Chapter 173: A Busy Life
At the beginning of the year, there were significantly more meetings in the company, such as the annual meeting attended by the whole company, and even Meghan flew back from New York to participate.
And the members of his Mark Gang, Heath, David, Zach, Rachel, Scarlett, etc., and the main members of the three working crews "Saw 2" and "High School Musical" and "Grey's Anatomy" all came to participate.
This is nothing more than a statement of the company's work this year, the inventory of the harvest and looking forward to the future, first the heads of various departments spoke, and then the general manager, vice president Meghan and the boss Mark, MM is the most powerful company in Hollywood this year, in terms of turnover and profitability, can be ranked in the top ten, what is more enviable is that they are small and big, and successfully acquired Marvel, a century-old store, and their prosperity is in contrast to the sunset of DreamWorks.
Mark's speech was written by Caroline, memorized in advance, and then read it out in public, without any improvisation, and then the announcement of the list of awards, a group photo, a press conference, and in the evening, party time, the company chartered the "Hangover" bar, and celebrated.
And at the party celebration, the whole company attended in pairs with their families, and some even dragged their families, such as David Lee, who brought his baby daughter Jessica, only the first and second people were single, and they had to huddle together to keep warm and borrow each other's attendance.
Because of lack of money, Mark decided to release "Wedding Aoke" during Valentine's Day, and now it's a bit rushed, "Batman: The Time to Go to War" will be released in mid-May, "Saw 2" during the summer vacation, and "Musical Youth" in November, although "Batman" is a work of Warner, but Mark's 20 million salary plus 15% of North Mi's income, Mark signed the contract in the name of the company, and its income is of course included in the company's account.
According to the agreement, after filming "Batman", Mark will find time to shoot "Grey's Anatomy", which is the key to impressing Lymes, her talent was recognized by Meghan and was appointed as the head of the TV department, but at present, there is only one project in the MM TV department, Megan and Lymes are the producers, and after Mark finishes filming the first episode, Lymes will be the director.
Mark knows that this is one of ABC's three major god films, and has made great contributions to ABC's competition for TV prime time, MM does not have such a strong promotion ability as ABC, in order to make this TV series quickly popular, he, the famous director, is in charge, plus Mark helps Wei, it is very necessary, it can be said that with this gimmick, it is not difficult to enter the procurement list of major TV stations.
The major TV stations in the United States generally make their own TV series, and most of the American dramas invested by TV stations are series. Because the cost of the series is too high, and it cannot be "indefinitely extended" like the series, it is equivalent to a company spending a lot of money to advertise a new product, but the product can only be sold once, so it is considered "very uneconomical".
After Christmas, the bidding for script proposals began, and "elimination" was the key word during this time, and well-known or unknown screenwriters walked into the TV conference room with their own script outlines, and the plot outline of a season was narrated to the person in charge of bidding within 20 minutes.
Often, only 10 out of more than 300 proposals will be adopted, and only three will be broadcast, and the losers will leave the market and the lucky ones will be tested for the next round.
After the proposal was approved, the core creative staff immediately organized a team to shoot the premiere episode, which required a summary of the show's plot contradictions, and then a "focus jury" composed of a group of senior viewers Holding an electronic turntable and pulling the turntable index up or down while watching the show, the poor screenwriter stared intently at the real-time statistical line on the screen, and if it slipped too hard, he had to watch the premiere episode be abandoned, and if the first episode was finished and the lines were still beautiful, the show could enter the next season's TV broadcaster, and the official script writing began.
At the beginning, Lymes was ready to participate in the bidding after writing the script of "Grey's Anatomy", but the director of "The Princess Diaries 2" recommended it to Luke, a senior producer of ABC TV.
In fact, it can't be said that the selection mechanism of the TV station is wrong, after a high proportion of knockouts, the outline of the script selected by professional producers and senior viewers has minimized the investment risk, and Mark would not dare to make such a heavy bet if he did not have a golden finger.
Because of the overall cost cuts, after Mark lobbied, Lymes agreed to fund the first episode at four million, and the remaining eight episodes were controlled at about two million, and in return, her share was increased by two percentage points.
Mark is also cutting expenses in his own place, for example, he dated Amber, he didn't go to an expensive restaurant, last time he spent more than 30,000 yuan, the so-called order evasion, just for the Pomeranians to smile, this time he ordered more than 100 yuan of takeaway, plus two red wine from David, quietly slipped into Amber's apartment, he found that the condom he used last time was used up, and after determining that Amber was safe, even the money for this set was saved.
Caroline is a sensible person, when renting this apartment for Amber, she tried to choose people and reporters who were remote and hidden, and there were no companies nearby, Amber had just returned from Salt Lake City, Utah with the crew, and Mark reserved a role for her in "Grey's Anatomy", that is, the beautiful model doctor Izzy, which is a resident role, which can make her familiar in front of the people of the whole country and accumulate popularity and fans.
Amber is satisfied with her current life, she participated in the film shoot so soon, and has a stable income, even her family is willing to forgive her for her rudeness in quitting the church, and invite her back for Christmas, the only fly in the ointment is that Mark is just when she is **, every time she comes, it is business, mainly sex, and there is no intention of dating him to become a formal relationship.
So after she was done, she lay down comfortably in Mark Huaixing and talked about it.
Mark said, "Isn't it good now? Dating is tiring, it takes time and emotional investment, where do I have the time? Besides, you're a gay guy, and you have to pursue the psychological after chasing physical satisfaction?"
Amber said: "Aren't we happy when we do * together? But we can't be together publicly, only when we are officially dating, can we be together publicly, and everyone in the crew knows about our relationship, but I don't know how to explain it to them?"
Mark said: "I think about it, I don't mind sleeping with a lesbian, but if I go on a date, I have to ask my assistant to weigh the stakes, Bi Jing I am a public figure." ”
Aimee patted and said: "I just used to be gay, but now I have become normal, I am a normal girl, you have slept with me so many times, do you still have doubts?"
Mark said: "Maybe you are bisexual, I admit that I covet your woman, it is not a big problem to be a bed partner, if it is a formal date, I need time to think about it, you have to understand that physical communication and ideological communication are two different things, this must be cautious." ”
Amber pushed him away, turned around, and slept on her side.
Marveling at the beautiful back, the undulating curves under the thin skin, Mark said, "We're fine now, why bother yourself?"
Amber said: "Is it wrong for me to be with you openly and forever?"
Mark said: "My last relationship made me understand one thing, it is easy to fall in love and difficult to stay together, staying together every day, it is easier to have conflicts and conflicts, if we are in love, we will be together forever, without love, even if we get married, we will get divorced." ”
Amber said: "Feelings are to be cultivated. ”
Mark said: "I know, you have to understand, how busy I am right now. ”
Amber said: "You are already so rich, why are you still working so hard?"
Mark said: "What others see is my scenery, who sees my helplessness? I owe nearly 400 million in debt, more than 3 million yuan in interest every month, if it stops, the interest alone can make me collapse." ”
Amber said: "You are quibbling, Bill Gates's business is bigger than yours, and he is not so busy that he has no time to spend with his family!"
Mark stroked her soft blonde hair and said, "What are you worried about?"
Amber said: "I'm just your toy, a sex toy, and if you get tired of it, you can throw it away." ”
Mark said: "You're joking again, who would be willing to throw away such a beautiful and sexy stunner." ”
Amber said, "You admit it. ”
Mark said, "Who's going to buy his sex toy a 1967 Ford Mustang?"
Amber turned around in surprise, threw herself into Mark's arms, and said, "You found it?"
Mark said, "I found it for you." ”
1967 Ford Mustang, is a classic classic car, there are very few on the market, only second-hand cars and some car enthusiasts in the collection, quite difficult to find, Amber she has a perfect pure and sweet face, but inside is the same as a man, rough and hearty, like this classic muscle car, has always hoped to have one, but this car is not easy to buy with money, not to mention that she has no money. ”
Amber offered a fragrant kiss, lay on Mark, looked at Mark with joy on his face, and said, "You really found it for me?"
Mark said: "Actually, I just gave an order, it was Caroline who found it, the key is in her hand, you drive it back for Christmas, it must be very cool." ”
Amber ** Mark's face and said: "Thank you for doing it outside, you have me in your heart, I am very happy." ”
Mark said: "It's good to be happy, the most important thing in life is to be happy, we can spend very little time together?
Amber's face turned red with excitement, and she offered a fragrant kiss and said, "Don't move, I'll do it." ”
Mark said, "I'm going to look at you, your hair." ”