Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Just when Jed's summer movie "Independence Day" was about to be released, he became the darling of the media again. Not only was he in the entertainment section, but he was also in the financial section, and even the technology section was reporting on him... After the overwhelming reports Next, Jed made every effort to promote his movie, which made Buwei International continue to ask the theater company to show the movie in extra time.

In fact, the managers of the theater chain are also very optimistic about this movie. Although the theme of aliens invading the earth is not uncommon, there are not many people who can shoot Jed.More importantly, as if to respond to his "patriotic feelings" in the patent infringement lawsuit, the movie also specially arranged for the President of the United States to give a particularly inspiring speech.

In order to gain the maximum support from the US box office, Jed even edited this monologue directly as a promotional film and broadcast it in the prime segment of major US TV stations.As long as the American audience turns on the TV, they can see their dear president standing in front of the fighter plane, saying in a firm tone, "Within an hour, military planes from all over the world will unite. Launch the largest-scale war in human history." Air combat. The word human has a new meaning for us. We can no longer kill each other for small things. We must unite for the common good. Maybe this is fate, today is the Fourth of July. You will again To fight for freedom. Not to rebel or riot. To avoid being exterminated. To fight for the right to live. To survive. If victorious, the [-]th of July will no longer be just an American holiday, it will be an oath of the world We will not go silently into darkness! We will not be bullied! We will survive! We will get through it! Today, we celebrate our Independence Day."

Although this clip made many liberal film critics say sourly: "As a director, you don't even have the minimum dignity of an artist! I'm afraid this is the first time in the history of Hollywood that it flatters a national leader so flatteringly!"

But this clip has also been supported by conservatives and the military. Although Jed made the U.S. military a little dissatisfied because he involved Area 51 in the movie, this clip made the military very happy.Even the spokesperson of the Pentagon admitted at a regular press conference, "Yes, some generals expressed great interest in this movie. They don't think it's a kind of brainwashing. On the contrary, they think it's a way to inspire national patriotism." way. America is a proud nation and deserves these accolades."

John bent over with laughter when he saw hardliners and conservatives praising "Independence Day" in newspapers and on TV. John knew very well that Jed's political stance, like most people in Southern California, was basically a supporter of the Democratic Party .The reason why Jed praised the United States so "slavishly" is nothing more than for economic interests.

He came to Jed's office with the conservative newspaper "Washington Times", put the newspaper on Jed's desk, and said with a smile: "You are about to become a new generation of American heroes."

"You believe it?" Jed glanced at the "Washington Times" and went on with his business.

The "Washington Times" is known for its conservative stance, but the credibility of this newspaper is questionable, so Jed doesn't think it's a good thing that he is being touted by them.Among the major newspapers with credibility in the United States, only the Wall Street Journal is a conservative newspaper, and their conservatism is mainly reflected in their economic views.Other newspapers such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times are liberal strongholds.

According to a survey conducted by the American Association of Newspaper Editors in 1997, 61% of journalists agree with liberal beliefs, 15% agree with conservative beliefs, and 24% are undecided.So it is only natural that the liberal media has an advantage.Fortunately, these liberal newspapers did not think that Jed had crossed the line, so they did not criticize "Independence Day".

"My main job in the second half of this year is to assist David Kelly in completing the production of "The True Colors of a Lawyer."

John has naturally heard of this TV series, and Jade has a very high evaluation of this TV series, but Dongfeng TV Production Company is not optimistic about this TV series.The reason is that this TV series chose a very unpopular theme of lawyers, and the mainstream American TV series are still crime dramas.The story of the police (or legal affairs) punishing bad guys is the story that Americans love to hear, but "The True Colors of a Lawyer" is the opposite, telling the story of a group of defense lawyers who fight for the innocence of "bad guys".In the eyes of Dongfeng TV's marketing staff, this is simply a TV series that seeks its own death.No American wants to see a bad guy get away with it, unless he has a mental problem.And importantly, the mainstream viewers of American TV dramas are conservatives, so even the TV media practitioners who call themselves liberal elites will not offend them.

But in David Kelly's script, lawyers oppose the death penalty and support abortion, and they even support gun control and so on.Undoubtedly, these plots will make conservative audiences find it very difficult to accept, so the ratings of this TV series will naturally be worrying.

But Jed said: "As a public medium, TV cannot have only one voice....Even if we fail, at least we have taken this step....More importantly, controversial TV dramas are the only ones to maintain ratings. Baby, think Will & Grace."

This is David Kelly's third independent script creation after joining Dongfeng TV Production Company.David became the scriptwriter of "L.A. French Open" under the recommendation of his teacher Stephen Buchke, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Drama Screenplay twice as a newcomer.

But after joining Dongfeng TV, David successively launched two TV series "Warning Fence" and "Chicago Hope".Although these two TV series allowed David to win several screenwriting awards, the ratings have not been satisfactory.According to two agreements recently signed by Dongfeng TV with ABC and Fox Broadcasting Company, Dongfeng TV will produce a TV series for each network within five years.And Jed chose David to be the main creator of these two TV series, and David did not live up to Jed's expectations, and handed over the outlines of the two TV series "The True Colors of a Lawyer" and "Ellie's Whimsical World".

Although the two TV series are about lawyers, "The True Colors of a Lawyer" is an obvious legal drama style, while "Ellie's Whimsical World" is an office love story in the skin of a lawyer.Compared with "The True Colors of a Lawyer", "Ellie's Whimsical World" has been favored by the marketing department of Dongfeng TV Company.But David and Jed prefer the story of "The True Colors of a Lawyer". Not only did David devote his main energy to "The True Colors of a Lawyer", but Jed also recruited the company's best screenwriters to participate in the creation of the story.

A few years later, when someone looked at the screenwriter list of "The True Colors of a Lawyer", they were already blinded by the gorgeous names of these great gods.Because in addition to David Kelly, Jed also recruited David Shore (the future screenwriter of "Doctor House"), both of whom are members of the "Million Screenwriters Club" across the United States in the future.There were also Stephen Gaghan (who later won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for "Drug Network"), Michael Perry (who later became the screenwriter of the classic American drama "Mystic River") and Eddie Redrich (who later became the screenwriter of the hit American drama "Memory"). The screenwriter of Detective) was also recruited by Jade to join the screenwriting team of "The True Colors of a Lawyer".In order to highlight Jade's support for this TV series, Jed returned as a producer of the TV series after many years.

While Jade was working hard to form the crew of "The True Colors of a Lawyer", "Independence Day" was also released nationwide on July 7, the day before Independence Day.Last week's weekend box office champion was Universal Films' remake of the comedy "Professor Fat". The Instinct is scheduled to be released that same week.Now Jed is a bit tired of Bowei International's arrangement, and it's okay to fight with other film companies, but Bowei Country still insists on arranging Disney's own son to come to participate in the war.

The entire film of "Independence Day" lasts nearly two and a half hours, which is considered a relatively long feature film, but the audience who came out of the theater were not bored at all, but were discussing the plot of the film with great interest.Alien invasion of Earth is an enduring topic, but not many stories can be filmed as realistically as Jed.In particular, the scenes of aliens destroying major cities in the United States and the White House made many people feel thrilled, and they all expressed disbelief about the special effects of the film.

According to the first-hand data of Rotten Tomatoes, the popcorn index of "Independence Day" is as high as 75%, that is, three-quarters of the audience approve of this movie.At the same time, the audience of this movie scored 4 points (out of 5 points).However, like "Into the Deadly Island", the critics' scores are not high. The freshness of "The Independent" on Rotten Tomatoes is only 60%, which is just passing.The average rating from film critics is only 6.1 out of 10.

But the freshness index isn't scaring off viewers, as countless young people are texting or emailing their pals, "Hey man! If you haven't seen this movie this summer, you're a sucker! This is The coolest movie I've seen this summer! Both the picture and the plot are so cool!"

Despite a PG-13 rating, the movie found a following among young adults, taking in $5000 million in its opening weekend.

"Hollywood Reporter" exclaimed, "Although it is only the first half of the year, I have to say that maybe this year's weekend box office champion has already been born! The 5000 million box office revenue has made film critics shut their mouths of criticism, but we What is the director Mr. Sherman doing? He didn't appear in the cinema, nor in the courthouse. What is he doing?"

Not long after the "Hollywood Reporter" questioned, the ABC announced a news, with Jade as the producer, David Kelly as the main creator, David Shore, Stephen Gahan and others as the screenwriters of the lawyer-themed drama " "The True Colors of a Lawyer" is about to start filming, and it is expected to meet the audience in the autumn of 1997.

Although many media expressed doubts about the one-year production cycle of the TV series, Jed said, "This will be a milestone work in the history of American TV dramas!"

Jed's brashness drew ridicule from the media, but amidst the ridicule, "Independence Day" continued to lead the box office with a box office of 3500 million in the second weekend, and the new films "Life and Death" and "Little Detective Harriet" were defeated one after another. Come on.In the third week, "Independence Day" still won the championship with 2100 million box office despite the siege of four new films, "Spooky Ghost", "Desperate Titans", "A Husband in a Basket" and "Elves Are Crazy".

"The No. [-] box office in the summer season has already appeared!" The media exclaimed.