Heads Up Hollywood

Tang En did not expect that Isla Fisher would be able to bring help to Tang En Pictures through his personal connections, and he sincerely praised: "Ira, you are doing a good job!"

Isla Fisher blushed slightly, a little shy, "I... I don't know if it's right, so I came to ask you what you mean."

"Yes, very right!" Tang En waved his hands and looked at her with satisfaction, "David Simon, right? Yes, make an appointment and let him come over. I will meet him."

When it came to talents, Tang En was always generous with his time.

"Now? Don't worry, "Gone Girl" has just come out." Isla Fisher opened her eyes wide.

Tang En was taken aback, "Huh? What does this have to do with "The Gone Girl"?"

"It's related, I have to deal with the promotion of the book, and... I want to rest for a while, I don't want to be in such a hurry to write a new book..."

"etc!"

Tang En waved his hand, confused, "Ella, what are you talking about?"

Isla Fisher blinked and said unhurriedly: ""Gone Girl" is a crime novel, and I know many crime writers now. With the help of David Simon, I will definitely Can provide better ideas and real and reliable case experience for our new book!"

Tang En rolled his eyes and almost fainted!

This Isla Fisher, it turns out that's the idea!

I can't laugh or cry!

Tang En thought that she had a bigger picture, a higher vision, and that she knew that she could contribute more to the company. Unexpectedly... her wishful thinking was all about her own writing career.

"What's wrong with you? Did I say the wrong thing?" Isla Fisher blinked her big eyes, looking harmless to humans and animals.

Tang En was speechless.

His other secretary, Reese Witherspoon, will find time to film and has met many friends. They are all trying their best to win over Dunn Films, and they are still learning production skills. Obviously, the situation is higher.

Tang En even hoped that in a few years, she would be given the position of vice president of Rose Films.

But this Isla Fisher...well, that's the life of the bed warming secretary.

Fortunately, her writing skills are good enough to be able to write part-time.

"Ahem..." Tang En cleared his throat, "Um...Ella, have you never thought about taking the materials from David Simon to the screenwriting department to make film and television adaptations?"

"Ah?" Isla Fisher whispered while covering her lips, "Is this okay?"

"why not?"

"But a lot of crime stories are too dark for a film adaptation."

Tang En was a little helpless, "Movies are not good, they can be changed into TV series! Haven't you read the script of "Six Feet Under", how big is it?"

"Oh, that's how it is……"

Isla Fisher murmured to herself, suddenly, her eyes lit up, she patted her forehead, and suddenly realized, "I remembered, David...he told me that he created a script, It's an adaptation of some crime stories he experienced, called... By the way, it's called "The Wire"!"

"The Wire?"

Tang En's pupils closed suddenly, his expression changed, and he suddenly thought of something.

David Simon...crime writer...The Wire...

No way, another future master of HBO?

In later generations, HBO is popular all over the world. In addition to the exquisite drama production, the mainstream theme is the large-scale black crime series!

And behind these episodes, there is an expert on crime themes, David Simon!

Today's HBO is far from dominating the world. Like many professional cable TV stations, it is a grassroots team without a direct-controlled TV production department, and it mainly relies on leased copyright broadcasts.

Now, Tang En has dug Alan Ball, and David Simon has also jumped out...

"Twain, did I do something wrong?" Ella Fisher was not stupid, she seemed to have figured out how narrow and selfish she was in handling this matter.

Tang En laughed loudly, stood up, held her in his arms, and kissed her, "Not only is he innocent, but he has merit! David Simon... Since he is interested in the film and television industry, let him come. As long as He is a talent, and I welcome him with my hands up!"

...

Tang En Pictures invested in two TV series last year. The production of "Six Feet Under" has been completed, and "Band of Brothers" will be completed at the end of April.

Now, Tang En has another excellent drama project like "The Wire" in his hands, it's time to carry out strategic reform and industrial adjustment for Starz TV station.

At the beginning of 2001, the HBO TV network had not established a dedicated TV production department, the overall efficiency was not high, and it was still in the exploration stage of the business model.

It was not until the United DreamWorks, Sky TV and other companies jointly invested in "Band of Brothers" and achieved great success that HBO finally confirmed its high-quality development route.

Now that "Band of Brothers" has been cut by Tang En, it's time to give HBO a "cut" in terms of business model.

Dunn convened a top-level meeting of the TV industry.

Participants included Down Pictures President Bill McNick, Vice President West Cotton, Television Production Director Moritz Eckhart, Associate Director Alan Ball, Market Analyst Andrew O'Hare, Starz Tony Grammer, president of the TV network, Martin Tangwen, director of Starz TV, and screenwriters Jonathan Nolan, David Simon, Deacon Whistler and others.

"In North America, there are 100 million households, which is a very large user base! However, professional cable TV stations have never reasonably developed this market. Whether it is HBO or SHO, the number of subscribers has not exceeded 10 million. Our STA TV station has only 3 million subscribers, this number is a shame to me!"

As soon as the meeting started, Tang En fired directly.

At the peak of HBO, half of the households in North America subscribed, and the annual profit exceeded 2 billion US dollars, which shows that this is an untapped market with broad prospects.

Tony Grammer shook his head and said: "Boss, I don't agree with this statement. Our professional cable TV station is no different from those cheap basic cable TV stations. Fox's family channel has more than 80 million subscribers in the United States, but we are in different directions. .”

Martin Tang Wen also echoed: "Indeed, although STA TV Network has only 3 million subscribers, it is already the third largest professional cable TV station in the United States. Our establishment time is much shorter than that of HBO and SHO."

Andrew O'Hare was very dissatisfied when he heard this, "STA Television Network was established in 1994. Is this time still short? What about your ambitions and pursuits? Tang En Films was established in 1997, but if you look at Hollywood today, who would dare to say that Tang En Films Is it just a new company?"

"It's different!"

"have what……"

"Enough!" Tang En yelled sharply, his face was heavy, his gaze was like a falcon, he glanced at Tony Grammer and Martin Tang Wen, and said calmly: "I know you are all old people from Starz TV, and I Personal employment principles, I also like internal promotions to maintain the stability of the management. But! If the management can't satisfy me, I don't mind making personnel adjustments to the Starz TV network, understand what I mean?"

Tony Grammer and Martin Tang Wen looked at each other and could only nod helplessly.

Although Starz's headquarters is not in Hollywood, Twain's domineering style has long been spread, even worse than Disney's Michael Eisner!

Behind Michael Eisner is the supervision of Disney's shareholder meeting and the board of directors, but Tang En's power is not supervised by anyone!

Cannibalism has a short mouth and a soft hand when grabbing people. At this time, he can only rely on others and choose to submit.

"How much does a monthly subscription to Starz TV cost now?"

"Try it for free for the first month, and it costs less than $3 a month for a semi-annual subscription, or for a full-year subscription..."

"Okay!" Tang En frowned, very bluntly, "The price is too low! What's the difference between this kind of charge and those cheap TV stations? We are a professional cable TV station, and we can't collect advertising fees from the B-side, and we can't With enough subscription fees collected from the C side, where can the TV station generate income?"

Tony Grammer wondered: "This is the result of our market research. We are no bigger than HBO and SHO behind the promotion of large media groups. If we don't make a price difference, it will be difficult for us to open up in the market."

Bill McNick shook his head and sighed, "The most taboo thing in the company's operation is to fight price wars. What is the most fundamental competition between companies? Not the price, but the product!"

Andrew O'Hare agreed: "Indeed, why is Tang En Pictures developing so fast? All external and objective factors can be ignored. The real key is the outstanding films produced by Tang En Pictures!"

Tony Grammer smiled bitterly, "Of course I know that content can help TV stations, but... the first choice for those excellent movies and TV series is big TV stations like HBO and SHO. They have high bids and large users, and we are not competitive. .”

Alan Ball smiled slightly, "If we can't buy it, we will do it ourselves!"

Moritz Eckhart, as the director of the TV production department of Tang En Pictures, is far less powerful and prestige than the film production department.

Now, the big boss Tang En has finally made up his mind to reform, purge, and vigorously develop the TV industry. His chance has come!

"I agree! Allen personally produced "Six Feet Under", and the post-production has been completed. I can say a big word responsibly. The quality of this TV series with an investment of 20 million US dollars absolutely beats any other TV series that existed in the past few decades. Department!" Moritz Eckhart was full of confidence.

Tony Grammer was stunned. He had heard about it a long time ago and thought it was a rumor, "Really...really invested 20 million US dollars to shoot a TV series?"

Martin Tang Wen also looked surprised.

The headquarters of Starz Television is in Colorado, where taxes are low and there are policy support, which is suitable for the development of the emerging media industry. However, due to geographical restrictions, I don't know much about the internal affairs of Hollywood.

Moritz Eckhart laughed, "What's $20 million? You know Band of Brothers? The one executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and our boss himself." TV series, the total investment has reached 120 million US dollars!"

All the executives in Tang En Pictures couldn't help chuckling.

Behind this laughter, there is a passionate pride!