Heads Up Hollywood

"Honey, isn't this too...too controversial?" Scarlett opened her eyes wide, with a look of surprise on her face.

Tang En said with a smile: "Controversy is traffic."

Natalie shook her head. "Even so, I don't think Truth or Dare is suitable for Starz."

"Oh? Tell me?"

"Shows like 'Truth or Dare'...to put it bluntly, is to attract attention with kitsch, vulgar private affairs, and I don't think the elite will be interested in this kind of show."

Natalie's social circle is not in Hollywood. In her words, "she has nothing in common with those idiot actresses." She prefers to make friends with the elite, and of course she is more understanding.

Scarlett listened and nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, I think so too. This show is not good."

Natalie shook her head, and said softly: "It's not bad, it's inappropriate. "Truth or Dare" can be handed over to a TV station like FOX that works hard to get ahead, but it's too incongruous to let it be broadcast on Starz TV station. Starz subscription The cost is so high, most of the users are middle-class and above elites, what they want to see is not the vulgar private life of other people, but high-quality programs with content and taste.”

Dunn couldn't help but admire Natalie secretly.

Sure enough, she is a talented woman!

In the previous life, as soon as the project "Truth or Dare" was proposed, it was repeatedly hit by the three major TV networks NBC, CBS, and ABC, and was finally accepted by the FOX TV network and broadcast.

FOX is the fourth largest TV network after NBC, CBS, and ABC. If it wants to increase its ratings, it must broadcast some "extraordinary" programs to attract attention.

Dick Clark Television Production Company has been recruiting employees since March this year. It is expected that 500 new employees will join the company this year to enrich the production team of reality shows.

After "American Idol", "Breakthrough" and "The Bachelor", it seems necessary to launch "Truth or Dare".

"The Bachelor" was handed over to NBC by Tang En, and it is expected to be broadcast in late November this year.

The reason Tang En rejected ABC and gave "The Bachelor" to NBC, besides NBC offering an undeniable price, Tang En also demanded that NBC Group not interfere with his acquisition of Universal Pictures.

In other words, you cannot participate in bidding and drive up prices.

"American Idol" was given to CBS, "Smart and Brave" was given to ABC, and "The Bachelor" was given to NBC... Next, it's time to give FOX a reality show to achieve a balance between both sides.

"Truth or Dare" is the best choice.

"Okay, let's eliminate "Truth or Dare" and take a look at this project, "Flying Bridge." Tang En put away the previous planning document and sent them the second document.

"Costume design? I like it!" Scarlett briefly glanced at the introduction, then let out a pleasant surprise.

Tang En smiled slightly, "That's right, this is a fashion design reality show, and it's also a novelty. The contestants are all excellent fashion designers, and they have to face various and different tests. Sometimes, they have to use special To make clothing with traditional clothing materials, you need to design clothes for specific characters, design products for garment companies, or make clothing with special themes.”

This is just a superficial phenomenon, and there is a deep meaning behind it.

To design clothes, you must have a model to try them on, right?

At this time, the value of Starz professional cable TV station can be reflected. There is no need for any screen cuts, and the bodies of the models can appear on the TV screen generously.

There are male models with strong bodies and female models with enchanting figures. This process of undressing and dressing is definitely a highlight.

The original version of "Flyover" broadcast on Lifetime TV had this kind of footage, but the scale was limited.

Still in IMDB, it got an amazing high score of 7.3 points!

In terms of taste and quality, "Flying Bridge" is definitely the pinnacle of reality TV.

Natalie watched in silence for five minutes, then glanced at Tang En with a half-smile, and nodded lightly, "I also like this idea. It seems that your ideas are not all flattering and vulgar things."

Tang En couldn't laugh or cry, "Nate, are you praising me or scolding me?"

Scarlett pursed her lips and smiled, "Idiot, of course it's a compliment!"

She was next to Natalie, and the two sisters had become a united front.

"That's it!" Natalie smiled humorously, "Is there any more? Let's take a look."

Tang En said confidently: "The next one will be more high-end and atmospheric, heh heh, it's "Face Changing"!"

"Face Changing?" Natalie was slightly taken aback, "John Wu's movie?"

Scarlett blinked, and asked in surprise, "It's not an action reality show, is it? That's too shocking!"

Tang En said: "It has nothing to do with the movie. You can regard "Face Changing" as a sister version of "Flying Bridge", or it can be called "Special Effects Makeup Artist Showdown"."

The girls suddenly understood when they took the document from Tang En.

"It turned out to be a makeup reality show! Well, professional makeup artists are really good, they can achieve the effect of changing faces." Scarlett said with admiration.

Natalie looked at the plan and admired it very much. She looked very happy, "Yes, this is it! I've been looking forward to a program like this! The current movies have a lot of special effects and make-up, and they all look very fake. People dancing scenes. Including big productions like "The Lord of the Rings", there are a lot of makeup and costume arrangements, which are not satisfactory and not refined enough."

Tang En said with a smile: "That's because the budget of "The Lord of the Rings" is limited, and Peter Jackson can't help it."

"But this has nothing to do with the audience. Movies are art, and the audience cannot be perfunctory." Natalie said solemnly.

Scarlett said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, I really agree. Especially horror movies, the make-up in it...is very ridiculous, let alone scary, I can't wait to laugh."

Natalie said: "Face Changing and Runway are both very good! One is to enhance the audience's appreciation of special effects makeup, and the other is to enhance the audience's appreciation of costume design. These two reality shows are very meaningful!"

Scarlett said: "That's right, improving the audience's aesthetic level of movies and TV shows will make those shoddy film and television works have no room for survival, which will push the creation of movies and TV shows to a better direction. .”

Natalie nodded and said: "I agree! In fact, from a macro point of view, it is more meaningful. The level of Hollywood movies is generally higher than that of foreign movies. If programs like "Face Changing" and "Flyover", It can be promoted overseas and improve the overall aesthetic taste of people all over the world. At that time, no one will watch those shabby foreign movies and TV series. At that time, only American TV series and Hollywood movies will be left in the market!"

Tang En was stunned for a moment and looked at Natalie.

Full of conspiracy!

However, it is a bit too difficult to change the aesthetic standards of movie fans all over the world through two reality shows.

The reason why elites are elites is that they are open to all kinds of people. Most people are stuck at the bottom, and most of the time it is because of their conservative thinking and narrow self-interested comfort zone.

To put it bluntly, programs like "Face Changing" and "Flying Bridge" are not very entertaining.

Seeing Tang En's disapproving expression, Scarlett snorted softly, ""Face Changing" and "Flyover" are aired on Starz TV. Let's not talk about others, as long as the aesthetic standards of STA users are raised, You're done. At that time, can these users still watch the programs of other TV stations? They will definitely stick to STA and subscribe for a long time."

Natalie put her arms around Scarlett's shoulders with a smile, and pursed her lips: "Tang En, didn't you say that the number of STA users is decreasing? It's because they can accept low-quality programs from other cheap TV stations. If "Face Changing" " and "Flyover" are popular on Starz, and they forcefully improve their aesthetics, and when the time comes, they will stick to STA and become stable users."

Tang En was surprised to see Natalie and Scarlett who talked to each other, and was quite pleasantly surprised.

He really didn't expect this relationship before!

"Face Changing" is a reality show launched in 2011. As soon as it was broadcast, it quickly became popular in the United States and became a super upstart in the reality show industry.

IMDb score is as high as 8.2 points!

In the reality show rankings, it has occupied the first place for a long time.

Tang En wanted to provide STA with richer high-quality content through this reality show, but he didn't expect that after being reminded by them, the reality show would have such an additional function!

Produce "Flying Bridge" and "Changing Face" and broadcast them on Starz TV station. While providing high-end programs with taste and quality, it can also improve the audience's aesthetics.

In this way, how can those TV series that are crudely produced and full of flaws at first glance be accepted by these users?

Forcibly raising the aesthetic standard, the next thing is to stick to STA.

wonderful!

Wonderful!

Tang En was in a good mood, leaned over and kissed everyone on the red lips, and asked happily: "So, the two programs were produced together?"

"Together!"

Natalie and Scarlett said in unison.

"Okay, let's go together."

Tang En stood up, smiled evilly, and yanked the towel around his waist...

"oops!"

The two girls screamed.

"Twain, you are a big bastard!"

"Ah! I don't want it!"

...

On August 11th, Tang En held an important meeting within the company and announced that Dick Clark Television Production Company would immediately start producing three reality shows, "Truth or Dare", "Face Changing", and "Flyover".

In particular, "Face Changing" and "Flying Bridge" are provided for STA TV network, and the best production team must be selected to create milestone boutiques in reality shows.

The next day, Tang En Pictures and Vivendi's negotiations finally achieved a breakthrough.

Vivendi spat, and they agreed to sell Blizzard, Sierra and other related game departments.

As a condition, Tang En Pictures must buy the relevant assets of Universal Pictures, Universal Music, USA Television Network, and Houghton Mifflin Publishing House in all cash to solve Vivendi's debt crisis.

The situation of Tang En Pictures is very good!