Xia Tian has no intention of asking about the actor auditions that Columbia Pictures has made in the past few days.

Because the rules in the United States are different from those in Hong Kong, actors will not sign long-term contracts directly with film companies. They will only sign a few film contracts at most, and the pay is not fixed, and there is still room for improvement.

Just like Robert Downey Jr. signed a nine-movie contract with Marvel. When he first starred in "Iron Man 1", his salary was only 500,000 US dollars. When he filmed "Avengers 3", his salary had risen to $100 million.

Therefore, since we cannot sign long-term contracts with actors and cannot sign phone contracts with actors at low prices, we have no advantage at all, so of course Xia Tian has no motivation to ask about this matter.

As for QianX, those female stars, Xia Tian is even less interested.

Because people in European and American countries are generally more open, it is not uncommon to taste forbidden fruits in their teens, but rather common. Moreover, Hollywood is more popular with "casting -couch (sofa interview), which is the hidden rules that Chinese people understand.

But in Hollywood, all this is obvious, and everyone does not shy away from this matter, so it is more like the rules of the game than a potential rule.

Marilyn Monroe wrote in her autobiography, "Yes, I and the producers, everyone is like that. If you don't do it, there will be another girl waiting outside the door. There is another sentence. I don't remember how many times I squat down and unzip them..."

Therefore, those celebrities who appear to be young and beautiful but have a hot sex have actually been in secret. Summer is naturally not interested in such women.

So the production department will choose whoever they like, and he will not ask about it. Moreover, he believes that the professionalism of those people will definitely find the right actors for the movie.

...

Summer focused on Columbia Pictures' expansion.

If Columbia Pictures wants to grow in the future, it must carry out diversified operations and extend its tentacles to every corner.

Disney is the best in this regard. It is not only a film company, but also the world's most well-known theme park - Disneyland, it also has the world's most popular animation works - Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, it also has its own TV network - ABC TV, it also has the world's best animation companies - Disney Animation and Pixar Pictures, it also has the world's largest sports media - ESPN, and it also has one of the world's largest comic companies - Marvel...

These connections have given Disney a full industrial chain of "content + distribution + channel", allowing it to strengthen the integrated marketing of various businesses, mutually beneficial, and also improve the bargaining power in the industrial chain and reduce operating costs.

This series of mergers and acquisitions also expanded from its market value of only US$2 billion in 1984 to nearly US$200 billion in the new century. The stock price also rose from one dollar to a huge amount of US$100, and in thirty years, it rose by a hundred times.

If you want Columbia Pictures to grow and have more influence in Hollywood in summer, you must learn from Disney to continue to expand your territory and expand your sphere of influence.

And he had to speed up because there was already someone in front of him.

After Australian media tycoon Murdoch acquired Fox Pictures, he has begun to build his own Fox TV network. In addition to film companies and TV stations, he also owns many newspapers in the United States...

"It sounds good. There are indeed many more cable TV users now than before, which proves that cable TV is becoming more and more popular. But if you want to acquire a cable TV company, it will cost a lot of money." Long Mayer said to Xia Tian. "This year, Redstone bought Viacom, which cost $3.4 billion."

In the 1980s, the number of cable TV users in the United States grew quite rapidly. In the 1980s, there were only nine million cable TV users in the country, but by 1987, it had risen to 34 million, nearly three times higher.

The ratings share of public TV has dropped from 93% in 1977 to less than 70% now, and the audiences who have lost have gone to watch cable TV.

It can be seen that cable TV is really very popular now. Of course, the price has also risen, even exceeding the market value of the film company.

When Murdoch acquired Fox, he came to his TV stations. After the acquisition, Barry Diller immediately used several Fox TV stations to form a TV network and invested huge amounts of money to acquire other local TV stations. Instead, he didn't care much about Fox Pictures. This can be regarded as a modern version of "buying a box and returning a bead".

"I know, but the necessary acquisitions still need to be carried out. So, please help me investigate and find a cable TV company with a market value of between one billion and three billion US dollars, a subscriber of about 20 million, and a relatively good reputation." Xia Tian ordered.

"Okay." Long Mayer nodded when he saw Xia Tian say this.
Chapter completed!