United States, early April.

After the bitter confrontation between Warner and Xiaobawang, the lawsuit between the two parties in court continued. However, as time went on, the news coverage gradually decreased.

It was discovered that the Little Overlord was temporarily unscathed, while Warner's stock price plummeted further to $4 per share due to the deterioration of Atari's business.

Although Warners Inc. Chairman Ross kept saying, "It's good news that the stock price has fallen, at least you can increase your holdings of the company's stock at a lower price." ”

However, most of Warner's management was well aware of Atari's losses, which caused Warner to fall into a loss-making state as a whole.

Therefore, many managers who hold stocks are in the vanguard of selling stocks.

And Chairman Ross said verbally that a drop in the stock price is more conducive to buying back shares. However, he himself also tightly covered his wallet and did not increase his holdings of Warner's stock.

The current total market value of Warner is only $2 billion, which has fallen below the company's net worth of $2.7 billion. Because the company's management does not have much confidence in reversing the company's overall loss, this has caused the market value to fall below the net assets!

"The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits! Warner, patronizing against the little overlord, has forgotten about us as an opponent! Murdoch was proud.

In April, Murdoch's News Corp. team, looking for a fund manager who owns shares in Warners, secretly acquired a 3.7 percent stake at a price 20 percent above the market price.

Later, Mr. Murdoch asked some of News Corp.'s executives to open accounts in their own private names to buy shares in the market. The middle and senior managers of these news organizations privately hold about 0.1%~0.5% of Warner's shares, but the sum of these stocks is more than 6%.

And these shares were lent to them by Murdoch, and an agreement was signed with everyone. By the time News Corp.'s acquisition site is officially closed, all of these privately held shares will be resold to News Corp

"Boss, if News Corp takes over Warner, what will happen except for the lawsuit with Xiaobawang?" Barry. Diller asked.

Barry was born in 42. Diller is not a simple person. As a young man, Barry was a recent student at the University of Southern California. Diller, however, dropped out of school halfway through the study of William. Morris worked in the mailroom, where he had the opportunity to read a lot of Hollywood celebrity profiles, as well as the history of the American entertainment industry.

After that, Barry, who was not very well educated. Diller, however, relied on his understanding of celebrities in the entertainment industry to apply for the assistant general manager of ABC. During this period, Barry. Diler shined in the American television industry and attracted wide attention. And Barry. Diller also became a billionaire with the salary and equity incentives given by the company.

'76, Barry. Dieller even made an astonishing move - Mao recommended himself, joined the bankrupt film giant Paramount, became the general manager of this company, and invested in masterpieces such as "Moonlight, New Panic", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Star Trek" and so on, turning the tide and pulling Paramount out of the shadow of bankruptcy.

And Barry, who has been at the helm of Paramount for 8 years. Diller, however, led the team again and jumped to 20th Century Fox and became a cadre under News Corp.

There are few people in the United States like Barry. Diller generally understands the two major industries of film and television. Therefore, News Corp.'s film and television industry, Murdoch is very dependent on Barry. Diller.

However, Barry. Diller, on the other hand, doesn't understand the game industry. Murdoch wasn't interested in the game industry either.

"If I become Warner, I will immediately stop the pointless lawsuit with Xiaobawang. And sell Atari, or let Atari declare bankruptcy! Murdoch said.

"I don't really understand the video game market. However, Zhang Shaojie is a wizard worth wooing. Like "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", "Happy Ghost", "A Chinese Ghost Story" and other three blockbuster movies, it is not so much the ability of Hong Kong directors as the charm of Zhang Shaojie's script! "Barry. Diller said, "Universal's upcoming "Jurassic Park" is also a work that Zhang Shaojie co-wrote and planned. If Jurassic Park is a big hit again! Then, the most correct thing for Fox in the 20th century is to quickly stand in the position of an ally with this genius! ”

Murdoch nodded and said, "With a pen, influence the whole world." Zhang Shaojie is a young man I admire the most! ”

—————————— Zhang Shaojie's works are not many. However, the most profitable thing is the first "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". As of April 1984. The edition of this work has been published and distributed in 230 million copies worldwide, creating a miracle of best-selling book stalls in Asia.

The film adaptation of "Datang" has a cumulative global box office of nearly 200 million US dollars. Since the anime adaptation was broadcast in March 84, it has quickly become popular.

And the fanworks related to "The Tang Dynasty" have also quickly become popular in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and New Zealand, as well as South Korea and other places.

In more than 3 years, the economic benefits created by "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in the world have reached 450 million US dollars. On average, $150 million per year is generated in terms of gross social product. It can be said that this work is equivalent to a huge industrial chain.

The number of editors, authors, animation painters, sales personnel, and advertising personnel related to the industrial chain of "Datang" commercial development is probably more than 10,000 people!

Compared with "Tang Dynasty", Zhang Shaojie's other works also belong to the best-selling ranks in Asia.

However, because "Datang" is the world's first cultural product to be operated by means of the industrial chain, the popularity of "Datang" has been expanded to the greatest extent.

Even if you haven't watched "Datang", movies, and animation, as long as the information is not too closed, you can basically hear discussions and news related to "Datang" every day.

In the 21st century, the audience and readers have become aesthetically fatigued, and the effect has gradually weakened.

However, there is no information explosion on the Internet, and everyone is able to accept limited information. The success of "Datang" has almost reached a level unimaginable for latecomers.

On April 10, Zhang Shaojie summoned the cadres of Ming Pao Group and Tianxia Publishing Company to announce his new book plan.

On the table, there are writing plans and outlines and beginnings for four books.

"Saint Seiya", "Long Night of Fate", "A Scientific Super Electromagnetic Cannon", "Neon Genesis Evangelion"

"So many books, written at the same time?" Hu Bo, who was already the editor-in-chief of Ming Pao Group, was surprised.

"As a well-known fast gunner in Hong Kong, I am furious, 20,000 words a day, no pressure!" Zhang Shaojie said, "Of course, writing four books at the same time can be stressful. Therefore, I decided to write the first 300,000 words of "Saint Seiya", and then get the complete outline and setting of this work, and find a group of senior writers to help me continue to write it. After that, "The Long Night of Destiny", "The Electromagnetic Cannon of a Certain Science", and "Neon Genesis Evangelion" all started according to the mode of what I wrote, and let others continue to write to enhance efficiency! ”

"This, what if someone else continues to write it, and the reader doesn't buy it?" Hu Bo was worried.

Zhang Shaojie smiled: "What I am good at is creativity, imagination, setting, plot and so on. As for the writing, I'm not very good either. Sometimes, there are so many ideas that I can't keep myself busy! A lot of ideas can be generated at any time, and they can be forgotten at any time. A lot of dollars worth of gold are constantly forgotten by me. In order not to waste these inspirational ideas, it is a very useful compensation to have a good writer help me to continue writing. Of course, the ghostwriter will be unified with the prefix of 'Shaojie's assistant', plus the ghostwriter's own pen name. ”

Ma Rongcheng suddenly had an idea and said: "Shaojie, if you talk about an excellent writer, I want to recommend one!" ”

"Who?" Zhang Shaojie was stunned.

"Huang Yi under Tianxia Publishing!" Ma Rongcheng explained, "Huang Yi's "Rain and Clouds" has won the charm of "Datang", and his overall situation and control ability are very strong, ghostwriting should be a good candidate!" ”

Zhang Shaojie nodded and said, "Okay, Huang Yi is one!" Shaojie's assistant group, let him be the main assistant! ”

Next, Ming Pao is also constantly looking for its author resources, looking for talents who can help Zhang Shaojie ghostwrite. Although, the top celebrities are not willing to become other people's ghostwriters.

However, in Ming Pao, some writers who have a good level of writing, but only lack inspiration and creativity like Zhang Shaojie, gathered a total of more than 20 people.

Tianxia Publishing sent Huang Yi as the top ghostwriter, and in addition, it also sent 5 writers with slightly inferior strength.

The final number added up, and there were already 30 people.

Zhang Shaojie looked at everyone with satisfaction and asked, "The purpose of summoning you, everyone already knows?" ”

"Yes, I'll help you write some more!" The crowd said.

Zhang Shaojie nodded and said: "Under normal circumstances, the continuation of the gunman's must be kept secret." However, in addition to the prefix of 'Shaojie's assistant', the spearmanship that I wrote for me can still be signed by your pen name. For a book to be published in the future, if there is any content that you ghostwrite, for example, Huang Yi ghostwrote for me. The author column will be, Huang Yi, Zhang Shaojie's assistant. Will you be able to accept such a clause? ”

Huang Yi, who was mentioned by name, was enthusiastic and said, "I can accept it!" ”

The writers who help Zhang Shaojie ghostwrite not only have a high salary, but more importantly, they can also be written in the author column of the book in the name of an assistant. That is tantamount to using the name of Zhang Shaojie to promote these writers!

Huang Yi and others, as if dreaming, they were printed on the pages of Zhang Shaojie's works as assistants, and the prospect of fame rolling in

(To be continued)