When Li Xinyu called her second sister, Abel's sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, to meet at 138 East 65th Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Abel Smith is on the 30th floor of the Smith Tower.

The Smith Tower has a total of 57 floors, but the office building is large enough to only have the 42 floors below.

On floors above 43 floors, the office area is smaller than ever.

So much so that the top 5 floors were taken by Abel as his private residence.

The headquarters of the company, which has a large number of employees, are all below the 43rd floor.

This is because the office buildings below the 43rd floor of the Smith Building have enough space for the companies with a large number of employees.

Like the headquarters of AMC TV Group, which was redeveloped after the restructuring.

It occupies the entire 29th and 30th floors.

In total, there are more than 400 to 500 employees working in it.

Of course, if you count the entire AMC TV Group, there are more than that.

In Queens and Brooklyn, AMC Television Group, there are several other studios and branches.

Not to mention that in many of the areas covered by the channel, there are also corresponding maintenance managers.

AMC, which aims to become a new TV network group after the expansion, has done a lot of work.

In terms of the number of personnel alone, it has increased by at least 10 times compared to before.

The Smith Building is just the headquarters of the TV group.

The headquarters of the TV Group, the largest conference hall.

Michael Ovitz, CEO of AMC Television Group.

and Richard Pleple, Group President and Chief Content Officer.

and other senior executives of the Television Group.

All in the conference hall, listening to the voice from the big boss.

Abel sat on the throne, and he was talking—

「…… As we all know, the rapid rise of cable television networks is not unrelated to the Hollywood writers' strike that lasted until September this year in the middle of this year."

"The writers' resignation has led to the suspension of many popular series, which has really dealt a heavy blow to traditional TV organizations such as ABBC, which rely on advertising to make money."

Then again, it's all too common for strikes to take to the streets in the United States.

The guilds of all industries in Hollywood will shut down almost every few years and demand salary increases and benefits.

So many types of work come every few years, let the whole Haolaiwu, every one year or two have a certain type of work organized by the guild to strike.

Over time, Hollywood, or the American entertainment industry, has adapted to this tone.

This kind of shutdown and work stoppage is not only the case in Laiwu and the entertainment industry.

Other industries in the U.S. are also often engaged in commercial sports leagues.

Like the NBA, it hasn't been around for 40 years, but it's been shut down five times.

MLB, which has a longer history, has also been suspended seven times since 2001.

The worst shutdown dates back to 1994.

It was the worst labor dispute in MLB league history, lasting 232 days. The season came to an abrupt halt due to the players' strike, the World Series was cancelled and the 1995 season was cut back.

This kind of thing is not only done by the screenwriters of Hollywood.

In various industries in the United States, it is often issued. According to some statistics, the average number of large-scale strikes in the United States is more than 10 per year.

The number of small ones on the street or something, I can't count the number of them. ….

Americans are used to it anyway, after all, if they are not used to it, they have to adapt to it themselves.

There is no doubt that it is the NBA or MLB or the Writers Guild.

All of them have the presence of the AFL-CIO, that is, the American Federation of Labor-Industrial Trade Unions.

People specialize in this, professionally.

「…… The shutdown of screenwriters has had little impact on cable television networks, which rely on viewers to pay for profit. From the nomination for the 2001 Emmy, it is not difficult to see. Cable networks are likely to take this opportunity to share the world with mainstream TV stations, which will dramatically change the future landscape of TV drama competition in the United States."

Abel looked at the executives of the AMC TV Group.

"In the new year, new TV dramas should be established as soon as possible. As long as the review is passed, then don't be stingy with production fees, what we want is a high-quality drama, so that all users can understand and get used to one thing, AMC production, whether wired or wireless, will be a high-quality product! That's the only way they'll tune in to our TV."

AMC Television Group, which is currently in a period of savage growth.

In just a few months, it has swallowed up more than 50 independent and regional television stations in a row.

Among them are elite television stations such as Bloomberg TV.

Within the group, at the request of Abel, and under the surveillance of Smith Media's senior management, an internal adjustment has been made.

After the adjustment, within the TV group, it will be divided into two major departments in the future.

One is to follow several major television networks, wireless public television.

The target of this part is giants such as NBC, which do not charge for programs and channel content, pursue coverage and ratings, and mainly make money through advertising.

This part of the TV station and its channel, the future station logo is blue.

It's called Blue AMC.

Since ancient times, red and blue have come out of CP, and with blue, there will be red.

Blue Label AMC is a wireless station, a public station, and a free station.

The red label AMC is the toll station, the cable station.

The group's internal positioning, in the future, the main direction of Red Label AMC is high-quality dramas, or the kind of dramas with a bit of HBO flavor, and the pursuit of paid subscriptions.

Abel's request is to surpass HBO and become the boss of the paid cable station industry.

There won't be too many Red Label AMC channels, only three or four channels will be launched, each targeting a different viewing demographic.

For example, one channel will be more HBO than HBO, but the other will be a little more convergent.

In addition to the red and blue, there will also be a pink label AMC.

This pink label, just look at the color, you know, its positioning will be a little pink, it is a TV station specializing in broadcasting 18+ boutique programs.

According to these standards, the Pink Label will not even have the name of AMC, but will use a different name on its own.

so as not to affect AMC's discipline and brand.

Then the TV dramas and programs of the Red Label AMC station are also time-sensitive.

After a year or half a year, you can also see the abridged version on the popular blue label AMC.

Try to do a multi-purpose drama, paid wired and free wireless to attract each other and attract ratings.

The entire TV group hopes to be able to kill all Americans and a part of the foreign public for the audience.

As a subsidiary of Smith Media, it is almost as important as the MGM Group.

Abel's attention to AMC TV Group has always been very high. ….

No, it didn't take long to come back to New York.

I came here for a meeting to let these senior executives of AMC TV Group know his intentions as chairman.

"Understood, boss." Michael Ovitz nodded in response with a serious expression.

Richard Plepler also nodded.

"Is the documentary crew related to China prepared?"

Abel asked, looking at the Pleplea executive on his right.

Pleppler and Michael have a clear division of labor, and one person is responsible for developing the group's business, mainly to buy TV stations to expand the scale.

Prippler is an expert in the operational and administrative work, as well as the most important content production.

As for what Abel is talking about now, it was not long ago, at the drinking party at the Shilla Hotel.

Abel and many other countries in Korea

The messengers have all communicated.

Among them, with the king envoy of Huaxia, the two had a good chat.

The king's envoy had been inviting Abel to China as a guest.

Abel smiled the whole time and didn't say much about the invitation.

But he promised the king's envoy that he would appropriately increase his investment in Huaxia.

Among them are investments in the entertainment industry and the television industry.

According to Abel's words to the king's envoy, that is, "The Chinese heritage is ancient, and the oriental civilization has a long history. Great for documentaries. Whether it's humanistic or reminiscent of history. I have a TV station that is preparing to shoot a series of documentaries about ancient civilizations. Huaxia is a place not to be missed, and I hope to get your help when the time comes."

What Abel said was too high-sounding.

Naturally, the king's envoy couldn't refuse, and said that he would definitely help.

On the side of AMC TV Group, it is indeed looking for several excellent documentary teams and is preparing to start a series of documentary shooting.

Although TV stations don't make a lot of money shooting documentaries, they also have a certain audience and are very stable.

As long as the shooting is good, even if it is a passing shot, it can generally return to the cost.

Also because the broadcast rights are very easy to sell, there is no timeliness, and they can be sold for a long time.

What's more, a well-shot documentary, shooting an excellent documentary, will be of great help to improve the quality of the TV station.

After learning of the boss's request, AMC TV also made some preparations.

Hearing the boss's concerned inquiry at this moment, Richard Pleppler hurriedly replied-

"It's already started, Huaxia *** attaches great importance to our filming this time, and the liaison personnel we sent over have been very welcomed by them."

Abel listened to the report, nodded with satisfaction, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said in a surging voice:

"Remember, don't read through the tinted glasses of ideology. I want a real China, and I want all Americans to know what the real China looks like."

"As for the reason......

Abel waved to the senior executives of the TV group in the conference room:

"Just think about it. In the entire American market, everything related to China is the same. AMC's stuff is more distinctive, and it's different from everyone else."

"Trust me, that's going to be a selling point for a genre of AMC documentaries! In any case, the market is diverse, and the audience is diverse. Making a TV is the same as opening a factory, if we want to sell it, we will sell different products!" ….

From the perspective of businessmen, Richard Plepler and Michael Ovitz both felt that the boss's words about the Huaxia program were very reasonable.

Coupled with Abel's request, Pleplea was of course happy to carry it out.

After the meeting, the executives of the AMC TV Group began to leave.

Ovitz and Plepleer were left behind, and Abel spoke a few more words to them.

At this time, there were also employees of the administrative department of the TV group, who began to come in and pack up the manuscripts, slides, PTT and other materials at the meeting site.

「…… Go to Huaxia, huh—"

As soon as he wanted to explain to Pleple, Abel saw more than a dozen employees who came in to pack their things.

There are two people I know.

His reaction, naturally, was also in the eyes of Ovitz and Pleple.

After seeing Abel's gaze, he looked at the two men.

Richard Plepler behaved very calmly, but Michael Ovitz hurriedly said:

"That's right...... BOSS, I owe a favor to Mr. John Hirst. He came to me a while ago and said that he wanted to arrange two juniors to come to us for two months of college practice. I thought it was a small question, so I said yes. I didn't expect him to arrange these two young ladies......

John Hearst, the Chief Financial Officer of the Hearst Group, is now one of the main leaders of the Hearst family.

It's Amanda Hearst, and Lydia Hess

Special's uncle.

Michael Ovitz said this because Abel was among a dozen TV station employees who came in to pack up the materials.

He saw Lydia Hearst and Amanda Hearst.

Looking not far away, it took a few minutes to pack up a few pieces of A4 paper, and it was as slow as hell.

Amanda Hirst, who has also been peeking at herself.

Abel smiled bitterly and waved his hand in understanding.

"Go out and let the two of them stay. I have something to say to them."

Michael Ovitz nodded yes and Pleppler got up to leave.

After leaving the house, Michael Ovitz called the other administrators away.

Looking at the Hearst sisters, after entering the conference room, they closed the door to the conference room.

Plepleer watched him do all of this and thought to himself that it was no wonder that this guy had the trust of his boss.

While doing a good job, you can also satisfy your boss's greatest hobby.

If such a person is not a cronie, who can be a cronie?

Thinking like this, as the current second-in-command of the TV group, Plepler smiled and stepped forward to talk to Michael Ovitz and make friends.

in the conference room.

The two Hearst sisters are both wearing a standard winter OL white-collar beauty suit skirt suit, even the style is the same, the difference is only the color.

Amanda's is slightly reddish, and Lydia's is slightly bluish.

But they all set off their slender bodies and beautiful figures very well.

The two of them were standing in front of Abel at this time, and Lydia Hearst looked at her own toes with her head slightly bowed.

Amanda Hearst stared straight at Abel, her eyes on him, without the slightest hint of cowardice.

"Forehead ......"

Looking at the two "acquaintances" who hadn't been in touch for a long time, Abel's meaningless opening remarks just came out. ….

Amanda said directly:

"Mr. Smith, we're just here for a college internship and internship at your company. I hope you don't think too much about it."

Seeing that she was as sharp as ever, Abel laughed and clutched his chest as sad, "Ah, I thought we were already good friends. I didn't expect you to come to me and not tell me...... I don't know why, but I feel a little pain here."

Seeing him like this, Lydia, who bowed her head, didn't react.

Amanda covered her mouth and laughed.

"It's not that I didn't tell you. It's because we have a simple purpose, just to come here for internships and gain experience."

"You know, our Hearst family, also has a TV group. In the future, there is a high probability that we will also work in our own company. It's a great option for us to come early to gain a little more experience."

Amanda has a point.

Lydia thought to herself, then why did you move so slowly when you were packing up the materials just now, and you kept dangling in front of Abel on purpose?

I'm afraid he won't recognize you......

Now it is also emphasized that there is no other purpose, really...... I'm so envious.

Lydia envied her cousin for being so cheerful and direct.

She couldn't.

Lydia felt she couldn't do it.

"Okay." Able smiled and said, "Very reasonable explanation. It couldn't be more reasonable."

"So ......"

He stood up, he was 1.95 meters tall, and with slightly rooted leather shoes, he was almost two meters tall when he stood like this.

Such an Abel stands in front of two little girls who were born in 84 and are less than 1.7 meters tall.

It's like two fawns with a big North American brown bear in front of them.

At this moment, the "North American Giant Brown Bear" bent down slightly and invited the two Hearst fawns to lunch-

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"Two beautiful ladies, I wonder if I have the honor of inviting you to lunch at noon today?"

Seeing him like this, Amanda Hearst laughed directly and said coquettishly:

"The big bosses are like this. In order to avoid being fired by the big boss, of course we don't dare to refuse!"

That's the promise.

Lydia Hirst, who had her head down, also raised her head slightly at this time and looked at him.

After noticing that Abel was looking at herself, Lydia smiled shyly and continued to lower her head.

With that shy little expression, Abel looked a little itchy.

Half an hour later.

Next to the Smith Building, in a fine dining restaurant.

In the warm box, the Hearst sisters took off their coats and coats to protect them from the cold.

Even in the winter of New York, Abel saw how women can dress against the season in order to love beauty and show off their own figures.

Lydia Hirst, who had changed out of her office suit, wore a gray-green suspender floral cake gown, which highlighted her already large-scale upper circumference even better, and the outer contour of her career line loomed, adding a touch of maturity that she lacked at this age. ….

Compared to Amanda, who is outgoing and cheerful.

Lydia, who is introverted and gentle, is even more ...... in figure Passionate.

Amanda wore a grass green, bohemian slip dress with a deep V-neckline.

Her material is not enough, and the deep V is not enough.

But with a small waist and round hips, a slender figure, and a girl's delicate youthfulness, she is also very beautiful and good-looking.

Take off your office coat and sit in the box, dressed like this.

The two beautiful girls of the Hearst family, talking and chatting with Abel are finally normal.

Then again, since that Hawaii.

It's been almost a year since they've been alone with Abel like this.

During the grapevine of the marriage between Bush and Smith, it was not yet out.

Amanda is in constant contact with Abel, and the phone calls are frequent.

But after June this year, she didn't call much.

Abel also knew the reason, after all, he was not the emperor of ancient China. With the queen of the main palace, you can still marry a concubine.

Anyway, he is also one of the wealthy families, and the Hearst family is not willing to lose that face.

They will be restricted or even forbidden, and Abel fully understands.

It's just that he didn't expect that by now, why would it be the Hearst family who sent them to AMC TV Group again??

Not to mention that they are coming on their own, they don't have the ability to do so.

Didn't you hear Michael Ovitz say that it was John Hirst's favor?

John Hearst was an important figure in the Hearst Group, the Hearst family.

Being able to let him come forward to do this kind of thing is definitely not something that the two little sisters can do.

That's what John Hearst did, or the Hearst family.

Able was now curious about what the Hearst family wanted to do.

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