Dick Clarke, as a legend of the older generation of North American television circles, has a great influence in both music and television circles. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

He has won multiple Emmys, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 1990, and has produced many influential musicians on "American Stage" as the host, including 13-year-old Michael Jackson on his show.

Until now, Dick Clarke, an old man, has always insisted on being the host of the old show "American Stage".

"So, what the hell are you going to meet with me?" Dick Clark asked curiously, "Is it just the AMA American Music Awards?"

As a figure who has worked hard in the TV industry all his life, it would be a lie to say that Dick Clark is not interested in Fire Lion TV. A TV station that was born less than a year ago has repeatedly created phenomenal TV programs that have swept the United States and even the world.

It's as incredible as the Arabian Nights. Especially for Dick Clark, who has made TV shows all his life, he knows how hard it is to create a hit, popular show.

"It's not presumptuous, but you know that the current ratings of the American Music Awards are only about 13 million, right?" This is the most difficult thing for Dick Clarke, how could Fire Lion TV exchange "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" for the American Music Awards?

You have to know what level of program is "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"? Last year, it ranked second in North American ratings, and if it weren't for the fact that "Survivor" ranked first was too perverted, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" would definitely be the most amazing TV show in the past decade.

Using such an ace show, in the hands of ABC to exchange for such a tepid music award broadcast rights as the American Music Awards, and it is a program that only happens once a year, no matter how you look at it, it is a brain-dead thing to do.

"Of course, we at Fire Lion spent 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' in exchange for the American Music Awards because we were optimistic about the potential of the American Music Awards. Old man Charles Schell said with a smile.

"Oh, you're so optimistic about us, and what conditions do you have?" asked Dick Clarkepee, smiling.

Dick Clark didn't believe the other party's words, and it would be naïve to say that the other party had spent such a big price and was not prepared to get any benefits back.

But what he couldn't figure out, he didn't think that the American Music Awards could do any good to the other party.

"Since you brought it up, then I'm not going to say it directly. Charles Schell said with a smile: "Although the American Music Awards are now known as the three major music awards that can be on a par with the Grammys and Billboards, they have never had their own real characteristics, especially the difference that can be intuitively felt by fans and audiences at a glance." ”

"And what do you mean by the intuitive difference?" asked Dick Clark curiously.

In fact, in essence, Fire Lion TV is just a broadcaster, and it itself is not qualified to bargain with Dick Clark, the organizer of the American Music Awards.

But the tepid status quo of the American Music Awards has led to a bit of weakness throughout Dick Clarke's company, especially in the face of the Grammys, which have always had more than 20 million viewers.

So Dick Clark hopes that Fire Lion TV can have some ability to turn decay into magic, which can make the ratings of the American Music Awards improve somewhat.

"The first is the timing of the event. Mr. Charles Schell handed over a plan, "We hope that the National Music Festival can be held in mid-to-late November every year. ”

"Why?" asked Dick Clarke, raising a frown, knowing that changing the timing of the award ceremony was not as simple as it seemed. First of all, it is necessary to hold the award ceremony in mid-to-late January to be able to make statistics on the sales of music records each year.

Among the three major music awards in the United States, the first is the Grammy Awards, known as the "Oscars of the music industry", followed by the American Music Awards and the Billboard Music Awards.

If the Grammys, which are voted for by the elite in the industry, take the elite route. Then the Billboard Music Awards are completely in the style of sales data streaming. The American Music Awards, on the other hand, are marketplace awards voted for by consumers.

Every year, Dick Clark & Co. selects 20,000 voters of different ages, genders, and ethnicities across the United States, and then these 20,000 voters vote for the winners of this year's music awards.

At the same time, the nominees, who are aggregated by the various labels, will face the strictest selection, and the results will be guaranteed to be announced until the last minute.

As a result, the American Music Awards have the largest audience base, are considered to be fairly fair, the most representative of mainstream music's commercial indicators, and the most realistic annual selection of the music scene.

"For differentiation, of course. Charles Schell pointed to the document and said, "First of all, the time of the American Music Awards and the Grammys is too close, and the Grammys will be less than a month later, which has too obvious a squeezing effect on the ratings." In our document, there is a special study showing the squeezing effect of the Grammys on other music awards. ”

"You must know that among the mainstream music awards, except for the American Music Awards, there is no one so close to the Grammys. Another Billboard Music Award is in May, and the VMA Awards (MTV Video Music Awards) are even in September. With the words of Charles Shear, Dick Clark couldn't help but think about it when he looked at the information in the document.

"What about other than time?" Dick Clark asked, nodding as he acquiesced to the necessity of time changes.

"That's the style of the ceremony. Old man Charles Schell said as he flipped to the back.

"Style?" asked Dick Clark.

"Although in terms of concept, there is a natural difference between the authoritative qualities of the American Music Awards' main audience and the Grammys. But whether it's compared to the Billboard Music Awards, or with the VMA, the Audience Choice Awards, the Teen Choice Awards, etc. The American Music Awards don't really have a label or idea of their own. "The words of Mr. Charles Schell are simple and clear, that is, the American Music Awards are not distinctive enough to be remembered at a glance.

In fact, Dick Clark himself and his subordinates knew about this problem, but they had no good solution.

"Do you guys [Fire Lion TV] have any good ideas?" he asked.

"Actually, it's very simple, visual!" said Charles Schell, smiling slightly, as he opened his laptop, which saw several drawn set drawings on it, and saw that the stage style on it was extremely avant-garde. And the lighting effects, flame performance, and even the singer's costume style are very colorful and eye-catching.

"What is this?" Dick Clark was involuntarily attracted to the page as Mr. Charles turned the page, which was both gorgeous and rich, and gorgeous and diverse stage effects, which made people can't help but shine.

Although it was very different from the stage style of the present day ('99), Dick Clark intuitively felt that this bold attempt with a different and unique style must be a model of success if it did not succeed.

"It's really beautiful and visually appealing, but isn't it too ...... Pioneer?" Dick Clark asked hesitantly.

"Mr. Clark, don't you think that the success of our Fire Lion TV has fallen from the sky? Old man Charles Schell asked with a bright gaze, his fiery eyes making Dick Clark couldn't help but feel a long-lost vitality.

"Any change is risky, but we are not without purpose, and the research and design solutions in this document are the conclusions we have reached after combining multiple sources. Old man Charles tapped on the file and said.

Looking at the confident old man Charles, Dick Clark couldn't help but nod his head, "Okay, I need this document back to my company for discussion, and then we will hear back to you." ”

"Then I look forward to good news from you, Dick. Old man Charles smiled.

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Just when the two veterans, Charles and Dick Clark, were promoting the reform of the American Music Awards, the pre-filming of "Earth Thunder" finally came to an end at the end of April.

Although the young mounted police were wounded and the gang fled in shock, the pursuit trio was still in good spirits and back on the road. But this time, like headless flies, they kept going over the mountains and mountains, but they couldn't find any trace of the bandits.

Then, the old officer began to babble and complain, and the wounded young mounted officer began to become discouraged, and finally the old officer squeezed the young mounted officer away, and he himself was drunk and broke up with the heroine "Maddie", and no longer cared about the pursuit of fugitives.

Just as the young girl and the elderly police officer were about to go home, the little girl "Maddie" was fetching water by the river the next morning, but she accidentally found Tom Cheney fetching water on the other side of the river.

The unexpected encounter made "Maddie" confused, she took out her revolver in a panic, although Tom Cheney recognized her, but Tom Cheney, who didn't think that a fourteen-year-old girl could pose a threat to herself, walked towards her with a big grin, but at the critical moment was accidentally shot in the left arm by the heroine.

What follows is the confrontation between the heroine and Tom Cheney.

At this time, the harsh test of this film really came. Hugo Weaving, who plays Tom Cheney, and Uncle John Malkovich, who plays the gang leader, are much better than the few second-rate actors who are unknown in the original film.

On the other hand, Lindsay's performance was also in the opponent's play, and he was squeezed to the fullest.