he made a decisive move to sign the two of them into his own hands, but Jed also slandered the case, why do American screenwriters like to be called David?

According to the general production process of American dramas, the production company usually provides three episodes of pilot tapes and a script outline of one season to negotiate with the TV station.If a TV station is willing to order, then the official production will begin.In fact, even if the order is completed, if the first pilot episode is not ideal, then this American drama may still be cut in half at the beginning of the winter break.Although cutting the drama in half does not cause much economic loss to the producer, but the loss to the producer's reputation is too great.Therefore, Jed asked both teams not to be ambiguous, and to produce at the best level.

In addition to communicating with the two teams on the creation of the script in a timely manner, Jed also invited the role director to contact the actors' union with the list requested by Jed to contact these actors.Although the characters know how this list was born, they dare not go against the meaning of the producer and big boss.Fortunately, the production time of "Friends" and "Will and Grace" were 4 and 8 years earlier than the original time and space respectively, so the protagonists of the two dramas are unknown new actors at this time.Now I heard that a production company is willing to sign a contract with them and let them play the leading role, so who cares about the details of the contract.

But still in Jed, he also worried that this is the United States with sound laws, and at the same time, there is an actor union there to supervise, so the contract is not so harsh.It's just that in order to ensure the continuity of the series, Jed specifically requested that if the series is scheduled for the next season, all actors must give priority to renewing their contracts with the crew.For these yet-to-be-known actors, they were eager to have themselves again in the next season, so they agreed to this clause without any objection.

With the actors and the script, it is natural that the filming work is ready to start.Don't think that Jed is from the director department, but in fact he doesn't know anything about the work of directing.Fortunately, Jed was self-aware, so he ordered the production company to hire a professional director to take charge of the directorship of "Friends" and "Will and Grace".And I secretly learned from professional directors, and even assigned myself the position of assistant director, which made the directors of the two dramas dumbfounded.Generally speaking, there are many producers and directors who also work as directors, but Jed is probably the only one who works as an assistant director.Jed didn't care about those strange gazes, but followed the two directors to learn directing skills whenever he had time.

The number of films in three episodes is not much, but it is a bit hard for a group of new actors.After all, their past performance experience was just shooting short films in some variety shows, and they were caught starring in sitcoms without even being the protagonist. It is inevitable to be nervous.Fortunately, the producer Jed gave them enough trust, so it didn't take too much time to adapt.But the only thing that worried Jed was Jennifer Aniston's performance.Audiences who have watched "Friends" know that although "Friends" uses six protagonists, Rachel played by Aniston supports at least one-third of the plot.If Rachel can't shine, then "Friends" can't be a classic comedy.

During an interval between takes, Jade came to Aniston with a cup of tea.Although Aniston and Jade are not familiar, she also knows that this man is not only the producer of the show, but also the boss of the production company, no matter what his identity is, he deserves to be taken seriously.After Jed handed the tea to Aniston, he found a topic to chat with.Having worked as an economic analyst for so many years, Jed's kung fu of observing color has naturally been practiced long ago, so Aniston will no longer reject Jed soon.And Jed finally asked the question he thought, "Miss Aniston, I wonder why you weren't serious enough when you were filming?"

Aniston was taken aback, and suddenly found that she seemed to have encountered a very troublesome thing, and the producer was dissatisfied with herself.She couldn't help but break out in cold sweat on her forehead. After all, this was her first play as the heroine. If she was removed out of nowhere, then her acting career would inevitably suffer a major setback.She quickly explained: "Mr. Sherman, it's not what you see!"

"Really?" There was a faint smile on the corner of Jed's mouth, "Miss Aniston, although I am not an outstanding graduate of USC, I am still a film school student who has studied directing for at least four years. Is there any actor Work hard, I can still see it. Jennifer, I don’t know if I can call you that. You are a very talented actor, but actors don’t rely on talent to get ahead. The reason why I’m still willing to talk to you is It means I still have expectations for your future."

Aniston's face turned red and white, "Mr. Sherman, my dream is not to be a comedian."

Jed was a little stunned, but thinking of Aniston's performance in that time and space, she found that she was indeed a little bit against comedy.I don’t know why, but comedians seem to be born at a lower level than drama actors. No matter how good your performance is, you will not be recognized by the judges and audience. People just think you are an actor rather than an artist.For this kind of prejudice in society, Jed is also a little helpless.He thought for a while and said: "Jennifer, I have no way to change other people's views on comedians. But personally, comedians, no matter other actors, their acting skills are what I value. Comedy The purpose of an actor is to make people laugh. It seems very simple, but how to play this seemingly shallow role with depth is a very challenging thing for an actor. You also know that whether it is an Emmy or a Golden Globe, Comedy is always a separate category for awards. I hope Miss Aniston can win such an award, which will help your future acting career. Of course, for me personally, I can get a very good movie episodes and a really good publicity stunt."

Jennifer is not a fool, she understood what Jed meant after a little thought.I am an actor without any reputation, so instead of expecting a certain director to invite me to act in a drama, I might as well shoot this comedy well.Maybe when I get affirmation, my chance will come.If I didn't work hard, the producer in front of me, who looked easy to talk, would probably look down and find another actor, right?After all, what Los Angeles lacks most is actors.

Now that the talk is over, Jed doesn't stay with Jennifer anymore.Although the two have a working relationship, they are in the entertainment circle after all, so it's better to be careful.Although all of Los Angeles knew about Jed's sexual orientation, nothing was impossible in the pen of the reporter.As for whether Jennifer can cheer up, it's not Jed's consideration. Although Jed hopes to use the original cast to shoot "Friends", if there are really one or two characters that can't, then he can only change them.The current Dongfeng Productions doesn't have the capital to be a charity company. If they don't immediately produce a few excellent works to open up the situation, I'm afraid that their investment will be in vain.Although he got a lot of compensation from the insurance company, after all, he didn't burn too much money, did he?Fortunately, the production company was also holding their breath. In less than a month, the two groups produced three episodes of the pilot tape and the script of the whole season.All that's left is to see how Jed, the boss, sells these two shows!