America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 330 Marriage agreement

  AMC TV station was originally controlled by the American Rainbow Media Group, a cable TV station headquartered in New York.

  Its full name is American Classic Movies and Cable TV.

  It can probably be ranked among the top ten in the ratings share of cable TV stations in the United States.

  If you include TVB, you won't even be in the top 20.

  AMC was acquired by Smith Media last year, and then invested heavily in shooting new TV series and programs.

   There is also the expansion of company personnel, the addition of new advanced shooting equipment, the replacement of company shooting venues, and so on.

   Also received support from MGM’s film library, and suddenly had the copyright support of nearly 3,000 movies and more than 5,000 episodes of TV series from MGM.

   These strengths made AMC TV station the bottom of the six major cable TV stations.

   became the top three strong contenders in the ratings of cable TV stations in the United States.

   Several large-investment TV series launched after it have achieved good ratings.

   One of "The Sopranos" and one "Breaking Bad" had excellent ratings of L+ on the day and L+7 ratings.

  L+ ratings of the day and L+7 ratings are a way of calculating the ratings of American TV dramas.

  L+ ratings of the day refers to the single-day playback rate of each subsequent episode after the first episode.

  Generally, more than 400,000 person-times are regarded as passing, and more than 800,000 person-times are regarded as excellent.

   More than 2 million person-times is considered a hit, and more than 5 million people is a phenomenon-level hit.

   "Friends" set a record of 53 million viewers on January 28, 1996.

   This is the current record of American dramas, and no one can surpass it.

  This is also "Friends", a status symbol in American TV dramas.

  L+7 is the sum of the ratings of a TV series in the following seven days after it is broadcast on the Internet.

   "Friends" has 290 million views in this regard, which is also a record that no one can break.

  AMC's "The Sopranos" created L+ with 2 million viewers on the day, and "Breaking Bad" had 2.8 million viewers.

   These data can already be ranked in the top ten of this year's TV series.

   It is considered the hottest item of the year.

   able to come up with such results.

  AMC's TV drama department is worthy of Smith Media's heavy investment.

   Except for TV series.

  amc TV station has also made good achievements in variety shows.

  As supported by Abel, Bear Grist was specially invited from England.

  The former special forces retired member, he hosted the reality show "Wilderness Survival", which received good ratings.

   As of now, one episode is played every week, and there are exactly seven episodes in total.

  The total audience rating of the seven episodes was 25 million, with an average of 3.57 million people per episode.

  This ratings can already be considered excellent in the big box of variety shows.

  Of course, compared with the top variety shows, it is completely incomparable.

   After all, talk shows are also considered variety shows

  The talk show has always been the type with the highest ratings among various programs in the United States.

  For example, the Oprah talk show, its highest single-episode ratings reached an exaggerated 60 million, and the average single-episode ratings were around 20 million.

  Even if Master Pei eats two more truckloads of blasters, he won't be able to keep up with Oprah's big mouth.

  In one year, Smith Media injected $100 million into AMC.

  The average audience rating of AMC TV station has increased by 158.69% compared with when it was first acquired by Smith Media.

  The increase in advertising revenue of TV stations is even more exaggerated, from 14.56 million U.S. dollars for the whole year last year to 59.68 million U.S. dollars in nine months now.

  The increase rate is more than 300%.

  Although it is not as good as NBC TV station, they easily spend hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions of dollars in advertising revenue.

   But this increase is also gratifying to the naked eye.

  In addition, due to the increase in ratings, the increased share of cable membership fees.

  In the past nine months, the total revenue of AMC TV has exceeded 100 million US dollars.

  You must know that before being acquired by Smith Media, AMC TV station had not even had a total revenue of 100 million U.S. dollars for three consecutive years.

  Although this year's loss is certain, it can be regarded as a good start.

  This is enough to prove that Richard Plepler, the general manager of AMC TV station that Abel hired, is indeed a very good producer of program content.

  Under the charge of the director and chief producer, AMC TV station is in good condition.

   Even without Abel's capital injection at this time.

  It can also maintain a very good development range.

  It's just that Abel failed to buy NBC TV station.

  His attention and eyes were placed on AMC TV station again.

   Under his renewed emphasis, AMC TV launched reform and expansion.

  Michael Ovitz, who resigned from caa, is one of the former Hollywood kings.

  His new job is to join the AMC TV station and start to charge for the laying of the AMC TV network.

   A few days ago, AMC TV, together with seven TV stations under Bloomberg, formed a new company called AMC TV Group.

  Bloomberg put his seven TV stations into this group in a franchise model, owning 10% of the group's shares.

  Abel and Smith Media jointly invested 5 billion U.S. dollars into the company, plus the original AMC TV station.

  AMC TV Group's current shareholding ratio is Smith Media 45%, Bloomberg 10%, Abel 25%, and Smith Family Office 20%.

  With Michael Ovitz as Chairman and Richard Plepler as CEO.

   amc television group started its own expansion plan.

  The first step plan is to swallow at least 100 of the more than 1,300 independent regional TV stations in the East Coast area.

  The second step is to develop into the central region and the west coast.

  The third part is to radiate to the whole United States.

   In the end, it is the beginning to go to the world, or to go to the world from the beginning, but the intensity will not be great.

  According to Abel's vision, AMC TV Group can at least not lose to FOX, which is the TV network under News Corporation.

  FOX is currently at the bottom of the four major TV networks, but it already has 29 directly affiliated TV stations and 228 affiliated TV stations, covering 95% of the population in the United States and more than 800 million viewers worldwide.

   If the amc TV network wants to achieve this goal, Abel estimates that it will need to spend about 15-25 billion US dollars, which will take 4-8 years.

   After failing to buy NBC TV station, Abel directly put this plan into practice.

  Michael Ovitz, the founder of CAA with strong public relations ability.

   is the lobbyist that Abel used to collude with and attack those independent TV stations across the country.

  If this step of the plan can be achieved, then even if NBC is not needed in the future.

  Of course, if there is an opportunity to acquire at that time, he will actually do it.

   It's just that this is all for the future.

   At Smith Farm, Abel spent three days with his mother and Charlize.

   It was three days before he set off and left Smith Farm.

  He didn't go to the small town of Sunny Hills, he didn't go to see his PMC company.

   Instead, I went to the capital of Texas first, a dark blue in a deep red.

  Located in Austin, Southwest Central Texas.

  Since the mid-20th century, Austin's semiconductor and computer industries have developed rapidly.

  Combined with the fact that the cost of housing is much lower than that of Silicon Valley, it has attracted a large number of high-tech talents and enterprises, and has become a well-known high-tech center.

   That part of California is known as Silicon Valley.

  This place in Texas, namely Austin, is known as "Silicon Hill" or "Silicon Hill".

  The headquarters of famous semiconductor companies like Freescale and Dell are here.

  In addition, IBM, Intel, Cisco, 3M, etc. also have important local branches.

  It is also the famous "Live Music Capital of the World" in the United States. There are many famous musicians, music venues and music events. The city's per capita share of music venues ranks first in the United States.

  In fact, from the feature behind Austin, we can know why this place is blue.

   In the United States, they play literature and art. Whether it is Hollywood, Grammy, or other art practitioners, they basically support the donkey party.

   Austin, which has this kind of cultural atmosphere, naturally favors the donkey party.

  It is out of tune with other surrounding areas, and a rebellious psychology appears after a long time.

  Even if she didn't want to be blue, she turned into dark blue under the pressure of the surrounding crimson.

  Abel's "Smith" Boeing 747, on October 16th.

   Landing at Bergstrom International Airport in Austin.

  This airport is 5 miles (8 kilometers) southeast of Austin, the capital of Texas, and is the largest airport in Texas.

   Austin doesn't even have as much population as Fort Worth.

  Fort Worth has a population of more than one million, but Austin only has more than 600,000 people.

  600,000 people are spread over hundreds of square kilometers, how big can such a city be?

  Austin is the same as Fort Worth, except for the CBD in the city center.

   In terms of streetscapes and high-rise buildings, the rest of Austin is similar to some cities outside the fourth tier in China after 2015.

  In terms of infrastructure and roads, many places are even inferior.

   When he came out of the airport, Abel saw the person who came to pick him up.

   It was Herbert's youngest son, Marvin Pierce Bush, whom he had seen last at the White House.

   is the only real uncle of little Laura.

   "Hey~ Marvin, good afternoon."

  Abel walked over with a smile and hugged the smiling Marvin.

   "Good afternoon." Marvin also responded with a smile, "My father and your grandfather have been waiting for you. Let's go!"

   "No problem." Abel smiled.

   Don't wait for Abel's Cadillac monster to be transported from the airport.

   There was already another brand new Cadillac monster parked outside waiting for Abel.

  As the retired former US President.

  Herbert also enjoys the protection of the US Secret Service and other corresponding benefits.

  Including an annual pension of 200,000 US dollars, as well as lifelong top free medical and security services.

  As the leader of the world's only superpower, the assassination rate of the US President is extremely high.

  By the time George took office, the United States has experienced 45 generals.

   Among them, 6 were clearly assassinated, and 4 of them were assassinated to death.

  That is to say, almost one of every eight U.S. commanders has been assassinated, and one of every ten U.S. commanders has been assassinated to death, which shows how dangerous this profession is.

  Plus Herbert also has the son of the current Grand Commander.

  Protecting his Secret Service staff no worse than when he was in office.

   Naturally, there is also a top security modified car like the Cadillac Monster as his usual travel car.

  Like Abel's car, the Stars and Stripes cannot be planted at ordinary times.

   But same quality as George sat.

After    and Marvin sat in the carriage, the two started talking.

   "Good job, Abel. You've kept me busy like never before." Marvin Pierce said with a chuckle.

  Abel smiled slightly, he roughly knew what Marvin Pierce meant.

   "Did Herbert agree?" He asked curiously.

Marvin Pierce shrugged, "Neil has already been persuaded by you. If father disagrees, Neil will definitely be unhappy if he doesn't say anything on the surface. In addition, we all feel that your plan is feasible to a certain extent. "

   "That's good."

  Abel said with a smile: "Even if Nanier went to California, he helped the shrub family expand their territory. It is good for everyone."

   "That's right." Marvin Pierce nodded with a smile.

  At the White House dinner last time. Abel suggested to the Bush brothers that Neil Bush go to California for development.

   Subsequent feedback back to Herbert.

  Herbert held a meeting democratically within the family.

   The final result is to support Neil to go to California.

  Whether you can succeed is one thing, but whether you can go or not is another.

  If Neil can succeed there, it will undoubtedly be a very good thing for the shrub family.

  Give Texas super wealthy shrubs a chance to spread their influence to California.

  And Neil was originally in charge of the family business and business with Marvin Pierce.

   Among them, Neil is mainly responsible for oil companies, and Marvin Pierce is responsible for the investment field.

  Now Neil has to start to get on the right track, and the business part all falls on Marvin Pierce.

  Tired once must be very tiring, but it is also a good thing for Marvin Pierce.

  The business of the entire bush family, plus the support of the three older brothers in Zhengzhi.

  Even if Marvin Pierce does not go into business in the future, he can still have a good time.

   And after the new generation of the shrub family grew up, some business talents came out.

   Then when the time is right, Marvin Pierce can choose the same path as his brothers.

   After all, he is the youngest of the four brothers, ten years younger than his elder brother.

   So while busy, Marvin Pierce also benefited a lot.

  The two chatted for a while, but the vehicle did not drive to downtown Austin.

   Instead, when it was three miles away from Austin, they turned a corner and drove onto a small road.

   drove for about half an hour.

  The convoy came to the outskirts of Austin, on the northwest side of the town of Franklin, at the gate of a manor two miles away.

  Through the window in the car, Abel saw white wooden fences, pointed maroon roofs, green lawns, and various designs full of old European Victorian sentiments.

  The convoy stopped in the manor's stone-paved parking lot.

  Marvin Pierce gets out of the car, and Abel gets out of the car.

  Under the leadership of the fourth uncle Laura.

  Abel walked through the front courtyard with a large green lawn and entered the Victorian villa.

   Walking into the front hall filled with various murals and oil paintings, Marvin Pierce led Abel through a long corridor.

   Finally, behind the villa, in another lawn.

  He saw the Herbert couple and Alex couple who were having afternoon tea.

   "Hey, good afternoon. Dear Abel. Hey Alex, look who's coming! Your precious grandson is here."

  After seeing Abel, Herbert smiled and raised his hand to greet him from a long distance away, and talked to Alex next to him.

  The old shrub looks ruddy, in good spirits, and full of energy.

  Where does it look like you are going to recuperate from a disease.

   "Don't make excuses, even if Abel comes, we have to wait until we finish this one first!" Alex said without raising his head.

  Abel smiled and waved to Herbert in response.

  He walked quickly to the old people and glanced at the table between Alex and Herbert.

  There is a heavy chess set on it, and the chess game is at a critical point.

  White chess seems to be losing, and Herbert takes white chess.

  Abel smiled and hugged and kissed the standing grandma Arya, and little Laura's grandma Barbara.

   There was a "crash".

  Herbert "accidentally" bumped into the table, and the pieces on the chessboard on the table were overturned.

   "Flower gram oil!"

  Alex cursed, stood up amid Herbert's laughter, smiled and hugged Abel.

  A servant brought a small table and two chairs.

  Abel and Marvin Pierce sat down at the third small table.

   Another maid brought afternoon tea, snacks, and parasols.

  Southern Texas is a subtropical region. Austin is in southern Texas, and sometimes it doesn’t snow in winter.

  In Austin in mid-October, the sun at noon can make people dizzy, and it would be impossible without a parasol.

   "Neil has already gone to California." After sitting down, Herbert picked up a coffee cup, sipped gently and said softly.

   "The sooner it passes, the better. Time waits for no one, and there is only one year left." Abel smiled.

  People around know what the two are discussing.

   At this time, they all quieted down, watching the conversation between the old and the young.

   "Is it too hasty?"

   "Neil doesn't even know the situation over there."

   "It's a bit hasty." Abel picked up a piece of Gorachi pie from the dessert plate on the small table, and put it in his mouth.

  Golach is a pastry based on dough with different fillings.

  The filling can be fruit, cheese, etc.

   It tastes sweet and sweet. After the standard is improved, it is very in line with the American super sweet taste of Americans.

   "But even if it is a bit hasty, there is still a certain chance of success next year. Even if it is not successful, I don't think there will be much loss."

   After finishing the dessert, I drank the bitter original coffee.

  Abel said again: "We failed in 2002. We can do it again in 2004. Neil is still young, and I am also young. I think we have a lot of opportunities to try. As long as we can succeed once, it will be worth the money!"

  Hearing what he said, Herbert nodded in satisfaction.

  The founder of the shrub family, who went to glory, looked sideways at his wife.

  The old grandmother of the shrub family who smiled and did not speak the whole time.

  George and their mother, Ms. Barbara Pierce Bush, after she understood what her husband meant.

   She smiled and spoke.

   "My dear boy."

  The old woman looked at Abel kindly and tenderly, "What do you think of little Laura?"

   Abel thought to himself that the topic is coming.

  He glanced at the expressions of everyone around him.

  Abel saw worry on Grandma Arya's face; Abel saw seriousness on Grandpa Alex's face.

   On the faces of the three bushes, Abel saw anticipation.

  He thought of little Laura's sweet smile, the face that was extremely gentle in front of him, and always whispered softly.

   When we parted in New York half a month ago, he clutched his little **** and ran into school like a bunny.

Abel smiled and said: "I think she is very good, a good candidate for a wife. Dear Barbara, and Herbert. Although little Laura is not here, neither are the respected Neil and Sunny. But I still want to say, I want to be the husband of little Laura."

  As soon as he said these words.

  The surrounding air was suddenly filled with joy.

  Grandmother Arya's face immediately burst into a smile.

  Grandfather Alex also opened his mouth and laughed.

  Marvin Pierce was beaming, and Herbert was beaming.

  Barbara also smiled and said, "That's great, great."

  (end of this chapter)