AMC Television was originally owned by Rainbow Media Group, a cable television station headquartered in New York.

Its full name is, American Classic Movie Cable TV.

It probably ranks in the top 10 in the ratings share of cable TV stations in the United States.

If you count all the TVB stations, you won't even be in the top 20.

AMC was acquired by Smith Media last year, and then invested heavily in filming new TV series and programs.

In addition, the company has expanded its staff, added new advanced shooting equipment, changed the company's shooting location, and so on.

It also received the support of MGM's film library, and suddenly had the copyright support of nearly 3,000 MGM movies and more than 5,000 episodes of TV series.

These strengths have made AMC TV station suddenly at the bottom of the six major cable TV stations.

It has become a strong contender for the top three cable TV ratings in the United States.

It has successively launched several large-investment TV series, all of which have received good ratings.

One of them, "The Sopranos" and "Breaking Bad", had excellent L+ and L+7 ratings on the day.

L+ Same-Day Ratings and L+7 Ratings are a way to calculate the ratings of American TV dramas.

L+ same-day ratings refers to the single-day broadcast rate of each subsequent episode after the first episode.

Generally, more than 400,000 people are considered passing, and more than 800,000 people are considered excellent.

More than 2 million people are considered a hit, and more than 5 million people are phenomenal hits.

"Friends" once set a record of 53 million viewers on January 28, 1996.

This is the current record of American dramas, and no one has surpassed it.

This is also a symbol of the status of "Friends" in American TV dramas.

L+7 is the sum of the ratings of a TV series in the next seven days after it is collected and broadcast.

"Friends" has 290 million people in this regard, which is also a record that no one can break at present.

AMC's "Sopranos" generated two million L+ day-to-day ratings, while "Breaking Bad" had 2.8 million.

These data can already be ranked in the top ten in this year's TV series.

It is a hit of the year.

To be able to come up with such results.

AMC's TV drama department is also worthy of Smith Media's strong investment.

Except for TV dramas.

AMC TV has also made good achievements in variety shows.

Like Bear Glister, who was supported by Abel and invited from England.

The former retired member of the Special Forces, who hosted the reality show "Survival in the Wilderness", received good ratings.

As of now, one episode has been shown every week, and there are exactly seven episodes in total.

The total viewership of the seven episodes was 25 million, with an average of 3.57 million per episode.

This rating can already be regarded as very good in the big frame of variety shows.

Of course, compared with the top variety shows, it can't be compared at all.

After all, talk shows are also variety shows

And talk shows have always been the most watched category of various programs in the United States.

For example, the Oprah talk show, its highest single episode ratings once reached an exaggerated 60 million people, and the average single episode ratings were about 20 million people.

Bei Ye ate two truckloads of popping worms, and he couldn't catch up with Oprah's big mouth.

In one year, Smith Media injected $100 million into AMC.

AMC's average viewership is 158.69% higher than when it was first acquired by Smith Media.

The increase in advertising revenue from TV stations has been even more exaggerated, from $14.56 million for the whole of last year to $59.68 million for the current nine-month period.

The increase is more than 300%.

Although it can't compare to NBC, they can easily spend hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions of dollars in advertising revenue.

But this increase can be regarded as gratifying to the naked eye.

In addition, due to the increase in ratings, the cable membership fee share has increased.

In the past nine months, AMC's total revenue has exceeded $100 million.

You must know that before being acquired by Smith Media, AMC TV had not even had a total revenue of $100 million for three consecutive years.

Although the loss this year is a certain amount, it is also a good start.

This is enough to prove that Richard Preppler, the general manager of AMC TV that Abel hired, is indeed a very good producer of program content.

Under the responsibility of the director and chief producer, AMC TV is doing well.

At this time, even without Abel's capital injection.

It has also been able to sustain a very good growth rate.

It's just that Abel failed to buy NBC TV.

His attention and gaze were on AMC TV again.

With his renewed focus, AMC TV initiated reforms and expansions.

Michael Ovitz, who left CAA, is one of the former Hollywood kings.

His new job is to join AMC TV and start charging for the laying of the AMC TV network.

A few days ago, AMC TV and seven Bloomberg TV stations formed a new company called AMC TV Group.

Mr. Bloomberg joined the group by bringing seven of his television stations into the group, which he owned 10 percent.

Abel and Smith Media jointly injected $5 billion into the company, plus the original AMC TV station.

AMC Television Group now has 45% shares in Smith Media, 10% in Bloomberg, 25% in Abel and 20% in Smith Family Office.

With Michael Ovitz as chairman and Richard Preppler as CEO.

AMC Television Group embarked on its own expansion plans.

The first step is to swallow at least 100 of the more than 1,300 independent regional television stations on the East Coast.

The second step is to develop into the central region and the west coast.

The third part is to radiate to the whole of the United States.

Eventually, it will start to go out into the world, or it will go out into the world at the beginning, but not very strongly.

According to Abel's vision, AMC TV Group can't at least lose to FOX, the TV network owned by News Corp.

FOX is currently at the bottom of the four major television networks, but it already has 29 direct television stations and 228 affiliated television stations, covering 95% of the population of the United States and more than 800 million viewers worldwide.

To achieve this goal, Abel expects to spend about $15 billion to $25 billion, which will take four to eight years.

After the purchase of NBC TV failed, Abel directly put this plan into practice.

Michael Ovitz is the founder of CAA with strong public relations skills.

It's the lobbyists that Abel uses to hook up and trap those independent TV stations across the country.

If this step can be achieved, then even if NBC is not needed in the future.

Of course, if there is an opportunity to buy it at that time, he will actually do it.

It's just that that's all for later.

At Smith Farm, Abel spent three days with his mother and Charlize.

It was three days before he left Smith Farm.

He didn't go to the small town of Sunnes, he didn't go to see his PMC company.

Instead, I went to the capital of Texas first, in the deep blue of a deep red.

The city of Austin is located in the South-Central region of Texas.

Since the middle of the 20th century, the semiconductor and computer industries in Austin have developed rapidly.

In addition, the cost of housing is much lower than that of Silicon Valley, attracting a large number of high-tech talents and enterprises, and becoming a well-known high-tech center.

That place in California is known as Silicon Valley.

This part of Texas, also known as Austin, is known as "Silicon Mountain" or "Silicon Hill".

Like the famous semiconductor company Freescale, as well as the headquarters of Dell Inc. are located here.

In addition, IBM, Intel, Cisco, 3M, etc. also have important branches in the region.

It is also known as the "live music capital of the world" in the United States, with many famous musicians, music venues and music events, and the city's per capita music venue share is the highest in the United States.

In fact, from the latter feature of Austin, you can understand why this place is blue.

In the United States, play literary and artistic. Whether it is Hollywood, the Grammys, or other art practitioners, they basically support the Donkey Party.

Austin, which has this cultural atmosphere, naturally leans towards the Donkey Party.

It is incompatible with other areas around it, and after a long time, a rebellious psychology appears.

Even if you don't want to be blue, it turns into a dark blue under the pressure of a dark red around you.

Abel's "Smith" Boeing 747, on October 16.

Landing at Austin's Bergstrom International Airport.

Located 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Austin, the capital of Texas, this airport is the largest airport in Texas.

Austin doesn't even have as much population as Fort Worth.

Fort Worth has a population of more than a million, while Austin has only about 600,000.

With more than 600,000 people spread over a few hundred square kilometers, how big can such a city be.

Austin, like Fort Worth, is in addition to the CBD in the city center.

In terms of streetscapes and high-rise buildings, the rest of Austin is similar to some non-fourth-tier cities after 2015.

In terms of infrastructure and highways, many places are not even comparable.

When he came out of the airport, Abel met the man who had come to pick him up.

It was the last time he was in the White House, and he had met Herbert's youngest son, Marvin Pierce Bush.

That is, little Laura's only uncle.

"Hey~ Marven, good afternoon."

Abel walked over with a smile and hugged Marven with a smile on his face.

"Good afternoon." Marven also responded with a smile, "My father and your grandfather have been waiting for you. Let's hurry up!! ”

"No problem." Abel said with a smile.

Don't wait for Abel's Cadillac monster to be transferred out of the airport.

There was already another brand-new Cadillac monster, parked outside waiting for Abel.

As a retired former U.S. Commander-in-General.

Herbert also enjoys the protection of the U.S. Secret Service, as well as other corresponding benefits.

It includes a pension of $200,000 a year, as well as top-notch free medical and security services for life.

As the leader of the world's only superpower, the U.S. Commander-in-Chief has an extremely high assassination rate.

By the time George took office, the United States had gone through 45 commanders.

Six of them were clearly assassinated, and four of them were assassinated.

In other words, almost one out of every eight U.S. commanders has been assassinated, and one out of every ten commanders has been assassinated, which shows how dangerous this profession is.

Plus Herbert also has the son of the current Grand Commander.

The Secret Service staff who protect him will not be much worse than when he was in office.

Naturally, there is also a top-level security modified car like the Cadillac Monster as his usual travel car.

Like Abel's, the Star-Spangled Banner is not allowed in normal times.

But in terms of quality, it's the same as what George sits.

After sitting in the carriage with Marven, the two talked.

"Abel, you've done a good job. You've kept me busy, and I've never been busy. Marvin Pearce chuckled softly.

Abel smiled slightly, he knew roughly what Marvin Pierce meant.

"Did Herbert agree?" He wondered.

Marvin Pierce shrugged, "Neil has been moved by what you said. If his father disagrees, Neil will definitely be unhappy if he doesn't say anything on the surface. In addition, we all feel that your plan has a certain degree of feasibility. ”

"That's good."

Abel smiled and said, "Even if Neil goes to California to help the Bush family expand their territory." It's good for everyone. ”

"That's right." Marvin Pearce smiled and nodded.

At the last White House dinner. Abel's suggestion to the Bush brothers to let Neil Bush go to California to develop.

Follow-up feedback back to Herbert's side.

Herbert held a meeting within the family in a very democratic manner.

The end result was support for Neil to go to California.

Whether you can succeed or not is one thing, and whether you go or not is another.

If Neil can succeed over there, it will undoubtedly be a very good thing for the Bush family.

It will give the Texas super-rich shrub a chance to cover the California region.

And Neil was originally in charge of the family business and commerce together with Marvin Pearce.

Neil is mainly responsible for oil companies, and Marvin Pierce is responsible for the investment sector.

Now Neil is also going to start correcting, and the business part is all falling on Marvin Pearce.

It's going to be tiring once, but it's also good for Marvin Pearce.

The business of the entire shrub family, plus the support of three older brothers in Masaji.

Even if Marvin Pierce doesn't go into business in the future, he can still have a good life.

And in the future, the new generation of the shrub family has grown up, and there are some business talents.

When the time is right, Marvin Pierce can choose the same path as his brothers.

After all, he is the youngest of the four brothers, a dozen years younger than the eldest brother.

So although he was busy, Marvin Pierce also benefited a lot.

The two talked for a while, but the car didn't drive toward downtown Austin.

Instead, when we were three miles from the city of Austin, we turned a small road.

It was about half an hour away.

The convoy came to the gate of a manor two miles northwest of the town of Franklin, just outside of Austin.

In the car, through the window, Abel saw the white wooden fence, the pointed maroon roof, the green lawn, and all kinds of designs full of old European Victorian atmosphere.

The convoy stopped in the estate's slate-paved parking lot.

Marvin Pearce got out of the car, and Abel followed.

Under the leadership of Little Laura's fourth uncle.

Abel walked through the front courtyard with its large verdant lawn into the Victorian-style villa.

Walking into the antechamber filled with various murals and paintings, Marvin Pierce led Abel through a long corridor.

Finally at the back of the villa, in another lawn.

He met Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, who were having afternoon tea, and Mr. and Mrs. Alex.

"Hey, good afternoon. Dear Abel. Hey, Alex, look who's coming! Your precious grandson is here. ”

When Herbert saw Abel, he was still far away, so he smiled and raised his hand to greet him, and talked to Alex next to him.

The old bush looked ruddy, in good spirits, and full of energy.

Where it looks like you want to recuperate.

"Don't make excuses, even if Abel comes. We'll have to wait until we're done with this first! Alex said without looking up.

Abel smiled and waved at Herbert in response.

He walked briskly over to the old men and glanced at the table between Alex and Herbert.

On top of it is a heavy chess game, and the game is walking in the key place.

White looked like he was going to lose, and Herbert was white.

Abel smiled and hugged and kissed Arya, the grandmother who stood up, and Barbara, the grandmother of Little Laura.

"Whoa" sounded.

Herbert "accidentally" bumped the table, and the pieces on the chessboard on the table flipped over.

"Flower Oil!"

Alex scolded, stood up to Herbert's laughter, and smiled and hugged Abel.

Then a servant brought a small table and two chairs.

Abel and Marvin Pierce sat down at the third small table.

There was also a maid who brought afternoon tea and snacks, as well as parasols.

South Texas is a subtropical region, and the city of Austin is in South Texas, and sometimes it doesn't snow in winter.

In Austin in mid-October, the midday sun can stun people, but you can't do without a parasol.

"Neil has gone to California." After sitting down, Herbert picked up a coffee cup, drank it softly, and said softly.

"The sooner it passes, the better. Time waits for no one, and there is only one year left. Able smiled.

Everyone around knew what the two were discussing.

At this time, they all quieted down, watching this old and young conversation.

"Wouldn't it be too rushed?"

"Neil doesn't even know what's going on over there."

"It's a bit of a rush." Abel picked up a piece of Graci pie from the dessert plate on the small table, grabbed it and put it in his mouth.

Goraci is a pastry pastry that is based on dough and served with different fillings.

The filling can be fruit, cheese, etc.

It tastes sweet and sweet, and after the standard has been improved, it is very in line with the American super sweet taste of Americans.

"But even if it's a bit rushed. There is still a chance of success next year. Even if it doesn't work out, I don't think there's much to lose. ”

After eating the dessert and taking a sip of the bitter original coffee.

Abel said again: "It failed in 2002. We can come back in 2004. Neil is still young, and so am I. I think we have a lot of opportunities to try. If you can succeed once, it's worth the money! ”

Hearing him say this, Herbert nodded in satisfaction.

The founder of the Bush family's path to glory looked sideways at his wife.

The old grandmother of the shrub family who smiled and didn't speak the whole time.

George's mother, Ms. Barbara Pierce Bush, understood her husband's meaning.

She smiled and spoke.

"My dear child."

The old woman looked at Abel kindly and gently, "What do you think of little Laura?" ”

Abel thought to himself that the topic was coming.

He glanced at the expressions of everyone around him.

In Arya's face, Abel saw worry; Grandfather Alex's face, Abel saw seriousness.

On the faces of the three bushes, Abel saw anticipation.

He thought of little Laura's smiling face, extremely gentle in front of him, and always soft-spoken.

And when they were separated in New York half a month ago, they covered their little butts and ran into the school like a bunny.

Abel smiled and said, "I think she is very good, a good candidate to be a wife." Dear Barbara, and Herbert. Although little Laura is not here, neither are the esteemed Neil and Senny. But I still want to say that I want to be the husband of little Laura. ”

As soon as he said these words, he came out.

The air around was filled with a happy atmosphere.

A smile immediately bloomed on Grandmother Arya's face.

Grandfather Alex also opened his mouth and laughed.

Marvin Pierce was beaming, and Herbert was smiling.

Barbara also smiled and said, "That's great, that's great." ”