Tommy was on his way to the judges for the casting audition for Stephen's new film when he received a call from Earl Rush.

BT TV's previous self-paid ratings survey results have finally come out, as a free TV network that has no regional flagship TV stations, all of which are cooperative TV stations, its performance is very good,

The ratings of "Looking for Daddy America" are 4.7.

The rating of NiggerBoss is 3.9.

Based on Nielsen ratings of 1% per 1.5 million viewers, 7.05 million people have watched BT's "Daddy America" and 5.85 million have watched Tommy's crime series "NiggerBOSS," which was filmed specifically for black people.

This kind of ratings may seem a little small in the United States, which has a population of 240 million, but in fact, the name of BT TV is now known to the three major TV networks.

Of course, there have been people in the industry who have paid attention to the establishment of BT before, such as FOX's Jamie Crosby, but after learning that BT TV network does not have its own flagship TV station, they all regarded it as a joke.

But now, in their eyes, Tommy, while still a business idiot, is not a TV layman, because BT TV shows are well-produced and every one of them is full of gimmicks.

"Daddy America" and "NiggerBoss" are broadcast in prime time, which means that when they are broadcast, they are faced with competing with the signature programs of the three major television networks and the FOX television network for ratings.

The ratings for CBS concurrent slots were 14.3, NBC concurrent slots were 14, ABC concurrent slots were 17.5, and FOX concurrent slots were 15.9.

If it's just this comparison, BT TV network is definitely a small role, and what really makes the TV industry pay attention to the existence of BT TV network is the late night slot.

The ratings of "Wife Swapping Game" were 12.3, and the ratings of "Almighty Gun King" were 9.1, both breaking nine.

CBS Simultaneous Segment 6.7, NBC Simultaneous Segment 7.1, ABC Simultaneous Segment 8.1, FOX Simultaneous Segment 8.6.

CBS and NBC's late-night ratings are low, mainly because the two networks tend to be viewed by middle-aged and older audiences, who typically go to bed after watching prime-time shows.

Before the establishment of FOX, ABC was the king of late-night files, for the two major TV networks, ABC has done a lot of optimization for young people who like to stay up late on its own late-night programs, such as often in the middle of the night, for the majority of American teenagers whose parents sleep and dare not secretly subscribe to small movie channels, play some sideways youth love movies, and distribute benefits.

This also made it maintain a late-night slot rating of more than nine before the establishment of FOX, but with the establishment of FOX, ABC was immediately picked off the throne of the late-night file, because FOX is even more unscrupulous, ABC just plays some side-by-side youth love movies?

FOX can directly play movies with accidental dew point shots due to "careless editing".

The FCC has been issuing fines for FOX for its careless editing, but FOX insists that he would rather pay the fine than lock the eyes of young people on his own channel, in other words, FOX is the typical LZ good guy in the mouth of American teenagers.

Such a shameless approach has also made FOX gain honorary titles such as "immoral TV network", "R-rated TV network", and "minors are prohibited from watching TV networks" in the United States.

And now, the throne of the late-night stall has actually changed, and a new king stepped on the bones of the old man to ascend to the throne?

And BT TV seems to be a completely different style from FOX, FOX TV network belongs to what young people want to see, and immediately arrange what they see, such as love, bed, kissing, and so on.

BT pays more attention to voyeurism and teenage fantasies, "Wife Swapping Game", although the two heroines are black and white, their figures and appearances are excellent enough, which definitely satisfies many young people's fantasies about mature women, and it is easier for them to think about what happens to them after such a mature and beautiful woman lives in their home.

"Almighty Gun King", as a popular science program broadcast late at night, is actually higher than FOX, a popular science program called "Temptation to Try Love" that helps young people understand the world of the two, which surprises many people, and at the same time is very annoyed, why did they not expect to make such a firearms popular science program that improves the hands-on ability of young people.

The most important thing is that the two late-night programs of the BT TV network have no violations, unlike the FOX TV network, which needs to pay fines regularly, because BT's programs have no dew points, nor do they have any bad tendencies, all viewers feel that these two programs have bad tendencies, BT has 10,000 reasons to tell them, it is your own crankiness, and the original intention of our two programs is very pure.

"Wife Swap Game" is an ordinary family reality show, through the appearance of new mothers, to show the audience a different family life from before.

"The Almighty Gun King" claims that in order to improve the family's self-defense ability, a special firearms expert was invited to guide how to improve the power of common old firearms, so that housewives or the elderly have a greater sense of security when they are alone at home.

The whole world knows that housewives and the elderly cannot get up in the middle of the night to watch such a popular science program, which is a small weapons class specially opened for young people, and can also collect advertising fees from weapons dealers or gun shops by the way.

"If the criminal wears protective gear comparable to body armor, how can we scare him off with a pistol." This is the first issue of "The Almighty Gun King", and the host introduced the topic of the current issue at the beginning of the show.

It can be summed up in one sentence, simple and concise, but absolutely practical, and it almost tells the studious audience directly how to deal with the police with a pistol when they wear body armor and ask for trouble.

And the latest issue of American TV Watch magazine published an article by TV critic David Fanny on FOX TV Network, including a paragraph that specifically mentions the BT TV network, which has just been on the air:

"Whether it is political leaning or program style, FOX TV network is conservative and criticized by the industry, it is different from the three major TV networks, and strives to attract young audiences with vulgarity, excitement and personality, trying to make themselves in the young audience group, being hung with the label of anti-tradition, everyone knows that the young people of our country are flocking to the label of anti-tradition, condemned, to support, forbidden, to try."

"FOX realized that they had gotten the ratings code to capture the attention of young people, and while viewership was still a bit short of the big three networks for most of the time, everyone thought it was only a matter of time before FOX became the fourth-largest network in the United States."

"Because it's impossible for the big three TV networks to give up their own style and audience to blindly block the FOX TV network, they keep saying harsh words and lashing out at FOX at industry conferences, but they can't really deal a blow to FOX in terms of ratings."

"It wasn't until I finished writing that I saw a new BT TV network recording program, which is a TV network that tells you from the name that it mainly focuses on the black community, first of all, I want to give my opinion, this TV gateway is a matter of time, it has big problems in management and commercial operations, and it is not in the discussion of this review, my opinion is that if it can last for a while, it is likely to greatly delay the speed of FOX becoming the fourth largest TV network. Because a large part of its audience overlaps with FOX, this is the existence that can really deal a blow to FOX, and the BT TV network's method of subdividing the audience again also provides the three major TV networks with a new competitive landscape idea in the TV industry, that is, to divide the FOX ratings. ”

"BT TV, in my opinion, is smarter that viewers can't slam its programs for being vulgar from a legal point of view, and it doesn't get FCC fines like FOX gets every week, but the perception feels more exciting than FOX's programs."

"If the style of NBC is gorgeous and gentle, the style of CBS is tradition and depth, the style of ABC is fun and innovation, and the style of FOX is vulgar and spicy, then BT Network, which has just started and is destined to be short-lived, has a style label of sensitivity and shamelessness."

"It's not a bad thing for the big three TV networks to have an extra shameless competitor in the industry, at least now that they are helpless in the face of FOX."

Tommy sat in the back seat of the car, listening to Earl Rush on the other side of the phone talking about the BT news he had gathered.

Earl Rush is excited for a reason, although he knows that he is just a passer-by of BT TV, if BT TV network is really strong, sooner or later there will be more professional people to take over to take care of it, and he, the black CEO, is just because of his identity and connections, he will deal with Tommy for a while in the early stage, and when he finds someone to take over, he will continue to embark on the road of politicians, but at that time, he will rely on the powerful weapon of public opinion of BT TV.

"So, when are you going to buy a few big city TV stations as your flagship TV stations?" After Earl finished talking about BT, he asked Tommy: "Some magazines have called to invite interviews, and they have asked this question. ”

But Tommy's answer in the next second made him dumbfounded:

"BT has no plans to acquire or form its own regional flagship TV station in the past two years."

"Are you crazy?" Earl Rush asked incredulously.

BT TV can make up more than 100 cooperative TV stations in the United States to join, the formation of the so-called BT TV network, does not mean that this TV network is really a TV network, at best it is just a loose cooperation alliance organization, even if Earl is not an industry insider, they all understand that if you want to stabilize the structure of the TV network, BT TV must at least have its own sub-TV stations in five to six big cities as flagship TV stations.

The role of these five or six flagship TV stations is to ensure that even if other partner TV stations in the region break their contracts and no longer cooperate, BT TV can guarantee a certain number of ratings in the local area, and there will be no situation where they will be completely kicked out of the region.

The three major TV networks and FOX all operate in this way, and not only wholly own a few flagship TV stations, but also hold shares in more than a dozen TV stations with higher ratings, arrange their own professionals to operate and manage, and finally, the bottom of the TV network is the affiliated TV stations that cooperate to join.

If Tommy does not follow this operation and wholly buys a few large TV stations as flagships, does not hold more than a dozen TV stations to take over the operation, and only relies on the current more than 100 cooperative TV stations to maintain it, as the comments say, it will definitely be closed.

First, BT TV will not be clear about the advertising revenue of partner TV stations in various places, and even if the other party breaches the contract, BT may be difficult to detect, for example, a TV station broadcasts BT's self-made programs, but during the period, it secretly inserts advertisements received by its own TV station, and even bypasses BT's share with advertisers in the region, for example, BT learns that the TV station charges 100,000 yuan for advertising, but the TV station privately signs another 1 million contract with the advertiser, if BT can't detect it, It can only be divided with the TV station according to 100,000 yuan, and 1 million will go into the account of the cooperative TV station. If there is a local TV station with its own shareholding and understands the local advertising market, the cooperative TV station will not dare to engage in such a small action.

Second, the ratings of the cooperative TV station are fraudulent, once the contract is about to expire, the cooperative TV station will inevitably falsify the ratings in order to get the maximum benefit in the renewal negotiations, which is almost a well-known thing in the industry, and if BT holds its own TV station near the other party, it can use its own ratings data to infer how much moisture the data given by the other party has, easily puncture the other party's lies, and can also increase the confidence of the negotiation, that is, I have my own TV station in the region, the big deal is not to renew the contract, and then slowly look for a partner, Anyway, even if the ratings decline, it is within the acceptable range.

Third, although it is unlikely to appear, if FOX or the three major TV networks are really ready to kill Tommy's BT TV network, it is very easy, that is, to negotiate with more than 100 partner TV stations of BT TV network, there is no need to refuse to renew all of them, as long as 30% of the cooperative TV stations refuse to renew, it is enough to cause a chain reaction, causing a large number of cooperative TV stations to also start to wait and see, delay the renewal of the contract, and at that time, no matter how wonderful the BT TV network's programs are, the audience will not see them, and they will naturally close their doors.

"All my money is invested in the news network, which requires a lot of money, so I don't have much money to buy TV stations recently." Tommy held Otilia in one hand and the phone in the other, looking out the window at the scenery and his girlfriend beside him, and said in a relaxed tone.

"Don't think I don't know, Tommy, I also have some connections in California, and I heard that your friend named Stephen, relying on his family connections, is borrowing money from a bank owned by the California consortium for you." Hearing Tommy say that he had no money, Earl immediately opened his mouth to debunk:

"You're not prepared to invest your own money at all, I don't care if you're willing to pay, Tommy, I just want to say that BT has to have its own TV station, otherwise all the partner TV stations can treat us like idiots and bargain with us, and if a competitor attacks, we have no way to fight back."

"Earl ......" Tommy laughed when he heard Earle's somewhat angry voice: "You are a lawyer, don't get too involved in the drama, don't really think of yourself as a practitioner in the TV industry, those TV stations want to take advantage, casually, self-made programs, procurement programs, personnel expenses and other expenses I will continue to pay, but I will not use the money to buy TV stations, just develop cooperative TV stations." ”

“Why？” Earl asked, puzzled.

Tommy cleared his throat: "Because I'm not here to make money, I'm here to realize the value of life." ”

"There's a difference between being a life and being an idiot in the industry, Tommy." Earl felt that Tommy's words were an insult to his intelligence as a lawyer.

"You're a black man, Earl, why I chose you, don't forget, don't let the temptation of money lose your heart, you have to learn to resist temptation." Tommy didn't give an answer, just said a sentence and hung up.

……

Hollywood Vine Street Plaza, Taft Building.

It wasn't until Ottilia went to see the stars on the street outside the main entrance of the Taft Building that Tommy led her into the twelve-story mansion, built in 1887.

Stephen is definitely not a filmmaker in Tommy's mind, but he absolutely believes that to most people in Hollywood, Stephen is definitely a filmmaker, because this guy's company is based in the Taft Building, and small companies don't have the courage and strength to open an office here.

Since the golden age of American cinema, all the well-known production companies in Hollywood have set up offices in this building.

What Otilia went to see was Charlie Chaplin, Audrey Hepburn and other stars who walked out of the Taft Building left in Hollywood, which were located just outside the main entrance of the Taft Building.

Regardless of whether Stephen shoots movies professionally or not, the posture he shows is very bluffing.

When Tommy and Otilia enter Stephen's "Made in Paradise" film company, Zoe arrives and Stephen is in a studio where they are specially invited to chat with the cast members of the new film who have a better understanding of the character archetypes.

There were only three actors who came today, one man and two women, the male one playing Tommy and the female one playing Zoe and Otilia.

The other actors arranged other times because of different schedules.

"Otilia, long time no see." Zoe saw Tommy and Otilia appear, got up from her seat, walked over quickly and hugged Otilia, and opened her mouth in surprise.

She had met Tommy at David's wedding before, but Otilia had reunited for the first time since their summer camp separation.

"You don't look the same, you're still as glamorous as you were back then." Zoe let go of Otilia, looked at the female teacher of the year, and said with emotion: "I haven't left any traces on you for five years, Otilia." ”

Otilia happily responded to Zoe: "You have changed a lot, Zoe, you were a delicate and quiet doll back then, but now it looks like although you are still beautiful and moving, but the whole person has an independent female charm." ”

Stephen stood up lazily at this time, and introduced Tommy and Otilia to the three actors who got up at the moment: "The one who came in just now is Tommy and Otilia, yes, the protagonist Tommy and his instructor, what you see now is a horror plot that does not exist in the movie script, high school students end up living happily with his female teacher, in order to avoid irritating high school students, I promise not to put this plot on the big screen." ”

At this time, Tommy and Otilia also walked towards the three actors who stood up.

Walking in the front was a young man with a dark brown porcupine head, wearing a simple jeans T-shirt, and a sunny smile, who reached out to Tommy and Otilia on his own initiative: "Hello two, I'm Matt Dillon, call me Matt." ”

Without the other person having to introduce themselves, Tommy and Otilia already recognized each other.

"Wow ~ Matt Dillon." Tommy stretched out his hand and shook it with the other party, and said in surprise: "I thought that Stephen guy would invite stars, but I didn't expect you to show up and play Tommy Hawk?" Let's be honest, the way I bullied those nerds in high school and my good friend Dennis lost his virginity were all inspired by your movies. ”

Tommy is absolutely sincere, even if Tom Cruise is popular now, many young men and women in their twenties and thirties still firmly believe that Matt Dillon is the real American young idol.

In the eyes of most young people, Tommy Cruise will only trick everyone into joining the army, and Matt Dillon will tell you what it means to be charming.

In 79, Matt Dillon began to make movies, playing most of the problem teenagers who were very cool and fashionable in the eyes of his peers, and he tricked nerdy classmates in the movies, asking his beloved girl to go camping to find a chance to say goodbye to virgins and other operations, which influenced a large number of Tommy, Dennis and Pam who were the same age as him.

Even when Matt Dillon became a hit in 1983 with "The Little Godfather", today's Tom Cruise can only run around in that movie.

"It's not the first time I've heard anything like that." Matt Dillon said with a smile when he heard Tommy say that he was influenced by the movie he starred in to bully his classmates.

The second blonde woman who came over was Tommy's old acquaintance, and the two had already met frankly, Diane Lynn.

Her hair wasn't as dazzling as Otilia's, and it looked like she had been dyed recently.

"Diane-Lynn?" Otilia shook Diane's hand in surprise: "Oh my God......"

She turned her head to look at Stephen, "Stephen, thank you, please come and Diane Lynn to play me, wow......"

Tommy didn't know that Stephen hired Matt Dillon because he didn't care who was going to play him in a bad movie, but he knew that Diane Lane would play Otilia, quite simply, the other party would participate in the play and make a lot of money from Stephen at the price of signing to Susan's agency.

So, she's Tommy's own person, even if it's not as beautiful as Otilea, Tommy doesn't mind.

Compared with the surprise on Otilea's face when she saw her, Diane-Lynn was full of sighs when she looked at the woman named Otilia in front of her.

Tommy Hawk asked himself to help this beautiful woman in front of him when he gave a phone speech.

She thought that was the most bizarre and exaggerated thing she could encounter, but until today, she knew that shamelessness has no bottom line.

The bastard made himself play his girlfriend in the movie.

When Diane Lynn learned the news, her first reaction was that if there was a sequel, how nice it would be, she wanted to see which woman played herself to help Tommy when her girlfriend called Tommy.

It's best to let the woman in front of you see it, so that she knows what a shameless person her boyfriend is.

Rather than Ottilia saying something in surprise to Diane Lynn, Tommy just smiled and said "Nice to meet you, Lady Lynn." Then he set his sights on the last woman.

That's what he focuses on, Zoe Winters' actor, Sandra Bullock.

"Hello, I'm Tommy, Tommy Hawk." Tommy smiled as he reached out to the woman in front of him.

Sandra Bullock smiled and held out her hand: "I'm Sandra Bullock, hello, Mr. Hawke. ”

After the greetings, everyone sat down and chatted around the script written by Stephen, Otilia and Zoe, Stephen talked about many interesting things about the summer camp, and the three actors also asked some questions about their roles.

When Tommy was still thinking about how to chat with Sandra Bullock, he didn't expect the other party to take advantage of Matt Dillon's bathroom to sit opposite Tommy, smile and ask, "Mr. Hawke?" Can I ask you a question? ”

"Of course." Tommy sat up straight in surprise, looked at the other person, and made a gesture of please.

Sandra Bullock glanced at Stephen, Zoe, Otilia and Diane Lynn, who were talking not far away, and whispered to Tommy, "Matt Dillon, Diane Lynn, and other stars will also be auditioning for this movie, so I specifically asked Mr. Stephen Wine, why am I here, I mean my resume is not competitive compared to those guys." ”

"How did he answer?" Tommy asked as he carefully polished the formed puck with an ice file.

Sandra observed Tommy's movements and said slowly, "He was accidentally asked by me to answer that I was picked by Tommy to play Zoe." ”

"He's so honest." Tommy exhaled, didn't deny it, foiled the puck, put it in his glass, and went to the small bar to mix a cocktail, and brought it to Otilia, and after all this was done, he wiped his hands and sat back in front of Sandra Bullock:

"How is your father? Say hello to him for me. ”

Sandra frowned slightly when she heard Tommy mention her father, and then said something that shook Tommy's pupils:

"He died."

(End of chapter)