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Simon didn't have much time to pay attention to the intense controversy caused by "Instinct", and he flew to New York on Saturday morning to participate in the official recording of "Who Will Be a Millionaire".

After initially drawing up a more than 20-page project plan based on memory, Simon has also been regularly participating in the production meeting of "Who Will Be a Millionaire" in the previous months of preparation, and continued to work on this project. The reality show provided a lot of opinions on the creation of the question bank, the setting of links, the selection of players and even the creation of the most detailed on-site atmosphere.

When the recording started, the project team, which had already conducted many trial shooting previews in advance, was able to do it well, and Simon decided to stare at the scene in person. After all, the success or failure of this reality show is related to whether Daenerys Pictures can successfully enter the field of TV production.

Because "Who Will Be a Millionaire" itself tends to be a variety show, it is relatively simple to produce. For seven consecutive pilot programs, the project team started recording from Saturday, and the entire pilot program can be completed while filming and broadcasting. .

However, this process is not easy.

On two weekends, everyone on the project team worked more than ten hours, and Simon was no exception. It was busy until ten o'clock in the middle of the night on Sunday. I watched the final sample of the first issue with everyone and confirmed that it met my expectations. Simon finally relaxed a little bit.

Monday, June 20.

A new week is approaching, and the hot media discussion of "Instinct" is still going on. Simon rarely slept in and woke up at nine o'clock in the morning.

In the morning, I went to the apartment on Fifth Avenue to check the decoration effect. After that absurd night with the three of them, it happened that Katherine was going to make "Blue Angels of Thunder" in New York, and Janet forced her to stare at it. Catherine happened to have done some interior design work in the seventies.

At noon, I had dinner with Catherine and chatted about "Thunderbolt Blue Angel". During the period, the woman rejected Simon's suggestion to go to him tonight, claiming to be attending a party in a circle that night. Simon said that she was very happy to meet some people in the New York film industry with her, but she was just cast a blank eye. After all, women did not want the relationship between the two to be known by too many people.

I met James Raybold as usual in the afternoon to discuss some matters of the Westeros Company.

The debt-to-equity swap plan has been determined, and during this time, James Raybold has liquidated the shares of New World Entertainment in Westeros. Although Simon is bound to win for Marvel, he will not choose to take advantage of it anyway when he can save half of the funds, and it is no longer necessary to secretly buy shares in New World Entertainment.

After completing various acquisitions and investments during this period, the $100 million loan that Westeros had just obtained was running out again in a blink of an eye, and Simon had no plans to increase his debt in the short term. James Leibold's next job for a long time will be focused on running the Westeros Company's existing business.

In the past six months, the North American stock market has continued to recover.

However, because last year's "Westeros combination" stimulated a strong rebound in the technology sector, the rise in the technology stock market has slowed significantly relative to other sectors in recent months.

As of last week, Westeros held about $1.76 billion in technology stocks in publicly traded companies, and about $150 million in other unlisted company shares and real estate investments. Due to the success of "When Harry Met Sally" and "Pulp Fiction", the industry's valuation of Daenerys Pictures is about $300 million, minus Daenerys Pictures and Westeros The company has a total debt of $200 million, and Simon's current personal assets are around $2 billion.

This year's Forbes list of the world's richest people is expected to launch in August.

If the next "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "Instinct" can be successful, Simon's net worth will certainly continue to improve. Personal assets of more than 2 billion US dollars are enough for him to squeeze into the top 50 of the world's richest list.

In the underground parking lot of the building where the Westeros company headquarters is located, James Leibold watched Simon's car leave, a series of data flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help feeling a little bit again, feeling the daughter next to him looking at him suspiciously, he just After reacting, he smiled and said to Jennifer, "Let's go back. Your mother will prepare dinner tonight."

The father and daughter got into their cars, and James Leibold started the car and left the parking lot before asking the daughter next to him, "Do you think 'Who Will Be a Millionaire' will be successful?"

Simon had already told James Raybould some ideas ahead of time about using his reality TV project as a bargaining chip in exchange for New World Entertainment from GE.

Jennifer heard her father's question and said, "I think it's very interesting. As for the ratings, I'll know tomorrow."

James Leibold paused and asked, "Didn't Simon tell you what he expects from this show?"

Jennifer felt some other meanings in her father's words, and felt a little embarrassed, but still said: "He, he is very confident in this show."

James Leibold turned the steering wheel to receive a response, turned his head and glanced at his daughter, and said, "Jenny, you have to know that some things need to be fought for by yourself."

This is very straightforward, and Jennifer can't help but blush a little, thinking about the bits and pieces since working for Simon.

In all fairness, it's not that she never thought of snatching that man away from Janet.

It's just that staying by his side, perhaps because of being too busy, perhaps because of something else, in short, she

Basically, it is difficult to generate some thoughts of robbing men. For the most part, she just unknowingly thought it was enough to just stay by his side and work for him all the time.

She has always thought of herself as a very easy to satisfy person.

The father and daughter returned to their home on the Upper East Side. Jennifer's mother, Carol Raybold, had returned early and was preparing dinner. James and Jennifer went to the kitchen to help together. The family of three had a very warm dinner together, and then very With a tacit understanding, they stayed in front of the TV in the living room, chatting about some things at will, waiting for the arrival of nine o'clock.

"Who Will Be a Millionaire" airs at nine o'clock in the evening.

ABC didn't give the most golden eight o'clock schedule, and of course, it didn't drop to the least important ten o'clock schedule, and Daenerys Pictures couldn't expect too much from it.

Moreover, because abc refused to invest money to promote the reality show, Daenerys Pictures could only invest $2 million in TV, newspaper and magazine advertisements, but this part of the expenditure was equivalent to a week of pilot episodes , In the early stage, a lot of money was invested in the audition work for the program to build momentum.

In addition, in order to retain the initiative as much as possible, Daenerys Pictures did not find sponsors for the pilot to share the investment. So, just in the pilot stage, Daenerys Pictures has invested nearly $5 million in all aspects of the project. That's already a quarter of the Who Will Be A Millionaire's entire season's budget.

It is conceivable that if the show fails, Daenerys Film's "big money" investment will definitely become a laughing stock in the industry.

Nine o'clock.

On the TV screen, the screen switched, and with the introduction of the host Regis Phil who could speak at a faster rate, the show officially began.

Regis Phil was the host of the original Who Will Be a Millionaire, and before Daenerys found him, Regis Phil was a sports host at a local New York TV station. Receiving an invitation from Daenerys Pictures, and realizing that he could break into the four major TV network programs, Regis Fell did not hesitate to quit his original job and devote himself to "Who Will Become a Hundred". In the making of "Millionaire".

In the living room of the Leibold family, as the elites of this society, because of their rich private social life, the Leibolds have never been very interested in TV shows on weekdays. However, from the beginning of the show, the introduction of the host, the fiery atmosphere of the scene and even the lighting and music, they were introduced into a certain atmosphere without knowing it, especially the $1 million ultimate prize specially introduced by Regis Fehr. Even the Raybolds had a hard time calming down.

Who doesn't want to instantly become a millionaire by simply answering a series of questions?

Coincidentally, the first contestant was a lawyer, about forty years old, in his prime, with a very splendid resume. Regis Phil did not rush to answer the questions, but chatted with the lawyer very skillfully about his motivation and determination to participate in the show. Such seemingly casual details further enhanced the atmosphere of the scene.

When the answering questions officially started, the expectations of both the live guests and the audience in front of the TV have reached the highest level.

In the final analysis, the success of "Who Will Be a Millionaire" does not lie in answering the questions, but in mobilizing the audience's emotions during the answering process. Seeing a topic may determine the ownership of a large amount of money that can be earned in a month, a year or even a lifetime, the audience's attention is destined to be difficult to divert.

This is actually the reason why the industry generally regarded "Who Will Be a Millionaire" as a reality show rather than a traditional variety show.

Because the core of the show is the 'show'.

In front of the TV, seeing that the lawyer on the screen regretted being out of the game because of a question about the Great Lakes, and finally took only $8,000, the Rayburds were not even a little despised.

Americans are still very familiar with the Great Lakes, at least many people feel that they are very familiar with the Great Lakes.

This is actually a strategy.

In the process of creating the question bank, Simone emphasized that he should try to find such questions that are relevant to North American audiences and at least feel familiar. After all, if the problem is too partial, the audience will inevitably feel that the show is just embarrassing others, and it will be difficult for the show to gather too much popularity.

However, although these questions are very 'down to earth', it is definitely not an easy task to answer correctly. This is still under the condition that the players have been selected in advance. After all, if the players on the stage can only answer one or two questions correctly I couldn't answer even one question, and it was this show that was unlucky.

After the lawyer stepped down a bit disheartened, Regis Fell quickly introduced another contestant.

An hour has passed without knowing it, and the program did not deliberately pursue the integrity of the answering session. Because of time, after the last contestant answered five questions correctly and accumulated a considerable amount of money, the first contestant The program is officially over. Although the actual recording has been completed, the follow-up will continue tomorrow. The next week's pilots will basically follow this tail-staying strategy.

Because of their acquaintance with Robert Iger, the Raybolds also have some knowledge of the TV network.

When the hour-long TV show came to an abrupt end, the Redbolds had a hunch that it was going to be a huge success.

How can such a program fail to be able to pass an hour without feeling the passage of time at all, and not be distracted by the rest of the whole process?

However.

The Raybolds still had no idea how successful the show would be.

Because of the busyness of the past few days, Simon rested very early last night and did not watch the show in front of the TV. He had watched it too many times during the production stage, and it was impossible for him to sit in front of the TV. Viewership has gone up too much.

Simon, who woke up early the next morning and was heading back to the West Coast today, plans to finalize his casting for Batman over the last week of the month.

The last surprise drug test resulted in the removal of three more candidates from the last ten candidates. Simon was quite satisfied with the results, at least not reducing the number of candidates by more than half. Moreover, based on all aspects of information, he has basically confirmed several recent goals, and then he only needs to conduct some auditions and confirm the details of the contract.

ABC had previously informed Simon that the ratings data on the first day would probably be notified to him after working hours. However, around 8:30, Simon had just had breakfast when the phone rang in the living room.

Simon thought it was someone else, and came to the living room to pick up the phone, and immediately came out Robert Iger's obviously suppressed excited voice: "Good morning, Simon."

"Morning, Bob," Simon asked directly with a smile while standing beside the phone, without going around too much, "What's the result?"

Before it was time to go to work, Robert Iger was already at the headquarters of abc television network in Rockefeller Center in midtown, and he was surrounded by many other abc executives at this time, even abc chairman Tom Murphy appeared. it's here.

Although there is a time difference between the east and west coasts, according to the empirical results of Nielsen and other survey agencies after sampling and statistics for a long time, there is not much error between the relevant data and the actual ratings.

then.

The number of viewers on the first day of "Who Will Be a Millionaire" reached 13.65 million according to preliminary statistics.

13.65 million, which is more than twice the "passing line" customized by abc for this program, and this is only the first day's result.

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