Chapter 993: Cooperation
There's more to North America than that.
"Happy Hotel" has become a cultural phenomenon, and it is also the most watched TV series in North America before "Wind x Doctor x Nurse" has not yet been broadcast.
Not to mention the high ratings, its dialogues, its expressions, and the various situations of its actors have become hot spots sought after by people, and the shadow of "Happy Hotel" exists in the news all day long, which invisibly raises the popularity of "Happy Hotel" from another aspect, thus making it more famous and popular.
Such a strange flower is not only envious, jealous and hateful by opponents, but even ABC TV, which can be regarded as half of his own people, is also a little red-eyed.
All the programs of ABC TV are now suppressed by "Happy Hotel", do you think they can not be blushing?
Recently, their president invited Tang Shuxuan to have two meals in a row, and the meaning of the words was "We are all our own people, if you watch any other good TV series, can you take care of our ABC".
No way, ABC is an integrated television network, and the pressure on them is very high.
NBC, CBS, HBO, etc., are not vegetarians, and ABC has actually had a bit of a declining market share over the years because it doesn't have a strong entertainment group to support it.
Historically, because of this, they were acquired by the Metropolitan Company in 1985, and then 10 years later, in 1995, they were annexed by Disney, thus beginning its "behind" down-to-earth development career.
However, the history of this life has changed, and the sudden rise of "Happy Hotel" has given ABC a great hope.
It's not that difficult to make a good TV series.
But producing a god-level TV series like "Happy Hotel" is not something that ordinary people can do.
Especially the actors in "Happy Hotel" are either newcomers or a group of old people who hit the street, but in this way, everyone can be so popular that there is no reason, which can only show that the script is very good.
Who wrote the script?
Yin Jun wrote it!
Originally, others boasted that Yin Jun was "Asia's No. 1 screenwriter" and "genius boy," but in fact, Americans didn't believe it before, and even if they did, they felt that it had nothing to do with the United States.
But now Yin Jun has proved that he is not only "Asia's No. 1 screenwriter", but also "the world's No. 1 screenwriter", which is probably not an exaggeration.
Many people may not remember, two years ago, Yin Jun actually sold a variety show to CBS, its name is "Millionaire", after it began broadcasting in February last year, it has been firmly occupying the ratings championship in the same time period, and so far, the average viewership has reached more than 30 million, which is definitely a variety show.
And "Transformers", a cartoon that became popular in the United States, was also broadcast on CBS, which also brought them a large number of children's viewers.
Not to mention that everyone in the North American branch of Kirin Group knows that the last time Tang Shuxuan came back from Xiangjiang, Yin Jun gave her a total of three TV series and a variety show.
Now "Happy Hotel" has become a divine drama, and "American Idol" has swept the entire United States before it has started the main competition, and it has swept the ratings.
Therefore, the top management of ABC believes that since Yin Jun can come up with a "Happy Hotel", a "American Idol", and a "Millionaire" before, then his remaining two scripts will definitely not be bad, at least 30 million viewers.
Since Yin Jun has such a strong ability to write scripts, then asking him to tailor a TV series for ABC will definitely bring great changes to ABC, so that ABC has a TV series in charge, just like "Happy Hotel", what's wrong?
Of course, they also know that there is no free lunch in this world, and if Yin Jun wants to make such a TV series script, ABC must pay a lot of things.
ABC has a very tempting proposition.
That's a share swap.
ABC's current assets are about $5 billion, while Disney's assets are about $4 billion.
They intend to exchange 20% of the shares for 25% of Disney's shares.
In this way, everyone became an affiliated company, and Disney became the second largest shareholder of ABC, and it was convenient to do things in the future.
Tang Shuxuan didn't ask Yin Jun, and directly refused.
She knew that Yin Jun had taken such a painstaking loan of $3.7 billion to buy Disney and United Arts Films, just to be a sole proprietor, and would not let outsiders restrain him at all.
Although ABC is very good, as one of the major television networks in the United States, it is a powerful media group, but on Yin Jun's side, it is not so important.
At least for now.
After the ABC's suggestion was rejected, they were not discouraged and continued to put forward a second condition.
That is, this TV series is produced by two companies together, the cost is evenly shared, and the publicity is all done by ABC, with Disney 60% and ABC 40% in terms of revenue, but the production copyright of this TV series is occupied by the two companies.
Tang Shuxuan also didn't ask Yin Jun about this condition, and directly refused.
Her answer was very simple, "Obviously, we can do it ourselves at Disney, and we don't have no money, so why should we share the profits and benefits to you?"
ABC had no choice but to continue to put forward the third condition.
It is still an equal cost, and ABC does it, and the copyright is half each, but ABC will further strengthen the publicity and attention to the Disney TV channel, and they only earn 30% of the income.
Tang Shuxuan did not directly refuse this time, but told Yin Jun.
At present, ABC is the most important partner of Disney TV channel, and if they can't get any benefits, I am afraid it will affect the future cooperation between the two companies.
Yin Jun naturally understands this truth.
But he also understands that the cooperation between ABC and Disney TV channels is actually very fair, they give Disney TV channels convenience, and the programs broadcast by Disney TV channels give them greater fame.
With a great ace program, even if the Disney TV channel doesn't work with ABC, other TV networks will immediately come and invite the Disney TV channel to them.
So in this regard, the Disney TV channel is dominant.
Otherwise, ABC would not have lowered its value again and again to seek cooperation.
Yin Jun is very ambitious for ABC.
In 1995, Disney acquired ABC at a sky-high price of $19 billion, thus winning another piece of the entertainment empire.
Now Disney is not yet ready to annex ABC.
Even four years later, in 1985, Mets would buy ABC for a mere $3.5 billion, but Yin Jun would not rush to make the acquisition.
The first is that Yin Jun doesn't have that much money.
The previous loan of 3.7 billion US dollars is already the limit of Yin Jun, which has brought great trouble to the cash flow pressure of the Kirin Group, and if the loan of another 3.5 billion US dollars will make the Kirin Group directly overwhelmed.
Even if Yin Jun has the ability to pay off all the loans in 5-10 years, what Yin Jun has to do is not only the acquisition of ABC, but also has a lot of things to do in the past few years, so he can't put all the funds on this and use them to repay the loan interest every day.
The second is even more important.
Yin Juncai swallowed Disney and United Arts Pictures in one go, if he swallows ABC in a short period of time, then not only will the American media giants be extremely hostile to him, but even the US regulatory authorities will begin to focus on "taking care" of Yin Jun and imposing all kinds of restrictions on him.
In fact, if you want to get rid of this trouble, the way to deal with it is very simple.
That is to learn from Murdoch, Yin Jun directly naturalized in the United States, so that even if he acquires more media and entertainment companies, there will be no problem.
But how could Yin Jun go to the United States?
So this method is destined to not work.
Since Yin Jun couldn't untie this knot, he could only endure it temporarily.
Wait until he has thoroughly digested Disney and United Arts Films, and has gained a firm foothold in Hollywood, and then talk about the acquisition of ABC.
Until then, it is also necessary for Kirin Group and ABC to maintain close contact.
How to negotiate conditions with ABC, Yin Jun will not mix, Tang Shuxuan has done a good job in this regard.
What he wants to do is to come up with a few beautiful TV series to let everyone know that even if he changes platforms, he can create a ratings myth again and make a name for the Kirin Group.
In fact, Yin Jun's TV series prepared for the Disney TV channel are not just the previous three.
At the beginning of last year, after confirming that he could acquire Disney, Yin Jun began to take out the script in the safe of the "American drama" and began to organize and expand the content.
Now that "Happy Hotel", "Dragon Tiger Boys" and "Beach Rescue Team" have been given to Disney, Yin Jun still has three scripts in his hand that have already written the first season.
"Dracon"
Hooker Detective
Thunderbolt Ranger
"Dragon Assault Team" is a hit American drama broadcast on NBC TV in 1983, known for its excellent production and grand scenes, with an average viewership of more than 30 million people, and is one of NBC's signature signs.
The later popular "24 Hours", in terms of scene design, actually has the meaning of borrowing from "Tianlong Special Attack Team".
In addition, "Dragon Assault Team" also made a movie, and the response was also very good.
"Hook Detective" is a TV series broadcast on ABC in 1982, which also focuses on action, but the scene is not grandiose, and there are some love factors, it is a standard police drama, with more than 20 million viewers, a little weaker, but it is also a very good TV series as a temporary choice.
According to Yin Jun's knowledge, as well as Hollywood habits, if "Hook Detective" has already appeared, it will not start filming until at least the end of this year.
His script was registered and filed two years ago, and whoever did it had to be scrapped.
The last one, "Thunderbolt Ranger", is a very interesting TV series that is very famous in China.
It is roughly the story of a police detective who, after being injured, changes his identity and drives a sports car to perform various missions and fight crime.
What impressed the audience the most was the super cool sports car of the protagonist, which made the Chinese audience, who had very little knowledge in that era, drool.
This TV series is also produced by NBC, the time is September 1982, Yin Jun is making it now, naturally there is no crash.
As for why ABC only asked for one TV series, Yin Jun came up with three.
The reason is simple.
These are all high-quality TV series that will be produced next year, if you don't use them now, wouldn't it be a waste?
As for why ABC wants a drama like "Happy Hotel", Yin Jun only gave a high-quality TV series with 20 million to 30 million viewers?
It's very simple.
Wouldn't it be a waste to give such a good TV series to others?
I can't be a drama in every TV series, right?
It's also a matter of luck, right?