Chapter 263 Don't let me down

The same thing happened decades ago, when television was replacing newspapers as new media.Compared to paper media that requires going out to buy or taking the newspaper boy to spend time to deliver to his home, TVs are undoubtedly much more convenient. Just turn on them to know the news that can be seen or cannot be seen in various newspapers.

In the plethora of the office, Adrian said to Claude.

Moreover, before the emergence of TVs, the spread of radio stations had already allowed newspapers to gradually adapt and adjust themselves, while the development of the Internet was much faster than that of TVs, so the impact on traditional media would be very big, right?

Claude smiled and said, "You have said it many times, Ed."

Adrian shrugged his shoulders and continued without caring: You and I know that the advantage of the Internet is that the speed of communication and the amount of information are far greater than that of traditional media. Participants have gradually become ordinary people, and the reactions they will cause will be greater than those of traditional media. Think about it, what would happen if they could use mobile phones to access the Internet in ten years?What if the mobile phone could take photos, take high-definition photos or even videos, and upload them to a special website as soon as possible?

You started to predict again?Claude raised his eyebrows, so you asked me to acquire Macrmedia and hold Adbe?

Well...well...Adrian suddenly smiled embarrassedly. In fact, only Macrmedia is needed. I think their Flash software is promising, and I thought it was developed by Adbe at first.

What?Claude raised his eyebrows in disbelief.

Don't worry, Adbe will also have what we need in the future.Adrian quickly added.

Oh, hell, I knew it was a mistake to believe you completely.Claude rolled his eyes and sighed.

Hey, how can you speak like this? Crow, I often told you that my opinion may not be completely correct, you must have your own judgment.

Adrian immediately refuted, you believed it too blindly, yes, I admit that I was wrong, but don’t you need to take part of the responsibility?

Are you showing off, Ed?is that so?Claude asked as he narrowed his eyes and put his hands crossed in front of him.

show off?I?Adrian Ha laughed out loud. If I want to show off, I will use this, it is not a company matter.

He said, taking out his wallet and throwing a credit card in front of Cloud.

This is?Claude picked it up and looked at it. It was black overall, ordinary, but the workmanship was still very exquisite and exquisite.

Yuntong learned from Citibank the latest top credit card, the centurion card, which has just been launched, which is more noble than the platinum card. It does not accept applications, and only the bank will actively invite it to join.

Adrian explained briefly.

oh?Is there any better service?Claude asked.

Unlimited credit limit, or all-round personal assistant service.

Adrian thought about it and I just bought a Gulfstream, which is really good. Maybe one day I accidentally forgot something on it, such as a car being transported, or something, I could also call them to inform the train station and put it down at the next station.

The credit card he took out is naturally the legendary black card. Although he had heard all kinds of rumors about the world's top credit cards in his previous life, he only realized that it was the case when he got it. The so-called unlimited credit limit is just based on the holder's assets. If it is overdrawn too much, the credit card will be recovered.

As for all-round service, this is a way for banks to win over customers. Besides, how many can be worthy of their invitation?

Most have their own team of assistants.

Don't joke, when did you take the train?Claude said disdainfully.

This is, Adrian either drives or takes a plane when he goes out. Trains in the United States are also the worst of transportation. After all, freight is much more profitable than passenger transportation, and most people prefer driving.

I'm just giving an example, if you don't think it's enough, I still have it here.

Adrian said as he took out another black card and handed it to Claude. It was from Citibank. After the invitation was sent by Yuntong, they immediately invited me. The competition was really fierce.

If I also bought a Boeing 747 as my car, they would also invite me.

Claude shrugged and handed back the two black cards to Adrian. Okay, let's continue with the topic we just now. Frankly, if it weren't for the reduction in liquidity due to the holding of Adbe, we wouldn't be competing so fiercely with Bertelsmann on ownership of Random House now.

Again, Adbe may not be of much use to us now, but it will not be like this in the future.Adrian repeated the previous words again.

Well, he has a little bit of arguing that he mainly holds shares in Adbe for Flash software, but he doesn't know much about this, so he found out that Macrmedia has not been acquired by Adbe yet, so he turned to a complete acquisition of Macrmedia and instead brought Macrmedia into the group.

But Adbe is not completely useless. Their image processing software has always been the best in the industry, and in Adrian's plan, there are many things about this part of the website.

This is all off-topic. Claude's question about Random House is the key point. As one of the nine major publishing brands in the United States, Random House's reputation is quite famous. Although AC Media's focus is on film, TV and the Internet, it cannot be completely given up on traditional paper media. In particular, its publishing company is famous for its agency in the "Harry Potter" series, and it is unreasonable not to take this opportunity to expand.

But just last year, while AC Media took a fancy to Random House, Bertelsmann Group also fell in love with them. The two sides fought several times around Random House. After all, Bertelsmann has a history of more than 100 years and is not as easy as Disney.

In addition, AC Media has just acquired Macrmedia and controlled Adbe, and Cloud suffered a lot of losses in their hands. If he doesn't find a way to turn the tables, he can only give up Random Bookstore.

Procrastinate, you know our plans, up to a year.Adrian said, I've got Uncle Regat to start preparing.

I really don’t know where you have such great confidence, even my father cannot be 100% sure.

Claude sighed. It's not easy to delay for a year, Bertelsmann is not Disney.

Immediately, Adrian gave an unexpected answer: If it really doesn't work, then give up. We are not going to be able to do it without Random House. Our future is on the Internet, and the success of "Blair the Witch" has fully demonstrated this point. It may appear in seven or eight years. A topic has not caused much response after being reported by CNN, but it can be circulated on the Internet but can attract heated discussions among countless people.

oh?Claude raised his eyebrows, knowing that Adrian must have some more information.

Sure enough, Adrian smiled and changed the subject: What do you think of Holden Mifflin Publishing Company?

...I knew that you would have a big appetite.Claude was stunned for a while and then laughed.

Horton Mifflin Publishing Company is one of the four largest publishers in the United States. Its history has been comparable to Bertelsmann for more than a hundred years. Although Random House is good, it is still not enough to read compared to them.

If you want to acquire such an old publishing company, you either need huge funds or carry out mergers and acquisitions. The latter is obviously not Adrian's choice, so the former...

If the plan goes well, it might be possible.

You do see very far, Ed, although you are always unclear in the details, you do have a good idea when it comes to vision planning.Claude said with emotion.

Don't worry, Crow, everything is still unknown, so let's do what you have to do first.Adrian laughed.

"Blair the Witch" is still heating up. With the support of those who watched the movie, the discussion on this matter on the Internet has become more lively, so the number of theaters screened has been rising again and again, and the box office has naturally increased.

Of course, there are more accusations against the Maryland government day by day, but fortunately Bosworth came out to refute the rumors at this time.

The timing was well seized, and the state government had not completely lost its patience. In addition, the considerable sponsorship was a drop in the box office, and they didn't take it seriously.

After the whole incident was announced, although some people felt fooled, more people were surprised that just hype like this could make people believe that the whole incident was true, so more people began to enter the cinema.

Although this is not unrelated to the secret promotion of AC Media’s media, there are also factors that Americans themselves, just as a joke says, want to make money from Americans?

Just try to underestimate their IQ.

Finally, "Blair the Witch" earned 2.7 billion yuan in box office worldwide, and Bosworth's hype methods have also been recorded in the history of films and have become a content that every film company needs to study. However, this is not as good as the film companies under AC Media, which have been repeatedly emphasized by Adrian from the beginning.

Well, this is all a story. Now this low-cost movie has begun to make efforts, and Adrian greets a crew that is preparing to start filming in the conference room.

You may be a little surprised. Why is such a movie with a moderate investment that will make me personally come forward to call you up to talk to you? The reason is very simple. The original novel of this movie adapted from this game was written by me and others.

Sitting at the head of the long table, Adrian said with a smile as he looked at the screenwriters, actors and directors in front of him.

Dennis Knight, the male lead of Hank, plays Rhodes Phoenix of Lyon S. Kennedy, Sarah of Claire Redfield, Love of Jill Valentine, and Lin Chiling of Aida Wang. Yes, the long-prepared movie version of "Resident Evil" is finally about to start.

Of course, except for Dennis, who is the male lead, only Lin Chi-ling has more roles in the role of Aida Wang. After all, from the very beginning, the movie version has established a position that is both a supplement and development of the game version and can be independently formed. Although each game character has appeared, there are not many roles. What will happen in the future will be waiting to see the movie fans and game fans' perception of the movie.

It is precisely because Adrian told Revan to play the role of Lyon. He wanted Aniston to play Jill at the beginning, and the gimmicks of the couple were quite interesting.

But after Sarah agreed to play Claire, she recommended her Puppy to play Jill by the way. Adrian naturally would not refuse, so this plan could only be put on hold for the time being, but it doesn't matter, there will be opportunities in the future.

I suddenly came up with a good idea. You couple will definitely be very interesting when the time comes.But I have to wait a few more years to let Jane fix her image as an action star in movies.

Adrian said to the couple as newlywed Dennis and Aniston rushed back to Los Angeles from their honeymoon to attend the Resident Evil conference.

Aniston has received quite a good response among fans because of the female policeman in "Broken Arrow" and the female hacker in "The Matrix". Whether it is the heroic image in "Broken Arrow" or the plot of sacrificing to cover up Trinity and Neo in "The Matrix", they have won the recognition of most fans after the quarrels, and many film manufacturers have also begun to consider her action image.

But Friends' influence is huge, and the innocent, cute and silly Rachel Green is always easier to accept, so Aniston's action image is not stable.

Although Adrian could take out that script, it is not the best time at this time, so it is better to delay it for a while.

The atmosphere in the conference room was very harmonious. This was the first time most people heard that the director of Miracle had written a novel with someone else. They had to ask a few questions about it and then encourage others to greet them.

The novel was written about seven or eight years ago. At that time, many interesting ideas always popped up from the mind inadvertently, so I often used a pen to record those things that were flashing with a flash of inspiration.Some ideas are very suitable for writing novels, and this is how "Resident Evil" is inspired by "Dawn of the Living Dead", which has built a completely different framework.But at that time, there were always a lot of things to be busy, and I only wrote out the outline and some clips, so I just asked someone to write them together... Adrian explained his motives while observing everyone without showing any silence.

Director Brooke Hammer is very young, around forty years old, and has directed several pretty good mid-investment commercial films. Among the several directors, Adrian felt that his style was closer to the game and his own ideas, so he chose him.

At this moment, he was talking to two screenwriters. One of them was a contracted screenwriter of the company and the other was from the game department. They were both easy to talk to each other. In addition, Adrian mediated from time to time, and the script was pretty well written.

Dennis and Revan said from time to time that they had collaborated in Finch's "Fighting Club" last year, and both had a close relationship with Adrian, so they could talk to each other very well.

But Adrian's attention is not on this. "Fighting Club" will be released around the next month. He wants to know what Aniston will think of Winona as a supporting actress.

On the other hand, Sarah and Love were intimately talking, as if they were about the same as what the media said. The two were good sisters, but Adrian could see the barely forced in Love's smile.

Sarah probably vented all the dark side in her heart on Love, making the woman obedient. She didn't dare to resist even if she felt resentful. Otherwise, Adrian wouldn't secretly call Love Sarah's puppy.

Of course, this has something to do with Adrian playing blushing next to her. "The Death is Coming" starring Love is about to be released, and her first album is selling well, and the record company is now preparing a second for her.

As for Lin Chi-ling, it was her first time attending such a meeting, and she basically had no one to know, but her agent came with her today, so she could say a few words instead of sitting there and not being able to do anything.

Her agent is also named Lin, and is also from Taiwan. She came to Los Angeles with her family at the age of ten, majoring in economics and comparative literature at the University of California. After graduation, she looked for a job everywhere and finally joined the MCM agent company. After two months of delivery and receiving work, Adrian was attracted to him and became Lin Chiling's agent.

Her English name is Kelly, and she has the same name as Kelly Hu. As for her Chinese name, she is Lin Xilei.

Okay, let’s stop here today. You have watched the script and hope it will allow me to see a wonderful movie.

Seeing that the time was almost over, everything was about to be said, and everyone was in good condition. Adrian immediately stood up and announced the end. Of course, he had to whisper goodbye to familiar people one by one.

Would you take Jane to watch Fight Club, Dan?This was said to Dennis, the other party rolled his eyes helplessly, and Ruifan, who was walking in front, laughed softly.

Don't think that you are a guest appearance, so you can't try hard.This was said to Sarah, in return for her grimace, and then she pulled Love away tightly, not giving her a chance to please Adrian.

Don't let me down, Ling.This is what Lin Chiling said, and she used Chinese. She nodded immediately. Although she was in the conference room, her smile still looked charming.

But to many people's surprise, Adrian kept Lin Xilei: Wait a moment, Kelly.

This attracted a lot of attention. As Lin Chiling's agent, Lin Xilei seems to have nothing to do with the producer. What should she stay and do?

However, these eyes were basically clear, so they didn't take them to heart. Instead, Lin Chi-ling had a little jealousy in her expression.

I heard that you were a little unhappy with Ling before?After seeing Lin Xilei a little nervous, Adrian spoke up like this.

Although he didn't understand why the other party asked this question, Lin Xilei nodded honestly in the face of such a tycoon and wanted to defend himself, but Adrian rushed in front of her and continued: I know it's Ling's problem, but as an agent, you are not qualified.

I asked you to be Ling's agent.

If you have any conflicts, you can tell your boss directly, or even CEO Michael Orwitz, I have told him not to argue with clients.

What I need is an agent who can manage Asian actors well for the company.

I have more important characters who intend to hold you accountable if you meet my requirements.

Don't let me down.