Phantom Mansion

Wu Jianye came to Los Angeles this time mainly to deal with the affairs of Phantom Media.

After the Phantom incident at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, although the news of Phantom Media is no longer as high as before, it is still one of the hottest news in North America.

During this time, Wu Jianye's contact with Phantom Media was also the most diligent contact 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, the impact of the last incident has finally been dealt with, to put it simply, it is the fluctuation of internal people's hearts and the pressure brought by external competing companies and the suppression of the US federal government

That's right, even if Wu Jianye has given Phantom Media to Wu Luoxin, it is still suppressed by the federal government to varying degrees

At the beginning, Barry Winkler, the general manager of ABC TV Network, resigned, taking away a group of people, although there are talents from the talent reserve rooms of Yaoguang and Yiwang Group, but they also need time to adapt to their new jobs, and Barry Winkler's departure also leaves a lot of work, which needs Linda to deal with

Several other TV networks have taken advantage of this time to launch a lot of excellent TV series and various variety shows one after another, seizing the market, it seems that the original incident did not have much impact on the ABC TV network, but in fact, these influences are slowly accumulating unconsciously.

In the last six months, the ABC TV network has taken up almost most of Linda's energy.

Not only ABC TV Network, but other subsidiaries of Phantom Media are actually under more or less different pressures, just like ABC TV 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 teased

Linda glanced at Wu Jianye and said: "You are so light, there are a lot of things here every day, if it weren't for the thick foundation of our Phantom Media, I'm afraid the loss during this period of time would really be unbearable."

In half a year, Phantom Media has lost at least $1 billion due to various pressures and targets.

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "You are exaggerating, the cash reserves of Phantom Media are not comparable to ordinary group companies, and the loss of $1 billion is not a problem for Phantom at all, but if you really feel that Phantom's loss is severe, I can continue to inject capital into Phantom."

Linda hurriedly refused: "Forget it, the Phantom can afford to lose this money"

Wu Jianye's capital injection means that he has to share his equity in Phantom, which is not something Linda can accept, and as Wu Jianye said, 1 billion US dollars is just a sprinkling loss for Phantom Media, and Linda said this just to make Wu Jianye pay more attention to Phantom Media

At the same time, there is also some imbalance in my heart, after all, since the establishment of Phantom Media, it has been making money, and this year for the first time, there was a loss of money, which made Linda a little difficult to accept for a while

Wu Jianye looked at Linda with a smile and said, "Don't worry, I'm very satisfied with the equity distribution of Phantom Media now, and I won't make any more investments." ”

Linda secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Although the capital injection is not needed, you are still needed to help in other aspects."

As a company with TV series and movies as the main content, Phantom Media naturally attaches the most importance to the output of content, as long as Phantom Media can always output high-quality content, then all problems will no longer be a problem

Wu Jianye didn't tease Linda again this time, took out a few stacks of A4 paper in his bag, and said: "Here are the scripts for two TV series for ABC TV Network, the planning of two variety shows, and the scripts for two TV series for HBO."

Linda's eyes immediately lit up, for Linda, Wu Jianye's ability to write stories is undoubted, whether it is a movie, a TV series, or an East, a West, 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 love of people and ghosts, the speed of life and death, Friends, who wants to be a millionaire are all clear evidence.

So when Wu Jianye came up with the scripts of so many TV series and the planning of variety shows at one time this time, Linda's heart suddenly had great confidence 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 door

When there is a problem in Phantom Media, it is always Wu Jianye who solves the fundamental problem

Will and Grace, Desperate Housewives These are two TV series written by Wu Jianye to the ABC TV network, of which Will and Grace are from the NBC TV network in 1998 in another time and space, and have been broadcast in North America for a total of eight seasons, and have always been the ace TV series of the NBC TV network, and the most important thing is the theme of this TV series, which is about an American drama with GAY as the protagonist, which has a milestone in the history of American TV dramas.

The most important thing is that after the broadcast of this TV series, the ratings of the 18-49 age group have always ranked second among sitcoms, second only to Friends.

The TV series Desperate Housewives was actually launched by ABC TV Network in another time and space, but it was not until 2004 that the TV series caused a huge sensation in North America after it was broadcast, and the title of the film formed a cultural phenomenon that swept the United States, driving the trend of desperate and crazy housewives in magazines, newspapers and talk shows, including China, which was broadcast in more than 100 countries and regions.

The most important thing is that this TV series has also been the most watched TV series in the world, and has won the top of the North American single-week ratings chart many times, and swept many awards at major awards ceremonies in North America.

With these two TV series, coupled with ABC's ace TV series Friends at this time, this makes ABC TV's ratings in the three periods will be among the top

Jiaohuan's wife and American idol are two variety shows given by Wu Jianye to ABC TV network, and Jiaohuan's wife is not original to American TV, but a variety show of the same name launched by British TV.

The show will be staged by two families from different backgrounds and cultures, and the wives of the two families will swap their homes with each other, and they will go to each other's homes to live a 10-day "cohabitation day" with each other's husbands and children.

Within two weeks, viewership had risen from 3.9 million to 5.7 million.

In another time and space, ABC showed a strong interest in this program, bought the rights to the program as quickly as possible, and began to broadcast it in the United States.

On the first weekend of the show, ABC won the ratings championship for the same time segment.

Not to mention the variety show American Idol, it can be said to be the longest-lived talent show in the history of North American variety shows, and it also created a precedent for talent show variety shows.

This program was broadcast by the FOX TV network in 2002 in another time and space, and it has been a ratings weapon for FOX spring since its inception.

It has been at the top of the quarterly ratings statistics list for 11 consecutive years, and is known as the "King of American Reality Shows".

It also set a peak of more than 37.3 million single-episode ratings.

With these programs, ABC TV Network will no longer have to worry about its own dramas and variety shows for at least the next ten years

The vampire hunter Buffy and Bai Gong Fengyun are gifts from Wu Jianye to HBO

Vampire Slayer Buffy premiered with The WB TV in 1997, although it is not as famous as Bai Palace, but Vampire Slayer Buffy successfully came up with another type of drama to tap young audiences in addition to soap operas and comedies at that time.

It has also spurred academic debate on the socio-cultural issues presented in the drama and the creation of the series, and according to a 2012 STE report, more than 200 papers or books have been published so far, and these results have been affectionately called "Parfay Studies." In addition to chasing dramas, people also try to understand it as a cultural product.

That's the unique charm of this TV series.

As for the other 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 took out were actually taken out in advance, so some details were dealt with, but these problems were not difficult for Wu Jianye at this time

Linda took over the four scripts in Wu Jianye's hands, and after the two variety shows were planned, she couldn't wait to read them.

Wu Jianye didn't bother her, even if Linda was cursory, by the time she finished reading, it was already two hours later, and when Linda looked up, she saw that Wu Jianye was already sitting in front of the computer playing games

"I've said it a million times before, but now I'm going to say, how the hell your head grows, and how you have so many whimsical ideas," Linda sighed.

Wu Jianye is manipulating the mouse in his hand, seriously playing the Duke of Doom in the computer, as one of the earliest computer shooting games, Wu Jianye once remembered, the picture of this game is very good, but I don't know why, when he played this game again, he was thundered by the picture of the game, but after playing a few games, it felt very good.

At this time, Wu Jian Ye didn't raise his head and said: "I can't answer this question to you, but you can attribute all this to genius."

Linda was speechless: "

waited until the character manipulated by Wu Jianye died, and Linda continued: "You gave it to ABC TV Network and HBO, and Phantom Pictures can't favor one over the other."

Wu Jianye said: "I knew that you wouldn't let me go easily"

After speaking, he took out two scripts in his bag again, and Linda looked at Wu Jianye's bag, revealing a light.

Wu Jianye smiled: "Don't look at it, there's nothing in it now"

After speaking, he handed over the two movie scripts to Linda, and said: "I have read the movie scripts of next year's two major scenes Independence Day and Tornado filmed by Phantom Pictures, which are very good movie scripts, and they should go up to the box office next year.

Independence Day and Tornado will not only be good at the box office next year, it will be a blockbuster, Independence Day won the first place in the North American box office list next year in another time and space, with a box office of $30.6 billion, and Tornado ranked second, $24.1 billion

"And isn't James already working on his new movie Titanic, I estimate that according to his filming speed, it will not be released until the year after tomorrow, and Phantom Pictures will still be able to become the overlord of Hollywood production companies with these two movies"

As soon as the Titanic came out, who competed with it

However, at this time, Linda was full of resentment about this movie: "I really don't know why you are so optimistic about James, his film has exceeded the budget several times, and according to the current progress, it is estimated that the production cost of this movie will be as high as 200 million US dollars."

Wu Jianye laughed and said, "You can rest assured about this, when did James lose money?"

In another time and space, when James Cameron was filming the Titanic, the practice of increasing the budget many times almost drove Twentieth Century Fox Pictures crazy, and then there was no way to find Paramount Pictures to co-invest in order to make the film shoot smoothly

But when this movie was released, all the investment was worth it, with a North American box office of $600 million, an overseas box office of $152.8 billion, and a global box office of more than $2.1 billion, ranking first in the global box office list all year round, until the release of James's other giant Avatar, it can be regarded as breaking its own record

When Linda saw Wu Jianye say this, she didn't say anything more, and now she was most concerned about the two scripts that Wu Jianye took out

Save Private Ryan and the Peerless Calamity

The film is starring Bruce Willis, and in another time and space it was released in 1998, and the box office also won the second place in the North American box office list that year, with a whopping $20.1 billion at the North American box office.

And the first place is the movie Saving Private Ryan, which is full of the main theme of North America, and has a super high box office of 21.6 billion US dollars in North America

Linda continues to read the movie script, and Wu Jianye continues to play the game.

But this time Linda watched it faster, and after watching it, Linda looked at Wu Jianye with a strange expression, and said, "You are going to let Spielberg direct the movie Saving Private Ryan."

When Wu Jianye came to Hollywood, his first opponent was Hollywood Jews led by Spielberg

Now Wu Jianye actually wants Spielberg to direct the script of the movie he wrote

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "The previous things have passed, Spielberg is still the top director in the United States, and working with him is a normal business cooperation, no fuss"

Linda didn't expect Wu Jianye to be so open-minded all of a sudden, but since Wu Jianye didn't have any opinions on her side, she naturally wouldn't say anything more, as for whether Spielberg would take over this movie, Linda didn't doubt it, after all, the influence of Phantom Media is no longer something Spielberg can ignore