Wu Jianye came to Los Angeles this time mainly to deal with Phantom Media matters.
After the Phantom incident at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, Phantom Media’s news is no longer as high-profile as before, but it is still one of the most hot news in North America.
During this period, Wu Jianye had the most frequent contact with Phantom Media since the establishment of Phantom Media. Even when Wu Jianye was filming "Inception", he would often talk to Linda on the phone.
After about half a year, we have finally dealt with the impact of the last incident. To put it simply, it is the internal fluctuations in people's hearts, the pressure brought by external competing companies, and the suppression of the US federal government!
That's right, even though Wu Jianye had given Phantom Media to Wu Luoxin, he was still suppressed by the federal government to varying degrees!
When Barry Winkler, the general manager of ABC Television Network, resigned, he took a group of people with him. Although they were replaced by talents from the talent reserves of Yaoguang and Yiwang, they still needed time to adapt to their own needs.
A new job, and Barry Winkler's departure also left a lot of work for Linda to deal with!
Several other TV networks took advantage of this time to launch many excellent TV series and various variety shows one after another to seize the market. It seemed that the original incident did not have much impact on the ABC TV network, but in fact these impacts were all
It was accumulated slowly and unconsciously.
In the past six months, the affairs of the ABC TV network have taken up most of Linda's energy.
Not only ABC Television Network, but other subsidiaries of Phantom Media are actually under different pressures to a greater or lesser extent, just like ABC Television Network.
Sitting in his office, Wu Jianye saw that the expression on Linda's face was obviously much more solemn!
"It seems that your life has not been very comfortable in the past six months!" Wu Jianye joked!
Linda rolled her eyes at Wu Jianye and said: "You are so lighthearted. There are a lot of things happening here every day. If it weren't for the strong foundation of our Phantom Media, I am afraid that the losses during this period would be really unbearable!
"
In half a year, Phantom Media lost at least US$1 billion due to various pressures and targets.
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "You are a bit exaggerating. Phantom Media's cash reserves are not comparable to those of ordinary group companies. A loss of 1 billion US dollars is not a problem at all for Phantom, but if you really
If I feel that Phantom’s losses are severe, I can continue to inject capital into Phantom!”
Linda quickly refused: "Forget it, Phantom can afford to lose this little money!"
Wu Jianye's capital injection means sharing his equity in Phantom, which is not acceptable to Linda. And as Wu Jianye said, 1 billion US dollars is just a loss for Phantom Media.
Linda said this just to make Wu Jianye pay more attention to Phantom Media!
At the same time, I feel a little unbalanced in my heart. After all, Phantom Media has been making money since its establishment. This is the first time this year that we have lost money, which makes it hard for Linda to accept it for a while!
Wu Jianye looked at Linda with a smile and said: "Don't worry, I am very satisfied with the current equity distribution of Phantom Media and will not invest any more."
Linda secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Although I don't need capital injection, I still need your help in other aspects!"
As a company with TV series and movies as its core content, Phantom Media naturally attaches great importance to the output of content. As long as Phantom Media can continue to output high-quality content, then all problems will no longer be a problem!
Wu Jianye did not tease Linda again this time. He took out a few stacks of A4 paper from his bag and said: "There are scripts for two TV series for the ABC TV network, plans for two variety shows, and gifts for
Two TV series scripts for HBO!”
Linda's eyes immediately shone with light. For Linda, Wu Jianye's ability to write stories is unquestionable. Whether it is a movie, a TV series, an Eastern or Western story, as long as it passes through Wu Jianye's hands,
Then whether it is a movie or a TV series, it can create miracles!
"Jurassic Park", "The End of the World", "Speed", "Friends", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" are all clear evidence.
So when Wu Jianye came up with so many TV series scripts and variety show plans at once, Linda suddenly had great confidence in her heart that she could help Phantom Media survive this difficult period.
In fact, this is another reason why Linda has never thought about starting her own business!
When there is a problem in Phantom Media, it is always Wu Jianye who solves the fundamental problem...
"Will & Grace" and "Desperate Housewives" are two TV series written by Wu Jianye for the ABC TV network. "Will & Grace" was produced in another time and space on the NBC TV network in 1998 in North America.
It aired for a total of eight seasons and has always been NBC's flagship TV series. The most important thing is the subject matter of this TV series. It is about an American TV series with GAY as the protagonist. It has a milestone significance in the history of American TV series.
The most important thing is that since this TV series was aired, its ratings among the 18-49 age group have been ranked second among sitcoms, second only to "Friends".
The TV series "Desperate Housewives" was actually launched by the ABC TV network in another time and space, but it had to wait until 2004. After the TV series was broadcast, it caused a huge sensation in North America, and the title even formed a buzz
It is a cultural phenomenon that has swept across the United States, driving the trend of desperate and crazy housewives in magazines, newspapers and talk shows, and has been broadcast in more than 100 countries and regions around the world, including China.
The most important thing is that this TV series was once the highest-rated TV series in the world. It has won the North American single-week ratings list many times and swept multiple awards at major awards ceremonies in North America.
With these two TV series, plus ABC's flagship TV series "Friends" at this time, ABC TV's ratings in the three time periods will be among the top!
"Make a Huan Wife" and "American Idol" are two variety shows given to ABC Television Network by Wu Jianye. The variety show "Make a Huan Wife" is not original to American TV, but purchased from British TV.
variety show of the same name.
This show will be staged by two families from different backgrounds and cultures. The wives of the two families will exchange their homes with each other. They will go to the other's home to live with the other's husband and children for 10 days.
After the program was aired, the number of viewers increased from 3.9 million to 5.7 million in just two weeks.
In another time and space, ABC showed a strong interest in this program and bought the rights to the program as quickly as possible and began broadcasting it in the United States.
In the first weekend of the show's broadcast, ABC won the ratings championship for the same time period.
Not to mention the variety show "American Idol", which can be said to be the longest-running talent show in the history of North American variety shows, and it also pioneered the genre of talent variety shows.
In another time and space, this program was broadcast by the FOX TV network in 2002. Since its inception, it has been a viewing tool for FOX's spring season. Due to broadcast adjustments, it has been broadcast in different evening prime time slots, and has always ranked among the top ratings of the day.
Top of the list.
It has topped the quarterly ratings list for eleven consecutive years and is known as the "King of American Reality Shows".
It also set a single-episode viewing peak of 37.3 million.
With these programs, ABC Television Network will no longer have to worry about its own dramas and variety shows for at least the next ten years!
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Bai Palace" are gifts from Wu Jianye to HBO!
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was first broadcast on The WB TV station in 1997. Although it is not as famous as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" successfully set the standard in addition to soap operas and comedies at the time.
Another drama that taps into young audiences.
It has also led to academic discussions on the social and cultural issues shown in the play and the creation of the series. According to a report in Slate in 2012, more than 200 related papers or books have been published so far. These results have been affectionately
It has become a "Parfait study". In addition to following the drama, people also try to understand it as a cultural product.
This is the unique charm of this TV series.
As for the other movie "Bai Gong Fengyun", because of its subject matter, it also caused a huge sensation in North America when it was broadcast in another time and space.
The four TV series that Wu Jianye presented were actually released in advance, so some details have been dealt with, but these problems are not difficult for Wu Jianye at this time!
Linda took over these four scripts from Wu Jianye, and after planning the two variety shows, she couldn't wait to read them.
Wu Jianye did not disturb her. Even if Linda read it briefly, by the time she finished reading it, it would already be two hours later. When Linda looked up, she saw that Wu Jianye was already sitting in front of the computer playing.
It’s time to play the game!
"Although I have said it countless times before, I still want to say now, how does your head grow and how can you have so many fantastic ideas?" Linda sighed.
Wu Jianye controlled the mouse in his hand and played "Duke Nukem" on the computer seriously. As one of the earliest computer shooting games, Wu Jianye once remembered that the graphics of this game were very good, but
I don't know why, but when he played the game again, he was shocked by the graphics of the game, but after playing a few games, he felt very good again.
At this time, Wu Jianye said without raising his head: "I can't answer this question for you, but you can attribute all this to genius!"
Linda was speechless: "......"
Linda waited until the character controlled by Wu Jianye died before continuing: "You gave it to ABC TV Network and HBO, so Phantom Pictures can't favor one over the other!"
Wu Jianye said: "I knew you wouldn't let me go easily!"
After saying that, she took out two scripts from her bag again, and Linda looked at Wu Jianye's bag with a light shining through.
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "No need to look, there is nothing inside now!"
After speaking, he handed over the two movie scripts to Linda and said: "I have read the scripts of next year's two major movies "Independence Day" and "Tornado" produced by Phantom Pictures. They are very good.
The movie script should do well at the box office next year. In addition, my "Inception" movie will be released by Phantom Pictures next year. It will be enough. With these two scripts, you can let Murphy put them in
Released the year after next!”
The box office results of "Independence Day" and "Twister" next year are not only good, they are simply explosive. "Independence Day" took the first place in the North American box office list next year in another time and space, with a box office of US$306 million.
"Twister" ranked second, $241 million!
"And isn't James already producing his own new movie "Titanic"? I estimate that according to the speed of his filming, it won't be released until the year after next. By then, with these two movies, Phantom Pictures will still be able to become a Hollywood star."
The overlord of the production company!”
When "Titanic" comes out, who will compete with you?
But at this time, Linda was full of resentment for the movie: "I really don't know why you are so optimistic about James. His movie has exceeded the budget several times. According to the current progress, it is estimated that the production of this movie will be over.
The cost will be as high as $200 million!”
Wu Jianye laughed and said, "Don't worry about this. When has James ever lost money?"
In another time and space, when James Cameron was filming "Titanic", his repeated budget increases almost drove Twentieth Century Fox Pictures crazy. Later, they were unable to find Paramount Pictures to co-invest.
This is the only way to successfully complete the filming of this movie!
But when this movie was released, all the investments were worth it. The North American box office was US$600 million, the overseas box office was US$1.528 billion, and the global box office was more than US$2.1 billion. It has been ranked first in the global box office list all year round, until James
The release of another blockbuster "Avatar" broke its own record!
Seeing what Wu Jianye said, Linda said nothing more. What she was most concerned about now was the two scripts Wu Jianye brought out!
"Saving Private Ryan" and "The End of the World"!
The movie "The End of the World" stars Bruce Willis and was released in another time and space in 1998. The box office also ranked second in the North American box office list that year, with a North American box office score of 2.01
One hundred million U.S. dollars.
The movie that took first place was "Saving Private Ryan". This movie, which is full of North American themes, has a high box office of US$216 million in North America!
Linda continued to read the movie script, and Wu Jianye continued to play games.
But this time Linda read it faster. After watching it, Linda looked at Wu Jianye with a strange expression and said: "Are you going to let Spielberg direct the movie "Saving Private Ryan"
?”
When Wu Jianye came to Hollywood, his first opponent was the Hollywood Jews headed by Spielberg!
Now Wu Jianye actually wants Spielberg to direct the movie script he wrote?
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "What happened before is over. Spielberg is still the top director in the United States. Working with him is a normal business cooperation. There is nothing to make a fuss about!"
Linda didn't expect that Wu Jianye would suddenly be so open-minded, but since Wu Jianye had no objections, she naturally wouldn't say anything more. As for whether Spielberg would take over the filming of this movie,
Linda did not doubt it, after all, the influence of Phantom Media was no longer something Spielberg could ignore!