Don didn't expect that Ella Fisher could also help Don Pictures through her connections, and praised from the bottom of her heart: "Ella, you did a good job!"

Ella Fisher's face turned slightly red, slightly ashamed, "I...... I don't know if it's right or not, so I'll ask you what you mean. ”

"Yes, very much!" Donn waved his hand and looked at her with satisfaction, "David Simon, right? Okay, make an appointment for him to come over, and I'll meet him." ”

When it comes to talent, Don is always stingy with his time.

"Now, don't worry, "Gone Girl" has just been released. Ella Fisher's eyes widened.

Don was stunned, "Hmm, what does this have to do with Gone Girl?"

"It matters, I have to deal with the publicity of the book, and...... I still want to take a break for a while, and I don't want to be in such a hurry to write a new book......"

"Wait!"

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

Ella Fisher blinked her eyes and said unhurriedly, "Gone Girl is a crime genre, and I know a lot of crime writers now. If David Simon has helped, it will definitely provide us with better ideas and real and reliable case experience for our new book!"

Don rolled his eyes and almost fainted!

This Ella Fisher, it turned out to be this idea!

I can't laugh or cry!

Tang En thought that she had a bigger pattern, a higher vision, and knew that she could contribute more to the company, but she didn't expect it...... Her wishful thinking is her own writing career.

"What's wrong with you? Did I say the wrong thing?" Ella Fisher's eyes flashed, and she looked harmless.

Don was speechless.

His other secretary, Reese Witherspoon, will take time to film, meet a lot of friends, and are sparing no effort to woo Don Pictures, and are still learning production skills, obviously with a higher pattern.

Don even hoped that in a few years, he would arrange her a position as vice president of Rose Pictures.

But this Ella Fisher ...... Well, this life is the life of a little secretary who warms the bed.

Fortunately, her writing level is enough to be able to write part-time.

"Ahem...... Don cleared his throat, "that ...... Ella, haven't you ever thought about taking the materials in David Simon's hands to the screenwriting department for film and television adaptations?"

"Huh?" Ella Fischer snorted, covering her lips, "Is this okay?"

"Why not?"

"But a lot of crime stories are too dark to be adapted into a movie. ”

Tang En was a little helpless, "The movie can't be changed, it can be changed into a TV series! Haven't you read the script of "Six Feet Under", how big is the scale?"

"Oh...... That's ......."

Ira Fisher muttered to herself, and suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she slapped her forehead, as if she suddenly realized, "I remember, David...... He told me that he had created a script based on some crime stories he had experienced, called ...... That's right, it's called "The Line of Fire"!"

"The Wire?"

Don's pupils tightened suddenly, his face changed, and he suddenly thought of something.

David Simon...... Crime writer ...... "The Line of Fire"......

Wouldn't it, another future god of HBO?

HBO in later generations has swept the world, and in addition to the exquisite series production, the mainstream theme is the large-scale black crime series!

And behind these episodes, there is an expert in crime genres, who is David Simon!

HBO, like many professional cable TV stations, is a grass TV team, and there is no TV production department directly under the central government, and it mainly relies on leasing copyright broadcasts.

Now, Donn has poached Alan Ball, and David Simon has jumped out......

"Donn, am I doing something wrong?" Ella Fisher was not stupid, she seemed to understand her own too narrow and selfish pattern in dealing with this matter.

Don laughed, stood up, took her directly in his arms, and kissed her, "Not only is there no fault, but there is merit!" David Simon ...... Since he is interested in the film and television industry, let him come. As long as it is a talent, I welcome it with both hands!"

……

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

Now that Don has an excellent drama project like "The Line of Fire" in his hands, it's time for strategic reform and industrial adjustment of Starz TV.

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

It wasn't until DreamWorks, Sky TV and other companies jointly invested in "Band of Brothers" and achieved great success that HBO finally firmly established its high-quality development route.

Now that "Band of Brothers" has been cut off by Donn, it's time to give HBO a "one-size-fits-all" in terms of business model.

Donn convened a meeting at the top of the television industry.

Attendees included Bill McNick, President of Down Films, Westster Cotton, Vice President, Moritz Eckhart, Director of Television Production, Alan Ball, Associate Director, Andrew O'Hale, Market Analyst, Tony Granmore, President of Starz Network, Martin Down, Director of Starz Television, and writers Jonathan Nolan, David Simon, Deacon Whistler, and others.

"In the whole of 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, and our STA TV station only has 3 million subscribers, this number is a shame for me!"

As soon as the meeting began, Don fired directly.

At its peak, HBO had half of all households in North America subscribed to it, making more than $2 billion in annual profits, which shows that this is an untapped and promising market.

Tony Granmore shook his head and said, "Boss, I don't agree with that. We are a professional cable station, no cheaper than those basic cable stations, Fox's home channel has more than 80 million users in the United States, but we are different user directions. ”

Martin Tang also chimed in: "It's true that although STA TV has only 3 million subscribers, it is already the third largest professional cable TV station in the United States, and we have been established much younger than HBO and SHO. ”

Andrew O'Hare was very dissatisfied when he heard this, "STA TV Network was founded in 1994, is this still a short time? What about your ambitions and pursuits? Down Pictures was founded in 1997, but if you look at Hollywood now, who dares to say that Down Pictures is just a new company?"

"It's different!"

"What's ......?"

"That's enough!" Tang En snorted, his face was very heavy, his eyes were like falcons, he glanced at Tony Granmore and Martin Tangwen, and said lightly: "I know that you are all old people from Starz TV, and my personal principle of employment also likes internal promotion to maintain the stability of management." But if management doesn't satisfy me, I don't mind making personnel changes to the Starz network, you know what I mean?"

Tony Granmore and Martin Tangwen glanced at each other and could only nod helplessly.

Don't look at Starz's headquarters in Hollywood, but Donn's domineering style has long been spread, and it is even better than Disney's Michael Eisner!

Michael Eisner also has the supervision of Disney's shareholders' meeting and board of directors behind him, but Donn's power is not supervised by anyone!

The mouth of eating people is short, and the hands of taking people are soft, at this time, you can only send people under the fence and choose to give in.

"How much does a monthly subscription cost for Starz TV, right now?"

"Try it for free for the first month, it costs less than $3 per month if it's a half-year subscription, and if it's a full-year subscription......"

"Okay!" Tang En frowned, very polite, "The price is too low! What is the difference between such a fee 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 collect enough subscription fees from the C side, where can the TV station have income?"

Tony Granmore said: "This is the result of our market research, we are not like HBO and SHO with big media groups behind us, and it is difficult for us to open up in the market without a price difference." ”

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

Andrew O'Hare agreed: "Indeed, why is the development of Down Pictures so fast? All external objective factors can be ignored, and the outstanding films produced by Down Pictures are the real key!"

Tony Granmore smiled bitterly, "Of course I know how content can help the TV station, but ...... For those excellent movies and TV series, the first choice is HBO, SHO and other big TV stations, they have high bids and large users, and we are not competitive. ”

Alan Bauer smiled slightly, "If we can't buy it, we'll do it ourselves!"

Moritz Eckhart, as the director of the television production department of Donn Pictures, has far less power and prestige than the film production department.

Now, the big boss Tang En has finally made up his mind to reform, rectify, and vigorously develop the TV industry, and his opportunity has come!

"I agree! Allen's own production of "Six Feet Under" has been completed in the later stage, and I can say it very responsibly, this $20 million TV series has absolutely surpassed any of the films that have existed in the past few decades!" Moritz Eckhart was confident.

Tony Granmore was stunned, he had heard it a long time ago, and thought it was a rumor, "Really...... Really invested $20 million to shoot a TV series?"

Martin Tang Wen also looked surprised.

Starz TV is headquartered in Colorado, where low taxes and policy support are suitable for the development of the emerging media industry, but because of geographical restrictions, I don't know much about the internal affairs of Hollywood.

Moritz Eckhart laughed, "What is $20 million? Do you know 'Band of Brothers'? The TV series produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and our boss himself, with a total investment of $120 million!"

A group of executives within Tangen Pictures couldn't help but chuckle.

Behind this laughter, there is a pride that stirs with pride!