King of Hollywood

Although Adrian also beat some people through Lavern because of the improvement in the company's performance before, a small number of people always commute to get off work with the mentality of dawdling. This is actually normal. Of course, it is also normal to ask them to pack up and leave. Any company that wants to develop will not allow such a situation where people are superfluous.

The next step is to expand the various departments. Adrian handed over all these to Lavern, and he only made two requests. The first one is to sign a few outstanding screenwriters as soon as possible. Frankly speaking, the few screenwriters in the editorial review department are now at the level of helping to modify and adjust, and what Adrian needs is the kind that can give ideas and regulations. The talent who wrote the screenplay.

He wrote all the scripts of the two films he is currently producing and the next few films he will produce. This is not true at first, but as time goes by, there will only be more and more movies to be produced. Could it be that he writes all the scripts by himself? The Screenwriters Union has already stored more than a dozen script outlines.

Lavern has no objection to this. He knows that Adrian sold the script to those film companies. If the editorial review department can have a screenwriter to help the big boss write a few more low-cost and high-grossing scripts If so, the development of the company is undoubtedly very huge. But he didn't understand another request from Adrian.

"Establish a TV drama production department?" In Adrian's office, Lavern asked inexplicably, "Why?"

"Of course I'm preparing for the TV series, Laffer," Adrian shrugged, "What do you think I'll do?"

"But... our situation has just gotten better. Don't be so eager to expand horizontally, Ed?" Lavern reminded tactfully, he obviously disagreed.

"I know your concerns, Laver, but don't worry," Adrian didn't feel unhappy, he knew what Laverne was worried about, "I didn't say that a complete department would be established immediately, nor did I say You need to see the work immediately. I need you to set up the framework first, recruit people to run in, build a more professional team, and start production as soon as the time comes. I will give you enough time and funds, of course , this does not mean that you can squander it at will.”

"May I know what it means when the time is up?" Lavern thought for a while and replied.

"Remember what I told you a few days ago? My goal is not just to make movies." Adrian smiled slightly. Before that, he revealed something about the entertainment media company he established with Claude. The thing is for Laverne. Laverne is a smart and capable person. After the film company grows bigger, he is the best candidate for CEO.

Lavern showed a clear look: "I understand, Ed, I will do it."

"That's how it is," Adrian nodded, and then thought of something else, "By the way, you can let them practice making TV dramas by mailing trial tapes to the TV network. What a bad thing."

Few major TV networks in the United States invest in their own TV dramas. Generally, film and television production companies first produce 20 to 40 minutes of video and hand it over to the person in charge of the TV network. If the other party thinks it is valuable, they will buy it and let the film and television company produce a season. Come out and arrange the play schedule according to the content. Of course, if the ratings do not reach the ratio they want, they will cut it off without hesitation.

So it’s not a bad way to let the team run in and practice by making a trial tape. At the same time, you can also take this opportunity to train the screenwriters-the scripts of American dramas are generally in charge of 5 to 6 people, because they have always broadcast one episode a week, so Every episode of an excellent American TV series will have something to watch, whether suspenseful or funny, and the plot needs to be adjusted according to the audience's opinions, so it is a great test for the quality of the screenwriter. Moreover, if a TV network is interested in buying it, it can also increase the company's income, and if it becomes popular, it will greatly increase the company's popularity. Why not do this kind of thing?

"I see." Laverne nodded.

Adrian is dealing with the affairs of the film company, and Claude is not idle. AC Entertainment and Media Company was established soon. Although the name was really bad enough, they took the initials of the two, but Adrian didn't care about anything. The company's name is just a symbol and has no influence. No matter how impressive the name is, it doesn't matter.

Although Adrian has given Crowder full power over the company, it doesn't mean he won't care about development. It's just that Claude didn't need his help at all, and he quickly set up the company initially, and even dug several talents from his father's company-the godfather often accused Adrian of complaining on the phone, saying that they The two are ignorant. Adrian just smiled when he heard this. He knew that the godfather was just a little unwilling. Generally, every father hopes that his son can inherit his mantle, and every wise father also knows that what his son needs is to start his own business after all. .

Even if the young man is very aggressive, even if Claude has outstanding abilities, some things cannot be resolved so quickly, such as the acquisition of publishing companies and brokerage companies. The former is fine, after the new media company is established, you can directly negotiate with a publishing company that is not doing well; but for the latter, after the acquisition, you have to reorganize and train the agent according to the CAA system. Such work cannot be completed in a few days.

Adrian can't help much on this, the only thing he can do is to write a check for 2 million to Dennis, and then let him take a good rest for half a year. Although the weekend box office of "Memento" in the second week was not very satisfactory. After increasing to more than 1,000 theaters, the total box office in North America was only about 21 million, but this does not mean that the box office will drop to the bottom.

Because there are too many clues and details in "Memory Fragments", it is not easy to understand them all at once, even Roger Ebert admits this. This indirectly gave people the impression that the movie was difficult to understand, which affected the box office. But it is also these clues and details that are closely related to the story that those who like it can't help but watch it repeatedly, so they will drive a group of people into the theater later, so I believe that the box office of "Memory Fragments" will not be as good as " The difference between "Two Smoking Barrels" is too far, that is, the theaters may get more points.

So Adrian still gave Dennis a red envelope that was 4 times the last time. Even if the box office is not good in the end, it doesn’t matter. Claude made a lot of money for him in oil futures, and the funds were not fully invested. As for the newly established media companies, firstly, there is no need for so much for the time being, and secondly, he has to invest the funds in other places, such as absorbing millions of shares in Microsoft and Cisco.

Originally, he wanted to hold more shares. Although the shares of these two companies are not as expensive as Chinese cabbage as they were just listed, the development frenzy of the IT industry has not yet come, and they are still very cheap compared to those big companies. But the problem is that their current market value is only tens of millions of companies, and it is already very good to be able to earn 5 million each. But it doesn't matter, don't look at it is only 5 million now, as long as there are no accidents, it will increase hundreds of times in 8 years.

Alright, let’s get back to Dennis, because the agent’s company couldn’t operate smoothly for a while, so Adrian simply let him rest for the first half of the year. Since last May, the other party has been cooperating with him and busy with two movies. , and really should relax. What's more, Adrian's next few movies don't need his participation.

Frankly speaking, Adrian wanted to arrange a role for him, and even wanted him to continue to play the leading actor in the next movie. If he can perform super-standard acting skills, a little bit of manipulation will definitely bring his initial reputation to a higher level, and he will become a first-line actor. It's just that this movie is related to the development of Adrian's plan, and any possible mistakes are not allowed. Although Dennis has been praised for his performance in "Memento", he has also been criticized by some film critics for being too young , so Adrian had to use the "original class" after much deliberation.

It doesn't matter, anyway, there are plenty of movies for him to participate in, so he can just pick a few better ones. Besides, this time can be regarded as a small test for him. Adrian, who was leaning on the high-back chair in the office and looking at the ceiling, thought so. Unknowingly, the corners of his mouth turned up, because of the film critics, he thought of Kate who was far away in London. Compared with those European critics at the Berlin Film Festival, some American film critics are a little harsher on her. Words such as "like wood" are already quite good terms, and Kate, who is only 17 years old, will inevitably be unhappy happy.

"Hi, honey, did you just wake up?" Adrian, who dialed the phone, looked at the time on the wall.

"Hey, Ed, how are you? Call me at this time." A soft yawning voice came from the phone, and Adrian could completely picture Kate hugging the quilt and wearing only her underwear. Lazily crawling on the bed.

"Because I miss you now." Adrian said with a smile, "Did you sleep because of the noise?"

"Of course not," Kate giggled, followed by a sigh: "If only you could appear in front of me now."

Probably aware of the depression in her tone, she immediately changed the subject: "By the way, I encountered a very interesting thing in school a few days ago..."

The two chatted like this, as if they had endless topics to talk about, and they reluctantly hung up the phone after a long time. Next, Adrian sat on a chair with his hands together and thought for a few seconds, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Anyway...I have been resting recently, so...he pressed a button on the phone on the desk: "Ms. Jannison, please book me a ticket to London, the sooner the better, thank you!"

(Continue to ask for collection and recommendation, hey...)