Time enters September, and this year's top ten box office probably have a prototype, but no one will think that the crown of the year has been set - although there is an incomparably strong "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (II)" this year, the North American box office is close to 400 million, but the Christmas schedule is not without strong films, "Twilight 4", "Mission Impossible 4", "Sherlock Holmes 2", are all strong genre films with strong performance in the previous work and excellent commercial reputation of the sequel, in addition to Jennifer. Jefferson and Heath. Ledger co-launched the strong film "Life Journey", this movie is 3D shooting, and it is a fantasy theme, although on the surface, the subject matter is biased towards literature and art, not like a type that will sell well, but Jennifer is not the first time to create a miracle, even if there are many unfavorable factors before the release, as long as it is starring her, the theater schedule and box office are expected to be extremely strong, and no one will go against her, which is basically a stupid action to find someone to slap in the face in the past few years. Even as long as she participates in the production of films, box office analysis agencies will increase the estimated data by one percent when publishing articles, and the owners of various theaters are willing to sign more stringent sharing contracts, which can be regarded as her halo effect.

"This time, there is only one blockbuster film in the Halloween schedule, "Life Journey", which will monopolize the two-week schedule until Big Dream's own "Twilight" comes out to compete for the weekly crown. And after that, it is the Christmas file of "Mission Impossible 4", there has been no movie released for a whole year, Big Dream and Jennifer finally began to attack frequently at the end of the year, but now, everyone is most concerned about the performance of Big Dream TV, "Hip Hop Empire" is scheduled to return at the end of October, and the four new dramas produced by Big Dream TV will all premiere at the end of September, among which "Like the New and Don't Get Tired of the Old" is the most eye-catching, this is the same comedy with a black family as the protagonist before it is broadcast, and the pilot episode has a strong response, obviously and "Hip Hop Empire" Aimed at a ratings group, but the taste should be more mild, judging from the broadcast time, CBS has no intention of competing with "Hip Hop Empire" head-on for ratings, in fact, under its crazy season-end ratings, the most know-it-you approach of major stations this year should be to adjust their strategies, no longer compete with Fox with ace dramas, and give up the Wednesday file to "Hip Hop Empire". "Love the New and Don't Get Tired of the Old" got the prime time of CBS, with "The Big Bang Theory" broadcast on Thursday as the lead, which is the best treatment given by CBS. ”

The ratings of the first season finale of "Hip Hop Empire" are as high as 6.9, which is almost close to 7 miracle data, according to the heat of the discussion, as well as the popularity of the song list in the play, the ratings at the beginning of the second season may not decrease but increase, although the popularity of song and dance TV series is generally difficult to last, but it is certain that before this trend passes, "Hip Hop Empire" will be the most gold-absorbing money printing machine for all TV dramas, and it has also made Big Dream TV completely famous and become a TV producer concerned by major media, Whether these four new dramas will create miracles again has also become a topic of concern for many column critics.

"Golden Age, like The '70s Show, is a series based on the childhood life of mainstream viewers, which also makes people feel the passage of time, because this series is already a story about civilian life in the United States in the 80s, based on the screenwriter Adam Brown. Gothenburg's childhood life, focusing on family audiences, and "Modern Family" similar themes, forming an interesting situation of contrasting with each other, and it also got "Modern Family", which tells the story of family life in 2010, as a prelude, and met with everyone on Wednesday night, before "Hip Hop Empire" was launched, he had a month to cultivate a basic audience, and after that, he was faced with a tragic confrontation between the preludes, although the broadcast time of "Golden Age" and "Hip Hop Empire" was staggered, But under the premise of sluggish ratings in the pilot episode, whether "Golden Age", which plays the safe card, can stand firm depends on the audience's reaction......"

ABC's "Golden Age", CBS's "Love the New and Don't Get Tired of the Old", and "Silicon Valley", which will be released on Netflix in November, gave NBC's "Homeland Security", among the four new dramas, "Silicon Valley" only has a trailer, but the response is quite good, and the expectations seem to be the highest, and the pilot episodes of the remaining three new films have received quite good responses, and they have also recruited many famous artists to create, among which "Homeland Security" is the project that Big Dream has taken from his hands - the main creator Howard. Golden once created the drama "24 Hours", which is also a famous name in the industry, and he was supposed to negotiate with the production company, but in the end, he was attracted by the reputation of Big Dream and better prepayment strategy and broadcast platform and scheduled episodes. In addition, there is Shonda, who has created "Grey's Anatomy". Remus is also negotiating a new drama with Big Dream, and she is taking a fancy to Big Dream's new drama. point, so I am very excited - the snowball with "Hip Hop Empire" as the core is now rolling bigger and bigger, carrying more and more talents to move closer to the big dream, but at present, the speed of the snowball rolling is not very fast, and if more than two of the four new dramas this year can stand firm, there will be more famous artists who are waiting to come to the door with their own scripts.

"I'm most looking forward to 'Never Getting Tired of the Old,'" Jon said, noting on his iPad's notepad to remind himself of the premiere of these new shows, "By the way, Charles, can you make an app for the TV series?" As long as you click to follow, you can push the playback time reminder to watch - develop one, it must be very marketable. ”

"Harry is already working on this app," although Charles, who has just completed Series C financing, is now conservatively estimated to be worth tens of millions, but he is still wearing a T-shirt and jeans, and he looks like a poor student, "and now it's on the way to review and put it on the shelves - didn't he tell you about it?" ”

"No, he's been working overtime lately, and we haven't been together in a long time," Jon took a sip of his drink and raised his hand, "We're talking about you - were you working on apps some time ago?" I thought you were busy with a new version of your website. ”

Unloading the backpack, Harry and Charles clinked their fists, raised their hands and called for a drink, "Actually, it's already live on Android, and the current user growth momentum is quite good, and advertisers are already contacting me." ”

"Oh?" Charles also showed a paying attention, "Are you interested in looking for a buyer?" Or will it be financed and developed into a comprehensive information category? ”

As a coder in the Bay Area, Harry, who graduated for a few years, of course earns a lot of money and gets the company's option awards, but any programmer has an entrepreneurial dream in his heart, and he is certainly no exception. The two ways to cash out that Harry said have their own pros and cons, sell it at the initial stage, and how much money you get depends on the flicker, but if you sell it again when it becomes bigger, it will be difficult to raise funds during the period, and the risk of failure will be high. Harry took a sip of the draft beer brought by the waiter, and then said, "At the moment, the pressure on the server is not too great, I can run it myself for a while while looking for buyers - this is a service with a low threshold, and the development prospects are not very large." ”

"That's not the case with good angel investors." Charles disagreed, "Said is coming to the Bay Area in November, and I can try to get you to meet him - but it's up to you whether you can impress him, Harry." ”

This is already a great favor, and Harry nodded a little solemnly, "I owe you once, brother." ”

"Is it the company's annual party?" Jon asked with some curiosity, and she was not upset by the development of her two friends' careers, "Said will come, but what about J.J?" Will she come? ”

"Who knows......" Charles spread his hands with a wry smile, he glanced at Jon and raised his hand in pleading, "OK, OK, if J.J. comes, I'll definitely give you an invitation." ”

"If J.J is coming, throw a party in your new home." Jon said with a very obvious intention, "High-level parties - the kind that doesn't need to be too large, you know, the kind where people can sit down and talk about the day-"

"If I could get her, it would be a party for two." Charles rolled his eyes, "Trust me, you're not going to get involved—"

"What are you talking about?" To the light chuckle of the three, Zad walked into the bar and clinked fists with several of them.

"Is Mumbai fun?" Harry greeted his friend he hadn't seen in months, and he teasingly brushed his face around, "-Don't answer, I know the sun must be strong in Mumbai, oh my God, you've got sunglasses scars." ”

"Haha, it's real—it's so much fun! Zade, you look so cute right now! ”

Zade helplessly stroked the obvious sun marks on his face, and let the group of childlike friends laugh at it for a while, before he snorted, "Believe me, if you were in Mumbai, you would definitely prefer to wear sunglasses like this - what are you talking about?" What a party for two? ”

"Oh, we're talking about Charles' annual party." Jon shrugged her shoulders and took the conversation away from the conversation as she leaned over the table, trying to look adoring, and blinked at Charles, "Speaking of which, dear Charles, can you get us tickets for the premiere of The Journey of Life?" They're going to come to San Francisco for the premiere, aren't they? I heard they were coming. ”

"Heath will come over, but Jennifer seems to have only been there for two in London and Los Angeles." Charles said on the go, shrugging his shoulders, "So, unless you're willing to go to Los Angeles and just watch a movie—"

Jon, who had already started her formal job, hung her shoulders wistfully - although she still liked Jennifer, as time went on and her own growth, she no longer took time off work to chase stars.

"When are the premieres scheduled? Is the world premiere still London? Harry asked, "You also provide feedback on the advance ticket office, right?" What do you think of the domestic box office situation? ”

Charles's TikTok is developing very well, and TikTok, which has just completed its Series C investment, has a lot of money to burn, which poses a serious challenge to Fandango, which is now trying to enter the mobile terminal, and they are also beginning to explore more ways to make money, such as providing box office reports to the outside world is the latest developed feature.

"In this regard, Paul and I, the same Paul who wrote about the Chinese market. Degara Bidean -- He's now a department manager at Big Dream Films, and we're in agreement on the data analysis side. Charles suddenly came to the spirit, and he threw out the industry somewhat ostentatiously. "The North American box office of "Life Journey" should be on the edge of capital preservation, estimated at about 200 million to 300 million, and the main profit point is still overseas, especially in Chinese mainland, Jennifer plus 3D? It's not surprising to get another $200 million box office, the world should hover around 1 billion, and Warner's estimate, this is a movie about the same size as "Inception", and it may be a bit difficult to win the North American crown, after all, we have all seen it, its content is a bit too niche, but it can still attract a good box office by relying on 3D and pictures around the world, so the world premiere should still be in London, and then it will return to Los Angeles for the North American premiere. ”

"The European side has always had a good view of literary films." Harry also affirmed this strategy, "If you can return to Los Angeles from London, the North American box office is not hopeless to increase - but the current estimate is not low, I thought the North American estimate should be around 150 million." ”

"Don't underestimate Jennifer's box office appeal." Charles said disapprerovingly, "On the opening day, there were 10 million on TikTok alone - of course, this is not a midnight show, I'm talking about the all-day box office figures." According to the general data ratio, it can be speculated that the box office on the day of the premiere will be at least 30 million or more, and such a start, North America will never fall to 150 million, at least 200 million. ”

"It's really a good movie." Jon didn't care about the details, but said with some wistfulness, "I wish enough people liked it -- the charm and beauty, a bit of Oriental philosophy -- the kind of movie that you know you can't make money, but you still want to see more, and I hope someone will sacrifice to invest in it, so that we can continue to see movies with similar themes." I hope that the word-of-mouth in Europe will drive North America, so that Salvi can make more similar movies in the future. ”

"And then let J.J be the heroine?" Charles snickered, "It's strange that there aren't any newspapers promoting her relationship with Salvi – they've collaborated on three films, and if you don't count the Pirates of the Caribbean, Salvi is already the director she's worked with the most, which is actually quite a bit of a stretch of imagination." ”

"Now the media is all talking to J.J and Cesare, wanting to see her and Cesare rekindle - or sparks with Leo, she and Salvi are already in the past, and they haven't been able to shoot intimate photos after working together on three films, so I guess even if there is a spark, it will be controlled." Harry commented in an objective tone, as if this could blur the essence of his gossip, "I've been caring about her and Leo for the past month, but since she returned to Los Angeles from the crew, she has been staying in Hollywood and hasn't gone to Santa Monica again, which is equivalent to hitting back against her and Leo, her and Salvi at the same time. ”

"yes," Jon nodded, "she didn't go back to the previous finale party, so she probably didn't have a chance with Salvi - in fact, he was just looking for a topic with Cesare, didn't he all photograph eating with several different women?" Let's fall in love, J.J! Can't lose to him! ”

Although Jon did not turn to hatred for Cesare because of the friendly relationship, the prestige of the camp also dropped a lot, especially the rivalry after the breakup of this kind of husband and wife is even stronger, seeing Cesare begin to return to a normal social life, she hopes that her idol can also follow, she muttered a few times, and then noticed Zade's unusual silence. - What are you thinking? Zade, the wine is almost gone. ”

"Oh, oh!" Zade hurriedly put the wine glass on the table, and he smiled in a trance, "I was thinking, Salvi should also go to the London premiere, right?" Maybe the rumors of her relationship with Salvi weren't so implausible? Just keeping a low profile because of some concerns, the London premiere is definitely a chance to meet anyway......"

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On September 23rd, "Love the New and Don't Get Tired of the Old" was the first to be broadcast, and the first episode achieved a rating of 3.3 and 10.4 million viewers, even with "The Big Bang Theory" as a lead, this achievement is very reasonable, the show has won unanimous praise from critics with its witty and vivid, slightly exaggerated performance style and excellent soundtrack, and its score on IMDB has also quickly jumped to 8.6 points - of course, IMDB's drama scores have always been relatively high, but "I Never Get Tired of the Old" The performance is also speechless, applauded, and has become another living signboard of Big Dream TV.

On September 25, "Golden Age" premiered, and the first episode had a steady rating of 2.3 and 8.9 million viewers, which was enough to be satisfying. On October 2, "Homeland Security" premiered, with a low-key 2.1 start and 7.8 million viewers, although the results were relatively the worst, the first two episodes of the simulcast were praised by the critics, and the IMDB score quickly rose to more than 9 points, and the word-of-mouth spread quickly, not to mention the follow-up ratings, which also made NBC's eyes light up - the show's excellent production level and excellent review reputation, which means that it will be the darling of next year's Emmy Awards. And if you judge it from the perspective of being able to win awards, the ratings can't be said to be bad, many big award-winning ratings are extremely sluggish, and they basically rely on awards to continue their lives, such as "I'm a Comedy Maniac", if it was cut by general standards, it should have been cut a long time ago, but because it was soft with Emmy, it is still □□ so far.

On October 11th, Netflix released the entire season of "Silicon Valley" at one time, and this fresh approach has been loved by many audiences, however, because this TV series has not been broadcast on TV stations, it is difficult to measure its value with ratings data, and it can only be judged from word-of-mouth - the word-of-mouth of "Silicon Valley" can only be said to be but not lost, for non-geek audiences, this is a TV series that can be watched, but to say how much you love it, it is obviously a lie, after all, entrepreneurship, business wars, and sex. Love and other content, it is indeed a bit far away from the lives of ordinary people, and they are still more willing to look forward to the rich grievances of "Hip Hop Empire", at least those contents and conflicts are what they yearn for or are familiar with.

Of the four new dramas, three have successfully landed, which can be said to have their own bright spots, and the remaining one is also on the horizontal line, and at least Netflix is satisfied with the outside world - so far, the signboard of Big Dream TV is completely established, and then whether it is an invitation from a TV station or an olive branch from major producers, it is natural that they will come one after another. Cesare. Vijri's investment vision, as well as the highlights of cost control and marketing communications, are also gradually becoming known, and now in September, the industry no longer doubts whether Jennifer is behind these successes. Jefferson's shadow, after all, during the entire preparation period, Jennifer was basically filming in other places, and she really did not intervene in the production - some people even suspect that after this couple, Big Dream Movies and TV will split up sooner or later, and Cesare will be transferred to the CEO of Big Dream TV, after all, now that both companies are in a period of rapid development, Cesare cannot take care of both ends, compared to Jennifer's shadow is very heavy Dream Movie, Big Dream TV with all his hands seems to be a more ideal choice.

The second season of "Hip Hop Empire" is about to start, what will be the direction of the ratings of this unprecedented drama? -- While all the major Hollywood television stations were paying attention to this, the studios were indifferent to it, in fact, to them, Cesare was now a nobody, at least until the movies he made were released, he was just a mediocre administrator. They are more concerned about the premiere evaluation of "Life Journey".

-- Especially Fox, who is working on "Life of Pi", is even more looking forward to the feedback from the other side of the sea, and even relied on his friendly relationship with Jennifer to send an observer from Fox UK in order to receive first-hand information: "Life Journey" is scheduled in early November, which should be to avoid colliding with "Mission Impossible" and "Sherlock Holmes", but it also faintly hints at the ambitions of Warner and other companies for the Oscars, otherwise, wouldn't it be better to choose this schedule in March next year? Historically, March and April have at least had good weather, and there was a bit of an advantage over November.

However, in the end, the competition in December was avoided and was chosen in November, which can also be seen that the filmmaker's confidence in "Life Journey" is not so sufficient, which is understandable, after all, fantasy films mention the Oscar, if there is no box office like "Avatar", it is basically to be a foil. However, this is good news for Fox - if "Life Journey" succeeds in the Olympics, then the next year's "Life Journey" may be cold, and now this situation is the most favorable for "Life of Pi", just in time to watch similar movies try Oscar marketing - from a certain point of view, how much budget "Life of Pi" can get, and whether it will make achievements in the Oscars, it all depends on the feedback of the film reviews of "Life Journey" tomorrow, how it goes......