ABC TV has received high ratings recently, especially when it was reported that ABC was going to broadcast the rocket launch live, and the news from various TV stations was also hyped up, and many viewers called to inquire about it. In this era, the name rocket is usually associated with a nuclear bomb, and people know that the nuclear warhead is attached to the rocket.

However, during this time, rockets were again associated with space. Since the Soviet Union launched its first satellite, the term rocket has been constantly mentioned, and all countries in the world have begun to pay attention to the top of their heads and look up at the starry sky.

The United States, which has always regarded the Soviet Union as a potential enemy, is very unhappy with having an artificial satellite overhead, and what is even more terrifying is that this is a satellite launched by the Soviet Union. God knows what this satellite can do, and maybe one day when the satellite becomes a nuclear bomb or other weapon and falls from the sky, the United States will suffer.

Since the first satellite was launched, the Soviet Union has been preparing to launch several satellites in succession, and even planned to send a dog into space. As soon as these news broke, they immediately attracted more people's attention, and the Americans were even more panicked.

Especially since the failure of the US Navy to launch a rocket, more and more people have begun to worry about the safety of the United States. All along, Americans have been deeply afraid of the redist state. McCarthyism, which had been jubilant even before, clearly showed how frightened Americans were, and the failure of the rocket launch added to this anxiety.

So the appearance of the SCC company just gave people a hope, before the rocket was launched. Just get them very concerned. All eyes were on Houston Rocket Base, and more were paying attention to the ABC TV preview, not wanting to miss the historic event.

Many critics were surprised by SCC's self-confidence, and they wrote: "Since the failure of the U.S. Navy to launch a rocket, the image of the United States has plummeted internationally. At first, the navy did not dare to broadcast the rocket launch live, and they only invited some government officials and reporters to watch the launch. Now there will be a private company that bucks the trend and broadcasts the launch process live to people to watch! How brave this is! ”

Newspapers around the world have also reported on this, including the Times, which said: "The Americans are launching rockets again? This time it's live! ”

Agence France-Presse reported: "In such a short period of time, two rocket launches were arranged. Aren't Americans afraid of another failure? Oh! It turned out that this time it was the act of a private enterprise. What guts! ”

The Soviet newspaper Pravda also ridiculed: "After the failure of the first launch, the Americans prepared a second time, but I heard that this is not the second time, and there are several launches that have not been successful." Do they think that the more launches. The closer you are to success? Before this the department that launched rockets. It has always been the US Navy. Now it is replaced by an American company, which is really commendable and courageous! ”

Compared with the cynicism of foreign media, the media in the United States is much better. Among them, the New York Times said: "Although I don't know if SCC can succeed, it represents the efforts and struggles of us Americans!" I hope this launch will be a success, God bless the United States! ”

As for other American newspapers, such as the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, and other newspapers, they also reported on it at great length, and in general, they were not very optimistic about the launch. However, for the sake of the same camp, there are no outrageous words, at least they will be encouraged.

In addition, there was a lot of discussion among American viewers, many of whom picked up the phone and called the TV station to inquire about the live broadcast.

The most asked question from viewers was: "When did the live broadcast of the rocket launch start broadcasting?" ”

Some viewers asked, "Is there any way to go to the scene to watch the rocket launch?" ”

Questions like this, as long as it's rocket-related news, the audience likes to know it. The ratings of other programs on ABC TV have also been affected and have been greatly improved. All of a sudden, ABC's audience increased dramatically, almost doubling its audience to the previous one, and soon the audience was the same as NBC, CBS and other stations.

Since Alex acquired ABC Television, he has made a lot of changes to the station's programming, adding many new program content. These changes have greatly improved the quality of ABC's programs, and ratings have been improving, but the news preview of the rocket launch has a greater impact on TV ratings.

Many viewers who have never heard of ABC TV have tuned in to ABC TV because of the news. Suddenly, they found that the program of this TV station was also very good, and many temporary viewers became regular viewers.

There's something for every viewer, and there's a lot of new TV shows on the air.

In addition to popular science programs, music programs, news programs, etc., Alex also made people add some variety shows.

One of the variety shows is called "Career Guess", where the guests speculate on their strange professions by interviewing the contestants. As soon as the show was launched, it immediately attracted the attention of the audience, and when ABC TV attracted attention because of the rocket craze, the ratings of this show were close to catching up with the prime channel programs of CBS, NBC and other TV stations.

This day, the day before the rocket is about to be launched. ABC TV's "Career Guess" program scene invited a short man in a white coat and thick glasses.

"Now we have to ask all the guests to guess the profession of this gentleman!" The host said into the microphone.

Among the guests are movie stars, rock singers, politicians and celebrities, among which the movie star is the recently popular and purple actress Hepburn, the rock singer is Elvis Presley, the politician is Congressman Kennedy, and the celebrity is Conrad? Hilton.

Hepburn got the opportunity first, looking at the man in the white coat and glasses. frowned and said, "This white coat is your work clothes, right?" Uh, I guess you're a doctor or a nurse in a hospital? ”

The host immediately asked: "You guessed twice, oh, don't foul like this next time." Do you think he's a doctor or a nurse? You have to choose one or the other! ”

Hepburn stuck out his tongue and grinned embarrassedly, "Doctor! I chose him as a doctor! If you are a nurse, you must be a woman! ”

The host laughed loudly: "Wrong! He's not a doctor! But for the sake of being a beauty, you can guess again! ”

Hepburn was shocked: "Huh? Could he be a nurse? Then I guess he's a nurse! ”

"Ha Lu Ha! There's no comment on this question, so I'll have to ask the next guest to guess! ”

The host turned to rock singer Elvis Presley and asked, "Elvis! What do you think he is a profession for? ”

Elvis Presley held his sunglasses, gently biting one of the brackets of the sunglasses in his mouth, he thought for a moment and said, "Is he a chemist?" ”

"Oh? Why do you think he's a chemist? The moderator asked.

"Because I know that some chemists dress like this!" Elvis replied.

The moderator shrugged his shoulders. Didn't say anything. He looked at Congressman Kennedy, and he had a sense of eagerness, so he asked, "Mr. Congressman, what do you think he does?" ”

Kennedy looked at the man in the white coat. He thought about it. "Can I ask him a question?" ”

The moderator hasn't answered yet. Hepburn protested loudly: "It's not fair, it's not fair! I knew that I would like to ask him a question! ”

The host spread his hands and smiled at Kennedy, "Look. If someone objects, we must not violate the rules! But if no one guesses his profession in the first round, I'll give you a hint next. ”

Kennedy Harry smiled and disagreed: "I guess he's a teacher!" ”

At this time, Conrad also voiced his guess: "I guess he's a scientist!" ”

"The range of scientists is too wide, you have to choose one of the majors, for example, Elvis Presley just said that he is a chemist!" The moderator said.

"Then I guess he's a biologist!" Conrad replied.

The host looked at the guests with a smile, then stretched out the microphone in front of the man in the white coat and asked, "Tell me, did any of these four guests guess your occupation?" ”

"Uh, didn't guess!" The man in the white coat and glasses replied.

"Oh! What a pity! The host looked back at the guests, and then said: "No one can guess in the first round of guessing, and the next is the time to answer, let me give you a hint." ”

The host paused, and the scene was all quiet, and the atmosphere was tense.

"He's—" the host said in a lengthened voice, "doing a hot job!" ”

"Toot!" A long beep!

Elvis Presley hurriedly slapped the answer button, and he hurriedly said, "Expert! He's an expert in the arts! ”

"What specialist?"

"Uh...... Chemist? Oh no, it should be a medical expert! ”

"Wrong!" The host said loudly: "We continue to rush to answer, there have been a lot of people talking about his profession lately!" This thing has a pointed head and a long body! It also spews fire at the back of the ass! ”

The more everyone listened, the more confused they became, when Elvis Presley guessed that this man was an expert just now, he must have been touched, but what kind of expert is the thing that the expert studies is a pointed head and a long body, and it will breathe fire behind the buttocks?

They thought about it, and all of a sudden, everyone thought of something!

"Toot!"

"Rocket!" Hepburn reacted the fastest, and she preemptively replied: "He's a rocket expert!" ”

"Bingo!" The host gave Hepburn a thumbs up and praised: "Hepburn guessed!" That's right, his profession is a rocket expert! ”

Countless colored papers fell from the sky and sprinkled on the heads of everyone, while the entire hall of the scene shone with colorful light.

"yes yes!" Hepburn jumped for joy. Everyone else applauded and congratulated her on her guessing the answer.

After the atmosphere calmed down a little, the host asked the rocket expert to describe his daily work. Under the narration of this rocket expert, everyone listened very attentively, and even entertainment people like Hepburn and Elvis were very concerned about this matter.

Driven by his description, everyone was also interested, and they enthusiastically asked all kinds of strange questions. There are also audience members who call and ask questions they want to know.

There are a lot of questions, such as how fast the rocket is. Capable of carrying multiple objects. How far away is the satellite from us, how much area can be covered by the satellite broadcast signal, and so on.

There are many people watching this day's program, and among the viewers, there is a special person. He's Walt? Disney, the famous children's entertainment empire in the United States, The Walt Disney Company, was founded by him.

The legend Walt? Disney started its business at the age of 18, but it was full of ambition but repeatedly failed. Walt stumbled along the way, but never got up empty-handed, and in 1923, at the age of 23, Walt and his brother Roy founded Disney Brothers Animation Productions, the predecessor of the Disney Company.

As the creator of the "entertainment kingdom" Disney Company. Walt's entrepreneurial journey has been extremely bumpy and tortuous. He always adheres to the excellent requirements of "perfection", keeps up with the market trend, and gets up from falls countless times.

At the beginning of the business, there were many crises. Until Mickey Mouse came out. Turn the tide before it falls. It's the weathered company that comes back to life. Mickey Mouse was a gift from the goddess of art Muse to Disney, and Walter has said many times: "We should never forget one thing, it all started with a mouse." ”

Walter has a discerning eye. In 1955, Disney invested in the construction of the first Disneyland, and since then, Disney's "moving castle" has gone to the world. The Disney Company, with Walt as its soul, was once brilliant and uncontested.

In the fifties, Walter had already seen the decline of the film market and wanted to enter the field of television. Dinis already had a good relationship with ABC TV, and Walter even started planning to annex ABC TV.

Originally, he just wanted to wait for Edward, the owner of ABC TV? After Noble's death, he took this TV station into his arms, but what he didn't expect was to kill Alex halfway through, and ABC TV, which regarded him as a meat plate in his mouth, was acquired.

This made Walter deeply depressed, he thought that Alex was just a little guy with no name, and he would definitely not be able to play such a thing as a television station, and he might be bankrupt in a few years. But things didn't go in the direction he imagined, and ABC TV not only didn't fall, but it became more and more prosperous.

A few months ago, after Alex was kidnapped, rumors could not find anyone. Walter almost laughed out loud with joy after knowing this: "You also have today!" Hum! ”

But it didn't take long for Alex to run out without relying on the help of others. Not only that, but he also made some kind of rocket ghost stuff as soon as he turned around, and he also had to make a live broadcast.

ABC TV is about to grow into big TV stations like CBS and NBC, while Disney has never been able to enter the TV field.

Seeing this situation, it made Walt? Disney was furious, this kind of behavior of cutting off people's money is extremely bad, and it is much more serious than killing parents.

Since Hollywood entered the fifties, it has been losing audiences, and a large number of entertainment methods have been emerging, causing the film market to shrink and the box office to get lower and lower. On the one hand, it is because the film company is used to shooting some shoddy films, and on the other hand, the audience's tastes are becoming more and more picky, and they are reluctant to go into the cinema to watch the movie when they see it too bad.

As a result, film companies are reluctant to invest more money in making good movies because the movies they make do not sell well, and the audience is reluctant to watch movies of poor quality. As a result, a vicious circle is formed, which leads to more and more difficult life for Hollywood studios.

After the decline of the movie, the Disney Company was also greatly affected, and the company's performance fell day by day. If it weren't for that, Disney would have gritted its teeth and raised funds to buy ABC TV.

I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it! Unexpectedly, the last one will be given a head start by a kid who came out of nowhere!

In the past few years, the Disney company has made a lot of money relying on Disneyland, and Walt has regained the idea of a TV station, he wants to have a TV station of his own! There was a good opportunity, but unfortunately he didn't take it, if he had another chance, he would definitely not give up so easily.

"Alex!" Walt sighed in front of the flickering television, "What a pity! What a pity! ”

I don't know what he regrets about, whether it's a pity for Alex, or a pity that he lost the opportunity to buy ABC TV. His face was in the light of the TV, bright and dark, and it looked a little weird and a little scary. (To be continued......)