Chapter Sixty-Nine: Angel Beats, AB TV

Catherine handed over the letters of appointment of the two CEOs of Intel and Apple to Sanders, the president of the "future" AMD.

Catherine finds it interesting to think that the president of AMD is now the president of Intel.

Sometimes, Catherine just has some bad taste, and it's very funny.

After Sanders took office, he began to make drastic reforms.

First of all, the price of personal computers was slashed by $300 across the board, and at the same time, "zero profit" advertising was introduced.

As soon as this news hit the market, it caused a huge sensation.

IBM held an emergency meeting, and Hewlett-Packard appeared to be preparing to engage with each other.

At this time, Sanders did not stop, but announced that the second-generation Microsoft computer will open up the hardware platform, and at the same time, part of the software source code will also be opened to facilitate other companies to develop software and games on the DOS platform.

And Intel and Apple will be happy to inform interested hardware vendors in advance about the development of next-generation application platforms.

At the same time, Sanders also hopes that Blizzard Entertainment can step up the development of computer games, and in terms of game entertainment, it can be said that it is a very important reason for people to buy computers.

In terms of the company structure, due to the hardships of childhood and respect for the lower classes, he greatly simplified the company structure, and there were few intermediate links between the top and ordinary employees.

In history, Sanders was a very loyal person, and he could not leave Fairchild, but in the end he was ostracized, and finally left in anger and founded AMD.

Catherine knows Sanders, after all, she used to be involved in software, so she knows a little about it.

Catherine herself would never have done what Fairchild did.

Reassuring that Sanders was in the hands of the electronics industry, Catherine set her sights on television and film.

AB TV will use the classic pair of angel wings as the station logo.

Catherine positioned the station as film and entertainment.

Of course, a TV station can't have only one program.

Of course, Catherine couldn't have been in charge of developing the entire show.

She's going to make a show -- American Idol.

The vast majority of the things that Catherine made were precedent, otherwise Catherine would not have done them.

For example, GameTV, in Catherine's time, foreigners who really had egg pain were able to start empty-handed, make their own integrated circuits, write their own programs, and then make a Tetris game console, and integrated the output display. Unlike Catherine, who uses LED lights, Catherine uses TV screens.

American Idol is Catherine's staple product.

The original American Idol was a reality show launched in 2002 by Fox based on "Pop Idol", with the goal of finding the king and queen of American pop music. Contestants first participate in a preliminary selection in a designated city, and those selected by the judges and guests (all of whom are the biggest names in pop music at the time) go to Hollywood to participate in the next round of the competition.

The domestic "Super Girl" can be said to be a copy of "American Idol" and "Pop Idol".

Catherine expanded the range of pop songs to include the more mainstream music industry, and she wanted to make a big show.

When the Bill of Civil Rights of 1964 and the Bill of Voting Rights of 1965 came out, Catherine was confident that her show would be smooth sailing.

Things need to be prepared step by step, and Catherine also needs heavyweights to join.

She set her sights on Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley.

Unexpectedly, when she sent the letter to Elvis, his agent asked for a million-dollar franchise fee.

Elvis Presley's agent, named Parker, or nicknamed "Major Parker".

"Major" Parker, although he is widely regarded as a gold medal agent. But in Catherine's mind, this guy is an out-and-out vampire, an out-and-out cold-blooded monster.

On May 21, 1977, before Elvis died, Elvis was extremely weak, and Parker was furious.

He even roared, "Listen to me, the only thing that matters is that he is going to perform tonight!" ”

It can be said that Elvis Presley's death was directed by the other party.

And even more ferociously, after Elvis's death, Elvis's loyal fans began pilgrimages to Memphis from all over the world. Parker booked a plane ticket not to Tennessee, but to New York, where he made an appointment with Radio America, which sold more tapes and records for Elvis than any actor in history. He accurately expected that every store in the country would sell out of Elvis's recordings of his songs within 24 hours. Parker pressured Radio America to place higher prices with some of the big record pressurizers, asking them to push aside minor orders in order to keep the river of Elvis Records' money flowing. Parker then meets with a merchant and lowers the price of some of Elvis's tie-ins. It was only on August 18, the day Elvis' funeral took place, that he arrived in Memphis. ,

Elvis' attending doctor, Nick, prescribed Elvis about 12,000 pills in just over 20 months, which was also requested by Parker, and was one of the causes of Elvis's death, and the most important.

Moreover, Parker also ruthlessly wants to snatch the rights to Elvis Presley's songs from Elvis Presley's 11-year-old daughter.

Elvis Presley's talent was ruined by him, and his health was ruined by him.

Since 1961, although Elvis Presley has always been popular, his form has deteriorated, and he has tried to get rid of the other party many times, but he has no chance.

In a concert tour in 1977, Elvis earned a total of $2.3 million, but in the end he was so poor that he had no money to check his body, and instead relied on a doctor arranged by Parker, and all the funds were exploited by Parker......

At this time, Catherine's eyes lit up.

Maybe...... Can you poach Elvis Presley?

At this time, many singers actually have an attitude towards Parker.

"I despise Parker, but I despise him like a savior, because singers don't know how to take care of their own lives."

Catherine sent a letter directly to Elvis Presley, and simply bypassed Parker.

She believes that if she does this, the success rate is even higher, even if it is a million dollars, it will be worth it to bring Elvis Presley over......

Although so much has been done, the limelight of "Fallout" on the other side has been overshadowed.

"Cleopatra", with an investment of 40 million US dollars, was born, and the huge amount of money has attracted most people's attention.

In June of this year, "Cleopatra" is about to be released, and the other party is doing this, which is obviously hype!

Catherine, however, laughed at it.

High, the higher the cost, the more you lose!

"Cleopatra" is the biggest investment in Hollywood film history, and it also has the worst loss of a costume masterpiece.

Catherine's film, however, fully draws on the mistakes of "Cleopatra", and it is absolutely impossible to repeat the mistakes of the past.

The preparation of the TV station will not be until next year, and Catherine will not be able to do everything on her own, she will decentralize and rush back to the set.

Eastwood was waiting for her there......

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Chapter 16 has been revised.

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