The Goddess Shines on America

The more the times develop, the greater the challenges faced by all walks of life.

Throughout the history of Hollywood's development, its first stage, of course, was the period when several founders were built. Chaplin, Hitchcock, Chaplin, Garbo and other movie stars made their debut. At that time, there was not even Audrey Hepburn. The world belongs to silent films and early sound films.

The second stage of Hollywood's development was from the post-World War II period to the Reagan administration. Around 1948, Hollywood’s vertical integration system entered its heyday, and the theater box office reached its highest point in history. Two-thirds of the country's population, or 90 million people, frequented movie theaters. The studio produces nearly 500 films every year, has signed firm contracts with all the big stars, and employs more than 300,000 employees. It is not unbelievably strong.

However, this situation quickly went downhill. As the process of suburbanization accelerated after World War II, the film companies who had not had time to build more theaters naturally felt embarrassed. It was precisely at this time that the rise of the television industry allowed broadcasters to make a lot of money, further suppressing the old Hollywood industrial system. There were reasons for the recession of the film industry in the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout the past two decades, there are really only a handful of classics that can be drawn.

In the early stage, the big Hollywood giants looked down on the TV industry, but the audience's vote with their feet gave them a slap in the face. The improvement of the manufacturing industry has opened up a high-speed growth channel for the television industry. The number of television sets owned by Americans has increased rapidly from 17,000 in 1946 to more than 40 million in 1957, which is almost equivalent to the total number of all households in the United States. By 1960, American residents had 85 million television sets—on average, every household had as many as two.

With such a high penetration rate, it is no wonder that the number of times the US has seen movies per capita dropped from 31 million in 1945 to 19 million in 1950, and even 8 million in 1960. By the time the 1980s arrived, this figure had dropped to a tragic level of 4.5 million.

Faced with such a situation, the Hollywood giants certainly will not wait to die. Fortunately, those broadcasters do need the rich strength that Hollywood has accumulated over the years, so cooperative operations have become the general trend.

After the introduction of the Paramount Act, the disintegration of the film industry played a role in promoting the development of the television industry. After the film industry moved toward the split of theaters and poor box office, the production of television programs naturally became Hollywood productions. The new direction of the factory's breakthrough, and this happens to quickly open the bottleneck of program production that restricts the popularization of TV sets. The two sides hit it off, and the acquisition began overwhelmingly.

At present, in the world of single-round broadcasters, the most powerful one is nbc, the National Broadcasting Corporation. This is a Big Mac founded in 1926 and headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York. It was acquired by General Electric in 1986 and has the ability to provide programs to more than 200 American television stations under its umbrella.

The cbs established in 1927, the CBS, is equally powerful, and is also established in New York. Considering that the audience of it and the abc TV station has always been dominated by the elderly, and at the same time, it is also affectionately referred to as the "elderly station". From Alice's point of view, it is roughly the same as "cctv8" as a soap opera channel and a housewife channel!

As for the American Broadcasting Corporation abc, although it is also one of the three major commercial radio and television companies in the United States, it is independent of the first two and divides its headquarters into two. One is undoubtedly in Times Square in New York, but the other happens to be in Burbank, Los Angeles, not far from DreamWorks!

"It costs a lot to swallow abc. Even if I can barely buy a controlling stake in it, it will not be easy for DreamWorks to drive it." Alice said to Lawrence: "And this will also touch the entire Hollywood pattern. After all, for the past few years, ABC has been in a state of no ownership, no one else spoke, but we swallowed it...Tsk."

Lawrence meditated on Alice's proposal. In terms of development prospects, DreamWorks certainly has no worries. On average, Alice’s film always keeps hitting one movie per year, and there is enough reserve funding to support him. Roger Lawrence’s connections in Hollywood are not bad. So as long as the company develops steadily, it will only be a matter of time before the company aspires to the "Big Eight"-unless it rushes to death.

The cooperation between large film companies and radio and television is indeed the current mainstream trend, but as Alice mentioned, the newcomer-like DreamWorks is grabbing food from companies such as Paramount, Universal, and Disney, even if it can buy in front of them. Under the control of abc, future troubles are estimated to be inevitable. For example, in the future movie theater distribution, and even the joint shooting of individual movies, DreamWorks is likely to be stretched.

"So you bought a small broadcaster during the stock market crash and used it as a stepping stone for DreamWorks."

Lawrence smiled lightly, and he clicked on Alice’s finger tap two years ago, buying a company in the stock market. This is not something that any businessman can play, especially during the stock market crash. One-third of the price to win the target in one fell swoop, this courage is not even an ordinary venture capitalist dare to play. After all, who can guarantee how long the stock price will return?

But now it is obvious that the aftermath of the "87" stock market crash has gradually subsided, and that small TV network company has regained its former glory. Calculating the time, since I have been raising it for so long, it is indeed time for some actions.

Drinking a large cup of black tea, Lawrence frowned and said, "By the way, I have forgotten a bit for so long. What is the name of the TV station that I plan to acquire?"

"Amc, the classic American movie cable TV station, originally belonged to the Rainbow Media Holding Group." Alice said calmly. At that time, Sophie just passed by the living room and watered the potted plants on the windowsill.

"The establishment date of this company is October 1, 1984. Yes, Uncle Roger, it is the National Day of China, so I am very optimistic about it~" There was another bubble in her mouth, and Alice immediately grinned: "The year before last, before the '87' stock market disaster, it had just established a basic cable TV channel. That is to say, viewers only need to pay a certain fee to the cable TV system service provider, and they can watch the amc cable TV station without paying additional fees. program."

Lawrence knows the TV industry quite well, and nodded with a smile: "When I was about to make a big show, I suddenly suffered a stock market crash. I can completely imagine what Rainbow Media would be depressed. Since it is a small school that has only been established for three years The company, just throw it away. It’s no wonder that you can get a big bargain, but I know that until now, Rainbow Media is still dragging oil bottles for several of its subsidiaries."

After a large sum of money was invested, it suddenly fell into a trough, and a profit was not made but a lot of money was lost. I can think of the flourishing of the vegetable market of the board of directors.

Alice smiled silently: "AMC uses a cable TV system, so there is no need to set up its own infrastructure to directly let people across the country see its programs. As of this year, it has probably nearly 40 million subscribers, but the film source But it’s still a problem. So, as long as we go through the legal process and incorporate AMC under the DreamWorks banner, we can immediately use the power of the film company to shoot TV series for it on a large scale."

A hit-and-match project, with the current level of achievement of DreamWorks, making movies and TV shows at the same time is completely affordable. Of course, everything is based on the amount of money, not to mention that after five years of continuous development, the company itself has this strength, and if necessary, Alice, who has made a fortune, can directly act as a producer. With her financial support, even if it burns $10 million in a single episode of "Friends", what counts?

Well, of course, the remuneration is directly proportional to the income.

The merger is easy to handle. Lawrence can do it himself, and the TV station’s own development can also be directly handed over to the TV station’s people. So the key question is what TV series to launch. This is what Alice needs to think about.

Keep in mind that it is now April 1989.

So in the selection of TV dramas, what Alice needs to consider is the masterpieces that can be obtained in the early nineties. After all, a true classic is not just a script, or even special effects. It also requires the aesthetics of the audience in the entire market and the cooperation of appropriate actors.

Without Keanu Reeves's "The Matrix", without Tom Cruise's "Mission Impossible", would that still be seen by humans? In the same way, if "24 Hours Against Terrorism" and "Homeland Security" were filmed before 9/11, who would buy it?

At the same time, when filming TV dramas in advance, you also need to consider that the characters cannot be "too young", just like Alice must not be able to shoot "Harry Potter" in 1997 or 1998. At this moment, Emma Water Sen and the others are still jumping up to the lower grades in elementary school.

So, what are the protagonists of American dramas in the 1990s dominated by middle-aged people? At the same time, it is best to meet Alice's inherent label?

I believe no one will believe that Silicon Valley girl Alice-Wang will write things like "Desperate Housewives", right?

""X File"."

Sending Lawrence away and returning to her bedroom, Alice thought of this classic play without any pressure.

Well, UU read www.uukanshu.comfbi to search for the possibility of aliens, this kind of subject matter is quite loving~

No doubt, the geeks in Silicon Valley will love her to death~

And the two leading actors are also born in the 60s. There is no pressure at all when shooting three years earlier~

"Oh, why am I so genius~"

Say action and act, someone turns on the computer and is ready to start her codeword career!

"Ah hello, why are you working again!?"

Then, the door was opened just right, and Oscar, with a bandage on his head, walked in with a gloomy expression on his face.

"I said, elder sister, your brother, I'm hurt! Don't tell me that you have crossed half of the earth to go home. It's just a way to visit me!"

Alice blinked her eyes and looked back at her brother.

Whoops, the boy is lonely?